Well here I am guys with another update… AND GUESS WHOSE ON BREAK!? Yup I'm pretty excited and I hope all of you are to. More break= more story!
Danny continued to roll down the hill he was currently on which gave him the needed momentum to go faster. Sure he felt like a complete wuss for running away from a rabbit but with his powers being suppressed as they were he didn't feel like taking chances. The rabbit seemed to keep a very wide distance from him which Danny found odd. Weren't rabbits supposed to be really fast? But trying not to look a gift horse in the mouth, Danny focused his mind to keep rolling despite how difficult the task seemed to become.
A flat area of land approached ahead surrounded by lots of large green boulders. Unable to slow the cage down Danny toppled headfirst as the cage grew a mind of its own and kept rolling. Hitting one of the huge rocks the cage cascaded to the right before finally grinding to a fault.
"I'm just surprised that even worked." Danny groaned, his body sprawled out in the cage.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Danny squatted in the cage trying to hold up a fighting stance despite his lack of knowledge of which way the sky was at the moment. Shaking his head of the dizzying vision he tried to focus on the rabbit approaching at a fast rate. Three yards from hitting its mark, the rabbit leaped into the air and landed directly on top of the cage. Jolted by the rabbits' action Danny fell over onto his back to place as much distance as he could from its claws. Unfortunately the cage did not appear to be made for ghosts which allowed the rabbit to try to claw at him through the bars. One particular nail had caught his nose, just slightly drawing out a little line of ectoplasm. Thankfully the rabbit had very short arms.
As the rabbits' attempts seemed more and more futile, it instead turned its attention to trying to destroy the bars. The hooked claw latched onto one of the bars above Danny. Pulling back the bar to a 45 degree angle, Danny tried even harder to shrink into the floor.
A loud explosion filled the air leaving Danny's hearing partially disabled. The rabbit, who had been in the process of pulling back a second bar, froze for a second before slamming down on top of the cage and gradually sliding down the side. A large trail of ectoplasm trailed towards its resting place, with none of its ghostly incandescence. Danny's mouth hung open unable to process what had just happened. He had never seen a ghost, for lack of a better word, die.
The ringing in Danny's ears was still present and all he could feel at the moment was his heart pumping blood throughout his body which to him seemed to resemble a dying drumbeat. Almost in slow motion a shadow covered the scene of the murder. Turning his head to face its owner, Danny's shock turned to dread noting how ticked off the ghost seemed to be. His mind didn't even seem to process the double-barreled shotgun the enemy had pointed at him.
"Heh he. Hi there, Skulker."
Skulker regarded him with an emotionless frown before skirting around the cage to the body of the rabbit. His back facing Danny, he pulled a rope from his black backpack which Danny just noticed he had. Uncoiling the rope Skulker looped it around its hind legs securing them firmly in place. Standing up again Skulker turned back to him an evil grin curling up on his face.
Oh shit he had more rope.
Danny's mind went into overdrive as he tried going through every possible escape route through his head: it wasn't looking good. Deciding he would at least make the effort, he tried to bend the bars that were behind him outwards. Now his ghostly strength seemed to be added to the rapidly growing list of things he couldn't do. Why did I not bother to try doing that in the first place? Danny wondered as he realized he was trapped. Looking back at Skulker he saw him casually flipping through a ring of keys in his hand. Fear gripping his heart he tried to locate where the door to the cage was. Luck must not be on my side he thought upon noticing that the door was directly in front of him as well as Skulker.
Seeming to find the right key, Skulker squatted down and put the key in the lock and begun to turn it. A deafening click rang out as the door swung out a bit. Now or never Danny thought as he launched himself out the door when Skulker stood to put the keys away. Finally, finally, one of his powers seemed to be working as he soared low to the ground underneath Skulker. His victory was short lived however as Skulker seemed to anticipate his move and latched onto his ankle. Pulling Danny back to view, the teen hung upside down in his bone-crushing grip.
Surprised he had been caught, Danny just hung there as the blood slowly drained to his head. Almost sneering at this point, Skulker raised his finger in a condescending way as you would to a child that has just disobeyed. Slowing moving the same hand he reached behind and grabbed the shotgun that had been slung over his shoulder. Danny's eyes filled with pure terror as the gun swung into view and was positioned directly in front of his face point blank. He swallowed although that was hard to do upside down as he now was looking directly into the barrel of the gun. Trying to turn intangible when; surprise, surprise, Danny could not.
"Don't move."
Danny was about to ask how could he, when all of a sudden he was dropped to the floor. Looking at Skulker quizzically, he made sure to note that the gun was trained on him. As Skulker squatted down, the end of the gun, the business end, kept its position. Reaching behind again with his other hand Skulker pulled out the familiar remote. Danny stiffened slightly but kept still at Skulkers' glance. His robotic thumb trailed over the buttons and pressed the same dark green button from earlier. With a small cry of pain Danny transformed. What is he doing? Danny thought. Putting the remote down Skulker picked up the coil of rope and begun to tie Danny's ankles together. How Skulker managed to accomplish the task of holding a gun and tying a knot was beyond him but at the moment Danny was more worried about the former. After a few minutes which had seemed like an eternity, Skulker finished the knot and for once lowered the gun. Danny let out a sigh of relief quietly to himself wondering how long he had been holding his breath.
Swinging the gun back over his shoulder along with the end of the rope Skulker moved over to the forgotten rabbit also picking up the end of its rope. Both bodies slung behind him as Skulker made his way back to his circus area. Danny almost gagged as the rabbit rubbed against his body at the start of the trek. The putrid smell of death radiated off of it and its eyes were still wide open in a dull red color. Facing his back towards it he tried to keep down what little food he had in his stomach. What was the last thing he ate? A sandwich? Unable to answer his own question he tried to focus on something else. For the next 15 minutes he tried to tuck it in his shirt that had been falling down.
Wait… uh oh.
Yeah, uh oh was right. Danny had forgotten that he was now human in the ghost zone. If he didn't act fast he was going to die from lack of oxygen. This world was for ghosts, not humans. Deciding how to remind Skulker of this fact, he reprimanded himself trying to convince his own self that if Skulker had not just killed him he probably did not want him dead. Trying to swallow again he stammered,
"Uh… Skulker?"
"…What?" Skulker grumbled.
"I'm human." Danny stated.
Skulker stopped in his tracks before laughing full-heartedly. "And did you just come to this realization now?"
Danny fumed inside but he tried to be patient. "And we are in the ghost zone."
Skulker laughed again before asking, "Good observation. Anything else that you want to declare?"
Danny was done hearing Skulker before taking on a firm tone. "Look, I am human in the ghost zone. What happens when a human is in here for too long?"
Skulker stood in silence for a second before murmuring an "oh right" under his breath as he pulled out the remote again. Clicking the button Danny morphed again switching back to his jumpsuit. The transformation was still painful but Danny was just glad he wouldn't end up dying. Slipping the remote back into his pocket Skulker continued to head towards the circus area.
So how's it going everybody? I hope you all have great plans for summer! (I know I do!) As for updates, I am pretty sure I will be able to update a lot sooner than I have done previously. Also for the random bouts of small cursing I didn't think it was a big deal but it just seemed to fit in. Anywho, hope to see reviews, faves, critiques, flames, fanart, whatever ya' got. And for now farewell and I hope you all have a great summer!