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Ch.17 Savaged
"Get off of my car you foul beast!" Jack Fenton hollered at grisly animal-like specter at the top of the Fenton Ghost Assault Vehicle.
Wasting no time Jack produced an anti-ghost gun and fired several rounds. Savage's lips curled back in a twisted beastly version of a grin and leapt off of the roof. The rounds Jack fired missed Savage and struck the hull of the van. Inside Tucker ducked as a round whizzed passed his head.
"This is insane!" He told himself, "Why did I ever agree to go along with this in the first place!"
The vehicle rocked back and fourth, Tucker glanced out a shattered window and realized that Savage was underneath the van: the vehicle was being lifted off of the ground. With a primeval scream Savage hurled the Fenton Assault Vehicle at Jack. Jack quickly leapt to the ground and the vehicle crashed into the forest.
Screaming Tucker held onto what he could before the van crashed into the forest. He was flung back like a rag doll when the van hit a nearby tree and rolled to a stop. When the van was still Tucker felt dazed, he rubbed the back of his throbbing skull only to discover his head was split open; he was bleeding from a massive wound in his head. Tucker wasn't sure if he had lost a lot of blood or if his skull was fractured, but his vision was blurring. And his breath was coming in slow gasps.
Looking up he saw something that made him think he was crazy, sitting in front of him was young girl no more than eleven with red ribbons in her hair and glittering blonde hair. Her skin was unusually pale; her pale blue eyes seemed to stare right through him. Tucker felt himself falling into a trance, his mind slipping away from reality.
Giggling playfully, she reached out to him, Tucker took her hand and remembered no more…
Covering her husband Maddie Fenton fired at Savage with a bazooka-like weapon, this time the blast radius was larger than the previous weapon and Savage could not dodge in time. The specter let out a cry of pain as anti-ghost matter ripped through his ectoplasm body.
"Does that hurt?" Maddie called out firing again, "Because this is just the start of what I'm going to do to you!"
Snarling, Savage rushed her and flung her to the ground. Maw open wide revealing deadly fangs, Savage moved in for the kill when Jack fired directly into the beasts open mouth. Ectoplasm blood oozing from the wound Savage coughed and held his burning jaw.
Ignoring the pain Savage charged and slammed directly into Jack, knocking his weapon away. Pinning the ghost hunter up against the trunk of a tree with one hand, while he slashed at Jack with another. Huge paws ending in ungodly claws ripped deep into Jack's chest. Cringing in pain, Savage was about to rip Jack in two when another blast of energy hammered Savage from behind.
Losing his balance Savage released Jack and stumbled to the ground. Maddie held up her gun triumphantly.
Infuriated Savage leapt to his feet. A second blast hit Savage directly in the chest and the beast flew into the air, Savage let out a snarl of annoyance before disappearing into mist. The forest was suddenly in dead silence.
"I guess we got him." Maddie said.
Jack grew aware of snapping twigs, and readied his gun.
"Don't be so sure."
A howl ripped through the once silent night, followed by feral roars and bellows. There was the sound of branches snapping, and heavy pounding on the ground. An eerie green light surrounded the ghost hunters. Slowly the lights began taking on familiar shapes and revealed a legion of creatures once slaughtered by man come back for revenge amongst the trespassers.
The forest outside was covered with glowing spectral animals: wolverines, bears, wolves, and mountain lions. All of them had the same lust for blood in their cold, empty eyes. Jack gnashed his teeth together and backed up by Maddie when he saw the fearsome army of ghosts. The duo quickly became surrounded by a sea of claws and fangs.
A familiar howl was heard and Savage reappeared up in the safety of an old oak tree. Jack and Maddie passed a hateful gaze at the creature. Licking his fangs Savage howled and all of the evil spirits of the forest pounced on the ghost hunters. Jack fired at an oncoming black bear while Maddie shot a rapid oversized wolverine. A ghostly cougar leapt on top of Jack and knocked his weapon away, Jack took the beast by the paws but he was slowly being forced to the ground.
A green blast ripped the creature in two and the cougar faded into nothing. Maddie flashed him a thumbs up and Jack reached into his jacket.
"Enough!" He called out.
Jack flung a grenade-like object from his hand; it landed into the brush nearby and exploded. Instead of fire strange blue particles oozed out of the grenade in all directions. When the particles made contacts with the animal specters their ectoplasm flesh began to melt and burn. From his perch in the tree Savage's back blossomed with sudden understanding as his children were burned alive below him; anti-ghost particles, the Fenton's had deployed a bio-logical weapon against his kind.
Snarling Savage leapt into the air hoping to remain in the safety of the trees to avoid the poisonous mist below-BAM! An energy blast ripped through Savage's forearm completely severing his right arm. Losing his balance Savage fell into the mist, his flesh began burning on contact with the particles. Howling in pain Savage's body thrashed around violently in the mist of poison, he desperately tried to get to his feet or at least crawl away. But it was no use; the poisonous acid was burning away the muscles and bones of his spectral being. Savage let out one last mutilated howl of unspeakable agony before finally sinking into the sea of acid.
Jack and Maddie stood, watching the whole ordeal and completely unharmed by the particles around them. When the air was finally clear, before them smoldering, like a skinned animal casually cast on the side the road there was the remains of Savage. His fur was burnt off his body, skin was scorched and ghostly muscle exposed, his legs were gone along with bits and pieces of his jaw. And it looked as though his right eye were missing; it had completely melted from its socket.
Jack motioned for Maddie to stay behind him, quietly he poked and prodded Savage's remains with the barrel of his gun, there was no movement.
"I think he's gone." Jack said flatly putting his gone away.
"RAARGGH!" Savage sprang to life, claw extended he swapped at Jack's face with a blow that surely would have cut his head clean off his shoulders.
"Don't think so!" Cried a defiant voice.
In an instant Danny flew out of nowhere and brought his knee down hard on Savage's cranium. Stunned Savage's claw fell limply to the floor, producing an ectoplasm ball Danny held the glowing energy directly on Savage's forehead.
"Sorry, but you're one species that deserves to be endangered!" Danny growled before firing.
Savage's head was blown straight off at point blank range. His body faded into nothing soon after. Danny stood triumphantly.
Instead of hearing the gratitude of a parent, Danny heard two guns load and rounds being cocked inside of magazines. Maddie and Jack held their weapons at Danny.
"Idiot!" Danny mentally scolded himself, "They don't know it's you because I'm in my ghost form!"
"So much as move I'll blow you in two!" Jack warned.
"Alright ghost, tell us where our son is and your fate wont be too agonizing." Maddie added.
Danny stepped back, "Okay, let's just step back and take a deep breath…we can work this out-I hope."