Hi, folks! Thanks for the few reviews that I did get. Well…let's get to Chapter 11! Will Danny and Valerie work together to defeat Skulker? Let's see!

While Danny had just gotten new help in his battle, back at the Fenton house, Jazz had just gotten home from her day of studying.

She walked inside and shouted, "Mom? Dad? I'm home!"

No answer.

"They must still be at the meeting. Danny? Are you here? Danny?"

Still nothing.

Jazz looked around in confusion, "Where is everybody?"

She walked into the kitchen scratching her head when she saw a note on the table. Jazz picked it up and read it.

Jazz,

Went into the Ghost Zone to find who kidnapped everybody. Will be home late. Left some money for food in case you get hungry.

Love you, Mom and Dad

Jazz had a flicker of fear in her eyes as she read the note. She said, "What are they doing? It could be dangerous in the Ghost Zone! But then again, they are ghost hunters. I hope they'll be okay. But where could Danny be?"

Jazz began to wonder, What if Danny went in to save everyone too? Mom and Dad might potentially hurt him! Oh, I hope I'm wrong and he's fine.

But Jazz knew she could potentially be right. She had always expected something Danny to do something heroic ever since she found out he was half-ghost.

Jazz walked down to the basement and walked toward the Fenton Portal. She looked inside it and sighed, "Danny…."

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Danny watched in surprise as Valerie flew toward him on her jetboard.

Danny shouted, "Valerie! What are you doing here?"

Valerie stopped in front of him and replied, "Thought I'd give you a hand, Danny."

"Well, thanks. But why?"

"I'll tell you later. For now, let's get that loser out of the way."

"Right!" shouted Danny, "Let's go!"

Danny and Valerie flew over to Skulker, who smiled, "Well, well, well. Looks like my second prey is back for more. Didn't expect you, young hunter girl."

Valerie replied, "Well, I guess you'll have to change your schedule." Then she fired her ecto-grenade launcher at Skulker, hitting him. Skulker fired his own weapon at her, hitting her. But Danny quickly hit Skulker from below, knocking him upward.

Skulker brought back out his glowing blade and tried to slice Valerie, but Danny followed him and gave him a hard kick, causing him to lose control and drop his blade.

Valerie fired again, but Skulker dodged it. Danny fired an ectoplasmic blast but Skulker dodged that too. Valerie flew at Skulker and punched him hard, knocking him sideways.

Skulker fired his weapon at Valerie but Danny hit the weapon, deflecting the shot upward at nothing. Danny then smiled, "You're pretty fast. But are you fast enough for this?"

Danny then started flying in circles around Skulker. Skulker tried to follow him but started getting dizzy as Danny flew faster and faster. After about a minute, Danny stopped. Skulker looked extremely dazed, dizzy, and confused.

Valerie seized this opportunity and fired at Skulker, hitting him and knocking him to the ground. As he hit, his battle suit fell apart. Skulker tried to get up, but Danny flew at him and punched him hard, breaking the battle suit. Danny reached inside the head part and pulled out the small original Skulker.

Skulker shouted, "You will fear me! I am the greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone!"

Danny grinned and pulled out the thermos, "Not when you're this small, you're not." Danny opened it and Skulker was sucked inside, still screaming, "You haven't seen the last of me, ghost boy and hunter girl! I will capture you! I will capture you all! Do you hear me?"

Danny closed the thermos and turned to Valerie, "Thanks for the help."

"No sweat," replied Valerie.

Sam flew down from the Specter Speeder, "So you were about to tell us why you came?"

"Oh, right. Well, I heard about the town meeting at city hall today." She turned to Danny, "Your parents are on their way in here to take out whoever's responsible for the disappearances."

Danny gasped, "My parents? They'll think I'm responsible for all this! They'll tear me apart! Let's go, we'll fly and talk."

Danny, Sam and Valerie started flying ahead while Valerie continued, "Anyway, I had a feeling you would be in here to stop whoever's doing all this. I thought you could use some help."

Danny asked, "But why?"

"I felt like I owed a debt to you. After all, I always gave you a hard time before and thought this would pay it back."

"You didn't have to do that. Thanks. But how did you get in here anyway?"

"I came into your house and went through the portal. The front door and the portal were both open."

Sam stared at Danny, who chuckled sheepishly, "I was nervous, I wasn't thinking."

Valerie laughed, "Some hero."

Danny asked, "So who's been giving you these weapons by the way?"

Valerie shrugged, "I'm not sure. Some guy in Wisconsin's been mailing them to me. His name is…uh, hmm…can't quite remember. Starts with a V. Um, Victor? Vince?"

"Vlad?" asked Danny.

"Yeah, that's it. Wait, how do you know?"

Danny sighed, "He's my arch-enemy. Vlad Masters, a.k.a. Vlad Plamius."

"Your arch-enemy?"

"Yep. He's a half-ghost like me. Except he's got twenty years more experience than me. He used to be my dad's friend back in college. One day, they were working on an early version of the ghost portal with my mom. Something went wrong and it turned Vlad half-ghost. He's out to destroy my dad and get me to join him because of this."

"Why would he want to destroy your dad for that? He gave him cool powers!"

"Because he's still in love with my mom and the accident ruined his chance at her."

"Oh, I see. So how are…"

Valerie was interrupted as Sam shouted, "Hey guys! Look! Up ahead!"

Danny turned in front of him and gasped. Up ahead of him was a large three-story laboratory. As he looked at it, Danny heard screaming. That's when he knew they had finally made it.

Danny gasped, "Guys, we made it!"

Valerie looked at him, "Made it where?"

"To where everyone in town who was kidnapped was taken. Some ghost named Professor Dilbert took them. I saw him yesterday taking Star and he told me."

Sam added, "But now that we're here, we can put a stop to his operation."

The three of them flew to the front of the lab, opened the large door, and walked inside.

Danny shouted, "Hello, Dilbert! Where are you?" There was a long corridor in front of them. The three of them walked down, only to find that it led to another one. They continued following the corridors until one led to a large room.

They looked around and finally saw them. The people who had been kidnapped were locked in cages, screaming. One shouted, "Oh, no! We're doomed! It's Inviso-Bill!" They started screaming louder.

Danny tried to calm them down, "Everyone relax! I'm not evil! I came to help!"

But no one listened as they continued cowering in fear. Tucker stood up and shouted, "Trust me! He's not! I know him! He's saved my life before!"

Sam and Valerie joined in, "He's right. He's saved us too."

Everyone started murmuring as they looked at Danny, who said, "Look, I'll explain everything later. For now, I have to find who threw you all in here! Come on out, Dilbert!"

"As you wish," said a cold voice from behind him.

Danny gasped and turned around and saw Dilbert standing in the doorway, smiling.

Dilbert laughed, "I knew you would come, Danny Phantom. There was no doubt."

Danny glared at him, "Glad to see you know me. Ready to get your butt fried?"

"Danny, if I would 'get my butt fried', I would want it to happen in a one-on-one." He pushed a button on a remote and suddenly a cage flew down from the ceiling and fell on Sam and Valerie, trapping them both.

Danny shouted, "Sam! Valerie!"

Valerie reached for her weapon, "No problem. I'll bust our way out of this." Then she fired out through the spaces in the cage, but suddenly an orb appeared and the missile bounced off.

Valerie groaned, "Dang."

Danny glared back at Dilbert, "Fine. If it's a one-on-one you want, it's a one-on-one you get."

"Not yet. Just let me power up first."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You see, Danny, many years ago, I used to live in the town of Amity Park just like everyone in here. I was once a scientist. One of the least respected scientists, unfortunately. It was mainly because of my belief in ghosts. Anyway, over two hundred years ago, I invented a serum that could turn people into half-ghosts. But all it did was make people grow an extra head. My serum was banned and I was made a laughingstock. My family and friends deserted me, and I died an old miserable man.

"When I died, I moved to the Ghost Zone. But I was still miserable. Then I vowed revenge against the town and all who laughed at me. But I was still too weak. Then I met my master. He made me strong. He told me what I had to do to get my vengeance."

Danny interrupted, "Who is he?"

"You'll find out soon enough. Although I wasn't all powerful, he made me strong enough to be able to kidnap anyone I wanted to. And now that I have enough people, I can use this machine," he pointed at a high-tech machine that was connected to the cages, "to drain all these peoples' energy to make me as powerful as ever!"

Danny gasped, "No! I won't let you!" Then he flew at a cage and tried to bust it open. But as soon as he hit the orb, he started screaming as he was electrocuted. He hurt painfully and he had to wait a few seconds before it passed.

Dilbert laughed, "Now let's get this show on the road!" Then he pulled the switch and a bunch of green dust began to be sucked from the people and into the machine. Only Sam and Valerie were unaffected. Dilbert explained, "I wasn't expecting anyone else so I didn't connect their cage to the machine."

Everyone else began to grow weaker as a bunch of green fluid began to pour into a cup that Dilbert held out. Everyone then fell to the ground and passed out. Danny flew at Dilbert frantically to stop him, but it was too late.

Dilbert drank the fluid and waited. After a few seconds, his lips started to pucker. Then he started twitching a lot. He then started to grow, and grow, and grow!

When he finally stopped he was about twenty feet tall. He still had his labcoat, though. Dilbert roared with laughter as fire shot out of his mouth.

Dilbert looked at Danny and said with a booming voice, "So, young Danny Phantom. Are you ready?"

Danny looked frightened as he looked at Dilbert, but he put on his fearless look and said, "Bring it on."

Longest chapter ever! Danny's got himself in a bind here. Dilbert's grown superstrong, and there's no telling if Danny's got his duplication powers back yet. And now Danny's only two allies are trapped, and there's no telling what will happen if Jack and Maddie show up. Will Danny get out of this? Find out in Chapter 12!