Cherry was showing them her Smoke and Mirrors video game to show why she was frustrated with the reward she was given after their Las Vegas adventure.
"So, where's the game?" Mo asked after Cherry had selected the Desert Bus mini game.
"This is the game," Cherry said as she held the controls. "You drive... And drive... And drive... There's nothing out there, but roads and sand... Occasionally there's a rock, or a sign, but that's it... There's no music on the radio, no passengers to interact with, nothing to keep you occupied... You can open the door with the B button!" she then clicked the B button to demonstrate and a squeak came from the screen. "Basically, it makes a sound effect... That's a little something you can do to entertain yourself."
"Wow." Patch said, surprised.
"Just gotta hold your thumb on this button for so long..." Cherry muttered as her thumb held down on the A button to drive the bus.
"Seriously?" Atticus asked.
"Dead..." Cherry said.
"Why don't you just force it down with pliers or tape?" Patch suggested.
"Wait..." Cherry whispered once he suggested that, she then took out a pair of pliers and had them hold the button down for her and she let out a laugh in victory. "How do you like that trick, Penn and Teller?" she taunted the magicians who were not there to witness this moment of awesome. "If you can't beat the game, let the game beat itself!" she then set the controller down on her ottoman.
Suddenly, the image of the bus vanished and Drell's face appeared on the screen with Skippy on his side.
"Hey, Drell, hey, Skippy, what's up?" Atticus asked.
Mo looked a little shocked and surprised by Skippy and Drell's sudden appearance.
"We have important business to discuss," Drell told them, urgently and warning. "It's about the Darkness."
"The Darkness?" Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch asked.
"We shall discuss this in my office." Drell told them, he then reached out of the screen and took the four of them off Cherry's couch and into the screen.
"WHOA!" the four of them gasped as they traveled through a vortex and on the way to the Supernatural Realm.
"I feel an adventure is going to be involved!" Atticus guessed.
"Same heeere!" Mo cried, freaking out the most since she had never been through a vortex like this before.
They all then dropped down and landed in a waiting room.
There was a woman with glasses, tapping at a computer in her desk while there was fog covering the floor. The woman then looked up to them and adjusted her glasses. "Drell will see you now..." she droned to them in a dull monotone.
"Thank you, ma'am." Atticus said.
"This place is creepy," Mo looked around. "It's like the headmaster's office..."
Before they could get up and go to the door, the chairs moved on their own and shoved them into Drell's office and once they were inside, the door slammed shut.
Drell looked to all of them with his fingers pressed together and wearing a Victorian suit which was his work clothes in his office. "Glad you all could make it..." he greeted. "You're probably wondering why you're all here."
Cherry opened her mouth.
"If it's a smart remark, I'll turn you into a mouse and have you for lunch." Drell glared to her.
Cherry then cupped her mouth to shut herself up.
"Why are we here?" Patch asked.
"I'm afraid the Darkness is coming..." Drell informed.
"The Darkness?" Cherry, Atticus, and Mo asked.
"Yes..." Drell looked grave. "The Darkness is a diabolical force of nature that can threaten the very existence of the magical world. It can attack any magical being in the magical world, whether witch, warlock, wizard, and even Wiccan..."
Atticus looked a little nervous since he was part Wiccan.
"It eats the souls of anyone, especially the innocent," Drell continued. "The late King Aron DuBear was at war with the Darkness himself and this forced him and his lover to separate their twin children and abandon them shortly after their birth."
"So what do you want us to do?" Patch asked.
"Well, the late King's twins are hidden in the mortal world," Drell explained. "It's up to you, Sabrina, Cassandra, and my little Penelope to help them fulfill their destinies before the Darkness returns on All Hallow's Eve, or as you mortals call it 'Halloween'."
"Do I really need to be here?" Cherry griped a little bit. "I mean, my mother was adopted by my grandmother, so I'm not even a real witch!"
Drell firmly folded his arms to her. "Are you talking back to me?"
"Uhh... N-No...?" Cherry got nervous all of the sudden.
"You know what I do to people who talk back to me?" Drell looked into her eyes.
"I'm afraid to find out..." Cherry sunk in her seat then.
Drell growled to her before continuing on.
"Sir, I don't mean to talk back, but why am I here?" Mo raised her hand. "I'm not a witch either."
"No, but your family your biological family is related to Captain Planet which means you are related to Captain Planet as well." Drell said.
"Hmm!" Mo smiled in approval. "That's cool! Do you know how he's related to me?"
"We're working on it," Drell smiled. "I wanna say he's your uncle, but we'll get back to you on that."
"So, who are these twins?" Atticus asked.
"Their real names are Artemis and Apolla, but when they were adopted, they were named Camryn Barnes and Alexandra Fielding." Drell reported.
Cherry hid a gasp.
"Something wrong?" Drell raised a brow to her.
"My brother dated a girl named Camryn," Cherry remembered. "She broke up with him though and it made him cry... I'd never seen him cry before."
"Well, you're gonna have to meet her so we magical creatures can rest." Drell said to her.
"I don't wanna!" Cherry cried.
"We'll do it, Cherry, you're coming with us." Atticus said.
"Oh, I miss my normal, boring life..." Cherry folded her arms with a sigh.
Skippy kind of stared to Mo.
"Um, can I help you?" Mo looked at him.
"Monique, I apologize, Skippy likes to keep mortals as pets..." Drell said, then hit Skippy with a rolled up newspaper. "BAD SKIPPY!"
Skippy then blinked and snapped back to looking like a civilized gentleman.
"All right, I'll go through with this, but as a mortal in the magical world, I want respect!" Cherry demanded.
"DENIED!" Drell called with a laugh.
"Will we have to split up to meet them?" Atticus asked.
Skippy looked intrigued by that.
"That's not a bad idea," Drell had to admit. "It'll be easier, two of you will find Apolla and the other will find Artemis."
"How do we decide?" Patch asked.
"You could draw straws," Drell shrugged, but smirked to Atticus and Mo with a knowing look in his eye. "Unless you two love birds wanna go off on your own and spend your scavenger hunt makin' out..."
"Me and Atticus will find Camryn while Cherry and Patch will find Alex." Mo told him.
"Agreed..." Drell nodded to them.
"I just wonder how the twins will react once they first meet and find out they're sisters." Skippy chuckled.
"Don't worry, guys, we know what to do," Patch told the warlocks. "Just make sure you tell everyone at the Witch's Council that we're on it."
"You got it, Spot." Skippy nodded to him.
"My name is Patch." Patch answered.
"That's what I said, Smudge," Drell waved his hand at him. "Also, to keep track of everything, you'll have these..." he put his hands together, made them glow, and took his hands apart, carrying a tiny crystal ball in each hand, one had a sun image while the other had a moon crescent on it. "We'll use these to communicate with each other. I would like it if you all recorded your data and logged in to speak with us about the twins."
"Yes, we understand." Atticus smiled.
"Try not to let the pooch drool on this, will you?" Drell asked Cherry.
"Yes, sir..." Cherry told him, fearfully.
Drell smiled evilly. He liked the respect since he controlled her fate.
"Okay, you wanna find Camyrn or Alex?" Mo asked her boyfriend.
"Camyrn." Atticus answered.
Mo then nodded in agreement.
"I guess we'll take Alex then." Cherry said, referring to her and Patch.
Skippy then took the crystal balls. He handed the sun one to Atticus and Mo and then handed the moon one to Cherry and Patch.
"We won't disappoint you, Drell." Cherry vowed.
"I hope so, Mortal..." Drell firmly looked to her. "For your sake."
"We won't, sir, now how do we get to them anyway?" Patch asked.
"Luckily we were able to find out about their adoptive families," Drell smirked, then snapped his fingers.
Skippy then walked over to a file cabinet and struggled to get it open.
Cherry shoved him and tried herself, only to be pushed back by the door opening, but she still held on the handle.
"Interesting specimens..." Skippy commented as he took a couple of files, then hit the top of the cabinet.
Cherry then slid all the way back to the other side since she still had her hand on the handle.
"Sorry about that, dear..." Skippy smiled in amusement to her, then walked over to Drell's side and handed him the files on Apolla and Artemis's surrogate families.
"Thank you, Skippy." Drell replied.
Skippy nodded and saluted his closest friend.
Drell opened the files and took out papers on the foster families of the legendary twin witches. "Let's see..."
Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch leaned forward to take a closer look.
Drell glanced to them. "Do you mind!?"
They then leaned back against their chairs, mumbling apologies for rushing him.
"Now where was I?" Drell asked himself as he looked into the files.
"You were just about to give me fifty bucks." Cherry bit her lip.
Drell had enough of her sassiness, he pointed his finger and turned her into a mouse. He then grabbed her by the tail and dropped her into a jar and sealed the top on. "Looks like you're on your own, Spot." he mumbled to the Dalmatian puppy since he had turned Cherry into a mouse and excluded her from this adventure, going to eat her now.
"If you try to eat her then I will use my magic and turn you into a cockroach!" Patch glared.
"All right, all right, sheesh!" Drell groaned, he then unscrewed the jar cap off, zapped Cherry back to normal, then went back to reading files.
Cherry gasped for air, due to feeling claustrophobic in the jar.
"According to my research..." Drell scanned the first file. "Artemis has been adopted by the Barnes family and was named 'Camryn'."
"Okay and for Apolla?" Patch asked.
Drell put Artemis's file down and then opened up Apolla's. "Let's see..." he skimmed the page. "Apolla was adopted by the Fielding family and currently goes by Alexandra AKA Alex... Blah, blah, blah... Oh, teenage problems are so interesting..." he then commented, sarcastically.
"What kind of problems?" Patch asked.
"Let's see..." Drell continued to read. "Artemis or shall I say 'Alex' is a very mature and strong-willd girl... Oh, here's something interesting about the twins... When Apolla was born, the sun was rising and when Artemis was born, the moon was setting. This can really help you out with who's who. Due to her powers, her powers are stronger at night."
"So, Camryn's powers must be stronger at daytime..." Atticus guessed.
"Yes!" Drell nodded to him.
"Alright then, shall we go?" Patch asked.
"Hmm..." Drell looked to Skippy. "You think now?"
"Let them go for now and they can start fresh tomorrow morning." Skippy proposed.
"Right!" Drell agreed. "We'll contact you with more information later... Now... BEGONE!" he then made the fog swallow them up and send them back into Cherry's living room on the couch.
