Into the World of Twisted Wonderland Pt 2

🐍 Schemer of the Scalding Sands: Chapter 39 🐍

Grim looks out and spot someone running in the desert. "Who's that runnin' up from across the desert?" He asks while everyone look at the desert, seeing two figures heading towards the oasis. As they come closer, Angel and Grim gasp at the figures in surprise.

"Heyyy! Angel! Grim!" Ace calls out as they approached the two, out of breath from running through the desert.

"Are you two okay?!" Deuce asks in concerned while they catch their breath.

"Ace and Deuce?!" Grim says in surprise, while Angel look at them in confusion.

"Sheesh, this place is HOT," Ace exclaims as he huffs. "Feel like summer over here!"

"What's wrong, guys?" Angel asks, confused at the two's appearance. "I thought you went home for the holidays."

"Uh, I'M the one who should be asking that!" Ace says as he glare at her, surprising her.

"Your text said, 'Trapped in Scarabia!' Then we couldn't get through to you..." Deuce says with worry.

Angel looked at them in confusion, still not understanding the situation. "A text? I don't think I sent a text..." She looks over to Grim, seeing that he was looking at them with eyes wide.

"Oh yeah," Grim says as he looks away from her look. "I guess I did tell you to contact them." Angel thinks back, remembering how she thought it wouldn't be good to ruin their vacation and realization occurred, and she glared at Grim, him trying to avoid her glare. "I knew you guys wouldn't be much help, and here you are, showin' up after everything's already solved."

"What?!" Ace exclaims. "Look! The mirror gate wasn't open, so we couldn't warp back with magic! We had to take public transportation all the way back to campus!"

Deuce looks around, seeing that students were looking at them in surprise, some of them carrying on with their previous engagements with others watched the scene. "I'm kinda lost here," Deuce says. "You guys seem like you're having a good time. I'm not seeing any emergencies."

"I'm sorry guys..." Angel says as they look at her, realizing what she was wearing and blushes at the sight. "I'm so confused. I didn't send you a text about an emergency."

"WHAT?!" They exclaims. "Then who...?" Ace asks as their eyes head to Grim, seeing that he was avoiding their eyes. "Grim, you little...!"

"Who's this?" Kalim says with a smile as he joins the group. "Friends of yours, Angel?" She nods, while Ace and Deuce look at Kalim in shock.

Floyd smiles at the two. "Heya, Crabby," he greets. "Are you here to hang out?"

"Crabby...?" Deuce mumbles in thought.

"Yeah, I'm in the Basketball Club with Floyd," Ace explains as he looks at Jamil looking at him. "Jamil's in the same club as us too, actually."

"Ooh!" Kalim happily exclaims. "Well, then! Any friend of Jamil's and Angel's is a friend of mine!"

"Again, I am NOT your friend..." Jamil retorts only to sigh as Kalim ignores him. "You're not listening, are you?"

"Anyway, you came all the way here, so by all means, join in the festivities!" Kalim says to Ace and Deuce.

"We have pizza and pasta over here," Azul announces to the two.

"What would you like to drink?" Jade asks while the two look at them in shock.

"Geh! The Octavinelle boys!" Ace exclaims as he look at the two smiling at them.

"What are you doing with them?" Deuce whispers to Angel and Grim.

"We were in a whoooole heap o' trouble while you guys were off schmoozing with your families, y'know," Grim states. "Sit down and I'll tell you all about the Great Grim's exploits."

"What ARE you rambling about...?" Ace says with a sigh, looking at the two. "Oh well. I guess as long as you're okay..." He says with a smile as Angel just giggles at them.

"Yeesh. It's one false alarm after another with you guys," Deuce says in relief, at least happy at the fact that nothing bad happened to the two.

"Aw, you really were worried about us," Angel says as she giggles. The thought made her realized that the people in front of her were her people she could trust, her true friends. After all, they ran to make sure she was okay after Grim's stunt, even though it was a false alarm but she still appreciated the effort they took to check up on her. She felt a warm feeling spread inside her as the realization comes, some of her doubts ceasing to exist as she watches them talk to Grim, probably over some argument that Grim started. She smiled as they looked at her, blushing at the fact that the smile looked so natural and genuine. "Thank you both for coming for us."

They both looked away, trying to hide their blushes. "Meh, no big deal," Ace bashfully says. "There wasn't much to do at home other than play video games anyway."

"A-and it'd be a real jerk move to ignore you after we told you to message us if anything came up," Deuce bashfully adds.

Grim deadpans at the two while Angel giggles. "You guys just gotta keep up that image, huh?"

Kalim claps, getting everyone's attention. "Okay, back to partying! Bring on the food and crank up the music!" The students cheer. "This is going to be the best holiday ever!"

"YEAAAH!" The students happily exclaim while they enjoy the party.

Jamil watches everyone mingle and have fun while he sighs. "I am surrounded by simpletons," he quietly says as he watches everyone have fun.