DannyMay 2019. Day Three
"Barrier"
Tucker dashed through the halls of Casper High, looking around at the walls as heavier footsteps neared him.
Shit!
He turned right, more familiarized with the place than his pursuers, and then, seemingly at random, stopped in front of an announces board and drew a symbol on it with a bright green marker, and kept on running.
"Where is he?" One of the men asked, weapon ready in his hands as he surveyed the perimeter with his partner.
"He can't be too far, the serum is still in effect." Answered the other one.
At that, Tucker had to stop himself from snorting and giving away his position behind the cafeterias counter, but he did grin from ear to ear.
Carefully, he looked over at them, their flashlights making arcs under the tables in their searching. The boy smirked and looked around at the stuff he could use for a distraction, and his hand took firm hold of a can of soup covered thoroughly with dust.
Taking a deep breath, he pointed and threw it at a window, breaking it with a crash.
"Over there!" Both men hurried towards it, discussing if they should or not go out and investigate or do anything else; in the end they both went, not even bothering to check the floor and see what had been used as projectile or, for the lack of it, that it had been thrown from the inside.
"All the better for me."Tuck mumbled as he drew another symbol inside one of the kitchen's walls, and the dashed out one more time.
The next symbols were easier to put in place, one in the gym, another in Pincipal Ishiyima's office (and booooy, that had been the scariest part of the night), and the last one right at the centre of the school.
"There you are!" Said Operative K as he and O made their way towards him, ecto-weapons aimed and ready.
"You can't run anymore, Ghost Boy."
"We got you."
Tucker held his hands up in surrender, and smiled. "I wouldn't shoot if I were you." He told them easily.
"And why would that be?" O asked as they both got ready to blast him.
"Something really bad will happen to you if you do it." The kid said seriously.
"Your ghostly powers have been suppressed. You can not harm us."
Tucker sighed, resigned. "As you wish."
And the moment the Operatives tried to fire their weapons, a wave of power quickly passed through the whole school, iluminating themplace with an eerie green light even though the darkness of the night; and when it faded, both Operatives were sprawled on the ground right outside the school's grounds, and when they tried to get in again, it was like a force-field had been put up to prevent then from entering -unlike the Fenton's, this one didn't shine green unless they touched it-
"What the-"
Back inside, Tucker was victory-dancing next to his best buddy.
"Holy shit, dude! It was so cool! I can't believe it really worked!" Said the techno-geek.
"For a moment there, I thought we would have to quit and get you out!" Danny sighed as he remembered Ghost Writter's words on the matter when Danny asked him about a human-repelent or something and he had told him to put upo this… barrier.
It had to be at night, by a willing human, using five points that formed a small cross in ectoplasm, and it would keep away any living being that intended to harm the place's habitants; Sam had the good idea of testing it in the school. And what an excelent pair of test dummies they had found in the G.i.W., specially since their suspect of the week had been none other than Tucker Foley!
Said boy jawned and rubbed at his eyes. "Man, I'm tired. Dude, could you give me a lift home?"
Danny chuckled. "Sure thing." And invisibly, both boys went through the night as two baffled agents tried to find a way to bypass this new security system, or start thinking up an excuse for their superior.