Ember had waited at the mansion as she was told but she was getting nervous, she knew she was no match for walker but what about Danny? Shure he was probably the strongest ghost that had ever existed, he had beaten every one even ghosts that would make class 4 specters like walker cower in fear but he wasn't a killer and walker was.
She was had no doubts that Danny could take him and whatever army he had brought, hell he had beaten pariah dark but he wouldn't finish the job and eventually as more and more ghosts showed up and he refused to destroy them he'd eventually get overwhelmed. She was about to go after him when he slowly walked through the door.
Ember gasped at the sight, he was covered in a mixture of blood and ectoplasm, he looked like a failed science experiment. What upset her more was the thing that he was clutching, in his arms was the body of Vlad Masters.
He slowly and silently walked past her and down into the basement, she briefly caught a glimpse of his eyes and she wanted to cry. His once vibrant eyes were now filled with pain and looked so dead she didn't really know him that well, in fact before two days ago she hadn't seen him in almost a year and even then they had always been fighting, but anyone within a ten mile radius of him knew that he was always a happy go lucky kid. Even after a year-long gap while not hyperactive and innocent his eyes still had a mischievous smirk hidden within them but now, nothing but pain.
"Danny" she started to say but silenced herself as he remained stoic and continued his somber march.
"DANNY" she yelled after him.
He paused briefly and looked at her "not now" he growled before continuing on his previous path.
Danny left a very stunned and depressed ember in the living room and walked in silence out of the room. Danny eventually found himself in Vlad's, no now his, lab standing in front of the ghost portal. He stood there for a long time, hours? Days? Weeks? He no longer knew nor cared, he knew that what he was going to do was final so he would take his sweet time if he felt like It and if anyone had a problem with that fuck em.
Danny finally opened the long closed ghost portal and gently laid Vlad's body into the gently swirling pool of energy before kissing his father's forehead and saying "I love you dad". After that he gave his father's body a gentle push and closed the door to the ghost zone.
Once the door was sealed he took a step back and with all of his strength unleashed a blast of energy at it and in mere seconds melted the blast proof doors on the portal so that it could never be opened again.
When Danny finally emerged from the lab ember stood outside, just waiting. Danny saw her but it did not even register in his mind, his eyes were out of focus and his mind was blank. Ember couldn't stand to see him so … dead inside. Ember did the only thing she could think to and slowly and cautiously wrapped him in a gentle hug. He was so cold even for someone with an ice core it was unnatural.
Just as she was about to release him his arms gently and slowly worked their way around her back pulling her in slightly before silent sobs wracked his body and he broke down collapsing to his knees. Ember knelt with him just holding him and rubbing small circles in his back while he cried. He cried deep into the night before finally falling asleep in her arms. She wanted to move him but couldn't find it in her heart, the one person who had given her so much the least she could do was to let him be if that was what he wanted.
He would never admit it but he needed her right now, so instead of moving him she just laid back on the floor in the hallway and let him use her chest as a pillow before drifting into sleep herself. Despite not being in a bed it was the best sleep she had ever had.