Touch Of The Past

Chapter 9

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Thanks for reading!! Now, back to Danny. (Oh, before I forget, the chapters alternate between Danny and Robin; I'll alert you for anyone else.)

I can't tell if I'm running or flying, but I'm moving. My side is aching, but I ignore it, continuing to move as fast as I can.

There are so many traps, and only my instincts manage to keep me unscathed. Well, mostly. My agility is a little off after so long down here... 

I hear the howling of dogs, and alarms. They're getting closer. Too close...

"Come on," I whisper through my pain, glaring at my hands. They glow briefly. Ectoplasm... I immediately launch it in front of me, and the wall takes the brunt of the force. But it's not strong enough... I push harder, power leaking, and the wall finally gives way.

I throw myself through it, into open...

Dirt?

I'm underground... No, no, no...

I shake my head and gasp in air as the dogs get louder. I can do this. I can go through solid ground. Focusing, I throw myself into... well, the rock. My face hurts now. I try again, and this time I make it through. I push up, up, up...

My intangibility fades twice, and I almost suffocate, but manage to get it returned. Finally, I reach the air. Air, air...

I fall back on the grass, so spent I could die, right here. My nose bleeds and my eyes are leaking. But above me are stars, twinkling infinite stars...

Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Orion...

"Pathetic..." comes a voice, and a boot briefly blocks out the stars before it comes down on me and I'm lost to oblivion.

But in an instant I remember smirking...

There's a way out...