Chapter Two
The group met up in the food court by Tomorrowland Speedway after school. They all sat around a circular table in a shady corner of the pavilion, and shifted between talking about the previous night's mission and swallowing bites of bacon cheese fries.
"So you're tellin' me that Disney World has been invaded by monsters?" Maybeck said in disbelief.
"Makes more sense than Overtakers." said Philby.
"Yeah. There were ghosts in Haunted friggin' ghosts, Finn." Willa added.
"And it's the only thing that makes sense for what we saw at the arena last night. Nothing can make that bright a light. Nothing human anyway."Amanda chimed.
"We saw those two guys Finn saw the other day too. Lookin' for our frosty friend it looked like." Josie mentioned. The entire group looked shocked.
"What were they like? How'd they even get in there?" Charlene questioned.
"Probably same way we did. Sneaky sneak. Like ninjas." Courtney replied.
"And they were very attractive. Makes it even easier." Brigid said.
"Illegally attractive." Courtney added. Everyone looked to Josie for an answer.
"They do have a point. But I don't like it. We need more information." she told them.
Finn wasn't sure what to do. They needed more information if they were going to combat this new invasion. These guys were tricky to be sure, but with their limited resources and the girls strange infatuation...and then, Finn had an idea.
Courtney really hated when Finn got ideas. Sure, he had a good one now and again as leader, but this? This was not going to work.
"Ya know, sometimes I wonder about you Finn. This is the stupidest plan you've had yet." She grumbled. And it wasn't that they were practically using her as a spy- or bait, she thought- no. It was that she just know that somehow, this was going to go wrong.
"Aww. Look at our little baby, off to go destroy monsters." Brigid cooed, smacking Josie's arm lightly. She smiled. Courtney was so very not amused.
"Isn't she just the cutest thing you ever did see?" Josie jested. Courtney sneered in their direction while Charlene and Brigid just admired their handiwork. They had dressed her all up in a tea length light blue dress with tights and cropped white cardigan, pulled her hair back in a nice braid, and finished it off with some functional black flats. In honesty, she looked adorable. But she was too busy being annoyed.
"Alright, put this in your ear and click that button. When you talk to them, we'll be able to hear you and them over my computer, okay?" Philby put the device in hand and did as he said.
"Got the plan, Court?" Finn began, she nodded, "Okay. So, we know that in about fifteen minutes, they're gonna be at the German place at Epcot for lunch. Get there, and do your thing." he finished, and Courtney ran off towards the transportation area, hoping to catch a bus quickly.
Luckily, a bus was waiting as soon as she found the stop. Once she arrived at the park, she hopped off the bus, snuck through a worker's entrance, and hauled ass to the World Showcase. When she hit Germany, she ducked behind a bush and pulled the I.D Badge Finn made for her from its hiding spot in her top. She showed it to the man out front, and made her way into the restaurant. She spotted the two sitting down at a table close to the buffet, decked out in uniform suits. Courtney took a deep breath, prepared herself, and approached the table.
"Hey there Agents, How's it goin'? Case going well?" she asked in a perky voice.
"Uh, Who are you exactly?" the tall one asked,-first mistake, she noted- and pulled the card from behind her back.
"Oh! My name's Courtney. I work here with some friends and wanted to see how everything was going…" she told them. Both were staring at her intensely, and she scoped the room to avoid their glares. But, then she saw something she didn't want to.
"Green-eyes." she muttered. "Uhuhm...Why don't you two come with me…" She took them both by the wrists and yanked them through the closest employee's door with a window. She looked the door behind them all and looked back out the window. Greg Luowski was ambling about the dining room floor. She breathed a quick sigh of relief before turning around and sucking it back in. Both had pointed guns at her, giving her a serious look. She held up her hands in a defensive manner, hoping to show a sign of defeat.
"Uh...C-can we put those away please? We've got a bigger issues here, thank you…" She stuttered, hoping to appease them.
"Not until you tell us what's goin' on. Who are you?" The shorter one asked.
"And what the hell are green eyes?" the tall one asked. Courtney thought over her situation before continuing.
"Well, I can tell you, but you'd have to hear what my friends have to say too. It's important. There's a ton of crazy stuff goin' down." she glanced back out the window to see Luowski headed towards the backstage area. She turned back to the boys.
"Okay. Looks pretty safe now...but we gotta get outta here quick. And very, very sneaky." She poked her head out the door, followed by her body, and then she gave them the signal to follow her. The two glanced at each other before deciding to follow her. She took them a roundabout way through the dining room, making sure not to be seen by Luowski.
They decided to walk through the World Showcase rather than take the ferry, hoping that they could talk along the way. Courtney continued to scan for signs of Overtakers through the park.
"So, do you guys have a car here or did you take the buses?" she asked.
"Car's in the parking lot." tall one responded.
"What about a room? Disney lettin' ya stay here or off property?"
"A guy named Wayne got us a room in the Port Orleans French Quarter. Uh…5136."
"Ah yes. Our friend Wayne. One last question. You two got names?" she grinned.
Tall one responds, "Yeah. I'm Sam Winchester, and this is my older brother Dean."
"Sam and Dean...Okay! Well, I'm still Courtney. And we're going back to your hotel room, get me some beignets, and my friends are gonna meet us there and explain it all."
"And how exactly are we gonna do that?" Dean questioned.
"I did come to you to get information, you know." She pushed her hand to the device and started talking.
"DID YA HEAR THAT FINN. FRENCH QUARTER. BUILDING FIVE. BRING MY BAG TOO." She shouted into the earpiece. Sam and Dean looked at her like she was crazy.
"Sorry. It was our leaders idea, told him you'd find out...yeah I'm just mad at him. Let's get going, shall we?" she smiled.
They met up with the rest of the Keepers in the parking lot for building five at the hotel. They walked silently to the room, and Courtney made a dash for the bathroom to change. The Keepers sat down on one bed, and Sam and Dean sat awkwardly on the other.
"So," Dean began, "Anyone wanna explain what in god's name is goin' on here?" He asked. Finn was the one to speak up.
"Well, I'm Finn Whitman. These are my friends; Amanda, her sister Jess, Charlene, Maybeck, Philby, Josie, Brigid, and you already met Courtney. We're the Kingdom Keepers." The Winchesters looked confused at the group.
"We were chosen for the DHI program, Disney Host Interactive, and because of our skills and all, defend Disney at night. As holograms." he added.
"As...holograms. Right. Because that makes so much sense!" Dean rolled his eyes.
"What would Disney World need protecting from exactly?" Sam asked. Courtney finally came out of the bathroom dressed in a pair of shorts, a Hufflepuff t-shirt, hair pulled back and a light jacket around her waist. She took a seat next to Brigid and they shouted,
"Overtakers! Nasty dudes to say in the least." The Winchesters looked as confused as ever.
Philby took this as his chance, "The Overtakers are some of Disney's baddest villians coming together to spread chaos. They thinks it's time for a 'new era' or something." he explained.
"Yeah. Maleficent leads them with the Queen of Hearts, Chernabog, and a few others." Amanda continued.
"Green eyes are what we call Maleficent's lackies. She brainwashes them and they do her dirty work." Courtney explained.
"That's why she was rushing you out of the restaurant. Luowski's one tough customer. They're really dangerous." Jess said.
"Okay. So you're telling me that Disney World is at risk from its villians who are trying to take over the world. Really. And you come to the parks, at night, as holograms? 'Cause that sounds completely normal!" Dean yells, moving from his seat on the bed. Courtney sighs, Finn rolls his eyes and sits back down, looking back to Sam.
"What he's trying to say is that this whole story seems a bit far-fetched. I mean we've seen some pretty weird stuff ourselves, but this… is kind of a whole new weird for us." He tries to explain.
"Yeah. Just a bit shy of crazy!" Dean shouts. This time, Josie stands up.
"Crazy enough for you to be investigating the monsters too." She starts. The two look shocked.
"Yeah! We saw you at Everest last night! As holograms!" Brigid adds.
"You two were looking around too! And at night, which means you snuck into the parks!" Courtney continues.
"So you've got a bit of explaining to do to, boys." Josie huffs, crossing her arms. Both boys sighed in defeat before standing up.
"My name's Sam." he starts
"And I'm Dean. We're the Winchester brothers."
"And we hunt monsters. Literally."