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Chapter 17: Escape
Heather, flying invisibly in the air, saw a black dot in the distance. It was getting closer. It was her dad flying over.
But from behind him came a green and silver vehicle. It wasn't a car, plane, or helicopter. And, judging from the green designs on the front and sides, Heather guessed it likely was there to track ghosts.
She brought out her phone and got a text ready for Ray. When she could see her dad's face clearly, she pressed send. She knew Ray didn't even need to look at the message. All he needed was the ding of the notification as the signal to run.
She watched her dad, the amazing Danny Phantom, dash right through the roof like it was nothing. She was kind of jealous of his skill, but she had no time to think about that, because the silver vehicle stopped. She could see inside. It was her mom.
She pressed a button, and a tube came out of the front of the ship. A bit of vibrant purple mist seeped out of the tube, then started getting thicker. A bit touched Heather's foot, and made the tip of her right boot become visible.
Heather took off into the school, hiding in a bathroom to turn human. She pulled out her phone to try to call Yoltrun, but the only thing that answered was an automated voice saying the number didn't exist.
Next, she called Alex, who quickly picked up.
"Bad news. My dad has a secret weapon: my mom in a ghost hunting vehicle. Plus, Yoltrun's number doesn't work. Plus, the vehicle has a gas that turns me visible."
"Oh man, not good. Call Ray. Get him here. There's not much time."
"Got it. See you soon." She hung up and called Ray.
"Ray, skip the three minutes. Go to Alex right now!"
"Got it," he said in between heavy breaths. He hung up.
Heather opened the door a slight crack and peeked through. To her right, a clear hallway. To the left, at the very far end, her mom, looking at some handheld device. Heather, trying her best to act casual, walked out of the room and to the right. She speed-walked to the end of the hallway and took a right turn. This final stretch of hallway would take her right to the southern exit, where she would run across the field to Alex's position.
The footsteps echoing through the hallway were getting faster and louder.
Oh no, she can track me, and I'm in human form! Heather thought. She transformed to ghost and flew out of there fast.
She flew over the field, finding Ray nearly at the edge, with Danny Phantom getting closer. He was holding back, like he was figuring out how to approach Ray without terrifying him (not like he would even react because he's used to flying people, but her dad didn't know that).
It took effort for Heather to turn invisible. She was running on adrenaline, and that was wearing out fast. She evaluated her options of attack. Keep in mind, she still was sleep deprived, and that gave her the bright idea to use her dad's weapons against him. She was confident that the little silver and green device mounted on his wrist would do something, so she went for it.
She flew so fast that her legs turned into a tail without her even thinking about it. She grasped and restrained him from behind, using the tail to her advantage in wrapping his legs up while she held back his arms. With a free hand, she yanked the device from his wrist and aimed it towards him.
Heather pressed the button, and it was over in a flash. Quite literally, a flash, because the device sucked the halfa right up in a beam of bright blue light. His phone dropped to the ground.
She looked down at ray, who looked up to see the origin of the flash.
She looked behind her, and saw her mom standing at the edge of the blacktop, stunned at the sight.
Without time to think, Heather placed the strange device on top of the phone and picked Ray up, who yelped before Heather whispered to him that it was only her. When they got to the woods and found Alex, they got out the laptop.
Ray sat down and looked at the pinging laptop. "It's not gonna stop at this rate. Heather, stick your hand through it and yank out the memory chip. It will be twice as large as any other chip you'll find. Leave the laptop here."
"But what about my parents? If my dad ever gets free at all, how will I escape the ghost tracker? It can track me, even if I'm in human form!"
Alex chimed in. "You have two hands, a hard floor, and many large rocks, dont you?" he said with a smirk.
Heather gave a slight smile, then grabbed the laptop. It was small, thin, and lightweight. It would be tough to find a certain computer chip in there.
It took a bit of feeling around, but Heather finally found a large square chip twice the size of any other. She yanked it out, and sure enough, it was the right one.
"Alex, Ray, let's get this chip home!" Heather grabbed the boys' arms to lift them away, but Ray stopped her.
"We can't ditch school, lunch is almost over and if we ditch we're under major suspicion."
Alex and Heather only sighed. They flew back to school, getting back just as the lunch bell rang.
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