When we left our hero, he was boldly pounding the door of the ghost portal……
Danny frantically pounded the 'open' button, trying to get into the ghost zone to stop Mr. Squawkers from getting hurt. "Oh, man, now Dash is really gonna kill me!" he shouted as he continued to hit the portal door over and over. "Uh, Danny, I don't think that hitting the Fenton Portal over and over is going to make it open," Sam said. Danny became exhausted and stopped, feeling completely hopeless. "This is never gonna work," he concluded. "I'm gonna show up at school on Monday and Dash is going to say, 'Hey, Fenton, where's my bird?' and then I'll say, 'Dash, I'm sorry about your bird, he flew out my window!' But it won't really matter what I say, 'cause Dash is just gonna beat me up and shove me in my locker anyway!" He hung his head in despair. "Danny, we'll find a way to open the portal," Sam reassured. "No we won't. And it's not like I can tell Dash what really happened to his pet; he'd think I was crazy and then I'd have to show him that I ment it and then he'd tell everyone that I'm 'Inviso-Bill'," Danny said, emphasizing 'Inviso-Bill' ridiculously. "Any way you slice it, I'm doomed." "You don't even look like a 'Bill'," Tucker added unnecessarily. Danny shot him a dirty look and hovered over to his father's tool box which contained an X-ray scanner, perfect for looking into the internal mechanisms inside any of his parent's inventions. He did a quick scan and found nothing wrong. "That's strange," he said. "It's not working, but everything's A-okay inside." "Uh, Danny," Tucker said, looking behind the Fenton Portal. "Did you ever think to maybe, uh, I dunno, PLUG IT IN?" Danny hovered around the machine to where Tucker was standing. He pointed out the unplugged cord. "Uh, yeah, well, I knew that," Danny said, blushing. He plugged it in and hit the 'open' button. The portal doors opened with a mechanical hum and whirred to life. The open doors lead to a bright neon green mass of swirling light. "Wish me luck," Danny said as he dived into it.
Danny searched every square inch of the alien realm that he knew of, the jail, the Fright Knight's citadel, even a few of the rooms. He questioned anyone he met on his search if they had seen a purple bird with milky white eyes, but everyone answered no. He checked several districts, but to no avail. He quickly became lost and started asking people where he was and where the nearest exit out was. Most either told him to get lost or that they didn't know of any around here, but did know what district and even county they were in. Danny finally sat on a street curb and thought about his predicament. Suddenly, his cellphone rang. "Hey, what's up?" he answered. "Danny, where are you?" Sam's voice asked. "I dunno," he answered. "But I'm somewhere in the Spookytown district." Tucker started to sing Funkytown", but instead of saying funkytown, he said spookytown. There was an "Oof" as Sam elbowed him. Danny continued. "No one here knows where the nearest portal is. I may have to go back the way I came." He started to fly back the same way he went, but suddenly heard a squawk. He looked up, saw Mr. Squawkers, and noticed that the poor animal was being chased by Skulker. "Sam, I've got to let you go," Danny said. "I've just found Mr. Squawkers." He hung up and flew after Skulker, trying to get ahead of him and grab the frightened bird he was chasing before Skulker did. Danny saw Skulker aim what appeared to be a gun in the parrot's direction. He flew in front of Mr. Squawkers just in time to keep the bullet from hitting the terrified creature. The bullet hit Danny's left shoulder, causing him to wince, but he kept shielding the bird from harm. "Skulker, buzz off!" Danny said, ignoring the growing pain in his shoulder. "Why?" Skulker said in a snotty tone. "That bird is the only ghost-bird hybrid around. It's priceless!" "That's exactly why It deserves to live!" Danny shot back. "It's one of a kind! It's just like me: endangered." "Then why isn't it on the Endangered Species List?" Skulker sneered. "Halfas aren't recognized as an endangered species," Danny shot back. "According to the federal government, this bird doesn't exist. This place doesn't exist. Neither of us exist." Danny stopped to let this sink in and finally realized just how much pain he was in. "Why don't you just give up?" Skulker said in an accusing tone. "You're obviously in no condition to fight me, and you're completely outnumbered and outmatched. There's no way you can possibly win." "Maybe you're right, Skulker," Danny agreed. "Maybe your weapons do outnumber my powers ten to one, and maybe I'm not in good health, but I know one person who is." Danny grabbed Mr. Squawkers, ignoring the fact that the bird's sharp talons were digging into his hands. "Think fast!" With that, he tossed the angry, frightened animal toward Skulker. Mr. Squawkers went nuts, clawing at Skulker's face and pecking the ghost's head over and over with his sharp beak. Skulker succeeded in shooing the bird away, but Danny had already left, the bird trailing behind him. "See ya later, alligator!" Danny shouted. Before Skulker could do a thing, he had disappeared into the far-off portal.
(To tune of Funkytown)
Won't you take me to
Spookytown?
If not, won't you just
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