Title: The Magical Taste!
Author: Allana
Rating: Uh… maybe we shouldn’t go into that.
Summary: Somewhat of a sequel to “The Story Where Shini Goes Crazy and Dies”
Disclaimer: I don’t own Shini or Doctor Thunder, even less Gundam Wing and In a
Heartbeat.
Thanks to Josephine (aka Mistress Kitty) and Doktor Donnor.
Dedication: This is for the author known as Shini Winner, as well as for the author
known as Josephine, whose conversation lead to this (hahaha!). By the way, in real life
(that is, outside of Fanfiction), the three of us are good friends.


Part I: The First Taste


Once, on a dark evening, Allana and Shini were invited to Josephine’s house. Because they were laughing so hard at “George of the Jungle”, they all became severely thirsty. Josephine led them to the refrigerator. As she opened the door and drew out the drawer that housed the soda pop, Shini spied the DR. THUNDER. Not knowing of it’s magical power, she decided to try some. No one knew
enough to warn her. It was only coincidence that Josephine and Allana had chosen more sensible beverages.

So then, Shini carefully took out the DR. THUNDER and felt the cold weight of it in her hand. After that, she cautiously slid her fingernail under the tab.

However, before she could open it, Josephine asked her “Would you like a Fruit Roll-Up or something?” Shini graciously accepted the offering of sugar and, once again, proceeded to open the DR. THUNDER.

However, she was quickly stopped by an anxious Josephine and dragged downstairs again. Once they were situated by the television, Shini once again made a movement to detach the metal barrier.

However, Allana asked, “What movie do you want to watch now?”

“Endless Waltz,” she said in hurried vexation and ripped open her carbonated beverage. The liquid fizzed at its disturbance. Then (“There was no warning!”) Shini began to satisfy her thirst with large gulping sounds.


Part II: The Effects


Shini finally brought the can away from her mouth. Nearly half of the caramel-colored substance was gone. All of a sudden, Shini shuddered, then she shook, then she rattled her chains (Josephine: “Shini doesn’t have any chains…” Allana: “Well, it sounds cool and maybe she thinks she does.” Josephine: “Ah, I see.”). As Shini convulsed with DR. THUNDER, Josephine and Allana exchanged worried glances.

“What did you do to her?” asked Allana.

“I’ve never seen that stuff before in my life. Shows me what happens when my dad shops alone…” replied Josephine. Then Shini’s odd dance stopped. She lay on her stomach with her legs curled under her and her head down. Allana approached her to see if she was still alive when Shini’s head slowly came up. Her eyes had an odd sparkle to them, and her face formed a twistedly sweet smile.

She turned toward the television where Endless Waltz was coming on. After watching for a while in complete stillness, Quatre came on and her eyes widened.

“Oooo!” she said softly and reached up to his image as if to touch it.


Part III: The Obsession


“Shini, what are you doing?” asked Josephine.

“It’s Quatre,” came the strange whisper. Allana finally grabbed Shini’s arm and
turned her away from the screen. Shini began to laugh and broke free of her hindrance
and gazed once more at the fictional cartoon character. “Quatre, my love!”

“Shini, do you remember the story where you go crazy and die?” inquired Allana.

“Hehehe, of course!” said she, still infatuated with the blonde Arabian.

“This is beginning to sound a lot like that.”

Shini cocked her head, shook it, and said, “No, Quatre won’t kill me this time.
I’ll unplug him first. It was fun, though!” Then she fell into another bout of crazed
laughter.

Josephine and Allana turned toward each other. “We must never let her have DR.
THUNDER ever again!” they cried to each other. Fortunately, Shini was occupied
enough not to notice.

Meanwhile, Josephine carefully sneaked up to Shini’s drink and took the DR.
THUNDER away from her. As soon as she picked it up, she knew she was too late. The
can was empty. “Looks we’ll be up for a while longer,” she said.

Allana glanced over at Shini again and was shocked to find another DR. THUNDER clenched in her fist. “Shini, how’d you get that?”

“Hehe, cool trick, huh? This stuff is GOOD!”

“Shini, give me the can, okay? You don’t need any Dr. THUNDER,” said Josephine, trying to calm the crazed lunatic.

Shini cocked her head and squinted her eyes a bit, then drained the rest of the DR. THUNDER before one can say “Stop it, Shini!” and handed over the metal shell.

Josephine shook her head. “That’s not what I meant, Shini…” Before she could finish, another serving of DR. THUNDER had somehow appeared and was making its way down Shini’s esophagus. This time, the stimulants were too much for her and she began to giggle menacingly without signs of stopping.

Since Shini was “pretending” that Quatre was talking to her, Josephine and Allana sneaked upstairs and put a lock on the refrigerator. “Hopefully, that will keep her from getting more,” said Josephine.

“Well, you know Shini, she has… ways.”

Just then, Shini came in with one arm hooked around an imaginary Quatre and the other holding a DR. THUNDER.


Part IV: The Consequences


“Shini, how many of those have you had?”

She considered. “Seven,” she said sweetly, accompanied with one of her smiles.
“What does that do?” she asked as she crossed the kitchen and examined the toaster.
Unfortunately, someone had left it on.

“Shini, it’s a toaster,” said Josephine with an eye roll. “We all know what the toaster does.”

“But the little red lines are pretty,” she said as she reached out to touch them.

“No, Shini!” yelled the un-DR. THUNDERed girls (they both could have almost sworn that they heard a tiny, male voice say the same thing behind them).

ZZZIIIPPP!!!
“OUCH!!!!!!”
THUD.

Allana rushed over to Shini to see if she was okay. “Electricity strikes again,” she muttered under her breath. She checked her pulse and breathing and determined that Shini was merely taking a little nap. At least she and Josephine would have a breather before she woke up again.

“Do you think we should call an ambulance?” asked Josephine.

“Well… just for them to check on her.”

Soon the ambulance came, and suddenly the EMT’s from In a Heartbeat were there. Jamie came up to Josephine and said, “Kingsport EMS. What happened here?”

Josephine steadied her breathing and managed to say, “But, this isn’t Kingsport…”

“It doesn’t matter. What happened to her?” asked Tyler. Allana explained about the DR. THUNDER and the toaster, but wisely left out the Gundam Wing part. Hank checked her over as Val inquired, “Is she on any medications?”

Josephine and Allana just shrugged. “With Shini, who knows?”

Shini woke up and began to chug more DR. THUNDER. “Oo! It’s a party!”

Josephine and Allana gave each other hopeless looks. It was going to be a looooong night.