Before you start reading this, I'd like to say a special thanks to Master of Procrastination once again for reading this and reviewing every chapter (except the earliest ones) and demanding what happened to Danny's powers. Don't worry, you'll find out eventually. Once again, thank you Master of Procrastination for continuing to review my story.
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"What do you mean 'you don't know what happened to your powers'?" Sam said as she continued to drive the vehicle out of the Ghost Zone.
"I don't know," Danny said. "They just suddenly stopped working."
Sam finally found the portal out of the Ghost Zone and back into Danny's basement with all the ghost hunting weapons.
"Well, here's a word of advice," Tucker said. "If I were you, I would not go into school on Monday without your powers."
"I know," Danny said. "But I don't know what to do for protection now! If ghosts randomly start coming after me, I'm not going to be able to fight them off."
"Well, do you think you'll ever get your powers back?" Sam said.
"Of course I will," Danny reassured. "And when I do, those two ghosts that just held me hostage are going to be the first ones on my hit list."
"Hey! I got an idea!" Tucker yelled, interrupting Sam and Danny. "You got your powers for the first time by going into your dad's Fenton Portal and turning it on, right?"
"Yeah. Are you suggesting that I do that again?" Danny said.
"It's worth a try, isn't it?" Tucker said.
"It won't work, Tucker," Sam said. "Danny's already got ghost molecules. That portal only makes his molecules change, it doesn't give him power."
"Hey, at least I tried!" Tucker said.
"Look, I appreciate you guys trying to help," Danny said. "But this is really my problem more than it is yours. Why don't you guys get home? I don't want to put you in danger."
"Don't worry about it, Danny," Sam said, heading up the stairs. "I have to go now anyway. My mom will be expecting me home soon."
"Me too," Tucker said following Sam up the stairs. "We'll help you get your powers back. Don't worry."
"Thanks guys," Danny said weakly. As soon as they were both gone, Danny immediately slumped down on the floor. He covered his face with his hands.
"What am I going to do?" Danny said to himself as he sat in the corner of his basement. "I can't just walk into school being a regular kid. The ghosts will tear me to shreds if I do that. Maybe I can…"
"Howdy, son!" Danny heard his dad yell.
Instantly, Danny heard his dad's footsteps storming down the stairs to the basement. Danny looked at the stairs to see his dad standing there.
"How was the mall?" Danny's dad asked.
"What?" Danny asked, completely losing his thoughts. "Oh, great. The mall was great," he said in one breath.
"That's good," Danny's dad said. "Did you see any ghosts there, because if you did I'll take some of my equipment and I'll show'em a thing or two!"
"The equipment?" Danny said. He looked over at all the ghost-battling stuff his dad had. "That's it! Hey dad, me, Sam and Tucker are going to be putting on a performance in Lancer's class and we need some weapons. Can I bring yours in and pass them off as fake pieces of plastic?"
"What? You want me to bring my expensive ghost hunting equipment into school just so you can put on a performance?" Danny's dad said. "Hmmmmm…well, all right. If you see any ghosts, though, be sure to use those weapons to defend yourself!"
"Will do," Danny said with a smile on his face.
Danny's dad walked up the stairs. As soon as Danny knew his dad was out of ear-shot, he said "Great! Now that my dad gave me permission to take his ghost hunting equipment into school, I'll be able to defend myself from any ghost!"
Danny grabbed all his dad's equipment that he could cram into his backpack. Danny couldn't say he now felt comfortable, but at least he had things to fend the ghosts off with in case they attacked him.
Sunday went by, and soon it was Monday again. A whole new week, and soon, a whole new adventure for Danny had begun.
Danny showed Sam and Tucker that he brought his dad's ghost weapons into school for self defense, and they both agreed that it was the best thing he could have done to protect himself.
The day went by and Danny was on close watch for any ghosts. However, he didn't see any ghosts attack him at all. He felt relieved that a day went by without any ghost fighting, but he still had to get his powers back. How he'd do that was another story.
Danny went home and did all of his homework. As soon as he finished, he had time to relax. Unfortunately for him, things stayed the most relaxing as they had been the previous week.
As soon as Danny was ready to call it a day, he heard a familiar voice behind him. "Hello, ghost child."
Danny turned around and saw Raschenda and Vundeter staring at him. "Hello, ghost child," Raschenda said. "How did you escape? We need you back. Listen to us. We…"
"You need me back?" Danny screamed. "Not likely! You're lucky I'm here alone, or else you would be in for some trouble!"
"Really?" Raschenda said. "Then I guess it is a good thing that you are alone. It will make it all the easier for us…"
Danny didn't let Raschenda finish what she was going to say. Danny dove for his backpack and pulled out a ghost pistol. Danny pulled the trigger and it fired a green blast of energy that barely missed Raschenda.
"Fool!" Raschenda said. "You think that piece of junk can defeat me?"
Saying this, Raschenda fired some of her energy at the weapon and knocked it right out of Danny's hand. Danny gulped and immediately ran back to his backpack and pulled out a ghost shield. He also pulled out what looked like a small metal chip and threw it at Raschenda and Vundeter. As soon as it hit them, it detonated and created a loud, green explosion around the two.
Vundeter fired a blast of energy out of his hand, clearing the green smoke.
"If it's a fight you want, Ghost Boy," Vundeter said. "Then it is a fight you shall get!" Vundeter was ready to fire some energy at Danny until Raschenda put her hand out in front of his face.
"Don't do anything to hurt him," Raschenda said. "We need him, remember?"
Vundeter mumbled angrily and dropped his guard.
"Ghost Boy, we have…"
"Look, my name's Danny, okay?" Danny yelled.
"Apologies," Raschenda said insincerely. "Danny, we have some shocking news for you. We think we know what happened to your powers."