Chapter 9
Tom POV
"We should go talk to him…make sure he's okay, you know?" I said quietly. I really was worried about him, it must be such a big burden, having seen what his parents had to do, knowing that he might have to do that some time, or that he could lose control and hurt us. The other two just stood there and stared at me. "Tom, you know, you're the best person to do this, if all of us go, he might feel intimidated or overcrowded" Harry said and sighed because I knew that he was right.
I knocked on Dougie's door and walked in when he responded. "Hey, you okay?" I smiled. "I'm great, I don't need help thanks" he said through gritted teeth and shot a wisp of fire towards a candle next to me which lit up. "Dougs, I'm just worried! If you need a friend or anything, I'm here for you" I said and he just continued to stare at his hands, clicking them repeatedly and playing with the little flames he was creating.
Dougie POV
Tom left a few minutes after just standing and watching me mindlessly play with my powers. This was a massive deal for me… I didn't want anything to do with death or killing people. I lied on my bed, just staring at the ceiling and trying to think of a nice way to use my new powers instead of using them to hurt or kill people, then it hit me, ghosts could be called from wherever they go after we die? I sat up and bit my lip nervously. I could maybe talk to my parents this way?
I concentrated on the thought of my parents, their faces that I remembered from the time book. The air around me started to grow cold and the candles that I had lit, blew out and the room went dark. I walked up to the candle and nothing else happened. I took a deep breath and turned around to go back to bed but was surprised by my mum and dad who were staring at me eerily. "Hello Dougie" they said. "Hi" I smiled and sat down on my bed.
We all stayed in a comfortable silence for a while until they broke it. "So why did you call us?" my dad asked. "I'm confused about my situation, I don't think I should use the death element either, ever" I said. "The death element will have its uses. Don't think that it's only used to bring destruction…" he smiled slightly at me, lifting my heart a little bit. "And with your situation, the reason that you gained the power from the crystal is because your powers were drained from you as a child, when you were kidnapped and we were killed, the enemy must have somehow lost the crystals, this is how you'll get them back" she said sombrely but continued smiling. "We have to go soon, the longer we're kept here, the more energy will be drained from you when we go" my dad cut in.
I wasn't ready to say goodbye again, I'd lived my whole life away from them, without them… How was any of this going to be fair?! "No! I don't want you to go! I miss you and I can't do any of this alone" I said and tears started pouring down my face. "We're sorry" my mum smiled and pulled me into a hug. I let the tears pour for a while before trying to concentrate again. "What are you doing Dougie?" my dad asked and I didn't answer. I touched both of them and bodies formed around them. "I want you to stay for a while longer, please" I begged and after looking a bit shocked, nodded.
After all the tension, we ended up talking about the normal things a teenager should be talking about, all the stuff that they had missed and all the stuff that I wanted to know about them, also all the stuff that they wanted to know about the son that they didn't get the chance to raise. "Dougie, we're so proud of you, when we weren't here, just remember that" my mum smiled. "We love you Dougie very much, keep strong, don't forget, you have to hunt the crystals to get your powers back" my dad smiled. "Do you have to go now?" I asked, feeling slightly more at rest seeming as I had the chance to get to know them and actually feel what it is to have people that cared for you. "Yes, but remember, don't get into the habit of calling us, you don't want to spend all your time on the dead, concentrate on what's still alive and with you, as much as it hurts, move on from the past" my dad smiled, giving me that one last piece of advice before we all pulled into a hug until slowly they disappeared out of my grip, leaving me hugging myself.
Harry POV
Danny and I just sat watching TV while Tom went upstairs to talk to Dougie, it seemed that everything in the normal world had returned to exactly how it was before the sun had turned purple. Dead bodies were found but apart from that, the world's crisis had ended. "The guys did it then" I smiled, going to grab the remote and change the channel but a report that caught my eye popped up. "Freak showers and floods of rain have been randomly appearing around parts of London, the only weird thing being… At all incidents, there have never been any clouds in sight! Footage has shown water moving and attacking people…" I sighed and put my head in my hands. "Does this nightmare stuff ever end?" and then I heard footsteps on the stairs. "I found some use of my new power!" Dougie grinned, as if he hadn't been depressed or even confused by the scary powers that he had recently picked up. "Oh yeah, what's that then?" I smiled at his happiness. "I can talk to and bring back ghosts for a while" he said and Tom came down the stairs a second after him. "HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT'S ON TV?!" Tom exclaimed and Danny rubbed his ear.
Danny POV
We all gathered around the library table and Dougie told us about the crystals that contained his powers that had been drained from him, but my only question was "What about our powers that were probably taken from us when we were babies as well?" We all sat in that thoughtful silence again, trying to figure out the new mysteries and questions that had presented themselves. "Whoever it was that killed our parents, maybe he/she couldn't find a way to store your powers, so he/she only took mine…" Dougie suggested and there wasn't really any other better explanation at the moment. "So what are we going to do about the freak weather?" I asked. "There's a crystal behind it I think!" Dougie smiled. "Well then, we can sort that, sort of like undercover detectives" Tom smiled. "The only problem is what if someone accidentally comes across it and uses its powers to seize power?" Dougie pouted. "Well then, we'll have another fight on our hands" Tom said, pumping his fist in the air, making me burst out laughing at his slight nerd moment.