Chapter 7: Demons and Witches, Oh My!
Morning light seeped in through the windows, Oswald let out a small groan as he stretched and slowly opened his eyes. 'Shouldn't Ed have gotten me up by now?' he thought to himself. Then he remembered, Jade, Timothy, Isabella, Ed. He put his hands on his face groaning. Oswald slowly got up, his feet touching something...grainy? He looked down to see small grains of salt around his bed and all around his room. Odd. Oswald walked out of his room, wincing from his bad leg. It had started hurting worse than it usually did. He had assumed it was due to stress. 'I wonder if Jade is up.' Oswald limped toward the teen's room, finding more salt down the hallway. He softly knocked at her door. Jade was still fast asleep. After her encounter with Edward Nygma she was more than a little freaked out. She had ran out of his room and dived into her bed, shaking. Jade had never dealt with a possession before. She always thought stuff like that happened only in horror films. Apparently not. Ed's words still haunted her mind, "watch for the full moon." he had whispered. Jade woke up to the sound of a knock at her door. She got up and opened the door to see a dishevled Oswald standing in her doorway. "Hey Os! How did you sleep?" Jade chirped, she had slept in a simple tee shirt and sweat pants and her hair was tousled from sleep. Oswald smiled slightly. "I slept okay. I guess. Uh what's the plan today?" he asked. Jade smiled warmly and replied, "We're going to the library. We need to find out what kind of creature Isabella is, then we need to meet up at S.T.A.R Labs. But first, we need disguises. Isabella's a librarian, right?" Oswald nodded nervously, scratching the back of his neck. Jade noticed and playfully hit his shoulder softly. "Relax Os. Ed needs you to be your sassy badass self right now." she said making Oswald smile. "I know. I hope somehow he knows we're coming for him. That I'm coming to get him back." he said. Jade smiled, she wasn't going to tell him what Ed told her last night. If Oswald knew about it, it would worsen his stress. He clearly didn't need that.
Just then, Timothy hurried toward them, huge goofy grin on his face. "Jade! Barry told me someone's coming to help us!" Jade and Oswald stood looking at him in surprise. Oswald had no idea who this Barry was. Was he another super powered friend of their's he should know about? Jade however squealed smiling widely. "EEE! Who? Another super hero or villain?" she asked excitedly. Timothy smirked and said, "A super hero. I think you know her. She can fly, heat vision, ice breath, super strength. You know, the usual." Jade squealed even louder, Oswald covered his ears, having no idea what these kids were talking about. What were they talking about? Another girl with super powers? Heat vision? Super strength? Ice breath? He didn't know anyone with those abilities! She'd have to be some kind of Super Human. Oswald uncovered his ears and looked at them, confused. "Whose Barry? And what about this other super uh, hero?" He asked. Jade smiled brightly at him and said, "Uh, lets just say Barry is good friends with the Flash. And this new super hero is a new member of the Squad. You'll like her, she's awesome! I'm not telling you though, it's a surprise!" Oswald sighed and crossed his arms, that sassy look on his face. "Alright, but uh, no one is awesomer than me. Apparently." He said giving her a knowing smirk. He may have overheard her squealing about how awesome he was. He had to admit, it did give him a boost. His smirk grew wider as Jade's eyes widened and said, "Well played, dude." Oswald laughed at the expression on the kid's face and Timothy chuckled. "I didn't think I had fans. It feels good though." Oswald smiled to himself, knowing how Ed had been his number one fan, and now it seemed like he had a couple more on his side. He wondered if there were others on his side too. Were they rooting for him right now? Were they squealing and screaming like Jade had been just now? Surely Jade and Timothy weren't the only ones on his side. Jade broke the silence and said, "Os, you're going to need a disguise. No suit for you today." Oswald looked a bit shocked but nodded. Did he have any casual wear? He didn't know. Jade and Timothy led him to his room and sat him down. Jade quickly went to his closet and started rummaging through all the fancy suits, groaning in frustration. Seriously, did this guy at least own one pair of jeans? Like, really! Finally, Jade sighed in relief as she found a pair of designer jeans that were almost pitch black. She grabbed them from the hanger and tossed them to Oswald, who caught them in surprise. "I had no idea i even had these." he muttered looking at them. Jade continued to rifle through the clothes and finally smirked, finding a black skull tee shirt and a dark jacket. She tossed those to Oswald who still looked surprised. He didn't know his own wardrobe anymore! Jade couldn't find any shoes that would go with his outfit though so she hurried to her room and started rummaging through her own shoes. Good thing she had done a transportation spell the other night. Finally, she found a pair of converse that she hoped would fit him. Grabbing some socks and a hairbrush, she hurried back to Oswald and Timothy who were chatting, only stopping when they saw Jade come in, carrying some converse sneakers and a hairbrush. "See if these fit Os. Like i said we're going undercover. Like James Bond!" Oswald took the clothes and went to the bathroom to change thinking, 'Who's James Bond?'. Finally, he came out, wearing the outfit, looking slightly uncomfortable. 'Calm down. You're doing this for Ed remember?' he told himself as Jade examined him, pressing on the sneakers he was wearing. "Not too tight?" she asked. "No. They feel fine." he replied. Jade clapped smiling. "Great! Next step! Your hair. We're going to need it less spiky. And maybe some foundation to cover your freckles. And sunglasses." she explained matter of factly.
Oswald now sat in Jade's room, Timothy was off to the side, looking for some some sunglasses while Jade was rummaging through her duffel bag. Oswald started fidgeting with his fingers nervously. He was completely out of his comfort zone. Finally, Jade came up to him, makeup bag in one hand and hair dye? No! "Okay Os. Let's do this." she said. Oswald's eyes widened as he shook his head while laughing nervously. "Uh, you're not about to dye my hair are you?" he said biting his lip. Jade sighed and said, "Undercover means no one can know who you are. That means we have to cover up your appearance. That make sense?" Oswald crossed his arms, not too happy about the situation. "My hair is fine the way it is. No one would notice me." Oswald grumped. Jade groaned and put her hands on Oswald's shoulders and in a no nonsense voice said, "Oswald, you want your boyfriend back right?" Oswald looked down his cheeks bright red, and said in a low voice, "Yes." Jade smirked and said, "Then you're going to sit here, stay still and let me do this. Understand?" Oswald nodded, looking like a child who had just been scolded for stealing a cookie. Jade thought it was absolutely adorable and held back a squeal.
With that, Jade went to work, tweezing at Oswald's unsightly eyebrows. The first pull of the tweezers made Oswald yelp. "Ow!" He whined. Jade rolled her eyes playfully and said, "Don't be such a baby Os! You're going to look even more adorable when I'm done." Jade didn't exactly have the best experience with makeup but she did know the basics. Once his eyebrows looked nice and neat, she moved on to his hair and started brushing his messy hair. Every now and again, Oswald would whine and complain to which Jade would just giggle. Jade then took out the hair dye which was supposed to be a dirty blond color. It was temporary and all Oswald would have to do is wash it off in the shower. He still hated it.
*A few minutes later.*
Jade was now wearing her disguise which was a long sleeved grey shirt with purple stripes on it, denim blue jeans, and some black boots. She stood at the foot of the stairs, her hands in a 'ta da' fashion. "Without further ado, I give you the new and improved, Oswald Cobblepot!" Jade said as Timothy started clapping as they heard Oswald start to come down stairs. When he reached the two, he crossed his arms, annoyed. His hair was now a dirty blond, and a bit floppy, his freckles now completely invisible, and he had on some black sunglasses. He almost looked like a regular college student. If not for his noticeable limp. Jade smiled and squealed happily. "OMG! You look so freaking cute!" Oswald just pouted childishly, arms crossed over his chest. "I'm not supposed to be cute, I'm supposed to be ruthless." Jade just rolled her eyes still giggling. "I'm so putting this on Facebook!" Oswald paled and cried, "Don't even think about it!" Jade ignored him and quickly stood next to him, arm around his shoulder, her cellphone out and about to take a selfie. Jade pressed her cheek against his so they could get in the picture and said, "Say cheese Ossie!" And quickly snapped the picture, breaking away from him and looked at the picture, instantly squealing. "Aww! So cute!" She squealed, Oswald looked over her shoulder at the picture as a small smile crossed his lips. She was right, it was cute. But then had bigger things to do. With that, the trio left the mansion.
Oswald sat in the backseat of the limo, sandwiched between Jade and Timothy. He fiddled with his hands sighing. He was still very scared. He couldn't stop worrying about Ed. Would he be okay? Would he be able to save him? Could he really be a hero, just this once? For the man he loves? Oswald shut his eyes trying not to cry, he felt Jade's warm hand squeeze his and Timothy patting his shoulder. When they reached the library, Jade, Oswald and Timothy got out of the limo and walked up the steps and went inside the building. Jade had them split up so they could find what they were looking for faster. Jade walked around the bookshelves, looking for anything that stood out. There had to be a spell book somewhere around here! Jade sighed, feeling hopeless until out of the corner of her eye, she saw Isabella sneak out of a restricted area in the library. She assumed it was for old books and stuff.
Curious, she sneaked toward it, and went inside just as Isabella shut the door, not even noticing her. Jade inwardly groaned as she noticed there were absolutely no lights on. Jade felt for a switch and finally cut the switch on, the entire room now bathed in a eerie glow. Jade looked around, finding old candles littering the floor. Jade walked further into the room, hearing something drip. Odd. Jade looked down and paling, she noticed a trail of blood and slowly followed it fearfully. The dripping sounds got closer as followed the trail. Suddenly, she gasped. "Holy shit! Butch!" She said. Butch lay on his back, two bloody puncture wounds on his neck, and another wound on his side. Jade noticed a book laying by him and looked closer to find it was the book she was looking for! It was the spell book that could help them defeat Isabella. The Book Of Light. Jade slowly reached for it only to scream as Butch grabbed her wrist and muttered something unintelligible. "Shit! Let go!" She cried. Jade closed her eyes and suddenly, the crazed Butch was flung back from her, snarling like a animal. Jade backed up in fear. "The ancient one is coming for you, little girl! You can't escape!" He said in a dark voice, like he was in a trance.
Jade quickly ran out of the room as Butch started chasing her. "OSWALD! TIMMY!" She screamed. Suddenly, books started flying off the shelves, the entire library beginning to shake and in the midst of this, Isabella stood on a table arms raised as she continued to chant. Oswald and Timothy hurried to Jade's side and Oswald gasped in horror at the now demonic Isabella. "Oh my god." Oswald whispered, fearful. "You should not have come here. You fools can't defeat me! I shall take over this world!" Isabella glanced at Oswald, cackling madly, "You must be so sad now that your beloved Eddie is gone! You'll never see him again!" She said mocking him. Oswald glared at Isabella, anger and hatred burning in his eyes. "You can't have him! Let him go!" Oswald yelled. Isabella laughed maliciously. "You're pathetic Penguin! You and you're little friends can't stop me! Eddie's mine now and there's nothing you can do about it!" She snarled. "Butch, kill them." Isabella commanded and a zombified Butch walked toward them as Isabella made her escape. The trio backed up fearfully as Butch stumbled toward them, growling and snarling. "Any ideas?" Timothy asked. "Uh, I don't know!" Oswald cried. "Ah shit!" Jade said. They closed their eyes just as a loud crash was heard and Butch let out a pained yelp as a blur of red and blue kicked his ass. Oswald opened his eyes and saw a blond haired woman, wearing a red cape, blue shirt with a red diamond wit a yellow background and a huge, red letter 'S' in the middle. "Hey guys! What's up?" She said. Oswald's jaw dropped. Whoa! Was this the super hero Jade was talking about? This just got even more interesting.
SUPER GIRL WITH THE SQUAD! Whoop whoop! Bet you weren't expecting that! XD