A couple of hours later, Barb came back with Trollex on the same flyer.
When they landed, the Funk twins helped Trollex down.
DJ went to him and saw he was running out of time.
He skin was a pale green, he silently groaned, and his eyes were red.
DJ said, "It'll be ok. You just have to hang on. Please. I can't imagine a world without you. So, please, just keep fighting."
Trollex continued coughing.
They set him on the ground with DJ raising his head close enough to the bush.
Poppy quickly picked one of the flowers and gave it to Trollex.
But, Trollex was still sick.
DJ was frantic, "What? Why isn't it working?!"
Branch said, "Maybe we gave it to him wrong?"
Barb asked, "How exactly can you give it to him wrong?"
Branch responded, "I don't know. Trollzart, anything else in the book you brought that might help?"
Trollzart scanned through the book carefully.
He then saw something, "Oh, my gosh. It seems we're supposed to make tea out of it."
Poppy said, "Tea? How did we miss that before we came here?"
That wasn't the worst bit.
It was almost sunset.
Smidge said, "Oh, my guh! How are we supposed to make tea in time?"
Trollzart then pulled out a tea set from his bag.
Everyone was slightly befuddled.
Trollzart said, "Not to worry. I never go anywhere without a tea set. Just leave it to me."
Trollzart immediately got to work.
He made a fire and set a pot of water over it.
It took a few minutes to start boiling.
Once it did, Trollzart took some flowers and crumbled them into small bits and put them in the pot.
It was only a few minutes to sunset.
Trollex was looking worse than ever and everyone waited frantically for the tea to be finished.
Luckily, Trollzart checked the water and said, "Tea Time!"
He poured the tea into a cup.
DJ took the cup and gave it to Trollex.
He sipped it slowly.
It was finally sunset.
Everyone was so afraid for his life.
However, they managed to give him the cure just in time.
Trollex's skin started to change back to its normal color.
He stopped coughing.
And he looked wide awake.
He said, "I'm...ok."
Everyone cheered with joy.
DJ was especially happy.
She quickly ran into his arms and kissed his cheek.
"Awwww."
DJ said, "I was so afraid of losing you."
Trollex said, "Well, it seems I've still got a long way to go before I kick the bucket."
Everyone chuckled.
Trollex then said, "But...there's still one thing we have to do."
***
Back in the kelp forest, the same sea snake that started all the trouble was sneaking up on a fish.
However, before it had a chance to strike, it suddenly found itself trapped in a cage.
Branch caught it and asked, "So, what should we do with it?"
Trollex just ordered him to set it free far, far away from the reef, where it wouldn't cause anymore harm.
