1Chapter 5
Danny felt himself being shot out into the hazy depths of the Ghost Zone. When he slowed down he looked back towards the portal entrance and saw, to his dismay, that it was shut. It was at this point that Danny panicked.
"Oh, man! NO-no, no, no, no, no!" He thrashed around in anguish. He had absolutely no sense of where or even who he was.
"What am I gonna do!" He muttered to himself frantically as he flew in circles.
"I hate this... Sam was wrong... I DON'T WANT TO BE A GHOST!" As he said this, his concentration broke and he turned human.
"AHHHHHHHH!" He screamed as he fell down into oblivion. 'I want to fly... I NEED to fly!' Danny thought , and as soon as he did, he was back in ghost form and no longer falling.
"Interesting..." muttered a deep voice, as the owner watched Danny from a distance.
"When the ghost-child doubts himself, he loses his power... I shall have to report this to my employer." Then he rocketed towards Danny, guns flaring. He fired an ecto-grenade, and Danny put up a shield to block it.
"Skulker!" Danny cried as he dropped the shield. The robotic ghost shot a glowing rope at Danny that wrapped itself around his ankle. He tried to shake it off, but before he could he felt a burning pain all throughout his body.
"What are you doing!" Danny said, his teeth clenched against the pain.
"My employer wishes to have a word with you... although if it were up to me I would just finish you off now," was Skulker's reply. He reeled in the rope and stuck it, along with Danny, into a glowing blue box.
"That should hold you," said Skulker as he began to fly away with Danny in tow.
"Who is your employer?" Danny asked as poisonously as he could, the effect being spoiled as his voice cracked at the end. Skulker didn't reply, but Danny's question was answered as they approached a giant, purple football.
"I should've guessed," Danny said bitterly, "well, at least I'll get some questions answered." Skulker grabbed the football and shoved it aside. Then they dove in the swirling vortex behind it.
"It's about time, Skulker!" Said and angry sounding Vlad. Skulker scowled, dropped the box and kicked it towards Vlad.
"I am a hunter not a trapper. Though from time to time I am willing to give up the thrill of the hunt for certain... rewards," Skulker replied as he looked expectantly at Vlad.
"Oh, here! Now get out of my sight!" Vlad threw a lethal looking weapon to Skulker. He turned to leave, but not before flashing an evil grin at Danny. 'Perfect, at least I'll have something to look forward to,' Danny thought sarcastically.
"So, Daniel... how did they take it?" Vlad asked through the wall of the box that was Danny's prison. He turned around to face Vlad, who had a smug grin on his face. From that point on, Danny decided that he was NOT going to tell Vlad the truth... why should he? After all, this was his fault!
"Why would you expose me, Vlad? What was the point? I mean, now I can just expose you." Vlad laughed at Danny's remark and turned into Plasmius.
"I don't plan on letting you get that far... why did you go into the Ghost Zone? Did they push you away?" Danny scowled.
"I've gotten away from you before..." Plasmius cut him off, "Not without some sort of outside help." When Danny was silent, Plasmius opened the box and it disappeared. The gesture made Danny even angrier... it was Vlad's way of saying that he didn't consider Danny a threat.
You may as well tell me the truth, my boy... after all... where have you to go?" Danny thought about that, he didn't want Vlad to know that he was right... but he really didn't have anywhere to go... he felt completely cornered and so Danny decided to tell the truth. Or at least some of it.
They didn't believe me," Danny said slowly.. he was still deciding on how much of the truth to tell, "Even when I changed in front of them, they still didn't believe me."
"The fools..." Plasmius muttered to himself. Danny thought Vlad looked unsettled... clearly he had expected Danny's parents to believe him.
"Even with proof! They didn't believe!"
"Plans not going well?" Danny asked with a smug grin.
"How long will it take them to realize that it's true, Daniel?"
"How the heck should I know!"
"As much as I hate to say this, you know more about your parents than I do!"
"Well... I guess they'll find out either when I don't come home from school or when Jazz tells them." Vlad took on a look of surprise.
"Jasmine knows?" Danny rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, come on... you know she does... and if you don't you're even slower than you look!"
"Aha, Daniel.. Blunt as always.. who else knows?"
"Not that it's any of your business, but just Jazz, Sam, and Tucker." Danny grinned and stood up.
"They know about you too... hopefully one of them doesn't let your secret... slip." Plasmius, recognizing the threat, grabbed Danny by the collar of his jumpsuit and lifted him so they were at eye level
"I can make sure that doesn't happen, my boy, and I assure you, you don't want me to have to do that." Danny kicked Plasmius in the stomach and fell to the floor. He got up quickly and leapt for the portal... but Plasmius was quicker. He grabbed Danny by the ankle and swung him into a wall.
"What do you want!"
"The same thing I always want... although I must admit that my patience is wearing thin with you."
"Do you really think I care?" Danny asked, there was a definite whine to his voice now. Plasmius picked Danny up by the elbow and twisted his arm.
"Ahhh!"
"You should care, because when you break my patience..." he twisted Danny's arm harder and Danny struggled to pull away, "I break you." Plasmius gave Danny's arm one more violent twist and heard it break with a sickening 'snap.' Danny screamed with pain and turned human as he fell unconscious.
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Well, how did you like it? These last chapters were all pre- written, and now that this one's up I have to start writing again..lol. Thank you to EVERYONE who read my story so far, especially my reviewers! This time I would like to see a total of 20 reviews before I update. R&R, people, R&R!
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