Professor VonDrake's Extraordinary Time-Contraption-Thingy
As with it's forerunner House of Twisted Toons most of the characters belong to Disney I am merely borrowing them for this story but I do own most of the second generation so some form of notice is required if you wish to use them… This story has links connecting it to both my Hades&Seph fics and Jafar's Disastrous Dates but is not directly related to them. Persephone, Thanatos and Eris all come from my Hades&Seph fics in the Hercules section and as usual those who've read them will have a bit of knowledge on those characters personalities..
This story goes out to everybody who was a part of H.o.T.T in reviews or just silently following the story on the side.. I may have wrote it but you guys made it.. it's been a long time planning but here it is peeps… the sequel. Enjoy.. X
Chapter Twelve: Pfft… Kids Today..
The lanky twelve year old with red hair and round violet eyes blinked self-consciously realising that he was the only kid left standing on stage now and the crowd were all gawping at him, clearly waiting for something. Hyllos groaned inwardly feeling his cheeks burn with embarrassment… trust Sinbad to make a scene and then ditch him.
Mickey Mouse blinked a few times still slightly blown away by the sudden appearance of all these kids but the infamous mouse shook his head roughly, shaking himself out of his stupor… the show must go on, he didn't need club owner Pete on his back.
'Alright folks..' He sounded with a wide smile to the audience as he dived in front of Hyllos. '-we, uh, seem to have over run our Surprise Celebrity Spotlight so we'll just have to save that for another time and move right on. So enjoy this next cartoon while we try to make sense of things here.' Mickey sounded signalling to Horace in the control room to roll the next cartoon.
As the cartoon started up Mickey hauled Hyllos off the stage and only let go once he was amongst his friends. Donald, Goofy, Minnie and Daisy were all gazing at him both curious and confused.
'Alright what is going on here?' Mickey sounded in both an irritated and anxious voice. Hyllos gave an uneasy roll of the shoulders, his father had always taught him that honesty was the best policy…
'Mr Mouse, sir-' Mickey Mouse blinked in amazement at being addressed so politely and formally by a pre-teen boy, who carried on undeterred by the stunned face the infamous mouse was pulling. '-I promise that there is a good explanation for this but I really must track down those villainous kids before they decided to cause some real trouble.'
'Oh please, call me Mickey, Mr Mouse was my fath-' Mickey suddenly stopped talking and blinked in shock as the second part of Hyllos' words hit him. 'What?~! Real trouble?' The infamous mouse looked at the twelve year old red-head with his mouth agape.
'Well they are the villainous children..' The son of Hercules sounded, as if stating the obvious. '-they're in a time where nobody knows who they are, this is a golden opportunity for them, you don't think they'd take advantage of that?' Hyllos blinked innocently through his bright violet eyes around the group.
'He's gotta point Mickey..' Minnie sounded with reluctant agreement.
'Yeh..' Goofy sounded in agreement. '-and the last thing we need is more villains, we have a hard enough time keeping track of the ones in here.' The infamous dog then chuckled. 'H'yuk, which reminds me, it's time to do another sweep of the floor.' he picked up his silver tray and headed off to go and check on the tables in the theatre.
'How are we going to handle these juvenile villains?' Daisy asked Mickey concerned.
'Hmmm..' The infamous mouse stroked his round chin thoughtfully. '-I'm not sure… we've never had to deal with villainous kids before.' Mickey wasn't sure if the usual rules to the good verses evil game applied when dealing with minors… after all, there was a line that would be drawn between what was right and what was considered child abuse. Mistreatment of children was not something that he, as an adult could condone or be associated with… it would be bad for the House of Mouse image.
'I can deal with them..' Hyllos sounded at this point. '-after all I am a he-' He was cut off at this point as the adults were not listening to him.
'What we need is a hero's child.' Minnie sounded eagerly, as if the answer had just popped into her head, this caused Hyllos to sigh irritably.
'Of course Minnie, you're a genius..' Mickey replied with a smile. '-a hero's child that knows these villain kids..'
'I know them!' Hyllos sounded touchily… Why did adults never listen?
'And just where are we supposed to get one of them, huh?' Donald carried on as if the son of Hercules had said nothing.
'I'm one of them!' Hyllos practically roared in a loud voice causing Donald, Mickey and both the girls to swivel around in surprise.
'You are?' Mickey sounded looking at Hyllos in amazement.
'I'm a hero-in-training and I do know how those kids operate, I've put up with Eris all my life and Sinbad really dislikes Alcezar. I just need to track him down and remind him that if he spends all night sulking then Alcezar has got one over him.' The four adults blinked at Hyllos confused.
'But your friend claims he's not a hero, he yelled it out for the whole club to hear.' Daisy sounded confused.
'Yeh, I know but that's just how Sinbad is… he's a notorious thief but a good guy, he will help me subdue Alcezar if he thinks the alchemist-in-training has something over him.' The four adults look confused so Hyllos adds casually. 'It's a pride-thing..'
'Oh..' Mickey and Donald both make noises of understanding, being guys who were also considered heroes they get it. Minnie and Daisy both continue to look confused before Daisy eventually shrugs.
'It must be a guy-ego thing..' She states to Minnie who narrows her eyes and nods in agreement.
'Do you need our help with anything?' Minnie asked Hyllos and the red-head mused on this for a moment before smiling at her.
'Actually, there is this one favour you could do for me.' He sounded lightly. 'You could keep an eye on Molly and Darcy for me, their only eight and I don't want anything to happen to them. The villainous kids might try to take them hostage or something, their parents would never forgive me if that happened..' Hyllos felt weird saying that to Molly and Darcy's future parents but it was true… in his time both Mickey and Donald were very protective of their daughters and would be very upset if anything happened to them.
'Well…' Mickey looked unsure for a moment but Minnie on the other hand beamed widely and cut over her.
'Daisy and I can watch them for you.' The female mouse sounded keenly causing her boyfriend to blink in shock while Daisy clapped her hands keenly.
'Oooh, this will be fun, I've always wanted kids..' She trilled joyfully.
'Ya have?' Donald sounded while kinking a brow at her bemused… he'd never considered having kids with her. His rambunctious nephews Heuy, Louie and Dewey had put him off having kids of his own.
'Yes. I have.' Daisy sounded firmly, scowling at her boyfriend before she and Minnie then left to go and find out where the two little girls had disappeared to.
'Aw boy..' Donald sounded uncomfortably as he pulled on the neck of his shirt.
'But what are you going to do in the meantime?' Mickey said ignoring his biggest friend's discomfort and drawing Hyllos' attention back to him.
'I told you, I need to track down Sinbad..' Hyllos called back before jumping off the stage and running out of the theatre exit. The audience merely watched the red-headed boy run off with a determined look set across his face. Once he'd disappeared curious whispering erupted amongst the various clicks. Mickey Mouse meanwhile sighed and gave a deep groan of irritation before turning to Donald and saying,
'Why don't kids ever explain themselves properly?'
'Meh, get used to it..' Donald rolled his eyes irritably and folded his arms tightly. '-I live with three nephews and they don't tell me squat..'
'Darcy…' Molly sounded knocking on the door of Donald's closet where the eight year old duckling had locked herself in and was refusing to come out. 'Darcy… you can't stay in there forever.'
'Just leave me alone..' The watery voice of the eight year old duckling sounded. Inside the closet little Darcy wiped her watery beak on the sleeve of her blue nautical dress.
'Please open the door Darcy..' Molly sounded in a gentle coaxing voice to her best friend.
'I just wanna go home..' The little duckling sobbed as she perched on one of the boxes in the closet, holding the broken remote in one hand.
'I know you do Darcy..' Molly sounded. '-and I do too but we can't figure out how if your hiding in a closet now, can we?' The eight year old mouse sighed heavily as she pressed her cheek up against the door, hearing another sob come from inside. She so desperately wanted to console her friend but Darcy wouldn't let her in to do it.
'Is everything ok?' A familiar female voice sounded from behind Molly and the little mouse turned around to find both her future mother and Darcy's mom standing looking concerned.
'Uh..' Molly sounded dimly, unsure what to say to her future mother before eventually finding her voice. '-no, Darcy's really upset cause Eris broke her uncle's remote and now she won't come out of the closet.' She gestured behind her to Donald's closet.
'Oh dear..' Minnie sounded sympathetically glancing at Daisy who smiled kindly to the eight year old mouse.
'Maybe we can help you coax her out..' The female duck added before walking up to the door and rapping softly on it. 'Hello..' She spoke in a gentle voice. '-it's Darcy isn't it?'
Inside the closet Darcy recognised the painfully soft tones of her mother's voice but since her mother duck clearly had no idea who she was these were hardly soothing words.
'Go away..' Darcy sounded in both an upset and stubborn tone.
'C'mon Little Duckie..' Daisy coxed her gently with a pet name her mother had once used on her. '-be a good girl and open the door..' There was a moments silence where both Minnie and Molly gazed at her in amazement, Minnie because she'd never seen her friend act so maternal before and Molly because she'd just uttered the special pet-name she and Donald saved for their soon-to-be only child, then the closet door clicked open and the handle turned.
'Wow Daisy..' Minnie sounded awestruck. '-you really do have a way with kids.'
'What can I say, I've spent a lot of time with my sisters ducklings..' Daisy sounded lightly as the closet door gingerly opened to reveal the petite little duckling dressed in a pretty blue nautical dress. She stood unsurely in the doorway and wiped a stray tear from her damp white face.
'Aww..' Daisy crooned softly. '-now there's a pretty face, and what a cute little dress..' The female duck smiled at Darcy's little sailor dress. '-y'know, dressed like that you could almost pass as a little girl version of my boyfriend Donald.' She sounded kindly and Darcy smiled slightly at the words of her future mother. Her smile then dropped slightly as her fingers tightened around the broken remote.
'You know what always puts a smile on my face?' Minnie sounded smiling at the two little girls. 'A big bowl of strawberry ice-cream.'
'Oh boy, strawberry ice-cream's my favourite..' Molly Mouse sounded cheerfully bouncing keenly on the spot.
'Really? Mine too..' Minnie beamed widely taking Molly's hand. '-whadda ya say we go see if there's any in the kitchen?'
'C'mon Darcy, maybe we can see about fixing your remote afterwards..' Daisy sounded placing a hand on the small of the duckling's back and walking beside her as the two mice led the way..
'Urh... AJ why did you have to drag us out to this god-forsaken wasteland?' Eris drawled as her lavender blue eyes scrutinised the sandy desserts and abandoned pyramids of Egypt. When they'd disappeared out in a navy puff of smoke she'd expected to appear outside Hecate's gloomy grotto in the Nether Regions near the Realms of Sleep… not some never-ending sandy beach in the middle of nowhere.
'Because..' Alcezar scowled studying the hieroglyphics of the pyramid they had appeared in front of. '-we need advice and this is the best place to get it.' Once he was satisfied that he'd translated it correctly the demi-god sorcerer smirked widely.
'Alright..' Alcezar sounded. '-according to this wall there are two ways inside..'
'So let's go already, I'm getting sand in my sandals.' Eris sounded irritably heading for the main entrance. Alcezar gripped her shoulder sharply and hauled her back.
'Hey!' Eris squawked affronted.
'That's not the way in, it's just a ruse..' Alcezar scowled. '-we need to go this way..' He gestured in the opposite direction.
'What makes you so sure..' Savannah sounded kinking a brow at him unsurely.
'I've visited this place many times, I know all the traps.' Alcezar replied smoothly then lead the way around the pyramid to another wall covered in more hieroglyphics. Eris narrowed her eyes unimpressed.
'Oh yeh. Nice job pita-brain..' She drawled placing her hands on her hips. '-I don't see no door..' Alcezar rolled his eyes at her words as Savannah looked at the rows of pictured-lettering curiously.
'What does this say?' She asked the demi-god sorcerer.
'It's a spell..' Alcezar sounded then began to read the rows of letters. 'If in your path you find a block… then draw a door-' Alcezar paused at this point and summoned a small piece of chalk out of a puff of navy smoke and drew a large rectangle on the side of the pyramid.
'Oh brother..' Eris tutted at this point.
'-and simply knock..' The demi-god sorcerer finished with a sly grin as the chalk vanished once more. He then knocked on this make-shift door and it slowly opened to reveal a long and dimly torch-lit hallway. He smirked widely at the two girls and kinked his brows. 'Ladies first..' Alcezar sounded in a courteous voice complete with small bow.
'Ooh..' Savannah sounded with a smirk of admiration. '-impressive.'
'Uh, yeh, to a fairy maybe..' Eris drawled in a bored tone pushing passed Savannah who frowned at her before following the goddess into the pyramid which promptly slammed shut behind the three of them. Alcezar swept one of the torches out of it's holder on the wall and moved to the front of the group.
'Alright, stick close ladies, it's very easy to get lost if you don't know where your going..' The demi-god sorcerer sounded keenly before he strode down the stony hallway. Both girls threw each other a distrustful look before following Alcezar some-what reluctantly down the hallway.
The three of them travelled down the hallway for what seemed like ages but in actual fact was probably more like ten minutes. Thanks to Alcezar's knowledge of the pyramid they managed to avoid all the deadly traps they encountered using a variety of their combined abilities. Then just as the three villainous children approached what must have been the main chamber of this gloomy pyramid there was a flash of purple and out of a deep plum shade of smoke a very tall, thin woman dressed in a dress of rich plum purple. Her long face was framed by a thick mane of black hair that was shaped like the hood of a cobra and the expression twisted on her face was one of annoyance and disgust. Her dark eyes narrowed at the sight of these three wayward children that had somehow managed to enter her home and escape her deadly traps unscathed.
'Well, well, well..' The sinister woman sounded in a low voice that oozed with displeasure. '-look what Anubis has dragged in tonight..' She swung all her weight on one hip, flicked her long black hair while still scrutinising the three teens in front of her shrewdly.
Ignoring her distrustful expression Alcezar stepped forward towards the woman that he knew very well indeed… almost as well as he knew his parents.
'Good evening Aunt Nasira..'
Little Notes:
Heya peeps… Ok, first off I know, I know… I haven't update in a few weeks. After two solid years of writing my stories I felt it was time to take a little hiatus from writing my stories as I was starting to feel a little drained and I felt my writing was beginning to suffer (there's probably some evidence of this at the start of this chapter because the chapter was half written before I took the break then finished afterwards). I apologise to my loyal fans if they have been a little worried about the lack of a regular update from me… I was really starting to loose the plot and needed to get my mind on something else for a little while. But my mental faculties are back on track and hopefully I can go back to my regular updates ;)
You'll just have to wait for Nasira's reaction for now…
As always, stay tuned…
~Ditzy x