Cherry and the Twitches

chapter 2

Cherry was showing them her Smoke and Mirrors video game to show why she was frustrated with the reward she was given after their Las Vegas adventure.

"So, where's the game?" Mo asked after Cherry had selected the Desert Bus mini game.

"This is the game," Cherry said as she held the controls. "You drive.... And drive... And drive... There's nothing out there, but roads and sand... Occasionally there's a rock, or a sign, but that's it... There's no music on the radio, no passengers to interact with, nothing to keep you occupied... You can open the door with the B button!" she then clicked the B button to demonstrate and a squeak came from the screen. "Basically, it makes a sound effect... That's a little something you can do to entertain yourself."

"Wow." Patch said, surprised.

"Just gotta hold your thumb on this button for so long..." Cherry muttered as her thumb held down on the A button to drive the bus.

"Seriously?" Atticus asked.

"Dead..." Cherry said.

"Why don't you just force it down with pliers or tape?" Patch suggested.

"Wait..." Cherry whispered once he suggested that, she then took out a pair of pliers and had them hold the button down for her and she let out a laugh in victory. "How do you like that trick, Penn and Teller?" she taunted the magicians who were not there to witness this moment of awesome. "If you can't beat the game, let the game beat itself!" she then set the controller down on her ottoman.

Suddenly, the image of the bus vanished and Drell's face appeared on the screen with Skippy on his side.

"Hey, Drell, hey, Skippy, what's up?" Atticus asked.

Mo looked a little shocked and surprised by Skippy and Drell's sudden appearance.

"We have important business to discuss," Drell told them, urgently and warning. "It's about the Darkness."

"The Darkness?" Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch asked.

"We shall discuss this in my office." Drell told them, he then reached out of the screen and took the four of them off Cherry's couch and into the screen.

"WHOA!" the four of them gasped as they traveled through a vortex and on the way to the Supernatural Realm.

"I feel an adventure is going to be involved!" Atticus guessed.

"Same heeere!" Mo cried, freaking out the most since she had never been through a vortex like this before.

They all then dropped down and landed in a waiting room.

There was a woman with glasses, tapping at a computer in her desk while there was fog covering the floor. The woman then looked up to them and adjusted her glasses. "Drell will see you now..." she droned to them in a dull monotone.

"Thank you, ma'am." Atticus said.

"This place is creepy," Mo looked around. "It's like the headmaster's office..."

Before they could get up and go to the door, the chairs moved on their own and shoved them into Drell's office and once they were inside, the door slammed shut.

Drell looked to all of them with his fingers pressed together and wearing a Victorian suit which was his work clothes in his office. "Glad you all could make it..." he greeted. "You're probably wondering why you're all here."

Cherry opened her mouth.

"If it's a smart remark, I'll turn you into a mouse and have you for lunch." Drell glared to her.