Okay, this is the last lead up chapter, so enjoy! And thanks to everyone who has reviewed.

-Obi

Chapter 5

The teenage trio were flying through the Ghost Zone in the Specter Speeder.

"So, where should we start?" Danny asked.

"Anywhere, I guess," Tucker replied. "How about that guy?" he asked as he pointed towards a man floating in front of them.

"Okay." Danny pulled up to him and leaned out of the craft. "Hey, do you know anyhting about Fire King?" he asked. The man turned around, and you could hear three loud groans.

"I do not know of this ghost of which you speak. BEWARE!" The Box Ghost cried as he ran off.

"Well, that was a waste of time," Sam said. "Why don't we just go to the one person who actually can help us?" she asked.

"Because, he's creepy, and probably won't help us," Tucker replied.

"No, she's right," Danny replied. "If anyone could know something about the Fire King, he's the most likely to." Danny turned the speeder around and sped off towards the castle of the Fright Knight.

"So how exactly are you going to get him to help us?" Tucker asked.

"I don't know. I'll have to improvise. Besides, what choice do I have? The Fright Knight was Pariah's right hand man. He has to know something about this fiery servant of Dark's. I've gotta do something," he finished.

"But, what if he's working with this Fire King? What if they're both working to get the Ghost King free?"

"I don't think that's likely. Don't you remember how much he enjoyed not being under the rule of a cruel master?" Sam asked. "I say that might be your angle. He might help you just to keep any plans of freeing Pariah Dark down." The three of them kept quiet as they contiued on towards the castle.

Danny pulled up to the large, creepy castle. "I'm going in by myself," he told them.

"Okay dude, see ya later," Tucker happily replied.

"Wow, thanks," Danny replied in a sarcastic tone.

"No Danny, we're coming with you," Sam cut in, ignoring the other boy who seemed content to wait in the speeder.

"Did you not hear what he said?" Tucker aked. Sam grabbed him by the ear and dragged him in.

"Hello?" Danny yelled as he stepped into the throne room. "Anyone here?" Danny, Sam, and Tucker looked around for a sign of the large ghost. Suddenly, there was a loud thump behind them. They turned around to see a very large man wearing black and grey armor. Two small eyes glowed out of a large helmet topped with spikes. A huge, fiery, purple mane of sorts came from the helmet. His entire body was glowing a pale blue. He withdrew a glowing green sword and held it toward the three teenagers.

"What are you doing here?" he asked in a cold voice.

"I need your help" Danny repied.

"Me, help you?" he asked. "Never." He reaised his sword, the Soul Shredder, and prepared to slice through the trio.

"No, wait, you don't understand. We need your help to stop someone from bringing back Pariah Dark!" Danny explained in an almost frantic voice.

The Fright Knight stopped in his tracks. His eyes got wide, and he resheathed his sword. "Did you say bring back Pariah Dark?"

"Well, we think so," Danny said.

"But we aren't completely sure. We need some info from you," Sam cut in.

"The last thing I want is to be back under the hand of that ghost. What do you need to know?"

"Do you know anything about this ghost?" Tucker asked as he held out his PDA. On the screen was the picture of the Fire King from the book. He had scanned it before they had left the library.

"His name is the Fire King, and we think he may have been created by the Ghost King in his final hours as a last act to defeat the attackers," Danny explained.

"I myself wasn't with Pariah in his last hours before his defeat, but I do remember seeing him at the end of the battle. That's the only time I've seen him."

"So if that's the earliest sighting of him, then he must be a servant of the Ghost King!" Sam exclaimed.

"Thanks for the info. I think you've verified what we were thinking," Danny said.

"No problem. But remember, I am still your enemy, and always will be," he replied in a menacing tone.

Danny nodded in acceptance and flew off, with Sam and Tucker on his heels. "I think we know what we have to do," Danny began.

"We've gotta confront this fiery ghost and stop him now," Sam finished.

"Yep. We gotta nip it in the bud," Tucker put in, garnering weird looks from Danny and Sam.