Two Worlds - Choni

Chapter 16

"I hate portal travel." Cheryl growled, stumbling forward. Reggie shot his arm out, grabbing the back of Cheryl's shirt to keep her from falling over.

"I thought vampires were supposed to be graceful." Reggie said with a smile. Cheryl glared at him.


"We are." She growled. "But we're not meant to be deconstructed atom by atom and sent somewhere else to be reconstructed. We're too tough for that." Reggie raised an eyebrow.


"You're too tough to teleport? How does that work?" he asked skeptically.


"Have you ever tried to cut a vampire with something that wasn't designed to cut us, or that wasn't magical? It's not easy. We're built as strong as marble, and that's not something that's easy to take apart. The only people I've seen kill a vampire with non-magical blades are Logan, and Angela." Cheryl said defensively. She stopped and frowned, thinking. "Wait a minute. How come you didn't recruit Angela? I mean, I get not grabbing Freddy and Chucky, they're both evil bastards, but you recruited Jason."


"Jason orders King Samhain a debt." Reggie said quickly, shrugging. Cheryl raised an eyebrow.


"And you seriously expect me to believe that Angela hasn't racked up any sort of magical debt herself?" Reggie blushed slightly.


"She was already here, so I didn't have to go grab her." he admitted. Cheryl frowned.


"Wait, why was she already here?" Reggie gave Cheryl a sheepish smile and Cheryl's eyes widened.


"You and Angela? You, the Maid of Orleans, the Warrior Saint, are dating Angela freaking Baker, the Angel of Death?" She asked, incredulous.


"I don't get why you're so weirded out by that." Reggie said, walking down the hall, heading for the meeting room. "I dated you for a while, and you're a vampire."


"The difference is that I only kill people to survive or in self-defense. Angela kills people for annoying her, or just for fun." Cheryl reminded, following the other boy.


"She hasn't done that since we started dating." Reggie said, pushing open the door. Cheryl decided to drop the issue, walking past Reggie towards the table. Gathered around the table was a group that most people would only expect to see together in fan art. Though admittedly, she doubted that anyone would ever have included Veronica Lodge in that group. Samurai Jack and Link were comparing their swords and talking about previous battles; Kayley was sitting between Jason Voorhees and Wolverine, and giving them both uncomfortable looks. Jason just sat there in silence, while Tank Girl was sitting on the other side of Wolverine, both of them talking about the wars they'd fought in and smoking cigars, with Josie arguing over the superiority of the tank even when compared to Wolverine's claws. Angela Baker was being questioned by Sherlock Holmes, who was asking her about the tricks she used to evade the police. Merlin was also questioning someone-Darth Vader. He wanted to know how Vader kept his mechanical body parts running without anybody's help and why he hadn't switched to magic. And Peter Pan was sitting on Veronica Lodge's lap, trying to pull the joint out of the immortal psychopath's lips.


"Put it out Veronica." Reggie ordered as he walked past, heading for the set of doors in the opposite half of the room. Veronica sighed and crushed it in the palm of her hand.


"Show off." Peter said, rolling her eyes.


"Look who's talking." Cheryl said, sitting down between Sherlock and Veronica.


"Miss Blossom." Sherlock said, nodding at her.


"Sherlock." Cheryl said, nodding back.


"Hi Cheryl." Angela said brightly, smiling at her.


"Hey Angela. Has he asked you about the secrets of Jack the Ripper yet?" Cheryl asked.


"Why would I do that?" Sherlock asked, looking at the two young women, confused.


"Because he was Jack the Ripper." Cheryl said, grinning at the surprise that flashed across the great detective's face.


"You were?" He asked, turning to face Angela.


"Yeah." Angela admitted. "I used the name Jack to give myself extra protection, and everything spiraled out from there." Before Sherlock could question her further however, Reggie reentered the room.


"Ladies and Gentlemen, if I may have your attention please!" She called out. Everyone immediately stopped talking and turned to look towards her. "May I present your host, the leader of this army, King Samhain of the Autumn Court." She said, opening the door. There was a moment of silence, and then King Samhain walked in. Cheryl fought back the urge to laugh that she always felt when she saw Samhain. He was a dead ringer for Tim Curry, even though he was currently wearing a full set of black plate armor.


"Good evening." Samhain said, sitting down. Cheryl gave a small smile. He even sounded like Tim Curry. "I assume you all know why I've called you here?" Everyone nodded. "Good, that'll save time. And Cheryl, I do not merely sound and look like Tim Curry. Tim Curry is the disguise I wear when I go among the humans."


"Well, that certainly explains a lot." Kayley said, her eyes wide.


"Mmm, quite." He said, grinning. "Now then, to business. This so called White Court has already fought their way through the Blossom Coast. They are currently in the far north of Idaho. This fortress exists in the Never-Never, so we can come out wherever they are. We have to work quickly though, before they reach a more populated area, or we run the risk of exposing ourselves to the Vanilla Mortals. The plan is simple. We will leave the Never-Never and appear right in front of them, and we will engage them in battle. They will have the advantage of numbers, but we will have the advantage of surprise and sheer power. There is a slight snag however."


"What snag?" Logan growled.


"They have a moving castle." Samhain told him. "It's enchanted so that the Vanilla Mortals can't see it, but it does have cannons and a full contingent of armor golems. We'll need to send in a small task force to take it out from the inside."


"Why can't you just blast it?" Josie demanded.


"Because, it is a marvel of magic and science in one." Samhain told her. "I want it."


"I'll go." Cheryl said.


"As will I." Merlin said.


"It would be my pleasure." Jack said, nodding.


"Very well. The three of you will go with Reggie to the castle as soon as the rest of us have entered the battle. Take no prisoners. They wanted an extinction war. Well then, we will give them an extinction war."