The scroll still held the moving image as RJ stared at it intently. He was determined to figure this out.

Casey, Lily, Jarrod and Samantha were sitting silently, along with the others, waiting for the master to come to a conclusion. Finally, RJ's face lit up. Samantha almost jumped out of her seat.

"What?" she asked. "Did you figure it out?"

RJ shook his head, "No, but I did come up with a new item for the menu," RJ laughed, "Pizza, with the crusts on the inside."

Casey and Lily face-palmed while Jarrod looked up at the master questioningly. Samantha, however, was not amused.

"Figure this out," she hissed, turning her uncle's neck back to the scroll. RJ pulled away from her grip.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry," RJ said, "I'm afraid there's nothing we can do."

"Nothing?" Samantha screamed. "What do you mean, nothing!"

Hayden grabbed her sister's hand and held it gently. She knew Samantha was about to jump the wolf Master, and she didn't want to have to clean her uncle off the walls.

"Sammy, calm down," she whispered, "I'm sure Uncle RJ has this figured out."

"He's stumped," Heather frowned, shaking her head. "I know that look. He's got no idea."

"I have an idea," RJ said, "I just can't act upon it."

"Why not?" Daniela asked.

"Well, normally when the spirit world is blocked off, one of the Masters would come unlock it to allow the Earth Masters access. But there are two problems with that. The first one being, whatever charm is keeping us out, is keeping them in."

"And the second?" Casey asked.

"We're not allowed to travel to the spirit world, remember?" RJ said. "It's only supposed to be a realm for the dead."

"Then why is my daughter there?" Samantha growled. RJ pulled away even further. He knew how far a mother would go to protect her cub.

"Remember, Samantha, your mother is the Greatest of the Greats. If the Spirit World needs her, it'll find her."

"The spirit world is in Danger?" Jarrod frowned.

"I knew it!" Lily cried. She looked over at Casey, "There's something up there!"

"Can you figure out what?" Casey asked her. Lily nodded and shut her eyes, falling into a deep state of mind. Casey turned to the group, "While she does that, I need the rest of you to search for any scrolls involving Past Monsters."

"Can do," Heather nodded. She grabbed Daniela so they could work on the search together. Hayden decided to help her sister, and Flynn joined their group.

Greg and Dawn worked together, looking through the more modern scrolls that were stored in a regular filing cabinet.

Lily felt her spirit leave her body and soar up into the spirit world. Though no one had access to the other realm physically, the charm wasn't stopping spirits from travelling.

Her ghost appeared behind Master Guinn, Kayleigh and Engel. Though she wasn't visible at all, she could listen in to their conversation and hopefully find out what was going on exactly.

"Aunt Guinn," Kayleigh called, jogging to catch up to her Aunt as Engel trailed behind, "We've been traveling for days and you've yet to tell me what we're doing. Please..."

"I'm taking you and your mother to a safe place," Master Guinn nodded, "You don't need to know anymore."

"Safe from the Beast?" Kayleigh asked.

Lily frowned, "The Beast?" she whispered to herself, "What the hell is that?"

Suddenly Engel's head turned back and she stopped walking. Lily shut her mouth and stood still, afraid that maybe the young child could sense her.

Master Guinn and Kayleigh stopped as well and turned to Engel, watching her curiously. Engel stepped closer to Lily and reached a hand out.

"Lady... friend!" Engel giggled. She felt something touch her hand and knew someone was there. She couldn't see the person, but something inside her told her that there was a friendly spirit around.

Lily tensed up, slowing her breathing to keep from giving herself away. She stepped back slowly.

Engel felt the spirit move away from her and frowned. She stepped in closer. "Leaving?" she asked it.

Master Guinn watched on curiously, before a voice rang in her head.

"I would be careful if I were you."

Master Guinn frowned, "Leave me."

Kayleigh, hearing her Aunt speak, turned to face her, "Aunt Guinn..."

Master Guinn didn't hear her niece; only the voice.

"I know she's the one," the voice whispered, "I know she's the Great."

"Leave her alone!" Master Guinn shouted, running over to Engel and scooping her up in her arms. She held her little sister tight, looking around for any sign of movement.

"I'll kill her this time," the voice laughed, "This time I won't fail."

"Go away," Master Guinn hissed.

Lily watched on. She could see Master Guinn was talking, but didn't know to whom. Finally, it became clear.

She saw something step out from behind a tree. It was dark and large, resembling more like the shadow of a beast than of a beast itself.

Looking around, Lily could tell that neither Kayleigh, nor Master Guinn nor Engel could see this creature, and by the look on Engel and Kayleigh's faces, Lily knew that Master Guinn was the only one to hear it.

"Give her to me!" the shadowy figure shouted, stepping directly behind Master Guinn and holding a hand out, ready to accept Engel in his arms, "Give the Great to me!"

"No!" Master Guinn shouted, but was suddenly thrown to the ground. She held onto her sister tight, making sure that Engel was safe.

Lily gasped. She didn't understand everything going on, but she knew Engel was in danger. For the moment, she couldn't care less about keeping her presence secret. She charged towards the Beast.

"Bring out the Cheetah!" she screamed, unleashing her spirit. The Beast turned to her, swinging his arm out to the side, breaking Lily's spirit. As the cheetah disappeared, Lily was thrown across the field.

"It seems I have company in the world of intangibles," the Beast laughed, leaving Master Guinn and Engel alone for a moment as he made his way over to Lily's spirit. "Tell me, cheetah, how did you get here? Are you, perhaps, a Special?"

"A what?" Lily frowned, not thinking the Beast could hear her.

"A Special," the Beast repeated, "You see things, don't you? When you were a cub, you saw emotions and memories."

"What are you?" Lily growled, crawling away from the menacing creature.

"You must be a strong Special to be joining me in this realm," the Beast continued.

Master Guinn, hearing everything the Beast was saying, quickly put Engel in her niece's arms and got to her feet.

"It's me you want!" she screamed, "Come fight me!"

"Master Talon!" Michelle screamed as she watched her Master's death at the hands of the Beast. She sobbed loudly, cowering behind the rock as tears began to form. It was her fault he was dead. She went out to find the Beast, and he captured her soul. If she had stayed home to care for her sister, none of this would be happening.

"Who's next?" the Beast roared. "I'll devour you all until my victim comes to me!"

Over in the distance, a door opened as a young child stepped out of her hut. She rubbed her eyes and looked around.

"Michelle, where are you?" Evangeline called.

The Beast smirked. He turned to Evangeline and pointed.

"It's you I want," he said. "You're the Great!"

Evangeline glared at the Beast and crossed her arms, "You attacked my sister!"

"That fool!" the Beast laughed loudly. "I have no use for her anymore."

Michelle jumped out from behind her rock, "Beast! It's me you want! I can release you! Leave my sister alone!"

The Beast turned to Master Guinn, lifting his hand. A powerful force knocked her off her feet and pinned her to the ground.

"Not now, Cub," the Beast said, "Can't you see I'm busy?"

Michelle looked over at her sister, a feeling of panic washing over her as Evangeline ran back inside the house. The Beast ran after her, quickly making his way closer and closer to her sister.

Getting to her feet, Master Guinn jumped up and ran after the Beast, who was slowly advancing towards whatever spirit he was seeing. She needed to protect this Special from harm.

"Michelle!" Evangeline screamed as the Beast tore the walls of the hut down and threw the dinner table aside. Evangeline was curled up against the farthest wall, shivering in fear.

She was too slow. She could sense the Beast drawing power from its soul. A loud screamed echoed in her head.

"NO!" she cried, dropping to her knees.

"Eva!" Michelle sobbed as the Beast stuck her sister with such force that the young child flew through the wall and landed in a heap a few yards away. She watched, dreading every second as her sister lay motionless on the ground.

As if it wasn't enough, the Beast called upon his own spirit, sending it down on the poor child. Michelle screamed in terror, calling forth her penguin to protect her sister.

Master Guinn shivered, waiting for the Beast's malicious laugh to tell her he had killed another soul in her place.

Again, she had failed: first her sister, now the Special.

The Beast chuckled, his voice ringing loudly in her head, "How does it feel, cub? To know you've hurt two people by refusing to give in."

Master Guinn wouldn't let him win. She couldn't. She got back to her feet and ran over to her niece and sister who were watching her with looks of terror on their faces. They didn't know what was going on or why Master Guinn was acting like she was. They couldn't hear the Beast like she could.

"Follow me," she said, "We need to find the safe place before sunrise."

The penguin made it to the Beast just in time to stop the fatal blow and chase him away for now. When the Beast was gone, Michelle dropped to her sister's side.

"I'm so sorry, Evangeline," she whispered, holding her sister in her arms. "When you wake up, I'll tell you everything, I promise! We'll defeat this beast once and for all."

-----Afterlife-----

A loud, painful cry interrupted the search for the scrolls as everyone turned to Lily.

"Mom?" Heather called gently, before her mother collapsed. Heather jumped up from the floor and ran to her mother. Jarrod caught her in his arms, holding her back as RJ went to check up on Lily.

RJ knelt down beside her, tapping her cheek gently, "Lily? Can you hear me?"

Lily stirred, opening her eyes for a moment, "RJ..."

"Lily, are you okay?" RJ asked her. Lily's face twisted into a look of agony. Her eyes slowly started to roll back. RJ grabbed her arms, shaking her gently, trying to keep her awake. "Lily, stay with me."

"The Beast..." Lily whispered quietly. RJ couldn't make it out. He leaned in closer.

"What did you say?"

"The Beast," Lily said, "Look for the Beast."

Finally, the pain took over, causing Lily to give in. Her eyes rolled back and she fell completely limp.

RJ looked to Daniela. It was hers and Heather's job to search the early history scrolls.

"Look for a creature named the Beast! Bring up every little detail you can on him."

Casey fell beside RJ. He grabbed his wife's hand gently and gazed down at her body. RJ patted him gently on the shoulder.

"I don't know," he said, answering the question that was on everybody's mind.

"RJ, what happened?" Casey asked, turning to his master. RJ shrugged.

"Whatever it was, I'm sure Lily will pull through. She's not a quitter."

Heather finally stopped struggling in Jarrod's arms as she stared at her mother. Tears filled her eyes as Jarrod squeezed her tight, offering what comfort he could.

Dani wiped away her own tears as she pulled out every relevant file she could. Working fast, she placed the piles at RJ's feet before running over to her cousin and pulling her into a comforting hug. Heather's knees finally buckled and the two cousins dropped to the ground.

Hayden looked up at her older sister. Surely if something was powerful enough to take out their Aunt Lily, it was powerfully enough to hurt little Engel. She took her sister's hand, but Samantha pulled away.

The young mother darted over to RJ and helped him look through all the old scrolls. She couldn't allow herself to question whether or not her daughter was still alive. She needed to keep her mind busy, before it imagined the worst.