Spirit's Wrath (Book 2 of Spirit's Calling)

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A/n: I'm back! ...mostly. Still have a lot to do in the next week so don't expect regular updates. Writer's block is hitting hard right now sooo...yeah. (and finals)

The chapter is not my most descriptive, my apologies. I don't have too much inspiration when writing it 😅. And I'm tired and need to study, so my attention is not fully on the chapter. I'll edit it some other time.

After traveling most of the day and finishing the tea song, Zane graciously decided to point out that they'd been going in the wrong direction the whole time. After voicing her irritation to both Kai and Zane, Y/n turned in the right direction — oddly enough, following train tracks.

Who would've thought, she thought with a glare at Kai. His cockiness and the heat of the desert rubbed her the wrong way.

A few hours later, they came to a small train station in the middle of the desert. "Let's take a break here," Zane suggested.

Y/n sighed with relief as she slid off the walloper's back, stretching her back and sighing in relief when it popped, releasing her tension. She rolled her neck and jogged in place for a couple of paces in an attempt to regain feeling in her legs.

The Ninja spread out on the platform, silent for the first time on the trip.

A sinister laugh cut through the air.

Y/n froze, glancing up with unease.

"Uh, did you hear that?" Cole whispered loudly.

"Yeah," Jay replied nervously, spinning around to look for the person who'd laughed. "But we're in the middle of nowhere!"

The source laughed again, this time louder.

The Ninja circled up, standing back-to-back. "Be on guard," Kai hissed.

Out of nowhere and headed straight for them, a glowing green motorcycle whirred into existence, a green chain spinning from a ghost's hand.

"What is that?" Jay yelped as the bike crashed into the platform, almost crushing them.

Zane threw a shuriken at the ghost, but it went right through the ghost's intangible body.

"It went right through him!" Zane gasped.

"Look out!" Y/n slammed into Kai to get him out of the way of the bike as it revved past.

Jay drew his makeshift sword. "Because he's a ghost, Zane!"

The cycle began circling the platform like a hungry shark, the ghost continuing to spin the chain at the Ninja.

"Morro must have summoned a friend!" Kai cried. "We're sitting ducks out in the open. We need to find shelter!" The cycle turned and careened towards the Ninja once more. "Watch out!"

Y/n leaped nimbly to the side, covering her eyes with her arm as the cycle crashed into the little shelter on the station, immediately demolishing it. "There is no shelter!"

They all ducked as the blade on the end of the chain sliced right where they had been standing moments before. The blade, since it missed, instead hit one of the wallopers behind the team.

At the moment of its touch, the blade's ghostliness spread to the animal.

"He turned my walloper into a ghost!" Cole cried in shock, then turned an angry glare to the attacker. "No one turns my walloper into a ghost!"

Y/n limped over to the other animals, hurriedly shooing them away. When she turned back, however, the ghost was gone.

"Where did he go?" Kai demanded as Y/n rejoined them, once again circling up.