A/N My first DP story, so please be kind. I support DxS, but this isn't a pairing story, so there will be only hints. Note-This is edited a bit, on a suggestion, which I think made it better. On with the story!
"C'mon Sam. No way." Sam turned to Danny, trying out 'puppy eyes'. It really didn't work for her. Perhaps all the black she was wearing dulled the effects. They were all standing on a hill just outside Amity Park, looking down on the view and up to enjoy the stars. At least they had been, until Sam started trying to convince Danny to bust into the mayor's mansion.
"It's for the environment! It's not like you can get caught. Vlad hasn't updated his security since last time-right, Tucker?" Tucker pulled out his PC, and after a few stylus clicks was in on the villains' cameras.
"Nope. Nothing new. Just zip in, grab all the chemicals, and get out. Easy. Just turn invisible and he'll never know!" Danny sighed, but a light blue ring appeared around his waist anyways. As it split, he pointed something out to Sam as she persuaded him further.
"Nothing bad is going to happen."
"You said that before I stepped into the portal too." Sam waved it away.
"You've saved the town a ton of times. That's well made up for itself." Danny lifted into the air as the transformation finished. His legs melted together, and he raised his hands as they sparked one last time before settling back into the normal white gloves. You see, Danny Fenton was Danny Phantom, half human teen, half ghost, and all hero.
"You owe me for this. Mom thinks I'm studying for Lancer's test tomorrow-and I should be." Tucker shrugged.
"Those chemicals might be mind control, or another attempt at poisoning your dad." The mayor had a bit of a grudge when it came to Jack Fenton. In the past 6 months, Danny had stopped 5 assassination attempts. Danny smiled at the thought of his victories.
"Always good to have a reason, Tuck. I'll be back by 9:45." Sam glanced at her watch.
"45 minutes. Should be enough…"
As Danny flew through the air, he decided to try for a loop de loop.
"Full speed ahead!" He shot forward as fast as he could before breaking up, pushing himself upwards and around before moving even faster.
"Ah, who was I kidding? It's almost worth raiding Vlad's mansion just to get there. Besides, I'd love to see the look on his face when he realizes they're gone!" Chuckling, Danny Phantom poured on the speed, avoiding a lone barn owl before he caught sight of the Masters mansion. Only a few lights were on, meaning Vlad was either out somewhere or working on something downstairs.
"If he's in the lab, I'll have to distract him…nah, I can just sneak in and grab them before he even notices." As Danny flew through the door, he noticed a slight tingle, and felt himself glow brighter for half a second before the green and yellow wallpaper and rows of Packers stuff entered his vision.
Hmm, never had that happen. I'll ask Jazz to check it out later. In no hurry to be caught, Danny turned invisible and phased through the floor. He went through 3 levels this way, trying to find the labs. He passed a movie theater showing old Packers clips, a launch pad for a white and silver helicopter with Vlad's face on the side, and what appeared to be a normal living room, complete with coffee table, TV, and fat white cat. The cat looked up and hissed at him, and Danny couldn't help himself-he burst out laughing.
"I told him to get a lonely guy cat-he actually listened to me?" Floating closer, Danny saw that the collar read 'Maddie'
"Geez, he really needs to get over Mom. She doesn't even slightly like him after that camping incid- whoa!" He whipped around, shooting back as a ray gun shot up from under him, missing him by inches. Going intangible, he poked his transparent head through the floor, and his face was bathed in eerie green light. Supernatural light.
"Well, I found the lab. But how did that laser find me…?" Glancing around, Danny let out a sigh of relief as he noticed that one light blue laser was firing fairly random shots from the barrel as he avoided one.
"Okay, so now to find the chemicals." He hovered around the light emerald room, poking his head into boxes every so often. In the fourth one he looked, there were 7 bottles, all labeled 'dangerous'. Danny picked them up, pleased he didn't have to fight to get the glowing bottles. They were all various shades of lilac and green, except for one maroon bottle, which was the largest. The bottles were each about 7 inches, and Danny guessed the red one was around 9 inches. Math had never been his best subject, after all.
"Well, that was easy. Just need to-GRAAAH!" A laser blast shot him in the back, knocking him forward. He'd been so focused on his find that the boy hadn't even noticed his ghost sense going off. As he turned around, legs reappearing as he landed on the floor, Danny groaned as he realized that he wouldn't get the bottles without a fight after all. His foe stood grinning, hands still lightly steaming from the blast. His maroon and snowy white cape whipped out behind him, despite the slight inconvenience of there being no wind.
"Ah, Daniel. Isn't it a school night? You should be at home. " Danny sighed.
"Vlad. How did you know I was here?" Vlad Plasmius, aka Vlad Masters, let out a low chuckle. His hands crackled with ectoplasmic energy.
"Oh, this is the part where I give up my security secrets? All right… I have a scanner over every inch of the mansion, giving me the signature and sending me a message every time a ghost enters the house do I can keep track of my subordinates. Elementary, really. But, I'm afraid I'm going to ask you to drop the bottles." Danny hugged them tighter to his chest, then turned his back to his fiercest nemesis.
"No way, old man. I'm not giving up these bottles that easy." The older ghost laughed again, even louder this time.
"I was hoping you'd say that…" Danny braced himself, wishing he'd brought the Fenton thermos. Then again, if the mayor went missing, Danny Phantom would probably be blamed. Again. Vlad, rather than blasting Danny like he usually did, grabbed a ray gun.
"Oh, think you can't stop me on your own?" Danny taunted, his cocky attitude coming up. Vlad cocked the creamy piece of supernatural metal and pointed it right at Danny.
"Oh, no. I was only trying to get your attention." Suddenly, the ray shot out at Danny, leaving him no time to dodge. He turned intangible, but the ray still somehow struck his chest, knocking both his body down to the ground and the breath out of his lungs. Good thing he didn't really need to breathe as a ghost. Still, the bullet hurt as much as it would if he'd been human. Danny rolled over, fighting the blackness trying to eat up his vision. He clutched his side, surprised when he didn't feel any blood-or ectoplasm. Whatever half-ghosts bled out, he'd never had to find out and never planned to.
"W-what did you do?" Danny was shocked at how tired his voice was.
"Some simple tranquilizers…mixed with some of your ghost DNA from the clones. You should be out in 3…" Danny tried to push himself up, but his vision was blurring.
"2…" He was so close…just another foot…
"1." That did it. Danny felt his eyelids slip shut, but wasn't conscious to be aware of his nemesis lifting him in triumph. A huge evil laugh echoed around the entire room as Vlad shoved the unconscious half-ghost harshly onto a lab table and pulled out a pair of surgical gloves…
A/N I'm most proud of this first chapter from all of my stories. I can really see improvement. I have the whole story planned out, except for the verrrrry end. I only saw got back into Danny Phantom about a month ago, but I think I did okay. Oddly enough, Vlad was kind of easy. I thought with his eerie 'polite yet threatening' manner he would be tricky, but he's the a little less difficult then I thought. Huh. But, I'm sure that will change when I have to work with 'Mayor Vlad'. Anyways, Rate & Review for me to continue! (I am now working on 3 different stories. I'm now officially insane)