Hi, folks! Got quite a few reviews today and it really made my day. Well, I won't keep you waiting any longer. Here's Chapter 12! Will Danny win in one of his toughest battles so far? Let's find out.

Danny flew at the huge Dilbert and tried to punch him. Dilbert simply puffed out his chest and Danny bounced off.

Danny growled and fired an ectoplasmic blast. Dilbert stuck out his hand and absorbed the blast. He then fired it right back at Danny. Danny quickly projected his ectoplasmic ghost rebounder and the blast bounced off.

Danny tried flying quickly around Dilbert as he did Skulker. He flew around faster and faster, trying to get him dizzy….

Just then Dilbert stuck his hands out and crushed them against Danny. Danny emerged flat as a pancake and he fell to the ground.

Dilbert laughed as he raised his foot and tried to stomp on Danny. Danny quickly went intangible and went through the floor.

Danny flew back through the wall and tried to kick him. But Dilbert quickly turned around and gave Danny a hard punch, knocking him to the ground. Danny got up and fired another ectoplasmic blast. Dilbert flew up and dodged it.

Dilbert flew at Danny and tried to punch him. Danny flew downward and went intangible through the floor.

Dilbert looked around and shouted, "Give it up, ghost boy! You're no match for me! I am unstoppable!"

But while Dilbert was gloating over his recent success, Danny was already busy plotting his counterattack.

Danny thought hard, Let's see. None of my normal straightforward attacks have been working. So maybe I should try a few sneak attacks.

Danny phased back through the wall and flew at Dilbert's legs. He tried to fly around Dilbert again, but lower than the first time. Dilbert reached down and tried to crush him with his hands.

This was just what Danny was hoping for. He flew through Dilbert's legs, flew up, and gave him a hard punch right in the rear-end.

Dilbert yelled, "Owww!" as he rubbed his butt in pain. While Dilbert was yelling, Danny flew back over Dilbert's head and flew straight down, feet first.

Danny landed right on Dilbert's right foot, and he started to shout, "Yeeow! My foot!" He jumped around on one foot, holding his other foot in pain.

Danny grinned at him, "This might show you that bigger isn't always better."

"Perhaps, but more powerful is!" shouted Dilbert as he through fire out of his mouth. Danny went intangible and the fire harmlessly went through him.

Danny sighed, "Maybe I should try duplicating," as he tried, but nothing happened, "I guess Skulker's rifle hasn't quite worn off yet."

Danny went intangible again through the floor and came up behind Dilbert. Dilbert tried hard to swat him, but Danny kept dodging. Finally Danny flew up over Dilbert's head.

Dilbert quickly moved his feet, "Oh, no you don't! I'm not falling for that again!"

But Danny just laughed, "No, but you might be falling for this!"

He flew in front of Dilbert's face and gave him a hard kick right in the eye. Dilbert screamed louder than before and his eye began to swell.

Dilbert shouted, "Aaaah! I can't see a thing!" He pulled an eyepatch over his eye and growled, "You're a feisty one, aren't you?"

Danny smiled, "It's all part of the job description." He flew at Dilbert again.

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Outside the lab, Jack and Maddie were just about two hundred yards from the lab.

Jack pointed ahead and shouted, "Maddie, look at that! It's some huge lab!"

Maddie said, "Hmmm. Maybe its Dilbert's lab that that ghost mentioned."

They flew up to a gate in front of the lab (Danny, Sam and Valerie flew straight into the yard so they didn't see it). It read, "Welcome to Professor Dilbert's Lair. Beware to all who enter."

Jack looked at it, "Do you think this is it?"

Maddie rolled her eyes and said, "Come on, Jack! Let's go inside! We've got us a ghost to destroy and a town to save!"

Jack and Maddie ran past the gate, ran up to the door, and ran inside.

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"Ooof!" Danny shouted as he was knocked against the wall.

Danny slowly got up. He had been doing well in this battle for a while, but now he was tiring out as was running out of options, and running out of time.

Dilbert smiled, "Aw, getting tired, poor Danny?"

"Don't do a baby-talk routine on me," growled Danny, "I'm fourteen."

"Oh, it's a shame you have to die at such a young age," as he suddenly fired an ice blast from his hand. Danny quickly fired an ectoplasmic blast at it, and it blasted away.

Danny then grunted in place with all his might, and finally, he duplicated into four.

The four Dannys laughed and shouted, "Yeah! How do you like me now?"

Dilbert growled, "I wanted one-on-one, you little rat."

"It's still me, it's just duplicated." One Danny then fired an ectoplasmic blast. Dilbert absorbed it with his hand. Another fired another, but Dilbert absorbed it with his other hand. The remaining two Dannys fired, and Dilbert had nothing to absorb it with. He was hit and knocked to the ground.

Dilbert got up, "Even if you beat me, you'll never set all these people free. The only way you can would be to defeat my master. He has the key to unlock everybody."

"Really?" asked one Danny, "Thanks for the info."

Dilbert muttered, "Oh, I hate it when I do that."

The four Dannys flew at Dilbert and tried to punch him. Dilbert suddenly started spinning. As he spun, he began to glow green. When the four Dannys hit him, they screamed in pain and bounced backward, falling to the ground.

Danny groaned as he unintentionally formed back into one. He tried to get up, but he was too exhausted.

Dilbert laughed as he hovered over him, "On your knees, Danny! Just the way for you to die! He raised his foot, "Any last words?"

Danny looked around desperately, and suddenly saw something. A little drop of the fluid Dilbert had taken was lying on the ground. Danny reached over and picked it up.

Dilbert shouted, "No! Don't drink that! It's no even sanitary!"

Danny ignored him and put it into his mouth. Danny groaned, but since he only took a drop, instead of making him stronger than ever, it simply restored his energy.

Back to 100 percent, Danny divided into four and flew at Dilbert. Dilbert tried spinning again. But the four Dannys quickly stopped. Two Dannys phased through the floor and went to the spot just below Dilbert. They fired ectoplasmic blasts from below and hit Dilbert, sending him flying upward. He was standing right in front of his machine.

Approaching the room running down the corridors were Jack and Maddie. They slowly peered into the room. They saw the four Dannys in front of Dilbert.

Jack whispered, "You've got to be kidding me! There's four Inviso-Bill's! But who's that with him?"

Maddie looked at Dilbert, "Judging by his labcoat I think that must be Dilbert."

Dilbert shouted at the four Dannys, "If you think you're gonna save all of these people, you've got another thing coming!"

Maddie looked surprised, "Did he say 'save'?"

Jack looked just as confused, "Why would he want to save anyone? He's Public Enemy Number One." He looked over to the cages containing the people, "Oh, dear! Look at everyone! Tucker! Samantha!"

Maddie looked throughout them, "But Danny's not there with them. And when I get a look at Inviso-Bill, the first person I think of is…Danny. Don't they look alike?"

"They do look similar. But you don't think…?"

"Oh, no! Of course not! I'm just saying it's kinda strange."

Jack asked, "So, should we open-fire?"

"Not just yet."

Meanwhile, the four Dannys shouted at Dilbert, "I don't think it's best to stand in front of your machinery." Then they all powered up ectoplasmic blasts. They then all fired to somewhere in front of them. The blasts hit and began to build up.

Finally a huge blast flew right at Dilbert. Dilbert tried to absorb it, but it was too powerful. The huge blast hit him, and he flew right into the machine, causing it to go haywire.

Dilbert screamed in pain as shocks and explosions went through him, "This isn't over! I will have my revenge, Danny Phantom!" Then there was an enormous blast as the machine exploded, with Dilbert vanishing. After a few seconds, Dilbert's labcoat and eyepatch slowly floated to the ground.

Danny formed back into one, slowly looked at the items, and pumped his fist, "Woo! I did it!"

Sam and Valerie cheered from inside their cage as Danny celebrated his big victory. Sam shouted, "You rock, Danny!"

Valerie added, "Yeah! You the man! I can't believe I said that."

Just outside the room, Jack and Maddie now looked more confused than ever.

"Danny?" asked Maddie, "Did Sam and that girl just call that ghost Danny? But he couldn't be…could he?"

"I'm not sure," replied Jack, "but one thing's for sure. It doesn't look like he's evil now."

Danny was still celebrating. He finally stopped and looked over at everybody, but they were still unconscious.

Danny asked, "Why aren't they waking up yet?"

"Allow me to explain," said a sneering voice from up above Danny. Danny jerked his head upward. Was it Dilbert? A figure floated down from the ceiling, smiling at Danny. It was not Dilbert. It was the ghost who was number one on Danny's "Hate" list.

Danny growled, "Plasmius…."

Bet you expected that, huh? Dilbert has finally been destroyed, but no one's regained their strength yet. And to make matters worse, Danny's arch nemesis has arrived to attempt to finish off Danny himself. Danny's back to full power now, but will it be enough to defeat his toughest opponent of all? Find out in Chapter 13!