Danny soared above Amity Park. It felt so natural. So calming. Seeing Sam and Tucker had really knocked him. He was glad to see them and proud to see them doing their best to help the kids around them but he was also upset to see them. It hurt to see his best friend and sort of ex-girlfriend. He missed their friendship so much being dead but it was something he couldn't change. His friends weren't scared of much. Ghosts, monsters, madmen… they were fine. They didn't need to face their fears, so they'd never see him. But he was also worried about them. It was a natural instinct for him, created from protecting them from dangerous ghosts during ghost attacks for two years of near-constant danger. So to see them chasing after Pitch Black, a being of pure fear and malice intent on getting to him… it concerned him. They weren't equipped to fight the boogieman, after all it was doubtful that they'd see the guy.
Danny took a deep breath and flew higher still. He stopped and looked down. Hoping that distancing himself from his friends and taking a moment to collect his thoughts away from the disorientating fear all around him would help. However he didn't expect to see what he saw. The lit up houses weren't random after all. They created a pattern. One that pointed right at Casper High. Danny growled angrily under his breath. Pitch was toying with him. It was a trap, for him and he knew it was. But he was going to walk into it. He had no choice. It was either follow along or let Pitch continue terrorising children.
Jamie and the guardians watched Danny disappear from sight into the dark night. They jumped in fright when the front door to the house swung open.
"Thank you for your time," the boy thanked the man graciously. The man nodded.
"I only hope that we helped you. Please stop the monster that did this to my little boy," the man requested.
"Don't worry sir, we're on the job," the girl assured him and the couple stepped onto the sidewalk. They sighed loudly as soon as the front door shut.
"So that was a dead end," the girl grumbled, unaware of Jamie and the guardians listening. The boy nodded.
"This ghost is good. It gets in, scares kids and gets out without being seen," the boy agreed.
"I wish we'd brought Fenton phones with us. At least then we could have contacted Dani," the girl muttered.
"Yeah, she really needs to get a cell. That used to work with Danny," the boy commented. The girl scoffed.
"No it didn't. He never answered. Plus Dani is so like him, she'd probably lose it or get it broken in a matter of days," the girl retorted with a sad smile.
"We could really use Danny right now. He really had a knack for tracking ghosts," the boy remarked.
"Yeah, he did Tuck. But so do we. And we need to find this ghost before it scares more kids. I mean it may be Hallowe'en but this scaring everyone… it's going a little too far," the girl decided.
"Alright Sam. So what do you think we should do now?" the boy, Tuck asked.
Jamie gasped. The guardians glanced at him with slight confusion and concern.
"What is it Jamie?" Jack whispered, despite knowing that the people on the sidewalk wouldn't see or hear him.
"That's Tucker Foley and Sam Manson. They used to be Danny's best friends. They also helped him and were with him from the start of his ghost fighting career," Jamie explained, looking a little star-struck.
"No wonder Danny was acting off. Seeing them must have struck a nerve," Bunny commented.
"Maybe they can help us," Jamie suggested.
"How? They won't believe in any of us Jamie. You'll sound delusional," Jack reminded him. Jamie shook his head.
"I don't need to explain about you guys, only Pitch. Trust me, these guys have seen weird stuff," Jamie replied and stepped out of the shadows towards the twenty year olds.
Jamie nervously cleared his throat.
"Excuse me, are you Tucker Foley and Sam Manson?" Jamie called hesitantly. Sam and Tucker turned to him. Sam frowned suspiciously.
"Who wants to know?" she demanded.
"I'm Jamie, Jamie Bennett and I know what's causing all this," Jamie answered quickly. Tucker blinked in surprise and placed a hand on Sam's shoulder before she could intimidate the younger boy further.
"What do you know?" he asked. Jamie smiled cautiously.
"Pitch Black is causing all this. He can only be seen by people who are afraid of him. He's also called the boogieman. And he can use shadows to travel and he can create nightmares and stuff," Jamie explained. Tucker and Sam glanced at each other.
"Well it would explain how he's so fast. Travelling through shadows. And if he can only be seen by certain people, it would explain how no one's seen anything," Tucker commented. Sam nodded slowly.
"So, any idea where he'll be?" Sam inquired. Jamie shook his head.
"We've-er… I've been trying to catch up to him too. Maybe if we can figure out where he's been, we can figure out where he'll go," Jamie replied. Tucker nodded.
"It's better than running around in circles all night," Tucker commented and pulled out his high-tech phone and began tapping on it. Sam studied Jamie.
"Jamie, do your parents know you're out here?" she asked. Jamie blinked in surprise. He bit his lip, uncertain how to answer.
"I'll take that as a no. Leave this to us Jamie, go home. Ghost hunting is dangerous," Sam suggested. Jamie shook his head.
"I can see Pitch. You mightn't. How can you fight something you can't see?" Jamie pointed out. Sam frowned unhappily.
"Sam, he has a point. And I think I might have found where Pitch is," Tucker announced. He turned his phone for Sam and Jamie to see. It was a live satellite feed of the view of Amity Park from above. The lit up houses formed an arrow, pointing to Casper High. The three looked up at each other and began to run towards the school, Jamie following Sam and Tucker, and the guardians chasing them.
And everyone's running into the trap. Yeah, this will end well…
Anyway, until the next chapter.