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The second chapter for today is out! I won't put out two chapters out every day, but I was anxious for you guys to review! The next chapter will come out tomorrow!

And now, enjoy the chapter!

Chapter Three: A Scream of Pain and Love

Back at the Fenton Ghost Portal, right after Danny flew away, the robotic female voice finished her sentence.

"Fenton authorization confirmed. Ghost Portal closed. Ghost Portal still unlocked. Comencing defense systems. Defense systems active."

And with that, there was a whirring of machines as ghost weapons popped out, trained on the spot that was the Ghost Portal.

It was a few hours until there was any action within the vacinity of the Ghost Zone surrounding the Fenton Portal.

"Ah, ha, ha, ah! I, Technus, will never be part of your childish games, Youngblood, for I am greater and more hip than that!" Technus pointed behind him where a flying young cowboy ghost rode his skeletal horse straight at him, attempting to tag him.

"Oh, come on, Techy! It's tag! Skulker's probably still rebuilding his armour, and Ember's in a mood! You're the only one left that likes to play tag!" He stopped his horse right before he crashed into Technus. Dust floated in the air, seeming to come from no where. "And you just had to run all the way across the Zone to Phantom's portal!"

Technus looked around, amazed that he was indeed near the Ghost Bratt's portal. "Well Youngblood, what do you say we take this childish game into his territory? I, Technus, am on a good footing the the hip Danny Phantom!"

Youngblood rolled his eyes at the tech ghost. "Yeah, right! He's still mad at me for wrecking havoc and making him look crazy!" He pointed at the portal without looking at it, so he didn't notice that the portal was open. "I doubt he would even have the portal opened! He knows better than that!"

"But I, Technus, the great master of technology, have managed to open the portal with his mind!" He then continued to point at the portal, which Youngblood was surprised to see that it was, indeed open.

He looked away from the so proclaimed 'master of technology', and rolled his eyes. He doubted Technus opened it. Phantom may have just forgotten about it. Or his idiot parents left it open. He floated in front of the swirling green vortex. "Well, 'master of technology', you go first!"

"Why should I go first? I, Technus, have much more to live for."

Youngblood turned around with lightning speed. "You should go first because you are the master of technology!" And you can set of all of the traps, Youngblood finished in his head.

Gulping, Technus faced the portal behind Youngblood. He floated forwards past him, and closed the distance to one foot from him entering it. Mumbling, Technus walked forward into the human world. "You so owe me for this Youngblood!"

Youngblood stuck out his tounge at the retreating form of Technus, and turned invisible. He flew through the portal right after him, and still riding his skeletal horse, who throughout that entire conversation kept quiet, decided to say,"Are you sure about this, sir?"

Youngblood quickly whispered an answer, "No, of course I'm not sure! After all I'm just a kid!" And with that, he finished flying into the human world. He registered instintly that Technus was screaming, and dodging ectoblasts sent from weapons in the ceiling that tracked ecto signatures.

Glad that he thought of turning invisible, Youngblood quickly flew out of the lab and into the kitchen. He quickly became visible and searched the house. It wasn't like Danny's sister or parents would see him. Or maybe not. The girl..., Jazz, right? She managed to see him when he went after Phantom. He would of succeeded, too if she wasn't a big baby.

Youngblood smiled at that thought.

After searching the house and finding no one in it, Youngblood was satisfied that he could wreck havoc on Amity if he avoided the Red Huntress. Not caring about Technus, Youngblood flew out into the sky and laughed.

After a day of driving, they finally reached the campsite. Maddie decided to wake up Danny, since he was still asleep. She got out from her door, and went to open up the back, but before she could get there, she heard Danny scream.

Racing to the door now, Maddie opened it to find Danny awake and turning red fast. He soon looked like an over-ripe tomato. He was rubbing the back of his neck.

"Guys! That wasn't funny! You can stop laughing now!"

Tucker was the only one that stopped laughing long enough to reply to him. "Dude, it was priceless! You were scared out of your mind and you jumped up in the air!"

"Well, I wouldn't've if you would have just calmly woken me up!"

Sam instantly sobbered up. "Danny, there is no 'calmy waking you up.'"

Jazz and Tucker stopped laughing to see Danny's reaction. Before he could say a word, though, Maddie interupted. "Why is there 'no calmly waking you up'?"

The trio were at a loss for what to say, so Jazz quickly tried to distract her mom. "Well, let's forget about that now and get the tents up!" They all scrambled past Maddie, who had to move to the side. They grabbed their individual tents on the way out and started trying to put them up.

They started struggling almost instantly, so Maddie had an idea to keep them busy so her and Jack could ghost-proof the campsite.

"Okay kids. You guys can stop trying to put up your tents and make a little competition for yourselves!"

Instantly, every single one of them looked at her. Knowing that she had to hurry before they lost intrest, Maddie continued. "You guys can split up and try to gather the most firewood. Boys versus girls, if you will!" Maddie bit her lip, nervous that her plan wouldn't work.

Danny looked like he was excited, while the others looked skeptical for why they should split up. Thankfully Jack came to the rescue.

"Yeah kids! You can go gather firewood as teams, and whoever has the most will get more marshmallows for s'mores tonight!" Jack came up behind Maddie and gripped her shoulder, as if to say, trust me.

Her hand imediatley went up to grip her husbands hand and gave it a squeeze to say thanks.

Dusting off her hands, Sam stood up. "Sounds good to me!" Everyone looked at her. Danny, Tucker, and Jazz couldn't believe she agreed, but Maddie and Jack were happy that she did. Hopefully the other kids will agree now that Sam wants to, Jack thought. "Don't look at me like that! It's a good idea! Especially the boys versus girls part!"

"I agree with Sam! Nothing like friendly competion and additional s'mores!" Danny stood up and started dragging Tucker with him. "We'll go this way," He pointed in the direction the GAV was facing, "and you guys go that way!" He pointed in the opposite direction. "Agreed?"

"That's my boy!" Jack muttured so only Maddie could hear. She smiled, proud her baby boy would make their plans work.

Jazz stood up as well. "Agreed!"

After walking for a bit, and gathering as much wood as they could carry, Jazz and Sam started heading back. Their strategy was to be fast and carry small armfulls back to camp, then head back to get more. On their third time going back into the woods, they started a conversation.

"Soooo, Sam. What are your feelings on Danny?"

Sam looked away, pretending to inspect a piece of wood, so her blush could go unnoticed. "I don't know what you mean."

Jazz grabbed Sam by the shoulders and made her look her in the eyes. She said with all the seriousness she could muster, "You know what I mean! Do you like Danny or not?"

Blushing even more, Sam bit her lip. "I like him as a friend-"

"Sam!"

"Okay, maybe more than a friend, but I doubt he likes me back!"

"The first step is admitting it!" Jazz pratically sang. Happy with her response to the question, Jazz let Sam go, and they continued walking and gathering sticks and logs.

The silence was starting to get uncomfortable, but of course, fate just had to mess with them. When they were heading back to camp, they heard a scream.

Maddie and Jack had to hurry in what they were doing, because they girls kept coming back with wood. While Jack did the tents, Maddie worked on setting up ghost detectors.

She could easily climb up the nearby trees and set the traps that would only activate for a ghost. She made sure not to activate some of the other traps deeper in the woods, while thinking even more about Danny.

Maddie decided to bring it up to Jack when she got back to camp. She was worried about her baby boy.

Stepping back into the clearing they picked a little bit off the road, Maddie was amazed to see all of the tents up. They weren't even collapsing on themselves like she thought they would!

"Maddie! Your back!" Jack stumbled into view and headed towards her.

Maddie forced a smile. "Yep! And all of the ghost protocals are set into place!"

Jack stopped when he noticed the look on her face. "Maddie, what's wrong?"

Maddie ran, crying into Jack's open arms. "Oh, Jack! I'm so worried about Danny!"

After Jack managed to calm her down, they talked about what was wrong. Occasionally, Maddie would start crying, and Jack would have to start all over, but he did manage to get why she was upset.

"So... You're saying Danny-Boy is ghost hunting?" Maddie nodded. "That's great! He's finally getting into the family bussiness!"

Maddie shook her head sniffling. "No Jack... He was ghost hunting with another ghost..."

"'Ghost hunting with another ghost'? You don't mean...? Phantom?!"

Maddie nodded her head and started crying again. "He's b-been getting hurt! I've seen all of the signs, but then I never connected the dots!"

Jack was worried about his wife more than anything. It broke his heart into a million pieces when she was like this.

"It's okay, honey. We'll get Phantom for this. He doesn't get to mess with a Fenton without getting hurt!"

Maddie smiled through her tears. "Thanks Ja-"

A scream pierced the air. Louder than what the girls heard because they were closer. Maddie and Jack noticed at the same time that the scream came from where the boys headed out.

To Be Continued...

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Yay! I was anxious to put this chapter out, but I decided to get chapter four written out first! Yep! I know what's going to happen for once!

The next chapter will be out tomorrow, so thanks for reading!

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