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And yes, the Caps Lock was on.

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CHAPTER 20: Phase One

Vlad sighed, standing in the center of his laboratory. He knew that Daniel was already in Amity and most likely where Dan was. The only problem was... 'I need to be there too. If anything, I can't leave Jack to direct the ghosts on his own. But...' He couldn't just go to Amity and act like a Military General; not to say he couldn't, but he can't... 'I'm confusing myself...'

Confusion aside, he took a deep breath. 'Fine. I'll have to do this as Plasmius!'

"Vlad!" Young Blood popped his head out of the Ghost Portal, "Ready to go?"

Vlad nodded, "Yes, let's hurry."

"Danny!!" Sam screamed, thrashing in the air. She grunted as she and Tucker were thrown onto the roof. Purple eyes glared up at her ride, "Damn it, Dan!"

The ghost teen smirked, "Aww, is the princess hurt? Need her knight in shinning armor?" His smirk grew nasty and spiteful, "Well too bad! You're not worth saving!" Sam growled at him, trying to get out of the ropes that still bound her.

"Well done, Dannie!" Freakshow praised. He walked over, laying a hand on Dan's shoulder, and sneered at the two humans, "These two should add to Fenton's fuel and get him here faster!" He paused, confused, "What's that sound?" Turning, he screamed, "FUCK!!" Diving down, he quickly crawled to the railing for protection.

Dan, having known it would happen, merely turned intangible so the wind wouldn't bother him and obediently followed the older man.

This left Sam and Tucker tied up and stranded in the center of the roof.

"Bloody Hell..." Kyle cursed, pulling up from the roof. "I can't land!" Frowning in annoyance, the red head looked at Jack, "You guys need to get down there. There are parachutes in the back--use them!"

Nodding, Jack quickly unbuckled himself and motioned for Danny to do the same.

"Don't worry about that," Spectra said, smiling. "We'll get you down. Bertrand!" The shape-shifter looked up, sighing, and grabbed Jack. Turning in tangible and spreading it to the man, he quickly flew out of the helicopter and landed on the roof. He was soon followed by Spectra, who had Danny in her arms.

"Arg! What are you doing here?" Freakshow sneered, glaring at the red headed woman. He knew she was close to Vlad. That meant he would also be there soon--too soon. This was not good.

Spectra smirked, "I'm here for Dan, of course. We all are."

Danny stepped forward, having gotten over flying, "Where's Dan!"

Freakshow's sneer became nastier. He chuckled, "Oh, you want Dannie? He's right here." He stood, gesturing to the pale youth now floating in the air with the helicopter.

"Dan..."

Vlad smiled at Wulf when he saw him, telling Young Blood to watch after him. Already in the form of Plasmius, the half ghost/half human--referred to as a Halfa in the Ghost Zone--flew out of Fenton Works and headed to where he was receiving a signal from Kyle's helicopter.

Casper High.

Vlad scowled, "Leave it to Freakshow to involve children."

As he flew, he met up with numerous ghosts--Johnny and Kitty, Dora, The Box Ghost and The Lunch Lady, etc.. The Box Ghost had done his job and tripped the alarm as The Lunch Lady told the staff there was a fire. Dora had created the actual fire while Johnny and Kitty lead a group of ghost pretending to be a fire squad.

Everyone was now out of the building. Phase One: Compete.

'Now, Phase Two!'

"Dan! Stop!" Kyle yelled, hoping to get the ghost out of his way. He needed to land! Helicopters only had so much fuel! 'Where the hell is Vlad?!'

"DAN!!"

Dull green eyes widened, a flicker of their former brilliance coming back. Kyle and Dan looked down to see frantic blue eyes and a mop of messy black hair. Danny was leaning against the railing of the roof, trying desperately to get the ghost's attention.

"DAN!!"

Spectra was fending off Freakshow as best she could, but her last feed was a week ago so she was a bit tired. While they were busy, Bertrand had untied Tucker and Sam and taken them across the street.

"DAN!! PLEASE! GET DOWN HERE!"

The ghost in question cocked his head in confusion, blinking owlishly at the teen. Glancing at the red head in the helicopter and the red head fighting Freakshow, Dan grew confused.

Freakshow was glaring, trying to get his own two cents in for Dan's obedience, but Spectra wouldn't let him. She was brutal and unrelenting. "Damn! DAN! DON'T LISTEN TO--!!!" Spectra blasted him off the roof, quickly following after.

"He's all yours, Fenton!" she yelled to Danny, indicating that she trusted him to snap the pale haired youth out of his trance. Danny nodded eagerly and watched the woman dive.

"Fenton?"

Danny turned, blue eyes widening at the sight of Dan. Dull green eyes watched him with a hawk-like quality. He was frowning in confusion. Dan was supposed to follow Freakshow's orders; he'd made that quite clear. So why was he compelled to listen to... to... this? Quickly growing agitated, Dan glared at the human before him. Lifting his hand, he gathered ectoplasm in his palm.

"What an odd name..."

Competed: Feb 25
Posted: March 6 (Break starts tomorrow!!!)