H45 Horrors of the Dark House

**Horrors of the Dark House** is the 45th book in the series.

## Synopsis

BECOMING THE BEST! SAVING THE SILVERTHORN CHILDREN!

Alex and co. are tasked to investigate the experimental body left behind by Dr. Ming. During their investigation, they discover that the girl the Holy Leader possessed was actually the eldest daughter of the Silverthorn family - Mayla. Her other siblings are nowhere to be found and are likely to be in the hands of the Twilight Doctor's remaining clan members. Thus, it falls to Alex and his comrades to save them!

## Cast

Shown and to be determined

* Alex
* Lulu
* Jackal
* Crowbone
* Pupa
* Benny
* Axe
* Mapiya (debut)
* Ying (debut)
* Adolf (mentioned)
* Marie Wright (mentioned)
* Ming (mentioned)
* Mayla (debut)
* The Void

## Plot

### Chapter 1: Adolf's Body

Pupa explains about the beast warriors to Alex. The reason they must undergo tests is because giving all the power at once is too much.

Benny and Axe are on the island. Axe gives Alex a new X-pass. He is here to have his apprentice Mapiya join him to learn how to use ropes because he is retiring from adventuring. Benny is also retiring due to the damage done by Glee-Fury from last time. Axe also suffered damage from Sigurd Bodon's knives. Benny is here for Alex to investigate the Silverthorn family. From Benny's picture of them, Alex recognises the eldest daughter Mayla. It is because her body was used to resurrect the Holy Leader.

### Chapter 2: Doctor Ying

Kelly's friend found intel about her. Mayla died from an unknown disease one and a half years ago, six months before World War III. The parents, Winslow and Lina, died from the same disease. The other children's whereabouts are unknown. Ming was asked about this, but he pretended he knew nothing of it. Alex sets out to Salem, the Silverthorns' last known residence, with Lulu, her cat mummies, Jackal, Crowbone and Mapiya.

At a house, Alex, Jackal and Mapiya pretend to be from an insurance company to "hand over money to the Silverthorn children's guardian(s)". The home owner tells them that the children are with Dr. Ying. Meanwhile, a mysterious man watches from afar.

At Ying Clinic, Hart notices Lulu as a cat. Shania takes her outside. Lulu returns to Alex and co, having found two of the younger siblings. With Mayla absent, Mapiya thinks she's at school and might return later. Crowbone thinks of going to Ying's house to investigate. Alex and co. are unaware of the man following them.

### Chapter 3: Pest Control

At Ying's house during the night, Mayla still hasn't returned. Lulu is having a problem with mosquitoes. Pupa instructs Jackal to command them. A light in the house is turned off. Alex plans to sneak in the next day when Ying and the children are at the clinic.

The next morning, Alex, Lulu, cat mummies and Jackal sneak into the house after Ying and the children left. Mapiya, other cat mummies and Crowbone are on the lookout. Alex's team open a secret passage behind the book rack by solving a puzzle. The mysterious man attacks the lookout team.

### Chapter 4: Witch-hunts

Down the passage is a path filled with dolls, paintings and head stones of the people who died in the Salem witch trials. Between the 18th and 14th centuries, people suspected of practising witchcraft were put to death. Witch trials mostly happened in Europe, but also in America. In Salem long ago, two girls had strange symptoms. With little medical knowledge, the people thought the girls were bewitched. Thus, witch-hunts sparked. Not long after, Salem suffered poverty and natural disasters.

In a room of hanging dolls, the eldest remaining sibling is locked onto a stone chair. By solving a puzzle, she is set free. She screams, bringing the dolls to life.

### Chapter 5: Tracking Down the Doctor

Alex burns one of the dolls and Lulu slices its head, revealing that the dolls are controlled by moving hair. Lulu notices Ying, who didn't actually go to the clinic, taking the sibling with him. Jackal follows him until reaching several pathways. Ying is already out of Lulu's earshot. Alex calls the lookout team, but they've been knocked out. Jackal commands a cockroach to follow to Ying's direction. By following the cockroach, they enter Ying's lair, which has a Soul Transfer Machine.

### Chapter 6: Clairvoyance

Ying welcomes Alex, the heir of Akhazane, and talks about clairvoyance. The Silverthorns were extremely sensitive to spiritual energy. Mayla could receive any spirit into her body and Winslow could perceive spirits. When they moved to Salem two years ago, Mayla helped solved the spirits' unfinished businesses, That's how Ming and Ying discovered her. They created a mosquito to make Mayla, Winslow and Lina ill. Now, Ying takes care of the remaining children as Ming instructed.

Lulu tells him that Ming is never coming back because he's a Global Alliance prisoner. Ying deems this a lie and orders the children to call Lina. Lina wasn't gifted like her family, but can now host spirits with the implanted hair of her children by Ying. Alex burns her with his rope, surprising Ying.

### Chapter 7: Rest in Peace

Lina rests in peace as Alex promises to take care of her children. Alex walks towards Ying. Ying calls the mosquitoes, but their loyalties are with Jackal. With nothing left, Ying escapes, but is blocked by the mysterious man. Three big worms came out of his mouth and inject Ying's face, making him fall in shock. The man, the Void, tells Alex and co. to not meddle with matters regarding Ming and walks away.

### Chapter 8: Rebirth

At the Global Alliance office, Mapiya and Crowbone apologise for being defeated easily. Alex doesn't mind as the Void is no ordinary foe. A man tells Alex and co. that Ying will be taken to prison, but the children don't want to be under Alliance care because they want to follow Alex. Alex needs to send the Soul Transfer Machine to Brighton, so he tells them that Jackal will take care of them at his orphanage.

In the Other-Space, Nacho has gained a new form after being devoured by the Chaos Serpent. It declares him as the agent of △O#△. △O#△ finds Earth to have an interesting flavour, so the Serpent orders Nacho to **consume everything.**