Worlds Collide (crossover fanfiction)

Chapter 32

"I'm your helpful inner demon." Thea flashed him a grin, before going over to the girls. "Okay, Kylie, you have to get your hair to hide the runes on your shoulders and back. Kia, come over here." The older girl walked towards her, and Thea carefully tied her brown hair into a bun, some stray strands running down her face. "Personally, I think that Alistair digs this look. You should dress like this more often, instead of moping around in all black. Like, so do I, but my clothes are magically enhanced to dry quickly and let my skin breathe. Girl, don't you sweat under the sun?"

Kia gaped. "I don't mope! Well okay, a bit." She blew a stray strand of hair out of her sight. She caught Alistair ogling her figure, and she smirked. "Like what you see?"

Alistair shrugged. "I do like to admire a good view."

Kylie arranged her long black hair to curtain the faded runes on her exposed skin, and then pulled on a pair of dark blue gloves she found on the counter. "I need to hide my voyance runes as well, Thea." She explained to Thea.

"You don't need to explain, Kylie. I can read your mind. And remember, my name is Sylvia Hunter out there. Thea Carter is a dead girl." Thea said.

"Sylvia Hunter." Dom let the name roll down his tongue. "So, Sylv." Dom whispered into her ears. "Do I have a promised dance, milady?"

"You'll have a promised kick in the nuts if you won't stop flirting with me." Thea said huskily, and Dom stumbled backwards immediately. "Oh, Alistair. Smooth."

Alistair nodded. "Thanks." He was inwardly glad that Kia wasn't as violent as Thea was. He'd like to keep his reproductive organs intact.

"You didn't realise that was sarcastic?" Dom sniggered and crossed his arms. "But he is a looker." He whispered to Thea.

"I don't need you to tell me that." Thea replied in a similar whisper. "But you of all people should know I'm not into guys like him. He's so..." Thea twirled her knives thinking of a word. "Basic."

"Like Sandy isn't basic." Dom scoffed, attaching his scythe into form as a lighter, and his sword into a pack of cigarettes. "He has blonde hair, blue eyes, and abs that makes girls drool. He is the definition of basic."

"He has social anxiety, lack of control, and thinks he's a freak." Thea argued. "Getting jelly, Dom? And look at you! You're basic. Black guy with a cigarette and lighter in his pocket. Any other shadow forms you can make them?"

"Fine." Dom grunted, turning his two weapons into two earrings on his ears. "Better?"

Thea scrunched her nose. "You look horrendous. Just turn them into a couple of pens or something."

Alistair snorted. "Who the hell would bring pens to a party? The cigarettes, on the other hand, might seem a bit more natural. By the way, you think I'm basic? Think about those Korean movie stars! They all look the same!" He argued, folding his arms across his chest.

Kia snickered. "You want basic? Think about Ash. He's the only one out of us all that doesn't have some major crazy backstory." She made a face. "It's also one of the reasons I don't like him anymore," she confided, "he's cute, but only in that 'new guy next door' way. Trust me, those kinds of crushes pass quickly." Alistair withheld a triumphant grin. He knew Kia didn't like Ashton anymore, but revelling in the feeling of her saying that made him feel giddy inside.

After finding a nearby toilet, Berniss finished changing into the dress, straightening up. "Doesn't look half bad." Concentrating hard, she altered the Mist to make herself look slightly older. She checked herself in the mirror. "This is great- I can get payback on Alice whenever I want now." She laughed gleefully. Hey Thea, I'm done. I can't Apparate yet, nor can I teleport. A little help here?

Wait for your ride. Thea said, before she sent a mental message to Swan. Hey Swan. I got a blonde Hecate-girl for you to pick up. Send her to the nightclub for me, will you? Pandemonium. The sassy pegasus soon replied with a snarky comment that wasn't for the pure of hearts, before flying towards Berniss's position. "By the way, he shouldn't put them as cigarettes, because that's going to tempt him to actually smoke."

"I don't smoke!" He replied, pouting. "Stop lying, Sylv."

"Yes, we all know that you get addicted to substances incredibly quickly. Let's take a look." She flicked up a hand, creating an interactive interface that showed images of her memory. "How about the time that you finished an entire box of m&m bags. A whole box. I had to lock you up in the time-freezer to get you to shut up."

"That was not on me! Blame Valdez! He got me hooked."

"On the day you get hooked on drugs and I'm there to help you with your rehab, you'll be saying the same thing." Thea crossed her arms. "Who wants an actual ride to Pandemonium, or do you just want to flash there?"

"What ride?" Kylie asked. "Please don't say unicorns."

"I was going to say pegasi, but, eh, close enough."

Kia shook her head. "No. No pegasi. I hate heights, and those flying ponies hate me." Like her older brother Nico, she had a bad experience with the horses.

Alistair frowned thoughtfully. "Maybe you would like the Thestrals at Hogwarts more. After all, they only appear to those who have seen death, and they're probably fitting for a child of Hades."

"But then, some people might not be able to see them. Like Alistair, or our guest that is coming with." Thea smiled. Alistair was so obviously dense. Could he not sense his sister's presence yet? "Kia, don't be a baby. Porkpie is used to having to carry children of Pluto. Dom can ride on Treacle, and Kylie can go on Sugarcube. Swan's a bit busy with our guest, so if Kia really doesn't want to go on pegasi, Alistair can go on Porkpie and Kia can shadow travel there."

Alistair shrugged. "The 'guest', whoever that is, and I can go by pegasi." He wouldn't mind going by pegasus- they were beautiful creatures, and he'd never rode on one before, but he didn't want to leave Kia alone.

Kia blanched, looking slightly sick. "Thea, I'm not being a baby. I legit hate heights. I don't do flying, you should know that."

"Why not? Heights are the only place you can be truly free, not counting the ocean. Yet you fear both." Thea whistled for the pegasi, and as they stood outside, waiting for them to arrive, Thea ran back inside. She grabbed a black cardigan for Kylie, and a grey cardigan for herself. "You're a child of the Underworld. You don't get cold. And if you do, you have your shadows."