Okay, back with chapter five. I'm actually making this story longer too, and that wasn't even my intention. Of course, I should have guessed that. Usually when you add stuff to it, you make it bigger, right?

Thanks to my chapter five reviewers!

Anne Camp aka Obi-quiet, Penguin, cheerin4danny, ChibiSess, Bonnie Mizuhara, PhantomAlchemist, Kats02980416, FicFan, The Fuzy Llama,

Disclaimer: Danny Phantom is owned by Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon Studios.

Previously In Images: Danny has to defeat his best friend in the worst way—by having to fight him. After Tucker was turned into a vampire, he's been working for The Leader, a mysterious person who only the real Danny seems to know about. With Sam, he narrowly escapes, but together they sneak into their hideout where he meets Jazz and Paulina, who happen to be sisters. And the whisper of being the most wanted ghost in the world is enough to wake anyone up.

Chapter Five

Most Wanted

Danny's blue eyes flew open at hearing her words. He sat up and looked over at her. "W-what?" he stammered.

"What?" Sam asked, opening her own eyes to look at him curiously. She smiled and cocked her head. "What's wrong?"

"You said I was the most wanted ghost in the world," he said.

"Yeah," she replied. "After the Leader put a bounty on your head, everyone kind of swarmed in. He bribed them with money, and it all ended up being a trick. My Danny said that he ended up killing them to get more power and weapons for himself, and then blamed it on you. Ever since then, ghost hunters from other countries have tried hunting you."
"Plasmius," Danny whispered, finally deciding that this had to do with his archenemy. Vlad was really the only reason he was here in the first place, using Valerie, and the only one with enough money and power to do that was Plasmius.

"What?" she asked, not catching all of what he said.

"Nothing," he said, putting his head in his hands.

She rubbed his back comfortingly. "Look…I know this is hard. I have to admit, this world sucks…" She bit her lip. "Can you tell me what your world is like?"

He leaned back against the headboard. "My world? Jazz is my sister. She's really overprotective and bossy and a know-it-all, but you gotta love her. And she has red hair. And Paulina has black hair, and she's the most popular girl at Casper High. And Tucker's alive and you and him are my best friends," he said. "I don't have so many people that want to kill me all the time, but I used to be Public Enemy. I fought ghosts and you helped me, and…we didn't have to worry about death this much."

"You're making me jealous," she said, leaning her head onto his shoulders. "I wish I could live there."

"Maybe…maybe if we get this all straightened out, and we defeat the Leader, and the real Danny comes back, I can take you there," he suggested, seriously.

"That would be wonderful," she said. "I mean…if we manage to get Danny back, he could transport us there. One of his powers is to open up portals to other dimensions."

"Okay, now I'm jealous," Danny admitted. "I never had that kind of power."

"I guess you might have it now," she said. "When we--" She stopped and looked around. "Where's Charger?" she asked.

"Who?" Danny asked.

"Where's Charger?" Sam asked again.

"Who?" Danny asked. Why wasn't she answering him? He didn't think he wanted to know the answer anymore. He was confused beyond reason.

"Jazz!" Sam yelled.

The blonde haired girl sat up abruptly as if she'd been shocked by electricity. "What? What's wrong?" she asked, her sleepy eyes freakishly wide.

"Where's Charger?"

"You woke me up because you can't find Danny's evil dog?" Jazz glared at her and collapsed against her pillow again.

"Jazmine," Sam hissed.

"What?" Jazz growled. "Wake up Paulina and ask her."

"Do you know or not?" Sam asked.

"He's in the circle room…sleeping peacefully and innocently….yeah right," Jazz muttered. "Can I go back to sleep now?"

"Yes," Sam said. It didn't seem to take long for Jazz to fall asleep again. Sam stood up and walked over to a door leading into the other room. Danny watched as she cautiously turned the doorknob and peered in.

"What are you doing?" Danny asked, letting his curiosity get the better of him.

Sam pressed herself quickly against the wall as something glowing green streaked past her. The figure was huge, having a great body that was luminescent in the darkness.

Danny gasped as he saw the familiar dog that had gotten him into trouble with Valerie in the first place, after causing her father to lose her job. But then he grinned.

Sam glanced warily at the dog as he rounded on her. Okay Danny…any time… It then occurred to her that it wasn't the same Danny she knew. What if this Danny didn't know what to do?

But then a whistle was heard from over near him and the dog bounded over, transforming his body into the small, puppy figure and jumping onto Danny's lap, nearly knocking him over.

Sam smiled, surprised. She was impressed and amazed at his knowledge. She was still confused as he was….she didn't understand how this stranger…couldn't be her Danny.

"How are you?" she asked, walking over to him again. The dog was now laying down, sleeping peacefully. She did the same, resting her head against his shoulder again.

"Confused," he replied. She laughed.

"I'm sorry you're stuck here," she said.

"It's fine," he replied. "I complain too much. And all the things you're doing for me."

"No…you have a right to be lost and suspicious," she said. "If I were in your place, I would be running and screaming in terror." They both laughed. "We should probably get some sleep…maybe your powers will be back."

He nodded and they both slid back down onto the mattress. She kissed his cheek consolingly and he closed his eyes…finally giving into exhaustion.

In the darkness, a black haired boy's pale blue eyes snapped open. Danny swore he had heard footsteps. He listened intently, having rested enough to stay awake.

There it was again. A soft footstep, barely heard because of the carpet beneath the intruder's feet.

He crawled out of bed. Sam, Jazz, and Paulina were asleep, undisturbed by the noise. A shadowed figure approached him and Danny froze.

"Hey, wazzuup, Danny?" Tucker said quietly. He embraced his best friend as if he wasn't different, giving him a high five

"What are you doing here?" Danny asked. Hadn't Sam said there was only one way in, one way out? But despite what Sam had warned about, he missed his best friend.

"I'm here to take you home," Tucker replied.

"What home?" Danny asked, his eyes suspicious.

Danny pulled away and Tucker stared. "What's wrong?"

"You're a vampire," Danny whispered.

Tucker recoiled. "Who told you that?"

"Sam," he replied.

"Look, I know she's your girl, but you're going to listen to the witches over me? I'm vampire yes, but I'm not as bad as she claims… and she probably told you that because she's evil."

"What?" Danny instantly stared over at Sam, still sleeping.

"Think about it. She's a witch yeah, but how do you know she's not an evil witch?" Danny didn't answer and he continued. "I mean, come on, you've seen her electric blast, haven't you? Tell me that's not a dark power. In fact, not many witches have that power because of something called the Law of Three or something. She's not supposed to have it."

He had a point. But Danny had a question.

"How do you--"

"Know who you are? We're best friends, I could tell you'd changed. Besides, the rumors were, you'd replaced the evil Danny."

"The evil Danny?"
"Ha, she didn't tell you that either, did she?"

Again Danny didn't say anything.

"I'll tell you what, come with me. For an hour, that's all I ask. I'll prove to you that I'm the one to trust, and they are the enemies, the ones who are messing with your head."

"A half an hour," Tucker tried instead.

He stared into Tucker's blue- green eyes and nodded slightly. "What if they find out?'

"They won't, trust me," he said. "They'll probably be ticked that we got you anyway and they didn't have the chance to brainwash you anymore."

"How do I know you're a vampire?"

"Am I your best friend…or not? Ask me any question, and I'll answer it," he challenged.

"Favorite color," Danny said, already slightly convinced.

"Yellow," Tucker replied.

"Why are you a vampire?" he asked.

"Because…I wasn't quick enough," he said solemnly. Danny felt almost guilty he'd asked. He finally nodded.

"Only for a short time," he told him.

"Cool." Tucker removed his arm away from his shoulders. "One last question," he said.

"What?" Danny asked.

"Why are you such a sucker?" He grinned, fangs poking out from the corners of his mouth, and looked behind him.

Danny whipped around and stared into the faces of Valerie, Dash, and Kwan. Valerie grinned, holding a long wooden stick to her mouth.

She blew hard and something shot from the wood out at him.

It sliced into his shoulder and he saw a large needle with tiny colored spikes at the end of the long body of the arrow.

Immediately he felt dizzy. He pulled the needle out, his arm bleeding a little, but knew it was too late. His vision blurred, his head pounding, and he fell to the ground on his knees before finally falling unconscious in a slump on the ground.

And Tucker grinned.

Paulina screamed in terror, still asleep and caught up in her dream. Sam and Jazz woke instantly and rushed to her.

"Paulina!" Sam yelling, shaking her hard.

Paulina woke with a start, breathing heavily and sat up. She grabbed Sam and Jazz's arms, horrified. "Danny!" she shouted. "I had…I had a premonition!"

"It's alright," Jazz said.

"What did you see?" Sam asked, feeling Danny close behind her.

"It was dark, and I could hardly see. But I heard voices. Danny and Tucker's. They were talking about us, trying to convince him that we were evil, and then Danny was hurt or something," she said.

"It's okay," Sam consoled her. "We'll take care of this and make sure whatever happened in your dream never comes true."

"That might be hard to do," Jazz said, her face paling.

"What?" Sam asked.

Jazz pointed a shaky finger behind them. Sam turned around and realized no one was behind her after all….She screamed, clapping a hand to her mouth.

Danny was gone.

Hee hee, I think that was my favorite cliffhanger to work on even before I started editing. What do you think? Chapter six is next…you know, editing is a lot harder than it looks. I spent about thirty minutes on this one.

Please R&R! Here's your sneak peek!

Chapter Six: Kidnapped!

Sam paced nervously back and forth across their hideout, trembling.

"Sam, calm down," Jazz suggested. She tied her long blonde hair behind her in a ponytail. She sat on the bed, pretending to be okay, but her face was pale and she couldn't get warm.

"How can I relax when Danny's gone! Everything we've worked to save is done for!" Sam shouted. "This isn't our Danny. He doesn't know what's going on!" Her voice cracked, worried. "He doesn't know what's going on……" She trembled harder.

"We all want him back Sam. But we have to remain calm," Paulina said. She took a drink of water to help drink down an aspirin for her aching head. She laid her hand on Sam's shoulder, trying to comfort her. "We won't let anything happen to him, I promise."

Lateraina Wolf