DP: M. of the Spirit Gems ch12

After a few hours of going over their information with the scientist, Sam, Tucker, Jazz, Andy and Dr. Johnson hurriedly gathered their things and rushed back out of the house. They drove Tucker's SUV down to Fenton works, where they sat Jack and Maddie down in the living room and explained what they knew.

Just as the others had been, Maddie was overjoyed to learn that her boy had been found; but after the last piece of information, even her husband was shocked.

"Danny was the one who stole the Spirit Gems???" Jack announced. "But why would he do that if he didn't want to be near them in the first place?"

"That's what I did not understand at first either, Mr. Fenton," Johnson replied. "But I understand his intentions now. Daniel was afraid that his location would be discovered by the ghost who had attacked him, and so when he left for Amity Park the summer he disappeared, he took with him three of the four gems. The first, he hid on the grounds of the school he attended as a child. The second, he left in my lab, where he spent his best hours at NASA. And the Third, he hid near the Nasty Burger, a restaurant he used to hang out at with his friends. This way, the gems were spaced out and because of their ghost-like abilities, they could go invisible and intangible whenever needed."

"But that's only three of the four Spirit Gems," Maddie pointed out. "What about the fourth one?"

Tucker took a step forward. "We haven't figured that out yet," he said. "For now, we're trying to figure out how to get the third one."

Maddie waved an arm in the air. "Tucker, you're the mayor," she said with a laugh. "You're the one who put the jewel in the display. I'm pretty sure the museum will let you take it back."

"Not exactly," Tucker said nervously. "I told them that the jewel was supposed to stay in its display. Yes, I can remove it, but being the stupid idiot I am, I had the most high tech security system placed around its display cabinet. Lasers, infrared cameras, dozens of guards on patrol, you name it. Even if I wanted to get through that, I wouldn't only need the combination to opening the display cabinet, I'd need to do it unseen. And you'd need to be a ghost to do that."

"Why can't you just get the combination?" Jazz wondered.

"The museum owner is the only one who knows it," Tucker replied.

"And?"

"He's gone on vacation until the end of the month."

Jazz stared at him in disbelief before slapping her forehead. "Yeah, you are stupid."

"Like if I knew the gem was going to be a clue to finding Danny's body!" Tucker exclaimed. "I mean, I could go over now and see if he wrote it down for me just in case I wanted it back, but I don't have the code to turning off the security system. We'd still need to get passed that, Jazz."

Sam, sitting on the arm of the sofa chair on which her son was sitting, sighed and stood up straight. "Well, then I guess that means just one thing," she said.

Everyone looked at her. "What?" Tucker wondered.

She smiled deviously. "We're going to need to borrow it… Danny Phantom style."

*****

While Sam explained her plan, little did anyone know that what they believe to be a secret mission was not as secret as they thought; just outside the window, two sets of glowing eyes watched the Fentons, completely unnoticed.

"I told you the little one looks like him," said the first ghost, looking up at the largest. "It may be him under a spell."

"The Hybrid would be several decades older than that child by now, fool," a deeper voice replied. "And he would give off a ghost scent if it was he. This must be his child. His body must still be trapped in the Ghost Zone." The largest ghost narrowed his eyes and squeezed his fist. "We must get a hold of those two last Spirit Gems; I tried to take them and that ghost-man years ago. The amount of power he holds is enough to make me ruler of both worlds. And the Ultimate Control he just recently unlocked… Just think of the destruction I can do with that."

"But how do we get the other two Spirit Gems?" the first wondered. "The third is under lock and key, and the forth has yet to be discovered. How do we take the blue jewel?"

The second ghost smiled deviously and began to change shape. "The same way they will first attempt to take it," he replied. Once he had completely transformed, he looked at his companion and grinned as his eyes flashed red. "We ask Mayor Foley to change the security code."

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