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CH4
"Huh? What's with that light? It's still so early!" She stretched and got out of bed. What wasthe sun doing up? It was only seven in the morning! Sasami was still asleep. No breakfast yet. She turned the T.V. on, but it was too early for anything good to be on. "We've got a galactic broadcast and still nothing on-Oh!" She hurried to the lab.
"Washu?" she wandered towards where Washu and the boy usually were.
"R-Ryoko! Don't come any closer!" excalaimed the scientist loudly.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" she questioned. What was going on?
"You don't want to see this!..." shouted Washu even louder.
"What are you going on about?! What are you hiding?!"
She advanced, but was suddenly stopped dead in her tracks. She saw the boy lay lifeless, his arm hanging off of the table. The sound of a flat line was detectable.
"I'm sorry, Ryoko. He didn't make it." Washu spoke sadly.
"Wha-?! But… You said he'd be okay! You promised!" She grabbed Washu by the collar of her shirt and shook violently. Tears were running violently down her face. She had no idea why, but she suddenly felt empty. "There has to be something you can do!"
"R-Ryoko…"
"WAH!!!" Ryoko sprang up, drenched in sweat. "A-A dream?" She glanced at a clock. Almost nine in the morning. She wanted to go out. She did. But her dream…So real…She was so afraid…