Within a cylindrical container was a blob of non-sentient ectoplasm with a net above it that an akuma was resting on. As the wings flapped, small dark particles would drift down on the blob. Above the container, a computer system was analyzing the energy levels of the blob. The chart on screen read of the energy rising over the last two days since the akuma was placed inside.
Vlad released the top portion of the chamber, putting it with the others before removing and tossing the blob of ectoplasm. The particles resembled dust, almost the same quality of sand as if the akuma was shedding the negative influence. Another akuma was light than the others but still not a pure white. Only a week ago when Gabriel began supplying him for his experiments did he accidentally put an akuma with one of the purified ones. The dust of the pure butterfly some how purified the akuma, it wasn't a mistake he was making again.
On the other side of the lab was a body chamber that used to house Danny when he tried to force his mid-morph DNA. Now it held an old clone. For days, the clone has been under constant contact with the positive and negative dust left from the butterflies. Only after some conditioning did the clone respond to fear, enough for the negative energy to make an effect. The clone listened to Vlad, of which it knew to be it's creator and father. Though the consistent back and forth left it feeling tired and weak, leaving it to be molded by Vlad.
The lab was empty when it opened it's eyes to rest on the screen were videos of Vlad's target with no real meaning, it watched and listened. Plasmius flew through the Ghost Zone, many of the habitants stayed clear of the stronger ghost. Deeper he went towards the ancient myths that connected to the human realm.
In the past, ancient civilizations accidentally viewed the zone, making up stories about the creatures they saw, like Cerberus, minotaur, Pandora and her box. They've begun to view the zone as the world of the gods, not the underworld like most others would believe.
Snooping silently around and into her home, Pandora's home was empty of the goddess, peaking out he could see she was tending to the garden and once in a while playing with the three headed dog. Vlad snide at the sight, turning away from the scene, to a small library in the back. He found the book he was looking or, Plants of the Ghost Zone.
On his way out, he was barely snagged by a spear. Ignoring the angry trespasser yelling from Pandora, he passed more ghosts of the area that gave him shocked wide eyed expressions. He rolled his eyes at them until he spotted Skulker walking the edge of his island with Ember beside him.
"Skulker, I was just looking for you." he called down to them but didn't land.
"What do you want, Plasmius?"
"Your services."
Skulker sneered back, "I will no longer be providing services to you."
"It's against Daniel."
"Look, Plasmius! He said no, leave him be." Ember strung her guitar directly at him.
Plasmius fired back, nocking her down. "You don't want to pick a fight with me." he flipped through the pages of the book he took, and showed them the plant he's after.
"It's towards the tropical side the GZ." ember pointed in the direction where weird plants were growing. "Let's go Skulker."
Vlad flew over, missing the glare, the lavender petals and light blue center, the broad leaves had a smear of red with some black dots. When the pollen of this plant is mixed with a gel it acts as a chloroform. With the care he took to take the plant could be mistaken as a green thumb, he placed it on the book. Back to the lab he carefully set the plant near fresh ecto-energy for it to feed off of. Making a quick batch, he tested it on the clone, of which it became unconscious immediately. Satisfied he made a couple more batches for the next following days. Pocketing two batches, he left the lab by a staircase and grabbed a coffee before heading back into Paris.
This is the last chapter for now. There's so much editing to do when I get back to it.