K-5 (Full)

The Venus Doom

In the Crete Fortress, Ariana was experimenting on the mind control serum from the mind collar with Ezra's help.

"Okay, with some hydroxyphenyl propionic acid and one drop of glutathione, this should do the trick." Ariana muttered as she stared at the beaker of brown liquid in her hand.

Ariana carefully poured one small drop of glutathione into a beaker of dark blue liquid. But it didn't do anything. She sighed heavily for the failure and continued burying herself in work.

"Don't worry, Ari." Ezra encouraged. "We'll find a cure."

Then, Talia was carrying a tray of two sandwiches in the lab and placed it on the desk that caught Ariana and Ezra's attention.

"Though you two might be hungry. Can't work on an empty stomach." Talia asked. She then marveled at all the stuff from the shelf. "What's with the cool toys, Ariana?"

"They're collectibles, Talia." Ariana corrected as she took a bite on the sandwich. "It's my trophy shelf."

"Ariana keeps them from old memories or past fights." Ezra added as he took a bite from his sandwich.

Talia gazed at her older sister's trophy shelf. She remembered each stuff from the previous battles: a Shadow Droid's head, a Kraang head, a duplicate of Kraang mind control chip, the Kraang Communication orb, Evil Venus' jar, Omalgae's arm with black-tipped claws, and Baku's spike.

"I'm guessing this is the Kraang mind control thing that Donnie told you about." Talia asked as she picked up a small silver device in her hand. "So, how's the mind control serum coming?"

"It's almost frustrating." Ariana answered. "I'm still trying to figure out how to reverse engineer the serum, but nothing is working. Heck, not even my potions."

"Well, I'm sure you'll figure out something." Talia said.

Talia stared at Evil Venus' jar and noticed that it was glowing faintly. As she moved her face closer to it, the jar suddenly glowed brightly with a scary face. Talia jolted with a scream as she lost her balance and fell hard to the floor. Ariana got up from her desk and looked down to with Ezra check her younger sister. Because Talia's hard fall shook the desk, a drop of dark blue liquid came from the beaker and spilled on Ariana's forehead.

"Ow!" Talia exclaimed as she pressed her hand on her forehead from the string touch.

"Ariana, are you okay?" Talia asked as she got up from the floor.

"I'm fine. You really need stop being clumsy, Talia." Ariana groaned frustratedly.

"Ariana, it's not..." Ezra said, but he winched and held his arm in pain. "Ah."

"Ezra, are you alright?" Ariana asked.

"Yeah, I guess I'm still recovering from Viral's lab." Ezra assured. "I'm gonna get an ice pack."

Ezra walked out of the room and Talia sighed, sadly.

"Poor Ezra." Talia frowned. "Are you sure you're okay, Ariana?"

"I said I'm fine." Ariana snapped. "I'm gonna get some antiseptic for my head. Do. Not. Touch. Anything."

Ariana exasperatedly exited her lab while itching her forehead.

"Don't worry, sis. I promise I won't touch anything." Talia smiled reassuringly. She glanced at Evil Venus' jar over her shoulder. "I could have sworn this jar made a face. It was almost as if Evil Venus was somewhat...alive."

As Talia exited out of the lab, Evil Venus's jar started glowing again ominously as the lid slowly opened itself.

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