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Day 3 – A cry for help

She stirred from her sleep, her head was on its side and she was lying on her stomach,

"urgh" she groaned as she began to wake up, what had happened?... her body was pulsating in a constant painful throb,

"she's awake" she could hear a voice cry cheerfully, it sounded like Usagi chan, she opened her eyes but couldn't see anyone so she tried to prop herself to sit up, with an enormous effort she managed.

Once Mina was sitting in her bed she looked around, it looked like a hospital room but the walls were crystal, then she realised she was actually in the Crystal Palace hospital infirmary, she sighed.

Mina reached her hand to her body as she began to feel a scratchy bandage, her entire torso was wrapped up with the bandage, but that's all she had on so she grabbed the sheet that had been folded back on the bed and placed it over her lower half.

Then she could hear people talking, she looked to see Usagi walking through with Rei, Makoto and Ami into her room.

"You're awake" Makoto smiled sincerely, a smile she hadn't seen in awhile,

"You scared us" Rei smiled, Mina just looked on quizzically,

"you better lay down, your wounds are deep" Ami instructed, Mina just laughed lightly, that was Ami for you the resident doctor….then she looked at Usagi who appeared to be crying.

"What's the matter?" Mina asked confusedly.

"Thank you" Usagi smiled, suddenly she remembered, that fireball……

"Hey don't worry about it" Mina responded, and for the first time in three years she smiled sincerely, Usagi walked over to her and hugged her around the neck, Mina just breathed a giggle.

"How are you feeling" Usagi asked as she broke away from the hug,

"I'd feel better if I knew Mamoru.. I mean Endymion and Chibi Usa were ok" Mina responded as she rubbed her head, she definitely was in a daze.

"How do you know that name" Rei asked this time sincerely and compassionately,

"What do you mean how I know that…" Mina said stopping in mid sentence, then it hit her, she wasn't Aino Minako to them she was Indigo,
"oh you know …. College year book" Indigo smiled, hoping that would cover it but little did she know that it did far from that.

"Can we get you anything" Makoto asked as Mina thought for a minute then laughed,

"Well a change of clothing would be good, and an answer to, how are they?" she asked with a smile etched from ear to ear,

"They're great" Rei smiled in return,

"That's good" mina sighed in relief.

Makoto appeared through the door with a light, white cotton skirt and a light breezy orange tunic, which she put on Mina's bed. Mina looked on in intrigued because she didn't even know she had left….

"we'll leave you to it then, we've got important business anyway" Rei spoke as she turned around, causing everyone to follow suit. Mina could feel her eyes become scratchy, she really needed to take out her indigo contacts, she reached up to her eyes and one by one took them out, placing them next to a dresser. Then she turned and put on the orange top while sitting on the bed, then reached over and put the on till it was right at her knees, then she had to stand up to pull it up properly and zip it up. It felt so good wearing something other then indigo, so relaxing, she walked out of the infirmary and looked around, the halls on either side were so big and confronting she decided to find a stair case and walk down.

Maids, butlers and other people were all attending to the palace, but Mina knew where she was heading, the Venusian garden. From out of nowhere a voice suddenly appeared,

"Go left" as she approached a t section in the palace, the voice was strange, it sounded like Mina, but stronger, more confident and trustworthy….

So although against her better judgement she turned left, instead of right to the gardens, and began walking the long corridor till she got to another t section,

"go right" the voice instructed, and she complied.

Meanwhile

The inner senshi and generals convened on the large conference table, here to discuss the latest issue that had come up. However Kunzite was half asleep on the table, exhausted from yet another bad night of sleep,

"Do we know what Noir wants?" Ami asked,

"no that's the problem" Makoto responded, Kunzite lifted his groggy head up and looked at everyone, Usagi saw this and responded,

"Been having those dreams again Kun?" compassionately,

"Yeah" Kunzite breathed out restlessly,

"Um guys" Rei suddenly spoke up unsurely,

"I've been having dreams about Mina to" Rei spoke up, this made Kunzite perk up immensely,

"What happens" Nephlyte asked curiously,

"Mina's in her sailor uniform and she keeps repeating the same thing over and over again, 'hurry, he's nearly got me' … and then I wake up" Rei talked reminiscently.

"see that proves it, she's not dead" Kunzite smiled excitedly,

"Well Kunzite, she did …" Jaedite started to spoke, when Usagi ushered for him to stop,

"I think he's right guys, she's not dead, because I've been having the same dreams" Usagi responded,

"Me to" Ami tuned in,

"Same" Makoto added.

"But how could that be, she went up against an entire hoard of mercenaries, we saw her body lacerated with those marks, she was dead, and then in an instant she disappeared in an orange flash" Zoisite clarified,

"I don't know, but I know she's alive and she needs my help" Kunzite stood up and walked out of the conference room, turning left and walking up the crystal staircase.

Meanwhile

Mina had followed the voice until she arrived at a door, suddenly she realised …. This was her old room.

She opened the door slowly and gasped, everything was the exact same… except a large selection had been turned into a small memorial and in front was a woman. Mina began to walk closer and closer to the figure, she was familiar,

"Thank you for saving my life Mina chan" the woman spoke, then laid down a single orange rose…. Mina squinted, who was she?

Slowly the woman turned around, the white and purple dress she had on swayed gently around her small, porcelain figure. Her short, black hair swayed gently in the breeze, Mina gasped,

"Hotaru??" Mina whispered in shock.