Mickey hears everything going to hell behind her, she feels Snake shoving her and Schreber through the portal, and she feels herself letting go of him. There's a feeling of vertigo, followed by the feeling of falling and spinning at the same time, then the feeling of hitting the ground hard
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Jack watches the two with a relieved smile. "Rashid said you might be back soon. We were so worried, Mickey."
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"I was worried too. You have no idea. I - I need to sit down."
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Jack looks over Mickey, concerned. He's been injured enough times to tell that she's favoring one side for a reason. "When we couldn't find you, I contacted Rashid. After some scrying, he concluded you were trapped in a dimension that we couldn't access."
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"Rashid was right. There were these... these things, called the Strangers. They kidnapped people, they... they changed our memories." she shudders. "I was this Irish girl named Shirley Flynn. I sang at bars at night, except it was always night in that city. The Strangers, they didn't like sunlight. Or water. I..." She rubs her head, hard. "Everything is just... Oh god, Ryan, Jack... I got chased by one of those things, but it was different. It had... tentacles coming out of it's head."
She rubs her temples hard, shaking.
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"But... you remember who you are now, right?" Ryan adds.
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"I... I remember who I am now, yeah," she says. "Some things are still fuzzy. It's just..." she shakes her head. "I remember waking up and thinking I was Shirley Flynn, and that I needed to buy milk and groceries. Then, after I did that, I went home and read a bit, then I was headed to the bar. I stopped in this automat thing, talked to some people. Everything was... normal, at that point. I thought I was somebody else, I didn't know either of you..."
She winces as she turns to look at Jack. "I... think I might have to go to the hospital. I took a couple of hard tumbles..."
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Jack gently pats Mickey on the shoulder. "One of us can take you. Do you want to change first? It's a lovely dress, dear, but I don't think you'll be able to explain the alien blood."
"Let me help you upstairs," says Ryan, offering his hand.
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Mickey takes Ryan's hand. "Thanks. Yeah, I... I need to change. As nice as this dress is, I can't wait to get out of it..."
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He helps Mickey upstairs, to her room, while Jack follows behind, intending to make some tea. "I'll wait here, while you change."
"You should change, too," Jack calls up. "Unless you want to drive to the hospital in your pajamas."
"Huh? Oh, yeah." He looks sheepish for a moment, then heads into his room. "I'll meet you back out here, Mickey."
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Mickey can't help but smile at Jack's words. "It would be kind of awkward, I gotta admit," she says.
Her room has never looked so familiar and welcoming. It's a bit painful to move around, but she doesn't really care. It's good to get back into her clothes. She sighs in relief.
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Ryan huffs. "I'll have you know that these are very stylish pjs," he calls down to Jack before shutting his door.
When Mickey's ready, she'll find Ryan waiting outside her door, in jeans and a t-shirt. "Ready? I'll take you to Memorial. Hopefully it's not too busy right now."
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Mickey is wearing comfortable clothes, mainly so she can move around easily. "Yeah, I'm ready. And it's the middle of the night - I really doubt it will be."
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He unlocks his car's door and holds it open for her. "So, uh, how did you get out of there?" He had kept an eye on the Nexus but hadn't witnessed a mass exodus.
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"Don't make anything explode while we're gone," Mickey calls to Jack. "I'm too tired to clean anything up."
She waits for Ryan to get into the car before she starts to explain. "There was this... tunnel. Schreber, this man named Dovev, and I got into this cart thing. We went down into this... pit, below the city, where everything was controlled. We were attacked, but we were able to damage this machine that the Strangers used. It made this... portal, thing, open. Dovev shoved me and Schreber at it, and then... I was here."
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"I bet it's how they got us. Do you think that TC could put up wards for that kind of thing?" she closes her eyes, shivering. She feels violated.
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