Author Note: Ta-Da. A longer chapter!

~CWA

Chapter 12- The Huntress's Return :

Danny:

I sat in the chair inside the NCIS building. I was ordered to stay here. Like hell I will! Knowing Vlad, he wouldn't be found unless he wants to be found….They're headed straight into a trap.

I got up.

"Where you going," an agent asked (the one who was ordered to watch me…I almost feel sorry for the poor guy.).
"Bathroom."

I quickly walked past him and into the restroom. Doing the same the thing I did last time, I froze the cameras and transformed. I turned intangible and flew through the roof. I stopped, I need a plan. I can't just fly in there….can I? Where is that they went anyway…

I snapped my fingers as I remembered. I narrowed my eyes as I flew, Vlad…you won't get away with what you did….I flew to the warehouse. It was dark and I couldn't see anything. I don't think that they were here yet-

I screamed as something hit the back of my head.

Third Person:

Gibbs gritted his teeth. He couldn't believe that they were captured. Not even that- they were captured and helpless. They were tied to the wall, all of them. They found McGee, just not in the way they were hoping. Masters led them into a trap, and they- no he fell for it. Now, they paid for his mistake. He needed to find a way out of here. Masters took their guns, phones, anything they could have used.

Ziva scowled. She was a trained Mossed, yet she fell for Masters' trap. She didn't have any weapon on her…the only bright side was that they found McGee. Tony DiNozzo looked over at the man beside him, McDork. Right now, Tony regrets every nickname and teasing he's done to that poor agent. McGee was beaten pretty badly, but he was alive. That's the good part. The bad part was that all of them were tied to the wall and frankly, there wasn't a damn thing they could do about it.

Suddenly, there was a scream. Their eyes widened, even McGee's. Suddenly, Masters came into view, tugging along a now unconscious Daniel Fenton. Gibbs struggled against the restraints,

"He's just a kid!"

"And a pesky one at that," Vlad snapped back, "but no. He can't just die along with the others!"

He kicked Danny's side. All of them struggled to get free, to help Danny. Danny screamed. Guess he wasn't knocked out after all, kind of wished he was though, Gibbs thought, then the poor kid wouldn't have to see or feel any of this monster's tortures.

Vlad dragged Danny to the wall and attached him to some glowing green chains. Gibbs wasn't sure what the difference; just that it hurt Danny judging by the way his skin smoked when it touched it. Danny hissed in pain.

"You won't get away with this," Danny coughed out and Gibbs' eyes widened in concern when Danny coughed up blood. Vlad smirked.

"Oh, I think I will, little badger."

"Think again."

Their eyes widened and Vlad was shot by something. Vlad hit the ground, unconscious, as a figure emerged. It was a girl, about Danny's age, with black hair and violet eyes. She wore a dark purple long-sleeved shirt that was also cropped (still showing off her flat, toned stomach, and belly button), black skinny jeans, and knee-high black combat boots. Gibbs and the others recognized her as Samantha. She was holding some type of gun.

"Fenton tech never fails."
Danny broke into a large grin. Sam saw him and her eyes widened. She ran over to undo the chains. He fell to the floor, coughing up blood. He stood back up though, and kissed Sam. In a way, the NCIS team was a bit touched by the scene.

"I thought he killed you," Danny whispered. Sam held him tightly.

"He tried to," she whispered back, but everyone could hear her, "but he just got my necklace. I got away…Danny, I'm so sorry, but since my parents' and grandmother's death…they left everything to me…I went to get the money…for us…and Tucker…but…"

He hugged her and rubbed her back.
"I know…Tuck's gone…"

The two love birds embraced each other once more and then let go. Danny looked at Vlad, and then at them.
"You're safer up there until Vlad is dealt with."
Gibbs was mildly shocked at hearing this.

"We could deal with him," Gibbs growled out. Danny shook his head,

"You don't understand, he-"

Danny was interrupted by a scream- his scream as something was shot at him from behind. Vlad was laying there; his palm was smoking as was his eyes. Sam ran to Danny's side to help him back up.

"You haven't won yet," Vlad growled as he stood up. The team watched, astonished, as two rings of light surrounded his waist and traveled up and down his body. Standing in front of them, wasn't Masters. His skin was inhuman shade, his eyes were blood red, his hair was black standing up like horns, and he wore clothes that not even a vampire would consider wearing.

Danny stood up, with Sam supporting him, as two similar rings traveled up and down his body. His hair was now white, and his eyes were glowing a bright green. He now had black pants, white combat boots, a black shirt and a single white fingerless glove.

"Danny Phantom," Vlad hissed.

"Actually I go by Schim now."

Vlad titled his head,

"Phantom in Dutch….how original…"

Danny fired some type of green blast at Vlad, who dodged. Sam hissed and raised the gun, but it didn't work. Danny took the gun and did something to it. Sam was shooting it happily. Danny was a bit distracted during the combat and Gibbs could see that he was doing something to something that was in his pocket. The team felt utterly helpless as the fight conspired in front of them- blast after blast, shot after shot…in the end, Danny and Sam were beaten the worst.

"Just kids," Vlad spat out. Danny smirked and chuckled. He raised his hand and something gray shot out of it. Vlad hissed as it hit his arm, then laughed,

"Just what did you think that would do?"

Danny just smirked. Vlad moved closer, then slowed down.

"What," he said confused, "….what…did…you do…to me…"

Danny didn't say anything as Vlad hit the ground, not moving but alive. The rings went up and down his waist and they were looking at Masters once again.
"Just made something special just for you….took away your ghost powers," Danny said to the unconscious Vlad.

The two rings traveled up and down him, turning him back into the raven haired teen that they grew to love. Sam looked at him confused,

"How?"
"When I ran from them," he said nodding to the team, "I left to my apartment. My plan was to make something that was able to stop Vlad," he coughed and then continued, "The question was, what to make that would stop him? So, I got to work. I was making something similar to nano-bots. Basically, I fit a bunch of small little robots into a small dart that were filled with a liquid of my creation. I programmed them using Fenton tech, something similar to what the Ghost Gauntlets do actually. What they were to do was to go into Vlad's bloodstream, and they were to latch onto any blood cell that infused with ectoplasm and turn it back to normal. I guess the way it works knocked Vlad out too…good…"

"Does that mean," Sam asked with wide eyes. Danny coughed again, spitting up a bit of blood.
"Yeah…Vlad's human again…I just couldn't do it before because it was missing the thing to power it- the same thing that powers all Fenton tech, which is what I took from that Fenton blaster by the way."
Sam narrowed her eyes,
"That's all dandy, but…that seems a bit smart for a C- student."

Danny blushed,
"It was Tucker's idea, I just carried it through."

"This is all nice," Gibbs growled out, "but can someone explain to me what the hell just happened?"

Sam smirked and went over to free them. Soon, the team was free. McGee was leaning on Ziva for support. He was beaten, but breathing and mostly okay. He didn't complain though, after all Danny looked much worse. Suddenly, Danny fell to the floor, coughing and spitting up blood. He held his sides.

"Someone call an ambulance!"