Plasmius stopped and floated in the sky and waited until Danny caught up with him. "Ready to fight?"

"Oh Daniel. I am always ready to fight. But every time I'm close to defeating you, your friends have a knack for saving you at the last minute. But now I have split you away from your allies." Plasmius hands glowed red, "Shall we?" Danny responded by charging. The two half ghosts exchanged a series of blows. As much as Danny hated to admit it, his fights with Dusk had taught him a few moves. Both the ninja and Plasmius liked to overpower him and use their greater power to overwhelm and push him back. But Danny knew that he could bate Plasmius to use more power than him in a fight. Plasmius used some of his energy to speed his punches up. Danny summoned a sphere of energy to block the attacks. Danny turned intangible and lunged into the street. Plasmius confidently followed. He appeared in a large sewer pipe, "The smell!" Plasmius held his nose, "Are you trying to knock me out with toxic fumes?"

"Maybe!" A large slime ball shot up and hit him in the face. As Plasmius wiped the sewer gunk from his face, Danny shot forward and landed a glowing fist to Plasmius's gut. The older half ghost fell into the gunk at the bottom of the sewer. "Enjoy!" Danny flew out of the pipe.

Valerie hovered high above the town as she tried to find Ember. She had chased the ghost a couple of miles before she had lost her. He scanners were on full, but still nothing. "Where is she?" A thought suddenly hit her, "Danny!" She spun around and started back towards The Fenton Home. Before she got far, a hooded man appeared in the air in front of her.

"Sorry! But this fight doesn't concern you."

"Like hell it doesn't!" Valerie activated her wrist blasters and fired both of them. The beams curved around the man and vanished.

"Somehow I expected more." He snapped his fingers and Valerie froze in time. He reached out with a black gloved hand and touched her faceplate. Time resumed for her. "Goodbye!" A large bolt of red energy exploded from his hand. Valerie was blasted off her board and smashed through a window of a building several feet away. The man laughed, "I could finish you, but the timeline has suffered more than enough. Consider it your lucky day." He vanished in a puff of black smoke.

Danny flew up as he exited the sewer. "I better get into a good position before he recovers."

"How about on your knees?" A red shockwave of energy blasted Danny down from above. As he fell, Plasmius flew out of the ground and rammed his fist into Danny's face. Danny fell back several feet before he hit the ground. Before Danny could stand the couple blasted him with a pair of ghost beams.

Plasmius face grew cold, "All this time, I was holding back. Trying to convince you to join me, but now I see that it was a fool's errand. Now that I have my love and future, I don't need you." Plasmius fired another ghost ray.

Danny managed to block it with a shield, "You're still a pathetic, lonely old man." Danny slammed his fists together and fired a large ghost beam. Plasmius deflected it with his dome as Ember blasted Danny with her guitar.

"Face it Daniel! You have lost. The only one who is pathetic around here is you."

Danny slowly rose to his feet, "All this time, all I hear is how lame I am. How much more powerful they are. How without my friends I would have been toasted a long time ago." Danny's body was covered by a green aura, "I am going to show everyone I am powerful enough to save my friends and myself." Danny blasted forward.

Plasmius waved Ember back, "This will be amusing!" He flew at Danny with glowing fists ready. The two connected with a loud smashing sound as their energy clashed. Danny dodged Plasmius's attacks and rolled behind him. Danny blasted Plasmius in the back with a ghost beam. Ember moved to attack, but Danny was quick to knocker her back with anther beam.

"Stay out of this! I will deal with you after Plasmius."

Plasmius clapped his hands as he got up, "Oh nice one. And how do you plan on backing that up?"

"I've kicked your but before and I will do it again."

Jack Fenton slammed his fists against the dome, "Darn this! How can a shield like this be made?"

Dani Phantom watched from the roof as Jack was joined by his wife and the two tried to come up with a way to take the shield down. The young clone knew what was going on, but wasn't sure what to do. She then snapped her fingers, "The Ghost Portal!" She flew through the house and into the lab. She activated the portal, "I should be able to get through this way." She flew into the portal.

Plasmius found Danny's new found determination admirable and extremely annoying. He had more power, but the kid was still keeping pace with him. The two continues to exchange powered punches, but neither would back down. Plasmius duplicated himself and he and his three copies ganged up on him. Danny was knocked around for several rounds before finally being thrown into the air. "Now to finish this." All four fired a beam at the kid. Danny cried out before the beams hit and split into four. All four pushed off each other and dodged the attacks. "I will always be amazed by you're learning curve." The Plasmius and his copies went after Danny and his. The eight ghost clashed for several minutes before the copies vanished and both of the originals landed on the street. Both were breathing hard. Plasmius found himself almost smiling, "You have grown so much since we first fought. I'm willing to give you one last chance to leave your father and join me."

"Forget it!"

Plasmius frowned, "Very well!" He shot forward and threw a punch. Danny managed to duck down and throw the man over him. As Plasmius fell, Danny managed to fire a ghost beam and blast Plasmius over near Ember. The ghost pushed himself up, "A little help."

"So much for the man being the defender." She played her guitar and several red fists shot at Danny. He managed to block with a shield, but dropped to a knee afterward. Ember smirked, "Your low on energy. You won't block this one."

"No choice!" Danny took a deep breath and howled out his Ghostly Wail. The green sound wave ripped through the street and slammed into Ember. The ghost rocker was knocked back several feet and hit the street hard. Danny turned back to his human form and the wail gave out, "I need a break."

Plasmius stood up, "You will pay for doing that." He flew at the weakened Danny. Before he got close, a small green portal appeared in front of him. Dani shot out of it and rammed both of her feet into Plasmius's face. Plasmius fell back and landed on his feet, "You again!"

"Hi dad!"

"How did you get here?"

Wraith stepped out of the portal as it closed, "I gave her a lift." He glanced at Danny, "You look like you have been put through the ringer."

"I've had better days. Thought you took off."

"Your cousin can be very persuasive." He chuckled, "And I had to see this. Another pathetic ghost hooks up with Ember. This is always worth a laugh." He took his mask off and tossed it to the ground, "Take a breather."

Plasmius floated over to Ember and helped her up, "Our advantage just ended."

Ember pushed him away, "I'm not going to back down from this kid again." She froze in place, "You!"

Wraith smiled, "You remember me! Good!"

"You used me and then abandoned me."

Danny let Dani help him up, "What is going on?"

"With all the love flying around you shouldn't be surprised. I'm the reason Ember is like she is. Now get lost! I have some memories to relive."

Dani turned herself and Danny intangible so she could move him better, "Sam picked a real winner."

"Yeah right!" Dani carried Danny away from the ghosts.

Plasmius wanted to give chase, but he also wanted to finish off Wraith. He stood ready as Ember snapped our of her freeze, "So why did you return? To try and cause me more pain."

Wraith laughed, "Just continuing the cycle. I abandoned you, you abandoned me, and now it is back to me."

"What?"

"When Desiree called for a ghost to be with Sam, I was interested. Sam was a kind and caring person. But now I know that you and I are destined to never be happy." A ring of fire formed around his feet. It exploded and a different ghost stood in Wraith's place, "I trust you recognize me now."

Ember slowly backed away, "Burn! It was you the entire time."

Burn laughed as his fist erupted in flames, "You burn me, I burn you!"