Friday, April 15, 2005

--Washu’s Lab-- K: (sitting on a stool) W: (behind a control panel) Hold still, Kida-chan. This won’t hurt a bit. A laser grid forms around Kida. A: (next to Washu) You sure this is harmless, Washu? K: I’m fine, mommy! (waves back) W: She’ll be just fine. J: (somewhere in the lab) Hey, you saved it! A: Nya? W: Huh? J: (comes up dragging a long chrome object that looks kind of like a formula 1 racer without wheels and a jet engine on the back) Hnnn! Urg! (sets it down) *sigh* Phew! A: What in the galaxy is that? W: Oh yeah! That’s an old invention Justin and I created years ago. It was his idea. He called it the Cloud Cutter. A: Cloud Cutter? J: It’s a jet-propelled personal air transport. It can reach speeds of up to 150 mph. That is.... it would have. (glances at Washu) W: *sigh* I couldn’t make it go that fast. You blacked out after 100. J: Washu made it so it could only go 90. Buzz kill. I still say we should have added that g-force stabilizer. It would’ve neutralized the effects. W: I’m not having this conversation with you again. J: (glares at Washu) Grrrrr. (looks at Kida) *smiles* (looks at Aisha) You know, you and her are the most precious things in my world now. (kisses her cheek) A: (takes his arm) J: (quietly) I love you, Aisha. And I know you love me. And I also know why you love Kida so much. A: Nya? J: It’s the same reason you were hesitant about getting into a deeper relationship with me. They say human sperm isn’t strong enough to fertilize a ctarl egg cell. That’s why you held back those feelings for me until recently. Feelings that only emerged during a full moon. You didn’t want our relationship to become sexual because you were afraid we wouldn’t be able to reproduce. But Kida changed all that. Am I right? A: .... (nods) Yes. “beep beep beep!” W: That’s good Kida. You can come down now. K: (hops of the stool and runs towards Aisha) A: (picks her up) J: How is she? W: (looking at the screen) Just fine. She’s a perfectly healthy little girl. And if my guess is correct..... yep! Looks like we missed another birthday. According to her biological scan she’s 6 years old. J: Six already? She’ll be ten in a matter of weeks. And if that keeps up... Aisha, could you and Kida-chan leave me and Washu alone for a minute? A: Sure. (walks away carrying Kida) J: Washu, about this whole growth acceleration thing. Can you..... is there any way you can stop it? I mean, at the rate she’s ageing, she’ll..... she’ll...... *clears throat* I want you to stop it! W: I’m sorry, Justin. But I told you before, I can’t. But... J: (enraged) Why?! Washu, at this rate, by the end of the year I’m going to be burying my own daughter! W: Justin, calm down and listen to me! J: .... *sniff* W: (slowly and calmly) I can’t stop the process. But it will stop on its own very soon. J: What? W: I kept trying to tell you. The growth acceleration hormones will slow down and degenerate as Kida gets older. Already they’re starting to diminish. J: ........ W: You’re not going to burry your daughter, Justin. I will make certain of that. J: .... So,.... when will she start ageing normally? W: (looks at the screen) If this remains constant, the accelerators will be out of her system in a month or two. J: How old will she be by then? W: About..... fourteen. J: *sigh of relief* W: You’ll have plenty of time to watch her grow into a beautiful young woman. J: Washu,.... you have a strange way of mucking up my life and fixing it all at the same time. W: ^_^ J: ...... (looks at the Cloud Cutter) Hey, Kida-chan! A: (walks back in holding Kida) J: (lays down on the Cloud Cutter as if mounting a motorcycle) You wanna go for a ride? K: Yeah! A: Absolutely not! J: Washu, you should get Deej down here. I’m sure he’d get a real kick out of this.

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