Chapter 4.

Sorry for not updating! I have 2 stories and I only get an hour a night, if I'm lucky.

Danny heard Jazz yell his name when the shot was fired. He felt the hit him, and he lost flying capability. He fell into the boxes that poor Box Ghost had loved so much.

Will I vanish like Boxy? But I am stronger than that, right? And what would happen to Box Lunch? And why are these strange thoughts going through my mind when my own mom had just shot me down?

He felt light headed. He closed his eyes, hoping that he would not melt into ectoplasm.

"Jack we did it! We finally captured Phantom!"

"It was nothing, Baby."

"I shot him."

"Oh, right. I'll go get the fudge!" Jack ran into the house to fetch the well-loved fudge. Maddie went over to make sure Phantom was down. She proceeded to take a blood sample. The ectoplasm covered most of Phantom, but Maddie had this sense of familiarity.

Sam. Her purple eyes, her laughter. Danny felt at ease as her face filled his mind. I'm not going to leave you.

Jazz rushed down stairs, knocking the fudge from her father's gloved hands.

"Get away from him, you monster!" Jazz knocked Maddie down, checking Danny's life signs. She felt no pulse and he was warm.

Is this normal for him? Is he still alive? What was his human half doing? Is it keeping him alive? Will he melt too? Would only his ghost half melt? Could he still survive without it?

Maddie stood back up.

"Get away from him Jazz. He's an evil ghost."

"No Mom. You're wrong. He's been protecting this town forever. He's done a better job than any of us could have done. And what does he get in return? People shooting at him day and night, having to hide away from the Guys In White, afraid of being dissected for being a freak." She leaned down again, with tears steaming from her green eyes.

"Danny! Please wake up! DANNY!" She shook him, hoping.

Green eyes met neon green eyes.

"Jazz?"

"Danny! You're alive!"

"I couldn't leave you. Or Sam. Sam. Where's Sam?"

"Sam isn't here. She would be over in if she knew. Can you change back?" He strained, and the rings appeared, but vanished.

Maddie watched, surprised at how much Jazz cared for this ghost. And what were those rings? No matter. He was still evil, and he would be questioned and dissected for information. She raised the gun.

"Jazz. Get out of the way."

She stood up. "No Mom. I will not let you hurt Danny."

"He's name is Phantom. Danny is no name for a filthy ghost."

"He's name is Danny Phantom. And that's what I'll call him."

"Move Jazz."

"No! He's innocent of every crime you claim. The mayor? The mayor was overshadowed and he's holding Danny. The robberies? He was being controlled by a evil ghost called Freakshow."

"You know so much about him. How do you know?"
"I know him. He tells me and Sam and Tucker everything."

"What about my baby boy? He better not be hanging out with that ghost."

Jazz almost wanted to tell her, but she would never believe it. Jazz took out her Fenton Wrist Ray, and fired the ectonet, trapping Maddie against the Fentonworks wall.

"What do you think you're doing young lady? Come over me and let me out of this net right now."

"I'm doing what my heart says to."

"Danny?" Danny, now leaning against the wall, carefully, leaned on Jazz for support, with the anti-ectoplasm dripping off of him.

"I still feel whole. Maybe it's just short-circuited my powers."

"Let's hope that's all." Jazz knew there was only one place to go, until Danny was better.

"Come on, let's get you to the Specter Speeder." She led him into the house, and downstairs.

"Jazz? Where are you going?"

"Into the basement."

"Alright. The fudge is almost ready!"

"Thanks Dad." They proceeded down the stairs, leaving purple footprints on the clean floor.

She carefully laid Danny down into the Specter Speeder, and set the autopilot to go to Vlad's house. She ran into Danny's room and grabbed Inferno's cage, an extra pair of clothes for Danny, and a towel. Jazz came back to find Danny sleeping.

I hope it doesn't do anything permanent.

She took the towel that she grabbed and wiped some of the anti-ectoplasm off his jumpsuit, and his usual ghostly glow dimmed.

The autopilot took them directly to Vlad's Ghost Portal ((A/N I know, it was destroyed, but this is slightly AU ok?))

The Specter Speeder landed in Vlad's Lab. The door opened, and Jazz stepped out.

Vlad phased through from above, as Plasmius

"Alright Skulker. What brings you here this time…." Vlad stopped, surprised at the fact that Jazz and The Specter Speeder was in his lab.

"Jasimine? What on Earth are you doing here?" Jazz stepped aside to reveal the sleeping and weak Danny.

"Daniel? What happened? And what's that purple stuff?" Vlad floated over to Danny and reached out to touch the anit-ectoplasm.

"Don't touch it! It's anti-ectoplasm!"

"Anti-ectoplasm?"

"My parents found it. It disables ghost powers and makes the ghost unstable. They killed The Crate Creep!"

"Crate Creep?"

"Um, Danny calls him 'The Box Ghost.' I think mine's better."

"What happened to Daniel then?"

"My parents shot him and he got covered with it. I don't know what will happen to him. Will he melt too? Could he lose his ghost half?"

"I don't know Jasmine." He landed and changed into Master. He felt Danny's temperature. "He seems to be running a fever. He must change back or the effects could be devastating." He grabbed Danny, being careful to avoid the anti-ectoplasm. He phased through the roof of the lab.

"Uh, Vlad? Vlad! This place doesn't have stairs you know!"

After a minute, Jazz felt something grab onto her shoulders. She looked up to see the Ghost vultures. Two of them had grabbed her shoulders, and phased her though the ceiling.

"Down the hall, the 3rd door down."

"Uh, thanks?" She wandered down the hall until she came upon the door.

She opened it to reveal a anti-ectoplasm free Danny, in bed.

Vlad appeared, with the Plasmius Maximus.

"Is that what I think it is?"

"Yes. It might be the only hope right now."

"Isn't it painful?"

"Yes. But he needs it." He touched it to Danny's stomach. Danny stiffed, and the rings appeared. And then vanished.

"It does seem to have disabled his ghost powers. How did your parents discover this anti-ectoplasm?"
"Uh, we did."

"You did? How?"

"Um, Danny's new pet mouse. Inferno. He lived in the toaster, which I think exposed him to high heat which altered the ectoplasm into anti-ectoplasm."

"And where is Inferno?"

"In the Specter Speeder." He phased through the floor.

"I will have to get used to that."

He returned with Inferno.

"Do you mind if I do some research?"

"Not at all."

"You can have the room next to this one. Dear me. It's nearly 10 o'clock! You should get some sleep."

She nodded and Vlad faded from sight.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO DANNY/ FIND OUT NEXT TIME!

Wow 4 pages! That's a lot!