Chapter 10
Alex watched as the mass of ghosts charged towards him and his, compared to Vlad's, pathetic army. Alex wasn't scared. He tensed up and stood his ground. He looked behind him expecting his "army" to be following his example. To his disappointment they were doing anything but. They all stood there motionless filled with confusion, and for some of them fear. This annoyed Alex.
"Well come on!" Alex called to them. "What are you waiting for? Go fight them!"
None of them moved. Glares from Terra and Anthony were all the responses he received.
Alex looked back at the fast moving group of phantoms. Then back at the group behind him.
"Come on! They're right in front of us! Do you want to die?"
"Technically I'm already dead." Spencer replied.
Alex glared at him. "Do you want to die again?"
Spencer didn't answer.
Alex looked over at Diana in hope for some sort of support. Diana stared at them for a moment then sighed. "You heard him! Go!"
"We can't fight our parents!" Cat protested.
"Why the hell not?" Alex asked with impatience.
Diana sighed. "It's their parents Alex! They can't hurt them!"
"That shouldn't make a difference. If it were my parents charging at me I'd fight my way threw!" He replied.
"It's different for them. They would actually die than hurt them!"
"But they're all against them! Even your dad!"
"They have no choice! Vlad's controlling them!" Diana yelled at him.
"Alright! Fine!" A voice from the small group replied. It was Hadon. "We'll fight okay! Just shut up!"
Hadon charged at the oncoming crowd and the others hesitantly followed. Hadon transformed into a dragon and started firing balls of flame in every direction while Terra blasted power chords from her guitar. The others that weren't as talented kicked, punched, and dodged for their lives trying to inflict as little pain as possible when they were up against their parent. Julia and Zachary fired ecto-blasts from ghost hunter guns that Diana had snuck from the ghost equipped RV.
As the battle continued Alex quickly untied Diana from the chair she was fixed to. The ropes fell to the ground and Alex spun Diana around and embraced her.
"Are you okay?" He asked stroking her cheek with his hand. "Did he hurt you?"
"No I'm fine." Diana said gazing into his eyes. She felt so much safer now in his arms. "Come on," Diana grabbed Alex's hand. "We have to help them."
Alex nodded. They ran toward the mass of ghosts and started attacking. Firing blasts here, dodging them there. This went on for a while. Vlad's army was too strong. They couldn't take them on for much longer. Whether it was because Vlad's army was older and had more experience Diana wasn't sure.
Then out of the blue a bright pink ecto-blast hurdled toward Diana. She jumped out of the way just in time. She looked around and saw that it was Vlad who had shot at her. He was smiling that evil smile of his. Diana glared at him and began to run at him. Something caught her shoulder preventing her from going any further. She looked over her shoulder. It was Alex.
"He's mine." He said to her. Alex darted at Vlad at full speed and began blasting away. Vlad dodged every single one. Alex flew at Vlad planning to kick him right in the jaw but Vlad saw it coming. He grabbed Alex's ankle and threw him at the wall. Alex was out cold.
Diana's eyes widened. "Alex! No!" She jumped at Vlad but something knocked her out of the way. The next thing her knew she was up against a wall staring into bright red eyes.
"Dad!" Diana said to him. "It's me, Diana! You have to listen to me!"
Danny paid no attention. He raised his arm and swung his fist at Diana. Diana moved her head, Danny's fist missing her face by only a few inches.
"Dad, please!" Diana began to beg. "You're under Vlad's control! This isn't you! You have to fight it!"
Danny just smiled a wicked smile. His hand glowed as he powered up an ecto-blast.
So this is it. Diana thought. Out of all the ways to die I end up getting killed by my own father. She shut her eyes tight and prepared for the worst. Then there was a scream. But it wasn't her own. She opened her eyes. Danny was on the ground slowly returning to his feet. He looked up and scowled. Diana followed his gaze and smiled with delight.
"Aunt Danielle," Diana yelled to her. "How'd you get here?"
Danielle floated in the air and smiled at her pretend niece. "I knew something was wrong. Ever since Danny invited me to come along with you guys."
Vlad grinned. "Aw, Danielle. How nice of you to join us." He fired at her. Danielle flew away just in time to watch the ceiling come down right were she was levitating. Vlad scowled. He looked at Danny and snapped his fingers.
"Get her."
Danny obeyed. He chased after Danielle and fired away. Vlad glared at Diana and began walking toward her.
"You thought you could ruin my plans that easily? You were wrong." His face was horrifying, his cold eyes piercing into her. It made Diana shiver.
"You'll pay deeply." He growled.
Diana tensed up, preparing herself for whatever Vlad had planned to do to her.
But before either of them could do anything they heard a loud noise, almost like the sound of a vacuum cleaner. Vlad's eyes grew wide with fear. In seconds he was gone and inside the Fenton Thermos that Sam was holding. She screwed the cap back on and smiled at her daughter.
"Mom!" Diana ran up to her and hugged her mother.
"Oh sweetie, are you okay?" Sam asked her.
"Fine. Where's Dad?"
Sam and Diana looked around the room. The fighting had stopped. Vlad's former army all looked at each in confusion all wondering the same question. Who did I get here? Cat saw Freakshow and Lydia wandering around trying to remember what just happened. She ran up to them and hugged them. They were even more surprised to see her here. The rest of the adolescent ghosts followed Cat's example and found their parents. Diana figured that they'd fill them in on what happened.
Danielle led a very confused Danny over to his family. His blood red eyes had returned to their normal bright green color.
"What happened here?" He asked Diana and Sam.
"Vlad." They answered in unison.
Danny nodded in understanding. Only that one word was needed.
Julia and Zachary ran up to them.
"Is it over?" Zachary asked Diana.
"Yeah. Everything's fine now." She smiled.
Zachary smiled back and ran over to Spencer. To say his good-byes, Diana thought.
All the ghosts were filing out of the room threw the ghost portal. Back to where they belonged. Zachary and Spencer waved to each other as he, Anthony, and the rest of them disappeared into the ghost zone. The room was now empty which allowed Diana to see the boy smashed into the wall of the room.
"Alex!" She ran over and knelt down beside him. She moved strands of black hair out of his face. "Wake up Alex! Don't do this to me!" She gently shook him but it did nothing. Diana gritted her teeth in an attempt to hold back tears. She couldn't take this anymore. "Alex! Don't do this to me again! Not again! Not again…" Her voice cracked. Hot tears fell down her face. She raised her hand to slap his face but stopped. Alex's hand caught her wrist.
"Please don't slap me." He said, his eyes still closed. Diana's face brightened as she hugged him.
"Don't scare me like that!" She said as she kissed his lips. Alex smiled and kissed her back, holding her close to him.
"You're such an idiot," Diana said. "You almost got yourself killed."
Alex smiled. "Yeah, yeah." He kissed her again.
Once he pulled away he asked, "So is it over?"
Diana nodded. "We won."