Sorry for the wait, but this chapter will be worth it.
Just like to remind everyone that I don't own Danny Phantom or Teen Titans.
They were actually pushing the ghosts back out of Jump City.
As soon as the fighting started again, Danny had taken control and now everything was a lot easier. The yeti ghosts were easily freezing most of Walker's goons into ice blocks before Wulf would tear open a portal and push them back into the Ghost Zone. The medieval ghosts covered Wulf and the rest of the army with their arrows, swords, and axes.
Not even the overshadowed Leaguers were disrupting their progress. Whenever one of them tried to get close, Green Lantern and Batman would send them flying back into the shrinking army. Doctor Fate joined the effort as soon as he awoke, as did Zatanna.
Plasmius was focusing on the boy directly, rushing him and firing ghost ray after ghost ray at the teen. He did pretty well avoiding them, but the last ended up hitting home and sent the former ghost boy flying. If it weren't for Raven catching him, his armor wouldn't still be in one piece, nor would his body.
"Thanks for the save," replied the teen as the sorceress set him back on his feet right next to her.
"Likewise," she replied before blasting a ghost pirate back with her magic. A green sonic blast came within millimeters of hitting the armored teen and struck a snake ghost instead, sending the creature into Johnny 13.
"Still can't believe you managed to rally your own ghost army," said the half-metal teen as he fired at three green vultures. "And in less than an hour too. How did you even do that?!" The ghost hunting teen smiled as two wrist blasters came out the top of his gauntlets and fired at the surprised billionaire.
An hour earlier
Danny watched as another of Walker's goons overshadowed the Flash. The overshadowed speedster was just about to trap Starfire in a vortex when someone lifted the former hybrid by the collar of his shirt and began to carry him away.
"Sorry kid," said Green Arrow as he began carrying the teen to the teleporters. "But this is League business and we don't need to be babysitting some teenager."
"Hey!" Danny shouted indignantly as he was placed on the teleporter pad.
"Yo, Terrific. You mind sending this kid back to Earth." The hero turned his attention to who the archer was talking about and his eyes widened immediately.
"You're Danny Phantom, aren't you."
"I was," replied the teen, looking towards the ground for a moment. The super-genius didn't seem to hear him as he began typing into the computer terminal.
"I'm setting the coordinates to send you over to Jump City."
"Don't bother," replied the teen, moving off the teleporter pad. "I can't help to them."
"But you're the only one with the power and knowledge of ghosts to stop Plasmius! Why won't you help them?" Mr. Terrific asked, backing off slightly at the glare the ex-half ghost gave him.
"I want to help them, but I can't. Without my powers or my parent's ghost hunting tech, I'm only going to be a distraction and a hindrance."
"There's got to be something you can do," said Green Arrow as he stepped towards the teen. "Can't you build some of your parent's weapons or tell us how to make them?" Now it was the archer's turn to back off as Danny reeled on him.
"You think I'd be standing here saying I can't do anything if I could! Plus, even if I had those weapons AND my ghost powers, there's no way I can take on all those ghost and the overshadowed Leaguers. I'd need an a…" The former ghost teen stopped talking as his mind underwent its epiphany. Green Arrow, Mr. Terrific, and the individual heroes and lab techs who were near him stared at the frozen teen as his thoughts began processing his sudden surge of inspiration.
They were completely surprised when he suddenly bolted towards the door, ducking and weaving through the hallway with unexpected ease.
'Who knew all those years running away from Dash would come in handy,' Danny thought as he turned down the corridor, passing numerous heroes who were surprised by a teenager running through the halls. He didn't know if it was instinct or Clockwork subtly guiding him, but after a minute or two, the black and white haired teen found himself running into a hanger with a large spaceship that reminded him of the Fenton Jet.
"Everybody out!" he shouted as he ran up the ramp and jumped into the pilot seat. The teen looked over the controls, trying to figure out which button would start the ship when the screen above the forward view port came to life.
"What are you doing?!"asked Mr. Terrific as the teen continued trying to figure out how to work the ship.
"I know how to stop Vlad and his army, but I need to get there fast. How do I start this thing?"
"I'll have someone come over and…"
"There's no time!" shouted the teen, his blue eyes burning a hole in the screen as he glared at the guardian of fair-play. "If I don't go now, they'll all die."
"There's no way we're going to let a kid…" began Green Arrow as he moved into view of the communicator, but a gesture from Mr. Terrific stopped him.
"Alright. I'll walk you through this, but you better know what you're doing."
"Honestly, I never do," replied the teen.
After the quick explanation of the controls and how to enter Earth's atmosphere, Danny found himself flying over a patch of ocean known as the Bermuda Triangle.
"Come on," thought the ex-halfa out loud as he turned the yoke to the right. "Come on."
"I thought you knew where you were going," said Green Arrow as he looked at the coordinates the tracking device on the ship was giving him.
"I do. But getting there like this is like trying to win the lottery. I just have to keep looking…" His eyes froze for a moment as he found his target, then narrowed them as he mouth curled into a smirk.
"…and hope I get a winner." Danny jerked the yoke hard, forcing the ship to make the sharp turn before flooring the engines.
"Hey, kid. Wh…" was all Danny heard before the ship passed through the swirling green portal to the Ghost Zone, severing the connection. The teen couldn't help the reminiscent smile that appeared on his face while he stared at the familiar green/purple atmosphere. The smile vanished, however, as another natural portal suddenly appeared in front of him.
Jerking the controls to the left out of instinct and habit, Danny barely managed to move the ship away from the portal in time. Unfortunately, the maneuver caused the ship's left wing to strike a floating piece of ground, ripping it off and causing the entire vessel to begin spinning out of control. The teen screamed as he tried to correct his flight, his screaming getting louder when he saw the spinning island growing in the viewport.
A sudden familiar tingling feeling ran through the former halfa's body before watching the Javelin he'd just been in crash into the island and explode. Danny looked over his shoulder to see a familiar, white haired ghost girl holding him by his shoulders and giving him a sweet smile. She easily lowered him onto a floating rock before wrapping him in a hug rivaling Starfire's.
"Danny!" she exclaimed before backing up and taking in his appearance.
"You look terrible cuz, but I like what you did with your hair." He looked down at his ragged clothes and skinny frame before looking back up to her.
"Yeah, but it seems being on the run has been better on you than me." And that was true, she was doing a lot better than he was. She was nearly his height now, him only being a centimeter or two taller than her. Her figure had also filled out more since he'd last saw her. He could just see Tucker trying to hit on her now. Thank god her costume grew with her.
"What are you doing here, and why aren't you in your ghost form?" asked the ghost girl, eliciting a frown from the ex-halfa.
"I'll explain later, but I need you to take me to Frostbite. Do you know where the Realm of the Far Frozen is?"
"Of course," replied the female halfa as he grabbed her cousin by his under arms and began flying with him towards said realm. "I had to go there when my ghost sense started going off. Frostbite was surprised to see me, but after I explained who I was, he was more than happy to help." Danny couldn't help but smile as he remembered the first time he'd met the yeti ghost. He could honestly say he'd never had a ghost react to him like that before.
"Now tell me why I'm carrying you when we both know you're perfectly able of doing so yourself." The former ghost teen let out a sigh, knowing full well he'd have to tell her now.
"Because I'm not half-ghost anymore."
It was quiet the rest of the way to Frostbite's Realm. After her initial outburst and his re-telling of what had happened since he'd last seen her, she'd gone quiet. Danny shook violently as the snow blew all around them. Without his ghost powers, he was having a difficult time dealing with the cold. They soon reached the large metal door that guarded the ancient city of Frostbite's people.
"Fr…Fr….Frost…Bu…Bite!" he screamed as he shivered again in a futile attempt to get warm. Danielle rushed over to the door and began banging on it with all her strength. After a few minutes of banging, the door opened up slightly and a yeti guard looked out towards the two.
"Who goes there," he said and Danny stepped forward.
"Duh….Duh….Dan….Danny Phu…Phan…Phantom he…here t…t…to s…see Fruh….Fruh…Frost…te…bu…"
"We're here to see Frostbite, and it's an emergency," interrupted the halfa clone, seeing how Danny was going to freeze to death before he would finish his sentence. The guard squinted his eyes to get a good look at the two before stepping away and opening the doors. The former ghost teen shuffled in, with his cousin's arms draped around him to help him. All the yeti's around them stared at the two teens, murmuring to themselves as they walked onwards. A large yeti wearing a blue cloak rushed over to the two, his eyes narrowed in concern.
"Danielle, Great One, what are you doing here?"
"We'll explain later," replied the ghost girl as she moved to stand in front of the large ghost. "Right now, we've got to get Danny somewhere warm or he'll freeze to death."
"I'll have the de-icing chambers warmed up then," the ghost said as he hefted the shivering teen onto his shoulders.
"He's not losing control of his ice core Frostbite, he doesn't have his ghost powers anymore." The yeti ghost looked down at her in surprise.
"I'll explain later," responded the ghost girl. "But we have to move…now!" The yeti merely nodded before racing off towards the medical center, the cloned halfa flying right after him.
After Danny was warmed up in the medical bay waiting room and they both explained what had happened, the leader of the ghost yetis' face became hard with concern.
"I've heard of Vlad Plasmius rallying his forces for an attack on the Earth, but I didn't realize how dire the situation was."
"That's why I'm here," said the former hybrid as set down his cup of hot chocolate. He was wearing a large white parka and a pair of gloves to help keep him warm. "I have a plan to stop Plasmius and his army, but I need your help to stop him."
"Of course, Great One," the yeti replied, a smile coming back onto his face. "You need only to ask." Danny nodded before taking another sip of hot chocolate.
"In order for my plan to work, I'm going to need Princess Dora and every other ally I have in the Ghost Zone."
"And your plan is?" asked the ghost girl, an inquisitive look on her face as she stared at her cousin. Danny set his cup down again before walking over to the window to look down at the frozen village.
"Clockwork told me that in order to beat Plasmius, I'd have to do something he'd never expect me to do. Knowing him as well as I do, the one thing he'd never expect is me raising an army against him."
"ARE YOU CRAZY!" shouted Dani as she flew over to him. "You're going to start a civil war in the Ghost Zone JUST SO YOU CAN STOP VLAD!"
"No, I'm not," said the former hybrid, startling the young halfa with the quiet, calm tone in his voice. "You and I both know Vlad won't stop with just the Earth. He'll attack the Ghost Zone next, and he'll wipe out every ghost that stands in his way. Right now, he's isn't prepared to fight the ghosts that have remained in the Ghost Zone. If I can rally them to join me and attack him now…"
"Then you'll not only catch him by surprise, but also upset the entire course of his war," finished Frostbite, a large smile growing on his face as he caught on. "A brilliant plan worthy of you, Great One. But if it doesn't work…"
"Then his plans will only be sped up, I know," Danny replied. "But we don't have any other choice if we want to stop him now." The two ghosts looked at the teen and each other for a moment before smirking at him.
"I'll go send word to Dorathea and rally my people," said the yeti leader before calling out an attendant and relaying his commands.
"And I'll look for any other ghost who'll help," added Dani before flying through the window and out of sight.
"Great One," began the blue robed yeti after the attendant left to carry out his orders. "With the situation as it is, I think it's time I showed you something I've had my people working on."
"Okay," said the teen as he followed his friend out of the waiting room.
"About a year ago, I sent a scout to the real world to investigate why all the permanent portals suddenly vanished from the Infi-map," began the yeti, causing the teen to frown and lower his head.
"When I received the news of what had happened, I cannot begin to express the sorrow I felt for you for your loss. Since then, I've had my scouts scour the site of your parent's home to salvage whatever we could." Frostbite reached out towards the door to the science center and pushed the door open. Inside, Danny could see most of his parent's inventions, including some of their more 'unusual' inventions. The teen began walking around the room, eyes clouding over as he became reminiscent of his former life.
"We've worked hard to try and recreate as many of their inventions as we could so we could give them to you the day you returned."
"How…?" the ex-halfa asked as he ran his fingers over the Boooomerang. "How did you rebuild all this? It was all destroyed when the building collapsed."
"There was a lot of damage, but the motherboards of your parent's computers remained intact, and they held the plans for most of their inventions. With those and whatever pieces we could salvage, we've been able to rebuild most of what was destroyed."
"Thank you," said Danny, a grateful smile crawling onto his face as he set down the metal boomerang.
"You're welcome," replied the ghost, his icy arm coming to rest on the teen's back. "Now come, I'd like to show you some of the improvements we've made to some of your parents weapons."
The ex-halfa stood on a large floating island as he inspected the army standing in front of him. Princess Dora had agreed to help him and had recommended the location to meet. Dani didn't have a lot of success in finding any ghosts willing to go against Plasmius, but she did happen to run into Wulf, who was very eager to help. Frostbite's people seemed very eager to battle, a few of them almost foaming at the mouth at the opportunity to battle.
"This everyone?" the teen asked, walking over to Wulf, Dora, Dani, and Frostbite.
"Everyone willing to fight," answered the young clone. "So what's the plan?"
"Wulf, I want you to open a portal to Jump City so we can get there fast. I'll go through first and distract Plasmius while the rest of you go invisible and follow. Once in the city, regroup around the Titans and the remaining Leaguers." As the teen spoke, he began slipping on a pair of white Ghost Gauntlets onto his hands. "When I mention you guys in any way, I want you appear with your game faces on. When I give the signal, we attack."
"What's the signal?" asked the dragon princess.
"Don't worry, you'll recognize it," replied the teen with a confident glint in his eyes. "Frostbite, I want you and your people to freeze as many ghosts as you can, but don't freeze the overshadowed Leaguers."
"As you command, Great One," answered the yeti leader, earning a nod from the ex-halfa.
"Dani, Dora, I want you and your forces to help push Plasmius' army out of the city. Once out there, we can fight without having to worry about any civilians."
"Anything for you, Sir Phantom," replied Dora, nodding graciously.
"Wulf, your job is probably most important of all. I want you to go to any ghost Frostbite's people have frozen and send as many of them back to the Ghost Zone as you can."
"I will not let you down, my friend," replied the werewolf-like ghost in his native language. The former ghost teen smiled before putting his game face on.
"Okay Wulf, open the portal." Without a moment's hesitation, the ghost used his claws to tear an opening to Jump City. Danny walked forward and had one leg through the portal before stopping and turning back around to Dora.
"Oh, Dora. Wait until you've gone through the portal before you transform."
"Of course, Sir Phantom." Danny smiled before going the rest of the way through the portal, stepping into an alleyway just in time to see explosions knock all the heroes to the ground.
""It's over. You have nowhere left to run and nothing that can stop my army!" he heard the billionaire halfa shout as he moved in into Danny's view, the shadow of his troops rising up behind him moving in sync with his hands. "And there isn't anything you, or anyone on Earth, can do to stop me!"
'That's my cue,' thought the teen as he ran out into the battlefield, jumping into the air before throwing his fist right into the cheese head's jaw.
Present
"Still can't believe you managed to rally your own ghost army," said the half-metal teen as he fired at three green vultures. "And in less than an hour too. How did you even do that?!" The ghost hunting teen smiled as two wrist blasters came out the top of his gauntlets and fired at the surprised billionaire.
"Because I'm just that good," answered the teen, earning an eye roll from Raven. Plasmius let out a growl as he glared at Danny, his anger hitting levels not even Jack had reached before. The former halfa had little time to react as he saw a pink ghost ray racing towards him. He barely managed to block the beam by throwing his hands up to catch it, grunting from the strain.
"KILL THE BOY!" shouted Plasmius as he put more energy into his blast. "I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS, JUST KILL THAT MEDDLESOME WHELP ONCE AND FOR ALL!"
"Gladly," replied Skulker as he and several other ghosts added their own ghost rays to Vlad's. Danny let out a scream as the additional ghost rays struck, the massive amount of ecto-energy causing his suit break away from his body, exposing him to the deadly beams.
"DANNY!" screamed the empath, causing everyone to stare at the sight and freeze.
The pain from the ghost rays lasted for only a moment before it was replaced with one he'd never thought he'd feel again. It was as though cold wind was passing through him, filling him, making him complete.
Vlad's eyes widened as he watched the white streak in the teen's hair begin to shine, followed by an electrical surge that traveled from it down the boy's entire body. He and the other ghosts stopped firing and watched in awe as the ghostly green aura around the boy grow brighter and brighter. Everyone had to shield their eyes as the aura exploded into a sudden burst of blinding light, leaving only a silhouette of the boy as he was swallowed up. When the light died away, everyone turned back to where the teen stood and gaped at the sight before them.
Standing before them, glaring at the evil ghost army with his glowing green eyes… was none other than Danny Phantom.
The young halfa looked around at all his enemies from the Ghost Zone, watching as some of them backed away from his fearsome gaze. His eyes stopped when they reached Plasmius, who was too taken by his surprise to speak.
"You just made a big mistake," said the ghost teen before he unleashed his Ghostly Wail.
Hands down one of the longest chapters I've ever written, but I say it was worth it.
As to why it took so long, I've had to take care of some 'end of the semester' things so I haven't had a lot of time. I just hope this chapter is was worth the wait.
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