A/N: I finally got around to publishing this chapter, and the next one is well on its way to being finished. There is not a lot of drama in this one but there will be drama soon! I would like to thank Jessica12357 for her wonderful reviews, they mean a lot! Well, enough of my rambling, on with the show! Please R&R!

IV.

Maye quickly got to work even though she was still in her pajamas. She strapped he HATCD or Handheld Automatic Touch-screen Control Device; or, as she liked to call it, her hi-tech gauntlet. It controlled her holographic computer system, so, instead of using a keyboard and mouse, she controlled everything with her hands by touching the holographic images. Then, quietly, she got out her analyzing equipment and set it up. With the analyzer hooked up, Maye pulled on latex gloves and put on safety glassed. She wasn't taking any chances with that screwed up stuff; she even decided to tie back her hair before she started.

Ready to start, Amelia grabbed the vial and uncorked it, its fruity scent taking over the room. The smell was terrible; it made her want to gag. She quickly grabbed a clean syringe and retrieved a few millimeters of liquid from the vial and re-corked it so the cent would go away. With the syringe in hand, she walked over the analyzer and injected the liquid into a small container attached to the analyzer. The syringe, now empty, was put into a hazardous material bag and filed away in a filing cabinet she kept evidence in. With the liquid in the analyzer, she snapped the small container shut and turned the analyzer on. It took at least half an hour to do its job with a basic mixture of just a few ingredients, so who knew how long it would take to figure out what the potion was.

While that was being analyzed, Amelia did her research over what Matt had told her. She took of the latex gloves as she mulled over what he had said. She had head of Spiritalia and Celtinia before. Those were places of great spiritual and magical power. She, along with all other Spirit Guardians, had been warned to never mess with those powers. The consequences for using those powers for evil were dire; once let loose, the wrong spirits of the two small nations, Celtinia and Spiritalia, were nearly impossible to catch as the brought havoc upon all. Even the one who let the evil spirits loose with the Keys was not safe from their wrath.

Within the spirit realm there were two areas separate from the rest of the realm. They were the countries of Celtinia and Spiritalia. Each country itself was divided in two by the opposing sides of good versus evil. For eons the two sides of each country had been locked in conflict against their opposing side. Only recently has an alliance been made between countries, Amelia remembered learning. The sides of good paired with one another and the evil spirits did the same.

The evil spirits became restless and longed to be free of the spirit realm. Many of the spirits had tried to lure the Guardians into freeing them by offering them massive amounts of power. Thankfully, none had fallen for the devious trap. Because the spirits could only reach our world by Guardians now the only way that Hacker could've know was by…. "The old written legends!" Amelia blurted out loud.

Matt had said that Hacker had a lot of old books. One of them must have been from the old days when Guardians were allowed to write on the ways of obtaining great power and allowing spirits to walk with the living. Due to too many people trying to harness that power, now only Guardians could communicate with spirits, with the exceptions of true mediums or the need of a great land bound; those who are greatly talented in certain ways yet not a spirit nor Guardian.

**BEEEEP!**

The analyzer beeped, stating that it was done. The shrill beep snapped Amelia out of her research. Even though she had her search engine ready, she had done most of her research in her mind. Amelia didn't think that she had been thinking that long, but her alarm clock and wall clock told her otherwise.

"Man, it's almost four a.m. I only have a few hours before I have to leave for hockey practice. Time to get down to business," She said as she uploaded the results of the analyzer's scan onto her laptop. She yawned as she read the list of ingredients. They were simple, yet she was positive they came from a very complex recipe. Since the labeling on the vial was Celtinian, she began cross referencing the ingredients with Celtinian potions. Hopefully, she would find a match and a way to reverse it.

While her computer did its work, Maye gathered a variety of stones all cut in various ways. She also gathered a few different herbs, along with a leather cord with a clasp, a small square of gold plated metal, and laser pen, and a mortar and pestle. Mayer placed these things on her work desk and got busy making a special amulet for Matthew's protection for when she would be gone today.

The jewels, each with its own special power, were arranged in an intricate pattern. Using the mortar and pestle she ground the herbs together and would mix it with and adhesive in a few moments. She had cut the metal into a hexagonal shape that fit the intricate pattern perfectly. Bending a strip of the metal and bent it back to create a loop, she welded it together, making the base of the pendant. The adhesive mixed together with the herbs gave off a scent similar to that of a honeysuckle. After several minutes the piece was finished. Amelia finally slid the pendant onto the leather cord.

"Finished," she declared as the first few rays of sunlight rose from behind the hills. Amelia wrote a short note on her personalized stationary and sat the amulet on top of it. She would put it in Matt's room when she left.

"Five-thirty," she said. "Just enough time to get ready for hockey practice." *yawn* "It's gonna be rough with only a few hours of sleep."

At ten to six Amelia tip-toed into Matt's room and put the note and amulet on the nightstand. The candle was halfway burned down, Now that the sun was rising, the candle wouldn't be needed anymore so Amelia blew out the flame. Amelia took one last look at Matt, whispered: 'Be safe, Beta. I love you," and walked out of the room swinging her duffle bag over her shoulder as she went. She prayed that by the time she got back she would know how to make the antidote.