Chapter 2
"He did what?!" Toad's siblings asked all at once.
"Yeah, it's true, he's completely changed," the older brother answered.
"Oh man, I wanted it to be a fairy-tale ending," Cindy said and Zip nodded in agreement.
"Wake up you two, this is reality, there is no happy ending," Sleazy replied, rather rudely.
The airship landed at Mok's mansion before sundown and Angel did not wait and she walked out the door.
When she got to the gate, she looked up at the mansion, but then, she went into a run.
Mok watched from his bedroom window as Angel ran down the path that led into Ohmtown and he feared that it would be the last time he saw her.
"This is a cruel world," he said to himself, looking through his drawers for his 'secret stash'.
He pulled out a beautiful orient bottle that held the 'secret stash'. Opium, a rare drug that was difficult to find, especially after the Nuclear Wipe-out that happened a thousand years ago.
Mok admired looking at the clear glass, but he didn't open the bottle yet. Instead, he turned to his computer and says, "M.A.I. play me my favorite song."
Out of the computer's speakers came a wave of beautiful sound. A violin played an old Appalachia fiddle, one that Mok found so wonderful. The violin became a rarity after the Wipe-out because the people who created the instrument were either dead or the knowledge of creating it lost its way through the ages.
The violin's notes rose and fell. At first, it lifted Mok's spirits, but when the fiddling stopped, he opened the bottle.
Without any other thought, Mok inhaled the opium and looked in the mirror.
Then, the pain came; it was an excruciating wave of agony that he could not describe.
He grabbed whatever he could to keep himself up right, but the pain was unbearable.
Mok collapsed onto the floor, struggling for breath, but his throat was closing in on him and then, blackness covered his vision.
"Boss?" Toad knocked at the door, but no answer.
Usually, Toad would have to wait for his employer's permission, but something did not feel right and he opened the door.
"Oh shit! Boss!" the servant cried out when he saw Mok lying on the floor, unconscious.
Toad checked for a pulse, there wasn't one, and he calls out, "Cindy! Guys!"
His siblings rushed to their master's bedroom and saw what was going on.
"What happened?!" Zip asked, he was almost screaming.
"I don't know, but one of you, call an ambulance!" Toad ordered and Sleazy went off.
"Cindy, I need your help," the older brother said to his sister.
"Oh no, I'm not—" "There's no time to argue! I need your help!" Toad snapped and Cindy obeyed.
He tore open Mok's robe, exposing his bare chest and Toad began to press his fists into his heart.
After 30 fist-fulls, Cindy gave two breaths into her boss's mouth and it was revolting, but she didn't argue.
"The ambulance is on its way!" Sleazy called out.
After 2 minutes of CPR, Mok did not respond and he looked beyond dead.
"Dammit, boss! I ain't quiten you! But you better not!" Toad shouted and then slapped Mok across his face, leaving a red bruise on his cheek.
Then, Mok's chest heaved and took a deep breath.
"Turn him on his side," Toad ordered Cindy and they turned him, just as he vomited onto the floor.
Mok's vision was blurry and the pain was nearly excruciating, but at least he was alive, but then he blacked out.