Missing

It was utterly amazing to me how much Danny and Sam had grown and matured in what seemed to be the blink of an eye. Last I had seen him, Danny had been your average teenager who would rather play video games than do anything important. Now he was apparently a hero on a regular basis and would rather fight ghosts than play videos games. I was proud of him, but I was also scared. He'd already gotten himself in a serious heap of trouble several times, what if he didn't make it out of one battle? I knew I couldn't stop him from doing what he felt he needed to do, but that wouldn't stop the worry in my heart.

At least he wasn't alone in all of this. He's had Tuck from the start, his teacher came along not too far after that and Sam had come back to him recently. And now, he had me as well. As long as Danny knew he wasn't really alone, he would get though this, there wasn't a doubt in my mind about that.

Ms. Stuth and Tucker left us an hour or so after school would have let out, leaving us alone with Maddie again. There was more small talk until we settled in for the night.

It's a shame we didn't actually get much sleep that night though.

Around mid-night, the phone rang. I didn't really care who was calling me this late, but they had better have a damned good reason for it. What scared me was when I picked up the phone, this was no prank or sales call, it really was important.

There was a muffled voice on the other end, and while I could only barely decipher what was being said, I knew who it was in an instant.

Tucker.

"Sam? Danny? I need help. Vlad grabbed me on the way home. I need you t-"

"Honestly, boy. Did you really think I wouldn't notice it if you tried to call for help?" A thud resounded from the other end, a rather girlish shriek shortly followed it. "Let that be a warning." There was a click and the line went dead. This scared me more than when Vlad had gone after Danny and I. We at least had ghost powers and could get ourselves out of any real danger, but Tuck? He was screwed, without his technology he couldn't do much of anything. He wasn't built to be a fighter and the fact the Vlad had captured him without having the power of Plasmius behind him was more than enough to show that.

There was another thing that worried me. Vlad didn't bother to address the people Tuck had been trying to get ahold of. Either Vlad needed specifically him for something, or he was using curiosity as bait to drag me and Danny in. I honestly hoped it was the first option, at least then he'd keep Tucker alive until we could find him.

...I know...that's so short it's not even funny...but that's all I got for now. I'll probably make it up to you with an extra update soon. :)

Comments and feedback are welcome as always! :D

Invisible One