Chapter eleven is here at last... later than I promised, I'm ashamed to say. I'm extremely sorry, there was a minor family problem that prevented me from finishing the chapter on time, but both chapter and problem are all sorted now, so no worries! Thanks once again to my reviewers: KittyGrl24 and DPcrazy.

Anyway... last time, we had Sam and Val bust Danny out while Tucker and Mimic kept Vlad distracted. Unfortunately, Vlad has noticed his missing 'guest.'

CHAPTER ELLEVEN: Break-out

Vlad practically howled with rage as his computer screen brightly informed him that his 'guest' in the lab was missing. Those brats couldn't have chosen a more inconvenient time to break in!

He accessed the security cameras installed around the building to locate his missing prisoner, and noted with a flash of anger that 'Ms Jacobs' was now running at full pelt down the corridor. Then, he spotted Daniel, being rescued by that gothic friend of his and Valerie. Vlad quickly transformed into his ghostly side and flew intangibly through the mansion after his escaping captive.

Marcia Jacobs was not, thought Mimic, built for running. She was the wrong shape entirely. It really was a nuisance that she was forbidden to shape-shift until it was absolutely necessary- absolutely necessary being when Vlad decided to attack her, or when she really had no other choice. Mimic knew that, right now, Vlad was too focused on Danny to be chasing her, and therefore it was not essential for her to transform just yet.

It was at this point that she stumbled on the edge of a rather hideous green and gold rug.

"Forget not transforming." she muttered. And with that, she allowed her real form to take charge, and took off into the air without a second thought.

Danny stumbled, still getting used to movement. Vlad had apparently doped him with something, or he was just incredibly tired, because he was having a lot of trouble encouraging his legs to move in the right direction. Suddenly, an icy blue mist poured out of his mouth. He gave Sam a worried look.

Sam pulled one of his arms over her shoulders and continued, half-dragging him along with her. They were almost to the door when they met Mimic, in all her blue-haired, glowing ghostly glory, flying through the wall just in front of them.

"Hurry up. Vlad knows." Was all the ghost said, but that was all that was needed to have the other three teenagers making a desperate sprint (in Danny's case, more of a clumsy dash) for the door. But it was too little, too late.

Vlad appeared before them before they even came close to freedom. And he looked furious.

"I must admit, I wasn't expecting an escape attempt quite so quickly, Daniel." he said coldly, before turning his attention to the red-suited ghost hunter, currently out of uniform.

"And Valerie. I must admit, I'm quite disappointed in you. I had hoped you would forget all about your silly little alliance with Daniel, but apparently not."

Valerie almost snarled at him. "You can't fool me, Mr Masters. Besides, Danny's my friend, ghost or not!"

Vlad ignored her. "And Mimic, am I right? Quite a fascinating little ghost. A full-ghost, willingly helping humans? My, my. What a rarity."

Mimic grinned lazily, and Vlad felt his annoyance go up a notch. "Obviously you don't actually know that much about ghosts, Vladdie. We aren't all bad, you know."

Prickling at being addressed as 'Vladdie' (it reminded him far too much of Jack) he scowled at the ghost. "Really, Ms... Mimic? I suppose impersonating an innocent businesswoman isn't bad at all, then?"

The ghost outright laughed. "Nope. Ms Jacobs is enjoying a nice day off, and we're freeing Danny boy here. I see nothing wrong with that."

Deciding that he probably couldn't coax the other ghost into joining him, he turned his attention back to Daniel. "Well, my boy, I'm impressed you've made it this far. But if you thought getting away from me was going to be that simple, you're quite, quite wrong."

Vlad fired an ectoblast at Danny's feet, and the boy jumped up. Transforming as soon as he hit the ground, he took shakily to the air, and Mimic instantly flew in front of him. Valerie was also in flight, having pulled out her jet sled and flown straight into the fray.

Sam, ectogun in hand was sneaking up behind Vlad, while Tucker was making his way to the Spectre Speeder that had brought Sam and Valerie to the mansion.

Vlad split into four, and sent a duplicate towards each of the fighters (excluding Tucker). Mimic scowled, and fired a heavy blast at the stomach of hers, and it disappeared. Valerie followed her lead, but Sam's ectogun didn't have a strong enough blast. Danny helpfully shot at it.

Danny was then attacked by the real Vlad. He desperately tried to push the other ghost away from him, but to no avail. The others, unable to shoot for fear of hitting Danny, could only watch.

Finally, Danny managed to kick Vlad off of him. The older ghost, winded, went flying across the room, and Sam, Valerie and Mimic took the opportunity to blast him. While Vlad was recovering, Mimic split herself into two, and turned one of them invisible.

The invisible Mimic floated casually through a wall, and then Vlad was up on his feet again.

Valerie reared on her jet sled, avoiding a pink blast from Vlad as she did so. She fired at the half-ghost, but to her dismay, he shielded.

"Come now, Valerie. You didn't expect that to work, did you?"

She scowled."I can't believe I ever trusted you!" she shouted, and fired again. This time the blast clipped Vlad's shoulder, and he gave her a nasty look.

Suddenly, a blast from Sam hit him full-on. "Hey Vlad!" Sam shouted. "Over here!"

Vlad grinned horribly and fired at her, but all he hit was a glowing green shield. Mimic materialised in front of him with a smirk on her face.

Vlad scowled and blasted her, but then another Mimic floated through the wall.

Taken by surprise, his blasts missed their target, instead completely destroying a framed photograph of the Packers. The other Mimic gave the room a thumbs up.

"Shield's down, everybody!" she shouted. "I destroyed the shield generator. Once we get past grandpa here we're good to go."

Danny snickered, and Vlad, looking positively apoplectic, fired a blast at the Mimic-clone. "I'm the same age as your parents, Daniel!" he shouted, as the duplicate dissolved into nothingness.

Valerie and Sam threw themselves back into the fight, but Mimic turned to Danny, and winked. "Danny, you remember what we were practising a few weeks ago?" she asked him slyly, and Danny nodded, grinning.

"Form a shield, but change the shape a little..."

Glowing green ectoplasm formed in Danny's hands.

"Now, let it stabilise..."

Danny concentrated on the ectoplasm in his hands, and felt it cool and solidify.

"That's great! You've done it!" Mimic poked the ectoplasm a little. Apparently satisfied, she grinned. "Okay, now go!"

Danny held the ectoplasmic net in his hands and flew invisibly up to the ceiling, hovering above Vlad. Mimic held up a hand, and he dropped the net over his enemy.

"Fantastic! That should hold him for a while, so let's get out of here."

Danny scooped up Sam and turned them both intangible, ignoring Mimic's mutter of "Lovebirds." Mimic grabbed Valerie's arm, and the four of them flew out through the wall. Tucker, who had just arrives in the Spectre Speeder, grinned widely at them.

"What took you so long?" he asked, and Sam gave him a nasty look.

"Well, you could've helped out a bit, you know." she told him, as they phased into the back of the Speeder. Mimic laughed.

"Ah, we could handle it. We needed someone to fetch the Speeder anyway."

Danny grinned at them. "Thanks, you guys."

Sam, Valerie and Tucker just grinned, while Mimic smiled fondly.

"Any time, Danny boy."

Eh... fight scenes are horrible. This was a hard chapter to write, and I'm not particularly happy with it, but I think it's the best I'll get for now. I might change it later though.

If you're wondering about what Mimic meant when she said she and Danny had been practising something a few weeks ago, then go and have a look at the start of chapter four. Please review!