Danny Phantom: Captured

Chapter 4

Danny squirmed under Skulker's boots, causing the tougher metal part of his boot to dig further into Danny's shoulder blade. Danny couldn't help the small groan of pain that escaped his mouth. Skulker just smiled down at him, he had finally caught the ever elusive halfa Danny Phantom, and he was not going to let him get away this time.

"Now hold still Welp, this will only hurt...a lot," Skulker said with glee, giving a mocking laugh.

Danny closed his eyes, hoping to close out Skulker's taunts. He knew there was no way Skulker would let him live, he'd beaten him too many times for him to have a hope of just being locked away in Skulker's zoo. All Danny could hope for is that Skulker would kill him quickly and not be showy this time. Danny felt Skulker's weight shift, and Danny figured he was reaching for the tool that would kill him. Next he heard a snap, something like a suitcase and Danny finally opened his eyes.

Inside the case he saw a wide assortment of tools. He wondered what one Skulker would use on him and he sighed. After all. the shocking treatment he'd gotten from the net, he was too weak to get away without Skulker recapturing him. Danny sighed and closed his eyes again, not wanting to know what he was going to do.

"You know, I was going to torment you and watch the almighty and powerful ghost boy writhe in pain, but I think this new idea might be more entertaining," Skukler said, shifting his weight so that now his knee was on Danny's shoulder blades. Danny's shoulder blades were beginning to throb, but he was grateful because it sounded like Skulker was going to make it go quickly now. Danny let out a sigh.

Danny winced as he felt Skulker jerk his right arm up. This didn't make sense to Danny, if Skulker was going to kill him, wouldn't he just make one quick slit to his neck, severing many arteries, and kill him? Why would he need Danny's arm. When a sharp stinging pain came from his arm, Danny thought he knew. Skulker was going to draw this out. Another sharp pain had Danny gasp from it and he forced his eyes open.

Skulker had an ectoblade in one hand and, while holding Danny's arm up with the other, he was cutting into his arm.

"What are you doing," Danny rasped out in pain.

Skulker gave him a nasty smile, "Why I'm skinning you of course. I'm going to put your pelt right here at the end of my bed," he said with a nasty chuckle.

Danny gasped as he felt the knife enter his flesh again and he had to blink back the tears of pain. "Aren't you suppose to kill your prey first," Danny asked through gritted teeth.

"Yes, tht is the general rule," Skulker said smiling, "but I thought it would be more fun and entertaining this way." And with that Skulker dug his knife deeper into Danny's flesh. Danny let out a loud cry of pain and tried to pull free of Skulker's grip.

Until that point Skulker had only been making very shallow cuts, but that last one had been deeper. Skulker chuckled and made another deep cu, enjoying listening to the ghost boy's pain. Danny let out another cry of pain, and could no longer hold the strength of his ghost form and transformed back into Danny Fenton, his human self. Skulker chuckled darkly.

"Shouldn't be long before you're gone," Skulker said with a smirk, fully enjoying this.

"Please Skulker," Danny called up weakly, "Please just end this or let me go."

"Oh, you're actually begging me," Skulker asked with absolute glee. Danny's body was shaking from the pain as Skulker made another slice, but then the Boooo-merang hit Skulker in the head. "Who DARES attack Skulker in his own home," he demanded.

The Fenton Spector Speeder phased through the door, holding Maddie and Jack Fenton, Tucker, and Sam. Behind them came Jaz in the Fenton Spector Suit. Maddie saw the weak form of her son dangling from Skulker's grasp and let out a frustrated snarl.

"LET OUR SON GO!" She billowed.

"M...Mom," Danny asked weakly, forcing himself to lift his head to look at her.

"No, I think I'll finish my job," he said taking a long slice into Danny's arm. Danny let out a loud cry of pain as he body started to give up.

Jack and Maddie gasped and Tucker leaned forward and hit the button, shooting a rocket at Skulker.

"We're not going to ask again, let Danny go, NOW," Sam demanded.

Skulker, who had recovered quickly from the small rocket blast, stood back up. "No, he is my prize, and I will not give him up," Skulker replied.

This time Jaz shot an ecto blast at him. Skulker smirked and at the last minute he lifted Danny up as a shield and Danny took the blast. "As I said, I refuse to let him get away from me again."

"M…Mom…Da…Dad, Ja…Jaz…Go ho…home. I do no…not wan…want you hurt," Danny rasped out weakly.

"We're not leaving you coz," came a girl's voice from the sky, followed by a very powerful plasma blast from behind. The blast had been strong enough, (also considering it caught Skulker by surprise), that he dropped Danny.

"Da…Danielle," Danny asked weakly. Danni didn't stop very long, she swooped down and scooped Danny up.

"It's alright coz, I got you and we're getting you outta here," she said with a smile.

"Danielle, watch out," Danny called quickly transforming into Danny Phantom and putting up a shield to block Skulker's attack. When Skulker's attention was drawn on both Phantoms, Jaz shot an ecto net at Skulker, effectively capturing him.

"I think we'll drop you off in one of your own cages," Jaz said with a smirk; she was totally mad at him.

"Thanks for the help coz," Danni said with a smile, then she noticed how pale he was.

"Sure thi…" he started to say before he transformed back to his human self, too weak to stay in his ghost form.

Danielle caught him before he could fall, but he was so pale. She landed next to the Fenton Spector Speeder. Jack and Maddie jumped out with their weapons, ready to kill Danni too.

"Don't you dare harm our little boy," Maddie said forcefully.

"I'm not, I'm his cousin," she replied changing into her human form.

"We won't be tricked by your stupid tricks ghost," Jack fired back, ready to shoot. Tucker and Sam quickly jumped out of the Fenton Spector Speeder and in front of Danni.

"Mr. and Mrs. Fenton, she's telling the truth," Sam said quickly.

"Yeah, Danni is a clone of Danny. Her name is Danielle Fenton and she is Danny's cousin. She helped save Danny from Vlad Plasmeus, and she saved him just now too," Tucker added.

""And we don't have time to argue about me! Danny needs medical help now or he'll die," Danni added.

"She's right, he's lost a lot of blood and he's really pale," Jaz said returning to their sides, after having locked Skulker in one of his own cages.

Jack and Maddie paused to look at their son and sighed. "Alright, put him in the back seat," Maddie finally said. Tucker pulled off his sweater and wrapped it around Danny's hurt arm.

"It will help slow the bleeding," he told Jack, who had been giving him a clueless look.