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"Max?" 99 gasped in shock as 5 KAOS agents dragged him into the room.

"99, are you ok?" Max asked worriedly as they tied him to a chair and then left the room. "I heard about your concussion, and I'm so sorry!"

"Max, it's fine, I'm better now." 99 assured him. However, there was a sinking feeling in her stomach as she said this; who knew why these people wanted Max?

"Well, well!" the doctor said gleefully. "86, would you care to inform Agent 99 how you got here? Oh, don't skimp on the details!"

"I don't know, Doctor." Max said sarcastically. "It seems like you'd rather tell her instead!"

"Oh, no, I insist you tell her!" the doctor said, still smiling.

"Well," Max started, "It's like this. After you hung up the phone, I left CONTROL headquarters and headed to the bank to grab the 5 thousand dollars needed for 99's ransom. Then I came straight here, and you probably know the rest."

"No, I told the guys to be creative." The doctor said, smirking. "What exactly did they do, Mr. Smart?"

Max hesitated, then went on. "Your guys, as you put it, were very efficient. They surrounded me, took me prisoner, and checked to make sure I had the whole 5 thousand. Then, they knocked me unconscious with a metal pole, would you believe it, a metal pole!"

"I find that hard to believe, 86, my people aren't that barbaric." The doctor said.

"Oh." Max frowned. "Would you believe a wooden one?"

"Probably not." The doctor stated, enjoying himself.

"How about a really heavy book?" he hedged.

The doctor laughed. "It's been awhile since we've had some real humor in this place!" he said as he laughed. Max frowned, looking hurt.

"Anyway," the doctor said as his laughter died down. "Agent 99, I told you I wanted you to see something." He held up the syringe, which was now almost a deep violet color as opposed to the lighter purple from earlier. "You see, and you listen too, 86, this dark purple liquid contains a very important toxin. When taken in any way, it will do two things to the subject: First, it will sap their memories of being a CONTROL operative. Then, it will create false memories of being a KAOS agent, thus dedicating their loyalty to us!"

99 and Max could only stare at the syringe in horror as the doctor laughed like a maniac.

99 gulped. "And what was it you wanted me to see?" she asked nervously, dreading his answer.

The doctor's laugh faded, and an evil glint came into his eyes. "This toxin works like a charm, but it does have side effects. One of which is excruciating pain!"

Before he could continue, Max shouted, "Never! I won't let you hurt 99!"

"How touching, 86!" the doctor said with a sneer. "However, I'm not going to inject this into her; I'm injecting it into you!"

99 gasped. "No!"

"You know, maybe it's not the best idea," Max rambled."I'm not the most stable of people to experiment on, and really, what's the use? I mean, you could always test it on one of your own agents, and that way, no one's loyalty would be switched-"

"It's no use, 86," the doctor said, brandishing the syringe. "In just a minute, this fluid is going to start traveling through your veins, bringing agony wherever it goes!" he laughed maniacally again.

99 struggled against the ropes that held her to the chair. "You fiend! How can you just hurt him in cold blood?" she cried.

"It's not cold blood!" the doctor protested. "Maxwell Smart ruins every plot KAOS seems to come up with, and this seems like a perfect opportunity to get him back!"

"Well, I can't argue with that logic," Max said.

"Max!" 99 said, astonished. "He's about to inject you with poison!"

"Yes, 86, I'm about to inject you with poison!" the doctor repeated gleefully. He rolled up the sleeve of Max's shirt, exposing his arm, and pressed the tip of the needle against it.

"No!" 99 cried again, trying to free herself from the bonds.

"Any last words, Smart?" the doctor asked, the needle dangerously close to breaking through Max's skin.

Max took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, 99," he said. Suddenly he stood up. The ropes fell around him, cut behind the doctor's line of vision. He yanked his watch out and yelled, "Code Red!" into it.

Both 99 and the doctor understood what was happening. Max had just called in reinforcements!

Unfortunately, all the KAOS agents who were watching had their guns out, and they were now trained on Max and 99.

"That does it, Smart!" the doctor yelled. "If I'm going down, then you're going down with me!" He grabbed the syringe, which had fallen to the ground, and stabbed it into Max's arm. Max gasped, his eyes rolling back in his head. He tried to say something for a second, then he collapsed to the floor.

"Max!" 99 screamed in horror.

"It's no use now!" the doctor said, pleased with his work. "He's going to be in agony for exactly one hour, and then he's going to become one of us!"

Just then, the CONTROL backup swarmed into the room, arresting the KAOS agents. 44 and the Chief made their way over to 99, Max, and the doctor, and quickly placed the doctor under arrest.

"99!" the Chief said, untying her. "Are you alright? What's happened to Max?"

"Chief! They've injected some kind of poison into him!" 99 said, kneeling next to Max. He was writhing in pain now, yet he seemed to be unconscious.

"It's taking effect!" the doctor said smugly. "He'll remain like this for an hour, then take the mind of one of our own. There's nothing you can do for him now!"

"There must be something!" 99 said desperately. An idea came to her then. "The notebook!" She ran over to the table where the doctor made the poison, and returned holding a notebook. She handed it to the Chief, explaining, "I saw him take notes in here as he was making the poison. Maybe we could get an antidote out of this!"

"Good work, 99!" the Chief said. "44, get this guy out of here, and get me an ambulance! We need to get Max some medical attention!" 44 complied, taking the doctor and herding the rest of the KAOS agents out of the room.

"99, does he have a steady pulse?" the Chief asked, mainly to get her mind off of what just happened.

"No, it's all over the place!" 99 reported worriedly. The Chief frowned and took Max's pulse, and found that 99 was right! It would go steadily for a few seconds, then beat painfully slowly, then thump very quickly, and so on.

"Chief, do you think he'll be ok?" 99 asked, watching Max unconsciously writhe in pain. The Chief noticed that 99 had tears welling in her eyes, and could only imagine what she must have been feeling at that moment.

"I'm not sure, 99." He hedged. "But I do know that we'll do all that we can for him. I promise."

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