A/N: Hi everyone, I'm so sorry this is super late. I have no excuse, so please enjoy this.
Leon raised his fist studying the two new ghosts that landed in front of the halfa woman. The taller teen's eyes were neon orange with black sclera and was looking at him smugly. The shorter teen's dark purple eyes were narrowed at him. Leon shifted his weight looking over the two teen's head to look for the woman who was his real target.
Leon was already feeling the drain that his abilities had on him, but he wouldn't stop the fight. It wasn't just about the woman destroying the portal, but about him losing contact with Pandora who was the only person he actually got along with.
Leon stopped making his hands glow green coming up with an idea. He waited and as exactly as he thought the taller teen struck. He flew toward Leon with a punch. The attack landed, but Leon absorbed the anger of the other halfa before the teen backtracked giving the combatants space.
The anger of the other halfa boosted the energy that ran through Leon's body feeling like a shot of caffeine. Now more energized, Leon had more confidence in the battle. "Thalen," the shorter of the two boys called out. Thalen gave a quick glance to the other teen. Before they could collaborate, Leon charged swinging his fist to hit the shorter teen.
The shorter teen didn't dodge in time and got a full strike to his side sending him flying. Leon turned quickly, but not quickly enough to dodge the volley of ecto-knives that struck his back. Leon shot two ectoblasts from his fists before the second teen struck from behind knocking Leon forward.
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Alex took a short breath; his ribs were aching from the hit that the strange new ghost made. But Thalen and he had the upper hand and Alex knew it. Alex flew in distracting the new ghost before Thalen shot more of those ecto-knives and Alex changed directions before the other ghost attacked him. The other ghost looked upset as Thalen and Alex buzzed around him darting in and out landing small strikes. The other ghost shot ecto-blasts that hit both Alex and Thalen.
Alex narrowed his eyes before drawing the chill from his core and shot a blue ecto-blast filled with his ice energy at the ghost's feet freezing them to the ground. The ghost narrowed his green eyes at Alex as he tried to pull himself out of the block of ice that bound him to the ground.
Thalen gave a confident laugh and even Alex had to grin. Alex caught Thalen's gaze and both nodded knowing that they had to use their speed to land as many hits as possible. Alex flew as fast as he could shooting ecto-blasts that the other ghost dispelled with his own blasts.
The ghost could only focus on one of the halfas which caused him to be hit from ecto-blasts from Alex and ecto-knives from Thalen. With a snarl, the ghost broke the ice before trying to land a hit on Thalen who was standing too close. Thalen put up an ecto-shield but it wasn't strong enough to hold back the ghost's attack. Alex gathered both ice energy and ecto-energy and slammed both of his fists into the ghost's back.
Thalen gave a grumbled thanks as the ghost fell to the ground. Both teens landed prepared to attack once again if the ghost got up. White rings blinded the two teens leaving them blinking at a human teen on the ground. "No way, another halfa?" Thalen called out looking at Alex as if asking if he knew.
Alex didn't care if the ghost was a halfa, he decided to attack Catalina so he turned to see if the woman was alright. Abigail and Sylvia had one of the woman's arms around their shoulders holding up the barely conscious halfa. "Stop you two," Catalina said as all three female halfas came closer to the fallen ghost.
Alex watched as the woman removed one of her arms from and offered her hand to the new halfa. "I apologize for destroying your portal. I didn't know that it meant so much to you," the woman said softly. The human teen looked around at the group of halfas with his hazel eyes.
"Why don't you come with us? It's better than being alone," Abigail said with a cheerful smile.
"Why would I want to do that?" the ghost asked.
"Maybe because we just kicked your butt," Thalen suggested with a smirk. "It was really easy too."
"You're awfully proud of an uneven fight," the ghost said glaring at the thief.
"And you cowardly attacked an enemy from behind," Alex said.
"Catalina," Sylvia called out concerned causing Alex to look up to see that the woman had lost her battle with consciousness. "I think we should be going back." Alex had to agree with the artist.
"Let's go back home," Thalen said, "We'll leave him here not like he is a problem." The halfa glared at Thalen's arrogant attitude. The boys watched as the girls took off to the sky before also retreating themselves.
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Vlad waited by the elevator looking at his watch quickly and frowning. The rest of the group should have been back. The ding of the elevator was a relief to hear, but also caused the man to worry. Something made the halfas late and Vlad hoped that the teens and Catalina were not seriously injured.
The doors of the elevator slid open revealing the group of halfas. Vlad's eyes were drawn to Catalina who hung limply between Abigail and Sylvia. He narrowed his eyes feeling anger toward whoever did this to the woman. "It wasn't us," Alex spoke up clearly reading the anger in the older man's face. "It was this halfa-"
"You carried her like that?" the man growled before taking the woman from the girl's as gently as he could. Thalen gave a little smirk at the pair, but Vlad didn't comment and let the teen think whatever he wanted to. "Are any of you injured?" Vlad asked looking over the teens. Thalen and Alex looked like they were slightly tired.
"Just some bruises, nothing that I can't handle," Thalen boasted. Abigail poked him in the ribs which made the former thief yelp in pain.
Vlad chuckled a little, "Follow me, I'll lead you to the infirmary." He walked with measured steps to the room he mentioned. The infirmary was one of the first rooms set up in the tunnel system; the billionaire had thought it wise to have a large supply of medical equipment.
All four teens filed into the room standing in the corner as Vlad placed Catalina onto one of the beds. "Abigail, I have a roll of bandages in that drawer. Can you use them to wrap Thalen's ribs?" The girl nodded and Vlad turned his attention back to Catalina.
After a half hour, he had three halfas ordered on bedrest to allow their wounds to heal. Vlad looked from a frustrated, but conscious Catalina to an annoyed Thalen to Alex who was taking his confinement pretty well. "I'm perfectly fine. Besides I'm sure everyone is hungry. I could cook something," Catalina voiced; Vlad smirked knowing that the woman was just trying to find an excuse to get away from the infirmary.
"I'm sure I can manage. Sylvia, will you like to help me with dinner?" Vlad asked the young artist who pointed at herself with a small 'me?' "I don't see another Sylvia around here," Vlad responded. The girl looked uncertain but with a little encouragement from Abigail the girl agreed to help the billionaire.
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Robin flew through the skies looking for the memory-ghost; he had a personal score to settle with the ghost. "Hey, this is my turf," a brash female voice called out drawing the halfa's attention. A girl ghost with her white curly pulled into a high ponytail floated into Robin's view. Her neon green eyes were narrowed at the older halfa.
"I didn't mean to intrude. I'm just looking for a ghost," Robin said calmly not wanting to get into an unnecessary fight.
"Well you found one," the girl said as green energy formed in her fists.
"I'll be out of your hair as soon as I find this ghost. I promise," Robin said.
"Oh yeah, like I believe that," the ghost girl said putting one meshed-gloved hand on her hip over her black fitted jeans. She rolled her eyes with a scoff. The girl flew at Robin and the halfa barely dodged the attack the girl was a lot quicker than the halfa thought.
"What's your name?" Robin asked hoping to talk down the eager to fight ghost.
"Wendy. Wendy Lostheart," the ghost asked before shooting an ectoblast at Robin who blocked the attack with a ghost shield. Robin rose one eyebrow feeling like the ghost wasn't being honest with him; he couldn't see why the ghost lied but didn't focus on it long before dodging more ecto-blasts. He weaved through the blasts to get close to the ghost and restraining her arms.
"Let me go," the girl shouted as she tried to pry herself from Robin's grasp.
"Not until you calm down," Robin chided. The girl huffed trying to turn intangible; Robin also turned intangible so he retained his grip. "Now can we talk instead of fighting like children," Robin said.
"Let me go you perv," Wendy complained once again before pausing as a stream of ice blue mist broke the sentence.
A/N: Hey sorry for the late update. For being patient with me, I decided to write a little extra for you. I hope you enjoy it.
Sylvia could think of a million ways this could go wrong and each of them ended with a large explosion and/or fire. "Come child, you can't be frightened of the kitchen," Vlad chided as he pulled out pots and pans.
"Are you sure you want me to help? I could burn the whole compound down," Sylvia asked quietly.
"I highly doubt that," Vlad chuckled as he opened the fridge to pull out various ingredients as Sylvia watched. "Put on Catalina's apron," the man ordered pointing to a teal apron hanging on a hook. The artist nodded putting on the apron and walking cautiously to the stove as Vlad started to put butter in a hot pan and it sizzled.
Sylvia tried not to flinch at the sound. "Just stir this pot. It's a simple enough task," Vlad said as he focused his attention to another pan.
Sylvia gulped but positioned herself beside the older man. The two became quiet which was fine with Sylvia who wasn't comfortable with speaking with people in general. "Sylvia, you're burning it," Vlad scolded as he shooed her away.
Sylvia tried not to feel so offended, but she couldn't help it. "Wow, it smells good in here," a cheerful voice said. Sylvia looked to see Catalina phase through with a smile on her face. "Vlad, calm down. Everything smells wonderful," she continued giving Sylvia a larger smile. "Thank you for all your help, Sylvia. You did great." Sylvia gave the woman a grateful smile as she passed to sit on the counter next to the stove.
Vlad gave the woman a glare, "You should be resting." He returned his gaze to his meal.
"Pfft, Abigail isn't the best guard," Catalina said, "And it's boring in there. So how much longer till dinner is ready?"
Sylvia heard Vlad repeat Catalina's name. "Are you feeling better?" Sylvia asked causing both adults to stop their conversation.
"She has a concussion, bruised ribs, and a fractured wrists," Vlad answered as Catalina also responded, 'never better'.
"Clearly even a bump on the head can't knock any sense into you," Vlad said.
"Oh Vlad, you're fun. You even started a nice fire," Catalina said with a laugh.
"Oh snickerdoodles," Vlad cursed as he handled the fire while Catalina laughed. Sylvia stared wide-eyed at the scene.
"I'll go ahead an order some Chinese takeout," Catalina said, "Maybe Sylvia needs to give you cooking lessons."
"Very funny, Catalina," Vlad said finally getting the fire under control. Sylvia smiled at the thought knowing that she was a horrible cook. "However, I'm more than willing to teach you how to cook, Sylvia."