Chapter Two

Electriosis

Author's Introduction:

I want to start by thanking everyone for the reviews! Sorry for the wait! I had writer's block for a while, that plus Christmas vacation got in the way… This chapter is probably a bit rough, it took me a while to think of what to put and to think of a name… But, anyways, here's the next chapter!

Disclaimer:

I don't own any of the Danny Phantom characters, or references to the show.

Valerie didn't know what she was doing. Her mind was a blur as she ran down the streets to her house. She couldn't remember how she had managed to get out of class, and had no idea how she was going to get to Danny, nor if she even wanted to get to Danny. Daniel flew next to her, growing more impatient with every passing minute. "Can't I fly you to your house?" the ghost girl complained.

"I'd rather run," Valerie replied.

Danielle groaned, flipping in her flight so her back was parallel with the ground and her head hung back. "At this rate, Danny could be dead by the time we reached him!"

Valerie stopped in her tracks, letting the statement sink in. "Fine," she gave in. Danielle looped her arms with Valerie's and lifted off into the air. As the huntress's feet left the ground, she let out a small squeal, squirming in Danielle's grasp as a sense of weightlessness took hold of her.

"Stop wriggling!" Danielle grumbled, struggling to rise more than ten feet.

"Sorry, I'm not used to flying anymore…" Valerie apologized.

"Just hold tight!" Danielle laughed, soaring through the air.

It didn't take long for the two to reach Valerie's apartment. Danielle sat atop Valerie's pull up bar, swinging her legs back and forth, as the teenager riffled through her ghost hunting equipment. "Remind me again, what kind of trouble is Danny in?" Valerie asked.

"There's some sort of new ghost that's really powerful! It can split itself more times than any ghost Danny's ever fought! Plus, it can regenerate. Nothing Danny's used has been able to harm it. Not ice, not plasma rays, not beating it up, nothing! When I left, he was weakening fast, fighting to stay in his ghost form." The last bit was no more than a whisper.

Valerie stared at her equipment. There's no way I can defeat this thing! she thought. Especially not without my jet sled… She sighed, setting her suit on the ground. "There's nothing I can do… I need all my equipment. At least some guns and my jet sled…" Valerie murmured.

"Why don't you get another jet sled?" Daniel asked. "Or I can fly you!"

Valerie shook her head. "It's too expensive to get another one and it would take too much time for it to get here. And I'd rather not fly with my feet dangling and nothing below them…"

There was silence in the room as Danielle thought. "I know where you could get one! And wouldn't take a second to get here!" the girl exclaimed. "I'll be right back!"

"Danielle! Wait - " But the girl was already gone. Valerie glared out the window where the girl had fled, but knew she'd best wait for the ghost's return. While she waited, she slipped on the jumpsuit and looked at her reflection in the mirror. The suit still fit perfectly. Testing the gadgets, she found that most of her equipment was still working as well.

Valerie was just pulling off the hood when Danielle came flying back in. She had brought Sam. "What's going on?" the goth demanded, after taking in the sight of Valerie in her ghost hunting gear.

"I told you," Danielle sighed, exasperated. "Danny's in trouble, and we need your help."

Sam narrowed her eyes. "Why is Valerie here?"

"She came to me first," Valerie replied bitterly, returning Sam's glare.

"Hey, I thought you guys were friends now!" Danielle intervened, floating between the two girls.

Valerie sighed. "We are. Old rivalries." Sam's gaze softened and soon enough the two were laughing. "Listen, I need a new jet sled, mine got busted when 'The Master's Blasters' were in town, we were hoping you could help with that." Valerie explained.

Sam thought about that a moment. "Alright, I can help with that," she agreed. Valerie sighed in relief. "But I'm coming too."

"What? NO! This is my job! Danielle came to me!" Valerie objected.

"And Danny came to me," Sam replied flatly. "Listen, I need to be there. Danny's my best friend, and my boyfriend now. I fought by his sighed all the time before. The asteroid took that away. I'm not going to let this chance slip out of my grasp!"

Valerie opened her mouth to protest, but thought better of it. "Fine, I'll need your help on the battle field too I suppose. You probably know more about ghosts and the Ghost Zone than I do."

"Ok, that's settled!" Danielle interrupted. "Now call up your people, get the sled and let's go!"

It took nearly half an hour for the jet sled to be delivered. As soon as Sam signed the papers, the three were off; Sam and Valerie riding on the jet sled, Danielle flying beside them. Across town, they flew, until they had left Amity Park behind all together. This worried Valerie. Where could Danny possibly be? She knew he had taken up more of ghost fighting in other areas, but she hadn't thought it was very common… After all, Amity Park was the haunted town.

Eventually, it was too much for Valerie, and she asked, "Where exactly is Danny?"

"He's out… um… well," Danielle stammered. " He's… Oh!" Pulling out a scroll, she waved it in front of the two girls. "He's in the future! I don't know where in the future, it's hard to tell what the place once was…"

"Is that the Infa map?" Sam asked, snatching the scroll from Danielle.

"What's the Infa map?' Valerie asked, puzzled.

"Yeah, what else would it be?" Danielle replied, ignoring Valerie.

"What's the Infa map?" Valerie repeated.

"What are you doing with the Infa map?" Sam asked. Danielle bit her bottom lip, avoiding Sam's gaze.

"What's the Infa map?" Valerie demanded, more loudly.

Sighing, Sam said, "The Infa map is a map that leads you to any entrance of the Ghost Zone. It also leads you wherever you want to go in the Ghost Zone. Danny used it when he gathered together all of the ghosts to help him make the Earth intangible." As Valerie took this in, Sam continued, "Danielle, how did you end up with the Infa map?" There was no answer. "Dani?"

"Danny didn't wind up in the future by accident, ok?" the ghost-girl finally burst. "He was trying to help me!"

"What are you talking about?" Sam asked.

"I took the map from Frostbite! I knew that was how Danny had gotten to me and the other ghosts to help him, and I wanted to know where it could take me!"

"Wait, you stole the map?" Sam gasped.

Danielle didn't look at Sam. "Danny caught me, and when I was about to hand him the map, it started pulling me into a direction, and Danny grabbed my ankle and ended up going with me."

Valerie pondered this for a moment. "So why didn't he come back out with you?" Danielle fell quiet.

"Danielle, where's Danny?" Sam asked, her voice cracking with worry. When Danielle still didn't answer, Sam grabbed her wrist, unrolled the scroll, and said, "Take us to Danny." An instant later the three were flying through the air and into the Ghost Zone.

"Gaaaahh!" the scream echoed through the air as the three burst forth from the portal and into the future.

"Danny!" Sam screeched, jumping off the jet sled and running toward the source of the sound.

"Sam, wait!" Danielle yelled, flying after her. Valerie followed, a bit uneasy by the way Danielle seemed so unsure.

As the scream grew louder, A large, bulgy figure came into view. It looked like a giant blob of blue goo with green tentacles. However, as the three grew nearer, they were able to make out a large eye, and a slit in the middle of the blob. "What's that?" Valerie gasped.

"A ghost," Danielle replied, simply.

"Well, I know that!" Valerie snapped. Her eyes ran down the length of the monster, until she came across another, smaller blob at the end of one tentacle. Inside this blob was the source of the scream. Inside this blob, was Danny. "What's it doing?" the huntress shrieked, ready to fly to the ghost-boy's side. A sort of electrical energy flow was surging through the tentacle, but not toward Danny, but toward the ghost.

"As far as I can tell -" Danielle started, but Valerie was flying off, Sam jumping back onto the sled, before she could finish. "Hey!" Danielle yelled, flying after them.

It wasn't long before the ghost spotted the girls. A tentacle reached out for them, but Valerie shot it before it could reach them. However, another came at them from behind, knocking Valerie and Sam from the sled. As the tentacle hit them, Valerie felt some of her energy drain from her body. The sensation disappeared as the tentacle retreated. Before it could touch them again, the two girls ran out of its reach. "What is this?" Sam screamed.

"I am Electriosis!" the ghost bellowed. "You, too, will fall prey to my tentacles! And no one shall defeat me!!!!"Author's Notes:

Well, that's it. How'd it go? Yes, no? Continue, stop? Good, bad, terrible? If I continue on to the next chapter, I can assure you that it won't take nearly as long to get up! Oh, and what do you all think about Electriosis? He was just something that came to me out of the blue one night doing dishes…