Otis and Olympia went to the lab. "Oona! We need your help!" they said in unison. "Howdy-do!" said Oona. "How may I help you?" "Agent Onyx got Bubble Syndrome," explained Otis. "She could pop at any minute!" "Who's Agent Onyx?" asked Oona. You see, Onyx had pretty much just joined the Squad, and she hadn't met everyone there yet. "Wait until she meets Obfusco," said Olympia. "I hear he's still confusing, even without the mustache." "Olympia," said Otis, "stop talking to the narrator for a minute." "Oh, yeah," said Olympia. "Now, Oona," said Otis, "you heard what the narrator said. Anyway, can you build a gadget to prevent Onyx from popping?" "No," said Oona. "But I just built a Recovery-Centerinator gadget! Maybe you can use that!" She handed said gadget to Otis as Olympia's badge phone rang. Olympia answered it. "Gopher Olympia," she said. "Olympia, it's me, Dr. O," said Dr. O on the other end. "You and Otis took Agent Onyx to my office earlier. She turned into a bubble..." "Yes, I remember," Olympia said. "The good news is, Onyx's Bubble Syndrome is gone. The bad news is, Onyx just got Paintbrush Disease," said Dr. O. "I'm worried now." "Well, don't worry," said Olympia. "Otis, Oona, and I are on our way." And with that, Olympia, Otis, and Oona all went to Dr. O's office.
At Dr. O's office, Otis and Olympia could see what Onyx with Paintbrush Disease looked like. Onyx's skin looked like wood, and her hair looked like paintbrush bristles. On top of that, Onyx now looked somewhat like a boy, yet still looked somewhat like a girl! It was very confusing, even to Onyx. "This is what Paintbrush Disease looks like?" asked Otis in surprise. "I'm afraid so," said Dr. O. "I should know. I'm a doctor." "This is odd," said Olympia. "Onyx looks like a girl, which she is, yet she looks like a boy at the same time!" "Of course she does," said Dr. O. "That's a symptom of Paintbrush Disease. We need to cure it as soon as possible, because Onyx might become a boy if this disease isn't cured in time!" Onyx shuddered at the thought of this. "Yes, Paintbrush Disease is the oddest of all the object diseases," Dr. O explained. "But like all odd diseases, there's a cure." "What is the cure?" asked Olympia. "The cure is a one-gallon mixture of liquids," answered Dr. O. "Wait, what's a gallon?" asked Otis. "I thought we measured things using inches and feet." "Not when measuring liquids," Dr. O explained. "When you're measuring liquids, you use gallons, quarts, and cups. There are 4 quarts in a gallon, and 4 cups in a quart." "Dr. O, you're just wasting time!" said Onyx. "This Paintbrush Disease is getting annoying!" "Don't worry. You still have one hour before it's too late," said Dr. O, handing Olympia a list of ingredients for the cure. "Well, what are you waiting for?" she asked Otis, Olympia, and Oona. "GO!" So Otis, Olympia, and Oona went.
"Doesn't Ms. O usually say that?" asked Olympia.
Paintbrush Disease comes from the fact that Paintbrush from Inanimate Insanity has an unknown gender. And why might Onyx become a boy if the disease isn't cured in time? It's odd, and it's related to the disease!
Yes, of course there's a math lesson in this fanfic! It's Odd Squad!
In the next chapter, the agents will work on getting the cure!
