Chapter 2

"Sam?" Danny repeated. "What are you doing?"

Sam just sat on the bench, staring at a tree. "Nothing," she sighed. They were at the empty park as Danny slid into the seat next to her. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders as she nuzzled into it affectionately. "I just don't want to go home yet."

"Come on, Sam, you can't hide out here forever," he reasoned.

"I know… I just can't stand it anymore, Danny. They've teamed up on me and it's scary."

"Who?"

"My mom and Allyson," she shuddered at the thought of them pushing another floral dress into her face.

"You really don't like your family much, do you?"

"Not one bit."

They sat for another twenty minutes, chatting away until another figure approached them. "Hey, guys." He stepped into the light to reveal his scrawny body. "Your mom's looking for you by the way," he said.

"Thanks," Sam said miserably.

"Hey, Tuck." Danny walked over to the boy wearing the beret.

"Hey, Danny, I found out more about the ghost from yesterday," he took out his PDA and used his stylus to scroll the page. "Apparently, his name is Ryloe and he's pretty strong. He doesn't have a face like Amorpho, but doesn't shape shift. He's pretty powerful, and can be controlled to anyone who can get their hands on his watch."

"You guys ran into Ryloe?" Sam asked, confused.

Danny was about to tell Sam about his run in with a new ghost, but a chilling breath came out instead. His ghost sense was acting up, which meant there was a ghost around. Instinctively, he stood as two bright rims of light came and disappeared in his middle, revealing him as a white haired boy with glowing green eyes and black tights.

He looked around and saw a pale man- like figure approach them; he had no face, no clothes, just the build of a man. "Danny Phantom," he boomed. "I've come for you."

"What do you want?" Danny asked, floating to him.

The ghost didn't respond; he just launched himself at the teenager. Danny dodged the attack and shot an energy blast at him. The body flew back into a tree and disappeared. Danny scanned the park for signs of the ghost, but couldn't locate him and found himself on the ground, wrestling the blank body.

Before he could react, Danny was hit by a blue beam and fell back into the ground further. He could hear Sam calling for him as his eyes glowed brighter. 'I won't lose!' he thought. He become intangible and walked through the other ghost. When he became tangible, he sent a cold energy blast at his enemy, causing him to freeze.

Ryloe broke out of the ice and charged at Danny and trapped him in an energy sphere. "Tuck, the thermos!" Danny yelled.

Tucker fumbled, going through his bag, looking for the Fenton thermos. "Got'cha," he smiled and pointed it at the blank body.

"Now, Tucker!" Danny escaped the strange ball by creating a huge ice shield that shattered the opponent's cage and threw Ryloe to the other side of the park. The dazed ghost was sucked into the thermos before he could react. "Well that was over fast. You guys ok?" Tucker and Sam nodded. "What were you saying again?" Danny asked, transforming into his human form again.

"His name is Ryloe and he's a ghost who's probably being controlled," Sam said. "I've read about him in a book and if it's right, he's really powerful."

Danny walked over to Sam and kissed her cheek. "Go home, Sam." Sam complied to Danny's wishes as she trudged begrudgingly to her house.

Danny turned to his African American friend and asked, "If he's being controlled, won't his master come and look for him?"

"Who cares, dude?" Tucker asked coolly.

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Danny walked down to his basement, thermos in hand. The messiness of the lab indicated that his mother hadn't been down for a few days. He rolled his eyes as he walked past the table; ghost hunting inventions strewn all over the table and half eaten food was everywhere.

The raven haired halfa walked to Fenton portal and attached the ghost trapping soup container onto the connector. Usually, there was a beep with lights signaling that the ghost has been transferred into the ghost world, but there was nothing. Puzzled, he took the contraption and pressed random buttons, banged at the metal, but nothing happened; there was nothing wrong with the Fenton portal, but the ghost didn't move into the other world.

He took the soup container and pressed the green button for release. Again, nothing happened. Danny now realized the ghost was gone and panicked, calling Tucker. "Tucker, the ghost is gone!"

"What?"

"I said the ghost from earlier, Ry- something, is gone!" Danny yelled.

"Calm down, Danny."

"How can I calm down? This ghost is on the loose somewhere and he escaped the Fenton thermos!"

Tucker went silent for a minute and said, "Maybe he just went back to his master."

"I have a bad feeling, Tuck."

"Get some sleep, Danny. You'll be fine in the morning," Tucker said as he hung up.

Feeling uneasy, Fenton went up to his room and sat at his computer. After a few failed spelling attempts, Danny managed to Google 'Ryloe'. His search results led him to a ghost fanatic's website by 'reliable sources'. Danny scoffed, but read on, needing as much information as possible.

Ryloe, the powerful ghost servant is said to be a faceless ghost with a pale white outline. His powers consist of:

Energy beams

Spherical traps

Super strength

Telekinesis

Duplication… and six more

Ryloe's tale has been told for centuries; the blank man who can be controlled by anyone. It is said that his watch allows the holder to have power over the ghost. He searches for his precious watch until he is summoned to his new master. The watch has been stolen from Ryloe for centuries.

Danny read all he could gather on 'Ryloe'; whether the sources were right or wrong, he couldn't take the chance of facing him clueless. He sat there, researching, looking for anything he could find. He was oblivious to the fact there was someone watching him…

(A/N): hai! Sorry it took so long for me to update! It was just so hectic with random stuff popping up all over :/

Well… stay tuned for the next chapter