Plasmius dropped the sword and fell back as he was hit with a wave of heat. Danny stood up and a red ring formed around him. "I've been out for months. Now it is time to play." The ring transformed Danny's body suit and cloak into a black leather outfit and black trench coat. His white hair turned blue and his eyes glowed with red light. "My name is Burn! Want to guess how I got it." He tightened his gloved fists and blue fire exploded around him.

"Damn it!" Plasmius jumped back as the flame shot through the bars and the room began to burn. The bars vanished and Burn grabbed the dropped Nightmare Blade. He shot through the fire and swung hard. Plasmius barely blocked. "Who are you?"

"You don't recognize me? You're the one who made this mess." The Nightmare Blade erupted with fire and he pushed Plasmius back. "Because of you I am stuck with this kid. Now I am going to sear the skin from your body."

Plasmius gulped. He had never fought anyone this determined or this nuts. "Now just a minute. I'm sure you and I can come to a reasonable agreement."

The flames around The Nightmare Blade reseeded and the fire around the room seemed to halt their advancement. "I am really want to kill you, but I am compelled to hear what you have to say."

"Good!" Plasmius stepped forward. "I want The Wrath Blade and you want your freedom from that child. We can help each other."

"Like you helped Malice?" Burn laughed and the fire around the room shimmered as if joining him in his laugh. "Your greed and desires have put me in this state. While I must thank you for granting me possession of The Nightmare Blade, but that will only buy you a quicker death." The fire around the room continued their consumption as Burn charged with a wall of fire following him.

Plasmius did his best to defend himself, but his skill with the sword was lacking and the full power of The Banshee Blade was still unknown to him. So he decided to run. He parried a sword strike and threw out his left hand. A large pulse of violet energy exploded from his hand and blinded Burn. The ghost held his eyes and flew back. The fire swirled around him forming a shield. Plasmius went intangible and flew through the floor towards his lab. Burn blinked a few times and his vision returned. He saw that he was alone. "You can't hide from me. I will burn this place to the ground." The blue ghost fire rose around him and started to consume the house.

Outside

The fight outside the house continued despite the fact of the house was starting to smoke. Huntress was holding her own against the two ghosts. Slamburt was wielded his large steel hammer with skill and power. But luckily he was slow and she easily evaded the attacks. Kwan's power was powerful, but his aim was sad at best. Fright Knight on the other hand, found an equal opponent in Samurai. The two swords clashed repeatedly and each other had yet to land a blow.

"Not bad for an old Halloween reject." Samurai drew a second katana and attacked with both swords. Despite the second sword, Fright Knight still blocked each attack.

"And I had not so expected much skill from a halfa." A green shield appeared on his left arm and he blocked a sword strike. The two continued their fight for several minutes. It took the first floor windows shattering and the house being covered in thick smoke to gain their attentions. "How did the house catch fire?"

Samurai watched as the blue fire moved to the second floor. "That is ghost fire! It can only be put out by ecto energy." His eyes widened. "The girl!" The red armored ghost turned towards Fright Knight. "Truce?"

"Agreed! My master is in there." The five ghosts made haste to the burning house.

Inside

Plasmius landed in his lab and quickly activated the defense screens. "That should keep him out." He flew to his weapon's locker and scrambled to find his ectofoamer. He smiled as he pulled out the large silver rifle connected to a larger metal backpack. "This should put cool his hot attitude."

"Vlad!" A large hole in the ceiling melted open and fire poured through it. Plasmius raised an energy field to protect himself as the ghost dropped into the lab. "You can't hide forever. Hand over the Banshee Blade and I might let you live."

"I am Vlad Plasmius Masters! No ghost orders me to do anything." He fired the rifle. Large green glowing foam shot from it. The foam dissipated the fire it touched and hit Burn dead on. The ghost was blasted into a wall and covered head to toe in the foam. The Nightmare Blade had flown from his grasp and landed with a clang on the floor. "I give the only orders." The lab was on fire, so he took his time to put out the flames with the ectofoamer. "I better check on the girl!" He started to walk over to the force wall, but he stopped as he reached the tube that held Danny. The glass was shattered and the boy missing. "Oh butternuggets." He ducked down as a green ghost beam shot past him.

Dark shot out of the ceiling and tackled Plasmius into the floor and retrieved his Banshee Blade. "I will give you one chance to convince me not to rip your head off."

"The crazier ghost behind you!"

Dark turned around and spotted Burn shaking the last of the foam off. He had picked up his sword. "I was wondering when you would regain control."

"This kid we're stuck with is really cramping my style."

"No kidding! So lets do our best to destroy at least half of him." Dark flew forward.

"Sound good!" Burn met him in the center of the lab with his fire forming around him.

Upstairs

Kwan blew out as much ice as he could to contain the ghost fire that was rapidly consuming the house. "I can't stop it!"

Huntress flew through the halls, throwing every ectofoam pellet she had. Her goal was simply to find Vlad and pull him out of here. She stopped in the living room as Plasmius shot out of the burning floor and collapsed onto the burning rug. He was covered in burns and his breathing was shallow. "Master!" She pulled him onto her hover board and started to fly out. She flew past Fright Knight and Samurai as they were using their ghost beams to suppress as much fire as they could. "I have him!"

"Go! I must try and find the girl. She is important to our master." Fright Knight charged into a burning room with Samurai and Slamburt. Huntress sighed and took off, out of the burning house.

Ghost Zone

Malice stood up and leaned over The Board of Destiny. Sam's piece was starting to crack. He looked up to Clockwork with worry in his eyes. "What is happening to her?"

"She is dying!" His eyes narrowed and glowed. "Her life force is vanishing."

"Do something! She is under your care."

"I will do nothing! Either Danny will save her, or she will die. It is in his hands now."

Malice slowly sat down. There was nothing he could do. "I pray your confidence in the boy is not miss placed."

"You and me both!"

Vlad's Lab

Sam woke up coughing. Her room was quickly filling up with smoke. She ran to the force wall and pounded on it. "Hey Vlad! I think you dropped your cigar." The wall shimmered and vanished as she was pounding on it. A large wall of blue fire replaced it. The wall generators exploded, knocking the girl to the ground. She tired to stand up, but the heat and smoke was slowly draining her already drained body. "Danny!"

Both Dark and Burn dodged a falling beam and locked swords again. Dark was quickly realizing that he was losing the advantage. Ghost fire could burn through his energy fields and his intangibility powers. The fire swirled around Burn, increasing his attack power and preventing Dark from any good strikes. "Let's continue this in a better location!" Dark sliced open a portal and jumped through it.

Burn laughed as the portal closed. "You can't beat me as long as I have things to burn." He started to cut a portal open, but stopped. His eyes began flashing green. An image of a wall of fire appeared before his eyes. He squinted and tried to see what was before him. The flames parted enough for him to see himself with his back turned. "What?"

"Danny!" The voice rung in his ears and sounded distant.

"Sam!" Burn's eyes turned green and Danny's voice came out. He flew over to her. The ghost fire moved away from him as he kneeled in front of the fallen Sam. He picked up the girl. "Hang on!" He couldn't cut open a portal with her in his arms so he went intangible and started to fly out.