episode 2 (5/7) [FanFic]
Joseph Morreale
refusing to give up her search for cute guys. She found someone who seemed
agreeable at first, but when she got close enough for Megane to see her, he ran
off screaming in the other direction.
Heather continued to make her way to the front desk. Amidst all the
confusion, she could barely walk, but she managed out of sheer determination.
In the distance she could hear a soft, cutsy voice saying "Darling, where are
you?" but it faded away and Heather continued walking. Finally she got to the
front desk, where Toni was holding her head in her hands and muttering phrases
inappropriate for a family show.
"Toni!" Heather called. "What's going on out there, the Apocalypse or
something?"
"I wish. Everything's gone completely bonkers. I knew that having all
those Takahashies in one place was a bad idea." The receptionist pulled out a
jelly doughnut and began to munch on it.
"Never mind that. The doctors are having trouble finding out what's
wrong with Lum. Do you know ayone who was having lunch with her when she passed
out?"
Toni thought for a bit. "I can only think of one of them. Miss Sakura
was with her."
"Then that's the person I need to see. Where is she?"
Toni gave her a withering look. "It's anyone's guess right now, but
last I heard, she and her uncle went after Miyu."
"Why? Did she break into the blood bank again?"
"Do you even have to ask?"
"I'll get right there! Thanks!"
Toni watched as Heather disappeared into the darkness. "Don't mention
it," she said softly.
Francis had gotten completely lost by this time, so she decided she
needed to get direction. She went to a door at
random and carefully opened it. Inside were the three doctors working on Lum.
One of them looked up and saw her and said,"Well, did you find anything?"
"No..." Francis began, surprised at the question.
"Well, never mind that now, we need your help. I need you to prepare a
shot for this patient to calm her down!"
Francis looked around. The lights were so dim it was hard to see things
very well, but she decided that if she wasn't going to find any cute guys she
might as well be doing something with her time. She went over to the cabinet
and began to do as the doctor instructed her.
Francis looked at the various medicines in the cabinet and wondered
what she was going to do next. From behind, a
doctor said, "What are you waiting for? Hurry it up!"
"All right! All right!" she grumbled and just picked a few things out,
poured them together, and sucked them up with a syringe. She brought the needle
to one of the doctors, who took it and injected some of it into Lum.
Lum immediately calmed down, and the doctors relaxed for a moment.
"Whew! At least that's over with. Any ideas about what to do next?"
"Not a one. All we can do for now is wait and hope her condition
doesn't become life-threatening," said another doctor.
"Some might say it's already reached that point," said the third, who
removed his hood to reveal a badly scorched face. "I hate Animes."
"Hear hear!" the other two said.
Francis looked at everyone in the room with a rather bored expression.
Then she noticed a few paints laying next to her on the table. She smiled and
started to chug them down. As she did so, the prods on her neck began to hum
with energy. Suddenly a bolt of energy shot from her neck to Lum, who
absorbed the shock like a sponge.
Instantly Lum shot into the air, radiating electricity in every
concievable direction, and shot out of the door before any of the doctors could
do anything. All three of them ran out the door after her, screaming with
panic.
Francis watched them take off, sighed, and left the room in search of
more excitement. Outside the chaos had turned into absolute violence as the
Takahashies began to fight amongst themselves in completely random fashion.
Lum continued to fly through the halls, shooting off electricity and
still unconscious. She passed by a croud from the Ikkoku Universe and severely
shocked them all before they were even aware of her. The doctors said their
apologies as they ran by and called out for someone to catch Lum.
Karl poked his head out of his laboratory door and said,"Francis?" he
stepped out and looked down the hall to see Lum bearing down on him. He
screamed out loud and ran in the
opposite direction as fast as he could.
More people joined in the chase, either chasing Lum or running awat
from her, and pretty soon the situation began to look like the closing credits
of The Benny Hill Show. Then, just as suddenly as she had started, Lum seemed
to run out of energy,sputter a little, and collapse to the ground.
The three doctors rushed to the green haired Anime and quickly checked
her over.
"What's wrong?" Dr Stoopenstein asked.
One of the doctors looked up at the administrator,
sighed, and said, "She's dying."