*has built a fortress against the angry mob* Yes, I know, it's been way too long! … I blame school… *has things thrown at him* Alright, alright! I'll stop talking! On with the story… Sheesh!
Vlad saw Technus, unscathed, laughing down at him, "Impossible!" he cried.
"Thank you for restoring my memory and powers, Masters!" said Technus, tauntingly. "I created a copy of myself out of my beloved technology!" Then Technus let out one of his signature laughs, which only made Vlad angrier. He fired a ghost ray blindly out of sheet anger, then lunged at Technus. Technus quickly found some electrical wiring and attached them to himself. He then shot electricity at the animal-like Vlad and Vlad toppled to the ground, momentarily paralyzed. Technus cackled once more and floated toward the exit, hoping to leave the madhouse during all the commotion. However, as he approached the door, someone knocked him to ground. It was none other than Penelope Spectra.
"No one leaves my asylum of depression!" she said, sounding like a villain on a Saturday morning cartoon. Technus, however, made a flamethrower appear out of nowhere and it started shooting fire at Spectra. She quickly became intangible and looked back over to the brawl. She thought the ghosts would be too depressed to fight by now.
'Then again,' she thought. 'Perhaps being set free helped them regain their happiness…' she smacked her forehead, but her self-pity party was interrupted by a ghost ray.
"The things they leave lying around the Ghost Zone…" said Technus in a mocking voice. While Spectra was preoccupied, he was able to summon technology from his house that he had stolen from the Fenton's lab. "Give up now!" Technus once again laughed with glee.
"I suggest you give up, Technus." said Vlad coldly from behind him. Technus whirled around and shot another ghost ray which Vlad matched with his own. While Technus and Vlad were occupied, Spectra fled to her office. Technus shot another ray, which Vlad absorbed and directed back at Technus. The blast was perfectly aimed so that it knocked the blaster out of Technus' hands. Vlad smirked, then teleported. Technus tried running away once again, but Vlad appeared directly in front of him and used his Ghost Stinger on Technus.
"How does it feel to be electrified, Technus?" said Vlad viciously as he grabbed the momentarily-stunned Technus by the back of his hair and left the Asylum.
Danny, who had been busy fighting, decided to leave it to the other ghosts and became invisible so he could slip away undetected. He saw Vlad and Technus leave and he followed them silently to see what was going on. Danny glimpsed behind him and saw Bertrand being captured in a net by Skulker with Ember looking uncharacteristically adoringly at him.
'Maybe Spectra's Asylum did do some good.' thought Danny as he watched the rest of the ghosts fight as one as the police ghosts fell. 'But I think it'll be shut down permanently…' Danny smirked and continued following Technus and Vlad to a Ghost Portal Danny had visited only once in the future, only that time it had been blocked by a giant purple football…
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Meanwhile, back at Spectra's Asylum, Spectra was cowering in her office while Bertrand and the Ghost Zone Police Department were being beaten by most of the other ghosts in the Ghost Zone. There was a loud knock at her door and she foolishly thought it was the ghosts coming to get her. She hid under her desk while the door was kicked down. In the doorway stood the intimidating frame of a ghost with a chalk-white, skeletal-looking face and a white suit. Behind him was a burly man with purple skin, camouflage pants and an eye-patch.
"Ah, Walker, Bullet," said Spectra, nervously, but calmly.
"You know why I'm here." said Walker in his no-nonsense voice.
"I see…" said Spectra, as she reached under her desk.
Walker smirked as he saw what she was trying to do. "Don't bother calling security," he said. "Your assistant was tied up when I got here, most likely the work of your escaped charges… anyway, I had my officers take him to my prison." he paused, then said, "Which is what I wanted to talk about."
"You told me I'd be benefiting from letting my officers patrol your asylum." he continued, getting visibly angrier by the word. "But so far, you have robbed me of all my prisoner and officers and the prison has been closed down." Spectra opened her mouth to retort, but Walker snapped his fingers and Bullet flew toward her. Spectra narrowly dodged him and he collapsed onto the desk, breaking it in half. Walker then tried to attack her, but she clawed at his face with her nails. While Walker and Bullet groped around, trying to regain their balance and dignity, Spectra fled her office, hoping to escape the Ghost Zone and return to the human world to open an asylum there. However, a dozen police officers were waiting outside for her. While she was able to put up a fight and defeat a few of them, she was hit in the back by one of their weapons and collapsed onto the floor.
Walker, who had finally pulled himself together, looked triumphantly at Spectra, "Take her away, boys." he said, simply and two of the guards handcuffed her and dragged her away. The rest of the guards, with their weapons held aloft, and Walker followed them. While Walker had considered this a victory for himself, it seemed that being in a prison would benefit the shamed Penelope Spectra. After all, she was now the most-hated ghost in the Ghost Zone, after Danny Phantom, of course. However, Walker didn't think this over and none of his minions would dare contradict Walker's word…
I know, kind of a lame ending to the chapter. Sorry for the chapters being so short, I've never been one to write long, detailed chapters. But to make up for that, I promise the next chapter will be up faster. Anyway … so yeah, the bit between Walker and Spectra wasn't in the original draft, in fact, Walker wasn't even in the original draft but I decided Spectra's role as the villainess should end in the story right then and there since this is between Vlad and Technus with Danny acting as mediator… as usual and there was no room to fit Spectra as an actual villain since she wasn't even in the last story. Plus, the Ghost Zone without Walker as the self-proclaimed head honcho?! That's like Christmas without department stores dressing up some cranky guy in a Santa suit! Anyway… what was I talking about? Oh well…. please review…. I need a vacation….