A/N: Hey guys. Sorry it's been so long since my last update. I've been busy with school work and dance class and voice lessons and on Saturday finishing the first Hunger Games book and seeing the movie. Well, anyway, here it is. Enjoy!
"So I guess it's just the two of us." said Willa when they arrived back in the apartment.
"I guess so." said Finn. "Hopefully that won't last for too long."
"Ya. Hopefully." Wanda was in the kitchen, making lunch. Willa and Finn were sitting on the couch in the living room, talking about what they had just seen.
"Who was that who cast the spell on Charlene?" said Finn.
"That's Olivia Cheng. She sits with me and Charlene in art class. I can't believe that she's a green eye. She's so nice, and next to us, Olivia is like, Charlene's best friend!"
"That doesn't mean anything. Hugo was Philby's best friend, and look what he did. He's like, one of the head green eyes."
"Ya, I know, that didn't make sense to me either. Why would the people who we're so close to, betray us so horribly? Are they really horrible people?"
"No, I don't think so. Remember that the overtakers are very good at using people's greatest desires to get them to join them. Hugo comes from a poor, broken family. They probably promised him fame, fortune, and a better life. From what we heard at the cheerleading practice, Olivia has always wanted to be as popular and talented as Charlene. They promised her that she could be if she joined them. They're not bad people, they're just easily deceived people."
"I guess you're right. OK now we need a plan. Where do we search for the hostages now? Obviously they're not going to be underneath Pirates anymore. Now that we've discovered it, they can't risk keeping the hostages there and us freeing them. We're back to square one; again."
"We need to search places where they could be easily concealed. Let's start with the dark rides." Finn's last sentence reminded Willa of the first adventure that all of the kids had shared. When Maybeck was captured, they decided to search the dark rides to try and find him. Dark rides allowed overtakers to hide captives in a place where they would not easily be seen. Willa searched her memory to try and think of all of the dark rides in Disney.
"What about the Haunted Mansion?" she said. Finn smiled at her. The Haunted Mansion; it was brilliant! Not only was it extremely dark, it was huge and probably had a lot of space that was unseen by most people.
"Good idea" he said. "We head there after lunch."
Finn and Willa finally approached the area where visitors boarded the doom buggies. They wore baseball caps and sunglasses, in order to disguise themselves. A cast member directed the two of them onto a doom buggy. Finn and Willa sat down, and the safety bar descended onto their laps. Willa looked towards the doom buggies behind theirs, and saw that they were all empty.
"Finn." she said, her voice trembling. "There's nobody in the buggies behind us. You know what happened the last time that that happened. We have to get out of here!" The two of them furiously yanked up on the safety bar, but it wouldn't budge.
"Go all clear!" screamed Finn. "It's the only way out!" Willa tried, but no matter how hard she tried, now matter how hard she focused on the bright light at the end of the tunnel, she could not go all clear. Finn tried, but he ended up with the same results.
"They must have a spell preventing us from doing it, like the one in the jail cell underneath Pirates!" said Willa. This was not good. There was no way out. The doom buggy continued on through the ride.
Grimm grinning ghosts come out to socialize. Finn and Willa passed through many ride scenes. Willa looked at all of the ghosts around her.
"You know what's freaking me out right now more than anything?" she said. "All of these ghosts could be overtakers." Suddenly, the doom buggy approached one of the ride's main thrills; the section where a ghost seemed to appear in the car. Of course, there wasn't really a ghost in the car. All that it was, was a projection onto a mirror. Then, the ride came to a screeching halt and the area grew pitch black. The music stopped and the entire ride was silent. Suddenly, the ride's main creepy haunted house theme music began to play. It started off softly, but soon grew louder and louder.
Duh Duh Duh Duh. Willa heard a creepy cackle, and felt herself being shoved from Finn's side. Slowly, she turned her head to the left, and screamed. One of the haunted mansion ghosts sat between her and Finn. The ghost grabbed Finn and cackled
"So long girly" The two disappeared in a flash of smoke.
"No!" she screamed. "Finn!" It wasn't just because Finn was one of her best friends. With Finn gone, she was all alone. She began to cry, but soon her sobs turned to screams when the car began to spin out of control down the track. She was surrounded by tons of ghosts, and green smoke. The doom buggy continued to spin, getting faster and faster with each rotation. Willa felt as if she was going to be sick. She had never been so nasceous in her entire life. Two of the ghosts grabbed her, and soon the three of them, just as Finn had a few minutes ago, disappeared in a flash of green smoke.
She found herself standing in a room full of overtakers and green eyes. The two ghosts still held her. She kicked her legs and tried to get away, but the ghosts only tightened their grip. Soon, a large dark figure stood in front of her. It was Maleficent, with an evil grin across her face. Willa saw many large, open, empty jail cells, that seemed to have been recently abandoned in a state of disorder. So the hostages had been here, but now they were gone. Willa kicked and thrashed again, but still she did not succeed. Maleficent laughed.
"Silly girl." she cackled. She turned to the group of overtakers that stood behind her.
"We have finally captured all of the kingdom keepers!" A loud cheer filled the room. Willa could hear claps, hoots, hollars, and dog whistles throughout the room. Again she tried to get away, but it was no use. Feeling so nascious made her weaker. Then, it hit her. She felt as if she was going to puke any moment. This was the only way she could escape. Willa began to hack and heave, trying to puke, but not allowing herself to succeed.
"Oh no" she said, hacking and heaving again.
"I think I'm getting sick" Hack, heave. "I hope I'm not contagious." Willa hacked and heaved as hard as she possibly could, and allowed the vomit to come up her throat and spill all over the floor. The ghosts were so disgusted, that they let go of her. Before they could realize what they had done and grab her again, she ran away as fast as she could. After she was a good distance away from the lair, she stopped.
Now how do I get out of here? she thought. She had no idea where she was, or how to get back into the park. She walked through a few hallways, and finally she saw a door. She ran towards it as fast as she could and once she was out, she slammed it shut and kept running until she was out of Liberty Square. She heard footsteps behind her, and when she looked back, she was terrified to see the Haunted Mansion ghosts chasing her. She stopped, and looked left and right, trying to decide where to go. Finally, she saw the Main Street fire house. She ran so fast, that she could barely feel her feet underneath her. She entered the firehouse, and climbed the stairs two at a time. When she reached the door to Wayne's apartment, she could hear the ghosts running up the stairs behind her. She knocked on the door quickly and hardly. Wayne iopened the door.
"Willa! Well hell…"Before he could finish the sentence, before he could even finish the word hello, Willa ran inside, slammed the door shut and locked it.
"We've got big problems" she panted. "They've got Finn."
A/N: Well, what did you think? Drama! Remember to leave your comments, questions, and reactions in a review or private message. Hopefully chapter 14 will be written and posted soon. OMG so excited going to a KK5 book signing on April 4th! Bye!
-Kingdomkeepers365
