Hey everybody! I'm sorry this chapter took so long to update. I've been really busy with school and all. I'm also sorry it's short. I hope my next chapter is longer!
"Don't make me do this..." moaned Katelyn, clutching her side.
"You have to get it right. Now stop being stupid and get up," instructed Vlad. Katelyn slowly picked herself up off the stone floor. She inhaled and exhaled, trying to catch her breath.
"I don't want to do this," she said. Vlad raised an eyebrow at her.
"It seems you have no choice. Unless you want the ghost boy killed, that is," said Vlad with a cruel smile on his face.
Katelyn stared at Vlad, hating him with every strength in her body. She had sacrificed herself to save Danny. But she would find a way to free herself... one day.
Katelyn, please be okay...
Danny's eyes slowly opened. She was lying on the sidewalk in the same ally he had collapsed in. What had happened?
Danny rubbed his head.
Think... remember...
"Katelyn!" gasped Danny! He tucked his legs to his chest. Katelyn was working for Vlad... she had tricked him... It was all a lie...
No. Katelyn can't be working for Vlad. It just can't be happening. No...
A sob escaped Danny's throat as a tear tricked down his face. Suddenly, a wave of electrical current seared through Danny's body.
"Argh!" screamed Danny. He couldn't feel his legs anymore. But his legs started to move. They stood up and started walking.
"Stop it!" Danny yelled at his legs. But they wouldn't stop. Danny felt light headed. He tried to close his eyes, but he couldn't. He couldn't control his body. And then, suddenly...
"NO! STOP!"
"ARRGGHH!" Katelyn slammed against the wall, her head banging against the hard stone.
"Get up, apprentice!" commanded Vlad.
"Shut up and leave me alone!" yelled Katelyn. She rubbed the bruise on her temple. "This can't be happening..."
"But it is, Katelyn. Face the reality," sneered Vlad. Katelyn burst into tears.
"I want this all to end," she told herself silently.
"It will never end, apprentice. For as long as you live, I will be there," said Vlad, smirking at Katelyn.
Katelyn suddenly found the energy in herself to spring forward and punch Vlad in his stomach. He stumbled back and tripped. Katelyn summoned the energy in herself to create an energy blast. It formed in her hand, little by little.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!"
Vlad picked Katelyn up by her neck and threw her across the room, into a stone pillar.
"Your power does not exist, apprentice. You - " started Vlad. Katelyn hurled an energy blast at him, which knocked him over.
"No. I will flush out what you did to me!" screamed Katelyn. Her icy blue eyes started glowing green. She felt a familiar sensation flowing through her body. She could do it...
"No!" Vlad smashed Katelyn into the wall again.
"I'll kill Danny! I will!" screamed Vlad at the top of his lungs.
"No! Don't kill him," said Katelyn faintly. Black and red energy surged into her body. Her eyes stopped glowing. The X on her shirt flashed, illuminating her tear stained face.