Hey guys, I know it's been quite some time and I hope you guys are still interested in this story despite my absence. I have finally got some reviews the other day and it has motivated me enough to write this chapter so enjoy. I do not own Danny Phantom or any of its characters.

In Amity Park...

Sam and the Fentons were busy trying to defend the city from Skulker who incredibly showed up less than 5 minutes after the Spector Speeder had left Amity Park.

"You whelps aren't my prey, where's Danny Phantom? It has now reached the time for my weekly pursuit of the legendary halfa." Skulker boomed to Sam and the newly arrived Fentons.

"You picked the wrong town to go hunting, you big pile of junk!" Maddie retorted to Skulker before firing an arrow with her ecto-bow at Skulker who was blown back by the blast.

Despite Skulker having a jetpack and his supposed status as 'the greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone', Sam and the Fentons actually managed to fight toe to toe with him.

With Skulker sufficiently weakened from Jack's usage of the Fenton ecto-zooka, Sam had been able to suck him into the Fenton thermos. All in all, it was a job well done with Tucker not having to join the battle.

With the Fenton siblings...

"Are we there yet? How long more are we going to take until we have reached that creep's castle?" Danielle was bugging Danny as he had taken the control from Jazz so she could rest.

"Hold on Danielle, we won't be reaching there for another hour. Why don't you go take a short nap and by the time you wake up, we would have reached Vlad's lair." Danny told his sister before ruffling her hair to which Danielle huffed and decided that it would be a better idea to just take a nap.

Despite looking like the very definition of calmess, Danny is anxious about going up against Vlad again. He knew that Vlad was no pushover and on his day may utterly destroy him in a battle, making him feel glad he had a little back up.

Danny and Jazz also had talked about Vlad and what it could mean to Danielle, which Danny immediately said that he wouldn't let that creep touch her to which Jazz just laughed as she agreed.

"Hey Danielle, get up. We are here, now it's time to get Valerie back from that fruit loop." Jazz said as she shakes Danielle out of her slumber much to her frustration.

Danny then disengaged the cloaking system and landed the Spector Speeder while Danielle was busy helping Jazz to suit up in the back. The 3 teens then exited the Speeder and headed into the castle.

In Plasmius' lab...

"Those foolish citizens would come to regret the day that they have shunned me from this planet when I become the ruler of this world and the Ghost Zone as well." Vlad started to gloat as he tried to locate the skeleton key as he wanted to get the crown of fire which would magnify his ghost powers immensely.

"I'm sorry to interrupt master, but it looks like we have some unwanted guests in the castle." The Fright Knight said to Vlad which caused him to curse and dispatch some ecto-abominations to deal with the teens.

Valerie looked at the ex-mayor and was disgusted with herself at how she had come to respect the man in the past. With the way he is treating the crown of fire, she knew that it must not fall into his hands.

Back with the Team Phantom trio...

"Well shit, looks like Vlad must really be doing something important to sic the whole collection of creepy crawlies on us." Danny said as he went into his ghost form and started firing ecto blasts at said ecto creatures.

"I don't really remember him having that many of these ghost minions but he must either be obsessed or well bored." Danielle quipped as she kicked a bear/lion ghost and shot him with her ecto blast.

Seeing as the ghosts were just given primal instincts by Vlad, Jazz knew that she had to disable the alpha ghost and the rest will just scatter. She soon saw that it was the elephant/wolf ghost and she aimed her ecto blaster at it and started shooting.

Half of the ghosts were already down by the time the alpha ghost was taken down and the rest just panicked and ran off, much to the amusement of the 3 teens who continued looking for the fruitloop.

Danny then went intangible and went to look for the ghosts while Danielle and Jazz both tried to go through the library as that was where Jazz found the entrance the last time.

"Hey guys, did you find anything? I looked around and I have found absolute zilch." Danny said as he turned himself tangible and landed next to his sisters who were checking something on the mantle.

When Danielle pulled the football, the whole mantle gave way to a huge opening in the wall and the trio then walked through it to discover Vlad's lab. The trio also felt a little anxious as Vlad or the Fright Knight could surprise them and attack at any time.

Jazz was admiring how state of the art most of the equipment was compared to the tech that they had back at FentonWorks, but Danny and Danielle soon found Valerie trapped on the wall with restraints and they rushed to free her.

"Well well, look what the cat dragged in. It seems that the prodigal daughter has returned and has brought young Daniel and Jasmine to see me. How nice, but you should know my regular greeting by now." Vlad said before turning away from his monitors and changed to his ghost form.

I have finally got this chapter done, it has been quite a long time coming. I hope any of you who is still reading this story haven't been dying in anxiety. So, that's it and I guess I'll see you guys next time in the possibly final chapter.