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Ch. 4: Technus-cal Difficulties
Fenton Household
"Not you two." Groaned Danny. Just from looking at Agents K and O, he could feeling was mutual.
"We're not happy to be here either, ghost. We just want the artifacts and we'll be on our way." said Agent K.
"Why would you two want this anyway?" Sam asked.
"We believe these artifacts could be hazadous and want to make sure they don't wind up in badder hands." said Agent O.
"Don't you mean "bad hands"?" Danny asked.
"Not in this case."
"Right, and why should I give them to an organization who tried to BLOW UP THE GHOST ZONE!" Danny said.
"Trust me, we're done with that. We just want to make sure that they don't pose a threat." assured Agent K.
"Thanks, but I think we're good. Now you guys might want to leave before my Dad makes you buy something."
The two relctuantly left, and Danny knew that they'd be back.
Later at night...
While everyone thought that the new ghost system would protect them, Danny decided to stay up and make sure that there weren't any "unwanted visitors". Danny was getting bored and looking at some of the artifacts. He passed a spear, a helmet with horns, and a mirror. He looked in it and checked his hair but suddenly his reflection changed to Andrew Phann's.
"GAH!" he recoiled in shock and when he looked again he saw his reflection. "Phew just my imagina-"
He froze when he saw someone behind him aiming a gun at him.
"Hey! Visiting hours are over!"
The mystery man fired but Danny rolled out of the way. He turned into his ghost self and looked at his assailant. The mystery figure was taller than Danny, was wearing all black, a dart gun, had a utility belt with several tools, a strong build that made him look like a wrestler, and his eye were glowing green.
"Well, you're new." said Danny. "How'd you get in here?"
The mystery figure didn't respond and just started firing again. Danny flew out of the way and fired some ecto blasts at him, but he avoided them. The mystery thief pulled an ecto gun and started firing.
"Ecto gun? Yep, you're not a ghost." Danny said.
Down in the lab, Skulker and Technus were coming out of the Ghost Portal.
"Huh, I thought the boy would be guarding this place." Skulker noticed.
"Lucky us." said Technus. He saw the control system for the Laser system and phased into it. It began to glow as Skulker smiled evilly.
Knowing that the man was human, he went invisible and began to circle him.
POW!
Danny landed a punch and prepared to go for another, but the mystery man grabbed his fist.
"What the-?" Danny wondered. The Mystery person's hands glowed as Danny tried to turn intangible, but couldn't escape.
"Don't bother. You can't escape from me." said the mysterious figure, in a deep voice.
"Who are you?" Danny asked.
"Your worst nightmare." he answered, before punching Danny.
In the lab, Skulker was getting impatient waiting for Technus. If it were up to him he'd go hunt the ghost boy, but his orders were to make sure Technus hacked into the system without interruption.
"*Sigh* How much longer Technus?" Skulker sighed.
"I'm about halfway through. Just be patient." Technus replied as the machine glowed green.
"GAH!" yelled Danny as he was thrown across the room. Skulker heard this and knew it was the sound of Phantom yelling in pain. It was music to his ears. He figured that Technus wouldn't be bothered and decided to go hunt his foe.
Danny was now up and had just fired an ecto blast that fired the gun out of his hands.
"Hah! Not so tough now, huh!" taunted Danny.
The mystery man pulled out a pellet and threw it in front of Danny. A weird gas started filling the room that made Danny fall to the ground. He tried to move but he was paralyzed and couldn't move a muscle.
"Why can't I move?" Danny wondered.
"Ecto paralyzer." replied the mystery thief. "My own invention that paralyzes anything made of ectoplasm."
"Great. Let me guess, now you're either going to try to waste me or capture me, right?" Danny asked.
"Tempting, but my boss only payed me to acquire something from you."
"Please don't be what I think it is." said Danny. He could see that the mystery thief was heading towards the display with the Skeleton Key. "Yep, that's what I thought."
"Well well well." said Skulker as he stood over Danny. "Finally let your guard down huh?"
"Skulker, can we do this some other time? I've already got one freak to deal with." Danny said.
"Sorry, but I wouldn't be the Greatest Ghost Hunter if I let you live. And I can't let that happen."
"You're not." said the mystery thief as he held the Skeleton Key in his hand. "That title belongs to me."
"What!" Skulker shouted. "I am the the Greatest Ghost Hunter in existence, in both the Ghost Zone and Earth."
"Not until I'm through with the two of you." said the mystery thief. Skulker aimed two rockets at the mystery theif and was about to fire when suddenly.
"Intruder detected." said a female voice.
ZZZZAP!
Skulker was zapped by a laser as the defense grid activated and a siren began blaring. More lasers pointed at Skulker as he started to retreat. As the mystery thief was confused by the siren, Danny slowly began to move. He managed to aim his palm at the mystery theif and fired at the mystery thief, blasting him into the wall ad dropping the key.
Technus stuck his head from the machine and asked "Skulker, what is-" he stopped when he saw the hunter missing. "SKULKER!"
As if on cue, Skulker entered covered in burn marks. "As much as I'd love to hear you rant, we have bigger problems." SKulker said sarcastically.
"Well it doesn't matter, I hacked into the defense and know-"
"You're going back where you came from." said Jack.
The two ghosts turned to see Maddie and Jack in their pajamas aiming ghost weapons at them.
"Uh-oh." said the two, before being shot back into the Ghost Portal.
The mystery thief got up but was met by Danny, who managed to get up on his feet.
"Leaving so soon? But you haven't been to the gift shop." joked Danny.
"Grrr. You're lucky Phantom. Under normal circumstances, I'd hunt you and use to improve my tactics. You win this round, but next time we meet I'll have you in my personal collection." He pulled out a device that when he pressed, he glowed and managed to phase through the wall and escape.
"Wow." said Danny.
His parents came up from the lab and found Danny. He faced them and gave them a sort of "I Told you so" look.
"Okay, maybe we need to be more careful." said Jack.
Ghost Portal
Vlad paced back and forth in front of Skulker and Technus angrily.
"So, you managed to override the defense system even while Danny was occupied with another person after the Skeleton Key, and yet you still failed to obtain the key?" Vlad asked.
"Only because this meathead couldn't stay focused." said Technus.
"MEATHEAD?" Skulker yelled.
"SILENCE!"shouted Vlad.
"Well at least the good news is that he'll be too busy with that other guy to worry about us." said the Box Ghost
Vlad responded by grabbing the Box Ghost by the throat and choking him with one hand.
"Good news? GOOD NEWS? Not only is this the second time you failed to get the Skeleton Key and we now have to worry about losing the key to a common cat burglar, but now we have lost the element of surprise, and now DANNY WILL BE EXPECTING US! WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW!" Vlad yelled.
"ACK! You *WHeeze* steal it yourself." the Box Ghost answered weakly.
"How many times do you have to tell you, I can't! I can't have anyone know I'm back from space!"
"Wh-wh-what if you caused a distraction so that you can get the key yourself."
"And how do I do that? I'm a ghost! Danny has a family of ghost hunters, the only way I could distract them is with-"
He stopped and realized what he just said. He released the Box Ghost and smiled evilly.
"For once, you might have a good idea." Vlad said.
End of CH. 4
Sorry I've taken so long. I've been busy, lazy, and had a hard time making the transition between chapters. Get ready, cause in the next chapter, we see Vlad in action with some new moves and also, a preview for some of my upcoming Danny Phantom sotires. The more reviews I get, the faster I update and check the poll on my profile to see what I should focus on for Spring Break.