No Secrets

By: emeeem

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, althoughI wish I had ghost powers.

"Beware!" screamed the Box Ghost as he had just been defeated for the millionth time.

"That's getting so old!" exclaimed a frustrated Danny. The Box Ghost had been proving harder to catch than usual today. "You're even more of a fruit loop than Plasmius!"

Danny took out the Fenton Thermos and finally captured the Box Ghost again. "Finally. I'm rid of him for a while."

"Danny!" called Jazz as she ran up the street.

"Yeah?" asked Danny as he flew to the ground and became human again, "Whadda you want?"

J: "Do you know if Mom and Dad went anywhere?"

D: "If they did, I didn't know about it."

J: "Well, they're not at the house."

D: "Really? That's strange. Don't they usually tell us where they are?"

J: "Yeah, but neither of us know anything."

D: "Correction: You don't know anything."

J: "Real mature. Let's just go and see if we can find anything."

Fenton House

Danny headed straight to his father's lab. Could there be any clues in here? Maybe he was abducted by something that came through the portal? Danny had these kinds of thoughts the entire time. He got tired after about a half-hour, though. So he went to bed.

Exhausted from ghost hunting and going through his parents' stuff, he went straight to the bed and laid face down, head-in-pillow. He would have fallen asleep in a few minutes had he not felt a pencil-written note on his pillow, the white color of which blended in so nicely with the pillow case. It read:

Dear Daniel,

You are probably wondering where your parents are. I have them. If you'd like to see them before I make them ghosts (A/N: euphemism for "kill them"), get to my Wisconsin mansion within the next forty-eight hours. I'll be waiting. See you soon!

Sincerely,

Vlad Masters

This gave Danny a new supply of bodily energy. He called, "Jazz, JAZZ!"

"What is it?" she asked, coming into his room.

"Check this out," he said, handing her the note.

Jazz read the note. A look of mixed anger and surprise crossed her face. "How could he do this? I thought he was after you."

"That's just it," said Danny, "I think they're bait meant for me."

"I'll go with you," sated Jazz like it was for certain.

"No, you won't," returned Danny, "You have no idea what he's capable of. He would flatten you in a second. And ghost hunting is my thing, remember?"

"Yeah," said Jazz, looking down and faking a look of disappointment, "I understand." But she was going to make sure she didn't miss this. She caught Danny's hint that Vlad was a half-ghost like he was.

Danny and Jazz went to bed, seeing nothing else they could do except prepare for tomorrow. Danny slept solidly, although not peacefully. Jazz could barely sleep, however. She was too excited about finding out about Vlad over the next couple of days. She had had no idea that there was another half-ghost in her life up to this point. But, she did manage to get some sleep before eight o' clock the next morning.

Next Day

Danny

Danny woke up earlier than his alarm would have liked, although he felt ready to awaken. It was 7:15 AM. He immediately went ghost and made sure Jazz was still asleep. He grabbed some quick breakfast and slipped out of the house, making as little noise as possible. Danny then got his bearings and started flying to Wisconsin, and Vlad's mansion. After a good couple of hours of boring flying, he saw a plane flying in the same direction. Danny was getting pretty tired, and he hitched a ride on the plane's roof. No only was it faster, it didn't take a toll on his powers. He had never tried to fly this far before, and didn't think about how hard it could have been.

Danny eventually noticed that the plane began to turn off of the path he wanted. He quickly started to fly in the right direction again. Wisconsin couldn't be too far away now. After another good hour, he finally reached the general area of where Vlad lived. Another fifteen minutes passed before he located and reached the mansion. One thing he didn't expect to see was the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle (the RV). Wasn't that in front of their house the night before? His thoughts became dread as he turned human again before ringing the doorbell.

Jazz

Jazz woke to her alarm at eight o' clock. She checked in Danny's room to see if he had left yet. To her surprise, he wasn't there. She had to beat him to Wisconsin. If she could take out Vlad and rescue their parents, maybe she would redeem herself as a ghost hunter in Danny's eyes. She got dressed, grabbed a pack of pop tarts, and made a dash for the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle (the RV). The sooner she could get on the road, the better.

She took the most direct highway at barely legal speeds. There were four almost-accidents, all of which would have been her fault, had she not previously driven the RV illegally and become so skilled with it. She got there in about four hours. Taking one of the weapons from the car, she hoped she hadn't missed the fight She ran into the mansion, ecto-blaster ready for action. In the main hall she found the Wisconsin Ghost (A/N: Vlad in ghost form) right in front of her. He shot an energy beam at the gun, making it useless. The ghost then trapped her and took her where he was holding their parents.