Suddenly clapping came from behind them and Vlad appeared. "Congrats, you found your friends. But that's as far as you'll go," Vlad replied and then five duplicates appeared and disappeared into each of the humans. Danny turned to Vlad, furious. "You overshadowed them? Why?" Danny demanded. Jake stared at his friends and then glanced at Danny. Suddenly Sam aimed a gun attached to her wrist at Danny and fired. Danny went flying forwards into a crate. "Because it keeps you in check Daniel. You and Mr. Long here," Vlad explained revealing his fangs to Jake. Jake glanced at his friends and noticed that they also had similar guns pointed at him and they fired.
Reacting quickly Jake back flipped away and dodged the glowing bullets. He ran to Danny and pulled him to his feet and they ran off into the maze of crates. They ran as fast as possible and then stopped for breath. "Can you stop Plasmius overshadowing our friends Danny?" Jake asked once he caught his breath. Danny nodded. "I can, but it's keeping Vlad away so he doesn't overshadow them again that's the problem," Danny replied. Jake changed to his dragon self in a blaze of flames and they began to head back towards their possessed friends.
They spotted Trixie and Sam together walking down a corridor. They watched them for a moment and then Danny gasped. "What? What's up?" Jake asked. Danny smiled at him and pointed to the belts the two girls were wearing. "Those are Spectre Deflectors. They hurt ghosts if a ghost touches the wearer. Let me tell you, it hurts a lot. But they haven't been activated. That was how Vlad managed to overshadow them. If we can get rid of Vlad and activate the belts, then they'll be safe," Danny explained. Jake smiled and together they lunged at the girls. Jake pinned Trixie against a crate and Danny barrelled through Sam pushing Vlad out of her. "Sam, activate the belt!" Danny yelled to her and blast the duplicate Vlad with a ghost ray. The Vlad waved at Danny tauntingly and vanished. Jake struggled to keep a hold of Trixie. Danny came over and charged his palm with ghost energy. Sam ran over and Danny blasted Trixie and Sam switched on the belt. Trixie blinked at Jake and Sam, disorientated but unharmed. Danny blasted the second duplicate and he too vanished.
"What just happened?" Trixie muttered, holding her head. "You were overshadowed," Danny explained. Trixie blinked at him, confused. "Vlad was controlling you," Jake offered. Trixie nodded and frowned enraged. "That creep controlled me! Oh no he didn't! Let me at him," Trixie ordered Jake as he released her. Jake smiled but shook his head. "He's controlling the others too," Jake informed her. "Jake, wait here with Trixie. Sam, you come with me. We'll free the others," Danny suggested and rushed off with Sam.
"So, since when are you and Danny Phantom pals?" Trixie asked, joking. Jake shrugged. "Pandarus and Plasmius are working together. They trapped us in a cage and we got talking while I recovered from the sphinx hair," Jake answered. Trixie smiled and they turned as Danny returned with their friend Spud. "Wait here a minute while I find Jazz and Tucker," Danny retorted as an explanation and zoomed off to meet back up with Sam. "Yo, Jake and Trix. I was taken over by a ghost. It was weird," Spud announced to them. Jake rolled his eyes while Trixie merely whacked him on the arm. "I was being controlled too Spudinski," Trixie informed him annoyed.
Trixie and Spud stopped their argument when they heard a weapon fire close by. "Tucker!" Danny exclaimed annoyed. Jake flinched as he heard a crash. A few seconds later a very bashful Tucker walking over to them with Danny rubbing his shoulder. "Sorry Danny," Tucker apologised. "Forget it Tuck, just maybe stick to the PDA rather than the weapons," Danny suggested and then flew off to find Jazz. "What happened?" Spud asked once they lost sight of Danny. Tucker turned to Spud and took out the lipstick gun. "I tried to take down one of Vlad's duplicates that was sneaking up on Danny. Then the one that overshadowed me originally hit me from behind and I accidently shot Danny into a pile of crates," Tucker admitted reluctantly. The three New Yorkers smiled sympathetically. It had been a mistake but they understood that Tucker felt bad for it.
Then Danny, Sam and Jazz came from around a corner. Jazz was scowling at Sam. "You didn't need to push me so hard," Jazz complained rubbing her wrist. "Sorry Jazz but you were really strong when Vlad was controlling you," Sam apologised, not sounding particularly sorry. Danny marched over to Jake and let the two girls finish their argument before speaking. "Alright, Jake. I think you should go with everyone and I'll deal with Plasmius," Danny suggested. Jake stared at Danny. "Wait hold up. What about Pandarus. You need back up," Jake interjected. "Yeah, and what if Vlad overshadows you next. Honestly I'm surprised that he hasn't already," Danny countered. Jake frowned. "Hold on. Here… Jake right? Take my Spectre Deflector and I'll wait outside. I have lousy aim anyway," Jazz decided and handed the belt to Jake and made to walk out of the building. "Wait Jazz, We'll all come with you. Here Danny, if you get the chance to put it on Vlad," Sam called after Jazz and handed Danny her belt. Then the five humans walked out of the warehouse and waited by the car. Jake strapped the metal belt around his middle. Then Danny and Jake flew off to face Pandarus and Plasmius.
This really was a true filler chapter. The human helpers were really only there to provide Jake with a Spectre Deflector. You'll see what I mean. The chapter also served to give Pandarus and Plasmius the time to start the next phase of their master plan. Again you'll see what I mean.
So until the next chapter.