How's that for a new update? Nice and fast! Although, I only got about three reviews on the last chapter…Oh well, I kind of deserved that, what with me taking so long and all…Yah. Well, here's another chapter! Enjoy!

Danny closed his eyes, knowing he was too weak to escape. He waited for the impact. But it never came. Instead, he felt a speedy whoosh of air blow by him and Vlad's startled yelp. Danny peaked his eyes open to see Vlad a few feet away, on the ground with a shocked look on his face, and somebody in front of him on a hover board. Valerie, Danny realized.

Valerie steadied her gun and pointed it at Vlad. She narrowed her eyes as Vlad growled, his hands filling with energy as he slowly stood up. "I don't think so, Vlad," Valerie snarled, moving closer, ready to shoot.

Vlad chuckled. "Do you really think you can stop me, Ms Gray, hmm? Me, a half-ghost hybrid with twenty years of experience, against a…" Vlad paused, examining Valerie. "Fourteen-year-old girl who has had training for a few months, and the only thing that drove her to hunt ghosts is now the thing that you protect? Really, who do you think would win?"

Valerie lowered her gun slightly. He was right, after all. How the heck would she be able to beat him? Especially when Danny was so weak, she'd have to protect him while fighting Vlad and protecting herself. She really had no chance of winning.

Vlad grinned, seeing Valerie lower her gun. "That's right, just set it down, and nobody will get hurt. I might even let Daniel here leave without too many injuries…" Vlad let his energy flicker momentarily, showing Valerie he had no intentions of fighting as long as he got away. Although, he was really planning on taking care of both of them as soon as possible.

"Valerie, don't-" Danny exclaimed, but was cut off when a coughing fit took over. As soon as it was over, he continued. "Valerie, he's lying!" Danny tried desperately to get up, but he was in too much pain.

Hearing Danny's warning, Valerie readied her gun again. She quickly glanced back towards Danny, and seeing how he was trying to get up and help, she quickly turned back to Vlad. Unfortunately, her turning for that short amount of time was perfect for Vlad to gain his advantage, as the moment Valerie looked back at Vlad, he blasted her gun right out of her hands. Valerie yelped in surprise, clearly not expecting the attack.

Quickly, Vlad took to the sky. He knew that if Daniel gained enough energy, that it would be more difficult to fight both him and the girl…They had, after all, beaten him together before. Of course, that time they also had Danielle, but honestly, she was so young, she wasn't too much of help, was she? She wouldn't have stood a chance against him if the younger hybrid hadn't stabilized her.

Seeing Vlad try to escape, Valerie quickly went after him, pulling out a new gun, knowing that as long as she kept him busy, Danny would be able to escape.

Danny watched fearfully as Valerie chased after Vlad. He tried to yell at her, to tell her to just go and that he could take care of himself, but he was too weak. He gasped once before he collapsed onto the ground, unconscious.

Meanwhile, Damon had just put the car in park as he came running towards everything that was happening. He had just gotten there right as Valerie took off after a ghost. Before he could yell at her to come back, he noticed a small body on the ground, not moving. He gasped, seeing it was Danny. Damon knelt down next to him and quickly looked him over. He looked…Damon didn't think about it as he flipped him over onto his back and checked his pulse. Yes, thank goodness, there was one; he was just unconscious.

Glancing up into the sky, Damon bit down on his lip. He had to get the boy out of here. It was too dangerous. Of course, he hadn't seen that given enough energy, Danny could definitely take care of himself. Damon knew that his daughter was very skilled. Although he knew she could fight ghosts without getting too hurt, he still didn't like it. But if they-meaning Danny, Valerie and himself-were to get out of this unharmed, he would have to get Danny back to the car and then get Valerie to come back. Making his decision, Damon scooped Danny up into his arms before running back to the car as fast as he could without jostling the young boy too much.

In the mean time, Valerie was battling Vlad, high up in the sky. With a quick glance down to see if Danny was alright, she saw that her dad had just discovered Danny laying there. Knowing her father was in danger, Valerie tried desperately to end this fight.

"Ah!" Valerie screamed as she was knocked back several feet by one of Vlad's blasts. She gritted her teeth before blasting back. But Vlad dodged it.

"Getting tired yet, Ms. Gray?" Vlad challenged.

Valerie panted, trying to gather her bearings as she charged up another blast. "Not in the least, Masters."

Vlad chuckled. "Then we'll just have to fix that, now won't we?" Vlad suddenly vanished, and Valerie started looking around wildly.

Where had he gone? He had just disappeared!

"Where'd he go…?" Valerie muttered to herself, glancing around.

"I'm right here!" a voice snarled from behind her. Before she had time to react, a set of arms were around her, keeping her held still.

Valerie kicked her legs wildly, squirming. "Hey, let me go!" she exclaimed, thrashing in Vlad's grasp.

"I'll let you go on one condition," Vlad said calmly. "End the battle now, and you can go ahead and take Daniel, and I won't harm your father either. But I swear, if you expose my secret…Well, then lets just say Neither of them will be having very much fun…"

Valerie snarled, but she knew it was her only way to get Danny and her dad away safely. "Fine, I won't tell your secret. Just let me go!"

Vlad let her go and Valerie spun around, glaring at Vlad, who was floating there calmly with his arms folded and a smirk on his face.

"Until next time…" Vlad raised his eyebrows before sweeping his cape around himself and disappearing in a puff of pink smoke. Valerie furrowed her brows, glancing around before she started descending.

…

"Valerie!" Damon exclaimed as he ran towards his daughter, who was just now landing and changing from the Red Huntress to plain old Valerie Gray. Damon had just got done situating Danny into the backseat so that he would be safe, and had just noticed Valerie coming. He threw his arms around her in a tight hug.

"What were you thinking? You could have gotten hurt!" Damon scolded. Valerie hugged him back before pulling away.

"I'm fine, Dad," Valerie responded. She glanced around him, adding, "Where's Danny?"

Damon turned to the car. "I put him in the backseat. He doesn't look too well…" The two quickly approached the car, Damon getting in the driver's seat, and Valerie getting in the back so that she could keep a close watch on Danny.

"Valerie, what happened?" Damon asked as he started driving forward and glancing in the rearview mirror.

"Dad, can we talk later? I don't know everything that happened. We should probably get Danny home first," Valerie replied.

Before Damon could respond, Danny moaned.

"Danny! Danny, are you alright?" Valerie exclaimed, shaking Danny gently.

"Hmm?" Danny muttered, his eyes opening slowly. He groaned as he sat up slowly, as Damon had laid him down in the backseat, with his feet now in Valerie's lap. "Ugh, what…happened?"

"We don't know. Do you think you could tell us that?" Damon asked before Valerie could say anything.

Danny jumped, finally realizing where he was. He looked from Damon and to Valerie wildly. "Does he know…?" Danny mouthed slowly to Valerie, who shook her head. Danny nodded, turning to the front seat as he straightened himself into a sitting position. "I think it was that ghost-the Wisconsin Ghost. Of course, I think his name is…Plasmius. He said something about…getting back at my 'darn ghost-fighting parents' by kidnapping me." Danny threw air-quotations around the 'darn ghost-fighting parents' part to quote the ghost, although he wasn't really. He paused, knowing that once he had to explain this to his parents, that they would automatically assume that 'the ghost boy' was in on it, too, because he had also been gone for so long. "I think Danny Phantom tried to save me, but…Plasmius, he trapped him, too. Phantom got free, and he told me he'd be back as soon as he could to save me." Valerie rolled her eyes slightly at him putting Danny Phantom in there.

Damon just nodded. "Well your parents are going to be so happy to see you. You've been the talk of the town."

"I bet," Danny grimaced. For the rest of the ride, the three were silent.

There, new update! I think there's gonna be one more chapter, but that's it. No. More. Sequels. Unless, of course, you never want me to start season four…*raises eyebrows* Anyway, please review! Even a smiley face! I just wanna know that I still have y'all as readers!