A Little Help Part 2

"We are…" Lana replied slowly, as if she was questioning her sister's question. "Why do you want to know?"

"First I need you to promise me that you will not tell a soul." Helen said.

"Sis, I can't promise that until I know more about it." Lana said. "If it is something that is going to bring more shame on our family…"

"My son's life hangs in the balance!" Helen pleaded. "Please just promise me you will not tell anyone!"

"Fine." Lana said. "I promise, but you owe me."

"I promise as well." Regi added.

"Okay now that is settled." Helen said. "My son is most likely the Magi King."

"Are you feeling okay sis?" Lana asked. "Why would you think your son is some king of ancient legend?"

"Because it is true." Dax said with a sigh. "I find it hard to believe myself, but it is the only thing that makes any sense."

"Okay then." Lana said. "Do something magical. Prove it."

"Well, I don't really know how to control it yet…" Dax said. "But when I was injected with nanites I blew up a room, and when I was knocked unconscious while fighting a horrible bull man beast, I became super powerful and turned it to ash. There is also this." Dax pulled out his necklace revealing the orb with the burning star inside.

"When my father gave me this ancient relic it was a stormy cloud, now it is a bright star." Dax explained. "Not only that but if I touch a monster core it absorbs it. There is also a being called the shadow lord after me. It needs my blood to free itself from an ancient prison. There is a small dragon that follows me around and calls me the Magi King.

Look I know it is hard to believe but I am the Magi King."

"That is a lot." Lana said.

"Turns out my husband might have actually been the Magi King's blood line." Helen said. "Dax here seems to have inherited the power. My husband's book called him the heir."

"I am curious about this dragon." Regi said. "What is a dragon? It sounds intriguing."

"Like a little talking lizard with wings." Dax poorly explained.

"Can I see it?" Regi asked. "I would very much like to study it."

"No." Dax said.

"Well, that's rude." Regi replied. "Asking for our help but won't even let us see this dragon."

"No, I mean you literally can't." Dax clarified. "Only creatures with a strong connection to the mana can see a dragon."

"The mana?" Regi asked.

"You remember, dear, from the fairy tales?" Lana answered. "It was like the power source for the monster king and the Magi King."

"I guess." Dax replied. "I am still learning myself. The dragon has been telling me a lot about stuff… actually he rarely is quiet."

"Sounds useful." Regi said. "Wish I could study it."

"Enough, we are getting sidetracked." Lana said. "Earlier Dax mentioned that he destroyed a room when they injected him with nanites. I assume that is the reason for your visit. You are hoping that our nanites can survive where the Nantex ones failed?"

"Yes." Helen replied.

"Well, I don't mind." Lana said. "We need more guinea… I mean volunteers anyway. I just need to have you sign a few documents and inform you of the risks involved. Regi dear, go get the forms and meet us in the basement."

"Yes dear." Regi said as he rushed off.

"Now dear sister and nephew, if you would follow me." Lana said as she guided them downstairs into the basement. There was a large lab set up with vats of multicolored chemicals, machinery that Dax had never seen before, and a lot of computers running simulations.

"Our nanites are different from the inferior Nantex ones, but they are not currently government approved…" Lana said. "Not only are they more durable, but they are also capable of double the levels of a Nantex nanite."

"So why aren't they approved?" Dax asked.

"Well, nephew I was getting to all that." Lana replied. "They are lacking a few of the safety systems that Nantex has patented. We are working on our own safety measures, of course, but such things take time. So, they can overload and kill the host, cause uncontrolled muscle growth, cause hair loss, hair growth, weight gain, weight loss, and a variety of other different side effects up to and including death."

"I was hoping for a more complete product…" Helen said with a deep and heavy sigh.

"It's what we got." Lana said. "If your kid has magic, why do you want the nanites?"

"It is simple." Helen said. "If he has no nanites and does amazing and miraculous things, then the government will notice and take him away to do experiments on. You know how much those bureaucrats hate change."

"You know that I do." Lana said. "But if he has nanites, then it can be chalked up to them. I understand."

"That being said, I really don't want to risk my son's life trying to save it." Helen said.

"There are risks behind anything worth doing." Lana said.

"You use that in your sales pitch a lot?" Helen asked.

"I do." Lana replied. "It is quite effective. It doesn't make it any less true though. Don't worry, the disclaimer just sounds super scary, the odds of side effects are only thirty percent and the odds of those being life altering or fatal is only five percent.

But it sounds like if he doesn't do it then the government has a one hundred percent chance of finding out. Which would not only be bad for Dax, but his worthless father, and for our family name."

"So, what's it going to be?" Regi asked as he returned from upstairs, forms in his hand. "Do you want to try our nanites?"

"I accept." Dax said, taking the forms from Regi's hands. "Where do I sign?"

Regi then spent the next five minutes showing Dax everywhere to sign on the legal documents.