Chapter 6

The three friends made their way to Isabelle's lair yet again the next day. Sam was starting to lose track of how many times she had been in the ghost zone when she really didn't want to step into that porthole. But she was determined to save Emily's life. Emily had once saved her life...now it was time for Sam to return that favor.

They found the lair still destroyed...and still no sign of Isabelle. Sam, Tucker and Danny started sifting through the mess to see if they could find a clue to Isabelle's whereabouts.

Sam had been searching for hours and was ready to give up when she heard Danny's excited cry.

"Sam, Tucker, get over here! I found something!"

Sam and Tucker rushed over to get a look. Danny was holding a very grubby piece of paper. Wiping away the dirt with his hand, he read slowly the words that were written messily on the paper-in bright blue ink.

"Ghost sense." The trio looked at each other in puzzlement.

"What does she mean?" Sam whispered. But she knew they had to find out soon, before it was too late for Emily.

"Ghost sense..." I repeated softly later that day. I was getting weaker. My friends had come to me with the note to see if I could make any sense out of it.

Just then, my ghost sense went off. But instead of its usual pink, it was a bright blue. Danny raised an eyebrow. His ghost sense hadn't gone off.

"Uh, Em? What's with your ghost sense?" he pointed at my bright blue breath. I was still trying to figure out the note. I looked up.

"Huh?" I said absentmindedly. "Oh. Yeah, it's been like that for awhile now. I think there's something wrong with it."

It was another minute before the light bulb pinged in my head. "That's it!" I cried. Then my ghost sense went off again, still in that bright blue color. But instead of disappearing into the air like it usually did, it twisted itself around and formed a single word.

Mysteria.

"What's Mysteria?" I wondered. Danny, however, was thinking hard. "Mysteria.." he said thoughtfully. "Hold on...I think I've heard of it." And he continued thinking for several minutes before he snapped his fingers in triumph.

"I remember now!" he said. We all watched him intently as he explained.

"Mysteria is a remote corner of the Ghost Zone...nobody knows what's in it. The few ghosts brave enough to go in there...have never come out. Isabelle must be sending some sort of warning to us. Hmm...she's changing your ghost sense to form the word Mysteria...that must be where she is! Catherine must have kidnapped her and took her to Mysteria!"

Sam was slowly nodding. It did make sense-sort of.

I suddenly got very tired. I leaned back against my pillows. Danny leapt up from his chair. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Sam and Tucker looked at him cautiously.

"Uh...Danny?" said Sam tentatively. "What?" Danny shouted angrily. "Danny, are you sure about this?" Danny turned. "Yes, I'm sure, now let's go! Don't you want to save Emily's life? Or do you not care about her? She saved your life, Sam!"

Sam was on the edge of tears now. "Duh, Danny, I know she saved my life! It's just that I don't want you to get killed running off on some half baked plan of yours! Shouldn't we wait until we have some proof?"

Danny took a step forward, his face livid. "Don't you get it Sam! We don't have time to wait! Emily's getting sicker and soon she'll be dead, and then you'll be sorry you stood here arguing with me!"

"Would you stop talking about me like I'm not in the room!" I shouted hoarsely. There was silence for a moment, as all three of my best friends turned in some surprise. I think they had kind of forgotten I was there. Then there was only the sound of running footsteps as Danny ran out of the room and out of sight.

A/N: Ahh, another chapter. Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I think I needed some time to rest after putting up four chapters in one day. So how'd you like it? A new clue, a new place...we'll see what happens. I'm not even sure what happens. I trust my mind and I trust my fingers. Read and review please, as always!