Manhattan bar

[onca]

Cabover Pete's vision turns from black to a blurry grey, thence clears somewhat to reveal a bank of blinding fluros overhead. His eyes swing and wobble uncertainly until they lock onto six white-garbed figures standing over him. They are sporting what looks like an Ageira logo on their coveralls.

"He's awake!" one exclaims.

"It's a miracle!" breaths another.

One older face bends over Pete. "Sir, are you you alright!" it says loudly, as though Pete were a deaf foreigner.

There is a pounding in Pete's head like every "Tap Dogs" gig ever performed, and his mouth tastes like the toilet from "Trainspotting".*

*Pete has a penchant for late 20th/early 21st century Earth kulture.

A sore croaking works its way out of Pete's dry mouth. "Wha happen? Who'r you?"

"I'm Doctor... er... Smith," says the face bent over Pete. "We're not sure what happened, we're hoping you could tell us. You were brought in comatose from Manhattan bar. We were sure we'd lose you."

"Huh?" moans Pete.

"We pumped your stomach. It was unbelievable the substances which came out!" said Dr. Smith. "Do you have any enemies? Is there anyone who would profit by your death?"

"My death?" groans Pete.

"It was if some cruel monster had force-fed you MOX!"

Through the haze in Pete's mind, he recalls drinking mulitple Exploding Xenos or Corsair Gargleblasters or something like that. "I wondered what the secret ingredient was," mumbles Pete.

Dr Smith straightens and addresses his colleagues. "He's rambling, poor fellow. He may be awake but I'm not sure his mind will recover, with the beating it took. Not to mention his liver." He shakes his head ruefully.

Recovering a modicum of his faculites, Pete realises he had a hold full of Luxury Goods on the pad waiting to go. "Doc, how long are you keeping me in here?"

Dr Smith bends over Pete again. "A while, I'm afraid. For that evil stuff to work its way out of your system. Five weeks, at least."

Pete shudders, and blackness envelopes him once more.

<ooc>Guys this is to explain why I've been scarce over the past week, and why I'm gonna scarcer for the next five. I'm going on holidays to the US :lol: I'll post in the other forums for everyone to see.

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