Ranma and the girls were now at the X-Men's infirmary. Jean Grey and Henry MacCoy (Ranma didn't freak out at the Beast's appearance, that was nothing compared to Pantyhose Taro's monster form) quickly went to work. Ranma, used to dr. Tofu's methods, found strange that they used all those machines to do their tests. Then he realised that not everyone is a martial artist capable of reading people's auras and using shiatsu. He was ushered on a table and saw some kind of moving arch pass over him. The Beast also took a blood sample and did a quick auscultation.
After that, Ranma was left to himself. He could see that Fuujin's shoulder had been bandaged and Mutsumi was peacefully sleeping on a bed. Lain, Millia and Shinobu were okay and waited for the analysises' results too.
Roughly an hour later, Jean Grey came back from the science lab. She motioned all of them to sit down and began to explain what they found.
"First, the good news : There's nothing wrong with any of you. No implants, no foreign bodies in your blood and no alterations of any kind to your physiologies. Your wounds will heal properly in time" Ranma and the girls smiled even if they didn't understand all what was said "Now, girls. What I am going to say will probably come as a shock to you but you deserve to know..."
Shinobu suddenly looked nervous and afraid "Is... Is one of us pregnant or something ?" She had lived in terror for months in that place, dreading the time when her body would have matured enough to... She shivered at the thought.
Jean smiled, trying to reassure the young girl "No, none of you are pregnant. But it is close..."
Millia raised an eyebrow, her hair forming a blanket around her "Close ? What is it then ?"
Jean sighed and dropped the bomb "We've found traces of surgery on all of you except Ranma. He avoided it only because he was a boy when they caught him. Some ova have been taken from you. For in-vitro fecondation and artificial reproduction probably"
The girls gaped. They could have THEIR children running around and never know for sure. Reactions were varied. Ranma was angry at this Sinister guy and vowed to make him pay, Shinobu and Lain were now crying, Millia was in shock and Fuujin had punched the wall. A single tear slid along the sleeping Otohime's face.
Jean hated that part of her job but someone had to do it "There's something else. Sinister has also taken DNA samples from all of you, even Ranma. Knowing him, he will use them for cloning purposes"
Ranma was puzzled "Ano... what's cloning ?"
Jean turned to face him and tried to find a good explanation. From what she had seen of his mind, she knew his education had glaring holes even by America's lesser educational standards "It is a scientific way to create a new human being physically identical to the one who gave his DNA for the procedure. A living copy..."
Ranma understood the general meaning of the thing. it was like that cursed mirror all over again. He didn't need another evil twin to screw up his life even more !
Jean opened the doors of the infirmary "You are all exhausted. We've prepared rooms for each of you. Please follow me" Ranma and the girls (except Otohime) were numb from all the revelations thrown at them but agreed to Jean's suggestion.
*****
Ranma was tossing and turning in his bed. He couldn't sleep, not with what he learned today. *To hell with this !* Ranma got out of the bed and...
See other episodes by Jamil Nate
(Posted Sat, 26 Oct 2002 00:47)
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