I don't own Danny Phantom.

A normal day, such a simple thing really. Just to wake up and go about your day without interference. Surely everyone has normal days. Of course this is true, unless you have the misfortune of live in Amity Park. Daily ghost attacks seem to take away the chance of a normal day ever occurring. Whether you are fleeing the ghost attack, watching, or simply being forced to deal with all the property damages and construction, ghosts always mange to interfere with the townspeople's days. However, today's interference seems a little extreme.

While the day started out normal enough, the invasion of ghost certainly ruined the chance that today could possibly have been normal for the citizens. Now, the citizens are all herded together like cattle, trapped within the Caspar High's Football Stadium of all places. Every seat is filled, and nobody dares to move with the guards floating throughout the area. Within moments of the guards appearing, every human citizen was kidnapped and dropped into a seat. And the green, prison guard ghosts kept the humans in line. A simple wack with one of the batons ensured cooperation, though a few humans just had to be watched closely. Jack and Maddie Fenton, Samantha Manson, Tucker Foley, and Jazz Fenton are just some of the humans who require extra observation, the others are simple bothersome individuals who tried to fight back or escape.

Though, if you look closely, one citizen is missing from the assembled humans. Danny Fenton, or Danny Phantom, is no were to be seen. Fortunately, no humans, besides the members of Team Phantom, notice he is missing. If they noticed, then problems could arise when the hero attempts to save everyone. Or even worse, someone might be able to discover Fenton and Phantom are the same person! Suddenly, a child yells, spurring others to shout as well. "Danny Phantom will save us!"

As the cry is carried and picked up by other humans, a gruff laugh rings out. The laugh causes the human's protests to die out, and shivers to race down the spines of every person present. As the laughter abruptly ends, a new ghost drop his invisibility and appears above the fifty yard line. A crisp white suit, offset by the black belt, gloves, boots, hat and tie, hugs the ghost's body. His posture screams authority, and the sinister expression he wears causes many present to gasp. Strangely, his face appears skull like, which causes his appearance to be more sinister. The new ghost speaks, his baritone voice slick with malicious intentions. "I hope that ghost child shows up soon. As the Ghost Zones' Jailor, Jury, Judge, and Executioner, it is my duty to arrest that punk. Now be good little humans, or I'll have to execute you, too."

Silence falls over the stadium, and every eye locks onto the ghost hovering over the fifty yard line. Suddenly, a black blur tackles the ghost, and the two figures crash into the ground. From the newly formed crater, Danny Phantom floats back up into the air, a teasing smirk plastered on his face. Though the smirk slowly slips away as the boy notices the citizens' predicament. However, false bravado takes over, making the boy seem more confident than he is. "Walker, did you miss me? Cause I didn't miss you!" Danny says, not taking his eyes off the warden.

Slowly, Walker stands and begins to brush off his now dirty suit, frowning at the brown and green stains marring the fabric. "Boy, I'm beginning to think you like being in my prison. Assaulting an officer, that's another thousand years punk." Walker growls, causing the crowd to gasp. Their hero is a wanted criminal? That's impossible! He's the good guy! He can't be good and be a criminal. Right?

Phantom's hands begin to glow green, ecto-energy collecting in his palms. "Let the humans go, Walker. You want me, not them!" Danny yells before blasting at the warden. Walker simply sighs and puts up a shield, successfully blocking each attack.

"Guards!" Walker yells, making each of the guards present jump to attention. Walker smirks, a malicious gleam sparkling in his eyes. "Listen, Punk. You have one option here. Either you surrender, or I order my minions to attack the humans you try so hard to protect. You can take out as many guards as you can, but people will get hurt. Even better, people will die. Now, surrender."

Phantom stops his attack and stares at Walker for a moment before slowly turning to look around at the guards floating over the crowd. Honestly, there is almost an identical amount of humans and ghosts present. It would be impossible to take out that many ghosts without having the humans take a major hit. He could only do so much.

'How did I even get in this mess?' Danny wonders while observing the area. 'All those stupid ghosts attacking for the past hour must have been when Walker was setting this up. Wait a minute.' Belatedly, Danny realizes the earlier, almost constant stream of ghost attacks was just a distraction organized by Walker. He probably shorted their sentence for helping him capture the ghost kid. Groaning, Phantom turns back to face Walker, his once brilliant green eyes dulling in submission.

"Will you let the humans go unharmed if I surrender?" Phantom whispers, but the stadiums audio equipment captures the sound and relays it through the speakers for the whole stadium to hear. A second later, the big screen flickers to life, and the scene is playing for all to see more clearly. On screen, Phantom's defeated face and Walker's vicious smile is projected for all to watch.

At the sight and sound of their hero's defeat, the humans begin to yell and scream encouragements and even some insults. Worry, anger, and fear momentarily giving the crowd the courage to act. "Phantom! Don't do it!" Dash screams, his heart breaking at the thought of his hero behind bars.

"I can't date a guy with a record, Inviso-bill!" Paulina screams, fearing the thought of her future husband doing time.

Tucker and Sam both yell, rage and worry lacing the words. "The town needs you Danny! We need you!" They both watch their best friend surrounding with trepidation. What will happen to this town without him?

Even as the town screams, Phantom simple stares at Walker. Not a single word helping to inspire him to fight. Even worse, their encouragements didn't even make their hero smile or smirk teasingly at his opponent like the town expected. If anything, their yelling seems to make Phantom more depressed as he looks down at the ground with his shoulders slumping in defeat. Walker simply scuffs at the human's pathetic attempts to inspire their hero. Honestly, can they not tell that if Danny fights back then the majority of them will be injured or even die? Sometimes, humans are too simplistic.

"Silence." Walker commands, and shockingly, the crowd obeys. Those who yelled even guiltily risk glances at the guards closest to them, fear clouding their minds and making their hearts race. At the sound of his voice, Danny raises his head to look at the warden. Walker smirks before continuing. "You have my word that my guards and I will not harm a single human if you surrender. I have no interest in these pathetic mortals. I'm only here to obtain the little law breaker, and then I'll leave." Danny seems to relax from the reassurance, though he still looks around the stadium uncertainly. Shockingly, a little defiance slowly filters back into his appearance, yet his eyes are still dull and his posture is still slumped.

After five minutes of uncertain silence, the halfa hangs his head. His white bangs fall and cover his dull, green eyes. Without looking at the warden, Danny holds out his hands. Gasps and cries of outrage ring though the stadium, but the guards' glares quickly shut the humans up. With a victorious grin, Walker floats forward and pulls out a pair of glowing, green hand cuffs. Snapping the hand cuffs in place, the crowd gasps as their hero falls out of the sky and crashes into the ground, creating a miniature crater. Danny groans before he glares at Walker, who looks utterly pleased.

"Sorry." Walker says with a smirk. "Did I forget to say those cuffs cancel out all your ghost powers?" Danny simply sighs in response, shaking his head a little before struggling to get up. Slowly, Danny manages to sit up, though the grimaces and winces the action causes show the pain the boy is in. Once he manages to sit, he glares at the warden floating above him. Walker slowly flies down to hover over the boy, pulling out a green book as he moves. The book glows with ghostly energy, and it is simply titled: Ghost Zone Rules. Opening the book, Walker begins to recite. "Daniel Phantom you are under arrest on the charges of possessing real world items, obstructing ghost's from pursuing their obsession, breaking out of prison, destroying my prison, aiding in the escape of other convicts, capturing me in your pathetic thermos, going against the Ghost Zone traditions, assaulting officers of the law, and for living in the human world. Do you have anything to say in your defense?" Before Danny could open his mouth to respond, Walker grabs him and lifts him into the air.

Grinning sadistically, Walker pulls out the Ghost Zone's equivalent to a Taser. Quickly, he electrocutes Phantom, and he grins as the boy screams. The audience watches, frozen in horror, as their hero is electrocuted into unconscious. Somehow, Danny stays in Phantom form, though that's the extent of his luck today. Unceremoniously, Walker drops the teenager and allows him to fall once again. "No defense huh? In that case, I find you guilty on all counts."

As Phantom lies face down, Maddie Fenton can't prevent herself from asking. "Obstructing a ghost from pursuing their obsession? So, every time he attacked those other ghosts, he was breaking some ghost law?" Though Maddie is a little unnerved by the presence of rules in the Ghost Zone, her curiosity must be sated. If they have laws, what else do they have? Besides the Ghost King, humans had seen no sign that some government rules the Ghost Zone, but these laws are just more proof of some kind of legal system existing.

Walker turns to her, before nodding. "Yes. The punk went against the law to protect this pathetic little town. The best part is that you still believe him to be some villain with ulterior motives. Phantom is benevolent, and was willing to face the torture my jail brings to keep a town full of ungratefuls safe." Guilt courses through the townspeople as they watch their hero twitching from the electricity. Tears begin to fall, and people begin to beg for their hero to be released, though their pleas cause the guards to snort.

Walker ignores the humans and instead makes his way to the teen's side, his slow pace unnerving the members of Team Phantom. Suddenly, Walker grins, wickedness seemingly radiating off the spirit. A swift kick to Phantom's side causes more protests to fill the air, but Walker simply continues his assault as if not a word was said. After ten minutes, he picks the battered boy up, and begins to float away. But, the call of some nameless human makes the ghost freeze. "How long is his term?" The man yells, worry and fear making his voice unrecognizable.

Grinning, Walker turns towards the crowd once again. "That's the best part. The severity of his crimes dictate that I execute the boy, but execution seems too good for this rat. His suffering should be prolonged for as long as possible. Thus, I believe twenty thousand years should be significant, though I doubt he will last that long. If I'm lucky, his body and mind will hold out for at least a tenth of his term." Without another word, the warden leaves with his guards.

As the ghosts vanish, the humans glance at one another. Crying and protests still sound from the group even after the ghosts are long gone. Suddenly, Vlad Masters, the mayor of Amity Park and the villain known as Vlad Plasmius, rushes to the press box. Once inside, he quickly grabs a microphone and addresses his citizens. "Citizens. I believe we can all agree that Phantom needs to be rescued. For one, he protects this town. I'm not certain how our town will fare once the other ghosts hear of Phantom's arrest. Secondly, he is being imprisoned for saving and helping this town. I think I speak for everyone when I say that we owe him for all the times he has saved us. Maddie and Jack please meet me in an hour to discuss this further." Without another word, Vlad drops the microphone and leaves the press box.

Slowly, Vlad leaves the stadium. Others soon follow in his footsteps. Though, Vlad outwardly claims those are the only reasons he wishes to free Danny, he inwardly knows the real reason he desires the boy is free. "Nobody hurts my little badger." Vlad mutters darkly, though worry manages to drizzle into his voice. Though Vlad and Danny are enemies, the billionaire does care for the boy, even if he would never admit it. After all the fights and insults, Vlad still wants the boy to be his apprentice and ally. Even more, he wants the boy to be his son still. Already, plans are swirling within his mind on how to free Danny. And, Plasmius, as Walker knows, is not to be crossed.