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Chapter XVII: Hope

Timmy

"I don't know what you're talking about your eminence," I told Borelli as I hid behind my blanket, "I did the work," I pleaded with him as tore the blanket from me with a force I didn't know he had.

"You dare to deceive me, a prince of the church, by using this translation of the Bible," he screamed holding up the English bible I was using. "You know that the translations distort the original text and the only way to understand the word of God is to read the Latin," he snapped as I went to open my mouth but decided against it. "For your penance, I want you to say 50 Ave Marias," he said as I nodded.

"May I speak your eminence?" I asked meekly cowering in fear of his wrath as he eventually nodded. "I never learned Latin, they don't teach it in school," I explained as he looked shocked. "It's true and I wanted to please you so…," I went on as he stopped me.

"You still shouldn't have lied but I will commute your penance to 15 Ave Marias since you did come clean," he said coldly, "but before we begin your theology we will work on teaching you Latin both Classical and Ecclesiastical," he said as he looked at me once last time and walked out of the room.

"Thank goodness," I sighed in relief plopping on the bed looking at the ceiling but something was still bothering me. I could see in my head a vision of Blade, he seemed like he was being held against his will in some kind of jail.

"Timmy if you can hear me please help us!" he cried out I shuddered hoping it is only a bad dream.

Jorgen von Strangle

"Let me out of here!" I shouted as I fought break free of my prison but even my mighty muscles were no match against it. "When I get out of here I will twist you into a pretzel," I roared as that ghost who captured me appeared. "YOU!" I shouted as he turned and laughed.

"Enjoying your stay Jorgen," he sneered walking up to me, "Don't worry I'm taking good care of you toy," he said as I growled at him. "Don't waste your strength an ectoplasmically charged butterfly surrounds the room," he said coldly.

"Where are you going?" I asked noticing him walking away as he laughs at me. "ANSWER ME YOU PIECE OF ROTTEN ECTOPLASM!" I demand as he ignores me and disappears. "DAN!" I scream out one last time trying to break free.

Jack

"Well what do you think Maddie?" I ask my wife happily showing her my new invention, "I call the Fenton Music Muter, it uses sound waves to freeze ghosts solid," I explained as she looked at me. She didn't seem convinced so I decided to show her. "Say this bolt is a ghost," I said picking up a fair sized bolt from the table and threw it up in the air. "All I do is pull the trigger….," I said firing the device and being pushed back by the shockwave.

Maddie rushed to my said and opened her mouth but no sound came out, "Come again sweetie?" I asked as she rolled her eyes and took out a tablet from her pocket and writes down the phrase, 'Jack are you okay?' "Of course of I'm fine Maddie, never better," I told her smiling as Jazz, Valerie, Tucker, Danni, and Sam came rushing in. "Where is the fire everyone?" I asked as Maddie grabbed my ear and dragged me to the Specter Speeder. "We're going to hunt ghosts?" I asked as Maddie nodded before writing something and handing to me. "Danny is in danger let's go," I said as got in the driver's seat, buckled up, and took off to save my son.

I could see Maddie asked something to Sam but still couldn't hear. Before I could ask Maddie entered something into console and the speeder followed suit. Hang on Danny, we're coming.

Anti-Cosmo

"Blade?" Poof asked confused trying to make sense of all this. I must admit that it baffled me as well, Taroku is hardly a prime target for Dan Phantom and his cohorts with his Don Juan like attitude and snideness- All qualities I detest. "Why would they take him it doesn't make sense," the boy said as I nodded in affirmation.

I pondered this turn of events in my mind, what is so special about Taroku? He's ignorant when it comes to fairies and ghosts although I have heard said that he seems to have a psychic link to Timothy but what would good do him unless…"of course," I said smiling realizing the genius of the ghost's plan. "He's bait," I explained to Poof as he tried to figure it out. I sometimes forget that he is Cosmo's child. "Taroku has a link with Timothy, the ghosts ar…," I began until I felt a sharp pain insincere me.

"You're hiding something Anti-Cosmo," Poof said seeing my pain, "something happened to mom and dad and I want to know what," he asked as I took a breath to regain composure and began to tell him about Dan kidnapping Cosmo and Wanda. I could see the rage in the eyes and the impetuousness. "We have to go save them," he said getting out his wand but stopped before he could leave.

"Poof, my boy this not the time for rash action," I warned knowing that this ghost is powerful and if we go in unarmed would share Cosmo and Wanda's fate. "We are dealing with a ghost and we need an expert on…," I explained as an idea popped in my mind. "Your godchild Danielle is part ghost right?" I asked smiling as Poof narrowed his eyes defensively.

"NO! I won't let you use her in some scheme. You don't know the garbage she's been through and now she is finally loved and I won't let you ruin that," he said as I rolled my eyes, "how do you know that anyway Jorgen keeps information like that under lock and key?" he asked as I explained that I have peeked at her file. "You're lucky Jorgen doesn't catch you doing that," he warned as I sighed remembering what he said the fairy in question said when the Anti-Fairies originally escaped- 'so many anti-bones; so little time.'

"Don't remind me," I shuddered clearing my head, "we don't have choice Danielle is our only chance of defeated the ghosts," I told him as he looked towards the steps. "I have a feeling that the ghost is Dan Phantom as well," I informed knowing he was conflicted about taking Danielle away from her quest.

"Very well, I'll get her," he said as he poofed down to get her as I stayed behind to guard the upstairs.

Head Observant

"Have you had any luck?" I asked my brother as he tried to blast the doors of our temple so we could escape. We had to escape to stop Dan Phantom before he could go through his plan. "Maybe if we all combine our power we can…," I continued until he stopped me.

"No, the chains are mixture of magic and ectoplasm, there is no way to break them," he said as I said and silently complained about Clockwork letting the monster live. "Maybe the secret exit is still availble," I said as I teleported down to the bottom of the temple and into a hidden chamber.

Eons ago when this temple was built, the war against Pariah Dark was starting to brew. The ghostly architects built into it a hidden exit known only by them and us. If Dark would ever attack the temple we could easily escape and now it was our only hope.

I floated over to the door and took out from my cloak a large silver key. "I hope this works," I said as I went to place in the lock but a bolt of energy sent my flaying across the room until I hit the wall.
What the...," I looked up and saw a duplicate of Phantom in front me.

"Clockwork was right about one thing- you Observants are so predictable," the specter laughed as I glared at him. "Do you think I forgot about this place?" he asked as I got up but he placed a force field around me. "You fools are staying put," he said as the duplicate became invisible leaving me alone.

Wanda

"So what's the plan Fenton?" Blade asked Danny as he looked around the cell. I could tell that the gears in his head were in motion. He walked around every inch of the cell looking for a weakness before he turned to me and Cosmo.

"You two are 'magicians' maybe you can use your magic to escape," he said as I shook my head and explained to him (the best I could without revealing our secret to Blade) how butterfly nets block our magic. "Darn!" he hissed going back to looking while Blade smiled. "Have you thought of something? He asked him hopefully.

"Yeah, maybe we can tunnel out of here," he said looking at the floor, "then once we're out you can use your magic to get us back to where we need to go," he said as I smiled that was a brilliant plan. Cosmo already got out a spoon and started digging but that would take too long.

"I have a way to speed it up," Clockwork said taking Danny's hand, "everyone grab hold of Danny, I'm going to phase us out," he said as everyone did as told and the ghost flew through the floor with us in tow hopefully to freedom.