Sorry for the delay. A lot of family business going on. Here's the newest chapter :)

After calming down, Ersa led the girls to a small building near the palace. It was covered in vines, looking abandoned. Inside looked like a chemistry lab: liquids, bottles, herbs, books, etc.

"Any ideas on how to reverse the potion?" Lexi asked.

"Well, I've never had to make an antidote because…" Ersa explained, searching through books.

"Because why?" ask Alice.

"T-this was my first potion that didn't explode," Ersa said nervously pointing to a bin of broken jars.

Alice sighed loudly. 'I'm going to kill this girl.' She thought.

"WHY IN THE WORLD DID YOU TEST IT OUT ON THE QUEEN?!" Alice shouted.

"It's okay Alice," Megan said blocking Ersa from her again.

"I'm sure if it was you, you'd do whatever you could to get Ace back," Lexi said, "All we have to do is redo the steps and some reading."

The girls worked together to retrace Ersa recipe; looking through her father's notes and books, a few explosions, and screams. After what seemed like hours, they made little progress. Ersa was holding a light blue potion in a small vial.

"Now we just need one final key ingredient," she said, "Cyclamen: the flower of separation."

"On this planet it should be easy, right?" Megan asked, "This whole planet is like a garden."

"Well, yes and no," Ersa said, "Rare flowers are often protected as they are sometimes dangerous to Apocazons."

"And let me guess? The cyclamens are back at the palace?" said Alice.

"We better find it fast," Lexi said as her eyes glowed pink, "Something big is going on."

Ace woke up in what looked like a Venus fly trap hanging from the ceiling. As his vision cleared, Ace could see servants running around, setting up for an event. Ace shot a laser beam at the plant around him. He caught himself on the ground and hid behind a pillar. Nobody noticed him. Then again everyone was too busy anyway. Ace looked down at himself. He was wearing a dark green suit made from leaves: over his uniform to his relief.

"Lexi? You read me?" No answer.

"Megan? Alice?" Still no answer.

'I need to find the girls and get out of here,' he thought. Ace began sneaking through the hallways, avoiding anyone and everyone.

Ersa and the girls made it back to the palace.

"What's going on?" Megan asked, noticing the busy people.

"Ladies" a woman said to them, "Queen Athena has requested you all."

"Y-Yes! I am bringing them to her majesty right now," Ersa lied, leading the way.

"This is perfect because the flower should be kept in the queen's room," she whispered.

"We still don't know what's going on," said Lexi.

"Or where Ace is!" added Alice. Once the reached Queen Athena's chamber, there were two guards at the door. They opened the door for the girls, but quickly blocked off Ersa.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"The queen has no business with you."

"Let the young girl be," Queen Athena confronted the guards, making them step back. It looked like Queen Athena was getting fitted for a dress: a pastel green with colorful flowers as the bottom half of the dress.

"You're really dressed up tonight Queen," Alice said. She was getting irritated not being able to communicate with Ace or not knowing where he was.

"Yes. I am planning a special event that will change Apocalypso." As she said this, vines grew from the floor and captured the girls.

"Enough with the vines," Lexi muttered.

"You all will be the key of persuasion," Queen Athena said, "Then you will finally find your leader."