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Ebony: They can never get a break. Ever. It's not allowed.

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Kat: xDD Seems right. The other idiots probably got lost in the desert, no one knows.

Rosalina: She's a jerk. There are a lot of those in this dimension.

Starry: He has poor planning skills, didn't even think to bring cookies. All my endings are the best. Except the cliffhangers.

Nicktastic: Every time.

KRR: Every time.

Amber: Every time.

Samantha: Yep. There's also a master of shadows, and Tori is a master of darkness, so... we do have some doubles. Not to mention the canon master of sound and Alex the master of music, if anyone remembers him...

Windy: They'll be fine.

Chan: you hecker

Chapter 15

They were almost back, and there was still no sign of the boys.

Bansha lead Indigo through Stiix, walking down the main street as the younger ghost held onto her arm. While they were ghosts, and would likely blend in fairly well with the rest of the populace, this was where the other Bansha lived, and the blademistress didn't want to risk being spotted, so the two were invisible. Hence Indigo holding onto her so they didn't get separated.

"Only a little further until we get to the docks…" Bansha murmured when there was no one nearby to hear them. Indigo hummed in reply. Ten minutes later, they arrived, climbing down to the lower docks where the submarines landed. Unfortunately, there was nothing there. Had Morro and Lloyd taken the submarine back to the base? Bansha sighed, letting herself become visible again as she sank to the ground. "I'm worried too." She said after a moment. Indigo sat down next to her.

"Should we go back?"

"There's no point. They could be anywhere by now." Bansha shook her head, resting her chin on her hand. "We'll just have to wait until the others come out." She could only hope the boys were in there.

"Should we stay invisible?"

"No." The sorceress shook her head. "There's no point. No one's down here."

"That's what you think, you-!" Something slammed into the back of Bansha's head, and she slumped to the side, faint shouts being the last thing she heard before her eyes closed of their own accord and she passed out.

TheDarknessReturn

There really was no way out of that building.

Lloyd and Morro had tried a few times to escape, but nothing seemed to be able to break those vines, and all attempts to make it through those forbidden doors were met with disaster. Every time something seemed to go wrong. The first time, the door squeaked loudly when it was opened, the second time it was stuck and slammed into the far wall when they finally got it open, then the third time it fell right off its hinges and crashed to the floor. Lloyd was starting to wonder if Claire was sabotaging the door so she could watch them get caught.

True to her word, though, Claire had given them nothing to eat, or, in Lloyd's case, drink. By the second day, Lloyd was hungry enough that he was willing to stay, giving up on escaping at least for now. Instead, he just leaned against the wall in one of the rooms, one hand on his stomach as he stared at the far wall with half open eyes. He was starting to panic a bit. He didn't know if they would give him food after he tried to escape, and his throat was starting to feel dry too. Would they just let him die? Noticing his quickening breathing and widening eyes, Morro, next to him, carefully put an arm around his shoulders and pulled him close.

"Are you okay?" The ghost asked as Lloyd rested his head on his shoulder.

"Not really…" the blond boy mumbled. "I'm really hungry… I don't wanna starve…"

"They won't let you starve. They need you as bargaining material, remember?" Morro rested his chin on Lloyd's head.

"Well… that's not much better…" Lloyd shifted slightly. "I really hate this feeling." He pressed his hand against his stomach. "I hate feeling so hungry."

"I'm sorry." Morro closed his eyes and nuzzled his hair. "I'm sure they won't let you go hungry much longer. And, after a little while the feeling will go away and it won't hurt so much."

"How do you know?"

"I grew up on the streets, I went hungry a lot." Morro shrugged a bit. "Most of the time I couldn't really feel the hunger, 'cause I had gone hungry for so long."

"Oh." Lloyd frowned, feeling sort of guilty for reacting so badly about going hungry once. "How old were you when you moved in with Sensei?"

"Maybe six or seven?" The ghost frowned. "I dunno. I didn't keep good track of my age."

"Mmm." Lloyd closed his eyes. "Do you think we'll get out of here before Claire gives us to the evil Morro?"

"I don't know. I hope so." Morro shrugged one shoulder. "Maybe the girls will send the others after us."

"Do you think they even went on? They said they'd wait for us."

"It's been more than a day. They won't have waited for us forever."

"True." Lloyd sighed. "But if the others come… won't they get caught too?"

"They're tough. And your dad is invincible. Nothing can stop him."

"At least there's that. I wish I'd wished the others invincible too, like Jessica and Kai and Sensei and you…" Lloyd glanced at Morro's mangled hands.

"They'll be fine. They can take care of themselves. And I'll heal." The ghost reassured him. "I doubt Sensei at least will even leave the base."

"Probably not." The blond boy nodded slightly.

"Just be patient, okay? Things will work out, trust me." Morro nuzzled his hair again before resting his chin on top of his head. Lloyd hummed.

"Okay." The blond turned his head so his cheek pressed against the ghost's shoulder, feeling sleepy. Hopefully that was just a sign of a lack of sleep and not his impending death by starvation. It had only been a couple days, he would probably be okay if he slept for a little while. Maybe there would be food when he woke up.

TheDarknessReturn

"That's what you think, you filthy ghost!" Indigo whirled around at the angry shout, just in time to see Bansha slump to the ground with a quiet groan. Standing over her were two teenagers, a boy with a black club and a girl with funny hair that was black on top but faded to white at the ends. It took Indigo a few seconds to process what had happened, but once she did she leapt forward, grabbing the boy's arm and draining his energy until he toppled over. The girl instantly spun around and kicked at her, her shoe – which must've been deepstone – catching her in the arm and making it snap back.

"Ow!" Indigo exclaimed before jumping at her. The girl ducked out of the way, shoving her to the ground and throwing her off balance. The ghost girl tumbled on the ground before rolling over and scrambling back to her feet, taking a defensive stance and facing her opponent. The human girl stared at her from a couple feet away, hands positioned in a way to easily deflect any of her attacks. She was wearing black clothes, probably deepstone so she could hit her. She had to knock her out. The void master faked a step to the girl's left, then dove towards her right, knocking her to the ground.

"Mira!" The girl yelped. As Indigo started to drain her energy, the world abruptly went black, and she recoiled in shock. What happened? Was there something weird about that girl's energy? She felt the girl shoving her off and tried to grab her again, but the black changed to flashing colors, accompanied by a roaring in her ears that caused her to crumple to the ground. What was going on?! She could hear voices, but couldn't make out what they were saying through the noise.

A pair of arms wrapped around her waist and picked her up, causing her to struggle, but she only succeeded in getting a punch in the face. She stopped fighting, even if she did get free she wouldn't be able to escape if she couldn't see a thing through the flashing in her eyes. After a minute, she was pushed onto the ground, and the lights and sound began to fade, revealing a black cage around her. Oh, not again. Further examination revealed a few more cages in the room, two of which were occupied, one by Bansha and another by a black-haired human girl who was facing the other way. The girl with funny hair was sitting in a chair at the exit of the room, and gave her a nasty look when she saw her looking around.

"Hey, what did I ever do to you?" Indigo asked, folding her arms. The girl scoffed.

"You exist. You and the rest of your kind, nasty, usurping little beasts."

"I'm not on Morro's side!" the ghost protested, realizing what she meant. "I just escaped his castle yesterday!"

"Sure you did."

"Really!" Indigo stood up and stomped her foot. "Just because I happen to be dead doesn't mean I'm a bad guy! Bansha and I were just trying to get home!"

"Well I know that she's on Morro's side! She rules this city on his behalf!" The girl snapped. "I don't know what she was doing down here with you, but I'm going to make her pay for what she's done to my parents and my city!"

"Bansha didn't do anything to you! She's from another dimension!"

"Like I'm gonna believe that!"

"Well, look up in Stiix! There's a Bansha up there too!"

"Thanks, but no thanks. Everyone knows she spends all her time in her headquarters, and I'm not breaking in there just to prove a stupid ghost wrong."

"But you can't hurt Bansha, she didn't do anything wrong!"

"You wanna bet?"

"Lila?" A girl with curly blond hair stepped into the doorway, interrupting their argument. "Nico's woken up. He seems unharmed."

"He is unharmed." Indigo said loudly. "My powers only put people to sleep." The two glanced at her, but didn't acknowledge her.

"Let me check on him." The funny hair girl, Lila, stood up and left the room with the blond.

"So, falsely accused, huh?" A voice spoke up as soon as the two had left, and Indigo turned around to see the girl from the other page facing her. "Same here."

"Who're you?" The ghost frowned.

"Name's Charlotte. Call me Charlie." The girl offered her a hand through the bars of her cage and Indigo shook it. "I got forcefully drafted into Bansha's army when she heard about my fighting skills, and these three managed to kidnap me to try to get information. I don't have any, but they refuse to believe it."

"I'm Indigo." The void mistress introduced herself. "So you believe me that we're from another dimension?"

"I do. That's definitely not the Bansha in charge here, she looks way different." Charlie nodded at the unconscious woman behind her. "These three are pretty suspicious – can't say I blame them – but I don't think they'll see reason."

"Hmm." Indigo glanced at the doorway. The girls hadn't come back. "So what can I do? Bansha's innocent."

"We escape." The dark-haired girl pounded her fist into her hand. "You mentioned having powers, something about being able to put people to sleep."

"It's a bit more complicated than that."

"Well, then tell me." Charlie folded her hands together and rested her chin on them. "I want to hear alllllll about it."

*throws 6 OCs at you in 2 chapters*

And on that lovely note, I leave on vacation. I mean, I leave on Tuesday, but I don't think I'll be able to write and post another chapter in one day. I did write a oneshot, so I'll be posting that tomorrow.

ALSO: IF ANYONE'S MADE A ONESHOT REQUEST AND I HAVEN'T WRITTEN IT YET PLEAAASSSEEEE REMIND ME IN YOUR REVIEW SO I CAN WRITE IT ON VACATION I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH THE REVIEWS AND TRY TO FIND ALL THE REQUESTS BUT I'LL PROBABLY MISS SOME AND I WANNA WRITE ALL OF THEM K THANKS

~FFF