Yes I have decided that Valerie will be in the story a little bit later….

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom, but I do own the Jones family………

Danny: Will you just get on with the story?

Me: Yes I will I just wanted to say that you won't like this chapter

Danny: Why?

Me: You will see…

Danny: When?

Me: Now! Are you happy now?

Danny: Yes…

Me: Good. Now on with the chapter….

Chapter 8

The Escape And The Terror

After Jazz, Sam, and Tucker finished eating they were escorted by two guards back to their cell. "We have to get out of here," Sam says. "I know, but I am having trouble thinking how to get out of here," Jazz replies. "If only they hadn't taken my PDA," Tucker grumbles. "Hang on. That's it! We can use you PDA Tucker!" Sam jumps for joy. "What? How it was taken away from me?" Tucker questions. "That's just it. Tucker you bragged to me and Danny a few days ago that you had put a chip in your PDA so that if you lost it it would come back to you," Sam says excitedly. "Your right. How stupid of me to forget," Tucker says and slaps his head. "Well hurry up and activate it," Jazz says. "Okay I am glad they didn't take my shoes off," Tucker says and then takes off his left shoe and takes out a small rectangular object. The object glowed and revealed a small button. Tucker pushed the button. Nothing happened. "Well where is it?" Jazz asks. Just then they see the PDA racing to the cell. It lands right into Tucker's right hand. "Hang on a second we will be out of here……… Now!" Tucker shouts. The cell door opens and Jazz, Sam, and Tucker say at the same time, "YES!"

During what Danny thought was around 11 in the morning Vlad came threw the ceiling. "Oh Daniel glad to see that you are awake," Vlad says in a cheerful voice. Danny throws Vlad a dirty look and goes back to watching Ashleigh. Vlad notices that Ashleigh is still unconscious and walks over to the cage. He opens it and picks her up. "What are you doing?" Danny demands. "I am going to cure her. I think I over did it and she is really hurt," Vlad says with a note of sadness in his voice. Danny gave him a weird look and Vlad carries her to a table on the other side of the room. Danny watches carefully as Vlad gives her shots and sticks IV's in her skin. After about what seemed like hours Vlad walks over to Danny's cage and says, "You can go sit by her, but know this, if you try to leave or escape I will turn on my lasers and she will die. Do you understand?" Danny shakes his head yes and Vlad opens the cage and steps out of Danny's way. Danny gets up and walks over to the table and sits in a chair next to her and holds her hand. Vlad smiles and walks up the stairs. Danny just sits there looking at Ashleigh in such a horrible state.

"Come on they probably have security cameras and already know that we are out," Jazz exclaims. The three of them run out of the cell and down the hall. Walker was watching the security channels when he sees them running down the hallway. "GUARDS! Seize the prisoners in level A detention area immediately!" Walker yells over the loud speaker. About twenty guards rush to where Jazz, Sam, and Tucker are. "Freeze!" one of the guards says. "Uh-oh," Jazz says. "Tucker hurry up and bypass the human security system!" Sam says with panic in here voice. "I'm trying! I'm trying!" he panics. All of a sudden the guards surround the trio just as Tucker says, "YES! I got it!" Tucker then pushes a button. The three of them sink slowly through the floor. "See ya losers," Tucker says. The guards stand there dumbfounded in confusion. Jazz, Sam, and Tucker land on the main floor. "Which way?" Jazz asks. "This way," Tucker replies after looking at his PDA. Jazz and Sam follow Tucker and they reach the entrance. "Where is the Specter Speeder?" Jazz asks. The three of them look around for a few minutes until Sam points to something in the distance and says, "There it is!" The three of them race to it and get in as Tucker as the driver. "Come on!" Sam screeches as guards pour out the building. "I'm going! I'm going!" Tucker yells back to her. The Specter Speeder goes into drive and they speed away with the guards on their tail.

After what seemed like hours Vlad came down the stairs in human form with a tray of food. "I thought you might be hungry Daniel," Vlad says in a rare kind voice. "Thank you," Danny mumbles as he accepts the tray. "You're welcome Daniel. Anything for my future son," Vlad says with a smile. Daniel thinks to himself, "I should be mad at him. I should be giving him dirty looks. Why aren't I?" Vlad accepts the silence and goes to a monitor to check on Ashleigh's health. "She will be fine in a couple more hours," he tells Daniel and begins to head back upstairs when Daniel who was eating and says, "Thanks in a whisper." "Anytime Daniel, anytime," Vlad says with a smile and walks back upstairs.

"We need to get away from them!" Sam yells. "There. That door," Jazz says and points to a door in front of them. "Okay," Tucker says and drives through the door. They are in a big room filled with "real world items" that are floating. As Tucker swerves to miss a washing machine his hand hits a button. A screen then pops up. "What the……" Jazz, Sam, and Tucker say at the same time. The screen then says, "Ghost portal detected. Keep driving straight." "That's weird I didn't know this thing could pick up other ghost portals," Tucker says. "I didn't either, but we might as well see this portal," Sam adds. "Okay, but be on the lookout for anything," Jazz says in her I am older so you have to listen to me voice. The three of them drove onward.

After a while Vlad came down the stairs again in human form. He walks over to Danny and says to Danny, "I am going to check her progress and be back in an hour. Okay?" Danny shakes his head yes and Vlad checks Ashleigh's progress and walks back up the stairs.

"We have been following these directions for an hour. Aren't we there yet?" Tucker complains. Just as Jazz is about to speak they arrive at the ghost portal. After several minutes of staring at it Sam says, "Well are we going to look at it all day or are we going to go inside?" "Let's just stare at it for a couple more minutes," Jazz says. Sam sighs, but doesn't say anything as Jazz and Tucker look on at the portal.

Ashleigh opens her eyes and thinks, "Where am I? What happened to me? Oh yeah that's right me and Danny are being held captive and I blacked out." "Ashleigh are you awake?" Danny suddenly asks after seeing her eyes open. "Oh Danny what happened to me?" Ashleigh cries after seeing herself on a hospital bed. "You got hurt by Vlad's lasers and then he nursed you back to health. I have been by your side for hours," Danny explains. "Thank you for staying with me," she says with a smile. "I would do anything for you," Danny says in a whisper. Ashleigh smiles. Right at that moment Vlad comes down the stairs in his human form. "Ah glad to see that you are awake Ashleigh," he comments. "Well I don't think I can walk still," she tells him in a disgusted voice. Obviously ignoring the tone she said it in Vlad picks her up and carries her to a bed in her cage. Danny follows him like a puppy-dog would to his master. After setting her down her walks out of her cage and locks the door. Vlad says to Danny, "Daniel you have to go back into your cage too. And don't put up a fight." Vlad grabs Danny's left wrist and pulls him into his cage. Vlad then quickly goes out of Danny's cage and locks the door. "Have a good evening you two," Vlad says with a smile and walks up the stairs and out of sight leaving two very scared and worried 14 year olds.

Oh I am so mean…….. Well the next chapter will be up soon……. Stay tuned………