Chapter 14: Three to One

'I lost, and why was.' Alex froze in her thoughts when a sharp pain shot into her mind and then her face appeared in front of her and then disappeared. The pain left and then she could see again but she is moving but she isn't the one controlling her. She found herself crouched and then in the air and on top of Justin. 'No Justin.' Justin disappeared and reappeared a few feet away from her. "No need to be a poor sport Alex and besides, you know how I feel about this." She heard Justin say.

'I'm not being a poor sport; I just don't have control over my own body.' Alex pouted in her mind anyway. The next thing she knew, she had tackled Justin, or tried to again when they were transported away. After they were back, she found herself running off somewhere. Alex had been jumping from roof to roof and telephone pole to telephone pole for hours and finally she reached her target just outside the state of New York. 'Why am I here?' Alex thought as she continued to jump involuntarily toward an airport. When she got there, she went over to the next plane to Texas. 'Apparently I'm still working toward my goal even if I'm not in control.' Then it hit her. 'Without my magic, I have lost control of my own body. My zombie half is now who I am. That's why I attacked Justin and why Crumbs wanted me to win. I actually thought that he really wanted me to win.' Alex watched as her body made her way to the plane taking them to Texas.

Her body walked up to the cockpit doors, opened them and then walked. Then she heard her speak when she wasn't even trying to but that didn't freak her out anymore, her voice now is high pitched and almost demonic sounding, at least as much as a girl can sound anyway. "Hello pilot boy." Alex said getting a response from the pilot.

"No one is allowed back here miss." The pilot said calmly though a little annoyed.

Alex pointed her claws straight at the pilot's neck and smiled evilly. "Here is how it's going down pilot, you're going to take us all to Texas and as soon as we get there, I'm going to leave and you won't tell anyone about this. If you do, I'll have your head, am I understood?" The man nodded and told her to go take a seat. "Good boy."

Alex then left and as soon as her back was turned, the pilot pulled a gun out on her. "Freeze, Get off the plane or I'll shoot." The Pilot said not shaking but slightly scared of the woman. Alex just shook her head and continued on her way and so the pilot shot. The bullet hit Alex in her back and she just smiled and turned.

"Let me try this again, you will take me to Texas and I won't kill you and if you keep quiet, I won't kill you. I guess the word has spread about me. I really didn't think that I was seeable but hey, why else would they allow the pilot to carry a gun on board." Alex then turned and walked away.

Back in New York, Justin had been talking to Juliet since she was the last person to talk to Alex before this all happened. "Did she say anything about where she might have gone? Isn't it possible that her mindset could be the same in some areas of her mind?" Justin asked trying to figure this out.

"All that she really said was something about going to Texas and about a second guardian." Juliet said worried about her friend. "I guess that it's possible that she could be heading to Texas but, how would we even get there, I doubt that there are any airports available to take in New York." Juliet sat down trying to think.

"No but there are in other parts of the world I'm sure. So why not go somewhere else, like a state away. That's what Alex would have done right?" Justin suggested.

"That's our best bet right now, let's go." The two then went into the lair and took the IPP to the closest state to them.

In the wizard world, Crumbs walked into his office and Crumbs still sat there tied up. "Have fun impersonating me Evilini?" Crumbs asked.

Crumbs then turned back into Evilini and then she untied Crumbs. "You know very well Crumbs that we had to do this now." Evilini sat down next to Crumbs.

"Max Russo wasn't even ready yet. This was unfair to all of them." Crumbs glared at Evilini.

"If this didn't happen now, then Alex would have lost control before the full power could be released. If she had lost control before then, then Alex wouldn't have a chance to come back and all the Russo's would have lost their magic. However, I could care less about that but the fact that Alex has a grudge against me. She needs the full power in order to not have her come after me. I just hope that the kids can get the power to Alex before Alex decides to come after me. I'm sure that she still hates me for going after her brother's power, again. It's a long story so don't ask. It's been a good talk; I'll see you later Crumbs." Evilini then disappeared.

Somewhere in the world a small creature sat on a small cold throne. "Tank, I need you to take out the Russo chasing Alex. I can't allow them to give her the family power. I would much rather have to fight a careless Zombie then one that thinks things through clearly if it comes to that." The tank nodded and then made his way to Texas to intercept Justin and Juliet.

ON a plane to Texas, Juliet came up with a question. "Justin, why didn't we just go straight to Texas?" Justin thought about that and then shrugged.

"Why didn't we think of that before?" The two chuckled and then relaxed.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed and please review. Thanks for the reviews, I enjoy them. See if you can get the meaning of the title.