Freakshow was standing on the back of his train.
"Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts!" Freakshow said angrily.
He stomped down the stairs and past the campfire to the Fentons' cage, where Jack and Maddie were asleep but Jazz was still awake, writing on a notepad.
"You have no idea what it's like living in the shadow of ghosts all your life." Freakshow complained.
Jack was snoring and talking in his sleep. "Ghosts...ghosts!"
"Oh, I think I have some idea." Jazz said sardonically.
"My parents loved ghosts more than me. My audience loves ghosts more than me. And deep down, I think I love ghosts more than me." Freakshow went on.
"Tell me about it." Jazz agreed.
"Sometimes I wish I was a ghost." Jazz and Freakshow said.
They exchanged a surprised look.
Freakshow approached the cage. "You really do understand me, don't you, child?"
Jazz glanced sidelong at her father, who was muttering 'ghost ghost ghost' in his sleep.
"More than you know." Jazz sighed.
Xxx
It was morning in San Diego. The truck stopped at Hollywood and Vine and the trio phased through to land on the sidewalk, Danny and Khione in ghost mode. As the truck pulls away, a giant screen behind them showed Danny morphing from human to ghost and back and flashing the words "Ghost kid's identity revealed". Cameras flashed, and people started to gather around the trio, snapping pictures of Danny. He tried to hide his face, grabbing his friends and sinking intangibly through the ground. They emerged in the Hollywood subway station.
"We've just gotta find a train that's headed for the comic book convention without drawing any attention." Danny said.
A Danny cosplayer turned to Danny. "Dude! Great costume!"
He ran to the train, and following him, and people were lined up at a train labeled "Comic Fab or Bust". More than half of them were dressed as either Kuri or Danny Phantom. Kuri and Danny looked nonplussed.
Tucker grinned. "I think we found our train."
They joined the line.
Tucker looked up the line. "What? No Tuckers? Am I not geek-worthy?"
Behind them, Agents K and O entered the subway station.
Agent K pointed. "Over there!"
They came up behind a kid with white hair and and a Danny Phantom jumpsuit.
Agent O grabbed his shoulder. "Ok, spook boy. It's all over."
The Danny Cosplayer brushed off the agent's hand huffily. "Paws off! This suit's handmade."
Agents K and O looked around in time to see the real trio waving at them from the departing train.
"The train's leaving!" Agent K said.
"We know where it's headed." Agent O said.