DarkFoxKit: What are you doing, Andy?

Andy: Playing on the Switch. What does it look like?

ZAFT: Andy, that is Fox's switch… *Sweatdrop*

Andy: Yeah, so? I was made by Fox, so in a way, the Switch is mine as well.

DarkFoxKit: What are you even playing? *looks at the Switch's screen* Pokemon Sword?

Andy: Well, the DLC is coming soon, might as well get some preparations in.

ZAFT: Makes me wish I had the DLC. T-T

DarkFoxKit: *Pats ZAFT's head* We should get the readers to the chapter now. We've got things to do while Andy is playing his precious Switch.

ZAFT: Okay. Let's get to it. :)

Chapter 13: Tucker's Jealousy

The next day at school, Andy, Takuya, and Dorimon were trying to keep an eye on Tucker. But it wasn't easy, as he seemed to keep disappearing into thin air. Dash was trying to keep an eye on him too, but he seems to pop up at random wherever and whenever he liked. There were reports going on in school, about an invisible man holding a tray and getting food at the cafeteria that freaked everybody out. There was an incident with a tuba player during band practice, where suddenly purple soda got clogged in his throat that came out of the tuba he was playing, and was sent to the nurse's office. Then Mr. Lancer tried to get a drink of water from a water fountain, when the water suddenly splashed him in his face, then his belt 'conveniently' came off, and his pants fell down, showing his boxers to everyone around him.

"Okay, I'm about… 80% sure Tucker became a ghost somehow," Andy finally said after the Mr. Lancer incident.

"Why do you say that?" Takuya asked. "I'm not sensing anything ghostly. And it could be just a harmless ghost that is making mischief."

"Because I literally saw him go invisible several times today. I heard his voice when he cut in line at the school cafeteria during that 'spooky floating tray' incident. And Tucker has had it out for Timmy the Tuba player for a while, who else would pour purple soda down that particular tuba player's throat?" Andy questioned.

"I also smelled that familiar technology and meat smell on him," Dorimon whispered when he popped his head out slightly from Andy's backpack.

"...Okay, I suppose it is possible Tucker gained ghost powers." Takuya admitted. "But why? Why would he want ghost powers?" Then a thought crossed his mind. "Maybe… Tucker knows Phantom is inside Danny and wanted to have the same abilities Danny gets when Phantom takes control."

"Tucker did seem pretty envious of Danny lately, but I didn't take the time to notice that." Andy frowned. "But is he straight up a ghost or is a ghost possessing him? Honestly, I… don't know which one I prefer right now. If he is a ghost, that means he's dead."

"I… can't tell which it is…" Takuya admitted. "I'm not a full Digimon."

"And I can't tell either." Dorimon added sadly. "I can only smell him."

"Great…" Andy sighed, rubbing his head, he was starting to get a headache from all this, and his nose was starting to get a little stuffy. "Okay, if I remember right, I think Danny told me Mom and Dad had some kind of Fenton Ghost Catcher in the lab to try to purify themselves from viral ghosts or something? Maybe it can expunge a ghost from a person's body as well?"

Takuya looked at Andy. "Are you feeling okay, Andy? You sound stuffed up."

Andy frowned as he pinched his nose a bit. "... And to top it all off, I'm probably also getting this stupid cold that's going around!"

Takuya groaned. He wasn't so sure this was a good idea. Andy was dealing with a possibly possessed/dead friend, and he was getting a cold too! Poor Andy. He can't seem to get a break.

"Look, let's just find Tucker and get this issue sorted out before he does something else." Takuya said as he put a hand on Andy's shoulder. "And so we can get you home to some warm chicken noodle soup."

"Ugh, I wiiiiii- I wonder why there isn't any simple cure for the common cold, something that's been around since ancient times," Andy groaned, quickly stopping himself from saying 'I wish' in case that genie ghost was nearby.

Takuya chuckled. "There's no simple cure save for rest and some soup." He meant it in a teasing way, but he wasn't sure if Andy was up for teasing right now.

"There's no time for rest! What if there's a time limit or something? What if we only have a certain time before Tucker is permanently a ghost or that ghost takes over him completely?" Andy asked, suddenly getting all sorts of paranoid thoughts.

Takuya grabbed Andy's shoulders. "Just calm down! We'll get to him before that happens. We just need to remain calm and find him."

Andy sighed. "Y-yeah… yeah, you're right… sorry, didn't mean to lose my cool there."

Suddenly, their D-Tector and D-Arc beeped. Andy was able to find the 'call' button on his D-Arc last night, it was thankfully not hard to figure out. They both answered to see Dash's face on their screen.

"Hey, uh… your techno geek friend just went into Paulina's body… and her eyes are glowing blue… and she sounds like Foley. That is so wrong…" Dash groaned.

"Where are you?" Andy asked.

"Outside in the front of the school," Dash replied. "And you'd better hurry. I think things are getting a bit crazy out here."

"Okay, we'll be there." Takuya said before the line went dead. He then looked at Andy. "Well, we found him. Let's go before things get out of hand."

Andy nodded before he and Takuya hurried out of the school.

Once outside of the Casper High building, they saw Paulina's eyes glowing green and looking quite angry at something nobody else could see.

"Tucker, you're turning the whole school upside down, how about giving it a break?" 'Paulina' said in a familiar male's voice.

Takuya and Andy came to a halt, each because they recognized the voice, save for the echoic effect.

"Hold on… Is that Danny, or Phantom?" Takuya asked, confused as to which one was talking.

"Why would it be Danny? It's clearly Phantom since he's inside Paulina's body," Andy pointed out.

"It's just that the voices sound so similar." Takuya explained. "I didn't think the voices were that close in sound though."

"How about getting off my back and letting me have a little fun?" Tucker's voice came out of Paulina next, and her eyes were glowing blue.

Then Paulina's eyes shifted to green. "Because your fun is kind of mean, now get out of Paulina!"

"I was here first, you go!" 'Paulina' argued, her eyes going back to blue.

"No! You!" Phantom snapped.

"You! Babazita's genie gave me these powers and I'll use them how I want!" Tucker retorted.

"Then maybe I need to have this chat with Babazita," Phantom stated.

"Fine, but you and I aren't friends anymore Danny Fenton!" Tucker shouted before Paulina was in a daze and confused.

"H-huh? What?" Paulina looked around, seeing everyone was staring at her. "A-and… I NEVER WAS FRIENDS WITH YOU!"

Andy and Takuya looked at each other.

"Did… did Tucker just call Phantom… Danny?" Andy asked.

Takuya frowned. "I think it may be because Tucker knows Phantom is inside Danny and was talking to Danny, not Phantom." At least, that is our suspicion anyway.

"But why would Tucker be yelling at Danny if he was arguing with Phantom? He should know they're not the same person… unless… he thinks they are?" Andy frowned.

"I think this just got more confusing for us…" Takuya groaned as he put a hand to his head, which was now aching with a headache. "It makes my head ache just thinking about it…"

"And it's making me feel dizzy," Andy groaned. "Or that could just be the cold…"

Everyone was talking to each other in concern about Paulina's mental health as Paulina herself quickly walked away. Dash approached the two, being the only other person who had an inkling as to what was going on.

Takuya saw Dash and waved. "Hey!" He waved the jock over.

"If I didn't have an idea of what was going on, which I don't know the full story still, I would think Paulina had a mental issue." Dash noted as he walked over to the two.

"Yeah… let's hope this blows over soon, or Paulina goes to a therapist or something," Takuya said.

"She would need one either way." Andy rolled his eyes. "So, about what happened back there… from what Takuya and I gathered, Tucker had very likely made some kind of wish, likely to be like Phantom I'm guessing, and that ghost genie we saw before had heard him make that wish, and either turned him into a ghost, which has some very dark and serious implications, or she put a ghost inside him to give him ghost powers. And what we witnessed just now was Phantom and Tucker arguing it out while overshadowing Paulina."

"They couldn't have been discreet about it?" Dorimon whispered, rolling his eyes, seeing how often he had to stay hidden from people.

"Dorimon has a point," Takuya noted, having heard the In-Training Digimon's words. "I don't think Tucker is aware of being discreet, or at least this ghost inside him is causing his mind to become clouded."

Dash looked uneasy, as he always did when ghosts were involved. "So… Foley is either possessed or is dead… and I thought things couldn't get any weirder or creepier."

"And yet we turn into Digimon." Takuya chuckled.

"Yeah, but that's like having a superpower. Ghosts are… dead people, people who were alive, but are dead now, and haunt stuff," Dash shivered.

"Please don't remind me, I'm starting to get the chills…" Andy shivered before he sneezed a little.

"Or that could be your cold." Takuya pointed out.

"Maybe you should go home… this cold weather isn't good for you," Dash suggested in concern.

"How can I go home? Tucker is out there acting like an invisible maniac, and that wishing ghost is still out there as well," Andy pointed out.

Takuya frowned. I know Andy wants to take care of this ghost thing, but he still needs rest. He put a hand on Andy's shoulder. "Look, why don't you just head home and rest? Dash and I can keep an eye out for Tucker. You need to rest up to get over the cold. You won't be of much help if you can't take care of yourself."

Andy frowned. "But Tucker needs me."

"You don't know where he went, he's likely flying somewhere right now," Takuya pointed out logically. "Don't worry, Dash and I will be able to sense him, and I can fly if I have to. But you need to go home and get some rest."

Andy looked up for a moment before remembering something Tucker said, he was about to suggest it to Takuya and Dash, but then he stopped. "... Alright, fine. I'll go home while you and Dash go look for Tucker."

Takuya smiled. "Good." He then frowned a bit. "Just be careful, please."

Andy nodded to them.

"Let's go, Dash!" Takuya said.

"Right behind ya!" Dash and Takuya ran down the street.

Andy watched and waited for them to get out of sight, before he spoke to the little Digimon in his backpack. "Ready for another trip to the flea market, Dorimon?"

Dorimon blinked. "I thought you were heading home because you're sick."

"I can survive long enough to find out more about this genie ghost, and how to cure Tucker of… ghostiness," Andy said. "Besides, this is for a friend. I'm not going to let a little cold stop me from helping him."

Dorimon sighed. "Okay, we'll go to the flea market." He then looked back up at Andy. "But I don't like it, you being so sneaky. I'll be keeping an eye on you though, if you start to get really sick, I don't care if we're in the public eye, I will digivolve and carry you back home myself."

"Heh, alright, alright, I'll be sure to not make you worry," Andy chuckled before he started making his way to the flea market.

When Andy got about halfway there, however, he saw Danny walking down the street, and was surprised to see Andy.

"Bro? What are you doing here?" Danny asked before he sniffled.

"I could ask you the same question. You look like you could use some chicken noodle soup," Andy pointed out, trying not to sniffle himself.

Danny caught on to Andy's sniffling though. "And I could say the same to you, bro. Do you have a cold?"

"You sound like you have one yourself." Andy pointed out.

Danny grumbled. "Look, I only came here to find something out. Now you should get home. I need to make a stop at a fountain in the park."

Andy blinked before he grabbed Danny's arm before Danny could walk away. "Hold on… as in the fountain people use to make wishes?"

Danny looked at his brother. "Um… yeah. Why do you want to know?"

"... Do you… know about that ghost genie that's flying around?" Andy asked. "You're not usually one to make wishes, bro."

Danny froze when he heard Andy's question. He tried to brush it off. "Ah… Ghost genies? Hah! Such things don't exist, bro!" However, he had to wonder how Andy knew. How did Andy know about that ghost genie?! I mean, he doesn't hang around us as much anymore, so there's no way he could know!

"Danny… I was there when the Lunch Lady ghost attacked. I was there when I had that amulet that turned me into a ghost dragon. I saw that flying car, I saw Paulina turn into that giant anime abomination, I saw Dash turn into that giant lizard tree monster, I noticed Tucker literally disappearing into thin air, that's definitely not normal. And I saw that lady ghost everywhere when these strange incidents happened. I've heard from Dash that he only turned into that giant monster because he made a wish to. So… that became my conclusion," Andy informed. "Don't try to play dumb, Danny. I know you've noticed these things yourself as well."

Danny frowned. Andy had a good point. "Okay, you got me, bro." He sighed at that point. "That wishing ghost is why I am heading to the fountain."

"Then I'll come with you," Andy said.

"Um… are you sure…? It could get dangerous," Danny hesitantly asked.

"Yes, especially if it's dangerous. No way am I letting you go alone," Andy answered.

Danny sighed. "Okay, then come on. We have a ghost to catch."

Andy did ask Danny what he learned about the wishing ghost from Babazita, Danny explained to Andy that the ghost's name was Desiree, she was a harem girl who had been promised her heart's desire, her own kingdom, but she ended up getting banished by the sultan's jealous wife. She died of a broken heart, and old age. Ever since then, her spirit roamed around the Earth, granting people's wishes, but out of great personal cost. Andy supposed that after a while, it was easy to see why Desiree began twisting people's wishes.

Danny and Andy made their way to the fountain, hoping to catch Desiree with a wish. Dorimon was in Andy's backpack, ready to jump out if he needed to protect his partner. Danny held the Fenton Thermos in his hand, ready to use it to catch Desiree.

"So what better way to catch a wishing ghost than with a wishing well?" Danny sniffled, holding out a quarter.

"Maybe you can wish the cold away," Andy chuckled.

"Haha, very funny." Danny snarked back before flipping the quarter into the wishing fountain. But nothing happened, making Danny and Andy frown.

"Where is she?" Andy asked, confused now.

"I don't know… maybe she's not in the area anymore?" Danny frowned before he let out a sneeze.

Then a young business man stood beside them, he was wearing a black suit, and held a briefcase. He looked troubled, like he had been having a hard time with life. He sighed before he took out a quarter.

"I wish I had a million bucks, I could use those right now…" The young man sighed before he flipped the coin into the water.

Then, Dorimon began to growl as the same green mist rose from the fountain's waters.

"So you have wished it, so it shall be." A female voice purred as the smoke rose around the man.

"That's it! We needed to make the wish out loud!" Andy realized.

"Crap!" Danny ran towards the man before pushing him away from the green mist. "You need to get out of here!"

The man looked confused, but when he looked back, upon seeing the smoke becoming more monstrous, screamed. "Money isn't everything!" He then turned and ran for his life.

"Young intruder? You dare interrupt my spell bindings!?" The mist shouted angrily before turning into Desiree.

Andy ran up next to his brother. "Were you the one who gave Tucker Foley ghost powers?"

Desiree looked at Andy. "Why would you want to know? Of course I was!"

"Then we want you to take away those ghost powers pronto!" Danny demanded.

"I cannot," Desiree answered. "It was his wish, only he can take it back. But why would he? By noon tomorrow, your friend's fate will be sealed."

Andy paled at that. That means Tucker will be a ghost forever, or the ghost possessing him will take over him permanently. Either way, it's not good!

"But why?" Andy asked.

"His jealousy." Desiree replied with an evil smirk. "It will transform him into the most powerful ghost boy in the world!"

"Wait… what? Why would he be jealous?" Danny asked.

"Indeed…" Andy added, looking at Danny for a moment.

"Oh, he's incredibly jealous for reasons I'm sure you rather not say," Desiree replied. "Tomorrow his jealousy and frustration will cement into rage and rebellion, he will be complete."

Desiree began laughing maniacally before she began to fly away. Thinking fast, both brothers grabbed onto Desiree's tail before she could fly away.

"YOU CHANGE HIM BACK!" The twins yelled in unison.

"YOU dare to lay your hands on me?!" Desiree yelled as she looked back at the twins. "No man may lay a hand on me unless I wish it!"

Dorimon, sensing what his partner wanted, lifted his head from the backpack and shot out acid bubbles from his mouth. The bubbles popped on Desiree's tail, causing a burning sting. She let out a scream before she turned intangible to force the boys to let go of her. Angry now, Desiree turned her hand into a rope before using it to wrap it around Danny's waist and pick him up to throw him. Andy jumped quickly and caught Danny before he could hit a bench that would've seriously hurt him, though this did cause Danny to drop the Fenton Thermos.

"Danny…" Andy groaned after they both hit the floor. "Do you have any ghost weapons on you?"

Danny shook his head. "No, I didn't bring any…"

Andy groaned again before he took off his wrist ray, having decided to keep it on him in case of an attack by either a ghost or a Digimon. "Here, you can use this."

Danny took the wrist ray. "You have one of these?"

Desiree began to charge at the two.

"No time for questions, just use it!" Andy quickly said before he pulled out his Fenton Rod and extended it, he also kept this with him for emergencies.

Danny nodded and slipped the wrist ray on before aiming it and firing at Desiree directly. Desiree yelped as the green ray hit her back. She groaned before she grew her hand large and tried to grab Danny, but Andy ran up to her and smacked her in the side with the Fenton Rod. Hissing, Desiree's hand glowed pink and Andy gasped as he was suddenly being lifted from the ground by an invisible force.

"ANDY!" Danny shouted as he ran to help his brother, firing the wrist ray as he did so. Unseen by Danny and Desiree, Dorimon also helped out by letting out his Acid Bubbles attack again.

Desiree was quickly pushed back, and she screamed in agony from the Acid Bubbles. Andy thanked Danny before he ran up to Desiree and swung his Fenton Rod again, sending Desiree into the sky. Desiree had enough. She grew her body large before she created green bars all around the twins and Dorimon, trapping them. Danny tried to fire at the bars with the wrist ray while Andy tried to hit it with his Fenton Rod. Neither did anything.

"I can't break this!" Andy frowned, seeing the Fenton Rod only clanged uselessly against the glowing bars.

"Neither can I!" Danny growled in agreement. "This is ridiculous!"

Andy then noticed the Fenton Thermos was lying just outside of the cage they were in.

"You two can't do anything unless I wish it!" Desiree smirked.

Andy quickly got down on his knees while Danny was distracted. Danny looked to be debating with himself about something. Andy quickly put Dorimon down.

"You're small enough to squeeze through the bars, go out there, grab the Fenton Thermos and bring it back to me," Andy quietly instructed the little In-Training Digimon.

Dorimon nodded before sneaking out from between the bars and he snagged the Fenton Thermos by the strap with his mouth before hauling it back to the cage. He crept over, making Andy grin as he saw Dorimon had the Thermos with him.

Dorimon squeezed back through the cage bars, dragging through the thermos with him. Andy picked up his partner Digimon and gave Dorimon, who was now back in Andy's backpack, a small piece of chocolate as a reward while he himself picked up the Fenton Thermos.

"So you grant every wish you hear?" Andy spoke up, catching Danny's and Desiree's attention before taking the cap off of the Fenton Thermos. "Then in that case, I wish you would let yourself be sucked into this Fenton Thermos!"

"Nooo!" Desiree cried out as she realized one of the two boys had figured out a way to beat her. "I must obey…" She then began to get sucked into the Fenton Thermos. "You will pay for this! You will PAY!" With that done, Andy capped the thermos with a grin.

"Huh… You know, we really should've thought of this a few days ago…" Danny grumbled, seeing how easy it could've been to trap Desiree.

The prison around them dissipated after Desiree was captured, so they were free again.

"Well, that's one problem down, but we have no idea where Tucker is. He could be anywhere since he can fly." Andy frowned.

Danny sighed. "Well, we could probably find him tomorrow, I doubt he'll skip school." He sniffled a bit. "Ugh… Darn cold…"

Danny's nose started to tickle. "Ah… ah…"

"AH-CHOO!" Andy ended up sneezing instead, and Danny's own sneeze stopped. "Ugh, you're telling me? We should get home… maybe dump Desiree in the Ghost Zone or something, and get some soup."

Danny chuckled. "Sure thing, bro."

Despite growing apart since the accident, it was nice to be walking home with Danny again, even if they both had a cold.

It was already evening by the time the twins came back to Fenton Works. Takuya was standing there, arms crossed, and foot tapping.

"... Uh… h-hi, Takuya," Andy nervously greeted before he quickly hid the Fenton Thermos behind him.

"You told me you were going straight home." Takuya said in a scolding tone. "Why were you not at home when I got back?"

"Um… I had to find Danny?" Andy lied. But it was clear the older boy didn't believe him. Jeez, why did I phrase it like a question?

"Which he did!" Danny added, seeing that Andy was in trouble with their cousin.

Takuya frowned some more, but he let it slide because Andy did technically find Danny. "Alright… Just be honest with me next time, will you?" He then waved the twins inside. "C'mon. I bet you two need some chicken noodle soup."

Andy and Danny nodded, wanting to get out of the cool air and into their nice warm house. Andy kept the Thermos behind him though.

Takuya led the twins to where he had made some chicken noodle soup, the kind from a can since he couldn't make any by scratch to save his life. "Here, this should help with your colds."

"Thanks… do you have any juice?" Andy requested.

Takuya smiled. "Over there, on the counter behind you. I got orange juice out since that seems to help more with colds."

"Thanks," Andy said before he discreetly put the Thermos in the backpack before taking Dorimon out and putting him on the table.

Once Andy and Danny got their juice, they began to enjoy their canned chicken noodle soup.

Takuya sat down with a sigh. "There was no sign of Tucker anywhere when I was out looking for him." He didn't add that Dash had been in on the search either because Danny was in the room with them.

"You were looking for Tucker?" Danny asked, surprised.

"Takuya and I found out about the ghost genie and Tucker having ghost powers at the same time," Andy explained. "He wanted me to come back home while he went to go look for Tucker."

"Which you didn't, even though you are getting a cold." Takuya reminded Andy, but not in a scolding manner like he had before. "Although I can't fault you for wanting to find Danny as well."

"Yeah, he does have a cold himself," Andy reminded.

Danny rolled his eyes, not wanting to say that he and Andy just met up and decided to stick together. "I think we'll find Tucker tomorrow at school, but… we should find him before noon."

That made Takuya raise an eyebrow. "Why before noon? Is there something going on at that time?"

Andy looked at his cousin, wondering if he should tell Takuya how he and Danny found out about that.

Danny looked down for a moment, he wasn't sure what to tell his cousin.

Andy looked at Danny, then back at Takuya, then sighed. No, I'm not going to keep this from Takuya. It's already bad enough I'm keeping secrets from Danny and vice versa.

"Actually…" Andy spoke up. "Danny and I lured the ghost genie after finding out more about her from Babazita. Her name is Desiree, and she grants every wish she hears from people, but also twisting it as much as she can. We fought with her, and captured her in the Fenton Thermos. We tried to get her to take away Tucker's ghost powers, but she said that she can't, and Tucker will become a powerful ghost boy filled with rage and rebellion by noon tomorrow if we don't find a way to take away his ghost powers by then."

Takuya felt fury fill him, but that was not as strong as the fear that filled him when he heard about Tucker and the price for his powers. He took in a deep breath and calmed himself down before looking at his cousins. "I should be mad at you two for doing something reckless like that, but that can wait because Tucker is in worse danger than we first thought."

"But we don't even know how his ghost powers work. Is he a ghost himself or does he have some kind of ghost inside him that Desiree put in him? I mean if it's the latter, we could probably use the Fenton Ghost Catcher to extract it from Tucker, but if Tucker is the ghost…" Andy frowned. "I'm not sure how that would work, it might really hurt Tucker."

Takuya frowned as well. "That is a problem…"

"Wait," Danny spoke up suddenly. "I think it can work."

Andy raised an eyebrow. "Why's that?"

"I did see how the Ghost Catcher works," Danny answered. "Even if Tucker is a ghost, it would simply remove whatever ghostly stuff that's making him a ghost away from his body. I doubt Desiree could just turn someone into a ghost without using some kind of ghostly magic on them."

Takuya looked down in thought as he put a hand to his chin in thought as well. "That is a good point." He then looked back up. "So, if we were to use the Ghost Catcher on Tucker, how would we get him to come here?"

"We'll try talking to him, see if he will see reason," Andy said. "If not… then we'll have to try to get Tucker to chase us back here."

"He can fly, he'll easily outspeed us," Danny pointed out.

"Yes, I agree with you there. The only way to fight a ghost is maybe with another ghost," Andy replied, giving Danny a small, analyzing look. Would Phantom suggest coming with us?

Takuya gave a discreet glance at Danny as well. "Maybe that would work, if we have another ghost with us." He made sure to emphasize that to Danny to get the message across.

Danny blinked for a moment, before thinking to himself. Andy, Takuya, and even Dorimon anxiously waited to hear what Danny would say, by now they were convinced their theory of Phantom living in Danny was most likely true. Though part of Andy wanted to use the Ghost Catcher on Danny to expunge Phantom out, he wasn't sure how Phantom would react if he did, and unlike with Tucker, Phantom didn't seem to be having any negative, so far at least, consequences on Danny.

"Well… maybe we might have some ghostly help tomorrow," Danny shrugged. "If we're lucky."

Takuya felt a smirk cross his face at that. "I don't doubt it." It seems we may have Phantom's help after all.

After the brothers finished eating their chicken noodle soup, Andy handed Danny the thermos to let him handle putting Desiree back into the Ghost Portal, Andy also didn't want to look at the Fenton Ghost Catcher or he would be tempted to use it on Danny just to get Phantom out of him. Andy knew they needed Phantom for Tucker tomorrow anyways.

"You better get to bed, Andy, you're starting to look a little pale," Takuya said in worry.

"The cold can't seriously be getting worse, could it?" Andy frowned, sniffling more.

"Your stuffy nose says otherwise." Takuya pointed out.

"Maybe Dorimon should sleep with you then? I don't know if Digimon can get sick, but I'd rather not spread my cold to him," Andy suggested.

"I don't care, I'm staying with you," Dorimon stubbornly answered, clinging onto Andy's chest.

Takuya sighed. "Okay, fine. He can stay with you." He then looked back at Andy. "But he has to stay on your desk if he insists on it."

Andy nodded.

"By the way…" Takuya spoke up. "Maybe you could've cured your cold sooner before it started to get worse if you had come home like I told you to, instead of going out on a ghost hunt without me."

Andy frowned, seeing that his cousin hadn't exactly let that go.

"I'm not a little kid, you know." Andy pointed out.

"But I'm a year older." Takuya threw back.

"If I hadn't caught Desiree, we wouldn't have known that Tucker was going to be a ghost monster tomorrow until it was too late," Andy argued.

Takuya sighed as he held up his hands. "Okay, that is a good point. Even though you didn't do as I asked, we still found out something important. I can't say I'm totally mad at you for not doing as I asked if that is taken into consideration. But try not to make a habit out of that."

"Right…" Andy sighed. "I'm going to go check on Jazz before I hit the hay. Goodnight, Takuya."

Takuya nodded before he turned and made his way to his room.

"Something other than the cold and Tucker is bothering you," Dorimon said after Takuya went into his room. "I can feel it."

"Yeah…" Andy admitted before he walked upstairs. "If Tucker is turning out this way because of a ghost… what if Phantom might one day do that to Danny?"

Dorimon frowned. "We don't know, because we can't see the future."

Andy sighed. "I know, but I can't help but worry about that anyway. We still don't know too much about Phantom, and why he's using Danny as a host."

"I think it's best to just wait and watch before we do anything hasty. For all we know, Danny and Phantom need each other to survive," Dorimon suggested.

"... You… may have a point there…" Andy frowned. After all, Phantom only started appearing after the accident… maybe Phantom was caught up in it too, and fused with Danny. That could be the only reason why Danny is still alive, because of Phantom, and removing Phantom could end up killing Danny...

"I can tell there's still something else bothering you," Dorimon noted.

"It's the same thing you were bothered with as well," Andy said quietly before he reached Jazz's door, he knocked on her door before he added. "I'm also a little jealous of Takuya and Dash."

Dorimon frowned at that. "Yes, but things like getting stronger takes time. I know I will get stronger if I keep training, and that includes you."

Andy gave a small nod before sniffling a bit.

"Come in…" Andy heard Jazz's voice say in a bit of a strain.

Andy opened the door, seeing Jazz looking quite pale, and had an ice bag on her head. Her hair was a bit tangled and all over the place.

"Heh… you've seen better days," Andy joked a little.

Jazz just gave a sniffle. "And you aren't looking so hot either."

"I just wanted to check on you. Danny was checking on Mom and Dad in the lab. How are you feeling?" Andy asked.

"My nose is runny, I feel like a mess, my throat hurts a little, I feel constantly cold, and I have no appetite," Jazz listed off. "But other than that, I feel awesome."

"I see you get pretty snarky when you're sick," Andy remarked.

Jazz just gave him a look. Andy couldn't help but give a goofy grin. "What? It's true!"

"Is that the only reason you came in here?" Jazz grumbled.

Andy paused for a moment, he wasn't sure how much of a help Jazz would be in her current state, but he decided to give it a shot. "Well… what if a friend or a relative have some kind of awesome talent, and you can't help but feel like they're leagues better than you because of it? How would one go about dealing with that kind of jealousy?"

Andy asked for both himself and Tucker, because even if they succeeded in curing Tucker, there was a chance his jealousy could rise again, and they would be back to square one.

Jazz blinked, surprised at what Andy was asking. "Well… people have different ways of handling jealousy. But the best advice I could give is that if you're feeling jealous, it's best to talk to that friend or relative about it. Or have someone you know and trust to remind you that you're special and full of your own talent that they could never have themselves. Instead of wasting your time and energy feeling jealous of someone who has something you don't, you should try to make yourself better with your own talent, or make your own talent if you don't feel like you have one. After all, working hard and gaining experience is the best way of getting good, right?"

Andy smiled a little at that. "I'll try to keep that in mind. Thanks, Jazz, even when you're sick, you still give pretty good advice."

Jazz smiled as well. "No problem, little brother." Then she sneezed.

Andy pinched his nose, not wanting to sneeze as well. "Well, I'll let you get some more sleep now. Goodnight, Jazz."

Jazz nodded before sniffling again. She then turned over in her bed and fell asleep.

Getting up the next morning was difficult for Danny and Andy. Neither of them felt good, they had a slight headache, their throat was itchy, their nose was running, and they just felt tired. But they pushed themselves out of bed, because they knew they needed to save Tucker first and foremost.

Takuya couldn't help but worry for his cousins when they headed to school, they didn't look good, and he wasn't sure how helpful Phantom would be using a sick body, or if Andy would be able to help much with how out of it he looked. Dorimon was a little worried too.

Still, he followed his cousins to school, deciding to keep an eye on them. Takuya looked at Danny and Andy. "You sure you're up for this?" The question was more directed at Andy since Takuya knew Danny would let Phantom take control when the time was right.

Andy let out a sneeze, facing away from Takuya when he did. "Y-yeah… yeah, I'll be fine."

"We better focus on finding Tuck," Danny said before he sneezed as well.

"But where are we going to look?" Takuya asked. "What would Tucker do?"

"I don't know…" Danny sighed. "Let's just… get to class and hope we find him there."

The school day went by as it normally did. But there was no sign of Tucker anywhere. He hadn't been in the morning class today. By the time Mr. Lancer's class let out, Danny, Takuya, and Andy were all rushing down the hallway. They were frantically trying to find Tucker. Then the bell rang again, it was time for the next class, but the boys ignored it. They knew by the time the next class ended, it would be noon, and it would be too late then.

The hallways were completely empty as the three boys were searching for their friend.

"It's almost noon and there's still no sign of Tucker." Danny said as he looked at the clock. Sure enough, it was 11:45 at that point.

"Did he not come today?" Takuya asked.

"Hang on, we're going about this all wrong," Andy suddenly said. "We need to remember that Tucker has ghost powers. Now think, what would a mischievous teenage boy like Tucker do with ghost powers in school? He's already pranked all the kids, what would the next step be?"

Takuya looked down in thought before he perked up. "Tucker is good with technology… so maybe… He would try to change his grades!" He then looked at Andy. "Is that something you think he would do?"

"Either that or go into the girl's locker room," Andy sniffled.

"Look," Danny pointed at a door that was labelled 'school records'. "We're closer to there, let's check that first."

When they got closer to the door, Danny's misty ghost sense went off, Takuya felt heat, and Dorimon shivered in Andy's backpack.

"Okay, he has to be there," Andy said. "I doubt another ghost would be in the school records right now."

Danny then placed his hands on his stomach. "Ugh… I… think I need to… hit the bathroom…"

Andy and Takuya knew Danny would hide himself before he let Phantom take over, but not wanting Danny to be suspicious, Andy asked, "Do you really have to go now of all times?"

Danny nodded. "Yeah. I think I'm going to… Ugh… hurl…"

"Eew, don't do it here! Hurry and get to the bathroom!" Takuya frantically said, looking grossed out, but also wanting Danny to hurry and get Phantom to take over.

Danny nodded and ran off to do just that. Takuya then looked at Andy. "I don't know if I should be grossed out, or impressed with how believable that excuse was."

"I just hope I don't actually hurl when we confront Tucker," Andy sighed. "And sorry, Dorimon, I can't have you digivolve for this. We need to be sneaky with your attacks, but no using Acid Bubbles, I don't want to actually melt Tucker's skin."

Dorimon nodded. "Okay."

Just then, a familiar ghost boy came up from the floor, surprising Takuya and Andy. The white haired boy's toxic green eyes were fixed on the two boys by the school records room.

"Whoa! Where did you come from?" Takuya asked, not having to pretend to sound shocked due to being startled by the ghost boy's sudden appearance.

Phantom gave a sheepish grin. "Ah… sorry, I was just… uh… checking out the school for any hostile ghosts, and… I can't help but notice that someone is turning into a ghost here. Do you two need my help?"

Takuya gave a nod. "Yeah. Our friend Tucker is turning into a ghost and we need ghostly help to take on another ghost. After all, my cousin and I are mere humans. We're not exactly good at fighting against a ghost."

"Yeah… if you're willing to help us, then try not to hurt Tucker too much. We want to lead him to FentonWorks, in the lab specifically. You know where that is, don't you?" Andy asked.

"Uh… yeah, I do," Phantom answered, looking a little nervous.

"Oh, and we need to do all this before noon or Tucker is gonna be a ghost forever," Andy added. "No pressure."

Phantom sighed. "Great… Simple enough…"

Phantom walked over to the door before he phased his hand through it, he unlocked the door with a CLICK, then he pushed it open. Takuya and Andy followed the ghost boy inside, and they saw Tucker there. Tucker was on a computer, and from what they could see, Tucker was changing his permanent record grades to all A's.

"Tucker… what are you doing?" Andy asked cautiously, catching Tucker's attention.

Tucker looked back at Andy with a smirk. "Changing my grades through 'academic enrichment'." He then grinned even more. "Want me to do yours and Danny's?"

Admittedly, that is tempting… Andy frowned, remembering how some of his grades were either average or pretty low, he and Danny were not geniuses when it came to school, unlike their sister.

Before Andy could think of a safe answer, however, Phantom spoke up first. "No, that's cheating. And besides, you're in real danger."

Tucker lifted an eyebrow when he saw Phantom, before he looked at Andy and Takuya. "Did… you tell them?"

Phantom shook his head. "No!"

Takuya raised an eyebrow as he looked between Tucker and Phantom. Tell us? Tell us what?

Andy had the same question on his mind, but considering how accurate his theory was so far about Danny and Phantom, he decided it wasn't that important right now. "Uh… hey, listen Tucker, would you mind coming back to FentonWorks with us?"

"Why?" Tucker asked.

"I've heard that you've gotten some… upgrades lately," Andy said cautiously. "I just thought maybe you'd want to show them off in a nice, safe environment?"

Tucker seemed to actually be considering that, as he looked down in thought. For a brief moment, Andy felt hope rising in his chest at that. Can we actually do this without setting him off?

But before Tucker could answer, Phantom brought everything crashing down with his next comment. "Why would you want to do that when you're in danger, Tucker?"

Andy cringed at hearing that. Oh, crap… Way to go Phantom...

Tucker then started to give an inhumane growl, his skin changed to a neon green, his ears became pointed, his teeth became sharp, and his eyes turned red. Tucker was starting to look more like a monsterous ghost now.

Andy, Takuya, and Phantom backed away.

"H-hey, take it easy, you don't want to hurt your friends, right?" Phantom asked in concern.

Tucker gave a growl to Phantom. "That's right, they are my friends, aren't they?" He then gave a look to Andy. "And I respect Andy, enough to let him have his body be used!"

With that, Tucker turned intangible and flew at Andy, who looked panicked. Takuya reacted, shoving Andy out of the way, only for Tucker to enter his body instead.

"Takuya!" Both Phantom and Andy called out in worry.

Their voices sounded far away from Takuya.

"What is this?" Takuya heard Tucker asking in confusion. "It's so bright… and hot!"

Suddenly, Tucker felt this primal power, a power that was uncontrolled and yet tamed at the same time. He found himself surrounded by flames, and in the middle of the flames were three beings. One was Takuya, but he looked smaller and younger. The two other forms were not that visible from the flames, but they had immense power. Beyond the three forms was a symbol that was red, and that symbol glowed brightly before the light erupted and spread forth, blocking Tucker's ghostly form from the three figures. It seemed as if the light was pushing him back!

Then, suddenly, Takuya gasped as his eyes flashed a blue color before Tucker's ghostly body was ejected from his own human one. Takuya's eyes returned to their brown color as he stood there, panting at what had just occurred. But he seemed a bit dazed too, like he wasn't that aware of what was going on around him.

"What happened?!" Andy exclaimed in shock. He hadn't expected Tucker to get pushed out of Takuya's body like that.

Despite the confusion, Phantom took advantage of the situation before he grabbed onto Andy and turned him intangible. Tucker, shaking his head, glared at the dazed Takuya. "What are you?"

Then Tucker turned his attention on Phantom and Andy. Phantom quickly flew up through the ceiling. Tucker, deciding to leave Takuya alone after that experience, quickly went after the twins. Takuya was still recovering from his daze.

While carrying Andy, Phantom suddenly felt something hit his back. He let out a yell as he lost intangibility and fell into a chemistry classroom, which was thankfully empty.

"Ugh… Tucker's… getting more malevolent, more ghost-like…" Phantom commented.

Andy groaned as he pushed himself up from the floor, his human body couldn't take as much punishment as Phantom's could, and he was still fighting with a cold on top of that. I'm guessing Takuya's spirits protected him back there. Great… meanwhile I'm vulnerable to being overshadowed.

"We need to-" Andy began to say before Tucker flew into the classroom. "Oh crap…"

Andy and Phantom scattered as Tucker began firing green energy balls at them, though he was mostly firing at Phantom. Andy ducked under a table while the two ghosts were going at it with each other. I can't fight Tucker, I don't want to hurt him, but what can I do? I have to get him to get back to the lab…

Phantom suddenly phased through the table and hid beside Andy. "I can't get through to him."

"Of course not, his jealousy seems to stem from you," Andy said. "... But maybe we can use that."

"How?" Phantom asked. "If he's jealous because of me, that means he wants to get rid of me!"

"Exactly, he's tunnel visioning on you," Andy agreed. "That means he's more likely to chase you blindly back to the lab in FentonWorks. You just have to bait him."

Phantom then gained a mischievous grin. "I think I know how to do that." He then flew out and knocked Tucker's hat off of his head before flying away. Phantom then grinned again as he hovered in front of Tucker while carrying Andy. "See ya, Sucker Phantom!" He gave a cheeky wave before he turned Andy and himself intangible and flew them through the floor.

"THAT'S TUCKER PHANTOM! TUCKER!" Tucker shouted as he dived down through the floor himself.

Phantom smirked as he was now in the girl's locker room. "This will distract him for sure."

"Oh… I didn't expect us to come here of all places," Andy gulped.

"The girl's locker room will get his mind off of us for a little while." Phantom said as he looked at Andy. "This way we can get into a better position to attack from."

Phantom then phased them both into one of the lockers. Tucker came down into the locker room. "The girl's locker room… so this is what it's like in here!"

Phantom then came out of a locker while still holding onto Andy, with Andy holding a bra in his hands. Andy slammed the bra over Tucker's eyes before Phantom managed to grab Tucker's shirt with his free hand and fly out of the locker room. They were now in the gym, and Phantom threw Tucker through a basketball hoop. Tucker hit the floor face first with the bra landing on his butt.

Andy was trying very hard not to laugh at the scene.

However, Phantom glanced at the clock on the gym's wall and his face seemed to pale, which Andy noticed. "Um… Phantom? Is something wrong?"

"Only 5 minutes left until noon," Phantom said worriedly. "Better step this up a notch… HAH! YOU GOT NO GAME!"

This, of course, angered Tucker quite a bit. He got onto his feet before his body grew in size, becoming much more muscular, his teeth were bigger and sharper as well, and his eyes were fully red instead of just his irises.

"Jeez, he kind of looks like the hulk now…" Andy couldn't help but comment.

Tucker glared at Andy before he fired off a ghost ray at Phantom's hand, hitting it and forcing Andy to fall to the gym floor. Luckily, Andy wasn't that high up from the floor, so he landed on his feet, but wobbled a bit as he did so. Andy noticed, however, that his backpack had fallen off of him after the ghost ray was fired, and saw that Dorimon rolled out onto the floor, groaning a bit.

Andy turned to Tucker and gasped in fear when his mutated friend towered over him with a big smirk. Andy could only let out a scream as Tucker flew into his body.

Phantom saw that and gasped. However, the voice he heard was not his own.

"NO!" Turning, Phantom saw the same fire-armored person who had helped him against that large leaf lizard thing, back at the football field, and apparently can turn into BurningGreymon.

Andy fell to the floor, writhing around in agony as he was trying to fight against the ghost in his body. His struggles caused his D-Arc to fall out of his pocket, and Agunimon saw dark light glowing from its screen, and he could sense a sinister, dark energy data surrounding Dorimon, a similar type of energy he sensed before on DexDoruGreymon.

"Oh no…" The Warrior of Flame muttered to himself. "Not now…"

Andy stopped struggling, he stood up, and opened his eyes, his irises were now red, showing he was completely overshadowed. And dark fractal code surrounded Dorimon.

The code turned large, much larger than Dorumon would become. Phantom took notice of this sudden appearance of what appeared to be a cocoon of code. When the code dispersed, in their place was a horrifying looking creature.

The creature had cybernetic arms and legs, looking like it was a machine almost. Wires that sparked emerged from the tip of its tail, and its dark blue skin looked to be almost a cloth that was sown together. The wings had bolts sticking out of their top joints, and the head looked metallic in nature as well. Its eyes were glowing an eerie red. It stood beside the possessed Andy.

"Oh? Looks like Andy has a pet~" Tucker smirked, seeing that the creature stood loyally beside Andy.

Agunimon growled deeply from his throat, a sound no human could make. "You get out of that boy right now!" The tone in which he spoke sounded downright menacing in an attempt to scare Tucker, which didn't seem to work.

Phantom didn't know what to think, he didn't know where that cybernetic dragon creature came from, or why it was standing beside Andy, but he knew things just got a lot more complicated. Time was running out, and Phantom knew he had to do something fast.

Titanic X: DarkFoxKit: Thank you, though do you have more to say than saying you like the chapter? It's a bit hard to respond when that's all you say. ^^'

ZAFT: Yeah… ^^' I will talk to her since she is my sister.

Luna Lillyth: DarkFoxKit: Yup. Andy's gotten more sass lately.

ZAFT: Well, I am glad you enjoyed it. It can be fun when there is conflict between characters. :)