Seeing Fury Leika walk in with Lizzie was a shock to Billy who scrambled to get into uniform before she saw him in his normal clothes. Luckily, Moist kept her busy by fan-guying over her and Billy was able to walk out in his Dr. Horrible disguise. Lucy was up and helping Lizzie put away groceries while Fury Leika and her bridesmaids met Billy's eyes and nodded towards the chairs, attitude very cold to him. He was a man, of course she hated him, but it was odd to Lizzie whom knew her as a friendly villain based off of their first encounter and no knowledge of her history. Billy offered Fury a seat at the kitchen table and gave a nervous smile, "Fury, what are you doing here?"
"Keeping guard on the prisoners, which you let out in broad daylight." The bride snarled before her maids vanished and she took a seat. "I'm also here to give a message from Bad Horse."
"What does he want?" Dr. Horrible asked.
"It isn't for you, it's for the girls." The girls in the kitchen looked up at the mention of them and Fury smiled. "He wants to offer you a spot in the League..In exchange for a few things of course. "
Lizzie glanced at Lucy before holding up a clawed finger. Fury nodded and Lizzie led Lucy to the side. They whispered quietly for a few minutes before Lizzie broke into a broad grin and gave her friend a hug. Billy watched in confusion as Lizzie walked over to the table and joined them. "What 'things' does he require?" Billy didn't like the sly smile on her sharp face, it turned his stomach into knots.
"Your friend there needs to develop another quantity of Amazeranium."
"Easy enough. Anything else?"
Fury gave a disgusted look as if the words she spoke were burning her tongue, "We also need you to get close to Colonel J.E.F and find out as much as you can about the Heroes League. "
That stopped Lizzie short, making her lean back in thought. Lucy agreed with her that the best way to accomplish their plans was to chummy up with the villains but was she willing to do this? Surely there was another way...But the more she was thinking it through, the more she realized this would get her closer to the man who mutated her, close enough to kill him when she pleases. This would also give Lucy access to labs to run tests on them both, not to mention the costumes! Only one downside kept her hesitating. Dr. Horrible. She wasn't sure why she was dwelling on him, he's a villain and he wouldn't care if she was too, so why? Billy was watching her think and chew on her bottom lip when she suddenly looked up at his face and saw the dread in his eyes. Realization hit her hard, causing her to take a sharp breath.
She liked Billy! That's why she was worried about pretending to be Colonel's girlfriend! That also explained the giddy feeling he caused her. Oh, this was bad, very bad. Lizzie shook her head when she realized everyone was staring at her and put on a smug look, "We accept. When do we get to pick out our names?"
Fury laughed, "When you get to League Headquarters. We'll leave in a few minutes if that's alright with you."
"Yupp," Lizzie hopped up and Lucy and her began rounding up the clothes she had bought today.
Billy watched in silence as Moist helped. What was this burning feeling? That was a stupid question, he knew what it was, he was jealous and angry. Why would Bad Horse have her do this? Why did she say yes? He thought she hated him as much as he did. Now he had to watch as his girl flirted with a selfish jerk. His jealous morphed into hate as he began visualizing her and Colonel Jackwagon together. If she wanted to do this, fine, he wouldn't stand in her way. When they were all ready to go, Dr. Horrible followed behind the group as they piled into a nondescript van, Lizzie sitting next to him. She gave him a small smile that he returned with a hateful glare.
Lizzie knew they weren't on the best of terms but the glare shocked her. What had she done wrong? Her smile turned into a despiteful hiss and she turned her attention to Lucy, questioning her on her new ability to move around despite being blind. Apparently, Lucy had developed something similar to a bat's hearing over night. Billy rolled his eyes, her actions only flaming his resolve to hate her, and began chatting up an excited Moist who was visiting the League for the first time. The headquarters was actually an abandoned warehouse the seemed completely uninhabitable on the outside but once the group walked through the doors, it was a large and well-lit structure with sanitary white walls and floors, as many hallways as a maze, and cameras lit in corners, watching everyone's move.
Fury led them all down the maze to an unmarked door which led to a board room filled with the League's major villains, as well as Bad Horse himself. She didn't allow anyone in and instead said to the members, "They've agreed, I'm going to take them to the costume department."
Bad Horse neighed in approval and Fury once again led them through the halls. Lizzie caught up with her brisk walk and asked, "So who were they?"
"The League members? Well, there's Tie-Die, she hates happiness, Dead Bowie, a creep, Fake Thomas Jefferson, again a creep, myself and my bridesmaids, Dr. Horrible, and then there's Professor Normal, again a creep. It's nice to have a few more girls on the team." Fury smiled at Lizzie.
"I bet. But that's only seven. I thought there was eight."
"Snake Bite was our eighth member but she was killed by White Wing a few months ago." Fury opened a door and let them all into a large room filled with rack upon rack of clothing. "Have you thought about names?"
"Nope," Lizzie popped the 'p' before examining a rack of sparkly dresses. "Lucy?"
"Well, Moist suggested that I just be your henchwoman...I never really liked the limelight anyway." Lucy smiled at her friend.
"Oh, alright. I'm returning your smile, Lucy." Lizzie went back to clothes while Fury examined her. "What?"
"Those scales, there Alizarin Red. A very pretty color."
Billy glared spitefully and leaned against a wall as Lizzie grinned, "That's perfect, Fury! Alizarin Crimson. How's it sound?"
"It has a nice ring to it, actually." Moist commented.
Lizzie sent him a wink that had Billy seeing red before she took something off the rack and went into the changing room. When she came out, she was dressed in a white summer dress with a sweetheart neckline and a red bow around her waist. Her hair was braided back, giving everyone a good look at the scales glittering on her shoulder and neck. If it wasn't for the obvious mutations, she could have passed for an innocent goody-too-shoes. Fury gave her an odd look, "Is that your costume?"
"Don't be silly, this is for the Colonel." Lizzie answered with a vicious grin.
"Well, if you're wanting to get such a jump on this, go speak with Bad Horse. Can you find your way?"
"Yupp, leave it to me." She sauntered out and for a brief moment, Moist, Lucy, and Billy were all jealous of her amount of confidence.
