"B...Beej is...one of them..." Lydia croaked, purple bruises starting to appear on her throat. She let out a few coughs before looking up at them. "He's finally standing up to his mom." 

"What?! One of those things is his mom?!" Zach exclaimed, eyes bulging in shock. 

Lydia nodded weakly in reply as the Maitlands appeared with their clone. They couldn't see the battle; she couldn't let them see the horror Beetlejuice had become. "You...You need to get them out of here. I can't leave him; he'll die if I leave."