To the Rescue (A BJTM and Beetlejuice (1988) crossover)

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Musical!Lydia was bruised, beaten up, and tired, but more than anything, she was angry, both at Movie!Betelgeuse and herself.

She wanted nothing more than to fall asleep, but, since she didn't know how much of a creep the alternate version of her demon friend was, she forced herself to stay awake.

He had tried to kiss her earlier, and Lydia had responded with a swift kick to the shins. Even later, when she had been beaten up for that, she still muttered "worth it."

Meanwhile, with the remaining members of both Maitland-Deetz families, movie!Barbara and musical!Barbara were pacing around the living room and trying to figure out what to do. Musical!Betelgeuse sat on the couch with his head in his hands (quite literally) and was upset about losing his best friend. Musical!Adam and movie!Adam sat on either side of the upset demon and were comforting him. Musical!Delia had offered him a crystal, which he took.

Movie!Lydia was on the verge of a breakdown, but also had several ideas.

"She may not be our Lydia and we may not know much about her," said movie!Barbara in a panic. "But what do we do?"

"Well, first, we need to figure out where that bastard went. And I think I know how," Movie!Lydia responded, starting to calm down. "Apparently, when two or more alternate versions of a person are in the same universe, they have a telepathic connection, which can allow them to see where their other self is, and what their situation is. This, unfortunately, also holds the consequence of the person feeling the same pain that their alternate universe, or AU, self is going through. Also, holding a telepathic connection is tiring for both parties. So, basically, I can figure out where my AU self is, and we can rescue her."

Musical!Betelgeuse growled. "I'm gonna mentally beat the shit out of that bastard version of myself."

"And probably physically too."

"We all will," said movie!Barbara, turning to face musical!Betelgeuse. "But for now, we need to figure out if he's working for someone."

"I may have an idea as to who he might be working for," said Musical!Betelgeuse, directing the attention of everyone else to him. "But none of you are probably going to like it."

"Who?" asked the other nine in unison.

"My mom, Juno."

The movie ghosts were confused.

"But why her? She seemed like a decent person when we met her!"

Lydia sighed. "Alternate universe, remember?"

"Yeah," said Betelgeuse, nodding. "Alternate Lydia is right. This universe's Juno is abusive and evil and runs the Netherworld."

"And our universe's Juno is nice and friendly and our caseworker," said the movie!Maitlands.

"Lucky. But I don't think that our version of Juno's gonna go easy on Lydia because she's a kid. In fact, she might even do more. She hates kids, especially living ones. Oh, and her own," the demon responded.

"What do you mean by that?" asked the movie!Maitlands.

Musical!Charles had to explain this. "Well, when Lydia and I went to the Netherworld briefly, we were caught by our version of Juno and she showed up at our house to try and take our Lydia. Luckily, our Betelgeuse managed to stop her on time by unleashing a-..."

"Sandworm," said Musical!Betelgeuse.

"A Sandworm on her," musical!Charles finished.

"But in our universe, I unleashed a Sandworm on our version of Betelgeuse when he tried to force our Lydia into marriage," said movie!Barbara.