Dan dan dan DAN!!!!!
Lo and behold, the new chapter of Aphrodisiac!
LOL I haven't been updating, seeing as I've been busy with school _
Anyway, kudos to my sister for editing 8D
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING WHATSOEVER. MARK WALDEN OWNS ALL THE CHARACTERS.
Laura and Wing exited the lab. Seeing as they were protected with the antidote that Laura sprayed on them, they only watched as they saw their fellow schoolmates act like animals in the heat.
Boys and girls from every stream, every year, pounced on every person they saw first. Whether they were teacher or student, whomever they had eye contact with; they would fall in love with at first sight.
"Crap… I'll be blamed for this, no doubt." Laura muttered, quickly dodging a random Technical stream student pouncing a first year.
Wing was worried as well. Where were Otto and Shelby?
Half of the question was answered, when Shelby suddenly popped unexpectedly, hanging on to one of the senior water polo players. Laura was surprised.
"Hey Kellie…. And Shelby? What are you…." Laura said strangely.
Shelby looked like a happy drunk; she was latched onto Kellie, with a happy, and yet crazy look on her face.
"I think we are being given a look at how people affected by the poisonous gas look up close." Wing seethed quietly. Laura sighed.
"Here we go…" she sprayed the small bottle of the antidote directly on Shelby's face. Said friend looked startled, as if she was woken abruptly from a deep, particularly enjoyable dream.
"Wha— what happened?" she asked, letting go of the older boy. "I'll explain later." Laura said quickly. "Right now we need to find Otto!"
As they searched, Wing started to explain to Shelby the situation. As he was in the middle of the part where the little plant took the three other bottles, there was a sudden scream of joy, and a crash nearby. When Wing and Shelby approached Laura, they started to laugh.
"Seems to me that Laura has found Otto." Shelby said, in between giggles. There they were, Otto chasing after Laura with the look of total and utter obsession. Finally, Otto caught up to the red-haired tech genius.
"LAURA!!!" Otto exclaimed, landing on her chest. Laura had the look of utter joy, and yet she felt very, very awkward. Knowing that her joy couldn't last long, she enjoyed most of the snuggling.
"Laura… Laura…" Wing tried to catch her attention (he gave up on trying to get Otto's; he knew he never would). He waved his hand in front of her face. This, however, had no effect whatsoever, seeing as she seemed to be in her own puberty-induced world.
"You're not doing it right." Shelby said smartly. "The best way to get her back to normal," she said, raising, her hand. "Is this."
SLAP!
"Ouch!!!" Laura exclaimed, accidentally pushing Otto off her lap as she stood up. Her right cheek was a stinging red from the slap. "What was that for?!"
"Well, Miss Brand," Shelby started. "As Otto fell on your lap, you fell into your puberty-induced world, that I want no part of."
Laura looked stunned. She never imagined herself to do that. At least, not in public. "Sorry about that. I… I guess I—"
"Save it, Brand." Shelby said, grabbing the bottle form Laura's pocket. She gave it to Wing. "Why me?" he asked, twiddling the small bottle in his hands.
"I don't know. I don't want to do it, and I doubt Laura would want to do it either." She replied.
Wing looked at the two girls, then at the love-struck Otto. 'Well,' Wing thought. 'He does seem to need this.'
Wing came close to Otto, who was still staring at Laura with a slavishly sloppy look. "Here goes." Wing said, spraying the antidote directly in Otto's face.
"Eh?" Otto said, getting up from the floor. He looked at Wing, then to Shelby, then to Laura.
"What… What just happened?" he asked.
"Well, you see…."
"I guess you guys will get a real kick out of this." Otto said. Laura and Shelby were laughing, while Wing was smirking.
"So," Otto started, a vein popping in his temple. "How will we help everyone else?"
"Well, we can probably throw two of the bottles of antidote into the vents, but…" Laura faltered.
"What is it?" Wing asked. "You see, one bottle of antidote might not be enough for the entire school." Laura said. "We'll need two of them, at least."
"Damn." Otto said. "So we just have to find the plant, which could be anywhere in the school, get the antidotes that it may have lost, and throw it in the nearest vent." Wing said. "That'll be easy." Shelby replied, her sarcasm evident.
"We'd better get started then." Laura stated.
Maximilian was tired, to say the least. He had just arrived from a G.L.O.V.E. meeting in a small country in Asia, and his body clock was muddled. In addition, he hadn't gotten any sleep since, so he was ready to fall on the softest thing he could see. Namely, his bed.
Before he could get any rest, however, a strange smell penetrated his room. It smelled quite nice, heavenly even. The vigor seemed to return to him almost immediately, and his body had the urge to jump right up, notwithstanding the last thirty-two hours of staying awake, trying to watch out for enemies, assassins, government forces, and ordering around the cronies that he was to have until Wednesday.
Suddenly, there came a ringing from the bedside table. Maximilian reached out and activated the touch screen, hitting the audio button.
"DOCTOR NERO? ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?" Came Pike's loud voice.
Nero growled. "I was for a moment. Didn't I give strict orders not to be disturbed—" "BUT SIR. THIS IS IMPORTANT."
Nero blinked. Personally, he hoped it wasn't another carnivorous plant, although he wouldn't put it past the Darkdoom boy.
"DO NOT look at anyone's face. DO NOT have direct eye contact with anyone, not even those closest to you."
Nero was baffled.
Nero grabbed his eye mask, almost slapping it over his eyes.
"Why?" He demanded calmly.
"Well, to be short, sir, there's been a gas released in the HIVE vents, an aphrodisiac, to be precise. For anyone who has inhaled it or has had direct contact with the liquid that it is evaporating from, they will have a sudden and personal obsession with the first person, first face they see."
Nero sighed, rubbing his forehead wearily with his index finger and thumb.
"All right." He said wearily, suddenly too tired to get angry. "I hope you are keeping things under control."
"Yes Sir! We've sent Brand and Fanchu for the antidotes, and we should be releasing it into the air system in approximately twenty minutes."
Nero was about to say something when a loud crash erupted from the Com Speaker, followed by a scream, which sounded closest to "CATCH THAT DAMN PLANT!!!"
Pike sighed into the speaker. "Make that… An hour, sir."
And the connection was broken before Nero had a chance to explode.
Finally, Dr. Nero sighed and made sure the mask was secure over his eyes. "Natalya? I have an order for you. DON'T COME IN."
"I'm here doctor. Is something wrong?" She said from directly outside his room. "No, nothing terribly apocalyptic. Not yet anyway. Have you had eye contact with anyone?"
"No sir. Why?" She asked. "That strange smell that's pervaded the air. Did you notice it?" Maximilian asked. "Yes sir." Nero could not mistake the awe in her voice now that the delightful smell was brought to attention.
"It is, as Pike explained to me, an aphrodisiac. Unless you would willingly take part in obsessing over the next human being whose face your eyes make contact with, I think you must put all your training with blind arts to good use."
Raven entered the room just then. Although Maximilian couldn't see her, he knew she was wearing her own black mask, one she used for training her other senses. She knew not to always rely on her eyes.
"Come, Raven. Help me to Professor Pike's laboratory. We need to apply damage control. We'll take a route, preferably, with little or no people."
Otto Malpense was with his friends in the hydroponics lab. They looked everywhere, but they couldn't fine the feisty little plant.
"Where the hell is that thing?!" Shelby finally complained. The four of them gathered to the center of the room, under one of the air vents.
"Why are we under here? You do realize that the plant could be anywhere here." Wing said, arms crossed. "Well, it's hot, so deal with it." Shelby replied.
"What do we do now? We can't find the plant, and we'll be discovered soon enough by Nero." Otto said. "Maybe I can make a duplicate of the antidotes." Laura suggested.
"Maybe…."
Wing was getting bored. Suddenly he (and only he) heard something from above them. A small crash and the scurrying of something small. He looked up, only to find a piece of broken glass on the grilles of the air vent. Before he could react, a small pink drop of water dripped onto his eye. It stung like hell.
"Ow!" he said, covering his eye.
"What is it Wing?" Otto asked, looking at his Asian friend.
He looked different…
"Wing?"
The Asian's wide eyes met his.
To DignityNightfall (in the forum): Oh yes I did 8D. That is, if you were thinking what I thought you were thinking
IN THE NEXT CHAPTER: WING+EMOTION= tons of ROFLMAO scenes XD
R and R
=D