Riku got up very early the next morning. He needed to check out the spot on Rep's car. He decided to try and get a sample of the substance and take it to his friend from middle school over at the university for testing in the lab. He was learning how to solve cases through forensics, so this was perfect for Riku since he's getting the answers to his questions and for Wilson, who needed the extra practice to excel in forensic study.

Riku took a plastic baggie and an X-acto knife, scraped at the red spot, and got some of it into the baggie. Riku immediately zipped up the baggie, put it into his pocket, and went into the house before Rep woke up.

That afternoon, Riku told Kairi, Ryo, Alexa, and Hurky that he had to go somewhere to do something important. He didn't really clue anyone in on what he was really doing. Not even Ryo, and she knew almost everything about Riku.

"That's okay," said Kairi. "Hurky, Ryo, Alexa, and I are going to go see Sora."

Sora was still in the hospital. He was going to stay there until his broken rib and his back healed a little, and that was going to take at least a few more days or even a week.

"Well, tell him to GET BETTER OR I'LL GO TO HIS HOUSE AND COOK MR. WHISKERS FOR DINNER!" joked Riku with a laugh.

"Real funny!" said Hurky sarcastically and then laughed.

Riku used to make jokes at Sora when he first got Mr. Whiskers, his pet rooster, that one day he was going to kidnap Mr. Whiskers and sell him to a chicken farm or something so that it could get slaughtered for a chicken meat company. That was if he humiliated him or something else.

He drove to the university, found his friend there, and gave the evidence to him.

"Why do you want to know if this is blood?" asked Wilson skeptically as he examined the sample under a microscope.

"Because I think my twin brother might have run down my best friend." Riku blurted out, as he waited for the results. "When can I have the results?"

Wilson looked up. "In about 24 hours." he said. "But for you, I'll make it a few hours."

"Thanks, man." said Riku. "I owe you one."

Wilson smiled. "No prob, Riku." he said. Then, he went back to the microscope.

At around six-thirty that night, the phone rang and Riku immediately answered it.

"Hello?" he asked.

"Riku?" asked Wilson. "I've got the results. It is definitely blood."

"I thought so!" said Riku.

"And it does belong to your friend Sora." continued Wilson. "Did Rep hit Sora on purpose or on accident?"

Riku sighed in frustration. "I'm not sure yet." he replied. "I'm still trying to gather up more evidence."

As Riku talked, Rep was once again walking around the house, due to boredom. He happened to be walking by Riku's room when he was on the phone. He stopped to eavesdrop.

"...Listen, I know it was him." he heard Riku say. "I know Rep like the back of my hand. He sounds like the type of guy to run somebody down."

This infuriated Rep. Riku was catching on to him! He had to do something, and quick. He ran down to his basement lab, went to a petrie dish that had a small white pill in it, took it, and ran upstairs.

"I can put this cold pill to the test!" he said to himself as he went to the kitchen, opened a can of soda, put the pill in it, and went to Riku's room to give it to him. He was already off the phone.

"Rep, can you get me a soda?" called Riku.

Rep grinned an evil grin. "Alright!" he said. He went at a slower pace and walked into Riku's room with the soda five minutes later.

"Thanks, Rep." said Riku, taking the soda and gulping it down.

"No problem!" said Rep cheerfully, walking out of his brother's room.

Two hours later, Riku was listening to some music on his computer when his throat and his head began to hurt. He opened his drawer, took out a cough drop, and put it into his mouth. He continued to listen to his music, but then as time progressed, he began to get worse. He couldn't concentrate on anything. He began to feel feverish. He stood up, went to the bathroom, and splashed water on his face. He looked at himself in the mirror. He looked terrible.

Riku walked out of the bathroom, feeling like he was going to die from sickness. That was when he passed out on the floor. When he woke up, he thought he heard a familiar voice talking to him, but it was a girl's voice. And he felt like he was being lifted off the floor.

"Everything's going to be okay, Riku," she said. "Just hang in there."

Riku looked up at the girl carrying him. It turned out to be Ryo. What was she doing here, this late at night? Riku was trying to work up the strength to ask her that question, he fainted again.

When he woke up once again, he found himself lying in bed with a cold, wet towel sitting on his forehead. He turned and saw Ryo, sitting in Riku's computer chair, doing nothing. She saw that Riku had woken up and went to him.

"Riku..." she said, reaching for a bottle of Ny-Quil. She opened it, poured some into the little cup that came with it, and held it to Riku's lips. "Drink. It'll help."

Riku slowly swallowed the vile tasting medicine and closed his eyes again. Whatever happened with those remedies that tasted even worse that Ryo used to give him? She always gave him one whenever he was sick or hurt.

"I would have used one of my remedies, but then I would have to run home to get them." said Ryo. "And I have a whole lot of cold remedies!"

Rep walked in. "Hey guys!" he said cheerfully.

"What do you want, Rep?" demanded Ryo.

"Oh, I'm just here to wish my little bro well." said Rep. "Is there something wrong with that?"

Ryo rolled her eyes and turned to Riku, who was now asleep, and looked back at Rep.

"You're lucky I happened to come over." she said. "If he remained on the floor, with his cold being extremely bad, he would have died. He's got a fever of a hundred and four degrees! That's enough to kill someone!"

Rep didn't say anything. He just walked off. Ryo immediately got the feeling that Rep did something to Riku, she just knew it...