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Lex gets sick - Ep.43-50
When the Hope Island expedition gets back, there is worrying news: Tai-San is sick. Everyone assumes she has the virus. Lex orders her to take some of the antidote they brought back from Hope Island. In fact no one is sure what it is, it just might be Antidote. Tai-San refuses. Lex becomes so abusive that Amber orders him out of the room. While Lex continues in the Café to rage about how selfish Tai-San is, he himself coughs... Lex has the virus.
 
Zandra tends to Lex in their room - Lingerie. Ryan brings in the Antidote samples, which Jack has established does no harm to a rat.
 
Lex refuses to take the 'Antidote', until he knows what it is. Zandra orders Ryan out of the room. It turns out that Tai-San has the 'flu, nothing more.
 
Lex chooses a spiritual path, as recommended by Tai-San - Ep.44-50
Lex knows that soon he will die. Even Lex has a conscience, and he is weighed down by memories of everyone he has hurt and used. He starts to make amends, beginning with Ryan.
 
While Lex is apologizing for the way he has mistreated him, Ryan suggests Tai-San's methods.
 
Lex visits Tai-San. Her way is not easy, and requires total honesty. Lex is willing to do whatever it takes.
 
Lex begins by burning his clothes, for they represent the old Lex. Zandra is horrified and loses all respect for him.
 
Lex visits Jack in the workshop. He knows he acted like a playground bully, pushing the science geek around. Jack is not amused. He's been working 24/7 on the Antidote. And now Lex doesn't want it.
 
Lex visits Trudy, but succeeds in annoying her too. She needs someone to test the 'Antidote', before even considering giving it to Brady. And Lex refuses.
 
Lex apologizes to Patsy and Cloe for killing and eating their chicken. They forgive him.
 
Finally Lex makes his peace with Zandra. He admits he married her for sex, and isn't totally sure he loves her. Zandra orders him out!
 
Then in front of everyone, Lex puts himself on trial, and confesses to framing Bray and plotting to have him and Amber thrown out. He apologizes to everyone and leaves the Mall to find the meaning of life (whatever) in exile.


 
Update on KC
While Bray, Amber, Lex and Dal were at Hope Island, KC was getting up to some serious mischief at the casino, trading Jack's batteries and Cloe's pig Porky for gambling chips. This was a dangerous thing to do, because the casino is run by Tribe Circus, and they became extremely interested in where he obtained these items, and what tribe he belongs to. Their leader, Top-Hat is a psycho. Cloe escaped with Porky, but KC wasn't so lucky. Top-Hat himself interrogates KC and makes him spill. Cloe alerts Bray to the very real threat of an invasion by Tribe Circus.
 
Lex begins his spiritual journey in exile, and finds out about KC - Ep.45
Lex passes his first night in a storeshed, only to be woken by a 17-year old who hangs out there. He's not as far advanced as Glen was, but Lex glimpses his own imminent future.
 
Lex needs to find KC, just in case he's in trouble. He meets a trader selling fake antidote. Lex physically forces the trader to reveal where the gambling den is, then smashes all the bottles.
Lex finds the casino near the train station, just as the trader described. But when he inquires after KC the door staff become violent!
 
While Lex looks for another way in, he observes Top-Hat pulling up on his motorbike.
 
Lex awaits further developments. Before long Top-Hat comes back out, and with KC in tow. KC is forced to lead the way to the Mall.
 
Lex knows that sooner or later, Tribe Circus will trash the Mall. He must try and help. Perhaps Ebony would be interested?
 
Lex seeks help from Ebony - Ep.45-47
Lex manages to persuade the Loco at the door to allow him in to see Ebony. He is roughly escorted by two guards.
 
Ebony hasn't forgotten, nor forgiven Lex for the riot he started at the Tribal Gathering. She not only refuses to help the Mallrats, she has Lex placed under guard.
 
Meanwhile Top-Hat has arrived at the Mall and forces KC to show him the way in through the sewers.
 
Lex ages rapidly. When a guard brings him his next meal (bread and water) he is so shocked that he drops the tray and runs, leaving the door open.
 
Lex finds Ebony by the pool and corners her. The guards won't help her for fear of becoming infected. With the real possibility that Lex has infected her, she listens to his offer. He tells her about the Antidote kept at the Mall. Reason enough to save the Mallrats from Tribe Circus in order to get it.
Ebony Rescues the Mallrats, but at a price - Ep.47
When the Locos get to the Mall they find the Mallrats locked in between the two grilles, and a fire raging in the Mall just outside the inner grille. They quickly extinguish the fire to whoops of joy - joy that gives way to fear when they see how rapidly Lex has aged.
 
Lex rests in Lingerie, the room he shared with Zandra after their wedding. She has nothing but contempt for him, and orders him to leave her room.
 
Ebony demands the Antidote from Hope Island, backed up by threats, beginning with Dal. Jack realizes they are beaten and takes Ebony to where he hid it in the Magazine store. Amber makes a valiant attempt to snatch it back and to destroy it even, but when Bray is suspended over the balcony, even Amber gives up.
 
Ebony intends to use Lex as her guinea pig to test the Antidote. She makes him swallow the first dose straight away. Ebony returns to the Hotel with the Antidote, Lex to test it on, and Bray, probably just to spite Amber.

At the Hotel, Ebony channels all the charm and seduction techniques she knows onto Bray, without effect. He loves Amber, and hates Ebony too much.
 
Meanwhile, despite the Antidote forcibly administered, Lex continues to age. Then he repeats the same trick, escaping when a guard runs in shock after Lex exhales in his face. Cornering Ebony by the pool he leans over her.
 
Then he spots the box of Antidote and resigns as Ebony's guinea pig. He empties the vials one by one into the pool.
 
Ebony now has no further use for him, and the following day has him thrown out onto the street.
 
Return to the Mall - Ep.49
On the street, Lex sees 'Old people' everywhere, being attacked and killed by Locos. His best chance of survival is to look like a Loco.

Lex plays dead and waits. Before long a Loco spots him and starts to search him for anything valuable. Lex throttles him and dons the Loco outfit!
On his way in through the sewers, Lex sets off a tripwire that releases an avalanche of gas cylinders. Ryan and Dal investigate and find Lex, looking like a Loco. At first Zandra refuses to go near him. But who else is there to take care of him in his last days? Zandra relents and takes care of him in Lingerie, her room. She tells him about the baby - his baby. Lex wants a boy, to grow up just like him!
Lex regains his appetite enough to eat something. All the more remarkable when all the Mallrats have left is something that looks like mashed potato - or porridge. Lex keeps his face hidden under his hair, but Zandra catches a glimpse.

Against all hope, Lex is definitely getting better.
Jack and Dal have been searching the Hope Island computer files for anything that might be connected with making the Antidote. They suddenly realized that a code number, repeated again and again, together with the word Eagle, must be a map reference. On a map they find Eagle Mountain at precisely that location. Jack is adamant they must go there, 20 or 30 miles away, even though he has no idea what they might find there. No one else at the Mall is willing to risk a pointless journey - until Tai-San tells everyone about her dream, about a Mountain, and an Eagle.
Eagle Mountain - Ep.51-52
Despite having confessed to keeping a water stash, and using it to frame Bray, it looks like he still has it. Food also, on the top shelf. But this is for Zandra (who is pregnant) he tells Ryan, for the journey.
 
Lex has a score to settle with Top-Hat. KC has already told Lex how he saved Zandra from being raped. So when the Mallrats are on their way out of the City, he and Ryan head off somewhere. They return with Top-Hat's motorbike - and his famous hat!
 
For a mile or two Lex gives Zandra a ride. Lex is forced to abandon it when the tank is empty, and walk like everyone else.
Just outside the City the Mallrats encounter a manned barricade across the road. It's there to stop people with the virus fleeing the City and spreading it.
 
Back at the Hotel, Spike has led a rebellion against Ebony. She is no longer Queen of the Locos, and was forced to flee, aided by Bray.
 
Bray and Ebony went first to the Mall but found it deserted. They found a message left by Trudy.
 
Ebony just happens to have a secret bus, for emergencies just like this one. With Bray driving, they soon catch up with the Mallrats. With everyone on board, Bray drives the bus straight through the barricade.
But the bus is old, and hasn't been serviced in ages. Before long it breaks down and everyone takes a rest while Dal tries to fix it.
 
Lex tells how he and Ryan battled tribe Circus. He's a good storyteller, if not a very honest one.
 
Dal is unable to repair the bus, and the Mallrats must complete the journey on foot, with guidance mostly from Tai-San.
 
Eventually of course, after climbing hills and valleys, they get there? But what is it? It's a satellite tracking station - but how does that help the Mallrats?
 
Many of the Mallrats see this as the end of the Road. Lex and Zandra announce their decision to go their separate way. KC asks to go along too.
 
Amber suddenly realizes that Bray has already gone without a word. She has been giving him the cold shoulder throughout the journey without explaining why. She believes that while Bray was held hostage by Ebony, he cheated on her, and the footage brought back by Ryan and Dal, obtained by means of a model helicopter flown over the Hotel, only seemed to confirm it.
 
Yet even now, Amber cannot just let Bray walk out of her life forever. She runs out to find him. And Lex follows, because he is the only one who understands both sides of the story. He is the only one who sees the big picture.
Amber   So...what?.....Were you just going to leave without a word?
Bray   I thought it would be easier this way.
Amber   Yeh, well you would wouldn't you? You always found it easier to run.
Bray   If you feel that strongly, Amber, why did you come after me?
Lex   Because she's crazy about you; isn't that obvious?
Amber   You just keep out of it - it's nothing to do with you
Lex   Maybe not. But then again, I've never taken your advice, Amber. Why start now? Look, I don't know why you think he's in love with Ebony. It's stupid. You're wrong. You're so wrong it's not even funny!
 
Amber   Oh, I get it. Boys in it together. He helped you out in there, so you're returning the favor?
Lex   Look why don't we just quit messing about now. Look at him. Why is he here? Have you asked yourself that? If he wanted to run off with Ebony, why did he come back here and rescue us? Because he loves you, dummy; and you love him. That's your cue to kiss her. Do I have to tell you how to do everything?
Bray   I've never really listened to him before either
Amber   Nor me
 
They take his advice....
 
 
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