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"Cool," Iggy leaned over to look at it. "So do you think we'll have any chance of actually beating her? She sounds pretty fucked up."

"Beat who?" Nina spoke up for the first time. "That demon woman you were talking about? No way, Ig, you can't. You'll all get killed!" Her inner mom was showing.

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Riff Raff is pretty much a human Beetlejuice lol

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"Well, I wasn't sober for most of them," he said with a grin.

"Riff Raff," Iggy chided as she sat down next to the barrel fire, where dinner was being dispersed. They had Chinese take out tonight. Nina was passing around a styrofoam container of lo mein.

Riff Raff shrugged. "Most of them hurt, yeah. They bleed afterwards, too. No one tells ya' that. And then they itch. Still not as bad as getting shot."

"Ricky I swear to God if you scare Lydia with your gang stories, you're sleeping outside tonight." Iggy looked like she meant it, too.

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"We'll keep working on it," Iggy promised. And they did, until the sun began to set. They headed back to the station. Inside Lydia's fort were two snoozing demons. It looked like BJ had set his differences with Ash aside, and was catching up on the sleep he'd lost last night due to his nightmares.

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"Don't act so surprised," Iggy smiled. "Give yourself some credit, kid." She looked around, and pointed out a bucket. "See if you can lift it and put it back down."

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"Well...you could always explode his mom," Iggy teased. "Lets try another. See that old lawn chair over there? Try to throw it."

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Beetlejuice looked up at her. He only looked mildly more upset than he already was, but he nodded in agreement. He didn't want his mother to see Lydia as a threat and go after her too.

Iggy led Lydia away from the hide out. Not too far was an old junk yard, where they sometimes raided supplies from. Iggy held the cut section of chain link fence for her open.

"Now. There's nothing you can really wreck in here that isn't already trash. Why don't you start with trying to lift that old toaster over there?"

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"Alright," Iggy said, "But if his mom is controlling him, then maybe you should leave him here so she doesn't see your powers. Better to take her by surprise. Ash can keep him company."

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Beetlejuice sniffed softly and pet the cat Ash absentmindedly. His hands were shaking. He was, yet again, being thrust into his worst nightmare. His mother was getting her revenge on him for standing up to her. He guessed he should just be glad she was only tormenting him, and was leaving Lydia out of it.

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Beetlejuice looked up again as the zipper unfurled. "Don't try to fight my wonderful mother," He said, again as if the words were being forced out of his mouth. "I'm just a pathetic pansy. I'll learn to love the new me!"

His mouth zipped shut again. Beetlejuice whimpered and laid his head back on his knees. He couldn't fight her. She was too powerful. He almost double died last time! He'd be stuck like this forever!