Hey I'm back. And I'm really sorry for the lack of updates. I have experienced my very first case of writers block and I would just like to say that it sucks big time. But I'm working through it and hope to get onto a real updating schedule soon.

Hope you enjoy this chapter!

P.S. this is written as Danny relives what happened to him, while he's sleeping at Xavier's

Danny's Dream:

Danny Fenton slowly walked down the sidewalk. He was a skinny boy of 15 or so with dark black hair and crystal blue eyes. His raven hair was messy and hung in front of his eyes. He had on a white tee shirt with a red circle in the middle and a pair of blue jeans. Anyone seeing him walking down the street wouldn't have given him a second thought but what no one realized was that under his awkward shell he was really the ghost hero of Amity Park, Danny Phantom. Danny continued on his way, he had just come from a detention for losing his pants in class again. As he walked he though about how much his day had sucked, first with the appearance of the box ghost at 2 in the morning, then being late for Lancer's class because of Johnny 13's rampage through the streets. After that he had found that Sam and Tucker, his two best friends, were absent and was forced to deal with the 4 other ghost attacks during the rest of the day alone.

Suddenly a light blue mist flowed out of Danny's mouth. The mist signified the presence of a ghost.

"Damn! Why can't they leave me alone" Danny muttered under his breath. He looked around trying to locate the ghost before it attacked.

There was a scream from the alley next to him. He rushed in to find Technus harassing a women at the end of the alley. Danny jumped behind a garbage can and yelled, "Going Ghost!" A white ring appeared around his waist and split and spread up his body in opposite directions, as the ring moved it changed his ordinary shirt and jeans into a black and white hazmat suit, with a D inside of a P symbol on the chest. His dark black hair turned pure white and his light blue eyes became a glowing neon green. When the ring had disappeared Danny Fenton was gone and in his place was the legendary hero Danny Phantom.

He phased through the floor and silently appeared behind Technus who was ranting about being the Master of all Technology again. While he was distracted Danny fired a ghost ray at him. Technus screamed and crashed into a wall, looking dazed. Technus was a thin ghost in is mid 40 with long white hair pulled back into a ponytail because he though it made him look hip. Overall he wasn't the strongest ghost but he could still cause plenty of damage if left alone.

Taking advantage of Technus's confusion Danny yelled, "Run, get out of here" to the terrified women. Who at the sound of his voice fled out of the alley and disappeared down the street.

Technus was starting to get up again and Danny did not want to waste his time and energy fighting him. So he pulled out the Fenton thermos and quickly sucked the semiconscious Technus in. As he turned back into Danny Fenton, he heard a laugh behind him. Danny whirled around just in time to be hit head on by Skulker's electric stun gun.

100,000 volts of electricity shot through Danny's body. His body twitched with pain as he suddenly heard someone screaming only to realize that he was the one making the awful sound. Finally the shocks stopped and he fell to the ground as everything slowly faded to black.

Danny came to slowly. As he got his hazy vision to clear he realized that he was in some sort of laboratory. The walls were a dull grey color and there were walls full of shelves and cabinets, all filled with strange tools, weapons and beakers. The laboratory was right out of an old horror film but more high tech. At any moment Danny expected to see Frankenstein lumber by and for a mob of angry, pitch fork welding villagers to attack. He tried to get up but found that his arms and legs had been strapped to a hard metal table.

Danny was starting to panic when a cold voice from the corner of the room chuckled evilly. He didn't need to see who the laugh had come from, for he had heard it many times before. "Vlad" Danny growled out as the older halfa stepped into the light. Vlad was Danny's archnemesis. He had gray hair pulled into a small ponytail but unlike Technus Vlad's hair was intimidating. Danny would never admit this out loud but almost everything about Vlad was intimidating. He was wearing his traditional black suit and had a smug look on his face. Just seeing him made Danny's blood boil and if he had been free he would have already tried to punch him.

"Hello Daniel, its so nice to see you again" Vlad drawled out.

"What do you want with me this time?" Danny demanded as he craned his neck to keep Vlad in his line of sight but Vlad blend with the shadows and seemed to disappear from sight. Vlad only chuckled again as he answered, "Why Daniel all I want is for you to renounce your idiot father and become my perfect son."

"Keep dreaming you crazed up fruit loop" Danny yelled. When was Vlad ever going to understand he would never join him. It was starting to get annoying how many times Vlad had done this whole kidnapping thing.

"I thought you would say that", Vlad explained to the still fuming Danny. "That is why I made this". He walked over to a big machine standing against the wall next to the table Danny was currently strapped to. The machine wasn't all that scary in fact it looked a bit like one of those old computers from the 60's,with the little screens and then huge amounts of glowing buttons. But unlike those computers this one had a giant satiate dish attached to the top of it. Vlad picked up a small microchip that was sitting by the machine.

"Daniel, I would like to introduce you to my newest invention, the Master Mind. See after trying so hard for so long to get you to understand that being my son and apprentice is the best thing for you, I have come to realize that no matter what I say you won't join me. So I decided to stop asking and instead just going straight to forcing you. And that is exactly what the Master Mind will do. See the Master Mind is a mind control chip and with it you will finally see my reasoning".

"What"! Danny yelled, "Are you crazy! Vlad you'll never get away with this, someone will notice I'm missing and stop you".

"On the contrary, Daniel, once your under my control. I'll make you tell your stupid friends that you had a change of heart and decided to come live with your dear old uncle Vlad".

Danny gaped at Vlad. He had always thought that Vlad was a bit crazy but this was the craziest thing that he had ever done. While Vlad was facing the machine, Danny tried desperately to faze out of his restraints, but it was in vain as Danny noticed the slightly green tint to the straps. I guess that I'll have to resort to resort to strength and cunning, he thought.

As Danny was planning how he could possible break the straps, Vlad turned around holding a very long very sharp looking needle. Seeing this Danny started thrashing against the table and yelling obscenities about Vlad and his mother.

"Now, now Daniel this will only hurt a lot" Vlad sneered before plunging the needle into Danny's neck. He could feel himself losing consciousness and with a last heave against the straps Danny fainted onto the table, not to know anything for a long time.

When he awoke he found himself laying in a soft bed of leaves. There were scratches and still bleeding wounds all over his arms, face and legs. Danny looked around trying to get his bearings. It was obvious that he had somehow escaped from Vlad's, but the main question was how? He stood up slowly sore from something that he couldn't remember. Danny was in a kind of forest with tall pine and maple trees, it was night and a spray of fine mist was coming from the cloudy sky.

He knew that if he had escaped, Vlad would be on his trail and if he wanted to survive Danny would need to find some help and fast. Picking a direction at random he headed on his way, hopeful to help and a place to stay.

Sadly it wasn't long before he noticed that he had to stop every few seconds. It was becoming exceedingly apparent that whatever had happened down in the lab had completely wiped him out. Danny knew that if he didn't get help soon he would not live through the night.

He struggled and fought his way through both his exhaustion and the tangles of the undergrowth. By this time the fine mist had become pouring rain. Finally Danny started to make out a faint light coming from in between the trees, he had found help.

In the Xavier Institute, Kitty and Kurt watch in sympathy as the boy with black hair tossed and turned fighting off his nightmares. The boy, who had only arrived at the house a couple of days ago, had for some time been fighting his sheets and silently screaming. But the most shocking thing of all was that he had, on occasion, flickered out of visibility.

"Do you think we should wake him up or get the professor?" Kitty asks. She was a pretty girl of 15, with long light brown hair and a small built. She had on a light pink, long sleeved shirt and a pair of bell bottom jeans.

"No, look he seems to be calming down" says Kurt in his Romanian accent. Kurt was blue and fuzzy with only three fingers and toes. He had shoulder length blue hair and was wearing a red long sleeved shirt with a loose tan tee-shirt over it.

And just as he said the boy stopped fighting and his breathing became more regular. Kurt lightly touched Kitty on her shoulder making her jump. Without making a sound Kurt motioned that it was time they left especially if they didn't want to be caught. They held hands and with a small puff of smoke they were gone.

Many miles away in dark room sat Vlad, a cell phone placed against his ear.

"Yes, everything is going according to plan" Vlad says calmly to the person on the other line.

"Are you certain the boy doesn't remember what happened?" an ominous voice asks back.

"No, Daniel has no idea" Vlad assures his partner. "Soon everything will fall into place then we will get all that we want and deserve" And with that Vlad hangs up the phone.

He turns to look out the window, "Soon" he whispers to the dark sky.

Ooh cliffhanger! Sorry but I had to add to the drama. Please read and review.