Chapter 8 is HERE!!! Enjoy!! ACTION WARNING!!!!! HAHA!!

Chapter 8

Katie kept thinking the worst as she and Danny rode to her house. "Did your mom tell you what happened?" Danny called over the windy morning. "No, but she sounded serious!" Katie replied. As they arrived at her house, they saw her mother outside. There were three police cars outside, and one of the cops were talking to Katie's mother. She seemed to be crying, her face was all red.

Katie, paying attention only to her mother, didn't see that she had traveled off the sidewalk and into the grass. She crashed into the small tree of her yard, but instantly got off and ran to her mother. "Katie!" Danny cried, throwing his bike down and taking off after her.

"M—mom! What happened? What's wrong?" Katie cried. Her mother had definitely been crying, her face was all red and there were tears in her eyes.

"Katie. It's your brother. Someone—had taken him." Her mom began to cry again. She grabbed Katie and hugged her until she couldn't breathe. "Mom! What—how!?" she cried. Her mom took a deep breath. "I don't know, Katie. I was out in the front yard, trying to clean up a little with the leaves and everything. I heard a scream, and when I ran back inside. The window in Cody's room was broken, and he was gone."

Her mother petted her hair. Katie blinked and looked over at Danny, who was standing in and odd angle, his face in complete shock. Their eyes met. He looked away and blinked, and then half sat, half fell onto the ground. Katie suddenly read his mind. "Oh no.." she whispered. Her mother heard her. "What is it Katie?"

Katie could barely think. "Mom. Mom—was there anything left behind? Like, a note, or—" some ectoplasm… "Anything?"

"Honey, this isn't one of your movies. In real life, people who do this kind of stuff don't leave notes, or any easy-to-find clues." Her mother kissed her then got up, walking over to one of the police officers. Katie got up and ran over to Danny. "Danny…you don't think it could've been—"

"Vlad?" Danny interrupted. Katie nodded solemnly. "Yeah. That's what I'm thinking. But why would he want your brother?"

"I don't—what if he wants me? Just because he gave me my ghost powers, doesn't mean he wanted to, or wants me to keep them!" Katie cried. "What I'm thinking now is…what if he doesn't want Cody? What if he's using him to get to me!? We've got to get inside that house to look!"

Danny and Katie exchanged glances. "Duh, ghost powers!" Danny whispered. They waited until no police officer was looking, then they ducked behind the wall of the house. Almost at the exact same time, they summoned the blue rings around their waists. "Come on," Katie told him. They both turned intangible and phased through the wall. They were both about to turn visible, when an officer passed them, right through them! Katie mouthed the words 'stay invisible,' and they both phased into Cody's room. The window really was broken. There was glass everywhere. On his bed, his floor, his closet, everywhere. "What if it wasn't Vlad?" Katie whispered.

"Oh, it was definitely him." Danny's voice sounded muffled.

"How do you—" she turned around and saw Danny stepping out of the closet with a piece of paper. He gave it to Katie. She flipped it over and saw it had small written letters on it.

If you want your brother to live, turn yourself and the ghost boy into me, and he will.

"I think he wanted us to find it. And I think your right. You can't go walking up to him and ask him for your brother back. He wants you…" Danny frowned. " and me."

Katie shook her head and phased through the wall. She changed to Katie Johnson and dropped onto the ground, crying. Danny did the same and sat next to her.

"This is so wrong!" Katie cried. "I move to a new place, find new friends that are really nice, and then my brother is kidnapped by a demented vampire ghost! This is so not cool!" she screamed. "What am I going to do, Danny? What am I going to do?"

"We're going to get your brother back." Danny said, determinedly. "And no one is going to turn themselves into Vlad."

Katie wasn't sure. "Really? You'll help?"

"You can count on it."

DUNDUNDUN!!! Okay, that was totally fun. Not this chapter, but it gave me an idea for the next chapter that is totally fun!!! The next chapter preview is below….:

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Vlad looked almost…bored! He make a fake yawn, waving his hand across his mouth. Easily, he flipped out his wrist and aimed a tube-like gun at Danny. Katie had no time to warn him. The rope shot out of the tube and wrapped around Danny.

He tried to turn intangible, but the rope turned green, and he cried out in pain as it shocked him. Katie shot an ecto-beam at Vlad, but he easily dodged it. Danny now wasn't moving, and suddenly the rope let go of him, and he fell to the concrete with a 'thud'.

"Danny!"

Hehe…I HOPE that wasn't to much info….hmmm….LOL R&R please!!! Yeah, I know, Sam and Tucker really don't show up much, and they won't a lot more!! It's more of a Danny and Katie story. See ya soon!!

Danni