Rated G
Ending to Story Starter #8
Peter snorted. "The only thing wrong with me is you! Always poking at me, always --"
Mike's eyes widened. This wasn't like Peter at all! As the monologue raged, he ran to the bathroom, shaking. Peter had been normal till....
...he'd started taking the medication....
Mike grabbed the medicine and ran to the phone. He called the doctor. "Doc, what's the side effects of Maxintian?"
He rattled them off -- yeah, Peter's symptoms were among them. "Who's taking Maxintian?"
Mike blinked. "Peter!"
"Why? I wrote him a prescription for Maximlin!"
"Oh, no." Mike's eyes closed. So much now made sense.
A quick trip to town for the right medication and two days of misery while the wrong drug worked out of Peter's body,and they had their sunny friend back.
Blessedly, he didn't remember a thing of it.
And the phone call from the junkyard made Micky's day. Fortunately, the man who'd picked up their trash knew them and figured Micky's comics were there by mistake. He got every one of them back -- if slightly stained.
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