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"Yakety Sax" (Benny Hill theme)
Comedia felt foolish trying to set her father on a date now. If she'd noticed that her father's eyes changed color, she might've known earlier because if Comedia remembered her potions lessons correctly, she recalled that love potions, such as Lust Juice, were known to add a tinge of red to the iris, thus turning blue eyes purple, or yellow eyes orange.
"How could I be so stupid?!" Comedia scolded herself. "I should've just let nature run its course."
"It's not your fault, Comedia." Gabby said. "You didn't know the tea was poisoned."
"Still, I should've trusted my instincts when I suspected something was up."
"No matter," said Boba. "We've dealt with potions before."
The antidote had only three steps:
Step 1: Have both drinkers drink one cup of green tea
Step 2: Separate the two drinkers and keep them separated while performing step 3 for one full hour.
Step 3: Get both subjects into some form of exercising and make sure neither looks into the others' eyes for the full extent of the hour.
"So, we have to get some green tea first." Gabby said. "That should be easy enough. Uncle Obi-Wan drinks the stuff all the time."
So, Gabby went to Obi-Wan, and as luck would have it, he had a couple bags of green tea left.
"It's a good thing you asked me to look for green tea," said Obi-Wan. "I'd almost forgotten to add that to my grocery list."
Obi-Wan got the last tea bags he had and gave them to Gabby.
"Thank you, Uncle Obi-Wan." Gabby said.
All they had to do was boil some water and let it seep for a few minutes. And having Master Mundi and Ms. Susy to be together was also easy. Getting them to drink the tea too… hopefully that wouldn't be too difficult either.
Ms. Susy and Ki-Adi, meanwhile, were still acting all gushy lovey-dovey with each other, nuzzling and looking into each other's eyes.
Comedia immediately made sounds that signaled nausea.
"Is the tea ready?" asked the alicorn, on the verge of vomiting.
"Ready," said Gabby. "All we gotta do now is get those two to drink it and then keep them separated and moving for a full hour."
"How exactly are we gonna keep them separated again?" Mona asked.
"Pulling them apart will likely be the hard part. But once we do, we'll have to use an apparition spell to take one of them far away."
So, Gabby approached the two with the tea.
"Hi, Granny Susy. Hi, Master Mundi." Lamenta said. "Having a good time together?"
"I could never have a bad time with Master Cutie Pie." Susy sighed, not looking away from Ki-Adi's eyes.
"Or I, with my Susy Sweetsie." Ki-Adi cooed.
Now even the little girls who enjoyed romance were starting to see why Comedia was trying to hold back from vomiting. After getting over her nausea, Gabby helped her cousin with setting out the cups and pouring tea.
"We thought you guys might like some tea for your date." Gabby said. "Some hot tea for a hot date, right?"
"My date is very hot, is she not?" Ki-Adi cooed.
"Ugh! Even my parents didn't act this mushy before the wedding." Myra groaned.
The tea was set out, sure enough, getting the two to drink was easy, as the Twi'lek and Cerean fed each other their cups like they'd just gotten married or something. Comedia remembered seeing Mace and Brenda feed their drinks to each other that way at their wedding during the toast, and seeing her father and Susy doing that now…. It made her run off and barf in the first trash can she could find.
"Okay, they drank it!" Myra exclaimed. "Grab them!"
So, Omega and Boba grabbed Susy while Myra, Gabby, Lamenta, and Comedia all grabbed Ki-Adi with the Force. The latter being a Jedi Master, they were going to need a lot of Force sensitives to move him.
But, the twins were struggling to hold onto Susy themselves. She wouldn't stop wiggling and trying to get them off her so she could get to her lover again.
"Honey Pie!" Susy cried.
"I got her!" Omega grunted. But she nearly lost her grip. "Wow! She's a strong woman. I guess all her ballet teaching really pays off."
"Ugh! Now I know…" Boba grunted. "How Dad feels when he has to drag me to the dentist!"
"Don't take away my Lovekins!" Ki-Adi struggled, attempting to use the Force to get the girls off of him.
"Sorry, Daddy. This is for your own good!" Comedia struggled.
Comedia wrapped her tail around her father's waist, restraining his arms at his sides. Then, she made her horn glow.
"Boba! Omega! Keep Ms. Susy active for an hour!" Myra said. "We got Master Mundi."
And Comedia apparated herself and the others someplace far away.
Unfortunately, that had Susy panicking!
"Ki-Adi Cat! Where are you, my love?!" Ms. Susy ran off, prompting the twins to go after her.
"Well, at least she's active." Boba said.
"Yeah, but we gotta keep her like this for an hour." Omega said, pulling out her phone. "I'm setting a timer right now, and sharing with the others."
"Hopefully the grownups are gonna get that tea lady into jail too."
Meanwhile, the grownups went to the shopping district and Helo Drive where Comedia had said she met Scarlett.
"How dangerous is this woman?" Carmine asked.
"Very much so." Anakin said. "According to her profile, if she can't get victims to drink her tea, she gets them to inhale it instead."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means, we have to act quick and not let her know we're onto her."
"Comedia said the booth she got the tea from had a red tarp over it." Garrett reminded everyone. "We all clear on the plan?"
Everyone was clear on the plan. Their plan was to pretend to be shopping for tea, but really they were setting a trap for Scarlett. Garrett already contacted the Commission on this matter, and they were sending officers to help out. But the royals needed to buy time for the authorities to arrive. Thus, they came up with the plan to pretend to be potential customers in order to gather evidence as well as catch Scarlett in the act of selling illegally drugged teas.
Anakin, being a bit of an actor, and accustomed to female criminals usually being attracted enough to him to lose focus for a moment.
"How come I never get to do acting?" Carmine said. "I'm just as attractive as Anakin. We literally have the same face."
"You still need more practice." Anakin said. "I've done military-grade undercover work more times than you've done concerts."
Carmine rolled his eyes; he just wanted to get this over with.
So, Anakin walked into the tea stand, only to see that Scarlett seemed to be packing away her tea, like she was closing up shop.
"Hello, Ma'am. Am I too late for tea shopping?" Anakin said.
Scarlett stopped and took notice of who'd come to do some shopping in her booth.
"Why, Prince Anakin…. It's never too late for someone as handsome and royally charming to come to my shop." Scarlett purred, clearly attracted by Anakin's bewitching good looks. "What kind of tea are you searching for? Perhaps the kind best served… hot?"
Anakin was definitely seeing that Scarlett was attracted to him. Right now, he was glad he didn't let Padme come on this mission, because he was pretty sure Padme, though she didn't appear the jealous type, wouldn't let Scarlett live to tell the tale of flirting with another woman's husband.
"You could say that. As you may know, I got a pretty woman of my own back home, and I'd like a very special tea to serve her on a romantic night."
"Then I believe I have just the tea for you."
And Scarlett presented a familiar tea.
"This is a specialty of mine. Thé des luxure." said the red-hooded woman. "Perhaps I can interest you in a sample?"
"What exactly is special about this tea?" Anakin said.
What Scarlett didn't know was that Anakin was actually wearing a wire underneath his jacket so Garrett and the others would know when to jump in and capture her.
"Well, this particular tea… it has a little magical effect in the name of love. Drink a sip, and you can really enjoy a night with a very special woman."
"So, this tea makes people fall in love?"
"You could say… it is known to make you lust more for the touch of a woman, if you know what I mean."
Anakin didn't show it much, or so he tried, but he was very uncomfortable with how Scarlett was coming at him. When he saw a red hood, it was usually because he'd read to the kids about the little girl with a red cape who found a wolf in her grandma's bed. But, now he was starting to think it served as a red flag for concealing one's face.
Scarlett pulled her hood down and let her flowing red hair down; it was clear she was trying to seduce Anakin, who also remembered from reading her profile that aside from seducing people into drinking poisoned teas, she often seduced other women's husbands or boyfriends into unspeakable things, sometimes without even making them drink Lust Juice, as Garrett also explained that when it was drank by just one person, it would make them lust for the first person they saw.
"I think I do know what you mean," said Anakin. "And, unluckily for you, I'm loyal to my wife, and to the people of the Republic and my kingdom. Scarlett le Scroc. You're under arrest."
And that was when the others jumped in, but Scarlett was prepared for this. She pulled out two tea bags as Carmine and Kara were coming in and tossed them in their directions. Upon impact, the tea bags exploded and got Anakin's siblings caught in clouds that had Kara screaming that her eyes hurt, and the air smelled like… garlic.
"MY EYES!" Kara screamed.
Scarlett took this chance to run. Quickly, Anakin got out a water bottle and poured some water over his sister's eyes. Carmine didn't get any in his eyes since he was wearing goggles over his glasses, which kept them from falling off during missions.
"Kara, are you okay?" Anakin said.
"I will be once my vision returns." Kara answered.
Scarlett tried to make a run for it, but Garrett jumped in as the authorities arrived. But when she spotted Garrett's eyes changing, she knew what tea to use next.
"Have some tea, wolfy!" Scarlett fired another tea bomb at Garrett, causing him and the commission officers to drop.
Except, the moment, Garrett got a whiff of the red cloud of tea.
"Oh no! This is…." Garrett held his head in pain similar to when Mariverde clavatized him. "Lamb Rooibos!"
"What's the matter, Professor?" said Scarlett. "Can't handle the scent? Good luck with him, royals."
Scarlett took her chance and started to run.
"What's wrong?" said Carmine.
"Lamb Rooibos!" Qui-Gon said. "Remember when Garrett taught us about werewolf biology?"
After learning Garrett was half-werewolf, the royal family was taught all about things werewolves needed to avoid at all costs. There were only three main things werewolves needed to avoid: high pitched noises, chemical pesticides, and the scent of black lamb's blood. And Lamb Rooibos was a red tea made specifically with black lamb's blood. One whiff of that stuff, and it made werewolves of any breed go savage! They can't control themselves, they fully transform, and they are extremely dangerous to everyone around them!
And sure enough, when Garrett got a whiff of it…
Garrett's eyes shot open with a savagely hungry look in them, and he completely transformed into a werewolf, baring his fangs and sharp claws, and he scratched Qui-Gon's right cheek with one swing of his claws.
"DAD!" All three of Qui-Gon's children screamed.
Quickly, Anakin used the Force to get Garrett away from Qui-Gon before he could do any more damage. Fortunately, aside from the blood, Qui-Gon didn't seem too badly hurt. But, Carmine took this as his cue to call 9-1-1.
"My dad was just attacked by a wild animal! He was scratched in the face, bleeding." Carmine breathed heavily. "We're in the marketplace on Helo Drive in the shopping district!"
Anakin and Kara tried to keep Garrett from hurting their father more, but the authorities, luckily, were equipped for this kind of thing, and they shot a tranquilizer dart into Garrett's side and chained him.
"What are you doing?" Anakin asked.
"Standard procedure if a werewolf loses control," said one officer. "Don't worry, he'll only be out for a few hours. Just long enough for the effects of the black lamb blood to wear off. But, since Professor Heartwood is only half werewolf, it may only take a portion of that time to wear off. He'll be okay."
Garrett was taken by a couple of other officers to be in medical custody, while some medics quickly arrived to tend to Qui-Gon and take him to the hospital. Obviously, his children were worried, but they had a criminal to catch. So, they rushed after Scarlett, the Commission officers also going after her, while Mariposa accompanied her husband.
Gabby, Lamenta, Mona, Comedia, and Myra all appeared halfway across the planet with Master Mundi, who was still struggling in the grip of Comedia's tail.
"Okay! Now what?" Myra said.
"We get him exercising for an hour!" Comedia said. "And what better way than making him run back?"
Gabby got an alert on her phone from Omega.
"Omega got a timer set!" Gabby said. "Let's do this!"
Comedia released her father, and he immediately started running. Now they only had one thing left to do.
"Make sure he doesn't get back within the hour!" Comedia said, starting to run after her father as he immediately started running. So did the other girls.
As for Omega and Boba, Susy immediately went crazy now that her…. Ki-Adi Cake was missing.
Susy was running through the halls of the Temple, Boba and Omega rushing after her. But she was surprisingly fast.
"Okay, we're both younger than her and on the cheer squad! How is she faster than us?!" Boba said, turning another corner.
"She is a ballet teacher, and has been doing it a lot longer than we've been alive." Omega shrugged. "Just keep running. We have to keep her active for… forty-three more minutes."
"Then it looks like we're getting a workout too."
Boba and Omega ran faster to catch up with Ms. Susy, and ended up chasing her all over the Temple.
Scarlett continued running, with the royals and the Commission giving chase. But each time they came close to catching her, she threw garlic tea into her pursuants' eyes.
And then Carmine jumped in.
"This is for Daddy!" Carmine shouted, pouncing Scarlett and pinning her to the ground. "Don't think just 'cause your a girl, I'm gonna go easy on you!"
But then, two more officers came and grabbed Scarlett while Anakin grabbed Carmine.
"We'll take her from here, Prince Carmine." said one officer.
Scarlett was cuffed and arrested.
"Well, that takes care of that problem." Anakin said. "I wonder how the kids are doing with curing that Lust Juice."
"You weren't kidding when you said he's fast for his age." Lamenta said.
"You're dad's a freak! He's the fastest dad alive!" Myra said to Comedia.
"I've known him longer than any of you guys have," said Gabby. "It takes a lot to wear him out. He speed-walks every morning."
"Well, then he must have legs like a horse," said Comedia. "Because even I'm having trouble keeping up!"
Master Mundi, sure enough, was a fast runner. It didn't help either that he hopped on a train to get back faster.
"I'm coming, my love!" exclaimed the Cerean, Force pushing people away and looking totally crazy doing it.
The girls quickly jumped in to rescue everyone before they could get hurt, but they couldn't stop everyone who was thrown from knocking others down like dominos.
"Uh oh!" Goldie said. "He's getting on the train!"
The kids tried to keep up with Master Mundi, but there were a lot of people at the station, and the train closed its doors before any of the girls could make it in.
"Oh no!" Lamenta gasped. "We lost him!"
"Maybe not." Gabby said. "Let's see where this train makes its next stop."
The girls checked out the train schedule, and found that the next stop would be in about twenty minutes. And the potion would wear off only if Ki-Adi didn't look into Ms. Susy's eyes for…
"Thirty-nine minutes," said Gabby, checking her phone. "Come on! We gotta beat the train to the next stop!"
Susy started to rush out of the Temple.
"Guards! Don't let her leave the Temple!" Omega shouted.
Two guards tried to stop Susy from running out, but despite the Twi-lek not being a Jedi, she was able to fight them off and run out into the city.
"Oh no! There she goes!"
"After her!" Boba said.
Luckily for the two of them, Citrus and Magenta were walking by.
"Guys! We need a ride!" Omega said. "Emergency!"
No questions asked, Citrus and Magenta let the teen twins onto their backs and ran out in the direction the twins were headed.
The girls quickly got to the train's next stop, where sure enough, the moment it stopped, Master Mundi burst through people to get out first, sending a lot of people to the ground.
"Out of the way! My Sweetheart is out there!" Ki-Adi shouted.
"Since when do Jedi act so crazy?" said one citizen.
"Since he accidentally drank a potion," said Comedia, helping the man up. "But he'll be back to normal in... eighteen minutes. I hope."
The girls found themselves chasing Master Mundi through town, and in the mall, which was huge.
"Oh great! He ran into the mall." Myra groaned. "He could be anywhere now!"
"Split up!" Comedia exclaimed.
So, the girls did split up, and it turned into a rather silly chase scene.
(Cue: Yakety Sax)
Master Mundi ran through different stores in the mall, and then into random spots, prompting the girls to run into various places, going into one place, but coming out from another.
Everyone was running left to right, right to left, up and down the escalators to another store, up and down the elevators, back and forth, to and fro, zigging and zagging, sometimes the chasing reversing to Ki-Adi chasing one or more of the girls, or the girls chasing each other.
And then at one point, everyone ran out at once and crashed into each other, everyone falling onto their rears, groaning, Comedia seeing tweeting birds.
"What happened?" Mona said dizzily.
"Where's Uncle Ki-Adi?" Gabby said once she stopped seeing stars.
Comedia quickly shook her head to regain her composure.
"Oh no! We lost him again!" Comedia said. "And we have to keep him and Susy from looking into each other's eyes for... five more minutes!"
Gabby called Boba on her phone.
"Boba! We lost track of Ki-Adi! How are you doing with Susy?" she asked.
"We're in pursuit right now!" Boba told his sister.
"Hang on tight!" Magenta said, spreading her wings.
"Gotta go!" Boba said. "We'll keep tabs on Susy and make sure she doesn't look into Ki-Adi's eyes."
Magenta took off in flight so she and Boba could find Susy and/or Ki-Adi from the air while Citrus and Omega took ground patrol.
"Can you go faster, Citrus?" Omega asked.
"Just say the word, and I'll speed up." Citrus said.
"Giddyup!" Omega snapped the reins.
Boba got a good eye on Susy from the air, but he could also see Master Mundi just a block away.
"Uh-oh!" Boba said. "Omega, Master Mundi's headed this way! Keep Susy distracted."
So, while Omega took care of Susy, Boba quickly called the girls and let them know he found Master Mundi and he was close to where Susy was!
"He's at the corner of Main Street!"
"We're on our way!" Gabby said.
So, the girls rushed as quickly as they could to get to Main Street, where sure enough they found Ki-Adi rushing and calling for his... Susy-Kins.
"Bleh!" Lamenta grimaced in disgust. "I'll be glad when this is over."
"That's only if we keep them apart for... thirty more seconds!" Goldie said.
"Susy-Kins, I'm here!" Ki-Adi said.
"Ki-Adi Kitty!" Susy said. "My love!"
The kids spotted the two as they spotted each other. They had to hurry before they looked into each other's eyes again. And they had to keep them away for at least fifteen more seconds.
Susy and Ki-Adi were about to run at each other, but Gabby, Lamenta, and Goldie quickly grew a bunch of vines to hold the two apart. But Ki-Adi just sliced his with his lightsaber. So, Goldie tried summoning a bunch of butterflies and ladybugs to make it difficult for either of them couple to see where they were going.
"TEN SECONDS!" Myra shouted.
So, everyone counted down as they kept on fighting to keep Ki-Adi and Susy apart, but both of them kept blindly fighting whatever the kids placed in their way, trying to get to one another. And eventually, they broke free and started to run to each other again.
"Five..." Myra called. "Four..."
So, the kids did the only thing they could think of.
"TIGGER TAG!" Gabby screamed.
"Three... two..."
So, Omega and Boba immediately tackled Susy, Citrus and Magenta piling on too, and Comedia and the other girls got Ki-Adi.
"One."
The kids stayed piled on Ki-Adi or Susy for a few seconds, nothing seeming to happen.
"Did it work?" Mona asked.
"I don't know." Comedia said. "Oh, please be normal!"
The kids slowly started to get off their victims, and both of them seemed rather dizzy. Ki-Adi and Susy looked at each other, and both seemed confused.
"Um... weren't we just in the park?" Susy said.
"Yes, and I don't remember volunteering to babysit all of Skywalker's children." Ki-Adi said. "Comedia, why are you on top of me?"
Comedia saw her dad's eyes were back to normal, and he wasn't talking nonsense anymore.
"Daddy! You're back to normal!" Comedia exclaimed happily, and she immediately started slobbering her adoptive father with kisses.
Gabby took the chance to call her father and let him know that the lust juice wore off.
"Uncle Ki-Adi and Ms. Susy are fine, by the look of things." Gabby said. "Where are you?"
"Well, Scarlett's been arrested, and right now we're in the hospital-"
"The hospital?! What happened?"
"Don't worry, we're fine. Your grandfather just got a little scratched and-"
"What?! We're on our way!" Gabby hung up before Anakin could say anything else. "Grandpa's in the hospital!"
That immediately got the kids worried. They quickly got on the horses and rushed as quickly as they could to get to the hospital, not realizing they left Susy and Ki-Adi behind.
"Hmm... looks like we're walking." Ki-Adi said.
