Sam quietly crawled towards the window and peeked through the drawn blinds. She got one look and jumped back to Tucker.

"What is it Sam?" Tucker whispered.

"The police, the media, and half the town just pulled up on the front lawn." Sam said keeping her voice down. "They must think Danny's a monster."

"Not everyone thinks that." Tucker soothed.

"How are we going to get him out of here, soon they'll break down the door and raid the house.We can't hide cause they probably have censors and tracking devices."

"Sam calm down. We'll get through this." Tucker comforted her, then in the corner of his eye he saw his friend begin to stir and then he saw Danny sit up quickly as if from bad dream.

Tucker gritted his teeth and put his hand over Danny's mouth before the boy gave away their position. Danny's voice was muffled and he panicked until Tucker whispered, "Danny it's me, yes everyone knows you're Phantom and right now they are outside trying to get in."

Danny nodded his head and Tucker let go. "Now what?" He whispered to his friends.

"I don't really know, but let's not stay this close to the front door in case they get in." Sam answered quietly.

Danny nodded and grabbed his two friends and brought them up to the Op Center. Danny paced rubbing the back of his neck and checked the window every so often. His two friends watched quietly each unsure of what he would do.

"Ok, so where are my parents?" Danny finally said after sorting through all the events that had happened to him, and some he wasn't sure even happened.

"They're supposed to be coming." Sam answered.

"Sam weren't you with them?" Danny asked.

"I was, but we got seperated just before your secret was revealed." Sam said almost shyly.

"So we can't leave can we." Danny sighed shaking his head and still pacing.

"Not really, but where would we go if we did?" Tucker said. "Danny you gotta calm down."

"Calm down? How can I calm down? Everyone knows the truth and soon The Guys in White will be coming to look for me to dissect me. Let's not forget the Vlad is definately up to something sinister and I don't know what yet.Oh yeah I have a millon reasons to calm down."

"Danny you don't need to get snippy, Tucker's just trying to help, we both are." Sam said taking his hands and looking him in the eyes.

Danny sighed. "Yeah I know, I've just got a lot to sort through."

"We understand, but remember we're on your side and we both have your best interest in mind." Sam reassured him with a smile, Danny smiled too.

"Ok I'll calm down." And with that Danny plopped to the floor and sat tiredly. "This is the worst day of my life. You know I have to admit I liked the way Freak Show did things better." He said looking at his two friends who had sat beside him.

"Yeah I have to admit, he didn't go to extremes." Tucker added.

"The one thing that bothers me is that Vlad's up to something but he hasn't hinted towards anything." Danny explained as something in the back of his mind began to eat at him.

"I'll give you a hint." Came a familar voice.

The three teens turned to see a female ghost floating behind them. "Trig, what are you doing here?" Danny and Sam asked in unison while Tucker stared at the lovely ghost confused.

"I thought I just told you. Look Danny does Pariah Dark ring any bells?"

Danny nodded. "Yeah how could I forget the ghost king."

"Well the things that give him his power, the ring of rage and crown of fire have sorta fell into Vlad's hands." Trig answered with a nervous laugh.

"What!" Danny demanded standing up. "Please tell me you're kidding." But Trig only gave him a sorry look. "Oh God I get it, he's trying to get me out of the way and distract me, so he can rule the whole world."

"And probably make out with your mom." Tucker added, Sam jabbed him in the side. "What? Come on it's Vlad, with ultimate power, of course he's going to do that."

"Right now's not the time for jokes Tucker." Sam scolded.

"Unfortunately Sam, Tucker's got a point no matter how completely out of order it seems. With all that power Vlad is going to get everything he wants." Danny said.

"That's right. He'll not only be able to take in everything he ever wanted to have but he'll also be able to destroy everything he hates. Even as a halfa he's still very powerful but with those items he'll be unstoppable." Trig explained.

Sam was about to say something but was stopped short by the sound of footsteps coming from downstairs. "Do you guys hear that?" The four all stood frozen.

"I gotta jet, see you around." Trig said then vanished.

Sam, Danny, and Tucker were left in the Op Center while whoever was downstairs came closer. Danny took a hold of Sam and Tucker's arm and shot the "just in case" look at them. The door to the Op Center opened and in flew a red headed figure followed by two jumpsuited people.

"Danny you're ok!" Jazz exclaimed hugging her little brother.

"Hi Jazz." Danny wheezed at his sister's bone crushing hug.

"What did Vlad do to you?" Jazz asked after letting go and holding his shoulders.

"Exposed me to the whole world." Danny answered bleakly.

Danny's mother approached him. "It's ok sweetie the important thing is that you're alright." Maddie said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"But I'm not!" Danny counter-pointed. "Mom something evil is about to happen and I need to find out what."

"How Danny?" Sam asked.

Danny's shoulders dropped. "I don't know."

Ok folks I am back, no i did not die, but my computer did. It crashed and I finally fixed cause I am a genius of that nature. So we are back in buisness y'all! Thank you for being so patient and all the time spent away from the computer really gave me time to plan all my stories out perfectly so hold on kiddies. I promise never to let you down. Sorry about this chapter it's mostly filler, but it all heats up in the next chapter.

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