Around sunset after a busy school day and one unexpected jamming concert, Danny was playing Green Undead Remission in his room. The character he was playing as had just severed the foot of an unsuspecting bystander when all of a sudden his ghost sense went off.
"Hm. I wonder who that could be?"
Smiling as he stood up, the halfa proceeded by transforming into his alter ego and going intangible before flying up through the ceiling.
As soon as he was outside hovering over Fenton Works 2.0 he asked, "Vacation or rematch?"
The ghost girl hovering across from him with long fiery hair that extended down to the back of her ankle stated, "When I'm done with you, you're gonna need a vacation."
"Sorry. I already used up all of my saved ones. But if you come back same time next year, I'm sure we can work something out."
"I see you're still annoying as usual," smirked Ember before pulling out her guitar. "But enough with the chit-chat. Let's throw down."
"As you command your highness."
Danny's hands glowed green and Ember readied her guitar by channeling energy into it. Following that the two aimed at each other and unleashed powerful opening beams. Once the attacks had connected, a flash of blinding light exploded outward swallowing everything with its magnificence.
The halfa hero and diva of disaster were momentarily stunned by the scene but were ready to continue at the drop of a hat.
Danny quickly channeled his ice powers in his hands before firing off a cold blast. His opponent noticed his core power at work.
"You're not gonna one shot me this time babypop," said Ember dodging the blast and keeping a fair distance between them as she adjusted the dial on her instrument to the recently acquired lightning icon and unleashed a booming lightning blast.
Sweatdropping, Danny extended his arms frontward and summoned an ecto shield in front of him which took the full brunt of the hit. Even though he didn't take a lick of damage, he felt strained.
"(Whoa! I almost forgot how powerful she became lately.)" thought the ghost boy. "(Better not underestimate her.)"
He was about to lower his shield but then Ember unleashed more lightning at him in rapid succession. Danny's jaw clenched under the pressure he was facing.
"Grr!"
"They say lightning doesn't strike the same place twice," shouted the musician clearly enjoying her opponent's predicament. "I guess you must be the rod exception!"
"Nice quip...!" complimented Danny while focusing on maintaining the shield. "Its a step up from that 'bring the thunder' line from our last fight!"
The pop princess deadpanned, "Can't let that one go, can you?"
"Not on your li- afterlife! (I seriously need to find a way to get out of this. What do I do? Her attack is close to on par with Vortex's. Wait a minute.)"
Suddenly, the ghost boy remembered something and an idea quickly came to mind. A smirk soon formed with his lips.
"(Its risky but my only shot. Hope this doesn't hurt too much.)"
Danny then allowed his shield to cease which in turn allowed Ember's attack to light him up like a Christmas Tree.
"Aaaagh!"
Seeing that she had seemingly broken through his protective barrier, Ember smiled in satisfaction and watched him being electrocuted.
"You're mine now babypo... wait what is he doing?"
Concentrating despite the overwhelming amount of pain that he was in, Danny allowed his ghostly power to connect with the lightning Ember struck him with. His eyes came open in determination and slowly his arm raised followed by his index and middle finger pointing true in the ghost diva's direction.
"You know Ember...!" grimaced the halfa. "You were right about something. I am a lightning rod. But that's only part of the story. I'm also a lightning conduit!"
The flame-haired girl's eyes widened once Danny discharged the same kind of lightning she used back at her.
She didn't have time to dodge due to being caught off guard.
"Aaaack!" she cried as Danny became free of the burden he was under. It took maybe 5 seconds for the counter to stop shocking the pop princess. By which time, her hair was spiked in multiple directions and she glared at the halfa as her body sizzled.
"Not the shocking development you were expecting huh?" uttered a smug smiling Danny.
"How did you do that?" asked Ember sharpening her gaze.
"Long story short, when Vortex comes to town you learn how to weather any storm."
At the same time not too far away, a stalker observed the fight. It remained invisible, still, unblinking, even unbreathing watching Danny and Ember; analyzing everything they were doing.
"..."
The pop princess contemplated what to do next.
"(I should have figured he'd have a few surprises up his sleeve. But he's not the only one who's hiding an ace.) You think you're special don't you?"
"Well I am one of two of the only half-ghosts in existence. It comes with the territory."
"Don't let that head grow too big or you won't be able to fly for long."
"Is that jealously or admiration I'm detecting?"
"Neither dipstick," Ember rolled her eyes. "I might not be able to copy myself and suck up electricity like a sponge, but I do have my own arsenal that stands out amongst the crowd."
"If you're talking about that upside down tornado and extendable hair fire trick I'm well aware."
The musician's facial expression twisted into a dark one full of delight. Seeing her flagitious smile and humored giggle was enough to make Danny tense up.
"(Why do I get the feeling like I flew into an active volcano?)"
"Usually, I try to conserve as much energy as I can whenever I cross over into the human world so I can make a quick getaway whenever I need to. I had to learn that the hard way after you and your friends pulled the plug on my performance the first time I came to town. And ever since, I worked my butt off in order to conserve every last bit of it. But now that I don't have a reason to worry about bailing, I can use all the fuel I have left in my tank."
And then in the next moment, Ember's entire being burned like a flame; in addition to it being teal colored. Every part of her flickered in the air before the stunned halfa.
"As you can see," confidently displayed the pop princess with hands on her hips. "I'm hotter than ever."
Danny swallowed.
"(I might have my work cut out for me.)"