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Chapter Two: The Clue

"What?" Jack asked hoarsely.

"He was half-ghost." Tucker took over as Sam broke down completely and cried in to Jazz's shoulder. "He was fighting the ghosts and sending them back to the ghost zone."

"The boomerang…" he murmured. It was silent for a moment, except for Sam's continued sobs. Then Maddie got up and went to Sam, wrapping her arms around her. Sam collapsed into her and allowed herself to be hugged for the first time in months.

"I know Danny was your best friend and keeping this secret must have made it even harder." She said quietly, "I miss him too." Sam gave her a weak, watery smile and sat up again.

"I wish Danny were back." Sam whispered. An odd pressure filled the room for a moment, but no one noticed.

"Time out!" Maddie froze just as she started to hug Sam again; Tucker was titled forward in his seat, reaching for his bag. Even the birds outside were frozen mid-flight. Clockwork, the ghost who controlled time, floated through a portal into the room. He pulled a scrap of paper and a time medallion out of his bag and tied the note to the cords. He started to place the medallion around Sam's neck, but a tugging sensation started pulling him back through the portal. He struggled against it, but the barrier was too strong. He dropped the time medallion; it fell onto Tucker's bag and was sucked back into the ghost zone. "Time In!"

The birds outside took off in fright, Maddie hugged Sam and Tucker grabbed his backpack and picked it up. The medallion fell to the floor with a loud clunck and Sam pulled away from Danny's mother to see what had made the noise.

Tucker dove to the floor and retrieved it. He examined it, holding close to his face. He ran his hand over it and the dug his PDA out of his bag.

"It's one of those time medallion things." He concluded. He started to hook it up to his PDA, but Sam yanked out of his hands and untied the note from the chain. She slowly wiped the tears from her eyes and unfolded it. She read it aloud:

" 'Life is like a parade, with it's many twists and turns.

Even when one person takes a turn and is no longer visible to others,

It does not mean he has finished the parade.'"

They were all silent for a moment, pondering the depths of the riddle. Then Tucker spoke what everyone else was thinking.

"What does that mean!" Sam stared hard at the note for several more seconds before breaking into a wide grin.

"I know what it means!" she said excitedly. The others looked at her, obviously disconcerted by her sudden mood swing.

"Well?" said Jazz, becoming impatient.

"It means," continued Sam, "Danny isn't dead!"

A/N: You knew I couldn't kill Danny, right? Sorry so short--next chapter soon!