Here's chapter 9. hope you enjoy


Everything was dark to him. Of course with such a pounding headache he didn't dare open his eyes in case of expanding it into a migraine, which he did not need right now. Danny tried to go over everything that happened in his head lately and came to the logical conclusion that he was going to beat Skulker back to life just so he could kill him. There would be nothing left of Vlad for anyone to recognize, let alone for anyone. He finally opened his eyes, and he groaned didn't like what he saw one bit.

The room was large and looked to be a storage facility on most occasions for Skulker's hunting equipment when not being used. A high ceiling sported what was to be sure laser turrets that surely shot at anything Skulker had programmed into it. He noticed he was in a cage located in the middle of the room, and the rest of the Fentons and Tucker were similarly caged and still knocked out near him. All except Sam and Michael, who were nowhere to be seen.

"Dad, Mom, Jazz, Tuck, wake up!" he half yelled. They stirred groggily, shaking off the after effects of the drugs.

"Did anyone get the plate number to the truck that hit us?" Tuck said after sitting up.

"Yeah, and when we get out of here I'm hitting back," Danny said in reply. He was worried about where Sam and Michael could be at.

"Think you could get us out of these cages Danny?" Jazz asked as she held her head.

"I would but there are what look to be quite a few laser turrets hanging from the ceiling, and I'm sure that they'll shoot whoever escapes their cage," he said dejectedly.

"How right you are whelp," he heard. Looking around he spotted a huge screen sporting Skulker's face descending from the roof.

"Skulker! When I get my hands on you I'm going to beat you back to life just to kill you!" Danny yelled at him.

"Try anything and you're woman and son are dead," he said as the screen changed to one of Sam and Michael. Sam was still unconscious while Michael held on tight to her. The fury that radiated from Danny was felt by everyone in the large room as he spoke.

"You hurt them Skulker, and not even God could stop me from erasing you from this existence," he said said slowly and calmly. It scared everyone in the room, and even Skulker was unnerved a little. He recovered quickly from this and went back to his usual bravado.

"It matters little what you try to do. It is Plasmius and I who are in control. He was even so kind as to let me be the one to kill you and your family. After all, he just wants your son left alive so he could study what the benefits are of being the child of a half ghost hybrid," Skulker said and started laughing. It was at this moment everything happened at once.

The roof just exploded in a shower of concrete dust and metal fragments of the laser turrets. He heard the sound of metal clanging and squeaking open under the shower of dust and someone talking.

"Dipstick! He's in the central chamber of the compound! Go while he can't see anything!" he heard a familiar feminine voice yell out to him.

"Ember? What the hell are you doing here?" he asked.

"Don't worry about that dweeb! Just go and save your Sam and kid! I'll get these guys outta here!" she yelled to him. He didn't need to be told twice as he was gone a second later.


"What's going on? Why was there an explosion?" Skulker yelled at some minion ghost at the control console. "Never mind, just get out of here. They'll probably take this distraction and try to escape." Moments later the door burst in and a furious Danny Phantom stood in the doorway. Skulker grinned and raised his wrist laser at him.


Danny dodged the laser and ran forward punching Skulker, staggering him. He followed up with an ecto blast.

Skulker recovered quickly and launched a few missiles at Danny. He dodged easily and launched a few more ecto blasts at the hunter, all of which connected, sending him across the room and into a wall..

Skulker stood up and launched everything he had at Danny all at once. Danny raised a shield but yielded little result in trying to stop it all and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Ha! you're mine now Ghost Child!" Skulker said with a smug look of satisfaction. He waited for the smoke to clear to claim his prize when he was met by the ecto-charged fist of Danny, flying back into the wall. Danny approached the downed hunter and stomped as hard as he could on one of the metallic legs, crushing it.

"You kidnapped my son," he said stomping on the other leg. He grabbed the armored suit by one of it's wrists and placed a foot on it's abdomen. "You threaten to kill my family," he said and wrenched the arm right off it's attachments. "You threaten to give my son to Plasmius," he said and did the same to the other arm. He grabbed the armored suits jaw and wrenched the head off, grasping the blob that was Skulker in a tight grasp. Skulker struggled and pleaded for all his worth for his life, but the words fell upon the anger filled ears of a man he just tried to break down and kill. "Now it's time for you to die Skulker," he said before taking in the deepest breath of his life. He was stopped before he could unleash his Ghostly Wail by the sound of his son's voice.

"Daddy?" asked Michael. The scared boy looked at him with his mismatched eyes, and the anger and hate that had filled Danny moments before left him. He dropped Skulker and walked towards Michael, pausing only briefly, before enveloping him in a huge hug.

"It's okay now Michael. Your dad's here. He's finally here," he said, tears forming in his eyes. Michael held on to Danny with all his might.

"Mommy told me that my daddy would make me feel safe when he hugged me, so I know it's you daddy cause I feel safe now," said the young boy through his tears. Danny hugged his son harder at his statement, the tears now falling freely down his face. He only wished Sam was conscious, so she could take part in this reunion, but sometimes fate and luck conspire against that.

"Let's get you and mommy out of here Michael," Danny said before standing. Michael nodded in agreement wholeheartedly as Danny picked Sam up bridal style. Michael grabbed her hand as they started forward and out the door. They were halted by Skulker, his tiny blob hands around a small detonator.

"Halt Ghost Child," said the squeaky blob, "or I blow her to pieces!" Danny and Michael stopped immediately.

"With what Skulker? There's no bomb on her," Danny said with a mocking laugh.

"I injected her with nanites that at the press of this button explode!" he told them, his tiny thumb hovering over the button. "You didn't think I wouldn't have a back up did you?"

"Skulker, if you even thi..." was as far as he got before Ember's guitar came down and splattered him, sending ectoplasmic goo everywhere in a three foot radius. She looked up at Danny before speaking.

"Let's say you're not the only one who had something against him."


A/N:alright, finally chapter 9 is out. sorry for the delay on it, but my laptop charger had an unortunately too soon demise. it was like hell having to do everything online with a PSP for a week. no worries though, already got a new one. anyways, yeah. only thing i wish i could have done better was the scene between Danny and Michael. no matter how i thought it out i couldn't get what i wanted so i compromised and went with this. not the best of choices, but hey, it happens. also, dont expect another chapter for at least 2 weeks, since the newest book in the Wheel of Time series is out and i plan on reading that for awhile. anyways, read, review if you want, and remember, i like to see my numbers go up so reviewing isn't necessary