396 – Medication
Felicity's plan worked wonders. It was Ariana that was the laughing stock now. It was widely suspected that she and Archer had been… together…before Felicity came along and after Felicity mentioned the 'talk' she had given both girls that day, everyone blamed Ariana for the relationship.
Only Felicity knew the truth. A truth upon which she acted very quickly.
"Webs? Webs where in the blue blazes are you?" Felicity called finally starting to lose her patience after almost three hours of searching.
"Come on Webs I just need to talk to you!" She called loudly. Obviously it must have been too loud because Archer, who had been patrolling the halls randomly, came to investigate.
He dropped before a single word could reach his tongue. Felicity heard the dull thud and turned to find Archer struggling to find his feet. Warily she glanced around trying to find the culprit. She spotted Webs attached to the ceiling looking as proud as a Pokémon could look.
"Webs! Bad girl! Archer's done nothing to you! You should be ashamed!" Webs looked at Felicity with curiosity before leaving the ceiling and nudging the girl carefully, her 3'7'' body easily able to knock over Felicity's 5'10 frame. Felicity just pushed the long-legged Pokémon away from her and helped Archer to stand.
"I can't believe you Webs, this is just not you." Felicity said disappointedly. The spider-like Pokémon couldn't understand what she had done wrong. She was only protecting her nest from the one who kept vandalizing it. Maybe he didn't mean to do it. Was that why Felicity was mad? No. The girl just wanted to ruin her home as well. Just like the man did.
"Archer hang on. If we get back to my room I have a stock of antidotes. You'll be fine with a little rest, but you need to talk to me." Felicity instructed the Executive calmly now supporting most of his weight as the Toxic attack began setting in.
"W-atch…Out." Archer groaned and Felicity strained to understand its meaning. Archer pointed unable to find the words to warn Felicity just for her to turn around and receive a stab to her shoulder.
Webs removed her foreleg from the shallow wound with smug satisfaction. Now they were all even, the man was full of poison and Felicity was nicked enough to remind her not to scold where she shouldn't be scolding. Except, Felicity crumpled like Archer had. Webs looked at her leg and was appalled to find small traces of the Toxic attack still clinging to the appendage. Frantically Webs scurried over to the fallen woman and nudged her making sure as to not stab her with a horn.
"Webs. Get. Help." Felicity said hesitantly the toxins burning through her system. As the large spider scurried off she dragged herself over to Archer, who upon Felicity's collapse had fallen himself, and reached, inside her jacket pulling out a single antidote.
"W-hat do- you. Think yo-u're doing?" Archer attempted to say though his voice halted at random intervals.
"Shut-up…would you? I'm saving you're…life." Felicity snapped glad she had enough energy to do such an action. She carefully applied the medication to Archer wound and her cringed as it stung.
"Quit…being a baby…Archer." Felicity laughed weakly.
"Keep talking…Felicity." Archer said after a long pause, his voice sounding indefinitely better.
"Wha-t a-bou-t?" Felicity whispered her breathing slightly labored.
"Tell me about this…attack." Archer ordered still breathless.
"Toxic… is a…st-ro-ng fas-t… act-ing… poison attack… that effects…the nerv-ous sys-t…em. It gets…pro-gres-sive-ly…worse the…longer…yo-u leave…it, al-ways en…ding in dea-th unless…cur-ed." Felicity chocked out. Archer got to his feet, and pulled Felicity with him.
"W-hat a-re you… doing?" Felicity gulped as he started walking.
"Getting you to your room." Archer said.
"But…Webs?" Felicity mumbled.
"With luck it'll be awhile." Archer snapped.
"FELI! Oh my Arceus what the Distortion happened! Webs came barreling into my room and wouldn't stop pulling me until I followed."
"That damned Ariados is what happened." Archer snapped as Proton and Ariana walked up soon followed by Petrel.
"Any-one…pla-n…ing on…HELPING….ME!?" Felicity whisper-yelled.
"GONE!" Crest yelled running back the way she came in search of an antidote. They made it as far as the Front Hall before a rather loud scream came from the direction of Felicity and Crest's rooms.
"TWITCH! IT'S ME!" Crest's yelling ceased a second later, which brought the attention of the Grunts, who were gathered in the Front Hall where Giovanni summoned them, to the less than merry band of Executives and Felicity.
Whispers flew across the room like wildfire only to be silenced by Felicity's scream.
"SHUT…UP!" Petrel chuckled from Felicity's other side. Mage appeared around the hall along with a floating bottle of antidote. Crest barreled down the hall right behind the psychic type.
"Sil-ly… Mage…that's an…empty bottle." Felicity chuckled dryly. Ariana chuckled dryly with her.
"So you're as good as dead." She said flatly.
"So-me…thing li-ke that. It… doesn't hurt…anymore." Felicity said quietly with a note of finality.
"Felicity. Don't. You. DARE!" Crest said just as the other girl crumpled.