The Lost Witch

Part Seven

 Almost six hours passed before Reimu came running through the door of Arthur's house, and she immediately found him. "Where's Marisa?"She asked, and he brought her to Marisa's room, where she was laying on the bed while Koishi and Satori watched her intently.

"They've been trying to keep her stabilized...but it won't last for much longer." he explained, and she nodded, getting the message and bending down next to Marisa. First thing she did was check her temperature with the back of her hand, and she immediately recoiled,a worried look on her face.

"She's got a raging temperature." she stated before checking the hole where the needle was inserted into.

"Is she going to be okay?" Koishi asked worriedly, and Reimu nodded.

"She should be. Just try not to let her slip anytime soon, please." Reimu said, and the two Komeijis breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come with me." Reimu whispered to Arthur, and he followed her out of earshot. "If we don't get the antidote...she has five days, if not less. We need to find whoever ordered Ivy to do this and get it from them." she said, and Arthur nodded in understanding.

"And how do you suggest we do that?" Utsuho asked from behind Arthur, causing him to whirl around in surprise. "It's not like we can ask Ivy or Marisa."

"I have a good way of doing that. But we'll need Satori's help."Reimu said, and Utsuho groaned.

"Of course you will." she said, but went into the room and grabbed Satori. "Make it quick. Koishi can't hold a spell of that caliber for as long as Satori can."

"I know. Ok, so Satori? I need you to use your powers to go into Marisa's mind and see what she saw inside of the air duct we went into during the meeting." Reimu said, and Satori nodded.

"Ok, but may I ask why?" she asked, and Reimu nodded.

"Because she was obviously frightened by something, and we think that it may have been the person who sent the snake and Ivy after us. If I'm right, it means that we know who has the antidote, and we just need to find them again." Reimu said, and Satori nodded.

"I can do it now, if that would help." she said, and Reimu nodded. Satori sighed, walked back inside of the room, and sat down. She took a small connector from her arm, and put it on Marisa's forehead, checking the connection to the one on her own head before she collapsed on the bed. Arthur's eyes widened, and he went to go inside, but was stopped by Reimu.

"This is her job. She's not going to die, Arthur. Calm down."she said, sighing.

"Are you sure?" he asked, and she nodded.

"Satori's done this many times. If anyone can locate what she saw,its her." Reimu said, looking at Satori and Marisa. "Come on. Let's go get some tea or something. We need to leave her to her job." Reimu said, sighing as she walked away.

Arthur put a pot of hot water on the stove, then sat down at the table with Reimu, who was munching on a bag of potato chips. "So...I have a question to ask." he said, and she nodded, putting the bag down.