Hi, it's me again! ^^ Despite this double upload, the next chapter may take awhile, simply because it's not finished yet! So enjoy this, and remember, my writing is the plain text, and Julian's is the italisized.

Everyone met up in the FentonWorks basement so that Danny and Danielle could help the other Fenton's set up and operate the portal controls and defense mechanisms. Even Sam was geared up to fight, despite Danny's failed attempts at getting her to stay behind. She wore her normal ghost outfit, but over that, she had some armor in the style of her Doomed character, Chaos, as well as a matching sword.

Since Tucker was still fully human, it was agreed that he would stay out of the fray, a decision he was not happy about.

"Are you sure I can't help?" Tucker pleaded. "I can use a Fenton weapon."

"NO." everyone said in unison.

Tucker crossed his arms and huffed.

Out of the blue, Julian snaps his fingers. "Ok, Tucker, I've got an idea. I'll let you be a Rank II officer on the Hawkeye; you can work with my crew. You'll need a uniform though, let's see. Hmmm, my officers have navy blue capes, so maybe a matching jacket…"

No sooner had the words left his mouth, than that exact thing appeared on Tucker. Tucker opened his mouth to say something, but Julian had turned around, and Kaye motioned for Tucker to be quiet. As Julian continues talking, other things appear on the jacket.

"…with a gold Hawkeye logo on the back, the two stripes on the sleeves, a gold nameplate, and the gold trimmings. Yeah, that'd be cool." Then he turns around and sees Tucker, and a confused expression forms on his face. "What just happened?"

Kaye grinned, trying hard not to laugh. "Sometimes aura magic can act on its own, without conscious thought on the part of its user. It's happened to me a few times, once I caused it to rain inside Marvin's room at Wiz-Tech for several hours before one of the professors could reverse it. He deserved it though, calling Opalowl House a bunch of wimps." She scowled.

Julian smiled. "He obviously didn't meet you in an arena like I did."

Danny stood up from his controls and hugged his family, indicating it was about time to leave. "Don't worry, I'll be back. We'll all be back, just as soon as we kick Vlad's fruit loop butt."

"Be safe, dear." Maddie said, kissing the top of his head. She, Jack, and Jazz were staying at FentonWorks to control the portal defenses.

"Are we all ready, then?" Julian asked, as the friends formed a circle in the middle of the room. They all nodded.

"Okie-dokie." Kaye said. "Link arms, everybody, it's teleport time. To the Hawkeye!"

Milliseconds later, they arrived at the Hawkeye's bridge. The ship itself was dock at the defending lines, with allies surrounding and defending it.

"For those of you who are new, welcome to the Hawkeye." Julian said. "All the trimmings of an on the ground military base neatly packed into a zoneship of my own design."

Adam coughed.

"Okay, it's Adam's too."

A green blob ghost with a blue Hawkeye cape floated over and saluted. "Nice to see you again, Commanders. I hope the Hawkeye is shipshape, and she meets your requirements."

Julian laughed. "At ease, Chief, she looks great. Thanks for taking care of her while we were MIA. Guys, this is Chief. He basically runs this place, more than Adam and I do. Chief, these are my friends, this is Danny, who's also my brother, his friends Sam and Tucker, and also- hey, where's Emily? ah, never mind. This is Jarret, and this is Kaye."

Chief wolf whistled. "I always figured you'd go for a redhead, Jules, and I'll admit, she's quite the cutie. You even have matching outfit, isn't that adorable?"

Kaye and Julian's faces turned bright red, and Chief and the others laughed. "I'm just joking with you, Jules, lighten up a bit. I know the only girl in your life is your beloved Hawkeye." He continued laughing, Kaye and Julian's dagger-sharp stares not fazing him.

Out of nowhere, something slammed into the side of the ship, causing it to rock.

"Enemy bombardments on starboard broadside!" the crew yelled over the loudspeaker.

"Fire the Triple-A Cannons." Julian replies calmly.

The message is quickly relayed to the firing station. A few moments later, three plasma bolts shoot out of the starboard side with such force the Hawkeye lurched violently to the port side, knocking everybody off their feet.

"Status." Julian demands.

"Attack successful, sir." said the same ghost over the intercom. "Cannon power down to twenty-five percent, though, sir."

"Well, it's better," Julian said, as he and the other got back to their feet. "Tell Technus to continue working, and continue plasma bombardments on all cannons, excluding the Triple-A's."

"Aye, aye, sir."

"Come on, we need to head to War Prep H.Q."

In the prep room, after Emily reappears, Julian begins reading off the list lists of assets and allies. "All ships and men accounted for, that's good. A few MIA, two KIA, rest their souls. Still among the 'living', we have Technus, Wulf, Skulker, etc. Basically, a lot of mine and Adam's friends, and plenty of Danny's former enemies. Adam and Danny, you'll remain here commanding ground forces." Danny starts to speak, but Julian continues. "Sam, Tucker, Danielle, since y'all are all new to this whole ghost war thing, you'll remain on Hawkeye, please try not to break her. She can handle just about anything, but stick to basics: bombardments, single, I repeat, SINGLE ship-to-ship fights, and only use the Triple-A's when absolutely necessary. You have questions, you ask Adam or Chief.

"Emily, Jarret, Kaye, and I will be going on a special mission; I'll brief you three in my quarters in a bit. I plan to be back in time for war council in three weeks. If we don't win by Halloween, things will go terribly wrong for us, that's… two months, one week, and fourteen hours away. Questions?"

Emily raised her hand. "What's so special about Halloween? Afraid you'll miss trick-or-treating?"

Kaye put her hand to her temple and shook her head, exasperated. "How you can be so sarcastic in such a serious situation is beyond me, Emmy."

"I'm only kidding, K-K, just trying to make it seem not so ominous around here."

Julian just rolled his eyes and smiled, not nearly as annoyed as Kaye. "No, Emily, I'm not afraid of missing trick-or-treating. It's just that Halloween is when he's most powerful."

"Who?" Tucker asked.

"Pumpking. An old enemy of mine and Adam's that my sources tell me is back. If he teams up with Vlad, then we have a problem. Legend has it that he and Pariah Dark were archenemies and that the Fright Night was originally Pumpking's minion, along with several of the other Hallow's Eve ghosts. One day, Pariah Dark was able to trick him, and trap him inside of a pumpkin, taking the Fright Night as his own minion, and thus taking over. But when the Ancients trapped Pariah Dark, it freed Pumpking in the process. Being the King of All Hallow's, he usually only comes out around that time of year. Why he's not dormant right now, I have no idea; I just hope Vlad hasn't freed him. On that happy note, let's dismiss."

They split off into two groups: Chief, Tucker, Sam, and Danielle went toward the stern to explore the ship; and Julian, Adam, Danny, Kaye, Emily, and Jarret went to the bow, where Julian showed Danny how to operate the helm.

"Hey, Julian, what happens at a war council?" Danny asked as Julian was showing him the throttle.

The question caught Julian off-guard. "Umm… well, it's a meeting where the leaders of the opposing forces meet with each other and their generals to discuss the war and possible war law changes."

"What kind of laws?" Jarret asked.

"Oh, things like armor, weapons, what are not targets, things like that." Adam replied.

"Yes, and it's important that Adam and I both be here when that happens, or we won't have a fair say in what happens. But this mission can't wait. You three, meet me in my quarters in ten minutes, dress, pack, and arm for light, fast travel on foot for at least two weeks."