Hola, senors and senoritas! Thank you all for reviewing, I guess this chapter caused a little uproar. Seeker Carter, listen. I see stories up on this site all the time with evil cliffhangers, and I was just trying to be like everyone else. But if you do this every other time you see a cliffhanger, then I'm sorry for being a little uptight.

I kept the suspense longer because of the scarce amount of reviews. Did I keep you in suspense long enough? If I didn't, too bad! Here we go with Chapter 7! Did anyone get shot?

Down the hall in Sam's room moments earlier, Jack and Maddie were sitting in chairs. They were switching back and forth between the two teenagers to make sure each was comfortable.

Sam lied down in her bed, knowing her thoughts couldn't be heard by anyone except herself. No matter how much will power she had, it wasn't enough to make her eyes open, which really frustrated her. Currently, she was thinking whether she would lay there and never wake up or by some miracle be resurrected from the living dead.

She kept hearing a sound in the back of her mind, but she couldn't figure out what it exactly was. It sounded similar to a heartbeat, a very faint heartbeat at that. Another thing was knocking on the door to her mind but she pushed it away. Fear made her shove it away. The fear that had lived with her ever since Danny's spells began made her shove it away.

In the mix of the two sounds, she heard two voices. She could tell where they came from.

"When are her parents going to arrive?" Jack asked Maddie with a sense of urgency.

"They were on a business trip in Japan," answered Maddie, "I called them and told them, and they'll be here in a few hours."

At that moment they heard a loud scream and then a gunshot was heard. It chimed across the halls and a shout was heard over the intercom, "We need every additional personnel to room 103 stat!"

"That's Danny's room!" shouted Maddie as she and Jack jumped from their chairs and flew down the hallway.

What's happening…? Sam's worried thoughts were unfortunately heard by no one.

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In Danny's room, Jazz held Tucker against the wall. She had slammed him against it. The bullet had gone off target but grazed Jazz in the arm before hitting the wall. She didn't look too hurt. She was then able to knock the gun out of Tucker's hands and onto the floor, grabbing his hands and pulling them behind his back, pinning him to the wall. The boy made no effort to free himself.

Doctors and nurses rushed in to see what happened. They calmed down when they saw everything was under control. Dr. Kitsune checked Jazz's arm, "Are you okay?"

Jack and Maddie ran into the room with them. Maddie gasped at the sight while Jack looked on with a stunned look.

"Yeah," Jazz panted. Then she glared at Tucker, "Tucker, what the heck is wrong with you!"

His eyes were blank. His head lay flat against the wall and he made no effort to lift it. He droned, "There is no point to his life."

"What…?"

"He just lies there, never to move. He won't get better. He won't wake up. There is no point to keep him alive. There is no point to prolong the inevitable."

Jazz shouted, "Tucker you're crazy! He's your best friend! He wouldn't want you to give up hope! And he sure wouldn't want you to try and kill him!" She had exaggerated the "best friend" part, desperately trying to reach him.

"He's a soulless corpse," Tucker droned. He sounded almost like a zombie.

Jazz angrily drew him back and slammed him to the wall once more. She growled, "You freak…"

A sudden flare flew up into the younger teenager's eyes. He said with a rich and threatening voice, "Don't you dare call me that…"

"Jazz…" Maddie warned.

Tucker suddenly turned around and grabbed tightly onto Jazz's wrists. In a motion as quick as lightning, he flipped her over, turning intangible as he did.

"B-but…you…" Jazz wheezed in shock with her eyes wide.

"Oh, but I can. You morons think I'm just gonna stand by and watch you make Danny suffer!" His eyes started to glow an eerie evil ruby. He pointed at Jazz, "You. You witch. You actually thought you could stop me? You are only human. Only mortal. I am beyond you; you have no power over me." A blue light surrounded Tucker's body and deepened with each word he said.

Tears came to Maddie's eyes as she muttered, "Tucker…how could you…?

Jack said, "Why would you…?" He gasped, "This can only mean one thing. GHOST!"

Tucker chuckled nastily, "I'll ignore that for now. I'll be back another day, and when I am, you can expect it to be Danny's last." With a spine tingling laugh, he phased back through the wall.

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Farther downtown, Tucker and another taller figure engaged in conversation.

"Good boy," said the other person, "You're learning very fast."

"Thank you, master," Tucker replied.

"Remember our little plan?"

"Yes, master."

"Excellent. It starts tomorrow."

"Yes, master."

Oh, man. Sorry it was a little short, but this seems like a good place to stop. What has happened to Danny's best friend? Is he under someone's control, or does he really believe there is no longer a point in keeping Danny alive? Find out in Chapter 8!