"NO!" Reid stated, "Absolutely not!"
"Come on! It's gonna work! She said she liked them anyway!" JJ pleaded.
"Actually, JJ's got a point," Ivona said helpfully, "maybe if we do this it'll bring her here."
"But she'll still be under the Black Witch's influence if we do." Orbus injected, "Do we want to risk that? Not even I can handle her. The black magics to infused within her."
"But isn't it worth a try?" JJ asked. Ivona nodded while Reid swung his head from side to side furiously. Orbus stared at the ground considering.
"I would like to see her again. But as a normal girl. Not that thing that eats other's souls on the Witch's command." Orbus said angrily, Ivona just went pale and looked away guiltily. This did not go unnoticed by Reid. Or JJ. Or the rest of the team who was sitting there listening to one side of the conversation.
"So yes or no? We need everyone's participation." JJ asked finally.
"Yes." Ivona said quickly.
"No." Reid demanded.
They both stared at Orbus who looked from the psycic to the spirit guiltily. "Uhh..."
"What's going on?" Garcia finally demanded. "If your making important decisions-"
"We are." Orbus interrupted, happy to turn the focus somewhere else for a few more moments.
"That's not fair!" Garcia cried indignantly, "You said everyones participation. Do you really think we'll just go along with whatever it is your doing?"
"Yes." Orbus goaded, hoping to start a small fight so he could think for a few more minutes. everyone, including Ivona Reid and JJ stared murderous daggers at him. He grinned sheepiishly, "I mean-"
"What he means is that on Reid and JJ's way here, they ran across the last fragment of Lyssa's sane soul. The part of her that still acted like a little girl. Apparantly for a while she thought Reid was Orbus but she soon recognized he wasnt. She then sent herself in their place of a birthda party so they could escape."
"That doesn't sound so bad." Prentiss mused.
"The other guests were you guys, and you wore sailor suits and pink fluffy dresses and all the girls were missing their two front teeth."
"That's horrible!" Prentiss cried.
Ivona paused, "JJ says you looked really pretty Em."
Prentiss shot the wall opposite of where JJ was standing a dirty look, "Ha ha very funny."
"Anyway, before they left she told them she liked those kinds of parties. JJ thinks if we put one on maybe we'll get her to come."
The team was silent, finally Garcia spoke.
"But they have birthday parties all the time, and half the time people dress up and plus why would she? where a bunch of humans who she necer met." JJ blushed dark red, she really hadn't thought through all the plot holes in this plan.
"A bunch of humans, and three spirits inhabiting a stolen body and the inhabiting spirit happens to be Orbus. Add me, a psycic who can make contact with the spirit world. She'll notice, and when she sees who's there, she'll come."
the team was silent.
"As long as I dont see a version of me that likes dressing like that and acts as dippy as Im infering, fine." Prentiss said.
Garcia snorted and it was decided, they'd do it.
Malifeciis sat in her cell alone, enjoying what she was seeing.
And what she was about to do...
"Uggh!" Prentiss cried when she walked out of Ivona's bathroom, wearing a poofy pink dress that went down to her knees. It was covered in frills and lace. It looked like something you'd dress a two year old in for a portrait to send to their grandparents.
To make matters worse she'd been forced to add lace gloves, a pink satin head band, and black mary janes accompanied by the traditional white lace socks to the outfit.
Garcia walked out of the back room wearing the same thing. She grinned, "I look so pretty!"
Ivona rushed over to both of them, wearing a long black shapeless dress and more amulets and necklaces with weird symbols than usual.
"Why do get to dress cool?" Prentiss fumed.
"Because Im the one contacting the little ghost. And its my seance." Ivona led them to the front room, where her shop was at. The curtains had been drawn and the CLOSED sign hung on every window facing the street.
All the guys sat around a long table close to the ground, sitting on black and red cushions. They all wore sailor suits, but these fit them. With long white pants and shirts. Unlike the ones Reid and JJ had been forced to look at while trying to find a way out of their prison.
Morgan and Hotch grumbled, Rossi was trying not to look at them or any reflective surface.
"This had better work." Morgan growled.
"It should." Orbus shrugged, the only one not wearing a sailor suit. He was trying very hard not to laugh at the FBI agents.
"What are you laughing at, Circus Boy?" Rossi snarled. It was true, Orbus had everything donned that he did the night they met him a few weeks ago. He had the white mask with the spade and teardrop mask sitting on his knee. His black cane lay resting behind him.
"You, Skippy. Or would it be Sailor Jack*?" Orbus sneered.
Rossi decided to stew silently.
Reid and JJ laughed from the corner, as they couldn't change clothes, and JJ wished she could, she wanted to wear something comfortable like Reid in his T-shirt and pajama bottoms. Instead they were standing by the corner, waiting to see if Lyssa truly would appear.
"Hello boys," Ivona said walking in and sitting at the head of the table. The rest of the girls sat inbetween the guys, "welcome to your first seance. Before we begin please note the entrances and exits in case something should go supernaturally wrong. Also note not to speak until were sure Lyssa is with us. At all. I'll let you know. Who knows who we could invite if my concentration begins slipping. And the most important thing: do not, under any circumstances, take candy from strangers."
The group stared.
Ivona turned to Prentiss, "Bad Timing?"
"Yeah." Prentiss nodded.
"Okay, well, sorry guys." Ivona breathed deeply, "Okay, here we go." Ivona breathed deep and closed her eyes, placing her hands on her head and begining to hum.
*Skipper Jack is the name of the kid on the Cracker Jack box. He's dressed like a sailor so I thought it would be the perfect snarky remark :)