Second part of the Halloween arc.

Chapter 6: Night of Darkness Part 2

Gaius ran through the streets, searching for Haley. "Dammit! How long after she left did I notice?! She couldn't have gone too far!" He continued running. "Although, Ylisstol is frickin' huge, and she could be anywhere." He sweat dropped. "Gods, where could she be?" He stood in the middle of the street, looking around. "Haley! Haley, where are you?!" No answer. "Damn, nothing." He continued running.

"Haley! Haley!" Inigo looked around as Severa called out. "I don't understand, how could she get this lost?"

Severa hung her head down and sighed. "Haley, please be safe…"

"She'll be fine!" She looked up to see Inigo in front of her.

She nodded. "I know, but…" Tears began running down her cheeks.

Inigo sighed. "Damn, don't worry. Come on, let's go."

Severa nodded shyly and began walking, until she heard a faint call. "Severa!" She looked around, and spotted an outfit extremely similar to Haley's. The girl wearing it resembled her as well.

"Is that…?" She ran towards the girls, while Inigo continued going straight. "Haley!"

The girl ran towards her as well. "Severa!" She ran into her arms. "I was so scared!"

Severa giggled. "You weren't gone all that long, Haley."

The little girl looked up at Severa, tears in her eyes. "Even so, I was so scared!"

Severa patted her head. "It's okay, you had every reason to feel scared."

Haley looked around. "Did you leave the group to look for me?"

Severa shook her head. "Gaius and Inigo came too. Inigo should be…" Severa looked over her shoulder. "Oh, no." She sighed. "I lost him. When I saw you, I rushed, and didn't bother to tell him." She took out her phone. "Well, great… dead." She put it away. "Well, we're lost."

Haley gasped. "L-lost?!" How do we find the others?!"

Severa took the girl's hand. "We'll find them, don't worry."

Haley smiled slightly. "O-okay…"

Meanwhile, Inigo sat on the curb, and sighed. "Dammit, Severa…" He looked to his side. "What…?" He hung his head down. "S—t. She ran off." He pulled out his phone. "I'll- wait, she didn't charge her phone after it died yesterday…" He stood. "Well, it's..." He looked at his watch. "Its 8:00 P.M, and they could be anywhere in Ylisstol. Great." He began walking. "I'll find them eventually. If It gets too late, go home, they should be there by then." He put his hands in his pockets, and sighed. "Dammit all…" He looked over at a group of trick-or-treaters, and then down to his own bag. "I almost forgot. Well, not too much candy for me then this year… Gaius probably gave up; went back to building his stash…." Inigo walked down the street looking for his targets.

Gaius tapped his foot impatiently. "How did this happen…?" He stood in the middle of the mall. "I started on the street, and now I'm in the middle of a goddamn GameStop…" He pulled out his phone and dialed Inigo's number. "Hey."

"Any luck?"

"I'm in a GameStop."

"What the hell?"

Gaius scratched the back of his neck. "Never mind that. Get Yarne. If someone has something that has Haley's scent on it, he'll be able to find them."

"Alright, I'll get on it. But, still, how'd you end up at the mall?"

"I said, never mind that." He hung up and walked out of the store, finding his way back outside.

Meanwhile, Yarne and Morgan trailed behind the rest of the group. "Hey."

Yarne looked down at his girlfriend. "Yeah?"

"Did you notice the Inigo, Severa, Haley, and your dad are missing?"

Yarne was about to answer, but his phone rang. "One sec."

"Yo."

"Inigo, where are you?"

"That's not important. I need you to smell something of Haley's."

Yarne sweat dropped. "Er... why? Smelling a small girl's belonging seems odd to me."

"Shuddap. She's missing as you know. You could find her, right?"

Yarne nodded. "I know. I'll get on it." He hung up. "Hey, Ben?"

The boy looked back. "What is it?" Yarne walked over to the boy. "Do you have something that might have Haley's scent on it?"

Ben raised a brow and stepped back. "W-what are your intentions, Taguel?"

Yarne sighed. "Shut up and answer the question."

Ben took a pink comb out of his pocket. "Here you are." Yarne took it and began sniffing it.

Colin sweat dropped. "What the heck? That looks really odd…"

Yarne lowered it from his nose and handed it back to Ben. "Here."

Ben Sweat dropped. "Why…? Just why?"

Yarne put it in his hand and stood. "Doesn't matter now." He began sniffing the air. "I got her." Yarne dropped his bag and ran off.

Morgan knelt down next to the bag. "Okay, then, more for me." She began picking candy out of his bag.

Yarne ran through the streets, continuing his search. "They're close, I can tell…" He jumped up onto a roof. "Let's see…" He spotted two people on the curb, looking around. "There." He leapt off the roof, and rushed towards the two. He walked behind the two, and tapped the shoulder of the older one. "Hey."

She turned around, and just as he suspected, it was Severa. She smiled wide. "There you are!"

Haley looked over as well. "Yarne!"

He turned. "We should get back to the others, it's pretty late, I've been searching for a while. I think it's like… 9:30 or something."

Haley took Severa's hand and began dragging her. "Yeah, we should go."

Severa giggled. "Oh, yeah, I ditched Inigo… I doubt he'll be happy with me…"

Yarne scoffed. "Well, you could've gone missing too, of course he isn't happy."

Haley dragged Severa through the streets in an effort to get back to the apartment. "Yarne, you call the others, okay?"

He nodded. "Yeah, I'll do that!" He sighed. "Well, this has been a weird Halloween. I'm glad it's over though." He began following the two, and pulled out his phone so he could do as Haley requested.

The next chapter, the last part of the arc, is quite short, so I'll be uploading them both. To everyone that reads this before the next, thank you.