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[mugenginga]

William had never been so grateful for silence in his entire unlife. He was still shaky, but what would normally be an inability to push himself up was over-ridden by concern over his charges. He wasn't even quite sure what had happened. He managed to turn, still on one knee but due to a lack of strength this time. Turn in time to see that attack he knew so well... destroy the two ghosts with a burst of holy light. The Mahamaon attack had wiped...

While this was occuring, Danny had launched himself at Belphegor. Mahamaon was actually one of the harder spells for Belphegor to cast. After all, it was a holy light based spell coming from a demon in every sense of the word. So he couldn't dodge. Especially considering he hadn't quite expected the boy to be able to quickly attack after exerting so much energy. The lesson was learned with a rather hard neon green glowing punch to the jaw. He took a step back and held up his hand to his chin. Well, that hadn't hurt much, but considering the demon wasn't used to being put in pain by ghosts, the psychological effects made hit hurt more.

William stared blankly for a few moments before getting to his feet. He had nothing left. The ghosts left in the castle were all former servants of the man who had wrecked his life in life, and ripped him apart with dimensional distortions at their death. He looked at his sword and picked it up, allowing the power of the pendant to make him mostly tangible. The sword reacted in its usual manner, and solidified to full physical functionality.

The way he attacked was reckless. It was a do or die launch. The words spoking were merely an enraged scream. Belphegor turned his head and swatted the teen away. It was like he was bored, or didn't even care. If Danny was going to get the teen away, now was the time. The damage to the wall had revealed they could leave the area. It showed the forest outside, the tall buildings of Void City in the distance. William hit the wall hard, losing his tangibility as he fell limp. He was "alive", but didn't seem in the best of states. Somehow, despite not moving, he still had his hand firmly gripped around his sword...

[Jilak]

Things were slowly worsening. Daniel's lack of energy was a problem, yes. Even more was that it appeared that if they stayed any longer, both he and William would be destroyed. Ghosts... couldn't die, right? So... why couldn't he just grab the prince and fly into the forest to regroup. It seemed a good idea, he mused.

The prince lost his tangibility as he fell limp, Danny noticed. That meant there would be only one way to touch him. And it would tax his energy as well as the flight. He had to go intangible as well. This one would cut it close.

Moving as quickly as he could, Daniel flew towards William, going intangible. He grabbed him. At least, he thought he did. There was someone(or something) in his arms, he knew. But he didn't have time to double check. No, not at all. They needed to regroup, and they needed to do it now. He was a good mile away from the castle, still above the woods, when his form gave. The rings reappeared, and he was Danny Fenton again.

He fell...

[mugenginga]

Belphegor scowled as the white haired ghost attempted to go invisible. He did, but Belphegor could still clearly make it out, despite this form being less tangible than the prince's mostly opaque form. It was more a visual of shaped energy than real sight. But Danny scooped the prince up and shot through what was left of the tower wall. Well, it looked like he'd have to rely on the darker ghosts in the castle now... His scowl deepened a bit as he walked over the ash that had once been a door. He had a feeling the white haired ghost wouldn't allow William to be an idiot and return... it wasn't like the prince had any attachments left in the castle.
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William managed to regain enough consciousness to be coherent at the exact moment Danny's rings appeared. And they were both dropping to the ground. Despite the time that had passed, William still had to "tell" his form to float. And there was a slight issue with things as they stood. He could pull up, but he couldn't save the teen and fly at the same time. There were limits to his tangible form, namely the cost of his spectral abilities.

Now, there were a lot of things that could potentially be going through the prince's head. Thankfully, preventing Danny from dying was at the top. He still didn't understand the whole half-ghost thing, but the form of Danny that was falling was mortal. Which meant a fall from this height would likely kill him. William flew down and tried several times to grab the other teen. Failing each time.

There was less than five seconds before the black haired human hit the trees and likely broke more than a few bones... if he was lucky. The level of concentration and energy it took to grab him in this form... didn't seem to be coming together. Suddenly his eyes widened, and he got an idea. He shot past Danny into the trees and his pendant pulsed with the light energy that came when he took his tangible form. He shot his hand out, although Danny had fallen through and broken a few of the weaker branches. His hand clamped around Danny's wrist, and he felt the law of gravity pulling him down.

He lost his footing, but frantic grasping managed to place his left hand around another branch. And he had Danny's wrist in his right. Danny was likely not in the best of conditions after the fall, and his feet hung inches above the ground... that had been close. William shot his head up at a cracking noise, and the branch had grabbed gave way. The boys tumbled on top of each other as they hit the ground, although the fall had gone from being in the air to a few feet.