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[Creaking]

[Clattering]

[Child's laughter]

You said you'd be careful with it.

I was. How was I supposed to know

my locker was gonna get broken into?

Are you sure you locked it?

Of course I locked it.

What's with them?

Kiki loaned Sam her favorite sweater,

but it got stolen out of Sam's locker.

I'm sorry, all right?

Sorry doesn't get my sweater back.

Hey, what's going on?

Oops.

Nice work, graceful.

It was an accident.

Well, you should have looked.

I didn't mean it.

[All arguing]

[Whistles]

Thank you. How about we all just settle down

and start the meeting.

OK, bucket boy. You're up.

It might be kind of hard to cool down,

'cause my story has to do with fire.

Look at our fire. It's got a life of its own.

It gives off light and heat

and makes a nice warm crackling sound.

But given the chance,

it can cause horrible destruction.

I'm not talking about the damage

it can do while it's burning.

I'm talking about the damage it can do

after it's been put out.

Submitted for the approval

of the Midnight Society,

I call this story...

[Banging]

[Alarm rings]

Surprise!

Oh, you guys.

[Laughter]

Tucker: Jimmy and roxie's parents had split up,

and even though they stayed friends,

it was still hard to deal with,

especially for Jimmy.

He had a lot of anger inside,

and pretty much blamed his dad for the breakup.

Wow. From Linda, Roxie, and Jimmy.

Thanks, guys.

Thanks, Jimmy.

[Beeper]

They need me at the hospital.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

And don't let them fill up on cake.

I don't want to deal with sugar fiends.

Who, the kids or the guys?

Both.

Um, I got you a little bonus.

Thanks, Rox.

Hey, it's a...

It's a...

It's a nose ring.

Yeah, a nose ring.

It's a nice one, too.

Uh-uh, it looks like our Fire Ghost is back.

Fire Ghost?

Don't listen to him. There's no such thing.

[Cries out]

Jimmy.

You OK?

Yeah.

Here, let me see.

Oh, Jimmy.

Come on. I'll fix you up.

I can do it.

Thanks for the present, Jimmy.

Mom picked it out.

Listen, I'm sorry I missed your ball game last week,

but I had to fill in for someone.

You could have gotten someone else.

You always have a reason not to be around,

even when you lived with us.

You're right, Jimmy, and I'm sorry.

We haven't spent much time together lately,

but that's going to change, I promise.

Listen. Why don't we go get some cake?

We'll sneak over to rec room.

We got a new video game last week.

Just you and me.

That's my guy. Come on.

[Alarm]

The warehouse on 36th and Arch.

4-alarm, everyone goes.

Roxie. Call the hospital-- tell Mom.

Come on, birthday boy. We got to roll.

[Siren blares]

We'll do something next weekend.

Guess the party's over.

It's dead.

What happened?

I thought everybody left.

The wind must have knocked out the phone line.

Who are you?

Jake Griffin. I watch the place

when the others are gone.

Looks like you're going to be here for a while.

Might as well make yourselves at home.

You, uh...

You ever heard of a Fire Ghost?

I've been a fire fighter a long time.

If there's one thing I learned early on, it's this:

Fire is like a wild animal.

It lives, it dies, and it thinks.

It thinks?

Fire will do anything to survive and grow.

Of course, it's our job to stop it...

But that doesn't mean it's dead.

The spirit of the fire remains.

The Fire Ghost-- it follows fire fighters

back to the station, looking for revenge.

Don't get caught by a fire ghost, my friends,

or it'll pull you into its world of eternal flames.

I've never heard of anybody

being caught by a fire ghost before.

That's because the only way a fire ghost

can cross into our world

is if you look right into the flame.

The Fire Ghost dances and jumps.

It lures you to watch,

and before you know it,

it's too late, and it's here.

But then how come it's never happened?

Fire fighters face flames every day.

We know enough not to be tricked.

Dad says there's no such thing.

Oh, he believes, all right.

Danny knows there's a fire ghost haunting this very station.

It's just not the sort of thing we like to talk about.

The Fire Ghost hates fire fighters,

and you're the children of one of the best.

Be very careful while you're in the station.

What do you think?

I think Jake's been wearing his helmet a little too tight.

Roxie, if I ask you something,

would you promise not to get mad?

Sure.

Whose fault do you think it was that they split up?

Not again, Jimmy. It doesn't matter.

But there's got to be someone to blame.

Would you stop?

It just happened, OK?

It doesn't matter who's to blame.

You promised you wouldn't get mad.

I lied.

[Crackling]

Jake?

Hey.

Don't scare me like that.

That ghost story really got to you, huh?

No, really, there was a...

[Telephone rings]

All right. The phones work.

It's still dead.

But it just rang.

I don't...

Man: Jimmy, you're the son of a murderer,

and your time has come.

[Laughter]

I don't think we're alone.

[Laughter]

Jimmy! Roxie!

Help!

Jimmy!

Jimmy! Somebody help, please!

Jimmy!

Jimmy!

Look out!

Both: Jake, Jake!

Help!

Come on, let's go!

Come on!

Jake.

I've been looking all over for you 2.

It's real, Jake. The Fire Ghost is here.

I know. I want you both out of here as fast as you can.

But--

Don't stop, don't look back.

Just get outside as fast as you can.

But be careful. It's full of tricks.

How do you know so much about ghosts?

It takes one to know one.

The window.

Let's go!

Easy, easy. I'm not going to hurt you.

Oh, man, are we glad to see you.

Oh, somehow I doubt that.

What do you mean?

I just heard you smash that window.

Oh, we're not making trouble, officer.

We're running from the Fire Ghost.

The what?

The Fire Ghost. It's after us.

You want to run that by me again?

Look, I know it sounds crazy, but our dad, he works here--

he's a fire fighter.

Oh, is that right?

Well, we'll just see.

Hey, the lights work.

Anyone here?

[Creaking]

It's in there.

Um, I think we better go.

Hello.

This is the police. Come on out of there.

It must be hiding.

All right. Enough nonsense.

Both of you in there now.

Why?

I'm going to take a look around,

and I don't want to watch you--in!

No way.

You're in enough trouble as it is. Now get in there.

I can't.

[Cries out]

Welcome to my parlor.

[Laughing]

I told you it was full of tricks.

Please don't hurt us.

Hurt you? I've been watching out for you 2

since the company left.

I'm a little disappointed, though.

I told you not to look at the flame.

You looked at the flame?

Only for a second.

That's all it takes.

Well, you're the one who released it,

you're the one who's gonna have to stop it.

Me? How?

Same way you stop any fire.

But it won't be easy. This one's crafty.

Yeah, we know.

I've been keeping that Fire Ghost away from here

for too long.

I'm glad it's nearly over.

Who are you, really?

I used to be a member of this engine company.

Then a few years back, another fire fighter and I

were rescuing an old woman from a burning house.

He carried her out, and I went back inside

looking for more people.

The last thing I remember was him yelling at me

that the roof was gonna go-- and it did.

I didn't make it.

That was the fire this Fire Ghost came from.

That other fire fighter was your father.

He never told us that.

He took it pretty hard.

He thought it was his fault I didn't make it,

but there was no blame to be had.

Truth is, he saved that woman's life.

Sometimes, things just happen.

You can't always be looking for someone to blame.

What are we gonna do? It's gonna come after us.

Worse than that -- it's gonna come after the fire fighters.

We've got to stop it before they get back.

How do we get it to come out?

All we need is a little bait.

Hey, you.

Are you gonna come and get me?

[Crackling]

Or are you afraid?

You are the son of a murderer,

and your time has come.

My father's not a murderer.

He and his kind destroy the fire.

First, you will pay, and when they return,

they will join the flames.

That's what you think.

You got it.

Fire fighting is in your blood, young lady.

I never saw anyone work a fire extinguisher...

Why didn't it work?

I don't know. Leave him alone.

You didn't leave me alone.

You got no beef with them.

You can't stop me any longer.

Please.

I hate fire.

Do anything, but please don't use fire.

I am fire.

Yeah, but it's too horrible.

Please do anything you want,

but don't turn into fire.

This is sweeter than I could ever imagine.

[Laughing]

[Screaming]

Adios, hotshot.

Yes!

He tricked me once,

thought I'd repay the favor.

I guess I'm done here.

Thanks for helping us, Jake.

Hey, that's my job.

Fire fighters always stick together.

Remember me to your father.

[Rattling]

Uh...

Does somebody want to tell me what happened here?

Tucker: The Fire Ghost was never seen

at the station again,

and Jimmy and Roxie started spending a lot more time

with their dad.

The end.

Nice job, bucket boy.

I was gonna give you this before,

but we started yelling at each other, and -- well, here.

It was my fault that your sweater got stolen,

and I hope that's enough to buy you a new one.

It wasn't all your fault.

Let's split it.

Friends?

Friends.

Aw, how cute.

Get bent.

Now what?

We'll throw dirt on it-- no big deal.

See, it's dead already.

Yeah. Not a bad idea.

Captioned by Grant Brown