Andy: Fox? Onyx? Where are you two?! *Is looking around*

Darkzdragon 'Onyx': *Muffled voice from behind a door* Crystal, do something! Call out to them! If you don't, we'll all die!

DarkFoxKit: Okay! Crystal quickly uses their mind link and screams as loud as she can.

*There is silence for a few moments*

Darkzdragon 'Onyx': Oh… thank all the dice gods ever… Seriously… can't believe we almost got a Total Party Kill due to something that shouldn't have been all that serious… If Crystal hadn't stopped that, I actually was about to suggest to the DM to make it a 'it was all just a nightmare' scenario.

*Andy opens the door where the voices are coming from and sees Fox and Onyx wearing old fashioned armor while sitting in front of a computer. Next to Onyx was a huge plastic axe, and beside Fox was a plastic scimitar. On the desk in front of Fox was a Light Fury plushy, while a kitsune plushy was sitting on one corner of Onyx's desk*

Andy: What… have I walked into…?

Darkzdragon 'Onyx': *Turns to look at Andy, a few beads of sweat sitting near her eye ridges* Oh! Hey there, Andy. We're in the middle of DnD and one of the other players pretty much nearly wiped the entire party… and a 10 square kilometer area with 424 damage. But thankfully Fox's character managed to stop the other player's character.

Andy: *Blinks cluessly* I'm sorry… what?

DarkFoxKit: Right, right… I made you before I had an inkling on what D&D is.

Darkzdragon 'Onyx': Think of an RPG video game but not a video game and you're not the only player. You design a character with a race, a class, a backstory, and all that. There is a DM who is the Dungeon Master. They act as the 'god' of the world. They provide the story and combat and all that. The current campaign, which is what a DnD game is called, is a custom campaign where the DM made up the story instead of using one of the premade stories.

Andy: Oh… is it fun?

DarkFoxKit: Well, it was pretty nerve wracking for me in the beginning, but now I'm having lots of fun with it. Maybe you can ask Tucker about it, he might know more about D&D.

Darkzdragon 'Onyx': In fact, DnD has helped Fox become more confident. And yeah, Tucker 100% knows DnD. DnD stands for Dungeons and Dragons. Also it is incredibly fun and it can also give us ideas for story or give us practice with writing. As DnD can be seen as one big writing exercise with a bunch of cowriters.

Andy: *Gives a look of intrigue* I'll have to ask Tucker about it then. Oh! I don't mean to interrupt your… session, but don't you think it's time to upload another chapter today?

Darkzdragon 'Onyx': *Raises a brow before looks at a calendar* Oh jeez! Fox! It's Monday! *Jumps out of her chair and starts hurrying around*

DarkFoxKit: What? How can that be!? Last I checked, it was still Friday! *Rushes after Onyx to prepare the next chapter*

Andy: … Well then, I guess while they're scrambling around, I'll just put up this AN and… heh, this is good~ Okay readers, go on to the chapter now while I deal with the panicking dragoness and fox.

Chapter 91: The Lab

Danny's P.O.V.

Ugh… my head hurts… what happened…? The last thing I remember was going to the bathroom to get away from that loud music. It was almost making my ears bleed… then the next thing I knew, someone's shadow came over me, and… something soft was pressed against my nose and mouth… oh no… where am I? I… I better calm down… I think I can hear… voices near me.

"The subject shows unusual traits in their biology due to their… alternate biology," A feminine voice stated. "There are flecks of ectoplasm within their blood, much higher than the smaller amount in the companions. There are a few different procedures the brass want me to try, but they can't seem to make up their minds on the end result they're looking for. Some want to control and weaponize the subject while others simply want to destroy the subject after harvesting as much data as possible. And then there are a few that want to find a way to single out the best traits from the subject and find a way to transfer those traits to… willing test subjects."

What…? Who's that? What is she talking ab- … No… I may not understand every word she's saying, but I've lived with scientist parents, enough to know what she's talking about. They're looking at a test subject… and… if my gut is right… it's me… I inwardly paled. I have to open my eyes, I have to see where I am.

Gathering all my courage, I slowly opened my eyes to see what nightmarish place I landed myself in. I realized that everything was tinted blue, and there were bubbles around me. I think I was submerged in water, but I was breathing. I noticed that I was wearing a mask around my nose and mouth, an oxygen mask from the looks of it. From what I could see, I must be inside some kind of chamber. I could see, what I assumed to be, white walls outside, and some people wearing lab coats walking around to advanced looking computers. My heart started to pound against my chest as the reality of my situation was starting to sink in.

Suddenly a woman with long brown hair wearing a lab coat stepped in front of me. "I see you're awake, subject alpha. You can speak into your mask if you wish to respond or ask any questions. Though let me cover these bases; for starters, you've been captured by the Guys in White and have been taken to one of their many facilities which can contain you. You are currently suspended in a pod which has special fields that neutralize your powers. Your family and friends are currently being detained in less… advanced cells. No, there is no bargaining or escape. And no, I won't let you out if you say 'pretty please'."

My family and friends!?

"Where are my family and friends? You didn't hurt them, did you?" I quickly asked in concern.

"They are unharmed, besides a few bruises that they gained themselves from struggling," The woman answered. "They are currently restrained and are having tests run on them, just like with you."

I didn't like that they were being tested on, but I was a little more relaxed when she told me they weren't hurt. But now that my initial panic was over, I was confused and scared. I looked down at myself, seeing that I wasn't wearing my hazmat suit, I didn't have my ghostly glow. I wasn't in my ghost form, so that brought up the question of 'why'.

"Who are you? Why was I captured by the Guys in White?" I decided to ask.

"My name is Alex," The woman in the lab coat answered. "I am the head scientist of this facility. As for why you were captured, well that is quite simple. The field agents finally discovered that you and Danny Phantom are one in the same, Mr. Fenton."

When I heard that, my heart sank, blood left my face, and my eyes widened despite being underwater. "W-what…? How!?"

"Simply put, you were careless," Alex replied. "You transformed at one of the museums at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida while being in full view of a number of cameras."

I hadn't thought to look for security cameras when I went to go transform when one of the airplanes suddenly came to life and transformed. I wanted to punch myself for being so stupid. Way to go, Fenton, you just put everyone you know in danger because of your idiocy!

"What are you going to do with my family and friends?" I questioned. Did they get Juliette and Andy too? Are they also being kept in containers like this one? I can't… I can't seem to access my ghost powers.

"We're going to test them until we no longer have tests to do, and then we will keep them contained and away from the public eye for now," Alex answered. "Perhaps if we can get our hands on the mind erasure tech of our brother organization, we can make them forget their capture ever happened and forget that you ever existed. If that comes to pass, then we will let them go to live a normal life."

"Then… what are you going to do to me?" I asked, trying to sound braver than I felt.

"That depends on what the higher ups eventually decide," Alex responded with a shrug. "I can say for sure that you won't be allowed to leave nor will you have a chance to escape."

I felt scared. I hoped, with every fiber of my being, that this was just a nightmare due to the concert.

"By the way, just to stop any foolish plans from forming, if you try to break out of that capsule then you will be the cause of your family's demise," Alex warned. "If you so much as try to crack the glass, a kill order will be sent to take out your family. Your compliance is the only thing that can guarantee your family's safety."

I scowled, trying to replace my fear and anxiety with anger. "You better not hurt them!"

"That's up to you," Alex stated in a cold, uncaring tone.

"Where are you keeping Andy then? Or Juliette?" I demanded.

"Your family and friends are being contained in a separate part of the facility," Alex informed. "Far away from this room."

I furrowed my eyebrows. Why did she say my family and friends? I only mentioned the other ghost and half ghost, I doubt they wouldn't have put them in a pod like mine. Unless…

"You don't have everyone, do you?" I chuckled, trying to keep my confidence up.

"An astute observation, Danny," Alex remarked. "No, we currently are missing two of the people who were with you. But don't get your hopes up, as it's only a matter of time before they are caught. Considering they were travelling with you, I'm sure the brass has put almost every agent on the case of finding them."

"Your agents won't catch them so easily," I challenged.

"There's thousands of field agents," Alex said as she stepped closer to me. "It doesn't matter how long they can run, eventually they will slip up just enough to be caught."

"Why even go through such trouble anyways?" I questioned. "They're only kids, what could they do?"

"Really…?" Alex blinked at me. "You're really going to try and use the 'they're only kids' defense? One of them exhibited a power that was thought to be lost in the dark ages. The other is a Fenton and your brother. Meaning he is a very valuable test subject. While he may not be half ghost like you, there are a multitude of tests that can be done to see if there are any effects on him through the proposed 'twin connection' that a number of scientists have theorized exists."

I glared heatedly at Alex, vaguely noticing that the glass was reflecting green light all of a sudden. "You better leave him alone!"

"Interesting, despite the nullification fields it would appear you can still exhibit some of your ghostly traits," Alex commented as she pulled out a camera and took some pictures of me. "It seems that strong enough emotion can temporarily overcome the nullification fields. I'll make sure to strengthen the fields after this."

I realized that my eyes had glowed green due to my anger, but I didn't care. I was already the government's lab rat. I can't believe I let myself be caught by these guys so easily...

"Also… I honestly don't care if your brother gets captured or not." Alex shrugged. "I'm simply a scientist doing the research they've been told to do. It's why I sound so… lifeless. Because this job is a soul crushing one."

"So why are you doing it?" I inquired, not sure why I cared enough to ask.

"Because one doesn't say 'no' to a secret government agency that can make you disappear in an instant," Alex responded with a sigh. "I have things that can't be done if I'm gone."

I couldn't really argue with that. I couldn't move in this stupid pod, and I couldn't use any of my ghost powers. All I can do is float here and wait. What am I waiting for exactly? My fate, I guess. Hopefully my brother and Juliette might be able to do something to get us out of here… but… I don't want them to get caught and be put in here as well. There has to be something I can do...

Alex already walked away from my pod, and I sighed. I felt a little drowsy, and I closed my eyes, hoping and wishing that the next time I woke up, it would be back at the RV, somewhere safe, with my friends, and family...

"There's… a spirit nearby," Juliette stated as she looked out from the hill towards some lights in the distance, the lights belonging to Las Vegas.

Wait, what? Wasn't I just locked up in the lab somewhere? I thought to myself in confusion.

"Yeah, I'm able to sense a weak one… I'm still learning how to expand my ghost sense a little," I said as I looked down from the ATV I was sitting on.

Wait… the ATV? Why am I on here? Why did I speak? I don't think I was even talking. What's Juliette doing here? Is she… holding Hope?

"It's coming towards us," Juliette noted. "I wonder if it is answering my call from earlier."

"Let's hope so," I sighed. "I rather not have to face a hostile ghost on top of being on the run from the Guys in White."

I can't control my body. Everything I say and do is… from someone else. Wait a minute… am I somehow in Andy's head? I tried to call out to Andy. "Andy! Hey, bro! Can you hear me!? HELLO!?"

I felt Andy looking up, before he turned to Juliette. "Did you say something…?"

"No, I did not," Juliette answered.

I mentally frowned, realizing that Andy couldn't hear me. Great… so I'm just stuck here as a silent observer… at least I know where Andy and Juliette are… but… I need to find a way to get him to hear me.

Now with Andy, who is sitting on the ATV

I turned my attention back to where I sensed the ghost. I thought I heard something, but it might've just been my imagination. I saw something small and green heading our way. When it got close to us, I was surprised to see it was a little hairball creature. The fur was green, which wasn't unusual, its eyes were big and purple, it had little blue claws sticking out from its fur, as well as little blue feet.

"Hello there," Juliette greeted. "Can you understand our words and speak to us?"

The weird hairball ghost blinked at Juliette, it let out a cute little squeaky noise though.

"I… don't think it can understand us…" I frowned.

"Ahh, perhaps this will work then," Juliette said before she cleared her throat before she began to say what I thought were stereotypical ghost noises.

There were a lot of 'oOoOhs' at first, which made me wonder if she was making fun of this ghost for some reason. Then she started making these squeaky noises, and high pitched sounds, as well as some clicking noises. I looked back at Juliette, raising an eyebrow. Hope was giggling, likely knowing what was up. I heard the furball ghost answering back with its own squeaks and high pitched noises. I was starting to feel uncomfortable the longer this went on.

"What the heck are you doing?" I finally asked when Juliette finally stopped making those weird noises.

"I'm speaking to it," Juliette stated, giving me a confused look. "Can you… were you unable to understand what I was saying?"

"All you were doing was making weird, random ghost noises, how the heck was I supposed to understand anything from that?" I questioned.

"You know, Juliette," Hope started. "Andy and Danny are technically new deads, and they've only met with ghosts that spoke in the same language they did, so they never learned the Language of the Dead."

"And they're also only half ghost," Juliette added with a sigh. "It's not surprising that they don't know Deadspeak."

I blinked at both of them. "What…? There's a language of ghosts?"

That was when I remembered Dad talking about the Ghost Gabber he and Mom made a while back, he mentioned how ghosts would make these mysterious sounds, and the Ghost Gabber was supposed to translate what they said into our language. I had forgotten about the Ghost Gabber because every ghost we came into contact with never had any trouble speaking English.

For some reason, I felt like I was doubly confused, like another part of me was just as surprised as I was, which felt really odd to say the least.

The furball ghost made another squeaky sound to Juliette.

"Well to summarize what was said, I introduced myself, Hope, and you to this ghost then explained that we needed help. I then told them about the situation with your brother and how the Guys in White had taken them away," Juliette informed. "This ghost then told me that they had been near that secret military base nearby, Area 51 I think, and told me that nothing has arrived in the past few weeks, minus a giant truck or two which didn't have anyone besides the drivers on board."

"So they're not likely at Area 51…" I concluded.

Juliette gave a nod before looking at the ghostly fuzzball, speaking in what Juliette had called Deadspeak.

After a few more minutes of ghostly noises, Juliette reached down and pet the head of the ghostly creature.

The furball gave a cooing noise under Juliette's petting, before it made more clicking and squeaking noises. Juliette gave a nod before the little ghost flew away.

When the little furball ghost flew away, I looked at Juliette. "So… what did it say?"

"It told me that there was a bright white base in a nearby canyon that belongs to the Guys in White and that's likely where they were taken," Juliette informed before she held out a hand. "Before you suggest we go there immediately, we need to come up with a plan. If we go there right now, it's likely that both of us will end up captured and there will be nobody to save everyone."

"What about me?" Hope asked. "Maybe they'll ignore a teddy bear."

"Considering they're ghost hunters, it's likely they have some tech that can detect your energy," Juliette pointed out, patting Hope's head a little.

"This really stinks… I wanted to leave the Ghost Zone to find peace and love, not have to go through an anti-ghost base that have humans just waiting to tear us apart…" Hope sighed.

"I'm sorry… maybe if I left you back home, you could do just that…" I apologized.

"Considering your home is most likely surrounded by Guys in White and the fact your parents turned on the home's internal defenses, it wouldn't have been comfortable or safe for Hope," Juliette responded. "If we can find a way to the Ghost Zone, it's possible we could get help."

"Not unless we're willing to go all the way to Wisconsin and Vlad let us use his portal," I sighed. "If what you say is true, then there's no way we can get back to my house."

I sighed as I thought for a moment. Come to think of it, it was rather stupid and rash of me to have Juliette use her fire on those Guys in White back there… now they'll be targeting her for sure. If only I had thought better of it…

"We could always hope and pray to find a natural forming Ghost Portal," Juliette suggested. "Or we could try and find a ghost that is strong enough to open up portals. Or try to get our hands on something powerful enough to open a portal to the Ghost Zone."

That was when I remembered the Fenton Thermos I stuffed in my backpack during my rush to pack the necessities back at the RV. I took off my backpack, and unzipped it, taking out the Fenton Thermos.

"Why are you taking out the Fenton Thermos?" Hope asked, before frowning. "Don't tell me you're going to try to suck us into it in order to 'keep us safe' from those lunatics."

"What? No." I quickly shook my head. "I just wanted to look at something."

I removed the cap from the thermos, making sure it was deactivated, and turned it over under my open hand, letting a red gem drop onto it. I could still sense some kind of power within this gem. I looked at Juliette and Hope, certain that they could feel it too.

"Remember that military plane that came to life and was wrecking the museum in Florida?" I asked, holding up the red gem. "It was due to this gem."

"That looks… familiar…" Juliette commented with a raised brow before she reached into one of her pockets and began digging around. After a few moments, she pulled out a bracelet that had a yellow gem dangling from it.

"You've… got another one?" I blinked, surprised. "Is it… real?"

Hope reached up and touched the yellow gem, causing it to glow. Hope gasped when she was suddenly turned into a plushy crocodile. Her eyes were a weird, bright purple, she was pretty small for a crocodile, and she was toothless.

"What in the Ghost Zone!?" Hope yelped.

Juliette and I stared at Hope, shocked by her sudden transformation.

"Let go of the gem," Juliette quickly instructed.

Hope did as Juliette told her, the yellow gem stopped glowing, and Hope was reverted back to her half white, and half pink teddy bear self. She gave a sigh of relief, and was, somehow, sweating.

"Oh gosh… that was scary…" Hope sighed.

Juliette frowned, looking like she was beginning to think deeply. "I… I think I've seen these gems before somewhere. Not just in that book that Sam had, but… in some book I saw in the Ghost Zone."

"Are these ghostly artifacts? Because I do sense some ghostly properties from them," I questioned.

"I… believe they are," Juliette responded in an unsure tone. "Thinking back… the red one I believe is known as the Gem of Life. And this yellow one is the Gem of… Reality? No… that doesn't sound right. Uh… maybe… the Gem of Shape?"

"Didn't Sam's book say the Gem of… something that starts with an 'F'?" I questioned.

"Right! It's called the Gem of Form!" Juliette said.

"So we have one gem that can bring stuff to life, and another gem that can transform things," I noted. "I remember there was one more gem, a blue one… what was it called again? Gem of Dreams…? Gem of… F… Finalize…?"

"Gem of Fantasy," Juliette answered as the rest of the information that she had read in the Ghost Zone returned to her. "It's part of something called the… Infinity… no, it's named the Reality Gauntlet."

"The… Reality Gauntlet?" I frowned as I remembered that weird 'glove' Freakshow had back at the Dumpty Humpty concert.

Juliette gave a nod. "From what I can remember, the gauntlet has the ability to alter… well, reality. Of course one needs all the gems and needs to know how to activate all the gems in order."

I thought back to Freakshow wearing that 'glove', and his interest in Sam's book. I also remembered there being a red triangle gem in the 'glove', as well as three notches that looked like they fit specific shapes.

"Could that have been what Freakshow was after…?" I mumbled. "Was that weird glove he was wearing… a gauntlet…?"

"What did it look like?" Juliette inquired.

I squinted my eyes as I tried to recall the gauntlet Freakshow was wearing. "From what I remember… it was a beige colored gauntlet, the gauntlet had four differently shaped notches. I know he had one filled already with a triangular gem."

I looked at the red gem in my hand, which was a square shape. And the yellow gem that Juliette had, which was a diamond shape.

"Then that means he has the activation gem and the gauntlet," Juliette informed. "We have the Gem of Life and Gem of Form. If we can take the gauntlet and the activation gem from that man that you called 'Freakshow' then we just need to find the Gem of Fantasy, figure out the activation sequence, and then we can rescue Danny and the others."

I smiled. "So we have a plan and a way to save everyone without getting ourselves captured."

"But…" Hope spoke up. "We don't know where this Freakshow guy is now, nor do we know where this Gem of Fantasy is. It was just dumb luck that we found two of those super powerful gems."

"Well… perhaps if we can combine the powers of the Gem of Life and Gem of Form, we can get ourselves to the Ghost Zone?" Juliette offered. "Once there, you could go see Clockwork or Dora for help."

I blinked at Juliette. "We can… summon a ghost portal with these two gems? But we don't even know how to use them, let alone create a rift between the Ghost Zone and this world."

"I'm…" Juliette sighed. "Not sure what else we can do. I don't have a way to contact Scarlet, nor can I make a portal to the Ghost Zone on my own."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and let it out. "Well… there might be an easier way of doing this. Freakshow is looking for these gems, right? Perhaps we could use them to lure him to us."

"But what about the Gem of Fantasy?" Hope asked.

"Something we could interrogate Lydia or Freakshow over, if they're looking for these gems, they must have some clue to where the last one is," I answered.

"How do you suggest we use them to lure out Freakshow?" Juliette questioned.

"We figure out how these gems work, then we activate them. Lydia is very likely to sense these gems' powers and head straight here to get them," I said. "Any other ghosts nearby would likely leave at sensing such high power in the area. At least that's what I'm hoping. I doubt any big or strong ghosts would be able to stay here without getting the Guys in White's attention anyways."

"Well… the Gem of Life brings anything to life, including inanimate objects. I think it can also be used to make one immortal if they are paired with it," Juliette explained. "The Gem of Form, according to what I can remember, can change the form of anything it touches into whatever the one the gem is paired with. To pair with a gem… one needs to use a small bit of their blood on the gemstone."

I frowned as I looked at the red square gem in my hand.

"Sorry, not blood exactly, but ectoplasm," Juliette clarified. "The gems were apparently made by ghosts and ghosts are the ones that can best activate the gems. They can activate for humans, but that's unusual."

"Can't they still be used if we just touch them? We don't need to be paired with the gems to actually activate them, right?" I questioned.

"They can be used, but they would only be active for as long as we were touching them and they could affect us," Juliette informed. "We'd have absolutely no control over them. Meaning you could get turned into a statue by the Gem of Form."

I sighed, thinking for a moment. "Then we'll activate them in the sky, far away from everything else. We'll also have to split up and give each other some distance so we don't accidentally hit the other with the gems."

"Yeah… that's the thing, whoever has the Gem of Form can be affected by it if they aren't paired with it," Juliette warned. "In order to safely do this, one of us will need to pair with it. And considering the name of the Gem of Life… it's possible it can also take life. So both of us should probably pair with one of the gems."

"It might be better if you let Juliette hold the Gem of Life, since she's a ghost, it can't kill her," Hope suggested.

"I'd… actually rather not…" Juliette muttered. "While you may be right in that it can't kill me… it could bring me back to life which is something I… honestly wouldn't want."

"So… what are you going to do with it then? I can't fly," Hope grumbled.

"Andy can pair with it," Juliette pointed out. "I can pair with the Gem of Form."

"What? No thank you! I'd rather not be immortal," I quickly denied.

"Fine then…" Juliette sighed. "You can take Hope and… I'll take both gems and pair with both of them…"

"You shouldn't, that's too dangerous without the gauntlet," Hope pointed out. "It could destabilize you."

"Yes, I know, but Andy doesn't want to take on the risk and you don't have ectoplasm to use to pair with either of the gems," Juliette stated pointedly. "And I will not let him take either of the gems if he has no plan to pair with it."

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Juliette… if we pair up with these gems, is it permanent? What would happen if they're used with the Reality Gauntlet?"

"It depends," Juliette responded. "Once we have the Reality Gauntlet, we can use it to reset the gems to how they are now, not bound to anyone. But if someone else, like Freakshow uses the gauntlet… I can't really say..."

I sighed. "... This… better not come back and bite us in the butt later…"

I didn't like the idea of being paired with one of these powerful ghost artifacts, especially because of the possible, irreversible side effects that may come with it. But I couldn't think of a better and less riskier way of saving Danny and the others from the Guys in White either.

"It would be better if you bond with the Gem of Life in your ghost form," Juliette suggested as she pried the yellow gem off of the bracelet.

"Gods I've always hated doing this," Juliette softly remarked as she dispelled her human illusion, brought her right thumb up to her mouth, and bit down on it.

When Juliette bit down on her thumb, she let out a hiss before she quickly pulled the thumb out of her mouth and let her strangely baby blue colored ectoplasm drip onto the fact of the yellow gemstone.

Hope and I watched as the Gem of Form glowed suddenly and shot a beam of light at Juliette's chest. I flinched back a little.

"A-are you okay?" I asked in concern.

"Did that hurt?" Hope asked.

Juliette gave nod to both Hope and I. "I'm… fine besides my finger bleeding. My body also feels a little tingly from that beam of light, but that tingling is quickly fading."

Then Juliette looked at me. "Okay, it's your turn, Andy."

I sighed, before I tugged at my core, transforming myself into my ghost half. I looked at my glove before frowning. I tried to take off the glove, but it was like it was glued to my skin. "Uh… yeah, this might be a slight problem."

Juliette shook her head and chuckled a little. "Right… I haven't taught you how to change your outfit yet while you're in your ghost form."

I groaned, and for some reason, I thought I heard an echoed laughter in the back of my head. Great, now I have to worry about going crazy on top of everything else. "I'm not sure if we should be wasting time on that. Can't you scratch my arm or something enough to go through the suit?"

Juliette gave me a frown. "I guess I can, but I'll try to make sure it's a small scratch. Give me your hand."

Juliette held out her right hand towards me. I noticed Juliette's right hand had already stopped bleeding, though the fur around her right thumb was stained blue.

I would have to ask Juliette later about her ectoplasm. I held out my hand to her and braced myself.

"This is going to feel strange," Juliette warned before she put her right hand over my index finger and created a small icy blue fireball.

I jumped a little, but quickly relaxed when I noticed it wasn't hurting me but only cooling down my finger. After a few seconds, Juliette dissipated the fireball and used a claw to prick the tip of my chilled finger. I hissed a little and could've sworn that I heard a second hiss in the back of my mind a few seconds later.

I could see the glowing green ectoplasm dripping from my finger. Juliette quickly moved my hand over the Gem of Life, and my ectoplasm dripped onto it. The Gem of Life suddenly glowed brightly, I had to shut my eyes for a moment, and I felt a tingly feeling in my chest before it went all over my body. After a few seconds, however, the feeling stopped, and I could open my eyes again.

"Well…" Hope spoke up. "I guess this means the plan can finally be put into motion."

Juliette gave a nod. "Now… we just need to use the power of the gems to let off enough energy… and then pray that Freakshow is nearby with that Lydia fellow you were talking about."

I nodded to Juliette, gripping onto the Gem of Life in my hand.

"For you, perhaps you should bring some rocks to life?" Juliette suggested. "I'll probably change some shrugs and dirt into things."

"Let's just hope things don't go terribly wrong," I sighed. "That tends to happen a lot."

Juliette and I flew up into the air, and activated our gems. In order to activate the gem, I had to pour some of my own will and energy into it. It was easy to use, thankfully, but I suspected that even though it was easy to use, it would be hard to master. I aimed only at the small rocks and shrubs, making them come to life for a split second before using the gem again to reverse it. I didn't need them to come to life, just use the gem's power to try to get Freakshow and Lydia's attention. I could see Juliette was doing the same, changing the shrubs into rocks, and vice versa before doing it again in reverse. Hope stayed where she was so we wouldn't accidentally hit her with our gems.

Please let this work… Still no sign of Freakshow or Lydia. I frowned, not sensing any ghosts nearby yet. "Maybe we need to try to go bigger? Would that broadcast the power more?"

"It definitely would," Juliette answered before she looked around. "Perhaps… if you bring that huge boulder to life, I can use the Gem of Form to transform it into something grand? That way we're using both gems on the same object."

"Okay, we'll give it a shot… let's just keep a close eye on that boulder," I said before I held out the Gem of Life towards the boulder Juliette pointed at.

As soon as the red light hit the boulder, it began to move on its own.

Juliette gave a thoughtful expression before she held out the Gem of Form towards the boulder. A beam of yellow light came out of the gem and hit the boulder I had brought to life.

I watched in both amazement and surprise as the giant boulder began to change and shift, growing arms, legs, and a head. When the yellow glow subsided, I found myself looking at a gigantic dark blue teddy bear with light blue and white stars on it.

"What is that?" I inquired.

"That would be my interpretation of the constellation of Ursa Major," Juliette informed as she pointed up at the star filled sky.

"Wow… Danny would love that…" I chuckled, before feeling like I was hearing his cheering in my head. At least it's not Beartbert.

Juliette's expression suddenly turned serious as she stuffed the Gem of Form into one of her pockets. "Andy, put away your gem."

Before I could ask, the dark blue mist of my ghost sense came out of my mouth. I smiled, I recognized the ghostly signature that was approaching, that was definitely Lydia. I was about to put the Gem of Life into my pocket, but I didn't feel any pockets on my hazmat suit's pants. I frowned, looking down at myself. I had no pockets on this thing whatsoever. I could try changing back to my human form, but I don't know what would happen to the gem if I shifted back to my ghost form while it was in my pocket. I have no idea what happens to my clothes when I change.

Oh crap! Where do I put this thing!? I looked down at Hope for a moment, but she wouldn't be able to keep it safely hidden from Freakshow or Lydia, they would sense its power.

I pulled on the collar of my suit, hoping maybe I could stuff the gem down my suit, but the suit was so skin tight that I couldn't push the gem down the collar. The Fenton Thermos was another option, but it would be too easy for Freakshow or Lydia to take it, and since I'm apparently bonded to this gem now, it might cause some ill side effects on me if I put it in the thermos now.

"I don't know where to put it!" I shouted to Juliette.

"Then… put it in your mouth!" Juliette quickly replied.

"What!?" I yelled, appalled by the idea, but neither of us had time to argue, because Lydia and Freakshow were already here.

"Well, well, well, I was just wondering what that strange power surge was, so I told Lydia to take us straight there, and look and behold, the ghost kid is here," The bald man chuckled. "Wait… you're the other one. Where's the other ghost kid? The one who I actually had under my control for a time?"

I felt something shiver in me, though it wasn't hard to figure out why. I was still holding the Gem of Life in my gloved hand. Lydia was holding onto Freakshow to keep afloat, though I noticed Freakshow had that gauntlet on his arm, and this time instead of just the one, red triangle gem, he had a round blue gem in one of the notches. I guess he already found the last gem.

"I don't think it matters who is or isn't here," Juliette commented as she looked towards Freakshow and Lydia.

"Indeed, what does matter is… what exactly are you?" Freakshow asked, surprised by the sight of Juliette. "You're a ghost, right? But you don't look like any ghosts I've ever seen."

Lydia raised an eyebrow at Freakshow.

"Right, no time to get off track," Freakshow realized before he looked at me. "I see you have the Gem of Life. And considering Lydia said she sensed two powers, you likely also have the Gem of Form."

"That we do." Juliette smiled. "But where we have it? Well… I don't think it will be easy for you to find."

I noticed the big Ursa Major plush bear that Juliette made, and I made come to life, was coming up behind the two. It was able to fly, most likely due to the Gem of Life having ghostly properties.

"Yeah, and you're not getting this gem so easily either," I added, holding onto the Gem of Life with both of my hands.

"That may be the case, but how do you plan to fight with your hands full?~" Freakshow smirked. "Right now you're as defenseless as Amity Park was when I controlled your dear brother~"

I felt both horrified and angry when Freakshow brought that up. It was not a memory I wanted to relive. "Don't you bring up what happened back then. Besides, you were the one who lost and got arrested!"

"Oh, my dear boy, you have it all wrong. I didn't lose~" Freakshow grinned. "I let myself get arrested. I could've easily gotten away if I really had wanted to, but no. I let myself be apprehended knowing the high likelihood of being taken by the Guys in White. The reason I let myself be taken was quite simple, those nasty men had their hands on an item that used to belong to my family. The only way I could get to it was to let myself be captured, you see."

I looked at the gauntlet he had on his arm. It was likely he was talking about that.

"And can you believe those idiots? They actually showed it to me, asking me how it worked," Freakshow laughed before showing off the gauntlet. "You see this? This is the Reality Gauntlet. You see, in order to use it, you need four gems-"

"You can save your breath," Juliette interrupted. "We already know what it does."

"What? Oh, so you're a know-it-all, huh? Way to spoil my fun," Freakshow grumbled.

I couldn't help but give a snort there.

"I definitely wouldn't say I'm a know-it-all," Juliette replied. "However, I did pick up some information over the centuries. The Reality Gauntlet and the gems were crafted by ghosts and kept in the Ghost Zone for a long time. The one time it was taken out of the Ghost Zone, a human managed to capture the ghost and take the gauntlet for themselves. I take it that was your ancestor."

"Very good, goat ghost girl," Freakshow mock clapped. "So, since you already know so much about the Reality Gauntlet, we can skip to the part where you give me your gems and I may spare your lives… or I guess, existence in this case."

"Oh… little child…" Juliette chuckled in a condescending tone. "How big and strong you must think you are to demand us to just hand over the gems after we lured you here on purpose."

I gave a smirk.

"Wha-" Freakshow began to ask before the giant Ursa Major plushy pounced on both him and Lydia, knocking them down into the ground.

"Andy, find a place for that gem immediately!" Juliette hissed. "That was definitely not enough to take them down and I need you to be able to fight with your hands free."

"I'll try," I said as I flew down to try to find a safe place to hide the gem.

"Look out!" Hope suddenly warned from behind me.

I only had time to turn and yelp when Lydia jumped at me. I was pinned to the ground, though luckily she didn't have my arms pinned, they were on my chest, still holding the gem. Lydia glared, intending to use her intangibility to swap the gem away from my hands. Knowing that I needed my hands now, I bite down on the gem with my teeth, which stopped Lydia since it surprised her, before I blasted her off me with a ghost ray.

"Are you sure you'd rather attack?" Juliette questioned as she looked at Lydia. "After all, your human could easily be crushed if the plushy turned back into what it was before~"

Lydia let out a growl at Juliette.

"I can take care of myself," Freakshow spoke up, before the blue gem on his Reality Gauntlet glowed.

I blinked, and Freakshow was gone. I blinked again, and he was right next to Hope.

"Now, what's this?" Freakshow asked, looking down at the teddy bear.

Hope yelped and tried to run, but Freakshow grabbed her and picked her up.

"Let her go!" Juliette snapped.

"Oh? What are you going to-" Freakshow started to ask before he saw a multitude of fireballs appearing around Juliette.

"Do not make me repeat myself," Juliette warned.

Hope shivered at seeing the fireballs. I turned myself invisible and quickly flew towards Freakshow and Hope. Lydia flew at Juliette, trying to stop her from using her fire magic, but I kept focus on being quiet as I approached Freakshow.

I could hear more fireballs shooting off but not towards me, leading me to guess that Juliette was trying to hit Lydia with her fire magic. When I got in close, Freakshow was still too distracted by Juliette's fireballs and her battle with Lydia, so it was easy for me to reach out to Hope, turn her intangible, and pulled her away from Freakshow's grasp. Freakshow just looked confused and surprised before I went underground with Hope.

A few seconds after I flew away from that spot, I quickly came back up to the surface, returning to solid matter and visibility while holding Hope in my arm, and still clinging onto the Gem of Life with my teeth.

"Thanks, Andy," Hope said as she hugged my arm, I responded by petting her head with my other hand. "I'll try to hide myself so you can get back to the fight. Though… it looks like Juliette may have things handled."

I glanced back towards the fight and saw that Juliette was still launching fireball after fireball towards Lydia. However, I noticed something strange; Lydia kept trying to turn intangible when the fireballs got close, but when the fireballs did get close they turned a ghastly dark green before slamming into the tattooed ghost.

Whoa… has Scarlet been training her? I mused.

I felt like something in me agreed with my statement, which confused me.

"Give up!" Juliette shouted. "You won't beat us!"

Lydia let out a loud roar before she suddenly sent a wave of tattoos, the tattoos cancelled out Juliette's fireballs, allowing Lydia to tackle Juliette away before she flew at Freakshow, picking him up and taking him back up into the air.

"Well, this is getting quite annoying." Freakshow frowned.

"You know, you told us what you wanted, but you never asked what we wanted," Juliette remarked as she floated back up. "That's quite rude, but something I'd expect from a self-centered narcissistic manchild."

Lydia sent out her tattoos at Juliette and me. I didn't feel comfortable putting Hope down, so I held onto her and moved away from the tattoos. I used my free hand to stop the tattoos that were coming towards me with telekinesis, stopping them in their tracks. Then, I tried something I never tried before. I focused on the telekinesis before slowly squeezing my hand. The tattoos that were caught in the telekinesis exploded into ectoplasm.

"Your attacks are easy to read," Juliette informed as she sidestepped, dodged, and cancelled out the rest of Lydia's tattoos. "Even with only the most basic of training from a close friend, I'm still able to see through all your sloppy attacks."

"You know, you are pretty annoying," Freakshow said before he held out his gauntlet, the blue gem glowing.

A blue glow surrounded Juliette's body, and she suddenly went stiff, her pink eyes widening in horror.

"What… what did you do to her!?" Hope demanded for me.

"I stopped her," Freakshow chuckled. "She was getting way too annoying. Now Lydia can focus on taking that gem you so lovingly have between your teeth."

Uh-oh… I didn't like where this was going.

Lydia put Freakshow down before she flew after me. I hoped that with Freakshow using that gem to keep Juliette in place, he wouldn't be able to use it on me or Hope. I quickly formed an ecto barrier to stop Lydia from reaching me. I put Hope down, and used one of my hands to take the gem out of my mouth so I could talk to her.

"Listen, when I dispel the barrier, you sneak over to Freakshow while I keep Lydia distracted, see if you can get one of those gems off the gauntlet," I whispered to Hope. "I know this is risky, but this is all I can come up with right now."

Hope gulped a little. "I… don't know how well I can grab onto gems socketed into a gauntlet like that with plushy hands like mine."

"You can try to use the Ursa Major plush to help you if you need to, and you have to at least try," I said. "But if you really feel you can't, then I suggest you find a place to hide. I won't force you to put yourself in danger."

I was sweating, I needed to dispel the barrier soon, and Lydia was mercilessly slamming her tattoos at my barrier.

"Right… I'll try my best," Hope promised as she looked over at the giant bear plushy. "I'll definitely need its help."

I nodded, giving a smile to Hope. "I'm counting on you."

I looked down at the Gem of Life before I opened my mouth and put it in. Instead of it just being clenched in my teeth, it was now fully inside my mouth. It was pretty big, but still small enough for me to close my mouth around it. I really hate this.

I dispelled my barrier, and Lydia was quick to strike, but so was I. I quickly used telekinesis to send the wave of tattoos back before I flew up and away from Hope, and as soon as I released my telekinesis, Lydia and her tattoos went after me. With Lydia's attention on me, I created the plasma rod in my hand, and created two ecto shaped guns that floated beside me. I used the plasma rod to bat against any tattoos that came near me, while using the guns to fire piercing ghost rays at Lydia, though I was careful not to aim at her eyes, I didn't want to cause permanent damage, just slow her down. Lydia let out cries of agony when I managed to hit her leg and arm.

I felt something inside me well up in excitement. I thought it might be due to the thrill of battle, but it didn't really feel like the excitement was coming from me. I had to question this later, because I noticed Hope was riding on the Ursa Major, unfortunately I couldn't watch her for long because I had to keep my focus on Lydia and keep her distracted.

I managed to get the two ecto guns on each side of Lydia, which caused her to gasp before I shot at her sides, making her falter in the air, about to drop down. I felt strangely confident during this battle, it was as if I was fighting with my brother even though he wasn't here. I could practically hear him say a witty banter right now. I was about to move in to slam her into the ground with my plasma rod, when something grabbed my leg all of a sudden. I looked down, seeing I missed a snake tattoo, and it used its tail to grab me. Unfortunately, this was all the distraction Lydia needed to get in close to me. She was holding one of her sides with one of her hands, but she had the other hand stretched out towards me, and it was intangible.

However, as her hand got closer to me, it flickered a little before turning tangible again. I tried to move my head back, but Lydia just lunged at me. I knew at that moment Lydia was going to grab the gem.

I saw Lydia reach into my mouth and grabbed onto the gem, before the gem suddenly glowed hotly in her hand and she let out a terrible scream.

This vision was so sudden that I opened my mouth, and unfortunately, neither of us expected me to open my mouth so suddenly like that. Lydia's hand, because she was lunging at me, ended up pushing the gem into my mouth, and due to the speed it was pushed it was pushed right to the back of my throat. Before I could even register what was happening, my body automatically gulped down the thing that was in my throat before it could block my air passage.

"Did you just… swallow the gem…?" Freakshow asked with wide eyes as he looked at me.

I held onto my throat, sticking out my tongue in disgust. I was really wanting to freak out and throw up right now, or at least shove my intangible hands into my stomach and frantically dig out the gem, but my mind was too busy freaking out to think of that at the moment. DID I JUST SWALLOW A FREAKING POWERFUL GHOST ARTIFACT!?

Lydia's reaction wasn't any better, she was staring in horror at what just happened, her hand had my saliva on it, but she was more horrified that I had swallowed the Gem of Life. Probably not as horrified as I was about it though. I wasn't even able to think straight, all I could do was float there with my hands around my throat.

"We got you!" I heard Hope shouted suddenly, which prompted my still shocked brain to make my head look in the general direction of the sound, as the Ursa Major plushy swung its huge paw at Freakshow.

"What the-" Freakshow began before he was swatted by the huge paw. Due to his lapse in concentration, the glow around Juliette subsided before she let out a gasp.

"That was extremely unpleasant…" Juliette groaned.

I vaguely noticed that Lydia floated away, and Juliette came over to me. I was still pretty much frozen in midair, unable to comprehend what happened in the last 2 minutes.

"Andy?" Juliette asked in concern when she saw I was frozen. "Andy, are you okay? You don't look hurt… nor are you being affected by the Gem of Fantasy."

Hearing Juliette talking to me, I managed to finally snap out of my numb and shocked state, only to move on to freak out mode.

"No! I am not okay! I freaking swallowed it! I swallowed the Gem of Life!" I grabbed the top of Juliette's dress, pulling her close to my face while I was still freaking out. "You don't just swallow a freaking ancient artifact, let alone a piece of an all powerful reality bending ghostly artifact! YOU JUST DON'T!"

"Andy! Snap out of it!" Juliette shouted before she brought up her right hand and slapped my left cheek. "Remember, you're bound to it, it can't hurt you. And we can get it out later! Right now we still have to worry about Lydia and Freakshow!"

I shook my head after being slapped, letting go of Juliette. I rubbed my left cheek, blinking. "Ah… you're right… sorry about that, Juliette."

"Don't be sorry for acting like you did," Juliette replied with a caring smile. "Instead focus that energy on being a better you."

"Are you both okay?" Hope asked, still on top of the Ursa Major plushy that was now floating over to us.

"We're fine, but stay on your guard," Juliette answered.

We all turned our attention to Lydia and Freakshow. Lydia landed beside Freakshow, looking a little worse for wear. Freakshow actually gave her a look of concern for a moment before he looked up at us. "You know… since you three insist on making it hard for me to just take the gems, perhaps we should settle this like how the Ancient Egyptians used to settle a dispute."

"Oh… you better not." I frowned, having a feeling I knew exactly where this was going.

"We'll play a game," Freakshow declared.

"Nooooo," I stated adamantly.

"But not just any game, it'll be a game of risks and rewards for both sides!" Freakshow added.

"No no no!" I raised my voice.

"And… what did the Ancient Egyptians call it… oh yes, a shadow game!" Freakshow finished.

"Gosh dangit! Son of a mother fudge pop on a sundae! I do not want to go through this game of risks again!" I yelled, feeling astonished, yet also for some reason I felt like I was agreeing with… myself. Okay, seriously, what is up with this weird double feeling?

Juliette frowned at my reaction. Hope looked down at the Ursa Major, which just gave a shrug at her.

"Hmm… I can't help but feel like you're not too happy with this," Freakshow remarked. "Too bad, this isn't a game you're getting out of! If I win this game, I get the Gem of Life and Gem of Form. If you win, I'll give you my Reality Gauntlet, gems included."

"So does that mean you'll be taking both of us on as opponents?" Juliette inquired.

"Yes, I'm challenging both wielders of the gems," Freakshow clarified.

"Before we accept, I would like to know what kind of game you have in mind," Juliette remarked. "If it is unfairly chosen to be in your advantage, then I will refuse to participate."

"Oh? The fact that you're interested at all has me intrigued," Freakshow admitted. "I didn't think either of you would be interested. I thought I'd have to resort to blackmail or something."

"Well considering you're only doing this because you're backed into a corner with very few ways out, I would like to at least humor the idea of ending this without any more violence," Juliette responded.

"Juliette, I speak from experience when I say that this is a very bad idea," I hissed.

"Oh, I know how risky the games of the Ancient Egyptians are," Juliette informed before she glanced at me. "I had to do something besides sit in bed all day when I was unable to move."

"So why take that risk? Like you said, we have Freakshow backed into a corner, what would we gain from taking this risk?" I pointed out.

"Andy, I never said I would accept the challenge," Juliette pointed out. "I simply wish to see what kind of game he has in mind to measure just how desperate of a mindset he is in."

I frowned before I looked at Freakshow. He's up to something. I'm sure he knows we don't have a reason to accept his challenge. We could knock him and Lydia out and take the Reality Gauntlet ourselves.

I narrowed my eyes when I noticed that the blue gem, which if I remembered right, was called the Gem of Fantasy, was glowing. Then Freakshow gave a smirk.

"Juliette… Rose, was it?" Freakshow asked suddenly.

"How did you…?" Juliette asked. "I… never said my name."

"The Gem of Fantasy does more than read what your mind desires, it also allows the user to see into another's thoughts and their deepest desires," Freakshow informed. "And I can tell that you desire to know what happened to your dear parents, am I right?"

Juliette narrowed her eyes at Freakshow. "I do not feel that is a question to be asked at this time."

"No need to be hostile. I could tell you where your parents are, I've seen them while I was travelling with my circus, looking for ghosts to control. They weren't very strong, however, so I didn't keep them under my control," Freakshow smoothly said.

Freakshow held out his gauntlet at Juliette. I heard Juliette gasping, her eyes turning blue. "Juliette?"

"He's doing something to her again." Hope frowned.

"What are you doing!?" I demanded.

"Oh, relax, I'm only showing her a vision of her parents," Freakshow waved off.

Before I could ask anymore, Juliette blinked, and her eyes were pink again. She had tears in her eyes.

"Juliette…?" Hope and I asked in concern.

"They… they're out there…" Juliette softly muttered. "Looking for me…"

"And I can take you to them, if you win our little game," Freakshow stated. "So, what do you say?"

"Deal," Juliette instantly replied.

"What? No! Juliette, how do you know he's even telling the truth? He could just be playing with your emotions, he does that, to manipulate you," I quickly said.

"And what if he is telling the truth?" Juliette asked as she looked towards me with tear filled eyes. "What if he does know where my parents are? After all, from what you told me, he's obsessed with ghosts, meaning there's a chance that he could've come across my parents."

I gave a small frown. I didn't usually see Juliette tear up. I felt awful, and I felt guilty and awful despite not doing anything to warrant guilt.

"I'm not obsessed, Juliette," Freakshow corrected. "I simply have a strong admiration for ghosts."

"Oh Juliette…" Hope said softly.

"Now… Juliette has already accepted," Freakshow spoke up. "Will you be letting her play alone, ghost boy?"

I glared at Freakshow, knowing he was likely just manipulating Juliette, but I couldn't let her take on this game alone. I could only hope that we would win this game, so we can save our friends and family, and if there was a slight chance that Freakshow was telling the truth, find Juliette's parents.

"I accept your challenge, Freakshow," I stated.

haloguardian452: Darkzdragon 'Onyx': We do have ideas in the works for going past season 3. And don't worry about Phantom Planet, that nightmare isn't canon in our eyes.

DarkFoxKit: What's Phantom Planet? Are you talking about a new episode or something? (Just to let you know, I know what Phantom Planet is, I'm just acting ignorant about it because I'm ignoring its existence) I'm surprised that people seem to like that we had Andy change clothes. It's not really something I pay much attention to though, so it's not going to get brought up a lot.

lenasmith106: DarkFoxKit: Thanks, glad to know you liked the radio thing. We thought it was the easiest and simplest way to have people react to what's going on. The cold fire idea was Onyx's idea. Danny being more vulnerable to heat would make sense considering his still maturing ice core. I wasn't sure about the cold fire idea, but it sounded like a good way to have Danny keep cool and show what Juliette can do. I did need pictures and references for Gothapalooza since I rarely ever get to go to any events these days. It's kinda sad when I think about it. The part where Andy wasn't enjoying the music is more of my own personal experience with super loud rock concerts. I don't enjoy them because I have sensitive ears due to needing an ear operation at a young age, and I hate loud music. I would imagine the same could be said for Andy and Juliette, having sensitive ears of their own. Danny might be more used to it, but it also hurts his ears. None of them brought any earplugs. ^^'

The GIW are very… careless and callous. In the actual episode, they almost ran over innocent teenagers with TANKS, and even shot MISSILES with PEOPLE all over the place. They really don't care about the public, they just want to experiment on ghosts. At least here they're being more quiet about it. And sorry, they're not in Area 51, the GIW has a different headquarters. Area 51 is the MiB's and government's base. Plus I don't know too much about the place to accurately write for it. And… things might turn out differently than you expected, but hopefully still enjoyable.

Luna Lillyth: Darkzdragon 'Onyx': Especially a shadow arm of the government that is pretty much the sibling to the Men in Black.

Irusha the Kitsune: Darkzdragon 'Onyx': Agreed.

Anime lover: Darkzdragon 'Onyx': It was fun to write out. I prefer our way of dealing with the episode, but I'm a bit biased. And the chaos is just starting~

DarkFoxKit: Yeah. There might be some crazy things going on. I will say that the idea for what's going on in the chapter had always been something we planned for, though how we got there was unexpected.

Mana: DarkFoxKit: Heh. Having the GIW kidnap all of them was a surprise for us too. Originally we planned for them to be a part of what's going on or going to happen in this chapter. But of course, because of that, we didn't have a lot of things planned for the GIW's HQ, so as a warning, we're not going to be showing it all that much until they get there. As for Sam… yeah, not going to do much with her right now. Even with those laws, I don't think that's going to matter with them captured and hidden away in the GIW's secret base. Also, I wouldn't take season 3's plot or trivia too seriously since it was clearly meant to be more cartoonish and less realism like the first two seasons were.

I like to think Sam would likely be a Wildlife Biologist, she studies the wildlife, and tries to encourage people to take better care of the Earth, but not shoving it down their throats. She of all people should understand what it's like to have other people's ideals shoved down her throats, case in point, her overbearing parents. Then again, maybe that's why Sam was so pushy, she was raised by her parents' pushiness, and that's all she knows. Hopefully she'll learn and grow out of it by adulthood. Though the show, at least for the most part, doesn't really help when they portray her as being right with her pushiness.

Please be a little more specific when asking a question. Onyx had to tell me what you meant by 'why the Fentons were ok with this'. The 'this' being the Gothapalooza. While it may seem obvious to you, it may not be obvious to someone else. ^^' Anyways, if that is what you're saying, then I want to say that they're fine with Gothapalooza because for one, it's a concert, not a show. Two, they're there to chaperon them. Three, there's no freaking ring master. Four, Sam's parents aren't there to influence the parents' mind that 'it's evil and will corrupt their children's minds'. I feel like Sam's parents were the major reason why Maddie and Jack, as well as every other parent, joined the protest. They even said "If there's one thing we Mansons are good at, it's whipping up a crowd of parents into an angry mob' or something like that.

The mob mentality is something as old as time itself. Social animals, like humans, often go with the crowd because they feel safer with the larger group, and too not get ostracized, they go along with the larger group. That's a deep survival instinct that even we modern humans still do to this day. It's very hard to ignore that kind of instinct. That's just my take on it though.