Post by stampededtyphoon on Oct 25, 2004 22:07:31 GMT -5
Stampers wrote:
Mario, Bless his Sweet lil' Soul, agreed to come over and talk with teh doctors [EXTREMELY KIND of him, considering that teh ONLY thing that he "owes" Lord Sergei Sneak VI is a KICK in teh POSTERIOR!], but, he decided to contact Hiroto first, in case HE had any ideas that might be of use............
While we were waiting, Sergei had yet ANOTHER "episode", this time so nasty that he had gone pasty grey and screamed himself hoarse before teh doctors could even GET to him!
"My healing didn't even last as LONG as LAST TIME!" said Mitskake, extremely upset by teh whole thing [he was actually TALKING, if that tells you anything!]
I came to stand next to our "Miracle" Doctor, now distraught because of what he COULDN'T help, and looked down at his "difficult" patient--
Sergei was bleeding again, and AGAIN he had several bullet punctures in his chest--tears were pouring from his eyes, and he just managed to mutter, "k-kill....me....pleeasse.....", and grabbed feebly for my hand........I felt my OWN eyes begin to fill with tears--and that "niggling" feeling in teh back of my mind returned for a moment........
"Don't "heal" him again," I said, almost not realizing it was MYSELF who had spoken--
"WHAT!?" said all THREE Doctors at ONCE!
I started a bit, then repeated louder, and with more confidence--"DON'T heal him AGAIN! Give him more blood, and something to NUMB teh Pain, but DON'T try to make teh "wounds" go AWAY!"
Before they could protest some more I added, "DON'T ask me WHY, but I THINK that "healing" him is WHAT is giving Sergei so MUCH PAIN--you're "fighting" his body when you DO, because, God HELP HIM, I THINK his stupid "Superior" genes are what's "reopening" those wounds!!!"
I took Sergei's hand in mine and gave it a reassuring squeeze--"Sorry, but MUCH as you might "need" killing, I CAN'T let you Die, You Stupid "Sneak", YOU! But, I THINK we can at LEAST FINALLY STOP adding to your Pain.....!"
He TRIED to smile, but it was MORE like a grimace--something about that effort gave my heart a little *pang*, and I brushed his sweaty blond hair from his eyes......."I'll keep trying, Sergei..." I thought...
To be Continued--
Mario, Bless his Sweet lil' Soul, agreed to come over and talk with teh doctors [EXTREMELY KIND of him, considering that teh ONLY thing that he "owes" Lord Sergei Sneak VI is a KICK in teh POSTERIOR!], but, he decided to contact Hiroto first, in case HE had any ideas that might be of use............
While we were waiting, Sergei had yet ANOTHER "episode", this time so nasty that he had gone pasty grey and screamed himself hoarse before teh doctors could even GET to him!
"My healing didn't even last as LONG as LAST TIME!" said Mitskake, extremely upset by teh whole thing [he was actually TALKING, if that tells you anything!]
I came to stand next to our "Miracle" Doctor, now distraught because of what he COULDN'T help, and looked down at his "difficult" patient--
Sergei was bleeding again, and AGAIN he had several bullet punctures in his chest--tears were pouring from his eyes, and he just managed to mutter, "k-kill....me....pleeasse.....", and grabbed feebly for my hand........I felt my OWN eyes begin to fill with tears--and that "niggling" feeling in teh back of my mind returned for a moment........
"Don't "heal" him again," I said, almost not realizing it was MYSELF who had spoken--
"WHAT!?" said all THREE Doctors at ONCE!
I started a bit, then repeated louder, and with more confidence--"DON'T heal him AGAIN! Give him more blood, and something to NUMB teh Pain, but DON'T try to make teh "wounds" go AWAY!"
Before they could protest some more I added, "DON'T ask me WHY, but I THINK that "healing" him is WHAT is giving Sergei so MUCH PAIN--you're "fighting" his body when you DO, because, God HELP HIM, I THINK his stupid "Superior" genes are what's "reopening" those wounds!!!"
I took Sergei's hand in mine and gave it a reassuring squeeze--"Sorry, but MUCH as you might "need" killing, I CAN'T let you Die, You Stupid "Sneak", YOU! But, I THINK we can at LEAST FINALLY STOP adding to your Pain.....!"
He TRIED to smile, but it was MORE like a grimace--something about that effort gave my heart a little *pang*, and I brushed his sweaty blond hair from his eyes......."I'll keep trying, Sergei..." I thought...
To be Continued--
NOTE: Hey, could I get a lil' feedback on this Story? I know that not everyone is familiar with "Gene Shaft", but ya' SHOULD be able to tell a few things about Sergei, just from teh WORDS I've been using, noda....! Thanks!!
Also--**MILD SPOILERS ALERT!!!**----
[Tho' I TRIED to keep them "mysterious" enough that you'd STILL hafta' watch teh anime to KNOW just WHAT I was referring to........!]
Mario arrived while Danny was sharing Lunch with me in teh Infirmary, and apologized for taking so long.........
"I had a long talk with Hiroto about teh all this trouble with Sergei, and from what teh doctors told me just a minute ago, I'd say Stampers is probably on teh "right track" with this situation," Mario began, "While they were on Oberon, Sergei told Hiroto that he was Immortal because his genes were programmed to "automatically" and instantaneously "kick in" teh moment he received any "localized" injury--no matter HOW damaging--to REPAIR teh problem, and that only if MOST of his cells were annihilated at One time would he be killed."
I jumped in at this point, having a STRONG "feeling" about WHAT he was gonna say NEXT--"But...Sergei never HAD a SERIOUS INJURY before Hiroto SHOT him, right!? So, his supposed "Immortality" was ASSUMED because he "passed" some rather arbitrary LAB TESTS--but that ISN'T a True "reflection" of what can REALLY happen in teh REAL WORLD, IS it!?"
"Right," answered Mario, a bit impressed that I had figured this out so FAR with Intuition ALONE! "And some rather "strange" and unexpected things occurred when Oberon "awakened" and became a Second Earth--which was UNEXPECTED in ITSELF!"
"Like You and Sophia being HERE......."
"And Hiroto told me he was DYING up to teh point that Mika reached out for him--neither HE or Mika have ANY "explanation" as to WHY he DIDN'T die when his body was losing cells FASTER than they could be replaced--he HAD lasted LONGER than was to be expected under teh circumstances, just on sheer WILL-POWER alone, but he says he KNOWS he was nearly DEAD.......and THEN, he HEARD Mika call out to him, and when he looked up, it was if his body was almost "brand new", and there had NEVER been that inbred genetic "tendency" to self-destruct, Just--Like--THAT!" Mario snapped his fingers to give emphasis to what he was saying.....
Danny spoke then--"Are you saying that this Oberon may have ALTERED Sergei's cells' genetic code in some way, "twisting" teh Immortality he was SUPPOSED to have into this MESS that he's stuck with NOW!?"
Sergei, who was sleeping as "peacefully" as possible under teh circumstances, moaned a bit then, and we all turned to look at him sympathetically.........
"Maybe", continued Mario quietly, "Or perhaps teh problem was just "there" ALL ALONG, and teh stress of teh whole situation "triggered" it somehow......"
"Poor Sergei...." I said under my breath--to be "condemned" to live out teh REST of his already shortened Life in this kind of pain and suffering, unable to do much of ANYTHING besides LIE THERE, waiting to die........................
Mario must of heard me, because he smiled a little and commented, "I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T be so "sympathetic", MYSELF, I realize--Hiroto even ASKED me about that, since it WAS Lord Sneak who sent teh Fleet AFTER US, resulting in my confrontation with Jean........But, I just can't seem to hold a "grudge" if you wanna' know teh Truth, Mrs. Saverem--NOT even against Sergei--there must be SOMETHING about him "worth" saving, or else WHY would Mir have had so MUCH Faith in him in teh First Place.......?"
I smiled, nearly laughing, but decided NOT to try and explain to Mario just WHY I found it amusing that he was an "Italian" who didn't hold GRUDGES! Instead I decided to ask him something I had wondered about for some time--"Mario, do you "remember" being.......you know......?"
"SOME of it--I remember speaking to Hiroto on Oberon......"
"Did you......"meet"....teh OTHER Sergei's, teh Three who came BEFORE this....."model".......?"
"You mean teh ones who were deemed "failures" and "put down"?"
Mario said that so....."casually", it made me *SHUDDER*--"NO, let's call it what it WAS, Mario, in ANY TIME OR PLACE--They were MURDERED, for no "BETTER" REASON than someone's Stupid Vanity!"
Mario looked startled for a moment, then thoughtful, and I sensed something from Daniel that made me lean against him to comfort him
Mario decided to answer teh question--"I THINK I MAY have, tho' I don't really have any "memory" of doing so......but perhaps that's WHY I want to help THIS Sergei, now--for teh sake of those Three before him, who didn't have a chance.........."
And I realized that THAT was partly MY "reason", TOO.................
To be Continued--