A/N: Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great day. I'm just leaving this here. Remember if your character isn't written the way you want him or her to be just PM and I'll try to fix it. :)

Alex stepped away from the door. He walked to one of the nearby windows to see if the two strangers had left. Without making too much movement he looked out through the blinds. The girl with the purple hair was speaking to the older woman.

The woman responded back before she faced the door once again. "Alex, open the door," she called out. The teenage boy scoffed; did they really think he was going to listen to them. "You do realize I can just phase through the door right?" she said. Alex sighed irritated before going back to the door.

He opened it quickly. "You have five minutes before I call the cops," he said crossing his arms.

The woman nodded with a smile. "Thank you. Okay, where was I? Oh yea. So we know you're a halfa. Um… Do you see that?" Catalina asked pointing to the television. Alex glanced at the screen quickly to see the image of the evil ghost. His red eyes staring through the screen right at the black-haired teen.

"What about it?" he asked coldly.

"I'm gathering people like us to stop him," Catalina said quickly.

"Why should I care?" Alex asked coldly trying to figure out the woman's intentions.

"Because I care about what happens to you," Catalina answered swiftly. "And if he figures out there's a halfa anywhere, he will kill you."

"And why do you care?"

"Because you're my family," the woman said with a chuckle like it was obvious.

"You're not my family."

" Really? What is a family? A group of people with similar genetics. Who else on this planet can you say share your ghostly DNA," the woman asked her words were quick and barely understandable. Alex couldn't answer the question. "I know you don't trust me and I'll leave after this. I can offer whatever you need and want. What is here for you?... An empty house?" With that the woman gave a sad smile before motioning for the younger girl to follow. The pair left the porch and Alex shut the door slowly.

He walked to the kitchen to grab himself something to eat. A picture on the fridge caught his attention. It was of a man and woman with a young child between them. He took it off with a smile remembering the two adults in the picture and the days he spent with them.

He knew what he was going do and it wasn't going to be staying in this home with an aunt who doesn't care a thing about him. He hurried to his room and tossed his clothing into a duffel bag. Grabbing a couple of pictures of his parents, he left in a hurry. He locked the front door behind him.

Slowing down, he stepped into the yard. He tried to look nonchalant as he looked for the two halfas. Catalina and Abigail were waiting on the sidewalk chatting to themselves before turning to Alex. "You're coming?" Abigail asked hopefully

"Obviously," Alex said motioning to the duffel bag.

"Yay," Catalina said springing up and pulling him into a hug in one swift motion. Alex stiffened uncomfortable with the sudden display of affection. She separated faster than he could push her away. "Woah, chilly," she said with a laugh. "Cold core," she mumbled to herself. She added in a louder voice, "I'm so glad you changed your mind. We're going to have so much fun. Wait and see."

Alex didn't really believe that, but if going with these people got him away from his aunt, then he'll play along. "Sure," he said without any enthusiasm.

"It'll be nice to have someone closer to my age. Not that I don't like hanging out with you Catalina," Abigail said adding the last sentence to make sure the woman wasn't offended.

"Of course not. I'm tons of fun to be around," Catalina said. "I think you'll enjoy our underground base. You'll get your own room that you can decorate. Vlad added a game room. I told him that you kids needed some form of entertainment. I don't think my library will entertain all of you."

"That sounds good, doesn't it, Alex?" Abigail asked.

"Sure," Alex answered coldly.

"What movies do you have?" Abigail asked the older halfa.

"I really don't know. How about this, we'll stop by a store and I'll get you whatever you want. Reasonable wants, of course. I'm not a millionaire," Catalina said, "Where is the store?"

Alex pointed in the general direction. Catalina thanked him before walking with a skip in her step. He wondered what he had agreed to.

DP~DP~DP

Vlad heard the halfas before he saw them. He could distinctly hear Catalina and Abigail chatting away. He looked up from his book as the voices came closer. "Good Evening, Vlad," Catalina greeted as she entered the kitchen. "I bought the kids pizza," she said motioning behind her. Abigail entered the room with a polite greeting. Behind the teenage girl, a boy with black spiky hair entered with his arms crossed. The boy didn't say anything to the man. "Vlad, this is Alex. Alex meet Vlad. Now that intros are out of the way, I say we watch a movie. I imagine you ate, right, Vlad?" The older man didn't verbally answer knowing the woman had already took note of the empty plate in front of him. Catalina picked up the plate before turning to Abigail. "Abigail, can you show Vlad what we bought?" Catalina asked.

The teen girl nodded emptying a store bag of various DVDs. Vlad scanned over the titles quickly assessing that Abigail and Catalina had chosen most of them. He had to chuckle when he caught sight of 'The Phantom of The Opera.' Eventually Catalina, Abigail, and Vlad chose a movie that all three could watch without too many complaints. Alex had refused to speak the entire time, choosing instead to look at the trio suspiciously.

Vlad watched as Catalina hooked her arm with Abigail. She looked briefly at Alex, but apparently decided against dragging along which was strange but Vlad didn't comment. The woman did however offer her arm to him. He rolled his eyes, but took it anyways. "Come on, we wouldn't want to stay up too late tonight," Catalina said pulling at the two she ensnared. Alex didn't look amused but followed anyways.

The game room wasn't impressive at least to Vlad's standards, but it seemed to impress the halfas. Even Alex looked a little shock at the size of the screen. "I'll put in the movie," Catalina chirped happily releasing her hold on her captives and hurried to the DVD player.

She returned moments later with the remote in hand. Abigail sat down on the theater seat next to Alex. Vlad sat a couple of seats away before Catalina took the seat between Abigail and himself. The movie started before Catalina spoke to Vlad. "The next one is in Hong Kong," Catalina said quietly to Vlad.

"You going through the Ghost Zone?" Vlad asked knowing that a flight across the ocean would be taxing on the woman.

"Yup, it will be exciting to visit it again. It's been too long," the woman said in a tone that most would hear as excited, but Vlad had been around the woman to know that she was nervous.

"Frightened?" Vlad teased.

"No," the woman said before chuckling nervously. "Just excited, we might even get the last halfa that is Wisconsin." She said this with a smile while nervously twisting her hands.