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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Flashbacks

Disclaimer: Don't own Danny Phantom, but I do own the original characters Morbid and Pallas Dark.

Chapter III

Freak Show giggled happily to himself seeing that piles upon piles of loot rained down as he tossed the gold coins in the air.

"Stop that. It's annoying." A teen who wore similar black clothes and black nail polish muttered not turning away from the TV he was watching. His navy blue dyed hair stuck up radically but smaller strands that made up his bangs framed his pale face.

"Why, I am terribly sorry, my dear brother," Freak Show sarcastically apologized. "I hope this little outburst is not because of jealously." The teen growled and turned around.

"Don't listen to him, Morbid," a young girl said quietly to her older brother. "He's just happy that his "drones" are working properly today."

"A goth is not supposed to be happy," Morbid shot.

"Oh, but with the money I'm making, I can be king of the world for that matter!" Freak Show said.

Morbid snorted and turned back to the TV. "Perhaps with all that money you could pay off the police that are looking for you," he said with a smirk.

"Wha?" Freak Show's forgotten goods clattered to the floor as he scampered over to the TV. Images flashed one after the other and Freak Show frowned in dismay at what he saw.

"There is still no explanation to the mysterious disappearance of Circus Gothica's train as it made its escape from the campground near Amity Park. We go to Jean Glynn, at the site who has the latest on this ambiguity. Jean?"

The screen switched to a familiar background where Freak Show's last performance took place. The woman--Jean--held up her microphone and motioned to the landscape behind her.

"Thanks, April. As you can see police are still baffled at the disappearance of a whole train several nights ago while they were trying to create a barricade to stop it. It is believed the ring master, Freak Show, was on that train along with several thousand dollars of stolen goods and a kidnapped child.

"Now all that's left of the carnival called "Circus Gothica" are empty tents and scattered popcorn but for the parents of Danny Fenton and concerned authorities, the nightmare that endured while this show was in town, lingers in their hearts."

The screen flickered to an overweight man with balding hair. The caption read: Casper High Assistant Principal, Mr. Lancer.

"Everyone at Casper High is deeply saddened by the disappearance of one of our most favored students, Danny. We hope that he will be returned to us safely."

"Police reports tell that Danny was last seen by his friends at Circus Gothica," Jean continued. "And that he was forced onto the very train that police are finding hard to track yet they aren't about to give up hope. Back to you, April."

"If you have any information on Danny Fenton's kidnapping then please call..." Freak Show stopped paying attention and shrugged at his sibling's gazes.

"So I slipped up this time. How was I to know he was even human?"

"If you did your homework you would hear the whispers of a halfa; part ghost, part human," Morbid explained. "Perhaps you should listen to the gossip of the ghosts before you catch them."

Freak Show snorted, "Whatever. This will soon blow over and everyone will forget about 'Danny Fenton'." Morbid rolled his eyes and returned to the TV but his younger sister, Pallas Dark, flicked her gaze to the boy with snow white hair falling over his eyes that sat in the corner, unmoving.

"So...Seen any good movies lately?" Tucker asked as the silence grew around them. Sam, Tucker and Jazz were all in the goth's large room with Sam sitting on her bed, Tucker on the floor and Jazz in a chair. Jazz had gotten there a few minutes ago and popped the question immediately on Sam and Tucker: "What really happened to Danny?"

In all honesty Tucker assumed she would have asked about Danny's connection with 'Inviso Bill', about how Danny seemed to always be involved with ghosts, why he was slacking in his grades, etc. But no, she just asked what happened to her brother and Tucker found himself at a loss for words.

"Well?" Jazz pressed ignoring Tucker's attempt to lighten to mood. "If you're worried about me finding out that Danny's a ghost and that you're trying to protect his secret identity, don't bother. I found out a while ago."

"Then why did you want to talk to us?" Tucker asked.

"You know why. Did you see what the news said? The train just disappeared into thin air!"

"Ja, we were there."

"And Danny was ON IT!" Jazz screamed. She calmed down a bit after taking a deep breath. "Look all I want to know is how. How did Danny get kidnapped?"

"It's my fault," Sam spoke for the first time since Jazz got there. "If I was just stronger... or there earlier, I could have..."

"You can't blame yourself, Sam. With Freak Show controlling Danny it would have been impossible for you to help him," Tucker consoled.

"What? Controlling Danny!"

"But you see that's just it," Sam went on not hearing Jazz. "He was fighting that stupid crystal's control the whole time. He came back on the train but... I wasn't strong enough to help him further."

"Sam! Stop beating yourself up. Think of what Danny would do in this situation," Tucker said.

"Explanation please," Jazz said, annoyed.

"We all went to Circus Gothica to see the show but what we didn't know that Freak Show was really controlling ghosts with that staff thingy that he had. He used it on Danny and that's why 'Inviso Bill' was stealing all of that stuff and acting weird," Tucker explained.

"We arrived at the circus to try to find Danny and we found him in one of the box cars. The train was starting to leave and we went to the bridge and jumped on the top. Then we were attacked by the three other ghosts plus Danny because he was being controlled by Freak Show.

"The staff was knocked out of Freak Show's hand and Danny caught it but after a while he gave it back to 'em. Sam went over the side and as they came to the police cars they threw me over the side too."

"Where he landed right on top of me--" Sam put in.

"Breaking my fall."

"But not mine. Anyway, the ghosts made the train go intangible and that's how it got through."

"Gezz, Sam. What's with the good mood all the sudden? Are you bipolar?"

"No!" Sam said then started going on excitedly. "What you said a while ago. You're a genius Tuck!"

"I know... what did I say?"

"What would Danny do? He would go after us if we were in his situation and what a perfect way to hunt a ghost than to use ghost hunting equipment!" Sam got up and started pacing.

"I see," Jazz caught on to her excitement. "We could use the equipment that my parents invented. I can see if I can barrow the Fenton RV." She paused and looked at the goth. "This plan may work, but it may also take a while."

"What do you mean?" Tucker asked.

"Obviously Freak Show is probably hundreds of mile away by now. And with the police looking for him, I doubt he would make the mistake of showing up close to Amity Park."

"So how long are we talking about?" Tuck asked.

"Weeks. Months at the most."

"It's worth it," Sam replied automatically.

"Same here," Tucker piped.

"We need an excuse that will work," Jazz said. "Something that we all have in common... something that I can work with..."

I know, cliffhanger, lol. Please forgive and keep on reviewing!

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