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For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Jennifer had told me that the ghosts needed heat, a lot of it, in order to keep them longer so that hopefully she could give strength to all of them. The hotel had electric blankets which we brought into the room and wrapped around each of the ghosts with two volunteers to lie beside them as well, which would add more heat. Though they would have to be prepared to get very hot wrapped up under the blankets.
However, the girls could take turns, changing when it became to unbearable for them. Dawn and I got under the blanket with Sky, she was the most likely one to revive first, if any revived at all. If she did, then she would be able to help with the other two. Jennifer and Carine tried hard to share their strength with Kat and Angel, though it did not seem to be working.
Meanwhile, back in some prison. “Well, have you discovered who is trying to kill Steve?” asked Jazzy. “Yep, it’s Lauren, the friendly dog lady,” said Jaan. “That interfering witch,” said Jazzy, “contact Steve and let him know who it is. No one is going to kill Steve, except me. And I definitely won’t let Lauren do it. Do you know exactly where she is right now?”
“Yep, got the address where she is staying in London right now,” he said, “she knows he has moved their home base to somewhere not far from London.” “Have you heard from Misty yet?” she asked. “No, not a word,” he said. “That’s not good,” she said, “it could mean that Karl won the fight. No one will be safe if he did. I need to make a phone call, get it ready for me.” “Shall do Jazzy,” he said.
He then left the visiting area and she was taken back to her cell. But it wasn’t long and she was brought out to a room that had a phone and the guards left her alone. “Hello, this is Cristy,” she said, “my sister is unable to talk right now.” “This is Jazzy,” she said, “do you know how things went?” “Karl is destroyed,” said Cristy, “but we suffered heavily.”
“Hey, no crying girl,” said Jazzy, “you and your sister need to be strong for Steve right now, he will need your help getting things back in order again.” “There is nothing,” she said, “the Investigators has been terminated. This really knocked Steve down, especially after what happened before.” Jazzy didn’t really know much about what had happened to us, so Cristy filled her in.
Jazzy was silent for a moment. “Can you hook me up with Steve right now?” asked Jazzy, “I don’t have much time.” Cristy did so immediately. “Hi Jazzy,” I said, “I must say, this is a real surprise. Also, thank you so much for your help, we would not have succeeded otherwise and the losses would be even greater.” I then choked up.
“Steve, Cristy told me what happened to your team before this,” said Jazzy, “I had no idea it was so bad, losing over 30 of your team members had to be devastating to all of you. And now this, which probably affects you and Jennifer most of all.” She stopped at this point and I could tell she was crying, something I did not expect.
“But Steve, don’t quit now,” she continued, “this ol’ world needs people like you and your team. You have helped so many people, so many women and children that were trapped in porn, and men too. You need to stand strong for your team members right now. Do that and they will stand strong with you and hold you up during this trial of yours.”
She stopped again due to being choked up, like me. “Slow down, take it easy for a while if you need to,” she continued, “but don’t quit altogether. Also, the person that is trying to kill you right now is Lauren. But don’t worry about her, my people will take care of her for you, she won’t hurt you again, I promise. I don’t have much time left on my call, but when you are able, come and visit me, I would love to talk with you. Please.”
“I will definitely come and visit,” I said, “just as soon as I can. And, I won’t quit, neither will the Investigators. Thank you Jazzy.” She then hung up. Cristy then told me she was sending us that one laser weapon that we had captured, something from Jazzy’s arsenal, along with directions on how to use it a little differently.
Jazzy had told her it can be used as a power generator, something she thought might be helpful to strengthen our ghosts right now. Providing it gets here in time, and time is something that is fast running out for our ghosts. “Jazzy is changing,” said a tiny, weak voice. I looked and Sky had her eyes partly open and she gave me a weak smile.
Then she said, “hand”, and I knew she wanted me to hold her hand, which I did right away. “Did you want me to take your place now Steve?” asked Amerie. “No, not yet, Sky is going to be okay,” I said. Amerie gave me a huge smile, then left the room and told the others the good news. She then returned with some water for me, feeding it to me. “Take it easy, don’t try to drink too fast,” she said.
Cristy certainly got that laser weapon to us quickly and it was given to Carine to use on our ghosts. One of Carine’s abilities is knowing how exactly to use any kind of machine the first time she sees it, she doesn’t need instructions. She began to use it on the other ghosts immediately. Because their strength was reduced to basically zero, she could only give this energy in small bursts, which then turns to strength for the ghosts.
She knew exactly how much each of them could handle in each burst from the laser and she set the amount correctly for each burst. And the amount varied for each of the ghosts, so she was constantly adjusting the amount, but she did so with perfect precision. But is this energy on time?
Carine said it might take up to 24 hours before we would know for sure if Kat and Angel will survive. We already know that Sky will survive, though for all 3 of them, it could be a while before they are back to normal again. That part is okay, we can wait…
To Be Continued.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
Now, while all of this was going on, something very surprising happened. Cristy got a phone call from Jazzy, who is still in prison, because she had heard that Karl was after us. Surprisingly that angered her. Seems she hates Karl more than she hates me, and she knew something, we would not be able to stop Karl by ourselves. But, she could help and she would be willing to do so.
Cristy asked her some questions and she told Cristy that she had a laser gun that could help us defeat Karl. “He has a shield around him that gives him strength,” said Jazzy, “he did die in that prison fight and Dr. W. helped him, like he helped your ghost people. I really don’t understand all of that, but that’s how he was able to break out of prison.
If you can pick up the laser gun, just shoot it at Karl anywhere on his body and it will disengage the shield long enough for you to attack him and destroy him. But you will need to work fast. And first thing you need to do is find out what terrifies Karl most, Kat should know that, and terrify him with that, then use the laser. Then do whatever you can. When can you pick up the laser?”
“As soon as you give me the address,” said Cristy, “Sky will be there to pick it up. We have to work fast because we believe Karl will be attacking our team very soon.” Jazzy gave Cristy the address and Sky was there immediately and picked up the laser from a very astonished man. He just couldn’t believe how she could get there so fast and she didn’t have time to explain. She then was gone again.
Then as the girls were driving both Kat and Carine disappeared from the car, but Jennifer stayed behind to make sure she would survive. That way I would not lose my wife again. However, I had already decided that if our ghosts don’t survive, then I would terminate the Investigators. After all, Karl would be able to destroy us any time he wanted, so it would be safer for everyone if we disbanded and went our separate ways.
What I didn’t know was that Karl wasn’t interested in me, except as a means to get Kat to cooperate with him. Kat already had decided to try something to protect all of us. But, would it work? And, is it the best thing to do? Now, we rejoin the story where Karl had just come crashing through the door of our hotel room, where Sky and Angel were waiting for him.
“I want that PI,” yelled Karl again, “where is he?” “I will get him for you,” said Sky, and she disappeared into the hallway. But, she basically came right back again, only not with me, but with Kat. “Hello father,” she said, “I am ready to do as you said and join with you, but on one condition.” “What condition is that my daughter,” he said. “That you leave all of my friends alone,” she said, “and that includes Steve.”
“Done!” he said immediately, “I never wanted Steve anyway, except to get you to work with me, but this way is better!” Kat began to walk toward her father when Angel dropped to her hands and knees, changing into that huge lion. Kat had remembered that her father was terrified of lions, due to an incident that happened when he was 5 years old. And that terror is very real.
“Tell her to change back!” he yelled, “I will kill it, I will kill it!” “Attack Angel kitty, attack!” yelled Sky. Angel kitty leaped through the air, landing on Karl with him screaming in terror! Carine then appeared with the laser weapon and fired it at Karl, causing him to scream again and causing a glow all over his body which then disappeared and he looked normal again.
“Now Sky, now!” yelled Kat. Angel kitty had already fallen backward and lay on the floor from coming in contact with that shield surrounding Karl. “Where?” asked Sky. “Goliath!” shouted Kat. “Goliath?” asked Sky, “Oh, the Bible!” She then shot her electricity at Karl’s forehead, giving him the largest shot she could.
Then she cupped her hands, making a round ball of electricity and tossed it at Karl hitting him directly on his forehead. He yelled and fell back against the wall. Kat meantime had been giving strength to Angel kitty who then got up and attacked again while Kat went over to Sky who was on her knees, bent over, on the bed, very weak.
“You have the strength Sky,” she said, holding her tightly, “you have the strength. Just one more time.” Karl was still alive and picked up that huge lion, tossing Angel kitty hard against the wall across the room. The lion changed back to Angel who now laid lifeless on the floor. Sky tried to shoot once more, but was just too weak and collapsed on the bed.
Kat tried hard to revive her, but she had lost so much of her own strength by now that she soon collapsed beside Sky. Carine saw a destruct button on her laser weapon, pressed it and tossed it at Karl. He was already lying face down on the floor when the weapon exploded in flames. Karl was destroyed before she did this, but Carine wanted to make sure.
Carine knew she could not help all three of the ghosts, so she chose to work on Kat first. Jennifer then arrived and told Carine to help Angel, while she helped Kat and Sky. Then Jennifer called Misty and told her to make an announcement. “Why me?” she asked, “I’ll cry.” “You can do it Misty,” said Jennifer, “just talk slow.” So that is what she did.
“To all members of the Investigators, this is Misty,” she began, “I know you were waiting for one of the ghosts to make this announcement, but I was asked to do it instead. First, the Red Alert has been cancelled, you may all return to the hotel, Karl has been destroyed. However, it came at a cost, there have been casualties on our side…Angel…Sky…Kat…however, Jennifer and Carine are okay…”
She was unable to say any more, she was crying too much. I arrived back at the hotel and entered our room. I went over to Jennifer, still trying to revive Kat, and crying too. “Sky put these bracelets on me,” I told Jennifer, “she hoped they might help protect me. She said only you and Kat can remove them.
Jennifer looked at them and immediately took them off and put them on Sky right away. “No wonder Sky ran out of strength,” she said. Jennifer put her hands on the bracelets to warm them, hoping she could get strength into Sky this way…
To Be Continued.
©2025 Steve McLeod.
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