| 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 | 𝙹.𝙼𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 | 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍

30 | KIDNAPPED

     "PRETTY SURE WE do." Reggie sighed. "And it rhymes with the Hollywood Ghost Club."

The doors to the studio opened to reveal Julie, holding her stage outfit in her hand. "Are you ready? What's wrong?"

"We just got rocked pretty hard by one of those jolt things." Alex replied.

"Pretty sure I ghost peed a little."

Hayden scrunched her face in disgust. "Reggie..."

"But we're fine." Luke reassured.

"Actually guys, I'm a little nervous." Julie admitted.

"There's no need to be, Julie." Luke said. "You will rock their socks off."

Julie smiled and nodded in thanks before turning to Hayden. "Can I talk to you for a second?"

Hayden nodded and the two distanced themselves from the three males ghosts, but had no idea that Carlos was listening to his sister talking to the ghosts.

"What?" Hayden asked with a small smile.

"Um...can you do me a favour?"

The ghost nodded. "Anything, princess. You know that."

"When you cross over, if...if you happen to see my mom, can you tell her I love her...and...thank her for bringing you to me?"

"Yeah, of course. Uh, before I leave, I wanna give you this." Hayden pulled out her song book and held it towards Julie. "There's some songs for you, some are finished, others aren't. But I'm sure you can complete them."

Julie smiled and took the book. "Thank you...princess."

"Hey." Luke called out. "Band circle?"

The two girls nodded and joined the three other ghosts, the four ghosts held hands while Julie hovered hers over Alex and Reggie's.

"We don't know what brought us here, but...what we do know is, you're a star, Julie." Luke spoke. "And just because this is our last night together, it doesn't mean we won't be watching you from above...or..." Luke trailed off as he looked down at the ground. 

"My bet is that Alex, Reg and I make it to heaven but Luke goes down." Hayden joked.

Luke chuckled and rolled his eyes. "Now let's go rock this show. Let's give them a night they'll be talking about 'til the sun comes up, okay? Legends on three."

"One." Alex said.

"Two." Reggie said afterwards.

"Three." Julie smiled, hovering her hand above the ghost's already stacked ones.

"Legends!" All three yelled, throwing their hands up in the air.

Then their was a honk from a car, making Julie sigh and realise that she now had to leave. "That's my dad. He's driving me there, so I'll see you guys soon."

Hayden watched Julie leave, a content smile on her face. Just then, Carlos walked into the studio, clapping his hands together.

"Have a good show, boy band." Carlos paused. "And Hayden."

Luke chuckled and leaned down. "Who you calling boy band?"

"Carlos!" Ray called out and before the kid left, he gave the band a gesture, except he did it towards a gap between Luke and Alex.

"How did he find out about us?" Reggie asked, shocked.

Alex shrugged. "I don't know, Reg. Maybe it was the blinds? Or, you know what? The blanket. It could have been any number of thinks you did in that house."

Luke rolled his eyes. "It doesn't matter, you guys. We're not coming back here anyways."

Then a familiar face poofed into the studio and landed on top of the piano. "And where is it that  you think you're going?" Caleb asked the band.

"What are you doing here?" Hayden demanded, as she was pushed behind Luke and Reggie.

Caleb gasped. "Such hostility! I'm just here to congratulate you on your big night. Not everyone gets to play the Orpheum."

Luke shook his head. "No. Okay, we know that it's your stamp that's hurting us. We already told you, we have a band. We don't wanna join your little club."

"Yeah!" Alex joined. "And you can't make us either...Sir."

"Right. You're crossing over tonight. So exciting!" Caleb really liked to play the part. "Funny thing about crossing over, no one really knows what's waiting on the other side. But I know what's happening on this side."

He blew a kiss towards the band who then suddenly appeared in the Hollywood Ghost Club in completely new outfits. Hayden looked at her band mates, Luke was in a deep blue suit, Reggie in red and Alex in Pink. She looked down at her own outfit to find herself in a white suit of her own with a black shirt and black heels. Their instruments, all except Alex who had his drum sticks, hung around them.

"Well, don't you look nice." Caleb commented, walking down in his usual purple suit. 

"Sweet threads." Reggie muttered, making his band mates glare at him.

"How-how'd you know our sizes?" Alex questioned.

Luke snapped his head to the boy. "That's your question?"

Caleb sighed. "I know you aren't my biggest fans. And an eternity at my club might seem overwhelming. But...I just put you in sweet threads, so humour me this one last pitch. Now, for starters, isn't it nice that you're all here together? And believe me, everything you want, including Willie, is here. And on my stage, you don't vanish when the music stops. You soak in the applause for as long as you want. The connection that you will feel with that audience will be like no other. I promise."

Then there was the sound of a crowd and Caleb shushed the air. "Oh! Shh. Do you hear that? They're waiting for you."

The band felt a more painful jolt, causing all of them to hiss and groan in pain. 

"That one looked like it hurt. Now, let me remind you, you don't know if playing the Orpheum is your unfinished business. Do you really have time to make that mistake? I suggest you accept my offer, because the clock is ticking."

Once again, the band was hit by a jolt.

"Ouch! You know where to find me."

Second to last chapter 😭😭 I really hope theres a season two so we can see more of Hayden and Julie