Ariel tried to be as limber as she could, but it was hard when her chest hurt and they were going down stairs. She tightened her legs and felt Danny's hand relax a bit. She slid off and changed as Danny turned towards her. She flew up through the roof and was floating in the air above the mansion. She stopped to admire the view before turning and barely missing the shot fired at her. Danny flew through the roof and tackled her. They fell to the ground with Danny on top of Ariel.
Ariel phased at the last second and flew out from under Danny. Danny hit the ground hard and Ariel flew back to Amity Park. She looked behind her and didn't see anyone. She stopped above the blown Nasty Burger and looked around, she was sure he had followed her…
Danny appeared right in front of Ariel and threw her to the ground. She landed on some tables and couldn't get up. Her back was throbbing as she looked at where she had hit the table edge. Danny flew down into the building slowly, smiling.
Ariel prepared to strike with beams, but she saw Danny smiling and she saw her little sister in him. Her beams faded and his smile turned evil and he shot at Ariel. She phased through to wall and landed on the ground. She stood up slowly and prepared to fight, no matter what condition she was in. Danny was still smiling as she threw all of strength into one last beam that he dodged.
Ariel fell to the ground and felt her self be carried away after changing back. She wanted to fight, but her strength was gone. She let herself be carried to the mansion and she was set down on a comfortable bed. She closed her eyes and remembered what it was like before the Ghost War. She remembered her mother's smile, her father's charm, her little brother's eyes, and her little sister's smile.
Ariel fought the sleep when she remembered that that man had Skye's smile. She struggled against the thought of him being her father and struggled even more against the exhaustion that overwhelmed her. She broke free and found herself on a bed in a room that seemed to be made just for her. She ran out of the room and changed into her ghost form and flew to the closet she had told her brother and sister to stay in. She phased her head through the door and saw that they weren't there. Ariel opened the door to find the food, water, and her siblings gone.
"If you want to see them again, you must obey me." Vlad smiled as his evil plot began happening the right way.
"Where are they?" Ariel shouted at the evil man.
"Why they are locked up tight in a ghost chamber I had built myself." Vlad grabbed Ariel's arm and held on tightly.
Ariel phased through it and started to run. She phased through the floor of several levels and heard her siblings' screams. She ran to the metal, ectoplasm-lined chamber and saw her siblings crying and screaming for her.
She tried to phase through it, but it repelled her. She tried the door, but it was locked tight. She tried blasting the handle, but it bounced off and hit her. She was sent flying through the air. Danny caught her as a sense of exhaustion took over her. She fought against it and ran back to the chamber. She had to free her siblings! She banged on the door, but it made her weak, more tired. She felt someone pick her up again and take her back to her room. She fought to stay awake as much as she could, but she just couldn't win. She closed her eyes and dreamt of nothing.