Back in Amity Park, Sam and Tucker were making their way over to Danny's place.

"I'm surprised you were able to get out of whatever your parents had planned, Sam," said Tucker, looking over at his Goth friend.

She just grinned. "Well when you have someone like Grandma Ida in your corner, you can never lose."

The tech geek couldn't help but laugh at that. It was agreed amongst them that Ida was the best.

The two made it to Fenton Works to find it, as always, surrounded by reporters. Luckily for them, the mayor waits for no crowds.

"Alright! Out of the way! Teen Mayor of Amity coming through!" declared Tucker as he and Sam made their way through the sea of reporters. Reaching the door, they knocked once before the door opened and they were dragged inside. Looking at who brought them in, they found it to be Jazz.

"Were you just waiting for us?" asked Sam with a raised eyebrow.

"I figured you'd stop by sooner or later," replied the older girl with a shrug. "Better than waiting out there, right?"

"Definitely," said Tucker.

It was then the Fentons parents came up from their lab.

"Hi, kids," greeted Maddie, smiling at them.

"Hi, Mrs. Fenton," said Sam and Tucker, returning the greeting.

"So what brings you kids here today?" asked Jack. "Ready to help take on the bad ghosts?!"

Sam merely rolled her eyes, but was amused nonetheless. "Sorry, Mr. Fenton, but we came to see if Danny wanted to hang out today. We originally thought we'd be busy, but our schedules luckily got cleared."

Maddie frowned at that. "Didn't Danny tell you?"

Tucker raised an eyebrow in question. "Tell us what?"

"Danny's not here," stated Jazz.

"…What? What do you mean he's not here?" questioned Sam, not liking this.

"He's on vacation. We talked him into going by himself to get away from the vultures for the summer," explained the eldest Fenton sibling. "Did he really not call and tell you?"

"No," growled out Sam, annoyed.

Jazz let out a sigh, also annoyed. "Typical Danny. Then again, he was probably so excited to get away from the vultures that it slipped his mind."

"Can't really blame him for that," said Tucker, to which Sam reluctantly agreed. "Any idea where he might have gone to?"

"Danny-boy did say he'd keep in contact, but we haven't heard from him since he left," said Jack with a frown.

"He better contact us soon," stated Maddie, crossing her arms. "I might have agreed to let him go on vacation on his own, but I'm still his mother and I worry."

It was at that point that Tucker's phone went off, signifying that he had a message. At first he thought it was from the office, but his eyes widened when he read it.

"It's from Danny!"

Everyone gathered around to see what it said.

Tuck, I'm sending you these photos so you can save them to a hard drive for me. This way, you, Sam, and my family get to see where I've been and I have room on my phone to take more photos.

P.S. Sorry for not telling you and Sam about this. It was kind of last minute.

Sam rolled her eyes again before looking at the pictures her friend had sent; Central Park, Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, Times Square, and the Statue of Liberty.

"I should have known Danny would go there first," said Jazz. "I remember him mentioning before that he always wanted to go to New York."

"I wonder where else he'll be going," wondered the Goth girl.

Before they could discuss possible places though, a certain annoyance decided to make his appearance.

"I am the Box Ghost! OOOOOOHHHHHHH!" wailed Boxy as he floated up from the floor and through the wall to the outside.

"The Crate Creep!" exclaimed Jazz.

Sam let out a sigh. "Jazz, I know he's annoying and should most be ignored, but at least call him by his actual name."

"Come on, Maddie! Let's bag us a ghost and send him back to where he came from!" exclaimed Jack, grabbing a Fenton Bazooka and running outside, bowling over some of the vultures.

"Right behind you, dear!" replied Maddie, chasing after he husband.

The three teens stood there in silence before heading over to watch some TV. They figured since it was the Box Ghost, Maddie and Jack would be fine on their own.

INTERLUDE END

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The interludes will probably vary in length since they're supposed to be breaks between the city chapters.