Two hands slipped inside of a couch fort, made just big enough for two. Spark pounced in from another room, after a mysterious hopping bug, and after spotting the fort, nudges it with his head.

"I'm hungry."

"Not ..now!" Gregory's muffled voice replied.

"I'm hungry."

"Not now."

"Still hungry."

"Not. Now."

"Huungrryyy."

"Go away..I'll do it later."

"Why? You aren't sleeping."

"Thats right. Im NOT sleeping."

"So feed me."

"No!" Gregory's voice was sharper and clearer that time.

Spark paused for a moment, walked around in a circle, and peeked in through a hole. "Im starving."

"Too bad."

"Feed me."

"Grr.."

"Ow...Gregory watch where you put your foot," Pam's voice joined the three.

"What is up with his foot?" Spark asked.

"Er...nothing."

"Does it have anything to do with my food?"

"Why would it have anything to do with your food?"

"Probably nothing, but now that no one is around I havent been fed good food in the past few days! Im hungry"

"Give me an hour.."

"Two please?" Pam asked.

"What do you need an hour for?" The inquisitive cat pawed at the fort.

"Nothing. Just Nothing." Gregory growled.

"Fine. Have it your way."

Silence.

"Nyah!" Spark gets into the couch for and clings onto Gregory's head.

Pam petted Spark.

"Why are you sitting like that anyway, Pam?"

Gregory's scream was muffled under Spark's fur. Eventually he got himself free. "I'll get you some food."

"Dominic would've been much quicker about it. I wish he would hurry up.."

Completely in awe, a boy with sandy blonde hair and a leather jacket walked beside Jacob step by step."So you are interested in the study of death! That's pretty awesome, I didn't know anyone studied things like that."

"Indeed they do. Its always been a fascination of mine, since I was not much older than you."

"Can you teach me what you know? Once I tried to bring my hampster back to life. I read some weird old books, but none of them worked."

"Necromancy is an art just like anything else. It must be practiced and refined."

"My mom would kill me if she found out I was hanging with you. This is so awesome."

Jacob just kept going ahead, with an unamused look. "Maybe one day you can help me with my studies."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"My name is Jake. Yours?"

"That is not really important."

"Then what should I call you?"

Jacob rolled his eyes and looked at the boy who insisted upon following him. "If you must know. I have the same name as you do. Jacob."

"So. Who is that woman following us?"

With an annoyed sigh, Jacob replied. "Ms. Dyana."

Dyana caught up with them and crossed her arms. She looked at Jacob, then the boy, and Jacob nodded his head.

"Dyana this young man has an interest in the black arts. I was planning to show him a few things I have been working on."

She nodded and put her arm around the boy. "He is a good teacher. I know this personally."

"Man, you have a pretty girlfriend."

Jacob pulled ahead of both of them. "She is not my girlfriend"

Dyana glared at Jacob and the boy laughed. "So you are one of those types huh?"

"I'm not a babysitter little boy. Don't you have something to do?"

"Hey!" Jake stopped and stared Dyana straight in the eye. "He said I could hang out with him, and that is what I'm going to do." He ran to catch up with Jacob, and Dyana shook her head.

"Little brat."

"So explain this to me again?"

"Its simple. Boys and girls dress up as ghouls and goblins, knock on people's doors and they get candy." Lina hung up the last of the decorations on her porch and dusted off her hands in completion.

"Why?" Dominic picked up the box of candy and looked through it curiously.

"Its a festival like any other. Halloween, October the 31st, a day of fun and fright. But I guess you wouldn't get that, would you, if the supernatural stuff in your world is well, natural."

He nodded and set the box of candy on the table near the door. "It sounds fun enough, but I didn't think you would be interested in this sort of stuff. You said you saw real ghosts before. If it frightened you then, why participate in something that makes fun of that?"

"I used to try to avoid it, but after a while saw no point in avoiding it. Ghost come and go whenever they feel like it, Halloween has nothing to do with it. Besides, I think I know the difference between a real ghost and a fat kid in a costume."

You would be afraid if you saw some of Rachel's clothing...Dominic laughed to himself.

Luna folded up the ladder and set it on the side of the house. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing. Its been a great week, really, but I don't think I'll be able to relax until I find a way to st-"

"I know I know, to stop your evil brother. I get it, but until we have a game plan you shouldn't go rushing in just to get killed. I don't want you hurt, okay?"

"Same goes for you." He slumped down in a sitting chair and stretched.

"Any visions lately?"

"Nope. I.." His eyes widened and he gripped onto his chair.

"I just jinxed that, didn't I?" Lina walked over and kneeled beside him. "Are you okay?"

Dominic shook his head. "So Jacob has resorted to killing as well. He doesn't have any regard for human life." He gritted his teeth together and spat out the words, "He is going to kill a little girl, trying out a new power he acquired. I have to stop it somehow." He sprang from his chair and went straight out the door before Lina could even blink.

"Wait! Dominic! What did I tell you about running off...I'm just talking to air now." Lina rested against the entranceway of her home and cleaned the dirt from her fingernails. "No way am I going to let him get himself killed.." She darted out the door, determined to catch up with him and follow him.

It was no time at all before Dominic found himself lost in the city. "I should've asked Lina for a map," he grumbled to himself as cars whizzed by on the road. "Let's see..I saw him near a large building with many windows." He looked up. All of the buildings looked that way.

I just have to remember what I saw in my vision. Large building, busy streets, but what else. A park, children playing in the background, a big red fence around the park, it was just across the street from where I saw Jacob.

"Sir?" He stopped a young man walking by . "Im looking for a park, one with a red fence around it. Can you direct me?"

"The Leland park area?" He rubbed his chin in thought. "Not far from here, just a couple of blocks east and you will run right into it."

"Blocks?"

"Actually its on my way. Follow me." He started walking again, his hands in his jacket. "New around here, I'm guessing?"

"Yes."

"Name's Kendrick. You?"

"Dominic."

"Had a cousin named Dominic. Got shot and killed in a drive by."

"O-kay.."

"Yeah. He was a real trouble maker. In gangs and drugs and all that stuff. Claimed it was the culture of the city. Well if being dead is part of a culture I'll have no part of it. So, you volunteering at the Halloween Party?"

"What do you mean?"

"At the park. Thats why you want to go, isn't it?"

Why not... "Yeah."

"I think its a good thing. The kids around here are dropping like flies because they are getting into the wrong stuff. With all the dangers in the world, wars and street violence and disease, we could use a little positive juice in the flow."

Dominic frowned, and finally spotted the red fenced park ahead. "There it is. Thank you..I.." He spots the girl, still alive, walking towards the park from the opposite direction.

"Well I gotta go Kendrick! Thanks for showing me.." He ran off towards the girl, Now what am I going to say to her to stop this vision?

The girl was about 10 years old, a mini-goth, and listening to a CD player. Dominic cut her off before she could cross the street to the park.

"Hey. Im one of the park's directors and I wanted to tell you that the party doesn't start until nightfall."

She crossed her arms and glared at Dominic, with a what-business-is-it-of-yours look. "Im not going to the stupid halloween party, Im crossing the street. Moron."

Stupid little brat, probably doesn't deserve to see her parents again. He saw Jacob out of the corner of his eye and pushed the girl away. "This area is closed off so we can prepare for the party. Just deal with it."

"Im crossing the street, okay? This is the shortcut to my house."

"Go the other way before I throw you there."

"Don't make me call the police.."

What would Lina do in this situation?...I know. He dug in his pocket and pulled out 20 dollars. "20 bucks says you take the long way home. Saw some nice shops in the opposite direction."

"Deal." She grabbed the money and ran off.

"Sad state this world is in, but where is Jacob?" He turned around and saw Jacob's arm around a young boy with sandy blonde hair. They were talking about something, he wasn't sure what from the distance he was at, but when Jacob walked away the young man was frozen in place.

"Crap!" He made his way over to him and shook his shoulders, "Are you alright?"

The boy finally sat down and nodded. "Yeah. I think so. Just feel weird is all."

Dominic looked him over, and saw nothing. He didn't do anything? Maybe he was just talking to him. "Well go home and get some rest." I better not let Jacob out of my..He looked around for him, only to see he was gone. sight. Wonderful. I better get back to Lina before she..

"Do you know how worried I was about you?" Lina ran up to him. "I would've been here a lot sooner if I had've known where in the hell you were going."

He narrowed his eyes and approached her. "Im not a child, Lina, and I think I know a lot more about this than you do."

"Going up against anything like this aline is stupid. Maybe I'm just trying to help you out."

"Well maybe I'm just trying to prevent you from being killed."

"I need a smoke."

"You smoke?"

"Not anymore..."

"Wow. That's quite the accomplishment, I know quitting that stuff is hard."

"I didn't really have a choice..."

"What?"

"Just forget it. You want me to help you hand out candy or not?" Dominic walked past her.

"Hey! Hey will you wait up! We can catch the bus instead of walking all the way back, Dominic are you listening to me! You are such a grouch sometimes!"

"Trick or Treat!"

Each kid's song was the same as they came to the house and emptied Lina of her candy. She was dressed up herself, in a black witches dress and a pointy hat.

"You know, not all witches look like that." Dominic looked her over and smiled as he handed a girl in a princess dress a bag of chocolates.

"Probably not, but you know this dress looks good on me. Go in the back and get that second box of candy, I'm running low and these kids are greedy."

Delivery boy Dominic to the rescue...He trudged through all the decorations that ended up falling off the house, but stopped to listen to the news report on the TV as he picked up the box.

Two weeks after the devistating hurricane, it has been a real community effort to give the kids of the area as normal a halloween as possible. Areas too dangerous for children to walk have been marked off, and parental supervision is a must for each group.

Breaking News, Leland Elementary School Student Jacob Bracey passed away this evening, and his death is being investigated. His skin was black from his right arm to his left leg, and this only appearing hours before he died. Scientists from the University have been called over to examine this sudden illness and hopefully prevent it from happening again. More as the situation develops.

"Here you go kid, "Lina tossed the last bag she had to a kid in a super hero costume, and then called back to Dominic. "Hey do you have that next bag of candy or not! Dominic..." She jumps as she hears something crash. "Dominic?"

She walked in to see Dominic just standing there, candy all over the floor and him in a daze.

"Another vision?"

"No, the news. That is the boy I saw Jacob with earlier. They were talking about something. I looked at him, he looked okay, and now he is dead."

"W-What..?"

"Earlier I saw a vision of him killing this girl. I saved her but the bastard ended up attacking the boy instead. I lost him though while I was checking to see if he is alright."

Lina ignored the doorbell as she sat down slowly. "Are you sure your brother killed this guy?"

"Positive. Most of his body was blackened, definately something I have seen before. The same thing was done to my younger brother, Gregory, but not at this severity."

''What should we do?"

"Its too late for him. His soul is probably taken away too. We have to find him and stop him before he uses this city as one giant experiment."

The doorbell rang again. Lina nervously picked up the candy and put it in the box. "Stay here tonight." She didn't say another word about it, she just finished cleaning up and headed back to the door. With a straight face as opposed to her usual smile, she gave out the candy to the children. She couldn't help but wonder if they would be the next victims of this madman.

Dominic eventually got back to the front door and helped her hand out candy. He felt guilty for getting her shaken up, but Belinda had stated, not that he didn't already know before, that he needed to be honest with her.