Danny sighed as he sat on his new bed. It wasn't exactly new, but it was new to him. The policewoman was really generous. He had expected her to ask all sorts of questions about himself when he had gotten in her car with her, but she had only asked him his first name, and for that, he was grateful. Her name was Lisa, and she had a daughter named Brook, but she was still at school. She also told him that he was in a city called Clarksdale in Arkansas
He stood up and decided to unpack his backpack. As he walked towards it, a beeping sounded from inside it. It was the Fenton Fones, which were most likely at th bottom of the bag due to their size. He dug to the bottom of the bag, cramming his hands into wherever they could fit in order to get there, until he felt one of the little speakers he was looking for. He pulled it out and squeezed it between two fingers, turning it on, before hastily stuffing it into his ear. "Hello?"
"Danny!" The voice on the other end shouted.
"Tucker!" It had only been a two days, but Danny was already glad to hear his friend's voice.
"Hey man, we have a problem." Tucker wanted to talk, but he needed to tell Danny about Sam before anything. "Sam went after you."
"What?! Why?"
"I don't know dude, but she emailed me and told me. I don't know which way she went either."
Danny groaned. Why hadn't he foreseen this? "Well, do you know if she took her Fenton Fones?"
"I don't know, but if she did, don't you think she would have called by now?" as if on cue the Fenton Fones started beeping again. He took it out of his ear and pressed the 'add person' button on the side.
"Hello?" Danny and Tucker said at the same time.
Sure enough the voice they heard on the other end was Sam's. "Uuuhhh, who is this?"
"Danny and I are both here." Tucker responded.
Danny was about to ask where Sam was, but he was cut off by the sound of footsteps running up the stairs down the hall. "I've got to go guys, I'll call you later, okay?
As soon as he pushed the small device, which was still in his ear, to turn it off, a girl about his age peeked into his room.
"Are you Danny?" She asked.
"Uh, yeah hi." He was nervous for some reason, but she didn't appear to notice, because she kept talking.
"I'm Brook, nice to meet you. I just got home from school, so I'm gunna do my homework now, and get it over with. If you need me, I'll be in that room down the hall." She turned around and walked into her room.
Danny was surprised by how fast she was able to introduce herself without seeming like she didn't want to talk to him at all.
He would have to learn how to do that. In the meantime, he would have to find the Specter Speeder before any one else did. He had payed attention when he was driving back with the policewoman, so he knew where to go on the ground, but he didn't know how to get there by air. He grabbed the keys and left the room.
He took a deep breath as he walked in the cool air. Winter was by far his favorite season, even though there was school, because after his accident, his body core temperature dropped a couple degrees, which dropped his temperature preference a couple degrees too.
As he made the first turn towards the park, he shivered and got the feeling someone was following him. He stopped and looked around behind him. This was a city, so there were some people busily walking down the street, and there was one couple bundled up in heavy clothes on a nice promenade, but no one seemed to be looking at him.
He kept walking, all the while becoming more and more aware of the feeling.
'maybe I can turn around fast and catch them by surprise' he thought. He whipped around with out stopping, and found that the element of surprise had worked. He found himself looking at a stunned Brook with a hood over her head, trying not to let Danny see her face if he looked back.
"Brook? Are you following me?" he asked, then realized what a stupid question that was. Of course she was following him.
"Umm...no?" Unfortunately for her, it came out as more of a question then an answer.
Danny, obviously, didn't buy it. "Why were you following me?"
Brook didn't even object because she knew she was caught. "I just wanted to know where you were going. I didn't want to do my homework."
Danny sighed. He was never going to get the Specter Speeder with Brook there. She would think he was some sort of alien freak. 'How can I get rid of her?'
Brook interrupted Danny's planning. "So where are you going?"
Danny thought fast. "I was just exploring. If I going to be living here, I want to know where everything is, you know?"
"I'll give you a tour if you want. I've lived here all my life, so I know where everything is."
Danny really needed to get the Speeder before anyone found it, but he also needed to know his way around town, so he excepted her offer.
Sam had a bad feeling about this town. She had been walking here for a while, but she hadn't seen a single person or sign of civilization at all. There was a slight breeze; it wasn't cold, but it sent shivers up her spine. The cliché tumbleweed rolled across the street in front of her.
Suddenly, a noise broke through the silence of the town, hard to hear at first, but eventually it got louder. The moaning sounded like it was coming from everywhere, and surrounding the black haired girl in the street.
A feeling of dread washed over her, and she began to run. Just then, as suddenly as it had started, the moaning sound stopped, and was replaced by the silence again. Sam waited for an more noise, and wasn't disappointed, when a voice boomed out over the town. "Who goes there?"
Sam knew she had to answer, in order to show whoever it was that she wasn't afraid, so she shouted confidently, "Sam Manson."
"Where did you come from?" The voice sounded like it was coming from all around her still, so she couldn't locate where it was coming from.
Sam didn't want the voice to know everything about her unless she knew about it, so she ignored the question and asked loudly "Who are you?" She was beginning to get intimidated by talking to nothing.
The voice somehow heard everything she said, and answered, "Who I am is none of your concern. Where did you come from?"
"Where I came from is none of your concern." Sam retorted.
"You are quite brave for a lonely traveler. You must be on a quest. What do you seek?"
Sam didn't see any harm in telling this strange voice that she was looking for Danny, as long as she didn't mention his name. Danny had a lot of enemies after all.
"I'm looking for my friend." She said. "I don't now where he is though."
There was a pause before the voice declared "I admire that you are willing to go to such lengths to find your friend. May I help you?"
Sam was taken aback by the sudden offer of help by a potential enemy, but decided to take it up on it's offer. "What did you have in mind?"
"I can send a guardian with you. I have trained him myself, and he can help you if you are in trouble. As long as you don't mind that he is a ghost."
"I don't mind at all. Where is he?"
"He's right next to you."
Sam looked to her left and right then turned around, only to find she couldn't see anything.
The voice spoke again, this time it sounded amused. "Look down."
Sam obeyed and saw that right next to her right foot, there was a glowing mouse looking up at her. She got a puzzled expression on her face, but didn't dare to question the mysterious voice. Besides, the mouse was cute, and she would probably enjoy the company.
"Just out of curiosity, why are you helping me?"
"You, Sam Manson, are the only one so far, brave enough to stay and speak to me. I haven't seen anybody in this town for quite a while. I scared everyone away when I came here, but I wouldn't harm them. not all ghosts are evil you know."
"I know she replied. Thank you for all your help." With that, she scooped up her new mouse friend and walked out of town.
Maddie sighed yet again as she shifted positions on the couch for the umpteenth time that hour. She hadn't slept well the night before, but she didn't feel any tiredness at all, only concern for her son.
Jack entered the room and sat beside her. For once he wasn't working on anything that had to do with ghosts. He opened his mouth to say something, but at that very moment the wall in front of them crumbled to the ground, causing them to jump to their feet.
laying in the pile of ruins that used to be the wall, was a ghost with a skull mask on, and an ax in each hand. He quickly got up and flew out, battling with a ghost that looked a bit more evil than the ax ghost.
"GHOST!" Jack yelled, pulling a ghost weapon out of nowhere.
Maddie briefly wondered how Jack could store a weapon that big on hid person, but quickly grabbed a weapon from the coffee table.
"Come on Jack, lets get out there and blow up some ghost!" Maddie said, not forgetting about Danny, but knowing the importance of this situation.
As they walked over the wall rubble, they gasped. Outside, there were wars all over. The Guys in White hovered over the streets in a rocket jet, waiting for orders from their HQ, the Red huntress, blasting away at all the ghosts in sight, flew by and out of sight. There were ghosts everywhere you looked battling it out, causing the town to fall to ruins.
Maddie noticed Jack run by in the distance, shooting at a ghost, but missing by a mile each time.
'How did he get over there so fast? I didn't even notice him leave.'
Maddie joined in on the fight, blasting ghosts this way and that. Eventually, she ended up next to Jack, who had actually hit a ghost or two. They were quickly surrounded by a circle of really evil looking ghosts. They were closing in, and there was no escape. Suddenly, Maddie was hit from behind, causing her to lose consciousness. Jack caught Maddie before she hit the ground, but was hit before he could put her down gently. Jack had joined Maddie in the world of black, and they both fell to the ground.
56565656565656565656565656565656565656565656565656565
That was a really long chapter for me. It was a little better than the last chapter, but I really need to start putting some more action into this story. Anyways! I don't have school Wednesday so I'll try and update then, but no guarantees. Thank you Hordak's Pupil, DPcrazy, Luiz4200, Thunderstorm101, New Ghost Girl, and TexasDreamer01 for sticking with me even after the last chapter (I'm not proud of that chapter) hands out invisible 'I'm awesome' pins now everyone has one? You're allowed to wear it for the rest of your life if you want to...
SC56