"I am so not looking forward to this," a slightly green Tucker grumbled, as he and Jazz snuck up to a broken window of the warehouse they'd been heading for. "And if you keep driving like that, you'll end up worse than your Dad."

"We had to get here first!" Jazz growled.

"Looks like we made it…except for the ghosts," Tucker commented dryly. Jazz peeked over the window sill to see three figures floating in the middle of the old building.

She turned to Tucker. "Well, it's the best we could hope for."

"So have you figured out what we're going to do?" The redhead bit her lip and shook her head. "Well then…wait! HE'S GONNA KISS HER!"

"He what! Kiss who!" Jazz exclaimed, pushing Tucker out of the way.

"Hey!" He glared at her.

"He's not kissing anyone." She returned the techno-geek's cold gaze.

He blinked in surprise and ran up to the window. "He was! He was gonna kiss… No way!"

"What is it, this time?" Jazz sighed.

"He wasn't gonna kiss Sam, he's gonna kiss the ghost inside Sam!" Jazz snapped her head back towards the trio (now a foursome) in the building. "Well, she isn't inside Sam anymore…"

"Shh!" Jazz said. "We have to stop them!"

"How!" Tucker threw up his hands just as a loud screeching came from the street. Both Jazz and Tucker blanched and again turned back to the window, bonking heads in the process.

"Ow!" Rubbing their heads, they watched as the Fentons and then Valerie cornered the ghosts.

Tucker gulped. "They're done for!"

"No they're not!" Jazz sighed. "I don't think that Valerie could take Danny down without my parents interfering, and she couldn't really stand up to him before…"

They both stared at the scene like it was some sort of horror movie as Danny destroyed the disk Valerie threw at them, only to be struck by whatever Maddie had thrown.

"Da-" Tucker called out, only to have Jazz slap a hand over his mouth.

"The last thing they need to know is that we're here helping him!" she hissed. "Then he will be done for, and so will we!"

Tucker broke away with a glare. "But we have to—"

"I know!" Jazz hissed back. "Look, they haven't seen him yet because of the gas and smoke from Valerie's disk thing. Now's our chance! Come on!"

Tucker merely nodded as he followed Jazz into the greenish-gray cloud that hovered over the limp forms of two of the ghosts they'd been chasing all night.

xoxoxox

"We did it, Maddie!" Jack let out a whoop and stuck his fist in the air in triumph. "We finally captured two ghosts to study!" Maddie simply smiled and nodded enthusiastically, and then looked up towards the hole in the roof, only to see the black and red hunter had disspeared.

Maddie picked her gun back up and turned to Jack to say something, but something from inside the gas caught her attention.

"Where is he?" She heard a soft voice.

"I don't—hey! That's me!" A lower voice replied, only to be shushed by the first one.

"Jack!" She ran over to her husband, stopping his victory dance. "He's not caught yet! Get out the Fenton Fan! I think someone's in there trying to rescue them!"

Jack's face sobered immediately. "Not on my watch, they're not!" he bellowed

"I found him! Hurry!" one of the voices said, panic in their voice.

"Got him!" the other replied.

"Hurry, Jack!" Maddie cried, rushing into the gas cloud as Jack produced a small fan and turned it on.

xoxoxox

Meanwhile, Valerie had retreated to the roof, deciding to stick around in case the Fentons needed her help, but not really wanting much part in what they were going to do. They'd probably just study them, and she wanted to totally obliterate the ghost for what he'd said. Did every ghost in the Ghost Zone know about her feelings for Danny? If they did, then she'd have to keep a closer eye on him, to make sure he stayed safe.

With a sigh, she sat down on her sled and looked around, noticing the second Fenton Family Assault Vehicle for the first time.

"Wait, who…" She paused and urged her sled towards that side of the building. That's when she noticed two figures dragging a third towards the vehicle from the building.

A sick feeling started to form in her stomach as she approached, adding more speed and urgency, and hoping it wasn't what it looked like.

"Oh my gosh! THAT'S DANNY!" she shrieked, racing towards them now.

"Yikes!" Tucker yelped, and Jazz gasped as Valerie landed in front of them.

"What happened? How did this happen? Who did this?" she shrieked, taking a step towards Danny.

Tucker and Jazz exchanged fearful glances.

"Um--" Jazz started, but Tucker cut her off.

"That ghost inside did this! The one with the black streaks in his hair!"

"I knew it!" Valerie growled, her fists balling in anger. "I hope the Fentons tear—"

A shriek of anger from the building cut her off. "WHERE IS HE?" Jack and Maddie exclaimed unanimously. Without taking another look at the trio, Valerie took off, flying at breakneck speed into the old building.

"Tucker!" Jazz hissed.

"What?" Tucker grinned back beneath the red goggles. "I didn't technically lie."

Jazz's glare never softened. "But what if she figures out that…bad Danny ghost and Danny Phantom are the same!"

"How could she find out?" he asked, his glare returning.

"Watch out, here come Mom and Dad!" she whispered back to him. "We'll discuss this later."

"Now I know how Danny feels," Tucker grumbled under his breath. "And I'm glad I'm an only child."


Okay, hoping for once or twice updating weekly from here on out, and then I'm going to be working on the sequel to Brainwashed. Phew. No more touch and go! Woot!