Jake's dragon flames had never been an issue to the others before, but now, standing there in the clearing next to the massive pillar of flames that'd engulfed him, they'd all been rendered speechless. "You wanna dance, chump," he said, his reptilian form breaking through the wall of fire, "then let's dance!"

Blazing across the field, Danny was able to make out the details in Jake's new dragon form, subtle differences that would have gone largely unnoticed if you hadn't known the guy. His body had become more muscular and his wings had gotten larger, tipped with talons that sliced through the air as he charged Plasmius. His tail and legs each looked like they had been dipped in ink, with thick black curls fading into the brilliant red hue of his scales that steamed in the cool air.

"So. Honkin'. Bruce." Randy and Theresa breathed in unison, still holding each other in the wake of Vlad's previous strike.

Bypassing the others, Jake shimmered out of sight and reappeared behind Plasmius, blanketing him in a cover of multi-colored flames that ranged from shades of red to tones of blue. However, just when it seemed that Vlad would submit, his eyes shifted tones again, allowing Cipher to create an incredibly thin layer of magic between Vlad and the fire.

"Impressive, Jacob," Vlad said, slowly standing against the burning torrent, "almost enough to make me reconsider destroying you." Grabbing Jake's horn through the fire, Vlad slung him across the field into the others as his defensive field began to bubble and dissipate. "Almost."

"Dude," Manny said, propping Jake up against the three, "what the heck was that all about!?"

"That was supposed to be an opening for you!" Jake hissed. "As in attacking him with me and not just standing around like a bunch of as-"

"Look out!" Danny yelled, pointing at glowing points suspended all around them. Combining their ghost shields, he and Dani hastily created an energy dome around everyone, protecting them from the volley of ectoplasmic energy that had begun raining down on them. "Okay, yeah we blew that, but I think this counts as another opening, so … any ideas?"

Snaking around the back of the force-field, Manny, June, and Jake raced off into the haze created by the action.

"What that's not what… did that even count as a plan?"

Watching through the fading barrier of energy, Dani shrugged. "…It does if they manage to hit the guy"

Darting in and out of view, Manny was the first to reach Vlad, raking his claws across the back of his calves before hurrying back into the smokescreen that Haley and Jake were creating around them.

"Insolent little-"

Vlad's insult was cut off by a pink tail smacking him across the face, startling him enough to temporarily drop his protective layer and be exposed to Jake's mystical fire.

"Okay, they hit the guy," Dani said, leading Theresa and June into the fray, "that means this counts as a plan!"

"It's not a good one!" Randy yelled, rushing in after them.

"What? Sorry can't hear you over all of the plan happening right now!"

Deciding to join the others, Danny flew in after his friends and began wailing on Plasmius through the confusion, getting him angrier as the fight went on. Ducking under a stream of rainbow fire that scorched Vlad's cape, he wrapped his hands in ecto-ice and slammed them into the side of his head, sending him rolling. "That's for the stomach injury, creep!"

"You think this is enough to keep me down, I am Vlad Plas-"

Again his insult was cut off, this time by June taking advantage of the situation and closing the distance between her and Vlad, focusing all her weight and magical strength into a punch that shattered the field of magic along with Plasmius' nose.

"Take that, fruit-cake!"

Actually" Dannt corrected, "it's fruit-loop."

"Seriously not the time, Danny!"

"Phwil phew phwop phwoing phwat!" Vald cursed through crushed sinus cavities.

"Ha," Randy laughed, preparing another ninja air-fist, "she broke his magic-whatever and his nose, oh man, this is the best incredibly deadly fight ever! Ninja Air-Fist!"

Beaten down and surrounded by a corona of mystic flames, for the first time in weeks, Vlad began to worry. "Cipher," he yelled, his energy drained into the halo of dragon-fire, "is this your idea of helping?"

Patience, pal, Bill's voice responded, though it sounded distant as if being held off by something, I work in mysterious ways.

Feeling the same sense of abandon take over as before, Vlad roared and thrust his hands into the burning earth, drawing in the excess energy from the area. All around them, grass and trees began withering and losing color, their life-force being pulled straight into Plasmius as a poisonous, violet smog began oozing out of his nose and wrapping him in a cloak of miasma that choked everyone too close to him.

"What's happening out there," Dexter asked, his voice on the communicator muffled by the hurricane of energy now surrounding the battlefield, "everything's gone purple and the toxicity level is through the roof! What did you do, Manny?! Or was it you, Cunningham?!"

"Oh sure," Randy said, rolling his eyes, "blame the troublemakers."

"Hey!" Manny yelled, his eyes glazing over, "We were kicking butt just fine until kung-fu Kimiko over decked the guy in the schnoz!"

"What was that, Rivera? You wanna go, Kitty-boy, cause we can go right now?!"

"Bring it on, Cebra-culo!"

"Enough!" Jake roared, burning through the poisonous smoke that had begun accumulating around the two of them and snapping them out of its influence. "Everyone back up before this stuff makes you all dumber than you already are!"

"Hurtful."

"Kung-fu Kimiko?"

"I…fair enough." Manny said, ducking back into the field of fire the dragons had set up. "So how do we stop him?"

"You can't."

Vlads voice was so harsh that it sounded like chalk inside of a blender, snapping their attention away from the brief in-fighting. Stoically, he hovered over the ruin he had brought upon the gathered there, purple death still wafting off of him.

"And I think it's high time I proved that."

Swooping down, Vlad blasted Haley and Jake, partially burying them under the momentum of his attack. Turning his attention, he swept his hand in arc, creating duplicates that swarmed June, Randy, Theresa, and Manny. "You see,"he said, now standing face to face with Danny and Dani, "you can't stop us, Daniel...and you've been a fool for trying."

Palm extended, Plasmius fired a wave of ectoplasmic energy directly in the center of Danny's chest sending him through several trees. Lastly, Vlad was faced with Dani, whose hands were now glowing in a brilliant emerald light. "You don't scare me, dad, so just walk away before we go all 'attack on titan' on your face."

"Ahh, a fascinating race, the titans," Vlad said, revealing his fangs and inching closer to Dani as her fear cause her power to falter, "If I recall right, the most powerful of whom consumed his children. So tell me girl," he said, lifting her up by the neck and grinning madly, "are you sure it's a game of titans that you're prepared to play? "