A/n: I've really enjoyed writing this fic so far, and I promise the next chapter is the big finale. Thankyou to all of you who have reviewed over the course of this fic and put up with me for all of this. It really means a lot. LOVE YOU ALL!
"SHE'S WHAT!" Danny screamed in disbelief as he paced across his living room.
"Missing." Dash repeated as his son rubbed his aching eardrums.
"What the HELL happened!" Danny demanded almost hysterical.
"I told you, Josh zapped her with some glove thing, he threatened to kill her, he made her vanish in a puff of smoke and through means that have ended up in me being suspended, he's now in the ER with several broken bones." Aaron replied steadily.
"We've got to find her." Danny said grimly.
"Am I the only one who thinks calling the police is a good idea?" Max asked wearily.
"Yes." Everyone else in the room answered.
"Yeah, hi, Amity Park Police? We've lost our resident half-ghost girl, can you help?" Aaron said mimicking the ridiculous phone call.
"Three-quarters." Danny corrected offhandedly before biting his lip in an effort to take back the stupid comment.
"I- what? No, half, the only way she'd be three quarters was… wait…" Aaron blinked, his mouth moved silently around the words 'phantom' and 'fenton'
"Oh, that... was painfully obvious." Aaron groaned.
"And yet, people are always surprised." Danny sighed regretting his foolish slip of the tongue.
"OH my GOD! You're!-" Max yelped at Danny.
"Yeah, we know. Real smooth Danny." Dash groaned.
"Sorry if the fact that my ONLY CHILD has been kidnapped is distracting me." Danny growled angrily.
"What I don't get is, who would take Alex? Who would have that much of a grudge against her to want to inflict that much pain on her and you? And Josh said he already knew who she was…" Aaron murmured.
"Danny…" Dash said gently as he rested his hand on Danny's shaking shoulders. "You need to think that… Tucker might have taken her."
"That's what I'm afraid of." Danny shuddered.
"Who's Tucker?" Aaron asked curiously.
"Nobody." Danny said bitterly before picking up the phone to call his parents and inform them of the news.
Alex groggily opened her eyes, she wasn't sure how long she'd been out but it was still dark in the room she was in. She blinked as her eyes adjusted to the dark, her head felt groggy and druggy and she was tied up. She wriggled her wrists but the cord tying them together was unmoving.
"Now don't even think of going ghost, or I'll have to shoot you in the knees. And I really don't want to have to do that." A voice said from across the room, the sound of a safety catch being taken off a gun filled Alex's veins with dread.
"And shockingly I'm not reassured." she muttered.
"You've got a smart mouth on you, just like your mother." The voice said softer this time.
"Who the hell are you? And why are you so obsessed with my mother? I've seen the photos." Alex demanded hoping to buy time.
"I'm the only man who ever loved your mother." The voice replied, the sound of the man getting up reached Alex's ears.
"That's a lie, my dad loves her. Always has and always will." Alex frowned.
"No, your dad is scum. Unworthy of even the slightest attention from her, he even went as far as corrupting your mother's flawless DNA and making you." The man said grabbing Alex's face and staring at her. With horror Alex saw that he only had one eye, the other was covered by an eye patch, his face was a mess of scars and he looked truly insane.
"What do you want with me?" She asked, her voice shaking.
"You, my dear, are my ticket out of this hell that I can existence and the universe. You're the end of the world, your sacrifice will cause the universe to be destroyed. You're a figure of legend, and tonight, in the centre of town on ancient ley lines, your life will end and the universe with it. Then my suffering and guilt can finally be over." He said straightening up.
"I… don't like the sound of that." Alex whimpered.
"You wouldn't." A second voice said from the side of the room, Alex frowned.
"Josh? Is that you? What's going on here?" Alex called.
"Bite me, you deserve your death for shunning me. Just like your mother shunning him." Josh growled walking past her and giving her a swift kick in the shins as he passed.
"At what point did the world go crazy?" Alex said to herself quietly.
