Wow people, there are a lot of you reading this… I think I should keep writing or I'll have a riot on my hands. So, here's chapter 6.

Disclaimer: You know the drill

Time passed and soon Maddie and Jack got just as antsy as Danny.

"What is going on?" questioned Maddie to the world, "Why hasn't the lift been fixed and why hasn't ski patrol come along underneath us and told us something? And to top it all off, there's no cell service, right Danny?"

"Yep, "confirmed Danny as he glanced at his cell for the hundredth time, "We are officially stuck."

"Do you think we could drop?" asked Jack.

All three of them leaned forward on the bar and looked down….way down. They were conveniently positioned over a large mountain dip-valley thing that seemed to be mocking them.

"I'd say that's a definite no," said Danny slightly depressed as he leaned back. "This is not good" he thought. It had been nearly an hour since they got stuck. He had given up looking for… whoever. He honestly had no clue who was going to show up, it could be Plasmius, but he had so many henchmen that it was near impossible to predict what to expect. One thing Danny knew for sure was that this was oneof Vlad's schemes, it was just too convenient that Plasmius just so happened to be at the same ski resort the same day he gets stuck on a ski lift. The problem was that Danny didn't know what Vlad planned to do, so he kept hold of his Mom, because it was bound to have something to do with her.

"Darn it, Vlad! Why do you and for that matter, the universe, like to mess with me" thought Danny as he gave his board a kick with his free foot.

Seeing this Maddie squeezed Danny's left hand to comfort him. He hadn't let go of her's since the lift had first stopped, she still didn't know why exactly, she knew he was afraid of something, but Maddie didn't say anything. Danny hadn't given her so much as a hug in the longest time, she liked holding his hand.

She smiled fondly at their hands and said, "its okay, Danny. I'm sure we won't be here much longer."

Thirty minutes later, the sun started to set causing the pleasant temperature of the sunny winter day to steadily decease and on top of it all, Jack was starting to lose it.

"I'm Starving and Freezing… I…I've got to get off this thing," Jack shouted through shattering teeth as he gripped the safety bar and gave it a good shake, which caused the lift to rock a little.

"Jack, calm down," said Maddie comforting. "Here, eat this," She said as she produced a cookie from nowhere. Jack grabbed it a gobbled it down like a crazed animal.

"Here, Danny," said Maddie as she dangled another cookie it front of him. Danny reached up with his right hand and slowly took it.

"Do you have one?" he asked as he gave the cookie a good look over, out of habit, to make sure it was edible, not that he really cared, he was starving.

"No, I only had two," said Maddie holding two fingers in the air, both Jack and Danny stopped.

"What!… I'm sorry Mads, you should have told me." Jack said guiltily looking down at his skis.

"It's ok Jack, I offered it to you, and besides we have to keep you sane," she said touching his large shoulder fondly.

"Then here you take this one," said Danny as he pushed his uneaten cookie toward Maddie.

"Oh, no, no, no, you need to keep your strength up, dear"

"WHAT!" shouted Danny whipping his head around and nearly dropping his cookie in the process.

Maddie gawked at Danny and Jack leaned forward to look at him.

"You ok, son?"questioned Jack seriously.

"Ah, yeah… It's just…Mom…and I thought… oh never mind."

"Now, don't do that Danny, something I said freaked you out and I want to know what and why," demanded Maddie.

"Uh… why?" asked Danny weakly.

"Why? Because we don't talk anymore Danny and you're so secretive, so spill. What did I say?"

"Uh, umm," stuttered Danny looking for the escape that home usually provided, but of course there wasn't any. Then it hit him there was no escape. There was no way to avoid it any longer. He'd been ignoring the inevitable. Truth was that deep down he knew that he was the only way that they were going to get off this gosh-forsaken lift. He'd have to tell them …before the two of them froze to death.

"Uhhh… I can't believe this is happening," said Danny rubbing his trembles while still holding the cookie. Maddie and Jack stole a glance at each other.

"Ok here we go," said Danny squeezing his mom's hand while staring at the cookie that he now held in his lap, "Mom, you said that I need to keep my strength up."

"Yeah," Maddie said slowly.

"Will I thought you were talking about my uh… secret," whispered Danny with his eyes closed tightly bracing himself for the question he knew would come.

"What secret?" asked Maddie.

"Does it have to do with ghosts?" added Jack.

"Actually yeah, Dad it does," said Danny as he reopened his eyes and glared at the cookie hatefully.

"This is all your fault… will yours and Plasmius's," he thought.