Chapter 14

"Are we almost there?" Jazz asked getting excited.

"We are landing in a few minutes. Then you meet Haversham at the landing," the agent said looking out the window as they descended.

"I can't believe Danny made it all the way to New York," Jazz said looking at Sam.

"I can. He doesn't give up so without a set destination, it doesn't surprise me that he went that far," Sam said looking back at Jazz, then looking at Tucker who was going though PDA withdraws.

"Tucker, you need to get over the fact that they didn't let you bring your PDA. Vlad can trace it if he wanted too," Sam said glaring at him. Then the seatbelt light came on and they all buckled in. The plane landed and they were escorted off the plane and to a limousine that was waiting for them.

"Why are we being taken in a limo?" Sam asked glaring at the short man that opened the door. A voice answered from inside.

"Because it was the only thing to fit everyone and the only thing Mozzie had to transport people. And it's his job to drive limos," the voice said and Sam recognized it as Danny's

"Danny!" Sam yelled and ran into the limo and hugged him.

"Easy, Sam, I need to breathe," Danny said trying to get air from the crushing hug.

"Danny, you are so skinny," Jazz said afraid to touch him.

"You know, that's what mom said," Danny said looking at her.

"Danny, you are extremely thin. Please tell me that you have at least been eating lately," Sam said rubbing his chest and stopping at the gauze. "What happened?"

"First, yes I have been eating; Mozzie won't let me miss a meal. And then mom will make me eat at random times," Danny said with a smile.

"Who is Mozzie?" Jazz asked worried that they had missed Haversham.

"The FBI knows him as Dante Haversham. He prefers Mozzie though," Danny said still with his smile. "Tucker, are you okay? You usually talk."

"They took away my PDA, and then you act as though nothing happened even though you have been missing for seven months and nineteen days," Tucker said glaring at Danny. "How could you expect us to act?"

"I…I honestly don't know," Danny said looking down with a sad look. "I just…I had to leave to keep Vlad from destroying all of you. He threaten to kill you guys and I had to leave to keep him from killing you." Danny said while looking at them all. "If I didn't, I doubt any of us would even be alive." Tears started to fall. "I didn't know what else to do at the time."

"Danny, I'm sorry. I didn't really mean to snap, but I mean seriously. If Vlad was doing all of this then why didn't you come back and tell us?" Tucker asked looking Danny straight in the eyes and gasped at the haunted look in them.

"I couldn't. He kept up with me until I got here to New York. When I ran into an investigation of a stolen ghost painting then the FBI helped keep Vlad away, Mozzie sent him to New Hampshire and then was able to get him suck in Virginia. Unfortunately, dad called him saying that I was still in New York. He isn't too happy with me right now," Danny explained as tears kept going down his face. Sam came up and wiped them away and then kissed him. He jumped and then leaned into it. When they broke apart Sam spoke.

"Danny, it's okay. You don't have to explain anymore. We get it. Now we need a plan to bring Vlad down," Sam said smiling at him. He smiled too at her face as he realized she was most likely the most hurt from him leaving. "Also everyone at school said that you couldn't take that your parents were crazy and left."

"That's nice. Really nice guys," Danny said sarcastically. "I knew something like that was going to happen. But after this everyone will know what really happened. The FBI has a warrant for Vlad's arrest already. They are waiting for him to land at the airport," Danny said smiling. "They also have ghost proof cuffs from my mom."

"Your mom knows?" Sam asked looking at him with worry.

"You know after I disappeared, mom figured out that I was Danny Phantom, so it doesn't really matter. But as far as Vlad thinks, they have no idea. He should be the only one in the dark. I have been a step ahead of him since I met Neal," Danny said smiling as Sam picked up his hand. She gasped and realized that even his hands were also just skin and bone. She traced the bone and interlocked her fingers into his and squeezed. Danny only looked at her and smiled.

"You know you never told us what happened to your ribs," Sam said taking her other hand and putting them on the gauze.

"That was during a fight with a ghost Vlad sent after us. Vlad got shot by Agent Burke," Danny said smiling that Vlad was stupid enough to turn his back to an armed person.

"You never answered," Sam said digging her fingers into his hand.

"Ow… Okay, jeez I was thrown into a table and the leg come up and stabbed me. Happy now," Danny said letting go of Sam's hand to rub his hand. "That really hurt Sam."

"Well then you shouldn't have let yourself go. If you weren't so skinny that wouldn't have hurt as bad," Sam said and looked away with an angry glare sent at no one.

"Sam," Danny began but was irrupted when Mozzie stopped and told them that they were there.

FBI BUILDING

"Masters' plane has been delayed from a fire on the airfield. I am guessing Mozzie created that delay to give us more time to get everything together," Jones said getting his laptop out and going back over the plan.

"Couldn't he just disappear if he saw us coming?" Neal asked looking around the room.

"That's why we need to prepare for anything. Maddie said that once the plane lands we can put up a ghost shield to keep Masters from leaving, but there problems with that. One he would know that we know he is a ghost. Two we would be trapped because in order for the ghost shield to work it needs to be able to also keep humans in. Three we don't have very good weapons against him. According to Danny, Masters is really hard to beat and he has also mastered his powers," Agent Burke explained.

"What are we going to do then, Boss? We could use Danny, but I don't want to take the chance of him getting hurt even worse than what he already is," Diana said looking at Peter.

"Is he hurt?" Peter asked looking at Neal.

"Yeah, when he fought at your house that time and he crashed into the table one of his ribs was broken. That was according to Maddie at least," Neal said looking out the window.

"Why didn't he tell anyone about that? We could have got him fixed up and checked on. I knew he had some gauze around his torso, but at least tell us that something was wrong," Peter said looking at Neal.

"Maddie said that he was always like that. Never wanting to let others know how he was doing and if he was hurt," Neal said with a sad smile. "At least he is getting back to his old self."

"There's an upside. Now we have that ghost containment device that Maddie gave us right?" Peter asked looking at Jones and Diana.

"Yeah boss. Maddie showed us how to use it as well. It's kinda cool too. It has a shocking feature on it that shocks ghosts," Diana said with an evil smile.

"If I ever became a ghost, remind me never to get on her bad side," Neal said with a playful grin.

"I am with you on that one Neal," Peter said smiling with his team. "Now, we also have a blind spot. Mozzie was told and he said that he was going to take care of it, but I don't know how he plans on doing that," Peter explained looking at Neal hoping for something.

"Don't ask me. I have no idea what goes on in his head," Neal said with a smile.

"Okay then, we have a team guarding the north and south gates. Our team will be waiting at the runway to arrest him. SWAT will be on standby right outside that air strip and they will have whatever Jack has given them. We put him with SWAT. Maddie will be with us and Danny is taking to the air," Peter said getting his gun and putting it in the holster.

"What about his friends and sister?" Diana asked remembering they had come in this morning.

"They will be with Mozzie wherever he plans on being. He said he was taking our one blind spot so we should have everything covered," Peter answered slipping his suit jacket on and grabbing the warrant and the file with everything on Masters.

DANNY AND JAZZ

"Danny, let her go," Jazz said reaching out to grab her brother but stopping short. This didn't go unnoticed by Danny.

"Why are you so afraid to touch me? Ever since Sam brought up how bad I was, you refuse to even hug me. Normally you were all for it," Danny said walking next to Jazz as they entered the hotel.

"You look like you could break at the slightest touch, and I am just so…I don't know," Jazz said looking down following wherever they were going. Danny stopped her before the elevator door.

"Mozzie, go ahead and take them I want to talk with Jazz," Danny said looking at Mozzie.

"Alright then," Mozzie said then pushed the tenth floor button up to where they were staying. "Come on we have two rooms for you guys." Mozzie finished as the elevator door shut.

"Jazz," Danny began and reached out to grab her hand, only for her to move it away. "Nothing to going to happen to me, I'm not leaving again." Danny said walking in front of her and tilting his head to look into her eyes. "I promised mom I wouldn't."

"You are just so unhealthy and you look like you should be dead," Jazz said slowly up into her brother's eyes that held nothing but caring and concern.

"I know, can you at least put that aside for now," Danny said grabbing her hand before she could turn away again. "Right now we have someone to take down and I plan on burying him so far down that he can't hurt any of you ever." Jazz stopped and held his hand. It was boney and thin, but it still had a strong grip to show that he has not yet quit fighting, while his voice showed he was going to fight until the end.

"Danny, I missed you so much," Jazz said pulling him in and squeezing him into a hug. "I just couldn't believe that you were really here, but here you are anyway. I let myself get hopeful that you were completely fine and that you were safe. Then I seen how thin and pale you were, it just hit me that you had changed and I didn't know how to respond to that."

"Your psycho-babble is annoying Jazz. Even now," Danny said smiling and pulling out of the hug but not letting go of her hands. She looked at him and started tracing the bones on his hands. "You know something else? Mom and Sam did that too." Danny said smiling a sly smile.

"Oh, Danny, even now you are still my annoying brother that can't stop," Jazz said still smiling at the innocent face he put on.

"I try," he said smiling once again. Jazz just waited until the elevator came back and with a ding it opened and they entered.

"You do know what level this room is on right?" Jazz asked looking at Danny who seemed confused.

"Of course, I know," Danny said pushing the button for the tenth floor.

"Sure you do," Jazz said picking up his hand once more to examine it. "You know, you could hide behind a skeleton in my college and be completely hidden."

"Great now you are making jokes about it," Danny said looking down at his hand. "I really didn't mean to let it get this bad, though; however, why would I hide behind something if I can just go invisible?"

"You're funny," Jazz said squeezing his hand and watching the bones move away from the pressure. "That is kinda of cool."

"Glad to be your entertainment," Danny said pulling his hand away and sticking them into his pockets. Jazz went around him and started to run her hand down his back gently. Danny eyes went wide and he jumped forward. "That tickled."

"That was the point," Jazz said smiling at her brother that had started rubbing his arms to get rid of the goose bumps that were caused.

This one was fun to write and I got something even better. We went trail riding earlier and my horse started playing in the water like a five year old. It was awesome, except it was cold and I got soaked. Ravyn loves water though. If you don't know who ravym is them read my profile.