Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Danny Phantom. If I did things would be a lot more different from how the series went. For example, all of the minor human characters would have last names or first names in a few cases. Regardless, this hear is the sequel to 'Tortured Hearts and Dark Legacies' and one of my possibly more graphic stories. There is also one thing that I may do that will be quite confusing. I plan for this story to take over a span of three years. Three years in the story, not in really life. Given how I did 'Cross my Heart and I'll Fight Back' and 'Tortured Hearts and Dark Legacies' this one should take me almost half a year if I'm lucky. Another thing about this story, don't expect to see Danny, Sam, Dani, or Vince anytime soon. This focuses on the other characters and the major villains that were revealed at the end of the last story.
It has been three months since Amity Park had learned about the 'truth' of Danny Phantom. Since that time, the people of Amity Park tried to go on with their lives while a few tried to understand what had happened. For Jack and Maddie they were upset and angry with how their son was 'killed' by Danny Phantom and his body was 'violated' by said ghost. When they told Jazz, they were shocked when she told them they were wrong and that Danny was never killed but was half-ghost. The two of them refused to believe their daughter claiming that she was brainwashed and demanded that she return home so they could cure her. Jazz refused and told them that if they even think of trying to take her out of Yale, she would call the police.
It was also going bad for Jack's brother Vince, as he was sentenced to ten years in prison. After he was arrested the Guys in White tried to have him charged with treason and demanded for him to be executed. Luckily for Vince, he managed to get a fair lawyer and pointed out that the charge for treason was unlawful as he didn't betray the United States because his actions had a benefit for the country. Because Vince destroyed the Ghost Portal, there was no longer any stable and constant opening for ghosts to enter the human world. So his act of destroying the Ghost Portal actually saved countless people. As for his involvement in helping Danny Phantom escape along with two other powerful ghosts, he was charged with only aided wanted 'criminals' and would have gotten a fifteen year sentence. As a means of shortening the sentence, Vince agreed to a plea bargain for ten years instead. However, the Guys in White and the Fenton couple were still upset with the sentencing. The Guys in White still wanted him executed while Jack and Maddie wanted him to have life imprisonment. Regardless, Vincent Fenton was considered dead to Jack Fenton while Vince told Jack one thing before being sent to prison.
"Jack, we may share blood, but because of your fanatical hatred of ghosts you've lost more than just your kids. You and I are no longer brothers,"
True to Vince's words, he and Jack were no longer considered brothers. In fact, the rest of the Fenton family still in the human with the exception of Jazz had disowned him. It didn't matter to Vince because he stood by his belief in what he did was right. The only person in the Fenton family that visited him was his niece Jazz.
As for Jeremy Manson, when he found out that his daughter went missing he was at first saddened by the news. However, as the days passed on he stopped caring about Sam and continued to live his life as he wished. Due to the loss of his mother, wife, and daughter; Jeremy was no longer bound to his status as a married man. So he chose to enjoy his life as a single man by drinking wine and getting busy. His concept of busy was more sexual than business as he would go into gentlemen's clubs at any part of the world and 'invests' in some young services. He would work out an agreement with the management and would return home with his entertainment for some release. There were times he had some release while on his private plan. There had also been times when the ladies refused to return to their places of employment once they saw just how rich Jeremy was, but they eventually returned.
As for Tucker Foley, he continued on with his life while regretting his decision about not helping Danny and Sam. However, he continued to justify his choice because he was only a normal human. Yet no matter how many times he told himself that there wasn't anything he could do, he couldn't believe any of his words.
Up above Amity Park three ghosts were looking down at the town from their very high vantage point. They watched as the people went about their lives completely unaware of what was about to come.
"So when shall we begin our attack master?" asked one of the ghosts.
"We'll begin soon Tuck," answered the leader. "During Casper high's little football game this evening," he added.
"A little cliché don't you think?" asked Tuck.
"True, but the night is the home of Samantha's pets," replied the leader as he looked towards the female of their group. "Are they ready my dear?" he asked her.
The female ghost didn't say anything; all she did was float towards her leader and rested her head on his shoulder. The leader wrapped his arms around her waist as he pulled her closer to his body.
"Soon we will have our fun with these pathetic mortals," said the leader as he caressed Samantha's cheek.
"Yes lord Dan," agreed Tuck.
When the evening came, the students of Casper high, their parents, the football team, the opposing team and their families were getting ready for the big game. Among those on the Casper side was Tucker playing the role of the mascot for his school. He signed up as the mascot thinking that he may have a better chance with hooking up with a cheerleader. So far it hasn't worked for him at all since he still hadn't changed his appearance.
After making his performance as the Mascot, Tucker was pushed aside by the football team and shoved away from the viewers. He sent out a small glare at one of the jocks as the game started. He watched as the opposing team tackled the Casper high quarterback. The game continued as such as Casper high was being beaten by the opposing team in the first quarter of the game.
Hidden from the football field, Dan and his group were invisible and were watching the game. Dan shook his head at how pathetic the young humans were as Casper high continued to lose.
"I'll never understand why this school favored the jocks if they were so weak," commented Dan as he turned to Samantha. "Are your pets ready to spice things up my dear?" he asked her.
Samantha nodded her head as she raised her right hand. Behind her were fourteen black figures with red spikes and white horns appeared behind her. She closed her hand and the creatures turned invisible, she then pointed towards the football field and they took off silently.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to use these dogs my lord?" asked Tuck.
Samantha turned around and grabbed Tuck by his neck crushing it. The sound of metal was strangely heard as she squeezed Tuck's neck.
"I'm sorry Samantha," groaned Tuck as he struggled to break from her grasp. "I'm sure they will do well," he told her as if hoping for her to let go.
Samantha dropped him onto the ground before turning her attention to the football field to see the action.
Back in the foot field, the quarterback for the Casper Ravens made his call and prepared to throw the ball to the wide receiver. After he threw the ball, he was tackled down onto the ground by an unseen force. At first he thought it was someone from the other team, but he was being shaken violently until he felt teeth pierce his shoulder and through the padding. He let out a scream but his screams were not heard as it was drowned out by more screaming.
The wide receiver ran towards the goal while all of those behind him gave chase. However, both football teams were being tackled down by unseen forces one by one. Some were taken down from behind, others by the sides, and a few by the front. The people on the stands watched in confusion and fear as these players were obviously not alone. The only one that didn't notice was the wide receiver as he ran faster to reach the goal. When he reached the goal, he threw the ball down and turned around expecting cheering. What he saw instead was the other players being mauled by nothing. He was confused and a little scared much like the people watching. His train of thought was interrupted when he was knocked down by an unseen force.
The audience in the stands watched in horror as the players were being torn apart as fourteen black creatures sudden appeared out of thin air. These creatures were black in color, stocky in stature that somewhat resemble a reptilian hyena. They had red spike like protruding on their backs along with a sharp white tail that looked like a spike. On their heads of each one was a long white horn with a split crest tip. Their hind legs there similar to prehistoric carnivore dinosaurs with three white toe claws, but the strangest thing about these creatures was that they didn't have any visible forelegs but they here positioned to look like they walked on four legs.
The audience watched in horror as the teenagers on the field were being killed by these monsters and they all felt powerless to stop it. Suddenly, the black monsters stopped their attacks and moved away from the down teens as three figures appeared. Everyone gasped in shock at the sight of these figures and knew that they were ghosts.
One of the ghosts looked like something that came out of a sci-fi movie. It was a robotic ghost in silver armor and two glowing red lenses. Most of the body was slim and streamlined with two green lines on the sides of its chest plate. It had two white hatches in the stomach area with a black based underneath them. The arms were humanlike with gray cylinders serving as the elbow joints and white four fingered hands. There was also silver armor plating on each shoulder protecting the green parts that served as the shoulders that connect to the main body. The hip area was a silver T shaped base with gray materials that were used as the connection for the legs. The legs were almost humanlike from the thighs down to the cylinders that served as the knees. Just below said knees were the legs positioned in a bird like structure that end with long pointed feet. The head of the machine ghost looked vaguely like a medieval knight's helmet with two sharp points on the sides.
The second ghost was a female that looked like she would be in her twenties. She had a great figure but she keep it covered up with a purple bodysuit that looked similar to the HAZMAT suit that Maddie Fenton wears. However, the sleeves were loose fitting and ended with a curved cup look. The top part that covered her chest was set up more like a v neck tank top but underneath the purple was a black cover that ended with sharp spike tips over her shoulders and a long trench coat tail piece that went down to her calves. On her feet were long black boots that had a triangle point on the top of the front center. The heels of her boots looked to be a part of the whole thing. She had blue skin from the looks of her hands and neck. Her face was covered with a dark mask with five dark blue lines with two on the top in angles, two on the bottom in angles and one from the chin. The eyes were covered with two purple lenses that were the focal points of the lines. She had black hair that went down to her shoulders but they ended in four points. She also had a ponytail that stuck up but curved like a scorpion's tail and even had a sharp point. The fourteen black monster ghosts walked towards her and circled around her. It became apparent that she was their master.
However it was the last ghost that caught everyone's attention, especially Tucker's because he was able to recognize the ghost. The ghost was very tall and had an athletic built to him. He wore a black bodysuit with a white center that came from the center of his white belt and spread into a V formation until it reached his shoulders. On his black shoulders were small white flames that seemed to grow from his body. He had silver clawed gloves and on his right arm was this long blade that extended from his forearm and possibly longer than his own arm. The blade was also serrated in a fashion where there was five curved points that were directed backwards while three curved points were pointed towards the tip of the blade. On his feet were silver boots with sharp points on the sides and a trident like point on the center of each boot. He had a blue face with a small white flame goatee, dark green eyes and this strange four spiked helmet that framed his face to similar to a demon. The top was exposed so that a white flame that may be his hair finished the look to give an impression of the ghost wearing a flaming crown. However, the most shocking thing was the emblem on this ghost's chest. It was a black D with a white P inside the D that drew the attention of the people, especially Tucker Foley as he realized who he was looking at.
"No, it can't be," whispered Tucker. "He can't be free," he continued in disbelief.
"Well isn't this interesting," said the ghost with the blade. "To be honest, I was expecting to see some familiar faces but given how most of them happen to be dead. I can't be picky now," he continued.
"Lord Dan, I'm picking up a huge signal coming towards our area from the east," said the robotic ghost.
"It is Dan," muttered Tucker. "Oh shit, we are all doomed," he cursed.
"Really Tuck, are they who I'm hoping for?" asked Dan.
'That's me?' thought Tucker in shock. 'That's me from that alternate timeline that Dan came from?' he continued.
"Yes, the signal matches your former parents' RV and they are approaching fast," answered Tuck.
"Good," replied Danny.
Before anyone could do anything, a blast of reddish pink energy collided with Dan's chest. The result was an explosion that caught everyone by surprise. Several people looked for the source and saw the Red Huntress hovering above them on her hover board. She had a strange ghost ray mounted on her right arm that was smoking from the barrel. She had a smug look on her face as she looked at the spot that she fired at.
"That's for killing Danny you ghost freak," said the Red Huntress.
The people below her cheered at being saved from the three ghosts and their monsters. However, their cheering ended when they heard a slow clapping sound. Everyone turned to look at the football field as the smoke cleared. Valerie looked on in shock as she saw Dan clapping his hands and his blade retracted. He had a sinister smirk on his face as he looked up at Valerie showing that he wasn't wounded, there wasn't even a scorch mark on his suit.
"Bravo Valerie," called out Dan. "You managed to catch my attention," he added as he stopped clapping. "Too bad that's all you succeeded in," he told her darkly.
"No way, how did he survive that?" questioned a very shocked Valerie as she prepared to attack again.
However before she could attack, Valerie's board started to descend on its own. Valerie was shocked as she tried to order the board to stop going down. Dan let out a small chuckle as he watched Valerie struggled to gain control of her board.
"It's no use struggling Valerie," said Dan as he crossed his arms. "Once Tuck has hacked into a machine, he has full control over it," he added. "Even you," he finished.
To prove his point, Valerie's was brought to her knees while on her hover board. She looked on in horror as the robotic ghost called Tuck directed his right arm down causing her to fall to the ground.
"I am not a machine," growled Valerie as she tried to regain control of herself.
"And that is where you are wrong little girl," replied Tuck as he approached her. "You see, during our time observing the people of this town and seeing the changes that had taken place. We have noticed that your ghost hunting gear was modified thanks to a certain ghost. What he and you didn't know was that the suit behaved like a biomechanical parasite and turned you more or less into a cyborg," he explained. "And as a cyborg, you are now a puppet under my will," he added.
"Which means, you are now our little toy," added Dan as he walked right next to Tuck along with Samantha. "Why don't you break in your new toy Tuck?" he suggested.
"What a great idea," replied Tuck as he sent his commands to Valerie.
Valerie looked on in horror as her body stood up; she turned around and raised her arms directing them towards the audience. She tried to gain control over herself, but she could only watch as her ghost ray weapons appeared on her arms and opened fire on the people.
Everyone ran in terror as they tried to avoid ghost ray blasts aimed at them. One person wasn't as lucky as she was hit in the back by a stray shot. To Valerie's horror, Tuck increased the power output and it blew a hole through her body. The poor teen girl coughed out blood as she looked at the hole in her screaming in agonizing horror as her life energy faded before dropping to the ground. Valerie screamed in horror as her body continued to fire upon the people she claimed to protect while two of the three ghosts laughed at the carnage that was unfolding.
As people ran away in terror, the Fenton GAV crashed right through the fence that surrounded the high school and stopped right in front of the opposing team's goal. Jack and Maddie jumped out of their vehicle armed with Ecto-bazookas aimed at the three ghosts. Samantha turned to look at the Fenton couple and placed her hand on Dan's shoulder. He turned to look at his partner and noticed her attention directed elsewhere. He averted his eyes to the source of her interest and saw Jack and Maddie.
"Wow, they actually made it," commented Dan as he gave his full attention to his former human parents. "I'm surprised the two of you actually arrived, usually you two come far too late to do anything," he added. "But you're here in time to see more of the slaughter," he finished.
"Not going to happen you vile ghost!" yelled Maddie as she prepared to fire.
"Really, I actually like to see you try," challenged Dan as he stepped forward. "Mother," he added.
Jack and Maddie paused in stunned confusion after hearing him call Maddie mother.
"What did you just call me?" demanded Maddie.
"I'm sure you're not deaf," joked Dan.
"Maddie, look at the emblem on his chest," said Jack. "It's that ghost punk Danny Phantom!" he declared.
Maddie took a look and saw the emblem that her husband had mentioned. It was indeed Danny's emblem only it was black. This filled her heart with rage as she remembered what Vlad had told her three months ago. She was a little put off by the change in the ghost's appearance because of how short of a time frame it was between that time and the present. However, her rage was in full control of her as he prepared to fire her weapon.
"Prepare of oblivion ghost!" yelled Maddie as she fired the weapon.
The green ectoplasm beam flew towards Dan's chest and collided with him. However, the beam did nothing as Dan stood still and looked at Maddie with a hint of amusement with her attempt. The Fenton couple gasped in shock because there was no mini portal emerging from his body to suck him back into the Ghost Zone.
"Really, is that all you got?" taunted Dan as he looked over his arm mounted blade in boredom. "I would have thought you two had improved in your so-called weapons, but I guess that was asking for too much," he added as he turned to look at Samantha.
"Don't you turn your back on me you monster!" yelled Maddie as she dropped the bazooka and pulled out her double ended ectoplasm battle staff.
Maddie leapt into the air activating her weapon causing the two ends to emit two glowing ectoplasm light saber like blades. Dan took a quick glance at his human mother and rolled his eyes at the ridiculousness of her challenging him in battle. He looked over at Samantha and smiled at her before taking her small right hand into his left hand.
"Samantha my beloved, do mind entertaining our guess?" asked Dan.
Samantha nodded her head before giving Dan's hand a slight squeeze before letting go of his hand. She stepped around him and walked towards Maddie, her pets watched as Samantha stopped several feet in front of Maddie.
"Be sure not to kill her," said Dan. "We still need her alive for the rest of the game," he added.
Samantha nodded her head as she focused her attention towards Maddie. Maddie twirled the weapon around before getting into a combat position.
"Alright then," said Maddie as she glared at the ghost in front of her. "Dazzle me," she added in a lower tone.
"Man that's hot," commented Jack with excitement in his voice.
Maddie charged at the female ghost and swung her weapon to her left. Samantha blocked the attack with her left arm and knocked the weapon away from her. Maddie used the momentum from that action to spin to her right and attack with a backhand swing. However her attack was blocked once again causing her to back away for a second. Samantha stood still as she waited for Maddie to attack again. Maddie thrust her weapon forward in an attempt to hit Samantha's face, but the female ghost shifted her body to her right allowing her to perform a side kick into Maddie's stomach. Maddie stumbled backwards for a bit before glaring at her ghostly opponent. She then jumped into the air to perform an overhead attack with the staff, but Samantha caught Maddie by the throat just before the weapon reached her head.
Jack gasped in shock at seeing his wife get caught in midair like that. Samantha had a tight grip on Maddie and looked at her in the eyes. She can see the fear in the female human's eyes and the disbelief that she was beaten by a ghost. Maddie tried to glare at the ghost holding her, but the mask covering her face prevented her from seeing any type of expression on Samantha's face. Suddenly, Samantha swiftly and violently tossed Maddie towards her left with little effort. Maddie crashed onto the ground and tried to get back up. She still had the ecto-staff in her right hand and was using it to get herself back up to attack again.
However, she was tackled onto the ground by one of the black ghosts as it clamped its jaws onto her forearm. Maddie struggled to break free from the ghost's grip as it shook her arm violently. Soon enough there was a sickening cracking sound along with a tearing sound that could be heard by those on the football field. Finally the black ghost backed away from Maddie with blood on its mouth. Maddie looked at the ghost and saw something that would terrify her for years to come.
She saw in the maw of that ghost, her forearm still holding the ecto-staff and blood pouring from the wound. She looked at her arm and let out a blood curdling scream as she looked the stump that was left of her right arm. Jack ran towards his wife, scared that if she didn't receive medical attention she would die from blood loss. However, he stopped when he saw Dan appear before Maddie. He watched helplessly as the ghost grabbed his wife's arm and burned the wound with ectoplasm to stop the bleeding. The Fenton were confused by this ghost's actions before Dan picked Maddie up and tossed her at Jack.
"Consider that on the house," commented Dan. "Samantha's pets tend to get a little out of control whenever they see a battle," he explained with a sickening smirk on his face.
"Why did you stop the bleeding?" asked a shell shocked Maddie as Jack helped her back up.
"Simple, I want you two to still be alive as I unleash a Hell on earth the likes you could only imagine," answered Dan before he turned his attention to Tuck. "Tuck, activate the ghost shield," he ordered. "It's time we turn this town into a game preserve," he added.
"Yes master," obeyed Tuck as his eyes glow a brighter red.
On top of the Fenton Emergency Ops Center, the ghost shield generator became active. The Ops Center started to move off of Fenton Works as it floated into the air. After it reached a certain altitude, the ghost shield activated and started to expand. The green energy that made the shield started to cover the entire town of Amity Park. Back in the football field, Jack and Maddie watched in shock and confusion as the green walls touched the ground.
When the ghost shield's barrier descended from the Ops Center, the people of Amity Park watched in stunned confusion and fear as they remembered when their town was taken away by the Ghost King. Concerned parents turned on their TVs and looked for any news about what has happened. The people, who had fled from Casper high, got into their cars and drove to their homes. Those that stayed at the school were the friends and family of the players who were either severely injured or killed by the ghosts. Among them was Tucker who was still watching what was happening in fear. He didn't want to believe it, but the ghost that could have been his former friend was back and this time he wasn't alone.
'How can he be here?' thought Tucker as he tried to hide himself from the three ghosts. 'Clockwork wouldn't let that monster loose, would he?' he continued to mentally ask himself.
Over at the football field, Dan surveyed the area and saw that only a few humans had remained. He turned to look at his companions and floated into the air. The other two ghosts followed his lead while the fourteen black beasts turned invisible and left the area. The three remaining ghosts started to fly towards City Hall to continue their conversion of the city. As that happened, Jack was helping Maddie into the GAV and was heading for the hospital so that she would get immediate medical attention.
When the people who fled the school, most had fled to the police station to report what has happened. Due to the violent nature some of the recent ghost attacks, the police were willing to take these reports as true and sent out any and all available police officers to search for these ghosts. The police searching the town noticed the ghost shield and started to worry about what was happening. One patrol car spotted the three ghosts and began to give chase, but as they tried to get close to the ghosts, the patrol car's hood caved in. The officers in the car were shocked at what happened and noticed that the engine was being ripped apart by an unseen ghost.
They tried to make sense out of what was happening, but whatever that was attacking the engine charged into the windshield and shattered it. The thing attacking the car revealed itself to be one of Samantha's pets and it processed to attack the police officers as they screamed in terror as they met their end.
Over at City Hall, the mayor of Amity Park was in a press meeting that was being recorded for tomorrow's morning news report. The mayor was being interviewed by a female reporter and was being asked a question that seemed to revolve around the upcoming election. The mayor mentioned about being confident about the upcoming election as he flashed a smile to the camera.
Suddenly, the female reporter gasped as she looked up in the sky to see Dan, Samantha, and Tuck hovering above them. Dan had a smirk on his face as he descended towards the humans. The cameraman filmed the ghost as he touched the ground along with Samantha and Tuck following behind.
"That was a very compelling speech Mr. Mayor, but I have a question about how you didn't notice the green dome that is surrounding your town," commented Dan as he advanced towards the mayor and the reporter.
The mayor backed away from the ghost as far as he could but he bumped into door behind him. The reporter started to cower in fear as Dan continued his approach towards the mayor.
"Of course, you always seemed more interested in yourself than the people of this town," said Dan as he grabbed the mayor.
"Please, don't hurt me," begged the mayor. "I'll give you anything, money, a position in my office," he offered. "Just please spare me," he continued to beg.
"Oh I don't want any of that," replied Dan as he pulled the mayor towards the cameraman. "This better be a live broadcast," he said to the cameraman.
"I-I-I can switch it to live feed," stuttered the cameraman.
"You better," said Dan.
In the next minute all of Amity Park's television programs were interrupted with the live feed of Dan's appearance. The people of Amity Park gasped in horror at the sight of a ghost holding their mayor hostage once again. Those who didn't see the attack that happened in the football field had looks of horror at the sight of the ghost that was on camera.
"People of Amity Park," started Dan as he glared at the camera. "Today, your miserable little lives will change. My companions and I have come from the Ghost Zone to liberate all of you from the lives every single one of you go about every day," he told the viewers. "As all of you can see, your town is encased inside the Fenton's ghost shield. This may seem like a flawed attempt at keeping all of you inside, but I assure you that is not the case," he continued as he raised his left arm into the air. "The ghost shield is merely a means to keep them in," he added as he opened a portal into the Ghost Zone.
The cameraman positioned his camera towards the air to show a massive amount of ghosts drop from the portal. Among the ghosts were Skulker, Ember, Spectra, Bertrand, Technus, Johnny, Kitty, Youngblood, Desiree, a severely injured Walker, his equally injured guards, along with the prisoners of Walker's jail. The people of Amity Park who were watching the news broadcast looked at their TVs in shock as the ghosts dropped within the hundreds from that portal. The cameraman turned his attention back to Dan who was smiling as he closed the portal.
"As all of you have just witnessed, I have brought in close to a hundred or so ghosts into your town. I'm sure all of you including the ghosts here are wondering why," said Dan as he got the attention of all of the ghosts.
Samantha walked into the crowd of ghosts ignoring cat calls from the many male ghosts that were looking at her lustfully. When she reached the spot Walker was laying, she grabbed the wounded warden and flew herself and Walker towards Dan. She tossed Walker towards her mate before walking to Dan's side. Dan handed the mayor to Samantha as he moved to pick up Walker.
"To the prisoners of Walker's prison," Dan addressed the prisoners. "Despite the harsh landing, I have also liberated you from your prison. I have also given all of you a new home to reside," he told them. "This very town is now yours to use as you see fit and I have plans of how to entertain you. I will promise you all free reign of this entire domain, the humans are yours to use for whatever your dark little souls desire, and I have your first reward for all of you right now," he continued.
"And what is that Super Hunk?" asked Ember finding herself attracted to this new ghost.
"Walker and his men," answered Dan. "I'm sure all of you remembered his hospitality for wrongfully imprisoning all of you?" he added earning angered cheers from the many prisoners. "Well, your first reward is a game involving our beloved warden," he told them as he lifted Walker towards the crowd of ghosts. "The game is simple; all of you can do as you wish with him and his guards. There is only one rule…" he started to tell them.
"What's the rule?" asked one of the prisoners eager to tear apart Walker.
"Try NOT to kill him," replied Dan as he tossed Walker into the crowd of his former prisoners.
As soon as Walker hit the ground, he was engulfed by a mass of his former prisoners as they piled on, tearing at each other to have their fun almost killing Walker. The ones who were among that mass of chaos were the regular ghosts that visit Amity Park. They were shocked and disgusted by the savage behavior these ghosts showed as the ghost warden at their mercy, mercy that will never come to him.
Dan watched with a twisted smile on his face as the cameraman filmed the carnage that was going on. Samantha and Tuck watched with no distinct sign of enjoyment due to Samantha's facing being hidden by her mask and Tuck's face had no visible mouth. The people of Amity Park watched on in horror at what was going on. Suddenly the cameraman turned his attention to Dan as he walked towards the mayor.
"Now as for you humans, being how the ghost shield only effects ghosts all of you must be thinking of escaping," said Dan. "Well, you can try but there will be consequences if you do. You see my associate Tuck; he is a new type of ghost. A cybernetic type, capable of hacking into any communication device and can easily hack into any monitoring equipment. He will know if anyone has managed to escape and for every person who has escaped, I will know and I will personally hunt down all of those close to you that have remained inside the town and publically execute them for all to see," he explained. "You want to know the fun part?" he asked the people watching on TV. "Their blood will be on your conscience," he told them. "That's right; any of your friends and family that stays will be killed and you will have no one to blame but yourselves for not staying or bringing them with you," he continued.
'He's even more of a sadist than me,' thought Spectra as she shook in fear of this ghost.
Dan turned his attention to the mayor and placed him in front of the camera.
"Now, I'm feeling a little generous so I'll make a deal with you Mr. Mayor," said Dan.
"A-a-a-a deal?" stuttered the mayor.
"Yes," replied Dan. "If you give us your best smile for the camera, I'll let you go with none of your family and friends killed as you leave this town," he told the man.
"You will?" asked the mayor.
"Yes, I will let you leave and those important to you will still live," answered Dan as he stood behind the mayor. "So will you smile for the camera Mr. Mayor?" he asked.
Hoping to save himself, the mayor closed his eyes and gave his biggest smile. That was the last time he closed his eyes as his head fell off of his body after Dan decapitated him in front of the cameraman and all of the ghosts. The ghosts that weren't beating Walker within an inch of his afterlife gasped in horror as the mayors head rolled onto the ground. The people of Amity Park screamed within their homes and work places at the sight of their mayor's execution. The cameraman slowly moved the camera towards Dan as he cleaned his blade of the blood. Dan looked at the camera while rolling his eyes.
"What, I said I would let him go," said Dan. "I never said he would leave the town," he added as he started to laugh.
His laughter started out as a low chuckle but it picked up in volume as it changing into the laugh of someone who could have been believed to be the Devil himself. His laughter shook the very core of nearly all of the ghosts that were in Amity Park as he continued his insane laughter. After laughing for a moment, Dan stopped laughing and looked at the trembling cameraman.
"Enjoy your Hell," said Dan as he restarted his laughter.
Author's note: Well this chapter marks the beginning of this third story and I was surprised that I was able to get it started. I didn't think I would have anything for this story until around early October but here it is. As you can see, I've set up the situation for the people of Amity Park and it doesn't look good for anyone, human or ghost. For those who have no idea of what is going on, I suggest reading 'Cross my Heart and I'll Fight Back' and 'Tortured Hearts and Dark Legacies' first. As for whom Samantha and Tuck are, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out. As for why they are even with Dan that will be revealed much later on. The main thing to know is that they along with normal Tucker are the major focal points of the story. This is a story of madness, regret, and one boy's attempt of redemption and that boy isn't Danny. Other characters will also be involved and chances are they will need all the praying they can get for what is to come.