For the sake of not repeating the same line for who is talking, I will refer to the Older Tucker as Tuck, and the younger in his normal full name.
Chapter 4
Doubts and Revelations
Samantha sat on the roof of her old house, tears dried and eyes puffy. She'd calmed down since her outburst about an hour before. She was calm enough to think clearly and now that she had, she was having second thoughts.
"Sam?" a voice asked.
Samantha glanced over her shoulder to see Jade standing there.
"Hey Jade. What's up?" she asked.
"Well, Tucker is wondering if you're okay." she replied.
"Yeah I am, but now I'm having second thoughts." Samantha stated, looking back over the city.
"About the mission?" Jade asked in a shocked voice, taking a seat next to her.
"Yeah, I mean, what if this is all for nothing? The way things are going, we'll never get anything done, especially if Danny won't try to get along with Dan. If they can't do that then what was the point of coming back here to try and save the future?" she explained.
"We're here because Clockwork knows that in order to save our future, we have to work with our past selves. He knew it wouldn't be easy, Hell, he probably knew that Danny would act the way that he did. But that also means he knew that we still would have to do this." Jade reasoned.
"Yeah, but what if we can't?!" Samantha asked, a worried and scared expression on her face. An expression that Jade had never seen before on her confident leader.
With a sigh, Jade straightened up and looked at Samantha with a firm expression.
"Sam, listen, I know that all this is stressful. I think that literally having the fate of the world in your hands would stress anyone out. I also know that what happened in there didn't help. Too bad for us, that's exactly what the situation is at the moment, and doubt is a luxury we can't afford anymore, even for someone as loaded as you." Jade explained, getting a small laugh from Samantha.
Samantha looked from Jade to the people down below. They were happy and completely unaware of the danger on the way. There were kids walking with their parents, friends just hanging out and even young couples out for a stroll. She remembered what all of that felt like. That was her life before Black Nova appeared. Not to mention that after Danny had...passed….she became different.
She was depressed and sad almost all the time. She didn't want to do anything or see anyone. If it hadn't been for Tucker, Jazz, and later Jade helping her through it, she knew she'd probably be a different person at this point. Her family hadn't been as helpful, suggesting she just move on and forget about Danny. The Fentons...well...they hadn't been much better off. All of it was because of Black Nova ruining their more or less peaceful lives. Their lives weren't perfect or even normal for that matter, but they were happy.
She wanted that peace of mind again and the she knew that the only way to get to get it back was to defeat Black Nova when he arrived.
With one last sigh, she looked to Jade and smiled.
"Thanks Jade." Samantha stated, a content smile on her face.
Jade smiled and hugged her leader from the side.
"No problem. Someone's got to be the glue that binds this team together so we all make it together. Just you wait, I'll get Dan in on it too. He's gonna become a part of this team permanently and he'll be fine with it." Jade stated with determination.
"Really? You think so?" Samantha asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, not that either of you would mind. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sensing a possible romance. I mean you are gave him a pet name when you called him sugar." Jade teased.
"Yeah, well whatever." Samantha replied, a slight blush over her cheeks.
MEANWHILE, INSIDE
"Well, that happened, I'll see if they're ready to come back inside." Sam stated, heading out and up to the roof. If she knew herself well, then she knew she'd be up on the roof.
"Yeah, that got out of hand pretty quickly. Maybe you should apologize, Danny." Tucker stated.
"But why!? I don't get why what I said was so wrong. I mean, I get that this is serious and I'm probably being stupid but why do we need his help? Why does it have to be him!?" Danny asked.
"It's not like we were the ones who chose him." Tuck stated, coming back into the room with a soda. "Clockwork did, and we trust him. When he told us that we could save our future and you in the process there was no question about it."
There were no words spoken from anyone. Not even from Dan.
"Danny, when you, um...when you...passed...nobody was the same and neither was Amity Park. besides Black Nova beginning his reign of terror, we had tons of ghosts coming to Amity Park and other parts of the world trying to escape him from the ghost zone." Tuck stated.
"What about my parents? Jazz? You guys?" Danny asked, almost worried for the answer.
"Well, everyone was devastated. Your parents joined the fight and aided the guys in white with manufacturing ghost hunter weapons, but you could tell that they were hurting. Jazz was away at college and came home right away after she heard what happened. She wasn't much better, I don't think I've ever see her cry so much before. She stayed for a few weeks before she went back to school. And then there was Sam and I." Tuck explained.
He sat down on the other couch and took in a deep breath.
"We were pretty torn up about it. I was lucky enough to have my parents help me through it. Sam on the other hand…" he paused. Danny looked at him with a concerned face. Had something happened to Sam's older self? Dan was wondering the same thing. It couldn't have been anything fatal seeing as she was still around, so what then?
"Sam took it really hard. She became depressed and shut herself out from anyone else for a while. Her parents thought it was better that she wasn't involved in ghost adventures anymore. Needless to say they were insensitive about how she felt about all of it. The even tried harder to mold her into a perfect lady. I was trying my best to help her cope, but it was a hard process. Fortunately, we met Jade not too long after. She actually helped a lot and Sam slowly got back to being her old self. After she was back to being Sam again, she decided to become a ghost hunter and help fight against Black Nova for the sake of humanity." Tuck stated.
No one could really think of what to say following that statement. What could anyone say? Especially Danny.
"Look, I get it. I get why you're so against having Dan help. But you have to understand, we've all been through too much and have too much at stake back home to give up just because we might not be completely on board with the plan." Tuck explained.
"Yeah…" Danny said softly, looking down at the floor.
"Also, you should probably apologize to Sam when she gets back in here. You were kind of an jerk-face." Tuck added.
Just as he said that, the two women came back into the room. All eyes turned to them with no one saying a word.
"Way to be awkward you guys." Samantha stated, before pointing the ring blaster at Dan once more and releasing him from his bindings. "Whether we like it or not, we need to work together."
Dan's gaze lingered on the goth woman for a moment before crossing his arms and looking elsewhere, as if he hadn't just stared at her for a reason that not even he knew.
Danny looked down once more with a frown, before taking a deep breath and exhaling.
"You're right." he paused to look at his Sam and Tucker, both nodding at him, "If it's what we have to do, then we'll work together with you...all of you." the frowning glance towards Dan was not missed.
"Nice to know you'll cooperate." Samantha stated.
"And...I'm sorry...for being a jerk." Danny replied.
Samantha smiled and ruffled his hair a bit.
"Don't worry you'll have plenty of time to work on that stubbornness of yours in a good way once this is all over. And I accept your apology." she said with a small smile.
Danny returned it, now feeling considerably better, even if he was still wary of Dan.
"So now that all of that is taken care of…" Jade began.
"Right, first things first, our plan. We have until next week, we have a lot to do before then. So, who'd like to go first?" Samantha asked, taking a seat. It was time to start planning.
Okay, I hope you all liked. Sorry it took me a bit longer, I recently got my rooming assignment for school(yay!) and I've been getting more stuff done in preparation of going to college in the next 3-4 weeks. I'll try to get the next chapter out soon. Peace out everybody!
