An Enemy Within
Chapter 1
"We're surrounded!" Philby shouted to all the other teens with him. Tonight, all the Keepers were set to cross over for a routine OT activity check. Everything was going well... for about 5 minutes. As soon as all the Keepers were successfully crossed over into the Magic Kingdom, pirates surrounded them right in front of the brightly lit Cinderella Castle. That's when Philby yelled, "We're surrounded!"
Amanda, moved closer to Finn and grabbed his hand tightly for support. "What's the plan?" Maybeck yelled over to Finn, who he currently had his back to.
"I'm afraid there is no plan that will bring you success tonight children" a creepy voice called out from the shadows. None other than the green skinned fairy, Maleficent, walked out from the shadows while carrying her staff that seemed to grow a eerie green.
"I don't think so Greenie!" Maybeck shouted at Maleficent, trying to hide how scared he actually was. "Yeah, Maybeck's right" Charlene agreed "We have a plan to stop you tonight!"
"That's where you are wrong you foolish children," Maleficent smiled evilly, "Just look at who is surrounding who. We will be the victorious ones tonight. I will leave you in the hands of the pirates" And with that, Maleficent disappeared into a cloud of green smoke.
"Alright, here's the plan," Finn began while starring down the pirates, "On my count, we run"
"We run!?" Maybeck shouted, probably a little too loudly for everyone's liking, "Some plan, Whitless"
"Hey! You got a better plan?" Finn shot back
"Yeah, why can't we fight 'em?"
"Do you really think we could take on pirates?" Willa asked with a hint of sarcasm, "They have swords and we don't have anything!"
"Amanda can 'push' 'em" Maybeck said flatly
"No way!" Jess said as quickly as Maybeck suggested it
"Yeah, if she does, then she won't have have energy left!" Finn added
"Guys, stop!" Amanda shouted, "I'll do it" she said softer
"Amanda, you don't have to do this" Finn said softly, just to her
"I'll be fine, Finn" she smiled at him
"Okay," he turned to all the Keepers, "After Amanda 'pushes', we all run to Tomorrow Land, got it?"
All the Keepers nodded. The pirates started to close in on the Keepers, but just as they did, Amanda stepped to the front of the group. Once she planted her feet firmly on the ground, she 'pushed' the pirates so they went flying. Amanda's knees went weak, but luckily, Finn saw that and caught her. She smiled and nodded at him to say thanks. He took her hand and together, all the Keepers ran into TomorrowLand.
"Okay, is it just me or was that way too easy?" Jess was the first one to speak after they found a hiding spot outside of Space Mountain. They were all standing in a circle, trying to catch their breath. Amanda sat down on a bench trying to catch her breath, and Finn joined her.
"What do you mean?" Charlene asked.
"Well she gave us this whole, big speech about how she was gonna win tonight, and then to escape all we had to do was run away?" Jess said, "I just don't have a good feeling about tonight"
"Yeah, I agree with you Jess" Professor Philby added "I mean they didn't even try to chase us. Do you think they wanted us to get away?"
"I don't know and I don't care" Maybeck interjected "Lets grab the fob and get out here"
"Luckily the fob is in TomorrowLand" Finn told the group, "Its over by the entrance to Buzz Lightyear"
"I'll go get it" Willa volunteered.
"I'll come with you," Philby said maybe a little too quickly, and then blushed slightly "You know, 'cause the buddy system and... yeah"
"Come on," Willa laughed a little. She took his hand and they walked over towards Buzz Lightyear together.
"They're so cute together" Charlene giggled after they were out of earshot, but then turned to Jess "You okay? You look really pale"
"Yeah, I'm fine" Jess said, but she wasn't very convincing, "I'm just still nervous about tonight"
"Why?" Maybeck questioned, "Willa and Philby are getting the fob, so we will be home in just a few minutes"
"Tonight just seemed... off" Jess said, but was cut off from saying anything else because Willa and Philby came back to the group. "Got it!" Willa said proudly as she handed the fob over to Finn.
"Alright, lets get out of here before something else happens," all the Keepers nodded and held hands for the cross over. Finn pressed the button and let the fob fall into a bush, behind a tree.
Slowly, Jess blinked her eyes open. The light of a full moon crept in through the window in the bedroom. Jess looked over to the bunk on the other side of the room and saw that their enemy, Jeanine, was still sound asleep in her bed. Thank god they didn't wake her up, otherwise Amanda and she would never hear the end from Jeanine. Amanda! Jess should probably check to make sure she was okay. Silently, Jess got out of bed and climbed the ladder to Amanda's bunk, which was above Jess' bed.
"Psst, Amanda" Jess whispered just loud enough for her sister to hear. But Amanda didn't answer. Jess knew that Amanda was a light sleeper, so this wasn't like her. Now Jess was worried. She yanked the blanket off from Amanda's bed expecting to be yelled at by her sister for waking her up. Instead, Amanda wasn't there at all. It took all of Jess's willpower not to let out the loudest scream ever.
Amanda was missing.