Beetlejuice charatcer belongs to Tim Burton
Seth, Meisha, Gorian, the soulless, Leila and the story belong to me
this chapter is slightly darker than the other chapter


Black soulless eyes

this evening the two hours horror movies was shown in the TV, Lydia has make popcorn and some other movie snacks ready "move your corpse Beej, you fill the whole couch!" Lydia said with a her right hand on her hip and look at her husband, but it look like Beetlejuice didn't want so share the couch and just look at her with a big grin and a relaxed position. "do you want me to sit on you?"

"fine fine, I move. Sheesh" he grumbled and moved away so she sat beside him and she gave him a little innocent kiss

"ewww" both looked over to the stairs and saw Seth and Meisha stand in their nightclothes, they have apparently sneak downstairs to see what their parents was doing.

"oh yeah? If you guys think that is 'ew'. What will happen if I do this" Beetlejuice tease and lick Lydia's collarbone and neck with one large lick with his tongue and the twins wide their eyes in disgust with a larger;

"EEEeewww!" With one jump, Beetlejuice was over at the kids and took them both up, trying to lick their faces, but both laughing they try to fight him away with their hands on his face. Lydia could barely stand up to help her husband because she laugh so hard, she finally got over and took Meisha away from Beeltejuice's embrace. her daughter did manages to take his tongue out. Seth stop fighting then he saw there was no danger to be licked anymore.

"Meisha, can you give your dad's tongue back?" she ask her daughter laughing

"only if he promise to not to lick us" Maisha said.. Beeltejuice make Seth flow in the air with a raised eyebrow since he couldn't talk for the time being

"Mei.. you know good as I, he never promise anything" Lydia said calm back

"he only get his tongue back, if he promise" Meisha keep pushing, Beetlejuice gave a 'are you kidding?' look, he did role his eyes and make a scout promise(Lydia was pretty sure he have two crossed fingers behind his back) and Meisha smiled and throw his tongue back as he 'ate' and said;

"bout time you gave it back, why are you two still up?"

"we couldn't sleep" Seth said clam, still floating in midair "can we see some movies with you?"

"sorry Seth, those movie there running it's not for you" Lydia said

"will you so read a bedtime story for us?" ask Meisha, Lydia look thoughtful at Beetlejuice there floating with Seth now grinned and said;

"why not?"

"YAY!" yelled both kids happy.

"but after that you two will sleep"

"but mooom-" Meisha began whine with her fathers worth

"better listen to your mother kid" Beetlejuice said and waved with his hand so the whole family took a floating trip up at the stairs and into the kids room. Both parents was beginning to make a new room to Seth, but right now they still share the same room. Both jump in their own bed and Lydia told them the tales with herself and Beetlejuice adventure when she was a kid, her own kids listen with eager, they love hearing the crazy adventure in the Neitherworld and sometimes they also talk about they will do the same when they was old enough. when the bedtime story was finish, Lydia kiss her children goodnight and Beetlejuice hugged them. For once the twins fall quickly asleep without problems and her and Beetlejuice walk silently downstairs to continued on their movie night

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the when the next week began and while Lydia was at work, Beetlejuice took care of the kids. Since they was old enough now to be taken to the Neitherworld, he did that most of the time when she work late, but tonight Seth and Maishe want to be home in the Outworld with him.

"dad?" Seth ask there sat on top on the couch(he knew he was only allowed to do that when he was alone with his father)while his father relaxed in the couch, Beetlejuice open on of his eyes to look at his son

"hm?" but before Seth could ask anything they both heard Meisha cry;

"argh daaaaad!" Beeltejuice quickly jump up and transported himself upstairs where he find Meisha ran frighted away from the mirror in the adult bedroom.

"what scare ya, kid?" he ask when she ran into his arms.

"t-there was s-someone in the mirror" she cried. He let go of her and walk over to the mirror, he knew she will not cry up like that if it was someone from the family, like Donny(even he mostly used the door... that sap) so it could only be another ghost.

"hey!" Beetlejuice growled to the mirror, even if he couldn't see another, he knew(from himself most) that ghost could make themselves invisible "this house have a ghost, so find another place to haunt!"
no answer. Beetlejuice snorted hoping that the stranger was gone now. He walk over to Meisha and took her down stairs there Seth waiting for them.

"what is it?" he ask curious

"it was another ghost... but he look really spooky" half-cried Meisha. Beetlejuice know(again from himself) that his kids was not easy to scare, so what Meisha saw most really spoke her off "he look like Jacques with skin and hair... he keep starring at me with really, really scary eyes" Beetlejuice look at her with a frown.

"come on kid, stop the waterfall(he squished some of his jacket, so water came out of it) for if you keep up, my nose will run" and right after he said it, his nose jump out of his face and began to flew in circles around his head, both children finally giggled and forgot all about the 'scary ghost'. even it was second time today he was alarmed over things he heard.

Lydia only came back after nightfall and to that time both kids was put in bed and sleep. She knew Beetlejuice use to watch TV when he waited for her, but this time he float around in the living room, deep in thoughts.

"wow, I can actually see the wheels spin in your head" she tease and sat down in the nearest chair with a tired sigh.

"Meisha saw another ghost in the mirror today" he said not hearing her tease, he look serious at her there look question at him

"who?"

"I don't know, he or she was gone when I came" he mumbled "I think I stay here for a while, just to be sure"

"you never this tense when other ghost come to our house"

"normally other ghost stay away from a already haunted house or make themselves known to kick the old ghost out of the house"

"ohh it can't be that bad?" she said and gave him a hug. He still looked tense "you will show them who is the ghost in this house" he looked at her with a little sly smile and she yawned "don't worry Beej. You just tired..."

"you probably right babes" he gave her right before they both walk in bed, even Lydia could still see that he was tense over this mysterious other ghost

even Beetlejuice was tense the most of the day, he did quickly fall asleep by Lydia's side. When he open his eyes, he stood in a room he never have been in before. it wasen't the house in Peaceful Pines, it looked like a apartment.
"hey...where am I?" he ask himself and spin his head slowly to figure out where he was "can I by a accident walk into Lyds dream again?" Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a women with long black hair "hm? Lydia?" she turned around he could see it was not Lydia, but they look like very much like each other, expect this women has wild hair, blue eyes and even the exile necklace around her neck.

"it's you..." Beetlejuice said with wide eyes. "you are Leila. Lyds mother-"

"mommy?" the ghost turned around and blinked some times before it fully sink in that he saw a very young Lydia sitting in a bed. "dad says ghost don't exist"

"they do pumpkin" Leila said soft to her child and her believing in ghost surprised Beeltejuice. At least he now knew where Lydia got it from "they are as real as you and me"

"why have I never seen one?"

"because only the most powerful can come back from beyond" again she surprised Beetlejuice, she knew more than he thought possible

"have you seen one?" the young Lydia asked

"yes" Leila said funny enough sad and suddenly looked right at Beetlejuice with vary eyes, she immateriality narrow them and said "you have to sleep now, my angel"

"okay. Goodnight mummy" Lydia said and lay down to sleep. Her mother looked sad at her

"goodnight. Remember I love you very much and never forget what I leaned you" she looked long time at her daughter before she walked over to Beetlejuice there looked confused at her now angry appearance "what are you doing here? Get out" she sneered

"wow wow, don't have to-" she walk right beside of him and out to the small living room."oh... she is not talking to me" Beetlejuice felt a little dump, when he figure out nobody could see him. He follow her gaze and saw a hooded ghost in the mirror. Even his face couldn't be seen, he knew the the other ghost was looking at Leila.

"I want your life" the ghost in the mirror said, make both Leila and Beetlejuice to jump of chock over how ice-cold that just sounded "just give it to me and I leave your husband alone"

"it was you there make Charles to a wreak!" she hissed at him "why did you do that?" he only shrugged lazy "leave me alone. Leave my family alone!"

"so give me what I want or..."

"or what? I can see you can't get out of there" Beetlejuice was impressing of Lydia's mother inner fire.

"I will find a way to hurt your family" the ghost said way too calm "I will come back and first kill your husband... just to show I mean it"

"your sick" both Beetlejuice and Leila said on the same time.

"and when you think you are finally safe... I will kill your daughter and only leave her head behind"

"no... leave my daughter alone!" Leila came close on the mirror and hissed in the ghost face.

"yeah you leave Lyds alone!" Beetlejuice said angry. He forgot for a moment that nobody could hear him.

"your husband's and daughter's life... for yours" the ghost said to her "it's up to you"

Leila looked at the ghost and began to walk in circles. Beetlejuice could really see she thought over anything to came out of this jam. Beetlejuice knew that the ghost threat was empty, but Leila didn't know that.

"alright... mine for theirs" she said with a heavy sigh "just promise me not to hurt my daughter"

"I promise" he said "come here-"

"never" it surprised Beetlejuice "I will never give you the sweetness to be my executioner" she walk out for a moment and come back with a glass of pills in her right hand. She looked evil at the ghost in the mirror before she swallow all the pills she has in her hand "see you in hell" was the last thing she said, before she dropped on the ground. Beetlejuice looked long at Lydia's mother and feel both kind of sorry for her and awe

"she did take her own life... to save Chucky and Lyds" he mumbled before everything began to be black...

"Lydia?"

"hmm?" Lydia looked drowsy at her husband there have woken her up by calling her name, it was already bright outside

"can you remember anything about your mother?" he ask out of nowhere.

"no... I wish I could, but no" She blinked confused for the question

"okay" he mumbled. Lydia shrugged back and looked at the clock. She slowly began to dress herself

"well, I better go to work. Will you drop the kids off with my parents today? It's their turn to take care of them"

"sure babes" he said and snapped with his finger, so he got out of his night-clothes and in his suit "speaking about Chucky. Do you know why your father is a wreck?"

"he is better now Beej" she admonish him and added "he had always have bad nerves, as far as I know"

"what do you know about your mother?"

"only what my father has told me; that I look like her and she was kinda tempered sometimes"

"what about that with the ghost thing?"

"what about it?"

"do you think she belived in ghost"

"no, I don't think so" Lydia shrugged and took a deep purple shirt over her

"he never told you how your mother died?"

"suicide" she said, not sure how she should feel about it "he never told me much about my biological mother dead. Still think it make him sad" Lydia looked at him again "why all the question about my mother?"

"I'm just curious" he shrugged and took her hand "come on, lets us get the kids up and something to eat" she knew he wasen't telling her the whole truth, but she has a feeling he will tell it to her when he was ready, they both wake Seth and Meisha up so they all could get breakfast together.

The day itself was a quit normal day, the kids came over to Charles and Delia, Lydia drive to work and Beetlejuice took to Neitherworld to either make a scam or pranks. Lydia pick Seth and Maisha up, when she was done with work and drive home, where BJ waited for them. The twins told them both how their day have been and the two adult also shared their day with them. The ghost was even so bold to ask them have they put some bugs in Charles or Delia's food, but Lydia stopped him before he gave them the wrong ideas.
At evening after dinner, Seth and Meisha have some kind of way tricked their father to play a boardgame with them.

"dad! Don't treat!" yelled Seth then Beetlejuice in full sight took a point to his own points.

"I neeever treat" Beetlejuice tease them and before he knew it they attack him "hey! Do you two wanna a fight?" he morph two new arms and tickle them, they laugh and try to make him stop by pinned him down but he just make himself to a octopus and took them up.

"daaaad! That is not fair!" laugh Meisha there try to fight his arms off her

"you ask for it yourself then you try to go against the ghost with the most" Beetlejuice laugh and put them finally down so they could catch their breath again.

"hey dad, look at this" Seth rip out in his face so he got a inhuman grimace, he was beginning to be better.

"heey good one" BJ laugh and suddenly he got a shoe in his head "UFF! ouch that was a good one too, Mai" Maisha giggled, even she have no idea how to taught her own shoelaces, she had leaned to snap with her finger pretty quick. "before you two manages to crack me up, you better see what your mother is doing"

"okay dad" Meisha said and drag her twin brother after her

"hehe kids..." the ghost mumbled floating with pride over his kids have learn fast to use their own juice.

"interesting..." a voice was heard in the room and Beetlejuice quickly found the owner in one of the pictures Delia have giving them. It was a really thin ghost, with long dark blond hair and light red skin. What most disturbing Beetlejuice was this ghost eyes was pitch-black and the iris was ice blue "a ghost who play babysitter for the houses owner. how low can a ghost get?"
Beetlejuice backed away from the other ghost, he couldn't help it. he maybe didn't know what his name was but he knew WHAT he was
A soulless

"your voice..." he immateriality went in defending position towards the house guest "you was the one who killed Leila"

"there have been so many now" the soulless ghost said with a lazy shrug "does there live a black haired women in this house?"

"no" Beetlejuice lie
what is a soulless doing here?! they are not even suppose to be running around like this and even lesser be found in the Outer world!

"I don't believe you" the other ghost said and looked at him more with those creepy black eyes "you are protecting someone... are you this house own personal ghost dog?"

"go to hell" Beetlejuice spat

"already there" he said again clam "first of all... I need you out of this house" the other ghost pointed his finger there also was claw-liked like Beetlejuice's at him "I can't have you meddling in my mission" blood red magi shoot out of his finger-tips towards Beetlejuice, but he didn't even had to duck because the shoot was so bad. Beetlejuice could not hold a mocking laugh back;

"ha! You miss!"

"if you say so. let see how loyal the house owner are to you, shall we?" and he was gone, Beetlejuice raise a eyebrow for the last comment he came with.

"Beetlejuice?!" he turn around and saw Lydia there come from the stairs.

"Lyds! Can you-"

"what have you done to the living room?!" he blinked surprise over her outburst and look around. He saw now that the other ghost have crash most of the furniture in the room, when he probably throw his magic against him. He could easily see that he was in a pickle right now for he stood like he has crash it all.

"Babes it was the other ghost, he was a soul-"

"never heard that before?" she crossed her arms with a look he never seen on her face before.

"excuse me?" Beetlejuice raise a eyebrow

"next time you will ruin something-"

"come one Lyds, it wasn't me!"

"who else shall it be?! You are the only one I know who can ruin everything on so short time!" Beetlejuice was stunned, how can she say something like that, she never been that angry at him and point her finger on him unless she has proof. Sure, he stood in the mess, but at least she listen to him before she snap at him. Beetlejuice sighed deep and thought;

Keep it cool old boy, it not first time she yell at you
"I don't want to fight now, let just go back to bed-"

"you can sleep down her in your own mess, Beetlejuice"

you have to be freaking kidding me?! He thought angry but he didn't was in the mood to fight with her so he just nodded slow and she walk upstairs again still in a bad mood. Before he lay down, he snapped with his finger so all the furniture repaired themselves and when he lay down on the couch grumpy and thought that he was actually punish for something he didn't do for once. it hurt his feelings and his pride.

At least that psycho don't know Lydia is here he thought the only good thing he could think of right now

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Lydia's attitude against him got worse and worse by the days and after the fourth day he barely dared to talk to her. Lydia's sudden anger was stanges and onexpected for Beetlejuice there knew her, even the kids notice their mother's bad mood and Meisha tried to make a hat out from some old papers to make her smile, it ended a little badly since she could not see where she was going

"behave Meisha" Lydia said harsh and throw hard the hat out, Beetlejuice look at her from the door

"sorry mom..." their daughter said sad over both her hat was thown out and her mother scowl at her

"she only tried to make you laugh" defend Beetlejuice, but instead she said truly cold;

"which make her a lying troublemaker as her so-called father" the ghost flinched a little, that really hurt "Seth, Meisha. Go up to you room and maybe play some music" she suddenly said. They didn't move, not even Beetlejuice didn't like where this was going. Both of them look from Beetlejuice and Lydia, with a slight fear in their eyes.

"it's okay...you both can go" Beetlejuice said as calm he coul and they both running upstairs, the two adult stood alone in the kitchen "Lyds-"

"you shall not protect her when you know she is doing something wrong, you selfish jerk!"

"Selfish?!" he sneered over her no reason anger towards him "Lydia, she was only trying to make you smile!"

"I can take care of myself and I don't need your help!" she hissed at him and he tried to take it from another angle

"come on, don't be like that" he said with a more caring voice "you hurting me here" to his relief she didn't snap back, she finally allow him to get closer to her. Very slowly he took her into a embrace, even he could still feel she was tense he was glad she allowed him to hug her "don't let it go over the kids if you have some bad days"

"sure" she said short, she still sounded a bit mad.

Oh Lydia... why are you acting like this..? he caress her hair in hope it will make her in a better mood. "Lyds... Babes, I-" suddenly she push him away

"I need to get away from you" before he could say something she said;

"I have already signed the divorcing paper" he wide his eyes in shock and let go of her "I want you out now"

"you have to be kidding me" he said even there was no amusment in his voice

"didn't you hear me? I don't want to be with you anymore" she said cold and like she talk to an idiot "I, want, you, out" Beetlejuice realize she was quite sure what she was doing and he abandon all his pride and began to beg;

"whatever I have done, I stop it. Please just don't leave me-"

"sign the paper" she said cold and pointed at the divorcing paper on the table. She already have signed.

"no... no I won't... I won't leave you" he tried to reason with her "we are happy together, we have kids, we-"

"there is no more 'we'. There is only you and me now" she spat "so grow up and sign these paper!"

"no, you can't make me" he said hard back and took quick the paper away from her.

"give them back ghost!" it hurt him really hard to be called that. It was like just call Lydia 'human' and not by name "and while you add it, take this piece of junk!" she took angry her wedding ring of her finger and throw it hard in his face, so he make a small yelp in pain. He pick the ring up and it felt like his heart was rip in two.

"Lydia..." he first said sad, but when in hurt and anger "where is that girl I fall in love with?!"

"she grow up and realize how big a mistake you was!" she spat high at him "so sign those damn paper!"

"never!" he yelled and pointed up at the stairs where the kids room was "I will not leave my kids!"

"you son of a bitch!" her word just make him even angrier.

"don't ever talk about my mother like that, you stupid little girl!" They both look angry at each other, like both of them was ready to rip each other to pieces. There was silent for a little while until Lydia said;

"bastard" he raise mocking a eyebrow for that insult "you are the reason why you own brother meet his dead too soon"

"what are you saying...?" he wide his eyes this time

"was is also something with that you took his wife and almost raping her?" she said angry back

"I did not do that! I only talked to her and she freak" he said with wide eyes. It was part of his past he was not proud of and most of all he was scared for who was right or wrong right now.

"lies... all you have ever done in you life was be a bastard" she said with a creepy smile on her face, making her look so alien "somebody all want to forget"

"don't say that..." he said and took his hands up to his ears in hope it could shut off what part his past

"with a good reason murderer!" he froze for that exact word "you killed your own grandfather"

"it was self defends-" he tired, but right now he felt like a child again in front of his grandfather.

"you killed them all!"

"stop it... stop it" with wide eyes he began to take steps away from her

"murderer... you killed him in cold blood, you didn't care when Donny died and you didn't let all around die"

"I was scared, okay?!"

"liar... you have always lied, so why should you lie to me now?" she took a step over to him "I have finally realized that to fall in love with you was a mistake, I will not see you ever again!" she slap him hard over the right cheek, He looked at her with pure fear for her "murderer...murderer... MURDERER!" she yelled at him. Beetlejuice could not handle it anymore. He ran. He ran away from her and from her hurting words as fast as he could, he teleported himself to his old home. he crawl in a corner in the road house and wrap his arms around his torso.

"I didn't mean to do it... " he whispered out in the room. He trusted her with his past... she never pitied him... no... she used it against him and he feel like a scared kid again...

Lydia woke up the next day groggy and surprise that Beetejuice was not in bed with her.

"mhm? Beetlejuice?" she raise up and a big pain shoot through her head "ow, my head hurt" she took some quick pills to her headache and saw both her children was already awake. Lydia walk downstairs and saw them both see some morning TV. They both looked at her with wide eyes and keep silent "Seth, Meisha? Have you seen your dad?" she ask them

"no mom..." Meisha said, while Seth keep silent. Their behavior was a little strange, but right now she just want to find her husband. she could not remember what she have been doing in the last few days. After have search the whole house and even the outdoors areal, she has to admit;

"he is not in the house... and he never wakes up this early. So where is he?" she was beginning to worry.

"mommy?" she looked at her son there came out to her in the kitchen. odd enough he looked a little scared.

"yes dear?" she ask him friendly and squat down in his eye-height

"why did you yell bad things to dad again?" he ask nervous her. Beside the door she saw Meisha hide herself.

"I did... what?" Lydia blinked and was utterly confused "Seth, can you remember what I said to your dad?"

"no... I covered my ears" he said and look in the ground apologizing. Had she and Beetlejuice a big fight?

"mom, where is dad?" her daughter ask there finally joined them form her hiding place

"I don't know Sweety, but I have a feeling" she said to both them smiling "come, let us find your dad" the twins nervous faces disappeared and big happy smiled appeared instead. They all walk out in the living room again. Lydia push her old lamp table out in the middle of the room. Seth and Meisha stood a little distance away from her with joyed faces
"Though I know I should be wary. Still I venture someplace scary" she did all of her old rituals, like when she was kids "Ghostly hauntings I turn loose... Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!" thunder could be heard and a lighting strike right through one of her windows and it zapped a Neitherworld door up in the room. The curtains she just has close, rip them off their places, place them on Lydia's body and turned into her spiderwebs pattern dress even it has too changes with the years. she smiled to the kids there look at the whole show with big happy eyes and follow their mother into the door, there stood right in the room.
The door lead straight to the Road house like the door in her old bedroom did. Seth and Meisha still look around the Nietherworld with with eyes full of wonder.
"can you two say 'hi' to your father's neighbors, while I look in the Road house?" she ask them and pointed at Monster and Poopsie (Those two have a little soft spot for the twins, even if they didn't like their father), Lydia saw how Monster took care of them for now and she walk over to the Road house front door. she got very surprise to find Beetlejuice room almost completely dark. She saw a bundle in a corner of the floor.
"Beetlejuice?" she ask slowly. The bundle moved, it reveal to be Beetlejuice. He looked at her with a scared and hurt eyes, something there wasn't usually painted on his face and it broke her heart to see him like that "ohh Beetlejuice, what happen to you?" she have a feeling he has not slept at all. She sat on her legs beside of him and when she tried to touch his cheek, he flinched away from her which both surprise and hurt her dearly.

"Lydia... whatever I've done wrong, I'm sorry. Just don't leave me" he begged her "don't start yelling those thing to me again..."

"Beej... I don't know what you are talking about" She gently took her hand up to his cheek and he it look like he praise her for it "who did this to you?"

"I can't heal my broken heart without help..." he almost whispered and she realized what he meant.

"I did this...?" she ask wide eyes to him, he nodded slow and she took her hands up to her mouth "what did I say to you?" he was silent "B.J please"

"you call me murderer...and throw this after me" it hit her cold she just call him that, for that was more than cruel. He show her her robin ring in his hand and paper in his other hand "and want me to sign this" she first took her ring back and put it on her finger(he follow her every move with his eyes) and gently took the paper from him. She wide her eyes in double size for seeing it was divorcing papers, without hesitating she rip the paper in two in front of him and felt really big regret to put him through all of the. She throw herself in his arms and almost begged; "Beej I am so sorry for hurting you like this. Can you forgive me?" tears began to come up in her eyes, so she sniffle "I'm sorry, I am so sorry"

"I forgive you Lyds" he said and took her closer into him in their embrace "if you can-"

"you've done nothing wrong" she said to him and lay her head against his shoulder "I am so sorry for all of this and I will never hurt you like that ever again" they both sat in a embrace silent on the floor, in very few seconds Beetlejuice said with his impish nature again;

"even if I crash the whole house?"

"you can crash the whole town and I won't hurt you like that again" she said with a smile up to him but anyway add "but I will make you clean up your own mess-" he chuckle low by hearing this

"DAD!" both kids cried when they both came in at the door and now ran over to him with happy faces. He fooled his arms out and gave them a big hug.

"ohh it so good to see you guys!"

"we miss you dad" Seth said "you don't go again, right?"

"don't worry, not even a train can keep me away form you guys" both kids and Lydia quickly jump away when a train ran him over. Lydia could not hold a laugh back any longer over seeing him being hit by his ovn big mouth, Beetlejuice look happy up to her "it good to hear you laugh again Lyds"

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even her and Beetlejuice have make it up, Lydia felt still guilty over what she did to him and the worst part was; she couldn't even remembered she has been like that. The family stayed in the Neitherworld until the dusk came, then the family took home to their house in the human world, they both put Seth and Meisha in bed after a long day with laugh and smiles.

"your heart feeling better?" she asked him when they both was in their own bed

"it have been better, since I heard you laugh" he said and turned himself into a medicine box "it's my healing medicine" she giggled a little of him when he turned back, he look more serious at her "Lyds... you don't have to keep doing this. Everything is it old good now"

"I still feel bad for it all" she said snuggle closer into him "and the worst is that I can't even remember it"

"it's just good to have you back, babes" he said with a smile to her and lay her arms around her.

"I never leaved you" she whispered to him with a slight yawn and kissed his lips "I love you" he smiled glad to her and Lydia slowly fallen asleep with him caress her softly.

Beetlejuice didn't went to sleep like her. He keep a eye out for the other ghost but he haven't seen a sign of him since the day in the picture there was over a five days ago. He took a look on Lydia, there turned in his arms a little and mumbled something in her sleep.

"Well, someone here have a knock out dream, wonder what she is dreaming?"

"surely why your still around her" Beetlejuice froze when hearing the other ghost voice again and saw him in the mirror "looks like you are more loyal to her than I thought"

"what the hell are you doing here?!" BJ come quick on his feet and stare angry on the intruder

"I come for her" the soulless nodded over to Lydia and when his eyes look right and Beetlejuice there try not to flinch too much "she most be the one I've been told to find"

"you stay away from Lydia"

"interesting... you have feelings for her. let me remind you what will happen when a taboo like that happen-"

"HA! yeah like you can do a thing to me right now" Beetlejuice laugh at the other ghost for trying that trick again "your power is limited when your not been called"

"I can do things to her" he stared intense at Lydia there began to move more in sleep, Beetlejuice could feel in the air that the other ghost did something to her "humans is so weak in mind and so easy to control"

"Lydia is not weak" BJ hissed

"really? if the human was so strong how can you then walk into her dreams and even into forgotten memories?" he ask and Beetlejuice frowned surprised "yes... I know you saw the past about the women there look like this one... they was mine and hers on the same time"

"wait... your saying that I saw your memories? I can only enter dreams!"

"dreams...memories, it all the same" he shrugged careless, but his eyes never left Lydia "anger... sorrow...fear"

"what the hell are you trying to pull up-"

"Beetlejuice..." he froze when hearing Lydia mumble in her sleep and he look confused at her "Beetlejuice"

"oh shit" BJ mumbled when realizing that the other ghost probably gave Lydia nightmare and she always knew by calling his name he come... but this time it will really backfire

"a ghost cannot call another ghost" the soulless smiled a cold and evil smile to Beetlejuice there stared chocked at him "but I can see on you that you know that I can enter this world by yours name" Beetlejuice turn around to Lydia again and yelled to her in hope she will wake up before she could say his name the last time;

"LYDIA NO!"

"Beetlejuice" but he was too late and what happen next happen so fast, the whole room turn dark and cold, Beetlejuice could feel a energy there was as strong as his and then he was knocked over by someone else, when the light come came he realized it was Lydia there has knocked him over and her face was turn in a evil smirk... and her eyes was black
"too easy" she said with his voice! he has possessed her

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Beetlejuice yelled to the soulles behind Lydia's eyes and when he tried to grab her, but possessed-Lydia manages to kick him so hard that he wavered many steps back and he fall out of the balcony and down on the ground, before he could even make it stop ringing in his head for been pushed of a balcony, possessed-Lydia was at his thought again and teleported them both inside the living room, Beetlejuice react to get away from him/her and teleported himself few feet away from him/her
"you-your a poltergeist" he shuttered, still looking at his possessed wife. only a poltergeist can possession and still use their power in the host body, he knew that for personal experience

"did you really think you was the only one there crossed the line? did you really think you are the strongest?" a dark smile cross her face when his voice said that. Beetlejuice has never once thought over that there most have been other like him and it has NEVER cross his mind that one of them was really evil. Possessed-Lydia waved lazy with her right hand and a knife appeared in her hand "you're not worth my time, I only come for her and her life" the soulless make Lydia take the knife up to her throat to make her take her own life

"NO!" Beetlejuice yelled and jumped right up in Lydia's face there never manages to react before he has force the knife out of her hand and use his own power to force the other ghost out of Lydia's body, he knew it will hurt Lydia too but it was this or death. the soulless was force out of Lydia's body with a electric shock Beetlejuice gave her and out from her mouth a dark mist come out and when fully out of her body, she collapse in Beetlejuice arms but BJ didn't have time to see she was alright or not for the other ghost attack him as a ice-blue spider. Beetlejuice was knocked on his back and hold the Soulless eight legs in his hands while the spider tried to bite him and the only thing Beetlejuice could think that Ginger was a sad excuse for a spider compared to this guy. still holding the spider-soulless in his hands he come up on his feet and try to force the other ghost into the nearest mirror
"get back where you belong!" BJ growled to the spider there was very resisted and only after the spider has mange to bite him more than once and has two times close to escape his grasp, he manages to throw him inside the mirror "you lose, now stay away from Lydia!"

"you have not won yet... she will do the last for me" the soulless said when he turn back to his human self and he smiled more evil for a odd reason

what is he smirking at?!

"BEETLEJUICE!"

what the... he looked at Lydia there was coming up from the floor.

"how dare you to meddle with dreams like that?!" she yelled at him. Pure fury was in her eyes almost make them red as fire. He most wanted to get the hell outta there, but he stood soil his ground.

"Babes, relax! is not-"

"don't 'babes' me! I'm sick of it you called me that!"

it was first now he realize that her odd temper was the soulless doing, he make her angry and now he just watch the show!

"Bab-gah Lydia relax, it the soulless in the mirror there-"

"that's it! I have it with you and your lies! Out! I want you out of my house!" she walk away from him and took something up from a drawer and he almost froze literally when he saw she have the exile-necklace.

"Lyds don't!" he cried out, but he didn't dare to touch her now. She keep going against him and he keep jump away or changes form to hide from her grasp.

"face me you coward!" she yell out in the room, when he took form after a image away from her eye sight.

"NO! I won't leave you, he is after you!" he yelled back, unfortunately for that she found him and he quickly took flight up to the ceiling. She look completely angry at him and that glare could almost kill a man

"I said 'OUT' get out of my life and return to that damn hole you crawl up from" she spat after him

"Lyds, don't do this!" he beg her from the ceiling

"I hate you, I hate you I-!!" he was not sure what he think when he did it... he was not even sure he think, with a inhuman speed he took her in his arms and she stop yelling at him, but unfortunate the exile-necklaces power hit him hard. He struggle against it's power, but it's began slowly to burn him.

"Lydia I love you and always will protect you but-" he groan out in pain, when his hands began to turn black like he was burned. He could not fight it forever "you have to fight for your own now!" the exile-necklace began to mess his magic up and he began to crumpled over the pain it caused him "fight it Lydia. Fight it!" he cried out in pain, he looked up and saw all her anger was gone.

"Beetlejuice..." she said slow to him and her eyes wide a little

"that's... that's my old Lyds" he panted in pain before he finally letting go of her and the necklaces power overruled him and he was back in the Neitherworld. He felt down on the floor, both in defeat by burn most of his flesh off on his hands and arms and because he was to weak to fight against a silly necklace!. He bash his fist down in the floor, didn't care he also broke his bones in his already total burn arm.

"what is that, there are burning?" Ginger ask there was already in the room with Jacques and it was first now she saw the poltergeist "huh Beetlejuice?"

"it's probably just me" he growled low and turn his head slow over to the nervous pink spider

"Sacre Bleu! What happenz to you, Beeataljuize?!" Jacques ask startled when he too saw him

"Never mind me!" Beetlejuice sneered and force himself up on his feet, even he could feel he still was very weak for that stun he did with the exile-necklace. How could he be so stupid. "Ginger!" the tap-dancing spider jumped a bit then Beetlejuice said her name "go fetch the king, I can't do this by myself"

everything was really blurry for Lydia. She remembered she fall asleep, have a terrible nightmare, woke up and... nothing. not until she felt someone hold her in a hug and the person her hold her shakes dreadful.

"Lydia I love you and always will protect you but-" she head the person groan in pain "you have to fight for your own now!" she blinked again to figure out what's going on "fight it Lydia. Fight it!" she realized that it was Beetlejuice there hold her and he was in great pain. She her eyes and said slow;

"Beetlejuice..."

"that's... that's my old Lyds" he said with a little painfully smile before he let go of her and disappeared. Shocked over what just happen, she felt the exile-necklace around her neck and

"Beej... oh no... what have I done?"she realized what she has hurting him again and quickly took the necklace of her.

"not much... most of it was my doing" she heard a voice say and she turned her head over the living room's mirror, there was a ghost there just freak her a little out on the way he looks.

"who are you? What have you done to Beetle-"

"I gave you a uncountable rage and make you hate your little ghost" he said "and I possessed you for a second ago and you did more than I expected with the pet ghost you have"

"he is not a pet! he is my-" she shut her mouth she was close to say 'husband'. Unfortunate he heard her

"interesting... you are marriage to him" he said and looked closer at her "I have seen you before, you was the little girl that women begged me not to harm... Lydia am I right?"

"where do you know my name?" Lydia wide her eyes. This ghost began to creep her out.

"your mother told me it before she died, died to save you from me"

"you... you killed my mother..." Lydia whispered

"yes" he said like it was nothing "but I can see now she was the wrong one, like the rest of them... you are the one I been send out for" he looked at her with black eyes, she once has seen in Beetlejuice's eyes "say my name"

"do you think I am stupid?!" she hissed at him. She already knew he was dangerous "by saying your name you will get free exist to this world!" she took a little step back away from him "I will never say your name!"

"just like your mother... fine, but you make one mistake that she didn't" he looked at the stairs "you have mirrors in every room" Lydia felt her inside just drop and she panic. Lydia ran up to her kids room where they both sleep.

"SETH! MEISHA!" she yell panicking and both kids jump of surprise "over to me. quick!" Meisha was quick on her leg and was over with her in no time, but Seth was not fast enough. Lydia could curse over have let the kids have their own man-size mirror and to her big fear, she saw a hand shoot out of the mirror and take a hard grip in Seth there make a scream of fear. The ghost there could now been seen in the mirror, holding Seth around his neck and looked straight at Lydia with no emotions at all.
"LEAVE HIM!" Lydia scream with fear at the ghost there hold her son hostage.

"let try this... his life... for yours" he looked first at Seth and when at Lydia "so say my name; Gorian Diablo"

"no-no, don't hurt him" Lydia said with her scared daughter in her arms, she could just imagine how scared her son was. She has to save her son! "I do it.. just-just leave my kids"

"mom no.."

"better listen to you mother little girl" Gorian said and looked at Meisha lazy. He squatted down so he was on same height as the frighting Seth "she will after all save you and your brother"

"I do it. Just leave my kids" she pushes crying Meisha away from her "I do it, Please I beg of you! Just leave my son alone" with her last strength she could muster, she said "G-Gorian D-Diablo" he throw Seth over to Meisha and both kids sat now in a clump shaking of fear. Before she even could blink he have her neck in his grip. Choking her with one hand and tip his head a little to the left side.

"look like I have to break the promise I gave to your mother" he said almost in a whisper

"leave mommy alone!" Meisha cried out with her last bravery. She snap with her finger and a brick hit Gorian in the head. He didn't even look like it hurt him and he turned his head a little over to the kids.

"hm? I see... they are also his" he looked at Lydia again "when I have to kill them too"

"n...no.." Lydia said with the last air she had in her throat "you promise"

"then I just lied" he said cold "I will leave you and the Crossed as a gift to your pet ghost. Maybe he will grief so much that he will erase his soul like me" with his free hand he force her to look at her terrified children "better say goodbye to them for you will never seen them again... not even after dead" she couldn't speak, she was force to look at her kids while she died... she couldn't save them...

"Lydia!" even her sight was blurry she heard Beetlejuice voice far away.

"Be-betl-" she tried to say but he tighten his grip so all her air was blocked

"oh no. it's too early to call him...I need you dead first" she head the monsters voice say far away

Beetlejuice... help me... help us... Beetlejuice... save...the ...kids...

CRACK!

"DAMMIT!" of all those thing there could happen to him was this? The exile-necklace have mess his power so good up that he have big difficulty to find the gateway to the Outworld. Seeing from his side, it was like to find the right channel on the radio to hear music, but the only thing you hear right now was static. he have never have problem to find the gateway. It was like to forget to walk or how to open a door. He couldn't do a thing only by stare stupid at the mirror or stand as a fool in his room, he let out a frustrated roar.
"coome ooon, work with me here!" He really need to get back right now for HE was still there and then he felt it "there it is!" and he was gone. Beetlejuice was at the mirror in a heart-beat and he froze with the sight he saw. The other ghost stood with Lydia in a choking grip, he could almost feel her life shimmer away.

"Lydia!"

"Be-betl-" she tried to say but he now completely block her air

"oh no. it's too early to call him" Gorian looked at Beetlejuice with a cold smile "I need you dead first"

"no! Leave her alone!" yelled Beetlejuice there began to pound on the mirror, the only thing there hold him back because of his meeting with the exile-necklace.

"th-though I know I-I should be wary" shuttered Seth. Beetlejuice heard him and it feel like he got a small burst of his old power. Gorian looked at him with a lazy look, lucky he ignored him "still I ven-venture someplace scary... ghostly haunting I turn loose! Beetlejuice" this time Gorian looked at Seth.

"not yet" he said and turned his free hand to long knife "DIE!"

"Beetlejuice-Beetlejuice!" Seth cried out with close eyes

CRACK!
the mirror scatted when Beetlejuice finally jump into the room and with a inhuman speed and hit the other ghost hard. By the force in the hit, Gorian let go of Lydia and she didn't even manages to touch the ground before Beetlejuice have catch her. She gasped after air she needed and was surely also in shock.

Thank all above, she is alive he breath out and took a quick look at the kids. Like Lydia, his son have nasty marks around his neck for choking and was too in pure shock. Meisha sopped and shakes like mad, but else she was alright. He gently sat Lydia on the floor with the twin and look straight at Meisha.

"Mei, say my name three times" he said to her, Seth was in too much of a shock to do anything right now, she nodded in response when Beetlejuice heard woods splinters from somewhere in the house.

"Be-Beetlejuice" this time he was sure all in the room could hear the noise, Beetlejuice raised up in a defending position with his back to his family "be-be-Beetlejuice" out of nowhere a big gigantic ice-white snake come with open mouth with larges fangs, straight at them. "Beetlejuice!" the snake have bite itself in Beeltejuice's defending arm and all of them was transported to the Neitherworld.

"let go of me, you punk!" Beetlejuice wrack the snake hard so he break the jaw on it. Gorian just healed his broken jaw

"when I have take care of you, I will kill the kids, once and for all" the ice-white snake hissed calm to him

"I had it with you!" Beetlejuice launched against Gorian as a black and gray striped snake with a mouth full of fangs and dug his teeth right into Gorian's back. They was completely brutal over for each other and it end up with Beetlejuice throw Gorian right through a wall in the Road house and Beetlejuice was right after him.

still with a hurting neck and blurry sight, Lydia saw the battle in the road house before it was taken outside and the skeleton Jacques came running over to her and her kids.

"Lydia, arr yoau okay?" he ask and look scared(so good he could) at the hole in the wall. Outside it could be heard that the two poltergeist was in battle against each other.

"Beetlejuice" she said with a very thin voice and stand up to get outside "I have to-"

"dun't go outz there!" Jacques said to her and hold her back with a bony hand on her shoulder

"I have to Jacques. I have to see if he is okay" she said with a little voice. she went outside and saw a chocking sight. Both poltergeist was in forms as snakes and they keep trying to get the upper-hand from one another. Gorian suddenly morphed into a gray vulture and Beetlejuice turned into a orange eagle and the battle was now in form as birds there tried to force the other down on the ground. Again they shape-shifted, Gorian to a brown hyena and Beetlejuice as a black striped wolf.

"is...is that Beetlejuice?" Jacques ask with shaken bone over the ferocity battle "I have never seen him like-" Beetlejuice yelped high up when Gorian have bite himself in his head.

"oh no... Beetlejuice" Lydia said with wide eyes and all the battle noise have make another of Beetlejuice neighbor to came out to see what's going on. It was Monster across the street.

"What in tarhooties?!" he yelled and interfering the battle by taken a hard grip in the hyenas neck to make him let go of Beetlejuice head "get away from Beetlejuice, you"

"wrong mistake" Gorian said and morphed into a giant spider and attack Monster, If not Beetlejuice has shaken his pain in his head of, turned back to his ghostly self and ran over to help

"let go of him you punk!" he pulled Gorian off Monster and throw him away so the spider landed on it's back. "nobody except for me shall make a mess in this neighborhood or be a pain for those who live here!"

"fine... when I first take care of you" he said and turned into a tank and shoot after Beeltejuice there jumped on him. Gorian morphed again this time to a airplane, Beetlejuice was right after him as a plane himself. Beetlejuice morph himself back and jumped in Gorian's cockpit and Lydia could not see what he was doing but it make sure that plane-Goiran crashed to the ground. She saw that Beetlejuice manages to get out before crashing and turn himself into a parachute, so he landed with ease on the ground, but some of his hands have injuries on them. Both poltergeist in there ghostly forms looked at each other; one with hate and disgust, the other with no feelings at all.

"you are insane" Beetlejuice growled

"it simple my mission" the black eyes poltergeist said and first looked at Beetlejuice and when at Lydia, there saw to her fear that her kids have follow her outside "I think I will kill them now-"

Beetlejuice has never battle before with such ferocity or in a battle like that, but he has never have something to fight for before now. He(said it nicely) hated the other poltergeist with all his being could posses.

"I think I will kill them now" Gorian said cold and looked at his family

"you leave my family alone!" Beetlejuice roared and attack Gorian again. He want to punch the other poltergeist hard in his head with his claw-liked finger and maybe even be lucky to take a eye with him, but- "JIIAAOUCH!" when he hit the other ghost's head, he only hit rock solid stone and he landed on the ground with a hand pounding in pain over the meeting of solid rock.

"now while you are down..." Gorian grab Beetlejuice neck "is time to you to die"

"no...no" Beetlejuice tried desperately to make Gorian let go of him, he KNEW that he could exorcist him! but it was too late... A pain there was like nothing he have ever felt. His poor beating heart fight against the unknown there threatened to destroy his whole being and ease him from existing. Beetlejuice scream of pure pain no man should ever feel... he felt his body be exorcist and he knew he was going to die again with no returning back.

"leave him!"

through his pain, Beetlejuice felt Gorian lost his concentration for a moment and that was enough to make the pain stop. Beetlejuice sliced the other ghost arm there hold him in two so he let go of him. not even knowing what he just did, Beetlejuice teleported himself away from Gorian and almost panic when he felt a hand on his shoulder, he realize it was Lydia. Still not quite thinking straight, he quickly took Lydia in his arm.

"Beetl-" he heard her say shocked over that state he was in. his skin was ash gray and he almost look like a mummy, he have also a really nasty burn mark where his heart was.

"I'm okay" he said quickly to her with a little shiver how close he was to be exorcised and turn his head around to glare evil at the other ghost there look almost disappointed over he didn't manages to exorcist him. It was first now Beetlejuice saw who it was there had yelled up and literally safe his soul. It was Vince.

"and you are you may I ask?" Gorian ask with a bored look at Vince, there stood with two hooded bodyguards. "since you so rudely interrupted me"

"I am Vince. High king of the Neitherworld" Vince said high "so stand down"

"no" Gorian said slow almost mocking. Thunder clouds and lightning began to be seen around them.

"I repeat... stand down!" Vince said again and took a step over to Gorian "you are chained to listen to me"

"my chains is gone" he showed his hands like there once have been chains around them. He looked back at Beetlejuice family and the ghost took Lydia more into him. Jacques hold the twin in his arms, defending them so good he could "now if you don't mind... I have some Crossed I shall kill"

"take him down" Vince said to his two hooded bodyguards, before Gorian even manages to move the two bodyguards has overpowered the wicked poltergeist. Vince came over to him "this is your last changes; obey me or I have to exorcist you" to Beetlejuice shock, Gorian just smiled defiant back at the king and began to chuckled wicked. Vince close he eyes like he prayed and said to one of his bodyguards "do it"

"wimp... you are weak" Gorian chuckled "your father was not scared to do it by himself" his chuckled began to turn over in laughter "your weakness will be the doom of the Neitherworld!"

"don't look now" he said to Lydia and make her look in his jacket "cover their eyes" the said to Jacques there did what he told, for Beetlejuice knew what will happen next. The ghost cast quickly a spell over his family and two neighbor ears so they could not hear a thing, but he could self still hear Gorian's wicked voice and he couldn't stop looking at what happen with him. one of Vince bodyguards and he/she took a hand out there glow in a yellow glow and he/she touch the laughing Gorian's chest and mumbled the same words, he had used on Beetlejuice. The wicked poltergeist didn't scream in pain. He keep laughing while his whole body desiccated, his laugh only stopped when he looked at as dry out mummy and soon there was only dust left of him. Beetlejuice couldn't hold a shiver back when seeing this

"why did you watch it?" Lydia asked him. She most have looked at him the whole time.

"I have to know... " he admitted, to see what fate he have avoided, they both looked at Vince there came over to them, even he looked sick over what just have happen.

"I am glad(he most looked at Lydia here) you both is save and not harm" he said

"not quietly true princy" Beetlejuice mumbled and looked at himself. Vince looked at his wounded body

"your lucky my friend. For you saw what a simple touch did to... him" he nodded against the dust pile there once was Gorian "but I am sure your body will heal"

"how come I didn't...?" Beetlejuice couldn't say the last but it look like Vince understood and he said;

"truly... I don't know, maybe it has something to do with your soul bond with Lydia" Beetlejuice nodded slow and was close to panic, when he saw one of Vince's bodyguards looking at him and Lydia, one of the(same there exorcist Gorian) bodyguard walked over to him with that yellow magic glowing in his hand. Lucky the high king stopped his both bodyguards with a hand in the air.
"stand down. The law is gone and he is no threat to the royal family"

"good to hear" Beetlejuice sighed relieved, sometimes it was good to be friends with the high king.

"my apology for that, but they don't forget old orders It have been giving" Vince apologized to them both.

"It?" Lydia ask him "I can see that your bodyguards is one male and one female"

"I understand why you are confused my dear. they are not seen as gender anymore because they have lost their soul" he make a snap with his finger so both of them took their hood down, the female is a dark-skinned ghost and the male is a skeleton. Lydia gasped and Beetlejuice wide his eyes. the female has dark eyes and yellow pupil, unlike Jacques there have something there could remind of bright oranges eyeballs in his eyes socket, this skeleton have a very small light in it's eyes, like a single star on a black sky.

"this" Vince wave at the skeleton "is what happen then a Neitherworldian erase their soul, with no soul they have no feelings and can to unforgivable things like exorcist"

"then how come could that punk do it?!" sneered Beetlejuice more scared than angry.

"because he was once one of them, but some kind of way break himself lose from the chains we put one them" he told them dull(maybe also a little scared) and looked at Lydia "humans can die with no soul and they rarely got a new changes again..." he took a look a Beetlejuice "I have even heard rumors about you, Beetlejuice, was close to be one of them, but you lucky got away from it before it was too late" Beetlejuce shivered for that comment and ask;

"how?"

"I think you already know the answer" Vince said calm and stared at Lydia with a little smile, she lay her head into Beetlejuice neck "be grateful you have her by your side"

"I am... I hope those two won't ran wild like... him"

"you have my promise they won't" he said with a little nod to him and BJ returned one back "be careful in the future" the high king waved with his hand so his bodyguards follow him

"thanks for all, Vince" Lydia said after him.

"I didn't do much, my dear" he said back and walk away with the two last soulless Neitherworldians.

the Juice family stayed in the Road house in two days to ease their nerves and also because the house was under repair after Beetlejuice had throw Gorian through two walls. Lucky the family have not got too many traumas over the whole thing, except for Seth there was getting a bit jumpy around mirrors.

"Lyds?" Beetlejuice ask her when she sat in his embrace, while Meisha and Seth play with some of his old toys.

"mmh?" she response half-asleep in his jacket, not want to move a muscle away from his protecting arms.

"is it.. well, how can I put this? Is it possible for you to start my heart again?" she looked at him surprise and asked him;

"when did it stop?"

"then he.." he stopped, she have a feeling it was when he was close to get exorcised

"you are really lucky to still be here you know that?" she said

"I was more than lucky Babes, I am the first there have walk away from it" she gave him a small frown "y'know Babes... I have just thought that the beating heart thing was-"

"a extra price?" she ask teasing

"well yeah, but it does come in handy sometimes" he laugh "but remind me never ever try that again"

"sure. I would rather not see it again either" he continue smiling and learned into give her a kiss, but someone knocked on the front door and he groan annoyed "Don't ya hate it when that happens?"

"BEETLEJUICE!" it was Monsters voice and a new knock was heard

"Eep!" BJ was up from the couch with a frightening look "Oh no, it's happening!"

"what happening?" she ask him confused, but he just look with a panicking face to find a hiding place and he find one in that toy the surprised Meisha hold. Lydia role her eyes and went over to open the door. It was not just the Monster across the street there stood at the door, but also Jacques and Ginger.

"where is that Beetlejuice!" the Monster roared, there was covered in bandages around his injured arm.

"ehm he just freak-I mean walk out from a while" she explained half-wonder what they want with him "I can tell him-"

"oh, we will rather tell him in person" Ginger said there sat on Jacques shoulder "we just want to thank him"

"and tell him that I was glad he saved me-" the Monster said

"and bee a heru we all can be proud of" Jacques said, Lydia was close to laugh over this. that's why he freak.

"Daddy, why are you hiding?" Meisha ask the toy she holding. Lydia could swear heard someone hush on her.

"what is it sugar-cube? Want me to shake it for ya?" Monster ask and took the toy from Meisha, he already knew Beetlejuice was in there. He shake it so much, that all soon hear the ghost screaming voice and BJ's head pop up and yelled;

"HEY! I am not a rattle!" he manages to make a small gasp when Monster took him out of the toy, the ghost now just jiggle with a nervous face from Monster's hand.

"Beetlejuice! We are here to say we are glad you save our hide" said the Monster with a smile

"and you is our nice hero" said Ginger

"oui wee are glad-" said Jacques but was rudely interrupted of Beetlejuice;

"me?! Nice?! Yiiiiaaaack!" he make a foul face "I did NOT save any of you losers! I only kick that punk's ass because he annoy me-"

"liar" Lydia giggled and he looked upset at her

"thanks for ruin my reputation here Lyds" he grumbled, but did give her a little smiled back when they other laugh with Lydia


now you seen what would have happen to Beetlejuice if he DID lose his soul and you also finally heard what REALLY happen with Lydia's mother Leila.
think he is the only character I have make I really don't like but he will be mention some few times later in this story and yes, he is like Beetlejuice on many ways. expect for have literally translation like him, Gorian gives very bad negative feelings to people around him.
well, it also looks like that Beetlejuice can be exorcist anymore, so even IF he was proclaim guilty in Tangled Souls he still would have walk away from it, will look like a dry out mummy and felt like he was been run over by a train, but still 'alive'
think there isn't more to tell for now and if you have question, feel free to ask

to joann808; the story is not even close to the end yet, I wll count down the chapter close to the ending. it is my attention to let you guys see the twins grow up BEFORE I end "Blessed Spirit". you can say that after this chapter we'll make a jump to another point of view, more I won't say and you guys just have to wait to next chapter comes up :)