Howdy! This one is a bit short, but essential! The worlds are now interwoven! Read, review and prosper!
Chapter 3
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The joy of being back with friends and back in his element was shattered within seconds. From all around the Fenton Ferry came blasts of multicolored light, and all within the vessel were struck motionless. In his last moment of consciousness Danny saw Skulker, a smile plastered to his face.
In his unconscious dreams Danny saw clouds, dark, ominous clouds. Lightning crackled in them, and rain poured down upon Danny, when, suddenly, a blast of strange blue light blew the clouds in half. A boy, in a lotus position, descended from the clouds, then spoke, in Sam's voice, "Danny."
Danny awoke to Sam prodding him in the shoulder. He opened his eyes and realized he was in a cage. He tried to sit up, but when he went to use his arms for balance he realized they were shackled. Danny reluctantly wrenched himself off the ground using his abdomen. He looked around; both Sam and Tucker were shackled. Tucker, still out cold was being poked in the forehead with Sam's heel.
Danny stood, and looked outside the cage. Around him was the eerie Ghost Zone, and just outside the cage stood Frostbite. Danny yelled. "Help, Frostbite! Get us out of here!" Frostbite turned, his eyes were blank, pure white. Danny recoiled in horror. "What… What happened to you?" Instead of answering, Frostbite stared, blankly. Danny noticed a strange new addition to Frostbite's attire. A red gem was now adorned to his forehead; it sparkled unnaturally in the dim light.
Tucker stirred, and the first words out of his mouth were, "Where's my assistant? I Need coffee." He sat upright realizing where he was. Then he stammered, "What's going on?"
Danny replied, "We've been captured," then he smiled, "but we'll be out in no time. I'm going ghost!" He went ghost, or at least, he thought he did. He was confused, his body didn't feel ghostly in the least. Looking down he confirmed his fears, he was still Danny Fenton.
Sam and Tucker looked terrified. "What'd they do to you?" Sam said.
"Took away your powers." Said a snide voice from behind Danny. Danny spun around and came face to face with someone who almost looked human, except far more terrible. He had long dark hair, and wore a crown atop his head. "For now anyway. It'll take some time to regain them."
"Who are you?" Danny yelled. "What do you want with me?"
"I want you out of my way. As for who I am? You'll know soon enough. The entire world will know." The man smirked. "I've heard a great deal about you, Ghost Boy, but now that you're out of my way I don't think you'll be a problem." He chuckled then added, "Keep an eye on him Frostbite."
Frostbite bowed, and replied "Yes, Master." Then straightened up and returned to his duty. The mysterious man walked off. Sequences of thought passed through Danny's mind. He formulated a plan in an instant.
"Tucker, hand me your beret." He whispered under his breath, Tucker obliged. Danny balled it up, and threw it at Frostbite. It hit him on the back of the head, and he turned. Slowly he walked towards Danny, annoyance plastered to his face.
"What do you think you're doing?" Frostbite sneered. "I have been put in charge of you, and that means I have full authority over you. The master wants you alive, but he told me if you get out of hand then I can do what I want." Frostbite stepped closer. "One more step out of line and I may just exercise that option." To prove his point he prodded Danny in the chest with his index finger.
Danny acted swiftly. With a fast movement he thrust his shackled hands upward directly into the chin of Frostbite, who wobbled on the spot and fell forward into the bars of the cage. Danny thrust his hands forward once more and plucked the gem out of Frostbite's forehead.
Frostbite began to pant, and the change was instant. As he looked up color returned to his eyes and then he gasped. "Danny?"
Danny sat down and looked him in the eyes. "Are you ok?"
"Yes, I think so."
"Can you tell me what's going on?"
"I only know a little. But, about a year ago whispers started about a new ghost. He has strange powers, and he wanted the Ghost Zone for his own. We tried to resist, most of us anyway, but I told you, he has strange powers. He captured us and put us under his spell. I was his servant, and a prisoner in my own mind. And that's all I know."
"Can you get us out of here?"
"Oh, yes of course." Frostbite extracted a key from a pouch on his hip, and unlocked the cage. Danny, Sam and Tucker stepped out, and Frostbite unlocked their shackles.
"What do we do now, Danny?" Sam asked.
"I don't know." Danny said looking at his feet.
"I do." Frostbite said, pulling a piece of glowing paper out of his pocket. "Take this and get out of here, grab the first portal you can and leave. Sort something out from the outside." He handed the paper to Danny.
"The Infi-Map." Danny said, smiling. "Thank you, now, let's go."
"Good Luck." Frostbite added. With that Danny opened the map.
"There's a portal there." Danny said pointing at the map. "Right that way." Sam and Tucker followed Danny and there in the distance was the portal. And directly in front of them were a dozen or so ghosts, all their eyes blank.
The three broke into a sprint as the ghosts descended upon them. Danny felt completely out of his element without his powers, and he was nearly hit by a blast of ectoplasm but Sam pushed him out of the way. Tucker, who had forgot his beret back at the cage, looked absurd running at full speed without his hat. With a final leap to avoid a massive green blast the three leapt forth into the portal.
The world spun around them and they were expelled from the exit portal into a strange place.