"It's right over here." Ariel smiled and walked over to the door. She knocked three seconds and waited five seconds before knocking four more times. Skye opened the door and let them in.
Jason was holding out a squirt gun and acting like it was a weapon. "Ghost, be gone!" he called.
"Jason, there is no ghost. This is Sam." Ariel walked over and lowered his weapon.
Sam noticed that all the children had something like Danny, his smile, his eyes and his hair. She closed her eyes and told herself she was just seeing things before opening them again. Ariel closed the door behind Sam and walked briskly over to the monitor.
"What's this?" Sam asked as she saw the monitor that Ariel was staring at so intently.
"This is the monitor. It shows what's happening around the town." Ariel answered and flipped to the next screen. She kept flipping through screens to make sure the first things she heard weren't nearby. Sam smiled and watched as Ariel seemed determined to find something.
"You know, you're a lot like someone I know." Sam commented.
"Really, who?" Ariel asked without turning away from the monitors.
"DP," Sam smiled as she looked at the comic still in Ariel's hands.
"Who?" Ariel turned, but she knew right away from seeing what Sam was looking at. "How am I like him? We're not related."
"Do you know who your father or mother?" Sam asked and made sure her siblings couldn't overhear their conversation.
"No, I just know the by Mom and Dad." Ariel lied. She touched her necklace, but refrained from crying.
"I think we should leave this town," Sam suggested.
"Why?" Skye asked as she walked over.
"This place is in ruins and I think I know a place that won't be attacked." Sam smiled.
"How? Ghosts can go anywhere they want. This place is safe because Dad lined it with ectoplasm, until something blew a hole in the wall."
"Yes, but ghosts can get in through that hole, so we should leave. Or else we might be trapped when a ghost comes in." Sam looked at the hole.
"Good point, but where are we going to go?" Jason asked.
"If you follow me, you'll know." Sam smiled, but she knew she was taking these kids to the most dangerous place in the world.
The kids agreed and followed Sam as they snuck out of Amity Park's wasteland and through thick woods. Ariel carried the food bag. She refused to let it be taken from her. Her siblings and Sam carried the water. Ariel fell several times with the weight of the bag, but each time she pushed herself further.
Sam told the children to set up camp without a fire and Ariel pulled out a handful of cereal. She passed the box around and felt its weight when she got it back. Almost empty. She dumped its contents into another box and threw that one on the ground. Sam wanted to argue since she was a vegetarian and cared for the environment, but after seeing how tired Ariel was, she decided not to.
They slept through the night soundly and not one of them woke from their sleep. Ariel was the first to wake. She always had a habit of waking before the sunrise. She smiled as the brilliant array of colors covered the sky. She smiled as Jason woke to see the colors too. Sam woke after the sunrise was done and they waited for Skye to rise from her restful slumber before returning to their trip through the woods.