Before I'd start, I'd like to thank Master of Procrastination and Enigmatic Penguin for reviewing my story. If I've done my job right, I've made whoever's reading this start to think about which side Danny should join and help fight. If you don't know which army he's supposed to join, then I've done what I've wanted to. Thank you again to Master of Procrastination and Enigmatic Penguin for your reviews, keep'em coming!
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"I…I don't know what to do," Danny said in a soft, stuttering voice as Myrus continued to stare down on him with his piercing, threatening white eyes. "I'll tell you what: give me back all my powers and I'll consider fighting side by side you and Cobaark."
"All of your powers?" Myrus said. "Well, you'll be disappointed to hear that some of those pesky Escerons managed to break into our base a while ago and steal some of your powers away from us."
"All right," Danny said. "Then give back the powers that you still have!"
"No!" Myrus said. "We still need those powers to help fight in the war. Once you side with us and help us win the war, then you can have all of your powers back that we have. Now, do you agree to fight beside us and defeat the Escerons?"
"I…I don't know," Danny said, stammering. "I'm still pretty unsure about what…"
Myrus' voice tone immediately became aggressive and forceful. "Well then, I'll give a little more time to think about it!" he yelled.
He grabbed Danny by the arm and a green mist started surrounding them both. When the mist cleared, Danny and Myrus were back in the detention room. Myrus didn't say another word to Danny once they both teleported back there. As soon as they got, Myrus let go of Danny's arm and disappeared into thin air. Moments after Danny got back in his desk, Lancer came walking back into the classroom with some photocopies made for his next class.
The remainder of the detention slowly went by, and when it was finally over, Danny walked out the door. Danny was now incredibly worried about school, but also by the fact that the only ghosts who had his power would refuse to give it back to him. Well, Raschenda and Vundeter had stolen some of his power, so the next time he saw them, he would demand they gave it back. He just left it simple like that.
Later that night, Danny was crawling into bed. He couldn't get to sleep too well, mainly because so many thoughts were still racing through his mind. He really needed his powers back to get even the slightest bit of confidence back. He had no idea when he would get those powers back, though. In fact, he didn't know if he would even get them back at all.
Danny finally fell fast asleep and his mind finally got a little bit of rest. Unfortunately, that soon went away. Danny felt a cold wind rush in through his bedroom as he was asleep. The wind woke him up, and when he could focus, he saw that Raschenda and Vundeter were staring at him. Both had their arms crossed and were looking at him as if he had done something wrong.
"So, you've decided to side with the Maldums, huh!" Vundeter yelled, looming closer to Danny. Danny's only defense was covering the quilt over his nose as Vundeter strolled closer to him.
"What?" Danny said, now confused and terrified. "I didn't side with them! I don't trust those guys!"
"Really?" Raschenda said, sounding as if she was surprised.
"Yeah," Danny retorted. "But don't think I want to be your friend or anything!"
"Well, it seems you won't have much of a choice soon, then," Raschenda said. She walked over and shoved her way past Vundeter. She grabbed Danny's arm and commanded Vundeter to do the same.
When both ghosts were clasping to Danny's arm, Raschenda somehow made a puff of smoke appear, and they were all in the Esceron base now. The place was dark and deserted, like it was the last time Danny was there. The tiled ground and the narrow passageways added to the spookiness. All in all, the place looked like a dark maze with tiled floors and a few scary looking machines there.
"Well," Raschenda said. "As I just told you, you won't have a choice on whether or not you want your powers back. If you want your powers back, surrender your remaining powers to us, and by the end of the war, when the Escerons are victorious, you shall have your powers back."
Danny immediately started laughing, then abruptly stopped and said, "I don't think so. I'm telling you, if you want me to give you some help, you'd better give me my powers back that you stole from me!"
"That we stole from you?" Raschenda asked. "Oh dear, you seem to have forgotten who's the hostage, and who the hostage taker is here! Very well, I shall show you to your powers. Follow me."
Raschenda and Vundeter led Danny through the dark fortress to wherever they wanted to. Danny really didn't want to be there right now. He wasn't comfortable and he wasn't trusting neither Raschenda nor Vundeter right now. Something that only seemed to make it worse was the fact he was in his pajamas right now. The tile felt icy cold on Danny's bare feet as he blindly followed the two ghosts. Where he was leading them, he didn't know. It could have been to his powers, or maybe to a dungeon or a torture chamber.
When the winding walk finally ended, the three were in a large, dark room with a dark box in the center. Raschenda casually walked over to the box while Vundeter kept a tight and painful grip on Danny's arm, disabling him from moving anywhere.
Raschenda reached into the box and pulled out a vial. In it was a liquid that was green and glowing, and it looked very similar to the stuff that Danny had to drink in order to gain some of his powers back.
"You wanted your powers?" Raschenda said gently as she started to approach Danny. "Here, take them."
When she was within arm's reach of Danny, she put the vial in front of his face. Danny's eyes crossed as he stared at the vial with the glowing green liquid right in front of them. Danny's head started shaking, but because Vundeter was keeping such a strong grip on him, Danny couldn't move.
After a few seconds of showing it to him, Raschenda closed her hand and tucked the vial away again. "So, are you going to aid us to fight the Maldums or not?" she asked.
"Let me think about that for a second!" Danny yelled. "Um…no!"
"Stubborn, I see," Raschenda said. She walked out of the room and said, "Vundeter, set this poor boy straight. He seems to be a little confused."
When Raschenda was out of eyesight, Vundeter let go of Danny and pushed him to the other side of the room.
"You heard what she said," Vundeter said. "She wants to me help get you less confused. I think you know what she wants me to do." Saying this, Vundeter made a fist with his right hand and pounded it into his open left hand.
"I think she wants you to teach me a lesson," Danny said, putting his arms out to his sides as if he were a desperado in the wild west about to battle in a duel. "But, I'm not in the mood for anymore lessons today. School was enough!"
Saying this, Danny transformed himself once again into his ghostly form. He tried firing some energy at Vundeter, but he forgot that he didn't have that ability. He looked up wearily as Vundeter leapt in the air and was coming right at him.
Danny moved out of the way just in time and flew behind Vundeter as he landed on the ground. Danny ran up behind Vundeter and tapped him on the shoulder. Out of instinct, Vundeter turned around, and Danny balled his fist and started launching it right at Vundeter's face.
Unfortunately for Danny, Vundeter had fast reflexes. As soon as Vundeter saw the fist coming at him, he dodged his head from it. Danny fired another series of rapid punches at him, but Vundeter kept dodging them all, almost as if he could read Danny's every move.
"I could do this all day," Vundeter said as he continued dodging Danny's punches, "but Lady Raschenda wants me to finish you fast."
Saying this, he put his open hand in front of Danny's raging fist. He grabbed Danny's fist in his hand and held it back. However, he seemed to have a little trouble at first.
"You seem…stronger than I anticipated," Vundeter said, trying to hold Danny's fist back.
Danny suddenly had a confidence boost. After that, it seemed Vundeter just gave in. Danny pushed Vundeter's open hand out of the way and delivered two powerful blasts to his jaw. Vundeter fell on the ground. Danny thought he defeated him.
Danny ran out of the room as quickly as he could after fighting Vundeter. He transformed back into his human form as he ran, but he wasn't paying attention to where he was going. He almost rammed into Raschenda, who was staring at him running down the hall.
"Well, well, it seems as though you've grown stronger," Raschenda said, watching Danny pant after running through the fortress and fighting Vundeter. "I take it you want your powers?"
"It would be appreciated," Danny said smugly as he stared at her. "Don't make me fight you, too!"
"Silence!" Raschenda yelled, her seductive voice suddenly turned violent and fierce. "You seem to be more stubborn than I thought. Perhaps you'd like a few minutes in our interrogation room."
"That doesn't sound too good. And all I wanted was a good night's sleep for once," Danny moaned.
Raschenda grabbed Danny and led him through the fortress and to the torture chamber. It was the same one has was in the first time he was dragged to the Esceron base. He didn't like the place the first time, and he was really sure he wouldn't think too much of it this time, either."