And we welcome you back to the next, and fourth chapter to the story! Yay!

First off, to thanks to phantomphriend and jesusfreak991(sorry if I got that wrong my friend, I'll make it up to you in the story).

This chapter is sort of a filler chapter, but something important does happen. The next chapter will have Conflagration in it, and then the next will have a interesting twist. First though, you need to review.

Please! R+R!!

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"I don't understand it," Danny grumbled to Tucker and Sam. They were sitting in a booth at the Nasty Burger, contemplating the events of the earlier day. They hoped to figure out something about this new foe by bouncing ideas off of each other. "It's one big mystery."

"Did she have a motive?" Tucker asked. "Usually ghosts that start blowing things up for no reason have a motive."

"Yeah," Sam agreed. "Like Walker or Ember: they're all about revenge. The Box Ghost wants boxes and Skulker wants you."

"She said her doings were none of my business," Danny rolled his eyes and used his hand to prop up his head. "Coming from what looks like a 6 year old, it's hard no to laugh. But the damage she did to the school was nothing to laugh about."

Sam brushed some of her gothic black hair out of her eyes, "Sadly, it's probably already been fixed. My parents said earlier we still have to go to school tomorrow."

"So the attack failed," Tucker noted. "For whatever reason the school was to be destroyed, it didn't happen."

"True," Danny agreed. "She'll probably be back though, since we didn't catch her in a thermos."

"She said she was an angel, right?" Sam asked, receiving a nod from Danny. "Can you suck an angel into a thermos?"

"I don't know," Danny pondered, his icy eyes trying to figure out a solution. "But the next time Conflagration attacks, we need to be ready for her."

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Vlad pounded angrily against the computer monitor. It hadn't taken that long for the signal to become jammed again. Sure, during the time it had gone through the target had been damaged to a decently well-done point , but it wasn't enough. If he was going to finish his latest plan, he needed more attacks to take place.

And in order to do that, he needed the signal to reach its mark.

But how could that happen? He himself wasn't too sure what the jammer was; to his knowledge, it could be anything: a t-shirt, shoelace, or a piece of toast! He growled, clearly frustrated and decided that he need to force the blasted device away, whatever it was.

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The dinner table at the Raiyn's house was unusually quiet with the news of the recent attack on the school. Alicia hated it the silence. Too much could be happening, but at the same time, it couldn't. She poked around her spaghetti and sighed.

Her parents hadn't mentioned anything to her yet, and she knew when they did discuss it, it wouldn't bode well. They had moved to get away from the dangers of towns and cities, but it had found them again. Just when they thought they were safe, the danger followed them. She recognized the worry lines on her mother's forehead and the tight face her father wore as ones of slight fear.

Her brothers were also being way quieter than normal for the gregarious personalities they usually shared. They both tried to over concern themselves with seeing who could slurp the most noodle strings without making a sound. They seemed to be in a time at the moment.

Sariah was currently taking a nap upstairs in her room. That was the first room that had been unpacked because of the many needs of a toddler. Sariah was constantly wetting herself (although they were working on potty-training), spilling food on her new outfit, tripping over her feet and knocking things onto the floor in a desperate attempt for attention. They had to get a place for her to play up and fast.

"Alicia dear," her mother began, setting down her silverware on her empty plate. "You do know we moved to get away from this mess, right?"

Alicia gave a sullen nod, feeling down. "It wasn't my fault."

"You do know the importance of not being caught up in this, right?" her father checked. "The consequences of getting into trouble?"

"I'd be dead if I didn't, Dad," Alicia rolled her eyes.

"I wish you wouldn't talk of such things." Her mother fidgeted with her napkin, then noticed the boys and their contest. "Boys! No playing with your food at the table!" The twins stopped, then in sign language began to argue about who won.

Alicia needed to get out of this conversation. "Mom, do you mind if I stay after school to study for an hour next week?"

Her mother's face softened, "If you need to dear. You can't get anywhere without an education these days."

Alicia gave an inward smile. She had just switched the subject and gotten out of telling her parent's about the week-long detention she had racked up.

"Thanks Mom," she grinned as she began to clear her place from the table. She washed the tomato sauce off her plate and set it in the dishwasher. As she put her silverware in it's spot, her brothers began to whine.

"Mommy!" Nate began to plead. "Can we go get shakes at the Nasty Burger?"

"Please???!!!" Mike joined in. "A chocolate shake?"

Mr. and Mrs. Raiyn glanced at each other warily. "I suppose there can't be too much harm," Mr. Raiyn said reluctantly. "Why not?"

"Yay!" the twins yelled to the heavens.

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"She got in trouble because she wouldn't take off her watch?" Danny raised an eyebrow. "That sounds like Tucker and his PDA."

"Hey, when you're that close," Tucker shrugged, secretly rubbing his PDA in his pocket.

"I don't get it though," Sam pondered as she took a sip of her lemonade. "She could've avoided the entire thing by taking it off. Instead she fought to keep it on." A light appeared in Sam's eyes. "Maybe she'll help me protest for the roosters next week!"

"Roosters?" Danny asked his friend, not sure if he wanted to know. Without warning, his ghost sense went off. "You can tell me later."

Tucker watched his raven-haired pal dash off to the restrooms, then turned back to Sam.

"Roosters? Are you serious?"

Danny flew into the air, eyes alert to danger. Or any signs of it. The only movement was some construction workers opening a manhole, then breaking for dinner. There didn't seem to be any sign of a gho-

Danny felt a tap on his shoulder. Spinning around, he saw Skulker with a menacing grin on his face.

"Hello prey. Did you think I gave up the hunt?" his deep voice greeted. The ghost that lived in an ecto-skeleton often hunted the poor boy with his latest ghost-hunting weaponry.

"What do you want Skulker?" Danny growled. "Wait, I know! Me, dead on the foot of your bed. Not going to happen today."

"That has nothing to do with why I'm here," Skulker grinned, knowing the ghost boy was thoroughly confused.

Danny raised an eyebrow, "Sure you aren't."

"I am here to deliver a message," Skulker's green eyes danced with glee. "Beware of the accursed one."

Danny frowned. That was two ghosts that had warned him now. "Are you sure that's all?"

"Well, and to do this," Skulker flew forward and knocked Danny down from high up so fast Danny had no time to react. As he flew to the ground, he unknowingly changed back to human and the world slowly buzzed around.

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Alicia and her family had decided to walk to the Nasty Burger, hoping to get 'a better feel of the town,' as her mother had put it. In all honest opinion, she wasn't too thrilled to have to spend more time with the annoying twins and tried to drown out the whines of her sister, who had just been woken up to go. She was fussy since she hadn't decided when she would wake up, so she gave whoever had done the deed a fit.

They turned onto the sidewalk next to the Nasty Burger. Alicia was nervously twirling a strand of her hair when she heard her parents gasp. Curious, she looked ahead of them and froze.

Danny was riding a one way trip to the solid ground. Alarmed, she immediately started running towards his falling figure. She had worked at a rock-climbing place the summer before and was taught how to catch dropping people. From her experience and what she saw, there was no way she could make it.

But she might be able to stop him from flopping down a manhole, where he was heading.

She was instantly filled with regret of turning down the chance to join the track team at her previous school when she saw Danny forcefully slam on the ground. As she predicted, he bounced up again and went sailing for the manhole. Panicked, Alicia slid headfirst next to the manhole and managed to grab his hand before he fell in. It took both hands for her to hold him, and was a tough job because his body was limp. From her work, she had learned that when someone tensed their body, they became lighter. That was how cheerleaders were able to lift others, and how ice-skaters could hold their partners in the air.

"Danny," she gritted her teeth. "Hold on!"

She heard her parents run into the Nasty Burger for help, but she knew it was up to her to drag him out of this mess. Sweat began to pour out of her head as she realized Danny wasn't conscious.

"Wake up Danny!" she yelled at him. "You need to wake up!" The strain on Alicia's arm was beginning to hurt her, and she wasn't sure how much longer she could hold the position. If she tried to pull him up, his weight would force her to drop him and if she leaned forward, they both would fall into the sewers.

Danny wasn't all that heavy, it was her. She didn't have strong arms, because the only thing she needed to lift was reading books and her backpack. "Please Danny, wake up!"

His droopy eyes slowly began to lift around. They searched the surroundings for a moment and then realized something was wrong. Danny immediately jerked up, causing Alicia's arm to slam against the side of the manhole. Danny kept flailing about, thinking he was in some sort of prison. Her arms continued to hit the walls until she felt something fall off her arm. Peering down in fear, she noticed her watch was missing.

"No!"

Danny saw something fall past him and then he thought to look up. "Alicia?" he gasped. Why was she here? Then he noticed she was the only thing stopping him from dropping into a black void.

"Is there a ladder you can climb up?" Alicia gasped, struggling to hold him. She was lying on the ground, giving all she had to hold him up.

Danny glanced all around him, "No."

"Drat," Alicia muttered. "You need to tense up then, Danny. All your muscles. I can pull you up then, hopefully."

"I'll try," Danny gasped. It wasn't easy to breathe when all your weight begged to answer gravity's call.

Alicia felt Danny tense up and it suddenly became easier to hold him. She started to lift him and then felt two other people begin to help lift him out. His head appeared, soon followed by his back.

"A little more," Alicia grunted. "One more pull."

She and the two others gave one more pull and Danny's entire body emerged. Alicia sat her head down in exhaustion, and then looked up. Sam and Tucker were the two who had assisted her.

"Thanks guys," Danny said tiredly. He sat himself up and shook his head.

Alicia followed suit and rubbed her wrist, wishing her watch hadn't fallen off. She'd have to call her friends later and have them send her another one because there was no way that she'd venture into the sewer.

"Are you okay?" Sam asked Danny, while Tucker asked Alicia the same question.

They both gave nods and stood up.

"Danny, why were you falling from the sky?" Alicia asked him.

"Ah, um, ghost grabbed me from inside of the Nasty Burger and dropped me…" Danny lied instantly. Sam and Tucker gave him funny looks and Sam raised an eyebrow, her silent way of demanding he tell them later.

"Oh," Alicia muttered, thoroughly confused. Her parents ran out at the same time Jack and Maddie pulled up in the FAV (Fenton Assault Vehicle). Jack and Maddie jumped out with record speed and rushed over to Danny.

"Danny, are you okay? I heard there was a ghost!" Jack cried out. He waved an ecto-gun around, looking for some sign of specters.

"I'm fine Dad," Danny reassured him. "The ghost is long gone."

"Don't worry Danny," Maddie said sweetly as she started to roll police tape around the area. "We'll find that ghost in no time. You just get yourself home to rest."

Danny cringed. "Mom, is it really necessary to do this?"

Instead of answering, Danny was pushed into the FAV and rushed home. Alicia, Tucker, and Sam were left in the dust.

"We, uh, better go," Tucker said for himself and Sam. "See you tomorrow at school Alicia."

"Bye?" Alicia whispered as they ran off.

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"I've identified the identity of the block," Skulker said over the radio. "And it's gone for the moment."

"That's very good," Vlad murmured to himself. "What is it?"

"A watch," Skulker stated. "A watch has been causing your delay the entire time."

"A watch?" Vlad laughed to himself. "No matter now, we'll continue this tomorrow. And then Daniel will have an interesting day."

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Alicia sat on her bed, talking on the phone with three of her friends.

"Kelvin? Darrin? Alysa? Are you there?"

"Alicia?!"

"Is that you?"

"HI ALICIA!"

She smiled. Alicia hadn't called her old friends since the move. "Yeah, it's me."

"How is it out there?" Kelvin asked.

"Okay," Alicia said.

"Is the school as good as ours? It would have to be pretty good to be as good as ours." Darin and Kelvin were both active in sports, but Darin took the school competitions very seriously.

"Well, it, er, burnt yesterday." Alicia confessed. Her confession silenced the group.

"You didn't call for just a friendly hello, did you?" Alysa asked.

"No."

"Let me guess," she said. "You need a new watch."

"Please?"

There was the sound of typing coming from Kelvin's computer. "I'll see if the three of us and Sammy, Alex, and Jina can get the supplies for a new one. Same color, right?"

"If you could. I like black and green. But if there's blue-"

"We've been over that," Darin scolded her. "It'll show the wiring."

"Trust me Alicia," Alysa assured her. "If there was blue, I'd make myself a watch too."

Alicia smiled, "I know. I miss you guys a lot." She heard her mom call and yell for her to put Sariah down for the night. "I have to go."

"We miss you too," Kelvin answered. "You keep yourself safe, you hear?"

"Yeah," Alysa agreed. "Call more often too."

"And if anything happens, we're always here." Darin added.

"I know," Alicia bid them goodbye, and then headed to bed.