Dani, Billy and Sam got out of the cab as it stopped in town. Billy's hair had fully changed colour, his usual blue eyes flashed different colours but they became mostly orange and he was randomly going invisible and visible at times.
The three looked around and saw people running down the streets screaming and taking stuff from stores. Dani asked, "This is crazy! What's going on?"
"Apparently there's a sale" Sam said sarcastically though they had already guessed what was probably going on.
All their eyes widened as they saw more of Box Ghost's duplicates riding down the street on a police motorcycle. Sam asked to make sure she wasn't going crazy, "You just saw three ghosts on a motorcycle right?"
"Yeah" Dani and Billy answered.
"Good. Let's go" Sam said and the three headed over to the bank.
Sam was about to withdraw some cash from the ATM but it was out of service. Sam sighed and suggested, "Well maybe we can bail Danny out with a check"
Suddenly Billy felt a pair of hands snatch the game out of his arms. They all turned to see it was Skulker!
"Now tell that snivelling coward that if he wants…." Skulker began to demand as Sam stood protectively in front of Billy and Dani but he was interrupted by a crowd of screaming people running right past them.
Billy saw his opportunity and snatched the game out of Skulker's hands and ran off into the chaotic streets with Skulker chasing after him. Billy was almost hit by a couple of cars but the drivers immediately ran out of them and started running with the other screaming people. Billy turned his head to see exactly what everyone was screaming and running from, it was the stampede of ghost animals.
Billy jumped inside the car hoping to be protected by the stampede of animals and immediately ducked down just as the giant ghost elephant stomped in the roof of the car crushing it in. More animals continued to stop on top of the car, Billy screamed and moved under the dashboard but he was squashed in between the steering wheel and the seat.
As soon as the stampede had passed Skulker had walked over to the car and snatched the game right out of his hands and flew off.
"HELP ME!" Billy screamed.
"BILLY!" Dani screamed as she and Sam came running towards him. Billy shouted, "Help! Get me out of here!"
"It's alright Billy we got you" Sam said as they pulled him out.
Sam pulled out of her handbag a boomerang looking device and said, "I remember Danny's father making this back when we were kids. He made it to track down ghosts and hopefully it'll lead us to Skulker"
She told the device, "FIND SKULKER!"
She threw the boomerang and it started soaring through the air, they followed it right to a store called Sir Save-A-Lot and saw him enter the store as Sam caught back the boomerang. They both went inside the store to see many customers stealing items off the shelves.
They hid among the isles looking for any sign of Skulker and finally they found the game at a cash register. Sam gestured for Billy and Dani to stay hidden as she walked over slowly and then grabbed the game but she was stopped as Skulker turned visible grabbed her by the arm.
"Gotcha girlie. When Danny hears of your predicament he'll come" Skulker said with a grin.
"You know what he doesn't even know I'm here so this isn't going to work, your plan is ruined and I'm getting out of here" Sam said and was about to escape when Skulker gripped her more tightly and then fired a few shots of his blaster in the air. "DON'T MOVE OR I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT!"
The other customers screamed and ran, "LET'S GET OUT OF HERE! / SOMEONE CALL THE COPS!"
Skulker grinned even wider as he knew that calling the cops would get Danny's attention unaware that Billy had managed to sneak up behind him. He had concentrated very hard and suddenly electricity sprouted from his hands and shocked Skulker hard causing him to let go of Sam and the game and all three of them ran off hiding in the store.
Danny had just finished explaining everything to Tucker from when he disappeared twenty-two years ago right up from everything that's happening today, "If you let me go I can stop all this"
Tucker looked down deep in thought trying to grasp everything his friend had told him. Danny sighed "I know it sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone but it's the truth. Please Tuck you need to help me on this"
Tucker shook his head and turned Danny around to remove the handcuffs as he said, "I know I'm gonna regret this"
He finished unlocking the handcuffs and asked, "There I let you go. Now what are we gonna do?"
Danny suddenly handcuffed Tucker to the door of the car and grabbed the keys and said, "You are gonna stay here"
"Wait those are my keys!" Tucker pleaded but Danny threw them away and started running as he said, "I'm sorry but this is something I have to do"
"DANNY!" Tucker shouted.
"You'll thank me someday" Danny said as he continued but then stopped as he heard Valerie call over Tucker's radio, "Code Red! We got a hostage situation with some kind of armed metal man at Sir Save-A-Lot involving a woman and two children. It sounds like the same gunman you reported earlier"
He immediately knew who she was talking about and went back to Tucker and asked, "What's Sir Save-A-Lot?"
"It's a discount store" Tucker answered.
"Okay that's where I need to go. I'll drive" Danny said and he climbed in and closed the door gently to not hurt Tucker's handcuffed arm.
"Uh dude you have driven before right?" Tucker asked. Danny nodded and answered, "Yeah don't worry. I've done this before once"
Tucker's eyes widened and he gulped nervously as Danny turned on the sirens and started heading down the road at high speed.
Back at the store Sam ran around with the game in her hands dodging Skulker's blasts left and right as he chased after her. Billy had grabbed a rowboat and was getting trap all ready for Skulker when the time was right.
Danny continued to drive as he asked, "Where's Sir-Save-A-Lot?"
"Just as you hit Maple Street" Tucker answered.
"Where the old Townser House is" Danny said. Tucker shook his head and said, "No it's no longer there, it's now a Nasty Burger. Or at least it was I don't know what's left of it. People of this town are going loopy"
"DANI!" Sam shouted as she pushed a trolley that had the game in it to her and continued to run.
Dani grabbed the trolley and started running throughout the store pushing it while Skulker now chased after her. Billy grabbed two oxygen tanks and brought them over to his trap.
Danny suddenly looked in the rear mirror and saw a police motorcycle behind them and said, "Looks like we got company"
"Oh don't worry that's just a traffic cop. He'll back us up" Tucker said.
The motorcycle drove along-side them but Tucker's mouth dropped as he saw it wasn't a traffic cop but Box Ghost duplicates riding it. Danny and Tucker looked at each other strangely and Danny just sped up and left the motorcycle trailing behind them.
Dani stopped as she saw Skulker with the game in her hands and continued to run. Skulker began to chase after her again but suddenly nearly fell over as he almost slipped on some washing detergent. He managed to regain his balance and saw Billy sitting on a weightlifting seat that was behind the boat which had been connected to the oxygen tanks. Billy pulled the rope and the weight of the dumbbells fell on the tanks breaking the ends off them and before Skulker could do anything the boat came at him at full speed and hit him dead on.
He fell in the boat and screamed as he crashed right through the wall. The three of them then started heading for the exit but Skulker recovered quickly and shot the chains off the shelf that was holding car tyres causing them to trip over.
Danny and Tucker were getting closer and closer to the store, Danny switched off the sirens to give Skulker the element of surprise.
Skulker walked up to Sam, Dani and Billy. Sam grabbed hold of Dani and Billy protectively as Skulker sneered, "Stop your cringing woman. I could have shot you at any moment"
"Then why didn't you tin head?" Sam asked.
"You didn't roll the dice. Danny did" Skulker answered. "He should be here any moment to save the woman he loves and the only silly little family he has left"
"Okay Danny hit the brakes" Tucker said as they came up to the store but the car kept going. "HIT THE BRAKES! DANNY HIT THE BRAKES!"
"THE BRAKES AREN'T WORKING!" Danny screamed and suddenly both boys screamed, "ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
They crashed right through the windows and straight into the store shelves and finally came to a stop. The shelves tumbled over and Skulker screamed as two whole shelves of paint came crashing down right on top of him, the wet paint short circuiting his metal suit and saving Sam, Dani and Billy in the process.
Sam grabbed the game as Danny came over to them and asked, "Are you guys alright? Where's Billy?"
"We're fine and I'm right here" Billy answered as he removed the tyres off him showing Danny he was turning into a ghost.
"Oh great" Danny sighed.
TO BE CONTINUED…..