Howdy, people! How is everything for you? I've been a little bored today, so writing this chapter has kept me busy. In response to mdizzle, Ron was lured into telling Kim about what happened in an unaired episode, and he told the others because they wanted to know about MF. And in response to Dark Dragon XS, I've only mentioned that I couldn't wait for it, what rating I gave it, and that this fic takes place after it. You're making too big a deal out of it. And if you noticed in "Life Lessons", Valerie should've gone through everything in the Ghost Zone, but she didn't either.

Now that all that's out of the way, we're heading to Chapter 8! What happens now that Monkey Fist and Skulker have the banana?

When Teen Heroes Collide

Chapter Eight: Meeting of the Minds

Madison, Wisconsin, Sunday, 4:00 PM

"Excellent job, men," Vlad said as Monkey Fist and Skulker showed him the banana.

Skulker replied, "But Vlad, now what? I failed to get that ghost boy's pelt."

"Do not concern yourself with what was. We must now focus on the matter at hand."

"Which is…?"

"Now that we've gotten under our enemies' skin, let's see how it turns out when we widen the field in our favor."

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Indianapolis, Indiana, Sunday, 8:00 PM

The last thirty-six hours spent in the State Penitentiary had not been well for Dr. Drakken and Shego. The two villains had sulked in their cells most of the time.

Currently, it was dinnertime, but neither was touching their food.

Drakken sighed, "I still can't believe that Phantom kid beat us."

Shego replied, "Come on, Dr. D. We can't mope about this forever. Let's just have a bunch of your henchmen bust us out of here already. Why haven't we done that anyway?"

Drakken chuckled sheepishly, "Well, there's a little problem with that, Shego."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, I was feeling so confident that we would triumph, I gave them a little vacation."

"WHAT!"

"Yes, so they don't even know where we are, and they should be gone for…another week."

Shego slapped her forehead, "Oh! I can't take another minute, much less, a week in this place!"

Just then, they heard a very faint whoosh and then someone say, "You won't have to do either of them!"

A second later, they saw a vampire-like figure fly in through the ceiling. Everyone else started screaming. A few guards tried to fire at him but he went intangible and they went through him!

The figure flew down and attempted to grab Drakken and Shego. Shego's hands lit up and she yelled, "Hey, get away!" She tried to hit him but the green blasts went right through him.

Drakken tried to run, but the figure grabbed him and Shego. Then he pulled his cape over his face, and suddenly the three of them disappeared, with the mysterious figure laughing.

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Madison, Wisconsin, Sunday, 8:10 PM

Drakken and Shego fell down on their faces as the three of them reappeared.

Shego got up and angrily said, "What's the big idea?"

The figure answered, "Perhaps introductions are in order. My name is Vlad Masters, a.k.a., Vlad Plasmius. You must Drew Lipsky and Shego."

Drakken got up as well and growled, "My name is Dr. Drakken. Well, where are we and why did you bring us here, pal?"

"A mere meeting of the minds is all. I understand that just yesterday, you had your arch-enemy, Kim Possible, and her sidekick at their mercy."

They both raised their eyebrows. Drakken answered, "Yes, we did."

"But then you were thwarted by a ghost boy named Danny Phantom."

Shego said, "Danny Phantom?"

Drakken said, "Ghost?"

"Indeed. Why else would all of your attacks go through him? But he's not just a ghost, I'm afraid."

Shego asked him, "What the heck does that mean?"

"He is a half-ghost, half-human hybrid. So am I. As a human, he is Danny Fenton."

Drakken looked puzzled. "What do you mean half-human?"

Changing into Vlad Masters, he responded, "I mean we can become human or ghost whenever we choose." He changed back into Vlad Plasmius again.

Drakken responded with an open mouth, "So are you two teaming up to destroy us or something?"

Vlad shook his head, "Not even close, Mr. Lipsky."

Drakken growled, "It's Dr. Drakken."

"Whatever. Young Daniel and I are arch-enemies as well. You see, I sent one of my ghost assistants to destroy him late this morning, and he nearly did, but he was thwarted by…?"

Shego answered, "Kim Possible?"

"Bingo. And that is why I've brought in these two to first help, along with you two."

A door opened, and Skulker and Monkey Fist walked through.

Drakken said, "Monkey Fist?"

Monkey Fist answered, "Dr. Drakken?"

Shego turned to Skulker and asked, "Who's that guy?"

Vlad explained, "This is Skulker, Ghost Zone's greatest predator. Skulker, this is Drew Lipsky, a.k.a., Dr. Drakken and Shego."

Drakken raised an eyebrow, "Ghost Zone?"

"A parallel dimension where ghost exist."

Shego held her head and sighed, "Oy. I am officially in Weirdsville. Population, you people."

"Call us what you want, but you will be thanking me once we eliminate Danny Phantom and Kim Possible for good!"

Drakken smiled for the first time in a day and a half, "Oooh, now you're talking, Vlad!"

Shego just rolled her eyes and said, "Eh, hold on. I've heard the words 'eliminate' and 'Kim Possible' more times than I can count. What makes you think we can all take her and this Phantom kid down this time?"

"Because unlike you two and Kim being nearly equal in power and intelligence, I have twenty more years of experience than Danny. But now that those two have joined forces, we're all going to need all the help we can get."

Drakken turned to Shego and said, "I think he's right, Shego. If this guy is strong as he says, we're going to need him."

Shego scoffed, "Oh, please. If you really are stronger than this kid, prove it."

"Alright," said Vlad with a smile, "When you were with Daniel yesterday, did you see him do this?" Then he duplicated into four.

The two of them, along with Monkey Fist, gasped.

Drakken stuttered, "N-n-no."

"That's because he can't," the four Vlads said in unison. He formed back into one and grinned nastily.

Drakken said, "I'm in."

Shego sighed and then said, "Alright. Me too."

"Excellent. Now let's begin our planning for their elimination as well as world domination. And maybe make a few more calls as well."

Okay, that's all for now. Sorry if that chapter was pretty boring, and that none of our heroes appeared at all. I wanted to make this longer, but I currently can't think of very much. But Chapter 9 will be here soon!