Chapter 5; Return of Darkness

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I panicked when I looked outside. Hundreds of ghost lined the streets of Amity. I recognized a few, like the Box Ghost, Skulker and Fright Knight, even the Ghost King and Frostbite were lined up among the others. They stared straight ahead, a very blank look on their faces.

They covered the streets, forcing the humans to hide inside. I tried looking farther up, but whatever was calling them, was not in sight.

I ran downstairs, yelling a barely understandable, "Bye Mom!" I phased and grew my spectral tail, taking high in the sky.

I heard it then, the call of Death. It was a low hum, but was packed with soft words that urged me to give up. I flew lower and lower, daring to fly over the ghost heads. I couldn't focus; my mind was a cloud, a fog. What was it I was supposed to do again? Something about friends and a ghost portal. I thought silently. More fog took over and my mind could no longer keep coherent thoughts, and I flew closer and closer to the front of the lines of ghost.

My one soul mission was finding Death. Death? My mind thought sluggishly, pulling a dim memory up to the fore front of my mind.

*Flashback, two years ago*

My dad's face stared at me, mocking me. I couldn't believe my mom had married this loser.

His hair was sleek silver, showing off his obvious old age. His clothes were rather rich and snobby. A very sharp navy blue suit covered his bulky frame. I wanted to knock out his one good, blue eye, and wipe that smirk from his face. Let him be completely blind, I thought maliciously. He phased into his ghost form, and I growled. If I thought his human form was bad, his ghost form was worse. His hair became blacker than the worst soul on Earth and his suit turned a bloody red. His single, good eye's pupil spread across the white part. His gave made you feel as if he was setting your soul on fire. His name, Death or Darkness.

I screamed, my voice coming out in a pitiful squeak, as my mom was lifted into the sky. I watched her look up at the man she once knew as Derrick Wolf and spit in his face. "Let me go!" Her strong voice carried through the still air, as the ghost watched Darkness take my mom to his flaming throne.

Death will arrive, and your world will be doomed, unless you can find, the one special power. The old seer's voice came back to me, echoing loud and clear in my mind. Echo, you have the power to beat him, just believe, that was my mom's voice, right before she was taking by my so-called "dad." I blacked out, not really sure where the throbbing in the back of my head came from.

*End of flashback*

I shuddered and stopped mid-flight. I knew why these ghosts were gathered, and I definitely didn't like it. I flew back as fast as I could, hiding behind a dumpster near the Fenton's house. I phased back into my human form and walked through the ghost shield.

"Alex!" Sam yelled, ducking under the shield as well. Not a single ghost had even blinked, much less moved. I headed towards the door, almost laughing when I heard Tucker trip into the safety of the ghost shield.

Mr. and Mrs. Fenton had no trouble letting us in, though they gave me odd looks as I passed. Sam led me down to the lab and I descended the steps running, almost tripping, in my haste to meet with Danny and Jazz.

The lab was clean but much unorganized. Various unfinished contraptions sat on the lab tables and test tubes, beakers and other breakable stuff sat on the very edges of selves. I was winded, after running in my haste to get into the house and away from Darkness.

The portal opened and the Ghost Ship appeared in the lab. Two guys sat in the front, and high-fived each other, grinning. I watched my two best friends climb out of the vehicle and mob me with hugs. "Hey guys," I greeted them, hugging Erik and then Dex.

Erik is five foot seven inches tall with black hair and piercing blue eyes. He was a normal kid, but known as a loner at school. He wore a light blue T-shirt and baggy jeans with regular Nike tennis shoes. His fascination with the paranormal is mostly the reason he was known as a loner at my old school.

Dex, on the other hand, stood at Erik's height, but he had light brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. His glasses were big and the lenses were thick. He wore a plaid, button-up T-shirt with regular jeans. His converses were covered with math and science equations that he had made online.

Both boys looked around them in shock and wonder. I watched them anxiously, hoping they would just leave the messiness of the room alone.

They finally turned back to me, and fixed me with hard stares. "What's going on?" Erik asked, finally catching sight of Danny and the other three near a vault. "He's back" I hissed, hoping they'd catch on. Their eye's widened, but they said nothing more, and we walked over to Danny.

Okay, what do you think? What will Alex come up with as an explanation? Review please XD I'll try and get another chapter up tomorrow!