And I present to you…*drum roll please*…Chapter three! Yay! Enjoy! (BTW, when Danielle says 'mom' or 'dad' I am referring to Maddie and Jack. She has accepted them as her parents, Jazz as her sister, and Danny, no longer cousin, but brother)

Fenton Works, Amity Park, 3:41 pm-

Danielle Fenton plopped down on a chair in Jazz's room. "Jazz, what's going on? Why was Mom crying? Where's Danny?" she almost screamed out frantically. Jazz's eyes swelled with large tears.

"Danielle, there's no easy way to say this, but we think Danny's dead." Jazz said quietly, trying to force the tears not to fall. Danielle could only let a look of shock fall upon her face. Her mouth hung open I disbelief.

"B-b-but-but h-how?" Danielle managed to stutter. Tears formed in her sad icy blue eyes. Jazz took a deep breath and started to explain.

"About half a week after you left, Vlad came back. He held me, Sam, Tucker, Mom, and Dad hostage while he was out getting some fresh air, by what Sam and Tucker told me. When Danny got back Vlad threatened Danny that if he didn't surrender to him he would make him watch as he killed us all and then he would take him. Danny surrendered then Vlad tried to kill him at a town meeting , where he became mayor, and ruler. Danny faked his death, and then in an attempt to try and fight him off and defeat him, Vlad flew off with Danny. We haven't heard from or seen him in the past two weeks." Jazz finished, the tears finally falling. Danielle couldn't help but feel as if it was partially her fault.

"If only I hadn't gone on my stupid trip…" Danielle started to say as the tears cascaded down her soft cheeks. Jazz stopped her in mid-sentence and put her hands on Danielle's shoulders. Jazz's purple eyes met Danielle's icy blue ones. Jazz couldn't help but shed another few tears at the exact resemblance. Danny's eyes…Jazz thought. She snapped back to reality.

"Danielle, this isn't your fault. It's none of our faults. It's Vlad's fault. He's the cause of this." Jazz assured her. Danielle was about to answer when Sam came panting in, Tucker a short distance behind her, also panting heavily.

"Jazz! Jazz! Hey Danielle. Jazz! Danny's alive! I saw him! And I have proof!" Sam exclaimed, slapping the picture down on Jazz's desk. Jazz sharply turned to the photo, astonishment on her face.

"Vlad? Vlad has him? Where? How did you get the picture without getting noticed or caught?" Jazz exclaimed as she picked up the photo. Danny was in really bad shape. Tucker explained what Sam had told him.

"So how are we going to save him?" Danielle inquired, changing into her ghostly alter-ego, Danielle Phantom. Everybody turned to her, not knowing what to say. They were all still in shock, while Danielle took to this new information easily. She hadn't been here for the long two weeks, so knowing Danny was OK, she started thinking right away.

"I think we need to plan a stake out for the same time tomorrow." Tucker piped up, startling everybody. They all nodded and started planning.

Vlad's Mansion, Amity Park, 7:11 pm-

Danny sat in a dark corner of his cell, concentrating hard on the picture he held in his hands. He stared into each of their eyes. Not Tucker. He had aqua eyes, not purple. Not Danielle, she was off on a trip and she had icy blue, and in this situation, would have neon green. Not Valerie, her eyes were of emerald green. Not Dad, his eyes were too dark. Not Jazz, she also had blue eyes. And not Mom, hers were purple, but not the right shade. He looked over the picture again. That left just…

"Sam!" he yelled in shock. His voice echoed around the small room. He just stared at the Sam in the photo. He was concentrating so hard that he didn't even expect the hand that snatched the picture out of his. Danny looked up in fear.

"What about Sam?" Vlad asked as he looked at the picture. "And where, might I ask, did you get this?" Danny gulped. He knew that Vlad was going to confiscate it. It was all he had left of them.. The only thing that kept him sane.

"I already had it." Danny said truthfully. "And I had a dream of Sam." Danny lied this time. Vlad raised an eyebrow and studied Danny carefully.

"You don't look as if you just woke up. Care to tell me the truth?" Vlad persisted. Small beads of sweat formed on Danny's forehead. He bit his lip as he kept his gaze away from Vlad's, concentrating on the picture. Vlad noticed how Danny's gaze didn't leave the picture. An evil smile crept along his face as an idea danced through his head.

"I…uh…"Danny said, trying to come up with an excuse.

"If you don't tell me the truth I can guarantee you won't ever see this again." Vlad teased as he waved the photo in Danny's face. Danny attempted to grab it but Vlad snatched it away. He held an ecto-beam near the photo. "Now then. Care to share?" Danny couldn't lose the photo. That was the only think keeping him sane. That and the fresh air. As Vlad moved his ecto filled hand closer to the photo Danny confessed as the pressure buried him.

"All right! All right! I saw somebody in the bushes earlier!" Danny nearly yelled. As soon as he said it he was filled with guilt and regret. Vlad's smile widened.

"Excellent. Thank you, Daniel. Tomorrow we shall find out who was spying on us. Then they shall perish. And it will be. All. Your. Fault." Vlad sneered. AS he walked away he let go of the photo. It floated down as it burst into pink flames. Danny just stood there, a pained look on his face.

Cracked.

There. Long chapter. Ish. Longish. I have less time on the computer due to a busy life so I have been writing them down first *gasps at self* *I never do that!*, then typing them when I get the chance. So updates might take a little longer than usual. But don't worry. I won't forget about my loyal fans! Please review!