Chapter 7
It didn't take long for the Dark Phantom to bust Walker's prisoners out (as well as scaring plus attacking some of them) and seriously trashed the ghost prison itself. Most of the prisoners fled from him fearing that he was more of a conqueror worse than Walker rather than a liberator. It lifted his dark spirits a bit. He was still sore about being stuck in the Ghost Zone without his portal producing power functioning. He would have to find the Fenton Portal, Vlad's, or if he was lucky; a natural one that led into the current time. Still he did have time to kill and plan. He had to somehow find a way to deal with that female Danny Phantom as well as his weakly former self. Once again he had to face two Danny Phantoms. However, one was a lot less powerful and experienced than the others.
It didn't take long for the commotion to spread catching the attention of other ghosts. Suddenly affected parts of the Ghost Zone were on high alert mainly because this particular ghost bore the famous symbol of Danny Phantom. Yet he looked strikingly different than the ghost that they knew. He had blood red eyes, fangs, pale green skin, and head of flaming hair. His outfit was different too with moderately different designs and a cape. Several felt that Danny Phantom had gone rouge. A few felt it meant Danny Phantom wouldn't foil their evil plans or might even tolerate them. However they were soon proven wrong.
Any skeptics and doubters were soon left in frightful awe and worry of what else he was capable of and who was his next target. Some ghosts suggested and others did just that; started fleeing. Others suggested fighting back. Very few ghosts had the sort raw power or skill to face such a powerful foe. Still a few groups began to formulate a plan on how to trap, team up and subdue such a foe as well as inquire other more powerful ghosts for aid. What really truly frightened most other ghosts was that he bore the symbol of Danny Phantom but had proven himself as a heartless monster.
Meanwhile back in the secret lodging, the Fentons had managed to re-create a couple of portable ghost portals with some help from Dani. Fortunately she had been listening to her parents' (especially Jack's) explaining about the equipment and technology. She of course kept her promise to help Danny practice the duplication power. It would be very useful in combating the evil Danny once he returned. Although she was started to feel light-headed and somewhat dizzy. This was a bad time to start feeling sick but they all figured it was just the stress from the situation.
Eventually Mayor Vlad Masters got around to reading/listening to some very crucial as in upmost importance of messages alerting him to evacuate the city and call in special unit forces for another ghost that was very powerful and destructive. His first reaction was to scoff at the 'silliness' of it. He had to deal with pestering ghosts before and they were rarely big deals or challenges. Afterall it came from the Fentons who were professional ghost hunters and Jack especially took great effort to eliminate any ghosts and other threat they posed.
"Oh Jack, you fool. Surely this must be a gag or a set up. Honestly why are you requesting me you mayor, old college chum, and a successful businessman for help on ghost related troubles. Ghost fighting is outside of my area of expertise and you should know that." Vlad giggled to himself. He also wondered he ought to spy on the Fentons to see what their real intentions were.
He then asked his cat Maddie if he should send a Vlad bug robot to spy on the Fentons. His cat let out meow which he interpreted as a yes answer. It didn't take long to send one there because he had nearby in the area. Once it arrived he was in for a surprise. Having no people inside was one thing, but the lab and other places were picked clean of almost all equipment. All that Vlad could see that was left over was a few spare parts and pieces of material used to make ecto weapons and gadgets. If the Fentons snatched everything functioning and possible, they must have felt a serious threat was on its way. Even when examining the Ghost Portal Vlad could view through his spy bot that it not only shut off but disabled. Did the Fentons just leave town unannounced? It was very suspicious to him. He could very well accuse the Fentons for abandoning town leaving the citizens at the mercy of this threat. Or he could use this situation to make himself the hero and win possible win Maddie back and boost his ratings as well. He had faced and subdued others ghosts before. It rarely was any such real trouble and surely he could face it and win. After all young Daniel had left too and he was much less experienced than Vlad and it was seemed the younger ghost hybrid had chickened out.
Meanwhile back in the Ghost Zone, several specters in a panic sought out the most used artificial portal namely the Fenton Portal in order to escape but to their fright and dismay there was none. This was especially troubling because this was one of the few constant portals between the Ghost Zone and Earth. Others than sought out just about any other portal a few even suggested the portal belonging to Vlad Masters. A few ghosts did seek out that portal and find it. Still the Dark Danny Phantom wasn't going to leave the Ghost Zone yet even if he could leave the Ghost Zone because he didn't like losing any advantage he had at this point and he felt his portal producing power was starting function again.
While plotting about how to use the Fentons' absence in his favor he got a surprising large number of warnings from his mansion that a large number of ghosts were migrating out of the Ghost Zone through it. It puzzled him for a few seconds until he figured out a possible explanation.
"Those ghosts must know that Daniel and his family of ghost hunters have abandoned Amity Park and left it vulnerable. Now why would the Fentons leave? Maybe to come in during the mayhem and save the citizens of Amity Park from another ghost invasion and build up their reputations competent ghost hunters doing a great community service." Vlad thought. He could hardly wait to steal their thunder, expose their plan, make Jack look like a big kook and fool publicly, and make himself the big hero as well. Still Vlad knew in order to conquer, he had to know what he was up against. He didn't want to evacuate the city because of the Box Ghost. Still, he had to wonder if the Fentons contacted others and how they would react to such a warning. He figured to contact Valerie Gray in her new and improved suit and equipment and have her deal with it first. Vlad wasn't going to worry too much at least not yet. After all, there were few ghosts that Vlad was unable to defeat.