Drowning In Power (Book 2 of Danny Phantom Trilogy)

Sending Mixed Signals

Moi-Moi: Do you guys listen to music when you're reading? I do. I listen to it when I'm writing, too. Honestly, I can't find a better song to listen to for dramatic, action scenes (like the ones in this chapter) than "False Alarm" by The Weeknd. Maybe "Uma Thurman" by Fall Out Boy or "Confident" by Demi Lovato if it's a girl power scene. If you guys have a better suggestion, let me know! :D

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Kagome scanned the buildings as she drove along the deserted street. How many buildings in Amity Park were still made of wood!? The worry she was feeling was slowly building into a mountain of nerves. If her grandmother hurt Danny, she'd never forgive herself. She had to find him before it was too late...

"This is like trying to find a needle in a haystack!" Kagome heard Tucker exclaim.

"Keep looking, Tucker. We have to find Danny! Kagome, how's he doing?" Sam asked.

Kagome reached over to pick up the photo strip that rested on the passenger's seat next to her. She pulled over quickly and closed her eyes in concentration. "He's still asleep. We still have time to find him," Kagome said before quickly pulling onto the road again.

"Then let's move. We don't know how much longer we have," Sam urged. Sam was right. The sun was quickly setting on them. Who knows how much time they had left?

"Kagome, any idea what your grandma might be planning?" Tucker asked with a little hesitation in his tone, as if he didn't want to hear the answer.

"I'm not sure. If she wanted to waste him, she could have done that already," Kagome answered.

"Try not to focus on why she hasn't hurt him and focus on finding him instead. Kagome, if anything changes, let us know," Sam said.

"Got it," Kagome responded.

Kagome could feel seeds of respect being planted for Sam. The way the goth immediately took control of the situation was quite impressive. For a group of teenagers, her friends were pretty mature and responsible. They all had admirable character traits that you'd rarely find in kids their age- Danny's self-sacrificing courage, Sam's stubborn determination, and Tucker's ingenuity. It made Kagome wonder if they would begin to rub off on her (or if they already had).

Eventually, time started to move both slowly and rapidly at the same time. Ten minutes of driving around skyscrapers turned into thirty which turned into fifty all in what felt like ten seconds! The failure was really wearing on Kagome's nerves. What good was magic if she couldn't use it when she really needed it!? She couldn't sense Danny's ghostly energy, she couldn't establish a strong enough connection to his ghost half to summon him away, and she couldn't even find where he was being hidden.

"Hey! Don't give up hope yet, Kagome. We still have time right?" Sam's voice asked.

Had she been talking out loud? "Uh... Yeah..."

"It's times like these that make me wish I had Danny's ghost sense. You know? Then we could find him easy," Tucker said. "Heck, even a witch sense would work right about now..."

A witch sense??? Suddenly, Kagome's foot slammed down on the breaks. Luckily, she was alone on this street. "Tucker! You're a genius!" Kagome shouted.

"I am?"

"Why is Tucker a genius now?"