Chapter 4: Mala's Pounce
As Danny, Sam and Tucker were walking in Mala's direction; Mala then leaped over on top of the building and oversaw the three friends walking down the street.
"Did you ever get the feeling that you were being watched?" asked Sam to Danny.
"If it's a ghost, my ghost sense would have picked it up" replied Danny.
"True" said Sam, "what about you Tucker?"
"I'm sort of getting the feeling that we're being watched as well" added Tucker.
As they were about to turn a corner, Madame Rogue stood in front of them.
"You again?" asked Danny as he changed himself into his ghost mode, "I thought I took care of you."
"But this time" replied Madame Rogue, "I have some help."
Mala then leaps down from the building and lands right on the pavement of the street. Sam and Tucker back away from Mala as he approaches them. Meanwhile, Madame Rogue stretches her hands and grabs both Tucker and Sam and holds both of them to the wall.
"I think we'll be keeping your two friends" said Madame Rogue.
"You better let them go!" shouted Danny.
"Or you'll what?" asked Mala.
Danny's face went red and he charged up his ghost beam and fired it at Mala, knocking him toward a brick wall. He then turned his attention toward Madame Rogue and flies right at her and fired a ghost beam. Madame Rogue managed to dodge the ghost beam as her powers enabled her to do so. Danny then went for Sam and Tucker and turned invisible when he grabbed them both and took them out of Madame Rogue's clutches.
"They're getting away!" shouted Madame Rogue.
"Don't you think I'm trying to do my job?" asked Mala as he recovered from the attack.
As the three were running for their lives, they ran right into Skulcker who was secretly observing the battle from a safe distance.
"What are you doing here?" asked Danny to Skulcker.
"I don't like any other hunter to hunt down my prey" replied Skulcker, "so I decided to back you and your friends up and defeat these hunters so that I will be the only one to hunt you down."
"I don't think you might be the only one who can help us" said Danny.
"And besides" added Sam, "we know that Walker also wishes to hunt Danny as well."
"Thanks for reminding me that" said Danny.
"Hmm," thought Skulcker, "Walker would be pretty jealous as well if somebody else hunted you down and placed you in their prison for their own use."
"But how are we going to get back to Danny's place?" asked Tucker, "Those two will be here very soon."
But before they could do anything, Mala and Madame Rogue finally caught up with them.
"So what's it going to be ghost boy?" asked Madame Rogue, "Are you going to come quietly?"
"We'll let your friends leave in peace" lied Mala, "if you give yourself up peacefully."
"Listen to me you freaks!" shouted Skulcker, "I'm the only hunter that's going to hunt down this ghost boy. And I appreciate that you don't move on my turf!"
"Oh, look at this" said Madame Rogue to Mala, "looks like we upset one of this ghost boy's enemies."
Madame Rogue then stretched her fists in attempt to grab one of Danny's friends, but Danny and with the help of Skulcker managed to save both Sam and Tucker by going invisible every time Madame Rogue attempted to lay her hand on them. Skulcker then saw his chance at Mala and he got out a bazooka-like weapon and fired a laser beam at Mala, sending Mala flying across the street and hitting a lamp post, knocking it down.
"That's for moving on my turf!" shouted Skulcker.
"Skulcker look out!" shouted Danny.
Before Skulcker knew it, Madame Rogue's fist came right at him, sending Skulcker flying and hitting the wall. Skulcker quickly recovered and then gave Danny the signal to take his friends to his house to go to the Ghost Zone.
"Where did they go?" asked Mala as he got up and looked around.
"I don't think the Brain isn't going to like this" replied Madame Rogue as he got out her communicator.
Back at the Brotherhood of Evil's headquarters, the Brain was in his chambers when he received the call from Madame Rogue.
"What is your report so far on capturing the ghost boy?" asked the Brain.
"Not so good" replied Madame Rogue.
"What!" cried the Brain, "I thought Mala was suppose to improve things."
"There was a ghost helping this ghost boy and his friends" said Mala as he got his communicator out, "even I couldn't do anything about that."
"No matter" said the Brain, "I already have had some of my agents steal a ghost portal from the Guys in White a secret government agency that is designed to track down and hunt ghosts. My agents shall send you more ghost-hunting weaponry that they stole from the Guys in White."
"And what else do these Guys in White have that we don't know about?" asked Madame Rogue.
"I have heard rumors that the Guys in White are building their very own ghost portal to go into this Ghost Zone and explore it" said the Brain, "when my agents receive enough information on this ghost portal that the Guys in White finally complete, I'll have you along with Mala and some of my agents go and retrieve it for future use. But for now, concentrate on attempting to capture the ghost boy with the new weapons that shall arrive soon."
"Understood" said Madame Rogue as she turned off her communicator.
"So what now?" asked Mala.
"Come" replied Madame Rogue as she was leaving the scene, "we shouldn't keep the Brain's agents waiting for us to use our new toys against the ghost boy and this friendly ghost that's helping him."