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Dimension 6
Part 7
Michelle Ramos

MIKE: Okay guys, last part.  Suck it in.  We can do this!

	"Aghhh! No please! Stop this pain!" 

TOM: Remember, it hurts us more than it hurts you...really.
<Tom starts to chuckle, which turns into maniacal laughter, which turns into outright horrifying cackles>
MIKE: You oughta try getting out more, Tom.

						Valerie screamed through the burning
flames which enraptured her.

CROW: Rapture is right!
<Crow starts down the same road that Tom took>
MIKE: Oh no you don't!

	"Are you sure we don't have ANY chance?" Raye asked frantically.

CROW: Well, the outers could pop out of nowhere like usual...

	"Definitely! I don't know how else we're going to survive this ordeal," Amy
replied.

TOM: Never underestimate the power of the deus ex machina.

	"Can't we call Dome City II?!" Raye held Venus 

CROW: Woah!
MIKE: Looks like someone didn't read the SM FAQ.

								as she dodged a blast from
their foe.
	"Everyone's dead remember!? There's no one to call! 

TOM: Not even the Ghostbusters?

									Agh!" Amy also dodged
but got singed in the process.
	"There has to be! Just do it, Amy!" Raye screamed.

CROW: Do what?

	"Fine! But I don't know what good it will do."

MIKE: Amy's such a defeatist.
CROW: Watch it, Nelson...

						 Amy jumped up onto a
momentarily safe shelf 

TOM: You know, some scenery would be nice 'round here.
MIKE: <Daffy Duck> Well?  Where's the scenery?

				and took out her com-link. She tapped it just in time

CROW: For Sprint's 10 cents a minute rates.

to dodge the fireball that came her way. Unfortunately, the com-link was

MIKE: Out of range.
TOM: <James Earl Jones> Remember, your com-link is only as good as the system it's on.  Choose Bell Pacific.
CROW: *Far* Pacific.

caught in the fire and destroyed. The distress signal didn't get a chance.

TOM: How sad.

"I lost it! There's nothing we can do!" Mercury yelled to her comrade.

CROW: Singular?
TOM: So Venus isn't your friend anymore?

	"Shit! And I just had to leave mine at home!" Mars screamed in pain. She
had been hit in the arm while protecting Venus.

MIKE: Davies, you've got another taker for Sailor Mars!

	"Mercury Ice Storm Blast!" The energy reached the bio and did nothing.

TOM: This is like a bad RPG.
CROW: An RPG, you mean.

"Mercury Bubbles Blast!" The fog thickened and Mars tried to run outside but

MIKE: Got taken down at the fifteen.  Loss of two on the play...
TOM: I think we're overdoing the football jokes.

tripped on a can of food.

CROW: D'oh!
TOM: Ah, Michelle always throws in a bit of physical comedy to make her stories *completely* unappealing.

				 Her ankle was hurt again, just as much as when
Catsy's minion attacked her grandfather. Venus fell hard to the ground,

MIKE: Wasn't Venus unconscious?

sustaining more injury.

TO: Red hot injury, get it while it's hot, never have enough!  Red hot--pass that down there sir, thank you.  Red hot injury!

	Mercury could still see the burning flames around Valerie's screaming body

TOM: I take everything back.  This is the best fanfic ever!  It's all worth it just to see Valerie crash and burn!

and decided to cool things off a bit. "Mercury Ice Bubbles! Freeze!!" She
directed a cold blast of energy at her friend and the flames died down.

<Tom boos.  The other two give him strange looks>

Valerie collapsed, still hurting from the pain which had come before. 

MIKE: As opposed to the pain that came afterwards.
CROW: The itching.  The burning.  Try Cruex.

	The fog was fading... too fast for normal.

TOM: No!  Nothing can withstand:
ALL: <singing> Normal view, normal view, *normal view*, NORMAL VIEW!

								 As it all vanished she saw the

CROW: -seventh seal opened, and lo! there was a great earthquake, and the tombs were opened, and Dimension 6 was unleashed upon the cosmos...

bio sucking it all in. He turned to face her.

MIKE: Hi.

							 "Uh oh." He blew out all the
cold air and shot Mercury, the destined doctor, with her own medicine.

TOM: First Alanis Morissette, now this.  This cinches it.  This generation wouldn't know irony if it fell over it.

												 She
fell back screaming in pain down to the ground. Amy's vision blurred after

MIKE: Um, little tip.  When the senshi are in sailor identity, USE THEIR SAILOR NAMES, YOU DIC-SPAWNED FREAK!!
CROW: Settle down, big guy.  You still haven't hit Deep Hurting, believe me.

impact, the searing pain persisted in her torso.

TOM: Some Immodium A-D will take care of that.

								 She blacked out for three
seconds, then came back, then passed out again. The impact must have
affected her somehow.

CROW: I'm not sure.  I need more proof.

	The bio took his time in walking over to Mercury's fallen body. She
twitched, but nothing more. Soon he stood over her, ready to make his move.

MIKE: Guys, if this turns into a rape scene, you have my permission to spam the hell out of Ramos's mailbox.

A low slide kick knocked him over. He landed on Amy and she groaned. He

TOM: Guys, I'm not too sure this isn't Deep Hurting...

looked to see Mars at his side holding her bleeding ankle. Must have used
the other one, there was no way she could have used the bad one.

CROW: A brilliant logical deduction, mein Frauline.

										 Her defiant
face made his rage grow stronger, along with his powers. He got up and
readied a powerball.

MIKE: Again, tonight's powerball numbers are...oh, forget it.

	"Die scum! Jupiter Supreme Thunderclaps Zap!!!"

TOM: Right, pay up Crow.

								 An electrified disc hit
him, halting him for half a minute.

MIKE: During which time nothing happened.

						 He looked to his left, and saw Vanessa
as Jupiter standing near the doorway.

CROW: <falsetto> Behold, for I am risen!
TOM: I thought Usagi was the Messiah...

						 Recognizing the princess, he thought
not to charge but to do something more pleasing.

MIKE: An interpretive dance.

								 He walked slowly to her.
She stepped back, but into an invisible wall so she couldn't run anywhere.

TOM: Invisible walls.  For all your plot device needs.

The bio advanced. 

CROW: And the bio advances up the left side, and the cross to the other bio in the penalty area, and HE SCORES!  GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!

	"So you want to play it like that huh?" she said menacingly. "Well, play

MIKE: Gin rummy.
TOM: Draw poker.
CROW: Blackjack.
MIKE: Keno.
TOM: Go fish.
CROW: Monopoly.
MIKE: Tag.
TOM: The Blame Game.
CROW: Hey!  Are you going to mention every SM fanfic in existence?
TOM: Only the ones that are relevant.

this!!! Jupiter!! Star Thunder!! Electrify!!" She quickly created seven

CROW: -shadow Warriors.
TOM: Brides.
MIKE: Seals.
CROW: Swans-a-swimming.

lightning green blades which sparked with electricity. Her huge weapons were

CROW: Yeah, is that what they call talent now?
MIKE: Crow!

directed straight for the monster with their sharp points driving into his

CROW: Yeah, we know what *those* sharp points are!
MIKE: Crow, after this is all over, *if* this is all over, there will be an accounting of just how many timeouts you've earned through this ordeal.

body. Blood spilled from different parts of his body, it sprayed everywhere.

TOM: Cleanup in aisle 4!

He yelled like Hell in pain

TOM: Ma'am, I know Hell, and he sure as heck doesn't yell like that.

				 and howled loudly. The bio menace disintegrated
slowly and painfully, for a bio dies as painfully as he has caused others pain.

MIKE: That's something I was always curious about.
TOM: Yeah, that and why in God's name are there so few good writers.

	"Vanessa. I thought you were dead," Mars verbalized in torment.

CROW: Everyone verbalize!
TOM: No, Crow.  That's been done before, and it wasn't relevant the last time either.
MIKE: Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

	"I wasn't there when it happened. I was still on the Enterprise.

TOM: <falsetto> Studying with Wesley.  Yeah, that's the ticket...

												 What
happened here?" Vanessa said in a low voice.

CROW: Before or after SS?

	"The bio attacked. The three of us came as fast as we could and got all the
civilians to safety. He started hitting us instead of them and we began
fighting. Amy called Valerie but when she came something went wrong and her
circuits went haywire.

MIKE: Amy's a boomer!  I knew it!  Thought I was crazy for not bowing down to the blue goddess, eh?  Well who's laughing now?  WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?!?
<Mike dissolves into supermaniacal laughter>
TOM: Okay, Crow.  Mike's gone bye bye.  What do we do?
CROW: We do what he'd want us to do.  Carry on!

				 She kept pleading to stop the pain or something. It's
pretty clear what happened next. Venus is badly hurt, Mercury's out of it,
and Valerie... I don't know about her. I'm the only one awake."

TOM: <falsetto> Otherwise the others would have slapped me by now.

	Vanessa walked over to Valerie to find her holding her head whispering,
"Please. Stop. Owie, owie. No. No more. Please, no more." 

CROW: She says no but she means yes...
TOM: Kids, don't listen to Crow.  A woman has the right to change her mind at any time, so remember, no means no.
CROW: Thanks for the Sailor Says, Tom.

									Vanessa knew it
would've been funny to everyone to see her acting so childish. 

CROW: Mainly becuase it was.

										But under
these circumstances, it wasn't a whole lot funny. She really was in pain. 

TOM: Great, isn't it?

	Val's back was turned to her so she turned her over and saw that her eyes
were bloodshot, she was burned badly, and her head expanded in certain areas

CROW: Woah.  More than I needed to know.

like there was something inside her skin trying to bust out. 

CROW: Alien 4: the D6 Saga.

										It really
sickened Vanessa to see her sister-to-be in such a condition. She'd make
whoever did this pay.

TOM: $4.95 plus tax.  Void in Connecticut.

	Raye heard the ambulance in the distance. She detransformed into street
clothes. As she did this, Venus and Mercury did the same unknowingly.

CROW: Cool!  She used mind powers!
TOM: She's a scanner!
CROW: Knew it all along...

												 To
make it look convincing she ripped all their clothes a bit to expose all the

TOM: Naughty bits.
CROW: Yeah, that was her excuse.

wounds. Vanessa said, "They'll help you soon. Hang tight. I have to find
Valerie a good enough doctor.

TOM: <falsetto> She's too good for the same doctors as you.

					 I'll contact you later." And with that, she
teleported out of there.

CROW: Next time on Sailor Moon T...

	The paramedics arrived and rushed the three to the hospital as others put
the dead people in body bags. 

TOM: Without any attempt at identification.

				
       		      	*      	*	*	*	*

CROW: Um, this is great and all, but it's no fair that we have to suffer while Mike stays in happyland.  I'm for getting him out of it.

	The young man groaned. He awoke to darkness but found he was lying on
something fairly comfortable. "Wh, where, am I?" he managed to studder out loud.

TOM: Agreed.  Mike, wake up!

	"You're in my room, Eddie," a familiar voice seductively said. The lights

CROW: Mike!  Wake up!  We've got movie sign!

came on but stayed low and Eddie was appalled at what he saw. A beautifully
decorated room, pretty much in a seductive red color. He was on a bed and

TOM: Mike!  Come on, big guy, this isn't funny any more!

before him was a very big surprise. In a tight fitting, showy black dress,
was Valerie, with a sexy smile on her face. Her beautiful body in THAT dress
was really turning him on.

CROW: Mike!  It's Adrienne Barbeau!
<Mike shoots up out of his seat and lands fully alert>
MIKE: What!  Where?  <he looks at the screen>  Aw jeez, that's not Barbeau, that's Alicia Silverstone.
TOM: Sorry, but you were in dreamland a bit too long.
MIKE: Area 51?
TOM: Just get back to the story...
CROW: Have we missed anything?

	"Valerie?" he asked in amazement. "Is that you?"
	"Well, of coarse. I'm here aren't I?"

TOM: The spelling errors are multiplying.

	"What, what are you doing? Where are we?"
	"In a wonderful realm called Dinara.

CROW: It's a suburb of Risa.

							 I think you'll like it here, Eddie. It
can make your dreams come true," she said seductively.

MIKE: Parents, now might be a good time to have that talk with your kids.

	"Really? How'd we get here? And what am I doing," he looked down at his
clothes, "wearing this? It's almost nothing."

TOM: <falsetto> I *know*.

	"Hmm. That was my idea. When you got knocked on the head, I thought it best
for you to get some air, instead of wearing that hot uniform."

CROW: <falsetto> That hot, sticky uniform, smelling of all your manly sweat and juices...
MIKE: That's it.  No more lemons for you.

	"The uniform? It's designed for comfort, I wasn't hot," Eddie said still
with no idea what was going on.

TOM: Aw, come on, nobody could be that clueless...could they?
MIKE: I think he wouldn't get a clue if he saw stock footage of a train going in a tunnel.

	"Really? Oh well." Valerie climbed up on the bed.  She put her hand on his
chest and Eddie looked down with embarrassment. "Then you're probably cold
now. I'll warm you up."

CROW: You know, they're about to have sex, and I don't care in the slightest.  Damn you Pearl, you've taken away all my interest in explicit sex!!!

				 She brought her lips to his and kissed him
passionately. He was lost in this sensation, but finally came out of it and
pulled back.
	"Valerie, I don't think we should do this."

TOM: <Eddie> We should wait until marriage, like all God-fearing Christians, and inhibit our natural desires until we reach a socially acceptable and altogether random stage in our development.

	"Why not? I like to rush into things. I know you do too."

MIKE: In fact, you rush a bit *too* much, Mr. One Minute Moment.

	"How'd you..." Valerie cut him off with an even deeper kiss.

CROW: Does this count as rape?

										 She put her
hands behind his neck and embraced Eddie tightly. The kiss felt great, but
no matter how he wanted it he couldn't do this all so suddenly. He pulled
back again.

TOM: Yes.  This would be rape.  Spambots away!

	"No. Please, Val. Let's at least start dating first."

MIKE: That, gentlemen, is not a true male.  He probably doesn't have a drop of testosterone in him.

	"What? I don't believe this! I finally give myself to you and you reject
it! I thought you loved me!"

TOM: You even said it!
CROW: <singing> Suki da yo to itte ne, kawaii to itte ne...

	"Huh?" Eddie was caught completely off guard here. 

MIKE: Eddie would be eaten alive in the Masaki household.

									"No, no! I don't mean it
like that! I just think we should take it slow! You know, just in case..."

TOM: <Eddie> I turn out to be gay!  Yeah, that's it!

	"Just in case what? You find another girl!? So you don't really hurt my

CROW: Hymen.
MIKE: CROW!!!
CROW: Oh come on, I could have been a hell of a lot more vulgar.

feelings when you find out she's better?! Huh?! Is that what you're saying
you bastard!?" she screamed.

TOM: <Eddie> Duh...I guess so.

	"Valerie! Calm down! You're overreacting here!" Valerie got off 

TOM: <falsetto> I can handle my moments myself, thank you!

												and stood
near the foot of the bed. She closed her eyes and morphed into someone else.

CROW: Akane?
TOM: Ukyou?
MIKE: Shampoo?
CROW: Kasumi?
TOM: Nabiki?
CROW: Washu?
TOM: Aeka?
MIKE? Ryoko?

A young blond, very beautiful, around his age, and wearing the same dress,
but red. 

ALL: Mihoshi?!?

	"I just gave you an example of how Valerie would treat you if you finally
got the nerve to ask her out. Eventually she would show her true hatred of
you and put you down even worse than I did."

MIKE: Oh, I guess it's not Mihoshi.  She didn't screw anything up.

	Eddie took a minute to take this all in. "So, so you aren't Valerie? Then
why'd you do this?"

TOM: Just for the taste of it!

	"To help you. I've been watching over you and I know you are in love with
her. I also know enough to predict Valerie's actions."

CROW: <Dean Stockwell> Yeah, Ziggy says there's a 95% chance that she'll beat the holy hell out of you.

	"Bullshit. She'd never do that. What is it you really want? And who are you?"

TOM: Who do people say that I am?

	"Like I said, I want to help you. As for my name, you can call me,
Arche<are-kay>."

MIKE: Pronounciations by Fredrick's of Hollywood.

	"What made you think you could be my guardian angel, anyway? Who gave you
permission to spy on me?"

CROW: The 3WA.
TOM: No more crossovers, please.

	"No one. It doesn't matter anymore. What's done is done. And I'm telling
you to stay away from Valerie. She's bad news."

MIKE: <singing> She's five miles of bad road.

	"Whatever, lady. I'm getting out of here. Where's the exit?" He stood up.

TOM: Two doors down on your left.  Can't miss it.

	"You are not leaving Dinara, Eddie. It's inescapable if I want it to be.

CROW: Can someone please tell me what this has to do with anything?

And that's what I want it to be. So you just sit back down and rest. You had
a nasty hit on the head."

MIKE: Ouch.  He really should have a safeword.

	"What will you do with me?"
	"Come. I'll show you my world."

TOM: This has been brought to you by the Committee to Outlaw Annoying Dave Matthews Songs That Play on the Radio Every Two Minutes (COADMSTPRETM).  Thank you for your attention and support.

				*	*	*	*	*
	A chime was heard. "Come," said Captain Picard. A young lady walked in who
he recognized as Vanessa Kamen.

<Crow weeps>

	"Captain," she nodded with respect.

MIKE: Why not just bow?
TOM: Bow to your corner...bow to your partner...
CROW: <singing> Bow down before the one you serve, / You're going to get what you deserve.
TOM: Wasn't that in a lemon once?

						 "I have come to ask you permission to
bring my friend aboard from the planet.

MIKE: He's the Great Gagoo.

							 Just for a short while, I only want
her to have a medical check up. I think she's injured."

TOM: I'd think that profuse bleeding would be a good sign of that.

	"Of coarse, Miss Kamen. Go right ahead.

CROW: <Stewart> I just need a few insurance forms, a green card, a cosigner, a birth certificate...

						 Tell me, what's her name?"

MIKE: <falsetto> Superfreak.  I can't take her home to mama.

	"Her name? Uh, oh, it's Val. Val Grand."

TOM: Grand Mal?  She's named for a seizure?

							 'Val Grand? What kind of name is
that?' she scolded herself. "When can she come aboard?"

CROW: When hell freezes over.

	"It's entirely up to you. I'll relay the message to Transporter Room One."

TOM: <Stewart> I have no problem with letting total strangers onboard.

	"Thank you." With that, she walked out of the captain's radio room.

MIKE: Where he was busily tapping out Morse code to Starfleet command.
TOM: You know, Starfleet(tm) is a trademark.
MIKE: Bite me.

	A few minutes later Vanessa walked into Transporter Room One. Behind the
console was another Starfleet officer.

CROW: I'll be damned.

						 "Chief, please lock on to these
coordinates." She gave him a bunch of numbers.

TOM: 3.1415926535898...
CROW: 2.7828182845904...
MIKE: 1011010101101010101...

							 "Energize." On the
transporter pad, Valerie beamed in. 

CROW: And got bounced back.  Her upstream provider was Agis.

	A doctor walked in and checked her vital signs, as she was still out of it.

TOM: Wild party, huh?

"Let's get her to Sickbay," he said. The chief punched a few buttons and the
doctor and patient beamed to the ship's hospital. 

CROW: So sickbay is out, huh?

	"Thanks." Vanessa walked out.
	
				*	*	*	*	*
	"When can I go back home?

MIKE: You can never come back...

					 I really need to know what happened there," Eddie
asked.

TOM: I don't know?  *Do* you really need to know what happened there?

	"Oh, don't worry about home, Eddie. Don't worry about anything, actually.

CROW: Be happy!

Just have fun here and you'll be fine," Arche replied as they walked on.

TOM: Don't worry about the cost; the taxpayers are picking up the bill.
MIKE: This fall on ABC, the Democrats have the House again, and they mean BUSINESS!

	"You're hiding something, aren't you? What happened to my home?"

MIKE: It's been, how shall we say, *redecorated.*

												 He rushed
ahead and stood in front of her. Arche stopped walking. "Tell me. Please.

CROW: No, not the Shatner impersonation...

This is important to me."
	She sighed. "Well, if you must know, you don't have a home to worry about

TOM: You have no family, and no-one loves you.  Them's the breaks.

anymore. You're lucky I pulled you out when I did, everyone else was killed."
	"Killed? What? How?!"

CROW: Killed.  Past tense of 'to kill.'  Verb.  To cause the death of another.

	"Some alien fleet. I don't know, you worked in Ops, you should know."

MIKE: It's all probably his fault anyway.  Just kill him and put him out of his misery.

	"I guess you're right." He turned and started walking again.

TOM: <Eddie> Well, no time to mourn, got homework to do!

											 Arche smiled
to herself, her plan was beginning to work.

CROW: And that plan would be...?

				*	*	*	*	*
	"Well, Miss Grand, you sustained a lot of damage down there. What were you
doing? I wouldn't think the natives would let this happen to someone so
young," Dr. Crusher said.

MIKE: I think we'd all be much happier if we left those comments alone, right guys?

	Vanessa answered for her. "She told me it was, um, classified,

TOM: Scully?

											 before
everything happened. Therefore, she can't say a thing. Right Val?"

CROW: <falsetto> It's our little secret!

	Valerie nodded. "So, what have I gotten this time?"

MIKE: A NEW CAR!

	"It looks like some kind of halogen invaded your body.

CROW: Aw shit.
TOM: And she's still alive?
MIKE: Fiesty bugger.

										 It's affecting your
functions.

TOM: Yeah, my functions would be affected if somebody poured a highly reactive gas down my insides, too.

			 As your body's natural enzymes fight back it causes a reaction
that creates the pain you described.

CROW: And the little matter of your inner membranes being ionized to hell.

						 I can try to get rid of it, but we
can't be sure it will work."

MIKE: Please don't work, please oh please oh please...

	"Okay, then. I'm ready for anything."

TOM: Good.  Becuase nothing's going to happen.

							 Dr. Crusher used a small device and
pressed it to Val's neck. The medicine went into her body.

CROW: The convulsions started seconds later.

	"Thank you, Doctor," Vanessa said. She helped Val up off the bed and they
got ready to leave.

MIKE: Now there's the little matter of the rectal exam...

	"You are very welcome. Hope you feel better, Miss Grand."

TOM: Psudonyms turned down for this fanfic: Miss Big Mama.
CROW: Miss Big Stuff.
MIKE: Cass Eliot.

	"Thanks." They both walked out the door. Val turned to her sister-to-be.

TOM: <falsetto> Stop following me!

"And thank you. How'd you find me? I thought you didn't know where I was."

CROW: Ah, but you're forgetting the cameras in the ceiling.

	"You left your com on.

MIKE: <Bodett> Remember, at Dimension 6, we'll leave the com on for you.

					 I traced it to Earth with the computer power that
was left. You know, you really should be more careful with that.

TOM: You're not kidding.  You know how hard it is to find batteries for that thing?

											 If I could
find you, then someone else could too." She paused and looked around. In a

CROW: <singing> -moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet!

lower tone of voice so no one would hear, "Do you know where Wesley is?

MIKE: But since no-one could hear, nobody answered.

												 I'm
getting worried. And what happened in Dome City II?"

TOM: Death, and lots of it.
CROW: This message brought to you by the Death Council!

	"You don't know? There was an invasion. By who, I have no clue.

MIKE: Telepathic aliens with weapons that can destroy cities but take forever to fire?

											 Everyone's
dead, but who knows what could have done that?"

TOM: A tacnuke or four would help.

	"Everyone?" Vanessa was struck with the thought that her betrothed could
really be dead as soon as she heard the word. "Are you sure?"

CROW: Are you confident, dry and secure?

	"Yes, of course. Why?" Valerie thought a moment. "Hold up,

ALL: Wait a minute!

											 Wesley wasn't
there when it happened was he?" she asked, her own worry growing.

MIKE: <Minnewegian>  Ooh yah, it must be dat new fertilizer.
CROW: <same> Yah, my Tom got some last week, and it's wonderful.
MIKE: <same> Ooh yah.

	"Yeah, he was."
	Valerie would not believe that her brother was dead. She looked at V's

TOM: Look, pal, we already have a Sailor V!  Quit using the bloody letter!
CROW: Ms. Ramos, you've got a Takeuchi on line 2...

shocked face and said, "We have to go back.

MIKE: <Lloyd> Back to the Future!

							 Find his body, he could still be
alive. This could give us a clue as to what really happened. And then we

TOM: Party like it's 1999!
CROW: Party: 1999 and Beyond.

could find out where they took Serena and Darien."

MIKE: A lemon just up the street.  You can't miss it.

	"They're missing? God there's a lot I don't know.

MIKE: Lord what fools these mortals be.

									 Come on."
			
				*	*	*	*	*
	The doctor walked into the waiting room.

TOM: WHERE'S THE FSCKING WAITING ROOM?!?

								 Raye sat up, standing was
impossible with her broken ankle in a cast. "How is she? Will she be

CROW: <Raye> A champion skater?  Will she ever sing again?

alright? When can I see her, doctor?" Raye babbled.

TOM: Um, Raye honey, little tip: wipe that foam from your mouth, okay?  That's better.

	"Whoa, whoa. Just take a deep breath and relax. Mina has a chance. But it's

MIKE: 1 in 10 million, so I'd call a funeral parlor if I were you.

a small chance. She was very beat up and I've never seen that kind of a
laser beam hit, if it was one. Right now we have her stabilized

TOM: Sedated, and bound.

											 and she
needs a lot of rest. You can go see her now if you want." 

CROW: <doctor> I wouldn't.

									He called over a
nurse to help her into a wheelchair. The nurse wheeled Raye into Mina's
hospital room.

TOM: No, her bedroom at home!

	There were tubes stuck in her arms and nose connecting to the monitors.

MIKE: What?  Why the breathalizer test?

They beeped at a slow, steady pace.

CROW: In 4/4 time.

						 Mina's head was bandaged as was her arm
and legs. Raye looked at her condition and a tear ran down her cheek.

TOM: You know, this fanfic has destroyed any love I ever had for Sailor Moon.  Can I cry now?

												 Her
inner fire couldn't burn these tears now.

CROW: It could burn her face right quick, though!

							 Raye not only cried for Mina, but
for Lita, too. Along with Serena and Darien. Where were they?

MIKE: In their trailers, calling their agents and trying to get the hell out of the fanfic.

	"Oh, Mina. We are falling one by one again. And this time Sailor Moon isn't
here to save us all. What are we going to do?"

TOM: So much for the fiery warrior.

								 Mina's heartbeat accelerated

CROW: At a rate of 9.8 m/s^2.

at the sound of Raye's voice. She struggled to answer with her own voice,
but couldn't do it. Too weak.

MIKE: You know, it's like that one scene in Secrets Best Kept, you know?
TOM: Is it too late to call no more Hui refs?
MIKE: Yes.

	She kept trying and trying as Raye spoke more, until she accelerated her

CROW: Mojo.
TOM: I think it's working perfectly.

heart too much. The monitors beeped a warning and a doctor rushed in.

MIKE: For five yards and a first down.

"What's going on?" He checked Mina's vitals and called in other people. A

TOM: Butcher, a baker, and a candlestick maker?
CROW: A doctor, a lawyer, and an Indian chief?
MIKE: The Knight Sabers?

nurse pushed Raye's wheelchair out of the way, having no time to get her out
of the room. 
	There was a big commotion around her friend's bed. It all became one big

CROW: Orgy.

blur of tears.

TOM: Hardly a professional manner from the staff.

			 When the nurses gave little important things to doctors, it

MIKE: Little important things?
CROW: Yeah, like sodas and tamagotchi and stuff.
TOM: You know, I still don't know what a tamagotchi is.
MIKE: Ignorance is bliss.

was a blur. When the doctors took Mina to another room, it was a blur. 

TOM: Has she considered contacts?

												When
someone finally put Raye into the waiting room, it was a blur. It was a blur

CROW: Is there an optomistrist in the house?

up until that same doctor announced that Mina had slipped into a coma.

MIKE: Undoubtedly a blurry one.

	She was shocked. Then another doctor came and talked to Raye.

TOM: Have you heard the good news of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?  Here's a Watchtower.

										 He said that
Amy was alive. "She was hit almost too hard.

MIKE: But not quite hard enough.
CROW: MIKE!
<Crow proceeds to start pummeling Mike>

								 She had several blows to the
head, and a lot of internal bleeding that we almost couldn't stop.

TOM: A vacuum cleaner picked it right up, though.  Uh, guys, you wanna settle down over there?

												 She
should be okay. We can talk about paperwork later." 

TOM: There's something you're not going to see in the US.  Guys, cut it out!
<Crow and Mike finally separate>

	Raye smiled a bit. She was happy for Amy, really, she was.

MIKE: I cannot express how much she was happy for Amy.

											 But Raye's
sorrow couldn't help but drown out all her happiness.

CROW: She goes for the clever metaphor...and it's off the rim!

									 She just hoped that
the two of them could save the world in time.

TOM: Probably not.

(continued)