"Wait, what?" That was real intelligent, Danny. Surely you could have thought of something a little more sophisticated to say.

Oh, shut up.

Wow. I'm talking to myself as if I have two different people in my head. It's official, I'm going crazy.

Fish gave me one of her "are you freaking kidding me?" looks before she spoke. "In terms you might actually understand, you have one whole hell of a lot of power over what goes on here, whether you want it or not, you have it. You are third in command, and you aren't getting out of it until at least the end of the war."

"No, just no. I don't need any power over other people. I don't want it, don't give it to me." Nope. Not gonna happen. I was not going to take this position. It was most certainly not something I needed, much less actually wanted. I'm fine with helping with this war effort, just don't put me in charge of anything.

"It doesn't matter whether you want it or not. You have it and you're stuck with it. You aren't the only one who thought it was a bad idea, but that didn't stop it from happening." Fish chuckled. 'Your mom's words went something along the lines of "Do you seriously think it's a good idea to put a ghost powered teen who's been through multiple traumatic events in a position of power?' That didn't stop them, it just earned her a spot right above you. She's second in command at the moment." Seriously? When the hell were these decisions made and why were they done without me?

"So mom's number two, what does that mean for me?" I was really trying to ignore the fact that I was in a spot only one behind her. Would someone care to tell me when I asked to get so much crap put on my shoulders? I have enough going on as it is, I don't need this too.

"Essentially, it means your mom can still pull rank on you if you become too much of a defiant pain in the ass." Fish smirked at me "She mentioned something about how it wouldn't be right for a teenager to have more political power than their parents." She stopped, clearly debating about whether or not it'd be a good idea to tell me the next bit. "I don't think you're going to like this, but I have a really strong feeling that you two didn't get your positions based purely on your qualifications." Well, no shit. I don't have any qualifications as far as I'm concerned. "Vlad's first in command. Tell me it's not a coincidence that your mom, who we all know he's still pining after, and you are second and third in command, right behind him. He's still trying to steal the two of you and leave your dad in the dust. Hell, Jack hardly has any form of control over the soldiers here, and if it hadn't been for Maddie's insistence, he'd be completely powerless." Vlad was going to pay, and it would be at my hands at the rate his sorry ass was going.

I sighed in resignation, realizing I couldn't do anything about this right now. "I guess I'm really stuck with it, huh?" She nodded. "So, where do you fall in this chain of command?"

"The original leader of the rebels takes seat number four. Danielle is five, then Sam, me, Jazz, Tucker, Jon, Asa, Ben, Fritz, and a couple more adults I can't name off the top of my head." Wow. Either Vlad has some master plan I can't unravel for the life of me, or he's losing his touch. Why the hell would he make his list of commands consist of teenagers? What do we supposedly know that he thinks will help his cause? I've said it before, and I will likely say it a thousand times more, Vlad is a complete and utter frootloop.

Sam came jogging towards us. "Mrs. Fenton said you two needed to stop screwing around and get upstairs. There's a meeting about to take place and you are to, quote, 'get your asses up there before I strangle you two and Vlad.' She's ever so slightly irritated, just in case the Clueles One missed it." I laughed, and momentarily considered ditching it just to see if mom would really strangle Vlad. I decided against it though, this was war and if I was going to be forced into a position of power, I really needed to at least figure out what the hell was expected of me.

It's time to quit playing around and get this over with.

MUHAHAHA. I HAVE MANAGED TO GET THE LAST CHAPTER OF THIS SEGMENT OUT! BE PROUD OF ME, I COMMAND YOU! :P

So...I got...exactly no suggestions for a title for the next portion of this series. As a result, the title part three will be posted under is "Phantom Downfall." It's a working title, and while it won't change between now and when I post it, it is open to change if I find something better for it.

Comments and feedback are as welcome as always! :D

...now...to make sure I don't fail my midterms...

Invisible One