Series: Danny Phantom
Pairing: Haunted Pair (Dan / Danny ) if you squint really hard.
Rating: T for now, but I might (might) make it M.
Summary: As he gets bored, Clockwork releases the entity from its slumber to do certain "tasks". And this is his most challenging one yet.

The room was cold and quiet. Alone on a shelf about a foot high, was a thin, steel thermos. Late at night in the Ghost zone, the thermos' cap begun to unscrew-the inhabitant wanted out. And by how fast the cap unscrewed, they wanted out fast. With the cap off, the dark presence slithered from the canister, around the dark cell. With one ghost in sight, he pounced.

"Time." Everything stopped. The demon of the canister was paused by force in mid-air. "

"Now Dan, I know you can hear me. " The demon did not stir. "I have a proposition for you. I will either send you to do a job for me, or I'll wipe your miserable speck of life from time. If you try to attack me after this, I'll carry out the latter."

He stood back, sceptre in hand. "Time in."

Dan flew through the air, and landed on his hands and feet.

"Do I need to repeat myself?"

Dan was quiet. "No." He looked down in defeat. It wasn't unlike Clockwork to carry out demands like this. He had Dan do many things that would mess up time, just for fun. However, at least Dan liked these tasks. Usually it would be something simple, like kill an official, or push someone off of a building. Sometimes it would be something a bit more strenuous such as wiping out a small mass of people. Oh what was he kidding, he enjoyed it. It was better than staying in that damned thermos. "What do you want this time?"

"An ultimate task."

"Such as?"

"I want you to... pester a certain someone."

"Your definition of pestering is different from mine, what do you actually want?"

"Instead of killing someone with brute force, I want to see how you act as a formidable opponent. I want you to finish off your ultimate opponent; your ultimate enemy."

Dan's brows arched in surprise. "Oh I have ways I've wanted to finish off this twerp for quite sometime. What's the challenge this time Clockwork?"

The all powerful ghost smiled. "You must never physically harm him."

Dan just smiled more. "I'll be back soon then."

Clockwork opened a portal to Dan's destination.

"We'll see."

Dan eagerly jumped through the green, swirling portal right before it closed.

"We'll see."