I managed to get this chapter done tonight as well so I've decided to go ahead and post it since chapter 3 was so short and it had that cliff-hanger. Enjoy . . .

Slowly, the fog covering Danny's thoughts began to clear. He could hear muffled voices and could tell that he was sitting in a chair with his hands held behind his back and secured with handcuffs. Their cool metal felt strange and he realized they were probably glowing, keeping him from using his powers.

Suddenly a downpour of cold water was washing over his head that was lolled back over the edge of the chair. The pressure almost made him tip back, but his reflexes quickly persuaded his sluggish body to pull his head forward to try to get the water from getting in his nose. Just as quickly as it came, the water stopped.

Fully awake now, he coughed and blinked open his eyes. He could make out one of Walker's agents standing in front of him with a bucket.

"Geez, I'm awake, alright?" he snapped.

"Good." And with that the ghost left through a wide set of doors at the far end of what appeared to be some kind of huge warehouse. Two more of Walker's goons flanked either side of the doors. It dawned on Danny then that he wasn't in the ghost zone. What was Walker trying to pull? He coughed some more and shook his head to get the water to stop dripping from his hair and into his eyes.

Someone next to him cleared her throat. He turned to see Sam sitting right next to him also tied up in a chair and now with water droplets decorating her face.

"Oh gosh! Hey!" he stammered, "I'm sorry! I had no idea you were right here!"

Sam let out a small laugh, "It's okay. You're disoriented, getting the water wake-up treatment can do that to you."

"He didn't do that to you, did he?" Danny asked concerned.

"No, we all woke up on our own. You were the only one still out when he came in."

"Wait, we?"

Sam gave him a weird you-didn't-know? look and jerked her head in the direction of the side of the room nearest to her. Danny looked past her to see their parents behind bars. His parents offered him some weak smiles. Maddie was sitting cross-legged on the ground at the front of the cage despite the nice red dress she still had one. Jack was standing beside her shifting uncomfortably in his suit. Meanwhile Sam's looked scared stiff. Her mom just kinda stood there hugging herself and her dad had his arms around his wife, trying to comfort her.

"Oh crud," Danny said, not knowing what else to say. What do you say to your girlfriend's parents when a ghost has drugged and kidnapped them just so he can get his revenge on you?

"Look, I'm really sorry," Danny began, but Sam's dad interrupted.

"No, it's okay," he said slowly, "you can't control these things."

Sam let out a yah-right snicker at that, then quickly regretted it when she saw Danny's gaze snap to her. He looked hurt, but he knew she was right. She couldn't look into his eyes anymore and stared down at her lap.

"I didn't mean-" she started.

"No, you're right," Danny said as he leaned back in his chair, "you can go ahead with the 'I told you so.'"

"Never," she insisted, "I'd never say that." It was funny, she realized, because before they were boyfriend and girlfriend she would have come down on him about how he doesn't take his responsibilities as a ghost-fighter seriously enough. And here she was now trying not to hurt his feelings. Was this relationship making her soft?

"No, no, let's see that makes you two for two tonight," Danny continued, but his tone was playful, "you predicted that a ghost would interrupt dinner and then you even figured out what ghost it would be."

Sam looked over at him. "I'm just that good," she replied.

"No, my life is just that predictable," Danny corrected.

They both laughed, leaving most of the adults baffled as they actually thought the two were fighting.

Their laughter was interrupted by sharp deliberate footsteps coming towards the doors. Everyone watched as Walker entered the room carrying two file folders. He dismissed the guards with a nod and casually opened one of the folders as he approached Danny and Sam in the middle of the room.

He began to speak in clear authoritative voice, "Daniel Fenton also known as Danny Phantom, formerly known as Prisoner Number 8071294 last enc-"

"Prisoner?/!" Maddie cut in, unable to control her surprise.

"Walker glanced at her and then turned to Danny. "Your parents don't know about your record?" he asked accusingly.

Oops, that's also sorta a cliff-hanger! Sorry. Like I said earlier, I'm not very good at narrating fights, so there's a lot of dialogue. I promise there will be action eventually, but there's a lot more banter coming up. But I think that's just as fun.