Author's Note: Hey! Happy Halloween eveyone! Here is the first chapter of my special Haloween story! I regret that the entire thing won't be up today, but will by the end of next weekend. Then all of my attention will be on Things Unkown. Well that and a big old book report due the week of Thanksgiving thanks to my English teacher. Oh well. I hope ya'll have a great Halloween and enjoy my story. Please R&R! ~Kawaii Stella

Disclaimer: Once again I do not own Cyberchase. However Amelia, Maisy, and Mark are mine. I don't own the Pittsburg Penguins either although that would be awesome! XD

You Can't Escape

A Special Cyberchase Halloween Fan Fiction

By: Kawaii Stella

It was October, and for many, including the Cybersquad, it brought the excitement of Halloween. Many signs pointed to its upcoming arrival. The yard decorations, the advertisements for haunted housed, costumes, and giant bags of decorated candy for trick-or-treaters. Children, teenagers, and adults alike were making plans for Halloween. Inez, Matt, and Jackie were well on their way to completing their plans ahead of time. Being the best friends that they are, they had discussed their new costumes for this year and where they wanted to trick-or-treat this year.

The week before Halloween finally came around and the excitement was almost tangible in the air. Friday after school the kids went to Matt's house out on his family's farm. They decided to hang in the barn, up in the hay loft and talked about their costumes. Matt was going to be hockey goalie Marc-Andre Fleury of the Pittsburg Penguins, Inez was dressing as Cat Woman, and Jackie was to be a gothic rag doll. The kids believed that they would be the best looking trick-or-treaters on the block. As they began to discuss where they wanted to trick or treat, Motherboard came on the old TV that had been stored in the loft.

"Cybermates, Hacker is up to no good in Castleblanca."

"What is he doing," Jackie asked.

"Not sure," Motherboard said as her screen became fuzzy with static. "That's…I…you…figure…out." With that a portal came from the TV, sucking the three kids out of the barn and sending them to Cyberspace.

Upon landing in Castleblanca and meeting up with Digit, they tried to figure out just what in the world was going on. The four gathered at the Eerie Inn to decide what to do first.

"What do we do first guys?" Inquired Inez.

"We don't even know what Hacker is up to," Digit added. "I'm confused why we're even here."

"We might not know what he is up to now," Matt started, "But because it's Hacker, it can't be anything good."

To this they all agreed, They set off for Hacker's castle. The very one where he had tried to bring his monster Gigabyte to life by attempting to steal Dr. Marbles' brainpower. However, this time the little troll was nowhere to be found guarding the grounds. The Grim Wreaker was indeed in front of the castle, so Hacker what there without a doubt. To get a better look on the situation, Digit flew up to the open turret of the castle and peeked inside. He did not see anything suspicious, which in itself was odd. He saw a long table at the end of the room that had a long, forest green runner down the middle. Placed in the middle of the runner was a three-candle wrought iron candelabrum with three, lit crimson candles. A few cyberfeet away there were two large steamer trunks covered in aged leather. Finally, there were several old books, small and large, many leather-bound. He didn't see Hacker, Buzz, or Delete anywhere so he flew back down to the ground to tell the others.

"What did you see Dige?" Inez asked.

Digit proceeded to tell the others what he saw. Jackie supposed that Hacker was possibly just doing some interior decorating. Matt, on the other hand, didn't think so. He took his yo-yo out of his backpack and started yo-yoing, trying to think of an idea. Then he heard a voice; Hacker's voice as a matter of fact. While the others were focuses on something showing on the Squakpads, Matt snuck off to try and hear what Hacker was saying, even though it was still hard to hear up close.

"I almost have everything that I need. The books, the pots, the amuts," Hacker's voice began to fade away but became a bit louder once again. "I need now the Keys of Spiritalia and Celtinia. With the power of…" Hacker's voice grew quiet yet again. Several long moments later the young red headed boy heard the clanking of glasses and caught only one bit of what would have been a very useful bit of information. Matt heard the word "spheres" and only that single word alone. Then out of a window high up in the turret, a sealed glass vial fell and hit Matt on the head although it did not shatter. It did, however, knock him down and sprinkle a few droplets of its contents on him. How he got sprinkles with the liquid was quite peculiar, as the vial was corked. The liquid smelled unusual yet fruity.

It took a few moments for Matt to regain his footing. He heard the others come his way, so he snatched up the vial and put it in his backpack unsure of what to do with it. He had a feeling deep in his gut that the others shouldn't know about the vial, so he quickly decided to omit the vial from his story.

"There you are, Matt," Inez called. "Why did you wonder off?"

"I – I heard Hacker talking," Matt answered.

"Really? What did he say?" Jackie asked, dying to know the details.

"I didn't hear much," Matt admitted. "But I did hear some things." Matt proceeded to tell the others what he heard.

Although Matt didn't think what he heard was very important, Digit certainly did.

"We need to tell Motherboard this as soon as possible," Digit said. "Let's head back to Control Central now."

Jackie, Matt, and Inez nodded in agreement. A portal opened and as it did, a lone, loud howl of a wolf sliced through the air. The sound sent a bone-chilling shiver through all of them. All four jumped into the portal and made their way back to Control Central.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Control Central~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

They landed on the floor with a thud. It didn't really hurt anymore, since they had been falling out of portals for a while now. Motherboard greeted the Cybersquad warmly.

"Greetings, Cybermates. I hope your investigation went well?"

"To a certain extent, yes," Inez started.

"I heard a few things," said Matt. "But what I heard was really weird."

"Please explain," Motherboard asked.

So Matt told Motherboard all that he had heard even though he didn't understand most of it himself. He still omitted the vial from his story.

"I don't understand what Hacker meant by pots, amuts, and the keys of Spiritalia and Celtinia," Matt concluded.

"Nor do I Matt," Motherboard admitted. "Until I do understand, I feel it is best that the three of you return to Earth.

They all said their goodbyes and the Earthlies headed towards the Earth-bound portal at the end of the room. As the left Jackie noticed a smell coming from Matt.

"Hey Matt, you smell really fruity. Are you wearing perfume?" Jackie asked with a giggle.

When Jackie notices the smell that the liquid in the vial had left behind, Matt became very afraid that he had been caught. He quickly made up an excuse that would explain the smell.

"It's shampoo," he explained. "I ran out of my normal shampoo this morning so I had to use my cousins."

"Oh, is she still staying with you? Your cousin is so nice; do you think she would give me advice on my writing? She is such an excellent writer." Inez asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure she would. I'll talk to her about it."

The kids, now in the portal, saw the light at the end of their swirling tunnel. They fell out into the hayloft, exactly where they had been before their adventure began. No sooner than they had re-entered their world, two cars drove up the long driveway up to the house. The two cars belonged to Jackie and Inez's parents. It was time for the girls to go home. The kids now noticed that the sun had begun to set. Once the girls had left, Matt finished up his evening chores.

After milking the cow, feeding the chickens and the pig, and putting fresh water in the troughs, Matt knew something was up. He hadn't felt quite right since the incident with that vial. As he thought about the vial, he took it out of his backpack. Upon removing it from the bag, Matt noticed that it was very decorated.

The vial was bulbous at its base but had a slim neck. The neck was wrapped in an elegant silk ribbon, colored scarlet. Along the bottle was writing in a foreign language, one that Matt had never seen before. Upon closer inspection, the bottle was clear while its contents were a light green color.

That was all the time he had to look at the mysterious vial because his mother caller him to dinner.

At the dinner table sat four people. A shook up Matt who was trying to keep his cool, his mother Maisy, his dad Mark, and Matt's cousin Amelia. Maisy had fixed a scrumptious meal of pork chops, mashed potatoes, sweet corn, macaroni and cheese, and biscuits. Everyone had full plates that would surely be cleaned. Matt ate silently and did not join in on the mealtime conversation. When Mark asked Amelia what he latest project was, she began to tell him about how she was tricking out her new laptop. As Amelia went into specifics over her operating system, Matt thought that Amelia would get along well with Dr. Marbles. Even though Amelia talked animatedly about her computer, she was worried about Matt. He hadn't teased her once this evening.

The family finished their meal and cleaned up the table. As Maisy cleaned the dishes with Matt, Mark and Amelia went into the living room to watch the Penguins vs. Flyers hockey game on TV. In the kitchen, Maisy finally broke down and asked Matt what was the matter.

"Honey," she began, "What's wrong? You're awfully quiet."

"I'm fine mom; it's just been a long day."

"Okay," Maisy hugged her son. "If you want to talk, I'm always here."

"I know, thanks," Matt said as he hugged her back. "Let's go watch the game."

The rest of the night was somewhat relaxing. As the evening grew into night it was time fore bed for Matt and Amelia too, since she was only sixteen. As the trod up the stairs, a foul, horrendous stench filled the living room. It was the stench of rotting flesh and blood. Mark, armed with a flashlight and his shotgun went outside to see what the stench came from. After a few minutes Maisy noticed that her son and niece had not gone to bed. She made them vacate their seats on the stairs and sent them to clean up for bed. But, as they went upstairs, Mark returned to tell his wife where the smell came from.

Super-sneaky like, Amelia and Matt flattened themselves against the wall where the adults couldn't see so they could hear what happened.

"What was is?" asked Maisy.

"Coyotes left a deer carcass at the edge of the yard. Those darn coyotes completely annihilated that doe. Don't worry, I got rid of it."

"Dear," Maisy whined, "you're covered in blood and guts!"

Before Mark could say anything in his own defense, the pack of coyotes that killed the deer all began to howl at once. A chorus of about twenty howls pierced the night sky and sent Amelia and Matt running to their rooms. The sound was ominous, and it made Matt feel that he couldn't escape. Surprisingly he fell asleep quickly, but fell into a slurry of dreams just as fast and those dreams were very disturbing.