Danny had been searching for Drakken for three hours now. He skipped dinner not wanting to test how edible his mother's casserole was. Jazz could cover for him. Besides this was more important. If Drakken got that machine working, he could control ghosts and Danny doubted that Drakken would only rob jewellery stores. Drakken would try to take over the world and an army of mind controlled ghosts could do it. Although something that scared Danny more was that the prototype had nearly overwhelmed him. It had felt like Freakshow's crystal ball. The last time, Danny hadn't known how to fight it off and was taken over. This time he did and it still took everything for him to stay in control. No, he had to find Drakken tonight. No matter what. At least there wasn't any school the next day.
He ducked into yet another warehouse and was about to take a break at the Nasty Burger before resuming when he heard a familiar voice. He turned invisible and floated closer. Then he saw them, Drakken working in a dark corner and Shego watching.
"So that's supposed to get more ghosts here how?" Shego asked sceptically. Drakken rounded on her.
"Yes! For the tenth time! I told you this plan is fool proof," Drakken grumbled angrily.
"It would need to be," Shego muttered loudly under her breath and picked up a magazine.
"Shego! I told you, I was talking with a guy in prison. Freakshow. He was an expert on ghosts. Knew all about them. He told me to come to this town and to look out for Danny Phantom," Drakken reminded her irately. Shego glanced up and turned a page.
"And yet he got away," she pointed out. Drakken ground his teeth.
"That was your fault!" he shot back at her.
"I was busy keeping Kimmie from stopping you," Shego growled dangerously. Drakken backed off and returned to his work.
"That won't happen this time. That prototype wasn't nearly as powerful as this one is. But I need to finish this portal. Now pass me a screwdriver," Drakken ordered.
"Nope," Shego replied simply and turned another page. Drakken scowled at her annoyed and trudged over to a toolbox beside a blueprint and pulled out a screwdriver.
Danny floated over careful to be absolutely silent near Shego. He glanced at the blueprint and recognised it. It was the thing that had changed his life. The Fenton Ghost portal. Danny had to do something. He glanced at Shego, she was reading her magazine. He glanced at Drakken, he was buried in his work cursing inaudibly. Danny took a breath and slowly rolled up the blue print and picked it up, turning it invisible and began to move to the nearest wall and out of the building. Suddenly he was shot from behind. His invisibility dropped.
"Dr. D, looks like you get another chance with that machine of yours," Shego called to Drakken. Drakken jumped up and banged his head. But he didn't pause to yell at the portal in progress and ran eagerly to the machine and turned it on.
Kim paced the hotel room. She had checked in with Wade three times in the last hour and felt it would be mean to check in again. At least not yet. The Tweebs had pulled out a few spare parts and began fiddling around with them. Ron had gotten out a pen and paper and finally set about starting his English paper. It was supposed to be a science fiction short story. Kim had chosen to write about a dream she had about a warped future where she got lost in time after Ron moved away. It felt too real to be imagined but she wasn't complaining. Ron had run ideas past her like going into space to save a monkey astronaut, which Kim reminded him had happened and wouldn't count.
Kim was worried about Danny Phantom. She knew he was right about being able to search quicker and more thoroughly than they could but she was concerned that he'd get caught again. Shego was really good at seeing intruders and if Danny slipped up even once then he would be in trouble. And this time Kim and Ron wouldn't be there to help him.
Suddenly she heard a screech of tyres outside and she ran to see a massive metal RV driving down the road like a crazy person was driving. She spotted a blazing green "F" on the side and instantly recognised it as a Fenton invention. Jim and Tim had pointed out the label on the Spectre Cage. She turned to her watch.
"Wade! The Fentons just went flying down the road. Has something happened?" Kim asked. Wade frowned and shrugged.
"Not that I know of. Let me hack into their system. Maybe they picked up something I didn't," Wade replied and started to furiously type on the keyboard, watching another screen intently.
"Kim, there's been a flare of ectoplasmic energy in another warehouse at the docks. That's probably what they saw. Give me a second and I'll check if Drakken was seen there within the last few hours," Wade informed her and tapped away at the keys again.
"Uh oh," Wade mumbled.
"Uh oh? What's wrong?" Kim questioned concerned.
"I'll show you the security feed," Wade answered and an image at the docks flicked onto Kim's watch. She watched as Danny Phantom flew across the camera's sight and then phase into a warehouse. She waited and the image was fast forwarded and she saw that Danny never came out.
"That's up to right now, Kim. Looks like Danny found Drakken and is in trouble," Wade confirmed without being asked.
"Send the map to the car, we're on our way," Kim decided and turned to the boys. They were all watching her ready to go.
I know a bit of an assumption on Team Possible's part but…
By the way, I changed the format of this chapter due to a review a few days ago saying that the previous format was confusing. let me know if this is better...
Until the next chapter.
