Chapter 7: Escape

Vlad's POV

I was in my office the next morning when the phone rang. I picked it up and answered. "Hello, Vlad Maters speaking."

"Hello, this is Sarah from the Vet's Office. I am calling about your cat, Daniel." Uh Oh, this couldn't be anything good.

"What about him, is something wrong?"

"Actually, yes. The blood test results came back today and it appears that there are contaminants in it. The most noticeable thing being large amounts of ecto-plasm."

"Why would my cat have ecto-plasm in his blood? That is only found in ghosts, correct?"

"Usually, yes. But your pet may have been injured by a ghost and has gotten some of the substance into his blood stream."

"It will not harm him though, will it?"

"No, it shouldn't, but there may be side effects of having such a large amount in such a small creature as a cat. I suggest that Daniel be brought back in for some further tests."

"Very well, is two days, Friday, good?"

"Yes, see you then."

"Goodbye." With that, I hung up the phone and went back to work.

Danny's POV

I had heard the phone ring and listened in on the conversation. Sounded like I was going back to the Vet because they had found evidence of my ghost half. Which, by the way, was still not working because of the tag that was suppressing it. The tag was really a small device with a wire running through the collar because the device had to be touching to make it work. The collar was to well fitted to pull off or break, so the only option was to break the device itself. Then I got an idea. I went back to the kitchen and jumped onto the counter.

In the sink was a nutcracker that I was going to try to use to break the tag. I propped it up and wedged my tag between the clamp. It took a few tries, but it finally snapped the tag in half. Instantly, I felt my powers come back. I spent the next few minutes testing my powers. I could still use flying, invisibility, and intangibility, that was about it. I could still transform, but the rest of my powers were still blocked. Oh well. The ones I had would have to do for now. I was ready to make a run for it, but I didn't know the way home from here. Sure, I knew the way through the Ghost Zone, but not the human realm. It was dangerous, but I was willing to try anything to get home. I trotted down to the lab and started to wait.

A while later the portal finally opened. The ones who triggered it were those stupid vultures. Always in the way. I dashed past them and leapt into the Ghost Zone right before the portal closed. Once inside, I paused to take a good look around. Skulker's Island was in the far distance to my left and in front of me was the Far Frozen. I needed to go past Skulker's Island then go right once I hit Walker's Jail. From there I just had to follow a chain of floating islands to my portal. The trip would be fairly quick as distance is much less in the Ghost Zone than in the human realm.

Once I got to my portal I would go find Sam and Tucker and somehow get changed back. I'm sure the ghosts had to be on the loose with me out of town. While I was planning this out, I had almost reached my portal. Surprisingly I hadn't had any trouble so far. Especially passing right by two of my enemies territories. I was now hopping along the chain of islands leading home. Plunging through the portal I landed in the lab. Upon reentering the human realm my collar began beeping. Darn it! I forgot about the tracking device! I had to be quick before Vlad came after me. I took off for Sam's house running as fast as I could, wanting to get there before Vlad found me.

After arriving I simply phased through the door just wanting to get this over with. I floated up the steps and phased through her bedroom door. Sam was sitting on her bed reading the stuff she had taken from Vlad's lab.

"Sam!" I yowled in joy.

She jumped and looked at me. "How did you get in here kitty? Wait. Your Vlad's cat!" With a sigh I transformed. This definitely get her attention. Not just because of my white energy rings, but also because a patch of fur appeared in the exact shape of my insignia on my chest. I sat up to make sure she could see the mark clearly.

"Danny?" She questioned.

"Duh, look at the mark." I meowed. Then I jumped on the bed and looked directly at her.

"Danny! It is you! Why the heck are you a cat?" Crunch went the paper as my paw smacked it.

"The spirit did this to you?" I nodded, whiskers bobbing.

"We need to tell Tucker and find that spirit so we can fix this. I have the location on these papers. Next stop, the Realm Beyond Time!"

They just keep getting longer. Keep watch for the next chapter!

Sorry if it says I updated, as I did not. Just some minor typo fixes.

~Misty