Mal got her group of grunts to wait at the entrance while she got Edgar.
Mal unlocked Edgar's cell and turned to face Edgar, "Come with me, Blondie. You're going on a mission with us."
Edgar didn't reply; he merely followed Mal out of his cell. Mal and Edgar walked to the entrance, and once there the whole group left the base.
"Okay, listen up. We're going to Lavaridge to steal some antibiotics from the Pokemon Center for Karania. No one, and I mean no one, better screw up." Mal said, giving Edgar an evil eye.
The group now started walking towards Lavaridge.
Back in the infirmary, Karania's case was starting to slowly go downhill. Maxie and the doctors were becoming very worried about her, since she had stopped recovering strength and was now losing the little strength she had recovered.
Maxie radioed Mal, "Mal, hurry up! Karania is starting to get worse!"
"Yes, dad." Mal said through the radio.
Mal's group called out Golbats, Crobats, and a Taillow, and flew to Lavaridge.
In the infirmary, Karania was restless and she had gotten a very high fever. She couldn't sleep, and she moved around a lot in her bed while trying to get comfortable.
Maxie said to no one in particular, "Oh, my! Her condition is getting worse by the minute; I don't think she has any time left. All I can do here is wait and see what happens. I just hope Mal and the little brat brings the medicine back here in time to save her before it's too late…."
Karania tried to sit up since she couldn't sleep, but Maxie pushed her back down. Then Maxie placed his hand on her chest and held it there until Karania gave up the thought of trying to sit up. Maxie then removed his hand from her chest, and while he was doing that he noticed that Karania was very pale. So he placed his hand on her forehead, and immediately withdrew his hand because she was burning up with a fever. A doctor entered the room, and walked over to Maxie.
"She has a very high fever, what do you want to do to bring it down?" Maxie asked the doctor.
"I'll get a cold compress to help bring her fever down." The doctor replied.
"Hurry, if her fever remains this high she might suffer from brain damage." Maxie said urgently.
"I'll get it right away." The doctor replied, hurrying off to get the compress.
The doctor returned 2 minutes later, and he walked over to Karania and he placed it on her forehead. Karania jumped slightly.
"Shh…… It's okay……. Take it easy, Karania…….." Maxie told Karania comfortingly.
The compress was on her forehead for about 5 minutes before her fever slacked off a bit, but Karania was still very restless.
"Go get a sleeping potion. She needs her rest, but she can't sleep." Maxie said.
The doctor nodded and hurried off to get the potion, and he returned with it in about 3 minutes. The doctor handed the potion to Maxie, and then he helped Karania sit up enough that she could take the potion.
"Karania, you need to drink this, it'll make you feel better." Maxie told her.
Karania reached for the potion, but her hands didn't want to cooperate with her mind.
"You poor thing….. Here we'll give it to you, open up." Maxie said.
Karania opened her mouth, and Maxie poured some of the potion into her mouth. Karania swallowed the potion, and this continued until all the potion was gone. Then the doctor helped her lay back down, and he moved the compress back onto her forehead since it had slid off while Karania was taking the potion. Maxie handed the empty bottle to the doctor, and the doctor left the room to dispose of the bottle. Then once he was gone, Maxie pulled the covers back up around her.
"Sleep well, my dear. I hope that your dreams are sweet." Maxie told her.
Karania closed her eyes and fell asleep. Maxie watched her sleep, and he prayed that Mal and her group would able to steal the medicine she needed and would be able to get back to base in time to save her. Now all Maxie could do was hope and pray that Karania could hold on just a little bit longer until the new medicine could arrive for her.