Last time in Danny's Mansion; our young heroes had found the mansion that Danny had won in a contest he apparently entered. The place… was a dump. It also happens to be occupied by ghosts that didn't seem happy to see Danny, Sam, and Tucker. Luckily they were sort of rescued by a paranormal researcher called Professor P. Oltergeist and led them to his surprisingly spacious lab outside of the mansion. Sam volunteered the group, without discussing it with Danny and Tucker, to help the professor capture the ghost and solve the mystery as to why these have occupied the mansion.

Will our heroes capture the ghosts? Will they find the cause? Will Tucker ever stop screaming like a little girl?

Let's find out.

After agreeing to help Professor Oltergeist, Danny and his friends found themselves in a training room that was located underneath the professor's lab. They each had a Specter Sucker X200 strapped onto their backs. Danny had a black and white X200, Sam had a black and purple version, and Tucker had a red and yellow one. Danny was trying to adjust his vacuum so that it wouldn't give him any trouble. Sam was very eager to get started with the training so that she can get started on the ghost hunting part. Tucker was shaking like a Chihuahua at the idea of trying to capture a ghost. Before the teens got started, the professor's face appeared on a large screen that was on one of the walls.

"Alright children before we start I would like to give you all an overview of how the Specter Suckers work," said Oltergeist.

"Don't you already know how these things work Danny?" Sam asked her boyfriend.

"Uh… no, I kind of tuned out my parents when they explained their inventions to me and Jazz," answered Danny.

"Wait, you mean you don't have a clue on how these things work?" asked a worried Tucker. "Dude, for all we know these things could blow up on us," he continued.

"I wouldn't worry lad," interrupted the professor. "I've been using these Specter Suckers for quite some time and they haven't failed me yet," he added.

"He said yet," whimpered Tucker.

"Any who, as I was saying, the first thing you need to know is that the switch on the bottom left is the on and off switch," started the professor. "The button above it is the suction button and the one above that is the reverse button. The next two buttons increase and decrease the amount of power needed to capture a ghost or to move an object. When you encounter a ghost, you simply need to turn on the Specter Sucker and point the head at the ghost," he explained.

"That sounds simple enough," said Sam.

"Yeah, a real no brainer," agreed Danny.

"Oh did I forget about the part where you need to stun the ghost with a bright light? I'm sure I explain that part," added the professor.

"No, you didn't," said Danny and Sam.

"Well I wouldn't worry children; there are plenty of light sources in the training room. Flashlights, lanterns, stun grenades, and so on," assured the professor.

"What was that last part?" asked Danny.

"And so on," answered Oltergeist.

"No, the one about the grenades," clarified Danny.

"Oh yes, the stun grenades," said the professor. "Another of your parents' inventions; the Fenton Flasher, a specialized stun grenade designed to temporarily blind a ghost allowing a person to either escape or capture the ghost. I have those lying around in the mansion just about everywhere. Sadly, those things also can cause damage to a person's eyes if they looked at them once they hit the ground," he explained.

"Good to know," commented Danny.

"How about we get started?" suggested Oltergeist. "We'll start small with this ghost animal that I had captured two weeks ago," he continued as he pressed a button from within his lab.

The trio heard a hissing sound from behind them which they turned around to see a huge ghost cobra appear before them. Danny let out a yelp in surprise at the cobra, Sam jumped slightly at the sight of the serpent, and Tucker screamed once again.

The giant snake moved its head back as it prepared to strike. As it began its attack, the trio jumped to the sides to dodge the attack. Danny was on the left side of the snake while Sam and Tucker were on the right side. Danny and Sam started up their vacuums and prepared their counterattack. Sadly, the snake turned intangible thus avoiding the couple's attempt to capture it.

"Children, you need to stun it with a light source," said the professor.

"What light source?" asked Danny in a loud tone. "I don't see anything that can stun him," he complained.

"There's a flashlight just below this screen," said Oltergeist.

"There it is!" yelled Sam as she dodged the cobra's tail strike. "We need to get to it!" she continued as she tried to reach for it, only to be blocked by the snake.

"Tucker, get the flashlight!" ordered Danny as he tried to reach to his girlfriend's aid.

"Are you crazy!?" yelled Tucker. "That thing will tear me to bits!" he continued as he tried to keep himself away from the snake.

"Stop whining and grab it!" yelled Sam as she and Danny dodged the snake's next attack.

Tucker made a small gulping sound as he ran towards the flashlight screaming in terror. He managed to reach the flashlight and grabbed it. Just as he turned to face his friends and prepared to brag about his accomplishment, the snake's tail smacked him from behind and sent him flying to a wall, spiraling like a football. A large human shaped football that screams like a little girl. The flashlight was flying in the air and landed in front of Sam.

"Sam, the flashlight!" yelled Danny.

The snake noticed Sam and prepared to attack her. Luckily Sam grabbed the flashlight and pointed it at the cobra's head.

"Smile!" yelled Sam as she turned on the flashlight.

The light coming from the flashlight was very bright as it blinded the cobra. Sam had to cover her own eyes to protect herself from being blinded by the light. Danny used this chance and increased the power to his vacuum and pointed it at the cobra.

The cobra felt a strong pull coming from behind it. The serpent realized that it was being sucked into the Specter Sucker and tried to break free from it captor. However, Danny was keeping himself on the ground and tried to move backwards. The two continued their struggle for what seemed like several minutes when it only lasted fifteen seconds as the giant cobra was completely sucked into the vacuum.

"Well done lad," congratulated the professor. "You seem to have a real talent in taking care of that ghost," he continued.

"Not really," said Danny. "We just got lucky," he added.

"We?" asked Sam.

"Yeah Sam," replied Danny. "You managed to blind that ghost with the flashlight so that I can capture it," he explained.

"Luck had nothing to do with it my boy," said the professor. "In this line of work, you either have talent, potential, or luck," he added.

"But you just said that luck had nothing to do with it," Sam brought up.

"I did?" questioned a confused Oltergeist.

"Sam, I'm getting the feeling this old coot is senile," whispered Danny.

"Any who, you three have what it takes," said the professor. "Even you friend who did a lovely impression of a football before he collided with the wall," he continued. "Now let's get you three out of the training room and ready for your first ghost hunt," he finished as the screen when blank.

"I got a bad feeling about this," muttered Danny as he dragged Tucker towards the door.

After dragging the out cold nerd back into the lab, Danny and Sam were standing in front of Professor Oltergeist.

"Well children, I hope you're all ready for your first actual ghost hunt," said Oltergeist.

"As ready as we'll ever be," said Sam.

"Yes of course, well to begin I want you three to start by taking care of the ghost within the second floor," instructed the professor.

"Why not the first floor?" asked Danny.

"Because to get to the first floor you need to go through the second floor because there are no doors from the main entrance that lead to the rooms in the first floor," answered Oltergeist.

"Who would build a mansion like that?" asked Sam.

"Nobody knows," answered the professor in a creepy tone.

"Please don't do that," replied Danny and Sam.

"Sorry," apologized the professor. "Anyway off you three go," he added as he pointed towards the door.

"What's going on?" asked Tucker as he regained consciousness.

"We're going on a ghost hunt Tucker," answered Danny.

"Good luck with that," said Tucker as he waved his friends off.

However, Sam grabbed Tucker's waving hand, twisted it behind his back and pushed him towards the door with them.

"You're coming too Tucker," said Sam.

"But I don't want to hunt ghosts!" cried Tucker. "I want to stay here in the nice safe shed with all the cool technology," he continued whining.

"Too bad, you big baby," said Sam as she pushed Tucker out of the shed.

"I love that girl," commented Danny as he followed his girlfriend and screaming friend into the mansion.

"Good luck children!" called out the professor. "They'll need it," he quietly added.

After entering the mansion, Danny, Sam, and Tucker stood in the main entrance looking over at the stairs.

"Okay, there is a door on each end and three of us," said Danny. "So who calls which door?" he asked.

"I call the right door," said Sam as she started walking up the stairs.

"Okay, what about you Tucker?" asked Danny as he turning to his cowering friend.

"This door," answered Tucker pointing at the front door.

"Tucker, that's the front door," said Danny.

"Yeah, and it's the door that leads out of this place," replied Tucker as he made his way to the front door.

"Tucker, we are here to help Professor Oltergeist solve the mystery of what is going on in this mansion. A mansion that is technically mine, and I would like for my best friend to help me out," said Danny.

"You got Sam to help you," retorted Tucker. "Why not ask your gung-ho Goth girl to help you while I go back to the shed where it is nice and safe?" he continued as he tried to turn the door knob.

However the knob wouldn't turn despite Tucker's best efforts. He turned it to the left and then the right, but the door wouldn't open. Danny gave a small smirk as his friend continued trying to free himself from the mansion.

"Looks like the mansion doesn't want you to leave either Tuck," joked Danny as he walked up to Tucker. "So how about you just calm down, take a deep breath, and just roll with it," he suggested as he walked towards the stairs.

"Where are you going?" asked Tucker.

"Well I'm going up stairs and plan on checking the left door. I think it would be a good idea for us to start with one room first before moving to another room," answered Danny. "What do you think Sam?" he asked his girlfriend.

"I think that's an okay idea Danny," answered Sam. "When should we meet back up?" she asked.

"How about thirty minutes back here?" suggested Danny. "That should be more than enough time to check a room for ghost," he explained.

"Probably too much time just for one room," mentioned Sam. "What if we don't find a ghost in the first room?" she asked.

"Then I guess we just do the most expected thing for teenagers to do in a haunted mansion," started Danny. "Go into the next room that could possibly have a ghost waiting to scare and or cause severe bodily harm to us," he added.

"Sounds like the usual setup for killing off the cast in nearly every horror movie," replied Sam.

"Yeah it does, don't it?" commented Danny.

"Oh no, I am not getting roped into that!" yelled Tucker. "I've seen those horror movies you two watch. The black guy always dies first," he whined.

"Then you should be safe," commented Sam. "Those guys tend to be jocks or tough guys, and you're not either," she added before she opened the door behind her.

Tucker stood there shocked at how Sam just made fun of him.

"She can be cruel, but at least she is honest Tuck," said Danny as he tried to open the door he was facing. "What the?" he began as he continued trying to open the door. "Guess the door's locked," he concluded as he headed towards the door Sam entered. "You coming Tucker?" he asked.

"Yeah of course I am!" called out Tucker. "I'll show Sam that I'm tough," he added.

As Tucker reached the top of the stairs and followed Danny. The two boys entered the door where their female friend entered. Sam was about to enter the room on the right until she spotted her boyfriend and her techno-geek friend.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked Sam.

"The other door was locked, so we have to change the game plan," answered Danny.

"Okay, Danny why don't you check the room parallel to this on while Tucker takes a look at the one next to it?" suggested Sam.

"Hey, who died and made you team leader?" complained Tucker.

"Poor choice of words Tucker," commented Danny as he headed for the room Sam suggested. "Besides out of the three of us, Sam is far more level headed," he added.

"Well I think I should be the leader," said Tucker.

"No," replied Danny and Sam as they both entered the rooms leaving Tucker alone in the hall.

"Why won't they ever listen to me?" asked Tucker. "I can be a great leader. I got charm, good looks, charisma, and I have great leadership skills," he continued.

Before Tucker could continue describing himself, a hand patted him on the shoulder. Tucker was about to thank the person behind him, but realized that there was only three people inside the mansion. He turned around and saw a floating transparent hand waving at him. With a very high pitched womanly scream, Tucker bolted from one end of the hallway to the other end before entering a room on the right.

The ghost hand positioned itself in a manner that made it look like it was holding a stomach and shook up and down. Suddenly the rest of the ghost's body appeared to reveal the Box Ghost laughing at Tucker's expense.

"BEWARE!" yelled the Box Ghost as he flew towards the room Tucker ran into.

Five seconds later, Danny and Sam opened the doors and looked at each other.

"Did you hear that?" asked Danny.

"You mean Tucker listing off his so-called good traits before screaming like a woman at the sight of a ghost and running off to the other side of the hallway while the ghost followed him?" replied Sam.

"Uh yeah, that would be it," said Danny.

"Nope, didn't hear a thing," Sam lied as she close the door.

Author's note: And with that I end this chapter. I have to say, I'm surprised with how fast I got to working on this chapter. I'm also surprised with how I got five reviews in just two days after posting the first chapter. Usually I get that amount within a span of a week or two.

I know this chapter was filled with a lot of action aside from the trio's training. This chapter is more focused on getting the trio into the action rather than just throwing them in without any clue on how to fight.

I also know that I'm being a little hard on Tucker, but I planned for him to take on Luigi's cowardly trait as well as being the butt monkey of the story. Danny and Sam are basically the battle couple in the story.

I may also give each of the trio one special equipment during their little adventure.