Chapter 8: The Devil By The Horns

"It's not enough that we should win. Everybody else must lose."

Attributed to Genghis Khan

Entombed alive…

Why had he ever embarked on this mad, insane quest called being a hero? He didn't want this. He wasn't anyone special. He was Danny Fenton. He got average grades, had average friends, and with the exception of his kooky parents he had a fairly average life. He just wanted to grow up, become an astronaut, and then live out his life. He had always known he wasn't special.

And then he decided to help his parents and fate reached out and MADE him special.

And then why the heck did he do this? So he had power. He should have used them for his dreams. I mean, invisibility, intangibility, flight, overshadowing? You needed certain experience to become an astronaut, usually military, and Danny was sure he'd be one heck of a soldier. And hopefully he wouldn't get roped into one of those ultra secret black ops units that do all kinds of dirty work that Tom Clancy and his ilk were always writing about. He wanted to be Neil Armstrong, not Sam Fisher. But sure, he could use these powers, be a great soldier, and work his way to his dream. It was selfish, true, but think about it, he didn't ask for the powers, didn't seek them out, and if some kind of force wanted to reach out and grant him them, then he should be allowed to use them however he wanted, selfishly or not. You want to roll the dice, sometimes it comes up golden and sometimes it comes up snake eyes…

But no. He'd thought that he had to serve a higher cause, that he had been blessed and he should aid others, just like the Justice League and the Outsiders and all the other super groups out there, including the Teen Titans, and Sam and Tucker had encouraged him, and Savior had told him to bear the weight, and look where it got him: the target of an irrational unrelenting rage that wanted to destroy him just because he had been there, a rage created by others and inflicted upon him, and apparently it all ended now because he was frozen upside down in a huge block of glass and he couldn't breathe and he couldn't go ghost again because that required concentration and that required the rational mind and the rational mind had been completely buried under his instincts, his damn instincts, the same ones that had made the dinosaurs fight when they had been pulled under by the tar pits and the ones that made the Neanderthals fight until they were wiped out by the Cro-Magnons and the same damn instincts that kept telling him to break free, break free, which was impossible because he was sealed in the block as tight as a drum, he couldn't expand his lungs and take in air because his chest was sealed tight in the crystal prison, he couldn't even open his mouth because there was a thick blob of glass in it that had once been sand, and he could feel the darkness starting to close in on him even as he heard from a million miles away Tucker screaming and pounding on the glass and his feet kicked something and it was air and he needed air but air was notoriously difficult to get any kind of brace or leverage on and his lungs were on fire like Sizzle and she'd killed him and he was only fourteen…

"DANNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYY!" Tucker screamed.

And then white lines were roping around him and pulling him back, even as Savior leapt over him, the lines that had yanked him away withdrawing back into his palms as his thrust his arms up.

"MOVE KID!" he yelled at Tucker, not pointing out that the Shimmer had already moved him, as he slammed his arms down and several dozen thin lines fired out from his palms and rammed into the glass block with immense force, shattering the heavy cube into a thousand pieces and freeing Danny in amongst a storm of jagged chunks, chunks of glass which were promptly seized by black energy and pulled away as the strands wrapped around Danny and pulled him from the hole, as Danny found that air was his again and he spat out a wad of lumpy glass and inhaled, and inhaled, as Savior pulled him out and placed him on the ground, as he grabbed his throat and took in great gasping breaths.

"Danny!" Tucker said, as Raven floated down in front of him, as Danny continued to gasp for air. Savior glanced at her.

"Injuries?"

"Not that I can see, but his predicament makes me worry about one possibility. Danny, relax." Savior said. Danny was barely aware of what Savior was saying: he was too busy taking joy in the simple pleasure of breathing.

So he was greatly shocked as the Shimmer shot out again, flowed into his mouth, and extended strands that pushed themselves into his lungs and stomach.

Danny froze in utter alarm at this. True, it wasn't painful: it felt like he had taken a very deep breath and that his stomach was suddenly full…but at the same time, there was a terrible sense of alien violation as the Shimmer briefly probed every corner of his abdomen and lungs, feeling around like gentle but still clutching fingers…and then they were pulling out, the white energy withdrawing itself back out of his mouth and into Savior's palm, and then Danny exhaled the breath he had just taken, making a noise that he couldn't believe what had happened.

"Gastric system and airway are clear of glass." Savior said.

"Guh-hu!" Danny gasped, still taking in deep breaths and unable to properly speak. "Wha-thu! Yu-duh uh!"

"Danny, I know it wasn't exactly pleasant, possibly on the level of desecration of your body…but believe me, you should be very grateful that I had the foresight to check that there wasn't a tiny shard of glass that would punch a hole in one of your lungs or pass its way through your digestive system making tiny cuts all the way and setting you up for peritonis." Savior said. He looked at Danny's eyes. "Burst blood vassals in the orbital sacs Raven. Think you can fix that?"

"Easily." Raven said, as she floated over a few feet and laid her hand on Danny's head. Tucker darted around and got a brief glimpse of Danny's eyes, the whites completely red, before the color drained away due to Raven's healing and left Danny looking human again. Tucker looked at Savior.

"Didn't you get blown up in the kitchen?"

"I am not so easy to kill." Savior replied matter of factly.

Taking a few more deep breaths, Danny tried to stand up, and stumbled a bit. Savior caught him.

"Hold it kid. Just rest a few more seconds."

"No…Sizzle…"

"My companions are surely…"

And then with a loud yell, Cyborg came flying past them and went crashing down into the small hole that had been made when Savior had freed Danny from his prison. Savior's eyes darted to it. So did Danny's, as he heard mad laughter and looked off in the distance to see Sizzle raining fireballs down on Amity Park.

His eyes glowed green.

"I'll rest when I'm DEAD!" Danny yelled, shoving Savior away as the circles flashed over him, and he flew up into the air and back after Sizzle. And this time, he didn't care if he had to put a few bruises on the host to get her out, even if it was Paulina, the girl of his dreams, because Sizzle HAD to be stopped and even if it ruined Paulina's pretty face for a bit he would DO IT.

"Tucker, get out of here!" Savior said.

"But…"

"Kid, please, you're a liability. VAMOOSE!" Savior yelled. Tucker blinked, and then he ran off.

"I hope the dumb kid actually listens." Savior said as he looked over at Cyborg, who was pulling himself out of the hole. "Hey! What's going on?"

"Some new player has decided to enter the game! Asshole named Vlad Plasmius, sicced some ghost goons on us! Starfire's alone, we have to back her up!"

"Plasmius…that's Danny's arch enemy. What's he doing here?" Raven asked.

"From what Danny told us, he's a megalomaniac, and I'll bet he sees something in this that he wants. Fine. He wants to come play in our game? Let's go break his bank!" Savior yelled, as the three headed back to Starfire.

"What about Danny?" Raven asked.

"Kid can handle himself for a minute!"

"What if this takes more then a minute?"

"Raven, these are Danny's foes, and the damn rookie beat them. How hard can they be?" Savior replied.

Starfire didn't exactly sharing Savior's low opinion, as at the moment she was frantically trying to dodge Technus's huge swinging fists, the master mechanic having constructed another physical battle body when he had gone to work for Plasmius. It was pretty much like his first one (albeit with better parts), and it was great for squashing things, but Starfire was proving to be difficult to squash.

"Silly girl! You cannot run forever! I, Technus, will squash you! But this is really annoying! Stand still, so I can smack your sweet booty!" Technus said: he STILL hadn't mastered the exact use of slang, so in the way of the truly hopeless, he was trying to correct that deficiency by using it more then ever. And his mangling this time offended Starfire.

"YOU WILL NOT TOUCH ME, BUT I WILL REACH OUT AND TOUCH YOU!" Starfire screamed, as she charged up and barraged Technus with Starbolts, the green energy projectiles slamming into the giant robot and making him recoil under the impacts. Growling, he thrust out his fist, and it extended on a piston and lanced at Starfire, who dodged easily and introduced Technus to more Starbolts, and his failed offensive move left him even more open as he stumbled back.

And then Starfire screamed as a powerful impact, accompanied by a held guitar jam, slammed into her back and sent her crashing into the ground.

"YEAHHHH!" Ember whooped, as she swung down, her arm still in the air from her guitar stroke. "What's mah name, roadkill?"

"Ember! Ember!" Technus chanted, with about 70 strategy and 30 real admiration, as Ember closed her eyes and smiled as she felt her hair blaze up. Ah, it was good to be worshipped again, and when Vlad had conquered the entire world she'd make sure she had a stadium of people and creatures devoted to nothing but saying her name, even as Technus ran in to finish his job, swinging up a massive fist and slamming it down, palm first, squashing Starfire like she was a mosquito.

"Yes! I have burned her back burner! I am safe!" Technus said.

And then his mechanical eyes widened as his hand was suddenly forced up.

"We…are not playing…the ball game with the bases…" Starfire said, her voice under strain as she brought her massive strength to bear and forced the hand up. "But…if you wish to…"

And then Starfire screamed again as another blast slammed into her back, sending her flying out from under Technus' fist and tumbling along the ground.

"A good hunter picks his moments." Skulker said, as his arm cannon returned to his gauntlet. "Ah, an alien. That will be a fine collectible."

"Ow this hurts this hurts a lot ow ow ow…." Starfire said as she bounced along, and then a hand caught her, a black energy hand.

"Ah! You have returned friends!" Starfire said as she finally collected herself. "We have new trouble. What do we do Savior?"

"Less talky talky, more thrashy thrashy." Savior said, as he sized the three ghosts up, and also made a note of the ghost floating off in the sky who was apparently watching the Danny/Sizzle battle, which had resumed with great din and calamity off in the distance. He assumed that was Plasmius. Well, if he decided to get involved, Savior would show him the cost of messing with a REAL team of superheroes.

"That big bastard's the one that threw me. I want him!" Cyborg said, charging.

"I shall claim the ink-eyed and instrument playing one for my soon to come victory." Starfire said, flying up.

"Ok fine, I'll take the…" Raven began, and then she yelped as a net suddenly flew out of nowhere and wrapped around her, tying her up in a tight bundle as she fell to the ground, Savior's eyes darting to her.

"Argh! There's some kind of mental dampener in this thing! I can't…concentrate…!" Raven cursed as the net glowed black faintly.

Savior looked at his struggling love, weighed the options, and decided that it would be best if he took care or at least tossed around the one who had tied her up before he actually tried to free her, otherwise he'd be a sitting duck. And if she got mad and cut him off for not immediately coming to her aid…well, she knew how he thought. Though he wouldn't be happy, as he turned his eyes to Skulker.

"BIG mistake."


Laughing, Sizzle rained hell down on the Amity Park street she had found, pleased as she watched the males frantically scramble away like the ants they were. The only downer was that the females were running as well, but one thing at a time. Once the men were cooked, their eyes would open. And those who didn't…well, Sizzle wanted to get rid of the male species, and if any females wouldn't let go of their attachment to them, they were disposable.

Sizzle's eyes fell on a moving figure that had just managed to make it out of a burning house before it had collapsed, and she smiled as she saw what it was: a young man carrying a boy who was maybe two or three years old, and clearly his son.

"All right! Double generation elimination bonus! Fifty thousand points!" Sizzle said, as she formed another fireball and launched it down.

And her eyes widened as a green plasma blast flew in from the side and knocked the ball of flame away and into the distance, where it quickly poofed out when it got too far away from it's maker.

"TILT!"

Danny's foot slammed across Sizzle's face, sending her reeling across the sky, as Danny flipped over, ready, as Sizzle righted herself, staring at Danny in disbelief, which was quickly replaced by renewed rage.

"Shouldn't you be choking to death on glass?" She asked.

"CHOKE ON THIS!" Danny yelled as he fired a powerful ectoblast. Sizzle moved long before it hit, her body zipping immediately to the side, leaving that red trail of her form, as she zapped around Danny and…

Found the teen ghost doing a backwards flip in mid-air, as he rammed his left leg out and right into her face as she tried to swoop in and blast him with another explosion blow. She recoiled back, and then stared at Danny in shock, shock that increased when blood began running from her human host's nose. She reached up and brought her fingers to the organ, staring once more at the blood.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…I forget the next part." Danny said, shrugging.

Sizzle blinked.

And then she threw her head back and screamed, screamed even louder then she had the last couple of times, as Danny slammed his hands over his ears and still felt the primal cry of wrath and agony drilling into his head as windows shattered for a block around and all the dogs began howling, and then she flew at Danny at superhigh speed, smashing her fist across his face.

Danny repaid her in turn, slamming his knee into her gut and then smashing a right hook across her visage. Sizzle reeled back and slashed out another flaming kick, but Danny turned intangible and it went through him, and then he flipped up as he reformed, smacking Sizzle under the chin with his toe and sending her spinning back. He didn't feel like he was hitting flesh, indeed: Sizzle's anger was manifesting a thin shield around Paulina's body and keeping her from getting the brunt of the blows. The poor girl would be bruised though, and Danny would have to live with the guilt of beating up on Sizzle's not so innocent host…but with the Thermos lost and the Fenton Mini Ghost Catcher still in one of the Titan's possessions and no time to get them because who knew how many lives Sizzle could take while he was gear hunting, he didn't have a choice.

Besides, Sizzle had hurt Jazz and Sam. If she was feeling even a bit of the pain that Danny was being forced to inflict on Paulina, it would make it easy to live with.

Sizzle screamed and fired twin flame blasts from her hands: Danny brought up his hands and formed two shields that the blasts flew into, detonating into a fire cloud as the shock wave pushed Danny back.

Then Sizzle flew from the cloud, shrieking, as she brought back her hands and claws of fire a foot long formed on her fingers, claws she slashed at Danny's eyes, claws Danny stopped an inch from said eyes by grabbing her wrist, even as Sizzle bore down on him and the two crashed down into the street.


"Hey Maddie, look at this! I managed to work the Fenton Ghost Gabber into the Ghost Finder as well! Now it can find ghosts, tell us how strong they are, and translate what they say!" Jack said, holding up the device.

"That's nice dear. Are all the meters reading in the green?" Maddie replied.

"Uh…yes ma'am!" Jack said, checking the front of the helicopter, er, F.U.M.B.L.E…let's just call it the Fenton-copter, ok? Yeah, silly acronyms are funny, but they get damn annoying to write after a few times.

"Good." Maddie said, as they flew on. Maddie wanted to be sure all the weapons were up and running, because when she found the ghost that has possessed her daughter and nearly burned down her home, she was going to blast it until it had ceased to exist on ANY plane of reality.


"Hmmmm, a half demon girl, with the blood of the deceased high demon Trigon as well! What an amazing trophy this girl will…" Skulker had been saying, until he was aware that Savior was charging at him. "Oh great, here comes the previous property owner. I guess I'll have to convince him to sell." Skulker said, as he aimed at Savior, his cannon popping out and locking on.

And Savior thrust out his arm, and the Shimmer swirled out from the forearm and formed into his own cannon, a cannon seven times bigger then Skulker's, as Skulker stopped his firing process to gap at it.

"Mine's bigger." Savior said.

And then the Shimmer flew from his other hand, smashing Skulker's arm cannon and then lashing to the side and taking the hunting ghost in the chest, knocking him down.

"And you should know that size doesn't matter." Savior said, as he withdrew the decoy cannon and the attack strand into his form, as he ran up to Skulker's prone body. "That's it? Too weak!"

Skulker's leg lashed out, smashing Savior across the face, and sending him bouncing along the ground, coming to rest near Raven.

"I deserved that." Savior said, and flipped up.

Just in time to see the net come coiling around him, encasing his own form and wrapping him up as tightly as Raven.

"Heyyyyyyy!" Technus said as Cyborg approached him. "My little brother in metal! You remember me, Technus! What's the nizzle my shizzle fo fizzle? I mean, con-drizzle my izzle, nizzle!"

"What the FIZZUCK are you saying?" Cyborg yelled.

"Hey man, I'm just trying to hip to your jive, monkeyman! Check out my suit, it's greasy sweet!"

"First of all, I have no idea what you're saying, and second of all…" Cyborg said, and then he armed his sonic cannon and let loose on the massive robot's chest.

"Hey! Bad manners my ni…"

"DON'T! EVEN! SAY! IT!" Cyborg yelled. He knew how some black people had appropriated that word as a compliment to each other to take the sting out of how it had been used for centuries, but after a VERY ugly incident in his past, Cyborg didn't want to hear the word in ANY context, as his shoulder pads opened up and he fired a barrage of mini-missiles at Technus, missiles that exploded across his body.

"Ok, fine! I, Technus will just catch you on the flip side, dudemeister! NOT!" Technus said, and then his arms, legs, and chest snapped open, revealing missile launchers.

"Oh sh…aving cream." Cyborg said.

The missiles launched out, and Cyborg vanished in explosions.

"Ha ha! I pity da fool, that doesn't respect the great Nikolai Technus!"

"What are you doing back, dipstick?" Ember said as Starfire flew up. "Didn't my last performance show you you aren't fit to thrash in my mosh pit?"

"I can hardly find a reason to be afraid of you, nor your inadvertent rhyming nor the pre-packaged glossy slick soulless junk you call music!" Starfire said.

"Oh, the sting!" Ember said, clutching her heart. "Forget it girlie. I do what I love, and as it is said, 'Art is long, and critics are but the insects of the day!'. Randall Jarrell." Ember said, as she adjusted her dial. "Now if you're done hating, COME ON FEEL MY NOISE!"

And Ember slammed her hand across the guitar cords and sent off another fierce wave of force, and as Starfire dodged and countered with Starbolts. Ember did likewise as she continued jamming on her guitar and sending more blasts of power at Starfire.

"Critics! 'Venomous serpents who delight in hissing!' W.B Daniel! 'Serpents who feed on filth and venom!' Voltaire! 'This wretched race of hungry alligators!' Shakespeare! Or was it Bacon? Or maybe it was…" Ember trailed off as she looked at all the shocked readers who had just been watching her fire off philosophy. "What? You think I can't read? You think there's a lot to do in the Ghost Zone?"

"You crave entertainment?" Starfire asked as she flew in close and fired off another score of Starbolts. Ember just smirked as she twisted her dial and then thrust her fingers down. A shield formed around her that the Starbolts exploded on, and then Ember raised her hand and thrashed the cords again, and the shield expanded rapidly and smacked Starfire, sending her tumbling off.

"'Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains!' Now THAT was Shakespeare! OH YEAH!" Ember said as she again adjusted her dial. "Now to pay tribute to a rock god: SLASH!"

And Ember began jamming rapidly on her guitar, and lines of energy began firing out from her and at Starfire, who dodged rapidly from the huge onslaught and shrieked as one of the lines caught her on the arm and sliced her open, blood spilling out.

"Well, it appears the Teen Titans are far more reputation then sustenance." Plasmius said as he observed the battle and then turned his eyes back to where the Halfa and Sizzle were fighting. The female was doing very well.

She'd make a fine soldier.


A line of twisting, thrashing green and red force was zapping back and forth across the Amity Park street, smashing through burning abandoned houses, cars, and anything that got in their way as Danny and Sizzle exchanged blows, neither able to get through the other's guard. They crashed through the side of a house and then went straight up, Danny using shields and intangibility to go through the barriers and Sizzle just exploding/melting her way through as they two exploded from the roof and fought into the sky.

Danny finally got his guard broken and Sizzle pummeled him, forgetting her flames in her mad rage as she slammed punch after punch into Danny's face and chest, even as their forms continued to go up into the sky, Sizzle finally zapping back and drawing back her leg for an explosion kick. Danny blocked the blow with a shield and then blasted Sizzle in the face with his ectoplasmic eye beams, sending her recoiling back…and slashing her foot up, catching Danny on his chin and knocking him back…and then she had zapped above him and fired down, smashing her foot into his chest and driving them down through the roof of another house. The two recovered in a split second and resumed their furious war of blows, once again not able to get through each other's guard. This time, Danny claimed the advantage, as he ducked his head to the side as Sizzle's fire-encased fist slammed into the stone fireplace and blew a large hole in it, and then Danny slammed his palm into Sizzle's sternum and let loose with a point back EE blast that sent her flying backwards. She crashed out through another wall, and as the house structure fell around her, Danny flew in and punched her across the face, sending her flying across the street and smashing into the front of another house, which collapsed from the impact.

Danny stopped them, staring at his hands. What was going on? In Halfa form, he'd been made stronger, faster, tougher…but never like this…he had never done anything like this. Was he high on adrenaline? Did his body even PRODUCE adrenaline in this state? Could he…and then he recalled he still had a fight to win as the wreckage shifted and then blasted off Sizzle, who looked at Danny with murder in her eyes, or even more intense murder. Paulina's body was holding up well, though it now had a new cut on its forehead.

"I HATE YOU!" Sizzle screamed, and thrust back her hand. A giant limb of flame appeared behind her, and Danny flew up as Sizzle slammed her hand forward and the gigantic fist vaporized the house they had just been in. Danny thought of all the memories that Sizzle had just destroyed, and he found more strength as he thrust his hands down and fired a barrage of ectoblasts, explosions erupting around Sizzle…and then she was flying up at him, slamming her palms together and firing a huge flaming arrow at Danny. Danny spun away to the side, only to find Sizzle blurring her way over there and smashing a flaming chop across Danny's face, sending him spinning across the stratosphere.

"NOW BURN!" Sizzle screamed, and then she began firing fireballs at Danny, dozens, hundreds, as Danny vanished into an explosion of heat that could rival a star.

Sizzle grinned ferociously.

And then Danny flew out of the explosions, his intangible form immune to the flames even as he turned tangible and slammed both his fists into Sizzle's chest, sending the two ghosts flailing across the sky again.


"I thought you guys were stars. Where's the power that bested Godsend? The teamwork that defeated the Lord of the Night? The dry wit that enraged Brother Blood?" Skulker asked as he approached the bound up couple. "Well, I guess I'll have to make due with…"

A Shimmer blade sliced up through Skulker's net and ripped the binding apart, as Savior was lifted back to his feet by more strands, glaring at Skulker.

"Would you settle for the lash that staggered Asphyxiation?" Savior said, and smashed Skulker with the Shimmer, sending him flying off.

"Hmmmpphhh! Savior! Get me out of here!" Raven said, still struggling to free herself from her bonds.

"In a moment." Savior said as he ran after Skulker.

"HEY! GET BACK HERE! RIGHT NOW! OH YOU LOUSY…!"

"Now if you're still insistent on fighting the big guys, the kick that bowled over the Sorceress would like to have a word with you!" Savior said, as he leapt and snapped out his leg. But Skulker recovered quicker then he expected and grabbed the limb, swinging Savior around. Too long, as Savior slammed out his other leg and kicked himself free, flipping over and landing. He struck a combat pose.

"Oh well, I needed to test my new Maimbots anyway." Skulker said, as he reached down and unclasped his belt, on which happened to rest several small metal packets, and tossed it to the ground. There was a puff of black smoke, and then eight small robots came out of the smoke. They rather reminded Savior of the Mouser robots from the TMNT series, or maybe something from Ratchet and Clank…except these were real and they wanted to chew on him, as they leapt and ran, razor sharp metal teeth shining.

"Oh yeah! I, Technus, have da angry skillz!" Technus said, still celebrating.

"THAT'S MAD SKILLZ, YOU IDIOT!"

Cyborg flew out of the smoke, a little sooty but otherwise alright: he had beefed up his armor to help deal with Sizzle after all. Having activated the jets on his back, he flew up and slammed his fists into Technus' chest, his strength so great he staggered the giant robot. Technus growled and swung at him, but Cyborg flew away and zipped around Technus's head, slamming his feet into the back of the metal skull and sending the giant robot tumbling down to the ground with a giant crash.

"Now, if I may dust off an oldie but a goodie: BOOYAH!" Cyborg said, as he landed, armed his cannon, and turned…

And then long metal cords were attacking him, having sprung from Technus's arms, dozens of them, and Cyborg yelled and tried to retreat, but they were everywhere, coming faster then he could blast them, as Technus laughed and stood up.

"Thank you for getting so close! Now I, Technus, can finally jack into and override your systems to make you my slave!" Technus said. "I could use a personal assistant: he can clean all the awkward to reach cracks!"

"Oh no, that better not be, I'll…ARRGGGHHHHH!" Cyborg roared as he tried to fight off the tendrils…but there were too many…and they had already jacked in.

"Stupid dipstick, hear my song! You won't be listening to it long!" Ember sang, as she continued sending her cutting lines at Starfire, who was bleeding in a few more places and starting to tire from the dodging. "Ready to admit my genius now?"

"If you are a genius, then why are you serving under that badly hair dayed fashion disaster?" Starfire said, pointing to Vlad, hoping she could buy a few seconds.

"Vlad? Well, he might dress ugly and have that weird obsession with Green Bay…but you'd be wise to serve him too: Vlad Plasmius is The Primmortal!" Ember declared.

A brief pause.

"Oh, the Primmortal! Should I care?" Starfire asked.

"Actually, you'll be past caring in a bit." Ember said, as she once again adjusted her guitar (did I mention she'd brought a new tricked out guitar?). "I changed my mind! You ARE worthy of being in my mosh pit! So have fun, dipstick!" Ember said.

She thrashed a guitar cord.

And four huge energy spectres appeared around Starfire, and before she could do little more then let out a meep of surprise, they all zoomed forward, crushing her between their masses.

"OW! OWTCH! DON'T BITE THERE! OR THERE EITHER!" Savior yelled as he tried to fight and pull all the Maimbots off him. As mentioned, his clothing was concealed and highly refined armor, but these things had sharp teeth and claws, and a tight grip.

"Hmmmm, too much power in the actual physicality, I must adapt it more so they'll be ready to zap the ghost child with the ecto-disharmic wave motion devices if he tries to go intangible…" Skulker said, checking the computer in his gauntlet to see how his Maimbots were doing.

"ARRRGGGHHHHHH!"

Skulker looked up just in time to see Savior leap up and turn into a whirling dervish of razor Shimmer strands that ripped the Maimbots off him and tore them into pieces. Savior touched down again amidst a rain of scrap metal.

Skulker looked very unhappy.

"Those things take a long time to build!" He cursed.

"Yeah, home job? It shows." Savior said, and then he formed a Shimmer blade and dashed at Skulker.

"You mock me? You do not know who you are dealing with fool! But I will be glad to beat my name onto your arrogant carcass!" Skulker said, as he reached down and pulled a metal stick from his boot. The stick extended into a bo, and then twin bursts of spectral fire ignited on either end, revealing a flaming weapon Sizzle would be proud of.

"En garde! Ho! Hi-yah! Who-hah! Heee-yiiiii! Muh-sha-tohhhhhh!" Skulker yelled and whooped as he twirled, spun, whipped, and generally showed off with his flame staff, putting on a performance to show he was a master of the weapon.

He stopped and brandished his stick at Savior.

"…………..RO-SHAM-BO! SLUNG FLUNG DUNG! LAUNCH ALL ZIG!" Savior yelled, doing a whole series of ridiculous poses.

Then he kicked Skulker in the balls.

"OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Skulker shrieked.

"Now you've got the tone down perfectly, Bruce." Savior said, and spun and smashed the heel of his foot into Skulker's chest, sending him flying again. His flaming stick fell to the ground and Savior stomped on it.

"Now…I think I shall finish with the nerve blow that…" Savior began as he walked towards Skulker.

Who leaned up as a new cannon extended from his gauntlet and took Savior full force in the chest, sending him flying backwards and smashing back first into a tree.

"Sorry fat lady, you're not on the stage yet." Skulker said, as he re-charged his arm cannon to deliver a killing blow. He'd settle for skinning this teen.

And then he was aware of the sound of a net being ripped apart.

"FINALLY!" Raven yelled as she flew up. "You don't get any for a MONTH SAVIOR! AND AS FOR YOU, AZARATH METRION ZINTHOS!" Raven yelled, as she yanked a light post from the nearby street and hurled it at Skulker.

Who, having seen it coming a mile away, turned intangible and let it fly through him.

"All that time tied up, and that's all you can muster? No wonder your mate has to do all the fighting." Skulker said.

"You have no idea." Raven replied. Skulker arched an eyebrow, and then decided it might be prudent to turn around.

As it was, he had been prudent but not quick, as Savior had pulled himself up, and as the light post had gone through Skulker, he had leapt out and grabbed it with the Shimmer, spinning around several time to build momentum, and then as Skulker turned around, he launched himself at the ghost hunter.

"You think yourself this world's Kraven? Then make like your stolen image and KURT COBAIN!" Savior yelled, as his foot smashed into Skulker's face and sent him flying backwards, bouncing violently along the ground and finally coming to a stop. He didn't get up this time.

Savior landed, as Raven floated over to him. She glanced at him.

"Make like Kurt Cobain?" She asked, arching an eyebrow.

"Uh…you see Kraven the Hunter was a primary Spider Man villain, but he committed suicide back in the 80's, and since this guy's a hunter he's kind of a rip off, and Kraven committed suicide via shotgun to the head, like Cobain, and since I kicked him really hard in the head I figured…oh forget it!" Savior said, and ran to see where he could help.

"Ha ha ha! You are mine, little man! Maybe you should have seen me for the hip dawg that I, Technus, am, you lamestain!" Technus said as he linked up his systems and invaded Cyborg's.

"No! NO! GET OUT! GET OUT!" Cyborg shrieked.

"HA HA HA HA HA!"

"Nooooooooo….Master, I see you for what you are now…forgive me…" Cyborg said, as he knelt.

"That's better. But you still get a toothbrush for the first two weeks." Technus replied.

"I will thrive on it master…I will do all you say…"

"Good! Now tell me every weakness of your teammates so I can beat them and gain favor with Vlad!"

"Oh master…I will say this…they know that…I've been hacked by a diminutive immature punk with an IQ off the charts more times then I can count, and after all those times, I'm afraid YOUR hacking leaves a lot to be desired!" Cyborg said as he stood back up, and Technus' eyes widened as he realized that Cyborg had never been hacked.

"Oh, by the way, thanks for the linkup to YOUR systems!" Cyborg said, as his metallic crystal parts glowed bright blue.

"WHAT! NO!" Technus shouted as he reared back, trying to disconnect his tendrils from Cyborg's body. "NO! YOU Can…can…can…can, can you do the can can, can you do the can can, can you…" Technus sang as he started to dance, his huge body shaking the ground.

Up above, Vlad blinked.

"I am not seeing this. I am not." Vlad said.

Then he saw even worse, as Cyborg began making Technus do ballet.

"OW! OW! MY BODY ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BEND THIS WAY!" Technus shouted.

"Ok, fine. Let's see what's on the radio." Cyborg said, typing at his arm monitor. "Ohhh, Brittany Spears!"

"WHAT? NO! I…Hey Brittany! You claim you want to lose control! Come over here I've got something to show ya!" Technus said, as he began dancing like Brittany would, and if you've never seen a ghost controlled robot dance and sing like a dimming teen idol, considering that he sounds like he's voiced by Gilbert Goitfred…well, be glad. "Sexy lady, I'd rather see you bare your soul! If you think you're so hot, let me show me what you've got!"

"Technically that's Madonna." Savior said as he walked up.

"Semantics." Raven said.

"Hey, great idea, I'm up for some antics!" Cyborg said, as he pressed a few buttons on his arm. "DIVE! DIVE!"

"WHAT?" Technus said, as the tendrils finally dis-attached from Cyborg, but he couldn't override the final command the teen robot had given him, as he flexed his legs. "I CAN'T DIVE! THERE'S NO WATER!"

"That would fall under, not my problem." Cyborg said, and the three quickly scurried out of the way as the robot leapt into the air, did a perfect pose, and dove right at the ground, arms and head first.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

CRASH!

"Ohhhhh, nice form, but a little rough on the landing. He may have to settle for the bronze." Savior commented.

"Want to hack me buddy? Forget it! This is MY flippity-floopity-floop!" Cyborg said, thumping a fist on his chest. (Writer's Note: And if anyone gets THAT reference…well, I'll be impressed).

"Ohhh, what a performance! What to play for an encore?" Ember said as she watched her guitar phantoms smash the orange aliens to bits. "I could almost…"

Green energy erupted from the figures, and then they disintegrated as Starfire blew them away, her hands and eyes glowing as she looked at Ember, who looked annoyed, but hey, she still had a lot of tunes.

And then Starfire suddenly turned off the rage like it was a switch, her face spreading in a big grin, and Ember goggled at the sudden change.

"Your singing is inspirational!" Starfire said. "It reminded me of how I used to sing with my zorgylats and my qorgoys back on Tamaran. I so rarely get to do it on Earth, my friends do not care for it much…but you have swelled my musical soul with your performance, so how can I refuse?" Starfire said, and inhaled.

Now, you must understand. Some thin people who speak in high tones can sing surprisingly deeply. And some large men with thick chests can hit amazingly high notes. And sometimes a being can speak in English, sing in English, speak in Tamaranian, and even sing in Tamaranian, and nothing will happen…and sometimes if you sing a certain way…

Let's just say, in Simon Cowell's worst nightmares, he never even comprehended the sound that starting coming out of Starfire's mouth. Thankfully, she was far enough off the ground to spare her friends…but Ember got no such mercy.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Ember screamed, clamping her hands over her ears. "MAKE IT STOP! AHHHHHHH! IT'S WORSE THEN WILLAIM HUNG! IT'S WORSE THEN CREED! GOD, IT'S WORSE THEN ASHLEY SIMPSON, AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN SING!"

And then Ember was aware that she was being relieved of her guitar, as her eyes had clamped shut when she had tried to block out the noise, and as she was aware of said terrible noise fading, she opened her eyes and looked up to see Starfire swinging up the instrument.

"Ember has left the building!"

And she smashed the guitar over Ember's head. And Ember's choice of a high quality guitar worked against her, as it didn't break. Ember hit the ground near her two companions, groaning.

"Quite an ax, indeed." Starfire said, tossing the guitar down.

"Thankew, thankew very much." Cyborg said, as Starfire flew down to join the group.

"Did we win?" she asked.

"Not until we finish off their leader, and believe me, after this nonsense, he's going to get one hell…"

And then a gigantic ectoplasmic blast came flying down among the Titans, exploding and throwing them away like rag dolls, and then they suddenly stopped, as orbs of green spirit energy encircled them, as Vlad Plasmius floated down.

"Talk to the hand." Vlad said, and waved. The orbs flew off into the distance and then exploded, and Vlad could see the Titans' bodies falling to the ground, but he didn't much care, as he turned and looked at his subordinates, groaning on the ground.

"Good help is so hard to find these days." He said.

And then he heard the gigantic explosion, and he decided now was the prime opportunity, as he flew up and off.


Danny may have been fighting better then he could have ever recalled in his life, but even that didn't help the fact that he was fighting a lost cause on one front: he was sane, and in some ways that limited him, as Sizzle would just not back down, quit, or cease in any form, throwing herself at him again and again in her insane fury, her shattered mind refusing to even comprehend the concept of surrender, yielding, or holding back, and while he felt he could REALLY cut loose that would seriously hurt Paulina and he didn't want to hurt her any more then he already was, and Sizzle was just coming and coming like a rabid dog and he was just trying to keep going and it was just…so…tiring…

You can't blame Danny for dropping his guard: he's only human.

But this time, it cost him.

Oh, did it EVER cost him.

As Sizzle zapped back at an angle and then slashed down at Danny, her foot catching on fire, a foot she rammed right into his chest. But this time she didn't detonate the flame, oh no: this time she kept going, and Danny yelled as she drove him back down to the ground, the fiery foot searing his chest, and then he was hitting the road and ripping it apart, concrete and stone flying everywhere as Sizzle rode him like a skateboard even as she used him to carve a trench across the entire street and he was being cut and scratched and burned and battered and it was too much too much…

And then they stopped.

Sizzle smirked.

"Kaboom."

And then her fireball exploded, a whole twenty square feet of road, sidewalk, and front yards going up in flames as Sizzle detonated her gathered power. A twirling figure whirled backwards out of the inferno, as Sizzle uncoiled herself and looked at the ruin that had once been part of Amity Park, and hopefully Danny Phantom.

But after he had escaped the glass, she wasn't taking any chances, as she raised her hands and a new fireball exploded into being above her. THIS blast would blow whatever was left of Danny Phantom straight through the planet, and probably all the way to China.

If Sizzle had gotten the chance to fire it.

Which she didn't.

As she suddenly became aware of clapping.


"Are we there yet?" Jack Fenton said. As well as having the irrational ghost thing, Jack Fenton could also to have been surmised to have a touch of Peter Pan complex, never wanting to grow up.

"Almost dear." Maddie said in surprising sweetness, considering the intense state her mind was in.

The two didn't see the Titans as they flew over them, as the Titans tried to get up from Vlad's orb explosion. It hadn't really injured any of them, but it had sure been painful.

"I'm going to feel THAT in the morning…" Savior muttered as he got to his knees, the Shimmer massaging his stiff muscles. Then he heard the whirling blades, and he looked up as the Fenton-copter passed overhead. "Ok, has the National Guard been called in, because I don't see any other way a military helicopter could be here…"


"Bravo. Well done, well done." Vlad said, clapping. "I've never seen fresh meat able to wreck so much glorious havoc, especially with the Halfa boy trying to stop you. Very impressive."

Sizzle didn't say anything: she just cocked her head and looked at Vlad.

"But my dear, random destruction went out after the seventh Godzilla movie. I think some guidance is needed. So I decided that I'd show up and offer you employment." Vlad said. "Now now, I know you're not fond of men. But I promise you, all I want is your considerable power, and once I have taken over the world, I'll give you plenty…"

A intense blast of flame exploded from Sizzle's hand, catching Vlad's head, and when it cleared, Vlad didn't have a head any more…until it popped out of his neck like a turtle.

"I take it that means no." Vlad said, sounding disappointed.

"You men." Sizzle hissed. "You think that all you have to say is a few smart sounding words and we'll roll over like he always do. You think we're your dogs, ready to play for a few table scraps. FUCK YOU AND DIE!" Sizzle screamed, and fired another blast of flame. Vlad dodged that one.

"My dear Sizzle, don't be irrational. Don't you know who I am?"

"FUCK YOU YOU…" And then Sizzle said a word so bad I can't use it in this fic: let's just say it rhymes with "socksucker" and leave it at that. Even Vlad blushed a little, before he had to dodge another flame blast.

"Sigh. Too bad. I thought you and I could have done some great things together."

"The Lord said that too. And when I'm done roasting your ass and every other male in this town, I'm going to find him and burn his lying tongue right out of his head!" Sizzle screamed. Another fire blast: this time Vlad just went intangible and let it fly through him.

"No my dear, I'm afraid that won't be possible. You see, those who are not with me are against me, and with such a loose cannon such as yourself, I can't have you running around." Vlad said, as he flew back, and then Skulker, Technus, and Ember, a little worse for wear but still quite capable of fighting, flew up before him. "Destroy her my allies!"

"Gladly. Hello misplaced aggression." Skulker said, as he aimed his cannon at Sizzle.

Sizzle slammed out her hands and let loose with a blast of flame so powerful the Titans felt it from their position some distance away, the fire totally enveloping Skulker. When he reappeared, he was scorched completely black…and then he disintegrated, his suit reduced to metallic ash, leaving only his tiny true form behind.

"…..Meep." Skulker said, and then flew off, deciding he'd rather read another book about gorillas.

"Harsh realm! But that will not work on me, woman! My heat shields are second to none! Just another reason why I, Technus, am the bomb!" Technus said, banging his hand on his chest.

"Oh yeah." Sizzle said, as she waved her hand at Technus, and then clenched her fist.

A dozen explosions of fire erupted WITHIN Technus, blowing him apart from the inside, his pieces raining down on the ground, leaving his own scientist-esque ghost form behind.

"….Bogus." Technus said, and joined Skulker in retreat. That just left Ember, who was a bit surprised at how quickly her teammates had been bested.

"Are you going to be smart and not fight me?" Sizzle asked.

"No way lady! I like what you preach, but I'M the fire girl in this place, and NO ONE RIPS ME OFF!" Ember said, as she switched the dial on her guitar. "CAN YOU FEEL THAT!"

Ember fired off a powerful force chord.

And Sizzle blurred to the side, zipping around Ember before Ember's eyes even made out the red haze trail she left behind her, and the next thing she knew, Sizzle was behind her, her hand on her shoulder.

"Like to sing, little girl?" Sizzle said.

Fire exploded around Ember, and she shrieked, but it didn't burn her. Instead, it just wrapped around her, encasing her in flame, as the ball floated up above Sizzle.

"Sing in hard vacuum." Sizzle said, and fired the ball off and into the air at high speed, sending Ember screeching along with it. Though her flame would disappear in space with no oxygen to feed it, she'd put enough force behind the toss that Ember wouldn't be able to stop until she hit the moon, or maybe the JLA's Watchtower satellite (and wouldn't THAT have been interesting…).

"And as for you you fuck…" Sizzle said. "With Danny Phantom dead, I need someone new to torment, since all I could do was blow him up. YOU'RE ELECTED!" Sizzle said, as she fired blasts of flame at Vlad.

Vlad didn't move: he just turned intangible and the fire went through him. Sizzle growled and lashed out with a whip of flame. It also went through him. Vlad yawned.

And down on the ground, in the middle of a smoking crater, Danny Phantom phased back up through the ground, turning solid as soon as he was out of said ground and kneeling, taking deep breaths. That had been close.

He could hear Sizzle still above him, fighting with someone. The Titans? Probably, who else could it…

Danny saw him then, and his eyes widened.

"Vlad?"

"Oh my, you seem to be all bark and no bite, eh, my dear." Vlad taunted as he effortlessly dodged and avoided Sizzle's attacks. Sizzle screamed and began firing dozens of small high-energy fireballs, that Vlad dipped and swooped around the sky to avoid.

"Oh missed. Missed again! Missed once more! Wouldja believe it, missed!' Vlad said, and then went intangible once again as the last number flew through him. "Well, didn't miss, but it doesn't matter!"

The way Sizzle was grinding her teeth, Paulina was going to need some dental work as Sizzle thrust her hands above her head and formed a fireball the size of a beach ball, throwing it at Vlad, as Danny slowly rose up nearby, not sure what to make of this.

And it went through Vlad, who was once again intangible, and Vlad reappeared, chuckling.

"Poor little girl, so much rage and so little substance. Maybe you shouldn't have been one of my soldiers after all. But hey, I could have always found a place for you in my kitchen." Vlad taunted.

If looks could kill, Vlad Plasmius would have been vaporized right out of existence, as Sizzle let out a snarling scream and thrust her arms up again, as another fireball exploded into being above her and kept growing, and growing, growing even bigger then the blast of fire Sizzle had been forming when she had been in Jazz's body, but Vlad Plasmius cared not a whit, as he smirked and crossed his arms behind his back.

"You women never learn anything. That's why despite all the super feminist nonsense morons like you spout, they'll never be anything more then second class."

Forget Vlad; Sizzle's look would have vaporized the entire Western hemisphere. Her anger was so great it was bowling Raven over again, even with the good distance she was from the battle site, waves of fury so intense and deep it even surpassed what Sizzle had felt towards Danny, even as Danny suddenly felt intense worry: nothing good could come of this…

Vlad examined his fingernails: he'd let the girl take this one last shot, and then he'd deal with her. He would handle her easily. After all, he was the Pri…

And then the fireball suddenly began collapsing, the flame shrinking into itself, as the blazing red went to a angry, light-eating black, as the fireball shrank all the way down to the size of a basketball and floated to Sizzle's hands.

"What the…" Danny said, and Vlad himself arched an eyebrow.

"SOULSEARER!" Sizzle screamed, as she fired a blast of pitch-black flame that gouted out towards Vlad, and being the arrogant moron that he was (why ELSE would he have been throwing all those taunts Sizzle's way), Vlad just decided to go ethereal again to avoid it.

BIG mistake.

The blast of fire didn't hit him head on: instead it engulfed his right arm. Vlad's eyes nearly bugged out of his head, and he screamed as he suddenly became solid again. Danny's jaw dropped as he saw Vlad's arm: it looked seriously messed up, as badly burned as a human arm would have been had it been lit on fire. But he'd been intangible, not able to be touched! How did…

"No…impossible…" Vlad said, not believe what he was seeing, even though the pain screaming through his being was telling him the impossible was very possible, and by the way, was it possible he could get some morphine?

Poor Vlad Plasmius: he'd fallen into the same pit so many of his ilk had before and probably would again: he'd put too much stock into his power, his plan, and his general greatness and now that a monkey wrench had been thrown into the works he had no idea what to do except feel the pain.

Sizzle smiled, chuckling.

"Never thought I'd say this, but thank you, you fuck. I needed all that anger to find what was needed. Like it? I call it my Soulsearer. And as you might noticed, it destroys ectoplasm. No matter WHAT state it's in." Sizzle said.

Then she held up her hand.

Fire exploded on her palm and immediately went black, and Vlad's eyes widened, he was still adapting to this sudden setback he hadn't expected Sizzle to be able to form another blast of Soulsearer so soon and…

"NOW BURN!" Sizzle screamed, as she fired it, and Vlad's mind, so well trained and refined, but also very unused to feeling pain, found his intellect and instincts crashing into each other and reducing any type of plan he could form to a crazy jumble and then the fireball was on him about to blow a hole straight through his chest…

Danny rammed into Vlad from the side, shoving both of them out of the way at the last second, the blast of deadly ghost destroying fire flying past them, and before Sizzle could call it back it dissipated like all of Sizzle's flames did. Sizzle's eyes widened, as did Vlad's.

"NO! YOU'RE DEAD!" Sizzle said.

"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Danny said, and then looked at Vlad. "That was a one time thing Vlad. Next time you decide to stupidly heap insults on a rival and give them the ability to destroy us even IF we're see-through, don't come crying to me."

"But…I'm the Primmortal." Vlad said in disbelief.

"The WHAT?" Danny said.

Sizzle's scream of intense rage caught their attention, and Danny looked over to see she was forming another ball of Soulsearer flame.

"Well, I would love to hang around, but I must analyze this new development. Have fun with your new friend, boy!" Vlad said, and then he flew off. Don't call it running. Call it a tactical retreat.

"Ho boy…" Danny said, as he saw the black flame forming…

And then konking out, as Sizzle gasped and grabbed her chest. Danny arched an eyebrow.

"Mental note: forming Soulsearer…really drains the host…" Sizzle gasped, and then she looked back up at Danny, murder in her eyes. She didn't care if this host was drained though, she was going to kill this bastard boy, and NEXT time, he was going to die SCREAMING.

Shrieking, she launched herself at Danny.

And occupied them so much that neither was aware of the sound of an approaching helicopter.


"I see something!" Jack said as the Fenton-copter closed in on the mid-air fight between Danny and Sizzle, a fight that was starting to creep closer to the actual city part of Amity Park.

"I'm reading two signatures." Maddie said, looking at her radar. "Let's stand by for visual confirmation."

The Fenton-copter flew in closer, as Danny and Sizzle punched, kicked, and blasted each other, not even noticing the approaching vehicle…until it was twenty feet away, as another explosion drove them apart.

"It's that white haired ghost! He's ALWAYS around!" Jack said.

"I gather from the fact he's fighting the fire ghost he's on our side. You think he needs our help?" Maddie asked in a rhetorical way. She didn't care if the white haired ghost needed help or not: she had a family to avenge.

"I don't…OWTCH!" Jack yelled as Sizzle zipped forward and slammed into Danny, trying to strangle him as he tried to break her grip. "Let me get a reading!" Jack said, as he pointed the new Fenton Three-In-One at Danny and Sizzle's grasping forms.

The beeping was so loud it even got Maddie's attention.

"HOLY MOTHER OF SARAH WINCHESTER!" Jack yelled. "This ghost's power level is off the scale! I can barely…"

Sparks flew from the Fenton 3-in-1, as the device fried trying to register the data.

"I'd say he needs our help! And this thing needs a new power pack!" Jack said, as he opened the device and began removing the slagged power pack even as he tried to pull out a replacement from his pocket at the same time.

"Oh no, mom and dad! Not now!" Danny said, and then he managed to get enough leverage with his foot to shoved Sizzle away. "And since when do they have a military helicopter?"

"Ah ha!" Jack said, as he slammed a new power pack in, and then Danny flew up to the side of the helicopter, looking at his Dad. "AHHH!"

"It's ok! But Da….daer sir, you must leave! It's too dangerous here!" Danny said.

"It's ok. But Da…daer sir you must leave. It's too dangerous here. Fear me." The Fenton 3-In-1 said.

"Oh don't worry kid, we're professionals! Why don't you take a…"

"YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sizzle screamed, and then a gigantic blast of fire was flying at the helicopter.

"NO! I WON'T LET YOU!" Danny screamed, as he flew in front of the helicopter and formed a massive ectoplasmic shield. The fire struck the shield and exploded, throwing Danny to the ground.

"No. I won't let you. Fear me." Said the Fenton 3-In-1.

"BURN BOY!" Sizzle screamed, as she threw her arms back.

"I am in considerable emotional distress, not to mention my mental capabilities are significantly deteriorated. Fear me. No, really."

Danny flew up again before Sizzle could fire, the need to protect his parents overriding his starting to grow exhaustion, as he slammed his fist across Sizzle's face and then flipped over her and kicked her in the back. Sizzle spun through the air.

"All right! Give 'em the old one-two! Oh yeah!" Jack said. "Man, I wish Danny could see this!"

"Won't be much to see soon." Maddie said sweetly, as she began locking all the weapons of the Fenton-Copter onto Sizzle.

Sizzle righted herself. This wasn't good. Her host was pretty much finished as an anger stockpile. She needed a new plan, as she glanced around.

And then she had an idea.

"You want to give up, you…huh?" Danny said, as Sizzle suddenly took off into the air like a rocket. "Hey, come back here!" He said, as he flew after her, but Sizzle was, as mentioned, very fast, as she quickly zipped up very high.

"So long, farewell, let's hope you don't go splat." Sizzle said, saluting.

And then her form flew out of Paulina's body, leaving the slightly battered girl there, absolutely uncomprehending of what had happened.

Until she looked down.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Paulina screamed as gravity finally resumed control and seized its errant child, as Paulina fell to the ground, screaming in mortal fear.

"Aw man! It figures!" Danny said, as he saw Paulina begin to fall. Well, Paulina loved Danny Phantom, maybe he'd get a kiss out of…

"Where'd that ghost go?" Jack said, looking around. "And we had a perfect lock! I so wanted to test the Fenton Ghost Obliterator…"

A brief flash of light and a surge of heat suddenly flared up next to Jack, and his eyebrows arched at the sudden strange sensation.

"Maddie?" He said, turning towards his wife.

Sizzle smiled evilly at him.

"GET OUT."

Danny was just about done figuring out how would be the best way to save Paulina when he was aware of another, small explosion, and his ears followed the sound as he saw the door to his father's side of the helicopter blast open and his father fly and fall out, yelling and screaming himself. And suddenly his veins were filled with ice.

He couldn't catch both of them.

He'd have to save one.

And one only.

But which one? His dad was obvious, but Paulina, his dad might have a parachute, he was paranoid and always overequipped for his jobs, but what if he was wrong and one had to die he couldn't and they both screamed and what did he do…

"Danny!" Cyborg yelled as he flew past him, and Danny nearly had a heart attack. "We got it! Don't worry!"

Danny watched Cyborg fly to catch the falling form of Paulina, and he turned to see Savior leaping through the air, the Shimmer already flying out to catch his father, and the mind-numbing fear faded…

And then returned full blast as he realized why his father was falling out of the helicopter.

As Sizzle brought the armed to the teeth juggernaut up level with Danny Phantom, smiling with his mother's mouth.

"Welcome, to the Sizzle School of Flight. I'm afraid this will be quite a crash course." Sizzle said as she finished adjusting the lock so all the weapons were trained on Danny. "GENTLEMEN, START YOUR SCREAMING!"