Chapter 5

The Serpent Ghost Stone

No wonder adults were so moody all the time. Not having weekends off could really do that to a person. The kids had only suffered the loss of Saturday, and already they were ready to commit themselves to the nearest psyche ward. Then again dealing with insane Lunch Lady ghosts, Lancer, and the messy Casper High Cafeteria, could make anyone lose their mind. Especially when it all happened in the course of one day.

Sam, Tucker, Danny, and Taylor had agreed under telepathic conditions that they would make the mall the refuge for Sunday. Now that their parents were off their backs, it was quiet after the storm. Taylor just hoped that it wasn't actually the quiet before the storm. But, as she would think these things, she would wonder if she was worrying too much. She'd never felt so much worry and her life as she did the past year. Every so often the feelings would return, and she would dwell on them for hours at a time. Now, she decided, she would focus on more important things.

If Amity Park had any redeeming qualities, it was the mall. When she first moved to Amity Park, before becoming a part of the crime fighting trio, Taylor would come there and get lost in the crowds, and drown in the chatter of satisfied citizens. It was the perfect place to just be one with the stores, and for Taylor that was never a problem.

The mall was tall, and made of perfectly sanded gray bricks and glass. It gave it a smooth look. Several courtyards, all filled with evergreen trees, littered the area, in the hopes of tempting people on their way throughout the city. There were three main parking lots; the east, the west, and the north. The north was the largest, and the two side parking lots were smaller. Inside the mall was even better. It was made of a shimmering gray material that showed off the various lights radiating off the store names, and the floor was a marble gray tile. It gave the place a cool and futuristic feel. Though the two floors of the mall looked exactly the same, Inside were many stores, all offering clothes, music, toys, and books. There was even a large food court. Every so often, you'd come across plush sitting areas, all usually filled with older people. Soda and candy machines cluttered the mall, as well as little carts selling products.

Then there was a store all in a league of its own, and it had become Taylor's favorite. It was a store that involved anything having to do with ancient artifacts. It stuck out so much, as the front of it was made of wood, and there were fake smoking lanterns hanging from the store poles. It was called Art's Artifacts, own by a man named Arthur Reed. Something about the store always drew Taylor in like water to the moon, but today it was an even more powerful pull.

Danny ,Sam, Tucker, and Taylor, were slugging along, dodging little kids in carriages and older men with canes. The crowds today were extreme, and the kids felt as if they were in a surreal setting. There was so much action and energy, and all they felt like doing was sleeping.

"I can barely feel my arms." Taylor groaned, her eyes looking blankly at Danny.

"You can say that again." he answered, rubbing one of his arms that had gone stiff.

". . .I can barely feel my arms." Taylor repeated, annoyed.

Danny sighed and rolled his eyes. "I wasn't serious about you repeating it."

"Oh."

Sam laughed lightly, though it sounded exhausted. " You guys have the funniest fights."

Taylor shot her a glare. "It isn't funny."

Tucker stifled a laugh into his arm, but was caught by Taylor who gave him a swift punch, forgetting her supernatural strength.

"OW!"

"Er. . . sorry Tuck."

Tuck's eyes widened and he stepped a few paces away from Taylor, hoping not to anger her again. "It's fine dude." he assured quickly.

Sam sighed. Taylor could be such a pain in the ass. Now was the time to bring all of her friends back to reality."Anyway you guys, we still need to get our supplies if we're going to leave within the next two days."

"Well, we already have the flashlights." Taylor said, shaking her bag around that had a few packs of batteries, and black shiny flashlights. They would need them in the woods alone, and to play funny shadow games.

Good. She wasn't screaming.

"Then I think that we have everyt-"

"WOAH!"

Taylor stopped in her tracks, her eyes going wide. Her mouth dropped open, and her body seemed to go slack. Sam turned around to the sight, and raised an eyebrow.

"Taylor?"

"Negative energy. . . I can feel it. . ." she said in a trance.

"What negative energy?"

But she didn't respond, instead she started walking towards Art's Artifacts as though being pulled in by a powerful force.

"Danny! What's-" but before she could even ask, Danny too was following Taylor in, looking as though he was some sort of a zombie.

Tucker stepped up beside Sam and shrugged. "They must really like this store."

Sam shook her head, a suspicious look contorting her face. "Somehow, I don't think that's it Tucker."

Sam and Tucker followed their friends into the odd store. Inside, it was very dark. The only lights were fake candles that casted their thin glows upon the artifacts and items, all encased in glass. There was an odd music playing, consisting of drums and a screeching sort of sound. The air was thick, as though someone had been smoking.

Sam saw Taylor's long curly hair sweep around a corner, so she quickened her pace to follow. When she turned the corner, she too stopped in her tracks. In front of them, all in an incasing of its own was a black speckled stone. It was a rocky and rough black rock, like a meteorite, only in many of the holes there were purple and green gems. It glowed faintly in the dark, almost pulsating. Danny groaned and looked away, but Taylor however, abruptly fainted. Sam and Tucker shouted and caught her before she could hit the floor. Danny seeming to be in physical pain flinched away, backing up slowly until he hit something hard.

"Is everything alright?" came a concerned voice from behind them. Danny looked up to see Art himself, his light blue eyes filled with worry as he spotted Taylor. Art was a tall man in his early thirties. He was tan all over, and his dark brown hair was swept to the side in an attempt to keep it tidy. Art steadied Danny with two strong hands, and looked down at the other kids.

"Your friend, what happened?!" he asked, his voice raising an octave.

"I don't know. . .I-" Sam began nervously.

"We have to get away from that thing!" Danny shouted suddenly, pointing at the stone with terrified eyes. Art nodded his head fearfully. "Take her to the back room. There's a couch and a kitchen in there." Without thinking about anything but getting Taylor to safety, Danny picked Taylor up and looked around. On the left was a large oak door. Danny pushed its handle and entered the dark room. It too was filled with fake candles that barely gave any light. Danny, feeling a bit weak, almost dropped Taylor on the couch.

"What. . . was that?"

Art walked in and flipped on a few lights. The place looked a bit less creepy that way. It was a small room with a kitchen looking area on the side. The floors were made of the same brown wood as the rest of the store. It was hard to believe this place was even a part of the mall.

"It's the Serpent Ghost Stone." Art said, rubbing his head. He didn't seem to understand.

"Serpent Ghosts?" Tucker asked fearfully. He'd never heard of ghosts like that before.

"Yes. . . supposedly taken from a ghostly realm thousands of years ago."

"Ghostly realm?" Danny looked up from Taylor, his hair falling over his face. He pushed it away and eyed art skeptically.

"What kind of ghosts are these?" Sam asked, her eyes growing wide with curiosity.

"The Serpent Ghosts. . .are the most powerful ghosts in the ghostly realm." Art apparently was too shocked with what happened to Taylor to notice the sudden, quite suspicious curiosity of the teens.

"Tell us more. Please." Sam said, sitting down near Taylor. Danny was stroking her hair, watching as she shuddered.

Art sighed, and leaned against the door. For a moment his eyes looked as though he was far away, on another planet. The kids waited patiently, and finally he began.

"The Serpent Ghosts are said to be the first animal, ghost hybrids." he began in his deep voice.

He looked down at the kids. 'You do know what hybrids are don't you?"

They nodded. "They came from a time where reptiles were very. . . humanlike. . . well, the most human kind of reptiles you can get. They adapted you see, to the point where they looked very much like us. . ."

There was a sort of awed silence in the room before he spoke again. "They need blood you see, blood to live off. . . and anyway. . . Some say that when a powerful ghost tried to overtake the earth, the serpents fought them, and lost terribly."

Images of humanlike snakes filled Danny's mind, all screeching as they got annihilated by ghosts. Danny held Taylor closer.

"No one won, really. There was so much ectoplasm in the air, that the serpents began to . . .change."

Tucker cringed. "Oh man."

"They eventually became too inhuman to live on this earth. . . so they retreated to the ghostly realm, where they are still said to be today. . . only coming out of their territory to hunt for blood and make deals."

"Deals?" Tucker asked.

Art nodded. "Oh yes. Serpent Ghosts are said to love deals, deals of any kind. Rarely do they break their promises when they are promised something . . .but now if I may continue . . ." Tucker turned red and mumbled apologies.

"The Serpent Ghosts are said to hide deep within their city, three powerful stones, the only thing that can stop them. . . but no one is sure where they are, and there isn't any proof of their existence."

Art laughed lightly. "The one I have now is very faded, millions of years old. It doesn't have enough energy to stop them, but, it can make any ghost hybrid lose their mind. . . or their lunches."

Sam gasped, and looked down at the very ill Taylor. Her shuddering had stopped however, and some color was starting to return to their cheeks.

"I think your friend is starting to feel better." Art said with a soft smile. He pushed himself away from the wall. "The stone can have a poor effect on humans, humans that have been somewhat infected with ectoplasm." The smile slid off his face as he eyed Danny and Taylor skeptically.

"My parents work a lot with ectoplasm-" Danny said quickly. "They even keep samples of it in our refrigerator."

Art shook his head and sighed. "That explains it then."

Taylor groaned, and her eyes snapped open. ". . .Ow."

The kids grinned and almost piled on top of her with hugs. "Okay okay! I love you guys too!" she gasped from beneath them. Danny smiled happily and placed a light kiss on her lips. "Good afternoon Miss." Taylor kissed him back the best she could, still feeling dizzy.

"It would be if I knew where I was. . ." she said stiffly.

Art laughed and shook his head. "You're in my store, Art's Artifacts. Just fainted. . . you kids are free to go."

Danny and Tucker helped Taylor to her feet. Sam grinned at Art.

"Thanks for helping us.. .and telling us about the stone."

Art shrugged."It was the least I could do. I really don't want people to get sick in my store.It's very rude you see, on my part." Sam and Art laughed and shook hands. Sam was always the mature one.

"Well thanks anyway Art. We'll see you around."

Art watched as the kids exited the room, the stumbling Taylor being held onto by Tucker and Danny.

"Weird. . . very weird."

Once they were out of the store, Taylor felt increasingly better. Still, there was a nagging sensation to go back into the room to see the stone. Danny declined fervently.

"There is no way we're going back into that place with that Serpent Ghost Stone in there." he said sternly.

"Serpent whatnow?"

The kids dragged Taylor into the food court. A McMasters outlet behind them was flipping burgers, filling the air with the good smelling food. All around them were glass tables, and silver chairs. People ate their food happily, all of the smells mixing in.

"Art told as about it when you fainted." Sam started, sitting near Taylor like a protective sister would. "It was actually an interesting story."

"Oh man!" Taylor said fitfully. "Why do I always miss the good stuff?"

Tucker sat in front of them, his stomach growling as he eyed the McMasters.

Sam sighed. "It's okay. We'll tell you everything."

Danny wrapped an arm around Taylor, rubbing her shoulders. They told her the story, and she felt rather curious afterwards.

"So this stone can stop the Serpent Ghosts. . ."

The trio nodded. "Well, that's interesting. But it doesn't explain why Danny didn't faint."

Sam pondered this for a moment. "It could be because you have more ectoplasmic poisoning than Danny. After all. . .you were shot with a huge laser for a few minutes."

Taylor rolled her eyes. "Vlad. The biggest ass on the planet."

It was Vlad who gave her powers after all . . .even though it was unintentional.

"Speaking of Vlad. . ." Tucker said, getting up. "I'm going to have me some McMasters."

Taylor scoffed. "How could you eat there? It's the enemy food!"

"The good enemy food." Tucker corrected.

"Enemy food you need." Sam said, standing up. "I'm going to get us some lunch."

"Ugh fine! Then get me a SubsWay sub. There's no way I'm eating McMasters!" Taylor screamed as Sam walked away. Everyone looked over. Taylor grinned sheepishly.

Danny sighed. "What am I going to do with you?"

Taylor took his hand and squeezed it. "Do you really want me to tell you?"

Danny laughed."Gross."

Taylor grinned, an evilness about it. "Grossness that's made the world go round."

"Again, gross." Taylor smirked back at Taylor and pulled her closer.

Taylor sighed onto Danny. "I feel tired. Really tired."

"You'll feel better once you eat something."

"I doubt it. . .my head is buzzing with negative energy right now. I can still feel that stone like I'm right near it."

Danny frowned. " We'll get out of here soon."

In no time, Sam and Tucker returned with bright colored trays. Sam placed a colorful wrapped sandwich in front of Taylor.

"Eat." she said simply, passing Danny a McMasters burger.

Taylor did as she was told and unwrapped the sandwich. Soon she was tasting the Italian meats and seasonings, swallowing as fast as she could. She was hungrier than she thought. Fainting could do that to a person, she guessed. Tucker was already finished with his food by the time she was halfway done, and Sam didn't get anything.

"You aren't hungry?" Taylor asked, wiping her mouth.

"There isn't exactly any vegetarian cuisine in here if you haven't noticed." Sam informed tensely.

Taylor didn't continue the issue. She knew by now how sensitive Sam was about her diet, which meant anything that wasn't grass or green, was off limits. Sometimes Taylor wondered if she ever craved meat, but she never asked.

When the kids finished their food, and threw out all of their trays, they stood, looking around almost dreamily.

"How do you feel?" Danny asked, giving her a squeeze. Taylor looked up at him with a smile. Normally she would hate it when he was so protective, but now, in a sort of tired stupor, she didn't care much. The pain had gone away, but she still felt a bit dizzy.

"Mostly good. . ."

"Then let's just get out of here. We have everything we need anyway."

The kids began to walk out of them mall when Sam's cell phone rang, a sorrowful toon. Probably some emo band, Taylor thought. Sam pulled it out, and her eyes seemed to light up when she saw who it was on the small screen. She opened it up and her voice became suddenly sweeter.

"Hello?"

"EEYYY" was all that Taylor could hear. She rolled her eyes.

Mike, as usual.

Danny seemed to hold Taylor closer as Sam chatted on the phone. Taylor let him. He was still adjusting to Sam having another major guy in her life, and she knew it was hard for him to deal with, just as it was hard for her to deal with Taylor's arrival. Tucker however, was blissfully unaware.

Taylor envied him for that.

Soon the kids were outside. The parking lot was a lot less crowded now that it was nearing dark. Taylor groaned. She promised her parents she would be home by 8:00. They had become a lot stricter since she developed a criminal reputation. Cool gusts of air ruffled their clothes, entering the east parking lot. This one was entirely empty. It was strangely quiet.

Taylor cringed as she felt waves of negative energy from somewhere. She looked around, and was seemingly answered when she saw Star, Paulina, and a few other girls walking by. Just the sight of star sent a sick swoop of anger throughout her body. Star Lancer had to be the biggest bitch on the planet, and what was worse was the fact that she bothered Sam. Lately she'd been afraid, as they found out her deadly secret; she was Lancer's daughter. Taylor recalled the third day of school, when Star had pushed her in the mud, most likely jealous of an outfit. Slowly an evil sort of smirk formed on her face and her eyes narrowed.

"Hey Star!" she called out sweetly.

She stopped in her tracks and turned around, her body shaking. Her eyes widened when she saw it was Taylor. Paulina looked Taylor over, and the other girls just glared. Taylor wasn't extremely popular with them. There was a pleading look in Star's eyes that made Taylor feel immense satisfaction. She chuckled evilly and continued.

"How's your dad doing?" Behind her she felt a small slap on her arm. Sam grumbled something angrily into her ear. Taylor ignored her, savoring the horrified expression on Star's face. Taylor laughed coldly, sending a chill throughout everyone present.

". . .He..He's fine." stammered Star.

"Oh, he would be after that trip to the sauna." Taylor said evilly, then she flipped her hair and turned away, signaling that the torture was over. Star clambered away quickly, and Taylor heard the girls questioning her. Taylor let out another sinister laugh, but was silenced by Sam's voice.

"What is wrong with you? That was so cold!" she scolded loudly.

But she was silenced by something else. A faint clapping coming from up above. Taylor gasped and looked up to see Vlad Plasmius floating above them, his cape drifting in the breeze, his eyes narrowed evilly as he smirked. He then crossed his arms, and now he looked more arrogant than ever.

"What a brilliant performance Taylor. Using information you have gained to render someone speechless . . . very impressive indeed." came his smooth evil voice.

Taylor scoffed. "I knew I smelled something. It figures it should have been you Plasmius."

Taylor felt ready to face him as a ghost. Now she could actually fight against him, better than ever. Let him try something. One thing. That was all it would take for her to need a reason to fight him.

Vlad laughed. "Typical teen comebacks. So cute." Then he aimed his glowing red eyes at Danny.

"Ah, and young Daniel." Danny glared.

"What do you want Plasmius?" he spat.

"Oh nothing. Can't your old Uncle Vlad come to say hi?" he pouted sarcastically.

"If you were actually our Uncle." Taylor said dryly.

Vlad laughed and shook his head. "Ah, what a useful assistant you will become Taylor, in all areas where Daniel could have been, but then again, lost his chance."

Taylor made a disgusted face. "The day I join you, is the day you turn to the good side."

"The good side?" Vlad tilted his head to the side pleasantly.

"Yeah, the side you're never going to join, which means it's never going to happen!"

"There are no sides Taylor. . . when it comes to power." he said quietly.

"Typical statement from an ass."

Vlad's smirk dropped a bit. "A what?

"An ass."

"A WHAT?"

"Ass. A. S.S." she enunciated, as though speaking to a slow person. Tucker began to laugh.

"Oh please Taylor. Do you really think comments like that offend me?"

"You might not say so, but you're getting pretty pissed off." Taylor informed. And it was true, she could feel his negativity increase to almost homicidal levels.

As she said, this the homicidal levels increased. "So cute. So young. So innocent. So oblivious." he hissed.

"Cute, yes. Young, certainly. Innocent. . " Taylor made a curious face then smirked," Not so much."

Then she threw her hands up into the air, turning into Specter. She slowly flew up to Vlad's level. She could feel his negativity lessen as he studied her curiously.

"Oh, I never did thank you for this."

Taylor shrugged. "Who knew it would ever turn out so much not in your favor?"

Danny, Sam and Tucker continued to watch. Danny felt apprehensive. The urge to jump up and help Taylor was taking over, but he knew that this was her fight. The first time she'd seen Vlad since the accident.

"Oh, but it will ultimately turn out in my favor." Vlad said, flying closer to her with a smirk. "Because like Daniel, you do not realize how much like me you really are."

Taylor rolled her eyes. "I'm not like you Vlad. . .I'm worse."

Then she threw out her hand, and bright purple rays issued out of them. Vlad's eyes widened as he dodged the attack, barely. He looked back at Taylor with a crooked grin. "Not bad! But do you really think you can fight me girl?"

"Think?! HA! I know!" Taylor smirked and threw another blast. Vlad made a shield, which deflected it. Taylor put up one hand and caught the beam of light.

"That was a great move Vlad. Why don't you do something actually cool for once." she said, bored. Vlad raised an eyebrow, not believing she wasn't the least bit afraid to fight the most powerful ghost hybrid in the universe.

"Wellsomeone is asking for it." he said in his intelligent voice.

Taylor laughed evilly, Vlad enjoying the sound of it. "Do your worst."

"Oh I will . . . in just a second!"

Then the look on his face suddenly hardened. Taylor could tell he meant business. Vlad formed a huge energy ball in his hand, and issued it out at a high speed. Taylor, not used to reacting quickly, was hit head on. Danny gasped, craving to help, but Sam held him back.

"No! This is Taylor's fight."

Danny watched with horror as she crashed onto the cement roof of the mall, Vlad following her swiftly. Taylor screamed in fury, jumped up, and sent another huge beam of ectoplasm at Vlad. This time, Vlad didn't dodge it all, and was cut in the shoulder. Human blood poured out. He snarled angrily, then made another one of his devastating ectoenergy balls. Taylor's eyes widened as it came towards her, and as though pulled by some unknown force, she separated her hands. In between a faint glowing pink energy shield came to cover the empty space, directing the ball away, back at Vlad. It hit him instead, and he was thrown to the floor.

Below Danny, Taylor and Sam gasped in awe. This must be a new power.

". . .Did I do that?" she asked almost timidly. They nodded.

"COOL!"

Taylor grinned malevolently and looked over at the groaning Vlad, who was stumbling to his feet, holding his side. Taylor's eyes narrowed.

"Had enough Vlad?"

"Oh dear child. Seeing you become evil is something I never get enough of."

Taylor felt suddenly sick, and she realized that her eyes had become red as they often did.

"Shut up!"

Vlad laughed evilly. " You're becoming so much like me, it isn't funny."

"No. It isn't funny. Which is why you should shut the fuck up!"

Vlad leaned forwards a bit, hands clenched tightly. "Don't worry child. You won't have to hear just me anymore. In fact, you can hear several of me." Vlad barred his teeth in a sinister way, and as he did, four copies pulsated out of him, two on each side. Now facing 5 Vlad's Taylor backed away, defensive.

"As if one of him isn't annoying enough." Taylor said with annoyance. The Vlad's laughed evilly and moved forwards. They all stopped on key, held out one arm, and shot huge beams at her. Taylor didn't have a lot of time to react. She made her shield, but it didn't catch all the energy, she was blasted backwards with a scream, hitting something hard. She looked up in horror to see the real Vlad, his arms on her shoulders. He dug his nails into her skin tightly. Taylor gasped in pain and fear.

"Get away from me! Stop!"

Vlad chuckled evilly, and Taylor felt an electric pulse of energy shoot through her. When she opened her eyes, in front of her was en extremely evil looking copy of herself, her eyes bright red, smirking.

"Let me show you how powerful you can be if you'd just let your evil side unleash itself." Taylor's eyes widened as she watched the twisted copy of herself grin. Bright fangs showed as she looked back at the other Vlad clones. She laughed, but when she did, it was with Vlad's voice.

As she did, she sent a single energy pulse at the clones, and they all exploded it seemed, into ectoplasmic energy. Taylor screamed, closing her eyes. Vlad shielded her however, before any of the poisonous goo could hit her. Evil Taylor looked back, screamed, then too broke into goo.

"Don't you see Taylor?"

Vlad turned her around, Taylor struggling uselessly.

Maybe Danny was right. Maybe I'm not strong enough yet to face him.

Taylor tried to look away, but Vlad held her chin steady.

"I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to help you." his voice was still rough, but softer.

"Help me become a jerk?"

"No, help you become a queen."

Taylor's eyes widened. "I'm only 16!"

Vlad shook his head. "You won't be forever."

" And you won't be anything if you don't let go of me!"

Vlad grinned evilly. "And you're going to stop me."

Taylor closed her eyes fearfully, but when she opened them, they were angry and determined.

"I will."

Vlad grinned, enjoying the control he had over her. "How will you child? Ultimately you will join me in the end."

"I won't!"

"How do you know?"

"I. WON'T!" Taylor closed her eyes and when she opened them, they were a bright red. For a moment she looked like her clone, and she screamed. As she did, a wave of energy pulsed through her hand, sending Vlad away from her with a start.

She stumbled away, startled by her emotions. She watched as Vlad stumbled to a stop in front of her.

Vlad dusted himself off, suddenly looking shaken. "Good one."

Taylor made a face, and crossed her arms tightly. She felt his negativity ebb away, and knew there was no immediate danger. She watched his face, but it became blank and. . .odd.

"I'd watch your friends if I were you Taylor, and furthermore. . . I'd watch myself." There was an odd look in his eyes, some sort of a warning. He knew something. Something big.

"Vlad?"

Her eyes narrowed. "What the hell are you up to?"

"You'll find out."

"I'll what?" He turned to leave, but there were so many more things she wanted to know.

"Vlad would you just stop being an ass for once?!"

Vlad turned around and smirked. Then with a whirl of his cape, he disappeared.

Dazed, Taylor watched the spot he left. There was goo all around her, and it seemed to be burning the concrete. Taylor gasped as she felt a hand touch her shoulder. It was Danny, looking down at her with worry.

"You've been watching the whole time haven't you?" Taylor said, without looking at him.

" . . . Not the whole time." He said gently, a worried look on his face.

"Let's just get out of here." Taylor said quickly. She felt weak from the use of her powers.

Danny picked her up gently, and they flew down together off the building.

Sam and Tucker watched. For once, Tucker looked nervous. "Are you alright dude?" he asked warily. Taylor just shook her head frantically. "No! Vlad knows something. He's planning something." She didn't realize how panicked her voice sounded until Danny held her to him gently.

"Calm down. . .just calm down. . it's okay." Taylor sighed, fell limp, turning back into her human form.

Danny did the same, and he felt warmer that way. Taylor held him tighter. "I just . . ."

And then she was out like a light. Danny sighed. "Why did she have to get involved in this?" He held her closer, feeling guiltier than ever.

"Why couldn't I have just pretended she wasn't there?"

Sam looked slightly uncomfortable. Then she spoke. "Because you love her."

And it was simple.

As they stood, wondering what came next, they wished that everything could be that simple.

A/N: I've literally been so busy, time to write is just a fantasy. But I made this chapter extra long to make up for it! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it !