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Chapter Quote:
"And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love."
~Donald Barthelme
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Chapter 13: Drunk on Love

Brady

Upon arriving at the hotel room, no music could be heard from the corridor. Derek twisted the door knob just out of curiosity but it worked since the door swung open. All of the sudden Brady could hear music. Loud music.

"This is definitely something godly," Bradley remarked as they entered the room. It was jam-packed with people, mostly girls, either talking or dancing.

"Why would the girls come here?" Derek shouted over the noise.

"I don't know but I have a bad feeling about this place," Luke replied. "We need to find them."

"We should split up. Bradley and I should split up so the four of us can continue communicating," Brady suggested.

"Sounds like a plan. Brady and I will go search for Bryn. Derek, Bradley, find Silena and Hallie. And hurry!" Luke encouraged. The group split up.

"This is a massive hotel room. Where in Zeus's name are they going to be?" Brady questioned.

"You think you could float up to the ceiling and see if you can see them from up there?" Luke asked.

"Wow, you do have Athena in you," Brady joked before flying into the air. He spun around slowly in circles, searching for the familiar blonde waves of his sister's hair. It took him ten times but he suddenly saw her in the corner of the room with Rasputin's look-alike. He landed back down on the ground and told Luke what he saw. The Jackson boy darted off, somehow finagling his way through the mass of people. Brady didn't know how Luke was able to do it but tried to attribute it to Luke's football training. The son of Zeus had trouble keeping up but at least managed to keep him in his sights. Finally Brady caught up to him just as Luke approached Bryn and Rasputin's twin. At the sight of the his sister kissing Rasputin, Brady's mouth fell open. Immediately he looked at Luke and began to exclaim, "Don't!"

However, it was too late. Luke yanked the guy away from Bryn and clocked him on the side of the head, knocking him down and out to the ground. Bryn seemed dazed as she glanced at Luke, then at Rasputin, then back at Luke.

"How- you're there... but you're also there," She stated, pointing simultaneously at her boyfriend and Rasputin.

"Sis, that guy looks nothing like Luke," Brady told her.

"Wh-yes he does. He looks just like him," she replied, sounding honestly and completely confused.

"Bryn, look at me," Luke said gently, placing his hands on her shoulders. "Are you okay?"

"I'm lovely. Splendid actually." Her eyes suddenly lit up with excitement. "I'm so glad you're here! The party is amazing and the people here are so nice and-"

"Are you drunk?" Brady asked.

"No, no, no, no," she replied, slurring her words a little bit. "I hasn't drunken anything."

"She's drunk. She would never use improper grammar. Listen, Derek and Bradley found Hallie and Silena. They're in just as bad of shape as Bryn. Whatever this places is, it's affecting them in a bad way. Those four are already back in the hotel room. They had to tie the girls to furniture because apparently, they want to kiss their boyfriends extremely badly."

"Tell them to bring some rope and to escort this guy to our hotel room," Luke said as he held Bryn in his arms. She stood up on her tiptoes trying to kiss him but he managed to keep her at bay.

"Dude, I know you're mad he kissed Bryn but you can't tie up a guy for that."

"He's not mortal. Mortals don't bleed gold. This is all his doing and I want to know why," Luke said, pointing at the small cut on the side of the guy's head that was trickling gold blood.

"They're on their way."

Turning to Bryn, Luke said, "Let's get you back to the hotel room, okay?"

"But I want to stay!" Bryn whined. "I want to stay and dance and kiss you! I-I really want to kiss you right now..."

"Oh gods, she's like Silena and Hallie as well," Brady said. "We need to get her out of here. I don't know why it's affecting everyone but us, but I also don't want to stick around to find out why."

"You two called for backup?" Bradley said, popping up out of nowhere with Derek.

"You left the girls alone?" Brady demanded.

"They're too drunk on whatever this place is doing to them to do much at all. They'll be fine but get down there now. Let's get out of here," Derek said. The five of them began the journey through the crowd once more. Brady led them all. Bradley and Derek carried the unconscious Rasputin. Luke had the task of making sure Bryn first off, didn't get separated from them, and secondly, tried to fend off her advances.

They got trapped for a few moments because there were no openings in the crowd so Brady overheard some of the things his sister was saying.

"Luke, why won't you kiss me?" she questioned, sounding utterly disappointed.

"Because Cat Woman, as much as I love kissing you, you're also very drunk and I'm not going to take advantage of that," Luke told her gently. "Please just follow me, all right?"

Brady found a break in the crowd at that moment and bolted through it. He had to trust that his friends were behind him because if he took his eyes off the door, he was worried he wouldn't be able to find it again. He managed to get in the hallway but realized he was alone. Neither Bradley, Derek, Luke, nor Bryn was with him.

Where are you? Brady asked his brother mentally.

Almost to the door. We lost Luke and Bryn but I trust him to get her out of here safely. Meet us in the hotel room. I don't want the girls unattended for too long. Bradley stated. Brady agreed, rushing down to the room. He found Silena with her wrist tied to the coffee table and Hallie's wrist was tied to the opposite end.

"Brady!" Silena exclaimed. With a sly, drunk expression, she added, "Did you have anything to do with this?"

"Uh, not my idea but it's needed. Derek will be here soon. I'm going to get you two some water. Stay there," he said.

"Buddy, we can't go anywhere," Hallie laughed, holding up her tied wrist. He wanted to say 'you know what I mean' but he had a feeling they didn't. Whatever that Rasputin guy had done, it'd taken all sense out of the girls.

Just as he placed the waters in front of them, someone banged on the door. Upon opening it, Derek and Bradley entered with a still unconscious Rasputin.

"What are we going to do with him?" Brady asked.

"You two can enchant the rope to make sure he can't use his powers right?" Derek asked.

"Yeah, we can do that," Bradley responded.

"Did you happen to see Luke and Bryn when you escaped?" Brady inquired.

"No. Give it a few more minutes and if they're not here then, we'll go look for them. Luke wouldn't let anything happen to her," Derek said.

"I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about him."

"About what he might do?"

"No, what she might do to him. Bryn has Charmspeak, Derek. Luke might be unaffected by it normally but seeing her like that... her Charmspeak might be on a whole different level at the moment."

"I didn't think about that. How long have you been down here?"

"About two minutes. You've been here another two minutes so in total four."

Derek sighed. "As much as I trust Luke, you're right. Bryn's not in her right mind and her Charmspeak could be much more... influential. After you enchant the rope, go find them if they're not here by the time you're finished."

Brady and Bradley placed their hands over the rope and started saying the enchantment. To create an enchantment to prevent a god from using their powers was an arduous one, and it took them five long minutes of saying the spell and repeating it to reinforce it.

Since Bryn and Luke still hadn't arrived, the twins dashed back up to the party. Some stragglers were already leaving, appearing extremely dazed and confused. Brady and Bradley entered the hotel room once more. The former flew up to the ceiling again, glancing around. Luke and Bryn were nowhere to be found.

"Can you see them?" Bradley asked, floating next to his brother.

"That's a negative. I mean how can you miss Luke? He's like a six-foot-tall, blonde beacon."

"It's a bad idea to split up. Let's just fly around until we spot them. I don't think anyone here is going to care that two guys are flying."

"Roger that." The twins set off, flying slowly above the partiers in search of their sister and friend.

"There!" Bradley exclaimed, pointing to a dark corner of the room. Luke had Bryn pinned up against the wall, but their sister hardly seemed to mind since she had her arms wrapped around his neck and was passionately making out with him.

"How are we going to break that up?" Brady asked.

"Think electrocuting him a bit would jar him to his senses?" Bradley suggested.

"All right, you take him. I'll take her."

"If I wasn't so unsure of who's scarier, I would be making you take on Luke." The twins flew down to the couple who seemed completely unaware of their presence. Without giving himself time to think about how he was going to get a guy Luke's size off his sister, he went for it. It turned out to be pretty easy since Luke wasn't expecting it, but he sure didn't take kindly to it.

"Get the hell off me!" He growled as Brady pinned him by the arms to the wall.

"I'm actually really sorry for this," Brady said before sending a massive electric shock throughout his friend. Luke let out a yell as he sank to the ground, putting his hand to his head.

"Luke? You with me?" Brady asked hesitantly.

For a few moments, his friend was silent. Once he looked up, he said quietly, "How long have I been out?"

"As in out, you mean being under the influence of the thing that is affecting my sister? Roughly around ten minutes. Sorry for the shock. It was the only thing we could think of."

"No, no, it's fine. Where's Bryn? Is she okay?"

"I'd be better if Bradley would let me kiss you again," she grumbled.

"You have a really one-track mind at the moment, don't you?" Bradley observed.

"Come on, let's get you two out of here. Can you walk?" Brady questioned.

"Yeah, I can walk. She'll follow me so I'll take the lead," Luke groaned as he stood up. Bryn tried to lunge out of her brother's arms but he'd been expecting it.

"You know, I'm really regretting not being the one to take on Luke instead of her," he remarked, seemingly to himself. The four of them finagled their way out of the party and back down to their room where Derek was trying to convince Silena and Hallie that they should get some rest. Luke collapsed onto a chair, bracing his elbow on his leg and his forehead on his palm.

"Luke, what happened?" Derek asked immediately.

"Derek!" Bryn shouted gleefully, finally breaking out of her brothers' grasp. She flung herself at her friend who seemed taken aback by her exuberance.

"I got under the same spell she is. Brady literally shocked me out of it," Luke explained, sounding severely exhausted. "Is this what a hangover feels like?"

"Don't know, never had one," Brady said, grabbing his sister by the arm before she sat on Luke's lap.

"We need to get Bryn tied up so she doesn't seduce Luke again," Bradley stated.

"We should also split the girls up because these two haven't stopped talking since you two left. If they're going to sleep this off, they'll need to be separated," Derek noted.

"I'll take Bryn to the bedroom. We'll leave Rasputin in here. Take Silena and Hallie to the room next door. We don't want them around him," Brady said. "Luke, you stay there and get your bearings again. I'll get you some water once I get Bryn taken care of."

"No, I'll help. It might be easier to coax her to do what we want if I'm there," he replied, standing up.

"You sure? Because you look like you're about to fall over."

"I'll be fine. Bryn, come with me," he said, holding out his hand to her. She happily did as he said. Luke hurriedly led her to the bedroom with Brady on their heels. Before Bryn even knew what they were doing, her brother had tied her wrist to the bedpost.

"What are we doing?" she asked playfully.

"You are going to get some sleep. Luke is going to get some rest. I'm going to help Derek and Bradley keep an eye on your girls," Brady responded.

"Hey," Luke whispered so that she wouldn't hear. "Do you think in her state, she'd be more susceptible to your Charmspeak?"

"It's worth a shot," Brady remarked. Turning to his sister, he commanded, "Go to sleep."

Bryn blinked tiredly. "I... I think I'm gonna go... to sleep."

She closed her eyes right then and there so since she was sitting up, her body fell forward. Luke caught her though and placed her gently on the bed.

"Thanks for coming back for us. The gods know how long we would've been up there."

"Considering how into each other you were, probably an extremely long time."

"I remember all of it but it's like a dream, even though I know it was real. I just remember her suddenly letting go of my hand and I turned around to see where she was going but it'd been a trick to get me to turn around because the next thing I know she's kissing me and my mind just kind of... went blank. I knew what I was doing, I knew I had something that needed to be done, but all I could think about was her and I couldn't stop."

"I think you took Bradley's comment about pinning artwork up against the wall a little too seriously," Brady joked. Luke glared at him. "I was just trying to make you feel better. You look miserable. It's not your fault that you got caught under the spell and neither is it Bryn's. Get some rest. I'll come check on you later. I'll bring food since none of us have eaten either."

"Thanks Brady. And I'm sorry you had to see me with your sister like that. Speaking from personal experience about walking in on your sibling having a make-out session with their significant other, I can tell you I know how awkward it is."

"Considering you two had no control over it, I'll let it slide this time. Get some sleep and I'll see you soon."
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