Danny didn't know what just happened, just that the whole power grid just went down that he found himself dashing for the lab once Jazz came out and was told what was happening, Maddie and Jack surprised as well as the young teen made it, but missed the troublemakers that freed Ember, Danny wanting to shout in anger from the chances of finding out what even happened when he stopped, looking at the door to see that the lock was carefully opened with ease, someone had unlocked it and, to the tone of the DNA scanner asking for print, the power surge must have knocked it out for the window and allowed the duo to get to the lab and free their ally. Maddie and Jazz headed down while Jack only did so to grab a Fenton Blaster and bolt upstairs to fight the 'spook'. Maddie rested a hand on Danny's shoulder as he sighed before he turned to Jazz. "You didn't do anything, did you, Jazz?" His older sister shook her head as she explained.
"I did nothing, we were starting before the lights flickered and I had a feeling that something was wrong, I didn't open the door for Ember."
"Which is strange..." Maddie spoke as she looked at the locking device and looked back with some concern and confusion. "This shows no signs of being forced open, whoever was involved with this was able to open it on a toothpick-size level and it had to be physical, any energy-based attempts would have cause the cell to reactivate.
"It has to be Johnny, but how did he and Kitty get past us and what was the sound or feeling?" The trio looked among each other before Maddie pulled up the security system to see what had happened. It showed the events that even occurred and the pair phased through the floor, Johnny pointing a hand as a shadow surged out and into the lock, the barrier fading before Kitty pulled out some documents and Ember nodded with a smile, the audio missing as Maddie tried to get it together, but nothing as she turned to the outside perimeter to see what happened and what the trio saw didn't make much sense until Maddie scrolled in on a large metal scaffold and it looked like the bottom was rusted before ultimately snapping, bringing the whole thing down and shattering one of the telephone poles, severing the majority of power while the Fentons' secondary generator kicked and Danny frowned his brow before he spotted it, pointing it out as the video wind back. "There, close to the base, there's Shadow." Maddie zoomed in to see that Shadow was indeed there, but it breathed and forced its hands on the metal, it rusting out before it pulled back and the next minutes brought the scaffolding down. "It wasn't bad luck, Johnny must have learned how to degrade the material and bring it down to break the pole."
"Yes, but this shows that they didn't go for it, even the Portal wasn't messed up." The trio looked to see the Portal shut down for now and she continued as she typed it in. "We can't see what the duo showed Ember, but we can determine it through some scans." Maddie locked it and started to scan the parchments, several papers worth before it started to fill in the blanks and they had an answer. "These are locations in... Manculter, that place is hardly an empty block, but not even the spirit specialists want to get there. But why there...?" Maddie sorted through the files a bit more with what she could find, but nothing else popped up as she frowned. "Whatever is happening there, I think we have to see it with our own eyes."
"No, that's too risky..." Danny answered as he continued. "I don't think it's wise, what if they laying in wait for us, I can't risk that."
"I know, Danny." Jazz said as she stepped over, resting her hands on his shoulders. "But if this is an actual threat, if it is the same problem with Plasmius or Dark, we have to figure it out before it is too late." Danny paused with a glance to the side and Jazz breathed. "You know you don't have to stand alone, Danny, you have us now, the burden doesn't need to be so heavy."
"I know... but I am afraid about this every time." Maddie donned a sorrowful look as Danny continued as Jazz listened. "What if I mess up, what if I fail and I can't save anyone from my mistakes or my problems." Danny himself breathed as the ring appeared around him. "You guys try to find out more, I need some air." With that, he changed to Danny Phantom and flew through the ceiling as Maddie looked at Jazz.
"He doesn't make things easy for us, does he?"
"Sometimes..." Jazz spoke as she crossed her arms. "I just think that he is ignorant to the fact that there are other ways of handling these matters, it's important to him and us that he knows that we have his back and can support him... even when he is stubborn to the notion." Maddie nodded as the two started to look through the records and databases for any new data on a ghost or a strange figure that could be the master..."
The campus was exposed heavily to the actions of Abram as he shifted through the overgrowth, setting up a number of generators in and on the premise before activating them, a radiant blue shield pushing forward before disappearing into the night air, the only telling sign was a feeble shimmer before he straightened up and headed inside, the rooms quickly being cleared out and linked up with a massive system underground, down in the fallout bunker of the abandoned university, and he lightly frowned before he spoke to himself. "How odd, I feel as if I missed out on a feasible matter of research, but why...?" He shook his head as he walked back outside and gazed across the empty state of the city before he heard the roar of a motorcycle and spotted the trio coming, Ember flying while Johnny and Kitty rode the small chopper before they came to the barrier and, instead of preventing them access, they slipped right past before stopping before him, rolling a part of their body as Johnny spoke with a grunt.
"What the heck did you put up, my bones are feeling sore."
"A Spectral Shield, but unique in it's own way." Abram motioned them in as he answered. "Whereas it will repel many ectoplasmic bodies, I had finetuned it to allow anything with a human structure inside, the only issue is that it will make them slightly sick or sore in their bodies."
"And you just had such a thing readied up for your own use?" Ember asked as she shifted to her human form with Johnny and Kitty doing the same, the soreness fading away like it was never there.
"Indeed, due to the increased presence of connections into the Ghost Zone, the world had started to slowly become more spectral and I made sizable measures for protection, but that is not what I seek here." They stopped in the main chamber and he spoke as he turned. "This entire place is undefended, I needed to finetune something before I can stop any unwanted visitors from coming, both human and spirit. You three have a different mission that I think you should do." He pulled out series sheets and gave them out before Kitty asked with a questioning look.
"Dani? Who is this Dani, I only know of the one and he's male and Phantom."
"Exactly, and that is why I am sending all of you after her." The three looked up as Abram continued. "Dani is registering on a similar level as Phantom, what is even more perplexing is the appearance, she appears to be the same style, look, and behavior as Phantom. She has been sighted on the western coast." He pointed at Ember as he continued. "I have arranged a small tour bus to be your mode of transportation to keep a low profile and not use your ghost abilities all that often, people could catch on." The three nodded as he reached into a pocket and pulled out a earphone and handed it to Ember. "This will keep us connected and you can call for any aid as you need it, now getting going, we have little time before someone comes looking for trouble."
"Don't worry, big guy." Ember smiled as she put the earphone on and continued. "This rock star has other plans in mind if this goes down the way I think it will." She turned and spoke as she walked past. "Come on, you two, we got some riding to do." Johnny and Kitty nodded as they smiled and headed out, the tour bus waiting them as she board with her friends, the chopper disappearing into Johnny's power before it took off and Abram watched them go before he turned around, the shutters closing and he started to work on his next devices...
Dani sat on the steps of a house, pondering her own standing on the matter of ghosts and... Danny. She took off to get some air on her new life, after being stabilized and leaving on good terms with her 'cousin' and Val, she took to the west, by the sea, to clear up her head and figure out her new plan of action, but all she has managed to do is spook a few people and sneak around to avoid the local law for their interest of transferring her into a orphanage and she was sure that it wouldn't have worked out as people would find out and she would be... shipped off closer to someone who didn't like ghosts or clones, or heroes... or girls. She ran a hand through her hair as she mused. "Man, I am thinking too far in the negatives, I'm free from Vlad, there is nothing bad happening to me, and I have a few friends to call my own." She shook her head as she took flight and zoom across the town before pausing, floating back to look at a billboard as it advertise a coming rock star, the hard 'Amber of Blue Flames'. She raised a brow as she felt that she had seen this rock star beforehand, but she couldn't plant a name to the face as she continued. "Well, if I don't know, then it is time to find out who is coming to the town and keep the town safe for the most part." She flew over to the site and set herself up in a high perch to look upon everything, the crowds coming in and setting up as she watched as a tour bus come in and parked as she zoomed over to get a better view of who was coming to play or scare, pausing above as the trio of members spoke, the strum of the guitar echoing to a tuning.
"You sure about this, Amber, we could be caught."
"Yeah, we don't have to if you don't feel up to it."
"Now, that is some bold claims, guys." The leader was the same from the board, red hair with a streak of teal, jacket over the attire and solid-looking boots supporting her to the large teen and his love interest from a brief glance. "Look, no one is stopping you two from making off somewhere else and making out, I can perform with my old crew, they know the score, you just have to keep an eye out for anyone... not belonging in the show." The terming was strange as Dani narrowed her eyes to it.
'Why would she say that, is there something they are hiding here?" The trio headed off in their separate ways, the lead going on stage with mist and fog flowing in from behind the curtains, the brute started to work with the tour bus, clearly holding a level of engineering, and his girlfriend headed to the back, checking over her make-up, Dani following the girlfriend as she seemed the less likely to expose her for some reason as she floated over the rafters and beams to see what could be seen, halting swiftly as it looked like electricity crackled out of her mouth in the similar way that Danny's powers alarmed him to ghosts with a chilled wisp, she didn't have it though she had seen it a few times. She turned with a grimace as a violet ring encircled her and she changed, her skin faded to white, her hair green, and her eyes red with a jumpsuit of a biker and leather jacket as she spoke.
"And here I thought that we weren't going to be right on target." Dani quietly gasped as she recognized the figure now, it was Kitty which means that, somehow, the large guy was Johnny 13, some of Danny's foes, but then who was Amber really as Kitty turned invisible and Dani looked around.
"Where did she...!?"
"Yo, shrimp..." Dani jumped as a bolt of electricity stuck her place and Kitty smiled as she readied bolts in her hands. "Let's play!" With that, Dani was in trouble and she could only hope that it could easily be dealt with, but knowing the sudden power, she could be wrong...
Sorry about this, but I think I am going to try to do it a bit better in the next one, 'The Bond', this one feels forced if anything else and I don't really like it when it is forced out as it is, I will try to take it a bit slower, but as of right now, the 'Halfa Dilemma' is completed.
If anyone has a problem with, please inform me and I will take it in to figure out what to do next.
