Ah yes, looks like I managed to upload a new chapter this week. At least you guys didn't have to wait so long for it this time. :) And yes, I freed Jazz from her spell for a very important scene in this chapter, which you guys will soon see. Anyways, I'll get to answering reviews now.
Mimi1012: I don't know why you said you're upset, because I did update at, like less then an hour ago when you left this review. And yes, it would seem poor Andy has to deal with mental trauma a lot.
OMNISENSE95: Heh, I have a lot of plans for The Ultimate Enemy, this should be fun... for me. :3 Well no, she doesn't know about Andy being a halfa... yet, and this chapter will prove it. Of course, I didn't plan on leaving Dash in the dark forever, but that's going to be a while.
CalmTheHydreigon: Heh, yeah, Andy and Bearbert, what a fun chapter. XD
ZAFT Prime: Glad I got you guys excited with the foreshadowing! And yeah, I didn't think anyone expected Andy to be able to release Jazz from the spell, let alone with BEARBERT of all things. X3 And yes, Andy still hates it.
ShiraYukiShadow: Well... you might like later chapters then, because most of that stuff actually happens later on, but I won't give out too many spoilers.
muney73: Oooh, that's a nice fan theory! :3 Again, I won't say if it's right or wrong for the sake of not spoiling anything until we get to the actual arc of the story, but I will say you're kinda close there. As for Dustin, yeah he'll come in around Reign Storm and plays a pretty big part in it too. Can you guess what it is? ;)
Captivity: Andy still doesn't want to accept he's a halfa, as you said, plus he's also worried what it could do to his sister's own mentality since now both of her brothers are half dead. I think you'll like this chapter though. Heh, yeah, you thought that Andy's fear would just be nothing more than a side note from the previous book, right? I actually plan on using it a few times in this book, especially the Christmas chapter since that's where I originally got the idea for Andy to fear Bearbert, especially with a chainsaw. Seriously, where did that chainsaw come from when the Ghost Writer brought the toys to life? And I'm relieved to hear season 1 isn't a disappointment, hope you enjoy what I do for season 2!
PrincessDragon96: You and everyone else, seems everyone is surprised I had Andy hold Bearbert. X3 And yup, I decided to let Andy snap Jazz out of it. Hope I don't disappoint when we get to TUE then! :D
Chapter 19: A Sister's Care
Jazz and I were making our way to our house. I was thankful that Youngblood finally gave up on trying to find us by the time the morning sun came up. We were tired and a mess… I was thankful Jazz was with me the entire time… I mean every time my mind threaten to start hallucinating she was there to help bring me back out of it. Because we were being chased and tired, she didn't have time to really psychoanalyze me about that so-called 'dream', so all she could do is keep me from falling back into that nightmare.
Speaking of nightmares… I still don't understand why I kept getting sporadic nightmares of a different kind of evil Danny. This one didn't want peace or equality, he just wanted to destroy. I knew I was traumatized from what happened during the corrupted era, but I don't know what's causing those kinds of dreams.
All I know when we saw Fenton Works we had never been more relieved than we were now. Jazz walked ahead of me and tried to open the door… only to find out it was locked. "It's locked…"
"..." I wanted to curse right now. I wanted to just get in bed and sleep, but I had forgotten that I didn't take any house keys with me since I just phased out of the house, but I can't do that with Jazz here. Why am I even hiding it from her? Does it really matter if she knew or not I had ghost powers?
"Please tell me you have the house keys." Jazz said to me, looking frazzled.
I was about to answer her when the door suddenly opened- nice timing. Danny was there, and he had his backpack on… guess it was time to go to school… greeeeat… just wonderful.
"Whoa! Andy? J-Jazz? What happened to you two? You looked like you were chased by a bear in the woods or something! And I thought you were on a cruise with Mom and Dad, Jazz?" Danny asked, looking at us in curiosity and concern.
"It's… a long… long story." Jazz grumbled moodily as she walked into the house. "I'm going… to take a nice… long shower… and turning in today."
"But… what about school?" My brother asked.
"I can afford a few days off!" She retorted, obviously in a bad mood, not that I blame her since I'm not in the best of moods either after running for our lives all night… still better than the corrupted era, at least I have a home to come back to.
"Uh… maybe you better get cleaned up bro." Danny said to me. "And we can't really afford a day off."
"Ugh!" I grumbled before falling to the floor with a THUD. I am so tired, that warehouse combined with that nightmare didn't make for a good night sleep.
Well now… after my brother managed to drag me into the our bathroom while Jazz used her own I was more than happy to get cleaned up and change out to a much cleaner shirt. I'll have to put the coat into the wash… strangely enough I'm getting attached to that coat now. I was also thinking about Jazz said before… I was scared of my own twin brother? Well… that's a very blunt and crude way of putting it. But I knew she was right… I've been more uneasy with Danny lately, and that Corrupted Danny still haunted me no matter where I go.
If I don't get rid of this fear of my brother… I don't think we could ever be close again. It might just make us drift further apart, but… I don't know how… I didn't want to bring up the subject of Corrupted Danny again to him, it was a very sore and sensitive subject for the both of us.
I splashed my face with cold water to wake myself up. Oh, that's right… I hadn't told Danny about the ghost ship yet, they're hypnotizing and kidnapping every adult in the city. There was also that vision of him bringing an army of high schoolers to save everyone, but I have no idea how we're going to pull that off since nobody listens to people like us. Well more specifically my brother, they might listen to me because of my association with Dash.
I'm surprised Jazz didn't come out and tell Danny herself what happened… she must've been more tired than I thought. I feel like my own mind's been fried after all that running around.
"Yo bro! We really should get going!" I heard Danny knocking on my door.
Sighing, I moodily opened the door and my brother gave me a small smile, "Uh… Andy, did something happen to you last night? I noticed you weren't in bed when I woke up."
"Yes, something did indeed happen." I said tiredly. "I'll tell you at school so Tucker and Sam can hear about it too."
Well… I really didn't get much sleep last night… because I end up passing out while walking down the street. Danny had to pull or carry me before he woke me up. "Andy… uh bro, maybe you should take a nap in class or something? You're not used to staying up late nights like I am… heh, and even then I'd still sometimes fall asleep."
"I'll be fine… I just need to get some coke or something to wake me up." I said with a yawn.
I must've been more out of it than I thought, because we reached Casper High before I even noticed the building. I shook my head and rubbed my eyes… I have to focus. Danny, Tucker and Sam need to know about the cruise and Youngblood's plans for the adults!
CLANG! Wah!? … Oh I must've fallen asleep on my feet in the hallway, because I hit my forehead against the locker… ow… I rubbed my face.
"Wow Andy, you look tired." I heard Tucker say and I noticed he was munching on a Nasty Burger… where did he even get that? I thought the school didn't allow food outside of the cafeteria? … Speaking of which… are there even any teachers or staff members left here?
"Did you even hear what I've been saying?" Sam asked me, looking rather annoyed. "We were talking about the P.A.R.T.Y. we're having in the OPs Center tonight."
"A party? You do know that'll just get us into trouble, right?" I said to her.
"Not an actual party! It's an anagram which means 'Providing Alternative Radio To You'!" Sam told me, showing me a piece of paper she wrote on.
"You've already designed a logo?" I frowned.
"And a sponsor, now I can have all the Nasty Burgers I can eat!" Tucker smiled as he took another bite from the burger.
A sponsor and a logo? … Why am even I surprised? These are the same people who put together two protests in one night.
"Andy, didn't you say you had something to tell us about what happened last night? Why did Jazz come home? Why were you two looking so tired and frazzled?" Danny asked me in concern. "You might want to sit down so you don't hit your head on anymore lockers."
"I'm fine, just a little sleepy is all." I said firmly, that bump on the head did kinda wake me up. "Listen… I don't know how or why yet, but those ghost pirates, Youngblood, they're using that music to hypnotize every adult in town. I saw everyone's parents heading to the cruiseliner, but it's actually Youngblood's ship! I managed to snap Jazz out of it with Bearbert because she's not technically an adu-"
"Wait, wait, wait, back up! … YOU used Bearbert willingly to snap Jazz out of it?" Danny suddenly said, looking at me in shock. "That… wasn't a dream after all…"
I stifled another incoming yawn before I said, "Yeah… I had to get Bearbert… to wake up Jazz… we run… Youngblood chased us… all night… Zzzzzzz." I just closed my eyes for a few seconds and I was clonked out again.
"BEEEEEEEEEEEP!" I woke up again when Tucker used that PDA to make a loud noise in my face!
"WAH!" I fell on my butt from the sudden noise and he was laughing.
"That should wake you up for a bit!" Tucker laughed.
I glared at the laughing techno geek, that wasn't funny and his laughter only makes me want to sock his face. "That isn't funny!"
"He's just in a good mood that our parents are gone." Sam said. "I know I am."
"Didn't you hear me? Our parents, yours included, have been kidnapped!" I snapped at them. "BY PIRATE GHOSTS!"
"We heard you, but relax already! We'll get them back... If they need the people they're taking then they won't kill them. Besides, I could use a day without my parents around." The goth girl said nonchalantly… wow, she must really have a grudge against her parents if she's not that worried for them… not that I blame her… I didn't like the Mansons myself.
"But I'm worried." Danny said as he helped me up. "I'm going to check out that pirate ship in port tonight. Andy, you get some sleep when we get home, you need to be wide awake when we check things out."
"Yeah… that's a good idea…" I said as I tried to stifle another yawn.
"Right, you two do that and we'll focus on the P.A.R.T.Y." Sam said as she tossed the paper into the trash bin.
"And I'll get the Nasty Burgers ready!" Tucker smiled.
I watched lazily seeing Dash noticed the paper Sam threw away and picked it up. "A party? You guys holding a party at Fentons Work? That's cool, we hardly ever go there!"
"No Dash, it's not a party." My brother snapped. "Now just go on about your business."
I should probably say something… but I was too… tired to move... No! Don't fall asleep. I quickly spoke up between these two, "Dash, Danny, why don't you two actually try to get along?"
"Me get along with HIM!? No way!" they both shouted at the same time before huffing at each other.
"I don't see why not. I mean you get along with me just fine when you actually stopped bullying me, Dash." I said to my former bully. "And you're my twin brother, Danny. Why can't you two just try to act nice to each other for once?"
"Like you and Paulina?" Dash said to me, pulling that card again.
I sighed before I said, "Actually Paulina hasn't really been giving me a hard time anymore lately. Maybe you could try the same with each other?"
Dash paused at this before he thought about it. "Hmmm… You do make a good point Andy… but it's not that easy."
"Yeah, besides, what makes you think I want to be friends with someone who bullied us since elementary school?" My brother huffed, still glaring at Dash.
"I didn't say you had to be friends, just that you two should at least try to be nice to each other once in a while." I said to him before addressing to both of them. "Come on guys, this has been going on for too long. I want my friend and my brother to at least try to get along!"
"We can't make any promises." Danny said to me.
I wanted to groan before I remembered that vision I had of my brother… the one where he and just about everyone in our school were waging war against the ghost pirates. Maybe this party is what leads everyone to where they need to be…
"Alright, then how about you let Dash hold that party at our house?" I suggested.
"WHAT!?" Danny shouted at me. "Andy! You KNOW we're not supposed to hold 'crazy teenage' parties with Mom and Dad gone! And Jazz would never approve of it! Plus you know how wild the A-listers can be!"
"I know that, but I think it may just be what we need." I said calmly to him. "Just let Dash hold the party at least once, maybe you two could actually get along."
"Wow Andy, you must be really out of it if you're willing to let me hold a party in your house." Dash chuckled. "But I'll take you up on your offer, it should be fun to crash and trash the place!"
Dash already ran off to invite everyone, leaving me to deal with a very annoyed brother and two friends. "Andy, what were you thinking!? Why did you invite Dash to do that? Sure you two are friends, but he's still Dash!"
"Seriously Andy, I thought you were more responsible than that." Sam said with a disapproving tone. I find it rather ironic that she's the one lecturing me about going against my parents' wishes.
"But hey, maybe this is a good thing. I mean maybe this is a good way to get the A-listers on our side." Tucker said, looking at the bright side of things. Never thought he'd be the one on my side, then again they all think I'm simply doing this to get on Dash's good side.
"Everyone just be quiet!" I snapped, thankfully shutting them up. I took a breath to calm myself down. "I didn't invite Dash just to have a big party at our house. Remember about those future visions I have sometimes?"
"... Wait, did you have another one?" Sam asked me, suddenly intrigued as I nodded to confirm this.
"Sweet, not only do you have ghost powers but you also have psychic powers, that's just so awesome man!" Tucker said excitedly before looking at my brother. "Do you have any psychic powers too?"
"It's not psychic powers." I spoke up before Danny could. "I think it's more of a side effect from… something I had to do." Tucker and Sam didn't remember what happened, so they wouldn't understand, but I'm starting to think these future visions may have something to do with when I had time powers. "And anyways the vision I had this time was Danny leading an army of high school kids on board the pirate ship, it might be how we'll save the adults."
"Wait, you saw me leading all the students here into battle? They don't even listen to me when I wanted to get rid of the music!" Danny waved his arms at me.
"Then you just gotta act like a leader and use the right words! You're confident enough when you're Danny Phantom, so pass some of that off to Danny Fenton!" I told him.
"... What about us?" Sam suddenly asked. "You said you saw Danny, but what about you, me and Tucker? Where were we?"
"I… I don't know… I didn't see you two in the vision. I didn't see where I was either. It's possible we were somewhere else during the vision." I answered, wishing I could just go home and go to bed right now.
"We'll have to think about it, bro. I still don't like the idea Dash is going to throw a 'crash and trash' party at our house." Danny said to me. "But maybe you should go home and get some sleep… I don't think we'll have much of a school day with all the teachers gone."
"Yeah… why are we… even here anyways?" I asked. I mean if there are no teachers here then why bother coming?
"It was for just in case someone WAS still here." Tucker shrugged. "Don't want to get in trouble."
"Right… well I'll go home and take a nice long nap." I said. "Don't want to be tired tonight."
I walked out of the school and headed for home. I think I almost fell asleep while walking a few times… down the street… I think my body instinctively turned intangible whenever I did, because I never got ran over or hit something. Either that or my brother was secretly guiding me back home.
Either way I was just glad to be back in my own house. I made a beeline for my room and I blacked out before I even hit the pillow.
… Hmm? What's that light? … It's blue and so warm… Hmm? I think I hear a voice…
"Andy… you…"
Who is it? Who is talking to me? The voice sounds familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it.
"Please listen to me… you must… talk to Jazz…"
What? Talk to my sister? What about?
"Jazz… must know… about you… about your ghost powers…"
What? Why? She's already have one brother who's half ghost and that she's worried about, she doesn't need another burden on her mind.
"If you don't tell her… she will find out… herself. It is better… you tell her… the truth now. Hear it come from you… rather than… have her finding out… and keeping it… a secret from you."
Tell her? I don't know… I didn't want Jazz to know…
"It will not… be so bad… she can help you… if you'd just… give her the chance."
… I guess you have a point. Jazz always did know what to say...
"There is… no reason to… not tell her… better tell her… now rather than… have her find out… and not tell you."
She has been a lot more understanding about Danny's powers than I was when we both found out about it. She's a strong girl… I wish I could be that strong and brave. Maybe telling Jazz will help more than harm.
"And… do not fear… capture…"
Wait… what? Capture? What do you mean?
"Trust… in Danny… he will… save you… but you… must… s...a...v...e… h…"
Wait! Don't go! What did you want to say? … It's no good… it's already drifting away…
I slowly blinked open my eyes and noticed my room was dark… it must be late evening or early night by now… I'm just glad I felt a lot more refreshed now after that nap. I sat up from my bed and stretched… I wonder where Danny is right now? … Hmm… that dream… that voice… it was telling me to talk to Jazz about my ghost powers… it might be a good idea. She's a smart girl I don't think I'll be able to keep something like this a secret from her forever.
I nodded to myself, making up my mind. It was time I tell Jazz… she deserves to know. I walked out of my room and stopped as I looked down the stairs to see Dash and a few of the popular kids have already walked into the living room. I sighed to myself… it's about to get noisy. I walked down the hallway and knocked on Jazz's door. I wonder if she's still sleeping?
"Come in!" Jazz called.
I opened the door and there was my sister, she was reading a book. "Oh Andy, you finally woke up?"
"Y-yeah… how are you? The music isn't affecting you again is it?" I asked her.
Jazz turned up her radio that was still playing that hypnotic music. She shrugged before she said, "I still think it sounds nice, but at least I don't have the urge to go back to the so-called cruise."
I sighed in relief before clearing my throat… this is it. I need to tell her. "Jazz… there's something I need to talk to you about… and I'm not sure how you'll take it."
Jazz looked at me and she could probably tell I was bothered by it. She gently put her book down and gave me her full attention. "What is it, Andy?"
I took a deep breath to try and calm myself. "W-well… do you… remember when we first discovered my brother's ghost half?"
"Of course, how could I ever forget that?" She said, waiting for me to get to the point.
"How were you so accepting to it? I-I mean I almost lost it." I told her.
Jazz blinked before she said, "To be honest… I didn't know what to think at first… but I knew I had to stay calm about it for you, and Danny didn't seem upset about it… in fact I was proud of the good that he does with those powers of his."
"But it never bothered you that was he a ghost? That he was half dead?" I asked her, though I felt bad bringing up possible old wounds.
"It did bother me… but I focused on trying to help my little brother rather than freaking out over what he became. He is what he is and I accepted it." My sister said calmly. "I was hoping you would too, eventually."
I gave a small nervous chuckle. "A-and I have! S-sure those nightmares of mine says otherwise but… I have accepted it. You always were pretty protective of him, especially when you found out he was fighting ghosts… I can only imagine what you'd do if he ever finds out you know and lets you try to help." I bit my lip, not meaning to sound rude there, but I was also still hesitating from telling her what I wanted to tell her.
Jazz gave me a look before she said, "Alright Andy, I can see it in your eyes. You didn't come here to quiz me about this stuff, is there something wrong?"
Okay Andy, this is it, no more beating around the bush. You need to tell Jazz, you can't hide this from her forever. "Wh-what… what if I told you… h-hypothetically speaking… that your other brother… a-also… g-got ghost powers…?" I bit my lip again, seeing her reaction.
Jazz was staring at me in surprise before she said. "Andy… if you're joking this isn't funny."
I quickly shook my head, starting to regret this already. "I-I was just speaking hypothetically! L-look… I'm just curious. What would you do if I did have ghost powers?"
My sister hesitated for a bit, she frowned but still thought about it before she answered. "Well… I guess I would try my best to help you too. At least you know I would know, so we could actually talk if you need it. And I know some basic first aid just in case too. Why do you ask anyway?" She was getting suspicious.
I nervously began twiddling my fingers together. … Jazz may not be able to take it… "Um… But I want to know what it would do to you psychology if you saw both of your brothers are ghosts... I know just having one was bad enough, but two of them? I don't think you'd be able to take it, Jazz... I know I couldn't."
Jazz stood up and came face to face with me, she gave me a concerned look before she said, "Andy… is there something you want to tell me?"
I can't back down now, just go for it and tell her, like ripping off a bandaid! "I… uh… Remember when… I had said there was a second accident?"
Jazz's eyes widen as realization dawned to her. "You… you were involved with it, weren't you." It wasn't a question. I only looked at her and she put her hands on my shoulder. "Oh Andy! Why didn't you tell me? I'm… listen, I'm not upset with you. I'm here for you, you know that, right?"
"Jazz…" I took her hands off me gently. "I wasn't worried about you being upset with me… I was more worried about you in general. About how it would affect you now that you know both of your brothers are… half ghosts… a-are you sure you're going to be okay with this?"
Jazz gave me a gentle smile, much to my surprise, then she gave me a hug. "Andy… I'll be fine, but it's you I'm worried about. Now I know why you're so scared, of your brother and yourself. You're scared that you'll become a monster, that Danny would be one too. Andy… I'll be okay, but you should talk to me whenever you can, okay? And be careful when you help Danny."
"Th-thanks Jazz… thank you." I smiled weakly as I hugged her back. I felt like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders… not all of it, but a good chunk of it. "I'll be sure to talk to you if and when that nightmare haunts me again."
"That's all I ask, little brother." Jazz smiled as she messed with my hair a little bit. "You worry too much and try to shoulder everything on your own. Just try to remember you have people who care about you and will do their best to help you shoulder your burden, but you have to let them, okay?"
I nodded to her. "I'll try, but no guarantees."
Before we could say anymore a loud music blasted through the entire house, and the entire living room downstairs felt like it was bouncing with all the crazy teenagers partying no doubt.
"What is going on? Is there some wild party downstairs?" Jazz yelped.
"I wanted Dash and Danny to get along, so I invited him to." I said with a sheepish smile. "It may almost be because my brain was sleep deprived at the moment."
"Ugh, Andy!"
"Relax, I'll go shut off the stereo and get them all to leave, okay?" I said quickly before turning intangible to sink below her floor. I heard her give a surprised gasp, but at least I helped confirm I am indeed half ghost.
When I landed downstairs and returned to being solid- everybody's too busy partying to notice- I was surprised when Danny just came through the door almost the same time, he looked both surprised and furious. I went over to the stereo but it was already unplugged. I frowned at this… where is that loud music coming from? … And when did we have a disco ball on the roof?
"Andy! This party is going out of control! Inviting Dash was a bad idea!" Danny shouted over the loud music.
"I-I'm starting to see that! Are Tucker and Sam up at the OP Center?" I asked him.
"Yeah, they said they'd be doing the broadcast today while I went to go check out the cruise. You were right, it is Youngblood's ship!" Danny yelled over to me.
"Alright! You go tell Tucker and Sam while I try to get this party under control!" I shouted back to him before he nodded and hurried upstairs.
I looked for Dash in all the teens partying and ran into Paulina of all people. She looked at me and I sighed, "Sorry, I didn't mean to run into you. I'm looking for Dash."
"He's probably in the middle somewhere, showing off his moves." Paulina said.
"Alright, thanks." I said as I was about to move, but then I felt her hand grabbing my arm. I frowned and turned to her, "What is it now?"
"I want… to ask you something…" She seemed hesitant.
"Well what is it?" I really want to find Dash as soon as possible.
"Well… how is it like?" She asked.
"... How's what like? You need to be more specific." I told her.
"Fine. How is it like being a loser?" She finally said.
"... A loser?" I raised an eyebrow at that. "Are you trying to ask me what it's like not being popular? Because there IS a better word for it you know."
Paulina sighed before she said, "Look, I've just been thinking lately… and since you became Dash's friend you've had so many opportunities to be one of us. You know, a popular A-list boy rather than a nobody. So why didn't you ever take it?"
"Paulina… there's more to life than who's the most popular kid at school." I told her seriously. "What will you do once you graduate and leave school? Your popularity can't help you in the real world. Well maybe it could, but it depends on how you use it. You could be a famous author, or maybe a model in your case, one day, who knows. But I have no interest in popularity in school- not if I had to become a jerk, especially to the people I really care about to maintain it."
It wasn't the first time I talked about why I didn't want to be popular in school. I've told Valerie this a few times before.
"And you like being a loser?"" Paulina asked me, frowning in confusion.
"Paulina…" I pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to be patient with her. "You could try to be nicer to us 'losers' you know. You might be surprised how refreshing it would be to not be mean to someone for a change."
She paused and frowned before letting go my arm finally. I looked at her for a few more seconds… seems she's trying to think about it. Well while she is I better go find Dash to stop this crazy party. I turned away from her and pushed my way through the crowd to get to Dash- then suddenly the entire house began to shake and I could've sworn I heard a loud guitar being strung somewhere.
The people here didn't seem to notice and kept dancing, are they drunk or something!? I pushed more of them out of the way and hurried over to Dash, who was… spinning around on the floor. "Dash! DASH!"
Dash stopped when he heard me calling him and said, "Oh hey Andy! Did you see my moves?"
"Dash, listen! You've got to stop this party!" I yelled to him. "This is too wild!"
"Aw come on Andy! What'd you expect when you invited me? This party may just up yours and your brother's street cred!" Dash shouted excitedly as he pat me on the back, a little too hard. "Whoops, sorry about that."
"D-Dash! I was sleep deprived at the time! And I was hoping it was just you and Kwan!" I groaned and rubbed my back, it didn't hurt but it did knock the wind out of me. "Besides I wanted you to have a party here to try and get to know my brother more, not mess up the entire house!"
"Oh live a little Andy!" Kwan suddenly spoke up from beside me, smiling. "I'm sure your parents won't mind a little party!"
"This isn't a little party Kwan! It's an out of control teenage-" I was about to shout when the entire house began to shake again, so much so that one of the lights on the ceiling came crashing down! Thankfully nobody got hurt, but that was still close. "What's going on now!?"
"Something's going on outside!" I heard someone shout… I think it was Star.
Everyone ran outside… and nearly ran me over. I looked out the window as everyone else was staring up at the sky- what the? Why are Youngblood's ghost crew kidnapping everyone? … Wait, they're kidnapping adults… what happen to just hypnotizing them? … Wait, I see Danny as a ghost trying to get on the ship, but the ghost shield is stopping him. Hmm… I get it now… he can't get on board as a ghost, so he has to get on board as a human.
I turned my head back to the stairs, more specifically at Jazz's room. That voice in my dreams… it gave me a clue on what I need to do. Danny needs to handle this on his own, to prove he can be a good leader when he needs to be. Jazz and I will need to handle this our way. Do not fear capture it told me… Danny will save me… I don't want to get caught, but it might be a hint on what I should do. Perhaps Danny will not be able to get the others to help without the right push.
I opened Jazz's door. "Jazz!"
"A-Andy? What's wrong?" She asked me, confused and surprised.
"Did you feel that tremor earlier?" I asked her.
"Yeah, it was pretty strong. I thought that wild party downstairs was going to bring the house down, literally!" Jazz said with a frown.
"It wasn't the party! The pirate ghosts are here, they must've shook this place." I told her.
"Then what are you waiting for? Go out there and help Danny fight them!" Jazz yelled at me.
"Calm down, Jazz!" She had to be trained by our Dad in ghost fighting. "Listen, I can't fly very good yet and they have a ghost shield that prevents our ghost forms from getting on board."
"Then what should we do?" Jazz asked me.
"We're going to help Danny get everyone he needs on board that pirate ship." I told her.
"And how will we do that?" My sister questioned me.
I gave her a smirk before I said, "Just like you, Danny's pretty protective when it comes to his family- us included. We're going to be the bait."
"What!? Andy, are you still sleep deprived!? Danny's already trying to figure out a way to save Mom and Dad, why would we need to be the bait?" Jazz demanded.
"We may not have to be- however, Danny and Dash will never get along if they don't have a common goal." I told her with a shrug. "Sure the pirates took his parents, but he'll never listen to my brother unless he had no other choice. With me here, he'd rather let me lead everyone instead of Danny. So my plan is for us to get captured by Youngblood."
"Andy, listen to yourself. You're basically saying you want us to get captured on purpose just so Danny can try to learn a lesson." Jazz said to me. "We can't just risk that!"
"Relax Jazz. I don't plan for us just to get captured so we can be rescued, I actually do have a plan. We can sabotage them from the inside." I told her. "While Danny and the others are out there, we can try to bring down the ship and rescue the adults."
"... I guess we could try that. But how will we save them if we don't even know what's causing them to be hypnotized?" My sister asked me, crossing her arms and looking at me skeptically.
"It's the music. If we could just shut it down we'll be able to set them free." I said. "But first we'll need to get on board."
Also, I want to say what really grinds my gears is that some people review just to tell me they're not going to read my story because my main character is an OC or some other ridiculous reason without even taking a look at the story itself to see if it's good or not. Seriously, what's the point of leaving such ignorant and mean reviews like that? To tear down the author for putting in something you don't like? If you don't think you'll like it, ignore it then, there's no need to be rude to the author of the story, especially since you have no right to judge a story you didn't even bother to look at, because if you do leave a review just to say you won't read it because of an OC or it's too long or whatever, then all that does is show how ignorant and how much of an a-hole you are to people. Just wanted to get that off my chest since I received a few reviews like that. Anyways, that's it for this chapter, I am DarkFoxKit and I look forward to hearing from people who actually read my story.