Author's Note: Thank you for the kind reviews. I'm really thrilled to be a part of the DP writers' band! BTW, since I'm new here, do we all have to make disclaimers for each story? I thought that we all know that we don't own any of the characters, especially me, but that we're just fans having a lot of fun "embellishing" on possible plots involving our favorite hero. Am I wrong? Now, back to the story. The chapters are short, but I like lots of action! Hope you enjoy.
Bewerewulfed-- Chapter 2
Meanwhile, back at Warden Walker's prison, Plasmius and Walker inspect the new and improved collar that Plasmius has just locked around Wulf's neck. With the loud sounds of his chains ringing in his ears, Wulf howls in defiance and momentarily breaks free from the tight hands of Walker's minions. He lounges at Plasmius and Walker, but they easily move out of the way, and Wulf crashes to the floor. Before Wulf can recover, Plasmius quickly pushes the button on a radio-like contraption, and a painful jolt thrusts into Wulf. Wulf is stunned, yet he still tries to get up.
Vlad anxiously calls to the Warden, "He is still resisting, but it won't be for long. Let's not waste any more time, Walker. Make your command!"
Just as Walker commands, "Wulf,..." Plasimus zaps the poor creature, who immediately cowers and whimpers. The collar finally does its work. The intense pain breaks Wulf's resistance and impels him to do anything commanded by the voice he immediately hears. Walker continues in a booming voice, "Wulf,... seek and capture the Ghost Boy. Bring him here to me. I don't care how you do it, just as long as I have him alive. Do you understand?"
Wulf, clinging to the happy memories of his friends, Danny, Sam, and Tucker, wrestles for control. But when he is zapped by the collar again, this time by Walker's pushing the button, he submits and answers in Esperanto, "Whatever you say, Master!"
Warden's words to "seek and capture the Ghost Boy" echo in Wulf's brain as he begins to tear a hole in the Ghost Zone that will let him penetrate the Real World. But as he begins to enter the hole he has created, Plasmius pushes a secret button on another hidden and smaller contraption, and suddenly the Warden's voice melds into Plasmius' clear voice, who gives him a new, impelling command, "Seek and destroy the Ghost Boy!"
With Plasmius' last order ringing in his ears, Wulf jumps into the hole and leaves the Ghost Zone.
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That afternoon, at Casper High School, Danny, Sam and Tucker are again walking down the hallway. Danny, who is holding a fistful of papers, and Sam try to ignore Tucker, who keeps speaking Esperanto to anyone and everyone who passes by them.
Danny, shuffling the papers, says, exasperated, "What a sorry excuse of a play! I can't believe that Lancer actually thought he could write a better story about werewolves! Just where did he come up with these lines: 'Grrrr. Ah-oooh'?"
Oh, well, maybe you can 'ham it up' and improve it a little." Sam replies with a slight smile. "At least Lancer gave you all the juicy parts."
"Ha, ha," he responds dryly. "The 'juicy parts' just requires me to drool!"
Sam smirks and continues, "Come on, Danny, it's not every day that Lancer picks someone who can actually act to be in his dumb plays. If I had to hear Dash trash a line one more time, I know I'd lose it!"
Danny smiles at her compliment. But before he can answer, his "ghost sense" --that is, his puff of cold, blue breath--suddenly goes off, and he says, "Uh-oh, guys! We're not alone! But somehow, this feels very different!"
To which, Tucker quips, "Told ya not to eat that red stuff they served in the cafeteria today!"
Danny replies, "This is serious, Tuck! Come on!"
The three friends dash into a nearby empty classroom. Danny quickly transforms into Danny Phantom just as Wulf leaves his portal. Wulf immediately attacks Danny before any of the friends can respond.
But Danny Phantom manages to throw Wulf off and says, "Wulf, what are you doing? It's me. Danny! Friend, remember?"
Wulf doesn't answer, but angrily lunges at Danny again. Danny, trying not to hurt his friend, quickly evades him, and sprints into the air. Wulf immediately pursues him. Again, they struggle with each other, and Danny is alarmed at the blank, angry red eyes glaring at him, eyes that do not belong to the Wulf he knows. With a lot more effort at this encounter, Danny is still able to push the beast away. But then Danny spies the new collar, which is glowing eerily. He gasps and shouts, "Sam! Tucker! He must be under someone's control again! You better get outta here!"
His guard down in fear for his friends' safety, Danny doesn't see the raging creature that renews his attack. As Danny struggles with his friend in mid-air, he is still unsure whether to attack. But the brainwashed Wulf does not hesitate and when he momentarily overpowers Danny, pinning him to the ceiling, he successfully bites Danny in the left shoulder.
Sam and Tucker scream "Danny!" in unison just as Danny screams in pain from his wound. Knocked momentarily senseless, Danny spirals to the ground and crashes into the desks below. He does not get up at first as Sam and Tucker rush to protect him.
Enraged at their response, Wulf turns to attack Sam and Tucker. But the injured Danny struggles to stand, and holding his wounded arm, musters all his might and uses his 'ghostly wail' on Wulf, who is eventually—along with the furniture in the room—thrust out the window and far, far away.
His strength spent, Danny collapses. Sam and Tucker run up to the now unconscious Danny Phantom. They see his wound just before it disappears when Danny Phantom reverts to his Danny Fenton form.
Sam, clearly worried, cries, "This can't be good. He's never been hurt this badly before."
As Danny Fenton slowly begins to stir, Sam and Tucker help him to his feet.
"Danny! Are you all right?" She asks anxiously.
Groaning weakly and grabbing his injured left arm, Danny replies, "I don't know. I don't feel that good. Who did that to Wulf?"
Tucker immediately begins to tap on his PDA and then announces, "I'm not sure, but according to my calculations, that collar is a lot more powerful than the last one. It'll be tough to crack its code to deactivate it."
With sudden and uncharacteristic anger, Danny growls at him, "Then get on it! We need to know who and what we're up against!" He stumbles forward, still clutching his injured left arm, and Sam catches him. But he shrugs her off and stomps out of the classroom and down the hallway without his two friends.
Tucker, surprised and hurt by Danny's words, calls after him and says, "OK, man! I was just trying to help!" He looks down at his PDA and frowns. He then punches on it some more.
"I'm not liking this," she says to Tucker, sympathetically touching him on the shoulder and throwing a worried glance toward where Danny disappeared.
"Yeah, me either. I can't help it if my PDA is so '1.0'!"
"Tucker!" she responded, impatiently. "You know what I mean! Besides, we all know you'll figure it out...but could you hurry up and figure it out? I got an awful feeling that something terrible is going to happen."
