Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future

Episode 17: Shadow of the Past

Plot: DarkEvil LaserPants has done the ultimate evil the Nicktoons must face. However, Danny keeps Darry and the others away from the battle with no explanation why. This angers Darry that he taps into the dangerous power of Ghost Rage. Almost getting his friends and family hurt, Darry runs away and meets a former villain who reveals to him the truth of Danny's past. Can Darry and the others arrive in time to aid the Nicktoons to stop DarkEvil and prevent the evil he intends to unleash?

Part 2

Meanwhile, the front door of Nicktoon HQ opens and Jazz, Darry, Tammy, Tommy, Poof, Jack, and Maddie come in all dressed up for the ceremony. They were happily chatting about, but suddenly gasp in shock to notice the damage in the building caused by the fight. "What the heck happened here?" Jazz demanded to know.

"Did we arrive to the ceremony too late?" Tommy asked.

"Jimmy!" Cindy's voice called out. "Somebody, help!"

Darry, Tammy, and Tommy immediately followed the voice as the adults follow and gasp to find Cindy with Max leaning down to a damaged SpongeTron. "SpongeTron, what happened?" Tammy asked, rushing over to her friend's side.

SpongeTron slowly got up, but short-circuited slightly from his fight with 008. "We…got ambushed."

Darry looked in horror, but glared realizing who's behind it, "DarkEvil."

"Where is he?" Tommy demanded to know. "Where did he go?"

"He got away," a voice answered. Those who arrived turned to see the Cadets, Sandy, SpongeBob, Tak, Timmy, and Danny, looking worn out from battle.

Tammy looks around noticing someone missing, "Where's Commander Neutron?"

"He's gone." Timmy answered sadly. "SpongeCog took him." The Nicktoons gasped in horror.

Afterward, everyone settled in the living room where Jack, Maddie, Sandy, and Jazz were tending to everyone's injuries. Poof turns into a medicine box to sprinkle fairy dust on top of Tak. Tak's stamina was restored as Tak got up saying, "Thanks Poof."

"Poof," Poof nodded humbly.

Timmy has just explained what happened to Darry, Tommy, Tammy, and Jazz. "Once SpongeCog got ahold of Neutron, he disappeared out of thin air."

"Weird, the same thing happened to the other SpongeCogs when we fought them last time," Tommy mentioned, referring to the battle in the Ghost Zone.

"But why would he want Jimmy?" Cindy asked as she rocks Max to sleep.

"As far as we know, Jimmy is the only one of us capable of holding classified information," Tak explained, "Well, him and-" he stopped when Danny looked at him, "Never mind."

"So what are you waiting for? We gotta find him!" Darry urged and runs to the front door. But the door glowed green and slammed itself shut.

"Not so fast, Darry." Danny said with his hand glowing green. "We can't just go rushing in without thinking. We don't even know where DarkEvil is hiding."

"Then track him down!" Darry insisted, "Find Neutron's Recaller signal, locate his heat signature, put up 'Missing' posters! Dad, you got to do something!"

"He's right," Cindy said, "With Neutron gone, the second-in-command would be you."

"Right," Danny realized. "I'd almost forgotten that."

"Then you gotta think of something, Dad!" Darry frantically said. "DarkEvil is planning something big and you have to figure out what it is before Neutron gets hurt!"

"Darry," Tammy whispered as she held his hand and sat him down. "Calm down."

Once Darry was silent, Danny explained. "I'll discuss this with Timmy, SpongeBob, and Tak once everyone's recovered. Darry, go home with your grandparents, aunt, mother, and- wait." he suddenly realized. "Where's Sam? Did she arrive home?"

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention." Jazz said in a sheepish tone, "Sam called and said her flight postponed due to severe thunderstorms, so she'll be arriving later than expected."

"WHAT?" Darry yelled in shock at hearing this.

Yuki was lying on the couch with her head resting on her grandmother's lap as she tiredly said, "Well, I guess it's a good thing that she isn't here to see all this happen."

Danny looked at his daughter and tells Jazz, "I think it's better if Sam doesn't come at all." He turns to the kids, "Sorry, but your graduation will have to wait too."

"Wait!" Darry frantically yelled as he rushed over to his dad. "The graduation, yes, we can postpone, but Mom can't come?! She planned to fly all the way out here just to see us. She promised she would come!"

"I'm sorry, Darry, but you have to understand it's for everyone's own safety." Danny explained calmly. Hearing what just happen made Darry shake his fist, unnoticed by his father. He lets it go and sighs. Danny was about to pat his shoulder, but Darry brushed it off and marched outside. Jazz looks at Danny disappointedly as he returns the same expression to her.

In DarkEvil's lair, SpongeCog 008 was sharping his kantana, guarding the room where DarkEvil is interrogating his captive. "So how are things going?" SpongeCog 001 asked with hands behind his back.

"The master is questioning the prisoner as we speak." SpongeCog 008 answered.

"I hope he removes that squishy's helmet until his face turns blue." SpongeCog commented. "That'll get him to talk with what little breath he has left."

In the room, Jimmy was strapped to a chair and grunted in pain as the chair he was on was pushed backwards onto the ground. He was indeed wearing an air helmet in order to help him breathe in the underwater atmosphere. DarkEvil stood over him as Jimmy opened one eye to look up at his captor. "Feel like talking, Neutron?" he coldly asked.

Jimmy narrowed his eyes at the sponge. "No." he coldly answered.

"I have other ways of making you talk." DarkEvil threatened. "I can remove that helmet we gave you and watch your lungs fill up with water until you suffocate."

When DarkEvil pulled his chair back up, Jimmy responded, "Go ahead. If that were to happen, I wouldn't be able to tell you anything even if I wanted to."

DarkEvil growled in anger and frustration. "What is wrong with you? You know the information I want! Why won't you spit it out no matter how many times I torture you!?"

"Because, I'm not afraid of the likes of you," Jimmy growled, "I know who you're really after and he's more terrifying than you ever will be!"

"Ha!" DarkEvil laughed mockingly. "Maybe so, but he's also as powerful as me. Once I find him and get him over to my side, you and your little team will be powerless."

"Don't count your chickens yet, LaserPants. Your so-called new friend isn't exactly the accommodating type.

But DarkEvil just held his hand up to Jimmy. "I don't wanna hear another word out of you, Neutron." he walked toward the door and opened it to see SpongeCog 008 still standing outside. "Take him to his cell. I'll continue to pry the information I need later." and walked out of the room.

"Yes Master." SpongeCog 008 responded before going to grab Jimmy.

Jimmy closed his eyes and quietly thought to himself: 'Don't worry, Danny. He won't be coming back.'

In Fenton Works, the Fentons are dressed in their usual attires since the graduation was canceled. Ringo awoke from his nap and first spots Darry talking to his Recaller. He walks over and purrs, cuddling on his leg. Darry smiles and pets Ringo as he goes to find his owner. "So how's HQ?" Darry continued speaking to SpongeTron.

In HQ, Cindy has trouble putting Max to sleep as SpongeTron construction workers were noisily rebuilding the interior after the SpongeCog attack. SpongeTron watches over while speaking to Darry. "Okay so far." SpongeTron answered. "I'm fully repaired and the place is getting repaired as well. But there's just one thing, I can't find Goddard."

Max cries loudly as Cindy rocks him back and forth. She couldn't get Max back to sleep as a SpongeTron is using a power drill nearby. "Can you tell those guys to be quieter? It's past Max's bedtime!"

SpongeTron covers one of his "ears" as he tries to speak to Darry over the noise. "Some of us are trying to find him. I haven't seen him since those SpongeCogs attacked."

"I hope he's okay." Darry said with a worried look. "With what happened to Jimmy, who knows how Goddard is feeling about it?"

"But how are you feeling?" SpongeTron asked.

"What?" Darry asked with a look of surprise.

"You ran out of here all upset earlier." SpongeTron recalled. "Tammy, Tommy, and I were worried about you."

Darry put on a grin as he responded into the Recaller, "Don't worry, I'm fine, really. I was just...under a lot of pressure. My sister's graduation was cancelled and I was worried she might be upset."

"But...earlier you said that you didn't care that-"

"Sorry, SpongeTron, I think my grandparents are waking up, I gotta go." Darry quickly excused before hanging up the Recaller. He then gives a sigh before glancing at a picture of Sam sitting on the small table next to the sofa. He puts his face to his palm and angrily frowns. "Why does this have to happen to me?" he moaned as he tightened his fists.

He goes into the kitchen once more where Jack and Maddie are showing Yuki a photo album. Yuki, sitting on Maddie's lap, laughed loudly at one photo, "Aunt Jazz wore braces?"

"Oh yes. She needed them when she was 12," Maddie explained showing a photo of a younger-looking Jazz wearing a poorly made head brace.

"We built braces just for her. But the day after, she asked us to find a dentist to give her NORMAL braces," Jack frowned.

Yuki flipped a page and laughed really loud, "Is that Dad?" Out of curiosity, Darry looks over and sees a picture of Danny looking about the age of three, sitting on the ground and playing with a toy rocket. "Aw, he looks so cute…" Yuki said admirably. Maddie flips another page when Yuki asks, "Hey, what's Dar doing here with those guys?" she pointed out.

Maddie chuckled, "That's your father, sweetheart. With your mother and Tucker." Darry peeked over their shoulders and sees Danny as a 14-year-old with Sam and Tucker.

Darry's eyes widen as he looks at the picture. Yuki notices, "They look pretty happy together."

"Yep. They were the best of friends," Jack told, "Just like your grandma and I when we were at college. Show her, Mads."

Maddie flips several pages and shows the kids their college photos. One photo features Jack and Maddie younger. Darry almost snorted, "Gramps, you had a mullet?"

"It was the style back then," Jack shrugs.

"See? There's Jack, me," Maddie said pointing at the photo, "And there's-" but she stopped as Darry notices she was pointing at another friend beside them. A young college student with blue eyes and dark gray hair.

"Who's that with you?" Yuki curiously asked.

"That's no one, sweetie." Maddie tensely insisted as she turned the page. "Just someone who made a bad choice in life."

Yuki then notices another picture. "Hey, is that-" she asked, pointing at a picture of what looked like Sam in a hospital bed, holding a small baby with Danny standing next to her, and a smaller boy sitting on the bed next to Sam.

"That's right. It's you on the day you were born," Jack explained, "It was one of the happiest moments of your parents' life."

"Wow," Yuki said, smiling fondly as she stared at the picture. "This is so amazing."

But Darry was frowning sadly as he muttered, "Yeah...It's nice to see Dad actually happy for once...and Mom around."

Maddie then closed the photo album and said, "Okay, I think that's enough for tonight. You two should be going to bed."

"But Granny." Yuki whined. "Can't we stay up until Dad gets home?"

"Now Yuki, you know you're father is going to be at the HQ late tonight to try and take care of everything that's going on." Maddie explained. "I'm sure he would want the both of you to get a good night's rest."

Yuki yawned and said, "Alright. After a day like today, I can use a bit of sleep."

As Yuki heads upstairs, Darry lags behind which is noticed by his grandparents. "Dar-Bear, you've been rather quiet this evening. Is something the matter?" Maddie asked in concern.

Darry looked away as he solemnly replied, "No, everything's fine. I'm just gonna go to bed."

"Alright," Jack said in a cheerful tone, "But remember that if you wanna continue to work on that Specter Splitter together, make sure you get up bright and early." Darry nodded and walked out of the kitchen and upstairs to his bedroom. "He's just like him, ain't he?" Jack asked Maddie.

The next morning in Amity Park, a knock was heard at the front door of Fenton Works, Yuki answers the door to see Tammy, Tommy, and SpongeTron. "Hey Yuks." Tommy greeted with a wave. "Is Darry home?"

"Yes, but he's in his room." Yuki explained, looking somewhat concerned. "He hasn't come out of there all morning."

"What?" Tammy asked in surprise. "But why?"

"Who knows?" Yuki said with a shrug. "He's been acting really strange since the graduation ceremony was cancelled."

"He's probably all mopey cuz his mommy won't come to visit," Tommy guessed dryly.

"Maybe we should talk to him." SpongeTron suggested. "You know, try and get him to cheer up."

"That's a great idea." Tammy said with a smile.

"Okay," Tommy reluctantly agreed, "But if he starts crying, I'm stepping out."

The four run up the stairs and head quietly into Darry's room, only to find the ghost kid lying curled in bed with his back turned to the door. "Uh, dude, are you feeling alright?" Tommy asked him.

"Hey, it's okay, bro," Yuki cheered up, "Mom's trip got delayed so what? I'm a bit bummed too about our graduation, but I'm not complaining or moping about it."

"We should have got there sooner," Darry finally answered, not looking at his friends, "We would have stopped the SpongeCogs and rescued the Commander if we came in the nick of time…"

"But it wasn't your fault, Darry, it was..." Yuki said as he eyes widen in realization and she gets a sad look. "...mine. My team and I were there to confront him and we...failed." As she falls silent, Tammy and Tommy stare at her as she quickly runs out of the room while saying, "I gotta go."

Though weirded out by Yuki's behavior, Tammy told Darry, "So what if we couldn't save Jimmy? SpongeCog was just so powerful even our dads couldn't defeat him. They're trying to locate him now as we speak."

But Darry tightened his fists on the bed and snapped, "But you don't get it, do you? There's more to this than we all know. Something that someone is not telling us: My dad."

"But what would your dad be hiding that he wouldn't tell anyone else?" SpongeTron asked.

"I don't know, but I'm gonna find out even if I have to beat it outta him," Darry said, shaking a fist. The three look concerned, never seeing Darry this angry before.

Tammy held her hands up as she tried to calmly say, "Darry, that's not something you should say. What would your mom think if she heard you?"

Darry glared angrily as he finally stood up in bed. "Who knows?" he snapped out, "Because she's never around, and I can never ask her anything that Dad won't tell me. So I don't know what to do."

Suddenly, a beeping sound is heard as SpongeTron pulls his tie so his hat opens up and summons a hand with his shell phone. The hand is placed beside SpongeTron as he says, "ST-Unit 001 speaking? Yeah...uh-huh... sure I can...wait, no? Alright. See ya." He hangs up as his phone returns to his hat, "That was your dad. He wants me to head to HQ immediately."

"Okay, we'll just activate the portal-" Tammy holds up her Recaller, but SpongeTron pulls it down.

"Sorry, but it's just ME he wants," SpongeTron explained, "Since I know about the SpongeCogs and been acquainted with DarkEvil a few times before."

Hearing this, Darry gets an idea. "Is that so? Maybe I can't learn my Dad's secret, but maybe YOU can!"

"Uh, Dar? I don't think that's really what he wants to talk about. Besides, what makes you think he would just speak up and tell me everything?"

"Look, whatever DarkEvil is planning with Neutron, I know this has something to do with whatever Dad is hiding," Darry explained, "Which is why I need you to join him so you can investigate and give us the heads-up."

"Well...okay." SpongeTron said, still looking unsure. "I'll try."

"Good. We're counting on you, ST." After SpongeTron left through a portal that would take him to HQ, Tammy and Tommy look at each other uneasily, wondering if Darry would get the answers he was longing for.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Amity Park, Yuki had met up with the Nicktoon Cadets and was sitting on a bench, looking disappointed. "So there you see?" she told them. "Why do you think SpongeCog got away with Neutron?"

"Oh, barnacles," Crash scoffed. "It ain't your fault that happened. SpongeCog was just smarter that's all."

But Kida got in front of him and said in a positive tone, "You're still a great leader. Nobody blames you for what happened."

"Then, why do I feel so miserable about it…" Yuki moaned.

"Well...we did fail to stop SpongeCog before he left with Mr. Neutron." Twitchy pointed out, earning him a glare from Crash and Kida.

"That's it." Yuki explained. "I was supposed to be leading in a battle against SpongeCog and I couldn't do that right. I was the last person to fight against SpongeCog and I couldn't even touch him. Maybe I'm just not that good a leader...or a Nicktoon."

Junior's eyes begin to water. "We're not good Nicktoons? WHAAAA!"

In Nicktoon HQ, Danny, Timmy, SpongeBob, and Tak were gathered in the lab trying to locate DarkEvil's (and Jimmy's) location. "Did you check everything?" Danny asked after assigning the four possible locations to where DarkEvil's lair was.

"The Krusty Krab is normal." Timmy explained. "Squidward hasn't reported any signs of unusual activity."

Tak then explained, "He's nowhere in the Industrial Park. Everything's clean and dangerous there."

"And he's nowhere on Conch Street either since that's his old neighborhood." Danny pointed out. "What about you, SpongeBob?"

"I've searched all over the city and I haven't seen a trace of him." SpongeBob recalled.

"LaserPants is smart…" Danny pondered loudly, "He knows we would go to locations his good counterpart knows about."

"SB, if you were a super villain, where would you make your secret lair?" Tak asked him.

"Upstairs in my attic." SpongeBob answered with a smile, before he frowned in realization, "But I doubt someone like DarkEvil LaserPants would be there."

Then they heard a knock on the door and SpongeTron enters inside. "Uh...you wanted to see me, Mr. Fenton."

"Yes," Danny said, relieved to see SpongeTron. "We need your help in locating Jimmy."

"But what can I do?"

"Don't you have some way to track down Jimmy?" Danny asked.

"Or some way to track down DarkEvil?" Timmy also asked.

"Well..." SpongeTron answered in a nervous tone. "I would, but I can't. In order to do that, either of them would need to have something I could pick up a tracking signal from."

Timmy, SpongeBob, and Tak sigh in disappointment until Tak asks, "Don't you have any idea where DarkEvil could be hiding?"

"Um...not cuz I'm asking this for a friend, but does anyone know what DarkEvil is plotting?" SpongeTron asked, "Is there a reason why our Commander was kidnapped?"

Timmy, SpongeBob, and Tak all fall silent and stare at each other blankly, and then dart their eyes toward Danny, wondering if they should give the answer or not. Danny sighs and said, "Unfortunately no. That's why we're trying to find Jimmy; to hopefully get some answers."

"But...But you must have some idea." SpongeTron continued asking Danny. "Is there anything the Commander has that DarkEvil wants or something out there that he's after?"

Unknown to the adults, except SpongeTron himself, Darry was still at Fenton Works in his room, holding a small device that he was focusing on that SpongeTron's voice could be heard from. Tammy and Tommy were also listening from the background.

"Sorry, SpongeTron." Danny said with a shrug. "We don't have any idea what DarkEvil is planning or what he's after."

Suddenly, SpongeTron hears a ringing in his head that Darry shouts, "He's lying! Ask again!"

"Darry, shush!" SpongeTron loudly whispers.

Danny turns to him and asks, "What was that?"

"Nothing!" SpongeTron quickly said, "It was nothing!"

Back at Bikini Bottom in DarkEvil's secret lair, Jimmy was screaming loudly in pain as he was shocking with electricity from a spear pointed at him held by SpongeCog. He was still tied to a chair in the same room as DarkEvil continued to interrogate him. "You WILL tell me everything!" DarkEvil demanded, "His power, his history, his location!"

Jimmy screamed once more as SpongeCog zapped him with the electrical spear. "Even if I were to tell you…you won't be able to find him!" he struggled to say through the shocks.

DarkEvil held his hand up, signaling SpongeCog to cease with the torture. DarkEvil approached closer to him and coldly said, "So you do know where he is. Now I demand you tell me all those answers."

Jimmy defiantly glared and growled, "Never."

DarkEvil pointed at SpongeCog, and the robot gleefully shocked Jimmy again as the genius grunted in pain with the shocks all over his body. After a few seconds, DarkEvil signaled him to stop again as Jimmy panted in exhaustion. "This is your last chance, Neutron." DarkEvil warned. "Tell me everything about him and where his location is as well as how to bring him to my side."

"Any kind of torture won't make me talk," Jimmy hissed at him.

"Not to you, maybe," DarkEvil said, lifting his mask, showing a face of sadistic glee. He snaps his fingers, signaling one of his SpongeCogs.

Jimmy hears a whining noise and recognizes it in alarm. He looks up and sees SpongeCog 013 holding his robotic dog, Goddard, in his large fists as the dog whimpered and tried to break free from his captor. "Goddard?" Jimmy muttered in shock and horror. He glared furiously at DarkEvil. "What is he doing here? He has nothing to do with this!"

DarkEvil nonchalantly explains, "You said any kind of torture won't make you talk. Well, I had my minions bring your little 'man's best friend' here as well just as a little insurance in case this kind of thing happened."

"You dirty maniacal porifera!"

But DarkEvil turned to him and asked, "So how about it, Neutron? Have a secret you would like to share?" Jimmy became silent however as he stared at his beloved pet, Goddard, unsure whether to save him and break his promise to Danny and aid a villain in a plan that could bring horrible consequences, or stay silent and keep his promise to Danny and end up losing his most prized invention and loyal companion.

"Such a shame." DarkEvil said in apathy before lowering his mask and snapping his fingers again. SpongeCog 013 suddenly threw Goddard on the hard ground and his hand turned into a giant hammer which he proceeded to use to smash on top of Goddard, causing damage to Goddard's surface as the dog whimpered.

Jimmy closed his eyes only for SpongeCog to grab his helmet and raise his head while sticking his claws into his back to painfully force his eyes open so he could witness the destruction of his creation. "No," Jimmy cried out in horror. "NO!" But while Goddard lied on the ground with his body partially damaged, his eyes flash on and off while the tip of his antenna began to quietly beep. In his P.O.V., Goddard's screen was static, but was able to zoom in and witness a large sign mounted to the wall. A clicking sound is heard as Goddard's antenna rapidly lit up.

Back at Nicktoon HQ, the rest of the adult Nicktoons, including SpongeTron, were still discussing how they could find DarkEvil's location. "But are you sure DarkEvil doesn't want to impersonate one of us to find out our secrets and weaknesses so he can bring us all down when he attacks?" SpongeTron asked.

"Okay...how many years did Neutron deactivate and lock you up in his basement?" Tak asked.

"Nine years," SpongeTron answered and shuddered at the memory, "Nine dark... cold years in a cramped... dim room... with no contact from the outside..." he began to hyperventilate.

SpongeBob then sighed in frustration and asked, "How are we ever gonna find Jimmy? Is there no one that can help us?"

"Gee, if ONLY I knew what DarkEvil could possibly be planning," SpongeTron yelled loudly, "If only SOMEONE here would be truthful and tell me what his dastardly plot with the Commander is. Maybe whatever he tells us will give us a clue to his whereabouts!"

Danny gave him a look, noticing this odd behavior. "SpongeTron, what are you talking ab-"

Suddenly, the robot shorted out and jerked, much to the surprise of the adults. The tip of SpongeTron's antenna beeped and he said in a robotic voice, "Incoming message, incoming message!"

"A message?" Danny questioned. "From who?"

Once SpongeTron got control of himself, he pounded on the right side of his head and his eyes suddenly flash and began to project an image on the wall like a projector screen. Everyone watches the footage on the wall which shows a P.O.V. from on the ground and the camera zooms up to show Jimmy Neutron tied to a chair with SpongeCog holding his head forward as the genius stares with a horrified expression toward the screen. "NO!" Jimmy shouts and pleads, "Don't do this! NO!"

The screen shakes and turns to static until it suddenly focuses back into plain view. The screen then shifts up and zooms up to a large sign mounted on the wall that read, "Jellyfish Jelly Factory". DarkEvil's voice was then heard saying, "I think one more time should teach him a lesson."

"No please! I beg you!" Jimmy's voice screamed. "Please don't!" The screen then shook violently again and static was seen while Jimmy's voice yelled, "GODDARD!" and the screen turned to black.

The image fades as SpongeTron blinks his eyes, back to normal. The four adults who saw the footage were in shock and horror by what they just saw. Tak shifted in his seat uncomfortably as he asked, "What did I just watch?"

"That...was our clue to finding Jimmy and DarkEvil." Danny responded.

"You noticed it too, huh?" Timmy mentioned. "'Jellyfish Jelly Factory'. Do you think it could mean..."

"Yes!" SpongeBob shouted in confidence. "It's an old run down factory that used to harvest jelly from jellyfish until it shut down years ago. No doubt that's where DarkEvil set up his hideaway."

Danny stood up with a smile of success, "Then that's where we'll look. We'll go there, rescue Jimmy, take DarkEvil into custody, and put an end to his evil plans."

As the three Nicktoons nodded in agreement, SpongeTron just stood there, looking distraught by the video he just played until he suddenly heard Tammy's voice, "SpongeTron? SpongeTron, are you there?"

SpongeTron sadly whispered back, "Not now, Tammy. This isn't a good time."

"But SpongeTron, it's about Darry. He's in trouble!"

"Whatdoya mean?"

Tommy's voice answers, "Darry's heading to the Jelly Factory!"

"He heard everything that happened!" Tammy added. "He's headed there right now to rescue Jimmy and fight DarkEvil!" SpongeTron gritted his teeth anxiously, fearing for the safety of his friend and fearing what would become of him after witnessing the fate of his fellow robot.

At Bikini Bottom, in DarkEvil's lair, the sponge was standing in his interrogation room with a smug look behind his mask as he said, "I'm glad you saw it my way, Neutron. With all the information you just gave me on my future comrade, I will soon have everything in my grasp. I thank you."

However, Jimmy was sitting on his knees in front of the remains of his loyal robotic dog, holding Goddard's dismembered head with a broken down look. "Now I before I proceed with my plans, I need to figure out what I'll do with you." DarkEvil said, turning to the mournful Jimmy. "I can have my robots show you the way out or I'll just have them smash you to bits like your little dog."

Outside the abandon factory, the three SpongeCogs just walked out with 001 laughing sadistically. "Did you see the look on that squishy's face?" SpongeCog said to his fellow drones, "I can't wait to see more of their terrified faces when we summon-" Suddenly, a barrage of blue ecto-rays ambushed the four bots as one stuns SpongeCog on the back.

"What in the-" SpongeCog 008 wondered as he draws his swords, but Darry phases his hands through his shadow and grabs the shadows of 008's swords and throws the robot away.

010 pounces at Darry, but the ghost boy charges up a ball of ecto-energy and throws it at the robot, blasting him away. When SpongeCog 013 blocks the exit, Darry simply phases beneath the ground, confusing the robot, and phases back up behind him and runs into the factory.

Jimmy was still cradling Goddard's parts as he grieved over him, while from behind, DarkEvil stood over and drew out his beamsword. "Thanks again for your help, Neutron." DarkEvil said as he raised his weapon. "You served me well."

But as he swung, a blue ecto-beam suddenly knocked the weapon out of his hand. DarkEvil turned to find Darry Phantom standing at the doorway. "Leave. Him. ALONE!" he demanded with his right hand smoking with blue energy.

DarkEvil growls and takes out his ray gun and fires at Darry. Darry quickly charged after him while avoiding the objectives. He charges another ecto-ball and throws it, hitting DarkEvil's wrist as he drops the ray. "Nice of you to drop by, Phantom Jr." DarkEvil said in a dull tone as he rubs his hand. "Come to pick up your leader before I take off for some recruiting?"

"I'm gonna make you PAY for what you did to him and Goddard!" Darry said with his hands charging with ecto-energy, strangely brighter than before.

"Tsk tsk," DarkEvil shook his head in amusement, "Getting angry aren't you, boy?" Darry was about to fire until something zaps him on the back. He screams and falls forward with SpongeCog 001 behind him.

"Hate the feeling of being ambushed, huh?" SpongeCog said, satisfied with getting payback. His arms turn into sonic cannons as he blasts Darry once more.

Outside, 008 was recovering from the damage received earlier when a shadow looms over him. He looks up as Danny, Timmy, Tak, SpongeBob, and SpongeTron enter Bikini Bottom. 008 raised his kantanas, but a ghostly glow consumed him and lifted him into the air. "Where is he?" Danny demanded to know.

From under his robe, SpongeCog 008's eyes narrow as he responds, "Wouldn't you like to know?"

But suddenly, the robot's body began to dent as Danny's fist slowly closed. "I SAID, where is he?" he fiercely asked once again.

When SpongeCog 008's body was crushed even more under his robes, the robot suddenly answered, "Down the sixth corridor, make a right, and inside the third room." The glow around Danny's hand fades as 008 drops to the ground. 013 stomps toward Danny, holding up a fist. SpongeTron opens up his palm and shoots an energy sphere that traps 013 inside. With 013 defeated, Danny goes into the factory followed by SpongeTron, Timmy, Tak, and SpongeBob.

SpongeCog 001 then hoisted Darry up against the wall, holding him by his neck. DarkEvil stood in front of him and casually said, "Your father sure has had an interesting life I might say. Too bad he never took the time to share it with anybody."

Darry opened one eye and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Oh," DarkEvil said in fake surprise. "Do you not know? Why am I not surprised? Tell me; do you recall that pretty little scar your father has that he got from a stray blast of a ghost weapon? Well, he DIDN'T. He got it from a very terrible fight with a very special someone. You don't know him, do you? That's right, he never told you."

DarkEvil picks up his beamsword and walks slowly toward Darry. Jimmy finally looked away from Goddard's parts to where SpongeCog is holding Darry hostage. DarkEvil chuckles sinisterly, "No matter. I will put an end to your suffering along with that pathetic father of yours!" DarkEvil raises his weapon, intending to finish the ghost boy once and for all.

SpongeCog chuckled as Darry gasped in fright. DarkEvil was about to make the final blow until Jimmy gets up and runs toward the three. What he didn't expect to happen next is DarkEvil turning to him and a sharp pain slashed at his right side. Darry watched in utter shock as his leader collapsed on the ground, clutching his stomach. He can see red liquid pouring out. "Heroism at its worst." DarkEvil simply said while putting away his beamsword and staring at Jimmy.

Darry looked down at the wounded Jimmy and bowed his head in agony. SpongeCog raised one claw close to his face. "Don't worry. Your demise will be quick, but I wouldn't enjoy it if it's not nice and slow," SpongeCog chuckled.

"You're right," DarkEvil applauded, "I have a better idea. Let's wait until his father arrives when we dispose of you and the commander. And what's more? We can watch the horror on his face as his greatest fear becomes reality and sees all of his friends and family suffer. And once he breaks down in pain and agony, I'll watch as the ultimate evil destroys him from the inside out!"

"You're...you're a monster…" Darry said, still bowing his head, his hands shaking and clenched into fists, strangely forming blue ghostly energy.

"Hmph," DarkEvil said, brushing off the comment. "Why don't you go home and cry to your mommy? Oh, that's right...you don't have one."

The sponge and the robot laugh in enjoyment. However, after hitting below the belt, Darry wraps both his fists around SpongeCog's arm that's holding him and as they both glow even brighter with blue ghost energy, the robot's arm suddenly breaks apart. "What?!" SpongeCog yelled out in shock as he fell backwards with his arm shattered into pieces. DarkEvil watches in surprise and interest as Darry floats up and blue ghost energy forms around his body.

Suddenly, Darry's hair becomes all white like the stripe in his hair that disappears and he looks up with his furious blue eyes flaring behind his cracked visor. Darry screamed in fury as he fired a large ghost ray through both his hands, destroying a section of the room. "WHY DID YOU DO IT?!" Darry screamed at the top of his lungs as he fires another large powerful ghost ray at the ceiling. "WHO ARE YOU AFTER?! WHY DID YOU KILL MY FRIENDS?! WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING?!" he yelled with each blast, destroying part of the factory.

DarkEvil said nothing, almost looking in fear as Darry creates more destruction with his awakened but unstable ghost energy.

As they run through the halls, the adults and robot stop when they suddenly felt a rumble from the destruction. It caused the ceiling above them to collapse and SpongeTron quickly extended his hands, pushing SpongeBob, Timmy, and Tak backwards as the debris fell in front of them, separating them from Danny and SpongeTron.

"Timmy! Tak! SpongeBob!" Danny called out. "Are you alright?"

"We're fine!" Timmy called back from the other side of the wall. "You two go on ahead! We'll find another way and meet you there soon!"

Danny and SpongeTron nodded and continue down the hall.

They arrive to their location only to look on in terror to see what has happened: the remains of Goddard's parts, Jimmy bleeding on the floor unconscious, and Darry looking very angry as the blue aura around him grew brighter by the minute.

Darry screams once more as he summons another large energy blast that missed DarkEvil by a mere inch. SpongeTron rushes toward the ghost boy. "Dar, get a hold of yourself!" But when SpongeTron was close to touching his shoulder, his hand breaks down from the ectoplasmic energy surrounding him.

Darry jerks his head toward the robot with a furious look on his face. His fist glows with energy as he punches SpongeTron away toward a wall, making him crash through.

SpongeTron rubbed his head when Darry raises a glowing palm, intending to blast him to pieces. However, a green aura empowers Darry as he is temporarily frozen with Danny holding up his arms. Strangely, Danny's hands were shaking as he struggled to control Darry through his Ghost Manipulation.

Suddenly, his manipulation was quickly broken by Darry's ecto-energy, driving him back. Darry yells in anger as he phases his hands into his shadow, which rise from the surface and form multiple hands to attack Danny. Danny jumps out of the away as the hands pummel to the ground where he would have been, cracking the pavement. The chaos occurring gives DarkEvil and SpongeCog a chance to escape their lair unnoticed.

"Son, calm down!" Danny shouted only for Darry to summon shadow hands that emerge from the ground and grab Danny around the torso. Danny groans in pain as the hands squeeze him tighter and tighter. "Da...Darry..." He wheezed out.

The young ghost boy was closer to crushing his father when his face got a look of concern and exhaustion. Darry moans in pain, holding his head as the blue aura faded from his body. The shadow hands let go of Danny as they sink into the surface and revert back to Darry's silhouette. Darry goes down on his knees with his blazing blue eyes and hair back to normal.

"Wha..." he moans as he squints his eyes open and looks around. "What happened? Where's DarkEvil? How did..." but he grew even more exhausted and suddenly fell to the ground unconscious, changing back into human form.

Danny rushed over to him and picked him up in his arms. "Darry?" he asked franticly as he brushed Darry's black hair back. "Darry, can you hear me?"

Tak, Timmy, and SpongeBob finally make their way inside. They gasp to see all the damage done and even more to see Jimmy lying down unconscious and fatally wounded. SpongeTron makes his way toward his co-creator and scans him. "He's still alive, but he needs medical treatment ASAP!"

A large POOF appears as Timmy's fairies summon a gurney to lay Jimmy on and SpongeTron gathers the rest of Goddard's parts. Danny still sits on the ground, looking worriedly at his son in his arms, who remains unresponsive. "Darry...? DARRY!"

The only thing he can remember was darkness and his father calling his name. But as he opens his eyes, Darry finds himself back in his bedroom with Yuki as the first thing he saw. "Darry!" Yuki said, eyes full of tears, as she hugged her brother. "Thank goodness you're alive!"

Darry was confused at his sister's embrace when he encounters SpongeTron, Tommy, Tammy, and the Cadets. "Yeah, we thought y'all were a goner," Crash added.

"Guys?" Darry asked as he sat up from his bed, only to feel his body aching for some reason, "What are you doing here? What on earth happened?"

"We don't know," Tammy said, "We just got the news to head to your house right away. When Poof summoned us here, we saw Jimmy badly wounded and your unconscious body."

"But don't worry. Jimmy's alive thanks to Tak, and your aunt bandaged his wounds," Tommy added, "He's resting in the guestroom in the Op-center."

"And Goddard?" Darry asked with a hopeful smile.

The kids look at each other sadly, which in turn made Darry lose his smile. "We managed to salvage any of Goddard's remaining parts," SpongeTron explained, "But his mainframe and power core was severely damaged. We don't know if he can be fixable." He bowed his head in shame when he asks, "Dar, do you remember what happened between you and DarkEvil?"

Darry holds his chin, trying to recall the event. "I found and confronted him, but he and SpongeCog got the upper-hand on me." Darry gets a scared look, holding his knees. "He taunted me, he attacked Jimmy right in front of me, and he taunted me some more, and then I got angry. After that, the rest is all a blur for some reason."

SpongeTron was silent for a while and asked again, "So you don't remember what you did afterwards?"

"What do you mean?"

"This is all YOUR FAULT!" an angry voice echoed from outside the bedroom. The kids recognized the voice is from Cindy.

Twitchy opens the door slightly for them to listen. Tommy and Tammy look at SpongeTron, who nodded. He pulls his tie to summon a satellite from his hat as his right arm turns into a sound amplifier to make the voices louder for the kids to eavesdrop on the adults' conversation.

Downstairs in the living room, Timmy, Tak, SpongeBob, Jazz, Jack and Maddie were present as Cindy argues with Danny, "What kind of leader are you?! Things would have gone much smoother if Neutron wasn't the one kidnapped!"

"Cindy, we're doing everything we can," Danny objected.

"You're not doing enough!" Cindy cried out, "Goddard's in pieces, Jimmy almost got killed, and your boy's gone berserk with his powers!"

Darry was confused by the last statement when he hears Tak asking, "Yeah, what was that all about?"

"I...I don't know," Danny confessed, "I think it must be another new power of his. Something that I also can't do."

"That's great!" Jack smiled, "Then Dar-Bear can join your team and use those nifty powers to stop that Darth Vader sponge!"

"I don't think that's a good idea, Dad," Danny said, "Whenever I got a new ability, I couldn't control them at first. Just like what happened to Darry when he developed his Shadow Manipulation. But this new power... is something I've never seen before and it's dangerous."

"There has to be some kind of explanation about it." Jazz said as she sat on the couch, holding a snoozing Max. "Any kind of explanation."

"I don't know what triggered it, but when SpongeTron and I arrived, we saw Darry losing complete control and destroying everything in his path," the raven-haired adult explained, "He even attacked SpongeTron and would have finished me off too if that power didn't go away." Darry's eyes widen in surprise, listening to what he had just did and had almost done to his father and SpongeTron.

"If you don't know what it is, then we better place him in one of the most secure rooms in HQ," Cindy suggests.

"And what? Lock him up like a lab rat?" Jazz glared.

"If that's what he did to the factory; then imagine what he can do to Amity Park or our homes," Timmy explained, "He can compromise our mission or worse, put everyone's lives in danger."

"How about Tak gives Darry a staff to control his powers like Kida?" SpongeBob recommends.

"Don't think so," Tak shook his head, "I sensed a large amount of energy when we came to the rescue. Even greater than Kida's or Phantom's."

Danny looks at his comrades when Cindy says, "That kid is a walking time bomb. If we don't do something about this or let him fall into the wrong hands, then we could be facing a bigger threat than whatever DarkEvil is planning."

"ENOUGH!" Danny yelled to Cindy, "I'm sorry that I didn't come in time to save Jimmy, but don't you dare say anything else about my son. I don't know why all of this is happening. Why we didn't come in time to find him, save Goddard, and stop DarkEvil. One thing I know is that my powers from the accident were given to me for a reason and there must also be a reason why Darry has inherited my powers and this new ability. You just have to have trust in me and my son." The others look at each other, still having a doubtful look. Danny frowned and looked at his best friend, "SpongeBob?"

SpongeBob looked up at Danny and admitted, "I'm sorry Danny, but how can we believe in you when your own kids don't trust you themselves?"

Danny got a hurt look until the kids came downstairs. "Daddy! Darry's gone!" Yuki shouted out.

"What?" Danny asked in shock before rushing upstairs to see what happened. He opened the door to Darry's bedroom, only to see the bed empty and no one in the room.

"We overheard your conversation about Darry, and when Cindy said he was endangering all of us, he went ghost and left!" Tommy said.

Danny had a shocked and petrified look as he stared at the empty room that his son was in just moments ago. "Darry..." he whispered in sadness.

Outside, Darry Phantom was flying above the town of Amity Park. He ran his arm under his visor across his eyes before looking back and saying, "Don't worry, everyone. I won't harm or put anyone in danger ever again." and proceeded to fly as he passed the outside of the town.

Talk about bad to worse. Are they really as doomed as it seems…? Oh yeah. Pleas review and stick around for Part 3.