Chapter 2: The First "Attack"
A few minutes later
"Thanks for that cover" Danny told Sam when they were far enough away
"No problem" she said
Suddenly, there was movement in a pile of boxes.
Sam looked around and grabbed a scalpel and handed it to Danny
"you do know I have reoccurring nightmares about these things right?" he asked
"Well, as you're currently without powers, you're stuck" she pointed out
Danny took the thing with a brief flashback of a nightmare in which a scalpel was in his father's hands headed right for his chest as he was strapped to a lab table
Ironically, that was HIS Nightmare 36.
The boxes moved
'BEWARE!" a familiar voice said. "FOR I AM THE BOX GHOST!"
"Oh. Just you" Danny said "Aren't you late for a date with the Lunch Lady or something?"
"So I am. Gotta go." The Box Ghost said before taking off after seeing the time
"Ew" Danny said making a face
"There you two are"
The two turned to see Valerie and Tucker who was blindfolded by his beret
"Any luck?" Valerie said
"Just the Box Ghost, but we got rid of him. I just hope things don't get too hard by other ghosts" Danny said
"Yeah" Tucker said "Skulker's going to have a field day. It's bad enough we gotta protect all the models in this modeling agency"
"you keep telling yourself that" Valerie said to Tucker while giving Danny and Sam apologetic looks. "I told him to find a happy place"
They responded with a look that said that she did the right thing
"It's what I usually do" Sam admitted handing Valerie a scalpel.
"How is THIS going to help fight ghosts?" Valerie asked
"Some of them use real objects as armor…like Technus uses electronics and Skulker has this mechanical armor that USUALLY Tucker can hack into" Danny said
"And you DON'T hunt ghosts?" Valerie asked suspiciously
"I'm very observant when it comes to the ghosts my parents catch" Danny lied
"Right" Valerie said in an unbelieving tone
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The group spent the next half hour looking for an exit, with Tucker bumping into practically every wall in the building
"Okay. We're officially trapped" Valerie said after failing to break down the last door
"It's gotta be either Skulker or Plasmius" Danny mused
"What does Vlad have against you?" Valerie asked
"What does Vlad have to do with this?" Danny asked
"Didn't you know?" Valerie asked stunned. "I mean, he's your parents' best friend. He's a ghost"
"What proof do you have on that?" Tucker asked a stand that held the water bags thinking it was Valerie
"Look" Valerie told them. "I've met Danny Phantom. He has a cousin who's half human and I helped him rescue her. She was trapped in Vlad's house and after we saved her, I went back to check on Mayor Masters and I found that he's a ghost. Phantom's actually not half bad"
"Glad you've converted to our side" Tucker said to the water bags
"Excuse me?"
"Who do you think has been helping Danny with his limited ghost abilities? Michael Jackson?" Sam asked covering up Tucker's slip-up
"THAT'S why you three have been defending him!" Valerie figured
"Yeah" Danny said looking at his watch
2 hours and 20 minutes left until he could phase them out of there…hopefully