Ack! I posted the wrong chapter 14! I accedantally put up chapter 15! Geez, that left big plot hole –shakes head- OK, I'm adding this chapter between the other two! Sorry for that!

Lying there on the table, Danny felt more helpless than he had in quite a while. A few minutes after strapping him down, his parents had gone up the stairs for reasons unknown to him. Now he was lying on the lab table in the basement…in the dark…with his arms bound to his sides by rather large straps. Terrific

Straining his eyes through the darkness, he looked around for a way out. He had to get out of here before his parents came back or he would be in quite a scrape. He knew that his parents had weapons that could disable a ghost's powers completely, and if they used one on him he would return to his human form almost immediately. Wow, wouldn't that be perfect? His parents hadn't seen him for two years, surely watching the ghost boy transform into him would make them incredibly happy. He shuddered.

He looked around, not even the faintest clue what he was supposed to do in this situation. He could hardly move his limbs at this point, and the darkness was making it hard to see. He sighed; it seemed like a lost cause. How could he have let it come to this? If he'd told his parents about his powers in the first place, this situation could have been prevented.

However, even as he told himself that, he wasn't sure. There was a reason he'd kept this secret from his parents. He had no clue how they'd react. For all he knew, he could have been dead long before this. However, now that he thought about it again, that seemed pretty stupid of him. He knew his parents loved him, he seriously doubted that they'd value their career over his happiness. He sighed again; things had seemed so much different when he was younger. Had his perspective of his life changed so much in the past year?

Suddenly, he was alarmed by a bright flash of light that illuminated most of the room. Blinking as his pupils adjusted, he realized that the eerie glow was coming from the now activated ghost portal across the room. His eyes widened, this was the last thing he needed right now. Having one of his foes exit the portal while he was helplessly tied to a table was not on his to do list.

To his immediate relief though, it was only the box ghost who stumbled out, the third, and most annoying, familiar enemy Danny had encountered. However, he knew the box ghost was gullible to the point that it was almost scary, and if he played his cards right, this could be his ticket out of here.

His first step was to catch the Box Ghost's attention. This proved not to be too difficult a task. Wiggling his hand around as much as was possible given the circumstances, he was able to point his arm in the favorable direction of an ectoblast. It worked, the box ghost jumped and looked over in his direction to find the source of the attack. Spotting Danny, of course, provoked one of the usual Box Ghost speeches.

"Who dares to attack the Box Ghost while his back is turned!" he shouted, waving his arms in the air in what Danny supposed was intended to be a threatening gesture.

Floating closer, the ghost was able to make out Danny's face, and he continued ranting, "You! It is the ghost child who was always trapping me in his cylindrical container of Doom! You dare attack the box ghost while you are tied down? Why, I could defeat you with one-"

Cutting off the rest of the Box Ghost's nonsense, Danny replied hastily, "I wasn't attacking you I was trying to get you're attention," he said, watching to Box Ghost's expression change slowly from rage to curiosity. He thought for a moment, looking around the lab for the means of escape from his holdings. Spotting the red release switch on the wall not to far away, he said, "See, I am chained here because I discovered one of this family's secrets. See that red button over there?"

He jerked his head in the direction of the switch, and watched as the Box Ghost's eyes lit upon it. This was too easy. He continued, "If you push that switch, the family's entire…uh…box hoard will be yours!"

He watched with satisfaction as the ghost's eyes lit up. He was suddenly glad this ghost had absolutely no common sense. Without even stopping to think twice, the chubby ghost greedily jabbed his figure into the switch and looked around expectantly.

Just as Danny had planned, the bonds disappeared as soon as the pudgy ghost pressed the switch. Jumping up immediately, he moved his arms up and down quickly to make sure they weren't damaged. Then, he turned his attention back to the now crestfallen Box Ghost.

"Well, thanks for the help moron, but I think it's time you made a disappearance now," he said, lifting his arm to send an ectoblast at the Box Ghost. He set out a powerful blast, successfully knocking the ghost back into the ghost zone. As the Box Ghost disappeared into the glowing green haze, Danny heard him shout, "But what about the boxes".

Unfortunately for Danny, the Box Ghost's passing through the portal seemed to have triggered some sort of alarm. It looked like his parents were more serious about this than he gave them credit for. Before he even had time to register the obnoxious beeping sound, he heard the sound of feet clunking clumsily down the lab stairs.

Turning, he saw his parents barreling down the stairs, his father in the lead with a rather large bazooka.

"It's the ghost boy," Jack shouted, shooting at Danny with his gun. Fortunately, his father's aim hadn't improved at all, so Danny was able to dodge the blast with ease even in his shocked state.

"How did he escape from those bonds?" he heard his mother wonder aloud, "They were fool proof?" She also took a shot. Unfortunately, her aim was better than his father, and it grazed Danny's elbow as he tried to dart out of the way.

Flying off, a bit off balance, he attempted to make a dart through the sealing. He succeeded, though his ghostly tail caught the edge of another blast before he made it completely through. His parents followed him up from the lab, shouting unintelligible words all the way up. Looking around wildly, Danny made another dash upward, appearing on the floor of his room.

Even on this floor he could here his parents clunking up the next flight of stairs to continue their chase. OK, he'd wanted to see his parents again, but this was not what he'd had in mind. At this rate they were going to maul him. He sighed and darted through the roof of the house, narrowly avoided another blast. Danny Phantom had escaped through the roof.

30 seconds later, the doorbell rang.