Chapter 17

Jazz

Jazz didn't know for how long she had been crawling for the ducts, she just knew that she had to keep going. Every time she came to a turn she would listen to the Force to guide her and go wherever it told her to go. She felt she should stop before another duct and looked down to see three stormtroopers talking. "Do you think it's true, we can finally head home?" one of them asked. "No, it's not," another stormtrooper told the first, "We haven't captured the Jedi yet, just some girl she was teaching her witchcraft to." "Does it really matter who we captured? Lord Thal will just get another reason to keep us from getting any R&R. He just wants to add another notch under his belt, and we're his way to get it," the third stormtrooper said. "He can't do that, can he?" the first stormtrooper said. "I was with him when we invaded what I guess was the Capital City of this backwater planet. He moved his arms around and one of their transports floated in the air and crushed some of their soldiers like they were Hubba gourds. He's a professional Jedi-killer, that means he can do whatever the Hell he wants and we're just along for the ride," the third stormtrooper said.

"Look sharp!" the second stormtrooper said and the three of them snapped to attention as an officer in gray marched through and they saluted him in passing. Jazz got a good look at the man's uniform and wondered…we're about the same size. Maybe…Jazz looked for the officer through the Force and followed him through the air ducts to his private quarters. He made it to his private quarters and Jazz used the Force to unscrew the air vent to his room. She pulled the vent off and dropped down. "What-" was as far as the officer got before she Force pushed him into the wall behind him, knocking him out. Jazz quickly undressed the man of his uniform and used his own bed sheets to gag and bind him.

Jazz looked at herself in a mirror and realized she had to alter her appearance to pass as a man. She hadn't seen any other females onboard. Jazz looked sadly at her long red hair, she had taken care of it and grown it out for years, and it would take at least five to grow it out like this again. It's just hair…Jazz reminded herself as she found a pair of scissors in the room and trimmed her hair off. By the time she was done she could reasonably pass as a young man if one didn't look too closely. Jazz looked at herself one more time in the mirror and adjusted the cap to better hide her face before marching out of the room.

Danny

Danny was in his Ghost Form floating over the camp, his guts trying to tie themselves into knots. This is all really happening…he thought as he looked down at the pilots and other personnel getting ready to go out and attack the Star Destroyer over Amity Park. He couldn't help but feel nervous, he felt like he was about to fight Pariah Dark again, only this time everyone knew who he was, and there were no ghosts here. He REALLY wished he had the Ecto-skeleton right now; he could probably do everything with all that power. But he had no such luck, as always things were going to have to be done the hard way. Danny looked and saw Valerie fly over to him on her hover board with a cannon pointed at him.

"Hold on Valerie, just hold on!" Danny yelled and quickly floated down. "Why should I trust anything you say Spook?" she said. "This is why," Danny said as he turned back into his Human Form in front of her. "What!? But…It's a trick!" she yelled and Danny stood his ground as soldiers surrounded them. "It's not a trick, look, I know I have a lot of explaining to do, but you gotta trust me. Please, Valerie, I promise I'll explain everything," Danny said as he went Ghost again. He then flew up and Valerie followed him. "Alright, spill it!" Valerie demanded. Danny took a deep breath and said, "You know my parents are ghost hunters and made a Ghost Portal in our basement. Well, I went in it when they finished building it and accidentally turned it on. It made me…half ghost. I've been fighting ghosts ever since, and ghost hunters like you and the Guys In White. And Vlad's one too."

"I know; I saw what he did in New York on TV. He used me, that son of a bitch used me!" Valerie yelled then said, "What was the deal with the dog?" Danny facepalmed and said, "For the last time, he is not my dog! I was chasing him and stuff just happened! I tried to tell you, but you just wouldn't listen. I'm sorry your Dad lost his job, but it wasn't my fault." Valerie just looked at him and finally asked, "Why are you here now?" "It's complicated but it basically boils down to I'm working to save Jazz and take down that space ship," Danny told her and pointed at the Star Destroyer. "Whoa," Valerie said. "Yeah, I'll tell you more when we're done, okay?" Danny told her, and Valerie nodded and headed back to Amity Park.

Alright, now for the mission, Danny thought as he floated down to the Fenton Specter Speeder. His parents and the Delta Force Team were already there, just waiting for the signal to go. "You ready Danny?" his Mom asked. "Yeah, I can do this, this isn't the first time I saved the world after all," Danny told her, more to give himself confidence than her. "That's my boy! A Fenton is always ready to fight for what's right!" Jack confidently told him. "I need to make sure we got everything," Danny told him and went into the Specter Speeder. He had to put a few boxes of weapons in it to smuggle Sam and Tucker into it. He went to their box and opened it up.

"You guys alright?" he whispered. Sam got out and stretched and so did Tucker before answering, "Yeah, ready to go save the world as usual." She sounded scared though as she said, "Everyone will know about you now, you know that, right? If we win-" "When we win," Danny corrected her, "We'll deal with that when it happens." He held her hand as he said this and she said, "Danny, this whole thing has just been so…crazy. It started with ghosts; and now…all this…" "Yeah. Look when all this is done we need to talk," Danny told her. Before he could react, Sam grabbed him and pulled him into a kiss. "For luck," Sam said, leaving Tucker speechless. They heard the door opening and Sam and Tucker went back into their box.

The door opened and Jof went inside and assumed the pilot seat while Danny sat down next to Colonel Smith, head of the Delta Force soldiers. He looked at Danny and said, "You can really get us into that thing?" "Yeah, if Jof can avoid us getting hit, I can get us in," Danny said and he went Ghost. He looked out the window to see the planes were taking off. Colonel Smith touched his head-piece and said, "That was General Short, we're green to go, let's get this bird in the air!" "Diverting power to thrusters, setting turbines for speed, let's go!" Danny's Mom said, and the Specter Speeder lifted off after the planes. Danny watched through the windows as they flew over Amity Park. The radio communication was set to the other pilots and Danny heard them call out, "Red Squadron ready to go. Green Squadron ready. Blue Squadron is battle ready. Yellow Squadron all in, let's go. White Squadron is all in." Finally his Mom said, "The Package is ready for delivery."

"Red Leader to all Groups, our job is to make sure the Package is delivered as far as we can, but don't be stupid about it, if those…TIE fighters shoot you shoot back. Once the Package is delivered our job is to keep E.T. occupied. Our guns may not be able to penetrate, so use your missiles first."

"Copy that," was called by more voices than Danny could distinguish. "Green Wing 2 and White Wing 3 take your positions, get ready to deliver the Package," Red Leader ordered. "Copy that," twelve voices sounded and Danny through the window as planes flew around them. "Yellow Leader to all Squadrons, we got incoming!" TIE fighters poured out of the Star Destroyer. Danny couldn't keep track of the rest of the chatter over the radio after that.

"Jesus Christ those things are fast!"

"I'm hit I'm hit!"

"Green Leader to Green Squadron, break formation!"

"We just lost two Wings!"

"That one's for Tyler you sons of bitches!"

"Blue 7 you got one on your tail!"

"I'm going down!"

"NO-"

"They got White Leader!"

"Blue Wing 2 White Squadron needs your help!"

"Got four of them!"

"I'm all out!"

The Specter Speeder shook like mad as they and their escort tried to wade its way through the chaos. Explosions pounded the Speeder as Danny saw three of their escort got blown up by green lasers. "Jof, call them off, I can get us in now!" Danny yelled through the noise. "Package to Green Wing 2 and White Wing 3, we can go on without you! Break formation!" "Copy that Package, good luck!" Danny watched as what was left of their escort flew off, just in time for two more to be blown up.

Danny focused and made the Specter Speeder intangible as well as everyone in it. The shaking stopped as the shockwaves passed through the now intangible aircraft. Jof gunned it and flew straight for the Star Destroyer. "As soon as we're in you need to make us tangible again!" Jof yelled as the space ship got bigger. Danny struggled to keep his eyes open as at last they flew into and through the wall and came out in a hangar, just as the last TIE fighter flew out.

Maddie activated the lasers on the Speeder and blasted away at the crew and stormtroopers coming at them, then blasted at a doorway to melt it shut. Jof landed the Speeder and all the adults got out. Colonel Smith took out a map of the Star Destroyer and said, "White, Ramos, go with the Fentons to get their daughter, Heinkel, with me and Favrem to take this place out." "What about me?" Danny asked. "Keep this place secure," Colonel Smith ordered. "But I can help," Danny insisted. "Kid, this is war, this ain't a game. You're a superhero, I get it, but this is no place for kids!" Danny was about to argue more before his Mom grabbed his shoulder and said, "He's right Danny. We'll call you when we have Jazz, take this," she handed him a device that looked like a beeping hand mirror, "This is a GPS locator honed in on us, use it to find us."

Colonel Smith tapped his headset and said, "Package has been delivered, repeat, Package has been delivered." "Confirmed, Package. Godspeed," General Short said on the other side. "Let's go," Colonel Smith said, and the adults broke into their designated groups and headed out.