Sorry it's been a while. Between life and work don't have much time, but here's another chapter. Hope you enjoy

Phillip continued to writhe on the floor. His eyes were opened but he appeared to not see anything. Laney was kneeling beside him with a worried look on her face.

"What's going on?" Laney asked.

"The potion is taking effect," Oracle explained. "It will take a while." The mysterious woman seemed rather unaffected by Phillip's state. She sat patiently waiting. It surprised Laney that this woman could remain this calm. She settled down next to Phillip, and cradled his head in her lap. The agony he appeared to be on was too much.

"How long do we have to wait?" Lillian demanded. It bothered her quite a bit to see her brother in such a state. The woman who called herself Oracle appeared to be calm and collected, Lillian resented her for that.

"I don't know," Oracle advised.

"How do you not know?" Laney erupted. She didn't move, but Lillian could see the pure, white hot rage in her eyes. Her face was crinkled with tell-tale signs of anger. "How can you remain so calm?"

"I have to, you should try to calm yourself as well. Phillip feeds off of emotions. I understand that you feel many right now, but we must attempt to stay calm," oracle explained. Truth be told she was terrified herself. She dabbled in magical alchemy, but this was beyond her scope.

"Let's try it her way," Lillian softly stated to Laney. Laney stared at Lillian for a moment. If there was someone who would be more worried about Phillip, it would be his sister. Laney slowly nodded.

"Okay," she conceded. She turned to Oracle. "But I still don't trust you, nor do I like you."

"I can accept that," Oracle stated.

Since she'd moved to Konohana, Ayame had never seen the clinic so full of patients. People were starting to get more and more worried about their loved ones. Everyone in the Twin Towns seemed to be coming together. Even the mayors had temporarily set aside their feuding to try and help.

"Are you okay? Alex asked. Ayame jumped at his voice. She was still not used to hearing his voice again. She quelled the sharp pang she felt in her chest. She would not allow him to hurt her again.

"I'm fine. I'm not going to breakdown!" Ayame snapped.

"Mmmhmmm. Doesn't seem like it to me, but I was asking about your arm," Alex quipped. She looked down at the large bruise that was starting to form where Gombe had grabbed her.

"Yeah just a bruise," Ayame shrugged. "Nothing I can't handle."

"Always have to be the tough girl huh?" Alex asked.

"Well, when your fiancé leaves you at the altar, it kind of forces you to become tough!" Ayame retorted. Alex had enough sense to look ashamed, Ayame walked away, leaving Aex dumbfounded.

"Doctor!" Hiro called out. Ayame's head snapped up. Hiro was a calm boy who very rarely got excited, but Ayame could hear it in his voice. Hiro emerged from one of the rooms.

"What is it?" Ayame asked.

"It's Kana," Hiro replied. "He's awake and aware!" Ayame ran for the door. She could hear Alex's footsteps behind her. When she entered the room she saw Kama sitting up with a confused look on his face. Ayame quickly walked over to him.

"Kana?" She asked.

"Doc? Why am I here? What's goin' on?" Kana asked.

Slowly over the course of two hours slowly everyone in the clinic came to. No one seemed to remember any of the events leading up to them going into their comatose states. Ayame was stumped, she had never seen anything quite like this. Physically everyone appeared fine. She had decided to keep everyone a little longer just to observe them and make sure they didn't relapse.

Cam hummed a little song as he continued cleaning up Lillian's place. She had been so preoccupied with Phillip's disappearance, that she had not been able to fix all the damage Kana had done. He wanted to surprise her. He felt the happiness bubble inside of him. Cam had never imagined that love could be so pure and fulfilling.

"Hey there little guy," Cam cooed at the cat who rubbed up against his leg. It seemed like ages ago when Lillian had first got her cat, even though it has only been a season since she had moved in. Now, he could barely imagine his life without her.

"Hey," a voice called out from the door. Cam looked up to she Ash, leaning against the door frame. "Any word from them yet?" Cam shook his head. He glanced at the clock. It had been several hours since both Laney and Lillian had left to go find Phiip.

"No," Cam sighed. "You think I should be worried?"

"No, Laney knows that mountain like the back of her hand," Ash replied. "

"Yeah," Cam sighed. Suddenly he started worrying about Lillian. Two hours was quite a long time. "Maybe I should still go look for them?"

"If you want, I'll come with you," Ash stated. "I can't just sit around doing nothing with all the strange things happening."

"I agree," Cam replied. They left Lillian's house together and headed toward the mountain.

Laney watched as Phillip's eyes finally fluttered open. He looked at Laney quizzically. Then looked around the room. His eyes finally locked with Lillian's.

"Lilbud! Thank goddess! What's going on?" Phillip asked.

"You've been unconscious for days, you just finally woke up," Lillian explained. Phillip looked back at Laney who was still holding his head. Quickly he jerked away from her.

"Who the hell are you?" Phillip asked.