"Drop us off here," Jazz told Alesha a few buildings away from the hotel. "We'll go and get Mom and Dad, you get back there and see if you can help Danny." Alesha nodded, and let Sam hit the pavement first, before dropping Jazz directly after her.
"Before you go," Jazz said, looking back up at her, "I need to ask a question." She nodded to Sam, already a ways ahead, signaling for her to continue. Sam acknowledged and turned, running up the steps to the hotel. "Why did you do this?" She looked at the Ghost girl. "I'm not sure what it was, but I know you had something else very important to you on the line here." Alesha sighed and looked down.
"I just knew it wasn't right," she answered. Jazz smiled and shook her head.
"That's not the only thing, is it?" Alesha snapped her eyes back to the red-haired girl. "You have a crush on my brother don't you." Alesha opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. "It's actually fairly obvious," Jazz's smile widened. "You cared enough for him that you would give up whatever else it was that was at stake for him." She walked forward and laid a hand on Alesha's arm, although she had to reach up to do so. "I'll never forget that. Hurry, go!" Alesha felt a smile she never thought she would be able to give again come to her face as the human girl turned her back, and ran towards the hotel.
"Then I will do what I can," Alesha whispered, and took off in the direction of the Mansion again. No sooner had she reached the outskirts of town, when a large, bright-green light exploded in the distance. The ectoplasmic blood in her body suddenly froze and she floated there watching in horror, hoping beyond hope that the event she dreaded had not just happened.
"No," she whispered, a single tear dripping down her cheek. She flew forward so fast, that that one tear remained suspended like a trail of glitter in the air behind her, before falling softly and sadly to the earth, as if mourning the loss that had just taken place.
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Danny didn't think, but launched his body forward, towards the controls, and rammed the button on the tank before flying up. Fortunately, Tucker had been hanging several feet in the air, and as Danny flew to intercept him, he tried to force his arms out. He felt panic rise in his chest, as they still refused to respond to him. Desperately, he threw up a shield, and yelled to Tucker to grab his leg. Tucker did as he was told, barely brushing the surface of the liquid below. As Danny went intangible so as to exit the room, he caught a glimpse of green eyes flashing open. His heart wrenched, and he realized he had indeed made his choice.
"I'm sorry!" he called out, turning in his trajectory to face the child. If his arms had been working, he would have been able to grab both of them...but there was no chance in doing so while he remianed in this condition. No sooner had the words escaped his mouth, than a blinding flash of green light shook the mansion around them. He had just begun to phase through the wall, with his best friend clinging for dear life to his intangible leg. He could only watch as the bright light filled his vision, and he felt the energy hit his shield. It was like someone trying to crush him beneath the largest steam roller in existence, and he couldn't help but scream in pain. The world around him began to go blurry, as his body shut down until the pain subsided. As he felt his conscious self slip rapidly away, he caught sight of a large tree in the expansive yard, and aimed in that direction barely aware of Tucker screaming his name.
He wasn't even awake when the tree trunk and branches hit them.
Thank you, everyone for the well wishes. I hope I have a great time up there too. :D
LaBOBruen: Honk. ;) Of course I'm a goose sometimes too. :D
