Green with Jealousy
Part 7
By crystalquirt
Sibey yaoi – action, adventure, boyxboy romance, mild language
Ideas for this fic contributed by:~loveless kittykat~Pandalover~Lycan-wolf96~forever tiki [Sadie] from DA
Kong Li uses a spell that causes earthquakes and even lava to spew forth in Chinatown. But that isn't his plan this time. He uses the spell to lure out and weaken the fighting trio. Sid's innocent friend, Will from his history class is recruited by Kong Li to pursue his son to drive a wedge between Sid and Tobey and to help convince Tobey to join him once and for all.
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The siblings got to the door and looked out in the hall at the blond pizza boy hugging Tobey from behind.
"Will!" Sid and Sue yelled at the same time. Will smiled at them and whispered something else in Tobey's ear just before he let him go. With a yell Tobey jumped at his best friends with an obvious intent to hurt them. Sid pushed his sister behind the door and took the full body hit from Tobey alone. With his foot in Tobey's stomach as he fell back and hit the carpet, he threw Tobey over his head and over the first bed.
With Sid down and thinking himself able to take down a girl wearing a cast, Will tried to grab Sue. She flashed a little smile and easily flipped Will to the floor with only one hand. As he rolled over to get up, she jumped on his back twisting his arm so his hand was between his shoulder blades. "Stay still!" she warned.
The blond boy cried, "Ow! That hurts!" Tobey rose up from between the beds and saw Sue sitting on Will causing Tobey to panic. "Get off of him!" Tobey charged at Sue and Sid intercepted him again.
Not wanting to hit Tobey, Sid grabbed him and tried to take him down with a bear-hug. Sideways in Sid's arms Tobey pushed with his legs and threw Sid off balance. Sid fell backwards and groaned loudly when he fell against the edge of the motel's built in dresser. The sharp edge pressed across the middle of his already injured spine. Tobey pushed even harder with his shoulder and bent Sid backwards over the dresser. He didn't let go of Tobey even though it felt like he was being cut in half, but he did start begging as his knees crumpled and they both fell.
"Tobey! Stop!" Tobey landed on top of Sid and started punching him in the ribs. "Ow! What is it with you hitting me in the same ribs each time you go crazy?" Sue saw her brother was having trouble with Tobey and yelled at Will, "How do we stop him? What is the signal to bring him out of the trance?"
"What trance? – Tobey loves me and is protecting me! How dare you take him out of Chinatown! I will take him back home to his loving father!" Sue realized that probably Will really didn't know what she was talking about, he had been hypnotized too and had no idea why he felt compelled to keep blowing in Tobey's ear. Even though she understood she couldn't help but press down on Will a little harder, making him cry out again.
The boys had fallen at the foot of the first bed and she could only see their feet, but when Tobey heard Will cry out again, he yelled and then after a another thud, Sid groaned loudly.
"Sid!" Afraid for Tobey and even more afraid for her brother, Sue lifted her cast across her body and brought the elbow area down on Will's head knocking him out. "Sorry Will, but I need you to stay here."
Sue jumped up and ran to look at the boys struggling at the foot of the bed. Sid on the bottom, still had Tobey in an embrace talking softly to him, trying to get through to him. Even though he held Tobey tightly preventing him from hitting him with too much strength, he realized he couldn't move his legs again, an intense pain burned in his back and with Tobey punching him in the same ribs that were hurt earlier Sid had tears in his eyes.
"Tobey, please stop – you're hurting me."
"Tobey let go of Sid!"
"You are hurting Will! I love Will – he will take me back to see my father. Let me go! Let me go!" Tobey thrashed and hit Sid again.
"No Tobey, you don't know what you're saying. I won't let you go!"
"You will have to let me go if I break your fingers." Tobey found one of Sid's fingers and started to pull it backwards. Sid yelled and let go of him with that hand. That was all Sue could stand. She stood over Tobey's back and used her cast on the back of his head too. Tobey fell limp with his head on Sid's chest.
"Sue! What if you hurt him?" Sid shook his friend gently and patted his back. "Tobey?"
"I did hurt him. He's unconscious – but I had to, he was hurting you – and I can't fight right now . . . I'm sorry - I couldn't think of another way to stop him from hurting you anymore. If he had gotten away we might have lost him. Besides, it worked pretty good for Will too."
"Help me get him off – but be careful with him Sue!"
"No gratitude at all." Sue mumbled as she tried to lift Tobey up with one hand, but he was too heavy and Sid wasn't helping much so she pulled alternately on his arm and the back of his belt until he slid off and lie next to Sid under the foot of the bed. When Sid tried to get up, only his head and shoulders rose a little; he gritted his teeth and lie back down with a thud.
"Sid - what's wrong?"
"I'll need just a minute - I think. I can't feel my legs at all this time."
"Oh Sid – he did hurt you seriously! I'm calling 911!"
"No – its doesn't hurt as bad as before – I just cant move - I'm sure it will pass. And if you call, how will we explain what happened here? My sister went crazy and beat my friends over the head with her cast and I got hit in the back by an old man's cane?"
"No Sid, we were hiding here from a madman determined to take over the world and our hypnotized friend attacked us when another hypnotized friend pretended to be 'pizza delivery' and took control of his mind."
"Oh yeah, much better. Try to call Nana, no wait – check Will first we don't want him getting up and finishing what he started here."
While Sue went to Will, Sid checked Tobey's pulse at his neck and thought it very fast for someone in as good a shape as Tobey was. "Is Will's pulse fast?"
"Yeah, but he's breathing fine and moaned when I turned him over. Should I tie him up? Kong Li can't come looking for him and when Nana returns she can break the spell or trance or whatever Kong Li did to him too."
"I guess, but gag him. We don't want him disturbing the other guests and have motel management come here."
Sue yanked the electric cord out of the TV for Will's legs and found the curtains at the one window had rope ties, perfect for Will's wrists. She thought one of Tobey's socks for the gag was appropriate and since he couldn't argue she had no trouble taking his shoe and sock off. Sue went back over to Will and sat on his butt to tie his arms behind his back.
"This is harder to do than I thought with one hand!" She was trying to use one hand and her teeth to wrap the cords around his wrists. "Can you move yet Sid?"
"Not yet, but I can feel my legs now, burning sensations and sharp pains like electricity shooting through my bones – oww-nnnnn – it felt better when I couldn't feel my legs at all." Sid gritted his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut, so he didn't see what happened next. Will suddenly powered himself over tossing Sue off. As he scrambled to his feet he shook the soft rope off his wrists and kicked her in the stomach. Sue groaned and screamed angrily.
"Sue! What happened?" Sid couldn't see her, but heard her and saw Will run out the door. "Sue!" he tried to get up but the pain put him back out flat on his back. Sue finally answered, "Will got away!"
"I saw that, but are you hurt?"
"No more than usual Sid." Sue moaned and got to her knees holding her stomach.
"Sue! What does that mean? What's wrong? Come over here so I can see you."
"In a minute Sid . . . Damn. We had Will and he got away. Besides him being in danger, he will for sure make another attempt to get Tobey! What do we do?"
"Try to call Nana, but don't tell her I'm down again – I'm sure I'll be okay by the time she gets here."
The first thing that Sue told Nana when she answered was that Sid was hurt again.
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As Nana expected, Chinatown was quiet with Kong Li only interested in taking Tobey and since Tobey wasn't in Chinatown Kong Li was probably holed up someplace making plans. For the first time the evil man was more interested in getting Tobey than he was in the cookbook. As Nana crept through an alley down by the wharf with her phone on vibrate, she received an unsettling call from Sue.
She listened for a moment and then whispered, "Tell Sid to lie still until I get there. I forgot about Will – he can go and come from Chinatown as he pleases! But why would he still be under Kong Li's control? Kong Li's magic cannot influence anyone outside of Chinatown."
"I guess that proves Kong Li is not using magic alone to control him. He has learned some powerful hypnosis or something, right Nana?"
"Right Sue, where is Tobey?"
"You're right Nana and Tobey . . . um . . . has passed out. And I got kicked in the stomach."
"OH Sue – keep the door locked and chained, and watch the window in case he tries to get in that way. As far as I know Will at least doesn't know magic or have super powers. Please protect the boys until I can get back to you. I will hurry – I will bring you all back to Chinatown since you aren't safe there anyway."
"No problem, I am used to taking care of these two – take your time."
"Sue?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it – hurry – Sid and Tobey need you."
Sue dropped her phone on the bed next to her and leaned forward holding her stomach. Sid was looking under the foot of the bed at Tobey. He was afraid to try to wake him in case he would still be in that infernal trance state, but without really thinking, Sid gently picked Tobey's hand up and brought it to his lips and kissed his friend's palm. Fortunately Tobey still didn't wake up.
"Hurry Nana," he whispered. Then he called louder, "Sue?"
"I feel nauseous Sid." Sid looked up as Sue staggered into sight holding her stomach. "Well - don't come over here to barf!"
"You jerk – I should barf on your head - how's Tobey?" Sue stepped over Sid to get to the bathroom.
"Pulse is slower - breathing is soft and normal. I'm glad he is okay and all, but I'm afraid he will wake up before Nana gets here and still be in that trance state. How long was the cab ride over here?"
"I don't know Sid, it seemed like it took forever when we took a cab here."
"I'm sure while we wait this time it will seem even longer." Sue went in the bathroom and Sid could hear her barfing. "Please be okay Sue." he whispered.
Suddenly, there was a loud thud against the building. If they were on the first floor Sid would have thought a car hit the building. The thud was followed by scratching and sounds of bricks crumbling. Then the old fire escape outside their window shook and the window opened. Sue forced herself to get to her feet and come out of the bathroom wiping her face on a wet towel. She crawled over the beds and assumed a position as close as she could come to her fighting stance near the window.
Sid struggled to move his legs with no luck. "Sue – be careful - what's going on?"
"I don't know!"
Nana's smiling face appeared through the curtain. Sue was so relieved she fell to her knees. Sid saw her collapse - "Sue! What is it?"
Sid heard Nana's comforting voice. "It's me Sid."
"But how did you get here so fast? . . . and what was all that racket?"
As an answer Nana pulled the curtain back, but Sue was the only one who could see. A great head, too big to fit through the window with glowing eyes looked in at her. Sue yelped and scooted backwards.
"A friend brought me, he is very fast." Nana reached back out and patted the great dragon's nose. "Thank-you for bringing me here, my friend." The dragon snorted and left the window. More scratching and bricks crumbling from his huge claws could be heard just before he took off.
"Nana, d-do you have any more f-friends like him?" Sue asked nervously.
"None 'just' like him, but I have many friends you haven't met yet."
"What's going on? I can't see!" Sid was freaking out - gritting his teeth, he tried hard to sit up with no luck. Nana kneeled next to him in the narrow area where he and Tobey had fallen between the foot of a bed and the dresser. She felt Tobey's hand. "He will wake up soon. Can you move your legs yet Sid?"
"No - and I'm scared Nana! What if Tobey wakes up fighting?" Sid was smoothing Tobey's unruly hair.
"I can handle Tobey. I am more concerned about you Sid." She reached up on the dresser and got the canteen containing the mint elixir for him. She had to step over him to get by his head so she could help him. She lifted his head and supported his shoulders so he could take sips from the canteen.
Sue went to the door and made sure it was locked before she walked back and sat on the bed to see what Nana was doing to Sid. Tobey had slid under the foot of the bed and Nana would have had to move Sid to get him out and she didn't want to move Sid that much yet. "Can you feel anything more yet?"
"My arms are fine this time. It's just my legs. They burned and hurt for a while but now - nothing." Without his permission, a tear ran down Sid's cheek as he looked up at Sue and Nana, both staring down at him. Sue had a lump in her throat that she had to swallow to speak. "Isn't there anything you can do Nana?"
"Yes, I think so, but I really didn't want to do it unless I had to . . . it looks like I have to." Nana stepped back over him and took something out of her pocket. It was sharp and she poked each of his thighs with it – hard enough he should have reacted. "Tell me if you can feel this." She poked his legs just above his knees again.
"Go ahead Nana, I'll tell you when I feel something."
"I already did, you didn't feel a thing. You many have broken your back this time."
"Nana." Tears ran freely down Sid's temples into his hair. Sue covered her mouth trying not to scream.
"There is something I can try before we call 911 and try to explain all of this." Nana showed Sid and Sue what she had used to poke his legs. It was a large, very pointy tooth. She rolled it around in her hand with her finger for them to see it. "I told the dragon that you were injured and that Sue's arm was broken. He reached in his own mouth and pulled his tooth out and handed it to me in mid flight. He said if I push it into the injured area the bone and calcium in his tooth will magically repair damage to your bones. Either Sue's arm or Sid's spine."
"But Nana, magic won't work here."
"Sue, dragon magic works everywhere. It is not the same as Kong Li or even my master's magic. There can be no barrier against it. Dragons can go anywhere they please and are great healers and protectors."
"Well then use it for Sid! My arm will heal fine – I don't want him to be paralyzed!"
Sue said the 'p' word and Sid hiccuped as he looked over at Tobey, trying not to cry hysterically.
"I think you're right Sue, but Sid – are you willing? I ask because it is really going to hurt – and if the damage is too extensive it may not even work. I have to shove the dragon's tooth into the damaged area without actually hitting your spinal cord. Should we try it?"
"Yes, I can't protect you and Chinatown like this. I will endure anything."
"Help me roll him over!" Nana pulled on Sid's hip and shoulder. Sue jumped off the bed and guided her brother's legs, keeping them straight as Nana rolled him onto his stomach. Sid groaned and wrapped his arms over his head. "Nana, shouldn't we put him on the bed or something?"
"No Sue, I don't want to move him that much. If I do this right, the dragon said he will be fine. He will be able to get off the floor himself."
"I'm ready Nana. Just do it!"
With a very serious, sad expression Nana pushed Sid's shirt up. She seemed nervous. Sue couldnt; remember ever seeing Nana like this – even when boar soldiers from the underworld invaded Chinatown. Upon examining Sid's back, it was easy to see the damaged area. Marked with dark bruises she felt the area with her thumbs to find the place where she wanted to put the dragon's tooth. She had to press hard into his muscle to be sure she had found the right spot, as described to her by the dragon. Sid winced and tightened his muscles, "I felt that – Ow!"
"That's good I guess. Sid." Sue got down on the floor in front of Sid and held both of his hands over his head with her one functioning hand. He smiled nervously at her and then looked over at Tobey when he moaned.
Nana made a fist with the sharp end of the tooth sticking out between her knuckles. She pressed down hard on Sid's back to ensure he didn't move and that made him whine through his teeth. With the first quick movement she jabbed the tooth halfway into Sid's back right on target. He screamed and squeezed Sue's hand. Right away Nana pulled back again and like she was breaking a brick Kung Fu style, rammed the tooth the rest of the way in!
Sid screamed and curved his back lifting his hips a little. He was obviously experiencing every bit of the pain the dragon said he would, but it seemed the tooth was already working to repair the damage or he couldn't have lifted his hips at all.
Blood pooled in the hole the tooth made and spilled over running down to pool again at his lower back. It started to soak into the band on his underpants. Nana got up and got a washcloth. It turned red right away with a large bloodstain when Nana put pressure on the hole. Here Sid, bite. Nana placed a clean, rolled up washcloth against Sid's lips and he bit on it to keep from screaming again. He whined and groaned softly into it as the tooth formed more healthy bone around his spine.
Under the bed, Tobey woke and banged his head when he heard Sid scream. "Ow! Where am I?" Tobey's attention went quickly from himself to Sid when he heard him crying otherwise he might have panicked a little about being in the small-dark space under the bed. Seeing Sid completely took his mind off of where he was.
"Sid? He saw sue lying on the carpet too in front of Sid. "What's going on?"
"It's okay Tobey – I think, Sid hurt his back again in the fight, Nana thinks he may have broken his back this time."
"That's not okay! . . . Sid?" Sid heard Tobey, but the intense pain he was experiencing while the tooth continued to repair and reform his spine kept him from responding to him at all right then. "Sid broke his back – he broke it fighting with me didn't he? Did I go nuts again?"
"Easy Tobey, I think he will be okay in a few minutes. I got a little treatment from a friend." Nana didn't really answer his question.
Nana looked at Sid from head to toe and quietly drew their attention to his feet. "Look Tobey, Sue." Tobey didn't know for sure what he was looking at, but Sid was moving his feet, lifting them alternately trying to bear the pain quietly.
Tobey watched for a few seconds but then scooted backwards to get out from under the bed on the other side. Sue saw him and stood up with him. "How are you feeling Tobey? Who is your family?"
"What? You guys are of course – what happened here? Last I remember you were fussing at me saying I needed someone to babysit me, Nana was gone and I had just answered the door to get the pizza. How did Sid get hurt again and how did I wind up under the bed?"
"Will was here again. He pretended to be the pizza guy."
"Oh no! Then I blacked out right? I don't remember a thing. I hurt Sid again didn't I? He's having to go through all that hell because of what I did!"
As if to punctuate what Tobey said, Sid groaned loudly and screamed into the washcloth again.
"Tobey-NO! You didn't mean to! You weren't' yourself – I 'm sorry I yelled at you earlier."
"Yeah – but you said yourself Sue, a person can't be hypnotized into doing something against his nature!"
Nana interrupted, "Sue - you told him that? Tobey, Sue was wrong. It is not in your nature to hurt anyone, especially Sid."
"Yeah, but Sid even dreamed about me being Kong Li! How can he ever trust me again? How can any of you trust me again?"
Tobey had himself backed against the wall before he slid down and sat on the floor near the door. He sniffled "Sid" and hugged his knees to his chest with his forehead resting on his knees – when he started to cry he moved his arms up to cover his head.
Sue went over and kneeled next to Tobey with her arm across his shoulders. "Tobey, I was wrong – I'm so sorry – Nana even said so. Of course we can trust you – I never stopped trusting you – really! Kong Li has done some terrible things in the past, but this must be his worst."
Tobey let Sue hug him, he even returned her hug but he wouldn't look at her. He was fighting to keep back a fresh spring of tears with his face hidden. He felt another hand stroking his hair and heard Sid's voice. "Hey buddy, you keep crying like this you're gonna get dehydrated."
"Sid!" Tobey squealed and jumped up, knocking Sue back. "Sorry Sue!" Tobey helped Sue up as Sid stood up straight too. Still a little sore, but standing! "Sid!" Tobey started to hug him, but stopped himself. "Will I hurt you?"
"No – the dragon's tooth is pretty powerful." Sid could barely finish saying it Tobey grabbed him and hugged him tightly. Sue grabbed both boys as best as she could with her cast in the way.
Nana watched the three for a moment before she went into the bathroom for a shower. Once alone Nana carefully took her sweater and shirt off the burn that covered her side had become infected and was all red. Nana opened the door a crack again and peeked out. "Sue, can you help me for a minute?"
Sue went right away. Sid lifted Tobey's chin and kissed him, lips first then a line of soft kisses across his cheek and down his neck. Tobey giggled. "I missed you."
"I missed you too."
Being careful to keep her cast dry, Sue helped Nana clean the burns she suffered when she melted the shape shifter and when Kong Li shot at her and she was protecting Tobey. Sid and Tobey watched out the window for any sign of Will to return holding hands. Nana came out of the bathroom wearing her robe and lie on the closest bed, the one Sue took a nap on. Sue followed her out but went right to her bag with the magic ingredients at the foot of the bed.
Sid was confused, "What's going on Sue? I thought we were leaving - we have to get Tobey un-hypnotized or whatever you call it."
"Nana's hurt, she needs to rest too."
Tobey jumped up and ran to the edge of the bed Nana lie on. "What happened Nana? Did you run into Kong Li while you were away?"
Nana had her eyes closed so Sue answered. "No, she got burned twice before that. Once when Kong Li shot fire at Tobey and she pushed him down and before that when we rescued him from Kong Li's lair and she turned the blow torch on the shape shifter. That area that was burned the worst has become infected since she hasn't been taking care of herself.
Tobey looked down and walked away. "Nana too." he whispered.
"At least here, we only have to worry about Will coming back while Nana rests, right? Tobey, you are not allowed to go near the door. I don't care what kind of food you order." Both siblings looked around for Tobey. "Oh no – Too late Sue . . . Tobey's gone! I'll go get him!" As Sid ran out Nana started to get up, but Sue stopped her. "We have to clean and treat your burns. Sid will find Tobey."
"You're right Sue." Nana lie with her eyes closed showing no reaction at all as Sue cleaned her burns and applied the herbal salve she instructed her to make. Sue taped the bandages in place and realized Nana had fallen asleep. She probably hasn't slept in a long time, "At least we got naps before." Sue whispered and pulled out her phone to check Tobey's GPS. It showed him right with her. Proof that he had left his phone in the room. Sure enough it lie on the nightstand flashing. She checked for Sid's signal with the same result. He had left his phone in the room too.
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Rather than take the elevator, Tobey ran down the stairs. He really had no idea where he was going and the danger of leaving the room didn't occur to him. He was so upset about hurting Nana too. Of course he didn't hurt Nana, but he was blaming himself. On the first floor he was turned so turned around he didn't see the lobby or know which direction take to get there.
He went out a sliding door and found himself in a little garden. It was about a sixth of the size of Wu's Garden's garden, but very nice for such an old motel. Surrounded by walls on all sides, there were small trees and flowers planted in beds arranged nicely with benches. Everything had rounded corners. There were round tables placed near opposite corners. Straight up past the tall walls of the hotel on all sides, all that could be seen was a small square of the sky.
The plants growing in the four corners of the walled area had large flat leaves and effectively hid the sharp square corners. Tobey thought briefly that this place had a good 'feel' to it. "Someone really knows their feng shui." he mumbled and walked as far away from the doors as he could before he sat cross-legged on a thick wall lining a flowerbed. Facing the flowers he sat quietly thinking for a few minutes. As the sun went down lights came on in a few of the windows on the floors above him.
"Did you come down to meet me alone, Tobey?"
Tobey startled and turned to face Will slowly uncrossing his legs. Will leaned on the wall by the sliding glass door. The door being the only way out unless he wanted to scale up the tall buidings.
"No I didn't come down to meet you, but I want you to come with me so my Nana can help you."
"What, are you kidding Tobey? They want to keep us apart and hurt your father. Kong Li told me your Nana, Mai Hua is the worst."
"Kong Li is lying to you Will!"
"How can you say that about your own father? He only wants the best for you Tobey."
"No he wants the best for himself and he needs me. He has hypnotized you and whether you know it or not, you are trying to do it to me – you caused me to hurt my real family."
"Come on Tobey, just let me give you a little hug, I am sure you will see things clearer." Will started to walk toward Tobey and even though he really didn't think he needed to, Tobey got into a fighting stance. "I don't want to hurt you Will, just come with me quietly to see Nana."
"No Tobey, you just come quietly with me to see Kong Li."
The sliding door opened again. "Stop Will – leave him alone." Sid spoke softly. Walking slowly, hoping not to startle Will before he could get between him and Tobey.
"Awe Sid . . . why do you have to butt in all the time? I heard Tobey tell you he didn't like you anymore and wants to be with me!"
"He didn't mean it when he said that! He only said it because it was part of the script Kong Li gave you to lead him in hypnotizing him!"
"No!" Will jumped at Tobey, and Sid jumped to block him. Tobey yelped and jumped up on the wall he had been sitting on. Will quickly reached into his pocket and threw a black and gray powder at Sid. He inhaled some and it made him cough and it burned in his eyes. "Tobey run! I can't see!"
"I'm not running – I can take Will easy. What did you just do to Sid?"
"I stopped him from getting between us!" Will ran at Tobey with his arms out like a little kid wanting a hug.
Tobey jumped up on a higher edging around a bed of flowers and when Will got to him, he jumped in the air over his head and landed across the little garden on another short wall. Sid couldn't see what was going on, but he could hear Tobey yell softly as he avoided Will each time. "Tobey just run! If you let him get close and he blows in your ear I will lose you again – I can't stand it!"
"I won't let that happen! Call Nana! - Will! - what did you throw at Sid's eyes?"
Sid had blinked enough that his eyes were tearing and feeling better. "It's okay Tobey - I think it was just some kind of pepper." Sid sneezed. Not being able to catch Tobey, Will ran up and grabbed Sid from behind. Will had his arms around Sid in an attempt to pin his arms to his sides.
Even with his eyes still closed from the burning, Sid smiled back over his shoulder and said, "You're kidding - right Will?"
"No! You better cooperate Sid! . . . Tobey come down here or I will hurt him!"
Sid was just getting ready to put Will down, gently of course, so he could carry him kicking and screaming to Nana. When there was a rumble over their heads. Several bricks fell through the bushes from above and squished some flowers. They all three looked up and saw the glowing eyes that belonged to Nana's friend. The dragon sensed trouble and came to check on them.
Will screamed, pushed Sid toward Tobey and ran through the doors back inside the motel. Sid recovered easily and called up to the dragon. "Thank-you great dragon. Your tooth healed my back. I was able to protect my friend just now."
The dragon snorted a basketball sized ball of fire and bit it playfully before he took off. Someone screamed on a floor above the ball of fire. Tobey waved at the dragon and jumped down to land by Sid. "Do your eyes still burn?"
"Not so much. I wonder what he threw at me?" Sid stuck his thumbs in the corners of his eyes wishing more tears would come to wash the burning powder residue out.
"Come here Sid." Tobey pulled Sid into an embrace and licked his cheek Sid made a face as Tobey recited his findings. "Mmmmm, a fine blend of black, red and white pepper – tastes wonderful, not so good in your eyes I would imagine."
"Come on you goofball, we will find Will later." Sid sneezed more pepper out of his nose. Tobey squealed and picked something up off the ground. "Look Sid, better be careful, you just sneezed out a piece of your brain!"
Sid laughed and grabbed Tobey around his neck to bend him over. He made a fist and rubbed Tobey's head. Tobey squealed and grabbed Sid's knee to make him stop. Sid observed, "But seriously - right now I think I just need a shower."
"You do need a shower in the worst way."
"So do you Tobey."
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When the boys got back up to the room, Nana was still asleep, but Sue met them at the door excitedly whispering. "How could you run off like that - are you dense?" Sue punched Tobey in the arm.
Tobey whispered, "I'm sorry Sue – I was upset."
"I'm getting a shower." Sid announced in hopes of taking Sue's wrath away from Tobey. Sue noticed how red and wet Sid's eyes were. "You've been crying Sid? That isn't like you – its not your back again is it?"
"No I wasn't crying, we ran into Will he is still out there. He threw pepper in my eyes and tried to steal Tobey away again too, some friend of mine huh?"
"Tobey? Are you still, you?"
Sid answered, "Don't worry Sue, Will didn't get near him. He never went into a trance . . . Like I said I'm getting a shower." Sid grabbed his bag on the way to the bathroom. Tobey lie on the bed closest to the door and Sue sat next to him. "Tobey, why did you run away?"
"Actually, I was thinking of leaving so I wouldn't hurt any of you again."
"Don't you see how not having you here would hurt us more than anything else that could happen?"
"Thanks Sue. I don't want to leave, but I don't want to hurt any of you."
"Hey, we get hurt – nature of our jobs huh? None of us looks at it like you hurt Sid – not even Sid. We know it has been Kong Li causing all of the trouble and this whole situation has been very hard on you too – I can tell and I feel bad I didn't try to help you. I shouldn't have yelled at you or said those things I said."
"Well thanks - I hope Nana can find an antidote or something for me – and to help Will so he can get back to his parents. Thanks to Kong Li, Will thinks he's an orphan and his parents think they lost their son. Its just terrible for everyone."
Nana had been lying still, listening to the two. "It is. Tobey, you take a shower too as soon as Sid is done and we will go back to Chinatown and put a stop to Kong Li's plans."
"Nana – how are you feeling?" Tobey rolled off of his bed and onto hers.
"Much better." Nana sat up and Tobey hugged her.
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Tobey continued . . .
