"Antubis, what's that smell?" Mary said with a frown as the little
girl walked into the lab that Brenda had been using for her potionsmaking,
Antubis on one side of her and Blondi on the other. "Did someone forget to take one of the bodies down to the morgue again? It had been a horrible mess the last time that that had happened and Mary had thought for a while that Bobby Druse, the one who had stumbled on the misplaced body, would be green for the rest of his life.
'Looks like Brenda's been making potions again.' the anteater said with a shake of his head. Honestly, at the rate that the nutty female doctor was going and with her skill at potions making, he was surprised that the corpses in the hospital weren't piling up at an even greater rate.
'I didn't eat her dinner, did I?' Blondi asked as he sniffed the cauldron that Brenda had been using, suddenly thinking that he should have paid a bit more attention to what the food they were snitching was instead of just gulping it down.
'I don't think her dinner was in there.' Antubis said as he walked around to the other side of the table, standing on his hind paws so that he could see the book that Brenda had been using.
"Dr. Brenda got a new potions book?" Mary asked as she joined her friend. "I don't think that it worked very well. She should probably take it back and see if she can get a refund."
'It's not that kind of potions book.' Antubis shook his head as he realized what the book that Brenda had been using was. 'It's someone's potions notebook from class. And someone who failed big time too." He used his snout to flick over a few pages, reading the writing quickly as he did so. Half of the ingredients were missing and the rest were listed totally in the wrong order. If Brenda had been trying to brew from this it was a wonder the hospital was still standing. Antubis snickered slightly as he thought of it.
"Antubis, wait a minute. What was on that page, the one she must have been looking at?" Mary frowned as she looked down at the page as soon as her friend turned back to it. "Deadly.... What does that word say?"
'I'm not sure.' Antubis peered closely trying to make out the word Mary was pointing to. 'Passion, maybe? Either that or poison. What's wrong?'
"Antubis, if Dr. Brenda made something poisonous and fed it to someone, that's really bad!" Mary exclaimed. Honestly, it seemed like Antubis didn't get the simplest things sometimes for being so smart.
'She probably thought it said passion and fed it to Stegman.
That's good.' Blondi said with a soft chuckle. The hospital would be so much safer if Brenda did poison the nutty doctor. And who knows, Brenda had been halfway sane before Stegman had shown up. Maybe if she killed him with a potion, her brain would start to function once more.
"What if it's the poison potion?" Mary said anxiously. Okay, they really, really did need Stegman to go away but....
Antubis frowned. Mary did have a point. He leaned a bit further over the book, reading the potions list carefully. 'I think it's okay'
he said after a moment. 'As long as it isn't mixed with phosphorus and potassium, it should be okay.' He shook his head once more a second later.
'Well, it will only cause hallucinations anyway.'
'Hallucinations? Do we need Stegman roaming loose and possibly hallucinating?' Blondi asked. 'Isn't he bad enough when he's in what counts as a right mind for him?'
"We better find him." Mary said slowly. After what Stegman had done to her friend Mona, she didn't really want to help make him better but if he was allowed to roam around, who knows who else he might hurt.
'Maybe we can let Hook see him if he's hallucinating. That ought to be worth 72 hours without him while he's on psychiatric hold.' Blondi chuckled as the three headed out of the room once more in search of Stegman.
A bit latter, Mary's eyes were wide with shock as she watched Hook kissing Stegman. "Antubis, what's wrong with him?!"
The anteater looked up from the trash can he was sniffing in.
'Looks like Brenda thought it was a poison potion and dumped it in his soda. Well, I suppose he won't be too upset when his head explodes in a few hours after what he just did. Better for him that way.'
"His head's going to explode?" Mary cried as she hurried over to join the anteater. "Dr. Hook's trying to help us! We can't let that happen! Isn't there something we can do? Is there a way to fix this?"
She was almost at the point of tears now as she looked at Hook once more.
Dr. Chris had pulled him off of Stegman and the expression in her eyes as she looked at Hook almost broke Mary's heart.
'We could try to brew an antidote, maybe.' Antubis frowned as he thought of doing that.
"Do you know how?" Mary asked anxiously.
The anteater paused before speaking. 'I slept through seven years of potions classes. I probably know more about brewing than the person who wrote that potion down.' He just hoped whoever had copied the potion into the book hadn't botched the potion so badly that it would be impossible to create an antidote for it. He started down the hallway once more,
motioning for Mary and Blondi to follow him. 'We need to go back and get that book and then find somewhere private to work. We're going to need some help for this too."
Antubis on one side of her and Blondi on the other. "Did someone forget to take one of the bodies down to the morgue again? It had been a horrible mess the last time that that had happened and Mary had thought for a while that Bobby Druse, the one who had stumbled on the misplaced body, would be green for the rest of his life.
'Looks like Brenda's been making potions again.' the anteater said with a shake of his head. Honestly, at the rate that the nutty female doctor was going and with her skill at potions making, he was surprised that the corpses in the hospital weren't piling up at an even greater rate.
'I didn't eat her dinner, did I?' Blondi asked as he sniffed the cauldron that Brenda had been using, suddenly thinking that he should have paid a bit more attention to what the food they were snitching was instead of just gulping it down.
'I don't think her dinner was in there.' Antubis said as he walked around to the other side of the table, standing on his hind paws so that he could see the book that Brenda had been using.
"Dr. Brenda got a new potions book?" Mary asked as she joined her friend. "I don't think that it worked very well. She should probably take it back and see if she can get a refund."
'It's not that kind of potions book.' Antubis shook his head as he realized what the book that Brenda had been using was. 'It's someone's potions notebook from class. And someone who failed big time too." He used his snout to flick over a few pages, reading the writing quickly as he did so. Half of the ingredients were missing and the rest were listed totally in the wrong order. If Brenda had been trying to brew from this it was a wonder the hospital was still standing. Antubis snickered slightly as he thought of it.
"Antubis, wait a minute. What was on that page, the one she must have been looking at?" Mary frowned as she looked down at the page as soon as her friend turned back to it. "Deadly.... What does that word say?"
'I'm not sure.' Antubis peered closely trying to make out the word Mary was pointing to. 'Passion, maybe? Either that or poison. What's wrong?'
"Antubis, if Dr. Brenda made something poisonous and fed it to someone, that's really bad!" Mary exclaimed. Honestly, it seemed like Antubis didn't get the simplest things sometimes for being so smart.
'She probably thought it said passion and fed it to Stegman.
That's good.' Blondi said with a soft chuckle. The hospital would be so much safer if Brenda did poison the nutty doctor. And who knows, Brenda had been halfway sane before Stegman had shown up. Maybe if she killed him with a potion, her brain would start to function once more.
"What if it's the poison potion?" Mary said anxiously. Okay, they really, really did need Stegman to go away but....
Antubis frowned. Mary did have a point. He leaned a bit further over the book, reading the potions list carefully. 'I think it's okay'
he said after a moment. 'As long as it isn't mixed with phosphorus and potassium, it should be okay.' He shook his head once more a second later.
'Well, it will only cause hallucinations anyway.'
'Hallucinations? Do we need Stegman roaming loose and possibly hallucinating?' Blondi asked. 'Isn't he bad enough when he's in what counts as a right mind for him?'
"We better find him." Mary said slowly. After what Stegman had done to her friend Mona, she didn't really want to help make him better but if he was allowed to roam around, who knows who else he might hurt.
'Maybe we can let Hook see him if he's hallucinating. That ought to be worth 72 hours without him while he's on psychiatric hold.' Blondi chuckled as the three headed out of the room once more in search of Stegman.
A bit latter, Mary's eyes were wide with shock as she watched Hook kissing Stegman. "Antubis, what's wrong with him?!"
The anteater looked up from the trash can he was sniffing in.
'Looks like Brenda thought it was a poison potion and dumped it in his soda. Well, I suppose he won't be too upset when his head explodes in a few hours after what he just did. Better for him that way.'
"His head's going to explode?" Mary cried as she hurried over to join the anteater. "Dr. Hook's trying to help us! We can't let that happen! Isn't there something we can do? Is there a way to fix this?"
She was almost at the point of tears now as she looked at Hook once more.
Dr. Chris had pulled him off of Stegman and the expression in her eyes as she looked at Hook almost broke Mary's heart.
'We could try to brew an antidote, maybe.' Antubis frowned as he thought of doing that.
"Do you know how?" Mary asked anxiously.
The anteater paused before speaking. 'I slept through seven years of potions classes. I probably know more about brewing than the person who wrote that potion down.' He just hoped whoever had copied the potion into the book hadn't botched the potion so badly that it would be impossible to create an antidote for it. He started down the hallway once more,
motioning for Mary and Blondi to follow him. 'We need to go back and get that book and then find somewhere private to work. We're going to need some help for this too."