Graduation Part 2: I Know Who You Are…
Danny was panting. He ran as fast as he could as he tried to find out what was the cause of the flowers.
I think Kim mentioned Drakken was doing some weird mutant flower thing… Maybe he's actually helping to fight the aliens? He's a doofus, the anti-Vlad, but even he doesn't want someone else to take over the world.
As he arrived, he gasped in horror at what he saw.
It was Kim, unconscious, and being lifted by the leg by one very large alien. A very strong looking alien.
"Come, Warmonga…" He said to his ally. "We shall take this one as a trophy. She will look handsome mounted beside your Thorgoggle spine."
Hearing that filled Danny with rage. However, something caught his attention.
"You are the monkey master…"
He recognized that voice. He looked to see Ron speaking to what looked like an ethereal version of his sensei.
"I am?" Ron asked.
"Mmm… This is your destiny. You are ready…"
That's when Ron saw Kim being taken by the Lorwardians. This made him steel himself.
"I am…" Ron got up. "Hey! Warhok!"
This caught the larger alien's attention. He tossed Kim aside roughly as Ron started running towards him. Ron suddly does a flying kick that makes the large alien back off. Rather than offended, Warhok and Warmonga smile. Clearly, they've found someone worthy of combat. Danny sees Ron ready and perform a "come at me" motion, which Warhok is all too eager to oblige. Once they fought, it was clear to Danny, who was surprised, that Ron was winning. He avoided each blow and each one he performed had a flash, one in the shape of a blue monkey with the sound of a monkey crying out in rage.
"His monkey power is strong… Booyah…" The sensei went.
"Uh… what's going on?" Danny asked as he approached the sensei, who reacted with shock.
"You can see me?!"
"Uh… yeah?"
"Hmm…" He looked at Danny inquisitively. "Perhaps it is because you're half-ghost that you see my astral form…" He looked back to the fight. "In any case… Ron Stoppable has fulfilled his destiny. Even though you and Kim Possible are united in this timeline, his devotion to her was enough to propel him to embrace the power within himself."
Danny nodded with a smile. "Heh… that's loyalty."
As Danny watched Ron actually winning, he now noticed Shego was a few feet away as weLl, unconscious. Likely from battling these aliens. Then, to his surprise, Ron released a burst of monkey power to send Warhok flying a few feet away, landing flat on his back. Warhok got back up, clearly not enjoying tis anymore.
That's when Ron summoned the full extent of his power. The sky darkened and the clouds swirled. Ron started levitated. Danny didn't see it, but Kim and Shego were both now awake and seeing it happen.
"Uh… monkey power, right?" Danny asked the sensei, clearly in awe as everyone else.
"Indeed…" He answered.
"To think he was afraid of monkeys…" Danny mused.
They were currently unaware someone was watching from the skies, waiting for the right moment.
"Just a few more seconds…" Thanatos said with his arms crossed.
Now, Ron was glowing blue, his hair stood up and he had the look of a fierce warrior in his eyes. One the Lorwardians foolishly ignored. Once he landed, they jumped forward to challenge him. However, Ron caught both of their arms before they could even land a blow. Then, with a great heave, hurled them upwards to their falling spaceship.
Everyone watches in awe as it seems the two were about to collide with their ship.
"FRACKLE!" Warmonga could be heard shouting.
However, what no one saw because of the ship's explosion was that the two didn't get caught by it. Thanatos was conveniently in the way. He rose a shield from behind his back to protect himself from the ship, causing its explosion. As for the Lorwardians, he simply backhanded them with enough force to send them flying in the opposite direction.
They were too busy in amazement of what Ron just did.
It was now Kim became aware of Danny's presence.
"Danny?" She saw the box he was holding. "What is-"
"Your battlesuit. Long story, one that's already over…" He said. Once Ron landed, Danny saw the look on Kim's face and nodded. "He just saved the world, so thanks are in order."
With that, Kim hugged her best friend in gratitude, who graciously accepted.
"Wait... what happened? What did I miss?" Danny quickly became aware of Drakken's presence in his hovercar.
"I don't know. But I think the sidekick just stepped up... monkey style." Shego answered in disbelief.
"Monkey style? Nnnnnghh!... What's that?" Drakken asked in annoyance.
"You had to be here..." Shego answered.
Danny shook his head with a smile, feeling relief. That's when the sound of something crashing yards away caught his attention. What he saw made that smile fade fast.
"Uh… guys? What happened to Warhok and Warmonga?" He asked.
Kim let go of Ron and answered happily.
"Judging by Ron's spankin' new power, I'd say they're toast!"
"Extra toasty from the explosion!" Ron added in.
"Uh-huh! Yeah! Toasty!" Rufus went.
Danny then pointed yards away. "Then who are they?"
Everyone looked to where he pointed. To their horror, they saw the Lorwardians, knocked out on the ground, yet still alive due to sounds of groaning.
"WHAT?! HOW?!" Drakken questioned. "We saw them hit the ship before it exploded, didn't we?!"
"Yeah… you're not wrong…" Shego answered.
Kim looked to where the ship exploded, only to send a chilling glare in that direction.
"I think I know what happened…"
Everyone saw where she was staring and looked up.
Hovering down was Thanatos, who held his arms out as if he were a descending angel. Once he landed, he pointed to Ron.
"You! Ron Stoppable! This power is unfit to be wielded by an idiot! Face me, if you dare!" He challenged.
"Be glad too…" Ron walked up and readied.
Danny looked to the sensei, who was still present.
"Is he gonna be okay?"
"You needn't worry." He explained. "Ron Stoppable's power is greater than even I expected. He'd be powerful enough to defeat the one you call Katie Kaboom if her strength were triplified. This Thanatos has shown no sign he is that powerful."
"Alright!" Danny went.
"Uh… Danny?" Kim asked. "Who are you talking to?"
Danny looked to see her, Drakken and Shego were looking at him as if he was talking to nobody. He realized why.
"Oh… Ron's sensei is here in astral form. Aside from Ron and maybe Rufus, only I can see him because I'm half-ghost." He explained.
There was a pause.
"Oh… yeah, that explains it." Shego snarked.
Drakken landed his hover car and stage whispered to Shego. "Who's the guy who looks he belongs on a Star Trek metal band cover? Was this also a thing I just missed or-"
"No, it's new for me too…" Shego admitted with the same level of confusion.
"I am Thanatos! God of death!"
"No, you're not…" Kim spoke up, with her fists and her hips. "You're an insane specter who thinks he should be a god."
"And Ron Stoppable is unfit to have this much power… face me, fool!"
Ron began to glow blue again.
"Bring it, false god!"
Ron jump up and drop kicked him like he did with Warhok, only it barely made his foe move this time. Undaunted, Ron began throwing a flurry of punches and kicks that each had the blue monkey energy flash.
While that was going on, Danny turned to see the Lorwardians were waking up.
"Uh oh…" Danny handed the box to Kim. "You might need this." He morphed, but then took a knee in exhaustion.
"Danny?" Kim helped him up. "What's wrong?"
"I had to fight a gauntlet of my bad guys and the church of skull face over there to get here. That's why I'm late…" He hovered up. "I can handle it just for a little bit."
He flew towards the Lorwardians while Kim looked to the two villains.
"Well?" She said with a glare.
"Well what?" Shego questioned.
"Help him while I change! Or at the very least, get some payback at those two…"
Shego groaned. "Fine… but only that last part."
Shego got into the hovercar and, to Drakken's frustration, took controls to fly it in the same direction Danny went.
Warhok and Warmonga straightened themselves up.
"What happened?" Warmonga questioned.
"I recall the scrawny one glowing blue and throwing us…" Warhok answered.
Warmonga gasped. "The Great Blue?!"
"Unlikely…" Warhok said. "He clearly has no interest to lead us…"
"I can lead you! Off this planet!" Danny shouted.
He flew in and kicked Warhok to the ground.
"What?!" Warmonga was baffled by this flying human.
Danny took advantage and blasted her with a ghost ray, knocking her into a wall.
"That's for threatening to stuff my girlfriend!" He shouted.
Warhok got up and, after wiping his mouth, grinned.
"So… the female is your battle mate? Then I will make sure not to split up a perfect set."
Danny charged his fists.
Warmonga readied her weapon. "For Lorwardia!" She cried.
However, Warhok rose a hand to make her back down.
"No… this one is mine."
Danny fired his ghost rays at Warhok, but the larger alien simply braced for the blast. Once that was done, he ran towards Danny and threw a punch into his abdomen. Danny attempted to counter, but Warhok grabbed his fist and slammed him into the ground.
"Crud…" He muttered.
"Either you are weaker than you led on… or you're exhausted, boy." Warhok said before lifting Danny by the arm and throwing another punch into his gut. "Regardless… you will fall, as will your mate, weakling."
"My name… is Danny Phantom!" Danny spat in Warhok's face.
"One that I will not bother remembering… as you two will be mounted on my wall…"
"What wall?" Danny smirked. "Your ship was destroyed… and once the rest of Earth's heroes come back, you'll have no way off world. I don't need to win… because you already lost."
"Well… if you don't need to win…"
Warhok threw another punch in Danny's face, then dropped him to the floor, where he stomped on Danny's chest. Warmonga laughs at Warhok's injured foe. That's when she's hit in the face by a green blast of energy that knocked her back. That same blast of energy hits Warhok in his own face, making him take a step back. Then a blast of a stronger origin knocks him away.
Danny, though weakened, saw that large blast came from Doctor Drakken, who carried a cannon over his shoulder. And in front of him was Shego, with her back turned to him and seemingly protecting him.
"Shego? Did you just save me?"
"Don't get the wrong idea there, Shining Armor… you're cute and all, but Princess over there wants you safe…" She snarked.
Danny was halfway up when he heard her little nickname.
"What did you call me?"
"Shining Armor. Like a knight in shining armor, for Kimmy's princess." She said. "Now, try to keep up…"
Drakken fires at Warhok again, a continuous beam that keeps him down.
"Earth is either to be conquered by me or no one at all!" Drakken barked.
Warmonga got her weapon ready.
"Fall, Blue Imposter!" She shouted.
That's when another blast, this time blue, struck her by the foot and made her fall.
It's Kim, in her battlesuit.
"Okay… let's even the playing field!"
Kim then ran at Warmonga and, with the suit's enhanced strength, manages kick her when she gets back up.
"Very well, female! I accept this rematch!" She shouts.
Shego's attempts to fight off Warhok doesn't go so well. Warhok managed to block her attacks, unharmed by her power.
"Foolish Earth woman!" Warhok backhands Shego. Even when she uses the spacesuit's jetpack, he grabs it when she tries to tackle him and tears it off, destroying the suit in the process and exposing her usual green and black. "Lorwardians are unstoppable!"
Danny, despite his injured state, got back up.
"Hey! War-jerk!"
Warhok only scoffed.
"You can barely stand and you think you can win?!"
"Okay! We got it!" Jim shouted.
"Everyone ready?!" Tim asked.
With the mystery meat as their potato battery, and expired Bueno Nacho meet added, the twins powered not only the school, but are able to send transmission from their satellite to the house of a certain Amity Park.
And at the Fenton household, where even the Fentons and their family friends are, both human and ghost, they are receiving the transmission.
"We got it, J.P." Jack said into a radio built for him and his best friend.
"Copy that, J.F." James said into his own. He observed over Wade's shoulder as he looked into the laptop. "Can you see?"
"Still looking for them…" Wade said.
They were observing through the twins' satellite. They spotted the battlefield. They saw what looked like a glowing Ron fighting Thanatos.
"Is that… Ronald?" James questioned.
"Our son?!" Mrs. Stoppable questioned.
She and her husband shoved James aside to observe as Mr. Stoppable held Hana, their adopted daughter, in his arms.
"Is he… glowing?" He questioned. "Even I never expected those odds…"
Hana then starts to emulate her brother fighting. Both of the Stoppable parents nodded and smile at their son's apparent magic prowess.
"Where are Kim and Danny?" Anne asked.
"Hang on…" Wade made the satellite pan away. "I'll look-"
That's when they saw Kim, battling Warmonga. She looked to be doing alright, but Warmonga wasn't going down.
"Kimmy!" Anne said with relief.
"But… where is her boyfriend?!" Nana Possible asked.
Wade kept panning and he gasped.
"Uh oh…"
At the Fenton home, everyone but Jack, who was still on the radio, was watching. They were horrified by it.
"Uh oh?!" Jack questioned. "What does he mean, uh oh?!"
His wife poked his shoulder to get his attention. He saw made them lose color in their faces. It's what the Possibles and their friends saw as well.
Warhok brutalizing Danny.
Ron was still throwing blows, and Thanatos was still only blocking.
Rufus was cheering for him.
"Get off this world, false idol!" Ron shouted as he continued his assault.
The sensei nodded. "This battle is over…"
"Yes, it is…" Thanatos said. Much to the sensei's surprise. "That's right, old man. I see you too… watch…"
That's when he jumped and attempted to throw a punch once more.
That's when, to his shock, the false god caught it.
"Huh?!" Ron actually drops his confident smirk.
Rufus gasped as well.
Thanatos squinted his eyes in amusement. "Are we done warming up?!" Ron's eyed widened. "Oh… you were giving it your all… too bad."
Then he rose his hand to Ron's face and flicked it.
The force sent Ron 20 feet away.
Rufus somehow gasped wider as the sensei had his face turn whiter.
"This… cannot be…"
Danny was being kicked in the side, sending him into one wall still remaining up from the destruction.
"Fool!" Warhok said. He walked to Danny, calmly as Danny got to his knees. "Like you said… you don't need to win…"
Danny looked up and sent a dirty look before exhaustion gave in. He forcibly returned to human form.
"Oh no…" Danny muttered as he failed to get back up.
Warhok scoffed. "So… that was a transformation? I take it this is your true, weak form…" Warhok readied his fist. "This is almost not worth the effort… almost."
"Get up, Danny!"
Danny saw Kim, despite firing at Warmonga along with Shego and not doing much, cheering him on.
"Kim?"
"Show him that you're stronger than he thinks, the drive that made me fall in love with you!"
"Ugh… gag!" Shego muttered.
Ignoring Shego's disgust, Danny looked up at Warhok, who bent over to look Danny in the eye with an evil grin.
"Just know, boy… once we win, I'm going to make her end… nice and slow…"
Danny's fists clenched.
Warhok stood up and raised his fist.
In that moment, a few memories flowed through Danny's mind.
"Excuse me… are you D-Fenton?"
"You… you mean that you're KPSuperTeen?!"
"You can call me Kim… Kim Possible."
"You're a cool guy… you know that?"
"Kim Possible… will you please go out with me?"
"I thought you'd never ask…"
"D-Did you just say… that you… love me?"
"I love you too…"
"I totally forgive you…"
"No matter what happens… I am happy to have have you in my life…"
"I'm happy to have you in my life too. I love you."
"All you need to know is your choice that Summer day lead you to meeting Kim Possible and falling in love with her and the choices you make now will determine your fate with her…"
I made a promise to her… and I won't let anyone make me break that promise…
Warhok threw his fist… and found something caught it.
"What?!"
Danny raised his right hand, which was somehow the only part of him that transformed. It was in a white glove. All the while he glared at Warhok with clear intent to do harm.
Warhok attempted to make another attack, but Danny tossed him away. That's when he got back up and morphed. However, catching everyone's surprise, his glow was brighter.
His would were disappearing, he was standing straight again, he didn't look tired. It seemed he was at 100% again.
He took a breath.
Warhok got back up, he did not seem daunted.
"So, you wish for more?" Danny only made a come at me gesture. "Very well."
"I'm back at full tank… this is going to go differently."
Warhok ran at Danny, swinging his fist. However, to his surprise, his foe vanished.
"WHAT?!"
Warmonga stopped her own fight and saw this as well. She ignored Kim and Shego, who also saw Danny vanish.
"Where is the small, silvery one?!"
"Hey, Warthog!"
Warhok turned around and saw Danny standing several feet behind him.
"I don't know how you did that, but it will not happen again!"
Warhok then approached Danny and started throwing a barrage of fists. Now that he's at full power again, Danny only goes intangible. However, when Warhok attempted to slam his fists into Danny's head from above, Danny returned to tangibility and finally landed a blow. He sent a punch right into Warhok's stomach, making the alien warlord drop his attack and grunt in pain, something he's not used to. This made him snarl in rage.
"I will take you and that girl as trophies! But your hide will be the one treasure the most, Danny Phantom!"
He attempted another punch, but Danny disappears again. Warhok stood straight and looked around in rage.
"So… you can remember my name…"
Warhok looked up to see Danny was hovering above him.
"WARHOK WILL NOT BE MOCKED!"
Warhok attempted to grab Danny, but the ghost boy dodged and made another blow to the alien's stomach.
"Stop this…" Danny warned. "This is your only chance to end this fight peacefully…"
"THIS INSULT WILL NOT STAND!"
"Fine by me…"
Warhok made another move, but Danny phased through his foe and kicked him into a large piece of debris. Getting up and using it for support, Warhok glared as Danny now hovered above.
"Warhok!" Warmonga was about to enter the fray.
Danny rose a hand and fired a ghost ray that sent her several feet further than before.
"Single combat, lady…" Danny said before looking back to his foe. "Okay Warhok… how about a little agreement? The first to knock the other out wins and decides their fate. Do you accept my challenge?"
Warhok sneered at the boy.
"Lorwardians do not run from a challenge, boy… Once I win, you will be a testament to those who get in my way, Danny Phantom."
Kim was about to step in, but Danny held out a hand.
"He's mine…" Kim looked unsure, but smiled in agreement and stepped back. He glared back at Warhok. "To abridge a line from my hero, I live in a world of cardboard, but you can take it. What we have here is a rare opportunity to cut loose and show how powerful I really am…"
Warhok stood up. Before he could react, Danny flew at full speed and grazed the alien's cheek with a swift strike of a sword construct he created quickly, which disappeared just as fast.
This made Warhok very angry. He was not enjoying this fight anymore.
"Wow… what exactly happened to him to make him not how he was like 2 minutes ago?" Drakken questioned.
"You're the genius here, you tell me!" Shego said.
"Willpower… or power of love." Kim said with a smile. Drakken and Shego winced at that last one. "I pick the last one."
"It matters not how he has restored his strength!" Warmonga shouted as she got back up. "Warhok cannot be defeated!"
"Do not let this go to your head before I rip it off!" Warhok yelled at Danny before charging him.
Warhok came at Danny and swung his fists, but Danny ducked and avoided each time. After Danny flew back a bit, he and Warhok engaged in close quarters combat. Or, to be more precise, Warhok attempted to assault Danny, but the ghost boy blocked and dodged each one, not even bothering to go intangible. Years of combat and training both on his own and with Kim have done him good. Especially when he catched one of Warhok's intended blows and kicks him in the shoulder. The force pushes him back and causes him harm. Losing patience, Warhok grabbed a large chunk of debris the size of a school bus and threw it. To his shock, Danny destroyed it with a powerful enough ghost ray. Once the smoke cleared, Danny resumed his glare while Warhok was nonplussed.
"HOW DARE YOU MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME!" Warhok shouted.
He came at Danny and they resumed the close quarters fight, one that Danny had the edge. He avoided blows and kneed Warhok in the stomach, making the alien bend over and get punched in the chin. Danny then kicks him in the head and punches his chest. Having lost all patience and care for tactics, Warhok started throwing punches randomly. Danny was too fast, dodging and going intangible in time. Warhok continued but it was clear he was losing. He attempted to block a punch with his arms up, but it hurt one of those arms. He tried to punch Danny, but both punches collided and only the alien himself was hurt. Now it was Danny's turn to throw punches. All of them hit and Warhok was losing. With that in mind, he tried to strike from the air with a leap and throwing a fist, but Danny caught it with relative ease. As the ghost boy only gave a playful smile, Warhok's enraged teeth grinding resumed. After literally being thrown aside, Warhok tried one more attack, but Danny bobbed out of the way. One punch to the shoulder, and a kick in the back that sent him a few feet away, Warhok failed to react in time as Danny flew at him. With one punch to the stomach, enough to both cause Warhok great pain and lift him off the ground, Danny manages to push him through a few torn down buildings.
Once the smoke cleared, Danny got up and observing the seemingly unconcious Warhok. He turned around and walked towards Kim. She smiled, but then saw Warhok getting up and trying to attack Danny. Before Kim could warn him, Danny was well aware and swung around, throwing a punch to Warhok's face. The collision of fist to face created a small shockwave. Once Danny pulled his fist back, Warhok only stared at him for a moment.
"I hate you…"
He collapsed on his knees before passing out from his injuries.
Danny looked down at his foe, literally and figuratively. That's when Kim ran up to him and wrapped her arms around him, bringing a happy smile to his face.
"Told ya you're stronger than he thought…" She said.
"Thanks…"
As they shared a kiss, they were unaware their friends and family were watching via the satellite. Her father stopped cheering like the rest.
"Oh no… world saving or not, that is too much mouth and tongue contact!" He said with arms crossed.
"Honey… let them have this." His wife said, happy for them.
"WARHOK!" Warmonga ran to her mate, trying to wake him up. "Get up! You cannot be unconcious! He is a lower life form!" Warhok only groaned in his unconcious state. She glared at the two. "Lorwardians are fast healers! We will fight again!"
"With the same result." Kim countered.
"Then, we will get back again, as many times as needed! Eventually, you will fall!" She was clearly more desperate than dangerous right now.
Danny pointed a finger at her, making her actually somewhat terrified.
"You might be the toughest ever in whatever armpit of the universe you're from… but I've faced beings much stronger than you and have more than just strength as their power. There are more heroes who live on this world. They're stronger than me, stronger than Ron and I can attest Ron is more powerful right now… So, here's what going to happen… Soon as the other heroes return, we're sending back to wherever you're from. And make sure your little war kids grow up knowing that you gave up your little planet conquest style because some "lower life form" made it clear you are just one of many foes who fell to Earth and never tried to conquer worlds again because they don't want to see what happens when someone stronger than Danny Phantom comes after them…"
Warmonga only glared, before turning to try and awaken her mate.
Kim pulled Danny's arm.
"Come on… we gotta see how Ron's doing…"
"Oh, right. I almost forgot because I was being pummeled." Danny said.
Both of them walked back in the direction of Ron's battle with Thanatos, leaving Drakken and Shego.
"So… should we follow them?" Drakken asks, but Shego gave a confused shrug with an "I don't know" grumble. "Hmm… well… I guess I don't want to be near him when he wakes up." He points at Warhok.
Ron was tiring out, something neither he nor his sensei thought possible in this form. Not one blow even landed, either dodged or blocked.
"This… can't be good…" He panted.
"Not for you…" Thanatos said.
Ron attempted his blast of monkey power again, but it barely made his foe move. That's when Thanatos decided to end the fight. With a quick move, he gave a chop to Ron's back, enough force to knock him out and turn off his transformation.
Danny and Kim, arriving, gasped in horror.
"RON!"
Thanatos lifted him around the neck and held him up like a toy. He raised his other hand, where a certain object was.
"You may be more powerful than you were moments before… but you're still not a god…"
With that, he showed the palm that absorbed energy and began forcefully draining Ron's monkey power. After a few flashes, the blue monkey aura of Ron was screeching out before being forcefully sucked out like a cartoon character by a vacuum cleaner. This left the evil Thanato laughing.
Drakken and Shego arrived, noticing the horror and the teen hero couple's face.
"Hmm… what did we miss?" Drakken said.
Only Danny and Rufus noticed the sensei's reaction, one of doom.
"We… are doomed…" He then faded away.
Thanatos tossed Ron away, causing Danny to catch him in the air. Once he landed, he set Ron on his feet as he was dizzy.
"You okay, Ron?" Danny asked.
Kim walked up. "Ron?!"
"KP?" He asked. He looked down at his own body and looked horrified. "My… my monkey power! It's gone!"
Thanatos laughing at them caught their attention.
"Added to the Energy Combiner!" He stated. "Now is the time for my army!"
With a snap of his fingers, portals opened. Out came his disciples… all of them.
All of them were standing around the heroes and two Earth villains, all of them grinning and ready to fight.
"More aliens?!" Drakken questioned before he groaned. "I miss when it was that space rodent!"
"You and me both, Doc…" Shego said as she readied for battle.
"The time has come, my disciples! Raise the badges and place them on your chests!"
All of them pulled out the badges he instructed them to wear before, they did as he commanded.
"Badges? What are you now, cops?" Ron asked.
"This is our promise! Power! We would be given a link to such amazing power!" Psyphon said.
"With this! Those Turtle freaks are soup!" Armaggon said.
"We are ready, master!" Smytus said.
"Indeed, you are…" Once he looked to make sure all of them wore the badges, with not a single one without one, he said the words. "Command code: Purpose Served."
The badges began lighting up where the eyes were.
Psyphon, Armaggon and Smytus grinned as the heroes and Shego readied, while Drakken and Rufus cowered behind them.
That's when the screaming began. The badges were causing some kind of glow around the wearer, one that involved some kind of shock.
First it was the Incurseans, who fell to their knees and all fours. Then it was the Triceratons, who collapsed. The Cluster robots began emitting smoke form the faces as they shook violently. Psyphon's gang were trying to pull each other's badges off, but couldn't due to the pain being too much.
As the heroes looked baffled, Psyphon, Smytus and Armaggon were among those in agonizing pain.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Armaggon shouted.
"MY BATTERY! I FEEL IT BEING DRAINED!" Smytus called out, trying to pull the badge off but unable to.
"MASTER!" Psyphon turned around, crawling on his knees. "HELP US!"
Thanatos did nothing but stare until suddenly, one by one, his army was either turning to dust, which was the fate of all who were organic, or fry and break apart, the fate of the robots.
It was done. His army was gone. Either a destroyed pile of metal or a pile of dust now being blown away. The teen heroes and the two non-alien villains only stared in disbelief with mouths agape.
"Uh… what just happened?" Drakken asked.
"Ya got me…" Shego responded.
Suddenly, Thanatos began laughing. At first it was small, then it came of as hearty, with shoulders going up and down. Then his head went back and it got louder.
"Oh… I was waiting for that for so long!" He said.
"Dude… did… you do that on purpose?" Danny asked, at first disbelieving and now genuinely horrified. "You wasted your own army?!"
"I DON'T NEED AN ARMY!" Thanatos responded. "I just needed idiots to do my dirty work for me, then give up their life energy and power sources as donations for the Energy Combiner!" After another laugh, one that hand him press his forehead into his palm, he continued. "This was my plan all along… make idiots build the machinery I need, grab the source of power to add, from Stark's Arc Reactors, to things stolen from all your almost girlfriends… And to think, Clockwork had other plans for you and Kimmy…"
Danny suddenly gasped in shock.
"You… you know Clockwork?"
"Who do you think is the reason he's been missing for two years?"
Drakken, Shego and Ron were lost.
"Who is Clockwork?" They asked Kim.
"A friend of his, the ghost who controls time." Kim explained to them.
They all rose a brow.
"What kind of dating service did we even sign up for?!" Ron asked.
"It was your idea, Ron…" Kim reminded.
Danny took a few steps forward.
"What do you mean he had other plans? And where is he?!" Danny demanded.
"Let's just say…" Thanatos chuckled. "He's been closer than you think… As for your other question. Originally, in this timeline, you and Kimmy were to defeat the Lorwardians together. However, in timelines you two weren't sticking your tongues in each other's mouths, Ron would have defeated them with his monkey powers, but in this timeline, he wouldn't unlock that power a lot later. That blue glow was more than enough power I needed… so I made sure it happened here." After taking a deep breath. "Well… I feel good. So good, I'll let you know that tomorrow night is the night I've been waiting for… the night you lose the one you love the most…"
Danny's glare intensified.
"What's he talking about?" Drakken asked.
"He's shown us images of the future…" Kim said. "The last is supposed to be before he supposedly ends me…"
Drakken gasped before pointing threateningly at Thanatos.
"No one destroys Kim Possible but us!"
"Yeah!" Shego said, readying her powers.
"Do you think you stand a chance?!" Thanatos challenged. Both of them exchanged rather terrified glances before backing down. "No, I didn't think so…" He began turning around. "Well… since I have what I need, I'm not needed here… While your loved ones are no doubt watching via the twins' satellite right now, I want the whole world to watch… Soon as all the power is back, I'm coming… And yes, we hacked their satellite, that's how we know when was the right time to arrive."
"Wait!" Danny called out. "You somehow triggered my ghost sense in Amity Park! You never did before and you didn't know. Why is that?!"
"Heh… I absorbed a sampling of ghost energy when we rounded those spectral idiots up. All that energy is likely what you sensed since it took a while to transfer to the Combiner… And no, it's not my suit. That isn't what's masked my signature from your ghost sense or being detected by magic or psychics like you think…"
Danny had a moment of shock before taking on a serious look.
"How do you know that?! If it's not the suit, then how?! And who are you?!"
Thanatos only gave one chilling response.
"I'm sure you'll have an idea…"
Danny clenched his fists. It's the same thing he's heard before.
Thanatos turned around completely and began walking away.
"YOU!"
Thanatos stopped in his tracks. He looked over his shoulder.
Danny, Kim and Ron looked behind them.
Shego and Drakken both had their mouths agape.
Warhok was there, pointing at Thanatos with a murderous glare in his eyes.
"Warhok? What is it? Even you are not one to show this much hostility..." Warmonga said.
Warhok continued pointing at Thanatos.
"I have seen the footage! I have seen the images! I tracked your carnage! YOU are the one who destroyed Lorwardia!"
Hearing this, after gasping, Warmonga readied her weapon.
"The Earth and its annoying people can wait... vengeance is more important than domination!"
Thanatos, however, did not seem remotely interested in what they say and just resumed walking off.
Completely ignoring the heroes, both Lorwardians charged after him.
Once they were close enough, he stopped, making them pause too.
Warhok, thinking highly of himself at the moment, smirked.
"Fear me! I am Warhok! Conqueror of worlds! Mightiest of Lorwardians! I have slayed THOUSANDS of different races across the universe!"
Unfazed, Thanatos only looked over his shoulder again.
"Fear me... I've slayed all of yours..."
Warhok's grin was replaced with a snarling look of rage.
He and Warmonga rushed to attack him, only for Thanatos to simply turn intangible, not even bothering to move as the two went past him. Once they realize what just happened, they both slowly turned to resume.
"I am not like the rest of my kind…" Warhok said.
"FOR LORWARDIA!" Warmonga shouted.
Both of them jumped at their foe and tried to punch him, only for him to disappear once more. An evil laugh is heard before they are both backhanded in the face, knocking them both away.
Quickly angered, they both threw punches in his stomach. At first, they they smirk in victory, only to discover a hole in his stomach that didn't seem caused by them. He somehow opened it. Then he started turning into some kind of black mist as he laughed at their failure. Once he reappeared, he immediately created four solid duplicates that surround the two.
Warhok was not phased. "Your tricks mean nothing!"
That's when one of the duplicates threw a punch, knocking him down.
Warmonga attempted to intervene, but two of the duplicates attacked her, one grabbed and arm while the other kicked her in the side. Warhok was pulled by his hair up by one while the other used him literally like a punching bag.
All the while those of Earth still present remain.
"Uh… all in favor of letting them duke it out and hide behind rubble?" Danny asked. All of them, even the villains, raised their hands. "Yeah, I thought so."
Soon, Warhok and Warmonga barely managed to escape the duplicates and jumped behind Thanatos, striking his armor in the back.
"Do you think you can defeat us?!" Warhok challenged.
"We are the mightiest of Lorwardians!" Warmonga boasted.
"The mightiest roaches are still roaches… which I why it's so easy to play with you at 10% and barely any effort…"
Then his head turned a complete 180-degree turn, much to their shock. That's when the rest of him did the same, albeit in the opposite direction, and faced the two, showing no such pain.
Retracting his duplicates, Thanatos fired ghost rays that knocked the two down. They didn't have time to get up as he grabbed both by the foot and slammed them repeatedly in the ground. Once he let them go, they got up and tried to fight more. However, he blocked each attack with complete ease. He knocked both of them back with simple flicks.
"You will not win this fight!" Warhok yelled.
"Fight?" Thanatos scoffed before laughing. "This is no fight… this is pest control."
"We are not pests!" Warmonga declared as she swung her mace-like weapon.
Not only did he dodge, but Thanatos threw a punch that made her grunt and distracted her from stopping him from grabbing her by the ponytail and lifting her up.
"You're right, you're lower than that… you're Lorwardians… the most amusing race I wiped out…"
He tossed he like a ragdoll at Warhok, making him fall flat on his back.
Once the two get up, they both shared a look on intense hatred for their foe.
The jumped and stood with him in betwehen. The tried to flank him with a series of blows, but each one was blocked with quick reactions or slapped away. He laughed off their failures as they become more enraged, their attacks becoming sloppier and with less tactical thoughts behind them.
"I HAVE HIM!" Warhok rose his fist.
"NO, I HAVE HIM!" Warmonga shouted with a punch of her own ready.
Thanatos turned intangible, making them punch each other in the face. He laughed at their plight as he reappeared a few feet behind them.
"Despair!" He shouted.
Warhok, being the angriest, charged at him.
However, he's slapped away, sending him into a wall and making a large impact. Thanatos ran at him and slammed both fists into the sides of his head. Warmonga tried to intervene, but, without even looking at her, Thanatos rose a hand and pointed behind him, knocking her down. Then, he grabbed Warhok by his own hair and tossed him away.
Then, with the wave of his hand, he fired some kind of red energy as the ground beneath them. Then flames erupted, causing both of them to cry in agony.
Thanatos laughed at their pain.
Once the flames stopped, they both got up, ready for resuming the battle.
"Do you think you've won?!" Warhok began to boast. "We Lorwardians are mighty warriors! We heal! We get back up! It doesn't matter what you put us through! We will not rest until you are finished you… ACCURSED PHANTOM!"
At that moment, Thanatos stopped laughing. He looked over his shoulder at them. There was a look in his eyes now. One of anger and hate. He was no longer toying with them.
Big mistake…
Warhok ran at him and threw a punch. Thanatos, this time, only caught it. Then, something different happened. He crushed the alien's fist in his hand, breaking his fingers.
Warhok called out in pain. Without letting go of his foe, Thanatos sent a chop to that same arm, apparently dislocating the shoulder. He kicked the knee, likely breaking his leg. He sent another chop to Warhok's other forearm, spraining it badly. Then he headbutt Warhok in the face and let go of his hand, only to uppercut him with enough force to leave a very notable bruise on his chest. Warmonga attempted to aid her mate, but Thanatos caught her weapon before it reached him, smashing it in his hand and unaffected by it. As she was too nonplussed by that, he grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up. She tried to attack him, but he grabbed her arm with enough force to hurt her, making the arm go limp. He threw a punch in her stomach, headbutt her in the face too and then kneed her in the chest repeatedly before tossing her near her mate. Both of them were on the ground, very much in pain.
That's when he pointed at them. His usual green glow was now red. The two, to their surprise and horror, they started hovering up.
"Idiots… do you know why I didn't come after you? It's because it wasn't worth the effort… You're still alive because I was having fun tormenting you… but you have worn out your entertainment value." He hovered as well, not as high as them, but high enough for him to do what he wanted to do next. "You have committed the most unforgivable of sins against me… Calling me a phantom…" He said that last word with revulsion.
Both of them were more than confused while also a bit terrified.
"Why is that so abhorrent to you?!" Warmonga questioned.
"What are you?"! Warhok demanded to know.
At that point, the evil would-be deity rose both hands together as if he were cradling something. In his hands came a swirl of red energy, one that was growing as his glare at them intensified. It was now his size as it hovered over him.
"I am no simple phantom…" He said before raising his hands over his head. "I… am… A GOD!"
That's when he unleashed his power against them, sending an extremely powerful beam of energy.
Warmonga tried to brace herself, but soon it became too much.
"FRACKLE!"
That's was the last thing she said before she disappears into the energy, leaving a trail of dust in her place.
"WARMONGA!" Warhok called out as he too was engulfed in that power.
On the ground, everyone else covered their eyes in shock. Once they could tell the beam ended, they heard something fall. They saw what it was.
It was Warhok. He looked burnt and badly injured. His arms and legs were limp, meaning he's lost the ability to use them. But most of all was the look on his face. It was of fear, dread, agony. He was panting in panic as he tried to get on his stomach and crawl away using his shoulders. Then he heard the source of his fear, dread and agony land behind him.
"You're right… you're not like the rest of your kind…" Thanatos said as he walked up to the terrified former conqueror. Then he grabbed him by the head and lifted him up, hovering the air and looking him in the eye. "You went down the most fitting of them of them all… pathetic and afraid… a very fitting end to a fool… what is a warrior to a god?" He moved his face closer, looking into the terrified alien's eyes. "Now… let's make sure you're extinct…"
He rose his free hand, glowing red.
Realizing what's about to happen, Warhok could only widen his eyes terror.
Everyone else couldn't bare to see this. They looked away. They winced at the sound of a scream before cut off by a powerful blast. Once they turned around, the saw Warhok gone. Only a small amount of dust falling to the ground from where Thanatos, who was still in that position, once held someone.
With that done, he landed and walked around a corner. Danny stood out the most, seeing his reflection in the window of a damaged building as Thanatos looked out past that window while creating a portal.
"See you soon…"
He entered his portal, leaving.
Everyone there, and their loves ones watching via the satellite, were all stunned silent.
Middleton High.
In spite of everything, Kim decided this was no excuse to hold off on celebrating graduation.
Danny sat at the bleachers with Kim and Ron's families as they saw the diplomas still being handed out.
"Pete Peterson." Barkin said into the microphone. Once Pete Peterson goes up and receives his diploma, it was Kim's turn. "Kimberly Anne Possible."
Kim runs up to the podium and hugs Barkin.
"Thanks, Mr. Barkin!"
"Uh... Yeah..." He disengages her from him and hands the diploma. "...uh" Clears his throat. "Well, things are going to be boring here without you, Possible."
"You've still got the tweebs…"
Barkin's face suddenly registered with dread. Jim and Tim are playing around with what was left of one of the alien machines. They activate a laser that disintegrates a car in the parking lot, something they didn't regret.
"Hick-a-bick-a-boo?" Jim asked.
"Hoo-sha." Tim responded.
"That was your car, wasn't it?" Kim asks when she realized the look of horror on Barkin's face.
"It was..." He sighed.
Kim ran over and hugs her dad. Then she hugged Danny.
"That was awesome, by the way…" Kim said.
"Anytime. So, how's Drakken feeling about being awared for helping to save the world?" He asked.
"Looks like his villain buddies aren't happy." Kim said with a smile.
"Bonnie Rockwaller." Barkin is heard calling for.
Bonnie runs up and pushes the person in front of her off the stage before he gets his diploma.
"Finally!"
Barkin suddenly pulls Bonnie's diploma up away from her, not letting her have it. "Wait a minute! You blew off all your classes the last week of school."
"Uh, yeah! Nothing important happens the last week." Bonnie states.
"Except my pop quiz in homeroom, which you missed. Thus, you did not pass and that makes you one credit short." He explained.
Bonnie looks horror stricken. "Noooooooooooo!"
"See you in summer school." Barkin said with a grin.
Bonnie angrily throws her graduation cap on the ground and jumps up and down on it. Then she runs over into Junior's arms.
"This is so unfair!" She whined.
"Be strong, my love!" He said. "I will be at your side through this... thing... this summer... school."
"Really?"
"No, my actual person will be lounging by the pool. But my heart... my heart will be with you in that stuffy class room."
"You are the sweetest!" Bonnie cooed as she embraces Junior lovingly.
Barkin makes a face before announcing the next graduate's name. "Ronald Stoppable!" Ron flews down from above in the space suit and hovers in front of Barkin, who looks at him disapprovingly. Ron just smiles smugly.
"Mr. B..."
"Just couldn't follow the graduation dress code! Non-conformist punk!"
"I gotta be true to my essential Ronness." Ron takes his diploma as he boasts.
That and it's super hard to get this off.
He flies over to his parents. Hana starts imitating karate moves as his parents hug their son. Kim hugs her parents, then Monique. They throw their caps in the air as does the rest of the graduating class.
The Middleton students came to celebrate at the beach. Despite not being students themselves, Wade, Yori and Danny came along.
This was a wonderful respite. Volleyball, barbecue, meeting a few friends like Zita and Felix, Danny actually smiled. Eventually, he and Kim sat alone together away from the party.
"I told Ron graduation wasn't the end of the world." Kim said. She looked to Danny. "Having fun?"
"Yeah…" Danny said, though he had a worried look. "Kim, what he said-"
"Danny…" Kim said. "Don't think I'm not scared. But I have hope… like you did when Vlad kidnapped me. We've been through so much together… had some fun, had some laughs, faced some serious stuff. But, as I say, no big." Kim said as she got up. Danny followed along. Kim then cupped his face. "I love you…"
Danny smiled back. "I love you too…"
The both of them shared a kiss. One that was small and tender, then became more passionate as they held onto each other.
They finished and looked happily into each other's eyes.
"Love is what kept us close, kept us from drifting and kept us going… as cheesy as it is, that's what I like to hold on to." Kim smiled as she looked out to the sky. "Can you imagine… what would it be like if we didn't have love at all? Not just our love for us? But friends, family? Without Sam or Tucker there? Your parents? Jazz? Or if Danielle never came into your life? Or me? Can you imagine what it would be like? It'd be awful… wouldn't it?
Danny laughed a little, then made a response without thinking about it.
"I'm sure I have an idea…"
Kim laughed a little. "I bet."
As she walked past him to join the part, Danny turned around. However, once he did, realization hit him.
That was the same thing he'd been hearing so much lately.
"I'm sure you'll have an idea…" Eon said.
"I'm sure you'll have an idea…" Katie said.
"I'm sure you'll have an idea…" Thanatos said.
Suddenly, memories flooded as him as the whole world seemed to freeze in this exact moment.
"Can you imagine… what it would be life if we didn't have love?"
"How did you… die?"
"I didn't… I was liberated of my weakness."
"I had to watch my parents die too and you don't hear me crying about it!"
"You're the boy two idiots raised who took a failed scince experiment as a sister…"
"I was there… when you became who you are…"
"What? You were there when I was born?!"
"Yes… and no."
"Let's just say he has a different way of knowing what's in store for you…"
"This isn't just somehow knowing future events before they happen, this is too exact. Like Thanatos already lifed through hit."
"This is your fate, Danny Phantom…"
He then remembered seeing Thanatos through that window. He remembered his own reflection on it too.
"Danny?" Kim's words caught his attention. "You okay?" She looked worried.
Danny smiled. "Y-Yeah…" He started to walk in the other direction. "I'll… be back. I just remembered to check on something."
"What?" Kim asked.
Without really looking at her, he responded.
"Let's just say I hope I'm wrong…"
He morphed and flew away, leaving Kim confused.
As she rejoined the party, she saw Dani fly in, with the Specter Speeder following. It landed and out came Jazz, Sam and Tucker. Dani landed in front of them and morphed back to human form.
"Alright! Party! Where's Danny?" Danielle asked.
Kim had a notable look of concern they caught on.
"He said he wanted to check on something…"
It couldn't be! No! It just can't! There's just no way!
Danny didn't want to believe it more than anyone else. But he had to find out on his own, where nobody could be hurt and he didn't have to reveal what he was thinking in the worst way possible.
He was above a road in the desert between Amity Park and Middleton. The nearest down was miles away, safe in case the worst really does happen. So, he landed.
He had to know for sure.
"I'm here!" He shouted into the night. He became impatient. "I'M HERE!"
His voice echoed into the desert.
There was silence. Danny felt a moment of relief.
That's when he heard a portal open behind him. Then it closed. He turned to see Thanatos standing right there, several feet away.
Danny's eyes widened.
Then that proves it… it's him…
Steeling himself, Danny took a step forward and pointed at Thanatos.
"I know who you are…"
"Took you long enough…"
"Yeah…" He took another step forward. "I think… deep down… I always knew. I just didn't want to believe it. Whether I was too afraid or just too clueless, I don't know. But it answered all of it. Why you're so obsessed with destroying my life… why you hate me… why you hate the people in my life. My parents, my friends, Jazz… Danielle… and Kim!" He started walking slowly towards his foe. "You hate them and brag about what you'll do to them! You know things about me no one else does! You know things no one else should! Only one person could know those things! We though the M.R.M. was enhanced to show you visions or whatever, but Katie made me see that isn't the case. It's doing what it's supposed to! All this time, everyone was thinking you were either just some random ghost or an actual being of nothing… but we both know that's not true! That's not it at all!" He stopped. "You don't just know about me… you're the only one can know so much, and the only one who can see those memories he didn't have! So… step out of that armor! Take off that helmet! Show me the face behind that mask! So that I can see…" He took a breath, pained to say this next. "If you still look like me…"
Those were the words Thanatos was waiting for. His eyes showed he was very much amused that Danny figured it out.
He got on a knee. Then, the flames went out and his eyes went dark. His shoulders raised, his wing-like featured folded down before the back opened, the top of his head opened.
That's when a familiar white fire appeared from the head.
"I was too subtle…" A very familiar voice, not affected by filters said. "But as I said from the beginning…" A very familiar figure in a familiar suit rose from the armor, crossing his arms as he stood straight. "This… no… I am your fate, Danny Phantom!"
Danny had a look of horror at rage and the arm-crossed figure grinning evilly at him. This was him, the one who has been causing them so much pain and suffering for so long. The so-called god of death was his ultimate enemy, the dark Danny Phantom…
Yes, most of you guessed right.
I really was planning that Vlad-Lorwardian team up before I decided during the Spring Break arc to change it. Because I didn't have room for Dark Danny.
And yes, I said Dark Danny, that is the character's official name judging by the end credits. Though that technically isn't his name. Like Dan Phantom, it's a placeholder to separate him from Danny.
Now, we're reaching the end of this arc before Danny and Kim's future together.
Invader Johnny: No, it didn't. But this is so much tougher than the Lorwardians...
qazse: That's a good point.
61394: There ya go
Luiz4200: Probably
batguy01: To be serious, when I write Deadpool, he's an exaggeration of either my opinions or just whatever I think is funny at the moment. For example, I don't like the poor quality of the Simpsons on Disney Plus, I'm not going to go "If they don't fix this, I'm gonna break into their servers and make sure the only movie they play is Song of the South!" I also did not mean Carol was only interesting if she had Spider-Man for a boyfriend, and I like Mary Jane, that's just something Black Cat calls her. As for Carol herself, well... she's become a very divisive character in recent years and would rather not get into that. I have my opinion on her, you have yours, agree to disagree.