Techno Crisis

Wizards of Waverly Place Fanfiction by Agufanatic98

a/n: I do not own Wizards of Waverly Place! If I did Dean would have been less of a jerk. And Juliet would not have existed. (is a proud Jalex fan)

Chapter 1

It wasn't a very productive day at Waverly Sub Station on this particular Saturday, which was weird because it was usually very busy during this time. Not that Alex Russo minded; she sat on a stool behind the counter, totally focused on texting her boyfriend, Dean.

"What the heck is going on around here?" An older boy suddenly complained, coming out of the kitchen. "There's no business at all today!"

"What's the big deal? It's not like this place is very popular anyway…" Alex replied, not even looking up from her phone.

The older boy grumbled, grabbing Alex's phone right out of her hands.

"Hey!" Alex cried in dismay. "Give it back, Justin!"

"You won't be saying that when Mom and Dad have to turn off your unlimited texting 'cause you can't afford to pay your phone bill." Justin sneered, twirling her phone in his hand.

Alex scoffed. "Okay, fine, I get your point…" She rolled her eyes. "Seriously, you're such a geek."

And with that statement she took her phone back and made her way to the lair.

"How can you spend all day texting?" Justin countered, following her.

"It's better than building a robot friend…" Alex shot back, sitting in the huge, comfy armchair in the lair, beginning to text again.

"Pfft, sure… at least my robot could get me internationally recognized one day." Justin replied in defense.

"Yeah, 'cause everyone loves to play chess with robots…"

Justin thought to give her a lecture on how dependent people where becoming of technology but realized he would be wasting his breath. He was sure Alex would come up with some sassy comeback. Oh, how he hated how she seemed to always get the last word.

"Where are all the customers!?" Jerry Russo, the Russo kids' father, shouted as he rushed into the lair. "This isn't good, not good, not good at all." He continued, wiping sweat from his brow.

"That's exactly what I was saying!" Justin emphasized.

Alex scoffed, muttering something along the lines of "suck-up".

"Well, I guess since we're not busy… we might as well start the lesson now." Jerry shrugged.

"What, but why?" Alex wasn't pleased. "The lesson doesn't start till six-o-clock tonight! You're cutting into my valuable texting time!"

Justin sighed shaking his head in disbelief. Jerry didn't respond, he instead asked, "Uh…where's Max?"

As if on cue, Max walked in from the doors to the wizard world.

"Man, those flying frogs were fast!" He exclaimed.

Max was an amusing sight. He had on what looked to be pajamas with underwear over his pants. He had a cape attached to his shirt. (A/N: Basically if you watched My Brother, Maximan, you'll know what I'm talking about) He was also carrying a large net.

"Max, I can't believe you're wearing that again." Alex was amused.

"Who is this 'Max' you speak of? I am… Maaxi-Man!" Max corrected, adding plenty of emphasis to the last bit. Then he whispered as if enemies were listening in. "Besides after that whole 'Deli Robber' fiasco, I'm using my wizard skills to be a real superhero."

"How is catching flying frogs heroic?" Justin couldn't help asking.

"Becau--" Max began but realized, "That's a good question."

"All right, 'Maxi-Man', take a seat so we can get started on the lesson." Jerry instructed.

"What?!" Max gaped. "But it's only three-thirty!"

"My point exactly." Alex agreed but didn't even look up. She was too concentrated on pressing buttons randomly on her phone. Apparently so focused you'd think she was talking to the phone as if it were a living thing.

"Alex, that means you, too." Jerry spoke calmly, prompting her to stop playing around with her phone.

"I'm sitting here, aren't I?" Alex told him, still not completely mesmerized by her phone.

"Yes, but you're not paying attention…" Jerry was slowly beginning to lose his patience.

"I'll handle this." Justin smirked, pulling out his wand from his back pocket. "Alex's phone is now a not, nothing should fill its slot."

It was a simple spell, and Justin was sure he would be able to pull it off. But as soon as he recited the spell, things went out of whack. A ripple of invisible energy exploded throughout the lair, so powerful it knocked Justin to the ground.

Justin was flabbergasted. "W-What just happened…?"

"It seemed like there was some kind of barrier preventing you from performing the spell." Jerry informed, though he wasn't so sure himself.

"Don't you ever try that again." Alex threatened, giving Justin a deadly glare. She jumped up from her chair and stormed out of the room without another word.

"So…I guess that means the lesson's cancelled for today, then?" Max asked naively.

Whoa, that was freaky. Normally Justin wasn't afraid of Alex's threats but there was something about it that didn't seem right. The glare she had given him moments ago still stung in his memory, the way she had spoken to him did not sound like her at all. Something was incredibly wrong; Justin could feel it in his bones.

This is the first chapter. Please tell me what you think! I have all the chapters done but I will update this story depending on how many reviews I get! Hope you like it!!