Getting It Together

Used To Be

"Hey, Giovonnie what do you think of the new house? Have you explored it all yet?" Potter asks as the ghosts started to come in. They had given the captives a few seconds with the house to themselves, and most of them were a bit hesitant to enter. It was a relatively new building, closer to the outskirts of the community.

"It's so big!" Giovonnie bounces up and down.

Seagull smiles at him. "Gio, would you like going outside? Maybe meeting new people? The community has a school, although it might be a bit before Pascal will enroll you."

"Out-Outside?" Giovonnie freezes, his face ashen, "But, but bad things happen outside..."

"It's okay if you'd rather stay inside, but we didn't mean for you to go out alone. We understand you're scared. Maybe you could play outside with Pascal a bit, he can protect you. Or the two of you take Sela for walks." Cat urges.

"Sellies happy inside with me..." Giovonnie pouts.

"Jo, how are you feeling? What do you think of the house?" Koala asks.

"I think it's dangerous." Jory shakes his head. "Big house with a bunch of windows without curtains....A community full of people like Pascal..."

Klaus sat on the couch, his hands shaking at his side as he tried to ignore the masses of ghosts moving around and catching up. Apparently, when they'd gotten to the house yesterday, all the ghosts that were living at Jason's had been catching up with a small number of ghosts living around the community. Klaus still couldn't wrap his head around the fact that there was an entire community of people just like Pascal.

"How are you doing Klaus?" One of the ghosts that had been at the house when they arrived drifts over.

"Ohh you know just the usu-horrible!" Klaus cut himself off angrily. "That sly bitch got me a frappe and next thing I know I'm waking up dazed in a new house, and a baby is drooling on my expensive leather jacket. Being kidnapped is like, so tiring."

Klaus sighs, adjusting in his seat as he glares down at a single chipped nail.

"Could my day get any worse‽"

"Calm down, it can be a lot worse- maybe try to focus on playing a game with Jory or something?" The ghost suggested. Klaus hadn't bothered to pay attention when it was mentioned earlier.

"What am I, fucking twelve?" Klaus spares a glance over at the boy playing tug-of-war with Sela. "-No offense."

"I'm fourteen..." Giovonnie mumbles.

"Klaus, let's put it this way." Cat moved over to the ghost and teen, settling down near the couch. "If this annoys Pascal, there'll be something much worse happening soon. He's prone to mood swings and lashes out when he gets pissed off. And if you're not worried about yourself, he'd probably go for Damien instead to hurt you more."

Klaus huffs, storming upstairs and dragging Jory behind him.

"Klaus, uhh what are you doing?" The new ghost, a petite girl named Strawberry, asked as she worriedly trailed behind them.

"Getting my cousin away from that psycho, what does it look like?" Klaus snaps.

"Klaus, don't call him that, dad's gonna get angry!" Jory whisper yells.

Klaus freezes and turns to face Jory. "Did you just call him dad?"

"Klaus," Cat says warningly. "Let's calm down-There's not going to be an easy way out, and even if it is, there's a community full of people who know Pascal. I agree you need to get out of there but be smart about it."