Chapter 22; Dangers We Face

I just realized how long it's been since I've tried to write this chapter, and I'm sorry. School has gotten very busy, not to mention my life has gotten complicated. I've got so much to do, getting ready for TAKS test coming up soon, we've got Regional UIL coming up in like, three weeks, and my teacher is hard pressed on pushing us to our very ends with all the Accounting test and crap. We've been reading Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, in English (don't even ask, its soo stressful DX).

Anyway, venting out to y'all probably won't help with my family problems, so I'm going to go ahead and do Review Replies:

FireWolfHeart: Haha, I bet you were on a sugar rush too. And ya, Saffyre's story is pretty sad, but don't let that getcha down ;D lol, hope you enjoy this chappie.

Luna WhiteWolf: Yeah, but she'll get her justice (I hope XD)

Oak Leaf Ninja: haha, sorry 'bout that, I had noticed that while I was at school, during my Accounting class (our accounting teacher is also our computer teacher) But I had to wait until I got home to fix the problem lol. Thanks! Hope you like this chappie as well!

Okay, problems with my computer, let's see if I'll be able to get this up anytime soon lol, on with the storie!

My POV

Lightning filled the dark, stormy sky, illuminating the grim faces of the trapped ghost. Thunder rocked the sky, giving more to the ominous feel that was cast over the small town.

Inside a vacant mansion, lights were ablaze, cutting the shadows for fifty feet in each direction. The plush carpets masked the sound of soft footsteps of a pacing wolf, whose nervousness was starting to get to. The older ghost, sitting in a high backed, velvet chair, looked at the battle-scared wolf with a sort of indifference. "Claw, it does nothing to pace like an idiot," Death remarked, letting an orb of black ecto-plasm come to life in his palm. The massive group of dots had separated, and several had disappeared. Furthermore, he couldn't detect Alex, for her dot had disappeared as well.

"Claw!" He snapped at the wolf, which winced and stopped his pacing. "Yes?" His rough voice responded. "I need you to go patrolling," Claw smiled evilly and bowed his massive head in Death's direction. "Of course sir," The wolf trotted off, out massive double doors and down the paved road.

Snapping his fingers, Death watched Claw take off, slightly mad. A goon showed up shortly after, cowering under Death's glower. "Fetch me the prisoner!" He growled, letting the orb die down in his hand. The goon responded at once, taking off with a sparsely heard whisper, "Yes sir." Before long, the goon came back, dragging a very reluctant boy behind him.

Erik's POV

The first thing I noticed when I woke up was that the pain in my leg had all but disappeared. I was also able to move it. My arm was completely healed as well, but my health has declined greatly. I guess I'd slept longer than I thought, but my stomach was growling in protest. I felt weaker somehow. But that didn't change anything when the goon unlocked my cage.

I was up in a flash, down in a fighting stance. It was quite a useless move when my ankle folded underneath me and my body pitched forward. The pain raced up my previously broken leg and up to my thigh. It was a constant throbbing pain, but nothing compared to the pain I'd felt beforehand. "Come, Master impatient," The goon hissed, smiling cruelly, as if he enjoyed my pain. Sure, whatever, I couldn't respond, because he grabbed my arm and forcibly dragged me through the dreary, narrow hallway. The light, even though it was fake, stung my eyes, causing me to close them for just a split second.

"Well, if it isn't lover boy," Alex's dad's voice cut through the silence that rang around the vast mansion. Anger boiled in my blood as I glared at Death. "That was a cruel trick, even for you Death," I growled out, wrenching my arm from the goon's tight grasp. The goon let out an offended hiss, and reached for my arm again. "No need to restrain the prisoner, he's no threat," The goon bowed deeply and left, giving me the death glare the whole way.

"So, Erik, what's new with you?" The bastard got up and moved towards me, a fatherly smile plastered on his evil face. "Oh, I dunno, let's start with getting kidnapped shall we?" I asked him sarcastically. Death looked slightly amused by my small outburst. "Let's get down to business then hm?" I backed up slightly, wondering whether or not I should scream.

My POV

Nothing had worked so far. The teens had tried hitting, screaming, moving, anything to snap the other ghost out of their blank state. Danny was getting tired of hitting Frostbite, whom he hoped wouldn't remember what Danny was doing.

"Huddle up," Danny called out to Luna, Sasha and Eclipse, who'd been working on other ghost. The wolf came bounding first, irritated more than most. Sasha and Eclipse wove their way around statues of ghost, joining the group with irritated looks as well. "I don't know what to do," Danny was ashamed to admit it, but they'd tried everything, and came up with nothing. They all looked at him sympathetically, their minds focusing only on the problem at hand.

A wind shifted over from the south, brushing fresh new scents around the group. Luna's nose shot into the air suddenly. She let out a low growl, and whirled around so quick, the others only saw a blue and white blur. "Hello daughter," A rough voice called out from the shadows, seconds before a wolf appeared in front of the other teenagers.

"Uncle Claw," Luna's voice turned threatening. She flowed into a defensive stance. "I'm not your daughter!" She snarled, her fury growing. "Ah, but you are," Claw looked like Vlad in wolf form, only, to Danny, he seemed slightly more crazy, and less fruit loopy. Luna started glowing, growing two or three times her size in a matter of seconds. Danny had remembered this from the first time they'd met and worked together. It was a concept known as Fury, and it was her most deadly weapon.

Claw cowered slightly, tucking his tail between his leg, before trying to stand tall and proud. He attempted a snarl at the now gigantic Luna, who just smiled down at his tiny figure. With one swipe of her massive paw, Claw was thrown halfway across the town.

Luna was officially pissed off, and she wasn't about to let her stupid uncle get in the way. Lowering her muzzle to Claw's height, she stared into the old wolf's eyes, letting the fire of her anger reflect back to him. "You sir, are in some trouble," She smiled at him. "Yeah? And what are you going to do about it Daughter?" Luna snarled again, her fangs glinting eerily in the flashing lightning. "I need information, fail to answer, well, I don't think you want to know that answer."

Okay, whoo! I got this chappie done lol, and again, sorry, but I had a lot of crap going on in my life, anyway, no need to bore you about that lol. I did have some trouble writing this chapter because my mind hates me, but, hey, what are you going to do about it? Am I right? Okay, I'll let y'all get on with y'alls lives, oh, and for those of you who read the Hunger Games and went to see the movie, I have two questions for you:

What did you think about the movie?

On a scale of 1-10, how pissed were you at some parts of the movie, i.e. the way they did the mockingjay pin? Give the part you were pissed at with the rating.

Simple enough right? Yeah, me and my friend were having a discussion about it shortly after we went to see (on Friday), and, it followed the book okay, but there were some parts that it really needed to keep the same as the book...I am such a book nerd lol.

Okay, R&R, and I'll get out of your hair, sound good? Okay, GO!