It was Wednesday. Gus only had two more days in Amity Park and the town was buzzing with his antics. Practically everyone had seen the show. Gus Tempest even held a show at Casper High for a class period for the entire school. Everyone loved Gus's shows. It was at his Wednesday evening show when Gus announced that he would hold a special extra length last show that everyone should attend. However Danny couldn't help but think the Friday show was a trap of some kind. Despite going to a few of the shows at either Jack's or his friends' insistence, he couldn't shake the feeling that Vlad was up to something by bringing this hypnotist to Amity Park.

Danny expressed this concern to his friends at lunch on Thursday during school but there was a strange pause and then they just told him he was paranoid. Danny couldn't help but think that reaction wasn't right. That evening he asked to have a private chat with Jazz.

"Thanks for this Jazz," Danny thanked her as she closed her bedroom door.

"No problem Danny. What's on your mind?" she asked.

"I wanted to ask you if you thought Sam and Tucker were acting strangely at all earlier. I kind of had a weird moment with them at lunch," Danny admitted. Jazz thought about his question but shook her head.

"I didn't notice anything. But then again you'd know them better than I would. They're your friends not mine necessarily," Jazz answered. Danny nodded. She was right, he'd be the one to notice something wrong.

"What happened earlier when you thought they were acting strangely?" Jazz prompted. Danny bit his lip.

"We were sitting at our table in the cafeteria and I mentioned how I thought something might happen at this special show of Gus's and they got a faraway look in their eye and then said I was being paranoid," Danny recalled.

"What do you think will happen at Gus's show?" Jazz asked worriedly, she'd grown to trust her brother's instincts.

"I don't trust him. I know you said hypnotists can't make you do anything you don't want to do. But I still think that Vlad's up to something other than getting better approval ratings. I mean this guy has got to be expensive to hire and yet his shows are free of charge. It's just weird and then Gus announces this special show that everyone has to go to… I can't help but feel that something bad is going to happen," Danny explained.

However when he looked back at Jazz, he saw something terrifying. Her eyes looked glazed over and unfocused. As soon as he had finished talking, she blinked a couple of times and then laughed softly.

"Danny that's ridiculous. I think you've been fighting too many ghosts and not getting enough sleep. You're just paranoid," Jazz replied confidently. Danny blinked and swallowed down his next thought. Jazz had told him he was paranoid. So had Sam and Tucker. The exact same words and in the same tone. That couldn't be a coincidence.

Danny forced a smile.

"Yeah, you're right Jazz. I'm just looking for trouble I guess," Danny struggled to say and forced a small laugh.

"Thanks for the talk though Jazz. It really helped," Danny called over his shoulder as he left her bedroom. He stumbled into his room dazed by the number of panicked thoughts flying through his mind. He shut his door and bit his lip. The only way he was going to get to the bottom of this would be if he checked on Gus Tempest outside of a show. Gus had never been seen except during his shows.

Danny took a steadying breath and willed to change. A belt of white light appeared around his waist. It spilt in half, one going up and other going down. His usual outfit of jeans, red sneakers, white shirt with red detailing changed into a black and white jumpsuit with his ionic logo on his chest. His eyes changed to a piercing green instead of his pale blue. His black hair changed to a stark white and his body gave off a slight ethereal glow. Once Danny Phantom had finished changing, he floated into the air and phased through the outside wall of the house. He then decided to try Vlad's mansion first. If they truly were in league with each other then they would probably be there.

So Danny is suspicious and everyone else thinks he's paranoid…

Until the next chapter.