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the sky said. Orin and Jordin hovered above the yellow crate. Clause hovered just above the other two Soulcatchers. “We end this now,” Clause said. With a swish of his sword, Orin opened the crate. Nine ghosts floated out. Miguel looked around him. He was surrounded. “You’re going with the Soulcatchers today, but not before we introduce you to the worst pain you’ve ever known in life or death,” a voice said. Miguel recognized it as Gung. He, Rick, and Reddick were behind the yellow crate hovering in the air. “You really thought you were something, didn’t you, boy,” Reddick said. “That was some of the best acting I ever saw,” said Gung. “Ghosts, just like you, boy. Don’t have your special powers, but then again, you won’t either in a few minutes.” They all laughed. “I only know one way to go out, and if I’m going, it won’t be easy for you,” Miguel said. He formed a sphere of electricity around himself. Orin and Jordin clanged at the sphere with their swords to no avail.
    Clause charged at full speed towards that sphere and invited Jordin and Orin to join him. Miguel knew it wouldn’t hold against the power of the three of them. He lowered the sphere and shot electricity into the sky, allowing it to flow at full capacity for as many seconds as he could. Orin and Jordin were within inches of him, and he could feel the heat of their swords. A gale-force wind swooped down and lifted Orin and Jordin. Several tornadoes spun about and lifted crates, water, machinery, Clause, and mud into the air. Torrential rains poured. Miguel formed his protective electric sphere around himself again and watched the Soulcatchers battling the elements, to his amusement. The nine child ghosts who he had come to rescue from the stitchery took turns running into the sphere and bouncing to the ground, stunned.
    “There he is,” Matt yelled to Jericho and Mimi. “All respect to the Supreme One,” began Jericho, “he’s battling three Soulcatchers and winning.” “Let’s get him out of here,” Mimi said. The flew over to Miguel. “Follow us,” Mimi yelled to him. Miguel spread his sphere to cover Mimi, Jericho, and Matt. He carried them away from the docks back to Fozzley’s apartment.
    “That was the dumbest thing you’ve ever done,” Mimi admonished Miguel. He didn’t say a word. “You really had us worried, and you could have been taken by the Soulcatchers, never to be seen again,” Matt added. “You put all of us in danger, Miguel,” Jericho said. “We are a team, remember,” he added. “The important thing that you’re missing here is that you all came back safe after fighting nine ghosts and three Soulcatchers,” Fozzley interjected. “That’s what you should be worried about. You did something I’m sure no other ghosts have ever done, and you’ve got them confused, mad, and desperate. What you need to be thinking about is how they’re going to come at you next time,” Fozzley added. “We know that that stitchery was just a trap,” Miguel finally said. “First thing is to make sure they never use it again,” he added, walking over to the window and opening it. Miguel clenched his fists together and fired blue flames at the stitchery, exploding it into a pile of concrete and wood splinters. “Is everything with him about flexing his powers and destroying things,” Jericho asked the others. “Thanks to my powers, you’re not being held captive somewhere by Soulcatchers,” Miguel replied sharply.
    “I’m sure that Orin, Clause, and Jordin know about this place and know you’re here,” Fozzley said. The others looked puzzled, but no one said anything. They all wondered how Fozzley seemed to know so much about ghosts, Soulcatchers, Hades, and other supernatural things, if he was just a human who had had some occasional contact with ghosts in the past. They suspected that he wasn’t being honest about something. “Since they know I’ve been helping you, I bet it’s a