Chapter 21
"So, have you seen your parents lately?" asked Danny.
"nope." Answered Tucker, Sam and Danielle at the same time.
"Well, I have a plan. I found out where clockworks time factory is now. I could ask him to help us find out what happened to our parents. Then we could get some people to come with us to find out what happened to them." Danny explained.
"Good idea, we will go round up as many people as we can and you go see if it is okay with clockwork. If he says no, we will find another way to find them." Sam called out, running off with Tucker and Danielle.
Danny put his arms in the air and went ghost. He flew off towards his house. He flew through the ghost portal and to clockworks time factory.
"Young Danny Phantom. Long time no see. What can I do for you today?" asked clockwork.
"Clockwork, I really need your help. All the parents in the world are missing and I was wondering if you could take me and a couple of others back in time to stop this from happening?" asked Danny.
"Hmm. The parent are missing eh? Well, I guess it won't harm anyone to let you find the cause of this. As long as I can keep an eye on you, I will let you go. Just don't permanently alter the time stream." Warned Clockwork.
"Thanks a lot. We will be extremely careful. Man, I owe it to you." Smiled Danny.
"Don't worry about it." Sighed Clockwork, smiling.
Danny flew out of the time factory and into the real world. He flew back to the school where he saw all of his friends and other kids and one… oh no.
"Vlad Plasmius? YOU want to help ME?" screamed Danny, floating in the air.
"I don't want to help you or your friends. I just want the woman I love back." He sneered.
"Well, clockwork said he would take us back in time if we promised not to do anything to permanently alter the time stream. Now, people who are willing to help get our parents back, meet me at my house this afternoon, around four. We will then take supplies and leave for our journey. That is all." Said Danny, flying off.
"Okay, Kwan, you have the rope. We all need to hold onto that rope so we will be invisible while we view what has happened to the parents. The rope is extra long so we can go to our own houses if we want. Remember to be quiet. We will meet at the park after we view what has happened and we will figure out our plan. Okay Kwan, Dash, Paulina and Star grab onto Vlad. Valerie, since you have a jet sled you can take my sister. Tucker, Danielle and Sam you hold onto me. Ready to go?" asked Danny.
"yes." They all answered.
"OK, lets go." Shouted Danny.
Danny took the lead and flew towards the time factory because Vlad and Valerie didn't know the way. They arrived there after a few minutes. Everyone had weapons and looked like they were ready to go to war.
"You kids ready to go back in time? How long was it again?" asked Clockwork.
"Yep, we are ready. Four days away thanks Clockwork." Smiled Danny.
"Dude, why is your body continuously changing?" asked Dash.
"For me, time goes forward, and then backwards… oh why do I bother, your fourteen." Sighed Clockwork.
"Let's go then," Shouted Danny. "Hold on tight."
"Time in!" yelled Clockwork, pushing a button.
They appeared in the park four days earlier.
"Okay everybody, we need to stay awake. Coffee, water, whatever you need. Stand in your house and hold onto the rope. He will need to hold onto the rope until the parents disappear. Everyone except Vlad, that is. Actually, tie the rope around your waist so that you will stay invisible. If your parents leave the house, follow them. OK, let's go then. Oh, and try not to talk to yourself or look to see if your make-up was okay on that day, Paulina." Explained Danny.
"I will try." She sighed.
Paulina loved it when he said her name. They all tied the ropes around them and Danny turned invisible. They all turned invisible and headed for their homes. They made sure they stayed up. It was 10pm before anything suspicious.
Danny was standing in his parent's room watching them when a light appeared outside. His father and his mother woke up and looked out the window. They didn't know what it was so they got up and went outside to take a better look at it. They suddenly got pulled into the bright light and disappeared. Skulker and other ghosts walked in front of the light and then a space ship appeared. The space ship took off into the sky. Danny decided they would follow it later. He wasn't surprised that the ghosts were behind it. He walked back into the park where he couldn't see anyone. Dah! They were invisible.
"Hello? You guys there?" he called out.
About five voices answered. He turned visible and everyone was there. Valerie, Jazz, Kwan, Dash, Paulina, Sam, Star, Danielle and Tucker. About two seconds later Vlad appeared.
"I didn't tell them to do this. They are trying to get to me! Or to all of us!" he screamed.
"Keep it down Plasmius. Now, raise your hand if your parents disappeared into a bright light and a few ghosts appeared and then a spaceship took off." Whispered Danny, trying to be quiet.
Everyone raised their hands.
"Well, we are going to have to follow them. Plasmius, since you were last, did you see where the ship headed to?" asked Danny.
"Yes, it went into the ghost zone and through a door. I can show you if you want me to." Explained Plasmius, remembering where they had led him.
"Everyone, untie the rope and either hold onto Valerie, Plasmius or I." Frowned Danny.
Everyone took hold of someone else.
"OK, Plasmius lead us to the ghosts." Yelled Danny.
They all floated in the air and Vlad headed for Fenton Works. They followed him through the portal. He was flying for about a minute when he stopped and headed for a bright pink door. He opened the door and everyone looked inside. In little cages were there parents, just like animals. They entered the door and decided to find the ghosts. As they had expected, the ghosts were all in one room. They entered the room and started attacking. After about ten minutes, the ghosts were all defeated. All except for one, this was Dark Danny.
"So, we meet again." Laughed Dark Danny.
"You? I thought my future was different." Screamed Danny.
"So, this is your future. I met him before. He was my future too." Complained Vlad.
"I thought you had a good future." Cried Sam.
"Yeah, so did I. and the reason Vlad and I had the same future is because I stole his ghost half." Danny explained.
"Very clever." Clapped Dark Danny.
Danny let out his ghostly wail and caught his future self off guard. He dodged quite a few attacks from him. Danny had almost defeated his future self in ten minutes, thanks to the help of Vlad, Sam, Tucker, Dash, Paulina, Danielle, Kwan, Star, Jazz and Valerie. They all hit him one more time and captured him in the Fenton Thermos.
"Well, we did great. Let's free the parents and return to normal time." Smiled Danny.
They opened the cages one by one and the parents appeared in their beds, one by one. They took off their medallions and returned to normal time. They all went straight to sleep. Well, after making sure their parents were home. It was a tiring night.