Finn ran in his high school hallway wishing that he was late to class like normal kids. But no. They found him. They were going to capture him and maybe even kill him. He kept running. Faster and faster down the empty halls. He stopped to catch his breath. Are they gone?. he thought.
" Finn!" He jumped at the voice.
" Amanda?", he asked startled." Why.. What are you doing here?"
" You ran off. The bell rang. What's going on?"
" THERE! Get him! DEAD OR ALIVE!", said a voice.
" Amanda.. I need you to get out of here.", he said calmly. He hated that they found him. They wanted revenge. And now he was putting Amanda in danger.
" Finn..", she didn't know what to say. She wasn't going to leave him.
A voice boomed. It seemed to shake the whole school," You really think that we don't know where you live? You're school? We know everything. And I plan to kill you myself."
Finn felt something that made him slam him into the wall. He was dizzy and figured he was going to lose this battle. They found him. He couldn't hide forever. His vision was blurry.
" Finn!", he could tell that was Amanda yelling, but it sounded distant. He hated that he didn't think. He hated that he didn't see this coming.
" Finally my dream come true. To watch you die."
* THREE DAYS EARLIER*
Philby was asleep in bed. Like every kid that has school in the morning, sleep is important. Unfortunately he woke up from a familiar sound on his computer. He groggily got up and checked to see what was going on. Maybe his cat Elvis messed with it or pressed some buttons. Who knew. He checked the screen and immediately froze. The server.
He had gained access to it by hacking it a while ago. He could make him and his friends cross over or let them sleep in peace. He was recently able to bring them back from their DHI state without them using the fob. But that was more for emergencies. He did a double check to make sure he wasn't going crazy. He didn't set anyone to cross over, but there she was. Amanda. Crossed over and they never got the fob back. At least they were going to that next day.
During their last adventure in the park, the fob was stolen by the OTs. They were able to get it back, but then this happened: There was debates going on if they should shut the DHI program down for good or not. This had been going on for months. They only thought about it for safety of the keepers, which was stupid considering that the DHI's were made to save the parks in the first place. It showed they weren't planning well. After clearance for the fob they had to wait a while to see what was in store. Go figure that the one time they needed it they wouldn't be able to find it.
Unfortunately, since Amanda crossed over this might change again. This might be proof that it's too dangerous. Philby couldn't imagine what would happen if anything happened to him or one of his friends. The whole point for the DHI's would be put to the side and there would be nothing they could do. Philby understood the reasoning for the thought of the termination of the DHI's. It's dangerous for them, but at the same time, it would be even more dangerous if their DHI's did get erased.
He had to focus. Now it was up to Philby to make sure Amanda was safe. He called Finn.
" Finn?", he whispered into the phone.
" Huh? Yeah? This important cuz I was enjoying my dream about-"
" The server. Amanda crossed over."
" She crossed over?", he could hear the frustration in Finn's voice.
"I think she might be in trouble."
" Cross me over."
" What? Are you nuts? Maybe she's fine."
" Cross me over. Please. I need to make sure she's okay."
" And if this is a trap?"
" Then.. I'll find a way out. Don't worry. It'll be fine."
Philby sighed," Fine. I'll cross you over. Just.. don't get captured." Finn faked a laugh. Though Philby didn't mean it as a joke.
" Got it." Finn hung up the phone.
This is going to be a long night, Philby thought.
Finn woke up in front of the Cinderella Castle. He had no idea where Amanda was or could be. His heart was pounding just thinking about her. He had to find her as soon as possible. But where would she be?, he thought. It could him hours.. days even to find her. He decided to walk around the park. Maybe he'll be lucky and not get caught by the overtakers. Maybe. He kept walking around.
He walked hesitantly past the Haunted Mansion. He didn't even know if the ghosts in there were.. real. He was sure they were.
" I can see you.", said a voice in a whisper. Finn jumped.
" Get AWAY!"
Finn Froze and say a figure in front of him. A faint outline of a person. A ghost.
" Did you not HEAR ME? I Said: LEAVE!"
Finn took off.
After a few minutes of running to make sure he got as far away from the mansion he ran into someone. Literally.
" Ow..."
" Finn?"
" Amanda?"
The two got up. Finn sighed in relief that it was Amanda. He pulled her into a tight hug.
" Are you okay? What happened?", he asked with his arms around her. He could tell she enjoyed it.
" I'm fine. Just a little freaked out. What's going on. Why are you here?"
" I told Philby to cross me over to find you."
" What!", she backed away from him." And he let you!"
" Lets just go and get crossed back over."
" Fine."
" You're not happy.", he stated.
"Lets just go, okay?" She took him by the hand and led him to the return spot. They didn't talk much.
" Philby should return us any minute.", Finn said.
" I have a bad feeling."
" Why do you say that?"
" It's dark. Creepy. And you're here. The number one target of the Ot's. I feel so safe.", she said sarcastically.
" I am not a target."
" And I'M not a fairlie."
Finn just ignored her.
There was a long silence.
" Come on, Philby.", he muttered. That's when everything went wrong.
"Finn!"
It happened so fast. One minute there were overtakers everywhere. The next. None.
Amanda stood there in shock. Finn was gone. No where in sight.
Then so was she.