Al Drin Hoshizora: Well, the mob is already on their way.

I am a burglar: Because reasons.

Juggernaut: She's the heroine.

Boone: Try something.


Darnell darted through the trees, red tears streaming down her cheeks. She still couldn't fathom that her own mother had lied to her for her entire life, deceiving her with stories she had conjured up to excuse her actions. And, what was worse, every adult in the village had gone along with it.

Though her mind was fogged, she did know where she was going. Before long, she found herself in front of a small cottage that used to belong to a human couple. Bogeymen often disposed of human corpses in the basement of the cottage.

Without even bothering to open the door, Darnell smashed through it and entered the cottage. She walked through the room, not giving notice of the bugs and spiders crawling through it. Grabbing a door on the floor, Darnell tore it open, and looked into the basement.

Inside the basement were dozens of skeletons and corpses, which caused Darnell to briefly throw up. She covered her mouth, and steeled herself to enter the basement.

Inside, she walked through mounds of skeletons, and noticed that quite a few were that of children. She sat down next to one of them, realizing how much the skeleton resembled Joshua.

Darnell sat in the basement, surrounded by all the bodies, and thought to herself about how monstrous the Bogeymen truly could be. She'd been raised to think of humans as evil entities, but now she was starting to wonder if she was any different from them.

As she did so, Darnell began to feel an chilly feeling in the basement. She heard a faint hissing sound in her ear, prompting her to stand up and look around the basement, wondering if anyone was there. She saw nothing.

"You..."

Darnell's head whipped around and she found herself staring into the dead eyes of a corpse-like woman, a green aura surrounding her. As she looked on in awe, more eyes started to appear in the darkness, all staring at her.

Ghosts.

"Why have you disturbed our rest?" The ghosts all asked in unison. Darnell screamed in terror and began to run towards the open door in the ceiling. She felt one ghost grab her hair, but she swatted his hand away and flew up through the door, slamming it shut behind her.

Dashing out of the house, Darnell raced behind a nearby bush and sat down next to it to catch her breath. She breathed heavily, and shut her eyes for a moment. When she opened them, she nearly screamed.

The Ghost, Saul's brother, was standing right in front of her, still in his adult form. He was unaware that Darnell knew he wasn't as old as he looked.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, agitated. "Why have you disturbed the rest of me and the others?"

After getting over the initial surprise, Darnell said, "I know you don't look like that. You're just a child."

The Ghost seemed surprised. "How did you know?" He asked, still not reverting to his true form.

"Your brother told me," Darnell confessed. "He seems to really miss you. Can't say the same for my dear old honest mother."

After a moment's silence, the Ghost shrunk down to his true form, that of a small boy around Darnell's age. He sat down next to Darnell, sighing deeply.

"You know, being a ghost isn't all that tough," He said with a shrug. "But it is boring. For nearly twenty years, I've never had anything to do with my life. I always wondered what it would be like to grow up and have a family, but now that's all gone. I guess haunting you gave me a purpose."

Darnell shrugged, too. "Your brother has a family now," She revealed. "He hunts Bogeymen for a living. I guess that makes you happy, huh?"

The Ghost smirked, but his face fell. "Now what are you going to do?" He asked. "You know the truth."

"I'm going to try and put a stop to all of this," Darnell said, determined. "But I don't know how. Who's going to listen to me?"

There was silence for a few moments, but then Darnell heard the sound of a mob shouting insults in the distance. Intrigued, Darnell and the Ghost flew into the air so they could get a view of what was going on.

Darell gasped when she saw, in the far distance, Joshua and Maria tied to a pole, with a crowd of Bogeymen surrounding them. Her mother was at the front.

"Oh, no," Darnell whispered in horror. "They're going to kill them."

She started to fly towards them, but the Ghost grabbed her leg. "I'll handle this!" He told her. "You can't stop a mob."

Darnell pulled away from his grasp. "He's my friend, and that girl is my responsibility!" Darnell proclaimed defiantly. "I'll do this myself!" Before he could stop her, Darnell was soaring through the air towards them.

Growling in annoyance, the Ghost followed.


In the village, Devony huddled with the twins, fearing for Joshua and Maria. She prayed that things would end quickly, or that the Bogeymen would come to their senses and free the children, especially after the humans had freed them from their confinement.

Suddenly, the door opened, and for a brief moment, Darnell assumed the villagers were back. However, it was Mustachio who was at the door.

"Where's Darnell?" He asked, looking concerned. "She vanished shortly after the humans and the missing Bogeymen appeared."

"I don't know where she went," Devony confessed as she and the twins approached. "She said she'd confront Saul from the human village."

Out of the corner of Devlin's eye, he noticed Darnell soaring in the sky. "Look up there!" He shouted, pointing up at where she was. The others looked up at her and saw her flying to where the mob was.

"Darnell, come down here!" Mustachio shouted. Darnell ignored him and continued flying towards the mob. With no other option left, the Bogeymen followed her.

However, as they left, Saul and the human mob arrived in the village.

"It's empty!" One man shouted, upset. Saul scoured through the village, and faintly heard the chanting of the mob of Bogeymen in a different section of the forest.

"I hear them!" He shouted, determined. "Come on, let's go!"

With that, he led the mob in the direction the Bogeymen were at.


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