At the launch site. A tour group was going up in an outdoor elevator.
"And now, we'll get a close-up look at the famous Space Shuttle." Tour Guide said.
Little boy discovered the Gem of Life on the floor of the elevator. "Whoa, what's this?" He picked it up. "Some kind of moon rock?"
Back on the Fenton Jet, Tucker was sulking in his seat.
Tucker turned to Danny. "No fair! How come we get to go your place first?"
"Does it matter? We're not here to have fun. We're here to look for the Reality Gems." Danny said.
"They are activated by touch. So as long as nobody found it yet..." Kurai said. "...maybe this will be easy."
The gem fell out of the elevator, landing on the nose of the Space Shuttle, which glowed red. The shuttle abruptly launched itself, flying into the air. Its windows narrowed to red eyes and the nose opened into a sharp-toothed mouth. Zooming around, it flew right at the Fenton Jet, jaws wide open.
"It's never easy, is it?" Kurai said as the shuttle approached.
The trio screamed. The shuttle clampeed the Fenton Jet in its metal jaws, sending the teens crashing into the bulkhead.
"Going Ghost!" Kurai and Danny said.
He transformed and turned the jet intangible, allowing them to escape. Flying out through the bulkhead, Khione went back to confront the shuttle and threw a couple ineffective ectoblasts at it. As she hesitated, the shuttle hit Danny, flattening him up against the windshield. Through the window, he could see the Gem of Life sitting in the pilot's seat. He grinned, but before he could do anything about it, the shuttle growls and threw him off. Plummeting, he hit the airfield so hard he left a crater. The Fenton Jet swooped down to land nearby.
"Khione, go, get the gem!" Danny called to her.
Khione flew up to the shuttle again, narrowly missing a snap and grabbing it by the fin. It tried again to shake her off, but she started climbing up the fuselage. A chunk of the outer hull peeled away in her hands.
"This is harder than it looks." Khione said. "I'm no good at climbing."
Flying back up to the windshield, Khione went intangible and reached inside to grab the gem.
Khione held it aloft triumphantly. "Yes!"
She flew back into the Fenton Jet.
Immediately the Shuttle reverted to it inanimate form, halting in defiance of physics and falling straight down. It was going to land on the Fenton Jet.
Tucker was exasperated. "We had to come here first."
With a determined look, Danny went intangible and flew into the shuttle cockpit, sitting at the controls.
"Ok, I've run the simulation a million times on my computer." Danny said.
He jabbed at various buttons and switches, activating the landing gear. Tucker hugged the Auto Jack as the shuttle approached, but it narrowly missed. Danny released the parachutes and brought the shuttle to a safe landing. He slumped tiredly, smiles briefly at the controls, then flew back outside.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the eagle has landed...intact!" Danny said.
"Attention Daniel Fenton, AKA Danny Phantom. Give yourself up!" Agent said on PA.
The two GiW jets were approaching, one of them firing a torpedo at the Fenton Jet. Inside, Kurai and Tucker run from the window. Danny shields his face as there is a blue-white explosion, sending debris everywhere. However, Kurai and Tucker spring out of the smoke cloud on a pair of motorcarts, perfectly safe and sound.
The agents fired more torpedos and Kurai and Tucker drove to evade them, Danny zoomed after them in the air. Placing a hand on each cart, he made them intangible and they all sank through the tarmac.
"We've lost visual again!" Agent O said.
"Don't worry, they won't get far. We've got sensors everywhere." Agent K said.