-Nadwe POV-

After Woolf went down the stairs, we stayed together the entire time, making sure no one disappeared. Especially Laff. Last thing we need is him disappearing and figuring out that he killed Woolf or one of us. We then started hearing footsteps coming from behind us. I then felt a familiar touch wrap around me. It knocked off my hat, and then I heard a voice.

"Hewo againnn!"

It was the delirious version of Gulvic. To go along with it, I just replied,

"Hi.. buddy.. how are you doing?"

It felt a bit awkward talking to him, but it was all I could do. I then felt him starting to squish me with his tentacles almost like a nervous hug.

"I'm doing okay.. it's just that I'm a wittle.. scared.. of da dawk.."

Another boom of thunder then blasted outside. This was then followed by a very sudden squish, almost knocking the wind out of me. As I felt this, Gulvic shrieked with fear and buried his face in the back of my head. He then said in a small voice,

"AND STOWMS!!"

"Hey, hey, it's okay.. we have flashlights!"

I then pointed to Blaza, who was holding the flashlight. I looked back at him to see a thankful and relieved look on his face.

"Oh.. owkay."

He seemed to calm down a bit after that, as he let some of his grip off me. I then quickly figured out that he let some of his grip off me to pull Blaza, TBH, Oompa, Dino and Laff into group hug. Dino was terrified, as he has never experienced a hug from Gulvic. The rest were just not ready to be dragged over. Once everyone was forced over, I swear Gulvic literally turned into a cat and started just wanting to snuggle. He also started squishing everyone like he was squishing me before. Blaza, Dino and Laff tried to get out of it and did, but we're immediately pulled back in. But when the tentacles were back to where they were in their spots, something felt.. off. Like someone wasn't where they were before.
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-Ryzo POV-

I had finally got out of Wulvic's grip (yes that's what they call each other when in a delirious phase.. just add a W..) when he was about to pull me back in again. I dodged the tentacle as quietly as I could, and started for the basement. I proceeded as quietly as I could so I wouldn't raise any red flags for myself. I thought of something, and went to where it would be. I then came back, and glanced over to where Wulvic and everyone else were. He was talking to the humans, and seemed to be in a great mood. It was not the best look for him as he was supposed to be killer.

I wonder who he was during the war back in 1214. I'm pretty sure I was actually in the same war; I died to the humans too. I had only two friends, and they got killed as well. I left one of them to save myself, but, what was I supposed to do?! Stay there and die too?! There's more to that story, but I don't really like talking about it.

Once I got down the stairs, I let my tentacles run free behind me. I wasn't controlling them, yet they were going all over the place. Probably because I was excited. I looked around the basement for a solid five minutes before finding the room with a white-yellow light seeping through the cracks of the door. I readied the pistol that was in my hands.

I slowly opened the door to see the wolf trying to figure out the generator. I slinked my way into the room, as he was facing the other way. I froze then and there as I swear I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. They disappeared after a moment, so I continued. I slowly advanced closer to him, aiming straight to where his heart would be. I then whispered under my breath,

"This is for you Gulvic."

I then was about to pull the trigger when Woolf looked behind him. Of course this made me jump, and I missed my shot by about five inches and hit the generator instead. In a panick, a used my tentacles to pin him to the wall, and I shot two more times. The first straight to the forehead, and the second right in the heart. A face of horror and intense pain followed. I heard him whisper,

"I'm coming with you guys.."

I assumed he was talking to Meme and Muffin, as he should start seeing them in their ghost forms. Those two were right infront of him, of course being worried as ever and just plain annoying. I let my tentacles drop him to the ground, as he seemed to be dead. After he dropped to the ground, I felt weird. I felt like I had just won a competition I had been training for my entire life, but at the same time I felt like I had just committed a crime.

Well, no crap.. you just killed a guy..

I didn't feel like I committed a crime against the law, but against my conscience. I can't believe I actually had one. I felt a bit remorseful after looking at him for a minute, but I shouldn't feel that way. They killed us all.

"..They're a virus.."

"..They deserve to be killed.."

"..I watched the family I had die.."

"..They shall die to our hands like we died to theirs.."

But.. aren't we the virus now?

I then heard heavy and ragged breathing coming from behind me, and I looked. There was an eye staring at Woolf's corpse right through the door crack. It then noticed I was staring right at it, and dashed right back up the stairs. I ran after it, launching my tentacles into the walls as it ran.
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-Nadwe POV-

After we were released from the tentacle hug, Gulvic wanted to ask the randomest questions.

"How wong will da wights be out?"

"I'm not sure.. it should be coming back on in a couple minutes.."

Gulvic let out a nervous groan and said,

"That's way too wong!!"

"It's not that long.. Woolf shouldn't take much longer anyways."

"Speaking of wong, how wong does a noemal person wive? And how wong will I wive? Because I'm definitwy not noemal.."

"Well, you weren't exactly an extraordinary person in the first place.. so I would say anywhere from 80 to 95 years."

"What abowt you?"

It was obvious that he had no idea what was going on, and that he genuinely wanted to know.

"Well, it.. depends if I survive."

He then asked many more questions to me, and to everyone else. After a couple minutes, Blaza asked someone to go check on Woolf and the generator. I said I would, as I have night vision and would be able to see easily. Gulvic wanted to go with me, I assume because I'm the person that he is most attached to. He had better night vision then me as well, so I guess it was alright. We both walked over to the staircase when Gulvic froze at the door.

"Uh, are you alright Gulvic?"

"You shouldn't go downe there.."

"Wha- what do you mean?"

"I don't know.. if you shouwd know.."

"Why shouldn't I know?"

"It'll be to- to- too scarwy!!"

"I'm sure it'll be fine.."

"Welw, I'm not gowing down!"

"I guess you'll be left alone in the dark then!"

"Fine!"

Wow, he actually accepted that..

I then started down the stairs. I went to the room that had light glowing from the inside, and for some reason it was cracked open.

That's weird.. Woolf always closes the door all the way.. even if it's a crack he'll close it.

I glanced back up the stairs to the only thing I could see, and that was Gulvic's glowing, red, pulsing eyes. I then glanced in the room to be met with a sound that almost killed my ears. I then saw two tentacles pin Woolf to the wall, and then I saw a gun. I now understood what Gulvic meant.

As soon as I saw it, I didn't want to see more. I hid behind the door so I wouldn't see what would be next. It was obvious Woolf was still alive, so I braced my ears by covering them. Two more loud bangs followed.

HOLY CRAP.. IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?!? DID I JUST WITNESS A MURDER?!

I looked through the crack again and saw Woolf laying on the floor, Ryzo standing in front of him, a bullet and a gun on the floor, and a bloodpool starting to form. I tried to stay as quiet as I could, but of course he somehow heard me. He turned around as fast as he could and looked at me dead in the eyes. Ryzo's eyes looked soulless and phycotic, not to mention the fact they were blood red slits.

I then bolted up the stairs hearing the door slam open and hearing deadly crashes in the walls behind me. I got up about three fourths of the stairs to see tentacles coming to grab me from the top. I then got lifted up and secured in them. It seemed Gulvic was taking me to the rest of the group, because I could hear everyone's voices asking about what happened. I'm pretty sure they all already knew though. I was then gently released from the tentacle's grip, just in time for Ryzo to come up the stairs and charge towards us.

Gulvic's eyes changed from the red pulsing dots to.. light yellow pulsing dots?? We've never seen that before. The two then started wrestling with their tentacles like they have been, except this time it wasn't a competition. This was fighting. Gulvic was actually trying to protect us, and Ryzo was trying to kill us.

Gulvic had just a bit more strength and got Ryzo to the ground. He was about to throw him against the wall when Oompa called out,

"Wait a minute! Don't throw him against the wall!"

"May I ask why? He's trying to kill you."

"Yeah, but Laff and Ryzo are basically the same person. So throwing Ryzo against the wall would be hurting Laff, our friend, as well."

"That makes sense, so what do we do with him?"

"Well, I would think you would know."

"Does it look like I know how to snap someone out of their infected state?"

This Gulvic's voice sounded a lot like Socks' voice, just a bit distorted. He was also acting a lot like Socks. As Oompa was about to continue the conversation, Ryzo must've given up and Laff regained control. He was immediately startled at the fact that he was being pinned down by Gulvic, as anyone would. He once again started coughing up black. Gulvic let him stand up, but still seemed tense.

"Wha- what happened?"

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-Woolf POV-

Once I heard the second gunshot I knew I was going to see Meme and Muffin again. I just accepted it. I heard half of the shot, felt a little pinch, and then felt nothing. I opened my eyes again to see Meme and Muffin right in front of me. I looked down to see what looked like.. my corpse!?! I then looked back at my two deceased friends, and slammed right into them and have them a big hug.

"I missed you guys so much.."

"We missed you too.."

"I second that!!"

We then turned around hearing Ryzo slam the door open.

"Oh brother.. here we go.."

"Is there anything we can do to protect the others??"

The two shook their heads signalling that we can't do anything. I then wanted to test something.

"Can we phase through stuff? Like.. ceilings, walls, people?"

Meme then shouted as if he had just heard the dumbest thing ever.

"PFFFFT! OF COURSE WE CAN!! WE'RE GHOSTS!!"

"HECK YES!!"

I then proceeded to phase through the ceiling and a couple walls. I ended up in the last room I remember before going into the storage room. My mood went from ecstatic to uneasy really quick.

Everyone was in a little bunch apart from Ryzo, who had just chased Nadwe up the stairs. Gulvic had just put Nadwe down on the ground when his eyes turned from red to a light yellow. He then started fighting with Ryzo, and after a couple seconds got him to the ground. I flew over to where everyone was and Meme and Muffin followed close behind.

As I was flying, it felt.. weird. I felt free and surprisingly.. satisfied with my life. The way nothing can limit you, the way nothing can stop you. You can do things you thought you'd never be able to as a person. I've only been ghost for about 5 minutes, and I'm already used to this! It's so amazing! Actually, now that I think about it.. I never really took a second to look at my ghost form.
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-Muffin POV-

Woolf looked.. so different in his ghost form. He had alot of the same features as he had when he was alive, but.. it still felt different. He had his wolf ears he always wore, but they were detached from his head. They just floated and stayed ontop of his head. In between his ears, he had a little tuft of what I assumed to be where his hair was. His hair always did that for some reason. He had two wings on the sides of his shoulders, I assumed because of the elytra he loved wearing while he was alive. He also still had his tail, and it was actually attached to him. And to tie it all off, there was hole in his head, and in the top left of his chest. I assumed that was from where the bullets hit. It made me nauseous seeing and thinking about it, but.. then again.. can ghosts really get sick?

The one thing that was odd about his ghost form, that was different from ours, was that he actually had legs. He didn't have a little ghost tail like us. Sure, he had his wolf tail, but that's not the same. His hands were pointed, and the ends of his legs were also pointed. One thing I also noticed is that when he flies, his legs twist together to make a ghost tail.

Hm. I wonder why that's happening.

I flew over to Woolf to ask what he thinks.

"Hey, Woolf?"

"Yeah? What's up Muffin?"

"I was just wondering, why do you have legs instead of a ghost tail?"

He looked down to see what I was talking about, and looked at me again.

"You know, I was wondering the same thing."

"Maybe it has something to do with the way we were killed?"

"Maybe! I mean, how were you killed?"

"Uh.. I was eaten and stabbed to death.."

"Do you mind elaborating? Like, do you remember anything specific?"

"Well, I was sleeping in bed, when I heard a noise from the door. It was squeaking almost like it was being opened. I then looked to see Socks at the edge of my bed with glowing red eyes.."

I winced and shuttered thinking about it.

"Next thing I know he's telling me to run in this deep, demonic voice. He started counting down from five, and I started running through the forest. I was running for what seemed to be about 5 minutes when I found a tree to hide behind. I thought I lost him, and I thought it was a dream. Then I heard footsteps coming from behind me, I was picked up with a tentacle, and then stabbed to death with another."

"When does the being eaten alive come in?"

Meme joined in, as he had gotten bored from just floating around.

"Oh, well, I guess you could say I was exaggerating it a bit. I was already dead and I watched 'Socks' eat my body. That sounds really wrong when I say it out loud, but that's because it is."

"Oh."

"Well what about you Meme? Do you remember anything specific about how you died?"

"Actually, I do! Do you want me to explain like you did Muff?"

"I guess you can if you're comfortable with it."

"Alright.. well, I was in my bed, and I had woken up from a nightmare. The night before, I had a sleep paralysis demon as well. I saw two red dots staring at me like the night before, but that's when I realized I could actually move and this wasn't a dream. I was also picked up by tentacles and Gulvic basically lectured me about how he got here, who and what he was, etc. He then started choking me alive, and after about a minute he said, 'say Hi to Muffin, I'm sure he misses me..' and then I just felt and heard a snap in and at my neck. I also felt a little pinch in my chest, and then next thing I know I see Muffy in front of me."

I gave him a playful glare when he said the nickname. He'd never called me that before. Woolf then continued the conversation

"And then for me, we all know how I was killed.."

Woolf then imitated shooting a gun and made a noise to go along with it. A silence filled for a couple seconds after. I was about to add on when we heard a yell coming from where the "physicals" were. Me and Meme gave everyone that was still alive that nickname, as we weren't really solid, physical entities. We were more like the entities that controlled the physical part.

We all looked over to see Laff looking terrified and drained at the same time. The yell also seemed to belong to him as well. I looked over to Meme and Woolf to see our recent addition making weird faces at what was going on. We could hear them and see them. That was normal. So I wasn't too sure why he was making faces as if he had just figured out something amazing yet a bit unsettling.
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-Woolf POV-

I don't know what it was or how I was doing it, but I think I can read minds now that I'm a ghost. This would've helped us out a lot if I had this when I was alive. The thing that was weird to me about this, was that number one, I felt vibrations when I was doing it. And then number two, I think I can read Ryzo's mind even when he isn't in control. I then glanced over to Socks, who seemed to have gotten control again, and I could surprisingly read Gulvic's mind too. The two seemed to be using telepathy.. somehow. I didn't really pay attention since I was so surprised I could do this in the first place, but I caught on to these last couple sentences.

"The thing is.. I felt a little weird afterwards. Like I did something wrong.."

"Well, it's your first time isn't it? You really thought I was super sure if I should be doing this at first?

"Well, yeah, you are much stronger and you're the one who decided to possess this guy in the first place."

"That's because of.. uhm.. other reasons. It's also because of what I told you before. During the war, they killed us all. Now we need to get-"

Gulvic stopped in the middle of his sentence for some reason, and I was going to keep listening until I heard his next sentence.

"I think someone's eavesdropping on us.."

Socks then seemed to notice something, and looked up to where the three of use were. He then made a confused face, like he had sworn to himself he saw something, and just shrugged it off. He then turned to everyone else.

That was close one..

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