The children and Mr. Worth spoke for a few minutes before Mr. Worth
motioned Alden to join them outside Shirley's shop. All joined hands and,
with Courage and Alden holding tightly onto the ghosts, they all
disappeared.
By the time they appeared in the lot across the street from Claudia Dillon's house, the windstorm had calmed a little. It seemed as though somebody was actually trying to help them and Mr. Worth had a feeling he knew who that somebody was. He turned to look behind him and smiled softly at a faint light that was barely visible in the shadows of the old buildings that surrounded them.
The plan was fairly simple. Three of the children would distract the people that were outside the house while the other four would try to scare the ones inside the house enough to chase them outside. Courage would also help by standing guard and letting Alden know if anybody came back into the house while he was in there.
At first, everything went according to plan as the people inside the house scattered and ran outside. The people outside were not so easily scared by children though and soon they all decided to go back into the house. Alden and Courage hesitated at the back door when they heard the voices of the people returning to the house. Mr. Worth went into the house ahead of him but there was no way that Alden could get in without being seen. To make matters worse, some of the fire investigators were coming around to the back yard. They would be sure to see Alden and Courage. It seemed that all was lost when a familiar white shape appeared in the hallway. It was one of the other spirits! Courage turned white and fell to pieces on the spot while Alden just froze in his tracks!
Mr Worth just watched the light. A moment later, a loud, unearthly, screaming/groaning sound filled the air. The wind began to blow so hard that it felt like it might blow the walls of the house down and lightning streaked across the sky! The unearthly screaming sound continued until the fire investigators all scrambled in fear.
Mr. Worth laughed as the people scrambled away from the house and motioned Alden and Courage, who had just put himself back together, to follow him. Both hesitated for a second then followed the ghost to one of the downstairs rooms. There they found several boxes in the middle of the room. Mr. Worth led them to an open box that had a stone tablet inside of it along with several other items.
Alden picked up the tablet. "This is the one."
Mr. Worth nodded. "Okay, lets get out of here."
The slipped out the back door and looked around for the children. Slowly, seven small ghosts joined them and they all disappeared with Courage and Alden holding on tightly to them.
By the time they appeared in the lot across the street from Claudia Dillon's house, the windstorm had calmed a little. It seemed as though somebody was actually trying to help them and Mr. Worth had a feeling he knew who that somebody was. He turned to look behind him and smiled softly at a faint light that was barely visible in the shadows of the old buildings that surrounded them.
The plan was fairly simple. Three of the children would distract the people that were outside the house while the other four would try to scare the ones inside the house enough to chase them outside. Courage would also help by standing guard and letting Alden know if anybody came back into the house while he was in there.
At first, everything went according to plan as the people inside the house scattered and ran outside. The people outside were not so easily scared by children though and soon they all decided to go back into the house. Alden and Courage hesitated at the back door when they heard the voices of the people returning to the house. Mr. Worth went into the house ahead of him but there was no way that Alden could get in without being seen. To make matters worse, some of the fire investigators were coming around to the back yard. They would be sure to see Alden and Courage. It seemed that all was lost when a familiar white shape appeared in the hallway. It was one of the other spirits! Courage turned white and fell to pieces on the spot while Alden just froze in his tracks!
Mr Worth just watched the light. A moment later, a loud, unearthly, screaming/groaning sound filled the air. The wind began to blow so hard that it felt like it might blow the walls of the house down and lightning streaked across the sky! The unearthly screaming sound continued until the fire investigators all scrambled in fear.
Mr. Worth laughed as the people scrambled away from the house and motioned Alden and Courage, who had just put himself back together, to follow him. Both hesitated for a second then followed the ghost to one of the downstairs rooms. There they found several boxes in the middle of the room. Mr. Worth led them to an open box that had a stone tablet inside of it along with several other items.
Alden picked up the tablet. "This is the one."
Mr. Worth nodded. "Okay, lets get out of here."
The slipped out the back door and looked around for the children. Slowly, seven small ghosts joined them and they all disappeared with Courage and Alden holding on tightly to them.