Fantasy A Little Night Music by TMaskedWriter

[Ramesh_Rocky]

In Helena's head, she and Suzy-Q had come to realize why the assassin had to strike at that time. It was a word that Suzy-Q had picked up from the access she seemed to have to Helena's thoughts while on the strange voyage in her head: Springheel.

"Wow," Suzy-Q said, upon learning what Helena knew of Springheel. "This is some Area 51, Stargate SG-1 shit here! How do you even know about something like this?"

Helena answered with a drag of her cigarette.

"Unlike some countries'" She paused."Oh, let's say 'leaders,' I GO to my intelligence briefings. And I don't put Putin on speaker."

"Ok, that's fair. But that's what all this is about: you weren't supposed to BE at the meeting where you started asking questions about Springheel. You, Ramirez, and the Minister of Intelligence and his people were the only ones who had seen the Springheel video. All they'd been able to tell you was that the video wasn't a fake. But at the meeting, you showed it to your Science Expert and told him to have his people look into it. You asked people who could give you answers!"

"Fuck," Helena shouted as a gear shifted in her head. "If keeping Springheel quiet is this important to him and he's fucked up at this stage of the game, he'll be out to put a stop to that! The way I'm starting to feel that his head works, he probably planted a bomb in the Ministry of Science before any of this began!"

Suzy-Q gave Helen another hug. This time it was deliberate and lasted longer.

"Yes, those people are in danger and you need to evacuate the building. But first you'll have to survive surgery and wake up."

"Yeah," Helena mused as she looked around. "In the movies, this is where I'd wake up and tell Ramirez to do it right now. I... er... don't seem to be waking up, though."

"This isn't TV," Suzy-Q replied. "Your body's probably still in surgery and under the anesthetic. Not a lot we can really do now except wait and hope you come to in time."

Helena shrugged and sighed.

"That sucks." She thought for a moment. "Well, while we're waiting, wanna see my castle?"

Susan gave a nod-shrug that said "Eh, why not."

Helen concentrated. The room started shimmering again, into her study.

* * *

Julie and Colleen walked down the stairs to the waiting limousine. Troy stopped Susan before descending the stairs.

"Hey, just a second, Susan."

She stopped and turned around. He wrapped his arms around Susan's waist, hoisted her up an inch, and gave her a big kiss.