Harry shook hands with Danny's sister. She had long red hair and the same blue eyes as her brother's human half. She held an air of intelligence similar to Hermione.

"I've heard a lot about you from Danny. It's nice to finally meet you Jazz," Harry greeted the girl. Jazz laughed.

"I'm not as bad as he makes out," Jazz joked. Harry smirked.

"I'm sure you're not. Besides I can tell he loves you," Harry replied.

"So, what's the story with Steven and Karl?" Jazz whispered, shooting a distrustful glance at the other wizards. Harry bit his lip.

"Steven is a friend. He was an auror like me before all this. He got fired yesterday because he helped Danny when he got arrested. Long story. Karl, he was Steven's boss and he's taken it upon himself to watch Danny. The aurors know that Danny's a halfa. That's it though, they don't know about Vlad or Danielle," Harry explained in a low voice. Jazz nodded. She glanced at where she'd last seen Danny before scowling when she saw that her brother had vanished.

Jazz discretely made her way over to where he'd been, Harry following her. Jazz noticed the ecto-gun first and saw the drained power units.

"Dammit Danny," Jazz muttered angrily. Harry frowned in confusion and then noticed the darkened power units. Jazz turned to the window and gasped as she saw Dan getting to his feet.

"Oh no," Jazz whispered. Harry followed her gaze.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Harry mumbled to her. Jazz nodded.

"Danny saw Dan getting up, drained the gun and has gone to face him," Jazz realised. Harry nodded in agreement.

"Should we tell the others?" Harry inquired, unsure how things worked in the family. Jazz bit her lip.

"Danny's injured. We have to help him," Jazz decided and turned to her parents.

"Mom, dad. You need to see this," Jazz called to them.

Danny floated in the air invisibly and watched Dan. The ghost shook his head before glaring at the restaurant.

"A few more seconds and I would have had him," Dan grumbled. Dan then scanned his surroundings and noticed Grindelwald and Vlad's fight, well more of a chase actually.

"Pathetic," Dan chuckled. He then frowned and looked for his alternate self.

Dan walked forward a few steps and seemed more or less uninjured. Danny couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Dan's apparent invincibility. Most ghosts healed their wounds within minutes as long as it wasn't too serious. For example for a skeleton ghost, breaking a bone was serious but for a blob-type ghost, breaking a bone, assuming it had any in the first place, wasn't a big deal. But then again Dan could easily be numb to any pain he felt due to his excess energy.

Danny put a gentle hand to his aching side. The only way to even up the odds was to exhaust Dan or for Danny to get more powerful. Danny's eyes widened in realisation. He could do both! If he drained Dan's excess energy, then he'd both weaken Dan and strengthen himself. He'd just have to be careful and be mindful of what that kind of energy could do to him.

If only he could use his ice powers. He'd be much better off. He could use ice to ease his inevitable burning pain in his ribs once he started moving. He could freeze Dan to get a breather or some distance if the fight got too heated. He'd be able to put out the fires around them, hopefully. He'd never really tried that but he could try if he could use his ice powers. But Frostbite's warning echoed through his mind and he couldn't help but recall the discomfort when his ghost sense went off. That was a small release of his ice powers, Danny didn't want to think of how a large release of his ice energy would feel. Danny hadn't realised how much he relied on his ice abilities in ghost fights until now.

Danny steeled himself and floated forwards and turned himself visible. Dan turned to Danny and smirked.

"Back for more I see," Dan commented.

"I'm not going to let you hurt anyone Dan. This ends now!" Danny growled. Dan laughed.

"Right, when I'm this powerful? You don't even have a thermos," Dan pointed out. Danny bit the inside of his cheek. The situation did seem hopeless. He'd admit that. But he couldn't give up. Dan was so insane that he might decide to kill Danny and then kill everyone else in Amity Park. If Danny was going to go down, he was taking Dan down with him or at least hopefully weaken the ghost enough to enable his family to cope with the powerful ghost.

Danny took a breath, hiding a wince and fired a ghost ray at Dan. He had to get Dan close enough for Danny to do what both Dan and Frostbite had done to him. He had to phase his arm inside Dan. Dan side stepped the attack before grinning and jumping into the air.

"Fine, you want to keep playing this game, I'm all for it," Dan chuckled and charged at Danny. Danny gasped and ignored the pain in his chest from the action, he dove down to the ground and phased through it. Dan stopped.

"You're not going to trick me with that old technique Danny!" Dan called.

But Danny knew what Dan expected him to do. Usually Danny would use the technique to disappear underground and then phase up behind his enemy and sneak attack. It always had the element of surprise, especially when the enemy in question was close up and not thinking clearly after Danny had angered them with a few taunts and insults. So Danny knew that Dan expected him to phase up behind Dan and shoot a ghost ray at him. So Danny changed the tactic. Instead of phasing up behind Dan, he simply phased back up where he was. Since Dan had turned around to face the coming sneak attack, Danny had guessed right and ended up behind Dan.

Danny charged his hand with ghost energy and shot a strong ghost ray at Dan's back. Danny's eyes widened in shock. The hit had done almost nothing. If Dan had been standing on the ground, the ghost would have merely stumbled. Dan turned around, his head followed by his body. Danny backed away a few feet.

"Nice try," Dan growled and lunged at Danny. Danny flipped in the air and dodged the attack. He couldn't let Dan force him into a defensive position. If Dan forced him into making another shield and pinned him down, that was it.

Danny then blinked as a new plan came into his mind. Admittedly a risky plan. But if it worked, Danny would get exactly what he wanted, close to Dan. Danny had to play this carefully though. If Dan suspected anything, the plan wouldn't work. Danny wove through the air and kept low to the ground. Dan cackled and fired multiple ghost rays at the halfa. Danny dodged them. He was still going strong but he pretended to be tiring. He slowed his flight slightly. Unknowingly worrying his family and friends watching in the Assault vehicle, they'd decided to stay back in case they made things worse.

"Ha ha, face it you're not getting out of this one!" Dan gloated. Danny smirked to himself.

"I'm not letting you win!" Danny shouted over his shoulder. Danny then braced himself and let Dan's ghost ray hit him and crashed to the ground. Dan whooped in triumph and landed beside his alternate self. Danny winced. The ghost ray had hit his back and jarred his already injured ribs. He resisted the instinct to spin around and blast Dan in the face and fly away. He had to pretend that Dan had gotten the best of him.

Dan leant down over Danny, grinning evilly.

"I'm going to enjoy this," Dan muttered greedily.

"Daniel!" Vlad exclaimed and turned to intervene but Grindelwald took advantage of Vlad losing focus and blasted the older halfa in the back with a ghost ray. Vlad grunted and his flight path was disrupted, right into one of the remaining walls in the Nasty Burger. Grindelwald laughed and flew down to his own opponent.

"I thought we agreed to let them figure this out," Grindelwald sneered.

Danny shut his eyes and ignored his mounting panic and fear. He pushed down the pain from laying on his chest and concentrated on his hearing. He waited and waited and finally he struck. With Dan so close, the ghost didn't have a chance to react. Danny turned his arm intangible and thrust it through Dan's chest. Danny turned his hand only tangible and glared at Dan's face. Dan roared in outrage and attempted to push Danny away.

"Let's see how you like it," Danny growled and having much more experience in absorbing energy from various objects, began to draw Dan's energy into himself.

Danny gasped as he felt the raw power trapped within Dan. With Danny stunned by the pure overwhelming amount of power, Dan attempted to seize the opportunity. Dan tried to yank Danny's arm out of his chest but as Danny grew stronger, Dan grew weaker. Soon Danny was too powerful for Dan to struggle against.

The pain in Danny's chest vanished. His mind became cleared of thoughts, only his goal remained. Protect his family by defeating Dan and Grindelwald. He forgot about the dangers of charging himself, all he cared about was that this feeling was amazing and there was more power still within the vessel he was draining. Danny's determined expression morphed into one of complete bliss and hunger. The screams of people still panicking about the ghost fight and explosion no longer registered. He didn't hear the sirens of the emergency services either. He just kept draining Dan of energy.

At first, everyone in the Assault vehicle was happy to see Danny finally turn the fight to his advantage, but as they watched, his family and Sam and Tucker realised that Danny was losing himself. He was over charging himself so much that he no longer cared about anything else around him. Sam was about to jump out of the vehicle to run and stop her boyfriend but Tucker grabbed her and stopped her.

"If you go out there, you'll just get yourself killed! We have to trust that Danny knows what he's doing," Tucker interjected before Sam could shout at him. Sam shook her head.

"We have to stop him!" Sam argued. Tucker bit his lip and shook his head.

"Sam, Danny would be devastated if you got hurt because of him. Remember how he described it. He focuses on one goal," Tucker retorted. Jazz nodded.

"That's right. And his goal right now is to protect us and stop those ghosts. If you get in the way Sam, he'll be forced to pick which goal to focus on. We have to stay here. I'm more concerned about Vlad right now. Danny mightn't remember that they're working together," Jazz added.

Harry glanced at Steven. They were both recalling how Danny had attacked the aurors. They knew that Tucker and Jazz were right. When Danny got like that, getting in his way was dangerous. As much as everyone in the vehicle hated it, they couldn't get involved. Karl watched Danny closely.

"What is he doing?" Karl asked. Everyone turned to him and shared a look among themselves.

"Danny can charge weapons and drain them of energy. He's… he's draining that ghost of energy. We call it charging and he's over charging himself. It was why he attacked your aurors. Over charging himself makes him far more aggressive than normal," Maddie explained cautiously. Karl glanced at the woman before frowning and watching Danny closely again. He didn't like the sound of that.

Vlad managed to push Grindelwald away from himself and turned to Danny, fearing the worst. Vlad's eyes widened as he saw Danny's hungry expression and Danny's arm implanted in Dan's chest.

"No! Daniel! Stop!" Vlad shouted desperately. But Danny was deaf to Vlad's voice. Grindelwald followed Vlad's gaze and his red eyes widened in fear and shock.

"What is he doing to that creature?" Grindelwald whispered. Vlad bit his lip.

"He's doing what Dan did to him. I have to stop him," Vlad muttered and flew towards Danny. Grindelwald scowled and tackled Vlad.

"No, we're not getting involved. We have our own disagreement to settle!" Grindelwald growled.

Vlad glared at Grindelwald. Before Grindelwald's eyes Vlad teleported away and then duplicated and charged all his fists with ghost energy. He fired the ghost rays simultaneously and Grindelwald was blasted into one of the ruined Nasty Burger's walls. The hit was so severe that the wall toppled onto the wizard ghost. Vlad didn't wait to see if Grindelwald was knocked out or not. He flew to Danny.

Vlad landed beside both Phantoms.

"Danny! Listen to me! You're overcharging yourself!" Vlad shouted, trying to get Danny to listen. Danny didn't hear him, too lost in the power he felt. Vlad touched Danny's shoulder and yelped as ghost energy crackled and shocked the older halfa. Vlad's eyes widened.

"Danny! Stop!" Vlad pleaded desperately, restraining himself from touching the younger halfa again.

Vlad glanced at Dan and saw that the creature was pale. His ghostly glow was dim and his red eyes were open but glazed over. Vlad glanced at Danny before frowning with determination. There was only one way Vlad could think of to separate Danny from Dan. A Fenton thermos. He turned to the Assault vehicle and charged over to it, phasing inside.

"Running from the fight?" Jack scoffed. Vlad sneered at the man.

"No. I need a thermos. We have to separate Daniel and Dan. Daniel is so charged with energy that I don't think he can control its release. He shocked me when I touched him," Vlad explained. Sam handed Vlad a thermos with a scowl.

"That button sucks ghosts in. That one releases," Sam informed him.

"Be careful how you aim the thermos. You might suck in Danny if you're not careful," Jazz warned. Vlad nodded and examined the thermos briefly.

Vlad then phased out of the vehicle and returned to Danny and Dan. Vlad stood behind Danny and warily aimed the thermos at Dan. He hoped that Danny's hand wouldn't get caught with Dan as he pressed and held the suck button. Dan was engulfed in blue light and, due to his weakness, didn't even struggle. Vlad released the button and slammed the lid on. He clipped the thermos to his belt and turned to Danny, still frozen in his position, tangible hand and intangible arm still outstretched.

Vlad licked his lips nervously and knelt beside Danny.

"Daniel, can you hear me? Daniel!" Vlad called gently. Danny didn't respond. Vlad's scowled in concern.

"Please Daniel. Say something. Do something!" Vlad begged worriedly. Danny didn't even blink. His expression frozen into one of bliss and hunger. Vlad glanced at the Assault vehicle. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know much about how this charging thing worked. He understood it was addictive and he had a vague idea of how it affected Danny. But he wasn't the halfa's family. In fact until yesterday, they were enemies.

Vlad looked up as he heard rubble shifting. Grindelwald stumbled out of the ruined building.

"Plasmius! Let's finish this!" Grindelwald roared angrily. Vlad scowled at the ghost with dislike. Since he wasn't looking, he didn't see Danny blink. His eyes glowed brightly, far too brightly to be normal. His ghost aura also shown brightly. But the biggest difference was how Danny felt. He felt unstoppable. He felt exactly how he'd felt in the Fenton portal for that split second when he'd been zapped with ectoplasm. Every fibre of his being buzzed with energy. His mind was at so much peace that he didn't feel the pain. He didn't care. But Grindelwald's voice reached his sea of bliss and brought back his goal. Stop Dan and Grindelwald to protect his family.

Danny set his gaze on the wizard ghost. Vlad stood up.

"Grindelwald, give up. You've lost. Dan's defeated and you aren't a threat to me," Vlad snarled. Grindelwald frowned.

"I was planning on getting rid of that creature anyway. You did me a favour. Now you and I, we're going to finish this. It seems that Dan managed to somehow stop Danny Phantom," Grindelwald replied, unaware that Danny was listening and in his over charged confusion, misinterpreted the meaning of his words. Danny's goal changed to include Vlad as a threat. Grindelwald and Vlad were working together, Danny thought.

Faster than anyone could follow, Danny blasted Vlad with a ghost ray and threw the halfa a great distance from his kneeling position and then he teleported right in front of Grindelwald and grabbed Grindelwald's robes. The ghost yelped in alarm and made to phase out of Danny's grip. Danny charged his hands holding Grindelwald and then shot Grindelwald far away, into the car and rubble Dan had been previously.

And things go from bad to worse. Like I said, the charging concept is very important to this fanfic. Let me know what you guys think.

If this fanfiction hits 100 reviews, I'd like to do a connecting one-shot, so any requests? There will be another fanfic after this as an epilogue of sorts. I'll explain later.

Until the next chapter.