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Code: Going Ghost
Part two of Second Story Arc
Cold Inferno
Chapter 6
Danny landed in the man's bathroom in his human form. He turned on his intercom.
"All right I'm inside." said Danny,
"And so am I." said a voice.
Tucker landed right behind him.
"Yumi and Danielle are not far behind. According to Aelita there should be three main data hubs. If Tucker can deactivate the lock on each of them then we can try to hack Damon's files." said Sam on the intercom from the Ops.
Danny and Tucker nodded and turned off the intercom. They opened the door and saw Yumi and Danielle in the hallway. Yumi was in her Lyoko form while Danielle was in her human form. They walked down the hallway and saw an automated door.
They opened it and saw a large room split into three by large glass walls with a sliding door. Each one had a large computer on the wall. They entered and the door closed but they noticed the sound of it locking. Danny turned on the intercom.
"Sam, the door just locked itself behind us. What's going on?" asked Danny,
"You guys didn't trip security. It must have been someone else." said Sam on the intercom.
"Walker." said Danny,
"Already?" asked Tucker.
"If he's back then you guys don't have much time." said Sam,
"Then how do we unlock the doors?" asked Danielle.
"Damon should have the security codes in his files. We won't be able to get you out of there until you unlock the data hubs." said Sam,
"Sam, you should look at this." said Aelita's voice.
"Oh no!" said Sam.
"What is it?" asked Yumi,
"Danny's right. It's Walker! His goons have placed ecto bombs all over the facility. You don't have much time." said Sam.
"We have to stop him before he gets his hand on Mr. Grey. Sam have Aelita monitor the security cameras and try to find Damon for us. We'll finish unlocking the data hubs." said Danny.
Tucker ran over to the computer and opened it up to reveal a cube with blue, yellow, and red wires. He noticed a blue wire connected to the cube and quickly connected a blue wire to it and worked to connect all blue wires. Son enough all blue wires and Sam said Aelita got the first one. The first door opened and they walked in.
"Why can't we go ghost?" asked Danielle,
"Damon's new security system would find us and blast us apart molecule by molecule. Vlad's been supplying this place with anti ghost equipment." said Danny.
Tucker opened the second computer and noticed the yellow wire glowing. He started connecting the yellow wires and soon enough the data hub was open. The second door was open and Tucker was already working on the third and final data hub. This time it was connecting the red wires but there were so many red wires it was going to be difficult.
There were only a few moments but Tucker managed to unlock the final data hub.
"We're downloading Damon's files now. There, the door's unlocked. Get out of there!" said Sam.
They ran for the door when explosions shook the entire place and knocked them out of the window. They grabbed the ledge of the room below and entered it.
"You guys, okay?" asked Sam on the intercom.
"We're fine. What do you have on Damon?" asked Yumi,
"He just entered his cold storage vault carrying some kind of disk. He must have hidden himself inside." said Sam.
"In cold storage?" asked Danielle,
"Yeah, he's out of the ghostly icebox and into the arctic. If you guys don't get there soon he'll freeze to death." said Sam.
They noticed the next room they were in was flooded with water up to the waist with live wires producing electricity and gas was leaking through the ceiling.
"Since the security system is now off line you two can use your ghost forms." said Yumi,
"Got it. I'm going Ghost!" said Danny.
He changed into his ghost form and flew to the switches on the other side of the room and shut off the power to the wires and the gas. Yumi and Tucker ran to the next door and opened it. Yumi pulled out her intercom.
"Sam, what can you tell us about the disk Damon was carrying?" asked Yumi,
"It's marked as personal research. It must be important so it could be a useful source of information." said Sam.
They walked up the next door and saw two ghost enforcers already firing at them. Dani transformed into her ghost form and fired an ecto blast at each of them while Danny sucked them into the Fenton Thermos.
"Bad news, guys. Aelita said all the info we got from the data hub are entirely financial. We need to get that disk if we want anything on Ecto-Promethium." said Tucker, looking at his PDA.
They opened the door to the next hallway and walked down the hall when Sam contacted them again.
"Guys, we found some news on Damon." said Sam,
"The source of his money?" asked Yumi.
"Maybe, but it's a strange story. He stopped getting federal funding a few months ago. Ecto Promethium could be the perfect weapon against ghosts but it's far too unstable." said Sam,
"Unstable? How?" asked Dani.
"We're not sure, but it's unstable enough for the government to think it's dangerous. Here's where it gets interesting, after that every rise in Damon's budget followed a successful internet transfer of money by Xana." said Sam,
"Xana was funding Ecto Promethium research?" asked Yumi.
"Has he ever done stranger things?" asked Sam,
"Not without a plot to turn them into weapons. Keep us updated." said Yumi.
They turned off the intercom and walked into the storage area. The place was covered in ice and they noticed a ghost enforcer guarding the door. Danny quickly blasted it and sucked it into the Fenton Thermos. They opened the door and quickly blasted the ghost enforcer guarding it.
They walked towards the elevator and noticed it was torn open. They jumped down the door with Tucker holding onto Danny while they landed. As soon as they hit solid ground they were attacked by three ghost enforcers. Danny and Dani charged up their ecto blasts while Yumi blocked the lasers.
Danny and Dani blasted them and sucked them into the Fenton Thermos before opening the door. They walked down the small hallway and opened the automated door. They entered a large room with various computers and a massive glass like capsule with electricity flowing inside it. They also noticed a fair amount of ice was there.
"Damon?" asked Danny,
"He's not here." said Yumi.
Danny turned on the intercom.
"Damon just vanished. Can you check the security cameras?" asked Danny,
"Sure, but did he leave the computer disk behind?" asked Sam.
Danny walked forward and noticed something on the ground. It was a disk that was marked with personal research. When he stood up he was grabbed by the neck and tossed right into the glass capsule. He looked to see Walker holding a smaller but large capsule in his one hand.
"Where's Damon Grey?" asked Walker.
The others ran over to Danny's side.
"Damon's gone." said Yumi.
Walker's response was throwing the capsule at them.
"Looks like the good doctor was making bad medicine. In the mean time I can get you back for destroying my copter. Attacking the warden is against the rules." said Walker,
"Is it against the rules to have you butt kicked by a girl?" asked Dani.
"Is it?" asked Walker.
He pulled his book and looked up the rules. Dani took the distraction as an advantage and sent a punch up Walker's jaw. The warden looked up and glared.
"It is now." said Dani,
"You got that right, girly." said Walker.
"That's Dani Phantom with an 'i'." said Dani,
"Regardless if you and your big brother come and then your sentence will be commuted." said Walker.
"No thanks and we're cousins." said Danny.
Walker lunged at them and they dodged. Danny charged forward but Walker grabbed him and tossed him into the wall. Danny looked up to see Walker's foot coming at him. He rolled over and fired an ecto blast.
Walker ducked but he was kicked in the back of the head by Dani. Danny used his ice powers and froze Walker's feet. The warden looked down at his feet as Danny and Dani blasted him with ecto blasts. Walker broke free and grabbed them both and rammed them into the ground.
They went intangible and quickly phased through the ground.
"Resisting arrest is against the rules." said Walker.
Danny and Dani flew up and launched kicks and punches that Walker blocked the most of. Suddenly Walker hit a desk where vial fell down and a strange chemical fell on Walker. Suddenly it started eating through him like acid. Walker screamed as it ate through his white skin.
"Help me!" shouted Walker.
Danny quickly responded by using his ice powers and froze Walker on the spot. The chemical was frozen and stopped eating through him. They watched the frozen statue. Yumi looked at the vile and found out what is was.
ECTO-PROMETHIUM
Next time: Plant Food