Inside that room, there was a girl. She was strapped down securely to her bed with kevlar straps at her wrists, ankles, and one around her waist. She had an oxygen mask around her mouth and nose, which were keeping her oxygen flow normal. She had IV-tubes connected to her wrists, with which to keep nutrients going into her body. And finally, there was a heart-monitor to keep track of her hear-beat.
She was unrecognizable to anyone who knew her. She had thinned out a bit from not truly eating for the past two months. She had a large set of scars across her cheek, like claw-marks Her muscle-mass had decreased from not going through any use in two months. And the hospital staff had cut her long locks of violet hair, giving her a bowl-cut.
She was Xian Pu, a warrior of the Joketsuzoku Amazons. Or, as she was more commanly known to certain people of Nerima, 'Shampoo'. Yes. The Shampoo. The Amazon was beaten thoroughly, having had her rib-caged crushed in by a powerful strike from Ranko and had been taken to the hospial to recouperate, as wekk as Ranko.
And so she had lain there, for two months. She was kept alive thanks only to the funding tha Tatewaki Kuno so graciously gave the hospital to pay for her bills, as he wanted her alive.
And still, the Amazon showed no signs of awakening from the deep coma she was in.
However, one could see that the bars that had been placed over Shampoo's window so she couldn't escape, had been bent outward, leaving a large gap in the center. The glass of the window had been broken, and there were shards of glass all over the floor of her room.
Inside the room, Shampoo's great-grandmother, Cologne stood viligantly. Having looked at Shampoo's medical chart, the elder shook her head and sighed at the state her great-granddaughter was in. "No wonder Shampoo has yet to return, or even send communication to the village." Cologne thought.
From what the elder Amazon could understand from the hospital report left by Shampoo's bed, it would appear that her great-granddaughter had been caught in a fight and then attacked by some sort of large cat...
Cologne's eyes narrowed. "The outsider..." Cologne hissed. She knew that the girl had to have some sort of Jusenkyo curse. She could feel it from the redhead's aura. "She must hav become a cat and attacked Shampoo. The coward..."
Cologne then threw the medical chart onto the ground, and pogoed over to the head of the bed on her staff. With a flick of her wrist, all the kevlar straps were cut in half, releasing the unconscious Shampoo's body. "Still got it." Cologne chuckled.
Cologne then took a moment to crack her fingers. "And now we'll have the moment of truth..." The Amazon Elder thought to herself. It was time to put her shiatsu knowledge to use once more.
Cologne gently tapped a spot on Shampoo's neck. A few seconds later, the beeping of the heart-monitor increased, going fast and faster. And then it happened.
The young warrior's eyes snapped wide-open and she sat up, tearing the oxygen mask from around her mouth. Shampoo looked around the unfamiliar surroundings, trying to figure out where she was. She relaxed at seeing Cologne. "Great-grandmother..."
Cologne stared at Shampoo seriously. "Child, I believe we're long overdue for a talk..."
Shampoo gulped nervously at the combination of anger and frustration behind Cologne's eyes.
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