Green with Jealousy Part 14

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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The rumbling of the earthquake got so strong that dishes started falling off of shelves and the knives, other utensils and heavy pots started falling off of their hooks and holders from the walls and ceiling over the stove. Sid led Sue to the doorway that went to the hallway, but held her there. "What are you doing Sid?"

"Doorway – a safer place than in the kitchen with all that sharp, heavy metal falling – stay here!" Sid startled and held Sue tighter when the large, commercial sized rice cooker fell off of the counter and made a huge noise right next to them.

"Sid? If this is Kong Li, shouldn't we look for him?" Sue looked worried. Nana joined them in the doorway. "Not yet Sue stay here. Sid's right it is safest – but Sid, get up to Tobey, the earthquake is likely to wake him!"

"Okay Nana" Sid started to go, but heard Sue scream when a chunk of the ceiling in the kitchen came down and broke across the work table so he ran back. "Will you two be okay?"

"I think so Sid, go before he wakes up and gets scared. I will take care of Sue."

Sid avoided a chunk of falling hallway ceiling that had been right over his head while he spoke to Nana. On the way up the stairs he just missed getting hit by an iron-framed painting that fell off the wall. Nana and Sue heard him cry out in surprise and the effort it took to jump out of it's way, and yelled at him. "Sid!"

"I'm okay." he yelled breathlessly as he reached the top of the stairs.

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Barney almost fell off his bike and dropped the bag with all the toothpicks he had just bought. "Whoa – an earthquake? Again? It's only been a couple of weeks since the last quakes, wonder if it's just an aftershock."

Barney watched as cracks opened up in the street around him and cars swerved. Their drivers blew their horns for no reason except to make noise and annoyed Barney so he grumbled, "Its not like honking is going to close the cracks and stop the quake you dorks!"

Trim from around windows and ledges on both sides of the street, with larger chunks of brick and wood fell off of the buildings. "If its only an aftershock, its a big one!"

Barney looked around frantically trying to decide where was the safest place to be, but he could see no safe place. He pulled his bike over to a streetlight and held onto the pole to wait it out. He hoped if the earth cracked under his feet he would be able to hang onto the pole to stay out of the crack. He didn't have time to think about how illogical that might be.

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By the time Sid got to the boys' room Tobey was already awake, but still thrashing around under the comforter. "Ahhhhnnnmmg!" he screamed and moaned into the pillow even after Sid held him down and spoke softly. "Tobey, it's just an earthquake – and I'm here – you're safe!"

"Sid! Sid! I can't see! Everything's green!"

"What? Stop looking at my green pillowcase, silly." Sid pushed on Tobey's shoulder to roll him over, and gasped when he saw him. "Oh no! Tobey, try to stay calm. I'm here, I won't leave you."

Sid picked Tobey up by his shoulder's and hugged him. Tobey's cheeks and face were full of the green ooze again. His eyes were an eerie green glowing color and this time the iris and pupil were not visible at all!"

"Blind with jealousy? Is that what this does? I can't imagine Kong Li would want you blind. I'm sure it's just a temporary side effect. It has to be!"

"Sid, help me!"

The quake stopped, and Nana soon appeared at the door to check on them. Just as she came in, Sid yelled for her. "NANA!"

"I'm right here Sid, what's wrong?"

"Tobey's all green again – and now he can't see!"

Nana came running in and leaned in to check Tobey. Sid rocked him and held him even while Nana was trying to look him over. Tears welled up in his own eyes as he watched his friend suffer.

Tobey gritted his teeth and growled to keep from screaming again. His eyes burned, his chest hurt; he was breathing hard and his stomach felt like it was in knots. All symptoms from the emotions stirred up by the evil potion Kong Li gave him.

Exhausted already, Tobey's arms fell to his sides. He couldn't even hang onto Sid anymore. "Tob, hang on! . . . Nana? Whats happening to him?"

"Sid, I just don't know! The earthquake must have scared him and triggered another episode, but I'm really not sure. It would be just like Kong Li to do something so cruel. He might be thinking that having Tobey blind would make him easier to control."

Sue stood at the doorway, watching. Her hand was over her mouth like she was trying to keep from screaming at the sight of Tobey. His eyes were not like eyes at all; like green, flat glass with nothing behind it. Green goo covered his face and Sid's shirt front and even his hands; his hands looked like he had green rubber gloves on. Tobey cried into Sid's shirt, "It hurts Sid, please help me." he weakly wrapped his arms around Sid again and held on as tightly as he could.

"Tobey . . . " Sid couldn't say out loud that he didn't know how to help him. It was just as bad as his dream where he couldn't help him and now he feared Will and Kong Li would show up.

Just then there was a flash of red light. Sid and Nana turned to watch a magic portal open up near the ceiling. Kong Li dropped through first. Will landed right behind him. "Hello my little enemies."

Sue took a step to the side and hid behind the door. Nana stood ready to keep him away from Sid and Tobey. "Kong Li, you monster! We took the earthquake recipe from you! How are you doing this?"

Beware Mei Hua, I have obtained new power from your dragon protector. He is no more. Now, I do not need a recipe to summon fire or lava an earthquakes! You will bow before me and finally call me King before we are through here."

Sid yelled, "Tobey is suffering – help him, please!"

"I see my son is enjoying the last stage from the potion I gave him. If he had only come to join me, all his suffering could have been avoided."

Tobey turned his head when he heard Kong Li's voice, but still could only see a green haze before his eyes like a curtain. "Sid," he whispered, but Sid hugged him, pulling his head back to his chest. "Shhhhh Tob, it'll be okay."

Sid added, "And Will, you are supposed to be home with your parents – what happened?"

Will just smiled an evil little smile. Kong Li said, "Will, take Mei Hua to the scholar stone in the garden and get me the cookbook. I shall be down shortly."

"You're crazy. I will not just hand over the cookbook!"

"Yes you will or I'll kill your sibling rejects. One is already incapacitated, Tobey is feeling a little green and Sid all by himself won't be a problem. I will start with him in fact, I will end his life slowly, painfully to give you as much time as possible to change your mind about giving me the cookbook. I will take my son with me, although I think its too late even for me to save him now."

"Kong Li, you won't get away with this."

"Stop posturing Mei Hua. It was you who said people are more important than magic so I know you will cooperate. And Will, before you take Mei Hua to the Scholar Stone - go out in the hallway and drag little Sue Yi in here."

Sue heard him say her name and turned to run. "I may be their only hope, I have to stay free so I can save them!" She ran to Barney's room and hid in his closet. Will went the other way looking for her, checking in her room first, then Nana's.

"Kong Li - leave Sue alone, I will go get you the cookbook and you can leave us in peace." Nana took a step toward the door. "No Mei Hua, you won't go alone." Kong Li aimed his staff at Sid and Tobey.

"Then release Will so he can go home to his parents - you come with me."

"No, Will'll go with you, I want a moment with my son."

Sid gently pushed on Tobey to get him to lie down so he could get up, but Tobey resisted. He held on weakly to folds of fabric from Sid's shirt and cried, "Don't leave me - please!"

"Tobey I-"

"Ha, Sid, its like having an anchor attached to you isn't it? Are you getting tired of having my son around yet?"

"Not at all - I love having him around – I don't like seeing him suffer, and stop calling him your son. You were never a father to him! Please – give me the antidote!"

"What antidote? Perhaps I will let him die with the rest of you."

"How can you be so heartless?"

"That potion was meant to make him weak so he would join me and still he resists it. That is why he is getting worse; he is fighting it; he is trying to control himself or he would have killed all of you by now and brought me the cookbook himself. The love for you is gone Sid. Now only jealousy, attachment, anger and confusion will remain. I told you, he was not supposed to see you first when he woke up in the dungeon."

Tobey whispered weakly, "No Sid, it isn't true, the love I have for you isn't gone! That will never happen no matter what!"

Sid looked quickly back at Tobey, but yelled at Kong Li. "Please – tell me how to save him! - Before, you said yourself you didn't want him to die because of the prophesy!"

"I told you, there is no antidote. I am not responsible for what his happening to him now. If he only had not resisted me. I didn't think he was even capable of this resistance. You three and Mei Hua have ruined my plans for the last time. Tobey is a traitor . . ." Kong Li yelled out the bedroom door, "WILL – forget Sue, come get Mei Hua and get me the cookbook!"

Sid thought for a second and frantically tried one more time. "If Tobey dies there is no chance that the prophesy about you ruling Chinatown will come true!"

"I will rule Chinatown without my son. The prophesy is just one possibility. I don't need him - I need the cookbook! I will level this part of Chinatown and purify it with a nice clean layer of lava. I will have my slaves rebuild this area with my castle here on this block, with this little lot where Wu's Garden once stood in the center. I will even place memorials for each of you as reminders to everyone who would oppose me of their fate if they do. It's only right, since your charred remains will reside for eternity under my castle."

Sid closed his eyes and sat back down with Tobey. While he held his love close, in his mind, he was trying to talk to the dragon, I don't believe he destroyed you! Please come - please save my family!

"Well Sid . . . you got awfully quiet, have you given up? Have you accepted the fact that this is the end for you and your family and I have won? Mwahahaha!"

"Leave him alone Kong Li. I told you I would get you the cookbook!"

Sid squeezed his eyes shut tighter as he concentrated harder and tried to block Kong Li's taunting out of his mind. Nana said I could learn to communicate with you – I don't know how else to ask – please, come help us.

Tobey said in a small voice, "What's happening?" Sid didn't even answer him, as he concentrated. Suddenly a realization came to him. The dragon came twice before, when he was in agony from Kong Li's attacks and years ago when Nana was hurt and unable to fight anymore. He shuddered thinking it would have to come to that again.

At Kong Li's request, Will came back in without Sue and left again right away pushing Nana out first. "Sid, take care of Tobey, but don't do anything against Kong Li." Sid heard her, but didn't respond. He was coming up with his own plan.

"Good advice Mei Hua, if Sid does anything he will pay."

Sid ignored him too, but whispered to Tobey, "I have to get up Tobey, you have to let me go – quietly."

"But Sid? No . . . What for?"

"Never mind – I have to do something – I have a plan!"

"Okay – at least I can do this much to help." Tobey gritted his teeth and let go of Sid. He rolled onto his side, facing away from Kong Li and pulled his knees up to his chest to hold onto. He wouldn't even be able to see Sid so he knew it would be bad; he had already started shaking, afraid he would never see Sid, or hear his voice again.

Sid stood up and faced Kong Li.

"Come on Sid, attack me - do you want to die now? I really wanted your Nana to watch me kill you, but we can do it this way."

"Just try to kill me Kong Li!" Sid charged with a Kung Fu yell worthy of Jackie Chan. Kong Li blocked his punch and sidestepped. Sid kept his balance and spun around with a round kick aimed at Kong Li's head. Kong Li caught his kick and threw him into the boys' desk. The heavy wooden desk broke, the chair was knocked across the room and the computer and monitor landed on the floor. Sid landed on his butt in the middle of it.

"I don't want to die, but I want to stop you and save my family even if I have to get hurt to do it!" Sid got back up to his feet as quickly as he could. Kong Li was still threatening him, "You will get worse than hurt!"

"More broken promises Kong Li." Sid was a little slowed down, but still determined, thinking that even if he couldn't win, if he got hurt badly enough the dragon might come.

Tobey realized what Sid was doing. He moaned and whispered through his clenched teeth, "No Sid, don't . . ." he was doing a good job of controlling his urge to scream for Sid and try to crawl to him. Having him away, not even being able to see him was actually causing Tobey physical pain throughout his body and knowing he was fighting Kong Li alone, and desperate; maybe even planning to get hurt tore him up even more.

Tobey thought about trying to help, but Nana's training sessions where she blindfolded them had never gone well in the past, especially for him. "I would only get in Sid's way – I can't even try to help!" he moaned out loud into the pillow.

Sid tried another kick, Kong Li knocked his leg away and palmed him in the face. Sid fell and before he could get up, Kong Li drank something from a vial. Sid found himself floating above the floor, captured again in a magic energy bubble. Sid yelled and pounded on the sides of the bubble frantic about what Kong Li might do to Tobey now.

Kong Li walked over to stand next to the bunk. He leaned down and looked at Tobey's face, slimmed with green goo and whispered, "My son." before he kissed him on the cheek!

"OH-NO! Kong Li! - Leave him alone!" Sid screamed so loudly, Kong Li could almost understand him. Ignoring him anyway he picked Tobey up across his arms to carry him to the garden.

Tobey groaned and whined softly, "No, let me go – I want Sid."

"Mei Hua should have given Will the cookbook by now. Lets go to the garden and watch Wu's Garden burn in the lava." Kong Li carried Tobey out of the room and downstairs with Sid floating behind him pounding on the inside of the bubble.

Sid kept yelling too, but the bubble muffled what he was saying. Not even Kong Li could understand him. He was calling to Sue and threatening Kong Li bodily harm if he didn't leave Tobey alone.

Sid was afraid Sue would be trapped in Wu's if Kong Li really did summon the lava. Of course it occurred to him that Kong Li was planning to kill them all anyway, but he still wanted to see Sue and make sure she was okay, at least for the moment.

Kong Li already had his cauldron set up in the garden and it was still bubbling after it caused the earthquake a short time ago. Will handed Kong Li the cookbook with Nana standing near the scholar stone with her head down.

Kong Li dropped Tobey at his feet so he could hold the cookbook up with one hand in victory. Tobey moaned and crawled away, not knowing where he was or where he was going, the world still looked like green fog to him. Nana ran to him and startled him when she touched him to help him stand up. He put his arm up to protect himself and cried out in surprise.

Nana lied, "Tobey, hang on. we will get out of this and you will be fine, I promise!"

"But Nana, I heard him, he is planning to bury us all under a layer of lava!"

"I will stop him." Nana carried Tobey to a raised flower bed and put him down. "Stay here, if Kong Li manages to start the lava, it won't get deep enough to come up here . . . I hope." Tobey nodded and lie over on his side smashing some daisies and shaking so hard it looked like a convulsion.

Nana glared at Kong Li for a second; he was acting so proud, so smug. With a wave of his hand, the bubble vanished and Sid fell. Kong Li announced, "Yes! I have won, now that I have the cookbook - the world will fall before me begging for its very survival. Go ahead Mei Hua, you first - beg for your survival! Mwahahaha."

Nana stayed quiet, Sid stayed low as he ran to Nana and Tobey. "Nana – where is Sue?"

"I don't know Sid I haven't seen her. I hope she is using her head and getting the cookies I prepared to ruin his recipe. If she remembers where they are, these cookies were made from a magic recipe that can stop his lava spell." Nana still smiled at him, and gave his back a reassuring pat.

"But Nana he said he didn't need a spell or recipe to summon lava anymore. What if he isn't using one?"

"I don't know Sid, keep your fingers crossed."

Will was standing near them watching Kong Li stir the recipe in the cauldron. Sid asked him again, "What did you do with Sue?"

"Nothing, I couldn't find her. I guess she ran away to save herself. She doesn't care as much about you all as you thought huh?"

"You jerk – my sister wouldn't abandon us! Even with a broken arm, she could kick your ass!" Sid tackled Will and Nana went after Kong Li. He calmly knocked Nana down and brought his fist down in the cauldron with it spewing magical energy in the form of fire. He had no need of cayenne flakes anymore.

Kong Li stood up straight again, still holding the cookbook up proudly like he was showing it to a crowd. Nana screamed "Kong Li! NO – you have the cookbook! Leave us in peace!"

"And take the chance that you will still try to stop me? No, I will save myself the trouble. Now is where you all pay for all the trouble you've caused me in the past."

Lava began to flow right from the cauldron! Sid and Will were rolling around on the ground each trying to overcome the other. Will punched Sid in the ribs; Sid punched Will in the face. Sid had him on his back and had him effectively pinned, but saw the lava flowing toward them. Sid pulled Will out of its path just in time to keep him from being burned, but Will punched Sid in the stomach and pushed him back toward the lava. Sid fell right along the edge of where the lava flowed.

"Hold still Sid, let the lava purify you." Will shouted.

On his hands and knees, through gritted teeth Sid replied, "I just saved your ass Will. Try showing a little gratitude."

"Here's my gratitude." Will swung his fist at Sid but missed. Sid put his heel in Will's stomach and knocked the breath out of him. He fell gasping for air. Sid picked him up and put him in the raised flower bed near Tobey.

Unfortunately Will gave Sid an idea for how to call the dragon, hopefully. Sid went back to the deepest lava flow, held his breath and quickly thrust his hand in the lava! He screamed and fell back holding his own wrist.

Hearing Sid scream that most terrible scream made Tobey start yelling, but he couldn't see what was going on. Sid took a few steps away from the lava flow before he went to his knees holding his burned hand away from his body. He groaned loudly and breathlessly begged, "Oh man it hurts! I hope you heard me now - please!"

Sid kept screaming, the lava was still baking into his skin, burning his flesh away. Tobey fell out of the flower bed when he tried to stand up and found Sid by following the sounds of agony he was making. "Sid, what happened to you?"

"I got burned again. You shouldn't have come down here! Kong Li has lava flowing all over the garden! Aaaahnnnn - Stay c-close to me, I'll try to get you safely away from it." Tobey grabbed the back of Sid's shirt to follow him, but insisted, "Sid, how badly are you hurt – where did you get burned?"

"Nevermind Tob, stick close." only his wish to see Tobey safe kept him going as he tried to get Tobey back over to a high place. The earth rumbled, cracks opened up all around them blocking his path each time. Part of the garden wall and the fountain fell into one, temporarily reducing the depth of the lava near that side of the garden.

Nana fought Kong Li up on the the garden wall as it crumbled more. Sid almost had Tobey back to a flowerbed, but a crack opened up and changed the flow so lava blocked their path again. Sid quickly led Tobey the only way; to the Koi pond and the stood in it while lava flowed around them on both sides and came together behind them. They were trapped on a little island with lava all around and the Koi pond in the center.

The rocks that lined and raised the Koi pond a few inches kept the lava back. They stood in the water trying to stay cooler longer. If Sid wasn't experiencing pain from his burned hand he could have leapt over the lava flow and gotten up on the wall to help Nana, but even still he couldn't have taken Tobey with him. "Tobey, hang on – I know Sue is planning something, she should show up any second and get us out of this right?"

"Right Sid, but I can't imagine how." When Tobey opened his eyes and looked up. It was all Sid could do to not scream. Tobey's eyes looked so scary. Still like the green glowing glass with nothing behind it; Tobey looked empty inside and very ill. He hugged Tobey as he collapsed, turned him so his back was to him and sat with him in the Koi pond. The heat was intense. Sid cupped his uninjured hand and splashed water up on Tobey's shoulders and neck to try and keep him cooled off. Every now and then he could feel a fish swim by his leg. "The fish are probably wondering why we are sitting in their pond, huh Tob?"

Tobey didn't answer, Sid pulled him back against his chest and held him. His arms fell limply to his sides his head fell back to rest against Sid's shoulder. Tobey had passed out. "Oh no." Sid started to cry as he hugged him tightly.

Sid could hear Nana's voice as she fought with Kong Li trying to take the cookbook away from him. "You broke your promise again Kong Li. I knew you would."

"So sue me Mei Hua." He kicked at Nana's head; she blocked and delivered a kick of her own that connected across Kong Li's legs. As he fell, he let go of the cookbook and Nana caught it just in time to keep it from falling into the lava.

Kong Li wound up hanging from the wall over the rising lava himself. The garden was filling up; it was flowing from the cauldron faster than it could run out of the broken wall and down the alley. It was getting deeper and burning the back wall of the restaurant and their home.

Lava had already burned through the back door and was flowing slowly down the stairs to the storeroom, filling it up. It also went down the hallway toward the kitchen. Scorching and burning as it went. They could hear Mr. Wu screaming as he ran out the front door to find Barney and blame him for what was happening.

Sue found her path blocked when she came down the stairs after finding magic cookies in Nana's room. She really hoped they were the right ones; the Frozen Fu Fortune Cookies. She ran back upstairs to Barney's room that overlooked the garden.

After tucking the cookie jar in her sling over her cast, she climbed out his window to the roof. Sue jumped from the roof, down to the nearest stone bench. It was so hot she could feel it through her shoes right away as she ran a stride across the bench and jumped to the next bench, then up on the picnic table.

The legs of the picnic table were burning and it tilted suddenly. Sue yelped and made a desperate jump to the raised flower bed that was nearest to the cauldron. Will ran at her from the other direction, jumping from one raised bed to the next.

She saw Will coming and yelled, "Stay back! I don't have time to play with you!"

He clumsily threw a punch at her head; she ducked and he fell passed her head first into the lava! After a sizzling sound he was gone. Sue looked away, but quickly remembered her mission, she could see Sid and Tobey trapped in the Koi pond. Sid was pulling Tobey's limp form up on the decorative rock because the water was so hot now that it was steaming.

She couldn't get very close to the cauldron, but just close enough to throw the Frozen Fu cookies in. She quickly opened the lid on the jar and threw the whole thing into the cauldron. It sizzled and turned solid for a second plugging it up, but more lava pushed its way up around the cold spot popping it like a cork!

A huge wave of lava suddenly burst from the cauldron completely covering it and sending a wave in all directions. Sue leapt up higher on a broken chunk of brick from the crumbling garden wall and screamed at Sid. "Look out!" but even she could see Sid and Tobey had no where to go. Sid saw it coming and lie over Tobey on the decorative rock as the wave of lava rushed at them.

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Tobey continued . . .