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The Flaw in Jazz's Plan

Danny silently slipped through the closed door, beating everyone else there. He'd gone invisible when they'd left the apartment, making it seem like he'd given them the slip. 'Three, two, one,' he counted mentally. The Ghostbusters walked into their headquarters.

"Is Danny here?" Jack asked.

"No," moaned Ray. Maddie did her best to look disappointed.

"Well, we tried. I'm sure Jazz would understand," she told her husband, gently leading him by the hand.

"But what about Danny? I thought we were gonna talk to him."

"Change of plans."

"Wait!" Danny called after them, turning some heads in his direction. He turned visible. "I'm here." Maddie was secretly beaming inside. Sure she didn't want to talk to him, but this was for Jazz's benefit. She had stashed a recording device in her belt so that she could catch anything incriminating Danny said to them as proof that he was evil. She folded her arms, allowing her finger to press the record button.

"Danny, what do you have to say for yourself?"

"Yes, Danny, why did you run off, we want you back home!" Jack cried. Danny rubbed the back of his neck.

"I was scared," he admitted.

"Scared that we wouldn't love a criminal?" Maddie prompted.

"Mom, I'm not a criminal."

"We saw at it, Phantom."

"Yes Danny, we saw you save the world," said Jack, oblivious to what the conversation was really about.

"Jack, before that," Maddie whispered.

"The time he fought off the Ghost King?"

"No, Jack, I'll take care of this, okay?"

"Phantom, you have destroyed millions of dollars worth of property, attacked the city of Amity Park, and took place in countless robberies. You have ruined the lives of families and individuals. What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Okay, maybe I did it, but it's not like I did any of it on purpose!" Danny shouted."You accepted me the other times, geez!"

"What other times?" Maddie asked, cautiously. The defendant blushed.

"I just said that out loud, didn't I?"

"Yes," Egon said. "And it makes you look very suspicious."

"Danny, what's going on?" Jack asked.

"Well, you guys might have found out a few times before, and you might have forgotten, and I may not have told you my secret after I knew you wouldn't dissect me."

Maddie had almost everything she needed. "What happened?" she asked, making a note to include Phantom's response in the tape that she would play for Jazz.

"Well . . . "