Chapter X: Welcome to the Fright Zone

Glimmer

"Wake up your majesty," a voice said as I felt my chain being pulled. "You have a date with Modulok." They unlocked the door and forced me to my knees. "Come on!" they start to drag me away.

"Hey bucket brain!" Danny's voice called out as he threw a stone at the troopers. "Leave her alone!" They walk over and tell to be silent or else he would deal with Hordak. "No one hurts my friends," he continues to hurl rocks at them calling them names.

"Da...," was all I could get before the troopers tugged my chain to silence me. They aim their weapons at me but are ordered to stand down. "Danny, please don't have to do this. You don't know what they're capable of." He opens his mouth but I place a finger on his lips. "I'll be fine Danny I need you to...," the robots pull on my chain and drag me away to the lab.

"So nice of you to join us, princess," Entrapta says as she walks toward us. "Your job is done. We'll take it from here," The guards look at themselves before leaving. "Why don't you get comfortable," she removes the collar and wraps her tresses around me.

"I see we have a visitor," Modulok said smiling. I tell him he won't get away with this. "Oh don't worry about that. We are ready for whatever fool tries to rescue you." His assistant lays me on a metal slab placing manacles on my wrists and ankles. "Now to set up the device."

He sticks needles and electrodes in me. I shudder as he scaly hand touches my skin. Modulok says it will be all over soon. He turns to Entrapta as she activates the machine. I fell electricity flow into me forcing my powers to activate. I try to fight it but Entrapta just turns up the power.

"Sir it's working we're at 87%" she says pointing to the controls. The twisted monster smiles and orders her to power down. She throws the level as I fell the energy leave me. I am exhausted and barely keep my eyes open. She walks over to me with a needle. "Don't fight me," Entrapta says but I don't enough energy to move my eyes. She injects the needle into my neck as everything goes black.

Vlad

"I see you were successful," I smiled as my vultures came into the room with one of Daniel's shirts. They tell me that they ran into some trouble. "Daniel's friends?" I ask as they shake their heads.

"zeyn shvester," Anacletus says as he explains they ran into Jasmine and she put quite a fight. That is natural as she is mourning. "Aren't you afraid she'll try something?" I assure them that whatever she does will not affect my plans. "Okay but I think you set at least prepare for any modne gesheft?"

"I will keep that in mind." They look at me and phases through the ceiling. Once they are gone I charge up an ectoblast and burn the garment. I took a deep breath, "Jack, Maddie I have terrible news. A ghost tried to attack me and Daniel jumped up to protect me." I closed my eyes as a tear fell from eye. "My personal physcican tried to save him but it was...," the phone begin to ring. "Oh ginger snaps," I compose myself and pick up the phone.

It was the cardinal. He told me he was sorry to hear about the boy's demise and would be happy to officiate the service. "What of the body?" he asks curiously. I told him that there was no body Daniel was disintegrated and all is left is his shirt. "Oh my, I see so it will be a memorial service then." I sigh, "I can see this is a taking a toll on you Mayor Masters. I will have my schedule emailed to you. Let me know what day it will be and do try rest your honor."

"Yes," I said hanging up looking out the window.

Netossa

"This place is horrible," I said trudging through the marshes. Angella had sent us here to find some kind of part. "Why do they call it the Swamp of Despair?" I ask my friend, Perfuma as I shudder feeling something swim around my feet.

"The wights, they lead travelers deep into the swamp until it is impossible to find your way out." That didn't sound too comforting. "Don't worry, the plants here are my friends and they will help us." She knelt down and touched a small flower. "It says we are...," something grabbed her ankle and pulled under the water.

I take one of my nets and tie one end around my waist and the other to a tree. "That should keep me secure," I leaped into the murky water.

I could barely see anything in the stagnant pond. I see a form deeper down. Something told me it was my friend. She was trying break free of a vein that was wrapped around her neck. I pick up a sharp stone and head deeper into the darkness.

I signal for her to calm down as I begin to cut through the tendrils. I feel a tendril wrap around my ankle. Before it has time to trap me I cut myself free. They retreat letting go of Perfuma and we swim back the surface. I take a deep breath as we climb out of the water and onto land.

I rest my friend on the ground and perform mouth-to-mouth. Perfuma starts cough off water as she comes to. "Thank the First Ones," I sighed helping her sit up. "What happened I thought the plants were your friends?" She says the wights have possessed the plants. The flower was trap set by them. I notice she has something in her hand.

"I saw this on the floor," Perfuma says as I wash it in the water. It was an old key. Something tells me it's a clue leading us to our goal.

Tucker

"Let me guess, Jazz didn't take it so well?" I asked as Sam reported back. She says that he is going to try to find Danny by herself. "You did tell we had this under control?"

"You know how she can be when Danny is danger." I sigh and ask her if she found anything at the Fentonworks. "The birdbrains stole one of Danny's shirts." Why would they take one of his shirts. "I am not sure but whatever they're up to is bad news. Any luck on what we found at the mansion?"

Whatever toy Vlad was using it emitted super ionizing radiation. She looks at confused. "Okay, ionizing radiation is radiation that is emits particles from the atom as it decays. We're talking UV, Gamma, and X-Rays. Now if you store your radioactive material in a magnetic field it will begin to heat up and start emitting particles at such a high speed that they break through the very fabric of reality." She mentions that's how the ghost portal works.

Before I could continue General Cryos came back from the Ghost Zone. "What did you find general?" Sam asks curiously. He says that sensors indicate that a portal was opened in the area of Vlad's mansion but it's impossible to find where it lead to. "Vlad was working on a randomizer of some kind right?"

My heart sank as I put the piece together. Sam grabs me by the collar and orders to try find out where he could have sent Danny. "That could be downright impossible. Danny could be anywhere in the multiverse. It could take forever to find him and...,"

"General would be the Infi-Map be able to find him?" Sam asked the yeti ghost. He said it might but we should be careful. Vlad could have set a red herring for us sending us somewhere far away. "It's worth the the risk. Come on."

Hordak

"This is the one who was found at the site," Imp explained as we walked towards the cells. In one of them was a young man no older than 15. "Here he is," my loyal servant flew into the cell and tugged on his chain. "Hey you, you better listen you're in the presence of Hordak," the boy swatted Imp away with his hand.

"Not so cocky now?" I asked him as he stared into the corner. His clothes were strange not like anything I've seen on Etheria. "You're not from here are you? Where did you come from?" he remains silent. "Do you know who you're talking to?"

"Hey boss, I think a few centuries in the prison camps would change his tune," Imp said tugging on his chain. While that would be fitting it wasn't enough. I want this stranger broken and groveling at my feet. "Or maybe the Slime Pit. A bath in Horde Slime would make him obedient," the boy grabbed Imp by the neck. "Boss! Boss!" Imp calls out as I turn my arm into a claw and pull the boy to me.

"You need to learn your place," I said forcing him to his knees. I change my other arm into a cannon. He doesn't look up at me. I blast him the chest forcing him to hit the wall. He tries to get up, "Still defiant...," I was about blast him again when Modulok came racing in.

"My lord we're ready," he says eagerly as I turn away from the boy and head to the lab. "Horde Prime's present is ready." I notice he has Angella's daughter secured on a slab. "Thanks to the princess' cooperation we have the means to wipe the rebels from face of the universe." At last victory would be mine.

"I will alert Prime immediately. I have new task for you." I tell him of the boy in the cell. He has great power and I want them to be used for the Horde. "Do what you will pry them but I want him alive," the scientist nods and says he will get on it. "Excellent."

Jazz

"It is with great sadness that I come before you. Today one of our sons has passed away...," Vlad said standing in front of city hall. "Young Daniel gave his life protecting me from...," I couldn't take anymore of the creep's feigned sympathy.

"Here it is," I said opening a closet revealing the newly rebuilt Ecto-Skeleton. "Just the thing I need. It's a good thing mom fixed the neural interface," I open the hatch and step inside. "Now let's see if we can find Danny," I switch on the ecto-scanner and pick up a signature. I enter the coordinates into the suit. It flies into the ghost portal following Danny's signal.