I do not own Danny Phantom, or Red Bull.

I do own however, Taylor. Hahaha take that! I own something too. Grins

Chapter 18

Reunited

It seemed like an eternity before Danny spotted Vlad's castle on his radar screen. Knowing very well that Vlad would be expecting him, he decided it best that he park the RV somewhere secluded. Danny took the controls in his hand and pushed them upwards. The heaviness of the controls made him grit his teeth in concentration, trying hard to keep the plane steady as it descended to a secluded spot. With gliding speed, the plane/rv moved closer and closer to it's destination until it slowed and moved back into position, hovering before it finally settled on the ground. Danny slowly let the controls go and wiped off the sweat that had formed on his face. He let out a long breath and then leaned back in his seat, closing his eyes and thinking.

"I need to be fast, and be quick. . . and to do that I need energy."

He knew his lack of proper sleep would be a detriment, so he did what any tired 16 year old boy would do in an energy crisis. Leaning forwards, he pushed a small button. Out from a compartment came a large can of Red Bull. Grinning broadly at his own genius, Danny opened the can and took a long sip from it. His arms and legs began to tingle, and he felt a small surge of energy, alerting him immediately.

"Nothing like Red Bull when you're literally down." he said confidently.

Then he became more serious as he took in his surroundings, becoming lost in the large canopy of green before him.

"And now to find Taylor."

Taylor meanwhile was still lying in the hospital room, bound tightly to her bed by iron bonds. She struggled violently, trying to break free despite the complete failure of it. Growling out in frustration, Taylor knew she needed to find a way out of this and soon. To do this, she needed to weigh her options and remember her environment.

This was Vlad's castle, obviously guarded with spy cameras and ecto-americans. He had captured her, and she was now sitting in a hospital room with no one to keep an eye on her but the very timid looking nurse she had just seen.

Timid nurse. . .

She seemed like a nice lady, a lady who couldn't possibly bare to see a child in so much agonizing pain. . .

Taylor's eyes narrowed mischievously as a brilliant plan formed in her mind.

She closed her eyes quickly and groaned in pain. The room was sound proof, so she would have to make it look convincing. She pushed the NURSE ALERT button beside her and it was no time before the same Maid came in, looking alarmed.

Taylor forced large tears out of her eyes and looked at the Maid in pain.

"My head hurts!" she sputtered through tears.

"I'm suffocating!"

The maid, not knowing what to do, rushed over to Taylor and undid her bonds. Taylor felt a surge of accomplishment when her body was free.

"Please! Put me to sleep. . ."

The maid tried to speak, but no words came out. She simply stood there, not sure how to help the agonized child in front of her.

"Oh God. . .the pain. . .oh please!" she begged, locking her eyes with the maid's as she continued to sob with anguished bravado. Frowning, trying not to cry herself, the maid nodded and walked over to a table beside Taylor's bed, pulling out a large needle.

She studied it and bit her bottom lip, looking over at the pained child who was crying in despair.

"This wont hurt dear. . .I promise."

Taylor continued to cry as the nurse came closer. Inside however, she was cool, calm, and focused. All she needed was to close a bit more distance and. . .

"HIYA!"

Taylor reached out and kicked the maid in the face, the woman falling sideways and hitting the floor, needle safely in her hands. With the ferocity of a wild animal, Taylor flipped off the bed and rushed at the nurse, pinning her down to the ground with a shout.

The petrified maid began to cry, sending waves of satisfaction throughout Taylor's body.

Now this stupid bitch will know what it was like to be held captive.

Grinning viciously, dodging the maid's legs with ease, she took the needle out of her clamped hands and slowly pushed it into her neck, feeling the cool metallic metal beneath her fingers. The woman continued to shout, her voice never leaving the sound proof room.

It wasn't long however, before her eyelids dropped despite her fighting, and she moved no more. Taylor watched, breathing heavy, as she didn't move an ounce, and slowly she climbed off of her. Taylor's body shook, and she was sweating. She didn't realize the amount of blood she lost and just how weak she was until that moment.

Grinning evilly, Taylor threw the needle against the wall. She would be knocked out for hours, no one to find her until it was too late.

Now becoming serious, Taylor took the woman by her arms and hoisted her onto the table. If she was going to get around Vlad's castle, she would need protection and a disguise. Her protection was in the form of the watch in Vlad's room, and her disguise was in the form of the maid's clothing.

With cold heartless eyes, Taylor stripped the maid of her clothing and threw a large white sheet over her. Then she put the clothes on herself, thankful that the nurse was so thin. Dusting herself off, Taylor took the maid's keys and left the room, locking it behind her.

Danny stood in front of the castle, completely intangible. It would have been a magnificent site if it wasn't Vlad's property. The castle was tall and silver, engraved with green and gold trim. Large towers encircled it, making it look like an authentic medieval heirloom. Thick courtyards filled with fresh fruit and beautiful plants made it sweet and fragrant. Danny inhaled and slowly moved closer to the castle until he was completely inside it, the outside disappearing and the inside filling his view.

Once inside, he looked around. It was the same as he had remembered when he went there for a reunion a year and a half ago. The same Packers fanatic décor, and he couldn't possibly forget an oversized picture of the Dairy King. Danny grinned as he remembered the very regal king setting him free, allowing him to come after Vlad and kick some serious butt.

He'd get the chance to do that again, and this time he would be ready for Vlad. He wasn't a weak child anymore. Slowly and slowly he was starting to become a man, and he knew that it was only a matter of time before he reached his full capabilities.

The house seemed to darken even more as Danny closely studied it. Would Taylor really be in his room? Would Vlad tell him that to lure him into a trap? Still intangible, Danny decided that it would be best to do a bit of sneaking around to find Taylor before reappearing into a dangerous situation.

…………………

"Ugh. . ." Taylor mumbled as she grasped her head. She'd only made it down the second hallway in Vlad's annoyingly large castle before having to stop. The pain was intense, and for a moment Taylor doubted that she would be able to find her Fenton watch, without taking an hour and most likely collapsing on the floor.

She tried to remain calm, and mustering up as much courage as possible, Taylor continued her way down the hallway. Grabbing her head was dangerous, so she simply pulled her maid's cap until it was closer to her head, applying a comfortable pressure on the wound. With that being done, she continued to walk the familiar path to Vlad's room, or wherever it was. Taylor remembered that there was a window. . . and obviously if there was a window there was at least that much space between another one. That would mean that in this hallway, somewhere, Vlad's room would be in between two large doors.

Stopping in her tracks, she found it at last.

This has to be it!

In between two regal doors, was a huge blank space.

"And now to get into it. . ."

Vlad transformed himself back into Masters and dropped swiftly to the ground. Dusting himself off, he looked around, pondering what was so odd about the situation. He knew that there was something not quite right, because he had always been able to sense these things. Now however, he wasn't sure.

"I'd better check on Taylor. . ." he said as he walked up the stairs from his lab.

Danny felt his ghost sense go off, and he wasn't sure if it was because of Vlad, or other ghosts he had seen. He was almost certain he was near Vlad's room, so he decided to go in that direction.

Taylor stood in front of the blank space, racking her mind for any slight hint she could take. She knew that Vlad would never NOT have a door. He would be too tired and lazy in the morning to morph in and out of his room.

"If I was Vlad's door. . . where would I be?"

A brilliant plan came to her mind, though almost comical.

"Alright. . . I hope this works."

Trying to ignore the pain of her head, Taylor looked up at the door, leaned back, and did a sharp kick. She dropped down and looked up, grasping her head in pain. The wall to her complete surprise shook slowly, then a large purple door appeared in the center.

"No. Way. . ." she said in awe, looking up at it with awe.

"Now. . " she declared, standing up, "to find my watch."

Danny continued to float down the eerie hallways.

"Almost there Taylor. . . almost there."

"Is everything alright?" asked Vlad, peering at one of his maids with limited amusement.

"Everything is find Master Masters." she assured with a smile, gesturing around the almost empty hospital wing.

"Miss Hecter hasn't been a bother?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No sir, not at all, as a matter of fact, we haven't heard a thing from her!"

Now Vlad knew something was up. There was no way that Taylor would remain quiet for that long. Giving the maid a cold look, Vlad set off toward Taylor's containment lab. When he arrived, all he saw was the small form of the girl, a sheet over her, through the large glass window.

"That's odd. . . I don't remember Taylor ever being so tall. . ."

Then something dawned on him, something that should have occurred to him long ago but didn't.

"She ISN'T that tall!"

Vlad ran into the room, pulled the covers off Taylor, to find that it was not Taylor at all. It was one of his maids, a needle sticking out of her neck. Vlad gritted his teeth angrily as he looked at the sleeping chemical she had injected into the woman.

"I don't know whether to be amused, or to kill her!" he growled, turning around sharply, a strand of white ghostly hair falling out of place and over his face. Looking quite disheveled, Vlad ran out of the wing to the only place he knew she would be.

"Got it!" Taylor exclaimed as she held her Fenton watch up high. Grinning broadly, she put it on, immediately glowing a soft blue and turning into a ghost fighter once again. However, none of her weapons were there, and her clothes seemed to be glued to her body.

"It doesn't work?" she spat bitterly, not believing her bad luck.

With annoyance she pulled the watch off of her to find that the clothes remained on, despite the absence of the watch.

"Ah great!" she shouted, kicking the watch to the side.

"Taylor?"

Taylor turned abruptly to find Danny, floating a bit above her. There was a brief look of fear before love replaced it, and he rushed over to her.

"TAYLOR!"

"DANNY!"

Both teens embraced, Taylor feeling Danny's weight against her as he hugged her feverishly. He was normally cold in his ghost state, but now he was warm, like warm sunlight, or the heat of a fire.

"Danny. . ." she gasped, not knowing how to show how glad she was to see him.

Danny took both of her hands in his and squeezed them, happy tears beginning to form at the corner of his eyes.

"It's alright Taylor. . .I'm here to rescue you."

A feeling of warmth and happiness surged over her, so powerfully, that she forgot to control her emotions. Taylor gently leaned in until she was close to Danny, feeling his warm breath against her cheek. Then she slowly put her mouth to his, feeling his hot lips against hers. Danny went limp for a moment, in complete shock. Feeling embarrassed all of the sudden, she thought it best to stop, however, Danny seemed to make up his mind. Taylor was about to draw away when he pulled her closer, deepening the kiss. Gasping softly, Taylor enjoyed the moment, feeling as close and as happy as she ever had to anyone.

"Ah! What a sweet little reunion!" came Vlad's rough voice from behind them. Both teens broke away with a start to see Vlad, hair completely out of his ponytail, looking quite ruffled, not to mention angry.

"Give it up Vlad! And let us go!" Danny shouted, stepping away from Taylor as he curled his hands into fists.

Vlad seemed to ignore Danny, looking to Taylor with a mixture of hatred and, though she could hardly believe it, all look of being impressed and surprised at the same time.

"I knew it wasn't wise to underestimate you Taylor." he drawled, looking at her with a smirk.

"Tricking someone who was taking care of you, then drugging her almost to death, then stealing her clothes. . . Why, you're more twisted than I thought."

Danny looked over at Taylor slowly, a look of disbelief in his eyes. Taylor gave Vlad an angry look and snarled," I don't have to explain anything to you Vlad."

"No, perhaps not, but you and Danny wont be explaining anything to each other anymore either!"

With the speed of a lightning bolt, Vlad took out an ecto gun, and shot at Taylor. Not being able to dodge it, she was hit head on, her injured skull hitting the wall.

"TAYLOR!" Danny shouted, looking to her with horror. Yelling out in anger, Danny began to run to Vlad when two of Vlad's clone servants materialized out of nowhere, holding Danny in place tightly. Danny struggled violently, grunting and yelling, trying to break free from their grasp.

"See what your insolence made me do Danny?" he growled evilly, standing in the doorframe with a twisted grin.

"Vlad. You have me now! Let her go, please!" he said, trying to compromise as he looked over to a bleeding Taylor.

"I'm afraid not Danny. I have my own uses for her now you see. . . but fear not Little Badger. . ." he paused, watching Danny's angry face," You will get to see her own last time, before you are executed of course."

And with that, Vlad snapped his fingers. Bolts of ecot-energy shot out of the clone's arms, and Danny screamed in pain, drowning in the hot electricity before he finally knew no more.

DaDaDaDa

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. . . Well, in this chapter several things happen.

Danny gets hyper off of red bull, Taylor drugs the maid, Danny and Taylor make out, and Vlad electrocutes Danny with clones, oh, before smashing Taylor into the wall.

Have I sold out to useless violence and corny love scenes?

Naw

But writing them is always fun!

------Will Danny survive? Will Vlad fix his hair? Will Taylor get over severe head injuries, and willthe maid get a bonus for being hurt on the job?------------

Find out next time on. . .

THE THIRD GHOST HYRBRID HIS FOOLISHNESS CREATED!