Green with Jealousy Part 13
By crystalquirt
Sibey yaoi – action, adventure, boyxboy romance, mild language
Ideas for this fic contributed by:~loveless kittykat~Pandalover~Lycan-wolf96~forever tiki [Sadie] from DA
Kong Li uses a spell that causes earthquakes and even lava to spew forth in Chinatown. But that isn't his plan this time. He uses the spell to lure out and weaken the fighting trio. Sid's innocent friend, Will from his history class is recruited by Kong Li to pursue his son to drive a wedge between Sid and Tobey and to help convince Tobey to join him once and for all.
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Nana and Sue went to the storeroom right away when they got home; Nana with an armload of books from her bedroom. They were determined to figure out what Kong Li did to a simple love potion to make it do these horrible things to Tobey.
Sid and Tobey waited around in a booth for a while, but there were no more deliveries and Barney was closing the restaurant. After a half-hour of helping Barney, they went up to their room to get ready for bed. Sid stopped him, "You still look pretty shaky Tobey. Are you feeling any better."
"Yeah Sid, thanks."
"Lets get ready for bed, I'll put more lotion on your back." Once they had their undershirts and shorts on. Sid patted Tobey's shoulder where there were no healing cuts, "'Night Tob."
"'Night Sid." Tobey turned and he gave him a goodnight peck on the lips. Then he climbed up to his bunk while Sid turned off the light. Sid had not drifted off to sleep yet when he felt his mattress sink. Tobey was sneaking back down into his bunk with him.
"What's wrong Tobey?"
"Nothing, except you're just too far away."
Sid rolled over to face his boyfriend. When he put his arm around him he could feel his heart beating very fast, and he was shivering like he was freezing. "Are you okay?"
"I will be now that I am close to you. Sorry Sid." Tobey lie down as close to the edge as he could get with his back to Sid. Sid pulled him back from the edge and gave him a hug from behind. "It's okay buddy . . . I wish you wouldn't feel so badly about it, I totally understand and I think its kind of fun to have you so close all the time."
Sid pulled his comforter back up, covering Tobey too. In only a few minutes he could tell by the way he was breathing that Tobey was already asleep. He hugged him gently and soon fell asleep with his face in Tobey's hair.
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In a hazy, barren place where he couldn't even see the ground, Tobey stood before Sid screaming at him. "You didn't save me! You are so weak! - Why would I want such a weak person in my life at all. I can't count on you for anything, can I?"
"No – Tobey, I promise – I will be strong – nothing like that will ever happen again!"
"How do you know? You cant know that – you look weaker to me even now just standing there. Why didn't you protect me then and why aren't you helping me now?"
"I don't know Tobey, I'm sorry – I'm trying, but I can't get to you!"
Even though Tobey was right in front of him, something kept him from getting to him. Sid watched Tobey double over in pain after he finished yelling at him. Nothing visible was attacking him, but bright red blood appeared on his back, quickly soaking through his think white undershirt. Red flashes like light went off low, near Tobey's leg. He screamed and there were several long gashes down his leg. Tobey screamed and fell and Sid still couldn't get to him! His blood splattered blood all over Sid's face when his arm was sliced open. The screaming was deafening. Sid thought Tobey was screaming, but really it was Sid himself who screamed. He struggled, trying over and over to get to his friend, but couldn't. It was like some invisible force was tearing Tobey apart right in front of him!
Tobey lie at Sid's feet and still Sid couldn't help him. Tobey begged for Sid to help him. As hard as Sid tried to, he couldn't even bend down to touch him. Sid screamed in frustration. At the same time, he felt hands grab his arms and shake him. Even thinking he was being attacked too now didn't even take his attention from what was happening to Tobey.
"Please – stop hurting him!" Sid screamed at an unseen force as he dropped to his knees. He was being shaken harder by a pair of unseen hands as Will appeared.
"You are useless Sid. I'll save Tobey." Will kicked him in the stomach and Sid doubled over, Tobey still somehow out of his reach. Sid held his stomach while he watched Will easily turn around and pick Tobey up. As he lifted his boyfriend, Tobey's wounds and even the blood stains on his clothes started to vanish.
The cuts closed and healed over in an instant. Tobey gave Sid the finger and cursed at him while he hugged Will and then he passionately kissed him. Sid was horrified, his heart in his throat as he screamed. Will continued to stare at Sid as if waiting to see his reaction.
Sid quieted down a little but still cried Tobey's name as he heard him thanking Will for saving him. He clearly heard him say, "Thank-you Will, you are so much stronger and better in every way than Sid ever was. I love you more than I ever have loved anyone."
"Tobey! Please!" Sid was watching Tobey closely. He gasped loudly and then growled as Tobey un-tucked Will's shirt and put his hands under it against Will's skin. He slid his hands up to Will's chest and then around his back to pull him closer. Sid became more and more horrified; so much so that he couldn't even speak anymore. He closed his eyes in frustration, not wanting to see any more, but soon he couldn't stand it and had to look again. It was like a horrible train wreck happening right in front of him and he couldn't look away.
A tear ran down his cheek as he looked again. He blinked and rubbed his eyes to be sure of what he saw – but Will had turned into Kong Li! Tobey was kissing Kong Li now! Sid screamed in frustration, but stopped when he heard Tobey calling his name.
Tobey was leaning over him trying to shake him awake out of what was obviously a horrible nightmare. "Sid, wake up, everything's okay."
"What? Tobey? It was a dream? Thank goodness - Oh man, that was awful!" Sid was breathing hard and still had a wild look in his eyes.
"It was your turn for a nightmare, huh Sid. Were we superheros again?"
"I wish, but no Tobey we weren't superheros. It was way worse!"
"Weird. What did you dream?"
"Tobey I'm so sorry I couldn't save you."
"What? Is that what your dream was about? Something happened to me and you couldn't save me?"
"No . . . Well yes, but that isn't what I meant. I meant I'm sorry I couldn't save you from Kong Li before."
"What do you mean Sid? You saved me – I remember you taking the chains off of my wrists and protecting me when Kong Li attacked us."
"No, I couldn't save you before, in the alley when Kong Li and Will took you in the first place. I couldn't stop him, and after that when you were chained in his lair, I was too weak to get you out alone. If Nana hadn't shown up . . . its scary to even think about. Even as it was, Will had to carry you out. You were unconscious and I couldn't help you. You always have my back – and I couldn't . . . and just now in my dream, I couldn't save you or stop you from leaving me with . . ." Sid looked away.
"Come on Sid - Will only had to carry me because you had been poisoned and then you stopped Kong Li's magic with your bare hands to protect me! You were injured, not weak. Sid I don't say it often enough, but I am very grateful and I will keep loving you no matter what happens. Even when you are old, fat and gray and riding one of those motorized wheelchairs around and I have to lift you into our super-charged custom mini-van."
"Thanks Tobey, I love you too, but what makes you think I will be the one using the motorized wheelchair? It could be you first you know." Sid tried to lighten the mood.
"Not likely Sid, it will be you. You're already a little chunky. Haha."
"I am not! It's all muscle!"
"I will never be as strong as you are now, but when we get older, that is when I will be able to help you out. That way I can take care of you and pay you back a little for all you've done for me."
"Wow, it sounds like you have already given this some thought."
"I think about lots of things, not just food. By the way, what happened in your dream? I'd really like to hear more about it."
"It was gruesome, you probably don't want to know all the details. You were hurt . . . I had your blood all over me. I don't know what was happening to you and I couldn't get to you for some reason to save you. Then Will came in like some kind of angel and saved you. He even healed your wounds. You kissed him . . . and then . . . well, nevermind. Kong Li showed up - then I woke up."
"Aw Sid, I'm sorry you dreamed that, but it can't happen, you know it was just a dream right?"
"That's what I tried to tell you about your superhero and green cookie dream, and you said it came true."
"Well I might get hurt at some point, but I've been hurt before, it's a risk we all take."
"You take risks way more often than Sue and I do. Just riding your bike for a delivery can turn into an extreme sport for you."
"True, but I would never willingly kiss anyone else romantically or leave you to go with Kong Li." Tobey grinned at him and after a pat on his shoulder Tobey got up. Sid smacked his butt as he got up. From in her room with her door closed even Sue heard Tobey squeal and laughing from both boys. Their laughter made her smile too.
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The dragon flew away from the beach and out over water. From inside the dragon's mouth, Kong Li spoke to the great beast.
"You! I have been waiting for you to appear again Dragon!" Kong Li revealed a vial from an unusual recipe that he had kept hidden in his cloak for many years just waiting to see the dragon again. He lie on the wet, warm dragon's tongue with is legs still trapped between the dragon's teeth. Uninjured, he was just trapped, but in the perfect place to use his potion.
"This will give me some of your power, great dragon – prepare to lose to someone more powerful than you are! -Me! And with your power added to my own Mei Hua and her brats won't have a chance!"
With the dragon flying over the wharf and out over the ocean as far as the barrier would let him, Kong Li began chanting. The liquid in the vial began glowing. His voice got louder and louder and at the climax of his little ceremony conducted while lying in dragon spit he poured the tiny amount of liquid down the dragon's throat.
The dragon came up coughing and for a moment he and Kong Li both growled in distress and went stiff as though being shocked by electricity.
The dragon managed to stay in the air, but spit Kong Li out into the water. The dragon searched for him for a few minutes, then flew away, sputtering and coughing black smoke. The great beast flew across the bay and fell hard through the trees in a secluded place on the beach.
At first there was no sign of Kong Li, but after a few moments a hand came out of the water and grabbed onto the side of a small fishing boat that was coming in to dock at the Chinatown wharf. The boat owner felt his boat sink down slightly in the back as Kong Li's weight was added. He looked surprised to see the wet-capped man standing in his boat. Kong Li growled at him. "Take me to shore!"
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"Tobey, your eyes are green."
"What? My eyes are brown." Tobey argued. He sat across from Sid in the booth after they had their lunch waiting for more deliveries. Sid was looking closely into Tobey's eyes. In return Tobey stood up and leaned over the table to look closely at Sid's eyes. My eyes are brown, Sid, your eyes are like beautiful swirling pools of dark brown hunan sauce."
"HaHa Tobey." Sid took Tobey's hand like he wanted to hold it, really he was examining him. "Yeah right Tobey, and no, I meant the whites of your eyes look green . . ." Sid checked Tobey's fingernails and continued, ". . . and your nail-beds look green. Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I feel fine except for the anxiety 'cause I wasn't sitting where I could touch you." Tobey started to get up to sit by Sid, but the phone rang and Sid jumped up to answer, "Wu's Garden, may I take your order?"
Tobey looked surprised and angry all at once as he watched Sid on the phone. He couldn't hear what was said by the customer calling in, but it made Sid chuckle as he wrote down the order. Tobey grabbed the phone from Sid's hand and threw it down. It bounced once on the floor and slid under the counter. "What did they say to you?" he yelled.
"I was taking their order! Tobey calm down."
"No - what did they say? They made you laugh!"
"I don't know, I don't remember exactly, something about eating octopus I think."
"Well - don't talk to them! I can't stand it when someone else makes you smile ~ only I can make you smile!"
"Tobey, there is something very wrong, remember, this is not real - what you are feeling now is from Kong Li's magic. Fight it – just don't react!"
"Fight what, loving you? That is what I am feeling - right?" Tobey grabbed Sid and hugged him so tight he could barely breath. Sid tried to push him away, but gently.
"I can't breathe. Tobey let me go. This isn't love, this is jealousy."
"NO! You will leave and then . . . and then . . . and then I would die. Don't let me go!" Tobey started sobbing into Sid's shirt and pushed him back to the wall by the phone. "Oh man, your really gone this time."
When Sid tried to push him away Tobey resisted by grabbing his wrists and holding his arms against the wall on each side. He leaned into him, keeping him against the wall. Sid could have easily twisted out of the hold, but he didn't want to upset Tobey more than he already was. Sid only raised his head and called for Nana. Tobey looked up at him and Sid gasped when he saw his eyes. His eyes were almost completely green with only an outline of the pupil and iris visible and he had florescent glowing green tears, like warm jello running down his cheeks.
"Oh man - Tobey what's going on? Does it hurt?"
"Does what hurt? . . . Nothing hurts unless you leave me – you can't leave – I won't let you."
"Come on – let me go! We have to go see Nana! We'll go together, I won't leave you. - I promise!"
"No – you will run away! You just want – you love Nana more than me!"
"Tobey, Nana is . . . Nana – I love her like a parent, not like I love you." Sid wrapped his leg behind Tobey's leg and with his heel, pulled Tobey's leg forward, putting Tobey off-balance. In his clouded state of mind, Tobey became unsteady and vulnerable only for a moment, but it was long enough for Sid to throw both of his arms out to the side in a circle to force Tobey to let go of his wrists. Tobey yelled and fell backwards, but Sid didn't let him fall. As he caught him, he turned Tobey around and hugged him from behind to restrain him. He yelled loudly, "Nana!"
Nana came running down from her bedroom with Sue right behind her. "What's going on?"
Tobey stopped struggling in Sid's arms and looked at them. His expression turned from worry and fear to anger as he screamed at them. "You – you are trying to take him away from me – you want him to love you more – both of you!"
"Nana?" Sid begged, "Help him – look at his eyes!"
"Oh Tobey," Sue exclaimed and then in a calmer voice, "Tobey – calm down - let us help."
"You can't help, only Sid can help me and you want to take him away! I will kill you before I let that happen!" Tobey was so enraged by the effects of the potion, there was no reasoning with him. He even flipped Sid over his hip to get away from him. With Sid on the floor, he ran at Nana and Sue. Nana got in front of Sue and prepared for defense. "Tobey – stop!"
"Yeah – Tobey . . . Sid is my brother, Nana his guardian, us wanting to take him away from you makes no sense – please stop and think about this!"
Too late Tobey threw a punch at Nana. "You're just trying to confuse me!" She blocked it and side stepped him. He fell almost to the floor, but recovered and kicked at Sue. Sid was up and blocked his kick just in time. "Sue get out of here - Nana and I will help him."
"But Sid . . . - oh - alright." Sue gave in. She knew she would only get in the way and they would have to worry about protecting her too. She went around the corner into the kitchen, but peeked out to watch. Sid got under Tobey's arms from behind and laced his fingers together behind Tobey's head. Now he had him, he thought. Tobey put his arms up and bent his knees to slip straight down out of the hold before Sid could stop him.
Tobey ran around Nana and when Sue saw him coming for her again, she ran down the hall; through the door and down the stairs to the storeroom. She tried to shut the door to keep Tobey out, but he hit against it with his full weight and threw her off her feet.
She landed with a grunt as he leaned down aiming a punch at her head. Sue put her foot up against his stomach and pushed him back. Sid and Nana got to the doorway just as Sue made a run for it. She leapt into the air; somersaulted and landed on her feet in the doorway and never took her cast out of the sling. Nana pulled her out just as Sid slammed the door in Tobey's face.
Now angry and confused, feeling a cloud of intense emotions envelope him like he had never experienced before, Tobey screamed angrily and pounded on the door. "SID! I knew it! You left me! Please at least let me see you! I'll die without you!"
Nana helped Sue sit on the steps to catch her breath. All this sudden exercise had wiped her out. Sid stayed at the door just in case Tobey actually did pound through it, but he looked at Nana and Sue.
"Nana? What can we do? I have to help him." Sid reached for the doorknob.
"No Sid, don't open it, let me get Sue far away . . Sue, I want you to go to your room and lock the door okay?"
"Okay Nana."
Nana followed Sue all the way up to her room to make sure she was safe and then turned to go back down to figure out what to do with Tobey.
Tobey got very quiet and Sid didn't wait for Nana to return. He opened the door. Tobey was on the floor in a fetal position until he saw Sid had come in. He had his back to him while he turned to lock the door. Tobey was up and running at him when he turned around. "Tob – oof!" was all he could say as Tobey slammed him against the door in a bearhug that looked more like a wrestling hold.
"You left me! How could you want to be with them when I love you so much? I can't keep going like this!" Tobey pushed so hard, Sid felt his feet coming off the ground as Tobey pushed him up the wall.
Sid got an arm free and pushed Tobey away. "Tobey, this is the potion talking – it is affecting your mind. Please stop for a second and just try to think clearly."
"I can't stop Sid!"
Sid held Tobey away with his hand in the middle of his chest, Tobey was pushing trying to grab him again when suddenly he backed up. Sid watched as Tobey went to the cutting board on the chopping block and grabbed a knife.
"Whoa – Tobey, put that down- what are you thinking?"
"We can't go on like this, I will kill you then myself then we will be together in death forever!"
Tobey lunged at Sid, Sid sidestepped the knife and Tobey fell passed him. Sid backed up to try and get some room between them again. Tobey dived at him again, knife first. Sid grabbed his wrist and shook the knife out of his hand with force. "You know, its really hard to be around you when you're like this Tobey. Keep this up and I won't want to go steady anymore."
"What?" Tobey paused for a second before his knees buckled and Sid sat down with him in his lap, crying green tears into his black shirt. The knife had fallen nearby so Sid picked it up and threw it so it would stick in the side of the cutting block and Tobey couldn't easily get it again. "Are you feeling better Tob?"
"No-no-no – I want to die and I want you to come with me."
"Oh Tobey, if you remember this when the potion wears off, you will realize how wrong you are. You don't want to die, and you don't want me to die. You are going to ride your bike in the Chinatown Extreme competition as soon as you turn sixteen, I know you will make it to State, and then all the way. Remember how you love your bike? After we're sure Kong Li is out of business I want to get a group together, write music and perform with them. I want to attend college while I make money playing the guitar."
Tobey stopped crying and looked into Sid's eyes, "I love you Sid and I love my bike . . . my bike . . . how long has it been since I've even seen it?"
"Not long, we've been taking deliveries everyday since we thought you were better. You love Sue and Nana too. Look . . ." Sid wiped a glob of the green tears off of Tobey's cheek and showed him his green finger. "Does this look normal to you? The potion is making you cry green tears of jealousy."
"Ew, that's gross." Tobey sat up and wiped his fingers across his cheeks. "Yuck. I don't understand."
"I know you don't, buddy. Remember? Kong Li poisoned you with a love potion, this is the result – you are focused more on being jealous now than loving anyone."
Nana had come in quietly using her storeroom door-key to make sure they were okay. She kneeled next to them. "Sid is right Tobey. You have to fight what the potion is doing to you, not fight us. Please, you can take control back – even with it still in your system if you do not act on these urges that it makes you have. That may even be the antidote somehow. If it can't make you react, perhaps it will just disappear from your system."
"Come on, you really need a shower. You can't go to bed with your face all slimy with green goo."
"Oh come on Sid. I can just wipe it off."
"No way, especially since you keep crawling into my bed. I don't want that goo on my pillow."
Nana looked around the room and stopped them, "Wait Tobey, how did that knife get stuck in the butcher block?"
Sid interrupted, "I did that Nana. I threw it away from where we were."
"Why?"
"So Tobey couldn't reach it again. When Tobey was freaking out he picked it up."
"Come on Sid, why?"
Sid turned to Tobey. "Tobey, do you remember the knife?"
"No, what happened?"
"Tobey started talking about not wanting to go on, and wanted me to come with him. But I had no trouble stopping him – its okay."
"Sid no you mean I tried to stab you?"
Nana stepped closer. "Sid, you mean this potion has made Tobey suicidal, and even homicidal? This is so much worse than I thought."
"But Nana, its okay I stopped him - he's fine now."
"No, it's not fine – Tobey's not fine. Kong Li's potion is doing terrible things, almost as bad as an illegal drug. How are you feeling now?"
"Okay Nana. Just a little sore and my back itches like crazy."
"Sid, take him up and put the lotion on his back. Be careful, don't let him see Sue since we don't know if just seeing her will trigger another episode."
Sid and Tobey went to their room, but they saw Barney going into Sue's room when they got to the top of the stairs. Sid turned Tobey around and kissed him to be sure he didn't look in Sue's room and see her.
"Oh! - mmmmmm." Tobey moaned. "That was nice, unexpected, but very nice Sid."
"Yeah, well? Go get a shower before we put the lotion on. I'll wait for you."
"No – not alone! If I can't see you . . ."
"Okay, you can't stay dirty. I'll go in with you."
"Thanks Sid."
Sid sat on the potty with the lid closed while Tobey undressed. He was looking away, but still started whistling when he was sure Tobey had undressed. "Stop Sid." Tobey got in the shower and closed the curtain, but still watched Sid as he washed.
"Why do you want me to stop . . . you're gorgeous."
"You aren't even looking and how can you think me gorgeous with all these scars?"
"Give it up Tobey, I won't let you feel sorry for yourself. The scars are fading and even if they never go away, AND you had purple ears and pink horns coming out of the sides of your head, I would think you the cutest boy I'd ever seen."
Sid looked away when he heard Tobey turn the water off. Tobey blushed and finished washing. He modestly came out of the shower and wrapped at towel around himself, tucking it in at his waist. "Okay Sid."
Sid got up to follow Tobey to their bedroom to put the lotion on, but Tobey didn't leave, he turned and hugged him instead. "Thanks for everything you said."
Sid smiled and hugged him back. With his arms wrapped around Tobey's arms and hands on his back, he heard Tobey whisper into his neck, "Scratch please," so Sid lightly rubbed Tobey's back. Tobey curved his back and purred like a kitten. After a few relaxed moments in each others arms. They finally did go to their room. Sid got the lotion and applied it as he had several times a day since Tobey was hurt.
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Under strict orders from Nana to stay in her room, when there was a knock on her door she still answered it. While Sid stayed with Tobey, Barney sat on the edge of her bed with Sue. "Hey! What did you do today Sue?"
"Same as always I guess. I can't do much wearing this cast. I think I will go stir crazy. It would be really boring around here if not for Tobey."
"What do you mean? What'd he do now?"
"It's not his fault really, but he's mad at me. That's why I came in here, to wait for him to calm down."
"Oh well, I'm sure he will get over it. Did you finish your bunny sculpture?"
"It's more than finished, see? I have an entire bunny family in my room. A mama, papa and a whole bunch of babies. They are multiplying just like rabbits and now Mr. Wu is out of toothpicks in the kitchen and the storeroom."
"It's okay, I will get more toothpicks before dad decides to make appetizers or something."
Nana came by and told Sue it was 'clear' if she and Barney wanted to come out. Sid and Tobey were in their room and she was on her way in to speak to them. Barney and Sue went down to the kitchen and Barney got Sue and himself a snack. He hurried up to eat his chocolate covered banana chips and said, "Bye Sue, I'll be right back," before he went out in the garden, jumped on his bike and sped off toward the corner market for toothpicks. Sue had hoped for a little kiss before he left and pouted a little.
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While Sid rubbed lotion on Tobey's back he got so relaxed and warm, he fell asleep. Sid whispered, "He must be exhausted," as he pulled the comforter up to keep Tobey warm. Since Tobey hadn't gotten dressed after his shower and wore only a towel, Sid pulled his comforter of his bed and put it on him too. He left him sleeping while he went looking for Nana. Nana was in the kitchen, but he saw Sue sitting in a booth and went to see how she was doing first. "Hey Sue, you didn't get hurt did you?"
"No Sid, I'm fine."
"Where's Barney and Mr. Wu?"
"Barney went to the store on his bike and I don't know where Mr. Wu went if he isn't in the kitchen, maybe his office? How's Tobey?"
"He fell asleep. The green colorization of his eyes and skin is completely gone. Actually I came down to talk to Nana about it. Do you know what's happening?"
"Nana's in the kitchen making some more of the lotion you've been using on Tobey, but our research has revealed nothing helpful for him."
"Tobey is so sick. What're we going to do? Where's Barney, I don't want him to hear me talking to her about Tobey's condition."
"Barney's gone to the market for a while at least."
"Well, there are no customers. I hope it's a slow night. Even if it isn't I will do the deliveries so Tobey can rest."
"You can't, if he wakes up and you are gone he'll panic!"
"You're right. I guess I'll have to wake him and take him with me."
Sue offered, "Maybe Nana will let me take deliveries now, I can just double-bag them and hang them from the handlebars."
"No way - if you crash you could seriously hurt your arm again. Wait until the doctor takes the cast off, okay?"
"But I want to help you guys out."
"Help Nana find an antidote for Tobey – that is the best way you can help both of us right now."
"Lets go see how the lotion is coming. We should start working on the antidote again as soon as she's finished with it." Sue went to the kitchen with Sid following. Nana was stirring in ice cubes to cool the lotion recipe off more quickly.
"Hey Nana. Do you have any ideas about how we can help Tobey yet?"
"Not much, but I don't think it was just a love potion after all, perhaps some sort of 'attachment' potion to make Tobey so centered and focused on only one person or thing that he won't be able to fight or even know what else is going on around him. It's just getting worse."
"I'm just glad he got attached to me, instead of whatever Kong Li had in mind."
"Yes, but being attached to someone, anyone like that causes so much suffering and Tobey is experiencing it at its worst."
Nana stopped stirring and poured the mixture into a large jar. "The lotion is finished. I will take it upstairs and grab some of my books. I will check on Tobey too, to make sure he is still asleep."
"I'm sure he is, or he would be screaming and frantically looking for me." Sid replied. Sue patted her brothers shoulder, "You're right - I'm sure Sid. Maybe I should go back to my room so he doesn't see me with you." Sue handed Sid the bowl of banana chips.
"Thanks, I'm hungry. Where do you and Nana do your research?"
"In the storeroom. She has more books down there and it's quiet. Mr. Wu rarely goes down there. He just sends Barney down if he needs something."
"I'll make sure Tobey and I don't go to the storeroom, just in case. I'll be in my room reading and watching him until we get a delivery, okay?"
"Sure Sid . . . wait – what is that?" Sue leaned back against the counter as earth started shaking again.
"Oh no Sue – its another earthquake!"
"Kong Li?"
"For sure."
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Tobey continued . . .