A/N: So . . . Sam, Danny, and Tucker went back to their own world/dimension thingy on Sam's insistence. That, and Danny didn't want the ghosts to take over Amity.

BlueMouse: (still sitting there cluelessly)

Kara: Um . . . Chibi? Should we take the earmuffs and blindfold off of BlueMouse?

Chibi: Huh? Oh, I forgot about her . . . nah, I'd rather leave her like that for now. I get enough headaches without her making more with her insane hyperness.

Kara: (sweatdrop) O-Okay then . . .

Chibi: So . . . the usual disclaimer, blahblahblah . . . don't sue . . . blah blah blah . . .

Chapter 4: Meeting Tucker Foley

Tucker Foley, age 16, was dumfounded. There was a girl . . . in the castle . . . and there were . . . ropes? . . . The pieces were now starting to fall into place. "Oh . . ." he said, a look of understanding coming over his face. "So . . ."

"Criminals have finally used the castle's abandonment and the fear that people get from the haunting that we provide to their advantage to try and commit their dirty deeds here? Yeah pretty much . . ." Danny said crossing his arms and glaring at the ground.

"So . . . she . . ." Tucker asked, gesturing towards the girl.

"Is one of the victims? Yeah . . . although I don't understand how they caught her, she packs a mean punch." Danny said, rubbing his stomach, and Tucker flinched realizing that she had probably punched Danny there.

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Sam was angry that they could just talk about her like she wasn't even there. She loudly cleared her throat. "They snuck up on me and knocked me out with something that I breathed in that they had on a nasty rag." she said angrily and crossed her arms, huffing.

Danny looked over at her and then looked back at the new guy. "I guess that explains it then . . ."

Sam growled, rubbing her raw wrists. It seems that she was still being talked about like she wasn't even there. It pissed her off. "So can I go home now or what?" she asked angrily.

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Danny looked at Tucker who shook his head. Danny looked over at Sam and shook his head as well. "I wouldn't suggest it. For all you know, there might be more rapists out there just looking for a defenceless girl to jump on." "N-not that you're at all defenceless!" he added quickly, noting the glare that Sam gave him.

Tucker finally came in out of the rain and closed the doors. "So . . . since she's staying here for the night . . ."



Danny's face suddenly changed to one of instant realization. "Oh yeah! Intros. Tucker this is Sam. Sam this is Tucker. He's the genius that wired the mansion." he said, introducing the two.

Tucker nodded. "That's me. Tucker Foley. Also known as T.F. for Too Fine." he said sitting down next to Danny and wiggling his eyebrows at the girl.

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Sam let out a very fake laugh. "Oh ha ha. How many times have you been slapped for that?" she asked, glaring at Tucker.

Danny snickered and Tucker looked taken aback before pulling out a PDA and playing with it. "Um . . . exactly 27 times. And punched once by the girl's boyfriend."

Sam stared at him. This dork keeps TRACK?!

Danny seemed to be thinking the same thing . . . except without the dork part. "Dude! You keep TRACK?!" he said, his snickering vanishing as he looked at the PDA.

Tucker nodded. "So I had nothing else to do. Sue me." he said with a shrug.

All of a sudden, Sam felt insanely tired. She guessed that being put into a drugged sleep, tied up, struggling from ropes, getting insanely scared, and dropped on the floor, had completely drained her. She tried not to look tired as she sent a bored glance at the two boys. "Not that this isn't INSANELY INTERESTING," she said sarcastically, "but I would like to get some sleep. Nearly getting raped takes a lot out of you." she said, trying to make a joke out of what could have happened to her.

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Tucker and Danny looked up at Sam, then looked at each other and shrugged. "Um . . . okay." Danny said as he stood up and walked over to Sam to help her up. To his surprise, she accepted his help.

"So where am I supposed to sleep anyways?" she asked.

Danny looked at Tucker who shrugged. "Uh . . . I guess you can use one of the many bedrooms that this castle has . . . we'll just make the bed before anyone comes up here so that it still looks abandoned." Danny answered.

Sam nodded. "That works." she said and then just stood there.

Danny stood there as well, and so did Tucker, neither of them quite sure how to treat a guest.

"Well?! Aren't you going to show me where the bedrooms are?!" Sam asked, her hands going to her hips.

Danny nodded. "Oh! Ehehe . . . right . . ." he said, the nervous habit of rubbing the back of his head coming back.



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Tucker sighed. Danny was hopeless. He stood up and picked up his bags. "Hey Danny, I'm gonna put these in our room. You think Sam would like to see it?" he asked and smiled a bit, seeing his friends face light up.

"Yeah! Sure!" he said excitedly and then turned to Sam. "So would you?"

Sam shrugged. "Got nothing better to do . . ."

Danny's smile broadened. "Come on then!" he said grabbing her hand.

Tucker noticed a light blush on Sam's face before she was pulled off down the many hallways towards their room and shook his head with a smile. Damn . . . Danny's certainly got a way with girls . . . he thought to himself before realizing that he was stuck with all of the bags. "HEY YOU SLACKER!! AT LEAST HELP ME CARRY SOME OF THIS!!"

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Neither Sam nor Danny heard Tucker's cry. Danny was too excited, and Sam was too embarrassed by him holding her hand to notice. Danny suddenly stopped in front of a blank wall, nearly making Sam crash into him. Danny looked around for a candlestick holder and found it. He pulled on it, and it went down causing Sam to give an audible gasp as Danny smirked. "Cool right?" he asked as the wall suddenly went in and to the right, opening up to a hidden room which was furnished with two beds, a small bookcase, two dressers, and other various items.

Danny watched with pride as Sam cautiously stepped inside. "Holy . . ." she muttered, and noticed a passageway leading off somewhere. "Are there secret areas like this all through the castle?!" she asked incredulously, poking her head out to look at Danny.

Danny nodded and as if on cue, Tucker appeared from another passageway on the opposite wall. "Damn, Danny, why do you have to leave me with all the work?!" he whined.

Danny chuckled nervously. "Sorry bro . . ." he said as he took a few bags from Tucker and set it on his bed. Tucker put the bags on the floor and then flopped on his own bed.

"Man . . . I'm beat . . ."

Danny nodded and then looked at Sam. "And these passageways are a bit echoey so if you ever get lost or something, just start knocking on the walls and one of us will find you." Danny said, pointing to him and Tucker.

Tucker nodded as if to agree with what Danny said.

"Well . . . one of us or Phantom." Danny added, quickly remembering what happened to him at sunrise.

Sam looked confused. "Who's Phantom?"



"You'll meet him in the morning. He's the one who will escort you home." Danny said quickly before Tucker could say anything. "So . . . let's find you a bedroom." he said and ushered Sam away before Tucker could open his loud mouth to say something.

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Sam allowed herself to be ushered away, but gave Danny a skeptical look. He was hiding something and she knew it . . . however, she was so tired that she let it go. She barely heard what Danny said as he opened the first door in a long hallway. All she saw was what was behind that door which was a bed. And, luckily, the colors were also to her preference. There was a dark green curtain hanging across the window, midnight purple drapes around the four-poster bed, and the carpet, ceiling, and walls were dark blue. She felt right at home and immediately went and flopped into the bed, kicking off her shoes before climbing under the blankets and falling asleep.

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Danny blinked, pleased, yet surprised, that he had found a room to her liking so fast. He shrugged, closed the door, and headed back to his and Tucker's room, where a curious techno-geek waited for him.

"Dude, didn't you tell her?" the previously mentioned techno-geek asked as Danny moved the bags off his bed and flopped down on it.

"Why? I barely know her and I just met her today. There's no way she would have believed me!" Danny said, turning on his side to look at Tucker.

"Well . . . supposing she finds out. She is going to be pissed at you for not telling. I have an excuse, it's not my secret to tell, so I'm not gonna be the one she fries when she does find out." Tucker said sitting up in his bed and crossing his arms.

Danny sighed and sat up as well. "Tuck, she won't find out. For one thing, I'm too careful. For another . . ." here he sighed, "we're probably never going to see her again. Think about it. I don't go out unless absolutely necessary. You have a job, but it's in a little shop that barely get's noticed. I don't think either of us will run into her again and Sam will move on with her life . . . and we'll move on with ours. End of discussion." Danny said as he once again laid down, but this time his back was facing Tucker.

"But-" Tucker began but was cut off by Danny.

"I said the discussion was over Tuck, meaning I don't want to talk about this anymore . . ." he said without turning over.

Tucker sighed. "Fine. But you are really missing something here Danny . . ." he mumbled as he too, laid down under the covers and fell asleep.