Danny and Volpe began their fight, but both took special care to avoid wrecking the equipment. Despite having been worn down by Sam, Volpe was still fuelled enough to put up a good fight against Danny, who, having just gotten into the room, was not used to the confined space. Now Volpe had him by the neck.

"You're committing suicide just 'cause you and Frost dated while you were alive!?" Danny coughed out, trying to pry Volpe's hands off his throat.

"So you found that out, did you!?" Volpe smirked, "You forget, I'm a full ghost; I'm already dead!" Danny blasted Volpe in the face and ducked off to the side, but Volpe got his wind back fast. He kicked Danny back against the wall...and accidentally caused him to hit RELEASE on the container in the room. Out from it came...

"I am The Box Ghost!" the little nimrod started trying to act scary, "Child!" he shouted at Danny, "You and I have been enemies before! But seeing as you have released me, I shall now use my power over all thing cardboard, square, and container in use, to take my corrugated cardboard vengeance upon they who imprisoned me!" he prepared to fight with Volpe before looking around; there wasn't a single scrap of cardboard in the whole room.

"Uh..." The Box Ghost thought for a minute, "Beware!" he tried to phase out of the room, but the walls were designed to keep ghosts both out and in. He hit the floor.

"Crud," Danny said. At that moment, both heard the sounds of the door opening. It slowly slid open by itself, revealing the form of the one who had opened it. Sarah Frost; or rather, her ghost; was standing there, smiling evilly. Distracted for a brief second by The Box Ghost running out, she looked up at Danny.

"Double crud," he muttered. Volpe just stared in disbelief at Frost.

"Sarah..." he whispered, clearly astonished, "Sarah, what happened to..." he saw how she was looking at Danny; he shot an evil glare at him as well.

"Triple crud," Danny sighed, "This has been anything but a vacation," he got ready to fight both of them. Frost was far more vicious than Volpe, still careful to avoid destroying anything but merciless in her assault. Volpe seemed to be more fuelled by rage now himself. Danny could handle Volpe, but he could barely keep up with Frost. She had the same types of energy blasts as Sam and one of them singed Danny's right leg. He looked around after that. No sign of Volpe. That changed after he was grabbed from behind. Volpe had him in a full nelson, keeping him from getting away from Frost's attacks. In under 30 seconds, Danny could barely breathe and was coughing up blue glowing liquid. Volpe threw him up into the space between two (strong) pipes. Danny collapsed down on the third catwalk. He didn't even have time to get all the way up on his knees. Frost hit him with another energy blast (this time the kind Danny had) in the back. He couldn't really tell what she did next; he was smacked around before landing up on the fourth catwalk. He looked up, coughing. Frost had an energy blast charged up, grinning evilly and ready to fire. Danny could tell this was not an ordinary ectoplasmic energy blast. But he also noticed a cardboard box floating over Frost's head. It slammed down on her, getting stuck around her waist. It didn't hurt her, but she was confused.

"A-HA!" The Box Ghost had two boxes floating over his hands, "Now that I have located some cardboard, square containers, I, The Box Ghost, will have my corrugated cardboard vengeance in...uh, what's the word?"

"Ernst?" Danny suggested.

"Full?" Volpe commented.

"Ah!" The Box Ghost shouted, "I had it! But I forgot it when you started speaking!" he was talking to Volpe. He sent both boxes at Volpe; Volpe just phased through them. He looked at Frost in a way that showed he was asking permission for something.

"Take it outside," she said, "There's barely enough room in here for one fight," Volpe grinned menacingly down at The Box Ghost, and in a few seconds, both were outside. Danny could barely hear their fight through his own beating. Volpe quickly sent The Box Ghost flying upward, out of the base and towards the mansion.

"BEWARRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" he shouted.

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The Box Ghost flew through the mansion, still screaming "beware!" at the top of his lungs. Jack noticed him.

"Ghosts!" he turned on the Ghost Vacuum, sucking up punch, rugs, and somebody's mask. Now The Box Ghost crashed down to Earth...in the pile of empty cardboard boxes that once held all the decorations. He flew up, as goofy and ridiculous as ever.

"I am The Box Ghost!" he shouted, "I have power over all containers, cardboard and square! Now tremble, as you are buried under the weight of..." he read one of the box labels, "Halloween decorations from The Decoration Company, of Boston Massachusetts (the state's name he mispronounced). He began throwing boxes around as everyone deserted the building except Jack, who stood his ground.

"Bring it on, Box Ghost...or, whatever you called yourself, who cares!? BRING IT ON!" he got hit in the face with a box, but the Ghost Vacuum pulled the supports off the chandelier, sending it crashing down on The Box Ghost, who failed to notice it quick enough to phase through.

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Danny was slammed against the side of the main part of The Gateway. He could barely open his eyes or see anymore. Smoke was coming out of his two old wounds again, he had at least 15 large bruises and 10 small cuts all over his body, and a trickle of blue glowing liquid was coming from his mouth. Frost was obviously enjoying every minute of this. She fired two more energy blasts into Danny, knocking him up on top of the machine. Almost unconscious, he slid off the side of the machine, landing on the computer that controlled The Gateway. His hand hit a lever, which caused the top of the machine to glow an eerie red. Frost eyed Volpe's invention first with curiosity, and then with growing fear. She was soon in a panic, trying desperately to escape the force pulling her to the red light. A laser had begun charging on the top of the machine. Falling to the floor, Danny noticed what was going on. He changed back to normal and took cover under some pipes near Sam, who still lay unconscious. Frost was screaming, kicking, and firing off energy blasts at random, trying to escape the grasp of The Gateway. The light began to fill the room, red electricity and lasers flying all over. The main laser was what Frost was heading into. She was pulled in, and began to change. She became more and more white, her flame-like hair slowly withering away. Her spirit began to dissolve into the laser, being pulled inside the sinister device. Still screaming, she continued to be pulled downwards, dissolving more and more. With a blinding flash of light and a loud electrical noise, it was over. The room settled back to normal. Danny slowly got up, still plenty weak. Wiping his mouth, he saw that the blue glowing liquid had turned red. He looked up where Frost had once been. Nothing. Going ghost again, Danny noticed Volpe in the doorway. He just stared in shock up at The Gateway. He hadn't been in the room when the device went off, but he had seen the red glow coming from it. Since he was the one who built the machine, he knew what it did. He just kept staring, not wanting to believe it. He turned to Danny, his gaze becoming filled with fury.

"You..." he spat out. Danny leaned against a pipe; he was too tired to fight anymore. Suddenly, Volpe let out a bloodthirsty scream, his mind completely overtaken by rage. He leapt at Danny knocking him around like a rag doll. He had no logic in his thought anymore; he barely managed to keep himself from tearing up the equipment and using it as a weapon against Danny. He kept beating Danny down with kicks and punches, throwing him into pipes, choking him and then throwing him around again. Danny couldn't even fight back. He could barely breathe or stay in ghost form. He just kept getting beaten down. As this was going on, Sam slowly began to come to. Through her half-open eyes she caught sight of Danny and Volpe. At the sight of Volpe, her headaches came back once more, more severe than ever. She started to change even before the pain came to her head.

"No..." she was desperate not to get possessed. She was fighting it the most she possibly could. She looked up again. Volpe had an energy blast powerful enough to kill charged up, and Danny wasn't able to move. With this sight, her desire to save her friend overtook Volpe's seed. She still transformed, but in a different way. Her skin remained the same colour and her hair went white. She fired her own energy blast at Volpe, knocking him to the side. She flew up, placing herself between Danny and Volpe to keep the ghost from attacking her best friend. Further enraged, Volpe flew straight into Sam's head. She threw her hands up to grab her head, trying to remove the pain. It was worse than the first time, and growing worse. She was sure her head would explode. Then, in a snap, Sam collapsed to the floor, normal. She coughed up a small, glowing blue seed.