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Dreamt
Chapter 19: Facing The Nightmare
Previously
"Darn it, he got away! We have to go after him!..."Val said, not yet finished with the dream invading ghost .
"But we don't even know where his hide out is..."Tucker complained.
"I do..."Star said, surprising everyone.
"Really?..."Danny asked and his girlfriend nodded.
"When I was in Danny's dream, I figured out that it has something to do with beds...and that Nocturn is also very lazy and unoriginal..."She commented. "He also mentioned pillows when we were fighting him in Danny's dream..."She explained.
"So, where is it?..."Sam asked, being impatient.
Star sighed and frowned as she began speaking again.
"There's only one place that would have a lot of pillows and be big enough to house machinery from an evil, power hungry ghost that's obsessed with other people's dreams..."Star said as she began to tell them her theory.
Present Time
Team Phantom and company soon arrived to a certain location. It was a long ride over, but they found the ghost going into an abandoned factory on the edge of town.
Landing nearby, the teens stared in disbelief at the location.
This was their reaction to Nocturn's new lair.
"A pillow factory…"Jazz droned.
The teens stared at the place in disbelief. Sam's eye twitched in frustration as the others shook their heads.
"I'm guessing his last base was a…blanket factory or something?…"Val asked.
"It was a mattress factory and it was pretty much the same kind of place for him to hide in the first place ..."Sam said. "He's just being redundant right now..."She complained.
"Well, he did say his plan just needed patch work…I guess this just worked for him…"Tucker added as the boy kept his eyes on the building, just staring with a blank face.
"Puh-lease, he's just not as creative as the people he steals dreams from..."Star said, still unimpressed by the lack of originality.
"Let's just end this so we can all get some real sleep..."Danny said, wanting to end this now.
The heroes then readied their weapons, ready to face off against the evil dream ghost one more time.
"And... go!..." Danny shouted.
They broke in, the door already unlocked. They weren't even bothering to being sneaky at this point by busting down the doors
"Knock knock!..." Valerie went.
"Sorry, your lease on this place has expired!..." Danny called out, getting his enemy's attention.
From the machine he powers himself from, Nocturn scowled.
"Sleepwalkers! Get them!..." He shouted as the remainder of his army formed.
"This again? Maybe get some new henchmen!..." Danny scoffed, ready to take them down.
His enemy was tired of his sense of humor and his snarky comments.
"Don't get too overconfident, you miserable little freak! I'll still come out victorious!..."Nocturn said, pounding on the inside of his machine before he ordered his henchmen to go on the attack.
Danny smirked and tried to get under his skin again.
"Maybe this time you go into a lengthy evil monologue and bore us to sleep..."Danny quipped, making Star laugh at that.
Nocturn just felt the last straw snap alongside his patience.
"Sleepwalkers! Don't let that one live!..."The villain shouted, pointing specifically at Danny.
The ghosts surrounded Danny, who's eyes and fists glowed, fully prepared to take them all down.
With a hand-wave, Danny froze all of them. All of the sleepwalkers frozen in place with varied expressions of surprised and disappointment over what happened, all within a matter of seconds.
"That was easy... "He said.
"Nice..." Star said, hugging Danny.
"Thanks..."He said before glaring at Nocturn.
"Now you..." Danny said, glaring at him.
With hate for the two, Nocturn broke free of his machine before he was fully energized. He was also angry about his minions failure too.
"If you want something done right, you'll have to do it yourself!..."He complained before glaring hard at his foes.
"I'm going to make your nightmares come alive!..."He yelled.
He really is losing it now and it was showing.
Nocturn's raging form appeared in front of the lovebirds. His eyes glowed a dark red as his teeth were bared for all to see, making him look more like a monster than a ghost.
"You think you can defeat me?!..."Nocturn's voice shook the ground.
He grew bigger as he crouched over the couple. Star was taken back, but Danny scoffed at Nocturn. The boy had the nerve to laugh at him, calming down the girl in the process.
The ghose boy then sent a smug look to the villain, knowing what will happen net.
"Dude, this is the part where we trap you in the thermos..."Danny said as he brought out the Fenton Thermos, much to Nocturn's surprise. "You may be powerful in your dreams, but I beat you in reality..."He declared.
Nocturn was not undaunted the two ghosts elevated and battled.
"Don't forget, you still need me down before you can even aim that infernal contraption!..."He shouted before he charged forward, knocking the thermos out of the ghost boy's hand..
"OW!..."Danny yelled.
He rubbed his hand, but was unscathed as he cracked his knuckles before glaring at Nocturn.
"Prepare to be destroyed, Ghost Child..."He shouted before he knocked Danny away with a backhand.
Danny slid on the floor before hitting the wall with his feet to kick back up and resume the fight.
"Danny!..."Star said as she ran to him, helping him up.
"I'm fine but he's more desperate than last time...He said.
"I'm guessing that he was easier last time..."Val commented.
"More like he's less stable now..."Tucker commented.
"That's putting it mildly..."Sam said as they kept fighting the evil ghost.
Nocturn refused to go down but the heroes kept fighting and firing at him. Thankfully, Danny was able to keep him at bay by a wave of his hand releasing cold energy but they knew that this is temporary.
While the dream ghost was distracted, the other members of Team Phantom tried to make their next move.
"I got the thermos..."Tucker said as he handed it to Danny.
Danny took it and tried to strategize.
"He's not going down easy. Any ideas?..."He questioned.
"Even with his plan repeated and his stubbornness, Nocturn's still powerful. Let's just reprogram his machine!..." Jazz ordered.
"On it!..." Tucker said as he got on his PDA.
"And keep getting him mad, he's bound to slip up soon..."Sam suggested.
The others nodded and did their part to stop the evil dream ghost.
While the others kept the sleep-walers at bay, the tech geek went to the machine, pulled out his PDA and began working on it, all the while, Sam watched his back. Danny did a somersault to avoid getting crushed by a giant hand. He grunted and raised a shield to block one swipe from Nocturn, all the while, waiting for his friend to do his job.
"Tucker! Are you doing it or ordering pizza?!..." Danny asked.
"First off, I only order pizza on this when I got a lady present at home!..." Tucker shouted, annoyed as he did his job.
"So... never?..." Valerie scoffed.
Despite the situation, all the girls were amused by that, much to Tucker's irritation.
"Second... Nocturn's machine has a firewall now! It's gonna take time to hack in this time!..." He continued as he tried his best.
"Here's a way to break down that firewall..." Valerie said, aiming her arm blaster and fired, blowing a sizable hole in the machine.
Valerie smirked proudly at her work before noticing the surprised looks on the other's faces.
"What?..." She asked, confused by their reactions.
"Uh... nothing..." Jazz said.
Nocturn stopped attacking Danny long enough to see what happened and panicked.
"MY MACHINE?!..."He yelled in horror. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE?!..."He yelled at Valerie.
"Ruined your plans..."The female hunter said smugly, lightly petting her weapon.
Just then, sparks flew and the machine was not the only thing damaged, as the blast went right through the wall, a wall that was now on fire as the machine itself also engulfed in flames. And now the structural integrity of the building was weakening and everything was about to go up in smoke.
Val saw this and her smugness disappeared, realizing her what she did might have been overkill.
"Uh, maybe I over did it..."She said nervously.
"Ya think?!..."The others yelled at her.
Danny saw this and flew to everyone, knowing that things were about to get a lot more dangerous if they stuck over any longer.
"Everyone, grab on!..."Danny ordered and they all did so, even Cujo ran towards him, sensing the on-coming danger.
Once they all grabbed on, he quickly became intangible and braced themselves.
Nocturn attempted to salvage the machine but it was no use. He knew it too.
"Oh, BED BUGS!..."He shouted but it was too late!
KABOOM!
The machine exploded. It was loud but only lasted a few seconds. Once it was done, Danny regained his tangibility and let everyone go.
"Everyone okay?..."He asked.
"We're fine, Danny..."Star said.
"Speak for yourself, I think I got tinnitus!..."Tucker complained, but the others tried to ignore both his whining
"Can't hurt more than what the construction crew has to do..."Sam said as they saw that the entire area was now in ruins and smoldering in spots.
"At least this is one lair Nocturn won't use again…not that in complaining..."Jazz said, happy the machine was destroyed and everyone would be free now.
Looks like the nightmare was finally over...or was it?
The teenagers suddenly felt sure they've won until one of them noticed that someone was missing here.
"Where is Nocturn?..."Star asked, trying to find their foe.
That answer came quick after theh briefly searched the area and saw a big pile of rubble. Nocturn, who had been under the pile of rubble thanks to the explosion and forgetting to go intangible, burst out and was was panting hard.
The evil ghost could only stare in horror as he watched his machine fall apart, finally destroyed.
"No! NOOO!..."Nocturn yelled as he knew that his plan has shattered.
He knew that the transmission would end, which means that everyone was no longer under his helmet's control and would wake up, which also means that he had a broken machine that no longer provided him anymore dream energy for him to consume or gain more power from.
His plan is ruined!
AGAIN!.
"NO! It was suppose to work this time!..."He shouted, as he slammed his fists on the ground.
To have his plan fail once was irritating but twice?! That was not possible!
"Maybe for you next plan, you should sleep on it..."Danny quipped, infuriating the villain even more that he ruined his plans again.
Nocturn shook as he directed his anger elsewhere. Towards this young halfa, alongside with equally troublesome blonde girlfriend, their friends and their monster mutt.
"You will pay for that!..."He yelled, reaching out for Danny.
Danny smirked as blasted the hand, making it pull back. Nocturn was now without patience and seeing no other options left but to fight, was determined to finish him for this.
"I'll steal more than your dreams for this!..."He said, trying to power up, but found the glow died down fast.
The teenagers shared a snarky laugh as they saw.
"Looks like you need your beauty rest..."Star snarked as she egged him on.
Nocturn felt an eye twitch, looking angrier and more unhinged than before. He was the state of rage and desperation as his plan and lair were in complete ruins and he was STILL dealing with the one who was the cause of all of this.
"YOU MEDDLESOME BRAT! YOU'VE RUINED WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY MASTERPIECE!..."He yelled looking angry.
Star rolled her eyes.
"Oh please, all you really did was recycled an old failed plan, then call it new and tried to pull it off one more time..."She said, arms crossed.
Nocturn gave a guttural growl before floating down to the ground. He stared every weapon known to man at Team Phantom.
"Last I checked, it was a good thing to recycle. Especially a plan, whose only flaws needed some tweaking..."Nocturn said, recomposing himself.
"Oh please. That only works for the environment…"Sam snarked.
"Whatever. As long as I'm still in control, everything will be for nothing. As some say, you'll have to sleep sometime…"Nocturn retorted.
The heroes, however, didn't look tired yet. If anything, they're were more determined and felt that this whole thing had gone on long enough.
The teenagers grouped together to be ready for battle again. It was time to end things.
"Alright then, time to wake up!..."Danny charged ecto-energy into his fists as he and the others gave one final stand against Nocturn.
"Time to hit to the snooze button!..."Star said.
"In this case, we should smash it..."Val said as she summoned more cubes.
"Into a million bits..."Sam said.
"This time we'll put YOU to sleep, Slumber master..."Jazz said, earning a groan with everyone in the room.
"She's been calling him that all night, hasn't she?..."Danny asked in an cringing tone while the others nodded.
Jazz ignored him while they all resumed the fight with Nocturn
Whatever you have in mind can't be worse than her name ideas..." Nocturn said, earning an eye-roll from Jazz.
"You're about to see how much worse it can get..."Star taunted, aiming her weapon.
"You won't get a chance to try..."The villain sneered as he sent a blast at her.
Star dodged thanks to her cheer moves and continued to agitate him.
"Next time you want to make another evil plan for revenge, do it when you haven't woken up from the wrong side of the bed, Goat Face!..."Star taunted, causing the dream ghost to lose what little restraint he had left.
"I've changed my mind, you will parish first!..."The villain shouted, still furious with her.
Nocturn went directly to Star, glaring burning daggers at the blonde girl who kept trying to agitate him and make him lose more focus.
"Aw, what's wrong? Did we set your alarm early for your downfall?..."Star mocked, knowing that she was getting to him and making him lose more control of himself.
"I have had enough of you, you little nuisance! You're going to pay for ruining everything!..."He shouted, making this personal as he blamed her for everything.
"And this is where I say, dream on, Dream-butt..."Star sassed, as she stood back.
"Silence, you infuriating girl! Don't forget that even with diminished strength, I'm still stronger than you!..."The villain sneered.
Nocturn tried to make his attack but before he could strike, Danny fired more at him.
"I SAID STAY AWAY FROM MY GIRLFRIEND!..."The ghost boy shouted as he sent a barrage of glowing green ectoplasmic fist at the evil dream ghost.
Each blast pushed Nocturn back a few feet, affecting him from the brutal tumbling he was receiving from the ghost boy. Every hit made the ghost of dreams weaker, causing him to shrink in size. No matter how he retaliated, the ghost's use of his powers backfired. Every attack had to end someone, an impossible task given his power level.
And things got worse for the villain as he became the size of a jock. Star came at him with her saber, delivering one final blow as he crashed to the ground.
"That's what you get for messing with my Danny!..."Star cried out.
"You'll have to do more than that to stop me!..."The enemy shouted.
"Then how about this!?..."Danny shouted as he froze Nocturn in a block of ice, leaving only his head free.
"What the- NO!..."He shouted while the ghost boy smirked at him.
Danny then pulled out his thermos and shattered the icy prison with a blast. The ghost of dreams shivered for a moment, annoyed by the cold.
"S-S-So..C-C-Co-Cold...You...w-will p-pay for this..."Nocturn said with his teeth chattering, looking pitiful right now.
Danny smirked as he ended this once and for all.
"Next time you want sweet dreams, try reading a good book before bed..."He said as he activated the decided.
Nocturn shrank as he tried to fly away, but the ghost boy had activated the thermos, trapping him in the beam as he was pulled inside.
"NOOOOOO! NOT AGAIN! I WILL RETURN AND WHEN I DO, I WILL UNLEASH YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES! COUNT ON IT!..."Nocturn screamed before he was sucked inside.
Danny clasp the thermos shut, trapping him.
"And now, I'll be having sweet dreams..."He said, putting the device away.
Star giggled as she embraced her ghost boy.
"You and me both, Danny-boo!..."She said as she pulled the ghost boy in for a kiss, something he returned.
After a long and perilous night, the nightmare was finally over.
-To be continued-
Next time on Dreamt
Victory
A/N(1): Special thanks to NeoMark, Jay The Average Fanboy and BeConfuzzled Writer for assisting in this chapter. You guys rock :)
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