Exiting the journal, Alex and Justin found themselves in the Russo wizard lair. Justin took a moment to wander around.

For the first time in a year, the young wizard was free. He could go anywhere he wanted, do anything- with the exception of the fact that he was bleeding to death. Alex had a spell on her to keep him alive while she was around. If they were seperated, he would die, a good reason for him to stick close.

He found their father's chair, and sat in it, smiling, "I remember this place..."

Alex was having mixed feelings. Justin was... well, he was evil. A monster that had killed dozens, and raped his own sister for years. Now he had a conscience again. She blamed herself. Maybe none of this would have happened if she had not been so irresponsible as a teenager.

What had she done?

"Do you remember when we used to be wizards?"

Alex nodded. This was the worst part of freeing him. (Then again, what was not the worst part? The waiting, the agreeing to be his slave one day a month, or the fact that her daughter was still missing?) The old Justin, the sweet, considerate one, was still in there. He was just buried under a mountain of psypathic idiosyncracies.

After a few moments at Memory Lane, he started moving again, "Come on, I need to contact the monster world. It won't be easy..."

She nodded and followed. Going out into the street, the siblings took the first breath of fresh air in far too long.

"I need a virgin."

Alex quirked an eyebrow. Her brother turned a little pink, explaining, "The most powerful tool in the monster world is virgin heart. I just need to get a fresh one."

Alex rolled her eyes, "Like I know one. Come on, I've been haging out with strippers and hookers. Where the FUCK do you think I'd find a fucking virgin?!"

His eyebrow quirked up, "Really? What a mouth on you."

She growled out an answer, "Whatever."

Justin ignored her, pushing past her and into the busy sidewalk. Dozens of people (read as; rude New Yorkers that were too incosiderate to go around) kept bumping into him. Alex watched him for a moment. It was like he was praying...

Finally, a pretty young girl bumped him.

"Sorry."

His eyes flashed open, "Not yet you're not..."

A.N. Dun dun duuuuun! What do you think is going to happen?!