A/N: Alright alright, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I suck at titles. There. Changed it. PM me if you can think of a better one...:)

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom.

Old enemies

Danny quickly put the lid on the thermos, effectively sealing Technus inside. Then he looked around the computer store, to see if anybody was hurt. The store was empty and virtually destroyed, new computers and equipment lying everywhere in one great rubble. He was hovering about three feet above the counter and saw that the cash register was still open. He was tempted for a moment, the little voice in his head urging him to take some, nobody was there, nobody would see, they wouldn't know it was him.

"I would know," he thought and drifted through the ceiling.

He really didn't need to steal anything now, he had a job. A lousy job with very low pay, but still a job. He just hoped he would be able to keep it this time. He sat on the roof of the mall and watched the sun set in a brilliant display of red and orange colors, lighting the clouds from below.

He strapped the thermos securely on his back. Tonight he would attempt to empty it into the ghost zone at Fenton Works. It was getting a little crowded in there, with not only Technus, but also the Box Ghost, three ghost rats and a giant ghost squid. It had been ridiculously easy to beat Technus. He remembered he used to have some trouble defeating the technology obsessed ghost in the past, but this had hardly been a fight.

"Vlad's training paying off," he thought and shuddered involuntarily. He did not want to think about Vlad's training. Ever.

He got up and hovered above the roof, trying to decide where to go next. In the distance he could see a small figure flying above the roof tops outlined against the almost set sun.

"Oh no," he muttered, but before he could take off, she spotted him.

He saw her turn and kick the accelerator on her hover board, flying straight at him. He waisted no time, but took off at his maximum speed, twisting and turning to avoid the blasts from her ecto cannon.

"Hold still spook," she yelled at him.

He laughed at that. "Come on Valerie," he shouted as he evaded yet another shot from her, "Aren't you getting tired of not catching me...ouch!"

"Got you! Give it up spook," Valerie shouted.

Danny was holding his left arm and glared at her. "Yeah right, I'm gonna sit here and let you blast me to kingdom come! So not doing that!"

With that, he let himself fall to the ground, and then right through, intangible. He moved through the ground several hundred yards before he peeked his head through, invisible. And got run over by a truck. It didn't matter of course, since he was intangible, but it did give him a bad shock nonetheless.

He let himself drift out of the ground, still both invisible and intangible and looked around. Even though Valerie couldn't see him, that didn't mean she wouldn't be able to detect him some other way. The safest course of action now would be to find a secluded place to transform. Then he wondered about her equipment, now that Vlad was no longer around to supply her.

Just as he thought it would be safe to put himself down on the ground in an alley, she suddenly was there again, cannons blazing. She obviously could see him through her visor so he let go of the invisibility and took off again, full speed. This was getting really annoying. He twisted and turned as he sped on, flying over the outskirts of Amity Park, moving the fight to a less populated area.

He got hit again twice and he was getting tired. He felt his anger rising at her persistence and her disregard of her surroundings. She was causing a lot of damage and he hadn't fired a single shot. Still, he knew they would blame all damage on him.

He turned unexpectedly and fired a single ecto beam at her, sending her ecto gun flying. In the back of his mind, something started to push it's way out. He knew instantly what was happening and he desperately tried to push it back. But he felt his anger increase as she took out an ever bigger gun and aimed it right at him.

In an instant he was on top of her, wrenched the gun from her hand and pushed her off her hover board. With a shriek she fell and the hover board quickly picked up speed to catch her. Danny threw the gun in the air and blasted it. It exploded. Then he looked down to see if the hover board had caught Valerie. At that point, he didn't really care, but he saw her sitting on it, about ten feet above the ground.

He lowered himself to her and just as she was getting up he landed on her hover board, behind her. She swirled as she felt the slight weight shift and took a small step back when she saw his angry face. He grabbed the front of her suit and pulled her close.

"Look. Right now I really don't care whether you live or die. Back off. If you come after me again I won't hold back. You don't stand a chance against me. The only reason you're still alive is that I really don't want to kill you."

He felt something shift inside of him and he knew his eyes flashed red for a moment. He let go of the stunned girl and flew away, looking back every now and then to see if she was following him. He heard her yelling at him in the distance. For a moment he wished she would try to follow him, so he could take care of her once and for all, but he managed to push that thought away. He really needed to change back to his human form.

He was standing in the debris what once had been the Master's estate, a slight breeze blowing through his now once again black hair. The huge castle had completely collapsed, with Vlad underneath it. He felt ecstatic. The destruction was complete, there was nothing left. The ecstacy was slowly leaving him, leaving him nothing but exhausted. He would have to destroy something else, he thought, to get that feeling back. He tried to transform, but instead went down on his knees.

He was too tired. He had completely drained his powers in the ghostly wail. Common sense kicked in. He needed to get out of there, so he stumbled to his feet and climbed over the debris, in the direction of the driveway. He could hear sirens in the distance and he wondered how long he had been standing there, in the middle of the destruction, feeling great.

He got clear of the debris of the enormous house and quickly made his way to the woods in the distance. They had better not find him here. It was a good thing they were still quite a distance away, because he couldn't really run anymore. He was straining himself as it was, forcing himself to walk at a brisk pace.

The first of the police cars turned into the driveway just as he reached the edges of the forest. He jumped into the bushes and turned to look what would happen. He saw several policemen get out of their cars and just stand there, staring. Well, it was quite a sight of course. He chuckled and wondered what would happen if he was able to transform again and blow those police cars away.

"You'll be hunted forever," a little voice in the back of his mind said.

"Get away," he thought, irritated, but the little voice was right. He'd better get walking.