Vlad made me change forms again just to make sure that I could do it. Then we went back into the reunion room. Everyone was still dancing but Vlad quickly turned off the music. One poor loser continued dancing. The crowd turned and faced Vlad. Most of them looked confused, but a few just looked angry.

I was wondering how Vlad was going to get everyone out of the mansion. If he told everyone that I was a ghost or that Jack was a ghost most of the crowd wouldn't believe him. Well, maybe that one guy…

"My son has just informed me that there is a large fire on the third floor." I looked up at him in surprise. Several people in the crowd gasped. "If you don't want to be burned alive please leave. I have already called the fire department." Vlad gave me a weird look and motioned with his hand.

The crowd was still staring at Vlad in surprise. Apparently they didn't believe his lie. Suddenly someone sniffed the air and said, "Holy smoke I smell, um, smoke!"

As if a spell had been cast everyone started to smell it. Panic broke out and everyone fled to the stairs. Once the reunion room was clear I blew out the small green fire on my hand. Vlad smiled and led us out of the room. We followed the crowd down the stairs and made sure that they all had left.

After the last guest had gone we ran back into the house and up to the reunion room. I stopped dead when I saw what it looked like. The place was in ruins. Practically everything had been blasted. Vlad gasped as he looked around at the destruction. "Did Jack do this?" he asked without looking at me.

I nodded and I saw anger in his eyes for the first time. It wasn't directed at me, but it was still scary. "He wanted to do this to all of the innocent people." He glared defiantly around once more and stood up. "Danny whatever happens I want you to remember something." I looked up at him as he stared down at me with pride in those clear blue eyes.

"Jack is not your father anymore. We might have to destroy him." I hadn't thought of that and began dreading fighting him. Vlad saw the look on my face and his voice softened. "Danny, I don't care whether you like it or not but I am your father, and I will always love you no matter what happens." He smiled and turned to leave the room.

My head was spinning as we left the room and began walking around looking for anymore signs of Jack. Vlad was carrying a large plasma gun that we had found in the main foyer. I of course was in my ghost form. As we paced the halls I found myself thinking about what Vlad had said. Then I suddenly felt very cold.

Soon we came across a stray ghost slave. It was looking around confusedly and Vlad blasted it before it could do much else. The ghost reformed and looked angry. It flew towards us and was about to say something when Vlad blasted it again. Still the thing reformed. Before Vlad could continue blasting it turned into a green blob. I recognized it instantly as Bertrand.

He glared at Vlad with his red eyes and turned towards me. Bertrand coughed and made a slight bow before standing up. "So this is the Danny Phantom who managed to escape Lord Plasmius' trap." He stared up with awe and hatred mixed on his green face. Then he looked down at where his feet would be if he had feet and continued talking.

"Lord Plasmius told me that he wouldn't make me a slave if I did this to you. He's already gotten Spectra." He looked back up with tears in his red eyes. Then he began to collapse in on himself. Vlad stared at him in disgust, but I was getting ready for a fight.

Bertrand grew slightly taller and started to resemble a person. A sudden memory flashed in my mind like a warning. Standing in front of me was a green skin version of me. Bertrand helped frame me before I went back in time.

Vlad stared at us both with a surprised look on his face. It was clear that he had never been around ghosts before. I felt my anger skyrocket as I glared at myself. Bertrand looked terrified and suddenly flew off without another word. Vlad glanced down at my face and gasped in what seemed like terror. Luckily Jack was so vain that there was at least one mirror in every hallway.

I ran over to the mirror and watched as my face changed back to normal. The one second before that happened was terrifying. My eyes were a blood red color and I swear that my ears had been pointed. Fangs were sticking out over my bottom lip. Apparently a ghost's appearance depends on how they feel.

Something confused me though. How did Jack know that Bertrand had helped frame me? He wasn't there. Then again, my evil self existed outside of time and tried to influence the present. My head started to hurt at the possibilities as I walked back over to Vlad.

Vlad studied my face and let out a sigh of relief. "That was scary Danny. For a second I thought that you were going to turn evil." He meant it as a joke but I took it seriously. Vlad and I continued down the hallway cautiously and heard a loud noise from one of the upper levels.

As we sped towards the staircase another one of my old rivals appeared. Skulker stood in front of us… and he was wearing a funeral shroud. Skulker didn't say anything. Then about fifty guns appeared out of his armor. Vlad blasted him with his plasma gun but all that did was burn a hole in Skulker's shroud.

I grabbed Vlad's arm and turned him intangible about two seconds before Skulker fired. Skulker didn't seem to notice that we were intangible. Finally he ran out of ammo after several minutes of mindlessly blasting. We turned tangible again and I aimed an ecto blast at Skulker's flaming head.

His head flew off but the body continued moving. It bent down and picked up its head. I looked at the head in disgust and noticed that the little blob that was Skulker was not inside the head. The hole where he should have been was there, but the little ghost was not. We were fighting a mindless battle suit.

Vlad looked like he was going to through up. Instead he flicked a small switch on his ecto blaster and fired again. This time the blast was much stronger and Skulker vanished in a hiss of smoke. Vlad looked shocked at what he had just done and then he looked ashamed.

"Danny, please tell me that I didn't just kill that thing." His eyes were pleading.

I looked up at him and wondered how he would get through this. "It was just an empty battle suit." I told him. Vlad looked slightly happier and then looked down at the gun he was carrying.

"Danny, do you think we could go back to the foyer and get a gun that would only stun the ghost?" It seemed like he had trouble hurting anything. I nodded but decided it would be faster if we faded through the floor.

The foyer was empty when we arrived. Vlad picked up a small gun and made sure he knew how to work it. I waited impatiently as Vlad tried several guns. Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted by a high pitched scream coming from a room to our right.

Vlad grabbed several guns and ran over to the door. He entered cautiously and looked around before we both went in. Vlad came out, closed the door behind him, and looked at me with a face that was paler then snow. He tried to stop me from going in the room but my curiosity over came all else. I phased through him and entered the room.

My ghost sense wasn't going off so I took the time to look around. There were a lot of seats and a ripped cloth hanging on the wall opposite the door. I stared at the cloth and realized that it had been a movie screen. I walked down the isle to get a closer look.

After a few steps I tripped on something and fell over. I turned back and stared at the mangled body of Jazz Masters.

How's that for a cliff hanger?