Join the Enderborns [Yogscast fanfic]

[Chapter 8] Disguise

"Ready?" Lewis asked.

Kira took a deep breath and nodded. Sjin raised the bucket behind her, but stopped. Kira's eyes were closed and Sjin swore he heard her whimper.

Slowly, he lowered the bucket, already knowing Kira will sense the movement. She relaxed slightly and breathed out, but Sjin frowned.

No mercy

He thought, then tipped the bucket over her. Her scream shocked everyone and she fell to her knees, her skin smoking as the water trickled down it.

She curled up on the ground, whimpering and shaking as the water continued to smoke her skin.

Duncan and Lewis came forward and grabbed her, pulling her up. Kira's head lolled back and she blinked against the sun, tears in her eyes.

Rythian mumbled and Duncan looked at him, his eyes narrowing.
"What was that?" He asked.

"Trust her" Rythian answered louder.
"She's obviously in a lot of pain. If she went through that just so you could trust her, I say trust her"

Duncan looked back at Kira who was breathing heavily and barely able to focus on him. He bit his lip and nodded.

"Ok. Lets trust her before I regret it and throw her in the river"

***

They had assembled in Hannah's tree house and had sent Sjin and Sips off to get Minty. They needed all the girls if their plan was going to work.

Kira was still slightly shaken up from the water, but she insisted on helping.
"So what are we doing?" Hannah asked.

"We're turning Zoey and Duncan into Enderborn's" Kira said.

She looked like she had a hangover. Bags under her eyes, talking reasonably slowly, and regally ran her fingers through her hair, applying pressure to her scalp.

"Wait what?" Lewis almost mumbled.
"You're not actually going to turn them into Enderborn's are you?"

Kira shook her head, although it looked more like she shivered.

"No of course not. We just have to make them look like Enderborn's, which is actually quite easy"

Simon frowned.
"How?"

***

Sjin took a deep breath and looked at Sips, getting a slight nod of encouragement as he braced himself, knocking on the wooden door.

"This isn't going to work" Sjin sighed.
"Don't say that" Sips said.

"She wanted out of this from the start. When Minty makes up her mind, she stands by it"

"I wanted out of this too" Sips noted.
Sjin shrugged.
"Yeah but...you're my best friend"

Sips smirked.
"Calm down Sjin, I don't feel the same way"

Both men laughed. A few moments later the door opened and Minty stood there, leaning against the door, her blonde hair tied up and her dress smoothed down. Her eyes lit up slightly when she saw Sjin.

"Yes?"
"Uhh...look Minty..." Sjin began but Sips, being the impatient man that he is, interrupted.

"We need your help"
Minty sighed, already knowing what this was about.

"I wanted out from the start. Please don't drag me into it" she went to close the door but Sjin stopped it.

"Wait Minty, please, just hear us out"
Minty sighed and rolled her lip between her teeth.

"...fine" she mumbled.
"We just need someone who knows things about women" Sips explained. Minty blinked.

"What do you mean?"
"We mean...' Sjin said, giving Sips a glare.

"We just need a stylist. Someone that can dress Duncan and Zoey up and make them look like Enderborn's. Nothing more"

Minty pondered this for a few seconds, then sighed when she saw Sjin's pleading face.

"Ok. I'll do it. But nothing more"
Sips smirked and Sjin smiled.

"Thank you" he said.
"You owe me a beer" she said and walked past him, already heading to Hannah's treehouse.

"You own a pub, you can get your own beer!" Sjin yelled after her and she laughed.

***

"So what are we doing?" Minty asked, walking into Hannah lounge, where everyone had assembled.

"You came?" Hannah said, standing up.
"We didn't think you would" Lewis sighed.

Minty shrugged.
"Yeah well...I'm only styling. Nothing else"

Kira nodded.
"Yeah of course. Lets get started"

She took Hannah, Minty, Kim and Zoey into her bedroom and started explaining how female Enderborn"s looked, offering herself as a general idea.

They spent the next few hours dressing her up, dyeing her hair, applying make up and trying out different contacts.

Everyone was silently waiting in the lounge when Hannah's door opened with a soft click. Kira peeked out and her gaze meet Rythian's. She glanced back, then smiled.

"Come see" she said. Rythian hesitated, before standing up, walking over, not sure if he was prepared to see what he was about too.

He walked in and gasped.

Sitting on Hannah's bed, was Zoey. But...it wasn't Zoey.

Her hair was a chocolate brown and her normal clothes had been replaced with a long black dress.

Black make-up surrounded her eyes, typical Ender look, and her eyes shimmered with purple.

Rythian examined her for a few minutes until Kira grew impatient.
"Well? She look Ender enough?"

Rythian sighed.
"There's something not quite right" he mumbled.

Kira frowned and stood beside him, examining Zoey's face. She tried not to stare at either of them too long as their eyes flickered from her eyes, to her hair, to...anywhere else.

"Her eyes" Kira finally decided.

"What?" Zoey asked.

Kira crouched in front of her.
"Zoey, have you always been kind?"

She nodded at this odd question but quickly understood.

"Your eyes look too generous. You need to look evil"

Zoey frowned.
"But...I don't know how to be evil"

Kira sighed in annoyance.
"Ok, this might take some practise"