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"Yes! Love death and killing"
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Toby, Claire and I were hiding behind a giant statue of a troll, peeking in front of it to see people with masks walking by.
"All clear" Toby signs as Claire and I quickly run through an open door, statues of faces going all the way down the hall.
"All these faces and no one suspects they're walking amongst us" Claire says stunned.
"Toby, whatever you do, don't touch anything" I say as I walk over to examine the statue faces.
"Don't worry I-" Toby starts to groan as he whacks his headgear "Stupid thing!"
I roll my eyes as I look toward a familiar faced statue, gasping as I look over to Claire.
"Look! It's Strickler!" I say shocked, pointing to his carved face.
"Huh...it does make sense that he would be here" Claire agrees as I lean my hand over to touch the statue, yelping as Claire hits my hand.
"What did you just say! No touching" Claire scolds as I roll my eyes mockingly.
"That wasn't meant for me, it was meant for him" I say as I point to Toby, my eyes widening as he touches a banister hanging from the wall, the banister falling to the ground revealing a hidden room.
"Claire...Y/n...little help" Toby whispers quietly, Claire and I running next to Toby to see a room full of computers and people in masks.
"Your right, Don Carlos" Claire suddenly says in a Spanish accent, smacking Toby to the back of the head as he grunts. "The Janus Order deserve a bigger banner than this toilet paper"
We stand there quietly for a second before I suddenly hit Toby to the back of the head as well.
"All hail Gunmar" I join in, making sure to use a Spanish accent, Toby laughing nervously.
"I don't recognise you three. What command post are you from?" The lady without a mask asks.
"Uhh..." Toby says with wide eyes.
"Tapachula, Mexico" Claire says confidently, Toby and I nodding our heads.
"Si!" We both say, sharing a worried glance.
"You must be the new transfer Esmeralda! Oh and that must make you Valentina!" The lady says excitedly as she makes her way over to us.
"Si! I am she" Claire says nervously.
"And I am Valentina! Yeah..." I say, making sure to use a Spanish accent.
"Oh Esmeralda! Valentina! Oh! This is a huge honor!" The lady says excitedly.
"You were the ones who destroyed the dam! And killed hundreds of fleshbags to protect our base!" The lady says as she seized me and Claire's hands.
"Yes! Love death and killing" I nervously laugh as I attempt to pull my hand from her grip, her tight hold not faltering.
"Ugh. That was a crazy day. Not gonna lie, they had it coming" Claire says with a smirk.
"Yeah" Toby agrees, attempting to put himself into the conversation. "Adios Muchachos"
"You two are late for your orientation. I'll take you there now" The lady says as she starts to lead us away, all of us sharing a nervous look as we follow.
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She leads us through a door as I carefully look around the room, people in masks sitting in their seats as they wait for the presentation to begin.
We awkwardly start to squeeze past people to get our seats, mumbling apologies as we bump into almost everyone around us.
I sigh in relief as I finally sit back in my seat, my relaxation dying as soon as I see Stricklers face on the screen.
"Our time is nearly at hand" Video Strickler starts to say. "When Gunmar returns, we will be his army"
I look over towards Toby next to me, Claire on his other side as we all nervously look at eachother before looking back to the screen.
"As our brothers and sisters consolidate power around the world, remember, this isn't just about Gunmar, this is about something bigger, serving the will of our lady creator, she for whom all this is being-" Video Strickler continues to say, me tuning out as I look towards Toby who is fiddling with his headgear.
"You alright Tobes?" I mumble to him as he seems to nervously look around.
"We gotta go" Tobey whispers.
I look at him confused before looking towards everyone around us, their eyes glowing yellow as they all stare at us.
"Oh Merlin" I groan as we all jump out of our seats, running to the nearest corner as Claire gets out her staff, summoning a portal in the ground as Toby and I yell out, falling through.
I groan as I fall onto the floor roughly, Toby next to me as we seem to be in another hallway. Claire quickly grabs my hand and pulls me up as we all start to run.
"Hurry! Quick!" Claire yells as we run.
"Any time you wanna shadow zap us home is fine by me" Toby wheezes as we run, the alarms blaring around us.
"Sooner rather than later!" I yell as I activate my staff, running with it in my hand.
"We're not leaving without our friends" Claire says to us.
"Then we find them and leave" I yell as I take a look behind me, members of the Janus order walking through a door.
"Stop them!" A lady yells as they charge after us.
"Oh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!" Toby panics as two guards stand in front of us.
"Move!" I yell as I lean my staff forwards, a F/c blast coming out of it and pathetically flopping to the ground as I nervously laugh.
"What was that!" Toby yells at me as I stare at him with wide eyes.
"Not the time!" I yell back as I look towards the guards that are running at us.
"I was gonna eat these but whatever!" Toby sighs as he grabs out his gum-balls and drops them to the ground, the guards yelling as they slip on them, Claire creating a portal that they fall through.
"Hide!" Claire quickly instructs as we stand behind the statue pedestals, pretending our faces are the statues.
The guards seem to run right past us, I sigh in relief as I whack my ears, the alarms still ringing through them.
"Pssstt" We hear someone say, looking to the side to see NotEnrique also pretending to be a statue.
We hear agents yelling where we are from behind us as we follow NotEnrique through a door, the door shutting as soon as we walk through.
"Thank heavens your here!" Claire pants as I nod my head.
"How did you even find us" I wheeze as I try and catch my breath, Toby currently panting for dear life from next to me.
I look forwards as I gasp, Blinky and NotEnrique tied to chairs as 'NotEnrique' cackles from infront of us.
"What?" I say stunned as my hands start to glow, 'NotEnrique' cackling as he turns into Otto, the man quickly grabbing me and hitting a nerve in my neck as I groan and fall to the floor, everything going dark as the last thing I see is Claire and Toby falling to the ground next to me.
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My eyes seem to be blurry as I slowly open my eyes, groaning as I try and move my hands only to find them tied up. I quickly look up and groan as I see Claire, Blinky, and NotEnrique tied up infront of me, Toby next to me also tied up.
"Great...it wasn't a dream" I sigh as I attempt to lean back in my chair, the cold metal making a shiver go up my spine as I sit up straight instead.
Toby seems to wake up last as he groans, looking towards us and then to the table infront of us that I completely missed. The table seemed to be filled with torture objects that I'm sure are gonna be used on us...how fun.
"No! They're gonna torture us aren't they?" Toby seems to cry as i grimace.
"Your gonna be fine Tobey, I won't let them hurt you" I assure as Toby starts to calm down a bit.
"Good thing I have four hands" Blinky says as he tries to break free from the rope thats tied around his hands. "Almost, almost! Gahhh!"
Blinky yells out as his chair falls forward, his hands still tied up.
The door suddenly opens as all of us fearfully look towards the shadowed figure of the person walking in, the sound of wheels rolling catching my attention. The man finally makes it into the light as I internally groan at the sight of Otto, an old music box sat upon the rickety cart.
He slowly walks towards Blinky with his hands behind his back, picking up Blinkys chair and pulling him upwards again.
"My deepest apologies. You must understand our irrational fears when discovering intruders crashing our private party" He starts to say as he walks over to my chair and straightens it up infront of the table of router objects, my eyes catching a nervous looking Toby. "You did not get an invitation" Otto sings mockingly as he looks at us.
"Oh come on man! I ain't with them!" NotEnrique suddenly says as I roll my eyes. "I was playing both sides. You can unite me. We're on the same s-"
"Silence!" Otto hisses at him. "You have an abnormally large mouth for such a tiny changeling"
"And you have an abnormally small brain for such a large head" I say back as he turns his attention towards me with a glare.
"Do not doubt my intelligence girl!" He hisses at me, poking a finger to my face. "Don't think we don't know who you are Enchantress...and your struggles"
I look at him shocked. The only people who know about my powers not working is Claire and Blinky, and maybe Toby after the embarrassing moment in the hallway.
"H-how did you know about that?" I stumble out, avoiding the curious eyes of the others.
"We know a lot here, can't keep secrets from us" Otto says mockingly as he walks around the room.
"Your not like the others, are you?" Claire suddenly speaks up, Otto walking towards her curiously "You changed into NotEnrique"
A green light suddenly flashes as he turns into some random person, walking over to Claire and smirking at her.
"Yes. I am a changeling polymorph. I can take the form of anyone" Otto whispers closely to Claire's ear, Claire grimacing and moving her face away.
Another green light flashes as he turns back to his normal form, at least I'm guessing it's his normal form.
"One of the attainments of being the grand commandant" Otto chuckles as he continues to walk around.
He suddenly walks over to the torture table and grabs a weird tool, turning towards me with a smirk as my eyes widen.
"I don't care who you are! You can torture us all you want! We're not talking!" Claire yells fiercely.
"Yeah! Although please don't go for the face, I'm to pretty for that" I say with a smirk as I attempt to flick my hair, only for some to awkwardly fall onto my face as I blow it away.
Otto starts to walk up to me, the torture device in his hand as I brace myself for the pain, this is not how I thought my day would be going.
"I'll talk! Don't listen to them! I have loose lips! I'm a chatty fatty!" Toby suddenly yells out as Otto points the torture tool at me.
"Toby" I hiss as I give him a warning look.
"Don't judge! I'm saving your life! We're the ones on the torture chairs!" Toby yells as I sigh.
"Shhhhh. So much noise" Otto shushes as he pokes at Toby's headgear. "Now, let us discuss what we should do with you"
He walks over to the old music box, cranking up the leaver as it starts to make a weird sound, suddenly music starts to play.
"Dude I said I'll talk! Stop being creepy with your record player!" Toby whimpers as he struggles in his seat.
"Toby, calm down" I whisper to him as I kick my foot at his foot.
A weird whisper seems to be playing from the record player, Otto listening in with wide eyes before looking towards Toby and I.
He creeps over to Toby and I and pulls out his torture tool, Toby and I jumping in our seats as we nervously look at him.
"A change in plans. The Janus order would like to propose a trade" Otto says as he starts to walk around again with his hands behind his back, he seems to do that a lot.
"A trade for what, Mr. Evil Man?" Blinky asks curiously as Otto opens the door and grabs a book from a lady on the other side.
"The antidote for Creepers sun. Correct me if I'm wrong, but your stone friend Aaarrrgghh needs this" Otto smirks at us.
"How did you know that?" I ask confused as he smirks at me.
"As I've said before, we know more then you know" Otto says back.
"What's the catch?" Claire asks, jumping as Otto leans his face close to her.
"Such a clever one. For the life of your friend, we wish only Vendels walking staff" Otto explains.
"But his staff is sacred, forged from the centre of our heartstone" Blinky yells in shock.
"And therefore exceptionally rare" Otto explains as I narrow my eyes at him.
"You don't want it because it's rare, it does something doesn't it?" I ask with a glare.
Otto stalks over to me with narrowed eyes as he leans close to me.
"Aaarrrgghh's life for the staff. Consider it a one time offer girl" Otto growls as he moves his face back again.
He grabs the tool again, a blade whizzing as he walks over to Toby who he seemed to realise his the weakest link.
"We'll consider! We'll consider! I've already been to the dentist! I cant take it anymore!" Toby cries as Otto starts to cut his headgear, all of us looking away grimacing as Toby grunts.
"Torture? This is just to take your headgear off, we can't have you listening on our secrets anymore, can we?" Otto smirks as I suspiciously look at him.
"Then why am I on the torture chair?" I exclaim with wide eyes, Otto just shrugging.
"Thought it would be a good scare for you" Otto smirks as I frown and slump in my seat.
"Thank you!" Toby exclaims happily as he moves around his jaw, tears of joy falling down his face.
"Alright now that this is over...can we please leave?" I groan.
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Authors note:
Honestly when I was writing the Otto scene, it always sounded so much creepier writing it then it was on the show
I honestly love writing the friendship scenes with Toby and Claire but I do miss Y/n and Jim
Hope you enjoyed this chapter!