episode 2 (4/7) [FanFic]

[Joseph Morreale]

"We need to do another test," the doctor said firmly.
"You've already done six tests," Heather reminded him. "What's one more
going to tell you that the others didn't?"
"I don't know, but until we find out *something* we can't do anything
to help her recover. I've never seen a
combination of symptoms like this before."
"Well, I'm sure the random bolts of electricity aren't helping you
much. Has Karl been notified?" Heather was in one of her unusually serious
moods today, and her concern for the
patient was a relief for the doctors who were treating Lum.
"Nobody's been able to find Dr Stoopenstein." the man said.
"That's probably a good thing. If anyone could make this situation
worse than it already is, it'd be Karl."
"Quick! You two, get in here!" another doctor said when he burst out of
the room they were standing next to. "She's awake!"
Excited, they both ran inside to see that Lum had indeed regained
consciousness to some degree, though she was still far from well. She appeared
to be trying to say something.
"What? What is it?" Heather demanded.
"Ol cn."
"We've already done that joke! Come on, stick with the plot!"
Lum squeezed her eyes shut and gritted her teeth. She struggled to get
to words out of her mouth, and finally said. "The... lunch..." but that was as
far as she got before she passed out again crackling anew with energy.
Suddenly, she
started to levitate off the bed.
"Quick!" Heather cried in alarm. "Somebody hold her down!" One of the
effects of Heather's serious moods is that for some reason the doctors actually
took orders from her. The three that were examining her immediately grabbed her
and did their best to haul her back to the bed, but it was a losing battle.
"That's it!" Heather said. "I'm going to find somebody she was having
lunch with and see if they might not know what's going on. I'll be right back."
With that, she left the doctors,who were still trying to hold Lum down.
When the door opened, Ataru ran by, chasing Mimsy from the Orguss
Universe, screaming, "Wait! Babe! Come back!"
"Get away from me, you pervert!"
Suddenly Lum's eyes flew open and her expression turned to one of pure
rage. "Dar-linnnnnnng!" she shouted, and a huge bolt of electricity shot from
her and arced out the door.
Ataru's trademark scream told everyone the bolt had struck home,but then
something else happened.
The lights in the entire hospital dimmed and finally shut down for a
few seconds, until the soft red emergency lights could come on. Lum passed out
again, and fell solidly to the bed, exhausted. "All right, everyone," one of
the doctors said,"Now it gets difficult."