Ascension Part 2

James Possible found himself thrown onto the ground along with his wife.

"What… what happened?!" He asked.

Ann looked around their surroundings.

"What is this place?"

"Quahog… or what's left of it."

The one who answered them was Thanatos, who stood over them.

"You!" James shouted as he got on his feet. "Well, do what you wish to me, but my daughter is clearly safe from you! Looks like you need a Plan B!"

Thanatos did not answer him, instead he moved to his side and revealed the Quantum Canon, which had something clearly torn out.

Thanatos had the Mechamorph Enhancement Module in his hand.

After a moment, his armor opened, allowing Dark Danny to step out.

"Fix it." He ordered.

James scoffed.

"So I can use it on you?"

"No… so it will do what I need it to do." Dark Danny said.

"Which is… what?"

"Before that idiot Eon got involved, the timeline would have had you build this thing after I ended your daughter… but because of the attack on Plumber HQ, it got Azmuth's attention. That stupid crab never bothered to have us go near him because he thought he was smarter. Now, the technology we need is here… this is my Plan B."

James took a moment to notice a certain metallic structure. Suddenly, his mind put things together.

"The Energy Combiner… you wanted us to build tech to upgrade it…" He said with horrified realization.

"Well, why else do you think I never tried to eliminate your little girl while you were all at home?" Dark Danny stated. "I needed you all to play your role. Then, once the Combiner's been upgraded, to make the energy it's stored grow powerful at a quicker rate, you will make sure the cannon has a new purpose. My energy absorbers have a limit to how much it can absorb, so it will take all that energy and compress it into something easier to take. Once that's done, I'll absorb everything we've taken. Not just sources of power, but the Tempus Simia, the Ring of Rage, Crown of Fire, even something Vladdie helped us find. The power of the Reality Gems…"

"The what?" Ann, who was still present, questioned.

"Long story short, magical energy that can alter reality. Then… all of that will be a part of me."

James, hearing this, had a horrified thought of what that means.

"You'll become a walking embodiment of chronal energy and the ability to alter space…"

"Not to mention… I will no longer be affected by the rules of a paradox… I will exist without issue… and thanks to my newfound powers, I will be able to travel into different timelines. That way… even if I run out of little peasants to play with…" He made a small, evil chuckle. "An entire multiverse… all for me. Now… get to work. I know you can do all that pretty fast. After all… anything is possible for Possible." He used their motto mockingly.

James, remaining stern, crossed his arms.

"How about no? That way, you run out and never trouble anyone ever again."

Dark Danny chuckled.

"Why do you think I brought your wife along for the ride?" He raised a hand at her and, to their shock, readied a blast. "If you don't want your grandkids to miss out on their grandma… I suggest you reconsider."

"Honey… no." Ann said, shaking her head even as Dark Danny readies.

James looked back forth between this evil monster and the love of his life.

"You have until the count of 10 to answer… 1…" The light from his hand glowed brighter. James gulped in horror. "9…"

"I'LL DO IT!" James shouted. He sighed in defeat. "I'll do it…"

Smiling, Dark Danny lowered his hand. He used intangibility to take the module and give it James.

"Do your job, less you wish to be a widower…"

Once Dark Danny flew into his armor and flew into the air, to observe them, Ann walked to her husband.

"Honey?" She whispered to her husband.

"It's okay… I have a plan."

Back in Global Justice HQ, as the scientists were doing their best finding something to hint at the evil ghost who made his kidnapping, Danny was with Kim a few feet away, talking.

"I gotta know… how did you survive?"

"Well, after you went, I made a call to Drakken. It was easy, given that I kind of saw it when I took a look at Shego's cell phone once." Kim said with an innocent smile. "Anyways, after I said bye, before I met up with everyone else, I met with Drakken and Shego in an abandoned warehouse."

Flashback

Kim was in said abandoned warehouse. And in front of her was Doctor Drakken and Shego. They had with them a large refrigerator-like container.

The two of them also looked baffled.

"Okay… lemme see if I understood this." Shego said with a minor migraine from what she's heard. "Thanatos, the ghost trying to kill you, is an evil version of your boyfriend from another timeline?"

Kim nodded. Drakken and Shego looked incredulously at each other, but Kim maintaining her straight face made them realize she was telling the truth.

"Suddenly, aliens don't seem so hard to accept…" Drakken admitted. "And so, you need me to make my synthodrone look like you?"

"Exactly." Kim said.

"And what's in it for us?" Drakken asked with his arms crossed.

"You get to make sure nobody destroys me but you."

Drakken thought.

"Hmm… that's a fair point. Alright then. However…" He held out a silly-looking helmet with goggles. "You'll need to wear these. I had this synthodrone be linked to these, allowing someone to take control." Drakken said.

Kim looked at the helmet, kind of reluctantly considering wearing them.

"By the way…" Shego said. "The synthodrone wears a different outfit. We'll need a copy of what you're wearing."

"I only brought one, and the rest were destroyed when my house was crushed."

That's when a knock at the abandoned warehouse happened.

Shego groaned. "Doctor D. Did you order a pizza while we're hiding out again?"

"What?! No!" Drakken stated. "I did that just once and it was Chinese food!"

Kim went to the door of this warehouse and opened it. There was Tweed and Twill of the Fashion Police.

"You two? What are-"

They handed her a box.

"Kim Possible." Agent Tweed spoke up. "Coco Banana entrusts us with this."

Twill continued for his partner. "We were waiting for an opportunity, and seeing you leave FentonWorks gave us that opportunity."

"Uh… why didn't you just give it to me while I was at my boyfriend's house?"

Both agents looked at each other, scared and unsettled.

"We're still afraid to make him mad…"

Kim rolled her eyes while the two agents walked away.

After closing the door, Kim opened the box. She gasped at what she saw.

"Is that…" She also saw a note. She picked it out and read out loud. "Dear Kim Possible, we're putting this back on store shelves. By popular demand and NOT because Coco Banana is terrified of your boyfriend…" Kim shrugged and pulled out what was in the box.

A copy of her old mission gear.

"From there, I put my old mission gear on, gave it to the synthodrone, and we followed it thanks to a homing beacon to the island." Kim said.

"Well… let's make sure Drakken didn't go down for nothing." Danny said, sounding legitimately grateful. "He saved your life, that's enough of a reason to owe him this."

That's when Danny heard a voice.

"Mr. Fenton…"

Danny turned around. To his surprise, he saw an acquaintance.

"Professor Xavier?"

Kim, seeing nobody there, questioned him.

"Danny?"

"Professor X is here. I'm gonna assume it's a psychic thing."

Kim blinked. "I… guess that makes sense…"

"Forgive me…" Professor X said. "But Ms. Kaboom asked for my help to relay a message. As my X-Men are currently unable to assist you, I am at the mansion and am acting as a link between the two of you. She has something regarding your evil lookalike you must now."

Danny nodded. "Let me hear her."

Xavier nodded.

That's when he disappeared and, in his place was Katie.

"Danny?" She asked. She looked around. "Weird, I only see you…"

"I think it's because of the link… What did you need to tell me?"

"We saw the news report, what he looks like… when I saw his face… I remembered something."

"What was it?"

Katie took a breath before revealing this.

Hours after recruitment by Thanatos.

Katie observed clothes from the Quahog mall she picked out as she was walking out in the rubble. There, she saw him, Thanatos, waiting for her at the entrance.

"Are you finished?"

"Yes. So… you want me to help you keep Danny occupied?"

"From there, he's yours. Now… to make sure that island Plasmius and the seafood dinner have been tinkering on can be used…"

He was about to head off, but Katie called out to him.

"So… if you're going to get rid of that crab alien, who is going to help you?"

"You are…" He said in words meant to sound calming, but she now knew they were hollow lies. "You will be there for Danny, while I prepare everything."

"Even a way to make sure they can't destroy you with that weird cannon thing you think they'll build quicker?"

"I know they will…" He poked his own chest, laughing a little. "I already have protection from that."

"Right, and that Vlad creep finished what he was supposed to do? With those… Real Gems?"

"Reality Gems… Danny destroyed the physical constructs, but Vlad's research proved to me that once their energies are recollected, they'll reform. We have energy absorbing technology all throughout the world. While everyone was dealing with me, I had some Clusters go to FentonWorks, since that's where the Gauntlet was destroyed, and collected their energies and sent them into the combiner. With it, Danny will award you with a palace of a home for you both to raise your little ones in…"

Katie gasped with blissful joy, putting her hands on her face.

"That sounds so beautiful…"

As she daydreamed that, Thanatos walked off. She didn't know it at the time… but he had no intention of making that come true.

"The Reality Gems?" Danny asked, surprised to hear those again. "Their power still exists?"

"I remember Wolverine having a talk with Doctor Strange once…" Katie began to explain. "He says objects can be destroyed, but not their magic. So, the magic of the gems was scattered, but your house was sort of the point where they could be reformed, or at least their powers could."

"So… he's collecting those powers?" Danny didn't like where this is going, as evident by his look.

"Yeah… he mentioned he'll need tech thanks to Eon getting involved to speed the process up. Before, it was going to be a slow process that would take years, ruining your life just to make sure he'd stick around. He has a Plan B to speed the process up now that Kim's alife. He's planning to use the powers he's collected to turn himself into a god. One who can't be affected by time paradoxes and can travel to any world or timeline he wants so that he can keep destroying worlds to his heart's content."

"And… I'm guessing he needs Kim's parents?"

"Just her dad, because he's a brilliant scientist from a family who seems to have almost everything go right for them." Katie explained. "I think her mom is just being used as a hostage to make sure he complies with his plan. I think he said he wanted tech from some alien race to make it work."

Danny remembers a certain piece of alien tech in the Quantum Cannon.

"That Galvan tech…" Danny nodded. "Thank you, Katie… One thing though, you said he had a counter for the Quantum Cannon, what is it?"

Katie shook her head and shrugged. "I don't know, only that someone named Clockwork had something to do with it."

Danny sighed.

"Well… thanks again."

Katie nodded before disappearing. The psychic link gone.

Once that was done, Danny turned to speak with Kim, only to see Dr. Director with her, and looking confused.

"Umm… what was that about?"

"I got a psychic link with a friend." Danny admitted. "I know what evil me is up to."

"Then it's time we stage an assault. That energy shield he has over Quahog is weakening. By 5 tonight, it will be gone."

"Why is it weakening?" Kim asked.

"It's possible it's being powered by that Combiner thing." Director said. "Something must be wrong."

"More like Kim's dad has to drain it to upgrade Thanatos' master plan."

"Upgrade?" Director asked, not liking the sound of that.

"I'll explain later, we need to get help." Danny said.

In less than an hour, their reinforcements arrived.

The Fentons, Danny's friends, Kim, her brothers, Ron and Dr. Director were welcoming them.

Jake Long, with his grandfather.

"Yo yo! Phantom dude! The Am-Drag is here!" Jake stated.

His grandfather elbowed his arm.

"Jake, not now…" He reminded.

"Sorry…" He said.

Then walking towards them was Stitch.

"Stitch ready!" He held up blasters. "Save day before Lilo goes for camping trip!"

Finally, came in Team Go.

"The defenders of Go City are here!" Hego proudly boasted.

Mego groaned in annoyance while the Wego twin snickered.

"This is your army?" Sam questioned Danny. Danny shrugged. "Well, I'm coming too!" Sam held up a blaster.

"Me too!" Tucker had the lipstick laser.

Dr. Director was about to reject this idea, but stopped herself.

"Well… most of Earth's heroes are not available thank to Thanatos… so we need all the help we can get." She admitted.

That's when the sounds of someone knocking out her agents was heard.

They saw Shego knocking them out while walking towards them.

"You're going after that other Phantom? I want in!"

"You want payback for Drakken?" Kim asked.

"You bet!" Her hands burnt green.

All of the heroes looked unsure, but knew they had little time to discuss.

"What about your ghost friends?" Kim asked Danny.

"All of them are trying to keep the Ghost Zone in order right now. It looks like they found out Thanatos is an evil me and it's making chaos." He told her. "I guess Shego coming is helpful."

"Fine with me…" Shego said. That's when she gave a confused look. "You're seriously going to wear that again?"

Kim looked down at her mission outfit.

"Yeah. Turns out people like my old outfit more." Kim said. "Although…" She sent a small smile at Danny. "It helps when the lead designer is terrified of your boyfriend."

Danny shrugged with a playful look.

"Really?" Shego asked with disgust. "Season, after season, after season…"

"Says the woman who always wears black and green…" Danny shot back with his arms crossed.

"This is a classic!" Shego stated defensively.

"So is this…" Danny pointed to Kim's outfit. "You may as well tell Superman to lose his tights or cape. I guarantee people will lose their temper."

Shego rolled his eyes. "Whatever… can we just stop the evil you already?"

As they all got ready, the scientists who helped build the Quantum Cannon looked over the blueprints in another room.

"Odd… it should've worked…" Ford Pines questioned while scratching his chin.

"Did something go wrong?" Nora Wakeman questioned.

"No… something isn't right." Azmuth said while stroking his chin. "If this being is in fact a version of Danny Phantom from a defunct timeline, it should've worked… unless he had something that the Cannon's energy would have no effect on to shield him."

After enough time passes, the Fenton Jet took off from FentonWorks as everyone avoided people on crowds questioning the mystery villain who claimed to once be Danny Phantom.

It was halfway to Quahog as everyone was set, all ready.

That would be the Fenton family, their dog ghost, Sam, Tucker, Kim, Ron, her brothers, Yori, Team Go, Jake, Lao Shi, and Stitch.

Kim just stepped out, having donned her battlesuit.

"Okay… I'm ready."

"So, will all of us be able to win?" Ron asked.

"We don't need to win." Danny said. "We just have to make sure he loses. If we disrupt his Plan B, and get him out of that armor, he'll disappear in seconds."

"Yeah, that's easy to pull off…" Shego muttered sarcastically.

"She's got a point…" Jack, who was piloting, said as he looked back. "You said that suit makes him 100 times stronger and he's already pretty tough."

"I'm pretty sure with all of us, we'll have a chance. We just gotta keep him busy long enough…" Danny stated.

The ruins of Quahog, where Dark Danny/Thanatos has made his domain.

It was hours since his kidnapping of the Possible parents.

James had aimed the supped-up Quantum Cannon, attached to the tower that contains the Combiner, at a pedestal.

This was the reason the shield was powering down.

It fired a constant stream of energy, one that was draining all of the energy it contained. Thanks to adding the Galvanic Module, it was upgraded, allowing the power to have grown massively hours ago. It was now 10 times more power. And all of it was being fired in a constant stream. All this time, James is also observing and doing maintenance to make sure the machine doesn't overhear or short circuit.

Though tired, James was finished keeping the maintenance he was ordered to do, while making some changes of his own.

He took a moment to stop, wiping sweat off his forehead as Ann walked up to him, giving him a bottle of water that he took.

"James, this isn't good. You're overworking yourself…"

"As long as it works… Kimmie and Danny won't ever have to deal with him again." He said. "Just trust me…"

Ann sighed, but nodded.

That's when Thanatos made himself present, descending quickly and landing not too far from them.

"It looks like your daughter is staging a rescue mission for you with some friends… they will not be able to stop me." He said.

Neither of her parents like the sound of that,

"What exactly are you planning?" Ann asked.

"You'll find out…"

He flew off, leaving James to whisper to his wife.

"No worries… I set the Quantum Cannon up so it'll get powered by the compressed energy. When that happens… we'll fire at him."

"But it didn't work before." Ann reminded him.

"Ah, but it clearly didn't have enough power. This will…"

The ship landed roughly a mile away from the tower that Thanatos had built for the Combiner. Everyone on board was ready.

Once the jet opened up, with the passengers and pilot coming out and readying for battle, an evil laugh could be heard from the tower.

"Okay…" Danny said. "Soon as the shield goes down… we rush in! Everyone ready?!"

"READY!" Everyone got their weapons and powers ready.

That's when shield powered down.

At the pedestal, the stream from the cannon was done. In that pedestal, a hovering orb that glowed like the sun, the size of a basketball, was there.

"Perfect…" Thanatos said. "Now my ascension has begun… By dawn, not even this time amulet I've fused into myself would keep me in tact. Once I fully absorb this orb, I will finally become a god."

He took a step closer, readying his hand to grab it.

That's when James made his move.

"Shields up!"

An energy shield surrounded the pedestal, rendering it out of reach.

"WHAT?!" He looked to James. "What are you doing?!"

"Getting rid of you! You threatened my daughter and the love of my life, did you really think I was going to help you become a god?!"

"Dad! Mom!"

Kim's voice caught their attention. It was her, and so many others, coming to save them.

"Kimmie!" Ann called out happily, before noticing two who shouldn't be there. "Wait, why are the boys here too?"

"You're all just in time for this!" James said as he took the cannon and aimed it at Thanatos. "Goodbye!"

He fired a blast at Thanatos, a steady stream that engulfed him.

The brightness was enough that everyone blocked with their arms.

The cannon finally turned off.

However, to James' shock, it did nothing.

"That was your plan?" Thanatos asked incredulously. "You were going to hit me with that thing again?!"

"Whaa…" James was baffled greatly. "But… it didn't have the power before! It had access to an infinite power source now!"

"No… what I said was it had no power over me…" He pointed a finger, ready to fire. "Now you pay for your blasphemy…"

Before either of the Possibles were harmed, Jack Fenton rushed in while wearing the Ghost Peeler armor and threw a punch that knocked his son's evil doppelganger down.

"Get away from my best friend!" Jack demanded.

"Ooh… nice one." James congratulated.

Thanatos got up and grabbed his father by the head. Maddie ran towards them, but he threw Jack at Maddie, knocking her down.

"How amusing… this is the third time I've caused your deaths… this time better stick!"

He readied his hands to fire at them.

That's when Cujo ran in and carried the two away before the firing happened.

Danny and Dani flew at him, intent to tackle, but he backhanded them.

Jake Long and his grandfather fired their dragonbreath at him, but the flames did nothing. Stitch ran towards the evil ghost, but a quick punch sent the little blue alien back a few feet.

Shego, once the flames ended, came to her for and tried slashing him with her energized hands.

"You're toast!" She shouted.

Thanatos laughed it off.

"Danny's right… you are hot… too bad I have to end your life."

Shego stopped and looked rather unsettled by that admission. That an older version of someone who is currently a minor admits that she's hot.

"What?!"

Thanatos kicked her with force that sent her away.

Sam, Tucker and Jazz fired blasters while the dragons once again shot their flames. However, a dome shield redirected all of those attacks, knocking them down. Hego threw a punch, but Thanatos caught it. Mego attempted to sneak up with shrinking, but he grabbed his fist as well. With a twirl, he tossed them both away.

The Wego twins became a small army and rushed in, but Thanatos split into several of himself, each waving a hand to levitate them away.

"Did you all forget who you're fighting against?! I know almost everything you're all capable of and have more powers you haven't even seen yet!"

Danny, undaunted, got up and fired at the original. In response, he turned around and flew to Danny, grabbing him by the neck and pressing him against the tower.

"I just need you alive long enough for my ascension to work." He stated. "After that… I can finally throw my past away…"

Danny, despite the pressure on his neck, couldn't help but question something.

"How did that cannon not work?!"

"It's all thanks to my armor… and Clockwork…"

"How would Clockwork be-"

Suddenly, Danny remembered something.

Katie said he scratched his chest when he mentioned being prepared. He said Clockwork was closer than I would think… Wait, he looked like he was talking to his chest when Drakken saved Kim… does that mean…

Danny quickly came to a realization.

"He's in there… isn't he?" Danny asked, pointing at his chest.

Thanatos chuckled.

"Took you long enough… Yes. That idiot Psychobos took the remains of that Thermos and made something more of a rectangular plate. He's been inside the entire time, acting as my battery. What else do you think is powering this suit?"

Danny's eyes widened.

Thanatos threw him at the pedestal.

It shocked and bounced him off.

Once that was done, he saw everyone else in battle with his duplicates.

This gave him the opportunity he needed. He phased his arm through the floor, pulling a cable.

That cable powered the pedestal, and now the shield turned off.

In that instant, his duplicates disappeared. Everyone was confused… until they heard a laugh.

They saw it, he had the orb in his hand.

Now he was absorbing the energy through his hand, with the absorbers draining it. It was causing him to glow red.

He was laughing evilly.

Everyone tried to attack, but he hovered into the air before anything could be done.

"IT'S WORKING! I CAN FEEL IT! I'VE ALREADY ABSORBED A THIRD OF ITS POWER! I AM EVOLVING! ASCENDING!"

"Not a chance!" Dani shouted.

She flew up and kicked the orb out of his hand.

"NO!" He shouted. "YOU GENETIC MISTAKE!"

He backhanded her, sending her into the ground and creating a small crater.

"SIS!" Jazz shouted as she ran to her and helped her up.

"IT DOESN'T MATTER!" Thanatos shouted. "I HAVE HALF OF THE POWER OF THAT ORB!" He rose higher, taking an almost angelic pose. "My form has become greater! Superior! Bow while you still live! All hail Thanatos!"

He rose his hand into the air.

"What's he doing?!" Danny questioned.

"This took time to wipe out Quahog… let's see how long it takes to do more!"

Suddenly, there was a large orb, 10 times his size, hovering over him.

With an evil laugh, he fired beams into the sky.

Part 2 ends.

It looks like things have reached their darkest point.

Now you know where Clockwork has been and what evil thing Dark Danny has been up to.

Also, it looks like something dark, very dark, is about to happen.

Next time is part 3, and how will it end?

Invader Johnny: The fight's not over.

Major Simi: Thanks a bunch.

Luiz4200: It's getting more serious.

danifan3000: Take a good guess who is getting it next time.

BeConFuzzled Writer: Thanks. I had that idea the whole time.

qazse: That's something I'd like to try. I was actually hoping she'd be one of Danny's dates.

Jebest4781: I have a few in mind. I was thinking of Violet, but Luiz4200 beat me to it. I wish him luck.