She didn't want to do this, didn't want to have to ring her bell for Dr.
Lona but the urge to do so was almost overpowering. "I'm really, really sorry." she whispered softly as she touched Lona's hand for a moment before taking the bell in her hand. Elmer was going to be so sad when he found out. She felt terrible to be doing this to him when she had had to do the same thing with his mother only a short time before. He would be so sad.
'Wait a minute.' Antubis motioned for Mary to stop as he touched
the water carefully with his tongue, seeking some sort of way to fix this.
He couldn't just drag Lona out of the water like he had drug Peter, not
with her completely naked, and he wasn't sure at this point without a human
nearby to help if that would be the best course of action anyway. The
water was icy, almost freezing his tongue as he touched it. Suddenly,
Antubis recalled something from last winter and an idea hit him. Maybe
there was a way that they could fix this, or at least buy a bit of time
until they could get someone down here to fix this.
'Mary, I need you to listen to me carefully and do exactly what I say right now.' Antubis told the little girl firmly but gently. He would need her help if this was going to work.
"Can you help her?" Mary asked. She didn't see how but Antubis did seem to pay a lot more attention to what the doctors were doing when they wondered through the hospital than she did. Maybe he knew something to do to fix Dr. Lona. Mary didn't want her to die.
'I know something that might work. I need you to touch the bell with one hand and then touch the water with the other. Then repeat after me. 'frigium glacialis.''
Mary nodded although she didn't really understand what Antubis was
wanting her to do. She reached out, slowly touching the water as she
started to repeat the phrase. The urge to ring her bell for Dr. Lona was
almost overpowering and she had to struggle to keep from giving in.
Antubis had to know what he was doing, had to know of a way to save her.
"Antubis, what did you do?!" Mary cried a moment or two later when
she saw ice starting to form in the water, felt it becoming painfully cold.
She though he was trying to help things, not trying to make a popcicle!
'Hopefully buying enough time to fix this.' the anteater said with a shake of his head as he felt the water temperature again. Definitely much colder and more ice was starting to form. Hopefully that would be perfect for what they needed.
"You froze her!" Mary cried, starting to sob once more before she
suddenly realized something. The urge to ring her bell and call for Dr.
Lona was gone. "Antubis, what did you do?"
'Hopefully bought enough time to find someone competent to come
down here and fix this.' Someone competent. In Kingdom Hospital finding a
competent member of the staff was a task that would definitely take awhile.
Maybe he ought to lower the water temperature just a bit more in case?
No, he shook his head after a moment. The current temperature would have
to do. Maybe he would hit it lucky and Hook would be paying a visit to
Peter Rickman tonight. He looked vaguely competent. 'I'm going to go and
find someone to help. You just stay right there and keep an eye on her
until I get back.'
Mary nodded as the anteater vanished through the wall before
turning her attention to Dr. Lona. The ice was forming in her hair now and
her skin was starting to take on a dead white appearance. "Dr. Lona?
Antubis went to go and get help, okay?" the little girl called as she
reached out, taking Lona's hand and holding it gently in both of hers.
"You're going to be okay. I'm so sorry that I couldn't stop Paul from
hurting you." She stopped speaking for a moment, trying to think of what
she could do to maybe help Dr. Lona until Antubis got back with help.
"Would you feel better if I maybe sang to you until Antubis comes back?
He's really smart and it won't take him long to find someone to help you.
You're going to be fine." Mary said softly as she started to softly sing
the first song to pop into her head, the ballad, 'Barbara Allen.'