"Hey." Danny groaned. The lights in his cell flickered on, as they had been off before. The class gasped in shock at his condition. Rather than being tossed on the floor like they were, Danny was strapped against the wall, being held upright by glowing green cuffs on his ankles and wrists, with another glowing strap held taut around his neck, keeping his head in place.

Maddie looked up and, seeing her baby boy chained up like that, freaked out. "Oh my goodness! Danny! Sweetie are you okay?!"

"Mom, 'm fine." Danny groaned. Looking around the room he was in, he muttered. "This won't be fun."

"Danny, what do you mean, 'won't be fun.' What are you talking about?" Maddie was extremely worried for her baby boy, and the others in the class shared the sentiment.

"Don't worry 'bout it." He grumbled, eyes trained on something out of the classes line of sight.

The students had only a few seconds to think about the situation before Walker showed up, flanked by two guards.

"Well, now. Looks like everyone's awake." The horribly pale ghost smirked. "I guess that means we can get started." He turned to Danny's cell, but before he could do anything, Maddie yelled from the class' cell.

"On what legal grounds can you keep us here, Ghost!?" She was desperately trying to keep him away from her son as long as possible.

"Oh, I'm sure Ghost kid here told you all about my laws and rules." Walker turned back to look at the class. "But I'll humor you. You're being held here on the charges of harbouring fugitives, possession of real world items, and harboring humans and human weaponry. Happy?"

"Fugitives? Plural?" Maddie asked, more to herself than anyone else.

Elle walked over to her. "He means me, Danny, Sam, and Tuck."

"Oh." Was all Maddie said. "Why doesn't he have you in a cell like that, too?"

"He only counts me as a fugitive because I'm related to Danny Phantom." Elle explained. "I haven't done anything inherently against the rules. Even if he did put me in there like he did with Danny, my cousin would come and he wouldn't hold back."

"If your cousin really is a 'good ghost'." The words felt gross on Maddie's tongue. "Then why hasn't he come to help us? Considering all the sightings of him near the school, I would expect him to know of this trip."

Elle thought for a second, trying to think of a good excuse. "I'm not sure if he knew about the trip or not, I haven't seen him since, like, Christmas, so there hasn't been any time for him to say anything about it." SHe paused for a moment, "Also, he might be busy in Amity. That place gets attacked so much, he never even has time to come back to the Far Frozen, even for a visit." She turned her focus back to Walker, and Maddie did the same.

Walker turned back to look at Danny through the bars of the cell. "Well, well, well, Ghost kid. Didn't think I'd see you back here so soon after the last riot."

Danny wore a smirk that just didn't fit him at all, but Maddie thought something about it looked familiar. "Well, you know. Gotta keep up appearances."

"I don't like that attitude of yours, boy." Walker unlocked the cell and walked inside, then locked himself in. "Think I'll need to beat it out of you."

Danny scoffed, then spit in Walker's direction. "Good luck with that."

"Thanks, but I doubt I'll need it." His grin was wicked as he pulled a remote out of his pocket and pressed a button. Part of the wall connecting the cell to the hall dropped, allowing the class to see inside the rest of Danny's cell.

Screams echoed through the halls of the prison. The wall to the left of the onlookers had racks upon racks of weapons and devices. There were whips, saws, maces, anything you'd see used in torture on TV, all bloodied with crusted ectoplasm. The students screamed at the thought of any of those things being used on Danny.

Danny smirked at Walker. "That all you got? I'd expect a little more than that, 'Warden'." He said 'warden' in a mocking tone.

Walker growled and grabbed a whip from the wall, lashing Danny's chest. The class screamed again. Danny flinched, but kept eye contact with Walker, glaring. Walker lashed him some more. The class screamed yet again. Danny stared into Walker's eyes. This cycled, over, and over, and over, and over, and over...

Eventually, Danny's chest started to bleed.

Eventually, he'd start to flinch before the whip even cracked.

Eventually, he squeezed his eyes shut.

Eventually, the class could no longer even gasp with each lash.

It stopped.

Danny peeled his eyes open, that simple act taking way more strength than it really should have. He once again glared at Walker, who now had his back to him. He surveyed the class before Walker came back. They were all sitting on the floor, a few had passed out, Maddie included. Sam, Valerie, Tucker, and Elle were still pressed up against the bars, desperately trying to help. By physically torturing Danny, Walker had effectively been psychologically torturing his classmates, his friends, his parents.

Walker turned back, once again looking Danny in the eye. His hands had extremely thick, rubber-like gloves instead of his leather ones, and he held a green rod in his right hand.

"Maybe now you'll remember to obey the rules, punk." He said as he stepped towards Danny, taking the rod and plunging it into the skin on Danny's chest. He couldn't help it, he screamed, realizing far, far too late what the rod was. Ectoranium.

Walker dragged the rod through Danny's skin with a sadistic smile, slowly and deliberately spelling out the word 'LAW', his flesh bubbling and burning as the metal drove through it. Danny tried feebly to pull away, but the cuffs kept him in place. His screams died down, and his vision blurred. Faintly, he heard his friends scream for him, but he just couldn't focus. Slowly, his eyes slipped closed, and his body went limp.

WHAT?! I'VE RISEN FROM THE DEAD MY FRIENDS AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSES.

NOT A SINGLE ONE

NOPE

I'M SORRY

Please, just kill me.

If it makes you feel any better though, I have midterms next week and I wrote this instead of studying.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I CLEARLY HAVE MY PRIORITIES IN ORDER

FEEL FREE TO YELL AT ME IN THE REVIEWS

BUT ALSO LEAVE AN ACTUAL REVIEW IF YOU DON'T MIND THANKS

SORRY

I'LL LEAVE NOW

(Also that part with the carving LAW into his chest came from a review I got like three months ago because someone was panicking. Thank you for that.)