Tabitha struggled in her bonds as she looked down to see that the mouth of Carnivorous Canyon was opening and wider with each passing minute.
"Andrew….Dayla….anyone please help me!" Tabitha pleaded with fear and hope in her mind.
She hoped that her cousin and his friends would come and help her, but she also didn't want Andrew to lose Dayla or her to lose her friends to this ghost who had kidnapped her so he could get revenge on them.
Anandlok gestured Skulker to remove the gag from her mouth and then spoke to her once it was removed, "Your friends have only minutes to bring The Phantoms and their dimensional counterparts to me. Should they fail, well….I guess this beast will get to eat."
Tabitha then tried to see if she could get Anandlok to lose focus by making his anger get to him and hopefully when her friends arrive to stop him, it'll make easier for them to beat him. So she said, "So in other words until then, we're just gonna sit around here waiting? Not much of a bad guy are you?"
Anandlok looked at her in confusion and asked, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well….once they get here what are you gonna do anyway? I mean sure you don't really have many special powers that my friends have do you? It's no wonder they've managed to kick your butt and the butts of their other enemies over and over again." Tabitha answered with a slight smirk.
"I WILL NOT BE MOCKED AND INSULTED! ESPECIALLY BY A HUMAN GIRL!" Anandlok roared.
Skulker gave Anandlok an uneasy look and said slowly trying not offend him, "Uh…I think you've gone mad with power…."
Anandlok grinned at Skulker and said, "Of course I've gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It's boring and no-one listens to you!"
"Quick question for you Skulker, who was more fun for you to work with? Vlad or this guy?" Tabitha asked.
Skulker shrugged and then answered, "Well to be honest before he went completely insane and tried to destroy us all, Vlad. I mean….he could actually pay me to steal stuff for him and to sometimes try and take down Danny and Dayla."
"Alright! I've had enough of this. Be quiet human girl and I'll rip you to pieces!" Anandlok threatened.
Skulker picked up on his grammar error and asked, "Uh….don't you mean or?"
Anandlok groaned in annoyance and threatened Tabitha once more, "Be quiet human girl or I'll rip you to pieces!"
"Well, which is it? That seems like a pretty crucial conjunction." Tabitha said, making Anandlok even more annoyed.
"That's it Skulker! Cut the rope." Anandlok ordered.
"But sir…Team Phantom still has ten minutes left." Skulker protested, showing he had honour when it came to making deals.
"I don't care you fool! Give me that blade and get out of my way! I'll cut it myself!" Anandlok said, grabbing the blade off of Skulker and floating towards the rope.
Tabitha now was worried as he bought the blade closer and was about to cut it when suddenly he heard a voice, "STOP!"
They looked to see Andrew had come in the Spectre Speeder. He came out wearing a jet pack and floated outside, holding a thermos in his hand.
"Ah ha! So you've arrived and where are the others?" Anandlok questioned.
"They don't know I'm here." Andrew answered, glaring at the one who kidnapped his cousin.
"Andrew?! What are you doing? Please tell me you didn't…." Tabitha asked, beginning to think the worst.
"I don't have a choice Tabitha! I can't lose you like dad. Dayla and the others…..will understand someday." Andrew said, looking down.
Tabitha looked at him sadly, believing he was actually meeting Anandlok's demands and handing over his girlfriend, her siblings and their dimensional counterparts, although she was still confused about that part.
Anandlok laughed and said, "Oh this is rich! Dayla Phantom betrayed by her own boyfriend! I'd never thought this would happen."
"Enough! Just let Tabitha go!" Andrew shouted.
Anandlok held out his hand and said, "Hand over the thermos boy, then you get your dear cousin back."
Andrew floated over and handed the thermos to Anandlok and said, "There! Now you're done with Tabitha."
Anandlok nodded and gestured to Skulker to release Tabitha. Skulker did so and bought her over to Andrew who gave her a tight hug. Anandlok pressed the thermos and out came Danny, Dayla, Older Danny, Older Dani, Dani and Dale, each of them unconscious and around their waists were Spectre Deflectors, however Anandlok had no idea that they were duplications.
Meanwhile, Danny, Dani, Older Danny, Older Dani, Dale, Dani, Kayla, Annaya and the rest of Team Phantom were watching by, waiting for the chance to strike.
"When's the time to strike?" Older Dani asked quietly.
"Almost there, hang on." Dayla answered quietly as well and continued to watch the confrontation.
"It's amazing how with the proper motivation, I can make someone do my bidding." Anandlok said, still grinning and believing he had finally won.
He prepared a fatal ecto-blast and began to say, "And now I shall….."
"GET A MAJOR CASE OF BUTT WHOOPING?!" He heard six voices shout and suddenly, he was blasted by six ecto-blasts at once, causing him to scream in pain.
He winced as he looked back up and suddenly gasped as he saw floating there was none other than the real Danny, Dayla, Dale, Dani, Older Danny and Older Dani. Tabitha smiled at Andrew who then smiled back and winked at her, showing that they had a plan all along. Tabitha then noticed Older Danny and Dani.
"So….who are the ones that look like Danny and Dani?" Tabitha asked in confusion.
"I'll explain later, right after we take down this guy." Andrew answered, pointing at Anandlok.
Kayla, Jazz, Jack, Maddie, Valerie, Tucker, Kayla, Sam, Jimmy and Sonya finally arrived at the scene, each of them holding powerful blasters in their hands, while Kayla's fists glowed with purple ecto-energy and aimed them at Anandlok and Skulker. Andrew then handed Tabitha an ecto-blaster so she could join in the team. Anandlok noticed he was outgunned.
"Skulker! Get down here and help!" Anandlok demanded. "THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING! IT'S NOT LIKE THE QUEEN IS HERE!"
"It's funny you should mention that Anandlok." Annaya spoke as she appeared right behind him, causing him to jump in fright.
"Your….your Majesty!" Anandlok said in complete shock.
Walker and several ghost officers then appeared at the scene of the crime. Walker then read out of his rule back, "Let's see….kidnapping and almost committing murder. That's against the rules punk."
"Geez, wish the Walker in our universe was like this Walker here." Older Danny muttered.
"For real." Older Dani muttered, agreeing with Older Danny.
Skulker gulped at the sight of the Queen and suddenly flew off screaming, "I LEFT THE STOVE ON AND EMBER HATES WHEN I DO THAT!"
"COWARD!" Anandlok shouted at the fleeing ghost.
"Talk about the Ghost Zone's greatest hunter." Older Dani said, making Older Danny chuckle.
"Tabitha, I believe since he kidnapped you, you can have the first shot." Dayla said.
"With pleasure! This if for kidnapping me you ectoplasmic loser!" Tabitha shouted and then sent a blast hitting Anandlok dead on.
More blasts were then fired by Danny, Dayla, Older Danny, Older Dani, Dani, Dale, Jimmy, Sonya, Jack, Maddie, Jazz, Annaya, Walker, Walker's ghosts, Valerie, Tucker and Kayla, hitting him all at once.
Anandlok screamed as the blasts continued, causing him more and more pain with each one. Suddenly he couldn't take it anymore and screamed, "ENOUGH!"
Everyone stopped and finally, Anandlok fell weakly to the floating ground beneath him. Danny, Dayla, Older Danny, Older Dani, Dani and Dale walked up to him on the floating rock. The thermos was in Danny's hands ready to go.
"You've really caused us a lot of trouble Anandlok." Danny said, his glare not leaving his face.
"If you ever come kidnap anyone that's either our friend, my boyfriend or any of our family again, we'll blast you so hard you won't be able to float around for a month!" Dayla shouted at him with full fury.
"Any last requests before we hand you over to Alternate Walker?" Older Dani asked.
"No requests, but a warning. For defeating me, I give you this warning as a gift." Anandlok said as he weakly sat up. "Those Harvesters that came from the other world, their new queen is hungry for revenge and she won't just stop at your world."
"I know that. I'm her sister and I won't let her get revenge for Hertha's death and definitely will not let her harvest Earth or any other world." Kayla said with a frown.
"Ah….but you should know princess that this is still the beginning. You should know what will happen should you defeat your sister once and for all." Anandlok said, a small grin appearing on his face.
Kayla's eyes widened as she then realised that Anandlok was right about what he said and showed little concern
"What do you mean by that?" Older Danny asked.
Anandlok smirked and said, "Sorry, but I never said I would give you answers."
"Then why even warn us in the first place?" Dale asked.
"I may want you defeated someday halfa-boy, but like Skulker I consider myself to be a ghost of honour and know when I am defeated." Anandlok answered.
He then smirked at Kayla as he finished, "But that doesn't mean I have to share all knowledge of coming dangers to alternate realities. Besides, you want answers, why don't you talk the dear Harvester Princess about it."
"Put him in the thermos bro. He's not gonna share anything more." Dani said.
Danny nodded and without waiting for another second, he sucked Anandlok inside the thermos and Anandlok, didn't even let off a scream as he was sucked inside. With him now defeated, Danny handed the thermos over to Walker who nodded and then began to head back to his prison. Everyone gave themselves a little celebration while Kayla was silent and concerned about what Anandlok had said, which didn't go unnoticed by Older Danny and Dani.
"You okay, your Highness?" Older Danny asked.
"Um….yeah, I'm okay." Kayla said, though concern was still written on her face.
"You sure?" Older Dani asked.
"Yeah….ummmm…we better head back. We gotta get back to our universe." Kayla said.
Older Danny and Dani went over to speak to Team Phantom, while Kayla stayed behind to think as she knew what would happen once Camila is taken care of. Annaya then approached her as she had a feeling what Kayla was thinking, since she saw the visions from her telepathy.
"Are you okay dear one?" Annaya asked with concern.
"To be honest your Majesty, no. Anandlok is right about one thing, it's still the beginning. Once my sister is defeated once and for all, I fear that…" Kayla began to say, but then stopped as she couldn't finish her sentence due to her fear of what she knew.
Annaya placed a comforting hand on her shoulder and said, "I understand. I saw it in your visions. Just focus on defeating your sister fist and then I know you'll find a wat to deal with your other problem."
She then turned her to look at Older Danny and Older Dani who were speaking to Team Phantom and said, "And always remember this, no matter what happens, you are never alone."
Kayla smiled and said, "Yeah. You're right, your Majesty."
"Come now your Highness, we better get back to Fenton Works." Annaya said.
With that, the two royals joined Older Danny, Older Dani and Team Phantom and they began to head back to Fenton Works.