Ok… Um, I don't really have anything to say… I pretty much know what's going to happen now… except for maybe the observants… I still don't know what they want… Ah well, maybe they'll tell me later.
Anyway… There's only one chapter left after this! Cries Sad, I know. I don't know what I'm going to write next… This is definitely one of the most fun stories I have ever written. Anyway, here goes the chapter!
Um… Also a little VxM in this chapter.
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Maddie asked Vlad, for what mush have been the twelfth time in an hour. She'd never been in the ghost zone before, and the experience scared her more than she was willing to admit. The specter speeder had been driving through the ghost zone for almost three hours and so far they had not come across a single ghost.
Vlad sighed. "For the twelfth time, yes, we are going the right way! I've been here before, and I know the way." There was another five minutes of silence before something dawned on Maddie
"When have you been here befo"-
"Oh look, here we are, see?" Vlad pointed to the clock tower floating in the middle of the ghost zone. He didn't feel like telling Maddie that he'd first met Clockwork when hunting down an ex-minion who had failed him in order to carry out his own ghostly brand of punishment. That might have been a little awkward.
The specter speeder drew level to the creepy tower, and Vlad opened the door, stepping out. Maddie hesitated. "Are you sure it's safe? It looks a little… unsafe."
Vlad smiled at her and reached out a hand to help her out of the specter speeder. "Don't worry; I won't let anything happen to you…" He was enjoying this more than he had expected he would.
Maddie smiled at him and took his hand, dropping to the ground as well. They stood there for a moment, Vlad watching Maddie, and Maddie observing the tower above them. Vlad was practically drooling by the time she said "How do we get in?"
Vlad snapped back to his senses and hesitated. He'd never been in the ghost zone as a human before. If this was any other circumstances, he would have started firing ecto-blasts at random into the air until Clockwork came out and them force him to let him in, but that didn't seem exactly appropriate in the current situation.
"Um… I'm not really sure… I don't see any doors or anything…" (A/N: I can't actually remember what Clockwork's tower looks like, so if he really does have doors, let's just say he did some remodeling.)
Maddie turned on him. "Let's just get this straight, Vlad Masters, you lead me on a three-hour cross ghost zone trip, flirt with me, and then have the nerve to say you DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IN!"
The gooey feeling in Vlad's stomach disappeared as suddenly as if someone had pulled a plug. "Well, um, maybe…"
Maddie wasn't finished. "So what exactly do you intend to do no"- She stopped mid-sentence as she noticed that they were inside. "Well that was strange."
Maddie looked at Vlad uncomfortably. As much as she hated the guy for asking her to leave Jack for him, she was glad to have any sort of company right then. At that moment a voice spoke from somewhere behind them.
"It seems you are looking for my assistance…"
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Jack Plasmius was about to push the large red button that would surely signal doom for Danny and Tucker, when there was a loud crash from upstairs. Plasmius cursed. "Jasmine must have broken something again! I knew I should have gotten a turtle…"
He phased through the wall, and Danny and Tucker ex-haled in relief, glad for a few more minutes. But Plasmius did not return. "You think he's coming back?" Tucker asked. Danny could hear him faintly through a tube that connected their prisons.
"I don't know, but I doubt we're going to have another chance to escape."
"Well, how are we supposed to escape? I mean, it's not like he's going to put a big red button on the inside of these things that says OPE"- He stopped talking as he caught sight of a large red button next to his right elbow that said OPEN. "Or maybe he would…"
He pressed the open button as Danny pushed the one in his. The doors slid open, and the two stumbled out. "What do we do now?" asked Tucker. They both looked around. Danny was tempted to make a run for the portal and get to Clockwork, but he couldn't leave Jazz there, plus if he did Tucker would be stuck until Plasmius came back down.
There was an aggravated muttering from the other side of the wall opposite the portal.
"I try and help, and what do they say? Go down and wait in the basement! We don't want you to get hurt. I'm responsible! I used to be in charge of the thermos!"
Danny smiled, relieved (If a little confused) to hear and recognize the voice. He ran over and spoke to it, trusting that the person on the other end would be able to hear him. "Yea, until you dropped it!"
"Danny?" The voice was surprised. "Where are you?"
"There's a secret room on the other side of this wall, it's a lab, and it's got a portal and everything. It just doesn't have a door."
"Well, phase through the wall then! Hurry, we don't have a lot of time!"
"Um, I'm not sure if that's such a great idea…"
"Well, do it anyway!"
"Ok…" Danny grabbed Tucker and phased through the wall, to come face to face with… Tucker. The Tucker Danny was still gripping by the arm and the other Tucker stared at each other for about thirty seconds. Then the Tucker Danny wasn't holding said. "Well, now I know how Sam feels…"
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About half an hour prior to this, Sam and… Sam had entered through the front door, and after talking for a minute gone upstairs. Opening the first door they got to, they saw Sam's parents tied and gagged on chairs. One Sam had waited outside while the other tried to untie them. After five minutes or so, there was a loud crash, but both ignored it.
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While they had entered through the front door, Tucker had entered through the basement window and climbed upstairs, deciding that the kitchen would be a good place to start. When he got there, he saw Jazz coming in through the back door (The lock was the same in both time-lines, so Jazz used her key). At that moment an orange cat walked in and knocked over a potted plant near the door, which resulted in a loud crash. Tucker and Jazz stood frozen still; horrified that Plasmius would hear and come to investigate.
They watched him come up the stairs from the basement, and then climb to the second floor. They breathed a sigh of relief… then heard a muffled shout and realized that Sam and Sam were up there.
"You go downstairs, I'll go try and help upstairs."
Tucker was about to protest, but Jazz ran upstairs before he could, and he did as she said.
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In the ghost zone, Vlad was ready to distract Maddie and overpower Clockwork. Clockwork proved that wasn't necessary, however, when the first thing out of his mouth was "Mrs. Fenton. It is an honor to meet you. You have come here to search for your son and daughter?"
Maddie nodded hesitantly. "Um… yes?"
Clockwork smiled and said. "Well I won't stop you. They are right through here." He gestured to a viewing screen on the wall.
Maddie looked at him suspiciously, but she was worried about her children, so she stepped through, to find herself in a decrepit looking bathroom. Vlad appeared next to her a moment later, looking almost maniacal. They opened the door, and stopped short, surprised at what they were seeing.
Ok, I hope you enjoyed that! It's the longest chapter for this story so far, so be greatfull. Thanks to Sasia93 and Yami-Chan and Unrealistic for reviewing!
