'Jungkook, come back here with the girl,' The Ghostle threatened, not lowering his gun, 'Or I'll shoot.'
'Woah woah, let's not do that.' Jungkook quivered. He glanced around, trying to quickly think of an explanation. The Ghostle kept his eyes focused on Momo, but also kept an eye on Jungkook.
Jungkook noticed a Ghostle gun resting against the railing beside him; it must've been left by one passing by earlier. He could see that the Ghostle kept his gaze focused on Momo (well, he couldn't really tell, the face was covered after all, but he made a bold assumption) and swiftly grabbed the gun and threw it straight at the figure.
He had gotten lucky this time with his aim, as the gun traveled straight to the Ghostle's face. It gave a shrill cry before getting hit in the eye, then doubled over, hands over his face. Jungkook quickly grabbed Momo's wrist and ran - where to, he wasn't sure. He had lost track of the plan during his time of panic.
'Come on, we have to,' he explained in between breaths, but when he looked back, he saw that he wasn't holding Momo's hand at all. She wasn't even there. 'Where did she..'
He looked frantically around but there was no sign of her. 'Oh god, I must've left her back there,' he thought to himself. She might have even already been caught by the Ghostle. Going back there was the last thing he wanted to do, but there was no other choice.
He could hear Momo chanting, 'I'm here! I'm here!' He could tell - it was coming from the elevator area.
However, when he got back, he knew it was a big mistake. Momo wasn't there. But the Ghostle was, still laying on the floor in front of the elevator. He looked up just as Jungkook came in, and didn't hesitate to run up towards him.
'You! You're coming with me!' The Ghostle had a firm grip on Jungkook's wrist and the gun at his head, and he knew there was no escaping. He could only hope Momo was hiding somewhere, and he let himself get dragged further away from where he was supposed to go.
Suddenly, something grabbed his other wrist. It jerked him away from the Ghostle, but the figure wasn't showing any signs of letting go. His slender fingers were still wrapped around Jungkook's wrist, but they were both being pulled back. 'What are you doing?!' The Ghostle demanded.
'I don't know..!' Jungkook protested. And it was the truth: he really didn't know. There was nothing beside him, but something was pulling him, and he could feel it: fingers circling his bare wrist.
'Jungkook! It's me!' A whisper cried, 'Are you blind?'
He wasn't blind - but he sure felt like he was. He recognized the voice immediately, 'Momo?'
'Momo!' The Ghostle boomed, 'I knew it! Where is she?!'
Jungkook curled his lips tight. He shouldn't have let that word slip past them. A game of tug and war was occurring, and it was quite a bizarre sight; Jungkook's arms outstretched, one side being pulled by the Ghostle, the other being pulled by nothing.
'Let go!' Jungkook screeched to the thing pulling his bare hand, but the Ghostle thought he was talking to him.
'You can't tell me what to do!' And with one final pull, he managed to separate Jungkook from the mysterious force. He was getting dragged away again, but his mind wasn't focused on that. Instead, it raced with millions of thoughts, trying to explain what had happened. What was that force? Why could he hear Momo when she was nowhere to be seen?
Before he knew it, the Ghostle threw Jungkook in a prison cell. He had never been in this area before, and couldn't recognize it. It was a long hallway, a cement floor and a high ceiling, taller than 10 meters. Cells lined either side, each one as tall as the ceiling and as big as a house. Nothing was inside each cell - no bed, no toilet, no chair.
He had only heard of this place through stories. He knew at once it was the probation prison, where people and creatures were thrown in before it was decided whether they could leave or go to the actual prison. A few cells had been taken up: one had someone just like him - a ghost. His hair was a buzz cut, and there were heave bags under his eyes.
A few cells contained different animals, including cats, bunnies, and even alligators. Why they were in there, Jungkook had no idea. In once cell was a huge troll. It could barely even fit, and now Jungkook understood why each room was so spacey.
After locking Jungkook's cell, the Ghostle snickered, 'Just you wait until I find Momo. The Power's going to be so happy with me,' he slurred on his last words, saying them as if it was something he longed, 'Oh boy, how excited he'll be to see his queen!'
Jungkook, who was staring blankly at the ceiling, suddenly jerked his head towards the Ghostle, but he was gone, leaving his question unanswered. What queen? Momo?
A vision suddenly flashed before his eyes - a forgotten memory of his, one he experienced when he was young.
He was standing in the foyer of the Ghost Kindgom Palace - a room so big it could fit a whole neighborhood inside. A massive, grand chandelier hung in the center of the ceiling, showing off its exquisite diamonds and ravishing detail. Ghosts alike scattered around the room, each group having their own conversation.
But suddenly, the lively atmosphere was flushed out of the room as the ground rumbled, couches and table falling over, glasses toppling to the ground and breaking. The chandelier swung so violently it would fall in a matter of seconds.
The Power's deafening voice echoed through the whole palace, making everyone's eardrums ring. 'COME BACK! YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE!'
The sound of a lady crying could be heard as a huge figure stumbled across the foyer, shrinking as it ran. Her head was buried in her hands, her blond hair bouncing as she ran. Right as she came in sight, Jungkook (who stood in the corner of the foyer) buckled his knees and fell over, unable to balance as the rumbling only grew.
It was without a doubt the queen who was escaping through the palace doors, and even though Jungkook had never seen her face, and didn't even get to catch a glimpse of it as she ran, he knew it was her. Everyone knew. No one tried to stop her. Everyone was confused. Nobody knew what was happening.
The palace doors abruptly shut behind her, shaking the whole room even more, and if anything hadn't fell, then it sure had by then. With the last shake everything came to a stop, and it was silent, the ground no longer rumbling.
Everyone broke into whispers, bewildered, wondering what had just happened - why did the queen leave? And why was the Power so angry?
And suddenly Jungkook was back in the cell, the vision had disappeared. But even though everyone was confused back then, he knew for sure now: Momo was the lost queen.
