Disclaimer: DP is not my intellectual property, it's not mine in any way for that matter. The same goes with Ghost Busters.

Family Fight

Danny was fighting the bear's grip, but unfortunately, he had his shoulders above his head to try to get the bear to release him, so he was at a disadvantage. Danny shivered, he was as cold as ice. Ice, wait! That was it! If he could freeze the ghost's paws, then there was the possibility that he could phase through and then fight to free his mom. Danny turned his head to look at the bear's paw. He focused hard and shot an ice ray out of his eyes. The paw froze and he broke free. He went ghost, turned around, and froze the other paw. Before his mom had time to comment, he grabbed her and headed back to the Fenton Portal.

Walker sprayed the space near the Fenton Portal with fumes that would destroy a ghost's, and a human's, stamina, and if they stayed there long enough, the entity themselves. He'd seen the ghost child come in and knew that he had another chance to capture the fugitive and bring him back to prison. The last of the fumes surrounded the portal. Now was the time to wait.

Danny flew toward the Ghost Portal. His mom was refusing to speak to him. As he approached, he noticed a strange olive green fog. Danny frowned, and thought, 'I've never seen that shade of green in the Ghost Zone before. Oh well, it's probably nothing.' He continued onward, and gradually slowed. "There's something wrong here, there's some kind of, well, there's something in the air," he told his mom. "I can barely move."

"It's affecting me too," she admitted. "Just get us out of here."

"What do you think I'm doing?" Danny asked, still heading for the portal.

Maddie could feel Danny sweating, and there were definite signs of him losing his strength. Finally, he didn't have enough strength to move, and he was only a foot away from the portal. It was him or her, she realized. Only one of them was getting back to Earth anytime soon, and knowing the ghost boy, she knew it would be him. A pit formed in her stomach, he was going to leave her to die to save himself. Tears formed in her eyes; she was never going to see Jack or Jazz again.

But then the unexpected happened, Danny whispered, "Mom, I can't make it. You're going to have to go through without me. Please tell everyone that I love them."

Danny pushed her away from him, shoving her through the portal. 'Wait a minute,' Maddie thought, 'why wouldn't he save himself? Maybe he's planning something with other ghosts and that little scene of his was just some acting to throw me off.'

Back in the Ghost Zone, a certain halfa fainted and was approached by a ghostly sheriff . . .

Jazz interrupted her dad, who was still rambling on about the recent ghost hunt. "Dad, someone's at the door and I need to talk to Danny, to make sure everything's okay between him and mom." Jack frowned, then brightened up.

"Well, I guess I can talk to Maddie about the trip while your doing that," he said. He ran downstairs, ignoring Sam's pounding on the front door.

"Maddie!" he called.

Maddie came up from the lab, slightly injured from the ghost bear's claws.

Jazz let Sam in. "Is Danny here?" she asked.

"Hold on, Sam." Jazz turned to her parents."Mom, is Danny down there?" she asked.

"No," she responded. "He's in the Ghost Zone, plotting something."

"Ghost Zone?" Jazz repeated. "Mom, he could be in danger! We need to go after him."

"Danny's in trouble?" Jack asked. He clenched his teeth. "No one messes with Jack Fenton's family. Come on Maddie, we're going into the Ghost Zone!"

"Jack," she protested. "I really don't think this is a good idea. This seems like a trap, and we don't even know our way around."

"Mrs. Fenton," Sam protested, "It's Danny in there. I'll help look for him. Trust me, he's not evil."

Maddie frowned, outnumbered again.