Resurrection by K-Pop
In her hospital room, Mellie still sits, petrified. She just can't seem to get her subconscious around her husband cheating on her with TWO women, let alone the Afroasian president...
Aaron O'Reilly sits with her, holding her hand. He strokes it. He's dressed and re-dressed her many times, while trying to awaken her with sex. The First Lady may never wake...
On a computer nearby, Aaron connects to the Internet. He logs onto Pandora, and switches the channel to K-Pop Girl Groups.
Before Mellie, he dances to a medley of K-Pop classics. He strips, as he does so. He doubts that this'll work any better than most other things everyone's tried... But he's in love with the First Lady; he WON'T abandon her, even if her husband will.
Still, Mellie sits like a statue. She's still as catatonic as ever...
On her hand, one of her small fingers twitches. Aaron doesn't see it; he's losing control, dancing.
He keeps dancing. He feels like generating two replicas of himself, and using them as fly girls, like in an hip hop music video... If only he were black... (Mellie's rather glad he's not...even if the Vietnamese did kill some of her fathers and brothers.)
Her eyelids twitch. She might very well be coming around...
In country music circles, this'd be a good place to put on Vince Gill's "Whenever You Come Around." Alas, most K-Pop girl groups don't likely know who Vince Gill is, or the name of the awards show he hosted for many years, before Brooks & Dunn picked up his slack, and then Brad & Carrie after that...
Aaron keeps dancing. He's got NO idea what he's doing to the ultra-conservative First Lady...
She blinks. "Aaron," she wheezes, inaudibly.
He keeps dancing. He doesn't even acknowledge her, when she stands, and reaches out both arms towards her.
"Aaron," she says, more audibly, "are you my angel?"
At last, Aaron faces her. He screams, and bounces off the door, once he sees she's back.
"Where's Fitz?"
Aaron shrugs. "I've talked to the nurses. He hasn't been here since...it happened."
She runs to him, embraces him, and leans her head against his chest. He reacts, of course, as if a goddess was doing the same.
"O Aaron, I missed you. I don't remember shit, but..." She raises her head. "What day is it? How long have I been catatonic?"
From the vents in the walls, gas is generated. As Aaron stammers to answer the First Lady's most recent questions, the gas floods the room.
Aaron's need to answer her question is soon eliminated, when Mellie swoons. Like a bimbo, Aaron accidentally knocks himself out when he dives into the gas to try to save her.
A mind-controlled security guard stands watch outside the room, as it's gassed from the inside. Nurses wander right on by, without noticing a green cloud through the glass.