Chapter 26

CARI'S POV

I woke up in a place I'd never seen before and immediately began to panic. Everything that had happened last night was a blur. Well at least I hope it had been last night who knows how long I had been out. Two days, a week, a month. Either way my situation wasn't good.

I went to sit up so that I could get a better look around but no part of my body obeyed me. It didn't help that my vision was slightly blurry too. I turned my head to the left and saw my wrist and forearm were held down by bars. Kinda like what you would see in a cartoon only you know this was a little more terrifying. I looked to my right and saw the same, but there was a needle sticking out of that arm and it was connected to a red fluid. For some reason I was pretty sure it wasn't blood.

I could only assume my legs were in the same situation my arms were in and that didn't make me feel any better. My hair suck to the back of my neck in a cold sweat the rest fell over the side of the table. When I tried to see how high up I was by looking to the left I realized my hair was completely white except for a few red streaks. I was in my ghost form. Although I didn't remember ever going ghost.

I guess that Vlad must've forced me shift while I was passed out. My situation just seemed to get worse by the minuet. I just wanted to scream. I wished someone was out looking for me, but I don't think Vlad would risk keeping me in his basement again. Who know how many houses this guy owned with all of the money that he had.

I heard the tap of a shoe on the hard floor. Next the lights flicked on and I was nearly blinded. I let out a noise of some sort maybe a slight whimper. I know I'm pathetic but what would you do in my situation.

The sound of footsteps came closer and closer until Vlad was towering over me, a huge cocky smile plastered on his face. I of course said a few choice insults at him that should not be repeated but he just laughed. "Clam down ghost girl. I don't want you to hurt yourself. Too much movement could destroy my plans." His eyes flicked towards the red liquid that was pouring into my veins.

"Well could you at least tell me what that stuff is." I demanded hoping he was kidding about the whole 'keep still or you'll hurt yourself thing'.

"Oh Cari that's for me to know and for you to find out." he said smugly. He was really enjoying this. He turned his back to me and walked out of my line of vision, but I knew he was still close.

"Well can you at least tell me how long I've been here?" I blurted. His feet stopped moving.

"Four days." he answered sounding indifferent.

"I-I've been gone for four whole days." I stammered. 'My family must be losing their minds' I thought. I rarely ever leave for one night let alone a whole day.

"Yup, that's what I said. You've been pretty quiet I didn't think you would be asleep that long, but it definitely worked in my favor." I could hear him moving things around on a countertop.

"I know you're working with someone else who is it?" I demanded angrily. I could feel my face heating up. Anger had washed over me in less than a second.

"Well I wouldn't say I was working with someone." Vlad answered calmly. "But I did need some help developing the most important part of my plan"

"Well who was it."

"I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you since you won't be doing anything you want to soon." The way he said 'you' made me feel rather uneasy. "A guy called Freakshow. He's what you may call a master of ghosts."

I shut up after that. The way he was phrasing things was really freaking me out.