Author's Note: Hey all. I managed to get this done the other night, and a great big thanks to Regrem for proofing it so fast that I could get this posted before I fly out to New York. Yey! So, I won't be around until Monday. After I get you can look forward to the next chapter of LiitA. Thanks to everyone for their reviews, and please keep reading and reviewing! But anyway, I've gotta go finish packing!

Chapter 10 Escapes in the Night

Jinx gave a sigh as she zipped up her bag. It was near midnight. Everyone else in the Hive would be fast asleep, resting up before their next day of classes.

Tomorrow, there would be no more classes for Jinx. She had fought with herself over this for hours, and now finally, she knew what to do.

She would not be the first to leave the school like this, nor would she probably be the last. She had never thought of herself like those few others who had walked away, but now, it was her turn.

Quietly, she slipped on a violet cloak from her closet and pulled it tightly around herself. She picked up her bag before turning off the lights, and with that, she slipped out the door.

It shut for the last time behind her. Glancing up and down the hallway, she found no one. Quickly, and quietly, she tiptoed towards the main entrance.

Nearly there, nearly there, she kept repeating to herself. She quickened her pace. Nearly there. Past combat training rooms, and labs. Just a bit more.

Further on she pressed. Almost there. She just had to cut through the cafeteria now. The door shut soundlessly behind her, and she made her way through the darkness past empty tables and chairs.

Just as her hand reached for the handle, the lights flickered on. "Good evening, Jinx. Out for a little nighttime stroll?" It was Brother Blood.

Jessica shut the door behind Tucker as they entered her apartment. Like always, her dad was nowhere to be seen. "Help yourself to anything in the fridge. I'm going to go boot up the computer," Jessica told him as she headed into her bedroom.

Tucker headed into the kitchen and grabbed two sodas out of the fridge. He took them back to Jess's room, where she was sitting in front of the computer.

The Windows logo flashed on the screen for a moment as it booted up. "Here, I grabbed you a soda," Tucker said, handing her a can and taking the seat next to her.

"Thanks, Tuck," she said flashing him a smile. The pair opened the cans and took a sip.

As soon as the computer was done warming up, Jessica clicked on the start menu and opened up Firefox. The browser surfed over to Hotmail and signed into Jessica's account.

"All right! I got a reply," she said opening the e-mail. "Dear Jessica, thank you for your e-mail. Blah, blah, blah. As you were wondering, I came up with the idea for the fic from a dream I've been having the past few nights. Danny Phantom and Sam Spectre were in the dream. Amity is the town that I live in, so I got it from that. Blah, blah, blah. Thank you again for your e-mail and the new update should be up sometime tonight after Regrem looks over it."

"She lives here?" Tucker asked.

"I guess so. Oh, hey, look. She's online. I'm gonna IM her and see if she'll met us."

"Great idea," Tucker told her as she opened an IM and typed something to the author. A moment later a response came up.

"All right, let's go."

"What? Right now?"

"She said she'll be at that witch store until 5. It's nearly 4."

"The witch store?"

"Remember, where we went with Danny to get those herbs?"

"Oh wow, I almost forgot about that place."

The two teens turned off the computer and headed towards the bus stop.

Thirty minutes later, they were walking up Maple Street to the shop at 1313. Above the glass door and window was a sign that read 'Magus Books and Herbs.'

Jessica opened the door, which made a small ring, and they walked into the small landing. They made their way past the zodiac mirror and down the steps into the brightly lit room.

"Bright blessings and welcome to Magus Books," said a short girl behind the counter.

"Are you MoonHawke?" Jessica asked.

"The one and only. You must be Jessica and Tucker," she said with a smile. "I've never known anyone to take such an interest in my fics." She gave a small laugh.

"I'm a huge fan," Jessica told her with a smile. "I just loved the scene in Love is in the Air, when Beast Boy…"

"Jessica, can we please keep on task?" Tucker asked.

"Oh yeah, that's right," she said losing her thunder. "The reason I wrote you is because we need to know what happens next in your new fic."

"I'm sorry. I can't tell you that."

"What?" Tucker nearly shouted. "What do you mean you can't tell us?"

"I can't. No one, save for myself, and Regrem, knows anything about my fics other than what it says in the summary," she said with a shrug.

"She has a point, Tuck. Most everyone, and I do mean most; on Fan Fiction put their hearts into what they post on the site. Nothing hurts more than when some lowlife rips off your work."

"Jessica, this was your idea!"

Jessica gave a sigh. "Am I missing something?" MoonHawke asked.

"All right. I'm going to level with you. However, you can tell no one, and I mean no one about this."

"Um, okay."

"Danny Phantom and Sam Spectre are real people, who really live in Amity. They go to Casper High, and they're our friends."

"Oh my gosh. They're real? I had no idea! Your friends aren't upset are they? I can change the names. I never meant to get anyone mad at me."

"No, no, that's not it. They're not mad. They don't know about the fic. Pretty much everything you've said about their past in Amity is real. They really look like that, and act like that."

"Freaky," MoonHawke breathed.

"Very. The thing is, they disappeared the other day, and we have no idea where they are. We've found this sort of rip, and we believe that there's a chance that they were sent into another dimension. And with all the similarities to your story and them, we thought that maybe what you were seeing was really happening."

"You think that I'm dreaming about another dimension, and everything I see is really happening?"

"I know it sounds crazy, but we've seen weirder things," Tucker told her.

"So then, Brother Blood is going to… Oh my gosh! You have to get them back now!"

"What? What's wrong?"

"Brother Blood, it was like he lost his mind! He's bent on taking over Danny and Sam. He's planning on brainwashing them into his ranks and making them kill the Titans!" A couple tears appeared in MoonHawke's eyes. "You can't let them kill Raven and Beast Boy." She acted as if she knew them on a deeper level.

"We're trying to do everything in our power to bring them back. We just have to come up with some kind of plan," Jessica said.

Tucker and MoonHawke watched as she paced back and forth for a minute.

"All right. I've got it. You dream about this every night?"

"Yeah, that's why I'm managing to get the new chapters up every night, but they're a day behind what I'm seeing."

"Good, okay. Just keep posting like normal. It would look too weird if you pulled the story. Don't say anything about what we've told you about Danny and Sam. Your readers think they're just a couple made up characters, and we want them to keep thinking that."

"Understood."

"Okay. I'll keep checking the updates, but if anything major happens, you have to e-mail me right away."

"What if I just e-mailed you the drafts when I send them to Regrem?"

"That works, too. But, wouldn't that go against your work?"

"It would, but I trust you guys. I know you're not going to steal my work. I want to help you guys get your friends back. But, can I ask something of you guys?"

"Sure, what?"

"When Danny and Sam get back, do you think I could meet them? I wanna know what it was like to hang out with the Titans."

Jessica giggled. "Yeah, but afterwards I'm going to kill them. Did you know that Sam only just started learning about the Titans like the day before they got pulled over there? And Danny was a couple weeks."

"No way! So, you were the one who made the tape?"

"Yep."

"What episodes were on it?"

"'Ello loves," an older man said, coming down the stairs. The teens were too busy talking to hear the bell.

"Oh, hello Robert. Is it 5 already?"

"Yep. You better 'ead out so you're not late to class," he spoke in a heavy English accent.

"On my way. I'll see you tomorrow." She walked with Jessica and Tucker up the stairs and out the front door. "I'll e-mail you guys later tonight, when I get out of class."

"Thanks so much, MoonHawke."

"Thank you, too. You guys have made my day. Good night!"