Drowning In Power (Book 2 of Danny Phantom Trilogy)

Clockwork's Warning

Moi-Moi: We did it! We made it to the end! It's time to celebrate! WHOO!! :D

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It was after nine when he'd gotten a text from Kwan. Dash couldn't believe what he'd read. As he pulled up in front of Kagome's house, he parked his car next to the curb and got out. There were two cop cars parked out front with their blue lights illuminating the streets. Pushing through the crowd of people surrounding the house, Dash quickly found Kwan at the front with Paulina and Star. "Hey, man. You weren't joking. Do you know what happened?" Dash asked as he approached Kwan.

"I heard from Kagome's mom that she's missing. No one's seen her for almost a day," Paulina informed.

"And no one can find Fenton either," Kwan pointed out.

"You don't think he did something freaky and hurt her with his parents' ghost hunting stuff?" Star asked with a worried expression.

"Who? Fenton? No way. Kagome could easily kick Fenton's ass. He wouldn't be able to lay a finger on her," Dash proclaimed with certainty.

"What do you think happened to her?" Kwan asked no one in particular.

"Maybe it was a ghost?" Dash asked.

From where she stood a little way's away from her former friends, Valerie perked up. A ghost? Valerie's eyes slid over to where Vlad Masters was talking to a police officer. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously. Valerie had known for years that Vlad Masters was a ghost, but she had yet to expose him. The man was still funding her ghost hunting. No sense looking a gift horse in the mouth. She was just waiting for the right moment to take him down. But if there was a ghost involved, it wouldn't hurt to keep an eye out.

Sam sighed as she paced next to Tucker. The African-American boy was sitting on the steps of the Takahashi home and staring down at his cell phone. Not a text or call from Danny yet. He wouldn't have spent so long in the ghost zone unless he found something. Sam glanced down at the dark screen in Tucker's hand before continuing in her pacing. 'Danny, you better be okay,' Sam worried.

Maddie did her best not to show just how worried she was, but she was sure that she was failing. When she felt Jack squeeze her hand reassuringly, she sighed once. "It'll be alright, Mads."

"We shouldn't be just standing here, Jack. We should be out there looking for Danny and Kagome," Maddie argued. Kagome had gone missing some time last night and Danny had just up and vanished. If Maddie knew her son as well as she thought she did, he was probably out looking for Kagome right now.

"Look! Up there!"

Simultaneously, all eyes looked up just in time to see a familiar black and white blur approaching. "It's the ghost boy!" Paulina cried out happily. Everyone watched as Danny Phantom flew down towards them with the missing teens in his arms.

"Danny!"

"Kagome!"

Danny Phantom stepped back to allow the parents a moment with their children. In the middle of hugging and checking him over, Maddie exclaimed, "Danny! What happened to you!?"

"Some ghost was keeping them trapped in the ghost zone. I got them out and I don't think the ghost should be a problem anymore," Danny Phantom said.