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Chapter 1 "Please tell me how I let you talk me into this insane adventure, Shet? My mates are not going to be happy when they find me gone from our home and even less happy to know that I'm with you. They keep telling me that you are a really bad influence, and me being here just proves their point. I mean come on, a haunted house? I do not want to go to a haunted──" "Flint! Please, you have not stopped talking since we left Capulet. Relax, and enjoy the experience. Besides, we aren't going to a haunted house." Shet said looking from behind a tree he had stopped behind. "Oh thank goodness, I really don't want to go to a haunted house Shet, and as for my talking, you know I talk a lot when I'm nervous. Haunted houses make me nervous. Knowing that we aren't going to one, makes me feel so much better." Shet snorted, "Then you are perpetually nervous, Flint, because you are always talking and it's a haunted hotel we're going to, not a house." "You really think I talk a lot? Why haven't you ever──did you just say a haunted hotel?" Flint asked, stopping dead in his tracks, turning around hissing, "Oh hell no!" Shet raced to the front of Flint, blocking his path, "Flint! Stop." "No, You said nothing about a haunted hotel, Shet. They are worse than haunted houses. I am not going to any haunted hotel. Have you lost your mind? Nothing──and I do mean nothing good ever happens in haunted hotels." "Flint, come on, you said you would go with me. Would you really just leave me out here all alone?" Shet asked with a pout. "Yes. Now move aside." Flint stated firmly. "Come on, Flint. You asked me if there was anything you could do to cheer me up, and this is what would do that." Shet argued. Crossing his arms, and tapping his foot, Flint replied, "I meant, you talking it out with someone willing to listen, maybe a hug, binge watch Madea movies, treat ourselves to peti or manicures. I did not mean making our way out of Capulet, going to a haunted hotel, and being killed by ghosts." Shet laughed, "Flint, those are just in the movies." Flint leered at Shet saying, "Tell that to Shelly Duvall, who had to run from her ax crazed husband, or Janet Leigh who was stabbed to death in a shower, or John Cusack who hung out of his hotel room trying to get away from crazy ghosts of the past." "Like I said, Flint, those were made up movies, not real life. Besides, we aren't going to be alone. Other's are going to join us. Please come with me. I really want to do this, but I don't want to do it alone. Best friends go through things together, you know, have each other's backs." Flint's stance softened, "Best friends? You look at me as your best friend?" "Well of course! Who was there for you when you were going through your struggles with Lucas and Cutter? Who entered into a dark tunnel to find you, not knowing what was on the other end? Who fought to get us out of that future world before that mad witch could kill us all?" Flint raised a brow, "Lucas and Cutter." "Hey I was with them and we did kick her ass at the tunnel remember? Come on, Flint. Together we are a force to be reckoned with and with us together, no ghost stands a chance." Shet urged. Sighing, Flint, muttered, "Fine, but if a knife wielding, crazed ghost attacks us, it is every butterfly for himself." "Flint, I'm a manicorn." Shet replied with a snort. Flint, looked over to his friend, "I know. That makes you a bigger target." * * * * "Come on Midnight! We have got to go or we're going to be late." Sky hissed low so Law and Shaw couldn't over hear him, in case they were still in the house. Midnight put his jacket on whispering, "I'm coming. Where the heck is Rey?" "Waiting by the docks for Dudley. He should be flying in any minute. Let's go." Sky urged quietly. Walking out his bedroom door, Midnight closed it as softly as he could. "Are our mates still out in the fields?" "I think so, but we gotta move before they finish mending the fences I cut." Sky replied quickly. Midnight stopped half way down the stairs, "You cut the fencing? Sky what if the animals get out and get hurt? That wasn't very smart." Sky smiled, "That's the best part, I changed the fields the horses and cows were grazing on and I called in a marker with Shaw's field man. Boston has the buffalo covered so no one gets out." "Shaw is going to kill him." Midnight muttered rushing out the door just as Rey and Dudley rushed towards the house. "Hey guys are you ready to go? I just talked to Quinn, he and Ryker are going to meet us at the Spalding Inn, they may be a bit late, because they have to pick up JP first. I'm so excited." Dudley said bouncing up and down flapping his hot pink pony tail with each movement. Getting into his new Dodge Durango, Sky replied, "Cool, Jude said he, Smoky, and Casper should be there in a few hours. Has anyone heard if Ian, Joop, and Ricky are going to be able to make it?" Rey nodded, "Joop said it was a bitch getting out of Siberia, but they are on their way." "What about the guys from Crystal and Maddox?" Midnight asked. "Ollie said that he, Jett, and Zev will definitely be there. They just had a couple of things to take care of first. Something about a plan to take out Fallon." Rey replied wiggling in his seat. "With Cree and Maggie who knows what the hell those guys will be facing. They may never get to The Spalding Inn. I just wish Timmy could have come, I've been dying to meet that guy. Did you know that he can turn people into stone with just a look? Why the hell didn't Cree give us any cool gifts like that? I would love to be able to fly or have laser zappers for eyes." Sky complained. "We don't want to all be alike, Sky. Besides, no one else is a chipmunk shifter like you and I or a red panda shifter like Rey." Midnight stated. "Or a mixed shifter that can fly and swim under water for hours like me." Dudley said with a giggle. Rey shifted in his seat again, Dudley smacked at the man "You act as if you have a plug up your ass, Rey. Stay still, I don't want my Roman Mouret Jumpsuit getting messed up." "God it's a shame Rhys had to take care of the babies tonight. You and he would get along charmingly, Dudley." Sky laughed Dudley pushed out his bottom lip, whining, "Alex gave me this last week. I don't want it ruined." Midnight's cell phone started ringing, Sky quickly said, "If it's our mates, don't answer it." Rey sat forward, as much as he could, "We can't ignore our mates, Sky." "Relax, people. It's Bryton." Midnight replied putting the phone on speaker. "Hey, Bry, we're on our way." Midnight said as he answered the call. "Val and I are already here. Shet and Flint just arrived. How far out are you?" Bryton asked. "It will be a few hours. Midnight had trouble figuring out what he was going to wear, he took forever." Sky yelled out. "Don't you hate that? I mean I wasn't sure what to wear either. I mean, how do you dress to go into a haunted hotel? As you can see, I figured it out and look fantastic." Dudley said with excitement in his voice. Rey snorted, "Oh yeah, if we are attacked by an evil ghost, you can dazzle them with your dress ware." "You know, Rey, you used to be quiet and sweet. I think you've been hanging around Sky too long." Midnight replied with a smirk. "What the fuck?" Sky gasped, seeing the large "Spalding Inn" sign. Bryton laughed, "Calm down guys, this isn't a ghostly surprise." Stopping in front of the Inn, the brothers and Dudley saw everyone in front of the hotel, and a couple of surprises. Getting out of the car, Sky asked, "Apollo, was that your doing?" "Guilty as charged. Murray was so excited to get this show on the road, he asked me to hurry everyone up. I can't deny my little mouse now can I?" Apollo said with a smile. "Must be cool to be mated to a God." Ricky said with a laugh. Ian snickered, "I am. At least that's what I call him in bed." "Cory, I didn't know that Jotham was coming. Are you sure that was smart?" Sky asked. Jotham's brow rose, "I beg your pardon? Why would my being here not be a smart move?" "Because, you might tell Cree." Dudley automatically said. "Dudley!" Midnight, Sky, and Rey yelled at the same time. Looking around in confusion, Dudley asked, "What? It's true. you said so yourself, Sky. Cree can't know." Apollo looked at Sky, not looking pleased, "What is Dudley talking about Sky." Sighing, Sky replied, "I asked Cree Storm if we could do a haunted story. You know a really cool ghost story." Nodding, Midnight said, "Cree denied Sky's request. She said, "I write paranormal erotic romance, not horror stories." So we got together and decided we would plan this trip, without her knowledge and have fun doing it." "Oh she is going to be mad." Murray whispered. "Not if she doesn't find out, and right now she's asleep." Shet said with a laugh. "Look, we're here now and there is no going back. Let's go in there and check things out." Quinn said with a huge smile. "I agree with Quinn, let's do this." JP said walking towards the entrance. Everyone followed JP and just as they got to the door, it opened. JP stopped, "What the hell?" "Who's there? I can't see." Ollie snapped. "I could pick you up, if you like?" Jett offered. Ollie turned, pursing his lips, "I could kick you in your balls, too. Neither seems like a good idea." "Touch my mate's balls and I will burn your hairy ass, Ollie." Zev said, hugging his mate close to his side. "JP are you going inside or are we staying out here freezing our nuts off?" Ian asked. "I would think Siberia would have been colder?" Patch asked in confusion. Suddenly a dragon fly fluttered from behind Ian, and shimmered as the bug shifted, "It is, but it's still cold as hell out here." "Jayden! What the hell are you doing here?" Ricky gasped. "I heard you guys talking and thought I would tag along." Jayden answered nervously. Ian stomped his foot, "Would you stop using me as your Delta Express flight! Damn!" "Polly, that man is naked." Murray whispered not so quietly. Apollo looked in Jayden's direction and pointed. Quickly Jaden was in jeans, with a blue T-shirt, and boots. "Thanks." Jayden said huddling in the lamb's wool jacket Apollo provided as well. "Don't thank me. I don't like my mate seeing another unclothed male." Apollo replied. Ollie went to the opened door, rasping, "We need to get going. Cree doesn't sleep for long periods of time. When she wakes up, she's going to expect one or more of us to be talking to her. Now move out people." "Everyone stay together." Jotham said just before he and Cory walked into the hotel. Ollie went to rush in, pushing someone out of the way. "Polly? Polly?" Murray shouted. "I'm back here, baby. It's okay just wait at the door." Apollo yelled out. "Stop pushing me." Another yelled. "Flint get in there." Shet hissed. "I really don't like this Shet. Let's just go home." Flint stammered stepping into the hotel. "Shet? I really think we should──" Flint looked around and found he was all alone. No one was anywhere to be seen. Flint's fear rose so high he could taste metal, "Guys? Guys? This isn't funny. Guys!" It didn't take Flint long to realize he was alone and in the hotel dining room. Turning around to go back outside, Flint found himself smacking into a wall. A loud scraping sound had Flint whipping back in the other direction. A chair sat in the middle of the dining area. He knew it had not been there a second ago. Then the silverware started to lift and fall over and over again as the lights flickered. "Holy crap! I'm going to die! Chapter 2 "Come on, get in there, my mate needs me." Apollo shouted, not liking his little mouse in there without him. "I can't! Damn it, Casper, stop pushing on me." Patch shouted. "Where did the door go?" Smoky asked in confused anger. "What are you talking about? What's going on?" Ian shouted. "The door disappeared." Zev answered sounding just as confused as the others. Shet pushed past everyone, banging on what used to be the door, "No! You can't do this to me! I came such a long way. Let me in! Let me──" Shet stopped banging, as he turned around wide eyed with fear, "Holy shit! The house swallowed our friends up like a dragon with a mouse." "Hey!" Zev, Jett, Apollo and Smoky shouted as one. Shet pursed his lips, "I didn't mean to offend. Besides, don't you eat mice?" "No, but we do eat manicorns." Smoky growled. Rolling his eyes, Shet looked at Apollo, asking, "I understand why those three might be offended, but why you?" "Because my little Murray is known as Mouse in Olympus, and the only one swallowing him, is me." Apollo replied with force. Patch sighed, "Look people we have a problem here. Our friends are in that building with no way out. We need to help them." "Let's get Cree, she'll know what to do." Midnight suggested. "No! We don't want them getting into trouble." Shet shouted. "What you really mean is you don't want you getting into trouble." Rey said with a raised brow. Ricky sighed, "Look, Cree is reasonable. She can help." A loud explosive sound followed by the ground shaking had everyone grabbing for something to keep from falling on their asses. Shet screeched, "An earthquake! Hurry get away from the house before it falls and kills us all!" Jett walked to Shet, who had dove for the grassy yard and was ass up, head down on the ground with his arms covering his head, "Shet, that was Apollo." Shet slowly lifted his head and turned just as another explosion happened and the ground shook. Apollo was at the side of the house putting all his powers into tearing out the side of the building. Patch rushed to the man, "Apollo, stop! You'll bring the house down on everyone and kill all our friends." "Considering whatever the hell he is doing, isn't making a dent on that hotel, I'd say the only ones he risks killing is us." Ian stated sarcastically. "As much as it pains me to say this, Ian's right, Apollo. This is getting us nowhere." Casper stated. Apollo turned angrily towards the biker, "My mate is in there, without me." "And mine and Smoky's is in there without us. We need to figure out another way to get inside. This is not helping." Casper stated firmly. "Just who the hell are you to be telling me what to do? I'm a God!" Apollo snarled. Smoky snorted, "Big whoopty do. You're a God. We are the Dragon's of Anarchy, created by Heck himself. That means your status means nothing to us. From what I remember, causing problems is your area of expertise, ours is solving them. Now Casper is correct, we need to try and find another way inside." "You are a mouthy fuck." Apollo snapped. "Actually, that would be our mate, and trust me, I don't suggest you get on his bad side. He is a doctor after all and like he enjoys throwing at Casper and I, he does know how to give vasectomies. Now let's find a way in this shit place and get our mates back...hmmmm?" Smoke stated then took off into the air. In the sky a stone washed denim dragon with a long neck, blond horses main, and spikes running under his belly flew next to a mountain meadow green dragon with spikes running down his back to the tip of his tail and one right under his chin. Smoky's cloud-like for flew next to the two and the three dragons began shooting fire at the roof. When that didn't work, they turned their firey attention to the side of the building. "You do realize if you succeed in burning a hole in the damn building, you could burn our mates alive, right?" Apollo shouted to the three dragons. Smoky flew next to the son of Zeus, "And if you had succeeded with those energy blasts you might have blown them up. Now why don't you stop bitching and start helping. I want my Jude back as much as you want Murray." Patch stood back staring at the hotel biting on his thumbnail in concern. Rey walked up to him, placed a hand on the man's shoulder, whispering, "We're going to get them out of their Patch." Turning to Rey, Patch replied, "I sure hope so because if we can't, I don't want to know what my MYSTIC friends are going to do to me, let alone my mate and brother." Rey scoffed, "Shit, Patch, I'm doing my best not to think about what Hardy and Dustin are going to do if we don't get Sky out of there." Shet walked over to the two men, and sat next to Patch, looking at the hotel. "I don't think we are going to be able to blast our way into that building." "Then how do we get in?" Patch asked. "I don't think we can unless the hotel wants us to and right now it is saying, "Nanny Nanny BOO BOO."" Patch couldn't help but laugh, looking at the manicorn, asking, What the hell are you talking about?" Shet shrugged, "I think the building took who it wanted, for whatever reason and it isn't going to give them up until it accomplishes it's agenda." "But why them?" Rey asked. "Maybe because most of them aren't threatening." Shet suggested. "I would think Jotham and Ryker are a bit threatening." Rey stated. Nodding, Shet replied, "It could be that they needed some fighters, but not those that had great power. Look at who the place kept out, a God, three dragons, and a genius." Midnight, Ricky and Ian joined them, Midnight asking, "Then why not take us?" Sighing, Shet replied, "I don't know all the answers, Midnight, but I just really have the feeling that hotel took who it needed." "It could be it didn't take us, because we are the voice of reason. How many times have we talked Sky out of doing something stupid?" Rey replied. "If what Shet is saying is true, then it made a huge miscalculation." Patch muttered. "Why do you say that?" Shet asked. Patch snickered, "It took JP and let me tell you, he may be a twink, but he is a seriously kick ass one. Hell, there is nothing he won't do to get out of there. The man makes bombs out of particles of the earth. He will either blow a hole in the place or blow everyone up trying to get them out of there." "I guess size doesn't always matter." Shet said with a short laugh. Patch looked up, saying, "If anyone had told me that I would be standing, in a yard, looking up at three massive dragons, I would have laughed my ass off. It's just so surreal." Nodding, Rey replied, "I would love to get a blood sample of Smoky. He is so cool." Patch gasped, "Shit I think I know a way inside. Not for all of us, but definitely one." Cupping his hands over his mouth Patch screamed, "Smokey! Smoky!" The cloudy dragon flew to Patch, looking very annoyed, "What is it? Can you not see I am a bit busy?" Casper ran to the small group of men, asking, "What's going on?" The rest of the men on the outside of the hotel made their way to the others, Apollo asking, "Do you see a way inside for us, Patch?" Looking at the Greek God, Patch said, "I see a way in for one of us, at least I think I do." "Explain." Apollo demanded. Turning to Smoky, Patch replied, "I think Smoky can get down the chimney. If I remember correctly from your story, Cree did, you can disseminate to practical invisibility. If you can do that and go down the chimney, you should be able to get inside and maybe find another way for us to get inside." Patch explained. "No! I already have one of my mates inside that monstrosity, I will not have both." Casper stated firmly. Casper made his way to Casper, "If you could be the one to get to our Jude, would you do it?" "Of course." Casper answered without a second thought. Smoky raised his brow, saying, "That is why I have to be willing to at least try." Casper sighed then quickly added, "Well if you go then so do I. We can join and get in there." Smoky opened his mouth as if to argue, but Casper quickly replied, "If you or Jude die, I wouldn't want to live anyway, Casper. You know how a mating works. So either I join you or we don't try at all." Sighing loudly, Smoky replied, "Fine." Then his cloudy figure grew smaller and smaller until he landed on Casper's forearm. Casper made his way to Jett and Zev, "Can one of you give me a lift to the roof?" Zev picked Casper up by the shoulders and deposited him on the roof. Ian wrinkled his nose, asking, "Does anyone else find that threesome odd?" Ricky looked at his longtime friend saying, "If you had read the book Cree wrote, you would understand that they are all mates. The emotional and spiritual link is between all three. The physical relationship is between Jude and Casper." Ian turned to Ricky, "That sounds sexually frustrating for Smoky. Don't dragons have sex?" Jett scoffed, "As often as we can." Before Ian could say anything in return, Ricky gasped, "Oh shit we are in so much trouble." Shet looked to where Ricky was pointing, "Who is that walking this way? Is that an apparition? Are we going to be attacked by a ghost?" Ian gasped, shaking his head, "No, worse." "What's worse than a ghostly attack?" Patch asked nervously. Ricky swallowed past the knot in his throat, "A Kahn attack. That's Joops mate and he is not only going to be pissed we came here, he is going to fucking kill us when he finds out that Joop is in that haunted hotel and we can't get to him." "Who is that walking with him?" Shet asked. "Alexander, and boy does he look pissed." Rey muttered. "Oh crap!" Midnight gasped. Shet looked left then right, "What? What?" Pointing in the air, Midnight said, "I think we are in bigger trouble. That's Hardy's condor and if I'm not mistaken, that is Dustin riding on his back." Hearing engines they all turned, Apollo ready to attack. Patch quickly grabbed at the man's arm lowering it as he shouted, "Don't shoot! I think that's Zion and──oh crap on a cracker, he's with Sean and Bram." "Who is in the other vehicles with them?" Jett asked. Sighing, Shet whispered, "Lucas and Cutter, Flint's mates." "Oh boy, that's Councilmen Vagin and Krill with Darby, Derk, and Colby." Ricky stated anxiously. "We are in so much trouble." Shet muttered looking up watching as Casper climbed into the chimney and disappeared from sight. Chapter 3 Ollie stood in the hotel lobby looking around. Silence surrounded him, and he knew he was alone and in trouble. He was just about ready to have a look around when a man screaming had him jumping then being bowled over. Flint had his eyes closed as he smacked and screamed, "Let me go! Let me go! I don't want to die! I love sex with my mates!" "Would you stop hitting me and get the hell off before he damages something I would like to use in my near future!" Ollie gasped as he did his best to dodge the tiny blows from the butterfly shifter. Flint stopped smacking at Ollie and peeked with one eye, "Ollie? Ollie is that you?" Ollie nodded and Flint threw his body into the Santorini fox shifter, hugging and panting, "Oh thank the Gods!" "Oh wow, your mates are going to be pissed if they ever find out about this." JP stated with a laugh. Ollie pushed at Flint until he finally rolled off of him, allowing him to stand. "My mate knows I wouldn't cheat, JP. Where did you come from? Did you see any of the others?" Shaking his head, JP replied, "No, I was alone in the kitchen. I had to go through the dining room, and I have to say there is some crazy shit going on in there, but no others as far as I could tell. I heard screaming coming this way and thought it might be someone in trouble." Flint jumped up, nodding, "That's what had me booking my butt out of there. Things were flying around and chairs were moving, it was crazy." "Did you see anyone else? Ollie asked. Flint shook his head, as a loud banging noise had the three men turning towards another door. Flint asking in a shaky voice, "What's that?" "I don't know. Let's go see." Ollie said quietly. "No! Absolutely not. We need to get the heck out of here, Ollie." Flint insisted. Pointing to the closed door, Ollie whispered, "One of our friends could be in there needing our help, Flint. We have to go and have a look." JP walked to the door and turned the knob, saying, "I agree with Ollie. Let's go." Walking into the room, the light was very dim. Going to the light switch he noticed it had a dimmer switch. Turning the knob, the light flickered and then grew brighter. "What the hell?" Coffins of all sizes filled the room along with a tombstone saying, "RIP Clarita I will join you soon." Moans and sounds of heavy breathing filled the room. "What the heck is that noise?" Flint asked rapidly looking left then right. "It's coming from back there." JP said quickly making his way in the direction he had been pointing. When Ollie rushed to keep up with JP, Flint hurriedly caught up, hissing, "Don't you dare leave me alone." "Then keep up." Ollie quietly snapped. The banging increased and JP whispered, "Do you see that coffin moving? Holy shit!" Flint looked to where JP indicated and gasped. There was an upright coffin leaning on the wall, banging as the sounds of the moans grew louder. Then shouts of "Yes! Yes! Then shouts of "Yes! Yes! Yes!" quickly filled the room. Just as Flint was about to take off in the direction he had just come from, the coffin fell to the side and the top came open. Cory and Jotham came tumbling out, with Jotham still imbedded in his mate’s ass. "What the──" "Fuck! That is hot!" JP rasped, touching his own crotch. Jotham looked up panting, "Hey guys." Flint pursed his lips, shouting, "What the heck are you guys doing? We are trapped in a haunted hotel and you two are──are" "Bucket list!" Cory panted and then hissed as Jotham's softened cock slipped from its haven. "What the heck does that even mean?" Flint asked sounding extremely confused. Tucking his shirt back in, Cory explained, "My mate is a vampire and I always wanted to have sex in a coffin with him." "We found ourselves in this room and the door wouldn't open. We were looking for another way out when one thing led to another, and ──" Jotham ended his explanation with a shrug. JP murmured, "I really need a mate." Ollie sighed, "That make no sense, the door opened right up for us." "Maybe it was stuck." Flint said with a nervous giggle. Shaking his head, Jotham replied, "No, it was not budging. I used my vampire strength and even snapped the handle off trying to open it." JP and Ollie looked at each other and rushed to the door. Looking at the handle, they both looked at Jotham, "The handle is fine." "That makes no sense. I know what I did, Ollie." Jotham stated firmly. "Why don't we go and see if we can find any of the others. We can't be the only ones in the hotel." JP suggested. "I think I was the last one. I mean, Shet was behind me, but when I landed in this scary place, Shet was no where to be seen." Flint stated. Sighing, Jotham replied, "Quinn and Ryker were in front of me, so we know they are here somewhere." "I think I saw Jaden and Dudley go in as well." JP stated. "Okay, so we know at least four others are here, I say we split up and try and find them." Ollie stated walking out the door. Flint scurried after Ollie, hissing, "No! Absolutely not. Ollie we have to stay together. This place isn't right. Think about it, we came in and all landed in different places, how is that even possible. Who do you think has the power to do that?" "I don't know, but this place is too big to search all together. Remember, Cree doesn't sleep that long and she will not be happy that we went against her wishes." Ollie stated looking around. "I'm with Flint on this, Ollie. We will make better time if we aren't jumping around trying to figure out what made a sound. We need to work together." JP stated. Ollie didn't look happy as he pursed his lips and let out a deep breath, "Fine, but let's get started." A loud scream followed by heavy footsteps had everyone racing to the stairs. Murray, Jaden, and Joop flew down the stairs, looking as if their feet weren't even hitting the floor and barreled into Ollie. "Oomph!" "Oh fuck! My balls! Get off me!" Ollie gasped painfully. Jaden tried to get up, but with two men on top of him, there wasn't much he could do. "Ollie? Oh thank th──" "──the God's, yes we know and have heard it more than once. Now why don't the three of you get off poor Ollie before he can never use his dick again?" JP suggested drolly. The three men rolled off of Ollie who quickly grabbed his crotch and rolled around on the floor moaning. "Sorry, Ollie." Jaden muttered. Flint ran to Joop and hugged him. "I'm so glad you're okay." Joop patted Flint on the back, looking up the stairs nervously. "Thanks Flint, I'm glad you're okay as well." Murray looked around, "Where is Dudley and Sky? Oh my gods, the ghost lady got them!" Jotham went to Murray and placed a calm hand on the man's shoulder asking, "What ghost lady?" Joop pointed up the stairs, "The one that chased us from the master bedroom." "You guys are talking in circles. Start from the beginning." JP quickly said. Jaden took a deep breath, "Joop came to me and told me that there was a place he, Ricky, and Ian wanted to go, but Cree wouldn't take them. He said──" "Not that far in the beginning, bug brain. I'm talking about when you walked into the house." JP said rolling his eyes. Pursing his lips, Jaden said, "Don't call me names, pop rocks." "Oh that was fucking good. Pop rocks...hahahaha...I so need to tell Cree that one." Jude said walking into the lobby with Quinn and Ryker... "Jude! Where did you guys come from?" Cory asked in surprise. Snickering, Jude said, "Well let me tell you about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees and the──" "Jude! Don't be a dick." JP snapped. Jude raised his brow, saying, "Well I have one and so did my daddy when he──" "Jude!" Everyone yelled at once. "Fine! Gosh can't you all take a joke? You know, we all handle stress differently. Some people scream in terror, some get pissy, some──" "Fuck like rabbits." Ollie muttered looking at Cory and Jotham. Jude snickered, "True, but I get seriously sarcastic. Can someone tell me what the hell happened and is everyone accounted for? Have you seen my mates?" Shaking his head, Jotham replied, "We don't think everyone got inside the house. We are still trying to figure shit out ourselves." "Well we can tell you that no one is in the east or North wings of the place. There are also no exits anywhere. No windows or doors can be found either." Ryker stated firmly. "The same for the West and South side." Ollie stated, still rubbing his crotch. "Well there may be no one down here, but up there is Dudley and Sky. I don't know if there is anyone else. We were searching the upstairs when the ghost lady attacked." Joop replied quickly. Quinn gasped, "A ghost attacked you?" Murray shrugged, "We really didn't stick around long enough for her to attack. When we first found ourselves in the house, Joop and I were together in a what looked like a baby's room. It took us a while to find out way out of there and heard Jaden screaming and pounding on the bathroom door. We opened it and he came tumbling out. We found Dudley with Sky, they had been locked in the attic, none too happily. We decided to check the rest of the room for anyone else, but when Sky opened the master bedroom door, we saw this lady sitting on the bed crying. Jaden, myself, and Joop screamed and took off." "We thought that Dudley and Sky would be behind us, but as you can see, we were wrong." Joop murmured. "That's because Dudley rushed into the room to see why the ghost lady was so sad." Sky stated making his way down the stairs with Dudley and his bouncing hot pink pony tail. Flint screamed when he saw a ghostly figure behind them, "Ghost lady! Ghost lady!" Dudley's stopped and turned, "Clarita, don't be scared. These are some of the people I told you about." Turning to Flint, Dudley said, "You are scaring her with all your screaming." "I'm scaring her? Dudley, she's the ghost." Flint argued from behind Jotham. In a haunting voice, Ollie whispered, "Go to the light. Go to the light." "What the hell are you doing, Ollie?" JP asked in agitation. Shrugging, Ollie stated, "It works in the movies." Sky stepped off the final step, saying, "This isn't the movies, Ollie. Clarita told us the saddest story. I'm hoping she will share it with everyone so that we can help her." Looking around, Sky asked, "Where is everyone else?" "Not everyone made it inside and there is no way out." Cory answered. "It's because of Manuel Ortega. He is the reason for all of this. I am so sorry, I should have never asked the lady for help." Clarita stated with a haunting voice. "Who is Manuel?" JP asked. "What lady?" Ollie asked at the same time. Clarita turned to JP answering, "Manuel is a man I had been dating. We had only gone out twice and I could see that he was not for me. Manuel was calling me very ten minutes wanting to know where I was what I was doing, so I told him that I didn't want to see him anymore. He stalked me. I would find roses on my car as I left work, calls to my home and no one on the other end when I answered. Dogs in my neighborhood would bark and when I looked out he would be sitting across the street watching my home. I called the police, but they said they could only help me if he tried to hurt me. I moved, but each time he would find me." "That must have been terrifying." Jaden said in awe. Nodding, Clarita continued, "I met Jorge at my work. This was his family’s hotel. He inherited it when his parents passed away a few years before we met. He was also my firm’s new computer technician. My computer had crashed when I went to save a very important document at the law firm I worked in. He discovered that someone had placed a virus in my computer and when I hit save it was set to crash my computer. I knew it was Manuel, but again I couldn't prove it. Jorge was so sweet and dear. He comforted me and even helped me get my work back. It took all night and he never once complained. When he asked me out, I didn't hesitate." "I bet Manuel didn't take that very well." Cory said quietly. "Actually, he seemed to disappear. The calls stopped, I didn't see him at my home, no more roses on my car──nothing. I thought Manuel must have seen me moving on with my life and finally decided to move on with his own. A year later I became pregnant. Jorge and I married. Two more years passed and I had about forgotten Manuel even existed. Until the doorbell rang and Jorge answered it. I heard the shots and rushed to where Anjelica was sleeping. I hid her in the bottom of closet in a laundry basket, praying that she would stay safe. I ran into my room and that is where Manuel found me. He told me that Jorge was out of the way and we could now be together. I told him I would die before being with him and the next thing I remember is being in my room, locked and unable to get out." "Oh by the Gods. That's terrible and so sad." Jaden gasped. Clarita wiped her eyes, saying, "Manuel comes to my room every night and takes me to see Jorge. He is locked in the large freezer in the kitchen. When I try to release him and open the door, I rush to him, but find myself back in my room once more, locked inside." "Isn't that the saddest story?" Dudley rasped wiping at his tear-filled eyes. "She doesn't even know what happened to her baby. We have to help her." Sky insisted. "I agree, but how do we kill something that's already dead?" JP asked. Ollie looked around the room, "I'm up for suggestions." Jotham replied, "I know of a way. We need salt and sage." Jaden's eyes lit up, "The kitchen! I bet there's some in there." "Wait! We'll also need paint or something that can't be erased." Jotham replied. "That Halloween room we were in had paint." Ollie said as he started for the room, "Flint, I need you to stand at the door so I don't get locked in." "We'll meet you guys in the kitchen." Jotham called back. Everyone rushed into the dining area. Tables began to lift and slam back down as forks, knives, and spoons flew through the air. "Ignore it and get into the kitchen." Jotham ordered. Rushing inside, JP and the others started looking for the salt and sage. Cory yelled out, "Found the salt, babe." "I got the sage." Jude shouted going to Jotham and handing it to him. Looking around, Jotham said, "We need a bowl, kind of shallow and one that can take heat." Ollie and Flint rushed into the kitchen, blood was trickling down Ollie's forehead. "What the hell, Ollie? Are you alright?" Quinn asked grabbing a towel and wiping at his injury. "Fucking fork hit me in the head coming in here." Ollie said. "Ollie, you and JP make a pentagon with a circle around it in front of the freezer. Cory, take the salt and make a large enough circle for all of us to stand in. I need the rest of you to find me some matches or a lighter and also a large tarp." Jotham ordered. A sound came from the freezer and Clarita rushed to the window, "It's okay, sweetheart. These men are going to help you." "Excuse me." JP said, opening the freezer. A colder than should be breeze rushed from the freezer and a tall dark, dark haired man, stood in front of JP. "Thank you." Clarita rushed into the man's arms, "Jorge! My beautiful Jorge." The banging in the kitchen stopped and Jotham stood up, "Damn it he's coming and we're not ready." Sky grabbed Dudley, "We'll do our best to distract him." "Wha──What? No! No we will no──" Dudley pulled on Sky's hand, "No! Let me go. I don't even know how I could possibly distract a nasty, evil, vile, ghost." "Dazzle him with your beauty, now come on." Sky snapped. Jude rushed for the door Sky and Dudley had just exited from, "I better help or they will get themselves killed." "We only need about three minutes, Jude." Jotham shouted. Jude rushed into the dining area and was shocked to see Dudley spinning around on a chair in the air, yelling, "Stop this or I'm going to hurl!" Looking around frantically, Jude finally saw a small animal scurrying left right and left right again as silverware, plates, and glasses flew in the critters direction. Jude jumped out of the critters way, realizing it was Sky in his chipmunk form. "Duck Jude!" Dudley yelled as a plate flew by his head. Jude moved quickly and the plate missed his head by inches. Seeing the fireplace, Jude rushed in that direction and grabbed the fire poker, picking it up, yelling, "You cowardly ass hole, show yourself!" A sound came from the fire place and Jude turned around with poker in hand, "I will stab your ghostly dick off!" Dudley screamed as the chair dropped to the ground. He quickly jumped off the chair, saying, "And I thought it was bad when Cree had me falling off that damn mountain." "Shit, she tried to burn me alive." Jude said swinging his poker one way and then another. Sky shifted, and ducked as another plate flew his way, "Hell, she actually shot my ass." "Heck wait until you talk to Ollie, it would make our drama far less drastic." Jude said as a knife flew and struck him in his arm, "Shit! Fucking come out of hiding you piece of shit! I swear by all that's holy, I will kill your ass again." Jude felt a tickle on his arm and looked down in time to see his very special tattoo, "I am so glad to see you, mate." "It is even better for me to see you." Smoky relied with a wink. "We need to get this fucktard ghost into the kitchen." Jude told Smoky. Not knowing that Smoky had arrived, Dudley carefully made his way to Jude, "We will, Jude. Just relax." Just as Jude was about to say something an evil growl was heard right next to him, turning quickly, Jude saw the ghost man in question. Taking in a deep breath, Jude said, "Well if it isn't the dickless wonder. The jig is up, ass wipe. Clarita has been reunited with her husband and there isn't shit you can do about it." Manuel snarled and disappeared into a puff of smoke. the kitchen door flew open and a loud scream filled the room. Jude, Dudley, and Sky raced in only to see Manuel standing stiff as a board on a tarp. His teeth were gritting tight and his head shaking left to right as Jotham shouted, "In the name of love, I transfer all the pain, betrayal, rejection, abuse, trauma, hatred and anger. In the name of love, I transfer revenge and malicious thoughts. Because of love we forgive!" Everyone, including Jorge and Clarita repeated, "Because of love we forgive." Manuel hissed in pain, barely opening his mouth to say, "You can't do this." Jotham ignored the man's words, saying once more, "We cast you out, demon from hell. We cast you to your judgment. Go! Leave this world, never to return. In the name of love and glory, we cast you out!" A bright light formed and filled the house. Windows appeared and flew open, lastly, an explosive sound with a flash of light so bright everyone turned away and covered their eyes happened. When they looked back, Manuel was gone. Sounds of people yelling their names could be heard. Murray started crying and shouting, "Pauly! Pauly!" Apollo appeared and ran past everyone picking his mate into his arms, crying and murmuring words of love. Casper was doing the same to Jude. Dudley gasped when Alex grabbed him, "You are in so much trouble my beautiful jitterbug." "I love you, too, Alex." Dudley said kissing his mate for all he was worth. Ollie sighed then yelled, "Everyone stop groping and touching!" The room of people turned to him and Ollie turned to Clarita, but before he could say anything, Sky pulled Patch forward, saying, "Look Clarita! Your daughter didn't die. The reason Manuel never brought you to her is because she never died. Tell her Patch." Patch smiled wide, "Sky gave me your daughter's name and date of birth. Your daughter was found in a clothes basket along with you, Jorge, and Manuel's bodies. It seems Manuel killed himself right after killing you. Anjelica went to live with your mother, graduated as class Valedictorian, got a full scholarship to Harvard Law School, got married and has three children, two boys one girl. Her daughter was named Clarita." "Oh thank you so much!" Clarita cried. Another bright light appeared making Jaden gaspe, "He's coming back!" Flint cried, "No! No!" Clarita smiled, "It's alright, I believe this one is for my Jorge and I. Thank you all so much." "Wait!" Ollie shouted just before Clarita went into the light, "What woman did you talk to?" As Clarita entered the light, the whisper of her ghostly voice could be heard, "Cree Storm." Everyone gasped, "What?" Laughter filled the room and grew in volume, "That's right. I knew you would come here even though I said no. Anyone that reads our books knows how snarky you all can be. What they may not know is how obstinate you all can be as well." Sky sounded as offended as the others felt, shouting, "Hey! That's not fair." Cree scoffed, "When have any of you ever done anything I wanted you to do? I plan one thing and you all are always twisting left then right none of my books have ever gone the way I planned. The Mating Games was supposed to be a romantic comedy──not a dramatic comedy. MYSTIC was supposed to be a crime drama series──yet instead you have all these cool gifts and fight Nefarious everywhere. Well this time it was my turn to put a twist in your plan. Ha! Ha! Ha! How does it feel? "Well poo." Murray muttered. The sound of laughter continued as it moved in the distance. Ollie gave a sly smile, "It's okay, pay back is a bitch, and my story is coming up very soon." Jude smiled at Ollie, "Yours isn't the only one."
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