"I dunno." Danny shrugged. "It's a piece of paper, Jazz. I thought a braniac like you would know that."

"I do know that Danny. Why is it a piece of paper saying that you are going to die?" Jazz demanded, sounding extremely stressed.

"How do you expect me to know who wants to kill me?" Even to himself that sounded stupid. Family argument. Leaving now. Sam wrote on his palm. "Sam, you can't leave me here, with her, how do I explain everything?" Surprise was evident on Sam's face. You're telling her about Phantom? "She could help Sam."

"Tucker's being left out of the loop. AGAIN!" Tucker informed them.

"There's a loop?" Jazz asked.

"Knowing that you don't know there's a loop kind of makes me feel better." Tucker admitted.

"Okay, so, here it is . . ." Danny said, redirecting his attention to his sister. The next hour was spent explaining to Jazz about Phantom, about how Sam could see into the future, about how Plasmius wanted to kill him and take over the world, and about how Sam had magical powers.

Jazz gave him a look. "Is this some kind of role-playing game, Danny? Things like that don't actually happen in real life. You know that, right?"

"Role-playing game?" Tucker squeaked, they were fighting for their lives (well, Danny would be fighting for their lives) and Jazz thought they were playing a role-playing game?

"Yes, Jazz, it's a role-playing game." Danny sighed, looking down at his hands. "That note is probably just someone threatening my character." Sam laid a hand on his shoulder, she could see how hurt he was.

"Nice try, Danny, that was a really good story, but I'm not stupid. Next time just tell me it's a game before I go into full panic mode. I thought someone was actually trying to kill you."

"Sorry, Jazz." Danny looked up at her. Jazz nodded before leaving the room.

"I'm sorry about that, man." Tucker clapped a hand on Danny's shoulder. Maybe her not knowing is a good thing. After all, if she doesn't know anything is going on, Plasmius will be less likely to take her, right? "Yeah, Sam." Danny agreed half-heartedly. Sam threw her arms around Danny, giving her new friend a hug. She knew how bad he must be feeling. "Thanks Sam." He said.

Tucker threw his arms around the both of them, "I want to be loved too!" He whined. Danny and Sam gave each other an almost evil look. ***

Down in the lab there was a semi-explosion and Tucker rubbed his head for the thousandth time that day. "I said I wanted to be loved, not beaten to a pulp by Sam."

Danny gestured to Sam who was trying to hold a ball of purple electricity on her palm. "She's having fun." Sam smiled innocently at Tucker before lobbing another purple ball at him.

"OOF!" Tucker moaned as it hit him in the stomach. "Can we see if she has any other powers?"

Danny shrugged. "Sure. What do you want to try, Sam?"

Sam tapped her lip with her finger, thinking. She was torn between torturing Tucker and her want for learning how to fly. She told Danny her dilemma. "Let's do both," he said. "We'll try flying later when it's a little darker." Sam nodded her agreement.

Biting her lip, Sam concentrated on stealing the boy's red hat. Tucker winced, expecting an onslaught of pain. Sam stared at it a little harder, sweat beading her forehead. Danny was about to tell her not to hurt herself when a movement caught his eye. Tucker's hat was rising off his head. It hovered about two inches off it's original resting place for five seconds before Sam let it drop.

"Good job, Sam." Danny congratulated her.

Tucker looked at them. "What just happened?"

"Sam almost stole your hat." I didn't want to steal . . . Okay, so it would have been fun watching him jump for it. "I know, Sam. Maybe when you get stronger." When I get stronger, I'm stealing his PDA. Sam said. Danny laughed.

"What?" Tucker whined, unhappy about being left out again.

"We can't tell you. It would ruin our plans."

"There's a loop, and I'm in it!" Tucker cried.

"Yes, but that's a different loop." Danny patted his friend's shoulder sympathetically before he and Sam left the lab.

"I WANNA BE IN THE LOOP!" Tucker yelled behind them.

I don't own Danny Phantom. Sorry I've been kinda . . . out for the last little bit, but hopefully that will change since they are showing re-runs of Danny Phantom! I'm so excited! -Cough- Anywho, hope y'all like this enough to reivew. I know it's short, but it should pick up soon (ignore the fact I've said that for the last couple of chapters).

~DI4MGZ~