Sorry for the long delay but here's the final chapter of Techno Crisis… hope you like!
Chapter 4: Falling into place
"What's going on? Where's the fire?" Max questioned, earnestly.
"Justin didn't tell you?" Alex asked him.
"Yeah, but I didn't hear him, I was listening to my iPod." Max told her, pointing out an ear bud in one of his ears.
"You mean you were tuning me out when I was telling you what was going on!?" Justin shouted, annoyed that he had gave him a long explanation of what was to happen and he didn't even listen to a word he had said.
"Sheesh, you don't have to yell at me…" Max muttered in defense.
"Alex, is everything alright?" Dean was still waiting patiently for her at the door.
"Uh, yeah, why don't you head out? I'm going to get ready; I'll be right behind you." Alex informed.
Dean grinned, walking out the door, closing the door behind him.
As soon as he was out, Alex snapped her finger and was instantly in a cute outfit, complete with an adorable hair style as well. Justin grinned from ear to ear; it was great to know that Alex was back to her perky and stylish self.
His goofy smile earned him a weird look from Max. "Dude, what's up with you?"
Justin was caught off guard. "What? Nothing! So, Alex, are we ready to put this plan into work?" He asked Alex, quickly changing the subject.
"I'm ready as ever!" Alex exclaimed ignoring her brother's strange behavior.
"Wait, I don't even know what's going on!" Max stated, practically squeaking.
"Justin will explain it to you." Alex told him with a laugh. "And this time, listen to him!" She pulled his IPod away from him.
"OW! Hey!"
"You can have this back later. I'm going to head out, make sure to follow me but not too closely." And with that she rushed out the door.
"So, where are we going, Dean?" Alex asked her "boyfriend" innocently.
"I was thinking, the pizza parlor for some grub, then the bowling alley." Dean enlightened, with a friendly grin.
Alex sighed; it was going to be hard to perform the spell on him, after being with him for a good six months. "That's sounds fantastic."
Back with Justin and Max, Justin was doing his best to explain the situation to his oblivious little brother. After what seemed like a millennium, Max finally understood what was happening. Well, mostly.
"So, let me get this straight… Alex's boyfriend, Dean, is a robot?" Max asked with perplexed expression on his face.
Justin shook his head in disbelief. "No, he's--" He sighed. "Close enough. Now let's hurry and follow Alex."
"Invisibility Mobility!" (a/n: this is a made up spell, by the way, that makes a wizard invisible to mortals) Justin and Max quickly disappeared. Justin snickered. "There, now Dean won't even know we're near."
"Alright! I've always wanted to be invisible!" Max beamed, with an excited shout.
"Max, get it together, we're on a mission!"
"Okay, okay. Sorry."
So, Justin and Max rapidly ran off to catch up with Alex. It wasn't too hard since Alex was making sure to take her sweet time as she and Dean walked to the popular pizza parlor near Tribeca Prep.
"Now that we're in close proximity, let me talk to Alex through telepathy." Justin whispered, smartly.
"Alex, can you hear me?"
With a faint glow, Justin could hear Alex's thoughts. "Justin, you are so invasive!"
Justin laughed, "Hey, hey, sorry but this is the only way I could think of for me to be able to talk to you without Dean noticing."
"Whatever you hear, you better not repeat or I swear…" Alex started, clearly very angry.
"Calm down, your secrets are safe with me."
Alex sighed. "Okay, here's the plan, we're going to head into the pizza parlor. Did you bring any sleeping powder?"
"Uh, yeah… I think so." Justin replied, taking a moment to check his bag.
"Always prepared, huh, geek?" Justin could feel her smirking at him.
Justin rolled his eyes. "Let's just get this done, okay?"
Alex laughed. She and Dean headed into the pizza parlor with Justin and Max right behind them.
"Hey, what great timing I'm starving." Max exclaimed, walking toward the counter.
"Dude!" Justin shouted, "You're invisible, remember?"
"Dang it!" Max disputed. "You own me a pizza when this is over."
"Forget the pizza! Let's go give Alex this powder."
"Dean, I'll go get the pizza, any topping requests?" Alex asked.
"Just the usually, you know, pepperoni, olives and sausage." Dean replied as he handed her a ten dollar bill.
"Got it, I'll be back in a few." She headed toward the counter with a smirk as Justin sneaked the tube of sleeping powder into her pocket.
Alex quickly placed her order. The worker told her it would be about fifteen minutes. Alex waited patiently at the counter, humming to the tune of "Hot n' Cold" by Katy Perry. She jumped slightly as she felt a soft nudge on her shoulder.
She turned around with a jolt to see her brothers standing near her with amusing smiles on their faces.
"W-what? What are you guys doing here? Dean's going to see you!" She whispered harshly.
"Alex, you're the only one who can see us. We're invisible to mortals." Justin explained with a chuckle.
Alex felt her face heat up in a blush as she sensed the worker giving her a peculiar stare as he held out pizza slices to her. "Thanks." She mumbled.
The worker didn't reply he instead nodded very slowly.
Thanks so very much for making me look crazy. Alex told Justin in her mind.
Make sure you only sprinkle a pinch of the powder on his pizza or he'll see it. Also you don't want him to fall asleep forever. Though I wouldn't mind that… Justin clarified.
Hey! That's my boyfriend you're talking about!
Well, he's evil so what's your point?
Oh, never mind! Whatever you say Mr. Genius…
That's more like it.
Alex rolled her eyes with annoyance as she sprinkled a pinch of the light blue powder onto Dean's slice of pizza. She stared at him from the corner of his eye. He was looking out the window with a bored glance.
"Pizza's here." Alex grinned, as she placed Dean's plate in front of him.
"Sweet, I'm starved." Dean remarked, rubbing his hands together.
Dean stared at Alex with a charming smile and took a bite of his pizza. Alex followed suit, taking a small bite from her slice.
She watched Dean closely, waiting for him to fall asleep. But instead she was the one getting sleepy! Her eyelids began to get very droopy very quickly; before she knew it she was fast asleep.
"Thought you could fool me, eh, Alex?" Dean's voice had changed drastically; instead of the cool, sensitive voice he had previously it had turned into a malicious tone.
Justin was shocked! Dean had known the plan all along.
"You think you're so clever…Justin." At the moment Dean has said his name he and Max felt a brief tingle throughout their bodies making them visible again.
The worker behind the counter had zapped them, canceling the spell out. Justin had to do a double take. The so-called worker behind the counter was none other than Ronald Longcape Jr., the boy who had tried to make Alex his evil partner in crime a year ago.
"Ronald? But how? What? Why?" Justin was so astonished he could hardly speak.
"Yeah, it's me." Ronald sneered, "I take it you're wondering why Alex didn't recognize me… well it's quite simple, when you use the right spell."
"But why are you helping Dean? You hate him!" Max, for once, was making sense.
"Meh, that was then, we're great friends now. You can even say we're best friends."
"I have to say, Justin, without your help I won't have been able to make Alex such an easy target. Thanks for the sleeping powder." Dean smirked, waving the tube of powder so that Justin could see it.
Justin's blood was broiling. "You jerk! I knew you were no good from the start!"
"Ronald, let's get this done. Soon I will be a wizard, the first step to becoming the most powerful person in the world!"
"Sure thing, Dean" Ronald grinned, glaring at Alex.
He pointed his index finger toward Dean, who began to glow a bright bluish-purple color. And just like that, he was gone.
"Wait, what the heck just happened?" Max gaped, shaking Justin, who at this moment had a blank expression on his face. He was pale as a white sheet.
Ronald began to giggle. Wait, Ronald was giggling? What was going on here?
"Wow, Justin, I don't think I've ever seen you so freaked before…" Ronald was laughing now. His voice didn't sound right at all.
"A-Alex?" Justin was sure he was going crazy.
"Bingo, Einstein." He (or should I say she?) replied and with a snap of her finger she transformed back into the devious sister that Justin knew all too well.
The sleeping figure of her evaporated into dust, Justin was tremendously confused and angry but at the same time very relieved.
"Wha—How could you do that?!" Justin's voice nearly cracked.
"Are you saying that this was all an act?" Max questioned, also getting annoyed.
"Well, the Dean part wasn't anyway."
"But how'd you…?"
"Disguise myself as Ronald? I had it planned all along."
"But you said the spell…?"
"Yeah, I lied."
"Okay, the fact that you can predict everything I'm about to say is seriously freaking me out so stop!"
"Telepathy, dude…" Max reminded him.
Justin glowered at Alex, who was very amused right now, quickly ending the spell. Alex chuckled at her brother. He was a total nerd but you just couldn't hate him. Justin was still slightly angry at Alex for tricking him so badly but he softened a little telling her, "Alex, I'm really impressed."
Alex frowned. "This is probably the perfect time for me to give you a smart-aleck remark… but my heart hurts." She held her heart symbolically.
Justin smiled reassuringly, embracing his sister into a caring hug. "You did the right thing. Don't worry the right guy will come along some day, I promise."
Alex smiled. Justin always knew what to say to make her feel better. She hugged him back, thanking him.
"Talk about freaking someone out! You have worse mood swings then a girl on PMS!" Max exclaimed, earning a poisonous glare from Alex.
"And how do you know about PMS?" She questioned, defensively.
All of a sudden a small vibration went through the pizza parlor. The parlor was back to the way it was supposed to be. Music was now playing on the restaurant's radio.
You change your mind like a girl changes clothes
Yeah, you PMS like a girl I would know…
The song continued, arriving at the chorus which Max began to rock out to, ignoring Alex's question completely.
"I should have known…" Alex sighed, rolling her eyes and shaking her head in amusement.
Justin and Alex glanced at each other and with amused shrugs they joined Max. And the three of them began to belt out the chorus, glad that things had worked out for the best.
And this concludes my story. Haha, love the ending with the Katy Perry hit song, Hot n' Cold.