So this is my fourth installment. Stuff will start happening, and I'm not good with fight scenes to be honest so bare with me. Please enjoy.=^-^=

Ch. 4 - Ambush


Danny and his Mom had stayed in a guest room aboard the airship. While Danny decided to sleep as late as he possibly could, Maddie decided to wake up to check on her data which should have been sent back by now. She had just finished getting ready when she reached for the door knob and felt it shake. "Hmm?" She raised a brow as she slowly opened the door and heard loud crashing coming from far off. She narrowed her eyes and took out one of her bow staffs. "Something must be going on…"

Outside, the sun hadn't risen too far up the sky as Doc and Drew stood back to back in defense. "What a way to start the day." Doc growled out as he defended blasts from a robot.

Doyle was busy trying to outmaneuver a UFO like aircraft with his thawed Jetpack. "How'd they even know where we were?" He grunted towards them as he flew overhead.

Near Doc and Drew, Fisk was standing ready with a bed headed Zak, who was still in his pajamas. "Do these guys have any idea what time it is?" He groaned angrily as he held up his claw in defense. Fisk growled in agreement as he glared at the monstrous Hibagon.

"I hope you will excuse us but time is of the essence boy." The scientist responded as both he and his pet Tiger closed in.

Doc disintegrated a missile as it flew their way. "And all attacking at once seems a bit much."

"At least they stopped underestimating us." Drew chimed in as she blasted at the robot with her fire sword.

"You'll find it harder to hit Deadbolt now that he has his new combat program."

Drew chuckled. "Still new and unimproved? Sounds like a challenge." She teased as she sent out a barrage of fire at the automaton.

Doyle's maneuvering was sluggish as he dodged Beeman's tractor beam. "Man, this thing is still damaged from the storm." He decided to dive down to dodge and the aircraft followed. Doyle eyed him from his peripheral vision. "I really wanna just knock this guy out…" A loud knocking soon started in his Jetpack as he lost control of his turning. "Oh man!" He yelled in dismay as he tried to pull up. He soon ended up in a tall pile of snow with smoke coming up from his pack. "Piece of junk." He spat as he threw it down. His frustration was short lived as Beeman had taken his chance to catch the ex-mercenary by surprise. Doyle now floated relatively helpless inside the field of the tractor beam. "Oh, all the ways I'm going to pay you back for this…" He grumbled as he tried to swim through the field with no luck.

Beeman, however, wore a proud smile as he held him in place with the intercom up to his mouth. "If you get the chance."

"Doyle!" Drew shouted when she saw her brother, but her anger was quickly redirected at Miranda who was using her gun to throw punches from a distance while Deadbolt blocked her retaliations. Drew swung down her sword on the androids arms which rose to block, though it didn't seem to do much damage.

"Do you like his new armor?" Dr. Grey teased as Drew dodged yet another punch.

Doc had by this point gone to help Zak and Fisk, who were having a bit of trouble out muscling Professor Mizuki's Hibagon strength. Zak was keeping his distance with opportunity attacks while his dad got in close. Fiskerton, was busy dealing with the tiger who proved to be very tenacious with the Lemurian. Before long, the two of them were wrestling on the ground and Fiskerton was holding its jaws open to ward off a bite. The large cat was only inches from his face before being launched back by a sudden force. Fiskerton was a bit baffled when he sat up and saw the cat tangled in a net, but when he turned and saw Mrs. Fenton holding a launcher not far away and he let out a breath of relief. "Well, well, well, aren't you all having fun early in the morning."

Mizuki glared at her from the corner of his eye as he grappled with Doc. "And just who are you? Don't interfere!"

Maddie, although surprised, wasn't about to be brushed off like that as she aimed the gun at the monstrous beast. "You may not be a ghost, but that doesn't mean you're not fair game! I'll teach you to brush me off!"

"Stop Maddie!" Doc shouted with a slight grunt. "I can take care of him. You should go help Drew!" Though he didn't want to, if Maddie were on their side, it would definitely help their situation at the moment. Maddie glared one more time at the Hibagon before dashing off towards Drew and the automaton.

Drew saw her coming as she ducked under the robot's arm. "Maddie!?"

The ghost hunter holstered the net launcher as she motioned to her friend. "Move to your left!" Drew complied quickly which revealed Miranda's fist coming from a small portal in space. Maddie, who was not only a 9th degree black belt, but also proficient in several forms of fighting, easily took hold of the scientist's wrist. With a practiced and fluid motion, she turned and heaved the scientist through her own portal and slammed her back onto the ground. It only took her a moment to recognize the scientist as she raised a brow in confusion. "Dr. Grey?"

With a grunt she opened her eyes and they too widened with surprise. "Maddie!? What are you doing here?"

"That's what I would like to ask you…." She then took a look around and saw Beeman's ship. "Is that Beeman? Why are you fighting each other?"

Drew blasted Dead Bolt back with her sword before turning to the confused scientists. "I'm sorry and you do deserve an explanation, but we need to stop them first. I'll be happy to explain everything after that."


Danny was peacefully asleep on the bed back inside the airship. Given the previous night's conversation, he felt much more relaxed. How his parents viewed him had always nagged at him from the back of his mind even though the one time they had known, they accepted him. Experience had already taught him though, that nothing is set in stone, and so anxiety wasn't uncommon at times. He'd been able to go to sleep easily enough, but when a familiar chill ran down his spine, he didn't want to rise at all. His ghost sense went off a few more times before he finally started to stir. "Awaken Halfling…. It Is time to wake…. It is time."

He slowly raised his eyelids and sat up in an ungraceful slump. "Morning already?" He then remembered his ghost sense and closed his eyes again, only this time to concentrate. "Where? Damn it…. I can't tell." He scratched his bedhead a bit and waited for it to go off again, but it didn't. With a grunt he a sighed in resignation. "That's what I get for waiting I guess. I wish all the other ghosts would just go away like that." He stretched a bit before finally getting out of the bed. "Might as well get up…." A few minutes later he was now out in the halls of the mysteriously quiet airship.

Once he entered the bridge area he heard a scratching and soon found his gaze on a rather frantic Komodo Dragon as he scrambled at the door. "You sure you want to go out there?" Danny questioned to the lizard as he zipped up his own jacket. Komodo hissed back before scratching at the door again. Danny scrutinized the lizard a bit more before noticing something even stranger through the windows. "Okay…. Now I think I might still be dreaming. Either that, or Doyle is being abducted by a UFO in broad daylight…."

Deciding to investigate over more speculation, he took the easy way out and phased through the ship since Komodo was the only one around to see. Once outside though, he instantly heard all of the commotion, as shots were fired and fists were thrown. "What the heck is going on?" He asked himself as he watched a moment, hidden mostly from view. It didn't take long for him to realize that the Saturday's were being ganged up on by the strange force while his mom seemed to be helping. "So a UFO, a robot and its scientist master, and a Yeti are all trying to beat them?" He paused a moment in his own disbelief. "And I thought my life was weird….." He then let out a sigh. "Well, I could Go-Ghost and help, but then my mom could think I'm a threat. The last thing I need is for her to have a mental set back about Phantom….." He raised a finger to his chin as he turned back to the captured Doyle. "So I guess Fenton's going to have to do for now."

While his physical abilities as a human were far less than as Phantom, he still had some skills; Sam would no longer let him be overly reliant on his powers after the last fiasco that got him into. So since physical strength was out, he opted for a more stealthy approach as he made himself invisible while running through the snow. He was able to approach the ship easily enough, but he had to time his appearance right as to not attract attention. Doyle who was floating helplessly in the field started to hear the faint crunch of snow from behind him and turned to see. "What the….?" He mumbled to himself as he couldn't see anything approaching even though he could still hear it. It was then that he saw some patches of snow as they were smashed undertow. He squinted in his own disbelief. "Is that Komodo?" His curiosity was cut short as he heard a small commotion from in his family's direction. He watched as Maddie Fenton joined the fray rather smoothly by taking out Mizuki's pet tiger. "Alright!" He yelled in approval as he raised a fist over his head.

"Doyle…." The young man heard in a whisper behind him.

He caught himself before shouting again in favor of turning to see who it was. This time he could see someone and that someone was Danny. "Hey D-"

The young teen waved to him with a finger over his lips. "Stay quiet." He ordered as he reached into one of his leg pockets. He pulled out some glowing rope and pulled some free with one hand.

"Oh I got ya." Doyle stated in a hushed tone as he slowly turned himself completely around. Danny swung the rope a bit before tossing it into the field. After a few sloppy reaches, Doyle was finally able to grab it and Danny began trying to pull the older man out of the field. It was easy at first, but as soon as Doyle got close to the edge, the field seemed to strengthen and Danny was now digging in his heels a bit in order to continue back. "Come on kid…. Just a little more." Doyle encouraged as his upper body was freed from the field. With one final jerk Doyle was freed as he fell face first in the snow with Danny falling onto his back. Doyle stood up and quickly knocked the snow off of himself. "Nice one kid, I owe you one." He thanked as he then reached out a hand for Danny to get up.

Danny was happy to take the assistance as he shook the snow from his hair, but as soon as he looked up, his face became distressed. Doyle was only confused for a moment before feeling the impact of Beeman's blaster hilt to the back of his head. "Should have stayed in the stasis field." He then gave the still sitting teen a wily grin. "And you, unless you want to spend the next 5 hours in suspended animation, I'd suggest you do exactly as I say." He commanded as he pointed his ray at the boy. Danny gave a glare as he stood his hands raised to be level with his head. Beeman directed him towards the others and he marched forwards as he silently cursed himself for not paying attention.


Drew blasted Dead Bolt back with her sword before turning to the confused scientists. "I'm sorry and you do deserve an explanation, but we need to stop them first. I'll be happy to explain everything after that."

Maddie was about to comply when she saw her son approaching them from a moderate distance. He didn't look too happy as he headed their way with his hands up in submission. "Sorry, but I'm going to have to cut this party short." Beeman began with an annoyed tone. "Look, this is how it's going to go down, hand over Franken Hair, and we'll be on our way." As soon as Maddie realized it was Beeman who was, not only talking, but holding her son at gun point, she was more than furious. She let go off Miranda immediately and ran towards him. "Hold it!" He commanded as he pushed Danny forward a bit. "Not another step!"

Maddie understood the threat as her gaze sharpened. "Beeman! You let him go right now!"

Beeman raised a brow. "So he is your kid." He deduced with a smirk. "But you should teach him to mind his own business." He then pushed him over to her causing Danny to stumble forwards and Maddie to catch him before he fell. "You two don't have anything to do with this, so scram!"

Due to being distracted by the scene with Danny, Drew didn't notice Deadbolt until he was right on top of her. She stumbled slightly as the clumsy robot grabbed hold of her, while pinning her arms to her sides. "Drew!" Doc impulsively called which gave Mizuki the chance he needed to grab him up and bind him like Deadbolt did Drew.

Beeman then aimed his ray at Fiskerton and Zak. "Alright now Franken Hair, you can come quietly, or you and fuzzy there can enjoy 5 hours of paralyzing suspended animation."

Zak simply glared as Fiskerton guarded him protectively. "What do you think?"

Meanwhile Maddie held Danny with one arm protectively. "What were you doing out here?" She whispered to him.

"I was trying to help. I figured I could at least get Doyle free. Who are these guys anyway?"

Maddie shook her head a bit. "They are Secret Scientists like the Saturdays, but I don't know why they're fighting." Danny was about to ask her another question before the condensation from his mouth intensified and a chill ran down his spine. Maddie felt him shiver and then saw the slightly distressed look on his face. "Danny?"

A howl broke out in the area around them which was soon joined by a chorus of several more. As the skirmishers looked for the source almost instinctively, all eyes fell on the large fog bank as it drifted from inland. "Oh no….." Danny grumbled under his breath which baffled his mother slightly.

"What's wrong?"

"What is that?" Dr. Grey questioned as she turned to see it while blocking the snow glare with her hand. Seconds later, the fog exploded outward as several green forms burst forth from it. Maddie could hear her ghost detector going off like mad from her suit pocket and reached for her blaster which was on the opposite side of the net gun.

The green ghosts dashed around with agility as one stepped forward to face the humans. He appeared to be a wolf like ghost with two sets of glowing red eyes and horns just behind his ears which faced forward. "Your fighting is foolish and upsetting! We do not permit for such things upon our territory. You upset the balance of nature with such negative energies! Lay down your weapons or you shall face the consequences!" The ghost was speaking a language that only two of those in the crowd could understand and so it wasn't too surprising when most of them directed their weapons towards the ghosts.

Drew was quick to enlighten her family as she told both Zak and Doc to drop their weapons. "Doc! Drop the glove! You too Zak, drop the Claw!" Both boys seemed frustrated at the request but Drew's serious expression was enough to quell any arguments. Upon seeing his family members disarm themselves, Fiskerton raised his hands in surrender with a sheepish smile. The other Scientist's, however, ignored the warning as they kept up their defensive stances.

The pack leader narrowed his gaze on them and as he did, the other wolves broke off and started making smaller circles around them. Maddie took it upon herself to aim straight for the leader as she charged up her blaster. The ghost saw this and dove down at them. "Foolish human!"

"No mom!" Danny yelled as he knocked the gun from her hand. He then stood in front of her protectively but with his hands held up in submission.

The ghost stopped short and gave him a scrutinizing gaze. "Wise decision half breed." He complimented as he turned to the others. "One that they were not so wise to make." He then howled again and the other wolves responded by making faster tracks. Soon, fog tornadoes covered the area and confused shouting rang out.

Maddie simply held onto Danny protectively as she looked around at them. "What is…." The wolf stopped his howl and dashed off back the way he'd come. As soon as he left, the other wolves followed, and the fog began to clear around the battle field.

"What just happened?" Drew questioned as she tossed a disembodied robot arm to the ground. It only took a few seconds for the fog to clear completely and a few more for those remaining to see who was now missing.

"Where did the other Secret Scientists go!?" Zak asked in confusion and amazement. Doc looked around erratically for any sign of them and quickly found his way to the net where the tiger had been bound.

Drew kicked Deadbolt's sparking head with confusion of her own. "I don't know Zak… but something happened…."

Maddie turned to find Beeman's ray in pieces in the snow. "Looks like they were taken, and disarmed…" She deduced as she also noted Miranda's particle gun not too far away and also in pieces.

Drew raised a hand to her chin as she picked up her fire sword. "That would make sense….. they warned us not to fight."

"Warned us?" Zak asked as he walked over through the snow which was beginning to soak his pajama pants.

She gave a nod in response. "Those…. Whatever they were, spoke Esperanto, and they said that fighting upsets the nature around here. That warning was why I told you all to drop your weapons."

Maddie pulled out her handheld scanner. "Those things were ghosts, every single one of them. I have a log of at least 23 separate ecto-signatures on here."

Doc wore a disbelieving expression as he looked around again. "So you're telling me that a pack of ghost wolves just took them!?"

Drew nodded to her husband. "That's what it looks like. It's not uncommon for people to be spirited away in myth, especially when the culture is very closely related to nature. The Inpachi around New Mexico have and old myth about intruders on sacred ground being taken away by dust devils."

They then heard a groan as Doyle approached, while rubbing his head, from over where Beeman's airship now floated silently. "Man… somebody point me to where ever that UFO junkie went so I can…." He trailed off when he saw the situation had calmed and the Secret Scientists were nowhere to be found. "Aww man! Don't tell me I missed the whole butt kicking!?" Doyle cried out in irritation.


Shazam! Hope you liked that. So yeah... ghost wolves... I went there. Anyway, the Secret Scientists are now kidnapped though I think that did more to help than harm in that situation. Also, Danny was holding back. He'll get some action in the future. This one is a tad shorter than the others, but this is also the best stopping point so sorry about that. Please comment and ask questions in a review. They are always appreciated.=^-^=