A/N: Sorry for the late update, this took me a while to write and I was busy with exams this week. Good news is now I'm finished for the semester so I'll have more time to write!
BEFORE READING CHAPTER: The beginning will have a short lemon.
"talking/stressing"
"thinking/stressing"
"spell/casting spell"
"casting spells mentally"
Chapter 10: Why Wasn't Love Enough?
At Wiz Tech Justin and Alex were in their room sleeping in the bed together. They were still unclothed and holding each other under the covers. Justin had his arms enclosed around Alex's back and Alex had her arms encircled around Justin's waist, both subconsciously pulling the other closer. Justin was the first to open his eyes. When he saw Alex was still asleep he placed a small kiss on her cheek.
"Justin," she muttered happily in her sleep.
He smiled at her saying his name. Since he didn't want to wake her he tried to slowly remove himself from her. However when he tried to remove her hands from his waist, Alex strengthened her hold signaling that she didn't want him to leave. She was still asleep but now she wore a frown on her face and moved herself closer to Justin. He sighed at this, knowing that Alex would not let him go. Though deep down he was happy to know how much she wanted him near her and that if the positions were switched he would be doing the same thing.
"Ok let's see, I have two options. One wake her up or two find a clever way out of her hold. Well since I don't want to wake her I'll go for number two. Now how can I get out of this without waking her up," pondered Justin.
A few seconds past until Justin gained an "I got it" look on his face.
"To prevent me from waking my lover, let me swiftly get out of the cover," he recited before a blue light appeared as Justin disappeared from the bed and reappeared next to the bed on Alex's side standing. He smiled when the spell worked but then a frown took its place.
"Is it me or did that spell feel kind of weak. But that doesn't make any sense, when we were torching Crumbs my magic was stronger than this. Could it be some kind of side effect from the transition from good to evil? If it is will Alex feel weakness in her magic too? I guess I'll just have to ask her to try her powers when she wakes up. And if that is the case we better do some research on this later, but for now I should get ready," contemplated Justin before he went to the private bathroom in the room.
Since he was already undressed he simply set the right temperature for the water and got in the shower. He was enjoying the warm water hitting his skin, but then he felt something being pressed against his back. He looked behind him to see Alex leaning on his back with her chest pressed against him.
"I see sleeping beauty's finally up," humored Justin with a smirk on his face.
"Well, when I didn't feel my prince next to me anymore I had to," humored back Alex.
"So I'm guessing my princess wants to shower with her prince then?" Justin asked her raising a brow.
"Yes as a matter of fact I would, so long as we're having fun doing it," Alex replied in a seductive voice as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I think we can manage that," responded Justin, turning around to give her a passionate kiss on her lips.
When the kiss ended Justin leaned her against the wall of the shower and started nibbling and sucking on her neck. While he was doing this Alex wrapped her legs around Justin's waist causing his hands to grab her legs so she would stay in place. Justin left her neck and went lower ending up at the space between her breasts. He brought his tongue out to lick the area and occasionally going to the breasts themselves which made noises come out of her. Alex responded by moving her body closer to Justin using her arms and legs that were wrapped around him as a balance. This however caused Justin to moan because of how she was also pressing herself closer to his manhood. The way they were positioned Justin knew he could go in her again and started doing just that. When Alex felt what he was doing she rocked herself to keep in rhythm with him. They kept doing this until they both climaxed in the other.
"Justin/Alex!" they both screamed as the wonderful sensations were filling them.
They were trying to catch their breath from their little interaction though they did not leave their positions.
"Justin, please stay in a little longer. I want…need you in me, please!" begged Alex as her legs were trying to close more around his waist to keep him in.
"Alex…we have to stop now… before it gets too late," Justin uttered trying his best to gain back his state of mind.
"Please Justin!" pleaded Alex as she started rocking herself again hoping to convince him to continue.
Justin knew what she was trying to do; the problem was that it was working as his resolve was slowly being torn down by her movements.
"Al…ex…we have…to stop," Justin told her in a sluggish and strained voice.
Alex sensed that she was close to getting Justin to give in so she started moving faster as her lips meant his for a lustful kiss. Her tongue practically shoved its way into his mouth demanding a response from him and she got one as his tongue hungrily greeted hers. Excitement wash over Alex when she felt Justin's tongue battling hers knowing that he finally gave in to her. She could also feel his hands sliding up her legs as they made their way to grab her back end firmly. This made Alex gasp in pleasure allowing Justin to win the tongue war and gain access to explore the caverns of her mouth. After a while they had to break apart for some much needed air.
"You really are a bad girl, aren't you?" asked Justin giving her a mischievous smirk.
"What can I say, you know us bad girls." Alex started as she kissed him deeply on the lips.
After this kiss ended she gave him the same playful smirk and whispered in his ear, "We always get what we want."
Justin still had a smirk on his face as he moved closer to her ear and whispered, "Maybe, but the bad boys decide how to do it."
Justin and Alex had missed their first two classes that morning and had to do some makeup work for them, other than that everything else went smoothly. Justin decided that on their free study period they should go to the library to see if they could find any useful information, especially since they discovered that her magic had weakened too. So Justin and Alex, looking like their usual selves again, were currently in the Wiz Tech library trying to find some information about the tetherball of evil.
"Ok, I have two questions. One why do we have to look like this again and two why are we doing research on our study period?" asked Alex in a bored tone.
Justin knew a lot of ways he could respond to her questions, practically the last one but decided to go for the basic answer approach instead.
"To answer your first question, we need to keep up appearances so no one will know we're evil now. If someone saw our new looks they could get suspicious," answered Justin.
He paused for a moment still trying to fight against the sarcastic remark he wanted to make about her second question.
"Now to answer your second question, we need to know more about the tetherball to help shed some light on why are powers are now weak and possible other side effects it could have."
"Fine, I guess I have no choice but to help you do research on the ball," Alex replied as she started looking on the shelves.
After several minutes of searching they finally found what they were looking for, an encyclopedia of evil objects and items. So they found a secluded spot in the library to look over the book.
"Who knew there were so many evil things that existed?" questioned Alex skimming through the pages with Justin.
"You're right there's defiantly a lot in here. Let's hope what we need to know is a part of it," answered Justin.
After skimming a few more pages, they found an entry about the Tower of Evil that took up three-fourths of the page.
"Let's see, according to this the tower was built in the late 1300s by dark sorcerers during a war between good and evil wizards. The tower was used as a lookout post to observer the land from a distance. Having the tower gave the evil sorcerers an advantage over their enemies, since they could spot them before any move was made against them. The good wizards realized they had to destroy the tower if they wanted to gain the upper hand, so they came up with a plan to destroy the tower. However there was a spy in their ranks and their plan was revealed to the evil wizards. So they decided to form a plan of their own to protect the tower and turn the tide of the war at the same time. When the planed attack on the tower happened, the evil wizards managed to capture some of the good wizards and bring them to the top of the tower. Reaching the top of the tower was a pendulum that was added in the center and the hostages were being placed near it. The captors started the pendulum and forced it to hit the captives as it swung in their direction, after more hits occurred the pendulum turned a very dark green color and stopped at the center. It shot beams of light at the prisoners until they had become allies. As the fighting progressed more good wizards were turned and losing the battle as the numbers of dark wizards grew. All hope seemed lost for them until one good wizard was able to use her love for her turned husband to bring him back, showing that true love was the only way to break the dark spell," Justin paused from reading to take a side glance at Alex who was obviously contemplating what she heard as well.
Justin turned his attention back to the book and continued reading.
"Even though this clearly could not work for all the wizards, the evil wizards did not want to take any chances in losing the battle so they made an addition to the spell they placed on the pendulum and told the ones who were turned to be struck by it again. Once that was done the turned wizards felt more dark power coursing through them and started killing even more. The new turned wizards killed many good wizards decreasing the numbers even more. But when they killed this time the dark spell intensified using to magic from the dead wizard to boost its strength, making the spell powerful enough to last on the wizard forever. The addition to the spell worked perfectly for the evil wizards, not only would good wizards become evil, but now they would have to kill their previous comrades in order to stay that way. It didn't' take long for the good wizards to notice this and realized the only way to counteract this would be to get to the turned wizards before they killed a good wizard. The war turned into a battle between love and death, but love could not win this war as more good wizards were either turned or killed. The last good wizard was a female who lost her life by the hands of her turned lover. The day she died was the day the war ended with the evil wizards as the victors and her previous lover killed himself freeing him from the dark spell and allowing him to be with his love in the next life," finished Justin quietly.
They sat in silence after he finished reading the story, both contemplating on what they learned.
"Well now we know the tetherball was the pendulum that had the dark spell on it," Justin stated.
"It also explains why Evilene wanted us to kill Crumbs so fast," replied Alex.
They both knew they were stalling from the real thing that was in their minds, but knew they would have to talk about it eventually. So Justin decided to do it.
"Somehow we're still under the spell, though we already admitted we love each other."
"Then maybe we don't love each other as much as we thought then," Alex spoke very softly, though Justin did hear her.
"I don't believe for a minute that that's the reason Alex and there's no way you should either!" yelled Justin as he grabbed her shoulders to force her to look at him.
"Then why didn't our love break the spell?!" shouted Alex looking at him angrily but desperately.
After that outburst they became silent, both not sure how to handle this situation. Justin could see that Alex was still upset so he brought her close to him embracing her tightly. She started to calm down and leaned more into his embrace. They stayed like that for a while until they felt more comfortable about bringing the subject up again.
"Just because we're still under the spell's influence doesn't mean we don't truly love each other," Justin replied in a more confident tone.
"But if true love breaks the spell then shouldn't we be good again or something," responded Alex sounding more like her old self again.
Justin had a thoughtful look on his face obviously trying to figure out the answer to that question for himself.
"I not completely sure why, but my best guess is that it's because we're both evil. I mean from what we read it seemed like one of them had to still be good in order to reverse the spell, but since that's not the case with us…" Justin started having a look of realization on his face.
Alex got the same look when she figured out what he was going to say, so she finished it for him.
"It would have other side effects like our powers weakening!"
"Or why it was so hard for us to go to class this morning," joked Justin with a playful grin.
"So just to make sure I got this. Love breaks the spell but only if one is still good. But since we're both evil out love can't reverse it completely," restated Alex.
"That should be it,"
"So how does that make our magic weak, or why we were more "you know what" this morning?"Alex questioned.
"I think it's because our love and the spell are battling in us, so we're kind of unstable because of it," answered Justin.
"Ok so how do we become stable then, because I don't want us to wind up getting caught in class making out or something? That would be really embarrassing," commented Alex.
Justin chucked slightly from Alex's comment glad to see that she was talking like herself again.
"I think that we have to make a choice of whether we want to remain evil or be good again. That's how it usually works anyway," answered Justin.
"Strange, I thought it would be clear which side we wanted to be on when we tore off Crumbs' arm," she replied in an innocent but mocking voice.
"I'll agree with you there but I think we still have to kill him first."
"Or…another unfortunate good wizard that happens to cross our path," Alex said with a sly smile on her face.
"I'm sure that could work out for us as well, though we would have to be very crafty about how we do it."
Alex then gave him a "do you remember who you're talking to" look. Justin just gave her a slight smile in response, but then he looked at the clock on the wall.
"We should be going now, our next class is in fifteen minutes," said Justin.
Alex just nodded in agreement before they were making their way out the library, though before they left Alex had one more question that she needed an answer to.
"Justin if we remain evil permanently, do you think we would still…be in love with each other?"
This caused him to cease his walking and turn to face Alex giving her a stern look.
"I know we will, because no matter how strong the magic is it could never take away my feelings for you," he stated seriously.
"You do remember that magic is how we got together in the first place right?" reminded Alex with a skeptical look on her face.
This made Justin sigh and take a deep breath to prepare himself for what he was about to say.
"Alex I'm not going to lie to you and say that I had romantic feelings for you before drinking the potion. All I saw you as was my troublemaking sister who I would always have to clean up after. The sister that seemed to always get what she wanted and who found her way out of getting in trouble. And that made me become agitated and annoyed with you, a lot! If fact there were times were you would just completely drive me crazy and…" replied Justin.
"Are you going somewhere with this, because this isn't exactly making me feel better about our situation," interrupted Alex.
Justin rolled his eyes and retorted.
"If someone would let me finish speaking first, then maybe that same someone would get it."
"Just continue already," she told Justin.
He took another breath and continued.
"What I was trying to say was despite all of those things, I made it my job to bail you out of trouble when I didn't have to. I did my best in both school and magic because I wanted to be a good role model for you, not just because I wanted to it. If you needed help with something that you couldn't handle on your own, I made sure I was there when you needed me. Of course I have to comment on some of the things I have to get you out of, being the oldest and everything. But the thing is, is that I'll always be your older brother and magic has no part in that. So if you can't be sure about anything else, at least know that I'll always care for you. That's the one thing that hasn't changed and never will."
After he finished his speech Alex hugged him.
"Did you really do all that for me?"
"Yes and I'll continue to do it for you, with or without magic involvement."
"I know I haven't told you this, but I'm very lucky to have you in my life and I wouldn't trade you for anything" stated Alex.
"I wouldn't trade you for anything either Alex; you're the one that matters to me the most," Justin replied squeezing her gently.
"Ok, I think that's enough mushy stuff for now," announced Alex as she stopped hugging Justin.
"Agreed, but I did answer your question right?" asked Justin.
"Um, not really," responded Alex.
"So you didn't understand everything I just said."
"No I understood it; you just didn't answer the question."
"Well if you were really listing to me, you would have gotten your answer."
"The only thing I got from that was that you would still love me as a brother, nothing about you still loving me as a lover. That's all you said to me."
"Alright since I clearly have to simplify if for you, I would still love you as a brother and a lover. Magic may have started us, but it won't break us because I care for you way too much to let that happen. There satisfied."
"Yes I am…thank you."
"You're welcome, now come on if we don't leave we'll be late for our next class," announced Justin as they left the library.
After Justin and Alex finished their regular classes, Evilene told them to meet her in her office. They arrived at her office and were immediately asked to come in. Her office looked relatively normal, with some magical items as well. She had shelves full of spell books and normal reading books. She had other shelves with several magical items displayed on them, and various certificates and degrees handing up on the walls as well as more magical objects. Her desk has the standard wooden desk that most professors use in their office, though the only things that were on it were folders, most likely records, and numerous papers in big chunks of piles. One thing that they definitely noticed was that there were no personal items in the office, like pictures, keepsakes, or trinkets to symbolize something personal about her.
"Now that you both are here it's time to start your next lesson," announced Evilene making her way to the wall with a handcrafted dream catcher hanging on it.
"Before we start professor, we need to ask you some questions," spoke Justin.
"Very well, but let's discus it in my lair where we will be able to discuss them more freely," commented Evilene.
"You have a lair?" Alex asked surprised.
"Of course, mostly every wizard has one. A lair is important to a wizard. It's like your own private place that you create and control so you can feel comfortable with using your magic in it."
"So if we wanted to we could make our own lair?" questioned Justin.
"Yes, though it takes a lot of magic to do it since your conjuring and personalizing a whole new place. Now I'll show you mine and that will be where your lessons with me will take place."
Evilene waved her hand over the dream catcher which caused it to glow a black color and expand its size till it was big enough for people to go through it. The entire middle of the enlarged dream catcher now looked like a space colored portal. She told Justin and Alex to follow her as they all walked into the portal. When they walked out the portal Justin and Alex had amazement and wonder on their faces as they looked around Evilene's lair.
"Wow, this place is huge!" exclaimed Justin.
"I know this beats ours by a long shot!" replied Alex.
The lair looked like a long and complicated maze, with different passageways and corridors leading in several directions. From what they could see each passageway had doors on the walls which meant something had to be behind them. The enterer wasn't bad either, the floors were carpeted in black; the walls were painted dark blue with a light touch of black mixed in reminding you of the color of the ocean. Each of the doors was made differently and had various colors, but somehow blended in perfectly with the rest of the place. What really surprised them was the ceiling that made it look like they were looking in outer space. It was true instead of the normal ceiling there was stars, a blackened sky, and some small planets that weren't even from the known solar system.
"I see you both like it," Evilene stated watching their reactions.
"How could we not, this place is awesome!" shouted Alex.
"Definitely, I can't wait to start learning in this place!"Justin said excitingly.
"That's good to hear because you two will be spending a lot of time in here. With that being the case I will be showing you around so you won't get lost. You can also ask me the questions you wanted during the tour, to save time. So let's start with the corridor to the far right," announced Evilene.
So far they had toured about seven passages which according to Evilene were the important ones for them to know first. What they found out was that the doors lead to another room or was another portal.
"So you really made all this yourself?" asked Alex.
"Yes, though I had to build it piece by piece. Like I said before it takes a lot of magic to create your own lair so sometimes it takes a while to finish one," Evilene explained.
"How long did it take you to finish this lair?" Justin asked.
"An entire year, of course the time would vary depending on how strong the wizard is."
Justin and Alex were taking in all this information and we ready to ask their questions.
"Can we ask about the tetherball of evil?" questioned Alex.
"Yes, what is it you want to know."
"Well we did look up some information and found out about the tower of evil and the war that took place from it, and that true love is supposed to break the spell while killing a good wizard will make it permanent," Alex started.
"And since we already said that we love each other, I think we're unbalanced because of the spell and our love conflicting in us, so we need to know if that's the case and if killing a good wizard will fix the problem," finished Justin.
"I did expect a problem like that happening for your situation which is why I wanted you to kill right away. But you are right; finally killing a good wizard would fix the problem," replied Evilene.
"So once we do that we should be stable again," commented Justin.
"Exactly, the spell would become strong enough to gain full control. But don't worry; your love will be safe"
"Actually we're not worried about that," said Alex with a smile on her face looking at Justin.
"Yeah, we kind of talked about it earlier. We know we'll always love each other," Justin stated, returning the smile to Alex.
"Without a doubt," confirmed Alex as she gave Justin an assured look.
Justin was happy when he heard this because he knew now that Alex believed in their love again. He decided to hug her, showing her how much what she said meant to him. Alex quickly responded and hugged him back, both enjoying their lover's embrace. While they were enjoying their hug they failed to notice the dark red light and dark green light surround them, though this time the red light was shown more that the green light. However Evilene did notice this and realized she had to act fast before their love completely removed the spell.
"I was afraid this would happen when that fool escaped. Because of that their love has been given time to work on fighting the spell. I was fortunate that they both were under the spell or they would've become good again instantly. I'll just have to teach them more on killing and give them a new target, which I was going to do anyway. And as soon as that first murder is committed, their love won't be able to break the spell and will summit completely to it," thought Evilene with a dark smile growing bigger on her face each second.
The siblings by now had finished their hug and were staring at her strangely.
Alex moved closer to Justin and asked in a quiet voice, "Do you think that's normal for her?"
"Probably, considering being evil and all," Justin whispered back.
"You don't think we'll be like that do you?" asked Alex quietly as they both looked back at Evilene.
"I really hope not," answered Justin softly but seriously.
"Ditto," whispered Alex agreeing with him wholeheartedly.
"Did you two say something?" asked Evilene just getting out of her thoughts.
"No," both replied plastering smiles on their faces.
She gave them a suspicious look but let it slide for now.
"It's time to start your next lesson, combat training. I'll teach you several styles of fighting and weaponry use."
"You mean you're going to teach us how to beat up people, sweet!" exclaimed Alex with an eager look on her face.
"Yes, I'll finally be able to kick someone's ass!" shouted Justin, which caused both females to look at him in shock.
When Justin noticed the looks he was getting he laughed nervously avoiding eye contact.
"So um…are we going to start now or what?" asked Justin nervously.
They both had a vague grin on their faces from Justin's reaction.
"We'll start now since both of you are very eager to get started, so follow me," commanded Evilene making her way towards a dungeon type door.
This door leaded them into a huge training room. It had resilient wood-like flooring, the walls were painted black, the ceiling was a normal one also colored black, several weapons were hanging on a side of the wall, and a few 4'x 6' glassless mirrors were plastered on the wall across from the weapons. Other than that the room was bare and spacious, though there was one problem which Alex quickly pointed out.
"It's so dark in here, I can hardly see anything."
"It's supposed to be that way because that's how you will be training, in the dark," explained Evilene.
"Wait, so we're going to learn how to fight like this?" questioned Justin.
"Precisely, you see that's the challenge. To learn while you're at a disadvantage and turn it into an advantage, so are you both up to the challenge," Evilene answered.
"I'm in, after all nothing's more fun than a challenge," replied Alex with the tone she usually uses when she's scheming.
"Me too, I always enjoy tackling a hard problem." Justin confirmed wearing an excited look on his face.
"Good, now I'll teach you some basic fighting moves and we'll work on perfecting them until it becomes natural to you. Later you will pick a weapon of your choice and learn how to wield it properly. Do you both understand?" asked Evilene.
She received nods as verification that they understood what she said.
"Now first thing first, a change of clothing is in order. Or in your case clothing and appearance," she stated looking at them still having their old forms.
"Oh, I guess we forgot that we still looked like this," said Justin
"Of course that can be easily fixed," commented Alex before snapping her fingers.
This caused a purple light to cover her completely for a second leaving her in her new form. Justin did the same thing, but instead of the purple light it was blue leaving him in his new form too.
"Now for the new outfit, to prepare me for learning combat, give me an athletic and sexy outfit," Alex recited making the purple light cover her again.
After the spell was finished Alex was wearing tight black jeans, a dark purple strapless midriff with a black leather jacket that's length stopped at her midsection, and black boots with a small heal. For Alex the outfit was perfect. It wasn't as tight as it looked and it showed off her curves and the midriff not only held her breasts in place but left a little part of them uncovered.
"Guess it's my turn now. I need an outfit to fight in, so give me one that's sporty and good looking," recited Justin having the blue light cover him again as well.
Justin was now wearing black jeans, a dark blue muscle tee under a black leather jacket that stopped at a little below his waist, and black boots. His outfit was a comfortable fit as well and showed off his muscles perfectly.
After a few moments of them looking at their new clothes and admiring the other's outfit, Evilene started the lesson. Alex and Justin had been spending two hours practicing the moves Evilene showed them. Justin was having some trouble doing it at first, not being that athletic in the first place, but with Alex's and Evilene's help he was getting better at it. Alex was doing well, quickly getting the moves down pact.
The hardest part for both of them was the weapons training. Justin decided to choose the sword as his weapon and Alex chose twin daggers for hers. They were being taught how to wield and use them, which was complicated for them to get exactly right in the dark. The weapon training lasted three hours, leaving them with a fair enough skill in combat and their weapons. Of course they knew they wouldn't be perfect in one day, but they still had a good start. All of them were back in Evilene's office and Justin and Alex in their old appearances.
"I believe that's enough for today. You both did a good job today, though I suggest you both continue to practice what you learned," complimented Evilene.
"We will," stated Justin.
"Yeah, this is one thing that I don't mind practicing," Alex responded.
"I also suggest you both participate in the wiz ball school tournament coming up. It would be good athletic and magical practice for you both. I will of course be your coach if you agree to it," assured Evilene.
"If does sound like fun and a good chance to kick Justin's butt," uttered Alex.
"As if, you're the one who's going to get their butt kicked," retorted Justin.
"Ha, yeah right. I'm totally going to win," Alex retorted back.
"The only way you would win was if I wasn't playing, but since I am; get ready to lose."
"I believe I should be saying that to you."
"I'll take your arguing as a yes to the tournament so I'll see you both for practice tomorrow," announced Evilene which ceased the siblings' squabble.
When they calmed down from their quarrel they reassured that they will participate in the tournament and said their farewells making their way out of the office.
"Oh, and one more thing before you go," commented Evilene which caused Justin and Alex to stop and look at her.
She walked up to them and handed them a folded sheet of paper that she told them to open. They opened the paper and realization dawned on their faces.
"I believe you know what to do with that," proclaimed Evilene seriously.
Both Justin and Alex gained serous and reassuring expressions on their faces.
"We do and we will," declared Justin firmly.
"Good, I suggest you handle that as soon as possible and let me know when you're done," said Evilene still in a stern voice.
"We'll take care of this as soon as we can, and inform you about it," responded Justin professionally.
"Meaning we should get some food and sleep if we want to do this right. So we better be going now, see you tomorrow," Alex firmly stated before grabbing Justin's hand as they made their way out of the office.
Back at the Russo home; Jerry and Theresa were in the living room taking care of an injured Professor Crumbs. After Jerry had gotten over his shock he had quickly brought Crumbs to the couch and called Theresa down stairs right away. When she saw the reason her husband called her she swiftly went to get the emergency first aid kit. Of course all she could do with that was use something to wrap up the place where his missing arm was to stop the bleeding and two splints to help keep his broken arm in place. It had been an hour now and Crumbs was still unconscious, which left Jerry and Theresa with worried and troubled thoughts not knowing what happened.
"Jerry, who do you think could have done something like this?" asked Theresa worried.
"No doubt the work of an evil wizard, only they would be strong enough to hurt him like this," answered Jerry.
"What are we going to do, if that's the case Alex and Justin could be in serious trouble? If some evil wizard could do this to someone like him how can they defend their selves if they run into the same wizard?" Theresa questioned starting to become more frantic.
Jerry had been thinking on the lines of the same thing and was troubled as well, especially since Crumbs told him they were in trouble before he passes out. He didn't tell his wife that part so she wouldn't worry herself even more.
"Honey calm down, I know you're worried but that's not going to help them right now," replied Jerry holding her shoulders firmly to help calm her down.
"I know you're right, it's just they're our babies and I don't want anything bad to happen to them," cried Theresa.
"I feel that way too Theresa, which is why I'm going to Wiz Tech tomorrow to make sure their safe and if necessary bring them back home."
"Then you better get ready now, I'll watch over Professor Crumbs."
"Thanks honey,"
"Please bring them back safely."
"I will."
"Dad, I want to go to with you," stated Max coming down the steps.
"Max it's not polite to eavesdrop on people's conversation," his mother told him.
"And you're not going with me, it could be dangerous," commented Jerry.
"But that's why I want to go; I can't stand and do nothing when my brother and sister could be in trouble!"
"Max you're not going," commanded Theresa.
"You don't understand I have to go, I know they need me!" argued Max seriously.
This had thrown his parents off seeing Max this serious, however they still told him he couldn't come. Then Max did something that really surprised them.
"Fine, I won't go with you," he responded simply with an expressionless face, making his way back up the steps.
Jerry and Theresa looked at each other and with an affirmative nod from Theresa; Jerry made his way up the stairs to talk to Max.
Max wasn't happy at all about his parents answer. He wasn't lying when he said that his siblings needed him. He had been feeling something since yesterday that was telling him they were in trouble and hoped that wasn't the case. But when he overheard his parents' conversation he knew he had to find a way to help them and he still planned to do just that. Max went in his room and locked the door. He looked around the room until he found a duffle bag and started putting cloths and essentials in it. He finished packing and had the duffle bag on his shoulder.
"Ok, I think that's everything I need. Now time to save Alex and Justin," announced Max.
He then heard a knock on his door and quickly hid the duffle bag before opening the door.
"Max we need to talk," commanded Jerry as he entered the room.
"Dad I already know what you're going to say," replied Max.
"Max it's not that I wouldn't like you to come. It's just Alex and Justin could be in trouble and bringing you along could put you in danger too."
"Or bringing me could get them out of trouble."
"But it's too risky to chance that Max we don't want you winding up getting hurt when you don't have to."
"Knowing my siblings are in trouble and not being able to do something about it does hurt me."
Jerry sighed and bent down so he could look at Max directly. He put his hands on Max's shoulders and gave him a strict look.
"The best thing you can do for them is to stay here and keep yourself out of danger."
Max responded to that with the same expressionless face he had earlier.
"I already said I wouldn't go with you."
"Max I know you're upset, but this is for the best," Jerry told him slowly before he went exited the room.
As soon as his father left he locked the door and got the duffle bag from its hiding place.
"You're wrong Dad, me being there for them when they need me is for the best. Wiz Tech is where I want to be, so take me there near my siblings," recited Max before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
It was around one in the morning as Justin and Alex were walking softly in the halls of Wiz Tech. Most people were asleep by now, but a few were up which is why Justin and Alex reverted to their old appearance. They had the paper Evilene gave them and were looking at it to make sure they remembered the right information as they were walking. After a while they finally reached their destination. They used their magic to sneak in the room quietly and make sure no one else was in the room. When they were sure it was safe they changed into their new forms wearing their new outfits. They saw exactly what they wanted only a few feet ahead of them and knew they would have no problem completing their task. They moved closer without making any sound and summoned their weapons. They both looked at each other for a moment silently telling the other this needed to be done. In one swift move they had finished the task and where now using their magic to burn away any evidence of them being there. Once they were sure all the evidence was taken care of they changed into their regular selves again and left the room the same way they come in.
They made their way back to their room and received an unexpected surprise.
"Max?!" both yelled in shock.
A/N: Hope the length and content of the chapter made up for the late update! Until next time!