OK, here is Chapter 4!

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"We're not going to make it." Lexi said, as more of the creatures seemed to be piling up more and more.

"Does anyone have their wills written out yet?" Danger said.

"NO!"

"What the hell do you think?"

"I'm sixteen you know!"

"That's what I thought." Danger said as he was met with the angry replies.

"OK, does anyone know a safe haven we can go to?" Ace asked still struggling with the controls.

"In this city? Um…I doubt it." Lexi said.

"Great, well is anyone ready for a crash landing?" Ace asked.

"No!"

"Are you nuts?"

"I'm too young to die!"

"You're just going to give up?"

"Yep." Ace said letting go of the steering wheel.

"Ace, we were about 200 feet up in the air." Tech said.

"Brace yourselves." Ace said darkly.

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Time seemed to slow down as the ship came closer and closer to hitting the earth. Time seemed to spiral out of control. Everyone was screaming and there was complete confusion.

All of a sudden there was a deafening crash everyone was thrown forward. There was a moment of blackness for everyone, except for Lexi.

Ace glanced up. "Is everyone okay?"

Everyone muttered their "I'm fines." Except for Lexi. Ace turned to look at her. She was breathing heavily and seemed to be trying to figure out where she was.

"Lexi? Are you okay?"

"No. I can't see." Ace was taken by surprise at the reply.

"What?" Tech said also seeming confused.

"The blow from the landing knocked out my sense of seeing…"

"…And you don't have your medication to help you…" Ace trailed off.

"Um guys? How long has this whole thing been going on for?" Danger asked hesitantly changing the subject.

"Three days, why?" Ace asked turning around in his seat.

"Funny how time seems to go by fast, we're in the year 2773 instead of the year 2772 which means that this whole thing has been going on for a year." Danger said glancing up at a computerized monitor that showed the date and what day it was.

"That's impossible." Ace said.

"Actually, no it's not." Tech said.

"But…It showed up three days ago, there's no way it instantly jumped into the year 2773 all of a sudden." Ace objected.

"The Haunting tends to do something like that. This one girl was five when the Haunting hit her town, then all of a sudden within a day she was ten."

"How does it do it though?" Lexi asked puzzled.

"Well, it's complicated. I don't think anyone knows. But I guess it's because the demons want it to seem like when you died, you had such a short life of living, when really you had a long time to live. Some how it's their way of torturing people."

"But that's just stupid." Danger protested.

Tech shrugged.

There were a few moments of awkward silence until Danger broke it.

"Do you want to try flying up there again?"

"We could try it." Ace said.

"Let's-do-it!" Rev said enthusiastically.

When the ship was in the air there was cheering, which was short lived by screaming when the demons went after them again.

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They ended up crashing into an abandoned street. I guess you could call it luck, they're seemed to be an abandoned household.

"I guess we'll just have to crash here for the night." Ace said.

"But…But it's not healthy! You don't know how many germs could be in there!" Danger said.

"Would-you-rather-spend-the-night-out-on-the-streets-with-the-demons?-No?-I-didn't-think-so." Rev said before racing in the house before emerging again.

"Seems-safe-enough-and-there's-some-food-in-the-fridge-so-I-think-we'll-be-okay." Ace nodded in approval at the report. He helped Lexi to her feet and led her into the house.

"What does it look like?" She asked.

"Um…It's dusty, and is sort of Victorian style. There's an old piano and some velvet chairs, and a red rug, and a marble fireplace." Ace said.

"That's from just walking in the house?" Lexi asked quizzically.

"Well no. It's just a long hallway. Off to the right is the living room which I just described to you, and off to the left is a kitchen which Slam is all ready raiding.'

Lexi giggled.

"They have a radio? None of this stuff is modern! It's like something from the 18th century! There's no TV, no phone, no high tech stuff, no nothing! How can anyone live in such a place?" Danger exclaimed.

"The Amish made out just fine." Tech said walking past the disoriented duck.

"Oh shut up!"

"Maybe we should listen to the radio in case they have any news about this mess we're in." Ace said quickly before Danger could start an argument with the scientist.

"Fine, but I'd much rather being seeing it than hearing it." Danger snapped lowering himself into a wooden chair in the kitchen.

"Try growing up a year and a half of your life being blind, not fun! Actually, try being blind now!" Lexi retorted.

"You should be lucky at this moment! This place is a dump!" Danger snapped.

"Says you. I'd give anything to see what's going on around me, what you can see is valuable to me because I never know when I'm going to be shrouded in darkness again. And it's not fair to you guys to be my eyes and tell me what everything looks like!" Lexi snapped.

"I think we're all just a little agitated, so before we end up ripping apart each other's throats, let's listen to the news!" Ace said quickly flipping a switch on the radio. Everyone fell silent.

At first there was just static, and then a voice came in.

"Anyone who is alive from this horrible massacre should make an escape. Tomorrow morning at five o' clock a train will be waiting to take away the remaining citizens of Acmetropolis to another town. We can not risk going by sky; railroad is the best thing for now. Further updates will be said within the evening…" Ace switched it off.

"Are you guys up for taking a train out of here?"

"Yes! That's our ticket to freedom! We are so out of here!" Danger said pumping his fist in the air.

"Since the train isn't boarding people until five, we should probably do a night shift to make sure nothing gets in this house, understood?" Ace said.

Everyone nodded.

"Okay, I'll take the first shift. We'll leave around four tomorrow. Until then you guys should get some sleep." No one protested.

Ace grabbed Lexi's arm. "Do you want me to help you up the stairs?"

"No, I'll just sleep in the living room. It's no big deal, maybe I'll pick up something with my sonar hearingseeing that I won't do much help watching." Lexi said with a small smile.

Ace nodded before watching her wander into the living room.

This was going to be a long night.

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Lexi woke up around twelve o' clock. What time had everyone gone to sleep by? Ten? She wondered who was on shift now.

She sighed before going back to sleep.

While out in the hallway they're fearless leader had fallen asleep around eleven and hadn't woken up since. So right now no one new was on shift.

Lexi woke up again at this rate she wasn't ever going to get any sleep. She got up and wandered into the hall.

She passed the person who was on shift. Judging by the breathing, it was Ace and he was sleeping. She decided not to bother him and went into the kitchen to get a glass of water. (AN: Sonar hearing really comes in handy when you can't see.)

After fumbling around a bit she found a glass and found the sink. As she ran the water she was surprised to sense thatit was warm. She had memorized the sink well enough to know that when you turn the right knob water comes out cold. Something wasn't right.

She dipped her finger into the glass to feel something warm and sticky, it was a little thick though. It didn't seem to have a smell to it. She had no choice but to taste it.

Almost instantly she spit it back out again. It was blood. What the hell was blood doing coming out of a sink? She felt something furry scamper across her fingers. She gasped and pulled her hand away from the counter.

She wandered back into the hall again when she heard a voice. A shiver ran up her spine as it came from the living room. As soon as she entered the room again, her vision seemed to come back to her. That was really strange. She glanced at the clock and saw that it read one o' clock, so she probably woke up around twelve thirty. Still, it didn't seem reasonable that all of a sudden her vision came flooding back to her…

She glanced over at the corner of the room. She nearly jumped out of her skin to see a girl staring right at her. She stared at Lexi unblinking. Her eyes were an intense golden color; she was a thin girl. And it looked like she had just been out in the rain. Her jet- black hair hung down in wet ringlets and formed a small puddle on the floor. The girl was only dressed in rags as well.

"Who are you?' Lexi asked uneasily.

The girl stood up slowly and walked towards Lexi. She backed up until she was up against the wall. The girl stopped about a foot and a half away from her.

Slowly, very slowly, the girl made eye contact with Lexi; Lexi seemed to freeze under her dead stare. The girl's eyes were completely empty. The girl's face turned into a grin. Then she opened her mouth to reveal a black gaping hole that seemed to suck the life out of everything in the room. Lexi bolted free from her stare and screamed before running out of the room straight into Ace.

"Ace there's a girl, there's a girl in the living room, she tried to kill me and…There she is!" Lexi shrieked hysterically as the girl emerged with a hunting knife.

Ace got ready to shoot her with his laser blasts, but nothing happened.

"My powers…They're gone."

"Gone? Well come on we have to warn the others! We can camp out in the ship, let's go tell them! We have to get out of here!" She yelled.

"I don't feel well…" Ace stumbled and Lexi grabbed onto him supporting his weight.

"Ace? Ace wake up. Wake up Ace!" Lexi said as he fell unconscious.

"Oh god.' She whispered before racing up the stairs.

"TECH! OPEN UP THE DOOR! ACE NEEDS HELP AND WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!" Lexi said frantically pounding on the door. Finally she flung it open to reveal Tech lying on the bed unmoving. He was also unconscious.

She went around to the rest of the rooms to find everyone unconscious. The room instantly started to get colder, and Lexi hugged herself to stay warm. The girl stood at the top of the staircase.

Lexi was caught under her gaze again and felt herself too weak to stand. She sunk down to the floor and stared at up at the girl.

"Why?" She croaked before slipping into unconsciousness like all the others.

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OK, so basically this girl is entrancing them, and if they don't regain consciousness they're going to end up dying there. But obviously they have to get out or else there's no point to the story. Then they have to figure out to defeat the girl without their powers and get out of the house now…Then of course it's one thirty and they have three hours to get to the train, so find out what happens next. And sorry about that whole time thingy, I had a hard time trying to put it in to words. Anyway please review!