Disappearing Act
Chapter 10
"Can I help you?" Jane asked the man standing in front of the Fentons' hotel door. Masters smiled.
"I thought I seen a friend enter here," he said glaring at the door. Jane frowned.
"This is my room," Jane said walking up to the door blocking the peep hole. Phantom seen him and ran for his family.
"We need to get out of here soon," Phantom whispered to his family. "Come on, I have an idea."
"Honey, what are you doing?" Maddie asked as they exited though the window. Phantom smiled as he created a horizontal shield.
"Everyone aboard," Phantom said smiling. "Welcome to flight Phantom." Sam laughed as she boarded the shield.
"This is awesome, where did you learn this?" Sam asked as everyone got on. Phantom smiled and lifted the shield with his hand and started heading away from the hotel.
"I had some bags with me when I got here and I didn't feel like carrying them so I tried doing this," Phantom said as they broke through the clouds. "It took me a while before I got it to this point, but it was worth it."
"Do we have to be so high?" Maddie asked as the clouds blocked her view of the city below. The hybrid smiled.
"No one can see us," Phantom said as he looked down. "If I remember right, then in about a mile, we should come up to the CBI building." Maddie smiled as Phantom looked up at the sky and seemed to mutter to himself about something and close his eyes.
"This is so cool," Jack whispered looking down through the shield. "Everything is green."
"That's because of the shield, Dad," Jazz said watching her brother point to random stars and then turn around and look. "Danny, what are you doing?"
"I was going the wrong way," Phantom said after opening his eyes then gliding the shield to the East and started going faster. "Now we are on the straight path to the building in a mile." Maddie smiled as Phantom looked back up and smiled.
"How do you know?" Tucker asked looking down at his PDA. Phantom was right, but they couldn't see down to the streets.
"The stars," he said pointing up. "I've been here long enough to know where I am here. I studied the stars so I knew where I was in case I got lost."
"And you managed to keep your astronomy part happy at the same time," Sam said smiling at him.
"Yeah, it's really helpful," Phantom said as they started to descend though the clouds. The CBI building came into view as they got closer to the ground.
"Amazing," Maddie said as the shield landed on the roof and disappeared. "That was the most interesting thing ever. I have to know how you got the shield to be strong enough to hold us and see if we can use it in our ghost shield. It could be stronger and then no ghost can get though."
"Except me," Phantom said smiling. "I can still get though my own shields." Maddie looked up.
"Well, that would make it easier, we wouldn't have to try and figure out how to copy it so you can still go through," Maddie said hugging him. He smiled.
"I guess so," he whispered hugging her back. The doors at the top opened to reveal Cho and Van Pelt.
"What are you guys doing here?" Cho asked putting his gun down and looking at the six oddly. Phantom stepped in front.
"Masters found the hotel room," Phantom said looking at them in concern. "I don't think he knows they are here, but he knows that I was there. Jane is there now. He was stalling long enough for me to get them out of there."
"Crap," Van Pelt said looking at them. "If he knows, then we need to move fast. Jane has to have a plan now."
"Like he is going to tell us," Cho said holding his wounded side. Phantom smiled walked up to him with a glowing blue hand.
"Can I try something?" he asked lifting his hand up to show the blue tint around it. Cho nodded as Phantom came closer. He out his hand on Cho's bandaged side and it glowed a bright blue. Then Cho relaxed.
"How did you do that?" Cho asked taking off the bandage to show a scar where there was once a hole. In the middle of the scar Phantom's insignia glowed green then blue and disappeared.
"I had a feeling that I could," Phantom said looking at the small brand. "And I always wanted to try that since I figured out I could do it."
"That is amazing," Maddie said looking at her son. He changed back into Fenton.
"I know, but I guess we have to stay here now," Danny said looking at the agents. They nodded and lead them down to their squad room.
"What are you talking about?" Jane asked looking at the man at the door. He smiled.
"I just thought a friend of mine was staying here. I may have been wrong, I'm sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused you," Masters said politely glaring at the door. Jane glared back.
"Yes, well, I have some work to do," Jane said taking out the hotel card for the room. He put the thing in the lock and pulled out. The click sounded showing that the door was unlocked. "I guess I will see you around then?" Masters nodded and headed away looking back at Jane.
"I know who you are," he whispered passing Jane. Jane smiled.
"Most people do," he said back and entered the room, closing the door. "I really hate that guy."
"Daniel, I know you were in here," Plasmius whispered as he looked though the room. He found nothing to show that anyone but Jane was staying there. "How did you do that? You never were to learn about your powers while you were gone. You were to get worse and then come to me begging for help to control them. When I had my powers for this long, I couldn't get them to work correctly as I grew more powerful, how can you?"
"I had to learn," a voice said in the room as Phantom appeared glaring at Plasmius. "I told you that the next time you threaten my family, I was going to kill you."
"You don't have it in you," Plasmius sneered lighting up his hands with ecto energy. Phantom smiled.
"I'm not even here, Plasmius," Phantom smiled as his body became more transparent. "This is all in your head. You now know what I can do and it scares you. You seen me lose control and it terrified you. You wonder why I have more control now? It's because of what I decided to use my powers for. I don't go to make myself look good, but to keep those closer to me safe. You deserted everyone close to you for fear of rejection while I kept them close."
"Yeah, and you think they will accept you? You aren't anything but the ghost that deserted Amity Park and left it to defend itself," Plasmius said back to the empty air as Jane videotaped.
"And yet you believe I'm even here," Phantom said completely vanishing from sight. Plasmius looked around but didn't see or sense anything. He turned around, but Jane shot him with the small ecto weapon Danny created to short out a ghost's powers. Plasmius turned into Masters in front of the camera.
"What is going on?" he yelled as the room lit up to show Jane and Lisbon pointing guns at him.
"You are under arrest, Vlad Masters," Lisbon said walking around him. Several other officers followed her as they surrounded Masters.
"How did you know who I was?" he said raising his hands over his head knowing that he was beat here.
"Simple, I kept you busy while Jane got everyone together," Phantom said smiling. Jane walked forward holding the weapon Danny designed. "I based that off your own Plasmius Maximius. I just added the shot and a few after effects. You are stuck like that for a while now." Masters glared at him.
"When did Danny give that to you?" Lisbon asked looking as Phantom vanished in a cloud of green waving.
"That wasn't Danny," Jane said smiling. "That was his duplicate. He copied himself and flew down here and gave that to me. He then created himself as an illusion to trick him into thinking that he was going crazy."
"That wasn't in your original plan was it?" Lisbon asked as they walked out of the hotel.
"It's not over yet," Jane said looking up at the sky. "He still did a lot of damage to Danny's rep in Amity Park. That and the effect will only last for about an hour. Danny said there was still a lot of problems and he wasn't even sure if it would last that long. He thought it was too dangerous to test on himself." Lisbon nodded and called Cho. Cho told her that Danny and his family were there and that they were safe.
"Cho said that they are fine, but we can't take Masters there," Lisbon said looking at Jane as they loaded Plasmius into the car. Jane looked and pointed at the press. They were everywhere asking questions about what happened and what Masters did.
"Use the press to keep him in custody, and then charge him with murder," Lisbon said. "We have our evidence in that camera, but that also means we put Danny in danger as well."
"He knows the risk, but we have to take it. If not, then a killer goes free," Jane said looking as the police car drove away. "We need to cover Danny's tracks now." Lisbon nodded and got into her SUV, Jane followed.
"I hope we can save him," Lisbon said as she headed off for the CBI. No one noticed that the back of Lisbon's team's heads had Phantom's symbol glowing green before they disappeared.
"They arrested Masters?" Jack said looking at the TV. Danny smiled.
"They also have video of him changing," Danny said watching as the story took over every channel. Maddie looked at him.
"How do you know?" Maddie asked looking at him.
"You seen how in space I was, right?" Everyone nodded. "I had a duplicate there to make sure nothing bad happened. We had to change a few things, but that was our plan, just executed a little earlier."
"You were here and there?" Jack asked confused. Danny nodded as a big parade came through the door.
"We need to get out of here," Danny said leading them to Lisbon's office and closing the blinds. "They can't know we are here. Too many pieces could be put together, and I don't want the world to know who I am."
"That could be bad," Maddie said. "What if Vlad tells them?" Danny looked at her sadly.
"You shoot this at me," he said handing her the weapon Jane had shot Plasmius with. "It should keep them from finding anything, and I won't show up in any ghost trackers or anything. It cancels my powers for about an hour." Maddie looked at the device and held it.
"Will it hurt you?" she asked looking into his eyes. Danny smiled.
"No, I changed that setting on it. Vlad made something similar, but it was designed to hurt," Danny said smiling. "I'm not the bad guy." Maddie smiled and hugged her son.
"I love you so much," she whispered into his ear. He hugged her back.
"I love you too," he said as Lisbon walked in. She smiled at them.
"Masters is in the interrogation room. He says he wants his lawyer and we are waiting for them to show up," Lisbon said smiling. "But I think we have enough to arrest him and put him away for a while."
"Good, then that means I can go home," Danny said as everyone smiled at him.
"You can go now, I'm not letting him go anywhere and your parents' inventions can help us keep him here. If he escapes, well, he'll have a heck of a time trying to get out of that mess," Lisbon said smiling.
"I can go home?" Danny said unbelievingly. "After all this time…" Sam walked up to him and hugged him.
"We can do damage control and get back to the way things were, although now, it'll be even better," Sam said. Danny smiled. "We can then get back to being the bestest friends ever." Danny laughed.
"Awesome," Danny said looking at his friends and family. "I can't wait." Jane walked in.
"Danny, can I talk to you?" Jane asked as Danny looked back at him.
"Yeah," Danny said following him to the data room next to the room where Masters at. They listened in on the interrogation.
"I'm telling you that I'm only trying to help here," Masters said in his kindest voice. "My dear friend Jack Fenton had been hurting his son. I was only trying to help him. Plus don't we have to wait for my lawyer."
"I'm sure you were," Cho said emotionlessly. "You killed Mason Rogers. We found your weapon of choice. You used your powers to gain your wealth and status. We talked with Danny and he told us everything. And I'm not really asking anything, I'm just sitting here." Masters played disappointed.
"He loves them and feels like he should protect them. He is only hurting himself. He needs help," Masters said. Danny was ready to go in there and kill him. Jane put his hand on his shoulder.
"Right," Cho said looking into the file. "I've meet Danny. He isn't the kind to sit around and let himself get hurt without fighting. He's a good kid that you have been after for almost two years. We have everything you ever did to him."
"Really?" Masters said completely unfazed. "I highly doubt he said everything."
"Well, Plasmius, he knows how to be a good person, something you are going to have to learn while in prison," Cho said getting up and walking to the door.
"You can't arrest me," Masters said. "I know the Governor. I don't think he'll be too happy with you arresting his number one supporter."
"I don't think he'll be too happy with a pervert being that supporter," Cho said. "We may only have circumstantial evidence against you for charges from Danny, but I have enough to ruin your reputation. We are filing you as a sexual offender and I don't think that people will be too happy to hear what your plan was for Danny." Masters scowled at the agent.
"You have nothing to prove that claim," Masters said directly. "You can't keep me here."
"But the reporters have been told since they were everywhere. We had to give them something," Cho said opening the door. "Your lawyer is on his way, and I think I need to clear a few thing up before we start talking about the case." Masters paused.
"I never did anything to Daniel," he responded disgusted with what the police were inferring. "I would never do anything like that." Cho smiled.
"I know, but hey, we still need to keep Danny safe as well," he said walking out of the room. Masters looked at the window and seen the reflection of the little girl behind him. Danny and Jane looked at each other and back at her.
"You have dishonored my hero," she said angrily. "You have now been dragged down to the darkest places. You have been dishonored." Her hand lit with orange energy and fired it at Masters. Nothing happened until a small symbol on his chest appeared. "You have lost your powers for good." She vanished in a cloud of orange, green, and pink. The Disappearing Act.
"Masters no longer has his powers," Danny said looking as Vlad tried to access his ghost half. Jane looked at Danny.
"I guess that was what she needed," Jane said smiling. Lisbon came running in.
"We just had a huge break. We have Masters' DNA at the crime scene," Lisbon said smiling. "It was on the victim. We also have video showing motive and a security camera showing Masters walk in right before the murder and right after." Danny looked back at Vlad.
"She did everything and got everything together to keep me safe," Danny said looking at Jane.
"You're her hero," he said smiling. "She wants to protect you just like you protect everyone else, by giving them hope for a change." Danny smiled.
"That makes sense," Danny whispered looking at Masters who was now sitting down looking flustered. "It keeps him from getting to me at least." Jane smiled.
"You'll be able to go home soon as well," he said walking out of the room to enter the interrogation room. "And you just gave Masters a chance for change as well." Danny looked back at him.
"I guess I did," Danny whispered vanishing into a cloud of green. Jane entered the room and watched as Masters glared at him.
"You know what that girl did to me," Vlad stated angrily. Jane nodded.
"That was my daughter," Jane said. Masters' face gave into sympathy, and he then seemed confused as to why. He never cared about that before. "She took away your ghost half to give you a second chance. She wanted you to change for the better, and only then can you have them back."
"She said that I lost them for good," Masters stated glaring at him once again. Jane smiled.
"For good, the good of people and for yourself. You weren't getting anywhere chasing after things you thought you lost. Instead of drowning in the past, you should look for the future. You have a good lawyer and now all you need is the will to change. You were destroying yourself, and now you have a chance to fix it," Jane explained sitting across from him.
"Really? With all this that is going, you are saying that it can all go away overnight," Masters stated trying to think of the easy way out.
"No, it takes changes from you, we'll know if you are lying or not. Your powers are locked inside of you until you figure out everything you did wrong," Jane said. "Danny gave you this chance, and you shouldn't blow it. He gave you a chance for change."
"What if I don't want to change?" Masters said wishing to blow off Jane's head. Jane smiled.
"Enjoy life in prison," Jane said getting up and walking out, leaving Vlad to think about what to do.
"Am I really that highly thought of?" Phantom whispered looking up at the sky that was now crystal clear. He was sitting on the edge with his legs hanging over. The stars were dancing across the sky as the sun began to rise in the East. He looked out over the city that was getting ready for the day. "Do people really believe in me like that? They must feel bad that I ended up having to leave them. I wonder if they would understand if I told them what had happened with Plasmius. I might be able to pull off now having to reveal any secrets in that."
"I promised I would be able to help you get home, Danny," Charlotte said hugging him. He smiled up at her.
"Thanks, Charlotte," he said hugging her back. "Sometimes the hero needs saving, and you did just that."
"Of course, I couldn't let you go by yourself," she said as she began to fade. "I must go now with my mom. Be careful, Danny Phantom. And remember, you are always going to be the hero, no matter what others believe," she whispered as she completely vanished. Phantom smiled and stood up.
"I have a home to get back to," he said fazing through the roof and to where his family was at.
"Danny?" Maddie asked seeing his content smile.
"Let's go home," he said hugging everyone. "All that's left now is damage control."
"Good Luck, Phantom," Jane said as they left the CBI building to go and catch Sam's plane back home.
THE PLANE RIDE HOME
"I'm glad we are finally going home," Maddie said sitting next to Danny who was half asleep against the window. Sam was smiling, glad her friend was back.
"We need a story for cover," Tucker said. Danny shot up.
"I have an idea!" he exclaimed. Everyone looked at him and he grinned. "Here's our story to cover for Phantom as well…"
AMITY PARK
"Danny?" Valerie asked looking at him as he walked out of FentonWorks. He looked up and glared at her.
"What do you want?" he growled. Valerie was taken back from his hostility.
"What happened to you? You were missing for almost a year," Valerie asked walking up to him.
"What happened to you? I heard you dumped my best friend for being back with the A-listers. Oh and let's not forget you decided that Amity Park no longer needed the Red Hunter," Danny growled walking away from her.
"Phantom was gone…how did you know who I was?" she asked running up to him. He glared at her.
"I've known since that time in the park when me and Sam were kissing," he said walking around her annoyed.
"Phantom left, Amity no longer needed me to get rid of him," she said matter of factly.
"Phantom was the only thing keeping everything together. I've already decided to tell everyone who you are and what you were planning. Next time, don't break my friend's heart," Danny yelled running from her. She tried going after him.
"Seriously you're going to ruin my life just because I dumped your friend? I was wishing he was you," Valerie yelled back hoping for him to stop. He did.
"I hate you, why would I want to be with you. You hurt my friend, I could over look you hunting Phantom since you had reasons, but hurting my best friend is unforgivable to me," Danny said turning away from her. Valerie looked at him speechless, and Danny thought of a wonderful way to get back at Valerie. He created a duplicate.
"Well, that went well," Phantom said from behind Valerie. She turned and backed away.
"What the…? You aren't supposed to come back," Valerie yelled looking for something to shot him with.
"Hunting me is not going to get your friend back," Phantom deadpanned. "We were both taken from our home, and you are going shot me. We have gotten a lot closer considering the guy that took him was the same one that went after me. Going after another friend isn't really that smart. I'll make a deal though." Valerie glared at him.
"Why would a make a deal with you?" she growled finding a pencil to throw at him. He smiled and teleported behind her grabbing the pencil.
"You quit hunting me, and give up any ghost hunting you do," Phantom stated angrily. "Of course, it wasn't much to begin with since you were way too selfish to be worth any kind of ghost hunting."
"I'm a good ghost hunter," Valerie yelled kicking at him and then he teleported back where he once was to avoid it.
"You sure didn't step up when I was kidnapped, what is there to prove anything. You're not any kind of ghost hunter; you're just selfish human who thinks the world goes around you. You didn't learn anything or get the chance I had given you when that dog attacked. He wasn't mine, but I'm not here to make sure that you high on the social status, I'm here to give you a chance for change. I have given my own enemies that. You wasted yours by letting Amity Park get over run when I was taken. You are not worth being called a ghost hunter," Phantom said angrily. "Now the other part is, Fenton will keep your secret and so will I." Valerie glared at him.
"Why should I trust you, Ghost?" Valerie said. Phantom smiled.
"Well, Masters has been arrested, and if anyone hears you were in contact, then you are going to have a big problem with the legal system and press twisting your words around," Phantom grinned. "After all, he is now a registered sex offender." Valerie's jaw dropped and Phantom teleported away leaving her to think about had just happened.
"He was what?" Valerie whispered looking down. "That's so gross," she shivered running home.
"What did you say to Valerie?" Tucker asked as he watched her run by. Danny smiled.
"She just learned her lesson as to what most people see Phantom as," Danny said as they headed to Sam's.
"What did you tell her?" Tucker asked. Danny grinned.
"Phantom isn't just a ghostly hero. He is a chance for change," Danny said. "That's what I learned while in California." Tucker smiled.
"At least you are learning," Tucker tensed. Danny lightly punched his arm. "So are you going to tell everyone about her?"
"Nah, I'll be nice, as long as she gives up what little hunting she had done before I left, I'll keep her secret," Danny said. "She goes after Phantom and Fenton will tell everyone."
"You don't think she'll figure it out?" Tucker asked concerned for his friend. Danny smiled.
"I used a duplicate while I was walking away, she seen us both at the same time," Danny said. "I'm covered." Tucker smiled.
"Great, now prepared to get beat in doomed," Tucker said taking off. Danny smiled and caught up to his friend.
"I'll beat you to Sam's," Danny said tapping into his ghost speed. Tucker scowled.
"No fair," Tucker yelled pushing his-self faster. Danny laughed.
CBI
"I'm glad we were able to get Danny home," Lisbon said as she entered her office. "And now we have another murderer behind bars." Jane smiled.
"That was the most interesting case I've ever worked," Jane said smiling. "He's a good kid."
"Now if only most kids were like him," Lisbon said looking on her desk to find Danny's ghost insignia on a necklace. It looked similar to his, but there was an envelope next to it. "What's this?" Jane walked around and picked up the necklace.
"I don't know," Jane said as Lisbon opened the envelope to show more necklaces and a letter.
Dear Lisbon,
Thank you for helping, these necklaces have a little ghost power in them. If you ever need to have a shield or are in serious trouble, they will activate and protect you from anything. There is one for each member on your team. If there is any ghost trouble, just tell it, and it will tell me. Don't question how it works, I'm not sure, but I will know if you are in any kind of trouble. Thank you for helping me get home and tell Jane that his daughter and wife loves him and they always will. I hope we can meet under better circumstances.
Sincerely,
Danny Phantom
Danny Fenton
One more after this. I kinda liked it. There wasn't much fighting, but I did that last time.
Danny: No you tried to kill me last time.
Me: That was Vlad, not me.
Danny: Check out Undercover Phantom if you haven't already and tell her that she tried to kill me at the end.
Me: I would never do that, seriously injure you, I'm open for that
Danny: gee thanks, that's makes me feel so much better.
Me: You're being sarcastic right
Danny:-.-'
Me: Okay, don't forgot my poll either.
Danny it'll stay until a day after the epilogue has been posted.
Me: there's a tie for first, so please try to break that tie...if not, then I guess I can try two stories at once...they will have slow updates though, unless i get a day where that's all I have to do. Which is why this chapter was so fast. The epilogue is written already. So vote while you still can
Danny: Who do you plan on using?
Me: I'm not telling you...See you soon, I'm getting yelled at...review and tell me anything I may have missed...pleawse!
