As Ralph was thinking of another plan, Aidan had reached the old hospital. Looking around, she decided to just go through her usual entrance - the emergency room, and started to speed run through the corridors.
Not finding Tony on the first floor, Aidan ran up the stairs - nearly going through the wall on the turn, and started going through the rooms on the second level.
After going through several rooms, Aidan paused when she saw someone was in the psych ward. Staying cautions, Aidan slowly walked into the room and found Tony. His eyes were closed, and he was still bound to the table.
Aidan walked over to the bed and thinking Tony had passed out again as well as wanting to make him comfortable, removed the gag and started on the restraints. She had just removed one and started on the other only to have him grab her arm. "Gotcha ya little green witch…" he shouted.
"Tony!" shouted the young woman, making sure to not jump back or do anything that risked hurting the man.
He jumped instead but sure enough he saw Aidan looking back at him. "Cub?" he asked to be sure, and she nodded.
"Yeah, it's me. Scared me there though."
"Sorry about calling you that. I thought ya were Nicol tryin' ta see if I was still out."
"Well, I'm not and you're lucky you didn't end up knocked cold again," she said bluntly as she removed the remaining restraint. "I could've punched your lights out when you shouted at me. You feeling all right?"
"As well as I can be after bein' doped." He groaned rubbing a hand over his face
"Tell me about it, got the same treatment. She found a way drug me so she could have Ralph steal the suit and give it to her," she said.
"She had your godfather strip ya?" he said, aghast at the idea. He knew that since Nicol appeared, Aidan hadn't taken the suit off.
The young woman rolled her eyes. "No..."
"OK, but ya have it on Cub." Tony asked confused looking up at Aidan, making sure he wasn't seeing things.
"I know Tony, thank goodness Miss Bridezilla is dumb enough to not hide the suit properly," she said as she helped Tony sit up. "But, I'll tell you along the way. We've got a wedding to stop."
Tony did a double take. "Why did ya come here then?"
"I need as much help as I can get. Got Ralph free from the mind control and he's doing his best to stall the wedding, but I don't know how long he'll be able to do that."
"Terrific," said Tony as the two started to head down the corridors to the stairs. "So, what about the others?"
"As far as I know Pam and Kevin are still under the mind control, and if the ceremony's completed and Nicol kisses Kevin, they'll never break free..."
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As Aidan and Tony were discussing what was going on, Ralph was trying to think up of another way to stall the wedding. He knew that Nicol would be coming back soon, and could possibly decide to have the wedding without Aidan.
Ralph winced at the new headache that was forming. "Are you all right hun?" asked Pam, concerned.
"Uh, yeah Pam, I am," he said, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"You sure? You look kinda pale," said Pam.
Ralph looked at Pam and frowned, thinking. Pale huh? He said, then came up with an idea to stall the wedding. Remembering that this was tried, he flinched inwardly. I probably will never hear the end of this, he thought. But, here goes nothing again.
Not knowing Ralph was working on another stall tactic, Pam continued. "I hope Nicol's all right. She seems to be afraid of the dark," she said.
"She doesn't have to worry. I'll be there in case..." Kevin said, and looked at Ralph, who was wavering slightly. "Dad... you sure you're all right?"
Ralph nodded, but blinked as though he was dizzy. "Yeah, I think..." he said, letting his voice trail off as he pretended to faint.
Kevin caught his dad and lowered him to the ground. "Dad?" he said.
Pam frowned. "Oh no... Kevin is he all right?"
Unlike when Aidan tried the stunt, Kevin lifted one of Ralph's eyelids. Hoping he'd be convincing, Ralph rolled his eyes up to only show the whites. "I think so, but he's out," said Kevin sadly. "Great, first my stepsister faints at my graduation, now my dad before my wedding. What next, me during the nuptials?"
If Aidan doesn't come back with Tony, you might be courtesy of a chin tap, thought Ralph, trying not to wince when Kevin accidentally brushed his arm against Ralph's chin as he was covered with a coat.
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"Cub, you all right?" asked Tony when he saw Aidan suddenly freeze.
"Yeah, but I'm getting a holograph," she said as the picture solidified. In it, she saw Ralph lying on the floor, eyes closed and Pam and Kevin hovering over him. "Oh no, Ralph's out cold at the wedding," she said. "If Nicol hurt him..."
Tony thought for a moment. "Cub, hang on a minute. Didn't ya say that ya couldn't get holographs of people if they were out cold?"
"Yeah, and..." she said, and it dawned on her and she chuckled. "And, that means... Ralph."
Seeing Aidan's reaction, he frowned. "What?"
"Nothing," Aidan smiled as the holograph faded "If he thinks I am going to let him forget faking a pass out, he is in for a surprise. " she said, then grew serious turning her focus back to Tony. "We'd better hurry though, because if he's stooping to the old 'possum routine he's starting to run out of ideas. And, if Nicol finds out I'm not there at all..."
"Gotcha Cub," he said and they both ran out of the hospital. Once outside, Tony turned to Aidan. "OK, where's the car?"
"You hit your head after you were drugged? I flew," she said, and chuckled when Tony rolled his eyes. "C'mon, I'll give you a lift."
The agent nodded and after jumping onto Aidan's back in a piggyback carry, Aidan took three steps and jumped, taking flight. As they flew they started talking about ways they could stop the wedding, hoping that they'd get there before someone got hurt... or worse.
