A/N: Hi everyone, I apologize for the long wait for a short chapter. I've been a little down in the dumps. :( But don't worry I hope to have another chapter tomorrow.
Alex looked around the table at the other halfas. It was really quiet around the table. With both Thalen and Catalina picking at their food, the normal chatter was silenced. "What did the ghost say to the wall?" Alex asked waiting for a response or anything to break the awkward silence.
"I don't know," Sylvia responded figuring out what the teen was trying to do.
"Just passing through," Alex responded quickly before he lost his nerve. He looked at the response of the others. Sylvia and Abigail gave a polite giggle. Vlad rolled his eyes, but otherwise looked amused and Catalina gave him a half-hearted grin.
"That was a horrible joke," Thalen said grumpily.
"Why don't you tell one?" Catalina said a small grin on her face; Alex also smirked seeing that the woman took the words from his mouth.
"What kind of road do ghost haunt?" Thalen asked giving them a moment before answering his own question, "Dead ends." Alex groaned at the horrible joke.
"Oh, I got a joke. It's not a ghost one though," Catalina said already grinning madly. "Okay, so why did the rooster cross the road?...To see the chicken strip." The woman laughed madly and Vlad gave the woman an unamused look.
"Now that you jokers are done, I believe it's time for all of you to go to the training hall," Vlad said with a long-suffering tone.
"You heard the man. Let's get a move on," Catalina said springing to her feet. Alex smiled to himself glad that he could lift the spirits of his family-like team. Alex got to his feet followed by the others. He knew what they were going to work on; the last couple of training sessions were honing the nature of their core which when added to an ecto-blast could disrupt a ghost's core. Alex was really glad that he came with the group.
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Vlad held Catalina as the others left. "Catalina," he started softly. The woman stopped instantly. The door closing behind the teen halfas was the only noise between the two. She gave another fake smile which was almost as bad as the fake laughter. "What's bothering you?" he asked.
"Nothing, silly," Catalina said with a fake smile.
Vlad gave her a disbelieving look. "Catalina, you're a horrible liar."
"I'm actually a brilliant liar…you just know me too well," she sighed the last bit, her smile slipping off her face.
"Is this about that ghost, the one that attacked Thalen and Abigail?" Vlad asked. The woman's brown eyes turned away.
"Please don't ask me," she whispered, "I'm fine. I'll be fine."
The man sighed, but knew the woman could be stubborn; besides, she knew that she could talk to him about anything. "Let's see what the others are working on," Vlad said letting the woman leave the dinning area.
The billionaire watched the halfas throw attacks at each other. Alex tossed an ectoblast that gleamed a blue color indicating the ice energy beneath it. It hit Abigail's shield, the attack tore through the shield easily knocking the girl down. "Alex, tone it down a little; we're just practicing," Vlad voiced concerned before the girl jumped back to her feet.
"I'm fine, Vlad," Abigail said cheerfully. Vlad hearing the remark turned his attention to Thalen and Sylvia.
The girl threw an ice-powered ecto-blast at Thalen who blocked the attack easily. "Come on, you can hit harder than that," the teen teased before a bigger ecto-blast shredded through his shield.
"I'm sorry. My aim is a bit off today," Alex called from the other side of the room. Sylvia was giggling at the display when Thalen shot an angry look at the other teen.
"Boys, back to your exercise," Catalina called out from Vlad's right. The two grumbled but all halfas returned to the training exercise.
"He showed you Daniel, didn't he?" Vlad said softly so only she could hear. The woman's eyes darted away.
"Does it matter? It's in the past and now I'm going to save him," Catalina said harshly.
"And what if he threatens them," Vlad said pointing to the four teens. "If saving him comes at the cost of one of their lives will you still try?"
"Yes," Catalina said, "Danny and you come first." The tone was cold coming off the woman. "Okay guys, time to turn in for the night," she called out to the four teens ending the conversation.
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Leon walked through the streets of Amity feeling down. He missed Pandora; the two met months ago and the two had hit it off. But now with the portal destroyed, he couldn't see her. He clenched his fists as he thought of the halfa woman who destroy the portal.
He would make her pay, but he had to find her first. This was proven to be harder than he had originally thought. The teen halfa looked up at the gleaming ghost shield, knowing that he couldn't stay any longer, not that he had anything to stay for.
"I heard that there has been a lot of ghost activity in Wisconsin," a woman's voice said softly. Leon's head perked at the information.
Leon left the talking couple behind with a new objective in mind. He was flying to Wisconsin.