"What do you mean he was wrong?" Danny asked as he walked over to the computer where Sam and Tucker typed.
"Well, according to this website," Sam started, "it doesn't sound like Neuron and Bhyrun were ever really great friends."
"What does the site say?" Danny asked curiously.
"It says that Nouron was someone who battled the supernatural," Tucker replied. "And it sounds like that Bhyrun guy wanted to control anything supernatural or great."
Danny smirked and let some stiff air blow from his mouth. "Good thing that guy isn't alive today, or else he would have my butt."
"I wouldn't be so sure about the not being alive today," Sam said, not taking her eyes off the computer screen.
Danny's heart skipped a beat. "What do you mean?"
"Well," Tucker said, "it looks like those two mage guys disagreed to the extent where they fought each other."
Danny laughed at the idea of two people who were supposed to be wise and peaceful were fighting each other, but then a question struck in his mind that made him feel more tense and worried.
"Who won the fight?" Danny desperately asked.
"From the looks of it, it sounds like that Nouron guy won," Tucker said, passing quick glances to Danny as he read what was on the screen.
"That was the good guy, right?" Danny nervously asked as he looked at Tucker and Sam. Luckily for him, both of them nodded their heads. Danny felt himself breathe a huge sigh of relief, knowing that if the good guy won, then he wouldn't have much to worry about.
"Wait, there's more!" Tucker said as he continued studying the screen carefully and took in each and every single individual word. "Well, it looks like by winning the fight against that Bhyrun crackpot, Nouron prevented Bhyrun from doing anything that would prove especially dangerous or stupid."
"How exactly does this prove Skyler wrong?" Danny asked, not knowing what Sam and Tucker were getting at.
"It doesn't look like Nouron could keep Bhyrun contained for long," Sam said, adding onto what Tucker had just mentioned. "The site says that Bhyrun was extremely hateful and that he swore he would get revenge."
"How?" Danny said, not completely sure he understood everything Sam was saying.
"We don't know, either," Sam admitted. "But the site says that, and it looks like it's our only lead right now. Anyway, Bhyrun swore he would get revenge and said that he would get stronger until the time came for him to be back."
"I have no idea who got the idea to nominate him for mage-hood," Danny said, "he sounds like a maniac to me."
"Same here," Tucker said. "But Sam and I are pretty sure you opening that bottle had something to do with this entire thing."
Danny seemed to get very offended by that remark. "ME open that bottle!" he raged. "Maybe you forgot, I didn't 'open' it, that Toby kid who I was babysitting found it in my pocket and accidentally broke it, which FYI wouldn't have happened if you just minded your own business and kept it in the lifeguard tower like I told you!" Danny yelled, pointing his finger at Tucker.
Tucker put an upset expression on his face, but kept his mouth quiet. Before Danny even started to say more, Sam jumped in.
"Look guys," she said, trying to keep the peace. "We don't even know that the bottle opening and that weird cloud appearing in the sky are connected. It could just be a coincidence, you know."
"A coincidence?" Danny asked. "Yeah, right. Just like how it's a coincidence when the bottle broke that the wind started picking up inside Toby's house and that massive lightning storm started that exact moment."
Sam didn't care too much for Danny's sarcastic remarks, but she continued to try to keep the peace.
"Just to remind you, we don't even know that Bhyrun is the name for that cloud or anything like that," she said, trying to keep the explanation logical. "Maybe Skyler just mixed up that cloud with some folklore legend?"
"I don't know…" Tucker said. "I still think it seems way too coincidental."
Sam was upset that neither Danny nor Tucker wanted to go along with an explanation that actually made sense. Was it really possible that Skyler was sending Danny and his friends on a wild goose chase? If he was, why would he even want to do it? And if he was serious, then how could he know all this stuff and be so sure about it?
"I'm still going with the ghost parts," Danny stubbornly said after an awkward silence. "That bottle opening must have started a revival, or something like that, because there have been way too many coincidences for this to just be a few rare events lined up at the same time."
"Danny, don't worry about it," Sam said. "If that cloud is really nothing more than some old guy's spirit or something like, you could pound him in two seconds flat. Besides, you're supposed to be on vacation. Why don't you just enjoy it?"
Danny thought about it for a while, then a slight smile started to spread across his face. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Just as Danny was ready to forget about the entire thing, Tucker interjected full of energy.
"Guys, maybe we can stop that cloud!" he yelled excitedly. "There are instructions on this website that date back to the time Nouron was fighting Bhyrun! I think if we follow these directions, we should be able to blow that dark cloud away and lock it in a bottle again!"
"Really?" Danny asked. He wasn't too thrilled about the idea of only being able to lock the cloud away until someone else opened it, but at least it would lock the cloud away. "What does it say?"
"It says…"
Just as Tucker was ready to read the directions, a firing sound was heard. It sounded like a laser from a science fiction movie, and it came blasting right through the window to the kids' room. The blast narrowly missed Danny, Sam and Tucker, but they got the feeling the blast wasn't aiming for them.
The kids were knocked to the ground as rubble, smoke and dust clouded their view. When they could finally see again, they saw that the laptop was hit with the blast and was now nothing more than a pile of plastic.
As Danny and his friends slowly limped up, they saw that the window to their hotel room was smashed. When the dust and smoke cleared, the three kids saw the dark cloud right outside their window. It installed a massive amount of fear in all of them, seeing that dastardly black cloud a mere few yards away from them.
Just as the three were beginning to back away, a laser fired from the curse and burned a black patch right into the carpet. Danny, Tucker and Sam gasped when they saw that the curse was armed.
"Great…laser blasts," Danny mumbled. "Guys, I think we've got ourselves a cloud with a 'tude."
Tucker and Sam continued to back away, but Danny stood his ground as the cloud seemed to get closer to the window. (even though in reality it was just hovering in the air a few feet from the window)
"Danny, what are you doing!" the Goth girl screamed in fear as she saw Danny just standing there as he practically welcomed an attack.
Danny ran right over to the smashed window with his fingers balled into a fist of fury. His teeth were grit and his eyes showed more determination than a closing pitcher in a World Series game.
"You can just pop up and scare everyone into their houses or hotels," Danny yelled (actually) to the cloud with a furious tone, "but when you start firing lasers into my hotel room and destroy my one way to see if I got an e-mail, that's when I get mad!"
Danny's heart rate was pumping faster than he could ever remember it. He had to do something about the cloud before it destroyed the entire city with its laser beam, as well as any other powers it might have. There was no backing down now. Danny was extremely frightened about what he was doing, but he was too focused on actually destroying the cloud to actually notice his fear.
"You need to be taught a lesson in respect! Get ready!" Danny yelled at the cloud.
