Jazz, Tucker and I tried our hardest not to reveal that we had been inside the Ghost Zone before. And I could tell that Valerie was too. Tucker programmed Danny's DNA into the spectra speeder and we headed blindly into the Ghost Zone, hoping he would at least show up somewhere. You had to be somewhat near a real world 'item' for it to even make a blimp on the screen.
At least Jack had time to finish the upgrades on the spectra speeder, which included making it bigger for all of us. But it was still pretty crammed. Jack was driving and Maddie was co-driving. We had been in the Ghost Zone for about 3 or 4 hours, and there were 9 or us in all crammed in a 5 seat place!
Eventually moved from the seat in the front and sat down on the ground in the back corner. I rested my head and tried to sleep a little. I was hoping for the sheer boredom of doing nothing but wonder through emptiness to go away when I slept, but my worrying thoughts for Danny wouldn't let me. Not to mention everyone here was scared of a ghost attack. So far we've seen a lot, but only really had to run from one.
Coincidentally, it was a large spider. The same large spider that Danny fought off shortly before he was taken. Even more shortly before I argued with him. I had no idea why I did that! And I absolutely hated myself for it. I wished it was me in there instead of Danny, I deserved it. I was just about to tell Danny I love him right before Vlad came back and stole him away from me. But now he still thinks I hate him for arguing. All I wanted was for more lives to be sparred, and because of that Danny could die. And in return, many people because Danny won't be there to protect him. And maybe if I hadn't run off, Vlad wouldn't have had the chance to take Danny in the first place.
It's all my fault!
All of a sudden, out of the eerie quiet, a robotic female voice spoke, "Real world item detected" I scrambled up and pushed my way back up to the front, seeing Danny's outline appear on the screen. We were all to shocked to say anything.
"Found him!" Jack yelled, snapping everyone out of it and we all cheered. I heard high fives and the gloomy, bored as hell mood had been lifted. There was still hope.
I looked out the closet window and saw many more ghosts than before. They were all huge, bulky, muscular, and above all, bad. Evil. Maybe as twisted as Vlad. Maybe. But unlikely. These guys looked like the Dash version of ghosts, muscular but stupid. Not manically evil. They wouldn't bother torturing someone, if they were to kill someone, they'd do it. They wouldn't take their time with torture.
Jack steered us closer and closer to Danny, according to the machine. The upgrade that Jack gave the speeder also included telling how far away Danny was. Every minute or so, Danny was closer than before. The closer we got, the more anxious we were. But the more deadly our surroundings were.
Out of nowhere a ghost fight emerged. Punches and ecto-blasts were thrown and the bigger of the two threw the other ghost right toward us! We braced for impact, Jack tried to steer away but it was no use. The ghost flew toward us, unable to stop it's self. Right as we were all ready for it to smash, it didn't. It passed right through, in and out the other side, and kept going. We were all stunned for a few seconds, then Tucker whispered in my ear.
"We're the ghosts here remember? With the run in with Walker? They can't hurt us here!" He said excitedly, and Jazz figured it out for the rest of the people who had no idea what went on.
"This makes it so much easier…" I said, "This means V- err, the ghost that took Danny can't hurt us either!"
"That's right!" I heard Jazz say from behind me, "We phase right through the wall, grab Danny, and leave!"
There were more cheers as our mission became even easier.
Soon after that, the machine beeped that Danny was yards away. We slowly past each floating door, ready to turn back if we passed it. But we never did, because the robotic voice chimed in when we were right next to a plain, concrete door, "Real world item directly on your right."
Jack stopped the speeder and we all looked out the same window at the door. Ready to fight for someone we loved.
"Ready?" Maddie said, and we all either nodded or mumbled. We were scared stiff, but refused to give up on Danny. It was simple after all, wasn't it?
Jack revved the engine, typical, and we stormed in the door. When we were on the other side, it was completely bare, concrete everywhere, other than the blood that was no doubt Danny's. I saw a ghostly Vlad in a corner, kicking something as hard as he could and I barely saw a crumpled figure behind him. He turned and grinned evilly.
"Well well well, look who showed up." He said striding toward the speeder. We were ready to charge out when the time was right. "Family and friends of Danny are here to save him."
"Got that right ghost!" Jack roared and we all climbed out of the speeder, one of the police officers stayed behind and turned the speeder around, ready to fly away. Sadly, it didn't quite go as planned.
Tucker, Jazz, Valerie, and I ran toward Danny to get him while the adults fought off Vlad. I ran to Danny's side, he had picked himself up a little and leaned against the wall, but barley registered that we were right in front of him.
"Danny… We're here." I said, but his eyes started to close. He was bloody, bruised, and scarred all over, much worse than before. Jazz held Danny's right arm, Tucker held his left and lifted him up.
"He's to light." Tucker muttered. "He should be like, 10 pounds heavier!" They slowly walked over to the speeder where Valerie had ran ahead to hold the door open. But when we were about half way there, a blast in front of us knocked us backwards.
"When did Vlad learn how to do that?!" I heard Jazz yell, probably to no one in particular, and we quickly got ourselves back up. Valerie had disappeared and changed into her red ghost hunting outfit and charged after Vlad. At first people had no idea where she came from, nobody knew her secret except us, but when they realized she was on their side they left it at that. The police officer had jumped out of the speeder to help pick Danny up, it would be much easier, he could easily carry Danny by himself, but right when he got to us, Vlad shot a red ecto-beam and nailed him right in the chest. It looked just like a movie. He stayed standing for a few seconds, eyes wide and mouth wide open, then collapsed. The first death of a horrible and bloody night.
It was once again up to Tucker, Jazz, and me. We picked Danny up and headed for the speeder. But yet another ecto-beam was shot at us. It barley missed me, but hit Tucker right in the leg. He gasped out in pain and tried to carry on, but couldn't and fell. One look said that if it wasn't taken care of soon, blood loss would surley kill him. I just couldn't loose another friend.
"We'll be right back Tucker!" I said loudly, the battle was loud even though there were only 10 people here, including Vlad.
Quickly, Jazz and I got Danny to the speeder, and we set him down just inside the door. Jazz ran back to help Tucker but I heard Danny faintly say something.
"Danny?" I kneeled down next to him. His chest was barley moving, but at least he was still breathing. That's all that mattered.
"Sam…" He was to quiet, and I was right next to him! "I'm sorry… So sorry…" It obviously pained him to speak.
"Shhh, Danny don't talk." I said, and for the first time he opened his eyes and looked directly at me.
"You shouldn't have come. Someone can get hurt…"
"That doesn't matter Danny, we're okay, you're okay-" But I couldn't finish my sentence, I felt tight hands grip my throat, and breathing became a challenge. I was lifted off the ground and I clawed at the large hand. I tried to scream, but it was no use. I was running out of breath.
"Fire at me one more time, and she's dead!" I heard Vlad roar behind me. Immediately all the shots stopped.
"Let her go!" I heard a voice shout, but my vision was thinning and I couldn't go on much longer…
"You know what? I'm just going to kill her anyway! Just for the fun of it!" I heard Vlad laugh, and I struggled for a breath, but he was squeezing my throat tighter and tighter. Just as I was about to completely black out, a blinding light appeared. Heaven? It didn't seem like it…
I felt myself drop several feet, then a hard drop. I gasped for breath, but the light kept on. I started to hear again, I heard a scream, it sounded like Vlad. I squinted and put a hand over my eyes to block out some of the light. Suddenly, the light dimmed and I saw something bright, glowing, and what appeared to be wings.
I gasped, it couldn't be. Was it really? It was the ghost who told me where Danny was in the first place!
DISCLAIMER: GGAAHHH!!!
Oh my god you guys guess what. I finished this chapter at exactly 11:11 (At night.) Isn't that freaky?!
This is by far my longest chapter, almost 4 pages on the word document! Seriously like 10 more sentances and it would have been 4 pages... Anyway, hope you guys like it so far! As you can tell, the ending is near!!!
I hope this kept you on the edge of your seat... until you move... to the middle of your seat...
(haha nickelodion commercials are the best)
