Hey, readers! Pikmin-Volt back here again to give to you another chapter of this story! I'm amazed that this story has already broken 100 views in three chapters! Thank you readers so much! Anyways, when we left off, Kaleb had just been found by a MUCH nicer child that's currently rushing him to intensive care. What will happen? Can he be saved? As always, Nintendo owns all of its characters and elements, not me. Enjoy!

Chapter 4: The Moment of Truth

After a few minutes, they finally arrived at the boy's house. Upon busting in the door, the boy's family jumped up from their activities in shock.

"Olly!" the boy's mother gasped.

"Why the break-in?" his father asked in confusion.

"There's no time!" Olly panted. "I need to get to my lab immediately!"

"What's going on?" his mother questioned. "Did you forget something?"

"No! What IS going on is this!" their son replied in distress while holding up a poisoned Yoshi in his hands.

His mother subsequently shrieked in horror and stepped back in fright, and his father quickly ran over to him.

"WHAT?!" he shouted. "HOW did this HAPPEN?!"

"There was probably a person who poisoned this poor soul," Olly lamented. "I didn't see the guy, but I saw that he left this creature for dead!"

"Then we need to FIND this boy and confront him for his actions," his father angrily replied. "A crime against a harmless animal like this deserves as much as IMPRISONMENT!"

"Oh, the poor THING!" his mother wept. "We need to get it to the hospital!"

"No!" Olly protested. "We can't do that! He'll be dead by the time he's there!" He then told them his conclusion that shocked them.

"I have to save him!" Olly spoke.

"Oh, son…" his father tried to reason. "Don't be rash. Your skills are not fully developed. You are NOT a full-fledged doctor."

"PLEASE, dad!" Olly began in tears. "I went to Yoshi's Island to see the Yoshis, and I found this one on the verge of death!"

"B-But- What if you can't save him?" his mother said impulsively, regretting her words within an instant.

Hurt by her words for a moment, Olly countered her argument with this:

"I have to TRY!" he pleaded. "If I don't, who WILL?! PLEASE?!"

Looking at each other for a moment, his parents decided that it really WAS for the best to let their son try to save a life. He had found his very favorite animal in poor condition, and he had taken it upon himself to try and save it. They were afraid as he was on the inside that he might fail, but to not even attempt to save this Yoshi would to be to resign to failure instantly.

"Please, Mom… Please, Dad…" he choked out.

"Go, son…" his father implored.

"I am sorry about what I said," his mother apologized. "It's my job to believe in you… It's OUR job to believe in you. Forgive us…"

"You don't need to ask me of that," Olly cooed. "Now… I've got a life to save," he stated proudly, assured of himself. And with that, he rushed downstairs with the Yoshi in his arms, glistening with the appearance of a hero. Although he didn't notice it, the Yoshi gave a small wave to his parents as they made their way to Olly's lab.

"Y-You're f-family is v-v-very nice," the Yoshi coughed out.

"That's very sweet of you…" Olly started. "But what from I heard, no one is as nice as you guys, which is EXACTLY why I'm gonna save you! You're gonna be okay!"

Feeling like this person deserved to know his name no matter what would happen next, the Yoshi decided that now was the time.

"M-My n-ame- i-is- Kaleb," he spoke in a broken sentence.

"Kaleb! What a nice name for an innocent spirit like you!" Olly cheered. "Well, tell you what: if you promise me that you can hold out for just a little longer, I'll give you an entire BANQUET of fruit! C'mon, please just stay with us!" he called out to his patient.

This person was becoming more and more liked by Kaleb by every word he said. First he tried saving him, but now he knew that he wanted to meet his kind! He would have to bring him to his home sometime, perhaps soon. He DEFINITELY had to hang on to life, now for his new friend.

As they entered the lab, Olly set Kaleb on a table with a cloth on it before donning his jacket with all due speed and acquiring some sort of square-shaped X-Ray.

"Here," he said. "This thing should be able to detect what exactly is inside of you."

As the X-Ray scanned the patient, it eventually reported results of poison in 75% of the Yoshi's body. Trying not to become disheartened by such news, Olly knew that it was time for his secret weapon that he had been developing to counteract problems like this.

"Not to worry," he tried to assure Kaleb. "I've been working on my OWN medicinal product that should be able to counteract this deadly liquid."

He typed on a number pad nearby before it opened up with a tank of bright yellow liquid. Unlike the poison seen earlier, this product did not have a sickly texture to it, and looked almost like a fruit drink. Nodding to himself, Olly took a cup and scooped out some of the antidote before carefully rushing back to Kaleb's side.

"Here," he offered. "Drink this. This problem should be as good as over shortly after you do."

Without hesitating, Kaleb gulped down the entirety of the contents in less than a second. As they waited and hoped for the cure to take effect, Kaleb wanted to thank his kind new friend again for saving him.

"H-Hey," he said. "T-Thank you for d-doing this. Even if it doesn't wor-"

"No no no no no!" Olly stammered, not wanting to give in to such a thought. "Don't think like that! Please! You're gonna live, okay?" he tried comforting the dinosaur while hugging him.

"You know…" Kaleb began. "You are a lot like a Yoshi. You care about those who you love to the point where you would do anything for them."

"Oh," Olly blushed. "I certainly wouldn't go THAT far…" he spoke before noticing something.

"I-It's working…" he pointed out as Kaleb's original color began returning to him.

Kaleb looked at himself, and noticed too that he was losing his pale color.

"I-I feel… better!" he spoke clearly. "I feel like I can run for MILES! I feel MUCH BETTER than BEFORE this happened!" he beamed.

"I… I can't believe it," Olly spoke, relieved that everything went well.

"Oh, OLLY!" Kaleb cheered as he went to hug him. "You saved my life… Thank you!"

"Y-You're welcome," Olly replied, still shocked that he actually did it. After the long embrace, they began heading upstairs.

"Well, first thing's first," Olly said. "We need to get you back home AND warn the other Yoshis."

"Right!" Kaleb said. "But… how do we do that? What if it's too… l-l-" he tried to speak.

"What if it's too late? Then I better take my stuff with me!" Olly concluded. "Good idea!"

However, as Olly rushed downstairs and gathered his belongings, he suddenly heard a series of repeated crashes.

"What was that?" he asked, worried. As he rushed over to where it happened, he saw a sight that he wish he could have prevented…

Before him, Kaleb was lying in a paralyzed state, apparently having returned to the verge of death.

Well... to say that it could have gone better is an understatement. Things don't look so good for Kaleb! Poor Olly too! He really did try his best! I'm sorry to leave you guys off on such a cliffhanger, but such is life! Hope you've enjoyed (or not, I guess) this chapter, and as always, please review! 'Till then! I'll be back!