A few minutes later, Danny & Jake entered the warehouse.
"Okay, we're here" he said "now let the girls go."
"Oh come Daniel, did you truly think it was going to be that easy?" Vlad asked, materializing suddenly.
"We knew you'd come for the girls" Huntsman said, "you've fallen right into our trap."
"We figured as much" Danny said.
"Right, that's why we brought a little back-up" Jake added, "now guys!"
Suddenly, Raimundo, Numbah One and Jenny crashed through the windows, ready to fight.
"Please, you think these fools can beat us?" Vlad asked.
"We can sure try ugly" Rai said "Sword of the Storm!"
While Vlad dodged the tornado, Huntsman fired his staff at Numbah One, but Jenny turned her arms into a shield to protect him.
"Thanks for the aid" he said, "now to take care of this adult."
He fired his G.U.M.Z.O.O.K.A at Huntsman, sticking his feet to the floor and allowing Jenny to disarm him.
"Go get the girls, we got these losers" Rai shouted.
Danny and Jake agreed and quickly headed towards the nearest door.
"Sam, Rose, you in here?" Jake asked, but he heard nothing.
"There" Danny said, pointing to a nearby crate, where the two girls sat, their mouths contorted into eerie grins.
"Sam, what happened?" he asked, shaking her vigorously.
"Yeah Rose, snap out of it" Jake added, but nothing seemed to work.
"Now what do we do?" Jake asked.
Danny's eyes narrowed angrily "we have a talk with those two."
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"I don't see why you insist on using that pathetic wind of yours" Vlad said, after turning intangible to avoid Rai's wind attacks "it can't work on me."
He then blasted the Sword of the Storm with a ghost bolt.
"And without your little toy" he added, becoming solid again, "you're no match for either of us."
Suddenly, something slammed him in the back; He turned to look and saw an angry Danny bearing down on him.
The ghost boy pinned him to the floor, then grabbed his suit "I don't know what you did to Sam, but change it back now!" he yelled.
"I'm afraid I can't" Vlad explained "your dear Samantha has been affected by gas created by Joker. And it's fatal, I'm afraid."
Danny stared at him angrily and began charging up his fist.
"Oh do go ahead and finish me off" Vlad said "go on, you know you want to."
From over in the corner of the warehouse, where she had wrapped up Huntsman with her arms, Jenny noticed what Danny was doing.
"Don't do it!" she yelled, "whatever he did, it's not worth it!"
"Don't listen to the robot girl" Vlad said "go ahead and finish the job right now Daniel. You can prevent me from hurting anyone ever again."
Danny raised his fist higher, the energy charging, but ultimately lowered it.
"No" he said "I won't sink to your level. You'll pay for your crimes by rotting in prison."
"Afraid not" Vlad explained "see, I'm not even here right now, you're dealing with a clone. As much as I would've loved to see your face upon learning of the impending demise of your dear Samantha, I had to protect myself. Till next time" he added, before the clone faded away.
"Well, maybe he was a decoy, but at least we nabbed this guy" Jenny commented "okay buddy, talk."
"Accursed dragon!" Huntsman said "accursed dragon…accursed dragon!"
"Was it something I said?" she asked.
Numbah One inspected the villain held tight in her metal grip "sorry to disappoint you, but I'm pretty sure this is a robot" he explained.
"Wow, I wonder why I didn't notice it earlier" Jenny added.
"So, has he always been one, or did Vilgax make him that way?" Rai asked Jake.
"He was a decoy man" Jake said "the real Huntspunk must have flown the coop. Yo Danny, what did ugly over there say about Sam & Rose?"
"He said they've been affected by some kind of gas from Joker" Danny replied, bowing his head "and…it's fatal."
"No" Jake gasped, taking in what his friend had just said.
He then looked at the Huntsman robot, and, to the surprise of everyone, ripped off its' head.
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Danny & Jake brought the girls to G.O.O.D HQ, hoping something could be done for them. Soon Donatello emerged from the med lab, his expression one of mixed emotions.
"I have good news, and bad news" Don told them, "the good news is there is an antidote. The bad news is, it must be administered in the next half hour, or they're gone for good."
"So, administer it already" Jake said.
"It's not that simple" Don said "I'm not making the antidote, Batman is. But he's promised to get it here as soon as its' done."
"I hope it's very soon" Danny replied, looking at Sam on the examination table.
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Uh oh, I sure hope Sam & Rose don't die! In the final chapter, Batman sets off to deliver the antidote, but must deal with a familiar ghost bounty hunter first.