A worn and haggard face appeared at the doorway. "Go away ash, I won't tell you the secret ingredient. Not for a million np."
"Huh?" asked emilymaniac, and then a giant sweat-drop appeared on her head as she realized the person was blind. He was wearing those black glasses and had a cane propped up in the apartment behind him. He thought she was someone else.
"Excuse me sir, but I am not Ash. My name is emilymaniac" said emilymaniac then pointing to her neopet she continued, "and this is my neopet scales_the_great."
Then it was the blind mans turn to have a double take, "you're that emilymaniac? The multi-millionaire, and computer genius? The one who trained five battle dome champions! Why are you here? Your not after a cure for neopox are you?"
Grimly emilymaniac said, "You guessed it."
"Well," the little man said, "I wont tell you how to make it, but because you helped me a long time ago I'll give you one pie free if you can get me some help I know I can trust to help me bake the pizza."
Emilymaniac now looked surprised, "are you Blake? Blake Johnson? The poor blind man on the streets with the mind of a genius? I remember you!!! So this is were the experiments got you. I am surprised you are living in this apartment. You must be a millionaire to if you had a cure for neo pox. I can get you a factory with hired hands I trust if that's what you want. No problem, and for only a small amount its yours."
"Well to tell the truth, I am a millionaire. I am hiding here from my old partner, Ash Larkmillesweny. My mansion is still being built. It is in Terror Mountain. Only I have a real problem. Because I am blind, I cannot make the pizza because I cannot see what I am doing. The labels are not touch labels. Without ash, I cannot make any pizza and it is still in demand. You will have to be my eyes and hands and even so it will take time to make…"
"Ill do it?" said emilymaniac "how do I start?"
"Just come in, just come in" said the man.
"More ice packs! Hold her down! Take off the blankets!" a flurry of commands was being shouted out by Cor as Nikki and Emily carried them out, but no matter what they tried Charlotte was not getting any better. Now she was tossing about screaming on the cot. Her fever was 109 and rising. It looked like she would soon die.
"Nikki, Emily? Can I have a little time alone with Cor please?" charlotte said.
"Sure" and "I guess" the two said as they left the room.
"I'm here Charlotte" said Cor, "what is it?"
"Cor, I think I am going to die. Don't say anything yet. I feel horrible and I am so cold, there is a slight numbness in my feet and it is going up my leg. Cor there is some thing I have to tell you. Ever since I saw you when you beat Ash I have felt this way about you. Now I know you will blame yourself for my death and say, I should have taken better care of her, I could of saved her. Well my friend it is not your fault, the only thing to blame is the virus. Anyway, what I have to tell you is this: I love you Cor, I really do."
"I love you too Charlotte, I love you, don't die!!! Don't die!!! Please don't die" Cor was crying as he held her. He felt her pulse. She was still breathing faintly and her heart was beating slowly. He lay her down on the cot and wept. A loud Bang was heard. The sound of feet slammed through the hallway.
Emily ran into the room yelling," Charlotte! Cor is she still alive? I've got a cure! I've got a CURE!"
Cor leapt up, "WHAT! GIVE IT TO ME! SHE IS DYING! GIVE IT TO ME!" Cor grabbed the green slice of pizza and fed it to Charlotte in tiny pieces, "swallow this Charlotte, please. If you love me, swallow it. Please!" there was a gulp sound and immediately Charlotte's color started to come back. Her pulse came back hard and she stirred.
"Sleep now Charlotte, sleep is what you need," Cor lay Charlotte on the Cot and pulled the blankets over her, "sleep my love." Charlotte mumbled something and turned over and slept. Her sleep was deep and healing. She slept for three days and three nights. On the morning of the fourth day…
Charlotte awoke, "Huh, where am I? Cor? Thank god you're here. I had a very bizarre dream. There was a man and his face was covered in shadow, he had a pice of machinery and he put it in me. Then I was in a cage. I saw a mew two and a mew and they were fighting. Then the mew glowed and fell to the ground. Then I saw the shadow man laughing. He was playing with a toy mew. Then he took these chains and wrapped the toy with them. Then the mew two appeared near his chair and he smiled and I woke up. I am scared Cor. who was the man and why did I dream about him? Oh and by the way, did I mention at any time before that well um…"
"You loved me?" suggested Cor.
"Yes," said Charlotte and she turned a dazzling shade of crimson.
Cor nodded, "I love you too Charlotte, don't worry, I love you too." The two friends gave each other a big hug. Cor grinned kind of silly at charlotte who grinned right back.
"Lets not tell anyone okay?" said Charlotte.
"I wont if you wont," replied Cor.
"Great" said Charlotte "is there anything to eat? I'm starved!"
"Is there! Charlotte, Nikki is the best cook, and with the technology and new foods in Neopia she has made the best breakfast ever." Then Cor shouted, "Nikki, Charlottes awake and starved! Lets get some food in here!"
From down the hall a "Kay" was heard. Soon after the best smells were smelt. Then Nikki came in holding a huge tray. There was Scrambled Neggs and bacon and ham. There was a tall glass of O. J. and a stack of Hot Cakes. There was an Omelet with everything on it. There was also a slice of green pizza.
"What is the pizza?" asked Charlotte.
Nikki's reply was "The pizza is neopox pizza. Emilymaniac says you should keep taking the cure for one week. Then you will be fully cured."
"Oh" said Charlotte, "okay." Then Charlotte proceeded to gobble up the whole Breakfast. She made sort of a sandwich out of the Hot Cakes and Omelet. The pizza was taken with large gulps of O.J. and the scrambled Neggs were stuffed with the ham and bacon and scoffed down.
Charlotte commented "YUM! MORE! NOW!" Nikki and Cor laughed very hard then, if you had seen a girl chomp all that down then ask for more like that, you would have laughed too. Cor keep laughing as Nikki went to cook more breakfast.
Emilymaniac poked her head around the corner "Did you eat your medicine?" she asked.
"Yep" said charlotte.
"She did," added Cor, "and if Nikki hadn't taken the tray away she would of eaten that too." Then Cor cracked up again. Both the girls stared at him like he was nuts and then grinned. Soon everyone was rolling on the floor laughing. Finally emilymaniac stopped.
"Well, I used as many of my resources as I could to narrow down the possibilities of where we could find a way to get Nikki Charlotte and Emily home" she said, "its either mystery island, terror mountain, tyrannia, or marqua. First we will go to tyrannia because it has the best possibility."
"Okay then," said Cor, "on to tyrannia!"
