Well, I seem to have gotten quite a few questions about that past chapter. First, about the quote "It was scary to know that there were tools for hunting ghosts in that very room in the dark." The quote says "…there WERE tools for hunting...". Not to sound snobby or anything, but the "were" is supposed to be past tense in that instance. In other words, it means to say, "…there HAD BEEN tools…" I Hope that didn't confuse you.

It'll be hard to answer your other two questions. One of them will be answered by the end of the next chapter, but I think there is ONE question I can answer. Yes, the machine that severed the link between Danny and Horrick only broke them apart; it didn't do anything else. The machine that they were planning on using to take Danny's ghost half was a completely different machine. There's really no explanation for how the machine did it, it just did. (That's what it was designed to do)

For your two other questions about if the machine did anything else to Danny or if the story ever goes into court, just keep reading. You'll learn soon enough.

And since Jenna Dax asked me to, I'll tell you guys. Apparently, there's going to be a new episode of Danny Phantom on June 9 entitled "Ghoul's Out". The picture for it, according to Jenna Dax, features Danny transforming in school while everyone's watching him. Hey, that episode was bound to come on sooner or later, right?

And lastly, thank you very much Leppers for reviewing Jack's Journal. Thank you for taking the time to read it and reviewing it.

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Flying through the air gave Danny an advantage. Now, he could see much further. But spotting Compton should have been easy. After all, how many people can hide when they're wearing a metallic ghost hunting suit?

Danny flew away from school and looked in every direction, looking for Compton. He first checked the school yard, but Compton wasn't anywhere to be seen. Danny then checked the next most-obvious place, which was his home.

Danny flew to Compton's house, and surprisingly, Compton was standing at the front door to it. His silver-blue ghost hunting suit that covered his entire body from the neck down was gleaming in the sun. He had his hands on his hips and was staring up at Danny, almost like he was expecting him.

Danny gently decreased his altitude and got closer and closer to the ground. His feet gently landed on it, so there was no rebound or recoil that would cause him to feel any pain when he hit the ground.

There was an obvious and angry expression on Danny's face. He looked like he was about to murder someone or tear something apart, but he kept his hands clenched up into solid fists at his side.

"What were you thinking!" Danny raged, throwing his arms up in there with no care of how loud his voice got. "Why'd you have to go to school and tell everybody about my ghost half! We may be enemies, but that doesn't mean I'd go around telling everybody your basement is a torture chamber."

Compton kept the nasty smile on as he crossed his arms. He looked like he was going to start laughing about something, but he didn't. "Because you refused to surrender your powers."

"Oh yeah, like I'm just gonna give up my power to someone like you!" Danny yelled. Why can't you just go away and leave me alone? What did I ever do to you!"

Compton remained silent for a while, but then he looked like he was charging some laser blaster built into his suit. Danny's eyes widened and he took a step back.

"Hey man, I'm not trying to cause any trouble. I just want to talk to you."

Compton seemed to ignore this. He looked like he had a blood-thirsty gaze in his eyes, the way a tiger looks when it's about to pounce onto a deer. Everything became quiet as Compton seemed to concentrate more and more on the weapon built into his arm.

"Look, I'm only trying to get things straight!" Danny yelled. "If you don't act like an idiot, we can get away from this without someone getting hurt!"

"Enough of this, Danny!" Compton yelled.

Compton hit a button and a thick blue beam fired from the cannon on his hunting suit's arm. Danny jumped out of the way just in time as the beam barely missed him.

Danny rolled onto the ground to dodge it and came back up with some dirt stuck to his suit. He looked civilized a moment before, but now he looked like he was ready to fight him to the death.

"Will you just listen to me for one second!" Danny screamed loud enough to scare all the birds in the area away. "Quit being such a moron! We can just end it now if you'll explain why you told everybody at my school I was part ghost!"

"You didn't surrender!" Compton yelled. "Now I will show you just how painfully wrong you were not to!"

Compton fired another blast, and once again Danny had to move to miss it. This time, he jumped in the air as he saw the laser pass right under him. He landed on the ground, this time more firmly.

"I guess we have no choice but to fight, don't we," Danny hissed. "Fine! If you want to fight me, I'll have to show you just how painfully wrong you are!"

Danny fired a blast of ectoplasmic energy from his hand, but Compton pressed a button on his suit. Small jets started burning energy on the underside of the armor, allowing Compton to start hovering in the air.

He tried to surprise Danny by firing a blast, but Danny was one step ahead of him. He fired his own blast, and the two collided. They created a mini explosion of bright green when their paths crossed. It made a large dust cloud, and when it cleared, Compton lunged at Danny and tackled him to the ground.

Danny was hurt badly by the impact, but he kicked his legs in the air and threw Compton off of him. Compton was sent flying through the air and landed with a hard thud on the ground. But like Danny, it didn't take Compton long at all for him to get back up.

"Geez, that metal suit must weigh a ton," Danny said in disbelief. "How do you manage to move around smoothly like that!"

Compton didn't answer. He instead just launched another laser blast at Danny's head. It hit him right between the eyes, but for some reason, it didn't hurt a lot. Now enraged, Danny ran over to Compton and punched him several times in the face and then picked Compton up.

Danny was floating higher up and Compton could only hold on for the ride. When Danny was about fifty feet in the air, he dropped Compton. Compton plummeted to the ground, looking like a pile of flesh but no bones.

"Ha!" Danny yelled. "See? I'm the good guy, and the good guys always win!"

Danny's cocky expression immediately turned to one of complete shock. Compton was actually getting up like nothing had happened.

"You just don't give up, do you?" Danny asked. "How high do you have to fall for you to give up?"

"I've never given up once in my life at something, Danny!" Compton raged. "There's no need for me to start now!"

"I think you need some mental help," Danny said to himself. Not wanting to hurt Compton any more than he already did, Danny ran off and headed towards the top of a tree.

He hid behind the leaves at the top of the tree, making it very difficult for Compton to be able to attack him. But Danny sadly forgot that Compton's suit had jetpacks, and when those jetpacks were activated, he destroyed all the branches guarding Danny.

Danny's eyes widened in horror as Compton aimed his laser cannon at Danny's head. At this close range, the blast would shatter Danny's head.

A wicked smile spread itself across Compton's face. "Got ya," he threatened.

Danny went intangible and passed right through to the bottom of the tree, causing the blast to harmlessly blow the end off the tip of the tree.

Danny landed on the ground and started running from Compton as quickly as he could. Compton fired blast after blast, trying to nail Danny and finish him off. Somehow, Danny managed to dodge them all and swooped up into the air.

He landed on the top of a building and tried to catch his breath for a moment. He sat down and breathed in heavily, hoping that Compton would eventually give up.

"Man, doesn't that guy know I don't want to fight?" he asked. "If I see him one more time, I'll…"

Danny was interrupted when Compton abruptly fired himself up from the ground and landed softly on top of the roof.

"Danny, you've given me enough trouble!" Compton yelled.

"You're one who should be talking," Danny remarked.

"Well, Danny, I think it's about time we ended this."

"Um…let's not and say we did, okay?"

Compton did not seem very thrilled with Danny's not wanting to fight. Both of them were on the flat roof of a building. The air was completely still and everything was quiet, even the birds.

"I like my idea more," Compton hissed. He fired another quick laser from his suit, and the only thing Danny could do was go intangible. He watched as the laser went right through him, exactly like he wasn't even there.

Compton got ready to fire his laser again. Instead of just dodging the blasts over and over, Danny decided to make a run for it this time. He turned his back and started running away. He ran to the edge of the rooftop and jumped off it, and then landed on the roof right next to it.

"You're not getting away that easy!" Compton yelled, once again igniting the jets on his ghost suit. He started hovering up in the air a few feet and then flew over to the roof Danny just jumped on, which was a little higher than the roof he had previously been on.

Just as he landed on the top of the rooftop, Compton fired another laser blast at him. This time, it hit Danny in the leg and knocked him on to the ground.

Compton began snickering as he floated on to the rooftop next to Danny and grabbed him by the throat. He gripped Danny by the throat as he started holding him over the edge of the building, obviously going to drop him.

"I have a way with getting myself into situations like this, don't I?" Danny asked himself as he looked at the ground, hundreds of feet below.

"Well, rest assured, this will be the last time that you are in this kind of situation, if you get my drift," Compton said.

"Yeah, but I think you're forgetting one tiny little detail," Danny said, with a mischievous smile beginning to appear on him.

"Oh yeah? And what detail is that?"

"That I'm a ghost and I can do this!" Danny yelled. He went intangible and passed right out Compton's grasp, and then disappeared right through the building.

"Hey!" Compton yelled after Danny disappeared and was now out of reach. "Get back here and fight!"

There was silence. Compton would have felt stupid kneeling on the roof and screaming through it if there was anybody else up there.

Compton got an unpleasant surprise when Danny shot up through the roof with his fist clenched. As soon as Danny popped through the roof, he gave Compton the hardest punch he could throw.

The impact and surprise pushed Compton backwards and back-flat on the square roof. While making some growling noises, he got up and stood in a solid position.

Compton then pressed a button on his suit. Instantly, it looked like an additional layer of armor was placed on top of the already existing layer. A helmet popped out from the suit and put itself on Compton, and then a stained blue glass window popped out of the helmet to protect Compton's face. The laser cannon on Compton's arm seemed to get bigger as it encased his entire arm, looking like it was capable of blowing through concrete. More jets popped out of his wings, but some also from under his feet.

Danny tried not to look nervous while Compton went into annihilation-mode. "How come none of my parents' ghost hunting stuff did something like that?" he thought to himself.

After a second of stuttering, Danny took a solid stand and got ready. "Fine, you want me to come out and fight? I'll give you a fight you'll never forget!"