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Beetlejuice was once again summoned by Lydia, 5 months after the whole wedding fiasco. To say he was extremely confused when he arrived in Lydia’s bedroom- he was trying to have some fun and scare the shit out of some new arrivals to the underworld- would be quite an understatement.
“WHAT THE HELL?? I WAS JUST GETTING TO THE GOOD PART! They were gonna shit their pants, and so was I from laughter! What the hell Lyd-” Beetlejuice cut himself off from his ranting when he spun around and saw Lydia, sitting on the floor of her room with misty eyes and tear tracks staining her cheeks.
“..Lyds?..Hey..Lyds, what happened?” Beetlejuice asked softly, slowly walking forward and kneeling down next to her.
Lydia sniffled and tried to wipe off her face. “I need..* Sniffle*.. I n- need you to- * Sniffle* Is there any w- way you can check for new a- arrivals in the underworld?” She asked.
Beetlejuice gave her a confused and slightly worried look in response. “Well..I can check to see if there’s anyone new down there, yeah.” He replied. Lydia sat up and grabbed his cold hands. “Please, please, please- *Sniffle* Please check if there’s anyone new. Or if they are there. I don’t w- want them to be, and I don’t believe they are. But I need to know. Please, please, please Beej..” Lydia begged.
Beetlejuice felt a pang in his heart when he heard the nickname-
ShecalledmeBeejshecalledmeBeejshecalledmeBeejomgIhavemissedthischildsomuch-
He quickly stood up and prepared to “poof” out of existence, but quickly remembered he’d need a way to get back to tell Lydia of his findings. He took two small joybuzzer out of his pocket and handed one to Lydia. “Summon me back when you feel this go off, I’m not sure who you need me to find, but I’ll find em. See ya kid.” Beetlejuice said before poofing off in a cloud of green smoke.
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Beetlejuice was scatterbrained as he searched the afterlife for whoever Lydia was talking about. He asked almost everyone if there had been any new arrivals the past few days, even asking the ones he had been scaring a few moments before, but unfortunately got no definite answers.
He found the Maitlands after an hour or two of searching, not giving two shits about their past together and went up to them to ask about any new arrivals.
“GUYS! Listen, you can yell at me all you fucking want later, but right now I need to know if there has been any new arrivals over the past few days. Don’t ask why I need to know, I just do.” Beetlejuice said frantically. Adam and Barbara looked at each other somberly and both parted to the side, revealing a couple standing behind them.
Beetlejuice’s brain flatlined as he stared wide eyed at the familiar couple in front of him.
Delia and Charles Deetz
Delia had a bullet hole blown straight through her forehead and her dress was burnt to a crisp, while Charles was covered head to toe in burns and smelled like gasoline and had exactly five bullet holes in his legs for good measure.
“.. Deetz?.. How-” Beetlejuice was cut off by Delia. “There was a robbery at a bank we had gone to, I was shot in the head and killed, while they held Charles hostage and shot him in the legs.” She explained. Charles cut in after her. “They lit the building on fire with everyone inside when the cops showed up.” Charles said, motioning to the burns on his arms.
Beetlejuice just stared at them in shocked silence, he couldn’t believe it.
The Deetz were fucking dead .
Adam finally broke the silence with a sigh. “I know this is very shocking, Bj. We were extremely shocked as well when we found them yesterday. I’m surprised you’re finding out about this now honestly. I can only Imagine how poor Lydia must feel right no-”
A ringing suddenly appeared in Beetlejuice’s ears.
Lydia
He pulled the joybuzzer out of his pocket and pressed the button on it.
Beetle- *Sniffle* Beetlejuice
He could hear Lydia call his name through choked sobs.
B- Beetlejuice.
He could hear the muffled calls of the Maitlands, asking if he was alright.
B- *Sniffle* Beetle- *sobbing*
“ It's ok kid, Just say my name one more time.”
BEETLEJUICE!
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Beetlejuice appeared in front of the crying girl a few seconds later, immediately dropping to his knees and pulling her into a tight hug. Lydia clung onto him.
“Beej please- please tell me they weren’t- * Sniffle* Please tell me the news was wrong and that they’re ok and- a- and-” Lydia said through her sniffling.
Beetlejuice just stared at her, feeling tears sting the corners of his eyes.
Lydia began violently sobbing into his chest when she realized her fears were true, her parents were dead and she couldn’t get them back this time.
“Oh lyds, I’m so, so sorry..” Beetlejuice said quietly.
They both sat there crying together for the next few hours, holding onto each other tightly as if the other was going to fly away.
Lydia ended up passing out in Beetlejuice’s arm once she had calmed down, clearly exhausted from crying. Beetlejuice carefully picked her up and placed her in her bed, tucking her in to let her get some much needed sleep. He was about to poof away,-
Definitely not off to find the Deetz killers and give them a taste of their own medicine-
when Lydia suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled him onto the bed, snuggling up to him and burying her face in the crook of his neck. He chuckled and nuzzled her forehead, only a single thought bouncing around his brain as he fell asleep next to her.
“Man, have I missed this kid.”