Chapter Four: Bored Child

"Ow." Jack cringed as he rubbed at his shoulder.

"Sorry." Danny winced. "I should've controlled my strength a little better, huh?"

"Oh, it'll heal." Jack sighed and rubbed Danny's head. "We need to get to the communication tower so we can contact the Foleys and the Mansons from here. You ready?"

Danny clipped the Fenton Thermos on his belt and nodded. "Yeah." He was already in his Phantom form and had practiced using his powers the entire morning. Now that it was midday, they were ready to go out. "Guns armed?"

"Of course." Jack nodded. "And I have some spare ectoplasm shells to reload."

"Let's get going, then." Danny nodded. Jack opened the shield by the door so Danny could leave and then they left the lab, Jack activating the shield after they were out. Then they were on the road again, Danny gripping Jack's shoulder to turn them both invisible whenever they saw a ghost in their path. They wanted to save their ammo and fighting powers for the communications tower, they couldn't waste time with any strong ghosts. Not when they had Technus, the master of machines, to contend with.

They arrived at the communications tower and ducked behind some wreckage. "Okay, so we have a bunch of weak ones guarding it and a lot of alarms set up to ward off humans, but not ghosts." Jack told him. "You're going to go invisible and intangible and deactivate the alarms, then come out and give me some kind of signal to let me know it's safe to enter."

"What kind of signal?" Danny asked.

"I don't know; something." Jack shrugged.

"How about this?" Danny blew a kiss. Jack groaned softly and waved him off, Danny grinning as he left his father's side, going invisible and intangible before zipping past the alarms and weaker ghosts.

Technus would most likely be around the controls, so he'd have to somehow get to them without his seeing them be messed with. Luck must be on his side, because Technus wasn't at the controls for the alarm when he found them – he was in another room, making "your fridge is running" jokes on the phone to some poor person. Danny gripped the control lever and pulled it up, the dull humming dying down. 'Crap.' He thought. 'I didn't think THAT would happen!'

Technus came into the room. "What the—okay, who is messing with me? Don't you know who I am? I am Technus, master of machines! And I don't tolerate little ghosts messing with me!"

Danny flew around and poked him in the head before flying to another room, banging on the walls as he went. Then he went through the wall and listened to him yell and curse as he went back to the controls and closed that door. "Okay…that should work for now."

He then flew out a window and turned visible, blowing a kiss to his dad. The weaker ghosts died and then Jack Fenton was inside the communications tower.

"Okay, now I just have to—uh oh." Danny looked down as wires wrapped around his body and then he cried out as he was electrocuted. Then he was brought back into the window, hung upside-down.

"What am I looking at?" Technus asked, frowning. "My readings indicate you're a halfa!"

"'Scuse me, but what's a 'halfa'?" Danny asked groggily.

"You're half human and half ghost!" Technus frowned. "We thought Plasmius was the only halfa!"

"Woopee…can you put me down please?" Danny groaned – the ectoplasm was rushing to his head.

"Why were you messing with my stuff?!" Technus demanded.

"Because I was bored. Can I please get down?" Danny asked.

"Bored? BORED? Oh, for the love of—go back to the Ghost Zone if you're bored!" Technus groaned. "We have important things we're doing out here and have no time for children to be bored!"

"My head hurts…" Danny groaned.

"Well, bored child, do you have a name?" Technus demanded.

"Phantom. Danny Phantom. Please put me down? I can't phase out…"

"Well, of course not!" Technus seemed proud of himself. "We have anti-phasing weaponry, in case we get a ghost that joins the humans' side!"

"Oh, really? Why would a ghost do that?" Danny asked.

"I don't know!" Technus huffed.

"Can you put me down now?" Danny asked.

"Oh, alright. I think you've learned your lesson, child." Technus huffed and dropped him to the floor. "Now go home and stay out of the adults' way!"

"Hm…y'see, I'd like to, but…" Danny slowly got up and blew a kiss.

"But what—why did you do thaAAAAAAAAAAT!" Technus yelled as he was sucked up into the Fenton Thermos Jack was holding.

"Mission accomplished." Danny smiled. "You brought an extra thermos?"

"Of course." Jack smiled. "Let's get communication back to the city." He quickly set to work, Danny hovering behind him with the two thermoses strapped to his belt.

"That's two of Plasmius' allies in the thermos." Danny grinned. "And plenty of room for more!"

This was getting to be a problem. Plasmius clenched his fists as he saw Technus be sucked away the same way that Skulker was, Danny Phantom grinning at the man at the door. He had to end this, and soon. He couldn't wait to see Jack reduced to a depraved freak, not while free at least. If he could capture them, though, and lock them together in one of his cells here…yes. That would work very nicely.

He had to catch them before they returned to their lab. "Ember." He turned to the blue fire-haired girl behind him. "Use your voice, capture them. I can't have them running loose anymore."

"Understood." She nodded.

"And Ember?"

She looked over at him.

"Take Johnny 13 with you. His bad luck will interfere with their thermos' aim." Plasmius nodded.

She nodded and walked out, closing the door behind her.

This one was shorter than usual, but that's because Technus was an easy win. XD You got to see Danny being cute, though!
Uh oh, Ember and Johnny 13 have been sent out! Danger! ~ Zone