Danny walked up to the angry ghosts and waved boldly at them.
"Hey, fancy meeting you here," Danny greeted them.
"Can it Dipstick!" Ember snapped.
"Yes, it's your fault that Walker caught us," Technus announced.
"I told you last time I was here, I'm not the one who arrested you. We're all in the same boat here," Danny attempted to reason with them.
"It was your portal that we came through. Walker sets up shop there and arrests all the ghosts you put back in here. He then throws us in here and holds a trial when he needs another cell," Spectra informed him bitterly.
"So you're blaming me for Walker arresting you for coming to Amity Park?" Danny asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Precisely child. If you at least varied where you put us back into the Ghost Zone, we wouldn't be here," Technus answered.
Jake and Rotwood watched Danny talking to his enemies. Jake had to admit he had expected a lot more fighting. Suddenly a squat little man shape shifted into a tall monster of a man and grabbed Danny and threw him across the cafeteria.
"Ow!" Danny complained as he picked himself back up.
"You could have just said "no"," Danny grumbled and stretched his back. Jake and Rotwood jogged over.
"Well? How did that go?" Jake asked tentatively. Danny frowned.
"Better than I thought but they won't help," Danny answered softly.
"You two will have to run for it without me," Danny informed them, keeping an eye on the ghosts he had spoken with. Jake shook his head.
"I'm not leaving without you, Danny. Especially with those guys here and that collar. Besides, I don't know where I'm going," Jake argued firmly. Danny suddenly looked defeated. He pulled Jake away from Rotwood and with a scowl told him to stay put.
"Look, Jake. You two can get out of here. I can't. Walker has threatened me with this collar if I try to turn back to Fenton and escape. I wouldn't worry about that normally but with Rotwood here, I have to watch myself. This collar might hurt me so much that I'll pass out and change. Rotwood can't get away without you Jake. Please, I got out of here before and can get out of here again. Remember in the Ghost Zone, humans are the ghosts," Danny explained before walking away and tried to talk with his enemies again. Jake returned to Rotwood, watching Danny go sadly. He had a point. Rotwood was a hindrance. Rotwood had to go but he wouldn't be able to escape without Jake.
Danny returned to the ghostly group.
"I thought we told you that we don't want to help you. You deserve to be here," Desiree remarked, noticing Danny. Danny took a breath.
"I want to ask you for a favour. See those humans over there. You can't say that they belong here. I want to make enough of a distraction for them to make their escape. So I'll let you attack and hit me until they get away," Danny suggested. The ghosts grinned happily.
"Remember, you asked for it," Ember smirked, and then punched Danny.
Jake started when Ember punched Danny. He was frozen by indecision when Desiree grabbed Danny and threw him into Technus' waiting arms and slammed him into a table, destroying it. With a frown, he understood that Danny was creating a distraction for them to escape. Jake grabbed Rotwood's arm and shoved him towards a dark corner. Jake put his hand against the wall and with a deep breath, pushed his hand through the wall. He nodded. He understood now what Danny meant. Humans were the ghosts. They may not have ghost rays and invisibility and such, but they could walk through things. Jake shoved Rotwood through the wall and followed him. They ran for it and passed through every wall in a straight line. Jake transformed in to his dragon form in a blaze of flames and grabbed Rotwood and flew them out of the prison. He had a vague idea of what direction they had to go in but Jake just hoped that Danny would be alright. That collar packed a punch and that was just a warning. Jake didn't want to think about how painful it could become.
Before any of you start to argue that Jake is a better hero than that, it was a difficult situation that Danny didn't have enough time to think of another way out of and Danny has taken the lead since Jake doesn't really know anything about ghosts and the Ghost Zone. Also both heroes were thinking of Rotwood, they had an obligation to save him.
So until the next chapter.