Chapter 22

CARI'S POV

So Vlad Masters, our Mayer, was a halfa just like me and Danny. Well that didn't come as a shock. Nope not at all, so to confirm that it didn't shock me I stupidly yelled, "You wanna kill me!" Ya way to go Cari.

To prove how stupid I sounded Vlad just gave me a blank stare "No I'm not going to kill you."

"Oh ya I knew that." Oh god I really can't handle anything on my own. "Well then why am I here?" I continued in an effort to try and redeem myself.

"Well I guess for now I'm using you as bait." Vlad said in a silky over confident voice as he transformed back into his human self.

"For Danny you mean." now most of it made sense. I'd guessed everyone but Skulker knew he would escape. "Wait a second!" I then yelled "What do you mean 'for now'?"

"Well I have some big plans for both of you." he said with an evil grin.

"So like experiments?" I growled. Wow our Mayer was pretty screwed up in the head.

"I guess you could say that." Vlad answered turning his back on me. I realized my fists were still in the air. I lowered then knowing nothing was really worth trying. "It seems we won't have to wait much longer. Danny should be here right about- now"

I looked around waiting for Danny to fly through the ceiling or something, but nope that would be too easy. I heard a huge crash on the floor above us and then a huge ship crashed down the stairway. I saw Danny, Sam, and Tucker all through the windshield. Sam waved at me.

"Guys get Danny out of here!" I yelled but it was too late. Vlad reached through the ship and grabbed Danny by his shirt caller and pulled him out of his seat.

"Hey. HEY!" Danny yelled as he kicked out.

"Let him go." Tucker yelled as he kicked open the door.

"Maddie." Vlad said passively. At the sound of his command a hologram of... Danny's mom showed up? Seriously this guy was a total creep. The hologram Mrs. Fenton pressed a red button but not before saying "Whatever you wish honey." that was way creepy. The button activated a cage around the ship that Sam was still in. Tucker was almost knocked over when the bars appeared in front of him.

Vlad had Danny's arm now, "You two just wait here until I come back."

"Where are you taking them?" Sam yelled. She had exited the ship and had her head sticking through the bars.

"That," Vlad said smoothly, "doesn't concern you." he went to grab my arm but I became rather defensive. My temper was about to snap, which hadn't happened in a long time.

"Leave him alone." I growled putting my fists back up.

"Whoa, calm down there Red." Vlad said in a mocking tone. I glared at him I'm sure I had fire in my eyes. Everything felt hot.

"Uhh Vlad I would listen to her." Danny looked a little nervous. I guess he knew what I was about to do.

"I said leave him alone." my voice deepened dramatically at the last word. Flames engulfed my hands but I didn't feel them burn. I ran toward Vlad at full speed and punched him under his chin. He was sent flying over his lab table and into the wall. I bounded after him.

He quickly shifted into his ghost form so that he would be better equipped for a fight. We stared each other down. I once again attacked before he did I shot a pillar of flames in his direction. He created a shield just in time but my flames left a hole in it.

Vlad then preformed a trick I had only seen Danny do once. He split himself into 4. I waved my hand towards two of them and they were throw backwards by a strong gust of wind. I then turned to face the other two. If I could just knock Vlad out so that we could leave.

Vlad shot a ray of light towards me and threw me back a few feet. It didn't throw me off too much though. I flew back and kicked one of the Vlads in the stomach. He doubled over and fell on his knees. The final Vlad disappeared. I had hit the original.

I then picked him up and threw him into one of his lab rooms and slammed the door behind him.

Now that he was gone my heart rate slowed and I began to calm down. I suddenly felt weak. I fell to my knees and then tried to pick myself back up by grabbing onto the corner of the lab table. I guess that incident with the portal had screwed with my anger too. Ya if I was mad I could really punch someone but to do whatever I had just done was kinda a stretch.

"Cari?" Sam asked she had run over to me. I guess Danny had figured out how to deactivate the cage. She helped me too my feet. I was completely drained of all energy. Although I could still see Tucker looking completely dumbfounded behind the controls.

"I think we need to get her home." Danny said running over.

"Ya think?" Sam answered sarcastically. I followed them into the ship and we took off into the ghost zone through Vlad's portal. I was finally going to get to see the ghost zone. Sadly that excitement was short lived. My vision disappeared before my hearing. Then I was completely unconscious.