Cure

Hunger: Part Two

"Hey over here!" Talwyn called as she waved her arm around in the air. She had been searching for ages and now she had finally found Clank and Angela. They just hadn't seen her yet.

"Guys!" She yelled.

The two turned around to face her, Angela was wearing the mask she had wanted to buy. It didn't cover all her face of course, so behind it Talwyn could the Lombax's eyes light up in recognition.

Talwyn quickly ran over to them to see if they had found anything.

"Hello Miss Talwyn." Clank greeted once she had reached them.

"How are you guys going so far?" Tal panted wanting to know right away if they had found the tablets.

"Not very well I'm afraid." Clank replied. "We have searched in every store and there has been nothing."

"Really? Nothing at all?"

Angela and Clank both shook their heads sadly.

"Well, how many stores did you check? I'm sure there's gotta be some around!" Talwyn exclaimed worriedly.

"We did check Tal, there are only three pharmacies in this town and we asked about the medicine in all of them." Angela told her.

"Well who cares if we don't get the same brand, it could be something completely different, we just need something that will work." Tal reminded her.

"Like I said we asked! They all said that their only treatment involved a needle, and you need to be of that same species to be allowed to have it- for safety reasons. There isn't anything he can safely have done."

"Well what do you think we should do then?" Talwyn asked. She was getting seriously concerned now. She wasn't ready to back out on her promise.

"There's only one thing we can do, we have to try and make the trip. Get him to Lecorm, find his dad, have him fix the Dimensionator, find the Lombaxes, and get an actual Cure." Angela said.

"He'll never make it that long!" Talwyn exclaimed shocked. "Even if it could work, we can't DO that to him, it's risky and it's cruel. We have to try to find something to help..."

"There is nothing okay!" Angela shouted. "Listen, our only option is to actually get on top of the sickness and fix it. All this just proves we have a time limit and we can't afford to waste a second arguing about this here! The sooner we leave the better."

"No, I won't let you do that, he'll die! We need to stay and keep searching. I haven't even been into any of the shops yet, let me try to find it." Talwyn said as she snatched the empty tablet pack out of Angela's hand.

"Hey! You have to listen to me, there's no time Tal." Angela reached out and Talwyn thought she was going to snatch the packet back, but she simply swiped it out of her hand and it landed on the ground.

"You sound like you're giving up." Talwyn crossed her arms.

"You're holding onto false hopes instead of trusting us." Angela accuses.

"That's because I don't trust you! I trust Ratchet and I trust Clank. No one else."

"Please Miss Talwyn, I am afraid that Angela is right." Clank interrupted hoping to defuse the argument. "There is nothing on this planet that can help him. We have searched the city and asked about. There are no such thing as tablets here."

"See?" Angela sighed. "That's why we need to leave as soon as possible."

"But I am afraid Miss Cross that Talwyn is also correct. Ratchet will not survive long enough to reach Lecorm without a source of nutrients." Clank continued sadly. "If he cannot eat anything before we reach our destination, he will starve."