The Mikaelson Twins Return

Triad Takes Over

Me, Hope, and Emma were called into Ric's office where he played a voice message for us Landon's voice came through "Hey, Ric. Sorry to take off like that, but I just needed a little time. So I'm going camping for a while. Hopefully, I can catch up on classwork later. Tell Raf and Jed hi for me." I was confused "Jed? Why would he say hi to Jed?" Hope said "She's right, you should go after him. Something doesn't make sense." Ric said, "Hope..." She said "Triad already tried to come for him once. It's not safe for him out there." Ric said "We kept a massive secret from him, and I think he just needs some time to process that. I think we should respect his privacy and just wait." Hope and I went to the kitchen and it was a disaster. Hope said, "Was there a monster attack in here?" Lizzie said "There you are. I got tired of waiting, so I attempted a banana cream pie by myself." I said "Where is it?" she said "In the garbage. I said, "Attempted." So we're gonna go back to plan A, and you are gonna make it for me. Status update: Josie didn't come back last night. I think she slept in Penelope's old room, which is a really good way to get hepatitis B." Hope said "Have you slept at all? You seem a little..." she said "Focused? Motivated? On point? Not sleeping in the same bedroom means that Twin Forgiveness Cuddle is off the table. But she's been holed up in the library, so a snack offering should do the trick." Hope said "At some point, you might actually have to apologize." she gasped "Never apologize." we said "Okay." 

Lizzie said "Trust me, okay? This is what we do. I'm selfish, then she sulks, and then I offer baked goods." Hope said "Someone else's baked goods." Lizzie said "It's giving you something to do with yourself, isn't it? Your turn for an update. Any word from our mop-headed elf?" Hope said "He says he needs time to think. I don't know. I feel like if I could figure out the right thing to say, then he'd come back." Lizzie said "So, practice. Emma has this prism that simulates a conversation. She makes me use it to talk to my mom and my dad when I'm in a state. I'll trade you one prism for a banana cream pie." So Hope began to bake the pie.

Hope and I were in Ric's office as Freya explained the merge to us, Ric walked in and said "I need to talk to you about Raf." Hope said "I have to say something first. Freya just explained the Merge. Josie's pretty much figured it out, and, uh, Lizzie is spiraling. So, either you do it or we will, but it's time to tell them the truth." so he went to talk to the girls, Hope went to talk to... herself? And I went to hang out with Roman. Eventually, she came to get us and we went to the office where she played the message again "Hey, Ric, sorry to take off like that, but I just needed a little time, so I'm going camping for a while." Roman said "I can hear... shoes on a tile floor. An air conditioner running. Keycards being swiped." I said "Triad." she nodded "It has to be them. They've already tried to come for him once." he said, "What are you two gonna do?" Hope said "We're gonna go full Wonder Woman, that's what." he said "Do you need any help?" she said "No. I've already got my Super Squad. But thank you for everything"

We packed a bag as Raf came in "I'm coming." I said "Hello to you, too," Hope said, "Uh, and, no, you're not." Raf said, "Look, last time you did this without me, it was a disaster." She said "Except we're not gonna go alone this time. We're gonna draft the twins, MG, and Kaleb. We're going before Dr. Saltzman comes back. It'll be like a Super Squad Assemble. I don't know. Is that a thing? I don't know. I'll ask MG." Raf said, "Yeah, I'll ask him myself." Hope said "Raf, Dr. Saltzman told me about the side effects. I'm sorry, but I can't let you come. How do you feel now?" he scoffed "Like my brain's split down the middle. I keep having these flashes like I can't control myself, and..." I said, "That's why you're not coming on the mission." Hope said "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" he said "You know why." she said "Raf..." I said, "Did something happen between you two?" Hope said, "Em I can explain." I said, "Don't bother, I'll go get the others." Raf said "Em..." but I ignored him and left the room. 

Me, Kaleb, Jed, Josie, Lizzie, Hope, and Raf met in the foyer and both girls said "She's coming?" I said, "We need all the help we can get, so please put your twin war on pause." Raf said "Why is he going? He hates Landon." Jed said "Look, you're the Alpha. If Landon's your pack, that makes him ours." Kaleb said, "Where's MG at?" Hope said "He's on his way. Let's load up while we wait for him. Come on." we headed out and a man backed by geared men with shields said "Oh, sorry. We were about to knock." Lizzie said "Who the hell are you?" he said "Name's Burr. Triad Industries." Hope said "Propellere." and nothing happened so Kaleb said "I got this." but the second he hit the sun he started to burn Burr said "What you don't get is magic. Which is why your daylight ring won't work. And what we have are stakes, wolfsbane... and other things. So I think you should invite us inside." they rounded us all up and started passing out papers as Burr said "We're looking for an artifact known as the Chalice of Arimathea. We have reason to believe it's part of your school's collection. Now, you know this place a lot better than we do, so the sooner you help us find it, the sooner we'll be gone. Triad thanks you for your time."

Me, Hope, Lizzie, and Josie headed to the office Hope said "It's dead. We have to find the school cell." Lizzie said, "Check MG's tighty-whities." Josie said "Really? This is serious." Lizzie said "Oh, I'm sorry. We can't all be born with resting concerned pouty face." I said, "Didn't this shelf used to have books on it?" Josie said "Yeah. That's weird." Hope said, "Whatever they're doing to block out our magic must have knocked out a cloaking spell your dad had." Lizzie said "Big shocker. Dad's hiding something from us." Lizzie shook the box making Hope say "Unless it has the school phone in it, it doesn't matter." Josie said, "Sorry I don't feel like laughing while my world's falling apart." Lizzie said "Your world? What about my world? I'm the one who's eventually going to be absorbed by my own twin." Josie said, "If you lose the Merge." Lizzie said "Which I'm obviously going to. I'm the weak, broken one." Josie said "And like clockwork... victim." Hope said "Hey, guys. Found it." and called Ric she said "It's Hope. Triad's here. Yeah, but our powers are gone. They said that the third artifact is in the school somewhere. The Chalice of Arithmetic or something? I don't know. Any idea? We're not the only ones in danger. Landon is, too. I can't just stand here and do nothing. Yeah." and hung up, Lizzie said, "So, what do we do now?" Hope said "Em. Now." 

I nodded and ran from the office, I was headed to escape but I saw Burr and his guards enter the office so I went to find MG I whispered "I need you to save Hope and the twins, they're locked up." he nodded and went to do that. I headed up to my room, a triad guard stopped me "What are you doing?" I said "I'm going to take a nap because none of this is my problem." he said, "You can't be unattended." I said "Then guard my room, see if I care." he stared at me for a moment before nodding and I headed into my room and closed the door. As quietly as possible I opened my closet and the escape hatch Hope and I built years ago, it's perfect. It leads the way out into the woods and I started my trek to Georgia where Triad is based.