WHOOOO! I'm updating again, in um…3 days! Wow…I'm gunna suck on my Math Final…oh poo! But still, I should do better than I would have done month before…BEWARE HYPERBOLES! Heh. Yeah, so anyways this is chapter…20! Longest chapter EVER!
They had finally managed to revive Jack, only to have him be knocked out again, but after about ten minutes, he woke on his own, rubbing his head and wondering what two of his three arch-rivals were doing in his own apartment.
"Taking you to our father-NO! We need your help…to take down Plasmius and his final plot." Helen sighed, thinking over the formalities of the DNA she possessed, "But c'mon…don't you want to help out your poor old Auntie Helen?"
"Aunt!" Jack's eyes were wide as saucers now.
"And your Uncle Hugh," the other boy grinned maliciously, "What? Didn't you know that we're related?"
"Bu-! Wha-!" Jack leaned forwards and put his head on his knees, "If that's true, my family's lineage could be a soap opera!"
Annie shifted uncomfortably in her seat, remembering the times she had thought the same thing while watching her favorite TV show. "Are we telling him the plan?"
"Of course," Hugh growled, "That was the whole point of coming here, wasn't it?"
"I guess."
"Okay…so here it is! It all starts when…"
Thirty minutes later Jack stared in disbelief at the other three, "You've got to be kidding me…it'll never work!"
"Maybe," Helen sighed, "But we still have to try. If Dad's doing what I think he's doing, then we're screwed…big time."
Jack sighed, "And we're related…wow…when I tell dad he'll-"
"NI! NON! NO! We're not going to tell your father just like we're not going to tell our father. Both of them are too deep in their own selfish pride to help!" Annie laughed at her own statement, then peered even closer at Jack's shirt, black with silver Japanese lettering on it. "What does that say? Your shirt?"
The others stared at it. "Dunno," Jack muttered, "I just thought it looked cool."
"Then it might amuse you to know…it means 'Delicious Mountain'."
"Sidetracking is not good!" Helen snorted, "Even if it's funny, we only have until-"
(Skip ahead about a month or two…)
"November fourteenth…" Celeste Fenton sighed into her pillow; Halloween would be in a couple hours, and it seemed that her dad had completely forgotten about the DALV meeting in Seattle. She groaned, "They always forget everything I tell them!"
The phone rang, and the teen picked up the portable receiver in her room. "Hello?"
"Celeste! You're coming out tonight, right? Trick-or-treating?"
"Yeah Jeanne, I've got a great 'Inviso-Bill' costume that Mom made for me."
"Wicked! I'll see you tonight! Ciao."
Celeste turned off the phone and set it down, "Thirteen days…"
The Dairy Mansion was bustling seeing as there were few remaining days until the meeting where all would be revealed. Vlad was watching over the progress with the smirk of an evil genius, which he was, and muttering about his plots that would soon be taking place.
"And then…when they're all terrified and quaking, I'll-!"
"Mr. Masters?" A doubtful looking Annie DuVale suddenly phased through the wall of his study, "The tickets to Seattle are all arranged, and the gear has been shipped to the hotel room."
"Very good."
"Mr. Masters?"
"Yes Annie?" Vlad's voice sounded tired, even…old?
"You wouldn't possibly mind telling me what's going to happen?"
"No Annie," He stood and she could have sworn that something in his bones creaked, "You ask me every day, and I always say the same thing!" he clapped her on the back, "All will soon be clear! I should hope you figure it out before the final day though. Now leave me in peace, that's all an old halfa like me could ever ask for…"
With a sympathetic sigh, Annie phased back out of the room where Hugh was waiting, tapping his foot nervously, "Anything yet?"
"No…but he seems sad…" She sighed again, "Maybe you should talk to him! He is your father after all."
Hugh's face softened for a moment, his eyes glazed over for a second, and then the neutral face turned into a scowl, "I've had too many bad experiences, it'll take an apology from him to-"
At that exact moment, Vlad burst out of his office in giddy joy, pulling both Annie and Hugh into a tight, choking embrace. "Oh joy!" He released them to gasp for breath, "I have just gotten some splendid news! Oh Annie, you're a great assistant and Hugh, such a great son! What more could a multi-billionaire ask for!" He trotted off, a bounce in his step and humming a song.
"What the hell just happened?" Hugh muttered, one eyebrow twitching.
"Dunno, but it's three o'clock, time to practice!" Annie dropped through the floor below and then took off flying, making her way through the gigantic house and to the large gymnasium, where a small group of halfas had already gathered, Ian was among them, and Reynolds and Kenny, and there were still more that Annie didn't know too well, like Greg and Kona.
Ian stepped up, "Okay people, today we're going to be learning the half-whip. It's a relatively difficult move, but doesn't take a lot of energy. You shoot part of a plasma bolt," a blast extended from his wrist, "Grab it," now he held the blast of light like a saber, and then-" he brought his arm up fluidly and then quickly down with a snap.
The eight halfas spread out trying the move, Reynolds was having trouble holding onto the beam, of course, he had never really been able to do Ecto-sabers either. Kenny was already making two whips and snapping them quickly when they both exploded, and a sticky, purple liquid showered the class, immobilizing all parts with a gentle numbing.
"Ugh…Kenny!" Kona muttered with a yawn, the sticky stuff was putting her to sleep.
"Not my fault…you guys…" the one at fault hadn't escaped the goo at all, he looked like a butterfly that hadn't gotten out of its chrysalis yet. "Not…my…" he fell into sleep, and as if it was a cue, the others dropped to the ground, already caught up in their dreams.
Wow…yeah, so anyways, I'm trying to write like this is a Manga now, and one of my ears is screwy and I've got eoc's and the Karaoke party date has changed, and I NEED TO SELL TICKETS! AHHHH! Eyah, plz review