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« on: April 04, 2013, 10:41:25 PM »
“Urggh my head.” Sakura yawned groggily.
She was currently in the sick bay and felt like she went through one of Hitomi’s marathons through the former Sparkvanian territory trying to avoid land mines.
Sakura tried getting up but she found that she was dizzy and a little disoriented with her fever still persisting. Her mind felt a bit foggy and her eyes hadn’t fully adjusted just yet, but she knew that someone had put her in her peach pajamas. As her vision got clearer she spotted another occupant in one of the beds across from her, with red spiky hair.
She blinked a couple of times to see if she was seeing what she thought was seeing. After confirming that she wasn’t seeing things she got out of her with a burst of energy. She tripped once before she reached the other bed but it didn’t stop her from reaching her destination. When she got a better looks at the occupant her eyes widen and began to tear up.
The person in the bed was definitely Protoman Blues. He was deeply sleeping and breathing slowly with a blanket covering most of his body. His arms were outside of the blanket wrapped up in bandages along with what Sakura saw of his upper chest confirmed that he was at least shirtless. There was also a small towel on his head, which Sakura assumed was because he caught the fever that all the humans affected by the Frenzy Waves caught along with more towels and a bucket of water on the side table.
Sakura slowly reached for PB’s hand and gripped it. When she felt his hand and warm in her hand she began to cry even more.
“It's not a dream.” Sakura whispered to herself as her tears were streaming more and more “He’s actually here.”
Sakura cried to herself for a few minutes not noticing the door opening and someone coming in. She did not notice the entrant standing there for a second before moving something to the front of the beds. She certainly didn’t notice the individual approaching her until they put their hand on her shoulder.
Sakura lifted her head to see it was Asch next to her.
“Are you okay?” Asch asked softly.
“I-I’m fine.” Sakura sniffed “Just relieved that this is real.”
Asch kneeled down to Sakura’s level and hugged her while she cried more into his shirt. They stayed like this for a few minutes until Sakura was finished crying and moves out of Asch’s arms.
“How long have I been asleep?” Sakura asks as she gets up.
“About 8 hours or so.” Asch replied while helping Sakura back to the bed she was sleeping in.
“I see and I guess PB has been asleep all this time?” Sakura guessed sitting down on the bed.
“He has, though that’s to be expected.” Asch said as he pushed the cart he brought in between Sakura and the empty bed next to hers and PB’s with the cart making a makeshift table as he sat down in the empty bed. On the cart was a pot of hot soup with a ladle, a few bowls, and spoons.
“Has he been having nightmares?” Sakura asked as she took the ladle to get some soup.
“Yeah I think he’s been having some crazy ass nightmares. Every hour and a half to 2 hours he’s been muttering some things I can’t make out and sweating bullets.
The only thing I can do in that situation was replace the towel on his head and wait for him to calm down.” Asch sighed “The poor guy has been suffering.”
“I was afraid of that” Sakura sighed as well. “PB can heal really fast from physical wounds, but it’ll take while for him to recover mentally and emotionally.”
“We’ll just have to help him recover, all of us will.” Asch said with determination.
“Of course we will, but it won’t be easy.” Sakura cautioned “PB can be the crutch we lean on when we feel down, but he won’t let people know that he himself has a problem or becomes depressed with something, even if we all can see it.”
“Why is that?” Asch wondered.
“He feels that since he can solve everyone else’s problems that he has to solve his own on his own. It’s a good philosophy in theory but in practice it’s very hard to fight off your own demons, especially with something this horribly traumatizing.” Sakura sighed.
“I guess the only thing we can do is try to help him as much as we can and give him time, even if he doesn’t want us to.” Asch recommended.
“That’s all we can do really.” Sakura agreed.
As they came to this conclusion the sickbay door opened to allow two very familiar Berbils to enter the room.
“Warrior of the Grove of Memories awake?” Berbil Jade asked.
“Oh it’s you!” Sakura squeed as she ran over to both Berbils and hugged them.
“You always hug these guys every time you see them, don’t you?” Asch asked with a smile on his face.
“PB does it all the time too, heck even Wily II would!” Sakura cried happily as she continued to hug them.
“I figured as much.” Asch laughed “Not that I blame you, they are pretty damn cute.”
“Berbils are very accustomed to this treatment.” Berbil Joe stated.
“I guess you would have to be considering you guys are a race of really adorable mechanical teddy bears.” Asch smiled.
“Berbils wish to request something.” Berbil Jade piped up.
“What is it?” Sakura asked curiously as she let go of the Berbils.
“We wish to know the events that have come to pass before the Resistance returned to their base and the current state of the One Who Holds the Sword of Omens.” said Berbil Joe
Both Sakura and Asch frowned as they were reminded of the current situation.
“I guess it’s only fair that you guys should know what’s going on now, since Berbil Joe has been out of commission due to Tron’s treachery and Jade has been taking care of him.” Sakura sighed.
“How do you know that?” Asch asked surprised by the revelation of Berbil Joe’s previous condition.
“Borock-bot witnessed it, and when we fuse we can pretty much read each other’s minds and know what the other knows.” Sakura said as she picked up Berbil Jade and walked to the bed next to PB’s sitting down. "There's also been some weird things that have been happening while we were getting the engine part from the ISS."
“I guess that makes sense, that explains why he’s making a report for everyone.” Asch sighed while picking up Berbil Joe and sat in the bed “While we’re at it there was something weird happen when we returned to the base that I should tell you about.”
“That would be a good idea.” Sakura nodded.
The four of them spent the next few moments recounting the events thus far and putting together the pieces of the puzzle that Tron, or Thron as Sakura learned, had scattered. The Berbils also told them of their situation while Sakura and Asch finished their soup.
“So this Thron has joined Wily II and the world is in even more danger.” Sakura surmised.
“Yeah and you, PB, and maybe some other people have to go see that Wildgun dude to figure out how to stop them.” Asch replied.
“Well in the current situation we can’t even do that right now, not to mention we don’t know when PB is going to be back to top condition.” Sakura sighed. “I’m also worried about the Berbils in the WDS, there’s no way we can save them anytime soon with how guarded it is.”
“I don’t even want to try to think about that right now, there’s just too much to handle right now.” Asch said looking down.
“Berbils in WDS will be fine.” Berbil Joe responded “Berbils attempt to liberate some and Berbil’s resourcefulness and adaptability are proficient.”
“Let’s hope they can hold out until we can come up with a plan then.” Sakura affirmed.
“That is all Berbil’s ask.” Berbil Jade nodded.
Suddenly they heard PB tossing and turning while muttering to himself in his sleep. He was sweating profusely and had a look of agony on his face.
“PB mind must be really tormenting him now.” Asch said as Sakura and Berbil Jade got up and walked over to PB. Sakura lifted up Berbil Jade to the little table with the towels as Sakura took off the towel on PB’s head and stroked his head lightly with her hand.
“It’s okay PB, I’m here now.” Sakura said softly as Berbil Jade gave her one of the wet towels and Sakura placed it on PB’s head.
After a few moments PB calmed down again as he returned to the state Sakura found him in when she woke up.
“That’s about the 5th time he’s done that all night.” Asch sighed as he and Berbil Joe walked over “Zeta helped me the first 2 times before she had to go rest, then Borock-bot had to help me when he stopped by the 3rd time he did it, and he did it again about an hour before I left to get the soup Borock-bot made.”
“So this is what has been happening to him.” Sakura muttered “I’ll help you take care of him now.”
“You don’t have to do that Sakura, you should keep resting.” Asch said as he put Berbil Joe on the bed.
“Temperature of Warrior of the Grove of Memories higher than normal healthy temperature, rest recommended.” Berbil Jade agreed.
“I know I should rest, but I haven’t seen PB in so long and I want to help him as much as I can.” Sakura said determined.
“Alright you can help.” Asch sighed “But only because it’s not that physically strenuous, you missed PB so much, and I like talking to you.”
“Thank you.” Sakura smiled a little.
The four of them sat there watching PB and conversing a little until they all fell asleep at PB’s bedside.
(Next time the part I've been waiting to write for a while.)