Disclaimer: see chapter 1
A/N: This takes place after the episode "Dollhouse"
Chapter 4: Justin's Plan
There was a knock on Alex Russo's door. When she looked up, it was Justin.
"What?" she asked with her annoyance at being disturbed from doing nothing apparent.
"Alex, I need the money."
"What money?"
"The money you owe me. The $400 I paid to buy you and the dollhouse back."
"Don't you remember? We agreed I didn't owe it to you."
"No, you agreed to that. You owe me the money."
She thought for a moment, then she shook her head. "Nope. Not gonna pay it back."
"Yes, you will. You do not get to win this one. No more free rides Alex. Not anymore."
"Give me one good reason." She was moving into full fight mode, and she was enjoying it.
"Because I need it to save Juliet."
And Justin took the fun out of the fight with one sentence. "How is the money going to help with Juliet?"
"It's all part of my new plan to save her."
"Did you have an old plan?"
"My old plan mostly involved asking for help from the Wizards council."
"Were you going to tell then she's a vampire?"
"I hadn't worked that part out yet. It doesn't matter. I have a new plan. Step One: Build monster detector 2.0."
"What?"
"A monster detector unit that can detect specific monsters anywhere in the world. Like where the Mummy and Juliet are. Part two: Figure out how to break the curse. Part three, go where they are, break the curse and save Juliet. Butr I ned the detector and for that I need the money."
"How am I going to get it?"
"I don't know. I also don't care that much either." With that, Justin walked away.
A part of him worried what she would come up with, but another part was working on how to build Monster Detector 2.0. That, however, was the easy part of the plan. The hard part was what he would be working on tonight. Researching how to break the curse.