This chapter deals with Danny's imprisonment in the thermos. It takes place from the moment Dan captured him until the moment Lilith tackled Dan.
Danny couldn't hear or see anything. He was angry at himself. He had been sucked into the Fenton Thermos. He should have seen it coming. After all he had planned to do it to Dan so why wouldn't Dan plan to do it to him. Danny had been in a Fenton Thermos before. He recalled bitterly the time Jazz had accidently sucked him instead of Skulker into a thermos. It had taken hours for them to figure out how to get him out, particularly since they couldn't ask his parents. Jazz had really bad aim and had sucked him inside more times than Danny could count. Walker had caught him in a thermos once as well but Sam had released him within a few minutes. However this time was different. His family and friends really didn't have much of a chance of getting the thermos away from Dan. Danny moved slowly and painfully around in the cramped area so that he was facing a wall. He started to bang against it.
He couldn't believe that Dan had managed to escape from this prison. Although since Dan was a full ghost he wasn't as tied to the humanoid form as Danny was. Danny wasn't sure if he would be able to escape even if he had thirty years. But Danny didn't have thirty years. His family and friends were in danger right now. Dan was after his daughter and it would only be a matter of time before Dan figured out a way past the spectre deflector. Danielle couldn't fend Dan off for ever. Danny suddenly felt guilty for asking Danielle to take on Dan. Dan was his enemy to fight. He knew there was no chance that Danielle could defeat him and he knew Dan would use the thermos he was in against them. Danny almost expected to be joined by Danielle before long.
Danny punched the wall of the thermos as hard as he could in his cramped position. He even tried to revert to his human half, thinking that the increase in size and density would cause the thermos to break but he wasn't able to. It was probably because there wasn't enough room. He tried to use his powers. His intangibility didn't work and he couldn't focus hard enough to manage to use a ghost ray or his ice powers. He didn't dare use his Ghostly Wail since he knew he would have to fight the moment he got out. However he was beginning to think that he wouldn't have a choice.
As Danny continued to punch the wall as much as he could in the cramped conditions, he began to think. He thought about how Dan had been a step ahead of him the entire time. Danny knew he needed a plan. He was out gunned when it came to Dan's power. Dan could sustain his Ghostly Wail without exhausting himself. He needed help. But Danielle wasn't enough. Sam, Jazz, Valerie and Tucker didn't stand a chance in a fair fight. He couldn't ask his parents or the kids to help. Then he remembered what Danielle had told him. There was a natural ghost portal in the park. Dan had attacked a lot of ghosts when he escaped his prison. Maybe, just maybe, Danny could convince the other ghosts to help him weaken Dan enough to suck him into a Fenton Thermos. If they could get Dan into a thermos, then they would have enough breathing room to figure out their next move. However he knew if he got out of the thermos, Dan would be right on him. Danny then knew what he had to do. Danny may not be able to withstand a fair fight with Dan but maybe he could fend off Dan long enough for Danielle to get reinforcements. Danny hated to admit it, but Danielle knew her way around the Ghost Zone better than he did.
Danny punched the thermos wall again and came to his decision. This was probably going to be his last fight. Danny scowled and punched the wall harder than before and bit back the pain. He would not allow Dan to destroy his town, his friends, his family and certainly not his daughter. Danny knew what he had to do. He had to fight Dan and he couldn't hold back this time. He had to fight Dan with everything he had and give up on seeing the next day. He had to protect his home and his family.
So, yep another plan, if it works…
Until the next chapter.