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Chapter 6-Empty Reassurance

Danny gave a dejected sigh as he walked through Vlad's cabin he had in the Colorado Rockies. He hadn't found her. He had been to Vlad's castle up in Wisconsin first before coming here. Both had been empty. He knew he should have expected it, but, in all reality, he didn't know where else to look.

The thought that Vlad had won would not go away. Danny kept telling himself that he hadn't, that he had saved his family from him back in Amity Park, but a misplaced feeling of despair would always follow these thoughts. It confused and worried Danny at the same time.

Making a decision to search the house one more time before finally leaving Danny started the trek through the large cabin. He glanced at his reflection in a mirror as he walked past. He'd thought it best to conserve energy, so he was back to being Danny Fenton at the moment. Halfway through his search he gave a small jump at the ring that carried throughout the empty cabin. He dug in his pocket for his phone as he mentally scolded himself for the jump.

"Hello?"

The voice on the other end almost sounded hysterical. "Danny, I can't find her! I've looked all over, but she isn't here and I don't know where else to look-"

Danny froze as the words connected with his already stressed brain. Mom, he thought and cursed. He hadn't been able to stop it after all.

"-And Mom and Dad won't come out of their house to help! They keep ranting about some ghost that's coming-"

This statement only served to confuse Danny and he tried to focus more on what his sister was saying.

"-I'm supposed to look out for her while Luke is away and they said they won't come and help because you told them not to-"

"Jazz…"

"-You know, she warned me Danny, but I was too preoccupied to know she was in trouble-"

"Jazz, calm down."

"-And I promised myself I'd never turn out like our parents, but here I am too busy to pay attention to my own daughter! And now she'll never get to listen to my story! Why did this-"

"JAZZ!"

The other line went quiet after Danny's shout and Danny waited patiently.

"Sorry, Danny."

"It's all right, but you were hysterical, Jazz. That's not like you. Now what happened? Someone was taken?"

"It's Amy! I can't find her anywhere!"

"When did it happen?"

"More than an hour ago. She was up in her room, but when I went up there she disappeared."

Danny's jaw clenched in anger. Again, some of it was directed at himself. He should have warned his sister, too. Why was he failing so badly to protect his loved ones? Danny knew Vlad had taken her. The only thing he didn't know was why.

"Did you tell, Luke?"

"Of course! I called him immediately. I've been doing nothing but call people. That and sitting here worrying."

"It's going to be okay, Jazz. I'll help look for her. I'll-"

The call hadn't really distracted Danny from his original thoughts on checking the house. He'd been going through each room during the call and had just finished and stepped into the main room when he had stopped. There in the center was Vlad, and behind him, trapped in an ectoplasmic dome, was Amy.

"Danny…are you there? Danny please say something. Tell me you're there!"

The shock was still present on Danny's face, so he barely registered when his sister's voice was cut off by an ectoplasmic beam knocking the phone out of his hand.

"Hello, Daniel,' Vlad greeted. "I thought we could have another talk."

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