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				Nexus

				Chapter 5


	"He's what?" Rei asked.
	"He said he's supposed to be dead.  From what I could piece
together, apparently he was in a plane accident, and he was one of the very
few survivors," Ami stated.
	"When was this?" Minako asked.
	"10 years ago, according to him."
	Usagi, Ami, Rei, Minako, and Makoto were all in Usagi's room. 
Usagi had some trouble with their friend's injuries, and they came over to
help her out.  Ami wanted to change the subject from death, as the
conversation quickly shifted to, so she told had them what happened that
morning.
	"Well, how was he related to you back then?  How old is he?"
Makoto asked, who seemed interested in the fact that an old friend came
back for her.
	"I don't know, maybe a friend, he seems 20."
	"I didn't know you had a friend back then," Rei said.
	"Me neither," Ami shot back, putting her head on her knees, and
they didn't question her further.
	Ami sat there for a short while before speaking, "Sorry, I'm just
tired.  My mom was talking about things I couldn't even remember.  Saying
things like him teaching me how to read, to learn, and all of that.  She
even said I would be found at his house late at night wanting to spend the
night.  I couldn't remember any of it."
	"You can't remember anything?  What about that girl?" Rei questioned.
	"No idea, she remembers me though.  She ran up to me and hugged me
before I could do anything.  I feel like I'm supposed to know them, but I
just don't.  Does that seem a little crazy?"	
	"Actually you sound pretty normal," Usagi interrupted, "I felt the
same way about Mamoru.  You just want to know them, and you feel you
should, but you don't.  Is that what it feels like...if I made any sense?"
	Ami nodded, that's exactly what it felt like.  And it wasn't like
she wanted a normal friend.  The mere presence of that man had brought out
a slight longing that she felt reach into her very being.   Clearly, every
part of her, besides her memory, could remember him.
	"Rei?  How do you get to know a man?" she asked suddenly, which
took Rei by surprise.
        "Ami?  Are you okay?  You've never asked anything like that
before..." Rei responded.
        "It's all right, I just want to know how to talk to him, so
nothing terrible might 
happen."
        "Well, nothing works on every man, I mean it's not that easy," she
said, and she was right.  She had no idea what this person liked or
anything else about him.  And now her friend was asking...
        "Rei?"
        Someone was talking to her...
        "Rei?"
        "Huh?  What?"
        "Are you daydreaming?" Minako asked.
        "What?  No, I was...just..thinking...yeah."
        The phone rang and Usagi got up to answer it, "Hello?  Oh, Hi
Mamo-chan!!  Yes?  What?  Yeah, sure, I could meet you...  Where?  Okay
fine.  See you then."
        "Is he taking you to lunch or something?" Makoto asked.
       	"Yeah, right after he finishes some work at the museum.

			* * * * * * * * * *

	Outside of that same particular museum, a woman stood outside of a
car and was silently talking to a man in the driver's seat.  They conversed
for several minutes before she shook hands with the man, and handed him a
thick envelope.  The man looked at his watch, then drove away.  She looked
around and quickly walked towards an alley.  
	"Liana?" a metallic voice spoke from the pitch-black alley.
	"Victor...what are you doing here?"
       	"Just checking on my little sister...what'd you do?"
       	"Since you'll find out from Trevor anyways, I might as well tell
you," she responded casually.
       	"That's true..." the voice interjected, she could almost feel her
brother's hard grin.
       	"I paid that driver to run down Mamoru.  I told him to look for
someone that was wearing a brown jacket and sunglasses, like he usually
wears.  He can't miss, and since he won't live through the accident, hehe,
we have nothing to worry about," she explained.
       	A gray arm, seemingly covered in metal, protruded from the
darkness.  The hand had long blades right below the knuckles that extended
for about a foot.  The entire arm seemed to be made out of metal.
       	"That's good, because if the driver lives, it'll be on your head
if we're found out..."
        The arm, as well as the creature's entire body, slowly faded from
view, until there was nothing left of him.

			To be continued...


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