Danny headed down to the floor as fast as he could in his condition. Sam was still alive. He noticed the seed had small roots that were twitching, trying to take root in something. He also noticed Volpe's laser weapon; he had dropped it while fighting Sam and hadn't noticed where it went.

"Ghost boy," Volpe hissed behind him; Danny didn't even look, "We aren't finished yet," Danny's breathing became heavier. He was too tired to try and do any fighting. He slowly began to raise his hands as if in surrender before quickly grabbing the laser and spinning around, firing a shot that went right through Volpe's side. The ghost yelped, leaping back and getting out of the way of the beam. Danny lowered it and started coughing again; he hoped that was enough to weaken Volpe enough to give him time to rest. It wasn't. Volpe was obviously disabled, but he was even more enraged than ever. Danny could just move away from Sam so he wouldn't hit her accidentally (dropping the laser in the process) before getting assaulted again. Volpe was mainly firing energy blasts repeatedly at his two old wounds, although several times he flew in and landed a kick in Danny's stomach. As the beating intensified, Sam slowly came to.

"Wha...what happened?" she looked around. She noticed the laser and the seed. Danny was on the floor, barely able to breathe. He could feel something trickling down his left arm; his white glove was beginning to be stained blue, although he couldn't see that. He couldn't open his eyes. Volpe smiled nastily and left Danny on the floor, heading over to The Gateway's computer. He began to program it to activate.

"For you, Sarah," he muttered under his breath. The red lights had started up again, but slower and running along the height of the machine. He was preparing it to destroy all ghosts within a 30-mile radius. Danny, The Box Ghost, himself...he didn't know who else. The device needed to be tested, and the major would take over afterwards.

"Busy?" he stopped at the sound of Sam's voice, slightly jerking his head off to the side. He slowly turned around. Sam had the laser pointed right between his eyes. Volpe just stared at the end of the laser for a second before slowly beginning to chuckle to himself.

"Go ahead," he threw another lever before Sam could stop him, "I'm already dead. In three minutes every ghost for 30 miles will cease to exist, and that includes your little boyfriend," Sam looked over at Danny, not bothering to correct Volpe on the nature of their relationship. She began to look around at the pipes.

"Don't get any ideas," Volpe laughed, "This room is destroyed, the mansion above us is destroyed, along with all the people you came in with," Sam looked closely at the computer; there was a small video monitor that wasn't on. She kicked the lever by it, reposition her weapon right at Volpe's head. It showed what was going on in the mansion through the security cameras. It was deserted. Jack had fallen out the window, and while getting dirt out of the Ghost Vacuum, had knocked The Box Ghost into town. Volpe also noticed the monitors. He looked up at Sam, slightly nervous. Sam smiled slyly.

"You'd kill yourself, and him," he motioned over to Danny without looking.

"I'm not doing anything," she nodded over to Danny. Volpe looked, but before he could see anything, a small green energy blast hit him in the face and knocked him back. The brief distraction was enough for Danny to recover enough power for that and to stand up, although he was still breathing heavily and barely able to stand. While Volpe still had the wind knocked out of him, Danny nodded up to the container that once held The Box Ghost; it was on the third catwalk. Sam understood. She tossed him the weapon and started climbing. Danny fired two shots near Volpe to keep him from noticing Sam. As Volpe charged forward, Danny fired three shots, one of them hitting Volpe in the forehead and causing him to spin backwards a bit, but he recovered. He seized Danny by the neck, slamming him back down to the floor.

"Well, what now, Ghost Boy!?" he hissed, "What's your plan?! You're supposed to stop me! How!?" he grinned wickedly.

"I...can't stop you," Danny managed to cough out, "But Sam, on the other hand," Volpe's attitude left him. He looked around, trying to find Sam. He saw her too late. She hit the CAPTURE button on the container, sucking Volpe in. She dropped it and jumped down to help her best friend.

"Danny!" she helped him sit up, "Are you OK?" she checked his pulse; he was breathing fine, at least.

"I am now," he laughed and coughed at the same time. Then it hit them.

"The Gateway!" they both shouted. They made their way over to the computer as fast as they could.

"You know how to shut this down, right?" Danny asked.

"No, do you?" Sam eyed the controls, "Where's Tucker when you need him!? Wait..." she pointed to the video screen, "The mansion's empty, and it was owned by Frost. If we hit the right pipes, we can blow this place up and still make it out through the mansion! There's a door at the top I came in through that goes out to Level 7. Frost's office is up there, and there's some files we can use to prove she did all this!"

"She wouldn't keep those in the control room?" Danny didn't get that; Sam just shrugged, "Alright. You take care of this room," he handed her the laser, "and I'll get the files," he was still exhausted, so he had to fly and phase his way up to Frost's office. Sam shot a couple small pipes and a large tube. Shooting the tube was a mistake, because when she shot that, a siren went off and a different display began flashing WARNING. She scrambled up the pipes.

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Danny looked around the office. The files on The Gateway were on the desk.

"That was easy," he went back to normal, stuffed them in his other inside jacket pocket, and went ghost again. He turned to see Sam practically flying out of The Gateway room.

"Hit tube, flashing warning, no time!" she grabbed his hand and pulled him up to the door leading to the mansion. They ran as fast as they could to the nearest window since the door was too far off. They didn't have time to open it. The Gateway exploded, sending fire and smoke soaring through the mansion, which began to collapse on itself. The force of the explosion knocked Danny and Sam through the window, rolling through the lawn. Danny hit his head on a small rock, going back to normal. Both had been singed by the explosion.

"DANNY!" Maddie and Jack ran up; Jazz didn't run over, but she looked concerned.

"Son!" Jack grabbed Danny, "Say something to me boy! Do something! ANYTHING! DANNYYYYYYYYYY!?" Danny barely managed to pull the files out of his jacket. Jack looked over them, "Maddie, take a look at this!" his wife gasped.

"Danny, Sam! What in the world were you two thinking!?" Maddie shouted at them.

"We were going to get something to eat and found those...lying underneath the table?" Sam smiled weakly.

"But what about the explosion?"

"Probably Frost trying to cover it all up! We've got to get this to City Hall at once! Great work, son! I can't tell you how proud I am of you!" Jack and Maddie took off; Danny and Sam collapsed, completely exhausted.

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"Mr. Bruce?" a Paranormalics soldier saluted the back of the desk, "We've just gotten word that Sarah Frost has been killed and her plans ruined."

"Sarah?" the voice tried to remain calm, but had some shock within it.

"I'm sorry sir. She asked to leave these with you," he left a floppy disk and several files on the desk.

"Very well. You may go," the soldier saluted again and headed out. Ken Bruce turned his chair around and looked down at the files. He didn't know who had done this to his parnter, but they would pay.

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"The CIA took a blow yesterday when files revealed plans by Sarah Frost, the head of the CIA Department Paranormalics, showed that state funds had been misused, and inhumane inventions were being created. The files were discovered by Danny Fenton, son of ghost-hunter Jack Fenton who has been called 'a completely unstable lunatic' by his fellow members in The Society of Misunderstood Genius Scientists, particuarly by Dr. Wakeman. The new head of Paranormalics, former U.S. general Gary Conrad, expressed his apologies for the deception that was played. He's called for much-needed revisions to the guidelines for Paranormalics, favouring the monitoring of ghost activity rather than hunting and destroying them. Frost's body was found electrocuted in an underground base near her mansion (ghosts leave the body, but the body's still there). And now, the weather," Jack turned off the T.V. as the news report ended. All of their stuff was packed back up in the Fenton Van; the vacation was over. Jack, Danny, and Sam had stayed inside to watch the report; Danny looked fine, but he had a huge bandage over his side and shoulder and still had plenty of bruises.

"Once again, I cannot tell you how proud I am of you, Danny," Jack was beaming so much he seemed to glow, "You and Sam have done an honour to real ghost-hunters everywhere!" there was silence, "Well, time to go! I want everyone watching for ghosts on the way home! Except you two," he looked at Danny and Sam, "After last night you deserve a good long rest."

"Nah, we can stay awake," Danny said.

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Danny and Sam were asleep and had been for the last 30 minutes. Sam was leaning against Danny's right shoulder. Jazz took a picture of them sleeping.

"They may just be best friends," she smiled, "but this moment is priceless," Jack smiled.

"Well, they put in a hard day's work every day of the vacation," he said, "They managed to overcome great obstacles and expose Frost for what she really was! They deserve a nice, long..."

"Truck!" Jack moved the van out of the way just in time.

"Sorry!"

THE END