Chapter 29

SAM'S POV

I called Cari back when we were about an hour away. By the way who knew Tucker could fly a helicopter.

"Hey Sam you guys here yet?" Cari asked as soon as she picked up, and I hate to say it but she sounded even worse than she had before.

"We are about an hour away Danny was wondering of you could meet us halfway."

"I think I can." she answered but she didn't sound too confident.

"Hey, its okay if you can't it'll just take a little longer." I told her.

"No, no it's okay I'll see you soon." she said then hung up.

"She's on her way." I said turning to Danny.

"Great and then we'll need to get her to a hospital ASAP." Danny said.

The rest of the flight was pretty quiet until we saw the blur of red in the distance.

"Hey guys that's Cari up ahead!" Tucker yelled, he sounded pretty relieved. "You had better go out and get her Danny she doesn't seem too good she's looking altitude pretty fast."

Danny yelled "going ghost" then flew through the wall as fast as he could and carried her back to the helicopter. As soon as Danny set her down I ran over and hugged her. I don't do that often but I was just do happy she was alive and finally back with us.

"Hey Sam" she said quietly after I released her. She had shifted into her human form and she definitely looked pretty bad she was pale and had huge bags under her eyes. There was a weird mark on her arm which looked like it was from some weird needle and she had a couple of bruises. "Ya I know I look really bad." she said with a small laugh. "I think I have a few broken ribs too."

"We're on our way to Amity Park's hospital right now." Tucker said. I could see him plugging something into his PDA

"So Cari what happened?" I asked.

"I'm sorry guys I'm not too sure myself. I don't remember a lot. I don't even remember too much about the night I was kidnapped." She was avoiding eye contact and looking at the ground, but I could tell that she wasn't lying. She was just really upset.

Danny led her over to one of the seats and she sat down looking completely exhausted. "Cari do you remember if he mentioned anything about, well anything?" Tucker asked from the front seat of the chopper.

"Actually ya he mentioned some guy named Freakshow."

Danny and I exchanged looks.

"Wait do you guys know him" she had looked up to see our reaction.

"Ya he used to be able to control ghosts with this red glowing ball thing but we destroyed that thing a long time ago. Also he tried to take over the world with this reality gauntlet thing and in the process almost killed Danny's whole family." I told her.

"Oh" she said quietly. She was barely audible over the sounds from outside the helicopter.

"Damn it." Danny said as he hit his fist against the wall. I had rarely ever heard him swear even when he was in a bad fight. He was usually really positive. "He really had this planned out. He used an unknown lab and he left no evidence none. Even I couldn't track you down. The police had nothing to go off of you were-" He paused for a second I could tell how upset he was, "you were just gone." he finished as his voice almost broke.

"I'm so sorry guys." she said looking down at her shoes again.

"It's okay Cari we'll figure all of this out." I told her.

Eventually she fell asleep leaning on Danny's shoulder. I have to admit I was a little jealous, but I also knew she had no feelings from him. Well at least no more-than-friend-feelings. Plus she knows how much I like him.

The hospital eventually came into view. Tucker landed the helicopter. Danny shook Cari trying the get her up but it wasn't working. "Cari? CARI!" Danny yelled.

Her eyes opened slowly and I began to breathe again; I hadn't realized I had stopped. "We're at the hospital." Danny said helping her up she looked kinda dazed, but she followed. I ran to the nearest phone they had and called her parents to tell then we had found her. I'm sure words can't describe how they felt. Finally all of this is coming to an end