They emerged in a large field in the countryside. Danny blinked in surprise, secretly relieved. He would rather avoid Phantom getting spotted by the general public where possible. He had expected to be somewhere in London but obviously Wulf had widened the search area. It only took a moment for Danny to find the ghost and identify which one Wulf found. A massive tornado was shredding the tall frosty grass and a large green ghost with a spinning tail and dark shirt was cackling above. Vortex, the weather ghost. Danny nodded.

"Mi povas pritrakti ĉi ulo Wulf. Nur teni for de la vojo bona. Atentu pri fulmo," Danny decided. (I can handle this guy Wulf. Just keep out of the way alright. Watch out for lightning). Danny didn't think that Wulf could help with this particular ghost anyway. Despite being a ghost, Wulf wasn't a strong flier and Vortex rarely touched down. Also Danny recalled the weather ghost's love of electricity and Wulf didn't have any long distance attacks.

Wulf nodded and sheathed his sharp claws. Danny jumped into the air and charged up to the wheezing, chuckling ghost.

"Vortex! Enough! Where are the others?!" Danny shouted knowing the ghost wouldn't but secretly hoping he would tell the halfa everything. Vortex paused in his joy and turned to Danny.

"Danny… Phantom! How do you… like my art!" the ghost wheezed loudly. Danny scowled.

"I'm more of a picture guy than performance art one. What are you doing here?" Danny retorted. Vortex frowned.

"An artist must… create! Despite my Lord's orders," Vortex answered with clear dislike.

"Where is your Lord?" Danny attempted. Vortex hissed angrily.

"I'm not a… fool! You are part of the order… aren't you! My Lord would be… pleased with me if… I incinerate you!" Vortex bellowed between wheezes. Danny dodged the sudden blast of lightning towards him.

"Guess small talk's over," Danny muttered.

Storm clouds gathered above and rain began to hammer down on the field. The tornado changed direction and threatened to suck Danny inside. Danny abandoned fighting Vortex in favour of trying to escape the pull of the dangerous swirling air. He flew as fast as he could but inch by inch the tornado pulled him inside. Vortex cackled happily and placed his clawed hands on the sides of the tornado and channelled electricity into the cyclone. Danny screamed as volts swept through him. In desperation, Danny teleported away and escaped the trap. Vortex growled in annoyance. Danny barely had the time to catch his breath before Vortex slammed a large hand into him and sent him careening down to the ground. Danny groaned in pain as he slowly pulled himself out of the mud and shakily got to his feet. He shook his head and jumped into the air to avoid a lightning bolt sent at him.

Danny's green eyes flashed angrily. He had had enough of being thrown around. He turned to Vortex and charged at the ghost. He fired a barrage of ghost rays at the large ghost. The ghost merely dissolved into mist before solidifying. Danny turned around, having flown through the gaseous ghost, before the ghost could regain himself after such an advanced technique. Danny took a deep breath and filled his lungs with ghost energy. He then let out a massive scream. Vortex, caught by surprise, was hit full on in the back. The ghost was forced to the ground. Wulf, despite Danny saying he could handle the ghost, rushed forwards and began to beat the ghost viciously while Danny caught his breath and pulled out his thermos. He dropped down to the ground and Wulf backed away enough to avoid the blue stream of energy when Danny activated the thermos.

Danny slumped but remained standing. Every muscle ached and his voice felt a little raw. He was exhausted. His ghostly wail always took it out of him and that had been an especially painful electric shock.

"Danke Wulf. Renkonti vin denove en Hogwarts?" Danny asked tiredly as the rain slowly stopped. (Thanks Wulf. Meet back at Hogwarts?). Wulf nodded, giving Danny a concerned look. Danny focused on the school and teleported back to his room. Dripping still, Danny floated into his bathroom and turned intangible over the shower to dry off. He knew Filch would be furious if Danny left puddles of rainwater all over the school. Once dry, Danny clipped the thermos to his belt and phased out of his room. He was too tired to bother turning invisible. He didn't need to hide right now and he was only going to go to Dumbledore and report that he caught Vortex. Then he could take a break, relax in his room, maybe take a nap. He should probably make sure his cuts didn't need treatment too.

Danny floated through the school considering the ghost fight. He had to admit, Wulf had helped a lot. Without Wulf keeping Vortex down after his wail, the fight probably would have dragged on and would likely have had a very different outcome. His thoughts were broken however when he heard a concerned call.

"Danny?" Hermione called.

"Blimey mate! What happened to you?" Ron exclaimed as the trio of friends spotted the exhausted halfa. He was still covered in dirt and a few patches of grass stains. His white hair was sticking up unnaturally from the leftover charge in his body. He'd be getting electrical shocks for the next hour or so. The halfa also had a bruise on his cheek from hitting the ground, not to mention his bruised ribs and scratched up arms and legs from the grass caught in the tornado.

"Huh? Oh, um ghost fight," Danny answered tiredly.

"How many?" Harry asked. Danny smirked slightly.

"One, but pretty strong. Vortex, weather ghost. Got caught in a tornado and hit by lightning. I'll be fine. Had worse," Danny assured them honestly. He was just tired and a little achy. Give him a couple of hours to recover and a day or so for the bruises to heal.

The three students looked horrified. Danny shook his head.

"Honestly. I'll be fine. But I'm glad Wulf was there. Things might have been different. But I really need to let Dumbledore know. Excuse me," Danny concluded and phased up through the ceiling to Dumbledore's office. It was only when he reached the room that Danny remembered that Dumbledore was away until the next day. Danny groaned and turned around.

"What are you doing here?" one of the paintings called to him. Danny tiredly turned to the painting. It was an elderly witch.

"Just wanted to let Professor Dumbledore know I caught Vortex. Don't worry I'll come back," Danny replied and left.

By that evening, Danny felt a lot better. A little disappointed in himself for not watching Malfoy as much that day, but he had done something important. Vortex was a big player. Taking him away would only be good. He had to figure out what to do with him though. The Box Ghost wasn't a big threat. His parents had gladly taken the ghost on to test weapons on. Dissection was forbidden, especially since both parents knew that their son was half-ghost. But Vortex was more dangerous. If he got free, it could be disastrous. And they couldn't let Vortex get back to Voldemort now that they had him. And that was the problem Danny considered as he patrolled London after his lesson with Miss Fisher.

The next day, he reported to Dumbledore before returning to his post invisibly watching Malfoy. That lunchtime he made his decision. He hated what he had to do but it was his really his only option. He had to keep Vortex in the thermos. However he would put distance between himself and that ghost by leaving it in his parents care. And so, he teleported to Fenton Works and explained the situation with Vortex, making certain he made it clear that Vortex was not be released for experimentation. Jazz had taken the thermos and assured her brother she would follow his orders and keep the thermos safe. Danny took a spare back to Hogwarts with him, catching Malfoy at the end of his lunch break as he headed to class.

And Vortex has been defeated. But such a powerful ghost going missing is going to be noticed…

What do you think will be the consequences?

By the way, in case anyone's a little confused, Box Ghost was caught during the summer when Danny patrolled around London looking for ghosts. Since then he's been at Fenton Works, helping out in the lab unwillingly...

Let me know what you think so far of the story.

Until the next chapter.