Chapter 4
At 11:45, both altars had been completed. Mercedes smiled at the altar she had finished a few minutes ago. True, it wasn't as beautiful as Anubis' altar, but Mercedes was being heartfelt and sincere as she constructed her baby sister's altar. 'Now, all that's left is to turn on the radio and pass out the remaining candy skulls for everyone to eat,' she thought.
Taking the radio she and Mia had brought for the Day of the Dead festivities; Mercedes put the radio on a small table and pressed the on button. No sound came out of the radio. "Mia!" Mercedes yelled, "Did you change the batteries?"
"I put in new batteries this morning," Mia replied, "Why?"
"Because I can't turn this radio on," Mercedes frowned.
"Let me see it," Mia suggested.
After tinkering with the radio for five minutes, Dais, Cale, and Sekhmet walked in. "What are you two doing?" Cale asked.
"Trying to figure out why this radio I brought for the festivities isn't working," Mercedes answered.
"Does this "radio" run on technology?" Dais questioned.
Mercedes nodded.
Dais smiled as he shook his head, "This is the Nether Realm. In this realm, mortal technology doesn't work."
Mercedes looked like she was ready to kill the ex-Warlord of Illusion. "And how am I supposed to provide entertainment for the festivities?" She snapped.
"Don't you have a guitar you brought from home here?" Mia asked.
"That guitar is a old guitar that once belonged to my brother Pepe," Mercedes replied curtly. "Besides, I don't know how to play the guitar."
"Then I guess we're not going to have any music," Mia sighed.
"It looks that way," Sekhmet shook his head.
Looking at her watch, Mercedes noticed that it was 12:00. "I have to get the other Candy Skulls," the Spanish girl smiled, "I need an outside opinion of what my cooking tastes like."
As Mercedes went to the kitchen to get the remaining Candy Skulls, the three Seasons and Mia returned to the commons area where the five Ronins were waiting for them. "Mercedes seemed really upset that her "radio" didn't work," Cale sighed.
"She'll live," Mia smiled. "I know that when she's at home, her brother plays his guitar at the Day of the Dead festival."
"Well, I hope this…" Sekhmet began, until he heard a knock at the front door.
The whole room became silent. "I wonder if the dead can knock," Kento whispered.
"THAT'S NOT FUNNY KENTO!" Cye yelled.
"Chill," Rowen replied, "I'll get the door."
When Rowen got to the front door, he slowly opened the door only to find no one standing outside. Puzzled, he stepped out to look around. However, he did not see a Monarch Butterfly fly over his head and into the castle, passing everyone else in the commons area. The next thing everyone heard was the sound of a tray crashing onto the floor.
At 11:45, both altars had been completed. Mercedes smiled at the altar she had finished a few minutes ago. True, it wasn't as beautiful as Anubis' altar, but Mercedes was being heartfelt and sincere as she constructed her baby sister's altar. 'Now, all that's left is to turn on the radio and pass out the remaining candy skulls for everyone to eat,' she thought.
Taking the radio she and Mia had brought for the Day of the Dead festivities; Mercedes put the radio on a small table and pressed the on button. No sound came out of the radio. "Mia!" Mercedes yelled, "Did you change the batteries?"
"I put in new batteries this morning," Mia replied, "Why?"
"Because I can't turn this radio on," Mercedes frowned.
"Let me see it," Mia suggested.
After tinkering with the radio for five minutes, Dais, Cale, and Sekhmet walked in. "What are you two doing?" Cale asked.
"Trying to figure out why this radio I brought for the festivities isn't working," Mercedes answered.
"Does this "radio" run on technology?" Dais questioned.
Mercedes nodded.
Dais smiled as he shook his head, "This is the Nether Realm. In this realm, mortal technology doesn't work."
Mercedes looked like she was ready to kill the ex-Warlord of Illusion. "And how am I supposed to provide entertainment for the festivities?" She snapped.
"Don't you have a guitar you brought from home here?" Mia asked.
"That guitar is a old guitar that once belonged to my brother Pepe," Mercedes replied curtly. "Besides, I don't know how to play the guitar."
"Then I guess we're not going to have any music," Mia sighed.
"It looks that way," Sekhmet shook his head.
Looking at her watch, Mercedes noticed that it was 12:00. "I have to get the other Candy Skulls," the Spanish girl smiled, "I need an outside opinion of what my cooking tastes like."
As Mercedes went to the kitchen to get the remaining Candy Skulls, the three Seasons and Mia returned to the commons area where the five Ronins were waiting for them. "Mercedes seemed really upset that her "radio" didn't work," Cale sighed.
"She'll live," Mia smiled. "I know that when she's at home, her brother plays his guitar at the Day of the Dead festival."
"Well, I hope this…" Sekhmet began, until he heard a knock at the front door.
The whole room became silent. "I wonder if the dead can knock," Kento whispered.
"THAT'S NOT FUNNY KENTO!" Cye yelled.
"Chill," Rowen replied, "I'll get the door."
When Rowen got to the front door, he slowly opened the door only to find no one standing outside. Puzzled, he stepped out to look around. However, he did not see a Monarch Butterfly fly over his head and into the castle, passing everyone else in the commons area. The next thing everyone heard was the sound of a tray crashing onto the floor.
