Chapter 5: Surprising Revelations
Day after day went by as the phantoms found their powers slowly fading. Danielle's pants had reverted to their usual shorts and her shirt faded into the sweater she wore in her human form. Danny wasn't having a better time. His arms had reverted back to his human form and his hair had begun to show a shade of black.
"We've got to do something. We can't lose our powers forever" Danielle cried!
"Danielle I'm more worried about you losing your powers. I'll last longer no matter how powerful Vlad is" Danny said.
"But we have to act fast the longer we're held hostage by this idiot the faster we lose our powers for good".
To the two's surprise one day Plasmius announced that they would not be used for target practice and that the two were free to wander the castle.
"This is our chance Danny. We can escape this castle and back to Amity Park" said Danielle.
"We can't. Vlad's duplicates guard the exit and even if we did get out of here there's no way out of the ghost zone" he said.
Vlad meanwhile had his own problems. It seemed every time he used his powers he would be shocked and his ghost powers felt like they were separating from him.
"I don't understand how this is happening. Run a trial" he ordered his Maddie hologram.
"With pleasure my brilliant husband" she said.
Vlad attempted to launch an ectoplasmic energy storm however the shock came again and for a moment it felt as if his powers almost left him. The storm diminished.
"Power at 80%. Ghost struggle also at 80%" Maddie told.
"WAIT WHAT" Vlad exclaimed!
"Power at 80%" she said again.
"No no after that".
"Ghost Struggle at 80%" she said.
"What do you mean ghost struggle" Vlad asked?
Maddie bought up a screen.
"According to data shown there was a bug in the combination of both yours and Danny's genome. The bug fed on your powers. As you used them quite frequently in an all out extent it has enough to break free. In other words Plasmius will become a full ghost of his own and you will revert to merely being Vlad Masters".
"What to do? I can't risk losing my ghost powers but I cannot simply go without using them" Vlad pondered.
Meanwhile Danny and Danielle were enjoying their day off trying to plot and execute a way to get out of Vlad's castle.
"It's no use Danny. We'll be stuck here forever until Vlad drains what's left of our powers".
"But why would Vlad give us the day off in the first place? It's not like he would want anything good for us. I'm gonna go see what Plasmius has planned for us".
"Danny don't. Our powers are diminishing. It won't be easy getting there without being caught".
"I'll be fine Danielle. I promise. In the meantime try finding new possibilities".
Danny flew off to Vlad's lab. He turned invisible and slipped inside. Plasmius appeared to be pacing around it.
"I will not let those two go free without draining their full ghost powers. However I cannot hold the ghost within me forever. I have to devise a new strategy" Vlad said.
Just then Danny's invisibility faded for a minute. Fortunately it came back just the moment Vlad looked where Danny was standing. Danny quickly left the lab before Vlad could notice anything else.
"I have a bad feeling that Vlad is only the beginning of our problems" Danny said.