(Two days later)
Holden glanced worriedly at Nessa's empty desk as he told the teacher absentmindedly yet another excuse for Nessa's absence. He sighed. Nessa has been out for the past two days. She shut herself completely in her room, alone. The girl wouldn't let anyone else in. Roni had to sleep with the other girls for the last few days.
As the day went on, Holden kept an eye on the girls. Everything was fine until Michiru came in and left with Hotaru and Setsuna. He had thought it was nothing at first. But than realized that it might not be nothing after all when they didn't return for the rest of the day.
Then, Usagi, Rei, Ami, Makoto, and Minako left school 2 hours before they were suppose to and Holden left, telling Hinata to temporarily watch over Roni.
No matter what he told himself, nothing could've prepared him for what was coming next.
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Michiru sighed and rubbed her temples as she waited outside in the hallway of the Juban Hospital. Haruka stood next to her, explaining the situation to the rest of the girls as Hotaru and Setsuna sit beside Michiru.
"How did she end up with all this injury anyways?" Michiru heard one of the girls ask. She pinched the bridge of her nose and stood up. She was about to walk away to get a drink when her sister, who she had not seen in more than 4 years, walked up to her.
"Michi-chan! What happened?" Misako Kaioh, Michiru's older sister asked. Michiru sighed.
"I have no idea. This girl, Isabella Rosewood, passed out after receiving injuries two days ago. Apparently she refused to come to the hospital for some reason." Michiru replied, half lying, half not.
She had gotten a call from Nessa, saying that Izzy refused to let her heal her after a recent battle because they both had major injuries and Izzy fear that Nessa could pass out. And of course, Izzy passed out in the living room of Usagi's house and Nessa didn't find her until a hour later because she was still trying to bandage herself.
Michiru had to get Haruka, Setsuna, and Hotaru because after they took Izzy to the hospital, Nessa's injuries were spotted by a doctor, who insisted that they would help Nessa with no charge. But about five minutes after the doctor started treating Nessa's injuries, an attack from Lady Mer was detected by Luna and Michiru had to go but couldn't leave Nessa alone.
Michiru was not that surprised when Holden showed up about 25 minutes after they called Usagi and the other girls here. He was completely clueless.
Michiru felt... betrayed because it seemed like Holden was there because he was suppose to watch over them or something. They had defeated many villains before. They don't need a babysitter...
But she did feel bad when he found out that Nessa and Izzy were both in the hospital, thus why the girls were here.
"Misako-chan," Michiru asked, "Did something, or someone odd attack mom and dad or you a few days ago?"
Misako thought it over for a little bit. She frowned when she remembered.
"Yeah. There was two girls there to stop her. Apparently the names were 'metey' and 'constellation'?!" Misako replied. Michiru nodded, trying her best not to correct her older sister.
"One of them got frozen into a giant ice block, I think. Then the other one did something that got the girl out of the ice block but got a giant lash in the back. It looked painful..." Misako added after thinking for a few minutes. Michiru nodded as reply and said goodbye to her sister when Misako was called by her boss for something urgent.
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Nessa sighed and wiggled around on the hospital bed. The stitches on her back painfully responded. She called in for a nurse.
"Miss, can you let my friends in here? Is Ms. Rosewood still in critical condition?" Nessa asked, surprised at how hoarse her voice was. The nurse shook her head.
"I'm sorry, Miss Rose. I can not tell you any information about Miss Rosewood unless you are her relative. But I can allow two of your friends in here at a time," the nurse said. Nessa nodded and told her to get Hinata and Holden.
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"Lady Mer!" Mistress yelled. Lady Mer immediately appeared.
"Yes, my lady?" Mer replied. Mistress tapped her nails against her throne impatiently.
"Kill her," the order was simple, but Lady Mer knew how hard it could be. But can she really decline? Not really...
"Yes, my lady," Mer replied, her eyes flickering with mischief.
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When Nessa and Izzy were finally let out of the hospital, it had been the third day of absence for Nessa at school. She sighed and collapsed on the bed right after they got home. It was 10 o'clock pm and she was beyond exhausted. Her mind absently flew back to about 3 days ago when she last saw her father. She had just learned that her mom was pregnant with her boyfriend's baby when she returned to her room and saw her dad, lying on the floor with a huge bump at the back of his head. She didn't have enough time to heal him, which is what she regretted the most.
She felt Roni climb on to the bed beside her and felt little arms wrap around her stomach. Nessa drifted off to sleep, not hearing the sniffles and silent crying of the younger, worried girl.
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Some time during the night, Nessa tiredly climbed out of bed after yet another message from Angel. This time, it seems big. It was Usagi's family. Nessa considered telling the others about this, but she remembered Angel's words and decided not to.
This time, Angel had been oddly specific, telling her not to bring Constellation even if Constellation knew.
Nessa did ended up bring her teleporter, though. And, Luna and Artemis had worked on the communicator together with Mamoru for the past few days and had finished just before Nessa went to bed. She grabbed the communicator and put it on. It had several symbols across the screen, along with little words below them to say who was who. There was an angel's wings for Tenshi; nebula for Roni; Meteor for Nessa; Constellation for Izzy; Asteroid for Holden; and Comet for Hinata.
Nessa smiled to herself as she transformed. Ignoring this sick feeling in her stomach, telling her to stay and not go, she pressed her teleporter and immediately was teleported to what she thought was a little island in the Bahamas.
"Someone! Help!" Meteor heard someone yell, and spring right into action.