Okay so. Here's what's up. I reread this story after I got the review from Akira'kitana asking why I'd stopped. So when I read the end of chapter 3, I thought it was like murder to leave it all at that! So Here I am, a year later from the start of it typing the end. This chapter might sound a bit different cuz when I started this, my writing skills were ick. Now I have a bit more experience under my belt. Hope you enjoy this!

Danny and Sam immediately turned to where the voice was coming from. The audience was gasping and screaming.

Danny growled, "Plasmis" (AN forgive me, I have no clue how to spell Plasmis anymore)

"Danny," Sam whispered with an edge of uneasiness, "What is he doing here?"

"I-I don't know…"

Vlad clapped, "Bravo! Bravo! Now why stop? I must say I was pretty captivated there."

An evil grin crept up his face.

Danny took in a breath, "I'm-." He looked around at all the people.

Shoot! I can't go ghost with all these people around!

He quickly looked for an escape route and suddenly dashed off stage.

Vlad laughed, "Oh I must say, he did always seem like a scared-y cat."

Then, Danny returned on stage but as Danny Phantom. He jabbed his finger at Vlad.

"What are you doing here, Plasmis?!" Danny demanded.

Vlad tossed back his head and gave another evil laugh, "Oh my dear boy! Can't I just go out to enjoy the theater without being accused of a crime? Hm?"

"But you're always up to something…" Danny floated up to where Vlad hovered, "Always."

"Well maybe I thought it was time for a change…" He shrugged.

Danny folded his arms.

"I must say Daniel; you were always the type to stubbornly refuse what I say!" With that Vlad knocked Danny down onto the stage with an ecto blast.

Danny landed with a thud. The crowd screamed. Danny recovered quickly and ran off the stage, this time Sam followed him. But Vlad swooped down in front of her; blocking her way.

"Tisk, tisk, tisk. Now just where do you think you're going?" He grabbed her and disappeared into smoke.

"Ms. Paranorm, you need to get these people out of here." Danny held his teacher by the shoulders, "They could be in danger. Plasmis is a very powerful and evil ghost. Someone's gonna get hurt!"

Ms. Paranorm blinked and nodded. Her mouth hung open in shock.

"Now!" Danny yelled and she moved from her spot ushering Dash and Kwan to help her.

Danny flew back out and looked around.

Where did he…

"Where'd he go?!" He shouted at the audience.

Nobody answered.

"C'MON! Tell me what happened! If you don't someone might be in trouble!" He screamed desperately.

Tucker stood up from his seat, "He took Sam and disappeared!"

Danny stopped breathing. He took…

He roared with anger, "I swear, when I get my hands on him I'll-."

"You'll what?" Vlad's smooth, mocking voice came from the balcony, "Suck me into that little thermos of yours? Oh how frightening!"

"Vlad, let her go."

"Why? Just so your friend here will be safe? Don't worry young Daniel; she's perfectly fine with me. That is until you decide to decline my offer once again."

"This is what it's all about!?! Your stupid little apprenticeship?! You have gone WAY too far with this Vlad!" Danny shouted, his hands beginning to glow green.

Vlad chuckled, "Well, come visit us with your answer. If you can find where we are…"

He disappeared with Sam just as Danny shot a blast at him.

"UGH!" Danny sighed in frustration and turned invisible. He soared down to where Tucker was sitting.

"Meet me outside the entrance." Danny whispered into Tuck's ear.

Tucker got up and ran out the doors. Danny turned visible again.

"You have a ghost tracker on your PDA, right?"

"Yeah." Tucker whipped out his PDA and pressed a few buttons, "Looks like they're still in the school. But…this is weird…it looks like they're…"

"Underground." Danny finished, "I was too busy panicking to see it before. The Phantom of the Opera is his favorite."

"And…?" Tucker prodded.

"Where does the Phantom steal Christine to?"

"Uh…that underground dungeon place?" Tucker answered.

"Exactly." Danny phased through the floor, "They're in the basement."

Tucker paused, gathering all the info.

"Well, wait for me!" He ran off to find the stairway to the basement.

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Danny floated through the dark hallways underneath the school. Pipes were dripping and forming puddles on the floor. He finally came upon a door where he heard laughs from behind it. He tried to open it but it was locked. Danny charged up a blast and sent the door flying into the room.

In the room there were only two things he saw. Sam: tied to a chair. And Vlad: pacing the room.

"Knock, knock." Danny said.

"Oh I love these jokes!" Vlad replied, "Who's there?"

"The delivery man."

"I don't believe I've heard this one before…"

"And he's delivering your knuckle sandwich!" Danny flew at Vlad and smacked him in the face with a green fist. Vlad slammed back into the wall.

Danny rushed over to Sam, "Sam, are you okay? Did he do anything to- OUF!"

Vlad retaliated by shooting a couple blasts back at Danny. He skidded across the floor from the blow. Danny stood up slowly and covered the gash he's gotten from sliding on cement.

"Why can't you just leave me alone?! I told you once and I'll tell you as many times as it takes: I WILL NOT JOIN YOU!" Danny shouted at him.

"But Danny, we could rule the world! We could rule the world and the Ghost Zone! Both you and me, together we can make it possible!"

"Vlad, you know this more than anyone else. I could care less about power! I care more about the innocent lives that you'd destroy to rule to world!"

"Oh boo-hoo. So a few people get killed in the process. But with that power, you could stop all that evil." Vlad coaxed.

"I would be the evil!" Danny protested, "The answer has been and always will be NO!"

Vlad laughed that annoying laugh of his and charged a pink energy ball in his hand, "Yes, but you're forgetting something this time."

"What's that?" Danny asked dryly.

"Leverage is key. And I have the leverage!" He pointed the ecto ball at Sam sitting helplessly in the chair, "Wrong answer, and well, my hand might slip and…"

BAM! Vlad tossed the energy at a pipe and it spilt in half. Sam screamed, Danny winced, and Vlad grinned.

This made Danny hesitate; it was like a game of chess, he had nowhere else to move. Checkmate. He looked over at Sam and his heart sank. She'll understand.

"Vlad," Danny said with a sigh, "My answer is…"

Vlad's lips slowly curved into a smile.

"No." Danny said firmly.

Vlad cocked an eyebrow, "You know what this means then?"

Danny hung his head, "Forgive me Sam."

A tear trickled down her cheek. Danny was far behind following suit.

"Well then my dear Samantha, it has been truly nice knowing you."

A pink ecto blast charged in Vlad's palm as he slowly inched closer to Sam.

Danny dropped to his knees and held his head in his hands.

"Danny," Sam's fearful voice said softly, "It's the right thing."

She closed her eyes, waiting for the worst.

But it didn't come.

OH! I SOOOOO got you there! I'm sorry if this seems a bit off the story line; it's hard to jump back into your train of thought from months ago. I actually up-ed the rating to T because of the somewhat violentness of this chapter. And don't worry, I'll add chapter 5 really soon. "til then! DDH