A/N: Hello, It's me...again. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Catalina paced the length of the kitchen while Vlad, Abigail, and Alex ate in silence. "Catalina, please sit," Vlad said after noticing the woman's pacing. Catalina nodded and took a spot next to Alex. She tapped nervously on the table which earned her a quick glare from Alex.
"Are you okay, Catalina?" Abigail asked concern clearly on her face.
Catalina gave a quick smile, "Yup, never better." It was a lie, but she hoped they couldn't see how afraid she was. Vlad might have narrowed his eyes at her, but she didn't notice. "So Alex, do you have any ideas on what to do with your room?" Catalina asked cheerfully.
Alex shrugged, "Not really."
"I'm sure you'll come up with something great," Catalina said trying to get her excited voice back.
"You should be leaving now if you want to recruit both halfas today," Vlad said giving Catalina a look that clearly read stop stalling.
"Yup, we should get going. Maybe I should find a Chinese dictionary before we head out," Catalina said. Vlad smirked before pushing a book across the table to her. "Oh, I guess there's nothing keeping us here. Let's go, team Halfa," Catalina cheered. Abigail gave a polite smile changing into her ghost form as she got up from the table. Alex got up without a word and changed into his ghost form as well. His spikey black hair flattened down and lightened to an almost gray color. His now dark purple eyes looked at Catalina coldly.
The woman smiled at him before saying goodbye to Vlad and leading the two halfas to the elevator to take them to the surface.
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Catalina landed at the edge of Vlad's old castle making sure to keep her senses sharp just in case Dan decided to show up. She stepped lightly into the rubble trying not to disturb anything. "What is this place?" Abigail asked.
"It was Vlad's home. Before Dan destroyed it," Catalina said, "Let's not stay here long. We should find the ghost portal and get out of here." She let the teens take the lead while she concentrated on searching for any ecto-energy in the area.
She felt a slight chill as a large source of cold ecto-energy entered the nearby area. The sensation caused her to start to panic. "You two need to shift back, now," the woman said with urgency. Catalina turned human once again. The teens shifted back as well. The woman hoped that Dan wouldn't bother to inspect three human heartbeats.
"What's going on?" Abigail asked. Catalina raised her hands in a pushing motion, but avoided touching either halfa.
"Shh. Let's just hope he doesn't find us," Catalina said not bothering to hide the fear in her voice.
Abigail's pale face became even paler when she realized what had the older halfa so nervous. "Shouldn't we be fighting him?" she asked.
Catalina looked at the younger halfa, shaking her head. "Not right now, I rather keep my core in my body thank you," she said. "Let's go before he gets any closer. If you happen to see a pair of metal gloves please pick them up they are very important." Catalina urged the two teens to pick up the pace.
"There's the portal," Alex said pointing at the metal ring.
"Great, see this wasn't too bad," Abigail said. Catalina nodded in agreement with a nervous chuckle which was cut off by her ghost sense; the red hot steam burned her lips and tongue.
Catalina turned ghost turning around and put up a blue ecto-shield just as a bright green ecto-blast slammed into it. She grit her teeth at the impact that rattled the energy field. "Alex, the code is 011572." Catalina narrowed her eyes at the source of the ecto-blast.
"Aren't you tired of this cat-and-mouse game, Cat?" a deep male voice asked.
DP~DP~DP
Abigail didn't know what to do. Alex, in ghost form, had already run to the portal and started to punch in the code that Catalina yelled out. The oldest halfa was currently trying to stare down a ghost that towered over her. The ghost's hair was like white hot fire crackling on top of his head. Abigail gathered energy to her hands before shooting an ecto-blast at the ghost aiming for the DP emblem on his chest.
The ghost created a duplicate that formed a green ecto- shield blocking the attack. Abigail realized the error in her action as now the duplicate had his red eyes on her. The duplicate sped toward Abigail who put up a shield. A green ecto-blast hit the charging ghost square in the chest.
Dan turned to where the attack had come from to see Alex before another ecto-blast came Dan's way. Dan disappeared momentarily before appearing in front of Alex. "Alex," Abigail called out nervously she shot an ecto-blast at the evil ghost and Alex put up a shield to block the evil ghost.
Abigail's blast stuck the ghost along with a blue disk. Dan was distracted momentarily. Something glinted at the evil ghost's feet catching Abigail's attention. "The gloves," Abigail whispered to herself. Gathering her courage, she flew toward the ghost aiming to grab the gloves. She slid under the ghost's feet, grabbing the gloves pulling them from their crater. Abigail smiled triumphantly at her prize before she fell forward as she was hit.
The purple-haired teen looked up at the floating ghost with his hands full of green energy. A blur of black and white tackled the ghost to the ground. Abigail turned to the portal which was opened and flew straight into it. As the teen tumbled through, she looked back for Alex and Catalina.
"You made it," Alex's voice said.
"Where's Catalina?" Abigail asked concerned for the woman. She looked at the portal nervously. A ghostly figure sped in before the portal collapsed in on itself. Abigail and Alex floated closer to the floating figure.
"Catalina?" Abigail asked. The woman turned slowly to the pair. The oldest halfa looked ragged; she didn't look injured, but her shoulders slumped tiredly. Abigail floated forward and pulled the woman's arm over her own shoulders.
"You two aren't hurt are you?" the woman asked wearily, her red eyes darted over the two teens.
"Yea, we're fine," Alex answered while Abigail nodded.
"Good," Catalina said with a small smile. "That way, Abigail and let's be quick about it," the woman pointed to the trio's right.
DP~DP~DP
The teen with dark blue eyes searched through the crowd for his next target. His gray running shoes hit the ground at a steady beat. He found what he was searching for. A woman with black hair and white bangs wearing an expensive looking dress suit; she was sure to have a good amount of cash on her. Thalen walked a little faster 'accidently' bumping into the woman. He turned his hand intangible grabbing into the woman's purse to snatch her wallet.
"I'm sorry, I should watch where I am going," the woman said apologetically. Thalen waved off the apology before walking off. He lifted the wallet to his face to look at the contents. There were several bills which he pocketed. He tipped the wallet over to empty it completely. Two photos fell out. In one photo, Thalen saw himself standing in front of a convenient store. The teen looked at the photo in shock before hurrying his pace.
"Hey, you, come back," the woman's voice called out.