Chapter 25: Everyone vs the Terakon

On a highway heading to Amity Park is an 18-wheeler. Its cargo is bulls. These animals are being transported to farms and ranches. However, the delivery won't be made.

A roar from the sky alerts the driver. He looks around and he sees something flying towards him to his left.

A large, draconic figure rams into his truck from the side, capsizing it.

The impact knocks the man out, as well as cause so many cars to halt and make sharp turns to get away from the Terakon as it lands. It tears the side of the truck's trailer and look inside.

The bulls get up and snort at the Terakon.

It gives a toothy grin and it opens its mouth and closes the gap between it and one of the animals inside.

One minute later, the driver awakens and manages to climb out. To his horror, he saw the trailer torn open… and all of the animals missing.

He hears the sound of something chewing. He looks to his right and sees the large dinosaur-dragon swallowing what looked like a bull's leg judging by what stuck out of its mouth as it flies away.

Its flight is interrupted when rockets hit the back of its head. Looking, it's Valerie Gray on her "jet sled".

"Ghost or not, this town is protect by me, Jurassic Jerk!"

She fire more of her rockets. This does little damage to the beast, as it only snarls at her. It then swung its tail, knocking her out of the air. She lands in the back of a dump truck. As much as she despises her current landing, she's at least glad to still be alive. She looks out as the beast flies back in the direction of downtown, blasting its fire breath into trees on the way.

"Can't believe I'm saying this… but I'm really starting to miss dealing with Danny Phantom right now."

"We got orders!"

At the Guys in White HQ, Agent Alpha shouts as the men grab their weapons.

"We're under strict order to take that thing down!"

"Even though it's not a ghost?" Agent K asks.

"Does it matter?! We've been ordered to fight it, even if we have to help Danny Phantom in the process!"

"WHAT?!" O and K shout.

"Who's the idiot who ordered that?!" K asks.

"I am."

Turning around, they see, to their horror, Dr. Director.

"Kim Possible has informed of this monster attacking the city, claims that some madman with world dominating ambitions brought it to life. That's the kind of thing the Global Justice Network likes to deal with… So, I'm here to oversee you so you don't go overboard." She gives a scathing glare at O and K for this next part. "Or do you think I'm too much of an idiot?"

"N-No ma'am!" K says, straightening to look obedient.

"Good…" She says. "I'll have my best men assist you as well. They'll handle crown control and rescue."

At FentonWorks, Kim steps out of her room with her mission gear. She's also taking a few things with her.

Danny gets some water and rests up to morph.

They grab the bazooka from his closet.

They're ready.

"We're sending that thing into the Ghost Zone. I don't know if it'll even survive in there… but my mom and dad in the hospital makes me not care at the moment." Danny says. "Any objections?"

Everyone else in the room remains silent. Sam is particularly less eager to get on her soapbox, given she let thing free.

"We should go with you." Jazz says, stepping up.

"No." Danny says. "I need you at the hospital, to keep an eye on our parents. If they ask, tell them I gave Kim, Danny Phantom, or whoever else is standing up to that thing our tech and I'm staying out of trouble."

Jazz lets out a breath. She doesn't like it, but knew Danny won't argue about it.

"Alright." She hugs Danny. "Be safe, little brother."

She heads to the door.

"Monique?" Kim asks. "Go with her, keep her company."

"Okay…" She hugs Kim. "Be safe out there."

As Monique follows Jazz, Sam walks up Danny.

"What about the rest of us?"

"Stay, hold the fort. Watch the news if you can. Kim might have asked for some friends to come provide backup, but I feel like it won't be enough. You're our other backup, if anything happens, do not hesitate to save us or help take that thing down." Danny said.

Sam hated this. She hated helping some government stooge or provide weapons to take down a living animal… but knew this wouldn't be happening if she hadn't freed it. She nodded.

"Okay." Danny looks to Kim. "Let's go."

"How will we get there?" Kim asks. "I can't carry a bazooka the entire way."

Danny smiles. "I got something to help with that."

After introducing her to it, Danny and Kim take the Specter Speeder and fly into the air.

"Whoa…" Kim said, taking a moment to admire Jack Fenton's handiwork.

"Ready?" Danny asks.

Kim nods with a determined smile.

Danny smiles and they head into town, where the creature now is.

In downtown, the Terakon makes it roar heard throughout the streets.

People run on the streets, screaming for their lives like they were in a Japanese monster movie.

The Terakon sees all of this and seems to enjoy the terror it brings as it blasts a stream of fire onto a building, setting the entire top half on fire.

Rockets from tanks by the Guys in White arrive.

"Open fire!"

They launch their blasts, but find that they don't hurt enough to make it stop.

Global Justice Agents arrive to act as crown control, guiding civilians to safety in trucks that arrived to take them out.

One agent, named Will Du, sees the beast and decides to take the initiative.

He pulls out a blaster.

"Back monster!"

He fires. The blast goes directly above its head, momentarily alerting it to his presence. Snarling, it readies its breath.

"Oh dear…"

Before it could fire, another blast catches its attention by knocking its head away, firing into the air.

Looking where it came from, it saw the Specter Speeder, with Danny and Kim inside.

Kim readies the bazooka and pokes her head and the weapon outside to fire.

The Terakon breathes again and fires at them.

In that split moment, Danny elevates the ship to avoid the heat, Kim barely having time to get back in.

"You gotta fire at that thing!" Danny said.

"This takes too long to charge up!" Kim responds. "Maybe you can freeze it again?"

"Good call. Take the controls!"

Danny phases out of his seat, prompting Kim to take it and the controls.

"Least it's not a stick." She says to relieve herself of the stressful situation.

Danny flies to the creature and blasts his freezing power, but the Terakon reacts with its red dragonfire.

Danny grits his teeth.

"Great… it's learning."

"It's Danny Phantom!" One Guy in White shouts.

"We're under orders to only shoot the beast. We'll leave him be… for now!" Agent Alpha shouts. "Attack the beast!"

They resume rockets, which only angers the creature more.

It stomps towards them.

"No!" Danny calls out.

Before he can fly towards them, a fist knocks him into the building.

He looks and sees Vlad Plasmius, floating with his arms crossed.

"You're not interfering any further, Daniel!"

"Seriously Plasmius?! That thing is going to kill everyone in the city!"

"Well, I've had complaints about overpopulation…" He jokes. "Once I get the chance to, I'll put a new collar on it and regain control!"

"Seriously?!" Danny says. "You still want that thing?!"

"It's giving you trouble, so yes!" Vlad shouts. He then fires ghost rays from his hands. Danny creates a dome for protection.

However, a blast of green energy hits Vlad, causing him to scream in pain as he falls into the floor beneath Danny.

Getting up, Danny sees Shego, atop Drakken's hovercraft.

"Did you just save me?" Danny asks.

"Don't get used to it!" Shego says. "I'm just ordered to take on Count Dorkula."

Vlad gets up.

"How do you have the power of ecto-ranium?!"

"Ecto-wha-wha?" Shego asks. "Eh, who cares? I want something to hit." She jumps in and starts assaulting Vlad.

"Go Shego!" Drakken cheers from his ship. "Get rid of him so we can take command of that monster!"

Danny shakes his head and flies out and reaches the Specter Speeder.

"What about them?!" Kim asks about the villains.

"We literally have a bigger problem!" Danny said. "We need to find a way to keep it still so we can use the bazooka!"

At the hospital, Jazz sits with her parents in their hospital beds.

"How are you?" She asks.

"Aside from the broken arms… not too great." Maddie says.

She has both her arms in casts. Her husband's legs are broken.

"After this, we gotta remain for like 2 weeks!" He says. He tries getting up. "We should be… Ugh!"

His back hurts him, causing him to fall back on his bed.

Monique goes to keep him from getting back up.

"You should be resting unless ya wanna stay here longer. Be glad it's just 2 weeks."

Jack huffs.

"Jack, she's right." Maddie says. "Where's your brother?" She asks Jazz.

"At home… giving weapons to Kim."

"What?!" Maddie shouts. "She's probably out there right now!"

"Is Danny with her?!" Jack asks.

"No!" Jazz says. "I assure you… Danny Fenton is not fighting that dragon thing."

Both parents sigh in relief.

"That's good… defending Danny Phantom aside, she's a nice girl." Jack says.

"I still want her as a daughter-in-law." Maddie says.

Jazz smiles in relief that her parents are still acting the way they always do.

At FentonWorks, the news is on in the living room.

"This is Lance Thunder, reporting in. This creature… which Danny Phantom was heard calling a "Terakon" by the Guys in White, appeared out of nowhere. Downtown is a warzone as the monster seems only interested in wanton destruction. All weapons and attacks have had little effect, so, if you're watching… I implore you… RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! I'M GETTING OUT OF TOWN!"

The Terakon roars get louder as he runs away. The camera goes out. It cuts back to Tiffany Snow.

"Um…" She tries to put on a smile "We will… hopefully… have more information on this "Terakon" creature and its attack soon."

Sam turns it off. She sees Ron and Tucker grabbing onto each other, with Rufus shaking in fear.

She'd normally call someone out for their cowardice, but the monster's path of destruction causes her to loosen up and be more sympathetic.

"Anyone here hungry? I'm sure we can find ice cream or something…"

This gets Tucker's attention. Seeing Sam try to be comforting is a rarity. He knows that the situation must be serious if she's trying to be nice.

Tucker lets go and puts his hands on Ron's shoulders.

"Ron? Dude?" He says. "We can't just sit here in fear. We need to do something."

Ron takes a breath.

"You're right." He looks around. "What do we do?"

"We could go in, guns blazing." Sam suggests.

"How?" Ron asks.

"That mechanical thing on the roof is the Ops Center. We can convert it into a mobile fortress to head into battle." Tucker points out.

Ron thinks.

"Maybe… we can use it go get people out. Chances are not enough people are getting to safety?" Ron says.

Rufus nods and makes a few "uh-huh" to agree with him.

"That's actually a smart idea." Sam commends.

They all arrive at the Ops Center and, after pressing the buttons, convert it into the Fenton Blimp.

Ron notices the balloon has Jack Fenton's face on it.

"Wow… and I thought Kim had an ego."

Back in the city, the Terakon rams into a four story building, causing it to begin falling apart. Danny sees some people at the top and uses his strength to keep it from falling.

Kim rams the Specter Speeder into the building, helping to keep it leveled.

"Everyone!" She says on the speaker. "Take the stairs and get out!"

People start doing just that. It would take about 2 minutes before they hear a voice.

"Kim Possible! Danny Phantom!" "The voice of Dr. Director calls out via a radio from the tank she shares with Agent Alpha. "Everyone is out of the building!"

Nodding, the two back off, letting it fall apart without any harm.

Seeing the Terakon, it starts rounding people up in a circle. Dozens of people are in the center, where it starts circling them like a cat with its prey.

The tanks remain still.

"Hold your fire!" Agent Alpha shouts.

"Can't you shoot it?!" Dr. Director asks.

"Can't!" Alpha responds. "Too many civilians to risk it!"

Danny and Kim both see the creature as well.

"What's it doing? Hunting for food?" Kim asks.

Danny notices something only the innocents do.

He sees the creature's fangs. Not in a snarl, but a smile. A smile like a horror slasher, ready to claim a victim.

"I think… it's hunting for sport." Danny says. "I think it's smiling."

"What?!" Kim says. She looks. "It's… having fun?"

They both look to each other.

"This is going on long enough." Danny declares.

The Terakon stops. It raises itself and takes a deep breath.

"NO!" Kim shouts.

In an instant, Danny fires an ice blast into the beast's open mouth.

A block of ice forms in its mouth, blocking the passage of air.

Danny flies into the beast, knocking into its back after tackling into its neck.

In that moment, the Fenton Blimp appears above the civilians. It gets to the ground, where the doors open.

Ron takes the radio.

"Everyone, get inside!" He shouts.

"Ron?" Kim says.

She smiles.

It looks like he's with Danny's friends, saving people.

This joy is short-lived, as the Terakon bits down hard to break the ice. Looking, it sees the people getting on the blimp.

It takes another breath.

Kim sees this and pilots the Speeder towards the monster.

However, Danny gets in front of its face, using a shield to block the flames.

Kim brakes. She sighs in relief.

The fires end as it swats Danny away and into a building.

Fortunately, the people have boarded and rises.

It runs to them, but it elevates in time to dodge it.

However, it opens its wings and flies after them.

Kim fires at the beast with the Speeder's blaster.

This gets its attention and it comes after her. She flies into the air, it follows her.

It's quickly hit with a rocket.

Looking around, it sees jets flying around it.

From the blimp, Sam and Tucker look down.

"Never thought I'd be so happy to see Government employees." Sam says.

Kim takes a breath. She then realizes something.

It remains still, watching the jets circling it.

"It's remaining still… now's my chance."

She has the Specter Speeder turn so that the door faces the creature. She opens it and aims the bazooka.

"This might be my best chance." The weapon begins charging. "Here we go."

Suddenly, something hits the speeder that causes her to fall out as bazooka is dropped and left inside the vehicle, which falls to the ground.

Danny gets out of the building and sees Kim falling.

He rushes as fast as he can, catching her bridal style.

"You alright?!"

"I think so." Kim says. "Something hit the ship."

Looking up, he sees Vlad Plasmius, having his hand smoke to indicate he fired at the ship.

"What is with you?!" Danny shouted.

"I will not let you be rid of my beast!" He shouted.

"You mean my beast!" Drakken shouted as he arrives on his hovercraft.

"Give up, make like your hair do and rise!" Shego shouted.

"ARRGHH!" Vlad shouted. "Get lost!"

In an instant, Skulker arrives and grabs Drakken around the neck.

"Surrender, or the blue man is without a head!"

Shego groans and lowers her arms.

"Perfect…" Vlad said with a smile. "Now… where was I?"

He looks to Danny and Kim, who are absent.

Snarling, he screams in anger.

Danny and Kim run to where they saw the Speeder fell. They find it landing on top of an abandoned car.

"That's not gonna buffer out." Danny snarks as he gets in. He sighs in relief at the bazooka unharmed. "We can still do it!"

"Perfect." Kim hops into the Speeder. She sits at the controls. "Let's go!"

Activating the Speeder, it rises.

However, when they do so, something knocks them back into another building.

"SERIOUSLY?!" Danny shouted.

The door is forced open and the Fright Knight pulls them out and throws them into the room they're in, which looks like an office.

"You will not interfere any longer!" He shouted.

"Try us!" Kim shouted as she and Danny readied for battle.

However, he's hit by a blast of green energy.

Shego comes jumping in from the hovercraft.

"Did you kids miss me?" She asks.

Vlad and Skulker arrive now as well, both ready for battle.

"Look!" Danny shouted, no longer wanting to get interrupted any longer. "We're trying to send that thing to the Ghost Zone!"

"The what?!" Drakken asked loudly from his hovercraft, which lands inside.

"Another dimension!" Kim shouted. "Now shush!"

Drakken pouts with his arms crossed.

"Don't tell me to shush."

"I'll send it there, do whatever you want with it there!" Danny shouted.

"Not a chance, Daniel." Vlad said. "It'll be less troublesome for you there."

Danny grits his teeth.

"But if you'd like…" Skulker says. "We'll be more than happy to send you there with it!"

"Good idea, Skulker!" Vlad commends with an evil smile. "He'll be less annoying there."

"Or!" Drakken shouts. "Shego and I use it on all of you!"

"I can dig that idea." Shego adds.

"Look!" Danny cuts in. "Can you all j-"

The sound of breathing happens.

Very heavy breathing.

It affects the room they are all in.

"Does anyone else feel that?" Kim asks.

Looking to the opening made by the Specter Speeder's impact, they see the Terakon.

It's climbed up the wall like a cat and is now looking into the room.

It looks very angry at all of them.

What none of them know, is that it's remembering something.

Destroy them all!

My king!

End them!

Whatever it remembers angers it even further.

It takes a breath.

Kim's eyes widen.

"EVERYONE OUT!"

Vlad, Skulker and the Fright Knight phase through the floor.

Drakken and Shego take their craft and fly away after Shego blasts another opening for them to escape.

Kim runs into the Speeder.

"KIM!" Danny yells.

"The bazooka!" She responds.

The creature's through glows red.

Danny gets in front and creates another shield as the flames hit.

The flames are stronger than ever, and the heat causes Danny to start losing consciousness.

Kim grabs the bazooka. She then sees what's happening to her partner.

"Danny!" She calls out to him.

Once the fires end, the creature comes in headbutts him into the Speeder.

The impact causes Kim to hit one of the walls of the vehicle in the head.

The Speeder is sent through the building, falling towards the ground.

Danny regains consciousness in time to fly and grabs the Speeder from the front.

The Terakon only looks at Danny as it remains on the floor.

Danny looks up and sees something.

A smile. A very smug smile.

It then returns to attacking the city, flying away.

Danny huffs and pulls the Speeder to the top of the 15 story building.

He places the Speeder there as he goes in.

He gasps at the sight of Kim on the floor.

"Kim!" He shouts before coming to her. He picks her up and, using intangibility, gets out of the vehicle. He places her on the floor. He shakes her a bit. "Kim?!"

No answer.

Panicking, Danny opens her mouth and inhales. He blows into her mouth. After nothing happens, he takes another breath and blows into her mouth.

He starts to panic more.

Until…

"You're supposed to press on my chest." She says before opening her eyes. "But I'm glad you didn't try."

Danny smiled.

"You're okay?"

Kim sits up, then grunts before placing a hand on her head. She parts her hair and feels something painful there.

"I hit my head."

"Here."

Danny creates a block of ice. He presses it on her wound.

"Thanks."

They hear the roar into the sky.

Looking out, they see the Terakon atop the city's tallest building, looking down like a king towards subjects.

"It's remaining still." Kim said.

Danny looks to the Specter Speeder. He sees smoke and pieces of it falling off."

"That thing looks pretty busted up. I don't think it'll make it for long. I can't take the bazooka because it'll see me coming."

"What's the plan now?" Kim asks.

"I'll lure it somewhere where you can shoot it."

"What?!" She lowers her hand, dropping the ice. "Danny, that's suicide!"

"I know!" He says before taking a breath to calm down. "But we're running out of time. We have to try."

Kim sighed. She looks to the floor.

Danny turns around and is about to fly when Kim speaks up.

"Do me one favor…"

He looks back as he hover.

"Yeah?"

"Come here and let me see your face… Danny Fenton's face."

Danny does so. He comes to her, hovering slightly above her face and returns his head to normal colors.

"Here I am."

Kim cups his face, smiling at him.

Despite what's happening, she smiles back.

"Here." She says.

She closes her eyes and kisses him.

Danny closes his eyes and kisses her back.

He cups her face as her arms goes around his neck and holds him close.

The kiss ends and she smiles at him.

"What was that for?" He asks with a smile.

"A promise. If this works… if we survive and we win… we'll go on that date you awkwardly try to convince me to go on."

He takes a second to register.

She… she'll go out with me? For real?

She nods to make it clear she's serious.

"But only if we live, right?" He asks.

"Of course." She answers.

"And it has to work?"

"Obviously."

"And you'll keep your word?"

"I can do anything, including keeping a promise."

They smile at each other.

Danny looks up and sees the Terakon.

Ready and feeling renewed with energy, his face returns to being that of Danny Phantom's colors and readies his fists.

"Then let's save the day!"

It's always darkest before the dawn.

Amity Park is a warzone, in a war that the Terakon is winning.

It's become apparent to Danny, and likely to Kim, that this isn't some wild animal's rampage. It's clearly aware of what it's doing... and enjoying it.

But now, it looks like our heroes have a shot to win.

But will it work?

Can Danny and Kim defeat the Terakon?

And more importantly... will they finally go on a date?