5568. Next time anybody has biohazard materials, put it in the proper disposal, not a coffeepot.
5568a. By the way, when will the fear toxin wear off on Nachi?
Akashi knew something was amiss from the moment she walked into the lab. The two Yubaris were staring at the computer, with a mixture of depression and glee.
"Okay, what's up, wrong, or about to explode?" she asked, ready to summon the EOD team.
"Nothing, just one of our experiments didn't pan out the way we wanted it to." one of them replied.
"Well, we did get the emotion down, it just doesn't seem to work on the abyssal tissue we have." the other added.
"Huh?"
"Oh, we made a toxin that when exposed to Abyssals, makes them endure their darkest fears, which should make them easier to both kill or capture, not to mention interrogate."
"First of all, that is not only unethical and disturbing, but I'm pretty sure that violates about half of the Geneva Convention, which brings me to my question. Where is it? Please tell me you disposed of it."
"Sure, I put it in that biohazard bag over there.. Uh, me, where is the biohazard bag?"
"We were out, so I put it in that coffee cup."
"What!"
"Relax, it's not like anyone's gonna drink it."
Just then, a very drowsy looking Nachi walked into the lab, which was bad. For Nachi, a late riser if there ever was one, required at least a pot of coffee to get going, and considering her level of consciousness, she'd managed to mistake the lab for the mess hall. No matter, she thought, for she saw the coffee pot on the table, and before anyone could stop her, she drank the whole pot. Almost immediately, instead of the familiar rush of caffeine, she heard a loud whistling sound. One which made her look up. A blue Corsair was diving straight for her, guns blazing. She dropped the pot and dived behind the table, screaming.
"Well, crap." said Yubari.
Later
"How's she doing?" asked Akashi.
"Sleeping, for now. Ashigara and Harguro are with her. How long until this wear's off?" answered Myoko, with worry in her voice.
"The Yubaris are working on it. They think no more than twelve hours until it filters out of her blood stream."
" In that case, I'll kill them in thirteen hours."
While the two of them were talking, Ashigara and Haguro were looking at Nachi with increasing worry. Almost as soon as Myoko had left to answer the door, she'd started tossing and turning.
"No, no plane go away!" she mumbled in her sleep.
"Shh, Nachi, it's okay. You're safe." Haguro tried to calm her, just as the pony-tailed cruiser bolted upright, her head slamming into Ashigara's, who fell down in a daze. Haguro was unsuccessfully trying to hold Nachi from ducking under the covers.
"Hey, sis, a little help?" she asked, turning towards Ashigara, eyes going wide. Ashigara was in a fetal position, tears starting to form. Caught between one cruiser doing her level best to dig a hole through the bed, and another starting to bawl her eyes out, she did the only thing she could think of. "Onee-sama! Help!"
Later, again
"How did Ashigara get it?" asked Nachi, the cruiser in question bracketed between her three sisters.
"Best guess is, when you awoke from your nightmare and hit her in the head, your lips made contact, and some of the toxin passed into Ash's system. Luckily, since her dose was a lot smaller, it should wear off in the next few hours."
"Good, because as soon as she does, I'm still killing the Yubaris."
