Ariel stepped back and looked around, there had to be something around here causing that noise. Ariel tried to change and heard it again, but instead of fighting it, she listened to it. It seemed to come from the hedges. She stopped changing back and gripped her ears in pain. She walked over to the hedges and found a small speaker. She ripped the cord and it snapped off as Danny tried to change.
Danny changed successfully as the blue ring around him covered his body. Ariel changed as well. They prepared to an all out assault, but they both feared the worse was yet to come. Ariel fought off three ghosts at once as Danny fought off four.
Ariel grabbed on of them and started swinging it around. It knocked hers back just long enough to give her a chance to shoot at one of Danny's. Ariel turned back, but they weren't moving towards her. She looked around, Danny's ghosts weren't attacking him either.
"I'm back. It's good to be home, isn't it Daniel?" Vlad smiled at Danny and snapped his fingers. "But it can't be home without family." Vlad laughed as Ember brought Jason and Skye's struggling form up to Ariel.
"No!" Ariel started flying towards her siblings, but the ghosts flew after her and caught her legs. She hit the ground and changed back.
"You see, my dear, if you struggle, I'm afraid Ember might just go against my orders and kill these brats." Vlad laughed again as Skye fought her way out of Ember's grip. She landed roughly, but ran to Ariel. Ariel hugged her tightly as ten ghosts were moving closer to her. Danny saw and put himself in the way of the attack.
"Plasmius, you always have been low, but this is too low, even for you." Danny prepared green beams in his hands as the ghosts stopped and made a circle around the three children.
"Ah, yes, I suppose it is, but who cares, I rule the world and there's nothing you can do about it." Vlad laughed again and pushed a button on his wrist. Ariel couldn't change back without the emission going off. She was stuck in her human form.
"Ariel?" Skye asked as she hugged her tighter.
"It'll be okay, I promise." Ariel tried to reassure her younger sister, but she wasn't sure if it be okay.
"Ariel, get behind," Danny called as he saw the nearing ghosts.
"The Specter Deflector!" Ariel cried out after noticing Skye's belt. Ariel pushed a button and turned it on. It zapped Ariel, but she pushed Skye away and turned to face her enemies. She didn't have to worry about her little sister, she was safe with the belt one, but the only problem was that there was only one belt.
Ariel saw the look on Jason's face and knew she had to help. She had to sneak behind a ghost somehow and make the ghost let him go. Ariel scanned the surrounding, woods, a big house, and thousands upon thousands of ghosts. Ariel blocked some of the ghosts that were trying to grab her, but she struggled against the hold of three grabbing her arms and leg. A ghost grabbed her free leg and began flying up to Vlad. Ariel struggled some more, but if the ghosts were to let go, there was no possibility of living from that fall. Ariel started to feel cold and numb from the ghosts grip. She felt shivers run down her spine as she tried to blink away the exhaustion that was overwhelming her.
"Look what I caught in my little trap." Vlad smiled as Ariel fought back her sudden tiredness and struggled weakly against the ghosts holding her.