Everyone gaped at the ghost that hovered above them in the gym. He gave everyone a broad toothy grin and nodded, "Hello."
That tiny word was all it took to send the entire school in a mass exodus out of the gym. Or they tried to at least. Vlad, being the smart man that he was shut the doors and held them shut with his powers, he was making sure no one got in or out.
"Tell me, where is the one you call Inviso-Bill?" he asked.
Everyone gaped at him open mouthed when Dash finally spoke up. "What, are you a friend of his?"
Plasmius smirked, "You belittle me boy. I am not an ally of that child."
Sam elbowed Tucker, "Tuck, that must be Vlad Plasmius," she hissed.
"Who?" Tucker asked, still gazing at the phantom who looked like he could destroy half the gym in the time it took him to blink.
"The other half ghost that Danny fought, remember?" she asked.
A light clicked in Tucker's head. "Wait, that's him?" he asked.
"I think," Sam said. "He certainly looks like what Danny described."
Plasmius looked at the frightened high school below him and smirked. They were all in the palm of his hand and he knew it.
Danny and Mr. Lancer heard the crash of the gym doors closing half way down the hall. Danny ran towards the door and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge.
"Jane Eyre!" he exclaimed. "What is going on here?"
Danny placed his hand on the door and felt faint traces of ghost energy in them. "Plasmius," he whispered darkly.
Mr. Lancer gave Danny an odd look he couldn't see. "Who?" he asked.
Danny blinked and looked at Mr. Lancer, he had almost forgotten he was there. "Wha? Oh, nothing! I'm sure they just got stuck or something."
As soon as he said that they heard screams from within the gym. Mr. Lancer turned pale and Danny winced. Not the best time for cries of help.
"Something is wrong," Mr. Lancer said.
"You think?" Danny muttered softly and placed his hands on the door. Maybe with a bit of luck he could cancel out the ghost power and make the doors open. Mr. Lancer was being unusually keen that day and saw everything that Danny was doing.
"Mr. Fenton?" he asked inquisitively with one eyebrow raised.
Danny quickly removed his hands from the door. "Yes?" he asked quickly.
"What were you planning to do?"
Danny quickly put his hands behind his back, "Ummm, nothing."
They heard more screams from behind the doors and Danny shut his eyes in remorse. He should be in there, helping those people.
Mr. Lancer put his hand on Danny's shoulder. "Let's go call the police," he said.
Danny shook his head, "No, you go and I'll stay here."
Mr. Lancer glared at Danny. "Mr. Fenton, forgive me for saying this, but it will be a cold day in hell before I leave one of my students in a direct path of danger."
Danny blinked; a bit surprised by the tone that Mr. Lancer's voice had taken on. "B-but, I…"
"No buts Mr. Fenton." Mr. Lancer said coldly. "You're coming with me, we'll call the police and they will save your friends."
Danny glanced hesitantly at the door then heard a voice that made his blood run cold. "Don't think you can hide, child!" Plasmius said.
Danny gasped and looked at the door with a horrified expression.
"Mr. Fenton?" Mr. Lancer asked.
Danny started to shake and unconsciously backed away from the door.
"Danny!" Mr. Lancer's sharp voice cut through his thoughts.
Danny jerked out of the dreamy state he was in and looked at Mr. Lancer. He made a split second decision that he knew he may or may not regret but he had no choice.
He hoped he still had that thought process later.
"Mr. Lancer, please go call the police and I will stay here," he said desperately.
"Danny, you know I can't do that. Now let's go, us dawdling here will only increase the time that your fellow pupils are trapped inside the school."
Danny cast one more uneasy glance at the door and looked Mr. Lancer in the eye. "Sir, the police won't be able to do anything against the person in that room."
Mr. Lancer crossed his arms and looked at Danny with an annoyed expression. "Oh really? And you staying here will make a difference?"
Danny blushed, "I think so."
Mr. Lancer glared at Danny, "Mr. Fenton, I'm through playing your games. Now either come with me or I will give you enough detentions to last you the rest of your high school career."
"Then give them to me," Danny said in a dead serious tone.
"Come again?" Mr. Lancer asked.
"I don't care Mr. Lancer, do whatever you want but I am staying here," Danny said in an even tone.
"What is in there? That you think you can defeat." Mr. Lancer said.
"Mr. Lancer, please?" Danny asked pleadingly.
Mr. Lancer's eyes narrowed. "Young man, who do you think you are to ask a teacher to knowingly leave a student in danger?"
Danny heard another cry, one that sounded painfully familiar. "Jazz," he whispered.
"Well, Mr. Fenton?" Mr. Lancer asked.
Danny gave up, he figured he could deal with it later, right now for all he knew his one and only sister's life was in jail. "You want to know who I am?" Danny asked.
"Don't get smart with me, young man!" Mr. Lancer yelled.
Danny glared at him and disappeared from Mr. Lancer's view in a flash of glowing light. The two rings of energy went up and down his body and left Danny Phantom in their wake.
For once Mr. Lancer didn't have a literary book to reference. Instead he sat there gaping at the now white haired teen. "I'm not completely human, for one thing," Danny grinned without any humor.
"You?" he gasped.
"Listen, yell at me later and promise not to call the police and I'll explain everything," Danny said quickly.
Mr. Lancer glared at him. "You can get in there?" he asked.
Danny nodded, "I'm public enemy #1, remember?"
"Yes, we'll have to talk about that later," Mr. Lancer said dryly. "For now, you're taking my in there with you."
"What?" Danny exclaimed.
There was another scream and this time it was definitely from Jazz.
"All right," Danny said and phased himself and Mr. Lancer into the gym. Danny flew up to where Plasmius was hovering with his sister held up by her wrist.
"Let her go, Plasmius!" he yelled.
Plasmius smirked and let Jazz go. In a repeat of the battle that Danny had fought against Walker just a few days before Danny flew down to catch his rapidly accelerating sister.
"Foolish boy!" Plasmius called out and slammed Danny in the back with a red beam that sent him and Jazz though the floor.
"Nice save," Jazz gasped.
"Thanks," Danny said, his voice laced with pain and he flew back into the gym and set Jazz down.
Another blast was fired his way and Danny created a larger then normal energy shield to make sure no one got hurt behind him.
"You just have to play the hero, don't you," Plasmius sneered.
"It's what's right!" Danny yelled, sending one of his own blasts into a red shield held up by Plasmius.
"Nice try boy, but that will get you nowhere!" Plasmius yelled and fired off another blast.
Danny shielded it and
flew up to Plasmius' height. "Fine, then maybe this will!"
he yelled and flew out of the building.
"Oh, clever," Plasmius muttered, following the ghost teen and leaving a bewildered Casper High behind.
Danny flew as far away as he could and made it to Amity State Park before Plasmius caught up with him. The older ghost slammed him in the back with his elbow, knocking Danny off balance.
Danny spun in the air and retaliated with another blast.
"Honestly, is that all you can do?" Plasmius jeered at Danny.
Danny didn't reply but instead aimed a blow to Plasmius' face. Once that didn't catch, instead Plasmius caught his fist and sent him spinning through several trees, before his frantic flight was cut short when his intangibility fell and he slammed head first into an oak. He fell into it's large branches and lay there groaning for a few seconds. Plasmius didn't give him any time to rest and came after Danny with renewed vigor.
Danny gasped and quickly dodged the fist that was headed his way. Plasmius' fist was glowing a pulsating red, and as it hit the tree it blew the branch that Danny was a second before to bits.
:"This is the power of the Trinsed Jewel," Plasmius laughed.
Danny glared at his arch foe. "What, you can't reach your potential on your own?"
Plasmius looked at Danny and smirked. "Of course I can, given another 20 years of practice. You, even longer. You see, Daniel, we walk two different ways of life. Yet, if our battle continues, you would win in the end."
Danny narrowed his eyes and stayed in a battle stance.
"Ahh, my dear boy. Even you don't know how strong you can become. More powerful them me certainly. That's why, either you join me now or I destroy you." Plasmius grinned a horribly cold grin. "What do you say?"
"Never," Danny hissed. "Not in a million years."
"Tut tut, I was so hoping you'd become one of my subordinates. Ah well, you know I can just overshadow you next time you become human, right?"
Danny paled and Plasmius laughed. "Come now, it wouldn't be hard. Not with my new found power."
"What do you want with me?" Danny asked.
"I want you out of the way. You're a threat Daniel, you and your family. But you, you could bring everything I worked so hard for toppling with one blow in your full potential."
"Then why are you trying to have me use the crystal?" Danny asked.
"Because, you could be the most powerful person on the planet. Think about it, you would have the power to save everyone, stop any war. Isn't that what you want?"
Danny shook his head, "No. It's not."
Plasmius gave an exaggerated sigh. "I had hope for you boy. You do know that one way or another you're joining me, right?"
"Never," Danny hissed and brought his hands back with power glowing around them.
"So sure of yourself," he laughed. "You didn't even ask why you have more potential then me."
Danny stopped. "Is that important?"
"Of course it is. I could answer many things for you, Daniel."
Danny glared at Plasmius his eyes slowly turning white. "I don't care," he hissed.
Plasmius shrugged and smiled. "Fine then, I'll leave you to your pathetic life for now. But know this, when I'm ready to take over you'll be the first to know."
Danny floated there as he watched Plasmius disappear. Something was going to happen, and it would happen soon.
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Bwahahahahaha! Hope you liked the new chappie! I enjoyed writing it, came out differently then I expected though /