Chapter Five - Joining The Rebels
By the time Lily had regained consciousness, Mimi's face was hovering over hers, with expectant eyes. After blinking her eyes and suppressing the pounding in her head, Lilly realized that her head was resting in Mimi's lap. Ty and Rina off to the side, trying to knock down a door, it seemed, and memories came back as soon as the door fell.
"Lilith!" Lilly screamed as she jumped up, rushing onto the rooftop to find it empty. "Wha…"
The black haired twin tried to reach out on the connection, but failed, knowing that it only ever meant trouble. Her eyes widened, tears glazing over them as she turned to her friends, both of their hearts breaking as they understood with just that look, exactly how this could turn out. Rina looked in between the three, confusion obvious on her face as she finally spoke.
"Okay, can you three stop doing that whole, friends for life telepathy like thing and tell me what the hell's going on!?"
Lilly wiped her eyes and took a deep breath before looking at her, and answering. "I can't reach Lilith through the mental connection. This only ever happens when we are asleep or purposefully blocking each other out. Last time this happened, it was me, and I got knocked out, had a concussion, and was in the hospital for a month due to injury. What's more is that our physical one is still in tact, same as then. I can tell because of the headache I have, it's weird, not from my own head, it's from hers"
She didn't know when she started crying, just that when she finished, Ty and Mimi had both ended up hugging her, and her tears were falling freely down her face.
"Will, if the living sisters bond is gone, how the heck are we suppose to find her? Let's stop being whining brats and actually do something."
"I may not be able to reach her mentally, but I can still try to use the physical bond to find her." Lilly said, whipping her tears.
"Let's hope she's not to far." Ty said.
"Yeah, I'll try to see through her eyes, it will at least let us know if she's awake."
"Alright." Mimi began.
"Just be careful!" Ty finished.
"Yeah, try not to die, idiot twin. Make sure smart twin is okay." Rina added, earning a glare from the girl.
With that Lilly slowly closed her eyes and began to concentrate on reaching her sister through their nearly disconnected bond. As a result her head began to ache even more, but they did not stop her from continuing the attempt. The feeling of joy overwhelmed her senses as she finally succeed.
"I see trees, a lot of them, and the members of the SSS that killed us." Lilly said through clenched teeth.
"Are you able to tell where she is?"
"No, and that's a problem, especially with the SSS there, but the fact that I can see means she'll wake up soon. I also heard them whispering something about a plan. I couldn't hear a lot though, just bits and pieces. Something about reforming her? Whatever, I don't care, we need to get her back before they get a chance to do anything."
"Great idea Sherlock, but how exactly are we gonna do that? We don't know this area well, and we don't know anyone here."
"Yes we do." Mimi said, voice serious.
"Who would that be teddy bear?" Rina said, rolling her eyes.
"Us." A voice said from the door. Everyone turned to find the members of the SSS standing there, watching them. Yuri seemed to be the one who spoke.
"And why would you help us, exactly? What do you want in return?"
"For you to join the SSS! The name changes often, and is in need of another change now, try to think of one while we walk," Yuri said, motioning for them to follow.
"Oh yeah, I think I got one, The Live Players." Lilly said.
"The Revengers Two?" Ty suggested, receiving a pointed look from Mimi, a laugh from Lilly, silence from the SSS, and a "Why Two?" From Rina.
"What? If Thor can make The Revengers One, We can make the Second on, and it will be even stronger!"
"The first group blew up an entire planet battling the Goddess of death Hella, and managed to get all the other Asgardians on a spaceship so they didn't die in the crossfire." Lilly pointed out, raising an eyebrow.
"Well I mean yeah, but Thanos is coming and…"
"NOOOO!" Lilly screamed out of nowhere.
"What's wrong!" Mimi and Ty asked together.
"We're gonna miss Infinity Wars!" Lilly said, sobbing a bit afterwards.
"Oh I'm sorry princess, did dying ruin your chances of seeing your precious movie? Cause if you haven't noticed, your sister was just kidnapped by the same people that killed you, so if you really want revenge, get it saving her. Besides, don't you think that takes priority over Infinity Warp or whatever anyways?"
"Well yes, but I already know that she doesn't love me. Movies are always there… Especially when it's Marvel, and besides, I'm also missing Deadpool 2. Did you hear me! DEADPOOL 2 WON'T WAIT FOR ME!" Lilly cried.
"Baby." Rina said, walking away.
"I feel your pain and everything, but yeah, we gotta get the rest of the group back together before we finish complaining about all the things we're gonna miss." Mimi said
"I HAVEN'T EVEN WATCHED BLACK PANTHER YET THOUGH!"
"WAKANDA FOREVER!" Shouted Rina while aggressively shrugging her shoulders.
"TRAITOR!" Lilly shouted. Ty rubbed the back of his neck, giving a half smile.
"Maybe they'll have a copy come here when they come out on DVD?" He suggested
"Why the heck would dead people need DVD's," Rina sassed.
"You know what Rina? I just figured out why Lilith is the only person who likes you as a person, much less as a friend." Lilly said
Rina through gang signs, "Cuz we're soul twins."
"No, me and her are twins, it's because your a demon, and she's into that freaky shit."
"I'm a devil, get it right." Rina flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"Huh? Who would've thought that sissy would find herself a devil in the afterlife. You two are perfect for eachother, Like Ty and Mimi."
"If you think I'm a devil, wait until you see Lilith ticked off. It even scares me...ME!"
"Dude. Once again, I'm the sister, not you. I have seen her ticked of, and I know how to handle her. We both know how to handle each other when we're pissed."
"For now, you said it yourself, they're planning to reform her. The Lilith we know might disappear if we don't hurry up and find her."
"Okay but hold on, when did I say that they're reforming her? That's like, a major plot point we haven't discussed yet."
"You literally mentioned it five minutes ago."
"Oh yeah… Sorry, I have a selective memory."
"So news about brainwashing your sister is not important?"
"Or maybe them washing her is affecting me…"
"Sweetie, that's not how brainwashing works."
"That's kinda how our memory does though. Anything from the others mind will disappear once the original person forgets."
"Sounds far-fetched to me. If anything, they made Lilith force you to forget that memory."
"Which one… We've shared multiple, but I can't remember what they were."
Ty thought it was time to speak, "Maybe, there forcing Lilith to delete both of your important memories in order to weaken the bond and eventually break it."
"Welp, let's find female Bucky before we have to deal with an amnesiac baked potato." Yuri said while walking down the final set of stairs before the labs. The others quickly followed, thinking of plans to rescue their missing friend before it's too late. School had long since ended, so everyone decided to the computer lab so they could research the area Lilly saw in her brief visual connection with her sister.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot, you are not allowed to call either of us any of that. Only closest friends can call us nicknames." Lilly said, sending a pointed look to everyone other than Ty and Mimi. The three of them walked to a computer in the back. Ty working on the computer as Mimi and Lilly watched from behind.
As they worked, they spoke to each other in hushed voices, not wanting for the others to hear them.
"Hey Lil? Are you really okay? I know you don't really like to talk about your feelings but…" Mimi started. Lilly was silent for a moment, but decided it was better to answer.
"Honestly, no. I'm really scared, and I don't know what to do. I've lost family before, and It's scary when they just disappear out of nowhere."
"I know how you feel. Even if you tell yourself you wouldn't mind, it still scares you." Ty said, eyes focused on something far away for a moment.
"I wish I could say I do too, but I haven't really experienced that. I was scared when I saw Lilly die, but I knew I would be dead soon too, and then, it didn't matter to much since I would see you again soon."
"Yeah." Lilly said, trying once more to get into her twins mind. This time, she was able to see what was going on, but she could not hear anything that was going on. Lilith was still in the woods. She could see perfectly as her twin looked through a few branches, only to see the school from a distance. Lilly gasped as she came out of her sisters mind. "Ty, you have the map up?" Lyra asked, looking back at the computer genius of the group.
"Yeah, you got a solid location?" Ty asked. looking up to the girl. Lilly looked at the map from street view, going around until she saw the side of the school her twin had been watching.
"There! She's watching from the trees facing that side of the building. I just checked!"
"Okay!" Ty said, cracking his knuckles as he zoomed out. Pressing a fer keys, he zoomed in on the woods closest to the area that Lilly had pointed at, going into street view again, he shifted the area they were watching until…
"There, that's where she is. I'm sure of it." The three friends closed the browser, Ty taking a picture of the screen before leaving, careful not to alert the others. Once outside the room, Ty took the lead, the girls following after as they ran to the exit of the school.
"Hey guys, I know this probably isn't the best time to mention it, but I have a bad feeling about this." Mimi said.
"Yeah, but this is Lilith we're talking about. We don't have much of a choice but to go and get her." Lilly responded.
"Besides, If they're gonna do anything to her, we need to get there before it happens, not after." Ty added.
"Just a little further!" Lilly pointed out as they approached the area. The three races through the bushes, but Lilith wasn't there anymore.
"Where did she go." Mimi asked, panting.
"I don't know. She was right here, I know she was." Lilly answered. For a moment they sat there in silence. Lilly could feel a small tug in the back of her brain, and while it didn't concern her at first, it grew until she couldn't ignore it. Focusing in on the far less gentle tug, Lilly found that it was her sister trying to open the bond. Allowing her in once more, all she could feel from her sister was a deep pain in her head.
Lilly cried out as she fell on the ground, hissing as she tried to close her mind off to her sister, but it was all in vain. She was being forced here, and there was nothing that would solve that problem. It was slow, and blurry, but she watched as her sister opened her eyes to find John standing there, watching as she struggled.
"You both have gotten what you deserve now, isn't that right, Lilly?" He said, a knowing smirk on his face. It took a moment, but Lilly was able to force control of her sisters body for just long enough to speak.
"How dare you do this to us, to family." And then, the world went black, for not one, but both girls.