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Episode 3: Mazing roads (part 1)

*Casper high, History class*

"Alright class... Turn to page 124 in your books and well start talking about Greek society and culture" Said a woman who looked to be in her early 30's as she had long brown hair tied into and high pony tail, her eyes were a soft green that completed her skin tone as it was an olive color. She wore a white blows and black pants having flats to match.

She walked around the room reading out of her book she held as she had informed the class on what to do.

Jack, sat there in class turning to the stated page as he looked it over hearing the teacher talk again about what they were learning. He looked the pages over as he was starting to lose interest in the lecture, but he then heard her say something that perked his interest.

"And soon the king had the half man half bull, or Minotaur, locked away down into a maze, where it lived it's days waiting 7 years for a group of children to come so he could eat them"

Jack listened as he found this to be interesting.

"That's stupid"

Said Mark in class who sat in the back with a bunch of jocks. Jack rolled his eyes not caring about the bully's opinion.

The teacher raised an eyebrow at this.

"Oh? How so Mr. Baxter?" She said to the jock.

"Well, who cares about the mintor or whatever you called it... It's not real" Mark said not all affected by the look he was getting from her.

She sighed at this then handed out sheets of paper.

"Yes, they are just stories. But in their time they were the answers to why things were as they were. So we learn them so we can get an understanding of the Greeks themselves...".

"So there's really no reason for me to learn these? There just useless to learn" Mark said trying to outsmart the teacher. Jack rolled his eyes again as he knew this wasn't going to end well the bully, but really he didn't care.

The teacher smirked and walked over to Mark and loomed over him as he was a bit intimidated by this.

"Well if that's the case, then those comics you read have no use considering they are based off of the myths themselves" She said as she then took the comic, Mark had hidden behind his book.

Mark blinked in confusion.

"Huh?"

"Oh? You didn't know? The hero's you read about were inspired by the myths of hero's like Heracles or Achilles" She said as she went back to the front and put the comic in her desk.

Jack smirked a bit glad to see Mark getting in trouble for once. He watched the teacher do this as he looked in his book at the Minotaur as he read more on a hero named Theseus, which read that he was the one who had slain the creature in what was named the labyrinth.

He raised an eyebrow at this then shrugged as he then went back to listing to the teachers lecture.

*After class in the halls*

"HA! Deserves him right!" Abby called out enough for everyone to hear. Jack rolled his eyes at his sisters over excitable vengeance on the bully that only went after HIM not her.

"Well anyway... After that we were assigned to write about one of the Greek myths..." Jack continued on with his story.

"That's cool... what myth are you doing?" TJ said walking with his best friends to their next class.

"Um... something on the Labyrinth ironically. All I have to write is some myths that were involved with it... I'm just taking the easy way this time and going with the Minotaur and maybe even Icarus..." Jack said stopping in front of his class. Abby and TJ stopped also.

"I see... well that's cool... see yeah later dude" TJ said "Isn't that once about the wax kid and the sun though?"

Jack rolled his eyes.

"Close enough" Jack said before entering with him. "See ya Abs"

"See ya bro" Abby said leaving Jack and TJ so she could head to her class that was next door"

*somewhere in the ghost zone*

A ghost sat on a golden throw having bright green skin and hand black hair that was a bit covered by a crown he wore that seemed almost in ruins along with the room he was in. His eyes were a solid black as he wore a dark robe.

A ghost that looked like a servant came into the room up to the king like ghost.

"Is it time?" said the ghost to the servant that floated before him.

"Yes. The search has begun my lord" the servant replied.

"Good.. Now leave me"

With that the ghost then left the lord to his thoughts.

"That blasted creature shall be feed this time around. I will not let that hero undo this once again"

~Twin Phantoms: Mazing roads~

"CHRISTOPHER FENTON! You come back here right now!" Said Sam chasing Stripes around the house, who was barely dressed and looking filthy.

"No~" Stripes cried not wanting another bath.

Sam was getting frustrated as she was in no mood for this.

Jack and Abby then came into the house seeing this go down, not sure if they should help out or laugh.

Stripes seemed to slip past every attempt for Sam to get him making her more and more furious that her youngest would not listen to her.

"Young man! You get back her right now!" She said making the twins flinch at her tone. Surprising enough this did not phase Stripes at all as he ran outside.

Abby and Jack didn't know what to do about this as they just headed down stairs to speak with their father.

Once down stairs they saw their father working on an experiment as he was wearing a lab coat and goggles on with gloves for protection to the chemicals.

"Hey dad, what are you working on?" Abby said walking over to Danny.

Danny looked over to them and smiled.

"Hey kids. I'm just figuring out a way to improve the ectodegecto... but at the moment nothings really reacting" He said holding up a beaker to the light to show ectoplasm in it.

"Cool... shouldn't you change the name though... sounds a bit weird considering that stuff 'helps' ghost not destroy..." Jack pointed out.

"Yeah... but it's a name that stuck... plus you grandfather wouldn't really like it if I did that you know?" Danny said chuckling.

"...true" jack said snickering a bit about his grandfather being upset.

"So what can I do for you two?" Danny said taking off the goggles and gloves and setting them on the table.

"I need to know if you could take me to see Pandora..." Jack said rubbing the back of his neck.

Danny raised an eyebrow at this. "Why do you want to see her?" He asked leaning a bit against the table he had been working at with his arms crossed.

"Well she is a part of Greek myths so maybe she could tell me a thing or to on the Labyrinth..."

"I see... why not ask your mother... or maybe a thing they call the internet? That helps a lot" Danny said a bit joking at the last part.

"Well moms busy and not seeming to be in a good mood plus I rather ask Pandora then the internet" Jack shrugs explaining this.

Danny sighed "Sure why not. But you have to wait a while. I'm heading out to the ghost. But I have to do something's first. Okay?"

Jack nods.

"Can I come?" Abby said smiling big as she always loved going into the ghost zone.

Jack rolled his eyes while Danny chuckled.

"Sure"

"Yes!" She said pumping her fist into the air.

Jack then walked back upstairs as he went to put his stuff up. Abby saw this then followed leaving Danny with his work to get back to.

Abby followed her brother upstairs.

"Hey... Why do you really want to go to the ghost zone? You never like going there unless there was something REALLY involved..." She said to him.

"It's nothing Abby.." Jack said as he just made it to the kitchen to see almost everything a mess.

The twins blinked in surprise at the mess that was made.

"Dang..." They said in unison as their brother then ran pasted them.

Jack saw this and took this opportunity to use telekinesis giving him no means of escape. The young brother did not like this as he squirmed frantically.

"Man kid... What's gotten into you?" Jack said raising an eyebrow at his brothers struggle to get free.

Sam came into the room panting as she looked just as filthy as Stripes did. When she said Stripes in midair she sighed in relief.

"Thank...you" She said to Jack then walked over and grabbed Stripes.

"No prob..." Jack said as he watched his mom hold Stripes in a strong grim, but not enough to hurt him.

"What's with him today mom? He's never like this usually..." Abby said a bit suspicious as well as worried.

Sam sighed "I have no idea...Ever since this morning he's been nothing but trouble... and right now he's practically-OW!" Sam didn't get to finish her sentence as Stripes had bit her.

Jack and Abby blinked in surprised at this, practically shocked that he would do such a thing.

They then heard their father from down stairs come up.

"What's going on here?" He said as he had heard Sam yell.

Sam quickly handed Stripes to Danny in both pain in anger "Take your son now! He's on the verge of making me loss it" Sam said going to the bathroom.

Danny raised an eyebrow at this then watched Stripes squirm in his arms "Now what's going on here?"

"We have no idea" The twin said still a bit shocked.

Danny sighed "I'm going to go talk with Sam... We may have to wait till tomorrow to go to Pandora's alright Jack?"

"Sure... Can we head after school?" Jack replied as he watched his father go after Sam with Stripes in a good grip.

"Yeah, that'll be fine"

*later that night*

Jack was reading up on his assignment as he then came across a name that seemed almost familiar to him as he read it.

'King Minos'

He turned the pages to see if there was more on him. He soon found something that sent a chill down his spin as he read from the book.

"Every seven years, a collection of children shall be gathered and sent to the king Minos where he will then hand them over to the-" "Jack!" He was shocked out of reading while he heard Abby phase into his room.

"What is it?" He said a bit irritated that she does this never really liked how she could do that. He noted to himself that he needed to get his door ghost proofed when he got the chance.

"Have you seen Stripes? He's nowhere in the house!" Abby panicked making Jack get to his feet.

"What are you talking about?" Jack said worried as Sam then banged on the door, he opened the door only to have Sam rush in and looked everywhere in a panic.

Abby was worrying still as she sees this and looked at her brother again "Dad went out to look for him. I'm going to...You coming?"

"No I'll stay and look around here. He maybe just hiding" Jack said trying to convince himself of that as he never had this happened before. Where they heck would he even go? Had a ghost captured him? That was a thought he didn't want to go through.

Abby nodded and left leaving him with their mom who panicked looking through Jack's closet for Stripes, he then started to help as they both looked everywhere around the house.

Upstairs, backyard, every bedroom there was. Pretty much everywhere.

After an hour, he felt like giving up, till he realized something.

'The basement!' Jack thought as he raced down stairs where he was and ran to the lab, running fast as he felt like this had to be the answer.

Once down there he searched everywhere.

It was hopeless. Where the heck was he? He's only five years old, so there's really no way he could have ran off so easily.

Looking around still he noticed that the commands on the computer were messed with and were set to have the portal opened.

Raising an eyebrow he called out to Sam.

"MOM! Can you come down here?"

Sam heard her son and came down stairs hastily as she was still in an alarm state.

"Did you find him? Where is he?" She said in hope but saw him nowhere, causing a look of hurt on her face.

"Did dad go into the portal today?" He ask, he felt like there was something off about this.

"Of course not! This is to be thinking about the portal Jack! We have to find your brother!" Sam said a bit angry.

"I know, I know. But mom…..Someone has then" He pointed to the commands. Sam came over and looked them over as her eyes widen, she then grabbed her cellphone and quickly called Danny.

"Have you found him?" Danny said over the other line as you could hear in the background wind blowing strong, indicating he was flying.

"Danny! Have you used the portal any, at all today….please tell me you have?" She said gripping her hair a bit as if trying to calm herself.

There was a pause.

"No, I haven't….Why?" There was tension in his voice.

"I need you home now!" Sam said in distress.

At that Jack saw his mother hanged up as he knew Dad was coming back with Abby.

"Mom….You don't really think someone…." Jack didn't know how to say it, he may find Stripes annoying but he cared for him, and that fact that something bad happened to his little brother, was heart breaking.

After about fifteen minutes, Danny and Abby returned as they came down to the lab.

Abby went over to Jack to ask what was going on as Jack then explained. As he did this his father went to the computer and looked into the history to find any trace of Stripes being in the lab, soon finding a video of the event.

~video~

The lab was empty as everyone at the time was getting ready for bed. Till Stripes was seen going over to a computer wearing his PJ's and climbed onto a chair. He seemed to be in a blank state as his eyes seemed motionless.

After finally getting onto the chair he started pressing buttons somehow managing to get the code right then put his hand on a pad that scanned it to identify he was a Fenton. The portal then opened.

The small five year old got down from the chair –much easier this time- and went over to the portal and into it.

~video ended~

The family looked at the video in shock.

"How the heck did he…" Sam started to say as her words trailed off.

"I don't know. But I'm going to go find him" Danny said in determination.

"I'm coming" Sam said. Danny know not to argue with her and he then nodded to his wife.

"We're coming to" Jack and Abby said in unison.

"No" Their parents said back.

"What? Why not?" Jack said discouraged by this.

"Because we don't know what's going on, and we're not going to risk ether of you" Sam said sternly to her eldest.

"But we can help! He's our little brother" Abby said not wanting to just sit here.

"No, you both will stay here and monitor the controls to make sure that everything stays active, there may be more to what's going then this." Danny said in a tone saying that was final.

Jack and Abby sighed and nodded to their parent's orders. Wonder Woman may wear, but it was a smooth black with a few features on it. She pressed a button as a black jumpsuit formed around her except for her head.

"Okay, let's go." She said to her husband. Danny then opened the portal that had been closed and then turned ghost once more.

Sam got out a disk that turned into a hover board and went into the portal with Danny leaving the twin in the lab alone, looking into the swirling vortex that lit up the room.

"This is ridiculous! Why do we have to say here!?" Abby stared to rant as she disliked any idea of just sitting around and doing nothing while something was going on.

Jack sighed.

"We might as well do as we're told" He said as he then went over to the computer and started to type something.

Abby grumbled then raised an eyebrow at what her brother was doing, she then came over to him and looked at what he ways typing.

"What are you doing?"

"…Just going to look up someone" Jack said as he typed as he then opened a chat room with TJ.

"Hey guys what's up?" TJ said as he wore a headset.

"Hey TJ, can you come over here real quick? I need you do me a favor."

Abby raised an eyebrow to this, but didn't say anything.

"Um…sure…I'll be over in a few" TJ replied as he looked over at the time.

"Cool, see you soon" Jack said before they both signed off.

"What are you up to?" his sister said suspiciously.

"You want to go fine Stripes or not?"

She blinked "Um…yeah"

Jack gave a dry look at how clueless she was acting. "I'm going to get TJ to monitor the lab so you and I can go searching for Stripes" he said bluntly to get the point across.

Abby was surprised by this then smiled big before hugging him tight. "You're a genius!"

"GAH! You're crushing me!" Jack said as she then let go smiled sheepishly.

"Oops, sorry"

He sighed and got up. "Whatever. Come on" He then started to head upstairs.

She smiled and followed him.

When TJ finally arrived, Jack explained the situation and asked him to handle the lab.

"Sure dude, no problem. But won't your parents be a ticked off that you're going against what they told you to do?" TJ said as they headed down to the lab.

"Most likely" Jack and Abby said at once.

He shrugged "Seems legit"

"Alright, we'll use the Fenton-phones to stay in touch, you inform us if anything goes wrong. Alright?" Jack stated as he got out his own hover board.

"Alright, what happens if your parents come back, what do I say then?"

"Abby just say that a ghost attacked while they were gone and we went after it" Abby said.

"Make sure to also add that Abby went after it and I had to chase after her" Jack said dryly as his story seemed more correct.

She glared at him at the comment.

"Alright, alright. We don't need you two attacking each other again. I get the situation, now go get them" TJ said breaking the close fight between the two.

Jack and Abby sighed and nodded as they then went into the portal.

~In the Ghost Zone~

Abby flew as she started to search for her little brother as so far there was no sign of him. She flew over near the old ghost kings castle as it would be a good place to hide. She then heard a voice in her head.

"Abby? Find anything yet?" Jack said being the voice

"No go. Where are you right now?" She used telepathy back.

"Near FarFrozen. It seems unlikely that he'll be here, but I'm not taking the chance"

"Alright…Hey, is it just me or does the Zone seem…..empty?"

There was a pause for a moment

"Yeah you're right, I can't see any ghost around… What do you think happened to them?"

"Maybe their flying from mom's wrath." She said trying to lighten the mood.

"This is no time for jokes Abs. Something is up."

She then sighed "Yeah I know….But you are right…maybe we should find each other….you know….just in case"

"Yeah…Lets meet up at Shulker's island. Kay?"

"Alright, see you then"

They both ended the link between one another and headed to the said location.

Jack looked around as he tried to figure out where they were. He soon saw Abby and flew over to her on his hover board.

"Okay, so far I haven't seen him in FarFrozen or anywhere near Johnny 13's road"

"He's not near the Ghost kings castle… You think he feel into a portal" Abby said worrying.

"No, I don't think so. If that was the case then it leaves the question open why he came in….Was it just me or did he look like he was under someone's control?"

She blinked "Yeah your right, it was like a vacant stare"

"Yeah…." Jack said then turned on his Fenton-phone to talk with TJ. "Hey, do you notice anything out of the normal about the ghost zone?"

"Dude, it's the Ghost Zone. There's nothing normal."

"….I'm being serious…. Can you get a reading of high ghost activity around the portal?"

"…..Um….no actually….to tell the truth it seems vacant anywhere…."

"That's what I thought….. Can you find anything in range?"

"Sorry…no…nothing…" TJ said as he was questioning all of this.

"…..scan the town real quick…."

He does this "…..nothing"

Jack was scratching his head at this.

"Okay…Thanks, tell me any updates to this if something comes up"

"Alright"

Once TJ hanged up Jack looked to Abby. "So not only is our brother missing…but so it most of the ghost zone…"

Abby tensed "Man…maybe we should tell Mom and Dad"

"I'm pretty sure they would already know…. We may have to go farther into the ghost Zone…."

She nodded. "Okay"

At this they took off into the Zone further then what they were used to or rarely ever seen, something's they have been to it's just only when their parents where around.

"Wow…wonder why we're not aloud out here" Abby said amazed by everything they saw, but did keep her mind set on what they were doing.

"Probably because of how dangerous it can be….. Seeing as it is farther away from the portal" Jack said as he also looked around.

This was getting bad, there was nothing around here, no ghost or creature, at this point they were hoping to run into their parents seeing as something could have happened to them.

"GAH!" By their surprised both their arms were gripped tight and pulled into a cave that they were currently passing.

A hand then covered their mouths "Shhh, what are you trying to do? Get us captured?" A familiar voice said.

The twins blinked in confusion then looked to see it was none other than Nick.

"YOU! What are you-". Abby was ready to attack by Nick covered her mouth.

"I would love to play Gail, but right now it's not the best time" he said making her more enraged than what she was now.

"Nick? What's going on? Where are all the ghost?" Jack said confused on the situation.

"You don't know? HE'S BACK! Seven hundred years is here and now he's collecting victims for his sacrifice" Nick said still covering Abby's mouth.

Jack blinked "whose back?"

"King Mino's!"

"Wait what? You mean like from the story? That can't be true….can it?"

"Yeah…. So you have heard of him?"

"Yeah, I'm learning about him in my history class…but seven hundred? In the story it's just seven…."

"Used to be seven. It's hard to explain, all I know is we have to get out of here, if we get caught we'll end up being Bull food" Nick explained as he then felt Abby bite his hand "YEOW!"

"Shh, be quiet" Abby said growling.

"Abby, calmed down, this isn't the time to kill him" Jack said dryly.

She grumbled under her breath. "Fine…"

Nick was holding his hand in pain from that experience. "Ow…yeah…cut me a break will yea?"

"I'll break something all right" Abby said under her breath.

Jack sighed in irritation as both of them were giving him a headache. He looked to Nick.

"Where are all the ghost?"

"Most are hiding, others I'm not so sure about…"

"Why can't we pick any of them on the radar at home?"

"Simple, he's got it tapped, he maybe old but he's determined to get all the children to come and be feud to that thing he has"

"You mean the Minotaur?"

"Yeah, that's it"

"Why only the children?" Abby cut in finally calming down a little.

"Because in the story, that's how it went…though it was meant to be punishment for another place as it was there kids…." Jack explained.

"We it's punishment for the Ghost Zone now" Nick said back.

"Why aren't you hiding?" Jack said looking at the red eyed ghost.

"Because I had to save you both. Now we have to get out of here before they find us. This place is no longer safe to use"

"Not without our brother" Abby said in protest.

"Your brother?"

"Our brother went missing here. We've been trying to find him"

"Oh man…Your brothers doomed then. He usually goes after the younger kids, and your brother does fit the description there…"

"What!?" Abby and Jack said in fear. This made Nick hush them again.

"What are we going to do? We have to save him" Abby said ready to bolt out of the cave but was stopped by Jack.

"We need to think clearly of this before rushing in….Nick…you got to help us get him"

"Heck no! I'm not going to risk my after life to go there" Nick said then got pinned by the neck by Abby who looked at him darkly.

"You don't help…Then I will do in all my power to kill you slowly till you wish you were sacrificed" The tone of her voice would send a chill down your spin hearing this. Nick gulped and nodded.

"Okay, okay! I'll help"

"Good" She drooped him as Jack sighed figured this would happen.

"Okay…care to lead the way?" Jack said as he just wanted to get this over with.

Nick dusted himself off "Fine…come on" *started to fly as he headed in the direction of where it was. Abby and Jack followed.

As they flew they saw something's in ruins as they made it to ancient Greece of the Ghost Zone. Jack should have guess as it did seem obvious.

"Okay, we're coming close to where he is. But be quite" Nick whispered to them as he hid behind a rock.

Abby looked around as she searched for any signs of her brother. Jack did the same as they then started to fly again following Nick to what looked like the ruins of an old castle.

"I've never seen that before…" Jack said a bit shocked.

"No surprise there… It just showed up a few days ago" Nick said as he was a bit cautious.

"Okay! Let's go!" Abby said try to take off and storm the castle but got held back by Jack.

"Let's think first" he said annoyed.

"Yeah…it's not as simple as you think. He's strong….At least that's what I've heard" Nick said.

"Well I don't want to just sit here. WE HAVE TO GET-."Get her mouth covered by both Nick and Jack.

"Keep it down!" They harshly said but whispered it.

Abby pouted a bit but then heard a noise as all three peeked out to see the door opened as a huge group of children started to walk out with guards stood on their sides to keep them in line. They seemed to be just ghost children or teen for some where there were a few that were young creatures. They then saw Stripes in the mix.

Nick and Jack held onto Abby to keep her from going after them.

"Not" Nick said

"Yet" Jack finished.

They watched as the children walked down a ruined street out to a path that lead more into the Zone. As you saw them they wore simple white robes having blank stares on their faces.

"We need to figure out a way to save them" Jack said.

"Oh yes your right. 'We' do need to" Said a voice that made both Jack and Abby freeze up then slowly turned to the voices.

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I did not at all mean to leave it like this...but it works to well XD *shot*

I'm going to work on the next part I swear just...I think I need to work on one story that a lot of you probably want more (hint hint)

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