A/N: I just want to say that Tucker was probably getting food or something in the first chapter. Thank you for everyone that Reviewed/Favorited/Followed! I got a lot of reviews saying that everyone was glad that I didn't kill Jack. Did I mention how bad I was at writing action scenes? I also got reviews asking if they were going to be brainwashed. Mentally abused maybe, but brainwashed? That's just cruel.
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom
Sam groaned as she sat up to her knees slowly. She rubbed her head, but flinched when she suddenly felt a faint shock of pain. "What…Happened?" She asked to herself as she looked around the room. It was an all-white room, much to her distaste. She stood up and looked around the room. It had a bed in a corner, and another bed on the other side.
"Sam?" Valerie asked in surprise as her eyes went wide. She quickly stood up and ran over to her friend. "I'm glad to see you're awake!" She yelled as she hugged her.
Sam blinked slowly and pulled away from her embrace, "What happened? Where are we?" Sam asked as she looked around. This wasn't Fenton's lab, where she had passed out in.
Valerie sighed slowly, gathering all of her disgust in her tone, "Plasmius. He sent everyone in Amity Park to undergo a type of 'schooling'. I've been here for two days, and this place sucks."
"Did you see anyone else?" Sam asked as she walked to her bed, which was white, and seemed to blend into the room, if it wasn't for the steel bedframe that it had on it. As she sat on it, it was a firm bed and was made of cheap materials. She clutched the side of her head, where a big lump was. "Danny?"
Valerie shook her head, "I haven't seen Danny. I've only seen rest of the kids from school. I don't know where Tucker is either," she paused as she shook her head. "Dash got sent to isolation his first day," Valerie added with a grin, making light of the situation. She then changed her tone to a grim one, "But there are other kids here that even I don't recognize."
Sam nodded in understanding, though a headache started to form. "What's with these outfits?" Sam asked at an all-white top and pants. "Do we have a dress code here or something?" Sam asked slyly.
"One of Walker's goons stated that it was 'regulation'. That's when Paulina got sent to isolation for rebelling against wearing the same thing as the rest of the quote on quote, 'losers'," Valerie said as she made quotation marks with her fingers.
"Have you tried to escape?" Sam asked, her voice hopeful.
Valerie sighed as she plopped on her bed in a lazy fashion, "Believe me, been there, tried that…" She trailed as she let out a huff of breath. "I even tried to sneak the plastic utensils from lunch…" She said as she sighed again.
"We'll think of something…" Sam trailed as she placed her hand down from her head. "For now, we just need to play along, and think of a plan…" She trailed as the bars in front of the room started to open automatically. Sam glanced at Valerie in confusion.
Valerie stood up to her feet, "This means it's time for class. Come on, Sam, wouldn't want to be late on your first day, would you?" She asked with a half smirk as she started to head out the door. Sam followed, grudgingly.
Danny woke up finding his joints stiff. It felt as if they had just been electrocuted a million times. He sat up on a bed that he was on, only to pause once he realized that he was on a bed. "Wh-What happened?" He asked as he looked around the room he was in. It had looked identical to his bedroom, only he knew that it wasn't. He felt a bandage on his right arm and looked down to see a white wrapping on it. "I don't remember getting this-?" He asked, but the door to his room beeped open, causing a green tint to cover the room, only to disappear as soon as the door closed. Vlad Masters stood at the front of the room with a grin on his face.
"Have a nice rest, Daniel?" Vlad asked mockingly as he walked closer to the boy on the bed.
Danny growled and narrowed his eyes, surprised that a green glow started to integrate with his vision, making him cast the 'scary eyes' at Vlad. He stopped immediately in surprise. "What? How did?" He asked as he looked at his hands and tried to form an ecto-blast, and found that he could do it again. He then looked accusingly at Vlad who smirked at the boy. "You did this!" He yelled.
"Guilty as charged!" Vlad yelled in a mock confession. "It wouldn't do me any good to not have you as a hybrid. Considering that we'll be ruling the world togeth-
He was interrupted when Danny threw a punch at him, but he easily leaned to the left, catching the boy's fist in his hand as he smirked deviously at the boy. "Temper, temper," he lectured.
Danny growled more angrily and tried to take back his fist, "Did you ever think that maybe I didn't want to be a halfa again?" He asked sarcastically, though he was serious about the subject. He violently took his wrist back from the man and glared.
"Daniel, since when did I ever state that I cared what you wanted?" Vlad asked as he tilted his head to the side slightly. "You had your mother and I quite worried, little badger," Vlad stated as he put his arms behind his back in a relaxing manner.
At the mention of his mother, the boy's form seemed to relax a little. "Maybe if you hadn't blasted me in the back, I would still be awake," he mumbled in defiance as he continued to glare up at the man.
"Doubtful. The transformation of becoming a hybrid is quite exhausting," Vlad argued with a slight shrug.
Danny narrowed his eyes in confusion, "Which reminds me, how did you know how to make me a halfa again?" He asked in suspicion.
"Ah," Vlad retorted with a sinister smirk, "It's information that your dear friend Mr. Foley wouldn't tell me…" He trailed and then his eyes turned a menacing red, making an emphasis on his point, "Without a little bit of torture."
Danny began to shake in rage as two white rings appeared at his waist and made him Danny Phantom as he hovered in the air, "Where are they?!" He yelled as he charged at Vlad with a fist filled with ecto-plasm. He unleashed a barrage of ecto-blasts, each one colliding with a pink square shield that Vlad held effortlessly with one hand.
"With a new ruler, comes a new set of rules…They had to be re-educated," he said as he turned his shield into a large ecto-blast and released it at the boy, whose eyes grew wide at the attack and tried to dodge it or turn intangible, only to find himself not quick enough to do either one of those things. The blast hit him and he hit the back of the wall, not even causing a dent as he slid down the wall and onto the floor.
He groaned as he scrambled to his feet, "Have I ever told you that you're a froot loop?" He asked as he glared and rubbed his head with his gloved hand. "Why isn't this room getting damaged?" Danny mumbled to himself, but of course Vlad had heard it with his super hearing.
"This room is ecto-proof so that you won't hurt yourself or the premises if you so decide to throw a childish tantrum," Vlad stated with a grin.
Danny glared at the insult, "I'm not going to throw a tantrum, Plasmius…" He trailed, his anger evident in his voice at being treated like a child.
Vlad sighed as he looked at the watch on his wrist, "Enough of this, Daniel. It's time for dinner and you are going to cause us to be late," Vlad said as he snapped his fingers together. In a white flash, Danny Phantom turned back to Danny Fenton unwillingly.
Danny blinked in confusion as he tried to figure out what happened, "How did you-?" He asked as his eyes were wide and filled with bewilderment.
"Come along," he ordered as he went to the door and it opened automatically. Danny glared at being ignored, but he quickly followed the man. As soon as he stepped outside the door, it closed automatically. Vlad waited patiently at the top of the long winding staircase for the boy. "Are you done gawking?" He asked with a sly smug grin on his face.
Danny responded with a glare, "Where are we?" He asked as he noticed Vlad heading down the stairs. Danny followed slowly behind, he wasn't too keen on following right behind Vlad to make him seem like the obedient boy that Vlad expected him to be.
"My mansion in Wisconsin, of course," Vlad stated off handedly as he kept his eyes to the front.
"Did you do recent construction?" Danny asked, he was half teasing when he made the comment.
Danny noticed Vlad forming a smirk on his face, "As a matter of fact, I did. You are quite observant, Daniel," he commented, making the boy start to feel anger rise in him at the comment of undermining his intelligence.
"Never expected you to be in the mid-evil construction theme…But I guess a lonely old man needs some sort of hobby," Danny sassed back as he had a grin on his face.
Vlad suddenly stopped, making all emotion from Danny's face fall off. The man then turned around and eyed the boy that was a few feet away from him. "Stand beside me," Vlad ordered, his voice turning serious.
"No," Danny snapped back with a glare.
"We're going to make a father/son entrance into the dining room," Vlad stated as he grabbed Danny's bicep and forced him to stand next to him.
Danny growled at being man handled and being forced to stand next to his arch enemy, "No we're not!" He yelled as he tried to squirm his way out of the man's grip. "I'm not your son!"
Danny felt a hundred bolts of electricity run through his body, making his muscles go numb, "That's where you're wrong, little badger. With Jack gone, you have no choice but to accept me as your father," he said in a dark voice as he looked into the boy's blue eyes. Danny gulped nervously as he saw that Vlad was not kidding in any manner, and that he would not be taking disobedience of Danny's caliber anymore from that point onward.
As Vlad reached for the doorknob, he halted when he heard Danny's weak voice, "You'll never be my father…" Danny trailed, out of breath from Vlad's attack.
Vlad responded with a dark chuckle, "We'll see how long that rebellious attitude of yours will last," he said in a grave tone. He opened the door and walked through, with Danny at his side. Danny was skidding his feet on the ground, trying to slow down Vlad, but his actions hadn't made a difference. As they approached the dining room, Danny saw Jazz and instantly relaxed. However, Vlad wasn't pleased with this reaction as he sent more volts of electricity into Danny's body, making him slightly disoriented.
"Danny!" She yelled in excitement and relief as she stood from her seat. She rushed over to her brother, but was stopped when Vlad scowled down at her.
"Jasmine, this is not proper etiquette at the dinner table," Vlad lectured as he glared down at the girl.
Jazz stopped in her tracks and looked from the scowling gaze of Vlad, to the distant eyes of her brother. "I'm sorry…I must have forgotten…" She stated as she sat down at the table.
Danny blinked into consciousness again and pulled away from Vlad's grip, "Stop touching me!" He yelled as he let out a scowl. He looked around the room and saw a large table in the middle of the room. Jazz sat at the table and avoided eye contact with everyone as she started down at the table in front of her. His mom wasn't in the room yet, much to Vlad's disappointment.
"I will get your mother," he said in a grim voice as he went across the room and went out the door to the back left of the room.
Danny ran over to Jazz who looked up at him with a sympathetic look, "Jazz, are you alright?" He asked in a concerned voice.
She responded by shaking her head, "The two days that you weren't here…" She trailed, trying to not think about what had happened, as it would bring her more hurtful memories that she didn't want to remember. "They were terrible! Danny, how are we going to get out of here?" She asked in a hushed whisper as she leaned in closer to her brother's chest.
"We'll find a way. We might be able to get out of here tonight if we can tell mo-
"She isn't our mother anymore!" Jazz yelled as tears started to cloud her vision. She wiped them away with her black long sleeved shirt as she tried to not have an emotional breakdown. "The first day Vlad took her away from me, and she didn't even protest!"
Danny looked down at Jazz, "What do you mean he took her away? Where did he take her?" He inquired as Jazz just simply shook her head.
"I have no idea, but then…The second day, she seemed so…Broken. Danny…" She trailed as she looked up at her brother, "I've never seen mom look like that! She seemed to be so distant! What if that happens to us? What if Vlad makes us like that, too!"
Danny put a hand on his sister's shoulder tightly, "I won't let him drive us apart…Why didn't you come to see me?"
"He had locks on the doors. Your tower is directly by his room, so that I guess he could keep an eye on you or something. I tried, Danny, believe me, I have. Every time I try to break something in my room, it gets replaced automatically, like nothing had ever happened," Jazz stated as she sighed. "I don't want to stay here anymore!"
Vlad walked in with Maddie in his hand, though she looked like she wasn't there at all. She was wearing a light blue dress that showed off her figure. Danny glared at Vlad, though he didn't say anything. He gave a last look before sitting next to her. Vlad placed Maddie in one of the seats on his right, and he glanced up at Vlad and smirked. "Daniel, your place is by me," he said as he gestured to his left where an empty seat was.
"No thanks," Danny spit out with a growl in his voice. "I'd rather sit here," he said as he narrowed his eyes at the man who sat at the head of the table.
Vlad continued to smirk for a few seconds before shrugging and ordering the maids to alert the cook that his services were needed to start dinner. "I won't fight you with this, Daniel, but tomorrow you will be sitting over here."
"What makes you think I'll listen to you?" He asked with a scowl.
Vlad stood up slowly, with his hands behind his back, "I have an announcement for the three of you," he stated as he looked at each of the Fenton's with a smile on his face. "I will be addressing the new idea of the Family Point System."
"Family Point System…?" Jazz asked as she tilted her head slightly at the new idea.
Vlad nodded, "You see, for each thing that you all do that is expected of you, you will be rewarded with minutes that you can enjoy with each of your family members. Since you all only meet once a day for meals, I am allowing you to see more of each other by following my expectations."
Danny perked up at this, "How many minutes will we get?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow.
Vlad smirked in response, "Daniel, you will be a special case, since your rebellious attitude is a problem, for each hour that you spend, you will be rewarded with one second of family time."
"That's not fair!" Danny yelled as he stood up suddenly, knocking his chair back in the process. "I'm not listening to your stupid rules!" He yelled in agitation as he began to walk away. "Jazz, come on," he said as he looked back at his sister, who looked at him with wide eyes.
She nodded as she got up from her chair and followed her younger brother, but both halted when Vlad spoke up again, "Maybe seeing each other isn't important you, Daniel, but what about seeing Jack?" He asked, letting his offer hang in the air.
"Jack…?" Maddie trailed, blinking her eyes as she looked over at everyone at the table.
Danny clenched his teeth as he looked over at Vlad, who had a triumphant smile on his face, "Fine…" He trailed as he walked back to the table and was about to sit down by Jazz when Vlad cleared his throat. Danny noticed the empty chair that was by Vlad's side. He glanced at Jazz who gave him a fearful expression. Danny swallowed down his pride and sat down next to Vlad. "I'm not doing this for you, Vlad…" the boy spat out, his voice filled with disgust as he scooted his chair as far away from Vlad as he could.
"Another topic I would like to address," Vlad said as he sat down, relaxing his body, as he knew that Danny wouldn't try to attack him when the boy's sister and mother were in the same room. "From this point onward everyone will be addressed by their first full name. Jasmine will be addressed by Jasmine. Daniel as Daniel. Maddie will be addressed as Mother. And I will be addressed as Father."
Danny stood up, clearly outraged at the proposal that Vlad was talking about. Jazz shook her head at her brother slowly, unsure of what to do about this situation. Danny wouldn't heed Jazz's gesture as he glared over at Vlad, "I'm not doing that, Vlad," he said as he started to walk away.
"You will if you ever expect to see Jack again…" He warned, getting the boy's attention. "Perhaps those infernal children that you care so deeply about. Ms. Manson? Mr. Foley? Ms. Grey?" He asked, and although Danny was facing away from him, he could almost hear the amused smirk in the man's voice.
Danny took a deep breath before exhaling, trying to calm himself down. He then walked over to the table and sat himself down. "Fine…" He repeated himself from before, though he said it through clenched teeth this time.
"Fine…What?" He asked as he tilted his head.
"You're pushing it," Danny said as he glared back up at the man.
Vlad chuckled darkly, "I am just trying to help you learn your place, son," he stated as he crossed his arms, relaxing his body as he had an advantage over the boy.
Danny closed his eyes tightly, trying to imagine himself anywhere else then in Vlad's clutches, "You're not my father…" He mumbled under his breath.
"I am now, Daniel, and as I said before, you will accept me as such," Vlad said as the food came wheeling out on a cart. "Ah, saved by the bell, Daniel," he stated as the servants quickly set the table and placed the food down on the plates. "I forgot one more thing…" Vlad trailed, looking directly at Danny. "The injury on your arm…I planted a tracking chip in your body, so if you ever do run away, I will find you. I say if because the chip also keeps you inside the mansion…"
Danny glared down at his food, releasing his 'scary eyes' before closing them. He decided that he should bit his tongue and play by Vlad's rules…For now.
Sam was glaring at the board in front of her. She was seeing various pictures of Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius wearing a crown and she scowled at each picture that came off.
"This is your new ruler. This is who you obey," said a mechanized voice, which she rolled her eyes.
"I don't even obey my parents…" Sam mumbled as she crossed her arms, sliding deeper into her seat. She looked around the classroom and noticed that hardly anyone was paying attention. It seemed to be her English class all in one spot. Except the class was missing Mr. Lancer and Tucker…
As soon as she had thought it, there was one of Walker's goons and he had Tucker, who had seen better days. He had burn marks all over his body, and a swollen left eye. Sam gasped as she was about to stand form her seat. Valerie held her down by an arm and shook her head. Sam growled but stayed in her seat as Tucker was escorted to the seat in the back. The screen went blank a few minutes afterward, and everyone was allowed to exit from the classroom.
"Tuck!" Sam yelled as she ran over to where he was. He strained his muscles to stand up, and Sam helped him stand up to his full height. "What happened?" She demanded with concern as she looked at one of her best friends.
"P-Plasmius," Tucker stuttered as he took a step forward, only for him to lose feeling in his legs and fall to the ground, or would have, if Valerie had not helped him up at the last second. "Thanks…" He mumbled weakly as he spared them a small pained smile.
Sam furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, "Why did he do this to you?"
"He wanted…" Tucker said and then closed his eyes, disgusted at himself for giving away the information, "He wanted Danny a halfa again…"
Valerie gasped as Sam's eyes went wide. "Halfa?" Valerie asked as she looked at the two of them, expecting a reason why they would think that Danny was half ghost.
"This is good…" Sam mumbled, "This is good!" She yelled, excited at a new plan forming.
"How so?" Tucker asked as he tried to raise an eyebrow, though he was still in pain.
"Danny can fight back and fix this mess!" Sam yelled, "Don't you see? He can work on the inside and bring Plasmius down!"
Tucker and Valerie exchanged glances, "I don't think Danny will be very happy that he's a halfa again, Sam…" Tucker mumbled. "That's the whole reason why he gave away his powers in the first place."
"Wait…Danny Fenton is…?" She asked herself, gathering her thoughts together. "Danny Phantom?" She concluded and upon the blank stares on Sam and Tucker's faces, she assumed that she was correct with her deduction. "I can't believe I didn't see that before…" She scoffed as she crossed her arms.
"I need to talk to him. We need to get out of here," Sam stated, Tucker rolled his eyes at this.
"And how are we going to do that, Sam? We're only human with no fighting experience!" Tucker yelled in frustration at being trapped.
Sam grew silent and started to walk out of the room, leaving her in her thoughts, "I'll think of something…"
Danny had earned two seconds of family time with the two hour dinner that had just occurred. "What am I supposed to do with two seconds?" He mumbled under his breath. He was sitting on his bed and sighed. "How am I supposed to get out of here?"
"Simple, Daniel, you aren't going to get out of this one," Vlad said as he entered his room.
Danny glared as he looked up at the man, "Look, ever hear of knocking?" Danny snapped as he rose an eyebrow, "Or is your old age catching up to you?"
"Whatever scheme that you are forming, little badger, I would drop it," Vlad warned as he looked down at the boy who had never looked so…Defeated.
Danny sighed, "I don't have one…Yet…" He mumbled and Vlad smirked in response. "Let me see Jazz," Danny ordered as he looked pleadingly up at the man.
"Jazz?" Vlad asked with a slight tilt of his head in mock confusion.
"Jasmine. Can you let me see her?" Danny asked in an almost begging voice.
Vlad hummed to himself for a few seconds, "What would you tell her in two seconds?" He asked, making Danny feel powerless in the situation that he was in.
"A single sentence," Danny said with a sigh.
Vlad rose an eyebrow, but opened the locked door that led out of Danny's room. Danny followed after him, though instead of walking down the spiral stair case, he simply just turned intangible and floated down to the bottom of the staircase. As they entered the other tower across from Danny's, Vlad narrowed his eyes at the boy. "I will be counting the two seconds…"
Danny glared in response, but didn't say anything to the man as he unlocked the door. Danny ran in and embraced his sister. "Going to save to see dad," he said with a reassuring grin on his face.
"Danny, what-?" She was about to ask, but Danny was being pulled away by Vlad.
"Your two seconds are up," he scowled at the boy, not knowing that he was actually going to save his family points to see Jack. As Vlad closed the door, he could hear the shouts of Jazz on the other side of the door as she was banging her fists on it. "I'll have you know, Daniel, you will never earn enough to see Jack."
Danny glared up at the man, "I'm only playing by your rules, Father," Danny spat out as he began to walk back to his tower. He didn't get very far before Vlad caught up with him with a triumphant grin on his face.
"I look forward to all of the hours that we'll be spending together, son," Vlad said with a dark chuckle.
Danny growled, but tried to force his anger down, "You can't play this game forever. I'll find a way out of this…"
"Correction, Daniel. You will try and find a way out of this. Have a good night, little badger," Vlad stated as they approached his tower, and Vlad pushed him in his room before slamming the door. Danny heard the familiar lock and his room illuminated a green color, letting him visibly see his prison that he was trapped in.
Danny let out another growl before throwing an ecto-blast across the room, only for it to be absorbed in the wall. He sighed as he sat down on his bed. "I will find a way out of this…I promise."
A/N: Whenever Danny got angry I thought he was so adorable.
