Sorry for not updating in, like, four months. Please, please, please forgive me. Here's a new chapter to make up for my long absence. For those who get confused, Gibbs calls Danny 'Phantom' because he still doesn't know about Danny's secret.

I don't own Danny Phantom or NCIS

Chapter 9: Prison Break

Gibbs couldn't take his eyes off the back of Phantom's head as they continued down the dark passageway. The ghost child, in turn, couldn't take his eyes off all the crude drawings on the wall. They depicted figures running, sitting, fighting—but all of them were of him. Danny felt himself relax; there would be no danger here if they all revered him. He didn't really feel like getting in a fight with these ghosts.

They hadn't been walking for more than two minutes before the tunnel suddenly opened up into a cavernous area. The team looked around in awe; every surface was either made of, or covered in, glistening ice. There were niches carved in the walls that held artifacts and golden chests that, the team was sure, all held even more valuable objects. But the central object in the room was another, larger chest that didn't have the same lock the others did. Gibbs immediately knew that whatever was in the chest was what they were looking for.

Frostbite placed his hand against an imprint in the lid of the chest and it clicked open. All eyes were on Frostbite as he pulled out…a scroll?

"Behold, "Frostbite said proudly, "the Infi-map!"

"That's it?" McGee asked. He had been hoping for something more high tech. They were ghosts, but still.

Frostbite saw his disappointed look and chuckled, "Say where you want to go and it'll take you there." He unrolled it to show a map—a map of the Ghost Zone. He held it out.

Gibbs and Danny both grabbed for the map at the same time, both with gleaming eyes. Sam grabbed onto Danny's arm. "Wait, Danny."

But Danny was ignoring her, "So, "Danny said excitedly, "All we need to do is say 'take us to Tony' and—"

"Danny! No!" Sam shouted.

But it was too late. The map began to glow in Danny and Gibbs' hands and they were carried out of the camp, shouting in surprise. Tucker, McGee, and Ziva all raced outside, following the floating figures as the map carried them out of the camp. But they couldn't catch up. The map was flying them away quickly. They could only watch as Danny, Sam and Gibbs were dragged into the green, open air that was the Ghost Zone.

The group stood at the edge of the camp in stunned silence. Jazz turned around to Frostbite, who had followed them out.

"Do you happen to have, um, another map in that chest?"

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One minute, Danny had been happily holding onto their ticket to finding Tony on firm ground, next thing he knew, he was being pulled along by it through the Ghost Zone—how did that happen? He saw Gibbs holding onto the end of the parchment beside him and could feel Sam, who was slowly cutting off the circulation to his arm. They were being dragged along at a very high speed, passing islands and purple doors; Danny was afraid to let go.

After a minute or two of flight, the map stopped glowing and dropped them on the edge of one of the larger floating islands. As Gibbs rolled up the map, he looked down at Phantom and raised an eyebrow. The ghost child rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"Oops?" he offered. Gibbs rolled his eyes as Sam smacked Danny's arm and looked around.

"Where are we Phantom?"

Danny turned to where Gibbs was looking, saw the giant castle, and froze. Oh, why did Tony have to be here?!

"What is it?" Gibbs asked, frowning at Phantom's apparent concern. Sam had the same worried expression on her face as well.

"This may be harder than I thought," Danny replied, "This is Walker's prison."

Gibbs looked up at the castle again. "Ghosts have prisons?" he guessed he really shouldn't be surprised, "Tony got arrested?"

Danny nodded and shrugged, "Probably, but knowing Walker, Tony was probably arrested just for being here."

Danny pulled Gibbs and Sam backwards and behind a nearby bush as two of Walker's guards floated past. Gibbs noted that they were dressed just like policemen. "I can't be seen here."

"Why not?"

Gibbs thought he might be mistaken, but he thought he saw Phantom blush. "Once, I, um, set every inmate free from the inside. He's had it in for me ever since."

"Yeah," Sam added, "In Amity Park, Walker turned half the town against him."

Gibbs raised his eyebrows. "No kidding, considering Phantom let all his prisoners go. Why would you do that?"

Phantom raised his hands in defense, "Hey, many of them were in there for no reason! I couldn't escape myself without freeing the innocent ones!"

Gibbs felt a flash of pride for the ghost boy, but quickly became serious again. "So how do we get past these guards?"

"I can make us invisible so we can walk across the courtyard. You and Sam should be able to go through the walls easily enough."

"Through the walls?"

Danny nodded, "Just like ghosts can walk through walls in the real world, humans can walk through walls here."

Gibbs nodded. It made sense that that should be true. "So how are you going to get in? You're a ghost."

Danny looked back up at the castle, trying to decide if he should tell Gibbs that he was wrong. Well, partially wrong. He decided against it.

"I'll…find a way. I always do."

Gibbs was curious to see what the ghost boy had in mind but mutely accepted his answer. Danny reached out his hand to Gibbs and the man took it. Sam took his other hand.

"This may feel odd for a second." Danny warned before turning invisible.

Gibbs shuddered slightly. It did feel odd, like a trickle of water was running down his back, yet he knew he was dry. Gibbs looked down at himself and realized that he could see the ground though his transparent body. He was invisible! He looked over at Sam where he'd last seen Sam but she was gone too. She, however, seemed to be more used to the feeling, making Gibbs wonder just how close she was to Phantom. She had clearly done this more than once.

"We can't break contact, otherwise, you'll be visible again." Phantom told him. They slowly crossed the courtyard leading to the prison gate.

They reached the wall without another comment. Danny pulled them to a corner in shadow and let go of their hands. Gibbs looked down at himself and saw that he was visible once more.

Gibbs turned his head towards the empty expanse of air behind them. He sighed as he realized that he was separated from his team, left in the company of the ghost boy. "I wonder how long we've been gone from the real world?" he asked himself. He looked towards Sam, "You're friend Danny must be wondering where we all are."

Sam nodded and mumbled, "Sure," but when Gibbs turned his back, she winked at Danny. He squeezed her hand a little in gratitude and she blushed.

"Neat trick." Gibbs commended Phantom. He imagined how much easier it would be to go undercover with those powers at hand.

"Thanks," Danny said, "Be careful going through, there may be guards on the other side."

Before Gibbs could reply, Sam nodded and stuck her head through the wall as if it was nothing. Gibbs raised an eyebrow. His day had taken a turn for the weird ages ago but it still surprised him to see a girl shove her head into a wall with ease. He stuck his hand through, expecting resistance, and was pleased to find there was none. They both strode through. Luckily for them, the hallway they had phased into was empty.

"Come on," Sam whispered, "This way."

Gibbs followed Sam, mildly impressed with her authority. He was out of his depth here and she obviously knew it. He followed her down a small flight of stone stairs and curiously looked into the bars of the cells down there.

He saw ghosts of many shapes and sizes in each of the bars. Some of them had their back to him, others saw him and stared back. "Tony?" he hissed. His voice echoed around the room.

There was no reply.

"Maybe in the next room." Sam said, hurrying to the arch that connected this room to the next, but stopped. Right in the middle of the room, watching the cells, were two of the white police-ghosts that they had seen earlier.

Gibbs reached for his gun but Sam shook her head, "Normal bullets won't work on them. But…"

With a small smile, she reached into one of her boots and withdrew a blow-dart gun. Now Gibbs was really surprised.

"Where did you get that?!" he asked, looking it over. It was small and green, small enough to hide in her combat boots.

"From Jazz, "she said simply, "We'd brought stuff to defend ourselves with, remember? What if we had run into Skulker again?"

Gibbs admitted she had a point. These kids were as prepared as his team when it came down to it; he couldn't help but be impressed.

Twenty seconds later, both guards were asleep on the ground…if ghosts could sleep—Gibbs wasn't sure. All he knew was that they were out of commission and they could enter the next room safely. As they were about to, they heard someone shout in the hall behind them. Gibbs heard something crumple to the ground before a figure turned the corner. It was Phantom.

"About time," Sam hissed at the ghost boy, "Come on."

"Tony?" Gibbs hissed into the room. This time, there was a reply.

"Boss?" a voice that was obviously Tony's sounded. A spark flew from the final cell as something hit the bars.

Gibbs felt a rush of relief as he spotted his Special Agent. How long had it been since he had disappeared? Luckily, Tony didn't look any worse for wear as he grinned.

"Hey Boss. I thought I would be stuck here to rot." He saw Phantom and Sam flanking Gibbs, "Is this my rescue squad?"

"The others got left behind." Sam said, looking at Phantom pointedly, who winced under her glare before turning back to Tony, "We're here to get you out."

"Thank god! I don't want to spend another minute in here with this guy." Tony jerked his thumb into the corner of the room, where he could see a much smaller figure huddled in the shadows. Once it saw them, however, it flew out into the light. It was a man and everything about him was blue: hat, his overalls, even his skin.

"I am the Box Ghost!" the man shouted, "Tremble in fear at my wrath!"

Gibbs just stood there. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "I'm sorry, what?!"

Phantom ignored the man and rolled his eyes, "Man, you got stuck with Boxy? That's got to be rough."

Sam laughed.

There you have it. Another chapter for you to enjoy. The gang was separated but Tony was found. Please don't be angry with me but I can't guarantee the next time that I can update, sorry. School finishes at the end of the week so maybe I'll have more free time during the summer holidays. What ghosts do you want them to meet next? Please review!

Till next time,

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