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Chapter 8: Justin to the Rescue

The first thing Justin Russo did when he woke up, was to do push ups. As he went down and pushed himself up, the memories flooded back.

Juliet was alive.

Juliet didn't leave him.

Juliet was the Mummy's prisoner.

The Mummy's eyes were the key to undoing his curse.

He had to find them. The monster detectors were useless for this kind of a hunt. They were okay for detecting monsters in the area, but not for located a specific kind of monster. Plus the area he needed to search was too big. The are he needed to search was...well, the whole world.

So how was he going to do this.

Alex.

Justin stopped doing push ups and went into Alex's room.

"Alex," Justin said"I need the money."

Alex was still asleep .

"Alex, I need the money now."

But Alex was still asleep.

Just threw the sheets off her bed. "Alex" he yelled. "I need the money. Now"

Alex rolled over. Justin shook her.

"Wha..." Alex was awake, barely. She opened her eyes. "Ecch, what is it Justin?"

"I need the money."

"Wha? What are talking about?" Her brain was barely able to process whatever her older brother was saying.

"The money you owe me, from the doll house, I need it to save Juliet. Remember?"

"No, you said...you said I didn't owe you the money. I remember you telling me that specifically." She grabbed the sheets and pulled them back over her head. They felt comfortable around her, and she felt content. When all of a sudden, she realized Justin was talking about rescuing Juliet again. She flung the sheets off her. Justin was standing there. She sat up and pointed at him. "You want to rescue her? You want to rescue Juliet?"

"Of course I do."

"Because yesterday you didn't. Yesterday you didn't remember that she … You remember, right. You remember Juliet? And the Mummy? And Monsters?"

"Of course I do. How could I forget all of that?"

Alex leapt out of bed and hugged him. " I was right! I was right! I was right. My dream was real. Archer was real."

"Yeah, it was all real. But so's the Mummy's Curse. I need the money for the plan."

Alex let go of him. "Yeah, about that..."

"You don't have any of it, do you?"

"Sorry."

"I don't know what I was thinking. I'll have to think of something. I mean, it's not you can get that much with a snap of your fingers."

"That would be so cool. Wait, not with a snap of my fingers, but I can with a wave of my wand."

"No."

"Oh come on, there's got to be a spell for money."

"No Alex."

"Oh come, don't you want to save Juliet?"

"Not like that."

"But Justin ..."

"No" He said it with such force that he scared Alex. He paced back in forth in her room for a bit. Then he stopped. "Of course, why didn't I think of it before?"

"Think of what?"

But Justin pulled out his want and with a flick of his wrist and a few words he was gone.

"Ah, young love. So impetuous."

Alex turned around to see Archer sitting in a chair.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"You don't think I was going to miss the excitement, do you? I've been waiting for this for a while."

"What?"

"For someone to take on the UnderDark and win."

"But he's not. He's just going to rescue Juliet."

"Alex, Alex, think it through. If the UnderDark caused Justin to forget Juliet, what do you think is going to happen if your brother rescues her? Hmmm? Do you think there won't be repercussions? Do you think the UnderDark won't attack with all his force and fury? Freeing Juliet is just the first part. Go ahead, get some more rest. You'll need it when the UndeDark attacks."

"You have to do something. You have to help."

"I am doing something. I'm warning you. Just like I warned Justin and Juliet."

"What do you mean?"

"I showed Justin what could happen if he rescued her and he chose to rescue her. I showed Juliet, and she chose to remain a prisoner. What, I wonder, will you choose?"

"What do you mean, what will I choose?"

"To do. I mean will you run? Will you hide? Or will you help?"

"What will the UnderDark do?"

"Well, you can never be sure, but …."

"Yes?"

"It's called a Monster's Parade."

"He's going to throw a parade?"

"Oh, this isn't going to be any ordinary parade, Alex. The monsters will march right down the street and they will kill everything in their path. They won't stop until Justin and Juliet are dead."

Alex's eyes went wide. "No. You've got to stop it."

"Can't. Sorry, I'm not allowed act directly. But, I can warn you. Fighting monsters isn't the role I can play. That's only for heroes like Justin. And you."

She snorted. "I'm not a hero."

"That depends on your choice, now doesn't it?" And with that, Archer was gone, leaving Alex alone in her room to think.

Justin materialized in the basement of the Late Nite Bite, the restaurant Juliet's family operated. The basement also doubled as their bedroom. Justin new at this time of morning, Juliet's parents would be asleep. That was good, since what he needed was access to Juliet's coffin.

He had an epiphany in Alex's bedroom, he thought about tracking Juliet down all wrong. He was thinking of tracking her and the mummy using the monster detector, when it was actually much simpler. He just needed some things of hers and he could do a simple location spell to track her down.

But finding her was only part of the problem. Once he found her, he had to fight the Mummy. Then he had to get her back safely. Which is where her coffin came in. He looked around, and saw that her parents were sleeping peacefully. Good. He walked as silently as he could over to her coffin. He got inside and with a flick of his wand, he cast the transportation spell that landed him and the coffin in his room. Once his was in his room, he cast the location spell.

Transylvania. That's where they were. The monster capital of the world. Fine. It wouldn't be a problem. He just had to get a few supplies, and he would be ready. This was going to be a simple job.

"What are you doing?"

Justin turned around and saw Alex standing there. "Hey Alex. No time talk."

"Why is there a coffin in your room?"

"It's Juliet's. I need it."

"For what?"

"The rescue. I just need that and my monster hunter equipment."

"You mean the toy helicopters you're loading in there?"

" Toys? Toys? These are state of the art remote controlled model aircraft. With these I successfully caught a basilisk."

"Whatever. But Justin, you know what's going to happen next. I mean, once you save Juliet? What the UnderDark will do?"

"How do you know about the UnderDark?"

"Archer told me. Justin, do you know how much danger you're going to be in?"

"Not just me. All of us. I know. Don't worry. I've got it."

"What's your plan?"

"I don't know yet. I thought I'd vibe it."

"Vibe it? Vibe it? You don't vibe things. You plan things out."

"And I will. Right after I rescue Juliet."

Before she could stop him, he cast the transportation spell that sent him, the coffin, and his toy helicopters to save Juliet.