Grrrr! I just remembered! The SUPER CLIFFY isn't here yet! I'm really sorry for getting ahead of myself; I really shouldn't rush through this, no matter how much I want to get to the good part. Anyway, Read, Enjoy, and Review!

-WriterGirl713

Disclaimer: sigh As always, I don't own Danny Phantom

Chapter 12: Ace

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Vladimir Plasmius." Danny Phantom said coolly upon entering the evil Halfa's private study.

"Why, Daniel! How nice of you to visit. I didn't even know you knew I had a mansion in Amity." The middle-aged Halfa replied casually to his icy counterpart. Danny sniffed in disgust.

"Where do have Sam?" He demanded. Vlad ignored his statement; not a wise thing to do.

"How have you been lately, my boy? I heard about the unfortunate events after the accident with the acid-loving ghost, such a pity I wasn't there to stop him." He said with obvious false concern. Danny's silver eyes began to flame and his hands balled themselves into glowing silver fists.

"Where is she?" He demanded fiercely. At this, Vlad seemed to do a double take.

"Hmm, touchy, aren't we?" He said snidely.

"You're about to find out, fruitloop!" Danny shouted, launching a flaming silver ecto-blast at the arrogant Halfa. Vlad was sent flying into one of his many bookshelves and was covered in an avalanche of heavy tombs on the paranormal. He phased out of the books with his teeth clenched in anger.

"Now that was uncalled for!" He shouted, throwing a pink ecto-blast at Danny, who heard it and dodged out of the way.

"Oh no, you don't Plasmius!" He shouted, throwing another silver ecto-blast. Vlad dodged the blast and threw another, which Danny dodged again. Danny grinned and flew threw the wall of the study. Vlad followed him, just like a good little pawn.

"NOW!" The younger Halfa shouted. Silver and Ricochet flew down and pummeled the older Halfa with a volley of silver attacks. Vlad screamed and went intangible, though this was no problem for Silver, who promptly formed an ecto-box around him. When the attacks seized, Vlad looked up to find he was imprisoned by silver ectoplasm. He tried to fly through it, but smashed his body against the side. Danny laughed, low and cold.

"Where is she?" He repeated dangerously, letting his right hand glow silver so Vlad might take a hint. True he still didn't know Danny's true power, but Vlad wasn't stupid; he knew he had gone and pushed the young Halfa to his limits. He wasn't about to push him any further, for he had just figured out that Danny was stronger than he was. He gulped.

"She's in the basement. Safe with Skulker." Vlad squeaked. Danny smiled in obvious relief that she was still alive and turned to Silver, who was still focused on keeping the ecto-box steady, and Ricochet, Cabu, and Meg who were waiting patiently beside him. Danni was surely invisible beside them.

"Ricochet, Cabu, Meg, get Sam to safety. Silver, release Vlad, I'm not done with him yet." Danny commanded with an almost evil glint in his sightless silver eyes. Ricochet grunted in response to his order and disappeared with Meg and Cabu. Silver released his hold on the ecto-box and it disappeared. Vlad stood up and looked from Danny to Silver. He gulped.

"Now, now, Daniel, is this really the way you want to handle this situation?" He asked tentatively. Danny smirked.

"I believe we have a hypocrite in our midst, do we not?" He said icily. Some strange power seemed to have possessed him; he knew he was going to kill Vlad. His body began to shake with power and anticipation of what he was bound to do.

"It's over for you, Vlad." He said simply, letting the power flow to his hands. They now glowed black as the darkest midnight. He moved his right hand over his left shoulder and made a harsh slashing movement through the air, like an executioner's axe. A thin ray of pitch dark light shot from his fingers and lost itself in Vlad, who fell to the ground and lay still.

Danny sighed; his senses seemed to have returned.

"Sam!" He said to himself anxiously before diving through the floor.

"Where's Sam?" Danny asked worriedly when he got down to the basement. Skulker was there, thrown against the wall by the four Blind Teachers, but there was no trace of Sam. Her scent was gone.

"She ran off when these blind thugs pinned me to the wall!" Skulker shouted angrily.

"We got her away from Skulker and told her and Danni to run to safety because he was giving us trouble. We didn't need to worry about one of his missiles hitting her." Silver explained. He sounded quite calm for a ghost who was in the midst of restraining a high-tech suit controlled by a pathetic green blob with an attitude problem.

"I've got to find her!" Danny shouted.

"Silver, Meg, Cabu, Ricochet. You can go home now. I can take it from here." And with that he disappeared through the wall.

Danny searched Amity Park high and low for a sign of his cousin and best friend. He was so scared she might be hurt. There were just so many dangers in the city that could easily have befallen her and Danielle. Danny jumped as a sudden noise attracted his attention. It sounded like made laughter. A shiver ran up his spine as he realized he'd heard this laughter before. He flew toward the dreaded sound and heard a squeak of pain and fear.

"Put me down, you acid-freak!" Sam yelled desperately, trying to mask her fear. Danny's heart skipped several beats as he heard the ghost speak.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Danny Phantom come back for another sword fight." Ace said insanely.

Well, there you have it; chapter 12. And ACE is back! Oh, I'll bet that's just gonna kill you poor readers. As a result of my pitty, I will try my very best to update soon and give you all SUPER CLIFFY! Ok, now that the evil part of me has left the keyboard alone, I will say seriously, "I'm really sorry I couldn't update sooner and I'll try my best to put the next chappie up soon. Thank you all for reading, now all you've got to do is review!"

-WriterGirl713, The Devil's Angel