Hiya, guess what? Well, you already know, of course, another chapter! Yay! I do have to warn you though, this chapter ends with a cliffie. Not a bad one, but one nonetheless. Here's the part y'all have been waiting for: the entrance of this story's bad guy. Hint: He really needs a cat.

Disclaimer: I do now own Danny Phantom or Lois and Clark. They are the property of their own respective, well, owners.

I'm in a good mood, so no more talking. On with the show! Er, sort of.

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Chapter IX: Dinner with the Enemy

Danny walked slowly home, Tucker and Sam having already gone to their homes. Danny looked up in time to see a very familiar limo pass by him. He quickened his pace to catch up with the limo. It pulled up in front of his house and Danny almost felt sick as he recognized the figure that climbed out.

"What are you doing here?" he asked angrily.

Vlad simply replied, "Why, I heard there were some reporters in town and I wanted to check for myself."

Danny seethed, and his eyes flashed green.

"Ooh, there's the scary eyes. Better be careful. Wouldn't want your parents to see that, hmm?"

Danny was about to go ghost right there in the street, but restrained himself when he heard the front door open and his dad cry out, "V-man!"

Jack ran up to Vlad and gave him a huge bear hug. Danny smirked at the look on Vlad's face.

"What are you doing in town, Vladdy?"

"Oh, you know, the usual stuff." Vlad's eyes temporarily glowed a shade of red. He noticed Maddie standing behind Jack. "Ah, Maddie, how are you?"

Maddie smiled. "I'm fine, Vlad. Come on inside."

"Of course, Maddie," he said. Inwardly, Danny gagged. Vlad made his way to the living room, where Lois and Clark were sitting on the couch. They both stood up when Vlad walked in.

"Well, you two must be the reporters I heard were around. My name is Vlad Masters."

Lois stepped forward. "My name is Lois Lane, and this is my husband, Clark Kent."

"Hello," said Clark.

"We're reporters from the Daily Planet," finished Lois.

Vlad raised both eyebrows. He had heard of these two. They were the best of the best. Lex Luthor, one of the few men he had been unable to "persuade" to sell his empire to Vlad, had been defeated by them. Lois had even come close to marrying the man. It might be time for me to change directions, he thought.

Clark, however, was a little wary of Vlad. The man reminded him too much of Lex Luthor to want to be around him, even to the point of flirting with his wife.

"Ahem," he said, almost inserting himself between the two. "I suggest we head to the kitchen."

"Of course," Vlad said, with a small wink at Lois. He breezed past Clark into the kitchen, leaving a seething Clark in his wake.

Lois noticed Clark looked ready to explode and leaned into to whisper to him. "Relax, Clark. I'm your wife. No nut, especially another rich billionaire, is going to take me away from you."

"Actually, he's more of a fruit loop," Danny muttered. Lois and Clark jumped. They had forgotten Danny had followed them. Danny simply pushed between them and took up his usual spot at the table, making sure he kept an eye on Vlad the entire time. Lois and Clark took up seats as well.

"So, what brings you to Amity Park, Vlad?" asked Maddie.

Vlad smiled. "Oh, I was just checking on some things here and decided to stop by. See my old collage buddies again."

Danny snorted slightly. "May I be excused, please?" he asked Maddie.

"Okay, sweetie. I'll save some dinner in the fridge," she said.

Danny practically ran out. Lois and Clark looked at each other and excused themselves as well. They followed Danny to his room, and knocked on the door.

"Hey, can we come in?" she asked. Danny, who was at his computer, quickly turned off the screen. "Sure."

Lois sat on the edge of his bed. "Is there some reason why you don't like Mr. Masters?"

Danny rolled his eyes. Only that he hates Dad, wants to kill him, wants Mom as his wife, and me as his son, he thought, but he said, "He's just a really evil guy underneath all of it."

Clark's eyes narrowed. Definitely like Luthor. Lois quickly whipped out her recorder. Danny eyed it nervously.

"If you let something like that out in the media, he won't stop until you're both dead."

"We've dealt with worse before," said Lois with a wave of her hand.

"Not like this you haven't," muttered Danny.

Lois and Clark glanced at each other before Lois replied, "Just let us worry about that."

"No," Danny said, standing up. "I don't want Vlad to have any reason to come after you two. He can ruin your reputations faster than you could believe."

Lois looked slightly put out. "Fine," she said, putting the recorder up. She looked back up at Danny. "He must be pretty bad to not want to talk about him."

Danny's ghost sense chose that moment to go off. Great, now who's floating around? he thought. "Well, nice talking with you. Bye." He quickly shoved Lois and Clark out of his room and shut and locked the door. He changed forms and flew out the window.

This time, it had been Desiree. Note to self, Danny thought as he sucked Desiree into the thermos. ("That's it. I have got to stop granting every wish I hear.") Seal Ghost portal when guests are here.

Danny capped the lid on and flew back to the house. He had no sooner landed and transformed back when Clark burst into the room.

"Lois is gone!" he said.

"So? I thought she disappeared all the time," said Danny.

"This time is different!" said Clark. "A ghost kidnapped her!"

Danny felt his stomach drop. "What did the ghost look like?"

"Um, black hair, blue skin, fangs…"

"Plasmius," muttered Danny.

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(Rubs necks) Hee, hee, don't say you weren't warned. (Gulps) Well, I'll try to update tomorrow after my test. Wish me luck, it's the last one for that class. Yay!

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