Kim and Ron gasped as Danny fell to the ground. People around them had seen the flash of white light, but because they didn't know Danny's secret, they didn't understand what it meant. Jake's eyes widened and he ran to the nearby alley behind the Nasty Burger. He skidded to a stop and foregoing his battle cry and changed into his large impressive red and yellow dragon form in a blaze of flames. Green spikes lined his spine and with his powerful wings, he took to the air. He flew as fast as possible towards Danny falling to the ground. Danny screamed and shut his eyes. But the pain never came.
"You alright?" Jake asked him as he flew away from Freakshow slightly to give Danny room to breathe. Danny blinked and nodded.
"Yeah. Thanks for the save," Danny murmured still a little in shock. Jake landed on the Nasty Burger roof and put Danny down.
"Great, now quick. You said you knew how to deal with Freakshow," Jake prompted him.
Danny smirked and nodded. He turned to Freakshow and then a second later looked extremely confused. He stepped back and glanced at his hands.
"Weird," he mumbled to himself. He closed his eyes and tried again. Nothing. Danny scowled in frustration.
"I'm going ghost," He announced and threw his arms up in the air but again, nothing happened.
"Danny, I know you like having a joke, but this isn't funny. Change already," Jake grumbled. Danny turned to Jake and Jake instantly saw that Danny wasn't joking.
"Jake, I'm trying but it's not working," Danny whispered terrified.
"What?" Jake exclaimed. Danny closed his eyes and opened them again only to still be Danny Fenton.
"Like what I've done?" A voice from above mocked. Danny and Jake turned to the voice and saw Freakshow floating there, grinning broadly.
"What did you do to me Freak?" Danny demanded angrily.
"Now, now. I think you would be a little more respectful, seeing as you can't fight me any longer. You forgot to erase my memory before you destroyed my Reality Gauntlet. I knew what you were. So I decided to return you to who you used to be Mr. Fenton," Freakshow gloated and laughed manically. Danny glowered at Freakshow and barely noticed Jake step forward to protect Danny.
"This stops now!" Jake growled. Freakshow raised an eyebrow before cackling once again.
"You do realise that I have activated both the ghost and magical creature gems. You can't stop me dragon. I don't need the gauntlet to destroy your human friend," Freakshow informed them.
Before Jake or Danny could react though, a grappling hook appeared on the side of the building and Kim jumped up to them. She saw Jake and Danny and gave them a quick nod before jumping onto Freakshow. She tackled him to the ground and Ron awkwardly climbed her grappling line.
"Guys, don't just stand there. Danny, go ghost and help Kim," Ron ordered them breathlessly.
"Ron, I can't. Freakshow got rid of my ghost powers. I can't help any of you now," Danny replied sadly. Jake turned to Danny and placed a claw on his shoulder, trying to comfort him. Ron narrowed his eyes.
"Like with Gus?" Ron asked. Danny shook his head.
"Like before the accident," Danny answered. Ron's eyes widened.
"Then, we have to get out of here. Come on, we'll get to Kim's car," Ron exclaimed and ran to the grappling line and began to haphazardly lower himself back down to the ground. Jake rolled his eyes and grabbed Danny under the arms and flew to Kim's car. He ducked into a nearby alley and reverted to his human form and waited for Ron to catch up.
Ron panted towards them and got into the driver's seat. Jake and Danny got into the back seat and Ron fumbled around the front hoping to find the key. He slumped after a moment.
"No key. Rufus, think you can hot wire the car?" Ron decided and pulled Rufus out of his pocket. Rufus yawned and looked around. He nodded energetically and jumped from Ron's hand and scampered under the dash.
"Rufus can hot wire a car?" Danny asked sceptically. Ron turned to them and nodded seriously.
"I've seen Rufus repair a run-down old boat engine. Trust me, he can hot wire the car," Ron replied. Jake glanced behind them, feeling very vulnerable. They were sitting ducks in Kim's car.
Suddenly the car roared into life.
"Boo yah! Wait to go Rufus!" Ron cried out happily. Rufus emerged from under the dash and looked very proud of himself. He jumped up on to Ron's lap and climbed back into his pocket. Danny and Jake were stunned. Ron grabbed the car wheel and stepped on the gas and put the car into drive. They zoomed down the street, back towards Freakshow and Kim.
I so wanted to have a cliff-hanger after Danny realised he had lost his powers but then the chapter would have been ridiculously short so I didn't…
By the way, Gus was a ghost from the second Kim Possible and Danny crossover, Helping a Phantom, in case there was any confusion.
Anyway, until the next chapter.