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 3

Somewhere in the Ghost Zone, Frostbite watched as his people were building something for their city. "Okay... and finished!" Frostbite smiled as his people rest after building a statue of their idol. As the ice statue of Danny Phantom rises high up, Frostbite grins, "Oh, the Great One will be pleased about this."

Unfortunately, a rocket hits and destroys the statue. As the statue's head falls in front of Frostbite, he turns as his warriors prepare for battle. A ship lands and beams down DarkEvil and his SpongeCogs. DarkEvil raises his beamsword, "If you are wise, then you know what I want."

Frostbite just frowned as the Far Frozen inhabits aim their spears at the intruders. "Clockwork warned me earlier that you would arrive." He responded.

"Great. Now I won't have to explain myself." DarkEvil said before holding his hand out. "Give me the Infi-Map."

"Unfortunately for you, it is no longer in my possession," Frostbite said without a hint of fear in his voice. DarkEvil jumps forward and sticks his weapon close to Frostbite's throat with the Yetis pointing their spears closer. Frostbite, unafraid, lifts his hand making his people lower their weapons. "Ever since the artifact got stolen…twice, we agreed that the Infi-Map should be in the hands of someone not of this world. You wasted your time here, evil one."

DarkEvil huffed, "You seem calm even when I threaten you and am about to bring an end to both of your worlds."

"I am not afraid," Frostbite calmly responded, "For I know the Great One and his comrades will stop you. But will it be worthwhile once you bring him back?"

"How many times must I repeat myself?!" DarkEvil yelled in frustration as he momentarily lowered his weapon. "I'm bringing him here to eliminate those Nicktoons, and to finally conquer my world and every world out there. You will all regret not obeying me soon enough. Now where is that Infi-Map?"

Frostbite and his people look down at DarkEvil and his robots defiantly, glaring at them with loathe and disgust. DarkEvil growls, putting back the beamsword in his scabbard, and then his eyes widen and smirked realizing, "Of course. How can I be such a fool?" He turns to the SpongeCogs, "We're heading back to Amity Park!"

"Why's that?" SpongeCog asked when DarkEvil points his beamsword close to his head.

"Never question me again," DarkEvil threatened and puts his weapon back again. SpongeCog gulped as he and the robot minions willingly follow their master's orders.

Later that night, Danny has given a mission to his comrades in Fenton Works. "Timmy, you head to Casper High. Tak, City Hall. SpongeBob, the Nasty Burger. Jazz and Cindy, you watch the kids and my parents. I'll search the skies."

Jazz got up and hugged her younger brother, "It'll be okay," Jazz assured, "You're going to find him."

"I hope so." Danny responded, hugging her back before changing into ghost form and flying through the ceiling.

As everyone else went out to search their locations for Darry, Yuki was sitting on the sofa, crying as she looked at a photo of her and Darry happily together. A hand is placed on the photo as Yuki looks up to her grandparents. "Don't worry, dear, everything is gonna be okay." Maddie says.

"That's right," Jack said, "After all, he's a Fenton. It's his job to wreck things without meaning to." Jazz and Maddie glare at him. "But comes back to clean up the mess, I might add..."

Yuki still wiped the tears from her eyes. "But what can we do? Everything is getting worse and worse; and we, the Nicktoon Cadets, aren't doing anything. Maybe we're not ready to be real Nicktoons."

"Don't say that, Yuki." Crash said as he and other Cadets approach her after hearing her doubt herself. "Why, anyone with a pair of eyes can see we're ready to be real Nicktoons."

"Really?"

"Of course," Tammy nodded, "In fact, our team wasn't real Nicktoons at first. We were an inexperienced ghost kid, a geeky fangirl, a shy bucktooth boy…"

"And a psychopathic robot who tried to kill us," Tommy added.

SpongeTron frowned, "You guys are STILL not over that?"

"We weren't ready when we first faced the Syndicate," Tammy continued, "But we did when we worked together as a well. Sure, it'll be hard at first, but as long as your team is around you can do anything!"

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Twitchy nodded, "Asateam! Asateam!"

"And with you leading us, we'll be unstoppable." Kida added with a thumbs up.

"Uh huh." Junior agreed with a grin and nod.

Yuki smiled, feeling better, but frowns in concern, "I just hope Darry is alright, where ever he is."

Outside Amity Park was a neighborhood known as Polterheist; once a luxurious suburban area for the rich and wealthy years ago is now a corrupted community with crime running amok. Darry Phantom lands on the ground in an alley, changing back to his human self. He peeks out to see a street full of thugs. He sighs in relief, "No one, not even DarkEvil or my dad, would ever think I'd come here. Just have to keep a low profile." He lifts up his green hood to cover his face, hoping to conceal his identity as he walks out into the streets. As he walks down the streets while trying to remain inconspicuous, he suddenly hears his stomach growl. "Oh great," he groans with a slouch, "I should've ate before I left."

He looks at his pockets, but realizes he didn't bring any money with him. Darry sighs depressively when he sees a fast food truck serving burgers. Having an idea, he sneaks into another alley. As he leans out to have a good look, Darry takes a deep breath and phases his hand into his shadow as it seeps into the sidewalk and makes it way to the truck.

The owner of the truck was handing a burger to a customer, the shadow grabs the shadow of the burger, and the real burger suddenly lifts out of the owner's hand and floats away, much to confusion of the owner and the customer.

"I hate to do this kind of stuff." Darry said to himself as his shadow returned and dropped the burger in his hands. "But if I'm gonna figure out what I'm gonna do from here, I gotta keep up my strength." He takes a bite out of the burger, chews slowly, and swallows it in one gulp. "I never knew crime would taste good," he said, walking away, until he bumps into two large hoodlums.

The taller one turns to him and yells, "Watch where you're going, pipsqueak!"

"I'm sorry." Darry said timidly while backing away.

He turns around, only to bump into a third larger thug. The big thug grabs Darry by the head, "And what makes you think you can cross our turf?"

"Look, I don't want any trouble," Darry begged, holding up his hands.

"Course you don't." the second thug says, curling a fist in front of Darry. "Unless you wanna go running home to your mommy and daddy."

Darry chuckled nervously, "Ha, ha, ha, who would wanna do that?"

The third hoodlum drops Darry and punches him across the face. Darry falls back, covering his right eye, when the second kicks him in the gut. The first thug cracks his knuckles, laughing, "Why don't you lift up the hood so we can see that ugly mug of yours?"

As he reached for Darry's hood, Darry slowly lifted his head, gritting his teeth and his eyes flare blue. But before the thug could lift his hood, something whacks his head from behind. The glow from Dar's eyes disappear as he sees the first thug fall down, revealing a man wearing a hat, trench coat, and long scarf covering the lower part of his face. He holds up a cane saying, "Hands off the boy!"

The first thug stands up and runs away in fright while the other two follow him. Darry holds his head and leans on the ground, sore and tired. "Don't come near me." he told the figure in the trench coat. "I'm getting that weird feeling again and you don't wanna be around when that happens."

The figure ignored him and examined him. Once he got a look of his face, the figure's eyes narrowed. "You…" He said, lifting Darry by his right shoulder, helping him up. "You're coming with me."

"NO!" Darry yelled as he pulled himself out of the figure's grasp. "I don't need anyone's help!" he shouted with a blue ghostly aura around him. "I can make it on my own! I don't need Mom, Dad, or ANYBODY!" but then he held his head again and took a gasp for breath before falling on the ground unconscious again. The figure said nothing, looking at the boy as he slowly approaches him.

Back in Amity Park, up in the Fenton Works Op-Center, Jimmy was still resting in bed with a bandage wrapped around his bare torso and was connected to an I.V. Danny was visiting him, telling him everything that has happened. "I've searched every corner of Amity Park and I still haven't found Darry." Danny explained. "I would hate to think something could've happened to him or that he could be in the hands of DarkEvil."

"He'll be fine," Jimmy assured him, "Darry isn't clueless enough to let himself fall into DarkEvil's hands." Danny nodded back when Jimmy frowned, turning away, "Dan...I told DarkEvil everything: About him and the incident that caused it. I didn't want to, but when I saw Goddard, my first invention that I really cared about, destroyed in front of me... I just broke down and begged him to stop."

But Danny held his shoulder and assured him, "It's okay, Jimmy. I don't blame you for anything that's happened. I'm just glad you're back with us, safe and out of his clutches."

"But it was all for nothing." Jimmy cried as he held his face. "Because of me, Goddard is gone, Darry is missing, and now the world is about to fall into chaos."

Danny frowned, saying nothing as he backs away, "I'll do another search. Alert me if Darry's found or DarkEvil is at it again."

Outside, a bright light was seen through the top window as Danny Phantom phases out and takes flight. He did not notice a shadowy figure walking toward Fenton Works.

In the living room, the Nicktoons and Cadets were minding their own business playing video games, Jazz and Cindy are taking care of Max, and Jack and Maddie are working on a strange contraption. Yuki looks out the window and proclaims, "I can't take this! We should be out there looking for Dar too! Nicktoons or not!"

"We're Nicktoons, but Mr. Fenton won't allow us to go outside after what happened," SpongeTron explained sipping his motor oil.

Tammy was sitting down and says, "Yeah, relax will ya? Take a nap, feed Max, or play some video games..."

"Gaaammmmeeess…." Tommy, Twitchy, and Crash said, their eyes concentrating on the big screen.

Yuki sighs, hoping her grandparents will help when she spots someone out the window heading to the door. Yuki crouched down and whispered to everyone, "Someone's coming!"

"Is it your father?" Jazz asked. "Or Timmy or Tak?" But then they hear a knock, causing everyone to stop what they're doing.

"I'll get it." SpongeTron offered as he turned his arm into a sonic cannon and hid it behind his back. "If it's DarkEvil or those SpongeCogs, I'll be ready."

Everybody sits anxiously as SpongeTron grabs the doorknob and slowly turns it. He opens the door and sees someone standing there, but it was not who he or anyone expected. "Mom?!" Yuki asked in shock to see it was her mother, Sam Fenton.

Meanwhile, at another location, Darry's eyes were closed with a wet washcloth placed upon his forehead. He groaned tiredly as he started to wake up. Everything is a blur at first until he saw a figure holding something close to his face. Darry yelps terrified and grabs the man's wrist. "Calm down!" the figure shouted, "I'm just tending to your wounds. You got beat up by those thugs earlier and you might be suffering a concussion."

Darry sits up to see it was the same man who saved him. He turns to a mirror to find he has minor scratches on his face and a black right eye. The man holds up an ice pack and covers it, hoping to reduce the swelling. "Be lucky it was just a band of mischievous hooligans. You would have encountered much worse."

While Darry was indeed in pain from his injuries, he looks up at the man suspiciously, "Thanks I guess. But who are you? How do I know you're someone I could trust?"

The man chuckled and said, "So judgmental, just like your father. My dear boy, if I really wanted you dead, I would've left you outside."

"'My father?'" Darry repeated. The man takes off his hat and pulls away his scarf so the boy can get a good look of his face. Darry gasped in shock. It was a man possibly in his late 60s with white untrimmed hair, a beard, and dark blue eyes. Though he looks like a homeless man, Darry can recognize him. "You!" he yelled in shock. "You're Vlad! Vlad Plasmius!"

"So you've heard of me." Vlad said with an amused smile. "But what can I expect from the son of the Great Danny Phantom? It amazes me how a young boy like you can inherit such great power."

When Vlad moves closer, Darry scoots away. "Stay away from me," He threatened with blue eyes and a glowing aura until he groaned and held his head as the blue glow faded.

"I wouldn't recommend a fight, little badger," Vlad warned, "Especially in your condition. Besides, you wouldn't want to beat a defenseless old man now would you?"

"Defenseless?" Darry said in a weak tone as he curled up on the metal table he was resting on. "How is that true? You're my dad's arch-nemesis, you were a member of the Syndicate, you nearly got the Earth destroyed, and you kept hitting on my grandma."

"Yes," Vlad said, nearly smiling at the memories. "I did, didn't I? But that's all in the past. I really mean it this time since due to unfortunate circumstances many years ago; I've lost what made me who I am today."

"Years ago?" Darry asked once more when he realized, "Do you...know what happened to my father years ago?"

"He never told you? Doesn't surprise me. An experience like that would make even an adult break down mentally and be traumatized for life."

In Fenton Work, Yuki hugs Sam happily as they greeted the rest of the Fenton family. "Didn't Danny call you to cancel your flight?" Jazz mentioned.

"And miss my daughter's graduation, no way," Sam shook her hand, "I didn't see it, but his voice sounded urgent and concerned. I knew something was up, so I came as soon as I could."

"Well, you certainly missed a lot."

Sam hugged Jazz and looks around. "So where's Danny? And Darry?"

"They're gone," Yuki explained, "Dad went searching for Darry after he went missing!"

"Missing?" Sam asked surprised.

That's when SpongeTron couldn't take it anymore and screams loudly. "I can't take it! Curse that evil alternate doppelgänger of my Creator. We've been down and out countless times before, but never like this! Even worse, we don't even know what DarkEvil is planning."

"He's bringing HIM back." a voice answered. Alarmed, everyone looks up to see Jimmy walking downstairs, but taking precaution as he is still weak from his injuries. Once he made it downstairs, Cindy helps him up before he could collapse. While dressed in a bathrobe and holding onto the I.V. stand he was connected to as well as his wife supporting him, Jimmy continued to explain, "Jazz, Sam, you know what I'm talking about. DarkEvil knows everything about his existence and is set on trying to bring him back for villainous support."

"Who's 'him'?" Tammy asked.

"A villain Danny has faced like no other and has always been considered before and now... his ultimate enemy," Jimmy said severely and looks up to Sam and Yuki, "Promise or no promise, I can't let Danny's hidden past endanger all of us. It's time you know the truth."

But before he could start telling them the story, Jimmy groaned in pain as he clutched his right side and started falling over before Cindy and Jazz help him stand up. "You need to sit down and take it easy." Sam told him. "I'll tell what happened."

Back in Vlad's hideout, Vlad was telling Darry, "Yes, it was quite a horrific day for everyone. You know, you're sitting in the exact spot your father was when he nearly lost his life."

Darry was surprised as he looked down at the metal table he was sitting on. "I wanna know everything." he told Vlad. "If what I think is happening right now is really happening, I need to know what caused it."

"Very well, if you insist." Vlad said, now looking a little uneasy.

"Many years ago when Danny and I were teenagers, we were taking our C.A.T. tests. Danny was nervous about his future, so he took the answers to the test and decided to cheat in order to make sure his future stayed safe." Sam started explaining to the Nicktoons and the Cadets. "However, things didn't go as well as he'd hoped. It would've led to a horrible future where we wouldn't have lived and he would be the most horrible ghost on the planet. But that's just where it all started, what really happened occurred fifteen years ago."

A flashback goes back to when Danny was younger with Sam and Tucker. They were happily chatting outside of Fenton Works when suddenly, time stops and Clockwork comes out of a portal placing a time medallion around Danny's neck, allowing him move. "It seemed like a normal day until Clockwork arrived and told us something happened." Clockwork holds up a Fenton Thermos that was destroyed. Danny gasped in shock, realizing what this means.

"That's right." Vlad explained to Darry. "Your father's horrible mistake returned and set a plan into motion. His first intent was to make sure there were no half-ghosts in world, because he wanted that power all to himself."

A flashback to Vlad's hideaway years ago showed Vlad Plasmius being cornered by Dark Dan Phantom, and using the ghost gauntlets to split Plasmius away from his human half. Vlad's human half falls as he looks on in horror to see his own ghost self held by the neck by Dark Dan. He smirked as his hand starts glowing. Plasmius struggled to break free, but groans in pain as he glows until his entire body is transformed into pink ectoplasmic energy. Vlad gasped as Plasmius is absorbed into Dark Dan himself. Dark Dan smirks and laughs in triumph as a glowing green aura surrounds him.

Then, the story shifts to Danny Phantom trying to battle Dark Dan Phantom in Amity Park, only to be blown back by every attack that the evil ghost throws at him. "After he absorbed Plasmius' ghost half, he came to Amity Park for Danny next." Sam narrated, "However, Danny wasn't about to give up without a fight. But thanks to being powered by that second ghost half, he was nearly unstoppable."

When Danny took a deep breath to unleash a Ghostly Wail, Dark Dan placed a hand over his mouth and tightly held Danny against the wall with a cunning smile. "He then revealed to Danny that he was holding his family, me, and Tucker hostage and would do away with us if he didn't come back later to give up his ghost half. It was the worst possible situation Danny could be in." Dark Dan then tossed Danny aside and flew away.

"Things looked bad for your father. I surely wouldn't have known what to do if I were him." Vlad narrated. "However, Daniel did have other friends around him that were willing to help put an end to that mad ghost."

At Fenton Works, Dark Dan was waiting for his good self to come and has Jack, Maddie, Jazz, Sam, and Tucker tied up and their mouths covered with ectoplasm. They were strapped to the top of the Op-Center, mumbling for help. Danny Phantom soon arrived and landed on the roof a few feet away from Dark Dan, but he also had a scroll strapped inside his belt. Danny started fighting by firing a ghost ray. But Dark Dan caught the attack in both hands and redirected an even more powerful blast at Danny, who created a shield to defend himself, but was still knocked away from the force.

"We were watching the fight the whole time." Sam narrated as Dan held Danny to the ground to punch him, but Danny disappeared into mist and reappeared behind, shocking him with an ecto-ray. "Danny had a plan up his sleeve, but he just needed the right opportunity to put it in motion."

Dark Dan used his Ghostly Wail, but Danny quickly flew in the air to avoid it, but he soon realized that he wasn't the target. The blast began to cause the Op-Center to collapse toward the ground with the captives still on it. Danny quickly flew to the ground and created a ghost manipulation around it to keep it up. However, Danny struggled to hold the large amount of weight with his ghost powers.

While Danny was distracted with rescuing his family, Dark Dan landed in front of him. He smirked malevolently and held his hand toward the ghost boy, and released a long spear of ectoplasm that shot at Danny and pierced through his left shoulder as Danny winced and screamed in intense pain. The ectoplasm spear retracts from Danny's shoulder, and he manages to lower the Op-Center slowly towards the ground, saving his family. But afterwards, falls to his knees as he holds his left shoulder which was bleeding mixed with ectoplasm from the stab wound.

While Danny was sitting on the ground, panting in exhaustion and pain, Dark Dan walked over to him and picked Danny up by the collar and hoisted him in the air. "He knew that if he split the ghost half from the human and absorb that ghost half into himself, that ghost will be obliterated forever," Vlad continued, "He also knew if the two halves are still merged, he can still absorb Danny's ghost half while destroying his human half in process…"

Dark Dan smirked once more as he starts to absorb Danny. Danny screams in terrible pain as he burned from the inside out. His entire body started to breakdown and convert into green ectoplasmic ghost energy. "But that ability of his soon met its apparent demise." Danny opened his eyes and grab ahold of Dark Dan's hand, only his eyes were now glowing white.

Dark Dan's eyes widen in shock as his hand holding Danny suddenly begins to freeze in sparkling ice. Danny narrowed his eyes, concentrating as green solid ice spread across Dark Dan's arm and throughout his body. Dark Dan quickly dropped Danny on the ground, but the ice continued to travel across his body until he was completely frozen solid in a glowing green crystal. Danny sat on the ground, holding his left shoulder as he breathed heavily.

Danny then took the Infi-Map from his belt and opened it, showing a bunch of holo-portals on the map. He selected one on the map and the portal then reappeared next to Dark Dan. Clockwork emerged from the portal along with two Observants. One Observant held up his hand, using ghost manipulation to pull the imprisoned Dark Dan into the portal and the two other ghosts follow. Once the portal disappears, Danny weakly smiles as he held onto his shoulder before collapsing forward on the ground, switching to human form as the green ectoplasm from his shoulder turns to red blood. Sam and Tucker ran toward him, seeing his unconscious and injured state. Then, someone appears and stood over them.

They look in surprise to see it was Vlad Masters, who looks as shocked as the others.

In Vlad's hideaway, which is underneath his mansion in Polterheist, Sam, Tucker, and Jazz watch as Vlad performs a blood transfusion with Danny lying on the metal table. A wet washcloth was placed over the top half of his face while he breathes heavily from his injuries. "Daniel used Phantom's own ability against him, encasing him in ectoplasmic ice from his own ghost energy. It took a great strain on him however and he was bleeding out. It was convenient that we shared the same blood type, so I saved his life."

In the lair of the Observants, Dark Dan (still frozen) is stood in court as the circle of ghosts decide on his punishment. "As for his evil self, the Observants banished him into an endless void of the Ghost Zone where no one, not even I, but the Observants know about." The Observants raise their glowing arms as a purple portal opens from behind. The phantom ice floats up and is sucked into the void with Dark Dan inside. "To be forever trapped in a timeless forgotten dimension and never to be seen again..."

In the human world, Danny is outside Vlad's mansion, bandaged up, where Tucker and Sam look at him and notice something different. He had a solemn expression as he looked up at the sky, clutching to his left shoulder, holding the soon-to-be scar of that previous incident. "There was a price in all this," Sam finished off, "Because of how we, his friends and his family, were deeply involved in all this, he changed and has never been the same since…"

Soon the flashback ends, Darry stares at Vlad while sitting still. "That was the last time I ever saw or heard of the Great Danny Phantom," Vlad ended. Darry was silent for a moment, astonished, never realizing what his own father had to go through. "You see, Darrel," Vlad explained, "There are secrets your father's been keeping from you, but he does what he does-"

"Because he cares for me and doesn't want anything to happen to me," Darry understood, recalling the same advice he got from his Aunt Jazz days ago. "...To us. My dad kept this big secret all along because he was afraid…that his past will come to haunt him and doesn't want anyone else involved to endure that same tragedy."

"That's right." Vlad said with a calm smile. "It's as if you're realizing this for the first time in your life."

"And now the thing he was afraid of for so long is about to happen." Darry realized with a look of horror. "And he's going to risk his life again to stop it."

Back in the present time, everyone in Fenton Works had listened to what Sam had said and everything Danny had to do to defeat Dark Dan. "We gotta stop him!" Yuki cried out.

"Now Yu-" Jazz began.

"There's an aquatic porous maniac on the loose who wants to bring one of Dad's greatest enemies back here!" Yuki hollered loudly, "We got to do something about it!"

"She's right. One alternate evil future self is bad enough, but two?! This will mean the end of this world, the Ghost Zone, and our worlds too!" SpongeTron realized.

"Our teammate- our best friend- ran away because of this!" Tommy pointed out. "We're gonna help find a way to stop this and bring back Darry!"

"That's right!" Tammy agreed.

"Now kids, get ahold of yourselves. Danny and the others are doing their best to find him. Our main concern however is to stop DarkEvil and prevent Dan Phantom from returning," Jimmy advised.

"But how will he come back?" Cindy wondered out loud, "You said he's trapped in a forever zone that no one even knows about? How will DarkEvil even find him?"

Sam realized and frowned. "It may be a realm that no one, not even your Recallers, can locate. But if someone like DarkEvil is determined to find him at any cost, then we can't let him have this..."

She opens up her suitcase and pulls out, to everyone's surprise, the Infi-Map. "Is that what I think it is?" Jimmy asked in shock.

"Frostbite gave Danny this Map in case it fell into the wrong hands," Sam informed, "And because of my worldly travels, he insisted I bring this along for precaution."

"So that's the thing that's keeping DarkEvil away from getting to Dark Dan Phantom?" Yuki asked.

"But do you think DarkEvil knows that's the key to bringing him back?" Jazz asked.

Sam shrugs. "I'm not sure if he knows that yet, but if he does, who knows if he's aware of its current location."

Just then, there is a knock at the door. "Now who can that be?" SpongeTron wondered as Yuki hurries to the door and opens it.

To everyone's shock, the person that came inside was Darry Fenton. "Darry!" Everyone said excitedly as Yuki hugs him followed by Tammy, SpongeTron, and Kida.

"You came back!" Tammy smiled.

"Of course I came back," Darry grinned, "I couldn't leave my teammates behind." He looks to see Jimmy, Cindy, and Sam, "Glad to see you back on your feet, Commander. And Mom, you're back from your trip already?" Yuki froze, finding something off about her brother.

"You won't believe everything your mom told us." Tommy explained to Darry. "We just found out that DarkEvil is trying to bring back an evil future version of your dad."

"You're not the only one who found out the truth." Darry admitted, looking distraught by it. "I was really bummed out about it until I realized what we need to do. I'm ready to do whatever it takes to stop this."

Yuki still looked suspicious and claims, "But Dar. If this Phantom is really what we were told about, we should hide and let Dad and the others handle it. What if Mom is in danger? We wouldn't want that, would we?"

"Great idea." Darry nodded with a smile. "If Mother is really in danger, she should leave town again to prevent anything from happening. I'll take the Infi-Map to lead DarkEvil LaserPants off our trail."

As Darry grabbed the map and was about to walk out, Yuki suddenly pointed a Fenton wrist-ray at him. "Drop the map!" she ordered.

The others gasp in shock at this while Darry looked terrified by this. "Yuki...what are you doing?" he asked with his voice trembling.

But Yuki blatantly pointed out, "Darry would never let Dad fight alone, and he would never be so willing as to let Mom leave again, or even look at Mom without even being the first to cling to her."

The others stare at Darry in shock as he still held onto the map, and the suddenly chuckled and smirked, "I guess it just goes to show how sappy human emotions can be."

A bright light appeared around him, transforming into SpongeCog 001. Jimmy immediately stood up from the couch in alarm. "SpongeCog!" but then he grunted in pain and leaned forward, holding his right side while Cindy held him.

All of a sudden, two swords pieced through the ceiling from the other end as they cut through a hole and SpongeCog 008 jumps in cornering Jimmy, Cindy, SpongeTron, and Max. SpongeCog 010 jumps through the window and growls hungrily at Jazz, Jack, Maddie, Kida, and Junior. Then, SpongeCog 013 pounds his way into the house and grabs Tommy, Tammy, Crash and Twitchy, holding them in a tight armlock. Sam holds Yuki close as SpongeCog 001 approaches them. "Don't worry. My Master has something planned for you..."

"You're going back?!" Vlad said surprised as the real Darry gathers some remaining ghost weapons in his lair, "After what I have told you?"

"I have too," Darry said seriously as he stuffs an ecto-foamer in a large duffle bag, "If what you said is true, then I have to help Dad and protect everyone else."

"And how will you defeat him?"

"My father beat him before."

"He had luck on his side during their first encounter with his friends and family making it without a scratch. But during his second encounter, he nearly got killed and has a scar for it. What he did to stop him was risky. He almost gave his entire life to perform that trick!"

"Exactly," Darry said, "Knowing my dad, he'll be willing to put his life on the line for me, my sister, our family, and friends. I'm not losing another parent."

As he grabs an axe from a large knight statue, Vlad holds his arm to stop him. "Keep your hands off me!" Darry yelled when his eyes glowed blue and his arm had the same fiery blue aura, making the old man back away. Darry gasped and took a deep breath for the glow from his hands and eyes fade. "Wha…what's wrong with me?"

"It can't be." Vlad said as he looked at Darry suspiciously. "Can you possibly be displaying...The Rage?"

"The what?" Darry questioned in confusion. "I don't look that angry, do I?"

Vlad went over to a book self and pulled out a large book and flipped through the pages. "Have you ever heard of why some ghosts tend to be angry when they become ghosts?"

"Uhhh..." Darry wondered as he held his chin.

"For example, the reason why Spectra makes herself powerful by feeding on misery and Ember gets stronger when people praise her name? Ghosts gain power by feeding on human emotions."

"Emotions?" Darry repeated. "Are you saying my emotions are causing all this to happen?"

"Precisely. Even your father and I. Like them, our powers are reflected on our emotions," Vlad explained, "Fear, anger, valor, credence… is what makes us stronger. The more we feel; the stronger we become." Darry listened as he looks at his hand. "You've held your frustration, your doubt, your rage against your father for so long that your powers have found another way to release it, produced into destructive energy while powering up your other abilities."

Darry closed his hands into a fist. "So this is a new ghost power, huh? I don't know whether to be thrilled...or scared."

"However, unleashing this ghost rage comes at a price." Vlad continued explaining. "You've noticed that whenever you unleash this power, you become extremely weakened. That is because this much power is eating away at your human energy; your life."

"And that's what Dark Dan is gonna do to my father if he grabs ahold of him," Darry added as he zipped up the duffle bag, "He'll come after me too, but if I get to my grandparents in time, maybe there'll be a way to stop him." He was about to leave the lair when he turns to Vlad, "Vlad, come with me."

Vlad chuckles as if the ghost boy was joking, "Back to the Fentons? Daniel, Jack, and Maddie...? I don't think so."

"Why not?"

He turns to a framed photo which Darry noticed is the same photo Maddie and Jack had when they were college students, "You see, Darrel, ever since he took my powers, I've realized what a fool I've been. For years, I regretted all my actions, the mistakes I've made, and the pain I caused people."

"But you're not the same person you were back then," Darry objected, "You saved me, you saved my dad, and I'm sure once you meet them, they'll forgive you."

"Will they, Darrel?" Vlad skeptically asked. "Will they?"

"You'll never know unless you try." Darry urged. "Everyone I know is in danger and I can't just sit here and let it happen. But I can't do it alone, that's why I need you to come with me." Vlad pondered this as he stared at Darry, still skeptical about the idea. "What have you got to lose?"

Back at Amity Park, Danny Phantom had landed on the ground in front of the Nasty Burger. After hours and hours of searching for his missing son, he sat at a table outside the restaurant and leaned on the table, holding his head in frustration and sadness. "I'm sorry, Danny." SpongeBob said sadly as he approached him. "I've looked all over the place and asked everyone around, but I couldn't find him anywhere."

Danny lifted his head up and pounded both fists on the table. "What on Earth was I thinking? You were right, SpongeBob. I should have told Darry and Yuki about him before or else none of this would have happened."

"Well, I am sorry for what I said before." SpongeBob responded. "But Darry running away wasn't your fault. It was those strange powers you told us about. We don't even know what they are."

"Yeah, but why do I have this feeling that I caused him to develop that ability?"

"Danny!" Timmy yelled out as he and Tak approached. "We couldn't find any trace of Darry anywhere? Have you?"

"No," Danny said, bowing his head. "He's isn't anywhere in town, and DarkEvil LaserPants is still on the move. What can we do?"

"But Danny, you're still the leader." Tak pointed out. "You should already know what to do."

Danny was still unsure of himself, when suddenly, a sharp dagger with a piece of paper pierced in the middle had shot at the table, stabbing through the surface and causing the adults to yelp and step back. They look toward where it came from and saw SpongeCog 008 on the roof of the building and quickly running off behind it. Danny took the knife out and unfolded the note from it. He read it and his eyes widen in shock. "It's from DarkEvil LaserPants!"

The three's eyes widen in shock and lean in closer. "What does it say?" SpongeBob asked.

"It says, 'Hello Nicktoons, this is your nemesis DarkEvil LaserPants, I know everything about the Dark Dan Phantom and where his location is. I am about to release him to my side with an audience. An audience of your comrades and families. Please RSVP if you wish to join in on the fun.'"

"You don't think he has Tammy and Tommy, do you?" Timmy asked in worry.

"And my kids plus the Neutrons and SpongeTron?" SpongeBob asked concerned.

"And Kida?" Tak added, "And the Fentons?"

"And Darry," Danny said almost in disbelief as he crumbles the paper, "Nicktoons, we're heading to Fenton Works."

It's time for the battle that will determine the fates of all characters. Who will live and who will die? Please review what you think and stick around for the final part.