A Foreign Power
Chapter Five
Danny woke up halfway out of a bed, or better way to describe the situation would be halfway through a bed. It took him a second to realize his position before Danny fell all the way through, and landed flat on his face. Groaning in pain Danny crawled out from beneath. Pulling himself up it took Danny a moment to realized that he was in his room.
Leaning against his bed Danny winced as his chest ached. Doing his best to ignore the pain Danny made his way over to his bedside drawer. He was hungry and there was a drawer filled with snacks just waiting to be eaten. Inhaling a couple of king-sized snickers bars Danny moaned with relief as his body stopped shaking.
"Sir Phantom! You're awake!"
Cheeks and hands full of chocolate Danny turned shocked to see Queen Dorathea and one of her ladies floating behind him. Coughing Danny choked a little as he quickly swallowed, while he shoved the rest of the chocolate he was holding back into the drawer.
"Dora, er… Lady Dorathea. What are you doing here? Danny asked. While giving her a polite bow his eyes darted around his room. Fortunately, someone, probably his mother, had cleaned his room while he had been out of it.
"Sir Phantom, I have come as an ally during this dark time. Though word has spread of your fight with that… wraith. I am glad though, to see that you are healing. Do you still ache in places, good sir?" Dora asked eyeing Danny over with concern.
"Er, I'm fine." Danny said starting to shrug, but paused in mid-movement as he winced again in pain.
"You are as stubborn as my knights, Sir Phantom. Please, take this." Dora said motioning to her lady who approached him with a curtsy before held out a small bottle full of slightly glowing white pills.
"What are these?" Danny asked. Picking up one to examine, he found it cool to his touch.
"Medicine from Lord Frostbite's land. His head doctor advises that you take one to help with any lingering effects that has been caused by the wraith."
"Thank you, my lady." Danny said smiling. "I'll have to visit Lord Frostbite, so I might thank him."
"No need my good sir." Dora said to Danny's confusion. "He wishes to speak with you personally about your fight, and will be here tomorrow now that you have awakened. I also shall keep an eye on this situation." Dora said as they gave Danny a quick curtsy which before they floated away.
"What, tomorrow? Oh great!" Danny muttered as they disappeared.
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With Dora gone Danny's stomach took the time to remind him that he was still hungry. Re-opening his drawer he finished everything that was in there, but his stomach still growled and it was rapidly becoming more, and more noticeable.
Floating down to the kitchen Danny barely gave his surprised sisters a glance as he practically dived into a plate of fudge without even taking it out of the fridge. After that was gone Danny started pulling several containers out of the fridge. Not even taking the time to grab a plate or heat up the food Danny dug in.
"Danny… are you ok?" Jazz asked.
"What? Yeah… fine." Danny said in-between bites causing Jazz and Dana to exchange worried looks.
"Go get Mom and Dad." Jazz said not taking her eyes off of her little brother. She wondered if Danny realized that he was still in his ghost form.
Danny ignored this exchange as he tossed an empty container to the sink, only to open another one. Half an hour later Danny felt like he would survive and turned to see his family looking at him in shock and awe.
"What?" he asked feeling rather sluggish, but very satisfied.
"Danny you've been asleep for almost three days. And now you just ate more than you eat in a month!" Dana said. "You even ate the eco dogs!"
"Really?! Oh..." Danny said turning to look at the sink. It was filled to the brim with empty containers.
"Sweetie, are you alright?" Maddie asked moving closer to hug him.
"Yeah, I was just so hungry. Sorry about your pets Dad." Danny apologized with a blush. He didn't even remember eating them.
"That fine." Jack said hugging Danny next. "As long as you're ok, that's just fine. Danny… do you remember what happened?"
"Yeah, the second victim was Star. Her spirit… it was just like Melinda." Danny said once he got some breathing room.
"We know, but she is showing signs of changing into the same thing that Melinda was." Jack said.
"A wraith. Melinda turned into a wraith." Danny said heading somewhat shakily towards his bookcase.
"Wraith, what is that?" Maddie asked as everyone followed behind.
"I didn't think it was possible. I didn't know. I skipped that section and Skulker feared her." Danny said still shaking.
"..." His family exchange silent glance as Danny pulled out a book and flipped through the pages.
"Here, let us help." Maddie said
"No, I've got it." Danny said as he found the right page. "That doesn't make sense!"
"What sweetie?" Maddie asked.
"She changed too soon! She only died a week ago… Danny said as Maddie took the book from him. Reading it she could understand what he meant as the book stated that it took a malevolent spirit about a decade to transform.
"So what happen? I got her right?" Danny asked.
"You did, but…" Jazz said.
"But what?" Danny asked. Looking around everyone seemed shift nervously as many didn't meet his eyes. "What happened?"
"Danny." Maddie said gently "Before you defeated Melinda she got some others."
"I remember there was a man. She… ripped his heart out and ate it!" Danny said horrified.
"Yes, but he wasn't the only one. She killed two others, a few more are injured and she destroyed some ghosts."
"What! No that's impos…" Danny started to say before he remembered Desiree. Ghosts could die again. "Who?"
"Desiree is gone along with some of the town ghosts. Kitty is hurt; she's healing, but Johnny hasn't left her side. They were given a room at the hospital to recover." Maddie said.
"Shit." Danny muttered finally sinking into a chair in shock. "This is all my fault, if I…"
"No, it's not!" Maddie snapped. "You did everything you could. You can't save everyone especially against a threat you didn't see coming."
"But!" Danny protested.
"Finish that sentence young man, and you're grounded for the next year." Maddie growled.
"Yes mom. Not my fault." Danny wisely said getting pulled into a hug.
"That's right, now just relax. I want you to take it easy today." Maddie continued.
"Sure, I need to call Sam and Tucker though. Has anyone seen my phone?" Danny asked patting his pockets.
"Up in your room." Jack said.
"Thanks Dad." He called float into the ceiling.
Watching him go Maddie grabbed her own phone with a worried look.
…
Checking his phone Danny winced as he read his text messages. Swiping the screen he pressed Sam's icon, and sweated nervously as he waited for Sam to pick up.
"Danny!" Sam cried out in relief a few seconds later.
…
A little over an hour later Danny wandered back downstairs. He had spent the entire time on the phone reassuring Sam that he was alright. Eventually she had hung up, but Danny believed she only did that so she could come over and check on him in person.
Sending a text to Tucker next, he let his friend know he was alright while asking if he was feeling any better. Tucker texted back that he was back to full health, and that he would be over shortly.
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In a happier mood, Danny headed downstairs to wait for his friends.
"Hey bro, you should probably head back to bed." Dana called out from where she was lounging in front of the TV, as she gave him a worried look. Danny was about to reply when there was a knocking on the front door behind him.
"Later." Danny said smiling he stepped through the doorway where his smile faded away. Instead of Sam or Tucker standing there, there were two strangers.
It was two men who were far more shocked to see him than he was surprised to see them. They were wearing somewhat casual clothes, but their stance put Danny on edge.
"Who are you?" Danny demanded shifting his body to block the doorway.
The older guy, with salt and pepper hair, looked amused as he got over his shock. "Danny... Fenton?" he confirmed. "I'm Agent Ross and this is Agent Morgan." He said taking out his badge as the black man continued to stare at Danny. "We're here to talk to your parents."
"FBI? What do you want with my parents?" Danny asked not moving.
"Danny who's at the door?" Maddie asked opening the door behind her son, only to stop when she saw who it was. "Oh, hello agents?" she said getting a nod. "I forgot you were coming over. Please, come in, the files are down in the lab. Would you like something to drink?" she asked as everyone walked inside.
"Thank you Mrs. Fenton, some water would be lovely." Ross said smiling.
"Same for me thanks." Morgan replied as he finally looked away from Danny.
"I thought, Agent Hotch would be coming." Maddie said.
"He's helping another of our team members at the station, so we came instead." Morgan explained.
Closing the door Danny watched for a moment as the two men, with a bit of directions, went down to the lab. Then he turned to help his mother by making some ice for the drinks.
"Thanks sweetly." Maddie said while Danny dropped in the ice into the cups she was loading onto the tray. Once he was done she picked up the tray and gave her kids a warning look when Danny tried to follow. "No Danny, I want you to go back to bed and try and rest some more."
As the door to the lab closed Danny just rolled his eyes before turning to his siblings for some answers.
"So the FBI is investigating the murders?" he asked.
"Yeah, they arrived a day after your fight. They say it's a serial killer, so this case falls under their jurisdiction. Though this is the first case that one of the victims came back as a ghost that kills people." Jazz said.
"Oh…" Danny muttered not really knowing what to say. "And that's what they're talking about, the killer?"
"That, ghosts and things else they might need to about the case. Hey! Don't even think about it." Jazz said as she caught her brother staring at the lab doorway. "They'll talk to you later, if they wanted you down there you would have been invited. Besides you heard mom, you should be resting."
"I think I rested enough after three days." Danny grumbled. Then he hesitated for a moment before saying "And I wasn't told to stay out either. You coming, Dana."
"Sure, this episode is a rerun anyway." Dana said tossing their sister the remote.
As the two half ghosts went invisible Jazz shook her head. When would her siblings ever grow up?
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Appearing in the lab the two invisible half ghosts could still see where the other was floating at. When it came to invisibility the two halfas now had two levels. One where they were invisible to only the living. This was a skill that all ghosts had, which they were using. While the second level was what more powerful of ghosts were capable of. Being able to become invisible to other ghosts, but on which ghosts this invisibility would effect depended on the strength of the ghost. Basically, try and use this second level of invisibility against a stronger ghost and it wouldn't work very well.
Yet despite them being invisible and silent as they entered the lab, their mom still looked up from the file she was holding and glanced around the room. Danny and Dana both floated as still as they could, and let out a soft relieved breath when she went back to talking to the agents.
"So as you can see. The data ended up matching some of our past designs."
"What connection does it have to the missing gun?" Morgan asked.
"The power source." Maddie said receiving a confused look in return. "It was a past design we had. We were testing these stones we found in the Zone as various power sources." Maddie said.
"Had?" Ross asked. "It's missing. Do you know since when?"
"No, it's been almost three years since we tried weaponising anything with those stones. After we didn't get the right results we just shoved the gun and data into the back of the vault. We would have never known they were gone if it weren't for this… case." said Maddie.
"Our notes for the gun, our prototype. And anything that related to using these stones as weapons are gone." Jack said.
"If everything is gone, then how did you match the data?" Ross asked.
"Because we know what to look for as side effects from the stones." Jack said. "And just because we don't have the data from the weapon doesn't mean we don't have more data about the stones."
"True, we tried other things that did work, such as this small generator it's powered by one of the stones." Maddie said. "Its energy is as powerful as electric generator four times its size, and 30% more powerful than an eco generator. Though when we combine the stone and the eco plasma we found that the power level jumped up to 50% power increase. This is something that we were planning on using on the gun. However this increase decreased the stability, so it never got much more development. That gun was the only weapon we made that used this combination of energy."
"This is one of the main reasons we don't pay the electricity bill. We have also used a couple to help power of the town's barrier." Jack continued.
Ross and Morgan exchanged looks.
"Is that... safe?" Morgan asked concerned. He had seen some of their inventions and they hadn't all worked.
"Of course it is! I tested it myself!" Jack boomed smiling broadly causing the agents to slightly cringe.
"Don't worry, we went through the safety checks together." Maddie said causing the agents to feel a bit more relieved.
"I see. Was it only the power source that was special about this gun?" asked Morgan.
"No way! Maddie and me were trying to make a stronger blast that would blast those ghosts apart molecule by molecule, but thankfully it never worked." Jack said trailing off on a sadder note.
"It affected ghosts like we hoped, but unlike the rest of our weapons this gun was able to harm normal humans. The more the person had interacted with ectoplasm the worse the wound was." said Maddie.
"Like the wounds on the victims?" asked Ross.
"Yes, but not to that extent." Maddie said looking a bit green. Standing up she motioned for the agents to follow her over to one of the walls where she pushed a button to reveal Star's floating spirit trapped in a glowing cage.
"Is that...?" Morgan asked.
"Yes, that's Star." Maddie said sadly.
"It's as if whoever took our stuff increased the power. While the blasts were painful, our wounds were never that serious." Jack said.
Ross and Morgan exchanged another look.
"Would you have any idea of anyone who has the skill to modify your gun to do this?" Ross asked.
"Yes." Maddie answered darkly. "Vlad was always able to improve the inventions he stole from us. He was... he's been in jail for a year now, but it wouldn't surprise me if this was his..."
*Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling* Danny's phone went off.
Danny cursed. Silencing his phone he sent Sam a quick text telling her about what was going on.
"Danny!" Maddie snapped, her eyes narrowing as she stared at the spot where the sound was coming from. "Show yourself this instance, young man! I thought I told you to go back to bed!"
Becoming visible Danny gave a sheepish wave. "In a way... this is a form of resting? You know mom, you're just looking…"
"Save it! Dana, I know that you are floating there too. Show yourself now missy." Maddie snapped her eyes somehow landing on the spot that Dana was floating invisibly.
"Yes, mom." Dana said meekly becoming visible as well.
"How long were the two of you floating there?" Maddie asked her foot tapping in irritation.
"Since you've been talking about the stones. But mom, do you really think that Vlad's behind this?" Danny asked.
"He totally would. This is probably just the after effect of another one of his experiments!" Dana seethed.
"Calm yourself snow pea." Jack said gently, closing the distance to give his daughter a hug.
"You all seem to know Vladimir Masters well." Ross remarked.
"Vlad? Yeah, the three of us went to school together." Jack replied quietly. "He used to be such a great guy. It's just... not anyone can handle getting ghost powers. Maybe if I had gotten them instead things would have turned out differently."
Danny made a scoffing noise that had everyone turning to face him.
"You don't agree. Why?" Morgan asked.
"Vlad was already obsessed with mom before he got ghost powers. Trust me Dad, he would be just as bad if you the one on the wrong side of the accident. This life is a much better option than that one."
"Clockwork?" Maddie guessed.
"Yeah, when Sam and Tucker got the acne he sent me on a trip." Danny replied.
"So that's how you found out that missing element. You went there." Maddie said while Jack's eyes sparkled as he reached the same conclusion. Dana had only a slight look of understanding since she hadn't been around at that time.
"Excuse me, but who is Clockwork?" Ross asked drawing the Fentons' attention back to the agents.
The room grew quiet as Danny shifted uncomfortably. "Clockwork… well, he's my teacher. My ghost teacher." Danny said after a moment.
"Does that happen often?" Ross asked.
"No, for new ghosts and spirits it can be a very hard… experience to get used to at first. So most ghosts will give tips and locations to safe areas until you stabilize. Sometimes a ghost is lucky enough to gain a teacher. Though that can be kind of rare as you usually have to share the same type of ghost power." Danny explained as he thought about his time with Frostbite.
"So he teaches you to control your powers? How long does it take for a ghost to stabilize?" Ross asked intrigued.
"It varies. Because our existence as half ghosts our powers will never fully stabilize as long as we continue to grow in our human form." Danny said.
"Do you have a teacher as well Dana?" Ross asked.
"No." Dana sighed shaking her head. "I don't have the time to find one." she said causing Danny to roll his eyes.
"It not a matter of time. If a ghost wants to teach you, you'll be approached." Danny responded.
"Alright enough of this, I want both of you to go upstairs while we finish this meeting." Maddie said.
"Actually if you don't mind, we would like for your son to remain for this talk. His unique situation may provide insight that might help this the unsub." Ross said.
"Mads, he's already here. Maybe we should." Jack suggested.
Maddie gave Jack slight glare before she looked at her son with a considering look. "Alright, but not too many. He's still recovering, and should really be back in bed right now."
"I'm fine mom, really." Danny said.
"If you say so." Maddie muttered in a tone that showed that she clearly didn't believe him. "However, you young lady are not staying. I know that there are chores that you can get ahead on."
"But mom!" Dana whined until she saw the look in her mother's eyes. "Fine, this will just give me more time later." Dana muttered floating away with her shoulders slumped.
Maddie shook her head. What was she to do with her children?
"So what's an unsub?" Danny asked after Dana left.
"That what we call an unknown subject." Morgan answered.
"Oh, that makes sense. Though I'm not sure what I can tell you anything about ghosts that my parents haven't already. Unless, you don't think the killer might be a ghost do you?"
"This case is unlike any other we've taken on before, so we're not willing to rule that idea out just yet."
"…I understand." Danny said after a moment though it looked like he wanted to argue. "So what do you want to know?"
"How about what do you know about Melinda? I heard that you talked to her after she… became a ghost. Did she give you any clue to who might have killed her, or say anything?" Ross asked.
Danny was quiet for a moment. "The first time I ran into Melinda was not long after her death. She kept repeating that it hurt. No matter what I asked her she didn't respond or say anything else. Even now I'm not sure why she attacked Nathan."
"He was one of the first responders?" Ross asked.
"Yeah, she sort of phased through him. And Nathan, well it was like he was experiencing the same emotions that Melinda had. He was so... I thought it was angry, but it was terror. He almost bashed in his coworker's head in with his camera!" Danny said.
"Is this normal behavior for people who have been possessed by a ghost?" Morgan asked.
"No, sometimes the possesse may feel some of what the ghost was feeling afterward. But I've never seen it to that extent, and never from a mere pass through. If I were to even began trying to affect someone like that I would have to do a full possession." Danny said.
"Are there any other side effects from possession?" Ross asked.
"Yeah, in the first minute after a ghost leaves a body the person is… more open to suggestions, but Nathan didn't even have that sort of dazed look. He just attacked." Danny said.
Ross and Morgan exchanged another look.
"I see." Ross said. "What about before she died, did you know her then?"
"I know that she was in the Phantom Club, but I didn't really know her, you know?" Danny said.
"Did she ever try and talk to you while she was alive?" Ross asked.
"No, she stayed with the other members, and I didn't like talking to them. I mean at first having all those fans, especially the female fans was great, but then none of them could seem to grasp that fact that I have a girlfriend." Danny said.
"And how did you deal with the fans that went too far?" Ross asked.
"Let Sam deal with them. Trust me, when she lets out her inner dragon people get out of the way." Danny said.
"She has a temper?" Morgan asked.
"No, well it just Sam got possessed by a ghost dragon amulet, and now she can be as… fierce as a dragon at times." Danny said.
"Dragon, are you tell us that there are dragon ghosts?!" Ross asked looking a bit shocked.
"Yeah well, there are two. Princess Dorathea, her brother Prince Aragon. Princess Dorathea rules the ghost-kingdom of Dragolot. It's medieval place with knights and almost everything you can think of from that time period. Oh yeah before I forget, Dora said that Frostbite is coming over tomorrow morning." Danny said.
"Wait, what? Is she still here?" Maddie asked glancing towards the ceiling.
"No, I think she only stepped in for a moment this morning. Frostbite wants to discuss this wraith problem, but Dora is concerned too. I think she just wanted to make sure I was alright." Danny said.
"Really?" Maddie said getting up to check their portal. She then found the reason she didn't know about Dora's visit, as someone had forgotten to turn on the portal ghost alert again. She knew was annoying, but it was there for a reason.
"Can you tell us more about what a wraith is?" Morgan asked.
"Well, They're not like regular ghosts." Danny said thinking back to book he just had read. "With wraiths they coming into being from a death like a regular ghost. But it's the type of death that make all of the difference."
"What do you mean?" Ross asked.
"While ghosts can come from bad deaths, wraiths have always come from truly awful deaths. It strange though, these wraiths are forming too fast."
"How so?" Ross asked.
"Even with all of the Eco energy in the air from our all of our connections to the Ghost Zone, but still that's nowhere near enough energy for a wraith to be solid like this." Danny explained "To become this way takes months if not years as the wraiths have to soak in energy from the surrounding area. And even in a lot of those cases a lot of wraiths don't make it to the solid form and dissipate if they don't get enough energy in time to complete the transformation."
"Yet Melinda turned into a wraith in one day." Ross noted.
"Exactly." Danny nodded.
"Is this only a meeting between ghosts or do you think that some of our team members might attend this meeting as well?" Morgan asked
"As long as they don't mind be surrounded by ghosts, I don't see why not. Just please, please be polite and don't attack any of them." Danny said staring at his dad who was looking a bit sheepish.
"Danny? Are you still down there?"
Hearing his name being called Danny slapped his forehead with his palm as he remembered what, well more like who he had forgotten.
"Coming Sam!" he called out. "Sorry, I don't have time to answer any more questions my girlfriend is here." Danny said with a silly grin.
"That fine, we can talk more tomorrow. Go ahead and greet her. It's never a good idea to keep any woman waiting." Ross said smiling back.
"Thanks." Danny said giving the agents a wave goodbye before floating quickly through the doorway.
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"Hey, you." Danny said hugging his girlfriend.
"Danny." Sam grinned turning around to kiss him. "Are you sure you should be up?"
"I'm fine." Danny sighed. "How has the town been while I was out?"
"Quiet, really quiet. Everyone's in shock, and a few ghosts have fled to the Zone!" Sam said while the lab door opened. She looked surprised when the agents came out, but the agents just smiled and waved at Danny as they headed towards the front door.
"Hey! You're not Danny!" Danny heard when they opened the door to leave.
"Tucker, come in already." Danny called out to his friend.
"Hey, Danny." Tucker called out as he edged around the agents while giving them a suspicious look. They just gave him an amused look back before closing the door behind them.
"Wow, awake for less than three hours and you've already got the FBI on your doorstep. So, what did I miss?" Tucker asked.
Danny smiled gesturing for his friends to follow him into the living room he started to fill them in on everything that happened since he woke up. Yet that was when there was another knock on the door and Jazz got up to let in their next guest.
"Oh, hey Dr. Tagger." Danny said spotting her enter the living room.
A thirty-seven year Mexican-American named Doctor Emily Tager smiled back at him. Danny liked Dr. Tagger because instead of just focusing on the latest medicine, she had done several studies on natural medicines. This was a good thing because it was from those studies that Tagger had found the best ways to treat Danny with his relatively new half ghost status.
"So Danny, that was quite the fight you were in. How are you feeling?" Tagger asked.
"Honestly. I feel fine!" Danny said as Tagger checked his temperature.
"Really? We'll just have to see about that." Tagger said as Sam and Tucker chuckled beside him.
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Driving along the road Ross thought over the information they had just learned while Morgan called ahead to the prison to let them know that they would be there soon. This case was strange and he had a feeling that it was only going to get stranger.
"Turn right here." Morgan said looking at the directions.
Turning they both stared at the glowing shield as they slowed down to a stop in front of the gate.
"Wow, they aren't playing around." Morgan muttered as they stopped in front of the gate. Showing their badges they had to wait for the guard to raise a small part of the shield so that they could drive through.
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Soon enough Ross and Morgan were sitting in a room as Vladimir Masters was brought in and handcuffed to the table. Vladimir had he lost a bunch of weight, but still carried a look of pride despite his situation.
"So what does the FBI need from me?" Vlad asked as he leaned back into his chair.
"A murderer." Morgan said placing down a picture of Melinda's corpse.
"Oh, you don't think I killed her? You do realize that I'm in jail." Vlad said mockingly.
"Yes, we know you've been in here, but tell us this gun. Did you take it from the Fentons?" Ross asked placing down a picture of the missing gun on the table.
"That's the murder weapon? Well, no wonder you came to me. Yes, I improved it, and you're saying this is the type of damage my weapon did. I'm impressed." Vlad said now smiling as he looked at the picture of Melinda.
"People are being killed." Morgan said with narrowed eyes.
"People die all the time." Vlad scoffed without looking away from the photo.
"They are also coming back as wraiths." Morgan said finally getting Vlad's attention.
"Really? What were they like?" Vlad asked leaning forward eagerly.
"Why don't you tell us what you did to improve that gun and we'll tell you about the wraith." Morgan said.
Vlad sighed looking disgruntled and actually pouted. "Fine." He said after a moment "I assume that you talked to my dear Maddie, and she told you about the stones."
Ross and Morgan gave Vlad a nod.
"When I found out about the stones, I, of course, had to know where they had come from. Searching the Ghost Zone I was in luck when I met one of the strangest ghosts, and that saying something if you know anything about the Ghost Zone." Vlad said.
"What do you mean by strange?" Ross asked.
"This ghost, he never did say where he was from, but he had been some sort scientist when he was alive and in exchange for knowledge about our world he made me many more powerful versions of the stones."
"What are the stones made of?" Ross asked.
"How should I know? I just used them. I didn't need to know how they were made. Not that he would tell me." Vlad muttered quietly.
"What happen to the gun when you were arrested?" Morgan asked.
"It was in the back of my vault so someone obviously took it." Vlad said.
"Do you have any idea who?" Ross asked.
"No, people of this town weren't happy with me, and even after everything I did for this town. There are more jobs, I lowered the tax rate, and let's not even talk about all of my donations. But no one cares, the ungrateful ingrates!" Vlad cursed.
"Was it this ghost who made the stones or someone else?" Ross asked getting Vlad back to the main topic.
"I don't know if he was the stone maker. He and I had a bit of a disagreement and he faded away. Pity really, I could have used more stones." Vlad said.
"You mean you killed him." Morgan asked.
"How can you kill something that's already dead?" Vlad asked innocently.
Both Ross and Morgan stared at Vlad with disgust.
"And as for someone else." Vlad continued "Why I had many ghosts who worked for me. At the time of my arrest, my lab was raided most horribly. Most of those ghosts were caught by young Daniel and are now back in the Ghost Zone. However, they were all so weak that all of them are most likely caught by Walker and his goons by now."
"Who is Walker?" Ross asked.
"That was one of the ghosts on the enemy list." Morgan said.
"Yes, he has gone after Danny before. Walker runs the only ghost prison in the Ghost Zone. If you want to know more about it ask Daniel. After escaping from there he is still one of Walker's most wanted felons. See even that goody, goody ghost brat can't help but break the rules. In fact, he led the largest prison breakout. Maybe he let out your killer. After all, he is a teenager and does not always think about how his actions affect others." Vlad said a bit smugly.
Leaving the prison Morgan and Ross called the rest of the team and informed them about what they just learned.
Well, that was chapter five. Now that it has been five chapters I am thinking about which genres to label this story. Please review and let me know what you think, or visit my profile page to vote instead. Otherwise please follow to know what happens next. Thank you for reading, and until next time.
~ Zeakagirl
