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Code: Going Ghost
Chapter 3
In the quiet darkness of Vlad's mansion Xana looked at the plans of the city of Amity Park. He walked into a room to see Vlad and his cat. Vlad was muttering something.
"Plasmius Ville, Vlad Park, no that's not it." said Vlad.
His cat meowed and Vlad looked to see Xana enter the room.
"Once again I find you pointlessly thinking of a ridiculous name for this back water city when you rebuilt it. You should be more focused on the plan rather then this. What idea is it this time? Madeline City?" asked Xana.
Vlad smiled happily at the cold demonic AI.
"That is perfect! You have such a way with names." said Vlad.
His happy rant got him shocked by an irate virus.
"This will have to wait. Our audience awaits." said Xana.
Vlad regained his composure and nodded. Xana walked out followed closely by Vlad. They looked to see large room and inside were Skulker, Ember, Technus, and Prince Aragon. Vlad walked up to the stage and smiled.
"Welcome to City Hall, my ghostly associates. I would like to thank you for coming for you see a new partner of has come with a plan that will require your assistance." said Vlad,
"And what exactly to we get out of it?" asked Ember with her arms crossed.
"The destruction of Danny Phantom." said a voice.
They looked to see Xana walk out of the shadows.
"You!" said Technus,
"I have a name. It is not polite to refer someone as just 'you' or do I have to remind you again?" asked Xana.
"This is the being that controlled you, Technus. He is just a mere human." said Skulker.
His response was painful when Xana's body crackled with purple electricity and he launched an electric wave too fast for Skulker to see and he got electrocuted by the blast. Skulker yelled and fell in deep pain.
"Never make assumptions about your opponents. Technus underestimated me and he paid for it." said Xana,
"Now that you have introduced to my new partner I would like to point out that if this plan is successful it will be the end of the ghost boy but I will need him alive for a while before he is obsolete. After that he is your to deal with." said Vlad.
"And you think we should follow this plan of yours without a simple explanation of it? I am a prince in the Ghost Zone so I am entitled to demand what this plan of yours is." said Prince Aragon,
"Who does this brat think he is? Maleficent?" whispered Technus.
Cut scene
Far away in a dark castle, sitting in front of a TV was a woman dressed in purple and black robes that fell to her feet. She wore a black headdress with black dragon horns and wings and carried a staff with a green crystal ball on it.
"How dare he compare me to a mere spoiled brat? He dares mock me? Me, the mistress of all evil!" shouted Maleficent.
She turned her dead yellow green eyes to a massive brute.
"Pete!" she shouted,
"I'm suing them right now." said Pete.
A specter emerged from wires and turned into Maddie Fenton. She quickly delivered a kick to the prince's jaws, stopping him from anymore ranting.
"Why thank you, Virtual Maddie." said Vlad.
Virtual Maddie only smiled sweetly which caused Xana to roll his eyes.
"Fruit Loop." he whispered.
The other ghosts heard his comment and snickered a little. Xana walked out of the room but as he passed he gave Prince Aragon a quick punch across the face. No one noticed a dark figure with green eyes watching them.
Meanwhile
Danny Phantom landed on a roof as he flew across the city. He pulled out the intercom and put in his ear.
"Any news on Rita?" asked Danny,
"Bits and pieces, nothing that adds up. She's either in a lot of trouble or the cause of it. The only we will be able to learn is through surveillance." said Aelita's voice.
Danny nodded and flew over to the roof that was right next to the address that was said to be Rita's apartment. She looked to see Rita sitting on the couch in the living room. Suddenly Skulker and a few crabs entered the room and chased her. She ran to the roof and Skulker grabbed her.
Skulker's jet pack activated and took off. Danny quickly turned on his intercom.
"Xana's made the first move. A few of his crabs and Skulker are attacking. I'm going after them." said Danny,
"Okay but be careful." said Sam.
"Hey it's me." said Danny.
Sam rolled her eyes at that comment. That was exactly what she was afraid of. Danny flew into the air and the crabs spotted him. They fired a barrage of lasers. Danny went intangible to dodge them but to his surprise the lasers hit him on the chest and sent him flying into the bill board.
"That hurt! Wait that . . . hurt?" said Danny.
Vlad must have modified Xana's monsters to hurt ghosts. Danny ducked as Xana's crabs let loose another fire storm of lasers at him. The billboard fell over from the attacks. Danny flew into the air and charged at the crabs.
He fired his barrage of ecto-bolts and managed to destroy one of them before a ghost shield appeared around the last two. The crabs resumed their attacks which pushed Danny back. Suddenly two golden arrows hit the Eye on their shells and the crabs exploded. Danny looked to see Odd land on the roof.
"That's two owe you me, mister." said Odd, smiling.
"Yeah, I'll pay you back but we need to catch up to Skulker." said Danny.
Danny quickly chased after Skulker who by now was far up the city. Danny was able to find them thanks to Rita's screams. Danny quickly rammed into Skulker's back and he dropped Rita before crashing into the roof of building with a danger sign on it. Skulker looked up and glared at Danny.
"This isn't what you think, Ghost Child." said Skulker.
He launched missiles which Danny dodged and return with ecto-bolts. Skulker quickly jumped and started ramming punches down on him. Danny quickly created an ecto shield and blocked the attack. His hand glowed green as he rammed it into Skulker's face and sent him flying back.
Skulker released a whip which wrapped around Danny and Skulker used it to ram Danny into the wall. Danny looked up to Skulker ran at with him and Danny fired an ecto bolt at Skulker's jet back which sent the ghost hunter flying. Danny looked at Skulker as he shouted threats and about how he would get his revenge before turning to Rita. The scared woman looked as Danny walked towards her.
"Xana's after you." said Danny,
"He's got . . . He took my . . ." stuttered the woman.
"Gordon." said Danny,
"Yes, Gordon! My son, he took my son! He says he'll kill him unless I can pay him five million. I don't have that kind of money!" sobbed Rita.
"Are you sure he's got the kid?" asked Danny.
Rita looked up at him and pulled out small knife with the word 'Gordon' embedded on it.
"He sent me this. He said if I didn't believe him he would send . . . would. . "Rita broke down at this.
Danny handed her something and took off.
"Press the button if you're ever in trouble." said Danny.
He disappeared into the wall and left Rita alone.
Somewhere else
In the darkness of the city several figures gathered. One of them cackled.
"He's taken the bait into our trap as planned." said one figure,
"And thanks to that transmitter everything is happening as you predicted, Xana." said another figure.
A dark figure with red outlines on his clothes said nothing.
"Now all that is left is to capture our little spy." said the first figure.
Next night
Danny walked into the lab and noticed everyone was there.
"Hey, guys is there any chance Rita could come with five million dollars?" asked Danny,
"No way, that's insane." said Yumi.
"Xana's insane but he's not stupid. He must know something about Rita that we don't." said Ulrich,
"So what do we do?" asked Odd.
"We play along until we get to the bottom of this." said Ulrich.
Suddenly a beeping was heard.
"It's the transmitter you gave Rita last night. Coming from Amity Bridge." said Sam,
"Then let's get going." said Odd.
Next time on Code Going Ghost.
Amity Bridge: Death of Xana