A/N : OH-effin-G I am sooooo dearly sorry about late updates. This week has been chaotic! With science projects and essays and tests, I can't seem to balance my school, soccer and fanfic life! I will try my hardest with big chapters and long stories! Ideas, suggestions, reviews welcomed!

Chapter 4 : Caught and Secrets Revealed

The next morning, everyone woke bright and early… only because Tucker's alarm went off. They grumbled and gathered their things. Everyone looked alive and well, all except one. Yes, Danny went another night without sleep and kept watch. Danny looked more exhausted than he ever did before. His bags were darker and his limp was worse, not to mention his headache.

Maddie noticed her son trying to avoid, both her and Jack. She was very suspicious about her son's plans and how he knows the Ghost Zone, along with why he looked like he hasn't slept in weeks. Jack just blabbed on about ghosts to Mr. Lancer, who is most curious about Danny's whereabouts.

Paulina still couldn't get any juice from the Freak Trio and was getting grumpy because of it. She was the Queen of Drama. But the Trio easily became secluded and isolated, not letting anyone near their conversations.

Once Sam and Tucker told Danny their plan, he wasn't on board with it, but when Sam explained how they could manage to keep the secret hidden, he, hesitantly, agreed.

"Death's house is just a hour away. I really need to pay him a visit, so might as well do it with my entire class," Danny grumbled and continued their way.

Halfway there, Danny ghost sense went off. He shivered and looked around. Nothing, but then just a few yards away, a white ghost flew at them. Danny's eyes widened.

"Sam, Tucker, it Walker," he announced in a low whisper.

"Isn't it against the rules to arrest you?" Tucker asked, clueless.

Sam rolled her eyes and Danny answered, "No, he doesn't take orders from me. He's not part of it."

"Oh, crap…"

Danny nodded and looked back to the ghost. His class caught up with them. Mr. Lancer asked, "What are we stopping for?"

The group looked to where the Trio was looking and gasped.

"Hello, punk," the ghost greeted.

"Walker. What do you want?" Danny snapped, fists clenched.

"You still owe me a thousand years and now you bring more human world objects? That's another thousand years, punk. Along with your human companions," he sneered.

Danny snarled, "You wouldn't."

The Sheriff ghost smirked and spat out, "Oh, I would, my King!"

All of a sudden, his goons surrounded the group. The class screamed and Maddie and Jack brought out their weapons, but they didn't actually have any. They forgot them in the bus!

Danny, Sam and Tucker stayed in fighting stances. "Sam, wrist rays," Danny ordered. Sam pulled them out and gave each one, then began blasting the goons.

Danny needed to go ghost so badly, but couldn't, unless he wanted his secret blown. He grunted and pulled his weapon on his wrist. Walker knew Danny's strength and sent his most strongest guards his way. Danny kicked, punched and shot most of them, until Walker decided to join the party.

He snuck up behind the ghost boy and shot a restraining gun towards his arms and legs. Danny fell to the ground, wincing when his leg blossomed with pain, again. Stars dotted his vision, as he tried to keep his eyes open. Walker pulled the punk up by his shirt and brought him up to his face.

"Ready for your punishment?" He mocked, the broken ghost boy.

Danny, in return, spit in his face and grinned. Angrily, Walker shoved him to the ground. That was all it took for Danny's body to give in and fall limp.

"Danny!" Two feminine voices called from behind Walker. Sam glared at Walker, while Maddie tried to run to her son, but was quickly cut off by guards and human handcuffs. Sam, too, was stopped, among others, that either fought or gave in.

Each human was thrown in a separate van, from Danny, even though he was unconscious. Walker wanted to make sure he didn't pull any stunts on the way to the prison.

There was a steady silence, that fell among the humans. A gossip girl decided to break it, "What did he mean by 'my King'?"

Sam and Tucker paled and looked to each other. Oh no, Walker ruined it. Of course he did! Their covers were blown. Their whole world is gonna come to an end! Unless…

"You guys should probably know. When Phantom put Pariah back into the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep, Danny helped him lock the key in place. Both Danny and Phantom are part of a prophet. Two Kings, One Throne," Tucker paused, either for dramatic effect or because he was nervous to spit it out. "Danny and Phantom are Kings of the Ghost Zone."

Everyone, but Sam, gasped in shock.

"My son is a King of the Ghost Zone?!" Maddie said, angry, shocked and a pissed off mama bear.

"Yes, Mrs. Fenton. Ghosts aren't all evil. Walker is, but the Council, that helps Danny and Phantom, are kind," Sam explained.

"Ew, Fenton ruling with Phantom? That's just so gross," Paulina blanched and Star gagged.

When they finally made it to the prison, the humans were escorted, then shoved into one cell. There was one small cell next to them, but it was empty.

Maddie raced to the door and demanded, "Where's my son, you monster!? I deserve to known."

The Sheriff grinned and chuckled, "He's getting what he deserves," and left.

Maddie heart thumped out of her chest, as she clutched onto Jack, who hasn't spoken since their capture. Sam and Tucker sat in one corner and the class and Lancer spread out everywhere.

"You know," Danny started, "I could have you put on trial for harming the King."

Danny, in his Phantom form, knelt, chained on both feet and hands, his arms were raised above his head. He let his head hung down, his chin touching his shirt.

"But the King has a criminal record, I'm not sure the Council would let you," Walker smirked and kicked Danny in the stomach. He yelped in pain and slumped more. "You're a pathetic excuse for a King. I would make a much better King," Walker sneered and stepped on Danny's leg wound. This time, Danny screamed, the burning white pain pulsing on his leg.

Sam and Tucker recognized Danny's screams from so many battles. They shook a little more, knowing their best friend, and ghost hero, was getting the beating of a life time and they had no way, this time, of helping him.

"You would have no kingdom to rule, everyone would be in jail," Danny panted and tugged on the chains.

Walker's maniacal laugh made Danny flinch so bad, his body burned with white hot pain. "You're never going to get out of here, with just a few scratches and bruises. No, it will be so much worse."

For hours on end, the human cell could hear Danny's screams. Sam and Tucker thought at one point, his ghostly wail would come out. Maddie cried harder, Jack didn't speak, but comforted her and the class was scared. They were scared for their own lives, they didn't think of wimpy, weak Fenton's life.

Finally, two guards came back with an unconscious Danny Phantom, beaten, broken and battered. They tossed him in and laughed, as the young boy, subconsciously, recoiled in pain. The human cell gasped at the sight of their hero like this.

Maddie, no longer sad, but angry, asked the guards, "Where's my son, you no good excuse for a human conscious?!" The guards mainly chuckled and returned back to their jobs.

Sam never took her eyes off of Danny. Tears shimmered her eyes, as Tucker pulled her in for a hug. She didn't protest, like she normally would. When it came to Danny, she didn't mind being comforted. When anything came to Danny, Sam was changed, she was stubborn, yet corporation.

"Tucker," she whispered, wide eyed, "We have to wake him up."

Clueless, Tucker asked, "Why?"

She pulled back and looked him in the eyes, "His dreams, his nightmares!"

Tucker, also wide eyed, asked, "How are we going to do that? We can't even reach him."

Just then Danny's body flinched and he whimpered in pain. Then groaned and winced, both in dreamland and reality. The class and Lancer looked at him, weirdly.

"Guys, stop looking at him like that," Sam snapped. They all turned their attention to her. She had bloodshot eyes and her hair was a wreck.

"Why's he, like, doing that?" Star asked.

Sam took a deep breath, "He and Danny have been having nightmares lately, bad ones you don't want to know about. If he stays unconscious, he'll be scarred and will never go to sleep again."

Maddie crooked an eyebrow, "Phantom sleeps?"

"Yea," Tucker gritted his teeth, "You should really check those theories of yours."

Maddie glared at the teen, for offending her, then back to the ghost kid. He was strange, indeed. Maddie was going to need more information before she jumped to conclusions.

As the time passed, and Sam and Tucker could not wake Danny, his dreams became more real and his voice came out in short screeches, instead of screams. His throat dry from his previous meet with Walker.

Hours later, most of the class was asleep, though some found it hard with the ghost kid's screams echoing through the cells. Danny jolted upright, then winced, pain screaming from every one of his bones.

Sam saw his figure and smiled, "Danny." He looked down at himself and rubbed his face again. "Just nightmares, Danny. That's all they are."

He frowned and curled into a ball, "They could come true."

"Only if you let them," she told him, softly.

His eyebrows scrunched together, "How can you be so positive? You're the goth."

That made both of them chuckle. In the darkness of both their cages, Sam could barely make out Danny's face, while Danny could see her, like the sun was shining through the darkness. They stared at each other, for mere moments, then looked away, flushed a bright red.

"You should sleep, you need the energy," he told her, still trying to keep his heroic act up.

She rolled her eyes, "You should, but I wouldn't recommend it. By the way, I wouldn't… you know… change your appearance, until after we break out."

He smirked, "Break out?"

She tried catching herself, but was too flustered, "I've tried keeping myself busy, while you were…"

"Yea," he sighed, "Good night, Sam."

He could hear her clothes crinkle against the ground, as she laid down and closed her eyes, her breathing turned low and steady.

He sighed, once more, before he leaned his head against the wall and was lost in deep thoughts.

A/N : Is Danny OK? Will he tell his secret? Will they ever get out? Find out next chapter :)