DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN DANNY PHANTOM

Rally of Forces

GHOST ZONE HIDDEN CASTLE

Vizier watched the troops assembling outside the castle. "Magnificent," Vizier said to himself as the last of the troops come to formation.

"Is this really necessary," Maddie-cat appeared, "won't if be easier just to convince him to join our cause?"

"If we try that method he will simply think we are manipulating him. No he has to believe that everything is his choice, that he has somehow defeated us and beat the prophecy. More importantly we must destroy the bond he has with the other humans while bringing him closer to the mother." Vizier said.

Maddie-cat smiled and put on her Plasmius shadow cloak, "Well then I guess I should get started on my part of the plan. Dan, Tuk, get your troops ready we leave in an hour!"

Vale watched from around the corner. Luckily she remembered that humans are intangible in the ghost zone so she was able to sneak around the castle. As near as she could figure, these guys were planning an invasion. No big mystery where they're going, the question was what can she do about it?

HUMAN WORLD MAYOR'S OFFICE

Tucker Foley was going through Danny's request for the third time. Truthfully he wants to help Vale but this rescue promises to be expensive. After the destruction of the GiW HQ the government pulled a lot of funding from Amity Park, and public opinion has gone downhill since Harriet Chin began reporting that ghosts were coming into our world via the Fenton Portal. Tucker wasn't sure he could get the funding Danny needed. He has already sent a request to the governor for help but so far he hasn't received a response. Just then his secretary walked into his office, "Sorry to bother you Mayor Foley, but the President on line one and wishes to speak with you." Thanking her Tucker picked up the phone, 'hopefully this will be good news,' he thought to himself.

-Fenton Works-

Danny was meditating in his room while the T.V. played 'Empire Strikes Back' again, or to be more precise repeating the same scenes of the movie. Ever since he got his magic sword Danny has been researching different styles of magic. He had books on mythical lore, dead languages, and even fairy tales. Surprisingly it would be fantasy RPGs and Sci-fi video games/movies that gave him the most help, Jazz theorize that it's probably due to Danny's psyche. Danny focused on his sword amulet as he listened to Yoda's lessons; concentrating on his books he began levitating them and slowly stacking them on top one another. So far he managed stacked 5 books, a new record, admiring his accomplishment Danny wanted to get the next book but the movie was reaching the point when Luke dropped everything so he would have to wait until the chapter repeated itself.

Just then Jazz rushed into his room, "Danny you got come now!"

Danny fell of his bed hitting the ground about the same time Luke did in the movie. "Jazz, didn't mom teach you to knock! So what's up?"

"Dani's back, she found him!" Jazz exclaimed.

Danny rushed downstairs and found Dani in the kitchen eating leftover fried chicken. "Welcome home Cuz, where are he?" Danny asked.

"He said he didn't want to come into town so he'll wait in the woods for us," Dani replied.

"Great let's go see him," Danny said as he headed for the door. Danny opened the door just as Tucker and two GiW agents were about to 'knock'.

-Masters' Estate-

"So do we have a deal?" Bill asked the multiple video screens.

"Your offer is most generous, but we've had dealings with your predecessor so please excuses our reluctance," spoke one of the figures on screen.

"Yes, we require time to think about it," another said.

Bertrand entered the room and whispered something into Bill's ear. "Very well, let us reconvene on Monday enjoy your weekend," Bill turned and left as the screens turned off.

"Hello Samantha it's so nice of you to visit," Bill smiled at his guest.

"Skip the pleasantries Billy I'm just here to ask if you could save Vale," Sam said.

"So your boyfriend finally had some sense knocked into him," Bill asked.

"No he doesn't know I'm here," Sam admitted.

"Really, I'm curious to why would you go behind Danny's back," Bill said, "it wouldn't be because you're concerned about the whole 'Shinning Knight rescuing the Princess in the tower' would it?"

Sam flinched, "No, it's because I'm afraid that this might be too much for him alone."

"Then why don't you give him the crown and ring? With those items this rescue would be a snap," Bill pointed out.

"He says that he wants nothing to do with that kind of power," Sam lied.

'So she hasn't told him yet,' Bill deduced.

Just the door bell rang.

"Now who could that be?" Bill wondered as GiW agents broke down the door and rushed in. "I see that you still haven't learned how to enter someone's home," Bill remarked.

"Sorry kid but we're under orders from the President," the Chief said.

"The President huh, well at least now I know who to send the bill to," Bill said, "So what's this all about."

"Why don't you ask your mother kid," the Chief suggested.

Bill looked at his watch then headed for the remote and turned on the T.V. To say he was surprised would be an understatement, he was in complete shock. On the news was Dan Phantom leading an army of ghost attacking D.C. Not only that, he was also bragging that he is really Danny Phantom from the future. As the carnage continued his 'mom' was adding that this only happened because of the Fentons and their damned ghost portal.

"You see the President has declared a state of emergency and demands your complete cooperation," the Chief said.

-Fenton Works-

"YOU WANT TO DISMANTLE THE GHOST PORTAL!" Danny screamed at his guest.

"YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THE FENTON PORTAL IS PRIVATE PROPERTY!" Jack added in.

"This is an executive order from the President. If you don't comply you will be arrested for treason," one of the agents said.

"What about Valerie, she's still trapped in the ghost zone!" demanded Danny.

"We already have a plan underway to rescue Ms. Grey," the other agent said. "We just don't want any unpleasant surprises."

"Then how about we join in the rescue, after all we've have more experience in the ghost zone and are friends with some of the locals." Jazz suggested despite Danny's protests.

"Sorry but according to our Intel these Advisors are planning to breed two halfas. So is best if we kept them apart don't you think," said Agent 1 staring at Danny.

Danny's eyes and amulet began to glow with rage (ironically Danny could use both magic and ghost powers in his civilian mode only they were a lot weaker).

Tucker could see where this was leading and jumped in between Danny and the Agent. "So how long would it take to dismantle the portal?"

"It can be done in a couple of hou…" Jack started before Maddie elbowed him.

"A couple of weeks, yes two weeks," Maddie interrupted, "that's for safety reasons."

"Really," Agent 2 said, "Bill Masters did it three hours I guess you Fentons aren't as good as him." The Agents laugh.

"Oh Yeah, well I'll have the portal dismantled in one hour then you'll see!" Jack raced down to the basement as the rest of the family just groaned.

After Jack ran off the Agents received a recall and left, leaving Tucker behind to oversee the dismantling of the Fenton Portal.

As soon as they left Danny grabbed Tucker by the shirt and flung him to the wall. "How could you betray us like this?" Danny demanded.

"I had no choice. This is an order from the President, he's about to declare war on the ghost zone," Tucker said trying to break out of Danny's grip. "I'm sorry Danny but we're not kids anymore. We can't just go off and do whatever we want."

"Danny, Stop!" Maddie said putting her hands on Danny's shoulders, "Tucker tried to helped buy us some time."

Danny looked at his mom then let go of Tucker. Danny took a deep breath then punched Tucker in the face.

"DANNY!" everyone cried in shock. Danny glared at his family and phased through the wall. "Danny, wait up," Dani said as she followed him leaving everyone else staring at the wall.

-A short time later outside of town-

After leaving home Danny flew as fast as he could to the woods just outside of town. As he landed a large furry animal tackled and started licking him. "Hey stop, it's good to see you too Cujo and you as well Wulf." Wulf grinned and joined in the licking.

Dani arrived just in time to see this strange sight of male bonding. "Danny what were you thinking, I mean punching Tucker like that?"

"I know I kind of lost it there for minute, but no time for apologies now. Wulf a friend of mine has been kidnapped in the ghost zone, can you help us save her?" Danny asked. Turning to Cujo, "And how about you? You do owe her one after all."

Cujo turned into his puppy form and barked excitedly while running around in circles.

Wulf nodded then extended his claws and ripped open a tear to the ghost zone. "Thanks Wulf, Cujo; now the plan is to sneak into the Advisors lair, free Vale, and then return to the human world. Any questions, good then let's go," Danny was about to step through the tear when the booomerang came flying down and knocked him on the head. "What the," Danny exclaimed as he picked up the booomerang. Cujo turned into a large monster form and started growling at the figure flying above them. Looking up he saw the red huntress slowly descending down. "Vale?"

"Danny!" cried Jazz as she removed her mask and ran towards her brother. "I'm so glad I caught up with you."

"What are you doing here Jazz?" Danny annoyed that Jazz used the booomerang to find him. "You want to join in on the rescue party?"

"No Danny I came to give you this," Jazz took off her remote and placed it on Danny. "I know you can't fly while you are Danny Paladin so maybe Vale's old board could help compensate for that."

Danny pressed the controls on the remote and the board rose up and floated to him. Looking over the board for a second Danny then jumped on it and started flying around. Even though it was his first time on the board Danny took to it like a pro. "Man now I see why Vale didn't want to give the board up," Danny said as he landed. Pressing the sleep button on the remote the board folded up and attached themselves to the soles of his feet. "Thanks Jazz this will come in handy for the rescue operation, you're sure you don't want to come along?"

"Yes I'm sure Danny, I've decided to help against this ghost invasion," Jazz said, "be careful Danny."

Danny gave his sister a hug, "Thanks Jazz oh and before I forget tell Tucker sorry about the punch and Sam about me going off without tell her O.K."

Jazz nodded and watched her brother and his friends enter the tear.

-Masters' Estate-

Sam watched the GiW agents leave with the parts of the portal. "You caved in rather quickly. So how do you plan to save Vale without a ghost portal?"

"Yes well I go have a reputation to fix after all," Bill smirked. "And my dear Samantha, there are always alternatives." Bill pulled out the skeleton key and opened a portal to his cloning facility in the ghost zone. Sam stood in amazement and horror as she watched hundreds of Danny clones marching in formation.

"W-Wh-What is this, are you planning an invasion?" Sam accused.

"Invasion ha, funny no they are doing the invading. I was just going to use my brothers to secure my territory in the ghost zone," Bill replied. "Now let's see what the Guys in White have up their sleeves?" Bill turned on one of the screens labeled GiW. The monitor showed a large vessel being loaded with weapons and supplies. "The White Whale, I didn't think it would be finished so soon."

"The White Whale, what's that?" Sam asked.

"A prototype battleship designed to be able to enter the ghost zone at anytime," Bill explained, "Looks like the GiW is getting serious here, they are really packing a lot of heat in that thing for a simple rescue operation." Bill began to ponder if this would interfere with his own plans, or maybe he could use it to his advantage.

Just then a tear appeared behind them as Danny, Dani, Cujo, and Wulf entered the room.

"Sam!"

"Danny?"

"Bill?"

"Sis!"

"Rouff"

"Arff"

"What are you doing here?" everyone asked each other.

To Be Continued

Next Time…Decisions of Destiny

Danny must decide whether or not to accept Bill's offer for aid. Sam must choose which side she's on.