Chapter Three.
Danny woke up to see a bunch of ghosts in front of him and his parents behind him. He looked down and saw he was in human form. He then remembered what had happened and that he had changed when they couldn't see him.
"that whelp is coming with us, he has caused trouble in the ghost zone and we want to pay him back." Skulker said.
"OUR SON HASN'T CAUSED ANY TROUBLE IN THE GHOST ZONE! has he?" asked Maddie.
"more than you know." Skulker said loud enough for Maddie to just hear.
"go away!" groaned Danny.
"good, the little whelp is awake. He isn't strong enough to fight so he cant." Laughed skulker.
Maddie rushed to Danny's side as he started to get up.
"Danny, are you ok? We found you in here." Maddie asked.
"yeah, I'm fine." Muttered Danny, brushing dirt off himself.
"give it up whelp, you will never beat us, you may have before, but not this time." Skulker laughed.
"do I have to remind you that I am human? Humans are the ghosts in the ghost zone, Dah!" Danny told him and walked off.
Maddie, Jack, Jazz and Sam followed him. They caught up with him after a bit. Skulker and the ghosts also flew after him.
"how did you know?" Maddie asked.
"I don't know… I just remember him catching me and me rolling through a rock today…" muttered Danny.
Skulker floated in front of Danny with a smile on his face.
"what do you want?" Danny asked.
"since I have a little bit of respect left for you, I will keep your secret from the ones who don't know. But, I will be taking you off to a place to fight one on one. Alone, with no one else there to help you. And thanks to last time I freed myself, I have something I CAN touch you with, remember the ghost gauntlets that I heard your future self used and then fused himself with Master Plasmius' evil half which made you THE MOST EVIL GHOST IN THE WORLD IN THE FUTURE! I CANT BELIEVE YOU BEAT ME!" skulker screamed.
Danny just stood there, in about as much shock as anyone else. Well, he looked like it. He didn't want anyone to know that he wasn't shocked, but ready to fight. Skulker grabbed Danny and they both vanished from sight.
"DANNY!" cried Maddie.
"don't worry Mrs. Fenton; Danny can take care of himself. He will find a way to defeat skulker." Sam comforted her.
"I hope." Jack muttered.
Danny and skulker appeared in a very familiar place. It was… A BOX STORE? What's with the boxes? Is it a ghostly tradition?
"Why the box store?" Danny asked.
"Because it is deserted… also, we aren't fighting here, we will be fighting in broad daylight. If you don't like my rules, then I will kill someone close to you. Ok, rule one; no disappearing into a less crowded space. Rule two; no witty banter, no talking and rule three; you are not allowed to use a human made weapon, only the Thermos thing, which is when the enemy looks weak enough and shouldn't suffer any longer. Got it?" skulker instructed.
"Got it." Said Danny.
Danny transformed and he followed skulker towards the mall. People looked up and saw a very upset looking Danny Phantom floating in the sky while a happy looking ghost directed him to the mall. The people were curious and followed the two ghosts into town. They all stopped in front of the mall.
"This is the place where we will be fighting." Skulker told Danny.
"joy." Danny said sarcastically.
"Ready?" skulker asked.
"I guess." Sighed Danny.
"GO!" screamed skulker.
Danny clenched his fists together and threw a punch at skulker. Skulker was too slow and got knocked back into the sky. By now this was on the news and the Fenton family had come to watch. Danny kept fighting and he was soon in the lead. Danny sent a few energy blasts at skulker who didn't dodge them fast enough.
"Hey, you! Yes you ghost! What did you do with Danny?" asked Maddie.
"Why, he's right…" skulker said.
The reason skulker didn't finish was because Danny had flown up to him and ripped off his head and covered the mouth of a little green blob.
"Hey, you said no talking!" Danny yelled.
Danny then sucked the blob into the Fenton Thermos and the armour disappeared. He then landed in front of the Fenton's with a look of relief on his face.
"Why did you suck him up? We want our son back!" yelled Jack.
"I know where Danny is, that's why I was fighting him, he threatened to kill Danny and bringing one person back to life took enough out of me so I had to get some sleep in my lair." Danny lied.
"Well, can you take us to our son?" asked Maddie.
"Sorry, I have to be somewhere but I will tell you where he is. He is at the abandoned box store." Danny told them.
"Thank you." Maddie thanked him and hopped into the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle.
Danny turned invisible and flew as fast as he could towards the box store. He was about a minute ahead of them when he phased through the roof. He transformed into Danny Fenton, locked the door and started to pound his fists on it. He began yelling at the door and at the invisible ghost when he realised that he still had the Fenton Thermos on. He took it off, put it in his backpack and started banging on the door again. He heard the RV's wheels screech as his family came to rescue him.
"Danny, are you in there?" Maddie asked.
The door suddenly fell down and Danny stepped over it.
"Not anymore." Danny laughed.
His parents hugged him and Jazz and Sam watched, smiling. They knew Danny's secret and were worried for a minute. Then they realised there was no reason to worry, Danny was a responsible person, he could manage to get there in time. He was getting stronger anyway.