Chapter 16; Here we go again.

Okay, three people just made my day. I had a horrible! Day at school, and I've got a TAKS test tomorrow (for those of you that don't live in Texas, it's the major test at the end of every year) so, kudos to you guys!

Review responses:

Oak Leaf Ninja: lol, Phineas and Ferb? Amazing! Lol and thanks, I love wolves too, (obviously!) any way, thanks for reading!

FireWolfHeart: Okay, she sounds exactly like me! Lol except for the Aggies part...I'm a total Tech fan...lol and, if you ask me, Texas is definitely my favorite state and I have been in like, eleven different states throughout my young life. Anyway, I'll be sure to get some of that in, something might just happen to our favorite fruit loop *hint hint*

Luna WhiteWolf: Thanks! I was kinda worried about how I'd capture your character, but you have definitely made my day about her. XD soo thanks a million times!

Okay, well, thanks to all y'all that has read this story! I hope y'all keep reading it!

Luna let out a surprised yelp, and the sound echoed around the Ghost Zone. It startled me out of my reverie, and my group turned as one towards the beautiful white wolf, ensnared in a blue-glowing net. She struggled to get her muzzle around the ropes, but every time she moved, the net grew smaller, cutting into her fur making her yelp louder. I looked around wildly for Danny and Sasha, who stood in the doorway, paralyzed. They both grimaced in pain and struggled to gain full control of their limbs, without any such luck.

Before I could blink, a boy stood in front of me. He had purple, silver streaked hair that hung down to his shoulders. His jumpsuit was purple with silver boots and gloves. One on shoulder, a dolphin had been stitched in silver thread, and an M was proudly displayed on his chest. His eyes startled me the most though. They were a startling purple, like soft lilacs growing in a warm spring breeze.

"Who are you?" He had a medium tenor voice that sounded like a soft acoustic guitar. "I'm Echo," I introduced myself, and then raised my eyebrow. "Who are you?" Luna's startled yelp pulled me away from the mysterious new comer and I looked towards the beautiful white wolf. "I am Metro, protector of a small town in Arizona, and this wolf was a threat," The boy told me, looking over at Luna as well. "No, she is a helper," I informed him, flying to Luna's side. "Oh, you protect this wolf, and those other two?" I looked over at him, trying to decide how to answer his question. "These guys are my friends," I finally decided, looking over at Danny and Sasha, who were still paralyzed. Metro nodded like he expected this answer and snapped his fingers. Danny and Sasha groaned as they stretched out, and then proceeded to move towards us. Metro watched them with weary eyes for a few moments, and then turned his attention back towards Luna, who was still yelping in pain.

There was a quick flash, and suddenly the white wolf was out of the net. She looked at Metro for a moment before turning towards me. "Ow..." She chuckled, seemingly happy for getting out of the net. "You're not a regular wolf." Metro stated, and Luna turned to look at him in confusion. "No, I am not," The words looked painful to admit, and I turned to study Dani, Eclipse and Vlad, who were floating about ten feet away from my little group and me. The first thing I noticed was that Eclipse and Dani stood together, glaring at Vlad, who glared right back. Then I noticed the ecto-energy Eclipse had charged into her hand. Oh shit, something's going down; I hastily flew towards the trio, and watched as Eclipse threw the blue ecto-ball at Vlad's face. I was too late.

Vlad, while laughing, charged up his pink ecto-energy blast and shot it at the two girls who scattered in either direction. Danny, who had been studying Metro, looked up at Dani's scream. "Dani!" His yell echoed to Vlad, who looked at him with disgust. "Dani, Dani," he taunted. "Oh Daniel, really?" He let out a crazy, fruit loop laugh and continued to fire at Dani, who dodged easily. I let out a long sigh and shook my head. Time to get rid of the fruit loop, I thought, moving towards the still firing Vlad. "Hang on Echo, I got this," Danny gave me a thumbs up and turned invisible. What? My eyes widened when I noticed that Eclipse had completely disappeared.

She appeared suddenly right in front of Plasmius, who took a startled step backwards and ran into Danny. Eclipse, looking infuriated, advanced towards Plasmius and brought out a small, blue box. She threw it, and Danny moved backward out of the way. The box grew four times its size and encased Plasmius, electrocuting him until he changed back into Vlad Masters.

"Daniel, you wouldn't leave me here would you?" Vlad begged, looking at Danny with a hurt expression. "Oh? So now you need my help?" Danny raised his eyebrow and his lips curled into a smirk. Fear pronounced itself on his face as the rest of my group turned away. "Maybe if you wouldn't be such a jerk, people would help you, you wouldn't be the lonely fruit loop you are now," I whispered before turning away and heading towards the golden door that Emerald, Saffyre and two other kids were waiting patiently.

Nobody looked back at the lonely fruit loop as we gathered into our group. Even when Vlad wailed at the top of his lungs, no one even looked. "Hey Emerald, Saffyre, how'd it go?" I asked them, laughing at the terrified expressions on their faces. "Let's just say that we ran into some stuff that shouldn't ever be repeated out loud," Emerald told me, looking as pale as an ashy corpse. "No, never!" Saffyre added, glancing back at the two boys they'd brought with them. The boys snickered at each other.

"Who might these guys be?" They were twins, I knew that for sure, and they seemed to be around the same age as the rest of us, maybe a year younger. The taller one had short, cropped black hair with golden, amber eyes. His outfit consisted of a black T-shirt with gold, elbow length, fighting gloves and a golden sun symbol. His jeans were black and his shoes were knee length converse, black as well. His brother, who was only a half-inch shorter, had long, shoulder length, golden blonde hair with black eyes that shone like a new moon night. His T-shirt was a golden, amber color with black gloves that were fingerless and stopped only at the wrist and a crescent moon symbol. His jeans were black as well, but his shoes were white and black converse that only went to his ankles. "Well, I'm Apollo," The one with the sun on his T-shirt introduced himself. "And I'm Artemis," The other one introduced himself. "Artemis? Isn't that a girl's name?" I asked Artemis, who gritted his teeth and nodded. "Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you," I apologized, regretting what I said earlier. "No, I'm fine, I'm just tired of everyone calling me that," Artemis sighed, smiling slightly. I smiled back, and then continued studying my little group. Let's see, Artemis, Apollo, Emerald, Saffyre, Danny, Dani, Sasha, Luna, Riley, Eclipse, and...am I forgetting someone? I quickly counted the number in my little group.

I nodded to myself and smiled. Maybe this time, I could destroy that SOB I can't ever claim as my dad. More helpers, more experience, better chances of beating him, forcing him into a single fight, just the two of us. This time, we can kill him!

Truthfully, I should've gotten this done yesterday, hehe. But, I had to go to bed early for TAKS ELA test we had today. I hope y'all really like it; I had a hard time trying to think of something for this chapter. Soo please, R&R, and I'm thinking of the next story about Alex, and it'll probably be about American Dragon: Jake Long and it might be a crossover, not sure about that yet. Anyway, I'm getting off for the night. R&R please, and good night to all!