Aw, screw the lame, in between chapters! I'm just going to skip right to the good stuff so I can get this annoying thing out of the way and start on the awesomely cool sequel! Yes! Um, short chapter because I need to build suspense.
Ten: Laughing (about terror)
"This is getting out of hand." Amethyst growled, standing distractedly on the side walk outside the Fenton household while Danny and Sam sat on the bottom step and Tucker sat a few steps above them, "People are going to get hurt soon. Or killed. I will not have that."
The Yokai Fox Girl had become attached to Amity Park over the past two weeks since Trice's warning. There had been too many Yokai Tabbies popping up for anyone's comfort but luckily Danny and Amethyst had been able to interfere in time before anyone could get seriously hurt; most of it was scraps and bruises from trying to get away. Still, it was only a matter or time. And time had never been on Danny Fenton's side.
"Don't worry, Amethyst," Sam said reassuringly, looking up from her book, "Trice can't hide forever and there's no way he's going to keep letting those minions do the work for him."
"How can you be sure about that?" Danny asked, starring off into the fading blue sky, "I mean, he's toying with us, right? So what's to stop him from wearing us out?"
"Because," Tucker responded before Sam could get a word in, "He's nuts. There's no way he's going to just let his little toys do all the work for him. When he gets antsy he's going to get off his furry butt and come find us. He's not stupid, just crazy."
"Hmmm…" Danny sighed, unease creasing his forehead, "I don't like the way this is going. I get the feeling something terrible is going to happen and there's nothing I can do to stop it…"
"Emo." Sam breathed and then laughed as the black haired boy shot her a glare. Tucker chuckled and then quickly straightened his features out. Barely.
"There's something foul hanging in the air this twilight." Amethyst whispered, her attention turned towards the skyline, "I can sense it too."
Tucker looked worriedly up into the sky as though expecting another Yokai Tabby to sweep down and snatch him from his perch, Sam closed her book, lips tight, shoulders tense, and Danny continued to stare blankly upwards, lost in his thoughts.
"It's close." He muttered after a while; the sky was now stained with reds, pinks, oranges, and deepening blues, "The storm clouds on the horizon…they're bringing it here." He turned to Amethyst and grinned, "I think you can finally pay him back for what he's done to you and your clan…!"
Amethyst's returned smile was dark and twisted, "I would sincerely enjoy that." She hissed, "I would enjoy that very much indeed."
She, Tucker, Sam, and Danny all looked towards the skyline where thick black clouds were gathering.
"Tomorrow morning," Tucker said, "Whatever that storm's bringing will be here tomorrow morning."
No one answered. No one had to.
Next time on 'Melody in Red'
Amethyst: Wow, we're really running out of things to do here, aren't we?
Tucker: Yeah, it's sort of lame.
Sam: I see Amethyst isn't the only one who's matured over two weeks.
Danny: Ooooh, burned!
Tucker: (high, mocking voice) Ooooh, burned! (voice returns to normal) Shut up, ghost-butt…!
Sam: Now, now boy's, can we please reserve this for the bad guys?
Amethyst: Bad guys indeed! They shall all suffer for this! All of them! They shall all perish in my rage! Burn! Burn! Mwhahahahahahahahaha!
Danny: Has she made friends with the Box Ghost or something?
Tucker: Somebody's been watching to much anime…