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Mystery Writer5775: Things do look bad for heroes, very bad.
Chapter VII: Lifeforce
Beth
"The Fentons live in the other direction," Valerie said confused by the direction I was walking in.
"We're not going to the Fentons, we're going to help Mick," I tell her as I go back to the crime scene to see if he is still there.
"Are you sure we should be doing this, I mean Mick seem adamant that we shouldn't help him," she tells me worriedly.
"You don't know Mick like do, when he says stay away, he means 'I want help'" I tell her as we start walking back to where he found the medallion. "So what is Danny like," I ask Valerie trying to get some info on the kid.
"he's very nice but very awkward," she says as an alarm goes off, "we have ghost nearby," she says as she dawns her battle gear and begins to search for the specter.
Suddenly from nowhere a portly ghost in overalls and a cap appeared, "Beware! I am the Box Ghost," he shouts.
I couldn't help but laugh at this spirit, whoever heard of someone who haunts boxes.
"What are you laughing at," he asks offended.
"Please, you couldn't scare a baby," I tell him trying to stifle my laughter.
"Oh yeah, I will…," he sais before Valerie sucked him back into the Thermos she used to trap Technus with.
"You okay, Beth," she asks as she closes the thermos and transforms into her street clothes.
"Yeah, we're approaching the scene again," I tell her as we arrive back at the crime scene.
"What are we looking for," Valerie asks confused as she began to look around the crime scene.
"Anything that Mick might have missed, even though it never happens you never know," I tell her as I take out a small flashlight and look for any signs that might tell us where Danny might have gone to.
"Hey Beth, look at this tree," Valerie says as she climb up a nearby tree, "there are scratches up here, but they don't look ghost claw marks," she says examining them closely.
"I think we have our first clue," I tell her as she take out her camera and snaps a picture of the marks.
"We better get going before the sun comes up and the early crowd comes," she says as she climbs down and shows me the photo.
"We'll show them to Mick," I said as we headed back to the Fenton's just as the sun was coming up.
Sam
Around 5:00 am, I was woken by knocking at the door, "All right, I'm coming," I say as get off the couch and look around. "That's odd Tucker's not here," I say as I noticed he wasn't asleep on the floor, but that he had went to the bathroom.
I reach the door and open to find Mick on the other side.
"Sorry for running out last night, but I wanted to check out the crime scene," he says as he walks into the living room.
"That's okay, can I make you breakfast," I say as I walk into the kitchen to get something to eat. "I wish that boy would be neater," I moan as I see a hamburger lying on the floor.
"No, thank you," Mick replies as he comes in and sees the mess, "there's something wrong," he says as walks in and sees the hamburger.
"Yeah, Tucker made a mess and left me to clean it," I said as I use a paper towel and pick up the meat and threw it away.
"No, you're friend's a carnivore, he loves meat. He wouldn't just toss a hamburger unless he had to go somewhere. He's in trouble," he says worriedly.
"Mr. St. John, how did you know that," I ask amazed that he knew Tucker's diet without being told about it.
"I have my ways, listen to me Sam. I want you to stay here, don't go anywhere, it's too dangerous. I'll be back as soon as I can," he said putting his sun glasses on and left again.
"Not on your life, Mick," I said as was about to leave when I heard another knock on the door, this time it was Valerie along with a blonde haired woman with blue eyes.
"Hi, Sam, sorry to burst into here, but we have something that might help you find Danny," she said urgently.
"Thanks, Val but the detective just left, but please come in," I say, normally I don't care for Valerie but if she has info on Danny I need to see it.
"Thank you, Sam, this is Beth Turner, she's a reporter doing a story on the case," she tells me as they walk into the living room.
"What type of info do you have," I ask curious as to what they found.
"This," she says as she shows me a photo of claw marks on a tree. "They're not made by ghosts, there was no ectoplasm nearby. I've never seen anything like it," she explains.
"Me neither and I have feeling that Danni and Tucker are tracking it," I said remembering what Mick said about Tucker leaving the hamburger uneaten. "Come on, they need our help," I said as I dragged them out the door to look for them, hoping they're okay.
Danni
"Slow down Danni, I need to take a break," Tucker panted as I slowed down and landed so he could catch up. "We've been searching for hours, do you have any idea what we're looking for," he says as trips over something.
"That's a start," I said as I help him up, "it looks like an entrance to a secret chamber," I told him as I examine it.
"I think we should leave it alone," Tucker says nervously as I continue to inspect it.
"What if Danny's trapped in there and needs help. We have to go to look for him," I tell him as I take his hand and go intangible and phase through the hatch.
"Where are we," Tucker asks worriedly as we land on a floor in the dark.
"Hang on a second," I said as I created an orb of ectoplasm in my hand to light our way, "it looks some sort of bunker," I said as I look around at our new surroundings.
It was creepy, skeletons were strewn on the floor and an unearthly chilled seemed to fill the area. I was not going to let this stop me from finding my cousin.
"Danni what are you doing," Tucker exclaimed as he saw me walk into the darkness.
"Looking for Danny, but you can stay here if you want to Foley. The monsters can keep you company," I tell him slyly.
"I…don't…believe in…monsters," he says weakly as he looks around nervously.
"Are you sure," I ask him as I raise an eyebrow at his statement.
"Ye...ah but I think I better go to keep you safe. Don't want Danny to get mad at me if you get hurt," he says as he races to catch up with me as we enter the abyss ahead of us.
Mick
This just went from bad to worse, not only does one of the worst evils I know has Danny prisoner, now his friend and cousin went out to look for him (I knew the cousin went with him as I could pick up her scent in the kitchen) and in doing placed themselves in great danger.
I would need all my strength to help them and that would require that I feed.
I went to the blood bank where Guillermo had sent the blood from the morgue to.
I walked inside and headed to the front desk.
"How can I help you sir," the nurse at the front desk asked me sweetly.
"Yes, my name is Dr. Michael Johnson and I need to pick up some blood that shipped here from LA for a patient of mine here," I tell her, remembering what my friend told me to say.
"Oh, yes, we were waiting for you doctor. I'll get it from the cooler," she said as she got up and left only to come back with a portable cooler. "Here you go, Dr. Johnson, good luck with your patient," she says as she hands it to me.
"Thank you," I said as I left the building and snuck into a dark alley.
I opened the cooler and ripped open a bag and drank its contents. The sweet ichor tasted good as it hit my tongue and swallowed the liquid until I had my fill of it.
I placed the bag back in and closed the cooler, "Now back to business," I said as I went as I found a hole in the wall to hide the blood, sealed the hole good, and went to find Danny's friends hoping I was not too late.
Danny
Never in all my life have I felt so weak, it must be from all that blood that creep keeps taking from me. Who knows what does he do with it.
I shudder as I hear him come near my cage again, "Good you are still alive, I must not drain you anymore," he said ravenously, "my clients would be mad if you are not alive," he says as he stares (even though I cannot see his eyes, I feel them bore into me nonetheless) at me like a person stares at animal in the zoo.
"Are you going to sell me off, like some piece of property," I ask him nervously as I soon begin to figure out what he meant when he said my life was over. I got no answer from him. "WAIT COME BACK ANSWER ME!" I shout as I stretch my hand between the bars trying to stop him from leaving but no use.
I lie in a far corner of the cage and wrap my arms around me to keep warm as I dread to think what will happen to me.
