A/N: Hey, guys, new chapter here. Looks like we have a tie between Fem. Fright Knight Jazz Fenton. After the next chapter, I'm closing the polls, and if they don't change, I'm picking the winner, so vote, people!
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Chapter Five: Strange Happenings
"Okay, I have to admit; Ember does know what she's doing." Said William, looking at himself in the full bodied mirror in the bathroom. He was now dressed in a black, skintight long-sleeved shirt, black, torn jeans, black, metal soled biker boots, a black leather, metal studded belt, a black coat that had fur around the collar and a large blue E on the back. The coat just barely reached past his waist, and had fur around the cuffs as well. He still wore the full body wraps, but now you could only see the hands. Ember had managed to talk him into letting her dye his hair, and she made him sit down quietly as she did so. Now, his hair was black as pitch, with electric blue tips. That's when he felt two arms link themselves around his shoulders to rest around his neck.
"Glad to see all my hard work is appreciated." Said Ember, resting her chin on William's left shoulder. William's been getting used to Embers teasing, but he still turned a little red at the breach of space.
"Y-yeah. Th-thanks." Mumbled William. He didn't know why he was so shy, but that was just how it was. Ember smirked at him in the mirror.
"You have absolutely no idea how to act around women, do you?" Ember grinned evilly when she saw William shake his head and blush even harder. She leaned to whisper in his ear. "You know, I could always give you… "Private" lessons. It could be fun." She emphasized the last part by licking her lips. William ducked under her arms and ran out of the bathroom with his tail between his legs. Ember laughed and gave chase, floating after the scared boy.
William floated as fast as he could, but when he came to a wall, he smashed head first into the obstruction, falling back on his ass.
"As entertaining as that was." Said Ember, catching up. "Why didn't you just phase through?"
"I tried." Said William, eyebrows furrowing, he checked his other powers. They all seemed to work except for intangibility. That's strange.
"What do you think it could have been?" Asked Ember.
"I don't know… Wait." William suddenly remembered when the ghost hunters hit him with that weird cannon back at the mall… Could that be it?
"Ember, Willie! We're all going out!" Said Johnny, walking to the two. "We're all going to go out and cause some problems for the good people of Amity Park."
"Johnny, you know I hate doing things like that." Said William, frowning at his friend.
"Hey, man, just harmless pranks." Said Johnny. "No one'll get hurt, I promise."
"… Fine, I'll come along, but I'm not going to be a part of them." Said William.
CASPER HIGH: TEN MINUTES LATER
"AHHHHH! GHOSTS!" Shouted Dash, running away from the ghostly Kitty and Penelope as they chased him.
"HELP ME! I'M TOO BEAUTIFUL TO BE CHASED BY GHOSTS!" Yelled Paulina, with Johnny on her tail, laughing wildly. Ember and William were both just chilling up by the ceiling, William getting ready to fall asleep.
"Come on!" Said Ember, growing bored. "Let's have some fun, too!" William turned over, his back to Ember.
"Go ahead. I don't like messing with people." Said William.
"But it won't be fun without you." Said Ember. "I wanted to see you in action."
"Yeah, this is the most action you'll be seeing from me, unless we get attacked." Said William, closing his eyes again. That's when they heard gunshots. Williams eyes snapped open, and the ghosts stopped as all the humans made their way out the building in fear of being shot.
"Swallow your words yet?" Asked Ember, grinning at the chance to actually see William do something actiony.
"Ooooh yeah." Said William, pissed that someone had interrupted his chill time for the umpteenth time.
The perpetrator that was responsible for the panic was a squat, ugly man, holding a rather large chain gun, with a huge black bag on his back.
"And who the fuck are you?" Asked Johnny, frowning at the ugly man.
"My name's Trunk, and I'm your worst nightmare." Said the man, aiming his gun at Johnny. He fired, but the bullets just went right through the ghostly biker.
"I don't think so." Said Johnny. Trunk dropped his chain gun, frowning, before pulling his bag around and digging through it. He pulled out another gun, but this one looked way more high tech than the other one. Embers eyes widened.
"Holy shit! That's a ghost laser!" Shouted the ghost rocker.
"Where'd you get that!?" Yelled Johnny, dodging the bright purple beam.
"My employer said it'd come in handy." Said Trunk. "Turns out, he was right." Trunk took aim again, this time pointing the laser at Ember. He fired, but William put a shield over her before it got to her.
"Thanks for the save, Willy-boy." Said Ember, pulling out her guitar. "Let's have a little fun. Here's a tune for ya!" Ember strummed her guitar, sending three green fists, heading straight towards Trunk, whom just managed to jump out of the way. He stood back up and tried aiming at Penelope, but William sent a barrage of fireballs at the mercenary, startling him somewhat.
"Didn't your mama ever tell you not to play with fire?" Asked Trunk, glaring at William.
"About as much as your daddy locked his gun closet." Retorted William. There was a chorus of feminine laughter from behind William.
"Ooooh, pretty, AND funny!" Said the first voice.
"Now we really must have him!" Said the second. William turned around to look at two rather attractive women, on with red hair, and the other with blond hair, but other than that they were identical.
"Nobody can HAVE me." Said William, frowning at the twins. "Who are you, anyway?"
"I'm Right Pincer!" Said the redhead.
"And I'm Left Pincer!" Said the blond.
"Left and Right Pincer?" Asked Johnny. "Seriously?" Right Pincer held up her right hand, and Left Pincer held up her left hand. Long, hook like blades extended from each digit.
"Seriously." Said the twins in unison.
"Well, that explains that." Said Penelope, frowning.
"Damn it." Said Kitty. "Why are they even here?"
"If you really must know, my dear, we were hired to catch that trendy little fire bug, there." Said a well dressed man wearing a bowler and holding a beautiful cane. He pulled the top of the cane, bringing out long sword. "So, you can either give yourself up willingly, or we can capture you, forcefully and painfully. And I cannot guarantee that innocent students wouldn't get caught in the crossfire." At that point, a dark skinned woman wearing leather with a whip at her side walked in with Kwan and Dash tied up in front of her. Kwan had a large, bruising whip mark under his eye, and Dash had one across his face, which means that the woman must have got them both good.
"Wait." Said Ember. "You're not going to hurt them, are you?"
"Growing attached to humans, Ember?" Asked Penelope, smirking. "When did you start caring?"
"Hey, I never wanted to actually hurt anybody." Said Ember. "I just wanted to rule the world with my awesome rock."
"And all I wanted was to feed off the misery of every teenager on earth. Is that so bad?" Asked Penelope.
"Okay, if I turn myself over, you'll let the humans go, right?" Asked William. Johnny grabbed his left shoulder while Kitty grabbed the right.
"Don't do it, man." Said Johnny.
"Yeah." Cut in Kitty. "They aren't worth it, Willy. We just got you back." William gave her a hug.
"I need to do this." Said William. "I have to help them."
"Come on, Willy." Said Johnny. "They're just humans. What do they matter. It's not like we're one of them.?"
"Don't you get it, Johnny?" Asked William. "We never stop being human until we lose our humanity. I have to do this." William floated down to the mercenaries. Coming to stand beside Stinger. Trunk walked up and snapped the ghost cuffs on him. The dark skinned women walked towards him, reaching for her whip, a sadistic grin on her face.
"Tail-Snap!" Barked Stinger. "We need him in one piece. You can have your fun in the van."
Tail-Snap brought her hand up under Williams chin, pointing him to herself.
"You know, my whip is ecto treated, so it can hurt you." Said Tail-Snap, licking her lips evilly. "Ooooh, we'll be having soooo much fun." William would have retorted, but his mind suddenly drew a blank.
"Ok, now load him up." Said Stinger. "We're going now. All the mercenaries surrounding her, or the deathly call of an animal.
They all climbed into one of the vehicles held there, with Tail-Snap sitting with William, whispering the things she was planning to do when he woke up.
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A/N: Well, here it is. A new chapter. Don't forget the poll, guys, I need your support.