A/N: Loving the support guys!

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom.

Chapter 2: Why Are You Here, Phantom?

Danny left Tucker's at a reasonable time, according to the green dot. He made as straight a line as possible towards FentonWorks. Maddie wondered if perhaps he would be home before or at curfew. He made it to just outside the house before pausing. Then the dot moved quickly and sporadically, too fast to be a human, let alone their son.

"Jack, look at this!" Maddie cried. He had been sitting next to her and looked at the screen. His eyes widened with realization.

"GHOST!" The two grabbed a pair of Fenton Bazookas and ran out the door. Phantom was fighting that robot ghost-Skulker was it?-and was winning. He finished quickly and touched down just before the steps the Fenton's were still standing on, not noticing them since he was facing away.

"Haha! Looks like Skulker won't be hanging my pelt on his wall anytime soon. And now-" he turned around, and two rings appeared on his waist. When he saw what was before him(twin bazookas trained on his face) the rings fizzled out of existance. Maddie noted that and briefly wondered what it meant. She'd never seen that before. "Uh . . . um . . . Hi?" Maddie's gaze was still at his waist, where she saw her son's phone.

"Why are you here, Phantom?" Jack asked.

"And why do you have our son's phone?" Maddie questioned, turning her gaze to Phantom's eyes. Funny, she thought. His eyes show fear. Of what?

"Um," he gulped. "Found it? Yeah. Just before Skulker showed up. I was gonna return it."

"What about our son, Danny?" she asked calmly. "Do you know what happened to him?"

"Uh, no? I didn't see him. I just saw this." He held out the phone and Maddie took it. "Uh, can I go now?" Maddie pulled out a different device, pointed it at Phantom, and shot. A net enveloped him, pinning his limbs at odd angles.

"No," she replied. "You're coming with us until we find Danny." Phantom groaned. "Jack, you take the east half of Amity Park, and I'll take the west half." Jack nodded and went off to search, as did Maddie who had swung Phantom over her shoulder.

-DP-

Danny sighed, trying to get a little more comfortable. He wasn't getting out of this. Tucker and Sam thought he was at home and Jazz was at a friends. It still came as a surprise that she had friends. Maybe it was time to tell his parents? No. Not like this. He couldn't tell them as Phantom; they'd simply think it was a trick. They wouldn't believe him, would they?

He sighed again. He'd have to think of another way out. He would wait to tell them until it was serious. It would be a last resort. But what would happen if they didn't find Fenton? Wouldn't they immediately interrogate him, since Phantom was found with his phone?

He could try freezing the net and breaking it, but there was the possibility he might accidentally freeze Maddie too. A ghost or even a halfa would survive, but a full human? Would she survive? He couldn't risk that, wouldn't risk that.

Once again sighing, he realized that he couldn't channel his ecto-energy into the net to break it that way. The energy needed to escape was enough to seriously burn a human, nevermind that it could sometimes get explosive. Maddie would be alive, but injured.

"Would you stop that?" she demanded, irritation leaking into her tone.

"Stop what?" He hadn't realized he'd been sighing.

"Sighing! Argh!" By this time they were heading back to FentonWorks. Danny knew what would happen when they got there. Or at least, he had a pretty good guess.

They reached FentonWorks and Maddie hauled him inside and down to the lab. Jack was there wearing the Ghost Gauntlets. Maddie unceremoniously dumped Danny on the floor and Jack grabbed him pinning him into a chair just as unceremoniously. Maddie cuffed him using ghost-proof handcuffs and tied him to the chair using the Fenton Fisher.

"Okay Phantom, answer our questions, and depending on your answers, we might let you go."

A/N: I know this is my second story; I don't expect everything to be perfect and I like it that way. I write stories off the top of my head, not plan them out. So if you notice errors, I would appreciate that you tell me what they are and not just that they exist. Thanks! :)