Chapter 4
"Are you sure that's the antidote?" Kiyo asked as Marina ran over to Zatch clutching something wrapped in a white cloth.
"We're positive. My mother really knows what she's talking about." Alex said, "She's worked with flowers most of her life."
"There Zatchy." Marina whispered as she gave him the last of the medicine, "You'll be better in no time."
Zatch coughed and smiled weakly, "Thank you…" he said softly.
"Don't talk Zatch, you just need to rest while the antidote works." Kiyo sighed with relief, "So he's gonna be okay?"
Marina nodded, "He'll be fine." She said smoothing the Mamodo King's hair.
"Then I guess we can go home." Yume said clapping her hands, "That's okay with me. I hate fighting anyway."
"No we can't." Shade said, "We can't go home until we figure out what Dae is up to."
Zero nodded in agreement, "There's got to be much more to it than just trying to kill Zatch."
"Well, what do we know so far?" Eoin asked.
"Dae is bad, Lawrence is bad, and they're trying to kill Zatch." Yume said quickly.
"Now isn't the time for jokes Yume." Eoin said.
"Who said I was joking?"
"What do you suggest we do?" Tiko asked.
"We could always ask around the seedy side of town." Eoin said.
"Are you trying to get us murdered?" Alex asked him.
"Our mamodos will protect us. Besides if Lawrence is sleazy, then more than likely we'll find out something about him."
"Eoin makes a good point." Marina said, "We're bound to find something if we go snooping in their territory."
"So what? They're just going to let a bunch of teenagers roam around the city like oh nothing's wrong. We're just looking for two psychos who may want to destroy the worlds. Yeah right." Alex said crossing her arms, "Count me out. I'm already in enough trouble as it is. Mom and Dad nearly had a cow after the fight at the restaurant. I got some explaining to do."
"Me too. My mom's been calling my cell phone like crazy. I gotta get home." Travis said, "But I'll check in later tonight to see how Zatch is doing. See you guys." Travis walked out with Tiko's spell book tucked under his arm and the mamodo following him closely.
"Well Marina? Do you want to come with me and Yume?" Eoin asked.
"…I can't leave Zatch. Sorry." She said wiping the sweat from Zatch's forehead.
"We'll go." Rahkshi stepped forward, "Zero and I don't have to be home until later tonight anyway."
"Great, we'll head out and report back here." Eoin said grabbing Yume's red violet spell book. The two boys and their mamodos left.
"You two will stay here and look after Zatch right?" Alex asked standing.
"Yeah. I wanna make sure his fever goes down at least before Amore and I head home." She said, "Don't worry about a thing."
"And you Kiyo?" Alex asked.
"I'm gonna see if I can find out anything about Lawrence on the internet, while the guys are out investigating."
Alex nodded, "All right. Shade let's go. Mom and Dad are going to love this one." She said leaving the room.
Meanwhile, Eoin and Rahkshi were walking along the sidewalk of downtown. "What do you think is going on?" Eoin asked, looking over at his travel companion.
Rahkshi shook his head, "No clue. But there's gotta be a reason. I mean why would Dae try to kill Zatch then run to earth? You'd think he would stay in the Mamodo world to make sure Zatch died."
Meanwhile, Alex and Shade were sitting on the couch of her mother's apartment. "So do you want to tell us what is going on?" her father asked.
"Well not really. But seeing how you're going to make us tell you anyway…" Alex began, but before she could finish, the front door flew off its hinges and Dae and his partner appeared.
"You are coming with us." He said pointing to his younger brother and his partner.
Author's note: Sorry it's so rushed. I didn't really have a lot of time to write it and I wanted to finish it quickly. Next chapter will be longer. Promise.
