Chapter 11

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She come back
Through blood by blood
She returns
Cut deep now
Like me
Humanity saves her
Will she save me?

–PC & Kristen Cast

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One thing Samantha never got tired of doing was drifting through a time portal. It was simply extraterrestrial, gazing at its glory, the blue and purple colors swirling together in a glimmering sea of beauty. The huntress had no idea why, but whenever she entered a time portal, she felt swept away into a place of peace and serenity, as if the shimmering ocean of colors caressed away all of her feelings of sorrow and revenge. It felt… magnificent, but like everything she grew attached to, it never seemed to last, and was always somehow taken from her.

The time portal ended and they appeared in Clockwork's domain. Her eyes drifted around Clockwork's realm, all sorts of clocks ticking everywhere as usual. Samantha's attention was drawn to Clockwork's all-seeing mirror. It was playing clips of Danny and the gang from the past. "….." Curious, the huntress moved closer to it.

"Hey, Clockwork, is that really us from back then, like right now?" Tucker asked while pointing over to the mirror.

"Yes it is." The Master of Time replied smoothly. "Care to watch?"

"Heck yes! I was one smooth lookin' dude as a teenager and still am!" The geek grinned and confidently strutted over to view the screen. Tucker's opinion on his looks never really changed.

Dan snorted at the two watching their past selves. He leaned up against the wall, barely paying any attention to it.

The huntress turned her attention to her younger self. The girl was obviously laughing at the other two boys, because they were failing horribly at flirting with Paulina. Her attention was then drawn to Paulina. "Paulina…shallow as ever. Even in my timeline, she still never changed. Great to look at, but her head needs to come out of her ass. You, honey, make me understand why women drown their babies." Her inner thoughts spat out bitterly. Samantha mentally kicked herself, forcing herself to stop thinking about Paulina and focus back onto her younger self. She began to think of who she was before all of this happened. Her younger self possessed so much passion in everything she did. She had such strong beliefs about the environment and animal's rights. Her younger self viewed life with an independent and unique perspective, despite what people said, thinking she had a 'darker outlook on life'. That Sam could have been anything she had put her mind to! Ever since Danny in her timeline died, the passionate part of Sam died with him. The huntress was hooked on revenge, sweet blissful revenge. It was like a disease slowly swallowing her alive, almost taking away her sanity. "I'm not saying I'm the downfall of her… I actually like what I've become. Stronger, more determined, and I don't need any protection…" Samantha's thoughts reminded her.

"Thinking about the past, Samantha?" Clockwork gestured over to her.

"Heh, something along the line," Samantha replied.

On the other hand, the demon's views on Danny still hadn't changed. He was still disgusted towards the person he once was. He viewed his younger self as pathetically weak. Even so, the half ghost had managed to defeat the phantom once before. Never again would he allow himself to succumb to his… weaker self. "Half-ghost, you are still much too weak. I can't actually believe you died in that woman's timeline. You couldn't protect anyone then, and now you can't even save yourself. Consider this, you're getting a 'get out of jail free card'…for now." The Phantom couldn't help but realize the horribly stupid pun in the back of his mind. Truth be told, he didn't want anyone to kill that child but him. Danny was his prey. No one would steal that away, nor his territory of Amity Park. Not even that ghost king!

"Man, this is awesome looking at my younger self, all devilishly handsome!" Tucker laughed cheerfully as ever. His personality never really altered too much like his best friend Samantha's did. He was always there for her, as a close friend should be. After that, there was an awkward silence that swept through the room.

"Samantha, I'll ask you one last time. Are you willing to sacrifice your future for their past?" Clockwork asked, calm and collected as usual.

"It's time I actually did something right… I'm going to learn how to save a life." The huntress thought right before the Master of Time questioned her. "There's just too much that time cannot erase for me… but not for them. They deserve a better future." Samantha glanced over to the mirror to give one long, final stare at the teens. She turned her back to them, and waltzed over to Dan. "What about you?"

"Feh, he's still a pathetically weak half-ghost. He can't protect himself, so we're forced to…prevent it." The Phantom was positively venomous.

"Heh, just admit it…maybe you want to actually do the right thing for once." She purred.

"If by right you mean spilling the Ghost King's blood, then… yes." He replied apathetically.

"Not exactly what I meant. How can I put this…?" She paused. "Ah yes, now I know. Revenge is like a drug, sweet and addictive, isn't it?" She moved closer to the Phantom, leaving only a few inches between them. "You and I know this… all too well."

The demon, on the other hand, didn't understand why she insisted on being so dangerously close to a murderer. Yes, he did agree with her, revenge was absolutely a powerful drug. He remained silent, allowing her to continue, since he had no idea where she was going with this conversation.

"It's… captivating and it feels good, but like every drug there are always the side effects. You can be swallowed alive by it, and it can slowly eat away your sanity… your humanity." Her voice turned bitterly cold with just a hint of seduction. Was she implying that there was still an ounce of humanity left in him…?

"Are you actually implying that I still have humanity in me?" He chuckled quite ominously at that. "Sammy, I killed my humanity. Remember? I enjoyed crushing his bones." He emphasized enjoyment of killing in an attempt to frighten her.

"Yes, I know you're no longer that Danny…but it's rather hard to kill all of your consciousness, isn't it?" Samantha gazed up the phantom, staring longing into his cold eyes. "I suppose what I'm trying to say is… maybe you desire to do the right thing for once and save them. Because I believe you want to taste… the forbidden fruit. Maybe it tastes sweeter than revenge…" Her cool breath tingled up the base of his neck. She closed the gap between their bodies, leaning even closer to him. Now only inches away from his face, her violaceous eyes closed, as if she were just about to kiss him. The phantom felt completely immobilized, unable to comprehend what was going on.

"Uh, are we interrupting something here?" Tucker asked awkwardly, coughing to break the trance between the phantom and huntress.

Suddenly, Samantha snapped out of it and back to reality, retreating back from the demon. She mentally slapped herself. How could she have fallen into her own spell? If Tucker hadn't interrupted them, would she have actually kissed the phantom? It was strange, but when she stared into his eyes, it was like he put his own spell on her. She had felt drawn to him – hypnotized by him; his raw power nearly seducing her to the dark side, putting it lightly. "No. Are we ready?" The huntress turned towards Tucker, crossing her arms uncomfortably, unsure of what had just come over her.

How could he have allowed himself to succumb to her trance? Was the woman planning to kiss him? No, it couldn't be! The desire to do the right thing for once in his life? It was just like Samantha to try and see the good still within him. No, there wasn't any good left in him, just false hopes that she was holding on to. "Is she actually trying to save the humanity that I lost? Woman, I was Danny Fenton, but I am no longer that person. Hn, ridiculous. There's nothing left. You're wasting your efforts trying to save me." He forced himself to push away the thoughts of dead humanity within him. "Would she still save you with or without your humanity? Maybe save you from your madness?" A strange, yet almost familiar, young, boyish voice echoed in the back of Dan's mind. "Shut up!" He growled dangerously in his mind. The other voice shrieked and disappeared just as quickly as it had emerged.

"Yes, now it's time. You have a thirty minute head start. Try not to screw it up." Clockwork spoke up, sounding slightly irritable in his last sentence.

"Thanks for the pep-talk, coach." Samantha said sarcastically.

"I better get suited up then." Tucker said while opening his bag and digging through it. He grabbed a device, pulled it out, and pressed down on the button of the device, activating it. Out of the blue, the device suddenly enlarged itself and engulfed him, fitting him like a pair of new clothes. It looked like replica of the Ecto-Skeleton, but smaller with much more upgrades than the original, and minus all of glitches it had. The huntress and phantom looked at each other momentarily awe struck, and then back to Tucker. "What? I made it myself! I think I look awesome!"

"Any last minute advice you wanna give us, Clockwork?" Samantha asked.

"Time will judge you all." Clockwork spoke calmly. "Are you capable of redeeming yourself Dan? Samantha and Tucker, are you two truly able to live without a future to go home to?" He had questions in the back of his mind, but then again, he was the Time Master. He knew everything, and any possible unfortunate turn of events.

None of them said anything to that comment; it was rather awkward and unsettling to them. "Ok guys, I'll take the lead. See ya!" The foot thrusters of the Ecto-Skeleton activated and allowed Tucker to float up off the ground. He blasted out of Clockwork's domain and into the Ghost Zone.

"You know, usually he's the last one to catch up. Tucker runs slower than a fat kid on crutches." Samantha joked around while pointing out that Tucker still didn't have much of an athletic side compared to Samantha and Dan. Suddenly, it hit her like a ton of bricks. "Wait a minute, get back here! I need a ride!" She shouted angrily, her face twisting in exasperation. Now how was she supposed to get to Pariah's castle without Tucker? "I'll magically sprout wings." She thought with sarcasm oozing in the back of her mind.

Dan gave a half hearted laugh at her little joke. That sarcastic side of her knew no bounds. He moved over to the huntress and clamped his arm around her small waist, firmly gripping her body to his. "Better hold on." He rose up from the floor, and flew out of Clockwork's domain into the eerie Ghost Zone. His speed increased dramatically by a few hundred miles per hour, his cape flapping loudly with the wind of his passage. His hold tightened around Samantha's fragile human body. The Phantom reminded himself to not to crush her body with his overwhelming strength, or have too loose of a grip. It would be unfortunate if she were to slip from his grasp, because if she were to fall, the altitude combined with the momentum of his flight would have her plummeting towards the ground with ballistic force, leaving nothing recognizable upon impact.

Samantha had to shut her eyes tightly from the powerful wind blowing in her face, her long black hair waving behind her in the wind. His speed was absolutely supersonic, from another world! Sure, he could slow down, but why should he? She could feel his power, and boy did it feel incredible! It surprised her actually. Why didn't he use this speed before? "To arrogant," She deemed. If he had used this insane speed during their pervious battle, let's just say she would have found it a little more difficult to defeat him. The huntress had to latch her arm around the apparition's strong back so she wouldn't slip any further. Samantha forced her violet eyes to open. They had passed through most of the unknown parts of Ghost Zone. There were many doors that could lead you into anywhere, and most of them were doorways to another ghost's territory. This time going through Ghost Zone, she actually felt that lost thrill of entering the Twilight Zone.

The phantom spied the location he was looking for and veered toward it. As always, the strange thunderstorm hovered just above the castle, greenish lightning flashing from inside the clouds, followed by the rumbles of thunder. It never rained; the storm was only there to scare weak ghosts away. The ancient ruins of the Ghost King's castle practically looked like a wasteland, not a ghost in site. Why would there be? "Perfect." He touched down in the middle of the gateway of the slumbering Pariah Dark's castle. Dan relinquished his hold from the human woman. Tucker was already ahead of them again, pushing open the massive doors of the castle with ease. Using the Ecto-Skeleton suit made it possible for him to do almost anything! When entering the fortress, it certainly possessed an eerie feeling; inhospitable and empty…or so it seemed. The further they walked into the abandoned castle, the more cold sensations ran up and down Samantha's spine. It was her body telling her what fear still felt like. Good thing too, for if she had forgotten what fear felt like, she might as well have kissed her sanity goodbye. It was her determination that kept her moving and sane.

"Getting scared?" He asked with amusement clearly in his tone.

"If you know your enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained, you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." She quoted from the book, Art of War.

"Cute, what fortune cookie did you steal that quote from?" Dan sneered.

"No fortune cookie, it's from the book Art of War by Sun Tzu. It's an inspiring book."The huntress was obviously being honest. "I could lend you the book if you like."

"Thanks, but no thanks."

"Suit yourself then." She shrugged her shoulders and moved ahead, inspecting the castle. It certainly looked different than the last time she fought the Ghost King. True, she had fought his future self that time, but she hadn't paid much attention to the design of the castle. The castle was at least a hundred feet in height, with a matching width. The castle could have fitted an entire city inside of it and still have had room for more. The inside of the castle was completely covered in dust and had enormous skeleton statues that held swords, all along a straight row leading down to the King's sleeping chamber. There must have been at least ten to fifteen of them. Upon nearing the entrance to the King's chamber, the skeletons' eyes glowed green and they turned their heads towards the intruders. Samantha and Dan halted immediately, their instincts telling them of imminent danger ahead. "I thought we were just a little too lucky to waltz on in and kill their king."

"Feh, they wish to protect their beloved king." Dan smirked devilishly.

"What are you guys blabbering on about?" Tucker grumbled. He turned around to face them…and witnessed a pair of enormous skeleton statues preparing to destroy the intruders. The geek's right eye twitched slightly in annoyance. "G-guys," He squealed. The huntress and the phantom rapidly whirled around, both shooting two different energy blasts; a ghostly green ball, and the other from Samantha's gunblade, a highly concentrated pinkish blast. They both took down the two oversized skeletons.

Dan took the right side, towards another pathetically oversized skeleton. He pushed down hard from the ground, launching up with insanely demonic speed. Without any effort, he fired an ectoplasmic energy blast from his right hand in the skeleton's face. Just as it fell, he forcefully grabbed the boney green arm and spun the skeleton around in the air like a play toy, releasing it and letting the skeleton collide through the roof; demolishing a good chunk of it off. The skeleton continued to fly higher and higher above the castle. Again, he fired a highly concentrated energy blast from his hands, aimed at the skeleton flying through the air. It charged after the skeleton, scorching it until there was nothing left but its ashes that snowed down above the castle.

"Nice skylight addition." Samantha grinned before jolting towards another overgrown skeleton. It swung its sword sluggishly at her; seriously nothing but grunts. "Don't worry; I'll put you out of your misery." Her voice thickened, cold as ice. She flipped and landed on the sword with ease and charged up its length, firing highly concentrated pink energy balls at the skeleton's face. The skull cracked from the impacts. Once she reached the hilt of its sword, the huntress sprang into the air and her body moved forward until she was actually spiraling down in a circular motion. She thrust her gunblade into blade mode, and not a minute too soon! She forcefully pierced through the skeleton's skull and continued downwards until the skeleton was practically spilt in two. Both halves fell in opposite directions, and just as Samantha touched down, the two halves of the skeleton shattered into pieces as they crashed to the ground.

"Not too bad for a human." Dan sneered.

"I'm gonna take that as a compliment."

"Eat this!" Tucker announced aloud, just as he threw a highly explosive grenade into the mouth of a skeleton. In moments, the ticking time boom exploded inside the skeleton mouth, scattering its bones across the room. "Woo-hoo! Can't touch this! I'm too much to handle." He laughed confidently.

"Don't get too cocky, there's still more." Dan spoke up. The remaining skeleton army surrounded them, closing all the gaps and enclosing them in a circle. The demon scooted to the middle where suddenly his back pressed against the huntress's smaller one. Oddly enough, he found her back alone just warming him up. Never in his life did he actually believe he would have partners again. And they weren't just any partners, they were Tucker and Samantha. For someone who preferred to do things alone, he found it somewhat awkward to have people fighting by his side, rather than fighting against him.

"Let's kick some ass!" Samantha declared. All of them got into a ready battle stance, each of them facing a different part of the skeleton army.

Inside the chambers of the throne room laid Pariah Dark's sarcophagus, slowly cracking from the outside. The sarcophagus could no longer contain the King any longer. Light from the inside crept out through the cracks. It blasted open like an explosion, and out came Pariah Dark from the mist of the remains of the sarcophagus. He wore his armor proudly, monstrously gigantic, with a stern look on his cold face. That face could seriously scare babies to death. "I'm finally free." His eerie voice matched his sinister persona. "That ghost-child will pay for trapping me in here! And all of the ghosts here shall bow before me! They will know what fear is again!" His voice boomed with terror. The king moved over to a glowing green pumpkin on the ground, where there was a sword inserted inside of it. The King effortlessly yanked the Fright Knight's sword out.

The Fright Knight emerged from the mists. His armor was as deep as the night with a flaming purple cape, the purple flames extending up around his helmet. "Yes. I'm free, and now I can rule…" his sentence was cut off by his king's shadow. The Knight slowly raised his head, staring up at the King. "My master! Y-you broke free?" There was a hint of fear in the king's own knight.

"You serve me and only me. You do not rule anything, or any part of my domain!" The king growled demonically, then he threw the Fright Knight's sword towards the knight, but instead of actually hitting him, it pierced the wall beside the knight. The Fright Knight winced at this, but regardless of how he felt, he obeyed his master.

"My master…what are you wishes?" The knight bowed.

"First, get me my crown and ring. Second, I wish to eliminate the ghost-child. Where is that boy's homeland?" Pariah Dark asked apathetically.

"I-in…the real world...my lord," The Knight hesitated to answer. As a loyal knight, he shouldn't be afraid to answer to his own king, but truth be told, he despised his master. But what could he, or even the entire Ghost Zone, do about it? If they were to rebel against the King, they would be put to their deaths! In ways, he'd shown more sympathy for the ghost-child and the real realm in his foot, than in Pariah Dark's entire body! Again, regardless of how he felt, he mindlessly obeyed his master. The Fright Knight rose up and moved like a mindless drone to the other side of the chamber. He grabbed the Ring of Rage, and the Crown of Fire; the two most powerful weapons that the King possessed. He could still strike fear into all of Ghost Zone without them, however. The drone moved back to his king and kneeled down on one knee, presenting him with his weapons.

"Ah, the real realm you say? I normally don't like to make such long journeys, but I'll make this one a special exception." A twisted smile curved his lips. He grabbed his most prized possessions and wore them proudly.

"I don't think so!" A female voice echoed into the room.

"Who's there?" The king roared, scanning the empty chamber. Suddenly, the throne room doors were blasted off of their hinges with a powerful ghostly energy. The doors were sent colliding to the opposite sides of the room and slammed into the walls, shattering them to pieces. Dust soon filled the room from the outside hallway. Three shadowy figures made their way inside the throne room; they seemed to be acquaintances. The dust dissipated just as quickly as it had filled in the room. It revealed the mystery intruders, a phantom and two humans. "Ridiculous! Fright Knight, do your job and kill the intruders!" The Ghost King ordered. He wouldn't waste his time with these low level fools.

"Yes, my liege." The Knight moved over to grab his Soul Shredder sword from the wall, and face the intruders in a ready battle stance. The Ghost King ripped open a ghost portal using just his hand.

"Like hell you're going! Fight me like a man!" Samantha shouted and fired pink energy blasts from her gunblade at the Ghost King. However, each pink blast was countered by Fright Knight's sword, blocking or swatting the energy balls in another direction. The energy balls exploded upon contact to the wall, destroying parts of it. The Ghost King had disappeared into the ghost portal by now, closing it after he had disappeared.

"You fools don't stand a chance against my lord."

"That's what you think!" Samantha spat out bitterly.

The phantom was actually quiet, contemplating on what to do now. "You two, go after him." He finally made up his mind and merely waved his hand, creating another ghost portal near them. Yes, he could easily defeat the Fright Knight without their help. The two humans looked at him, both of their expressions bewildered.

"Wait dude, what about you?" Tucker asked, slightly concerned for his… friend.

"Tch, I can handle him." Dan snorted.

"Come on Tuck." She reached to grab the geek's arm. "Don't underestimate him. He's far too arrogant to let himself be killed, especially by that guy." Samantha gave one final, concerned glimpse over to the demon, before they reached the ghost portal. "You better come quickly, or you'll miss all the fun." She purred, smirking, just before entering the ghost portal. It closed up behind them.

"Hn," Dan cracked his neck side to side using his shoulders. "She knows me too well now." He thought.

"You just sealed your fate!"

"Ha, that's ordinal!" Dan sneered.

"Quiet, you whelp!" The Knight charged full speed at the Phantom. He swung the Soul Shredder sword at the Phantom relentlessly.

Dan couldn't help but chuckle in amusement as his body turned in to green vapor, a gaseous intangible form that allowed any object to pass through his body unharmed, even if it was the Soul Shredder. He knew all too well that if that sword were to touch his body, he would be sent to another dimension were his worst fears would come alive. It was a shame that he didn't have any left. His vaporous form led him behind the Knight, where he changed back to his solid form. The Phantom promptly swung his right fist that glowed green intensely, rapidly knocking the Knight back to his knees. "You're just the perfect punching bag that I need, I've been… under a lot of stress lately." The Phantom spoke wickedly, moving closer to his newly found prey.

"Ugh," The Knight groaned in pain. Just as the Demon approached the Knight, out of pure instinct, the Knight shoved himself up off of the ground and pierced through the apparition's appendages with his sword, or so it seemed. Just in the nick of time, Dan concentrated on creating a hole in his chest, temporarily vaporizing his body around the sword.

"Nice try." He growled and forcefully yanked away the knight's sword, tossing it aside. The hole in his chest snapped back together. He jerked the Fright Knight up by his collar. With his other hand only inches from the knight's face, it began to glow a bright, deadly green. Even if the Phantom couldn't clearly see the Knight's face, he could tell by just his glowing green eyes that he was terrified. Dan's lips spread into a sinister smile, bearing out his sharp fangs. He fired the ghost ray directly in the Knight's face. It wasn't strong enough to eliminate the knight, but powerful enough to send him colliding across the room, demolishing through a wall, and then skidding along the ground into a new room. The Phantom wanted to toy around a bit more with his prey before he finished him.

"Ugh, damn whelp." The Fright Knight grumbled in pain as he rose up from the debris, his entire body still trembling with serve pain. But he would not give in and accept defeat; it wasn't in his nature or in his vocabulary. The knight whirled around and fired multiple purple ghost rays in the form of spheres at Dan, until the next room was practically destroyed, dust filling every corner. The Knight scanned through the dust, seeing no shadows. "Good riddance." Just as the Fright Knight turned towards the opposite direction, the Phantom appeared right in front of him!

"Boo." Dan chuckled as the knight simultaneously retreated back a few steps to gain his senses.

"How are you still alive?" The Knight roared. He put all his power into that last attack! How could that phantom have lived through it?

"I'm… inevitable. You know, last time, I only let you live to serve me in my timeline." Dan looked down at his hands, rubbing his fingers together in anticipation as if the Fright Knight was a piece of cake ready to be devoured. He glimpsed back up at the knight; his red eyes cold as ice. "I won't be as generous this time!" The demon grabbed the Fright Knight yet again by the collar, and tossed him up like a sack of potatoes. The knight's body smashed through the roof, and continued soaring up through the Ghost Zone. He was far too weak to fight back anymore, and this monster might just be as powerful as his master, or even surpassing his master's power! Dan took off after the knight with monstrous speed. Just as he passed the Knight, he whirled around and fired a long, ghostly green ray at the Knight's back. It sent the knight careening back down to the castle grounds, smashing the Fright Knights body through the earth and demolishing the remaining parts of the ancient castle.

"Ha-ha! Well what do you know? I do feel better!" The demon laughed aloud, watching in amusement as the debris from the castle crumbled over the Knight's body. He couldn't tell if that blow killed him or not, but he didn't have the time to go back and look. "I'd love to stick around, but I have an appointment to keep. And now, it's time to kill the King." He murmured ominously before waving his hand, creating a ghost portal behind himself. "No one is going to kill that half ghost but me!" The thought echoed through his mind as he flew into the portal that he created, leading him to Amity Park.

Dun, dun dun, dunnn..So wait? So is that Danny conciousness talking to Dan or something? :O?

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