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Eternal Night
Chapter Four
Kya had been ignoring Danny all day, but in her last class, art, she couldn't avoid him. She sat on the windowsill and her expression darkened as he walked into the room. He immediately walked over to the window, set his things down, and turned to Kya.
"You've been avoiding me," said Danny.
"Have I?" asked Kya sarcastically.
"Yes, you have," said Danny, "Why?"
"I told you yesterday. I don't like people," said Kya.
"Okay everyone, we have a change in plans today," said Ms. Davis. "Today, I want you to draw another person in this room. You choose whoever you want to draw and have at it."
Danny went to his spot and picked up his paper and pencils. When he sat down, he decided to dray Kya. He put his pencil to the paper and began to sketch.
Kya didn't want to draw anyone, but she did so anyway. In her drawing, she darkened the shadows and made the sketch give off a feeling of peace and calm. Ms. Davis came over and saw Kya's drawing of Danny. She smiled and went over to see Danny's drawing of Kya. Both were very detailed and captured every emotion.
"Time's up everyone!" called Ms. Davis. "Put all your drawings on my desk and you have the rest of your time to talk." Kya groaned. She stood slowly and put her sketch on Ms. Davis' desk before going back to her bag and putting all her things away. Danny did the same, and when he was ready to go, he walked over to Kya. She glared at him as he approached.
"I was wondering if you wanted to join Sam, Tucker, and I. We're going to the Nasty Burger to hang out. We can also show you around town if you want," said Danny.
"No," said Kya bluntly.
"Why not?" asked Danny.
"I have a lot of unpacking to do," said Kya. She remembered all the boxes all over the house and inwardly groaned. 'I'm going to be stiff tomorrow,' she thought.
"Still?" asked Danny and Kya nodded. "Would you like some help?"
"No, you'll just get in the way," said Kya.
"So…what do your parents do?" asked Danny and Kya glared out the window.
"Do you always ask so many questions?" asked Kya.
"Hey, I'm just curious," said Danny.
"Curiosity killed the cat," said Kya.
"But the cat has nine lives, so it can afford to be curious a few times," said Danny with a smile and Kya glared at him.
"My parents research ghosts. They also create weapons to fight them, but they hardly ever use them. They do more research than actual hunting," said Kya.
"Research? What kind of research?" asked Danny.
"They try to figure out how a ghost forms, where it goes when it is destroyed or when it passes on. They also try to figure out how they work, what gives them their unique powers, so on and so forth," said Kya.
"How much do they know?" asked Danny.
"Not much really. They're barking up the wrong tree when it comes to how they research. I found another method and have other theories that I research myself. I'm closer to an answer than they are," said Kya.
"So what are you researching?" asked Danny.
"How ghosts absorb energy," said Kya. Danny gave her a questioning look and she sighed. "All ghosts have to have an energy source. They can't just get energy from anywhere; they each have a specific source depending on what type of ghost they are. Most ghosts get their energy from human emotions. All malevolent ghosts get their energy from feelings of fear, anger, hatred, misery, and so on. All benevolent ghosts get their energy from positive emotions such as happiness and love. Poltergeists get their energy from feelings of frustration and annoyance from the people they bother."
"That's interesting," said Danny with a thoughtful look on his face. The bell rang and Kya began walking out of the room. Danny grabbed his bag and ran to catch up with her. "Are you sure you don't need help unpacking?"
"I'm sure. Just go hang out with your friends and quit bugging me," said Kya and she disappeared in the crowd of students. Danny shook his head and found Sam and Tucker by his locker.
"Hey Danny, what's up?" asked Sam.
"Kya was explaining something that she had found out about ghosts," said Danny.
"Something she found out?" asked Tucker.
"Her parents are ghost researchers and she does some research of her own," said Danny and he began to explain what Kya had told him as they walked to the Nasty Burger.
"That's amazing. So you would get your energy from positive feelings right?" asked Sam.
"I guess so, but I think I also get some energy from my human half," said Danny.
"That would make sense," said Tucker. They sat down at a booth in the Nasty Burger as Sam ordered their food. Sam sat down next to Danny and they waited for their food. "It's too bad that Kya couldn't come with us though. She could have met Valerie."
"I don't know how well those two would get along," said Sam.
"Why do you say that?" asked Danny.
"They're both stubborn and they both have an attitude. I'm pretty sure that if Valerie made Kya mad, Kya would start a fight, though Valerie would be the one to win considering she's a ninth degree black belt," said Sam.
"I'm not so sure about that Sam. Kya seems like a skilled fighter. I get the feeling that she might be better than Valerie," said Danny.
"How do you figure that?" asked Tucker.
"The way she walks and holds herself. I mean, Valerie's stride is confident and strong, but Kya's…her stride is smooth and graceful with a hidden strength. I get a major feeling of danger from her when it comes to her physical skills. Also, Valerie holds herself tall and strong almost as if she were better than everyone else. Kya holds herself with a dignity that says that no one is worth her time. I get a feeling that Kya is much stronger than Valerie," said Danny.
"Did you say my name?" asked a dark-skinned girl as she walked over to their table with food balanced on a tray.
"Hey Valerie, what's up?" asked Tucker.
"What were you guys talking about?" asked Valerie.
"You know Kya, that new student?" asked Sam and Valerie nodded.
"We have history together," said Valerie.
"Well, we were talking about how you two might not get along very well because you're both stubborn," said Sam.
"And we were also saying that if either of you got into a fight, we believed that you would be the one to win, but Danny thinks that Kya would," said Tucker.
"And why do you think that Danny?" asked Valerie.
"I don't know, I just get the feeling that she could beat all of us really easily," said Danny. "She seems really strong."
"She's a skinny Goth. There's no way she could beat me," said Valerie.
"You obviously didn't see the muscles she had, or they way she walked," said Danny.
"Whatever. I have to get back to work," said Valerie and she walked away.
"Let's dig in!" cried Tucker and the three friends began to eat.
Kya opened the door to her house and went inside. She walked up the stairs to her room and set her bag on her bed and took her shoes off. Sighing, she walked down the stairs to get to work unpacking. She walked into the kitchen and opened the door to the basement to hear the shuffling of papers and her parents talking. After glaring down the steps for a minute, she closed the door and looked at the pile of boxes next to the counter.
For about an hour, Kya opened the boxes, pulled things out, and organized them. She put things in draws and cabinets and plugged some things in. After a while, Kya began to get annoyed. She would have to do this for the entire house. Quickly, she ran up to her room to her bag and pulled out her iPod. Turning it on, she walked back down the stairs to continue her work.
"This is ridiculous," muttered Kya as she moved on to the next pile of boxes. "I can't believe we had this much stuff." She sat down on her couch for a moment to rest and glared at the boxes, as if that would make them disappear. "And to think I still have to do this room and upstairs."
Suddenly, Kya gasped and a green mist escaped her mouth. Groaning, she stood as the room darkened and got cooler. She looked around for any sign of a ghost and hoped that her parents were as oblivious as usual. Getting into a fighting stance, a neon green ring appeared around her waist and one traveled up her body while the other traveled down. When the light was gone, Kya's hair had turned white, her eyes bright green, and she had a wardrobe change. She wore a black shirt and black bondage pants with white ribbons hanging from the sides and combat boots. Over her shirt was a black trench coat with white stripes around the arms and around the waist.
"Come out ghost…if you dare," said Kya in a dark voice, full of malice. She heard a noise behind her and she spun around. Behind her, the pile of empty boxes was moving.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST!!!" cried the ghost Kya had seen in Danny sketch book. "I SHALL RULE LTHE WORLD WITH MY CORROGATED CARDBOARD BOXES OF DOOM!!!"
"Sure you will," said Kya sarcastically.
"You are new around here! Who are you?!" cried the Box Ghost.
"Call me Dusk; your destroyer," said Kya with a menacing grin. The Box Ghost gulped.
"BEWARE!!" he yelled and the boxes began to float around him. "I will empty all your boxes and use them to seal your doom!"
"Try it," said Kya. The Box Ghost threw all the boxes and Kya just turned intangible. "Great, you're wasting my time." Her right hand began to glow with a green light and she fired an ecto-blast at the annoying ghost. He dodged and flew through the ceiling, dropping all the boxes in the process. Kya followed him through the ceiling and found him in her parents' room, dumping all the contents of the boxes onto the floor. "When this is over, I never want to see a box ever again."
Throwing another ecto-blast, Kya knocked the Box Ghost away from the boxes and he glared at her. "HOW DARE YOU ATTACK THE BOX GHOST!!!" Kya destroyed the now empty boxes with an ecto-blast and the Box Ghost stared at her in shock. "YOU HAVE DESTROYED MY PRECIOUS BOXES!!!"
"That I did," said Kya with a smirk. "Now it's your turn." She powered up an ecto-blast, but the Box Ghost flew through the wall. Kya growled in frustration. "Why can't you hold still?!" she screamed. "Wait…that's my room!" She thought of her wooden box and flew through the wall.
The Box Ghost was looking at all the boxes in the center of her room with excitement, but he turned to her dresser and spotted her wooden box. He flew over to it and inspected the box carefully. With a grin he picked it up. "This will be my greatest weapon!" Kya appeared behind him with murder in her eyes.
"Put the box down," growled Kya.
"NEVER!" yelled the Box Ghost.
"Now," said Kya in a cold voice that promised destruction.
"THIS BOX IS NOW MINE AND YOU SHALL NEVER HAVE IT!!!" yelled the Box Ghost. Kya's eyes flashed brighter and her hands glowed bright green. She took a step forward and the Box Ghost floated away from her in fear.
"Put the box down and I might just let you continue your afterlife. If you don't, you're as good as gone," Kya growled.
"NEVER!" yelled the Box Ghost.
"Fine, see you in Oblivion," said Kya and she attacked the Box Ghost. The box flew through the air and Kya caught it gently. She set in on her bed and attacked the Box Ghost with a flurry of kicks, punches, and ecto-blasts. Kya stopped when she heard the basement door open. Cursing, she kicked the Box Ghost out of the house and changed back to her human form. Just as she landed on the floor, she heard her mother cry out because of the mess and she heard her father curse.
"Kya!" screamed her father. With a sigh, Kya began to walk down the stairs. She walked into the living room and her father motioned for her to sit on the couch with a stern look on his face. "What have you been doing?"
"Is that any of your business?" asked Kya.
"Look at this mess. You were supposed to be unpacking, not destroying everything!" he yelled.
"Really? I didn't know that," snapped Kya.
"Don't give me attitude," he ordered.
"Then don't give me your lecture," said Kya.
"Kya dear, just tell us what happened," said her mother.
"A ghost," said Kya.
"If there was a ghost, our inventions would have picked up on the ecto-signature," said her father.
"Sure it would. Especially when all of your inventions work perfectly," said Kya sarcastically. "You're wasting your time down there. You don't even know what you're doing even though you claim you do."
"And what do you know? You know nothing on the subject," snapped her father.
"You have no idea what I know. In fact, you hardly know me at all. All you do is sit down in that lab, doing what you call research. You have no idea what I like, what I do, or who I hang out with. I hardly even exist to you," said Kya.
"Of course we know who you hang out with. You hang out with Ami," said her mother and Kya flinched. She spun around on her heel and walked up the stairs without another word.
"We're not done here!" yelled her father and Kya slammed the door to her room. She sat on her bed and held the wooden box in her lap. She stroked the lid as she stared out the window, but she left the box locked up tight.
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Just to let you all know, I'm going to the state championships on my varsity soccer team on Thursday next week. We're going all the way across the state and I won't be back until late Saturday night. I don't know if I'll be able to write any of my story on the five hour bus ride or when I'm in the hotel so I may or may not update on the weekend. I will do my best to get it up on Sunday though, and if I can't, I'll try Monday.
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