"What do you want us to do now?" Ursula asked.
"Just let them sit and worry" the figure responded.
"But...they're not worried or scared or anything" Ursula insisted.
"Don't worry, they will be" the mirror on the wall said.
...
"Willa!" Philby whispered harshly from below the cage. "Willa!" he yelled a little louder. He still couldn't get her attention, so he scurried around, looking for something small to throw. Granted, it wasn't his smartest idea but he had a feeling he didn't have much time left. Philby found a tiny stone and hurled it up in the air and hit the bottom of the cage with a small *clink*, at last capturing the attention of someone, but it wasn't who he had been expecting, but Maybeck instead.
"'bout time you got here" was the only response Philby would've ever expected from him.
"Nice to see you too dork" he smiled, then realizing the obvious, "where's Willa?"
"She's up here with us."
"Us?" Philby said, "Charlene there too?"
"Course" Maybeck simply said.
"I'm coming up there" Philby said and quickly searched the stonewall that Charlene had used to climb all those years ago. He was impressed with himself how easy it was, considering he couldn't have climbed this when he was a teenager.
"Philby?!" he heard but he didn't dare look if he wanted to survive his climb.
"Hold on honey" he grunted as he managed to pull himself to the top and threw his body into the small cage opening.
"Philby! How did you find us?" Charlene asked as Willa was suffocating him into a hug.
He chuckled, "You won't believe where I've been today"
"I'll bet we can..." Maybeck grinned, winking at Charlene.
...
"Ok so we're here, what now?" Amanda asked Finn as they darted out of the Florida airport towards their car.
"The Magic Kingdom is our best bet as always don't you think?" he asked.
"I would think so. And after that?"
"The castle" Finn said seriously as they threw their bags in the trunk.
...
After slightly comparing stories, Philby turned his attention once more to Willa.
"So what exactly happened to you?" he asked.
"I don't really know," she said, "I just remember this random dark cloud appearing out of nowhere and then I felt like I was being transported."
"Strange, then what happened?"
"They took me to the tunnel that we discovered underneath school and put me up here. Their plan is to fight us somehow, just without Finn. I don't know why they haven't done anything yet though since we're all here now."
"They're not the smartest though sweetheart" Philby grinned sideways, "How's the baby?"
"We're both doing very well thank you" she smiled.
"So that person we were chasing..." Maybeck said, addressing Charlene, "that was Philby?"
"Must've been. I ran towards the castle and up that staircase, right beside where you all fell in the moat."
"Huh," Maybeck said, pondering their day.
"I still think we should've told Finn..." Charlene said.
"Well, I kinda did" Philby confessed, "I had him help me with the riddle to call all the...wait a second..." he finished in a whisper.
"What Philby?" Willa asked.
"The characters" he whispered again, but more to himself this time as he peered behind Maybeck to steal a glance at the OT's down below, who were nowhere to be found.
"You've got to be kidding me" he chuckled.
"I'd love to be informed, how bout you girls?" Maybeck teased, but seriously wanted to know what was going on as the girls nodded.
"Dude, you'll never guess what I just figured out" Philby said, hardly able to contain his excitement.
Guess what ya'll! It's about to get VERY exciting! I literally JUST came up with this conclusion...this is gonna be great!
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