It was indeed Technus. Technus had been a plague in Danny's side for several years of his childhood, and had already proven his power over technology. If anyone had been able to detect Danny's arrival in the new shuttle, it was him.

Technus looked around while grinning. "Just as I expected," he said. "The dark asteroid nearest to the moon…" He looked at the shuttle and smiled deviously. "And Danny Phantom's space shuttle! Hoo, chalk full with fresh and new technology! And what's more; it's technology designed by the ghost hunter himself! Controlling this will make is easy to take over NASA and the rest of its satellites!"

He suddenly spotted the four astronauts that were headed for the shuttle and laughed. "Oh, what fun!" he said. "Instead of over shadowing the humans, let's take over their suits and destroy them from there!" He rubbed his hands together. "A perfect bait for Danny Phantom, if I do say so myself!"

He immediately sped towards the shuttle, laughing deviously as he did.

Nicholas leaped towards the lift and turned to look at his crewmates. "Come on, guys, almost there," he encouraged. "Almost—!"

He suddenly caught a glimpse of the ghost that was headed his way. He looked up at it and gasped in shock before waving his arm rapidly. "HURRY UP, HURRY UP!" he cried out to the others. "Arthur, get ready with the lift, now!"

"But what about that Captain?" Arthur wondered.

"Just look out your window and you'll get my drift!"

This caused the other astronauts to stop and turn around. Upon seeing the ghost, they gasped in horror.

"Oh, my God," Arthur gasped.

"A GHOST!" the woman exclaimed as they pulled out their blasters.

All four astronauts began shooting rays at the spirit. Technus only smiled and laughed while throwing a ghost shield over his body.

"That's Technus!" Nicholas exclaimed. "The Spirit of Tehcnology!"

"How do you know that?" the first man asked.

"Hello; from the training, you idiot!" the third shouted.

Nicholas ceased firing. "His techno shield is too powerful!" he said. "Our guns don't have any effect!"

Technus stopped flying and hovered a few dozen feet above them. "No, they're just as powerful," he replied. "But not as quick! You need to be a few nano-seconds faster, humans!" He swooped down and charged for them. "But too late now! HA, HA, HA!"

The woman screamed in fright as they backed away towards the lift.

Technus smiled while baring his teeth and was about to collide with them when something else shot out from the side and made an impact with him. The ghost cried out in surprise and flew a few feet out of control.

Nicholas and the others uncovered their eyes and gasped.

Danny Phantom hovered into view while clenching his glowing fists. He was dressed in an extremely thin EMU suit, decorated in the same design as his usual jumpsuit, adorned by the symbolic D. A simple mask covered his face and a tube trailed from it to the small oxygen pack he had on his shoulders.

Nicholas stared at him in awe.

Danny growled at his enemy. "Game over, Technus!" he shouted, pointing at him. "You seemed to have forgotten what happens when you test me!"

"Danny Phantom!" one of the astronauts gasped.

"I see him!" Arthur exclaimed.

"What's he doing all the way out here in space?" Lancer's voice wondered.

"He must have come out of the Ghost Portal too."

Danny, still capable of hearing them speak through the communications of his ghost mask, turned and pointed at the lift. "Get on the shuttle," he ordered. "Take off your suits and get onto the command deck as fast as possible. Lift off immediately."

"But what about our Captain?" the woman wondered. "He's still out there!"

"Don't worry about him!" Danny replied. "I'll get him on the shuttle once I get rid of Technus! You're his first priority! Now move it!"

The three astronauts immediately turned and dashed for the lift. Nicholas hesitated and stared at the ghost with concern in his eyes.

Danny stared back at him sternly. "That means you too," he said. "Get this shuttle out of here now."

"But—!"

"NOW!"

Nicholas took a step back and then turned and followed the others onto the lift.

Danny watched them disappear in the belly of the shuttle and then turned to face his foe. "You've got a lot of nerve tracking me down this way, Technus," he growled.

Technus floated up a few feet away and smiled. "My, my, after four years of evading us in the Real World, and then five years trapped in the Ghost Zone, you're still as overconfident as you were as a kid," he said. "Not much of a difference, unless you count your height and age."

"I'm glad I don't have to say the same for you to a certain point," Danny replied. He smiled cleverly. "At least you've upgraded yourself and learned not to start off every battle with a long-winded introduction, not to mention that your lamo snazzy talk is now up to date too."

Tehcnus growled and made his fists glow. "If that's the way you want to start off our little reunion, Kid, then let's get down to business!" he said. "Starting with how I destroy you and then take over your shuttle!"

"The only one being destroyed today is you!" Danny shouted back. "Those people are under my protection and I am never going to let you harm any of them, never mind take over my ship!"

"Two goals; two ghosts! Let the games begin!"