"Philby, as much as I' glad you've discovered something new," Willa said sweetly, "mind sharing it with the rest of us?"
"The characters!" he said, way to excited, "the good characters that Wayne told me to call."
"Yes, I remember that part of the story, but as you can see, there's no characters here to help" she replied, not seeing why he still wore a goofy grin on his face.
"Willa, think back to prom" he said.
"I'd rather not" Willa insisted.
"No please, do this for me, you too Charlene, Maybeck" Philby pressed on, "remember how you two were saved? From the trap door?"
"Of course" Charlene said, not seeing his point either.
"Remember right before that? Maybeck, you were with me," Philby said.
"Wait," Maybeck said as that night was starting to come back to him, "You're not saying...the morgue place...are you?"
With those words, Philby's grin grew even more
...
"Almost there Amanda, don't worry" Finn said as he sped through the Walt Disney World gate.
"You do know that's never comforting right?" Amanda said, narrowing her eyes so as to give him a sarcastic look, which he returned only to make her burst into laughter.
"It's good to hear you laugh again" he sighed.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, I know we haven't been gone long but it seemed like forever since I'd heard you laugh, for real that is."
Amanda felt saddened by this because of the look on his face when he'd said those things.
"I promise, that I'll lighten up a little in these kinds of situations. I can understand how hard it is for you since you're our leader, or used to be that is."
"OH, I'm not anymore?!" Finn said, jokingly making it sound like a big deal, causing Amanda to giggle uncontrollably now.
They had a good and relaxing ten minutes as they made they approached the Magic Kingdom gate.
"Good feeling's gone" Amanda sighed.
"Still have a little adventure in ya babe?" Finn grinned.
"What do you mean" she raised an eyebrow, not liking the look on her husband's face. It was the same look he often got before he would get in trouble in his teenage years.
"You'll see" he reached over and squeezed her hand as he went around the back way, going towards the entrance that not even the company knew about.
…..
"The morgue? What morgue? I'm confused" Willa said.
"Don't you remember me talking about it? Where we found Mr. Smee?" Philby asked, starting to become impatient but keeping his cool nonetheless.
"Ah yes, I do remember this now. So what point are you trying to make again?"
"I swear, pregnant woman have the worst memory" Maybeck groaned, causing Philby to raise eyebrows and Willa to giggle quietly, "here's the deal Sherlock, your dear husband is trying to explain to you that that's where the good characters are currently, and that we didn't free them on prom night, we found Wayne's secret weapon" he breathed heavily. "That is what you're saying yes?"
"Yes" Philby shook his head trying to wrap around what Maybeck had just said, "does everyone understand now?"
A round of nods passed through the small group as Philby sighed with relief.
...
"Finn, are you sure about this? Because I'm not" Amanda said, shivering at the sight of it.
"Why not? It'll be quicker than going through the crowd and avoiding security. Remember, no one knows about this because Wayne made it for us Keepers. Don't you think this sounds like a better idea?" Finn practically begged. He mostly wanted to go through it for old times sake, but now the more time he spent convincing Amanda, the more convinced he was making himself.
Amanda sighed with a little bit of a groan, "Fine, if you're sure about this."
"Trust me" Finn said as he took Amanda's hand and led her through the secret passage in the back of the parking lot, and down into a tunnel that Amanda noticed hadn't changed since the night when all their lives had been changed forever.
I just love cliffhangers SO much! I'm still writing, no worries. The story is getting good! I think I've even got a conclusion…but I do have one question for ya'll since this is my last part of this prom series, and keep in mind I will be adding an epilogue, would you rather I resolve things and the typical happily ever after stuff, or let it go and come up with something different? I'll go with whatever I get inspiration for, but I'm curious at what ya'll want out of my final story here.
Let me know! The end isn't too close, but within 5-6 chapters I'm thinking.