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"Hear anything yet luce?" I heard Lockwood ask calmly behind me.

"Yeah, some faint screaming. Sounds almost muffled like somethings covering their mouth." I replied not taking my eyes off the dark figure in the corner.

"Male or female?" George asked in a less calm voice.

"Most definitely female." I said. I seen George nod from the corner of my eye. We were all huddled together in the small circle of chains that we had quickly threw together. I went down into a slightly crouched position and closed my eyes.

As soon as my hand touched the cold, damp ground I regretted it. My head started spinning and my stomach lurched. I felt sick. I heard someone scream my name as I crumpled to the ground, unable to move or speak. I wanted to scream. I wanted to move. I wanted to cry and kick and run away from it all. I couldn't give in, I knew that. But I couldn't stop it.

Sometimes I wish that when we were on a really bad case, that Lockwood would pull me close and tell me it was going to be alright. I wanted him to hold me until the demon left. But he never would. I had to stay strong I knew that, but sometimes I couldn't be. So much pressure was constantly being pushed onto me. I held it all with a smile, a fake smile. I could never tell anyone, not even myself, but I knew deep down that one day I would break. That one day all that I have been holding would come crashing down on top of me and I could do nothing about it. That one day I would mess up so badly that someone got hurt.

It happened once before and I had been trying everything to make sure it wouldn't happen again. But, as they all say, while your making plans the world is working to change them or something like that. Don't look at me im not some dumb cat poster or anything like that.

Well today was that day. The day when I didn't escape the inevitable. The day when I messed up once more. When I put my friends in danger over nothing.

I felt a cold substance enter my body, slowly and painfully. I had felt like this only once before and I hoped that it would never happen again. But it did. My eyes opened slowly but it wasn't I who was moving them. I felt my lips curl into a sole-twisting snarl. I couldn't move on my own. Thats when I realized that I wasn't alone anymore in my own skin. A dark possessive shiver ran down my spine. I took a deep breath and prepared for the worst.

I sat up very slowly, rising to my feet. My eyes locked on my hands. They curled into fists and released. And curled and released. Then, and only then did I look up. I looked at George first. His face was paler than paper, his eyes wide with fear. Then I looked at Lockwood. He as well looked at me with growing horror.

"Oh this is going to be quite enjoyable." I said in a voice not like my own. It was low and hoarse and... scary. I wanted to scream that it wasn't me. I wanted to say something, anything at this point. I wanted to cry again. To break down, to stop this demon from hurting my friends. But I couldn't. I was stuck, and it was my fault.

"Lucy, whats wrong?" Lockwood asked but I could tell he already knew the answer. I took a step closer and he took a step back.

Then, all at once, like a cannonball was shot from a cannon, I lunged. Lockwood didn't see it coming so he fell to the ground, as I jumped on top of him. My hands which now felt like claws grabbed for his throat. He tried to wrestle me off, but at the same time I could tell he was trying not to hurt me.

Thats when I felt a sharp, agonizing pain spiral through my head. I fell to the ground next to Lockwood. He twisted away from me, leaping from the ground. I placed a hand on the ground and heaved myself up. I puffed out an angry breath as I stood again, leaning forward as if ready to pounce once more. Then George spoke up.

"Lucy don't you remember us,"

Yes yes I do!

"All the fun times we've had,"

Of course I do!

Now Lockwood began to catch on.

" yeah, Lucy don't you remember George, Holly, Quill, Flo, the Skull! You got to remember the Skull right! Him and all his nasty remarks and comebacks." He paused

I REMEMBER I DO I DO

I stayed still

Lockwood took a step closer, growing bolder.

"Don't you remember Barns and how about your family. All your sisters and your other friends back home. Don't you remember me." He asked. But something changed when he said that last comment. The look in his eyes changed. He looked sad. His hair flopped over and covered half of his one eye. His eyes shimmering with hope and desperation.

Im not letting you take me away from the only people who have ever really cared about me you two faced rotten hunk of forgotten waste!! I screamed in my head.

You know how sometimes, it seems that the world slows down. Like as if time itself stopped and held its breath, waiting as if it wanted to see what was going to occur next. Well that's exactly what happened. My body jolted back and my hand flew to my heart as I doubled over in pain. I coughed and fell to the floor.

But something amazing occurred during all that. It was that I felt one with myself again. I felt alone in my skin and I was overwhelmed with joy.

And to me, what happened next was probably the most scariest thing that happened since we had first entered that house. I started laughing. I started laughing like a crazy lady. I laughed because in my whole entire ghost fighting life, that was the scariest thing thats ever happened to me. But why I believed it was funny is beyond me. I sat up in to a sitting position and looked at them both. They had a worried and curious look upon their faces.

" Thats it I retire." I said after awhile.

"YOUR ALRIGHT!" Both of them shouted in unison. They collapsed on top of me and pulled me in to a warm hug.

"Boys, boys calm yourselves. Im fine." I said sarcastically but in reality I couldn't be more happier than in that moment. I was with my two best friends. And thats all that really mattered.