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Chapter 8: Flight through the Mansion
Serenity froze. She couldn't speak. She couldn't move. She couldn't breathe. She couldn't do anything. The pure shock was still registering in her mind.
Duke had a dagger in his back.
Duke was dead.
There was someone…or something licking up his blood.
She would be dead meat if that 'thing' looked up.
Serenity though she was going to be nauseous, but also felt an overwhelming sense of sorrow. How could Duke be dead! It just wasn't possible! If she had been there, she could have stopped it from happening, maybe! Who had killed him anyway? Had it been that thing there? How had she even left the room in the first place? She didn't remember getting up and walking away. Had she been sleepwalking?
So many questions flitted through her head, as her eyes still watched the being that drank. She was disgusted, yet could not do anything about it. And there were so many questions to answer! How could she answer them? What were the answers!
And then she thought up one…a worst case scenario one. How had she walked away? Serenity never knew herself to be a sleepwalker. Never. It just never happened. So there was only one other possible explanation. And it was Ryou's voice that rang in her head.
You were possessed.
The creature lifted its head and stared straight into Serenity's eyes. His eyes had an eerie glow about them. The creature stood, and Serenity let out a small, unheard squeak, as she stepped back.
Moonlight fell through the thin curtains that mysteriously blew in an invisible wind. As the creature stepped into the path of the moonlight, Serenity swore she felt her stomach just fall right out of her – there was no feeling in her middle.
The creature…
Was Mokuba.
Joey spun around as he heard a scream pierce the still air of the mansion.
"SERENITY!" he called out, running back the way they had come, "THAT WAS SERENITY! HOLD ON, SIS! I'M COMING!"
"JOEY, HOLD UP!" Tristan took off after his friend.
"GUYS!" Mai yelled back, sighing and running after them.
"SERENITY!" Joey shouted into the air, "SERENITY!" He ran around corners, not caring where he was going. He just had to find his sister! Who knew what was happening to her!
Joey rounded a corner and barely missed being hit by a whizzing dagger.
"YAH!" Joey shrieked, falling backwards, onto his bum. Tristan barely noticed Joey, and stopped right before he tripped over the boy, but Mai barreled into Tristan, sending them into a crumpled heap on the floor.
"GUYS! GET UP! DAT GHOST IS BACK!" Joey hollered, struggling to stand.
"WHAT!" the two others replied. They all froze as they heard the dagger being prying out of the wall with a swift swish.
Slowly, the trio turned their heads to face that of the ghost boy's.
The boy glared back at them, and ran his finger along the sharp edge of the knife. "Running after another player in the game? No…we can't have that, now can we?" he asked, smirking evilly.
"What did you do to my sist'a, you creep!" Joey shouted.
The ghost flung out the dagger, so that he held it an inch away from Joey's nose, "Don't speak like that to me, or you'll receive the same fate your friend did."
"What? What friend?" Mai popped up.
"What fate?" Tristan squeaked.
The boy smiled, "That's for you to find out soon enough. As for Serenity…she's having a run in with one of my earlier experiments…. And dear Tea and Seto…well…they'll come round in a little bit. Unfortunately, a terrible accident will occur to one lucky person of the two. I can't wait."
"You're sick!" Mai spat out, "You like killing innocent people for fun!"
"Watch what you're saying!" the boy was behind her in a split second, holding the knife against her throat, and pulling her head back by her long, blonde hair. "You don't know what you're talking about. You have no idea what has gone on. You have no idea why I'm doing any of this. So shut up, unless you want to meet your destiny earlier than expected," he snarled. He threw her head down, and Joey made to wring his neck.
Joey phased right through the boy. He fell to the floor, amazed.
"I'm a ghost, idiot," he retorted, "You can't touch me."
Tristan stuttered, "B-But-"
The boy smirked, "I can touch you." He walked over to Tristan and slapped him with the flat of the blade. The smack ran loudly in the hallway, and Mai winced. Tristan's eyes had widened. "That's to remember what I can…and will do to you."
And with that, the boy was gone: off to finish business elsewhere.
Serenity shivered violently. She couldn't move. Her legs just would not respond to her wishes.
Mokuba was drawing closer to her, smirking evilly, revealing pointed and bloody fangs.
"M-M-Mokuba," Serenity whispered, "H-How could you? W-What happened to you? W-Who did that to Duke! Mokuba! SNAP OUT OF IT!"
"Ssssserenity," he hissed just above a whisper, "you must know by now…that I live off blood." He was suddenly right in front of her. Serenity's face paled as he ran a finger down the side of her jaw, as her legs still refused to move. He face turned from a smile to an emotionless straight line, "But I didn't kill Duke."
That was all it took. Serenity suddenly found her will again, and she tore away from his touch, sprinting down the hallway. She heard Mokuba running after her.
Serenity felt the tears flying from her cheeks as she tore through the many corridors, slamming through doors, and locking as many as possible, with the time allotted.
But eventually, she would hear Mokuba coming after her again, and with the light she sometimes ran through, she could see his shadow behind her.
After zigzagging through some halls, she ran into the kitchen and ducked into a large cabinet.
She relaxed there for a moment, catching her breath. Her heart pounded, and sweat ran down from her temples and forehead. There was a growing stitch in her side, and she rolled her head from side to side, breathing heavily. She couldn't believe she was running from Mokuba of all people.
What's happened to him? He's become a vampire! It's like he's been…possessed…or…something….
Something weird was going on in this house. First, Duke was possessed, so Ryou said. Then, she felt as if she had been possessed. Was Mokuba possessed too?
Too many questions! And now, she had to find a way out of here! But did she dare risk crawling out of the cabinet?
Serenity let her left arm fall to her side. Then she noticed something. Strange…there should be a wall here…. Serenity looked and to her utter relief, she saw that the cabinets were in fact just on long row of compartments with multiple doors.
She could crawl the length of them to the other side without being seen! She wondered though, if the cabinets were connected with the others in the kitchen. Perhaps they were just one long maze! And then, she could escape to the other exit in the room!
She began carefully crawling through the squashed interior. Sure, she felt quite claustrophobic in this closed space –the feeling of getting stuck always bothered her in these cramped quarters- yet there were doors, and she could open them a little at any time should she need a reassurance of air.
Then again, what if Mokuba was behind one of them?
Serenity felt terrible, running from Mokuba like this. But what had gotten into the boy? He didn't seem human anymore! Drinking blood, growing fangs: it was all so vampiric! This was definitely not the Mokuba she had come to know and lo-
Whoa, hold on there. She was getting carried away with the old catch phrase "come to know and love." Well, she loved him as a friend, but as anything else? No! Of course not! …Right? Then again, she had felt a slight, small, teensy, weensy, possible hint (very unlikely…?) of attraction during Battle City….
Serenity shook her head and continued concentrating on where she was crawling. She would sort out those thoughts later. For now, she just had to escape from –it sounded awful, but had to be said- Mokuba.
Reaching the end of the line of cabinets, she looked around and reached out her head. There was nothing: just air. She smiled. Just as she had guessed. She was in a maze of extraneously needed cabinets – ones that only the rich would ever think of wasting their money on.
She continued crawling, going only a short way until she turned right; kept crawling, and then to the left. She felt very confident by now. She hadn't heard any sign of Mokuba in the kitchen, so she felt pretty safe. Still though, he could be anywhere….
SMACK!
Serenity froze as pain rushed to her forehead. Not only was her head throbbing now, but she had kept still because of the noticeable noise she had made. Sure, it had been a rather quiet thump, but with the silence of the house, one could hear almost anything. What if Mokuba had heard?
She kept still for a few minutes, staying in that tiring position, with her knees still killing her (crawling was a very difficult and painful thing to do, especially in shorts).
After hearing no sudden movements, she slowly began moving again. She wondered how long the cabinets went.
Once she got to the other end, she found out.
It's all sealed here. This must be the end. So…I have to leave the safety now. I wonder which side the door out of the kitchen is on? She sucked in her breath and cautiously propped open the cabinet door slightly and peeped out. The door was in the center of the room. She closed the cabinet and crawled to the center –or what se presumed was about the center- of the line of compartments and waited for a second. It's now or never. If you make a quick dash for it, you can make it out the door and out of harms' way…hopefully.
Serenity breathed quickly, then held it all in as she stealthily opened the door, slid out and ran bent over to the door. She turned the knob quietly and looking back behind her just to make sure no one was there, she slipped into the hall beyond.
As soon as she was through the door, she turned her back on the hall and locked the kitchen door. She stood there, releasing the anxiety and nervousness of the built up pressure that had wound up her insides.
She backed up a couple steps and ran smack into something.
Serenity slowly turned around, dreading who or what she might see.
Her mouth dropped open. It couldn't be! OH MY GOD, IT IS!
"Did you enjoy your meal, Mokie?" the ghost smirked as an angry looking Mokuba stalked into the room, wiping blood stains from his mouth.
"Yeah," he replied in a raspy voice, "But it was interrupted. I swear I'll sink my fangs into that girl when I find her again! Why did you have to call me, master? I was just about to catch her!"
"Patience, patience, dear Mokuba," the ghost boy held the vampire at arms' length. "You'll get her soon enough. I'm having someone else…chase her, for now. But I'll make sure he doesn't take your job in her life. You get to fulfill that honor."
Mokuba smirked evilly, "Thank you sir."
"You're very welcome, dear boy. I promise: when all of this is over, your reward will be great. But to achieve this reward, you must help me some more." The ghost turned around and gestured to the two bodies slumped on the floor. "You remember your brother and Miss Tea, don't you? I've decided on the perfect place to place them now. They'll be led to their places of destiny soon enough…" he laughed.
Mokuba looked at the two bodies. Seto…why does that boy make me feel…different? And what does the girl have to do with any of this? The Master just wants…what? What does he want? He's never really…told me….
"Sir?" Mokuba started, "What do any of us have to do with whatever it is that you are planning. …What are you planning?"
The ghost narrowed his eyes, "Revenge."
"Joey…I want to get out of here now," Mai cried into his shirt. She was terrified. She was beyond terrified. "Why are we even in here? What did we do to deserve any of this!"
"It's alright, Mai…we'll get out of here soon," Joey rubbed her back as she cried steadily. Tristan was still massaging where the flat of the blade had hit him. It had left a nasty bruise behind, and he was trying to numb the leftover pain. "Why…I feel as if we're really close to finding some sort of an exit."
"I hope you're right. I don't want anything else bad to happen," Mai sobbed, "First, people get possessed! Then, we're split up! And now…that stupid ghost has said he's killed someone! Who is it, Joey? Is he going to kill all of us?" she cried.
Joey let a tear fall. In all honesty, he didn't know who had been killed, or if the ghost was even telling the truth. But if he was…he had a gut feeling that he knew who had been killed. That scream…. Had it been his sister? It brought feelings of sorrow and hatred with the mere thought. Serenity couldn't have been murdered. She just couldn't have!
And poor Mai…. This wasn't the steadfast girl he knew. She was freaked out beyond all reason, and she wasn't coming back to grips with life any time soon.
"I dunno who's been killed…but that freak may not even be tellin' da truth, Mai! All freaks like that are crappin' liars. So don't listen to a word he says. Everyone's fine, and we'll get out of here soon."
"Joey, this place is cursed! We can't even use a window to escape! They're like…unbreakable!" she cried more.
"She's right, man. If we haven't been able to find one little outing from this place, and the windows can't break, I think our chances of getting out are pretty slim." Mai cried even harder.
"Shaddup, man!" Joey snapped, "That isn't helpin'!"
"Just stating the facts," Tristan shrugged.
Bakura held out his hand in front of Yami, "Wait. I hear voices…." Yami stopped and listened. Sure enough, he heard them too. The words were incomprehensible yet, but as they walked quietly closer, they became more clear.
"You'll get her soon enough. I'm having someone else…chase her, for now. But I'll make sure he doesn't take your job in her life. You get to fulfill that honor." Bakura and Yami exchanged glances and walked a bit faster.
Then came a voice that had an ounce of familiarity to it, "Thank you sir."
Yami looked over at Bakura, "That sounds like Mokuba!" Bakura nodded and walked up to a doorway, taking one side of it. Yami took the other. Together, they peered into the room to see Mokuba standing with his back to them, and a translucent figure standing in front of the mortal, with his hands on the boy's shoulders.
"It's that ghost!" Bakura seethed, "I knew I sensed another presence here!"
"What's that behind them?" Yami whispered, noting the two bodies on the floor.
"Bodies, it looks like."
"WHAT! WHOSE!"
"You're very welcome, dear boy. I promise: when all of this is over, your reward will be great. But to achieve this reward, you must help me some more." The ghost turned around and gestured to the two bodies slumped on the floor. "You remember your brother and Miss Tea, don't you? I've decided on the perfect place to place them now. They'll be led to their places of destiny soon enough…" he laughed.
Yami's mouth dropped open, and Bakura frowned. Meanwhile, Yugi, outside his soul room, gaped at the scene.
Yami! What has he done to them! To Tea! Are they dead!
I don't think so, Yugi. But-
Yami, we have to save them! Who knows what they'll do! Come on!
Yugi, wait-
"Sir?" Mokuba started, "What do any of us have to do with whatever it is that you are planning. …What are you planning?" Yugi froze. This was what he wanted to hear. Yami sucked in his breath, and Bakura watched intently.
The ghost narrowed his eyes, "Revenge."
Mokuba narrowed his own eyes in confusion, "Revenge? On who?"
The ghost huffed, "Who else? That moron of a man right there," the ghost nodded his head towards Seto.
"But what do Tea and the others have to do with this?"
"Nothing. They just became the unfortunate ones to fall into my hands. Had they stayed away and not interfered, their lives would have been spared. Although I can't say that having Tea come here wasn't a blessing. Quite the contrary…" he looked rather fondly at the unconscious girl.
Yugi narrowed his eyes angrily, That freak! How dare he look at Tea like that! Yami, we have to save them! He's going to kill them!
Yugi, wait!
Too late though. Yugi, in his spiritual form was already running off towards the group of people.
The ghost boy stiffened and looked towards the direction of the doorway, where Yami and Bakura quickly snapped their heads behind the threshold once more. "I detect another spiritual presence here. But…that's impossible. It couldn't be him…or either of them…." The ghost narrowed his eyes, "Come on, Mokuba; help me take them to the sitting room." Amazingly, the ghost picked up Tea in his arms, and Mokuba –with inhuman strength for a boy that age- picked up his older brother. The ghost touched Mokuba and they disappeared right as Yugi reached where they had been.
No! TEA! Yugi stopped and tears formed in his eyes. He had found her, and she had just slipped form his grasp!
Bakura and Yami entered the room.
"That was interesting," Bakura replied, looking around.
"He took them…" Yami said softly. "He's going to…kill them, it sounds like."
"Possibly," Bakura wasn't very reassuring.
"But why was Mokuba working for him?" Yami looked over at the other spirit of a Millennium Item, "Why would Mokuba do something that evil?"
"Evil ways are tempting, what can I say?" Bakura shrugged.
"But Mokuba-"
"What, that boy? He wasn't Mokuba."
"What?"
"His spiritual presence was not that of a human's. And if I'm correct in silence, Mokuba Kaiba is one-hundred percent human."
"Well then…maybe that ghost did something to him."
"What, changed him into something non-human?" Bakura sneered.
"It's possible."
"I suppose. Or he could just be possessed."
"But possession would still make the person human, wouldn't it?" Yami inquired.
"Crap," Bakura cursed, nodding, "It would…."
It was Duke.
Oh my God…I don't believe it! HOW CAN THIS BE DUKE! Serenity was screaming in her mind. Outside, it was deathly silent.
Deathly.
"D-Duke? Is that y-you?"
Duke's head slowly lowered to look down at her. She gasped. His emerald eyes, which had always been so sharp, were now just as equally dull and fogged over.
"Duke!" she squeaked. Duke slowly reached his right arm behind him. Serenity took a step backwards.
She winced as she heard a sickening squelch as Duke pulled something out from behind him. Serenity gazed with horror when she saw the bloody knife –that had been embedded in Duke's back- glint dangerously at her in the moonlight.
She couldn't move. There was no way her legs would ever respond.
Duke took a step towards her. He lowered the knife just to about the point where her throat would be.
Serenity's eyes widened.
Duke was going to kill her.
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Serenity's mind barely registered the command to run, before Duke's arm came crashing through the air, right where she had been. The knife made a sharp whistling sound as it cut through the air.
Serenity stumbled backwards and sprinted at the same time, causing her to lose her balance even more.
Duke suddenly lunged at her, with the knife still in hand, and Serenity only ran the one way she could: backwards. And as fast as she could, too.
Just as Duke began the dagger's plunge for her heart, Serenity fell backwards with great force-
And smashed into the window: shattering it.
Serenity barely breathed as she felt shards of glass pierce her skin in all sorts of places. Time seemed to slow as she fell through the air, wondering when she would hit the ground.
The ground seemed so far away…. Was she on a higher floor?
Wait, a thought slowly came to her mind, How could I have crashed through the window…if the windows are unbreakable!
With that last intelligent thought, she hit the stone floor hard. Shimmering pieces of glass were coming to claim her life as they plummeted.
I'm going to die… Serenity thought out calmly. Funny…I always thought I would be more panicked than this….
The shards were mere inches away.
"Goodbye, Joey," she whispered. She couldn't move. She felt paralyzed. That fall to the ground had done some serious damage, and she needed to recalibrate. Besides, there was no time to move now: death was eminent.
"Goodbye, everyone," she whispered as she closed her eyes.
A single, sharp and unexpected pain suddenly plunged itself into her arm, and coursed through the rest of her body. Though a great scream erupted from Serenity's voice, only a small breath of life escaped Serenity's lips.
Duke lay out on the sill of the broken window. He had fallen over, and was half hanging out of it. He seemed lifeless, just lying there. Glass pierced his skin near some rather vital points, but he did not seem to care. In fact…pain seemed like such an absurd idea at the moment.
He looked at his empty hand, where the dagger had once been. He then turned his gaze to the calm looking body beneath him. The glass was falling towards her.
A translucent boy suddenly appeared behind him. He leaned out of the window for a look, quickly waved his hand, and seemed to quickly reconsider something else. He then turned to Duke.
"Devlin, get up. Your work here is done. I will call on you later should I need assistance."
Duke slowly obeyed, pushing himself up with his arms. His body pulled out of the broken glass, leaving great gashes in his body, with blood streaming down. Yet he did not sway, nor faint.
The ghost snapped his fingers, and the painless boy vanished.
The ghost looked up at the ceiling, seeming to say to himself, "Soon, dear Mokuba. Soon…."
Tea felt a slight pressure on her lips. She slowly fluttered her eyes open, and saw someone pull back. Someone vaguely familiar. Who was he? And what had he been doing?
She remembered the pressure. Casually, she brought a hand up to her mouth. Had he just…kissed her?
"Hello, Tea," he said to her.
"Wha-?" Tea started. How did he know her name? Though he did have a rather nice voice at the volume he had dropped it to. It was a bit high – perhaps he had not experienced puberty yet- but it was still nice in that hushed tone. "How do you know my name?" she asked softly.
He leaned in closer to her, caressing her face with his hand, which felt so soft and warm to the touch. "Tea…I know everything about you."
"H-How?" Tea stuttered. Sure, she liked the way this voice sounded – she even liked the way her looked! But he was starting to creep her out now….
"I have my ways," he replied. She was about to retort, but he began speaking again, "Tea. I can help you. I can help you reach peace."
"Reach peace? Like what? Heaven? Nirvana? Moksha? What type of peace are you talking about?"
"Something like what you mentioned…. Just not entirely…."
Tea narrowed her eyes. He was still running a hand down her cheek and feeling her hair. "What's your name?" Then she noticed something else she swore had not been there before. "And…why are you wearing Kaiba's clothing?"
"What!" the figure took his hand away and looked down at his clothes.
Tea saw something else, "You know…you do look a lot like Seto…." She liked using his real name in dreams. Oh wait! So that's what this was! A dream! Her dream. …Why would she dream about this guy?
The figure stared at her with a sudden realization. He then tried to look at a lock of his own hair, which was slowly changing into a chestnut brown.
"No!" he exclaimed, though halfway through the change, his higher voice became replaced with a lower one: one Tea actually knew.
And there before her, sat Seto Kaiba.
She had no idea who that boy had been, and how he knew all about her. There was just something fishy and familiar about him….
As Seto slowly looked up at Tea, Tea began to think that that had been why he looked familiar. It must only be because he looked a lot like Seto. That was all. No bad memories or anything….
Seto started leaning closer to her, his eyelids slowly closing.
Oh, Tea liked this dream better already!
Near the ceiling of the room, the ghost boy clenched his fists in anger. He had forgotten about that regulation! It was her dream: she could manipulate it into anything she desired.
So what was this saying about her? She desired Seto Kaiba over him? True, she didn't even know him, but he should have at least had quite a range of possibility over Seto Kaiba! Shouldn't he have?
Then again, he didn't know Tea Gardner's entire mind. There ere some restricted passages that he had been unable to enter.
What if one of those restricted passages contained the secrets of her love?
Tea stirred. She had just had the weirdest of dreams! First that weird boy…and then Seto Kaiba. Speaking of Seto…. She opened her eyes blearily and looked around her, from her viewpoint on the ground. Where am I? Wasn't I in a bathroom last time? Where is this?
She slowly sat up and looked around. And where are the Kaibas – oh God! She had turned halfway around and saw Seto lying a couple feet away from her. What had scared her so much was his unconscious –not sleeping- but unconscious look, and the fact that he had two great gashes on the back of his neck.
"Kaiba?" Tea quickly scurried over to him, as much as her pained back would allow. She knelt by his side and gave him a little shake. "Kaiba!" He didn't do so much as stir. Was he even alive?
Tea couldn't tell. His chest didn't seem to be rising, but that could be because he was breathing shallowly. Tea never was very good at detecting pulses. Plus…that just creeped her out.
Next, she just turned him up so that he was on his back. She leaned in closer and put a hand in front of his mouth. She waited….
There! Breath was escaping. Good, so he was alive. Tea sighed, content, and unconsciously ran a finger down the edge of his lips. As she realized what she was doing, she quickly drew her hand back. Stupid dream must still be making me act weirdly…. She then thought about those two marks on his neck. Where had they come from? Carefully, she turned his head sideways and peered at the gashes. There they were: just two rather circular cuts.
"Hmm," she hummed aloud, "It's like something out of a horror movie or something. Like a vampire-" she stopped.
Two things registered in her mind, both connected to the same person.
Vampire.
Kaiba.
Mokuba.
Where was Mokuba? And…had HE been the one that did this? It couldn't be! Not Seto's little brother! But then…hadn't Tea seen those fangs on him! Oh goodness…. What a twisted web this wove!
"But where IS Mokuba?" Tea looked around. "Why would he leave us? Especially with his brother in this condition?" Well, in a sense, she already knew the answer to the last part. Had Mokuba indeed done this to Seto, he wouldn't have really cared to stick around, would he?
So…what had happened to Mokuba to make him change like this? And where was he! Seto would flip when he woke up….
She turned back to him. Should she go search for Mokuba, or stay here and watch over Seto's vulnerable body? Was it best to split up in this creepy house? After all, on more times than one had they stepped through one place and been brought to another.
This time, included.
Still above the two, the ghost watched Tea's every move. He narrowed his eyes even more. She was paying so much attention to him! He couldn't have that! He had two choices: wake Seto up to give her a rude awakening –that could send her packing-, or, he could rush the plan a little bit.
He would rush the plan. It made life better for him, after all.
He phased through the ceiling and ended up in a dark area. There sat Mokuba, in the blackness once more.
"Mokuba," he knelt down in front of the forlorn looking boy, "Don't you want your brother to find you? Call for him Mokuba. Call for him."
Mokuba looked up, his eyes dark and sorrowful. "It's a trick."
The ghost narrowed his eyes, which slowly began glowing red, "Call for him."
Mokuba's own eyes relaxed and a reddish tint shone in them. With a cry he yelled out, "SETO!"
"SETO!"
The voice rang throughout the mansion. Joey, Mai and Tristan's heads sot up, listening to the voice. Duke barely noticed. Yami and Bakura jumped and searched wildly around.
Tea jumped up and looked around. "Mokuba! Where are you, Mokuba!" She ran to the threshold of the room and peered out into the dimly lit hallway. Only the light of the moon and stars filtered in through the curtain-less windows.
She looked back at Seto, still on the floor. Should I leave him here? It was a tough decision. Mokuba had to be close: his voice had seemed like it was just right outside! But if she left Seto's side, they might be split up….
Humph, Tea suddenly thought, he'd probably welcome the thought of losing me. So I'll do him a favor…just because I…I…or, screw it. I'll just leave him alone. And with that, she stalked out of the room in an angry matter.
What was the point? He'd never return her feelings anyway….
The ghost smirked. "Very good, Mokie. I'm very proud of you. Now…." He disappeared, and reappeared inside the window from which Serenity had fallen, "Now for your second task."
Well! I HOPE you enjoyed THAT update. I myself REALLY liked this chapter! If you hadn't noticed, I got some of my undertoned romance in there AND I REALLY liked how the suspense/horror in this chapter turned out. REALLY. So, PLEASE REVIEW! Leave any comments on like…scale of "horror" or "suspense" or whatever. Thanks!