Hey there, all you folks out there! Listen, I am SO sorry for the long wait, I went on vacation on July 28. I would've updated the day before, but then a power surge shut off the computer. Then when we got back, it was working fine! Go figure. Hey, how did you all like "Reign Storm"? I found it awesome; I gave it a full 10/10. Now then, I had some difficulty thinking of something for what happens next, so there's been another wait. But now it's over!

I give you Chapter 5! What is Vlad up to?

When Teen Heroes Collide

Chapter Five: Planning

Madison, Wisconsin, Saturday, 8:00 PM

"Vlad, this is ridiculous. I can't work with this guy," Skulker groaned as he pointed to a very hairy guy in a room in Vlad's castle.

The hairy man also in the room was Lord Monkey Fist. A DNA mutation had made him part monkey, and he always was trying to be the king of all monkeys. He was Ron's lone arch-enemy.

Monkey Fist said, "I can't work with him either. Why did you even call me here anyway, Mr. Plasmius?"

Vlad, in his ghost form, answered, "Because my arch-foe, Danny Phantom, was recently seen in assistance with a pair of foes you battled against several times before; Kimberly Ann Possible and Ron Stoppable."

Monkey Fist raised an eyebrow, "What does that have to do with me? I don't even know who this 'Danny Phantom' is. My business is involved solely with monkeys."

"Keep listening, Mr. Fisk. I happen to know about an ancient artifact that resides deep in the Ghost Zone."

"Ghost Zone? What are you talking about?"

"It is a parallel dimension where ghosts reside. Please stop interrupting. Anyway, this artifact which I speak of is a very special ghostly banana."

Monkey Fist scratched his chin, "You've peaked my curiosity, Mr. Plasmius. Please continue."

"When you open the peel of this banana and point it at monkeys, it puts them under mind control. You can bend their minds to your will; do whatever you want with them."

"Oooh! I will be the monkey ruler of the world!" He started laughing maniacally.

Vlad glared at him and yelled, "Silence! But you will have to cooperate with me if you wish to get it."

"Very well. What do you wish to do?"

Vlad smiled, and then turned to Skulker, "This is where you come in, Skulker. Up for another shot at hunting your greatest prey?"

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Amity Park, Indiana, Sunday, 11:15 AM

Danny, Sam, and Tucker sat at the Nasty Burger, having an early lunch.

As they ate, Tucker said, "Man, I still can't believe we met Kim Possible! How lucky are we?"

Danny answered, "Hey, it's a good thing we met them when we did. Otherwise, they would've been toasted by…uh, what did Kim say those guys' names were?"

Sam said, "She said Dr. Drakken and Shego. And right, it's a good thing we did meet them."

Tucker smiled, "I didn't think I'd say this, but I'm glad I went on that pointless garbage clean-up."

Sam frowned, "It's not pointless, Tuck."

Danny said, "Well, I'm actually glad for once that Dash yanked my hand up."

Sam replied, "So, when did Kim say she was going to get you a communicator?"

"She called me last night. She said it was going to be sent to me sometime today."

Tucker asked his friend, "How did she get your number?"

Sam answered that, "Uh, hello? Ten year-old super genius? Graduated high school and college at five? I think he can do as much as find someone's phone number."

Danny bit into his hamburger just as he heard the door open. A man stood in the doorway holding a rather small package. He looked around and said, "I'm looking for a Mr. Danny Fenton. Is Mr. Danny Fenton here?"

Danny raised his hand and said, "That would be me."

The man walked to their table and handed Danny the box and a chart with a pen. He said, "Sign here."

As Danny signed his name, he said, "How did you know I'd be here?"

"I checked your house. Your folks said you'd be here."

Danny handed the man the chart back. The man said, "Have a nice day." He walked out.

Danny started opening the box, while Tucker said, "Think this is the communicator Kim promised him?"

Danny pulled out a communicator just like Kim's out of the box. Sam answered, "Survey says, yes."

Danny grinned, "Cool!"

Tucker replied, "Do you want to test it out?"

"Nah. I don't really want to bother Kim since nothing's really wrong."

Sam said, "Alright, but if you're in trouble and you want to call Kim but that thing doesn't work, don't come crying to us."

Tucker stared at her, "Geez, what's up with you, Sam? You've been acting even more negative than usual since we met Kim and Ron."

Sam rolled her eyes, "Oh, give me a break, Tucker. I just have a bit of difficulty adjusting to new people, that's all. Besides, you know I have utter distain for anything popular."

"Yeah, but this is different. Kim and Ron are nice. Things like Ember and Paulina and stuff like that aren't." Then he smiled slyly and said, "Or are you jealous that Kim is being so nice to Danny?"

Sam raised her eyebrows, "What? I am not jealous. She was just being friendly to him."

Danny said to both of them, "Uh, guys, I'm sitting right here, you know."

There was silence.

Finally Danny sighed and said, "Fine, I'll test the communicator out." He pushed the button that said "Kim" on it. After a second, Kim's face came on screen.

Kim said, "Hey, Danny. Did you get the communicator?"

"If I didn't, would I be calling?"

"Hmmm…guess not."

Danny chuckled and said, "I'm just testing it out."

"Well, now that you know it works, you know that we only call if there's trouble."

"Got it. Later, Kim."

"Bye, Danny."

They both turned off-line and Danny put the communicator in his backpack.

They got back to eating. Just as Danny took a sip of his soda, he saw a wisp of cold blue mist come out of his mouth.

Danny said, "Uh oh."

A few seconds later, there was a crash as something burst through the wall. The trio gasped and turned to where they heard the crash come from.

In the place of the hole in the wall, they saw Skulker.

He called out, "Oh, ghost boy? Come out, come out wherever you are."

Everyone else screamed and ran away. Danny said to his friends, "Cover me, guys. I'm going ghost!"

Tucker and Sam stood in Danny's way as he dove under the table and transformed into Danny Phantom.

Danny flew back up through the floor and said, "I'm right here, Skulker. What are you doing here?"

"What else? To live up to my vow of resting your pelt at the foot of my bed."

Sam said, "I still think that's gross."

Danny ignored her and said to Skulker, "You want my pelt? You're gonna have to fight me for it!"

"As you wish."

With that, a battle ensued as Skulker started to fire rockets at Danny. Danny flew around them. Flying through the air, Danny fired a ghost ray at Skulker, but it passed just over his left shoulder.

Skulker smiled, and then flew straight at Danny. As he approached, Danny, who was floating straight up, suddenly leaned backward. As a result, Skulker began to pass right over Danny.

As he was passing, Danny jerked his feet upward and kicked Skulker hard. He flew up and hit the ceiling.

Skulker growled and fired a net at Danny. Danny smiled and phased through it. As he did, he said, "Skulker, when are you going to learn that firing nets at me just doesn't work?"

Skulker replied, "You think you're funny, ghost boy? Check how funny this is!"

Wondering what he was talking about, Danny watched as Skulker took out a small cube and threw it down to Danny's feet. Recognizing this as the energy neutralizer he had used in Wisconsin a while back, Danny quickly flew out of the way as it hit the ground out of his reach.

Danny said to Skulker, "Doesn't seem that funny to me."

Skulker just smiled and pulled out a remote, "That's what you think, ghost child." He pushed a button and before Danny knew it, the cube suddenly flew straight towards him!

Then, it stopped at his feet, and just like that, a box formed around Danny, trapping all except his head part inside!

Tucker and Sam gasped and shouted, "Danny!"

Tucker quickly said to Sam, "Quick, call Kim!"

"Kim? What for? She can't fight a ghost!"

Tucker shook her shoulders and yelled, "Hence her motto, Sam! 'She can do anything'! Now call!"

"Alright!" Sam pulled the communicator out of Danny's backpack and pushed the 'Kim' button on it. After a second, Kim's face appeared again. Bueno Nacho was in the background behind her.

Kim said, "Oh, hi, Sam. What's the sitch?"

"Danny's in trouble! We could really use your help."

"On my way! Ron and I will be there fast!" Kim yelled, and then they turned off-line.

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Middleton, Wisconsin, Sunday, 11:45 AM

Kim said, "Good thing they got that communicator when they did." She quickly turned to Ron.

Ron answered, "What's going on?"

"Trouble back in Amity Park."

"What, is it Drakken and Shego? They're in jail."

"I don't know who's causing it, Ron, I just know that Danny's in trouble."

Ron sighed, "Bueno Nacho interrupted again. Alright, let's go."

Moments later, Kim and Ron hurried down from their houses to Ron's front lawn. They had changed into their mission clothes, with Kim wearing her special new battle suit.

Kim was waiting outside as Ron ran up to her. Ron said, "Let's go!"

Kim stared at Ron and said, "In that?"

Ron looked down and saw he had forgotten to put on his mission pants and was in his underwear for the umpteenth time in his life.

Ron said, "Aw, man!" As he ran back inside, he yelled to Kim, "Just have the scooter running when I get out, okay?"

Kim rolled her eyes and pulled out a pair of keys. Both she and Ron had a pair. She put the keys into the ignition and got the scooter running just as Ron ran back out, pants and all.

Ron jumped on the passenger's seat this time, and the two of them rode back to Amity Park.

That's where we're going to leave it. Danny's in big trouble with Skulker, but Kim and Ron are on their way. But will they be too late? What can they do against a ghost anyway? And why is Monkey Fist involved in all this? Find out in Chapter 6!