Eh, iris got bored so she thought she'd write another chapter. :3 So read and enjoy; reviews always appreciated, flames, critiques, whatever. She just wants to hear what you have to say!...Er, write!

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Fortunately, the ground began to shake, as Krae burst from the ground in front of the boy, rubble flying everywhere.

She let a loud, roaring screech which echoed throughout the city. The boy quickly backed away, covering his ears. Krae tilted forward, pressing her large, dragon-like paws against the ground, using her third, middle arm, which was rather small to come forth and wrap around the child's neck. Terrified, the boy's eyes widened, terror filling his expression.

I smiled at my so-called "pet" and ran up to her, motioning for her to let go. With a hiss, her grasp was loosened as she pulled the arm back, looking at me for further commands.

"Take him and Sam both underground," I commanded, "Where the boy, Daniel is. Chain them down, hold them back, anything you have to do to keep them from ratting us out."

The alien nodded, grabbing the back of Tucker's shirt with her muddle arm, using one of her other, larger ones to scoop Sam up. Making sure she had a good grip, I watched as she turned around, using her free paw to begin tunneling another path underground. As soon as she was submerged, the hole that was left behind collapsed.

For a moment I almost forgot what I was doing and why I was here, then remembered I needed to get Danny's friends and family out of the way. I sighed; two down, three to go.

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"Jazzypants, it's time for breakfast!" Jack called to her daughter from the first floor up the stairway.

"Just a minute," her muffled voice called. Jack shrugged, prancing off to…wherever he was before.

"Honey," Mattie called as she looked up to the stairway, "Have you seen Danny?"

Jazz opened the door, walking downstairs. "No mom, I haven't. Why? Is he still gone?"

"Yeah…and I'm getting worried. He hasn't been her all night, and Sam and Tucker didn't call and tell us if he was with them…"

"Maybe we should call the police," Jazz suggested.

"Let me call the Mansons, first. He tends to forget when he stays over with his friends. We'll go from there."

"Okay mom," Jazz agreed, heading to the kitchen to eat breakfast.

Mrs. Fenton headed over to the phone, picking it up and dialing the number.

"Hello? Mrs. Manson? Is Danny over there with Sam?" pause, "Oh he's not? Have you heard from him at all?" pause, "Oh you haven't…do you have any idea where he could be?" pause, "She is? Well alright...I'll call the Foleys and see if they stayed over there. Sure thing. Bye."

She hung up and re-dialed.

"Hello, Mr. Foley? Would Sam and Danny happen to be at your house?" Pause, "What, all three of them? Yeah, I'll make sure. Yeah. Alright, bye."

With a sigh, she hung up the phone, walking over to Jazz. "All three of them are missing."

Jazz suddenly spazzed, spitting out the milk she was drinking. "They ran away!"

"They did?" Mattie asked in both confusion and alarm.

"I don't know…but that's the only thing that makes sense to me."

"Maybe we should call the police…"

Jazz nodded, "Good idea."

"Maybe you should look for your brother instead of going to school, Jazz…maybe you can find him. You know him better than we do.."

"I can't miss school, mom! Education is important!"

"Yes, well, one day won't hurt. Jack'll help you, okay?"

"Alright mom," Jazz stated with worry, standing up, just as Jack walked in the room.

"I'll help her what?" he asked cluelessly.

"Look for Danny," Mattie replied, "Him and his friends are missing."

"All three of them?"

"I know it sounds strange, but yes. You'll help Jazz look for him…right?"

"I will? Right, right, I will!" he stated proudly, stomping off out of the house.

Jazz sighed, rolling her eyes. "What about you, mom?"

"I'll stay here in case they come home. Be careful, sweetie."

"Of course mom."

And with that, Jazz headed out the door after her father.

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"NOW!" I commanded as I watched the pair walking out the door. And on my command, the beast did as I said.

Krae burst from the ground in front of them, staring down at the man and her daughter with her pitch-black voids for eyes. Actually, now that I think of it, I'm not sure Krae has a gender…I guess it just acts a little more female for a…giant alien creature. Oh well.

The teenage read-head screamed, darting behind her dad. But even the idiot father did not know what to do, and was too terrified to think on his feet. …Think on his feet? What kind of expression is that?

Krae took this to her…its advantage and snapped open her jaws, spitting forth a thick, black goop. The liquid splashed against the elephantine man, wrapping over him and hardening into a hard shell. The mother quickly raced out to see what was wrong, the same thing happening to her. I laughed, walking in front of them, Krae behind me.

"Hey!" Jack shouted first, "You again? Weren't you supposed to be in prison?" he asked angrily, narrowing his eyes.

"Possibly…but let's just say I'm not anymore, and that doesn't really matter." I smiled, trying to look reassuring…which didn't really work well.

"Where's Danny?" Jazz spat, immediately knowing I did all of this. Yes, quite obviously.

I laughed and smiled, "I'll reveal nothing," this being said in the same tone I said it the last two times to Danny's friends.

"You won't get away with this, you beak-nosed weirdo!" the woman spat at me, trying to tug free; no use of course.

"Hey!" I spat, taking offense. What was that all about? "I don't go pointing out your weaknesses…!"

"We don't have any weaknesses," Jazz argued, "Except, at the moment, this sticky goop—which by the way, is totally disgusting—that's wrapped over us."

"And that's all I need," I stated with a grin. "Now that you're out of the way, I can kill Daniel and take this place," as I continued I used the most fluent, joyful yet still taunting tone I could muster; "All. For. Myself." Wow, I loved the sound of that idea…

"Kill?" Mattie shouted in alarm, "Why would you do that?"

"Because, he deserves to have his life ruined the way he ruined mine!"

"But you're still alive," she stated blandly.

"Yes, well, that's another story."

"Besides, what did he ever do to you?"

I seemed rather confused by this…had they not remembered? Had they forgotten everything that had happened when I had control over everything? Then again, the damned child got the gauntlet back…I suppose he erased all other's memory of it…but that's just the thing; why not mine? Was I the only one, besides himself, that remembered this?

This gave an interesting story indeed. Noticing the impatient looks on the Fentons' faces, I finally spoke up; "You don't remember, do you…?"

"Remember what?" the fat man asked cluelessly, almost going cross-eyed as he asked.

Jasmine seemed nervous at this moment; "Nothing! Nothing at all!"

What? Had she remembered, too…? But how? Did the boy keep her memory of it, too? But…why? This was getting rather complex for me…apparently, being in prison so long, I missed out on a lot. Ah well, all the more reason to get my revenge.

Mattie blinked, looking over to Jazz, obviously being able to tell her daughter was nervous. "What's wrong, Jazz? Is there something we need to know?"

"Indeed there is," I interrupted, "There's a lot you need to know…"

"Like what?"

"Like the fact your son is the ghost boy," I stated with a wide grin.

"Wh-…what?"

"You heard me. He's that phantom that always floats around," I explained, holding up my hand and pointing my index finger forth, motioning my hand into small circles for manipulation of flying…if you were the size of a bug, anyway.

"That can't be," Jack stated in disbelief, "But…why didn't he tell us?"

"It's not true," Mattie also disagreed, "It's a trick I bet! He's pulling something on us!"

I shrugged softly to the argument; "Believe what you will, but your son's dying no matter what."

The family froze, obviously have forgotten about what was going to happen to their son/brother. Damn, it was just as fun to tease his family as it was him and his friends… and they were just as gullible.

"It doesn't matter!" Jazz blurted, "We need to save Danny!"

"What can we do?" Mattie asked in a hopeless manner; "We can't fight back in any way like this…"

"Trust me, you don't need to fight," I stated. "His death will be slow and painful…and don't worry; I'll make sure it's on the surface. In front of you. And his friends. All to watch."

"You wouldn't!" Mattie shouted in disbelief, obviously trying to fight back tears.

"Oh, but I would," I admitted with a simple smile. Hey, it was true…I couldn't put him in jail to rot months at a time, so…I'll make him suffer a bit of a different way. …Okay, a lot of a different way. A really, twisted, different way…

"Now if you're quite done," I stated, backing up, letting Krae slide her large paw underneath me and hold me up as if some kind of throne. Heheh, it was kind of cool feeling like the 'king.' "I'll be leaving…"

The three looked like they were prepared to object, but before anything could be said, Krae had already taken me underground and out of their sight…and hopes.