Jack was lying on the couch in the middle of the night thinking about his ghost abilities.
He thought about testing his innate abilities because he wondered how he can phase through things but was able to stand on solid ground and sit on the couch without falling through it.
As he pondered the mysteries of his new life he suddenly heard creaking sounds coming from the front of the house.
Jack was instantly put on alert so he sat up from his position and stood. He turned his head to look down the hall because he was a spirit he could see perfectly fine in the dark.
He narrowed his eyes as he saw the front door open with a man dressed in black slipping in before closing it quietly.
Jack quickly thought about what he should do. He ruled out alerting the couple right away afraid that the intruder would go to Angelica's room first.
Luckily the intruder passed the entryway to Angelica's room and the basement with only a quick look before he moved deeper into the house.
Relieved that Angelica is safe for now Jack quickly moved to phase through the wall to get to the couple's bedroom.
Jack moved and thought quickly about what he should do, he didn't want to make a loud noise afraid the couple wouldn't take it seriously enough because of them thinking it was him again.
He also didn't want to startle the intruder just in case he didn't run and instead it made him more alert and ruined any chance for a sneak attack from the couple.
Jack moved to David's side and apologized to him in his heart before focusing his will on his hand and slapping David.
"Whaa..." David immediately opened his blurry eyes and saw nothing. Jack knew he had to do more so he leaned down and whispered to David.
"Angelica, Danger." Jack knew just saying one thing like danger or intruder wouldn't get him up as nearly as fast if he didn't add Angelica's name.
As he thought David quickly became conscious and quickly shook his wife while placing his hand over her mouth to stop her from making too much noise.
"Mhmmhmm." Sarah quickly woke with a hand to her mouth and panicked before she realized it was her husband. She gave him a look of anger and confusion.
"Quiet, Angelica is in danger." David could only believe what he heard even if it was just a scare on the off chance that it was true.
David quickly got up and grabbed a bat from the closet that he started keeping in there after the first time Jack scared him by slamming a door.
David then walked to the door of his room and listened for sounds while Jack phased back through the wall to check on the intruder.
He saw that the intruder just happened to have stepped out of the living room carrying a few things he stole and was about to check the nearest door which was the master bedroom.
'This isn't good...' Jack saw the intruder near the door and knew David was also going to the door.
David was faster and opened the door first bat in hand. He immediately met face-to-face with the intruder. He reacted instantly and swung the bat as hard as he could at the intruder.
Unfortunately due to it being dark he over swung and the intruder instinctively stepped to the side when the door opened so the bat hit the wall in front of the door and made a loud sound.
"Shit!!" David frightened the intruder so he cursed at him and started to run to the front door. David saw this and ran after him. Sarah saw this and started calling the police.
Jack watched this and heaved a sigh of relief that the intruder didn't have more courage and ran as soon as he had opposition.
He didn't feel relieved for long though as the intruder stumbled on a little girl cutely rubbing her eyes while walking out of the entryway into the hallway between the intruder and his goal.
'Fuck!' Jack swore as he worried for her safety.
David who chased the intruder didn't see Angelica before it was too late, the intruder had already taken out a switchblade and taken Angelica hostage while using her to shield him from David while putting the switchblade to her neck.
"Don't try anything or else the kid gets it." The intruder said as he slowly backed to the front door.
David stopped and paled in fright for his daughter. Jack knew he had to do something so he phased through and behind the intruder, focused his will, and thumped the wall in hope of him letting Angelica go and allowing David to make a move.
The intruder suddenly feeling cold reacted to the sudden noise and thought that a fourth family member was sneaking up on him.
"Who is that!?"
"I'm warning you!" The intruder pricks Angelica's neck and draws blood in a warning as he looks around and sees nothing.
Angelica sobbed in fear and pain as the blood drips down her neck.
"Ok calm down don't hurt her, what do you want, I'll give you anything as long as you don't hurt her." David begged for his daughter's safety
"Give me-" The intruder started before he stopped suddenly.
A few seconds before, Jack who tried to distract him saw he made it worse and frantically tried to come up with a way to get him away from her.
Suddenly he looked at his status and saw his specialization.
'That's right!!!' Jack thought as he remembered the phantom specializations ability.
'Please be enough!' Jack dreaded what would happen if he didn't have enough energy to do what he planned.
The intruder's body stiffened and stopped talking...
His pupils constricted and his mouth clenched as he tried hard to speak.
"What... is... this..."
His hand that was holding the knife shakily raised away from angelica and his grip loosened allowing Angelica to run to her father.
"Take this and go to your mother!" David ordered, then he gave her the bat and ran to subdue the intruder not bothering to think too much about what was happening to him and why right then.
He first got control of the intruder's knife hand and then choke slammed him to the ground.
Jack felt everything the intruder felt as he possessed him, as soon as he felt the intruder's pain of being slammed to the ground his energy ran out.
'Owww. Come on man, I know why you did that considering he hurt your daughter but can you at least wait until I'm out of his body.' Jack complained as he lied on the ground glad that he didn't use the bat to really injure the guy.
David wrestled the knife out of the intruder's hand and took it from him before he held it to the intruder's throat.
"Stay still or else!" David warned while he kneeled with his knee in the guy's abdomen.