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Danny tried getting out of the cuffs. He first tried phasing through the cuffs, then used his ice powers to freeze them off, then tried summoning an ecto ray to his hands. Each attempt earned a growl of frustration as he continued thrashing in the cuffs.
"Danny, calm down!" Tucker said as he removed his foot from the keys on the ground. He quickly grabbed the keys and started working on removing the cuffs. For a quick second, Tucker was nervous that the keys were only for Sam's cuffs, but when he heard the promise of a click, he felt the tension in his stomach release. He ripped the cuff off of one wrist and quickly worked on the other. Once he was free he ran over to Danny's cuffs and worked to get them off. Tucker noticed the adrenaline running through Danny as he was itching to get out of the room.
"Don't worry Walker's not -" A huge blast was heard down the hall, causing Danny to jump and Tucker to drop the keys. He scrambled to the ground grabbing for the keys again to work on Danny's cuffs. Another series of blasts went off.
"Tucker!" Danny moaned as he looked out the small window in the door.
"I'm going!" Tucker declared as he got one cuff off, quickly going towards the other one. He twisted the key and heard the click declaring freedom for Danny. Once he was free, Danny flew towards the door and turned intangible only to smash right into it.
"Fuck!" Danny screamed as he rubbed his head. Tucker ran to the door trying to see a way to get out of the room. He raised his hand out and pushed it against the door, feeling his mouth tug upwards into a smirk when he phased seamlessly through.
"Turn human, bud," Tucker said as he phased through the door. Danny rolled his eyes as he turned into Fenton. He phased seamlessly through the door and ran towards the commotion with Tucker on his heels.
As they got closer to the noise Danny changed into Phantom and braced himself for a fight. When they rounded the last hall, Danny and Tucker stalled trying to make sense of what was in front of them.
Walker and his guards were shooting ecto blasts and using their stun batons against their parents. And their parents were actually doing well.
"Mom? Dad?" Danny and Tucker stammered.
"Don't you two just stand there! Get Sam!" Maddie shouted as she fired her Fenton gun. Danny and Tucker blinked the shock away and turned over to the guard who was still holding Sam. Danny ran over and punched the guard in the face, using their stunned reaction to phase Sam out of their grasp.
"Sorry," Danny said breathlessly.
Sam shook her head, "Don't be. This," she said pointing to their parents who were successfully hitting their aimed targets, "Is pretty surprising."
"Danny!" Tucker shouted. Danny and Sam turned over to Tucker to see him pointing to something behind them. They turned just as the guard was about to stun Danny and Sam, but before he could, he was shot back by an ecto blast delivered from Jack.
"Not today, freak!" Jack shouted as he turned his attention to the other guards.
"Feel my wrath you pigs!" Angela shouted as she shot back a few guards.
"Go, mom!" Tucker cheered as he ran to stand next to Danny and Sam. The trio stood frozen in place, gawking at their parents fighting and actually winning. Maddie was punching and kicking guards, flipping over a few, much to Jack's excitement.
"That's right! That's my wife!" Jack declared with pride. He then continued to shoot down a few guards in his area. The trio then shifted their gaze over to the Manson's and watched them shoot down a few guards. They gasped when Pamela punched the guard in the stomach.
"That's for planning harm towards my daughter!"
Tucker's parents were also doing well as they seemed to work in sync together, with Maurice shooting a few guards down and Angela knocking some down with a hit from her gun to the back of their heads. Tucker cringed from the maniacal laugh that came from his mom with each guard she took down.
"Where the fuck did all of this come from?" Danny stuttered to his friends.
"I could ask you the same thing!" A deep voice said behind them. The trio quickly turned around to see Walker behind them with an ecto blast charging in his hand. Danny reacted by shooting his own ecto blast, pushing Walker away from them.
Walker clenched his teeth and brought his head up only to have a fist punch him back to the ground. He groaned as he rubbed his face already feeling the bruise appear. The front of his jacket was tugged upward so that he was face-to-face with Danny.
"Let's go give you a taste of your own medicine," Danny growled. Walker gulped as he looked into Danny's eyes, seeing rage shine in them.
"You can't leave me in here!" Walker yelled as he tugged on the cuffs that Danny had worn before.
"Guys, how much do you think physical assault, kidnapping, and attempted torture would get our inmate here?" Danny asked his friends with mock consideration.
Sam raised a finger to her chin, playing along. "Mmm, I don't know… Maybe 3,000 years?"
Tucker crossed his arms over his chest and gave a smug smile, "Times 3. So if my math is correct, that's 9,000 years!"
Danny shrugged, "Might as well round that up to 10,000."
Walker gasped, "You can't leave me in here!"
Danny, Sam, and Tucker turned away walking towards the door.
"No, stop!" Walker pleaded. Danny stayed in the doorway while Sam and Tucker turned the corner.
"You do not order me," Danny growled. He shut the door in Walker's shocked face. The friends exchanged knowing smiles as they walked towards the entrance of the Prison, with Walker's shouts echoing the hallways.
"Are you three alright?" Maddie asked as she and Jack ran towards Danny to give him a tight hug. Danny turned over to his friends to see that they were also receiving tight hugs from their respective parents.
"Yeah, we're fine mom. Thanks to all of you," Danny said softly as his parents released him. He rubbed the back of his neck and took a deep breath. "What I said before…I'm sorry. I was way out of line."
Maddie cupped her son's face as Jack placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Honey, we're sorry. We inserted ourselves in fights where you three were perfectly capable of handling it."
"Maddie's right. We caused more trouble than assistance," Pamela added.
Sam shook her head, "We should've talked to you guys though instead of yelling at you."
"Yeah," Tucker interjected, "We were jerks with the way we handled it."
"You guys really saved us back there," Danny chuckled as he looked at all the parents. "Thank you." Sam and Tucker nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, we did, didn't we!" Angela claimed. All families laughed at her honesty.
"While this was fun, we promise to leave the ghost fighting to the experts," Jack winked at his son. Danny smiled softly at his father's acceptance.
"And we promise to go back to our own styles. I mean seriously, I miss my bright colors!" Pamela shrieked, making all the families laugh again.
"Thank god!" Sam said.
Maurice cleared his throat as he straightened his back, with the other parents following his lead, "But…we all agree that there is a lesson that needs to be learned about accepting help when you three need it…" The parents nodded in agreement.
"Tucker, Sam, and Danny gulped as they exchanged nervous glances.
"How long do we have to be here?" Sam grumbled.
Tucker looked at his phone and sighed, "5 more hours…"
"How is this teaching us the lesson of accepting help?" Danny groaned.
"Because it teaches you three to be there for someone when they need it," Maddie claimed.
"And because we made a deal…" Angela added.
"Friends! All the friends!" Klemper said excitedly as he flew around the room. He then flew down to Danny and lightly placed his hand on his shoulder. "Tag you're it!" Klemper stated as he flew off.
"Danny, go on you're the only one who can fly," Jack chuckled. Danny hung his head back and flew off after Klemper, chasing him.
"We don't have to hang out here for the next five hours though, do we?" Jeremy whispered to the parents.
Maddie snorted, "Heck no! Let's get out of here!" At that claim, Tucker and Sam perked up.
"Don't you three think that you won't be caught if you leave early!" Pamela countered.
"You forget, we have eyes and ears everywhere!" Angela said.
"Thank you, paparazzi!" Jack boasted as the parents rounded inside the Specter Speeder and flew off leaving the trio behind to hang out with Klemper.
"Tag, you're it!" Klemper shouted as he tagged Sam.
"Fuck you, paparazzi," Sam, Tucker and Danny grumbled.