Autor's Note: This episode is rated PG 13 (I think is the right one, correct me if I'm worng) for there is quite more violence at the end and Danny's reaction...

Chapter 15

Sick Sad World, Part 2

See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil

Hellhounds in many tales are vicious ghost dogs tasked with hunting and dragging souls to Hell. They are often of ill omen and many say that when you stare into a Hellhound's eyes or hear its howl, you are as dead. Much quite like in the myth, these mechanical monsters made with organic technology and actual ghost wolves hunted by Skulker himself, are tasked with the mission of hunting and dragging Danny to a hell of sorts.

These monsters are more machine than alive—though more dangerous for it, for now they are the ultimate hunting and killing machines. Their flesh, bone and even their organs are now replaced with the same regenerative metal and organic technology used in Skulker's armor with only their brains left so they would retain their feral and hunting instincts, only but wired up so Skulker can control them to make sure they would accomplish their one and only task, that which he hasn't been able to do by his own. But before claiming Danny's hide as his long overdue prize, he wanted a… more extensive field test and hunting the poor people in the Phantom Convention seemed the perfect test for his creations.

Manifesting themselves in black bursts of ghostly fire, a large pack of Hellhounds appeared out of nowhere and started breaking havoc, destroying everything and chasing everyone that felt within their sight. How did they pass through the Ghost Shield is unknown and astounding for Mr. Gray and Tucker since they used a gen-lock that would ensure Danny and Dani were the only ghosts capable of walking in the hotel and the convention. Luckily Dani and Valerie were set to overwatch in case somehow they get inside the convention, and even though they couldn't destroy them, they managed to put all the people in the lobby in a safe place. But the convention had the most people and that people is still in danger's way, and sadly they didn't have the numbers to keep them all safe.

Is then when Danny appears in the lobby using teleportation as well. He doesn't appear in a big flash of light or a burst of flames, no rings or mist announce him coming, he just simply appears out of nowhere floating in the middle of the chaos created by the Hellhounds, and this time he is ready to fight them, but… where were they?

He looks for them in the ravaged lobby but as far as he could see there was nothing, the place was empty even though his ghost sense and scanners would say otherwise which confused him, how could they be there if he didn't see them? For anyone else the answer is obvious but Danny, he wasn't always the greatest mind and for moments he forgets that he isn't the only one who can't be seen and of course he doesn't think they are hidden with their invisibility until it's too late.

Lurking in the light yet unseen they jump on Danny attacking from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. This is their game, haunting and attacking their pray while invisible.

They bite his legs and fore arms dragging him on the floor forcing him to generate a green repulsion field to break free.

Now he knows they are invisible, that they are playing with him and he is fine with it, he is used to play this kind of games all the time but Danny has had a lifetime of playing by other people's rules, now it is time to play by his rules. If they would fight invisible, so would he, only but with another advantage.

- Gas, turn on the thermal vision - orders to his suit's operative system.

With his goggles set in infrared, he would now see the Hellhounds by their intense heat while hiding with his invisibility as well. Also aided with his suit's built in radar which would also give him a 360 degrees image of his surroundings "printed" straight into his brain, he manages "see" one of them jumping from behind in time to dodge and smite it with a streaming green ghost ray causing it severe damage, however it quickly heal from it.

As far he could see there are only three Hellhounds in the lobby, apparently the same three he fought earlier in the parking lot.

- Looks like you guys can still see me - points Danny. Nothing further from the truth.

Whereas the Hellhounds couldn't see him since they didn't have the eyes for it, being in a manner of speaking "blind", they had their wolves' greatest quality which would totally compensate for their blindness, their senses of smell and hearing which are even stronger now due to their mechanical implants.

With their hearing they follow his heartbeat, footsteps and breathing, even more, it is now so accurate it almost works as a bat's echo-location almost getting an image of him. And with their enhanced smell they take even more advantage of the main and only weakness of any form of camouflage, the odor. With all their enhancements they are on pair with Danny and his upgrades and the fact that any of them remained invisible was pretty much pointless as they could see each other one way or another, but they are all stubborn and so they would keep playing that way until the other cannot.

Danny didn't know about their capabilities and his suit couldn't tell him about them or their weak points since Skulker made them scanner-proof, but he didn't care, all he needed to know is where they're standing so he can punch them hard.

Two of them walk around him, standing one on each side, ready to jump on him from right and left. They bustle to seize him only to get stabbed in the chest by his arm-swords reacting and unsheathing them the second they jump. His reaction and movement speed was increased to such extent he elongates his swords so fast they wouldn't even have time to react and before they could heal back he fires a white ghost ray at blank point that would cause them even more damage, enough for him to suck them with his "Fenton Thermos" Gauntlet, a small wrist cannon built in his forearm plating that worked just the same only but with more capacity due to the suit's flat space technology.

Now there was only one Hellhound left in front of him, but as much as it fights it opposed no challenge to him.

Jumping and swinging over the Hellhound he gashes its back and quickly avoid its fangs jumping around it as he delivers every blow of his swords. The design of his arm-swords parallel to his forearms was for them to work specifically along with his supernatural agility lending to it, allowing him to attack his opponents the way he does now, striking fast and hard while jumping swiftly and graceful, becoming untouchable.

This was a whole new fighting style for him, one he has been developing for the last month becoming quite dexterous with, and he was easily overcoming the Hellhound with it. But the Hellhound had a few tricks of his own as well, such as the machine guns built on its shoulders.

A barrage of bullets strike his chest but thanks to his suit's state-of-the-art ballistic protection he manages to withstand and cope with the attack. Never he is more grateful for this suit than when he gets caught by attacks that would otherwise cause him great pain or injuries. This sleek glowing suit, made of a titanium nano-fiber fabric blended with a rare alloy of regenerative metals and laced with malleable diamond-hard liquid crystals, functions both tactical and diagnostic, monitoring vitals and providing protection against that which Danny doesn't naturally has for, namely attacks such as this. An attack that took him by surprise, surprised but never unprepared... never again.

Knowing that Skulker was armed with weapons like these, he devised several strategies to fight him and his machine guns, and this was the perfect moment to put them to test. His favorite plan so far was an old reliable he was glad to haven't overused in the past, his flashing Ghost Light.

Flying around the Hellhound he generates an intense light that totally blinds it and affects all of its systems. Now with his new found superior speed and his arm-swords he cuts it in half before the optic systems can adapt to the light and become aware of the situation. Not even with its further enhanced senses to cope with the lack of sight the Hellhound could react to the attack getting slain and trapped in Danny's thermos.

- AAAAHHHH… My business is done! - Danny states turning visible again, but his ghost sense tells him otherwise.

Manifesting themselves in bursts of black fire another pack, this time of seven Hellhounds, jumps on Danny who instinctively turns intangible. The Hellhounds growled and glared at him with their big red glowing eyes.

- Seven, eh? That's good - said unsheathing his arm-swords once again with his guillotine and energy push blades as well. - But I got four ace of spades on each hand… So I got the edge here.

- …Sir that was a terrible, terrible joke - points Gas.

- Hey, if you got another snappy joke, I'm all hears.

The Hellhound in the middle who seemed to be head of this pack attacks him first getting struck in the head and blasted into oblivion by a blue ghost ray from Danny's right fist. This attack was an statement that he wouldn't hold back and wasn't in the mood to play around anymore.

- ALL RIGHT! Who's next?! - he roars popping out his claws and mechanical spider legs, with his eyes blazing green almost sparkling power through the slanted lenses of his goggles.

His mask designed to work making facial changes according to his emotions and expression made emphasis on all the rage he had, by slanting the usually round bug-like lenses, giving him a more frightening and even devilish look to his face almost frightening Sam and Jazz who just entered the lobby, and even a few of the Hellhounds.

But all the same, afraid or not they jump on him, hustling to their deaths.

With his arm-swords, claws, guillotines and energy push blades, he skewers two of them through their mouths, destroying their chainsaws tongues and blasting them from the inside out. The ectoplasm felt around him like rain. Warned by his suit's sensors turns around and cuts in half a Hellhound jumping from behind and atomizes both halves with another streaming blue ghost ray fired with cupped hands blowing part of the ceiling. He soon turns around to the three Hellhounds that remain and pounces them, butchering them in a savage manner spreading their ectoplasm and inner parts all over the place.

In a matter of seconds Danny destroyed the killing machines meant to kill him leaving Jazz and Sam flabbergasted.

- Danny that… wow… I-I… I don't know what to say… - uttered Sam in shock by such display of brutality from him.

- Well that would be the first time - he blurts -. But don't worry, I have that effect on women.

- What were they doing here? - Jazz asked.

- Most important is how did they get in here - points -. Either way, I don't know, but I'm sure they came here for the convention. - is then when he remember… the guests of his convention! This fight was a diversion, and he realizes this just now - We gotta go there, now!

Wasting no time, he snaps his fingers teleporting himself and the girls to the convention which was being attack by hundreds of Hellhounds, all of them invisible. But there is one thing they can see… blood, human blood spread all over the place.

- What the hell…? - they ask in awe seeing the destruction caused by the Hellhounds without actually seen them.

Everything was a complete chaos, all the inventions brought for the convention were shattered to pieces, and even worst, there was blood everywhere and where there is blood there is dead people, people they didn't have to look hard for as the Hellhounds left their mutilated bodies exposed so Danny could see them.

- Oh my god! - utter Jazz and Sam in awe before such a hideous act.

- Sir…

- Change the spectrum vision. - Ordered Danny to his suit before it could try to comfort him.

- Pardon me?

- I want to see them… I want to see these monsters in their eyes when I tear them apart piece by piece… molecule by molecule. If there is anything in them that can feel anything at all… I want to see it when they feel pain and fear by my hand! - Yelled Danny with his fist smoldering and his eyes blazing and sparkling green ghost energy through his lenses.

- Danny, what…? - mumbles Sam.

Obeying its wearer's command, G.A.S.P.E.R. switches again to infrared which allowed Danny to see the Hellhounds.

Now that Danny could see them all over the place, breaking havoc he was ready to stop them from hurting and killing more people no matter what.

Pad of Deifinitions: Ghost Scanners and Radars

Now, probably it is a bit confusing the ghost radar ghost scanner thing, I'll put it simple, Ghost scanner they detect ghost nearby such a... detector or his ghost sense, a ghost radar work the same w¡but it also works mainly as daredevil's radar sense giving him an image in his brain of his surrounding. I'll give a deeper insight about it further on the fic but that is all you need to know and I'm willling to say by now, it works as a radar sense but with ghosts...