This chapter combines Dash and Kwan's fears. Also, this chapter is for all Dani Phantom fans!
I don't own Danny Phantom.
Just as the group of students and one teacher walked back into the maze, the old hospital vanished. Just vanished into thin air.
They glanced at it but kept walking forward.
"Alright, truth or dare time!" Paulina said in a sing-song voice.
Tucker cleared his throat. "Considering that we're in a maze of our worst fears, can we just do truth?"
Paulina pondered this for a moment. "Fine. Tucker, what's the longest you've been without some sort of electronic?"
Tucker thought. "About three hours. It was terrifying." He glanced towards Danny. "I blame you for letting the Fright Knight out."
Danny folded his arms. "Hey! I didn't know that the Soul Shredder released the Fright Knight!"
"Alright, Kwan, what's your favorite song?" Tucker asked.
"Titanium," Kwan answered with a blush. "Mr. Lancer, why are you afraid of being locked in a janitor's closet?"
Mr. Lancer folded his arms. "One day, I was giving detention and the next minute I was locked in a closet. Funny, Miss Manson, Mr. Foley, and Mr. Fenton were the only kids in that room. Which one of you did it!"
Danny held his hands up. "It's not my fault! I was being controlled!"
Everyone (except Sam and Tucker) looked at him like he was insane.
"Okay," Sam said. "Jazz, what is the worst grade you've gotten on a test?"
" An eighty-two," she answered.
Star grinned. "I have one! Danny, what's your worst fear?"
Danny's eyes went wide and he back up a step. "H-H-HIM! I-I-I'm a-a-afraid of H-H-HIM!"
"HIM?" Dash was confused.
"Evil! Pure evil!" Danny started rambling on. "His exact words to Sam and Tucker, 'You know, if I had an ounce of humanity in me this would be a very touching little reunion.' He's evil! His red eyes, his flaming hair, his forked tongue." He shivered as he quoted again, "'your time is up, Danny. It's been up for ten years.'"
Valerie, Paulina, Star, Dash, Kwan, and Mr. Lancer all looked at each other confused, while Dani, Sam, Tucker, and Jazz went to comfort Danny, who was now curled up in a ball in the corner.
Meanwhile, Kwan turned the corner and screamed. It was his turn to face his worst fear.
Sam walked up next to him. Her violet eyes widened. "Danny! Danielle! Don't look!"
Dani listened and covered her eyes before she could see what was around the corner. Danny, however, did not.
"What could be so—" He froze as he looked around the corner—to see Freakshow with his staff.
Everyone gasped as they saw his eyes change from a blue to a red.
Freakshow laughed. He pointed his staff at Dash. "Him first, my minion."
Danny smiled, evilly. He approached the jock. Dash took a step back and covered his eyes.
There was a loud sound as Danny punched him hard in the face. The jock flew back a few feet and peeked to see the halfa running up to him surprisingly fast and catching him in the arm.
Danny stumbled back a few steps and clutched his head, eyes returning to blue for a second. "Staff… break… staff…" he managed to get out before his eyes changed back to red. And he attacked again.
Sam glanced at the others who were watching horrified (besides Dani, who, luckily, was still covering her eyes). "C'mon! You heard him! We've gotta break the staff."
Everyone, except Kwan, nodded and ran towards Freakshow. The ringmaster just laughed as Lydia appeared and caught all of the kids in tattoos.
Kwan just stood petrified.
Danny's fist hit Dash's face with a loud slap. He stumbled back again, eyes returning to blue as he fought Freakshow's control. "Kwan… help… me." He attacked again.
Dani heard that as well so she looked down at the ground and walked forward.
Kwan glanced between the mind-controlled Danny and the freaky clown. Making up his mind, he charged towards the clown.
Meanwhile, Dani found Danny and tackled him to the ground, without seeing the staff. She attempted to punch him but he grabbed her fist. She clenched her teeth and used her intangibility to slip out of her cousin's grasp (although it went unseen by everyone else). The duo got up and circled each other.
"And why do you think you can beat me?" Danny taunted. "You're just a mindless clone like all the others who used to almost melt into a puddle of goo every time she used her abilities."
"No, I'm not!" Dani growled. "I have a mind! I'm a unique individual like you!"
Danny laughed. "You and I are freaks of nature. So is the fruit loop. All victims of lab experiments one way or another."
Dani ground her teeth.
"What are we?" Danny continued. "Are we dead? Or are we alive? We walk the thin line between life and death. Nobody cares for freaks like us."
Kwan along with everyone else had stopped to hear the conversation.
"And you," Danny put his face close to Dani's, eyes glowing red met with her's which were now green with anger. "You are nothing. You shouldn't be alive. Because you Danielle Phantom are an imperfection."
Everyone gasped. Danielle Phantom?
Dani's eyes blazed with anger as she pounced on Danny. "NO ONE CALLS ME AN IMPERFECTION!"
Danny laughed and caught her in the ribcage. There was a crack as some ribs broke. She slid up to the roped up kids.
"Danielle Phantom?" Paulina asked, wide-eyed. "Are you, like, related to the ghost boy?"
Dani hesitated before responding. "Yeah, I'm his cousin."
She shakily stood up, a new look of determination in her eyes. "No. One. Calls. Me. An. Imperfection!"
A brilliant white ring appeared around her waist and split. Her sweatshirt, shorts, and sneakers became a feminine version of Danny Phantom's HAZMAT suit. Gloves appeared on her hands. Her black hair became white and her beanie disappeared. She opened her eyes. Instead of the blue, they were now bright green.
She shot an ecto-blast at the tattoos and they disappeared.
"Hey, Danny!" Dani flew up to her cousin. "How do you like me now!"
Kwan started running towards the ringmaster and tackled him. Freakshow's staff smashed against the ground, red shards flying everywhere.
Danny's eyes turned back to blue. He stared at Dani floating in front of him before fainting.
