Mere moments after Danny felt his ghost sense go off, a shrill scream pierced the air. Half a moment after that, the Ghost evacuation alarm went off and several hundred students stampeded out the doors. With an intangible helping hand, Danny had stashed is backpack and pulled the thermos from his locker. Based on the sound of the original scream, Danny guessed the ghost was in the computer lab. He arched a brow at the notion, quite certain he had sent Technus back into the Ghost Zone just last night. He was usually slower to return than this. More screams echoed across nearly silent halls, which got Danny in motion. In one graceful leap, Fenton kicked himself off the ground, changed and Phantom took off towards the shrill sound piercing the otherwise still air. When he made it to the lab, the sight was grim. The normally talkative ghost hadn't even bothered with one of his long winded tirades. The mad scientist had merely carelessly ripped electric cables from the wall and floor and plugged in his latest tech. A stray cable was sparking not five feet from a huddle of students pressing themselves against the back wall. None of them could escape without first passing the cable, then the ghost. A few terrified wails still rang in Danny's ears as a couple of jocks, of course Dash among them, forced themselves further back, resulting in the nerds being pushed forward. Not that it would matter if the cable got too close. Danny knew that with such close proximity, if one got shocked, they all would. "Let them go Technus. Maybe if you walk away peacefully, I won't have to kick your glitchy hindquarters back into the Ghost Zone." He looked up, only now noticing the halfa's presence.

"Glitchy? I'm not glitchy! I am the master of all things technological! And you, Danny Phantom, will spoil my plans for world domination no more!" The machine Technus had been charging came to life. Danny stared in abject horror at the sight coming to life before him. Because the machine was no mere machine.

"Wonderful. My prey comes to me." The mechanized ghost stood and faced Danny. Danny's face was shock and utter bewilderment. His mind, however, was already running through calculations. Technus was easy. His only problem was technological world domination. He didn't cause much damage, especially to his precious machines. Skulker was different. Skulker was vicious and violent and wanted to hang Danny's pelt on his wall. Skulker could cause damage and hurt these people. He was also a machine. The two teaming up was a dangerous thing all around. Not to mention being vaguely familiar. Danny glared at the hunter.

"Skulker? What are you doing here?"

"What does it look like, whelp? I have decided to form a temporary alliance with Technus in order to defeat you." Danny nodded, having already gotten past this.

"So, you just here to charge your batteries or did you come to cause trouble?"

"Both of course, Ghost Child!" During his staring match with Skulker, Technus had snuck up behind Danny with the stray cable and stuck it in his back.

"AHHHHHHH!" Danny whirled around to face Technus, only to have Skulker blast him in the back with an ecto-gun. His mind racing through possibilities and very much aware of the people who still could not escape, Danny went intangible and jetted himself through the roof. The two ghosts followed and Danny could just see the students scurry to get away before they returned. "You know Skulker, I expected Technus would need help, but I thought you were better than that."

"Did you just insult me, Ghost Child? Why you-!"

"Hush. He seeks to break apart our comradery. A sensible tactic, but it will fail nonetheless."

"And what does your on again off again girlfriend Ember think of this, Skulker? Or are you guys having another little spat?" Skulker grinned coldly while he started to maneuver himself to the other side so that Danny would have to choose which ghost to look at.

"You won't be able to bait me, whelp." Technus shocked him from behind again and he twisted around to face him, only for Skulker to slash at him with a blade. The white hot metal tore into his flesh and cut the stitches from an injury made from that same blade two days ago. Sam was going to kill him for that one. Quickly running out of options for any kind of peaceful resolution, Danny knew he would have to fight. He charged an ectoblast in each hand and aimed it at each enemy.

"Last chance." Skulker slashed his blade, Danny dodged, and Technus flooded his system with more electricity. An annoyed look on his face, Danny thought 'This is going to be long and unpleasant.'

And it was. Half an hour later, though it felt much longer to the now battered superhero, Danny landed heavily on the concrete and simply laid there, metal canister held firmly in his hands. He groaned as residual electricity caused his muscles to spasm again. The ectoplasm always help on to electricity longer than was necessarily comfortable for either half of him. The twitching aggravated his new wounds. Thankfully, it was mostly bruises. The only thing bleeding was the long gash down and across his back. That one was seeping green blood onto the stone beneath him and might need to be re-stitched. But that was the worst injury and Danny knew he would live through it, seeing as he had before. Still, better get to Sam soon. Through his mental checkup, he hadn't noticed footsteps. "Phantom? Dude, are you alright?" Danny looked up into the face of his long time tormentor and biggest 'Phan' Dash.

"I'll be fine. Just gotta rest a minute."

"Are you sure man? I mean, I could help if you need it." Tempting as the offer sounded, Dash probably couldn't stitch wounds and it would be ridiculous to ask him to help him get to Sam. So Danny forced himself into a sitting position and looked Dash in the eye, an easy grin on his face.

"Thanks, but that's alright. I'll manage. You should probably get back to class." Dash looked back at the school building. He had cut the first 10 minutes of Home ec to watch the rest of the fight. Not that he cared. He only took that class for the stupid credit. Still, too many detentions and coach would make him sit out next game. Dash nodded and reluctantly left his hero there. Danny stared after him for several moments before the whine of an ecto-gun drew his attention.

"Freeze spook!" He groaned and forced himself into flight. Of all the times for his parents to show up. It would be lunch before Danny could safely and discreetly slip back into the school building.

AN: Mwahaha. Okay, nice little fight scene for ya. I didn't know if this should be classified as Kplus or T, so I'm gonna leave it Kplus for now and if someone thinks I should bump it up to T, leave a comment and I will. With any luck I'll have the next chapter out later tonight, but no promises. Until next time -Carida^^