Hello, folks! How was the weekend? Mine was okay; there was a lot of yardwork for me and my parents today. But let's be honest. No one wants to hear my life story. Thanks for the reviews! Oh, and just so you all know, this will be the last chapter. But there will be an epilogue, so don't you worry.

Okay, we're moving on! Chapter 17 is here! Sorry for the wait, final exams are coming for me. Anyway, what will Danny do?

Danny had been through a lot in his life. He had been picked on by bullies, he had gotten acne, he had gone through whatever a normal teenager went through. Then the lab accident turned him half-ghost and his life became far from normal.

His life now involved fighting evil ghosts. He had fought a ghost who granted wishes. He had fought a ghost hunter who hated him for accidentally ruining her life. He had fought a teenage ghost who wanted to take control of his sister.

Then his life became on the line when the fainting spells started coming. When he landed on life support, all seemed lost. Then Neveah entered his thoughts, and trained him to become stronger, but not strong enough. When all seemed lost once again, his love for Sam fueled him to become strong enough.

Then he engaged with his arch-enemy, Vlad Plasmius, in combat. He had done very well, and Danny had a feeling his problems were finally coming to an end. But thanks to a pure cowardly sneak attack, Danny saw the one he loved being held hostage by Vlad. Despite all he had gone through, Danny's problems just didn't want to end.

"Sam!" shouted Danny.

"Ah, ah, ah," said Vlad, "You wouldn't want her face to be smeared with blood, do you?"

"Leave her alone! She has nothing to do with this!"

"Does it look like I care, Daniel? I'm just doing what you did to me at the college reunion, after all."

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't you remember? You threatened to expose us both if I didn't call a truce. As I said then, you were using my weaknesses against me. Now, I'm telling you that I will kill this girl if you don't surrender to me."

"Is that a threat?"

Plasmius chuckled, "It's a promise."

Danny said back, "You can't do this!"

Vlad grinned, and then brought the sharp end of his knife to Sam's face. Sam had a frightened look on her face as Vlad pushed the knife into her skin and run down. Vlad withdrew the knife and watched as blood leaked down Sam's face. To answer Danny, Vlad said, "I can, and I will. It's your choice, Daniel. Either you surrender to me, or the girl dies."

"Don't listen to him, Danny!" shouted Sam, "Don't surrender! I'm not worth it!"

Danny sighed. His mind began to wonder, What should I do? There's got to be something I can do. But there's nothing I can think of. Sam is more important than anything to me. I've got to make sure she's safe.

Danny turned to Vlad and said, "I'll do what you want. Just don't hurt Sam."

Plasmius smiled, "Excellent choice, Daniel. Okay, first things first. I want you to lie down on the ground face-first. Then I will come finish you off there. Then, and only then, will I let her go."

Just then Sam said, "This is really sick, even for you."

"Sam, quiet!" shouted Danny.

Vlad added, "Listen to the boy. I prefer taking hostages who are quiet, whether they are alive or not."

Sam groaned and tears started running down her face as Danny got down on the ground. Vlad smiled, and then started walking over to Danny. Danny could only wait as Plasmius approached him. Plasmius made another one of himself and he began to form a red flame in his hand. It grew brighter, showing signs of it being deadly.

Plasmius 1 started laughing as he appeared to have won. His free hand slid up to Sam's mouth.

Just then, a light bulb flicked on in Sam's brain. She opened her mouth wide and bit him on the finger. Plasmius 1 yelled and let go of Sam. Sam ran out of the way and shouted, "Danny, now! I'm free!"

Plasmius 2 fired a red flame at Danny, but Danny heard Sam's words and flew up out of the way. Danny shouted, "Sam, get out! It's too dangerous for you."

"But Danny…"

"NOW!"

Sam hesitated, and then ran out of the room.

Danny turned back to Plasmius, "Let's finish this, Plasmius."

Vlad formed back into one and said, "Let's."

Danny formed the ectoplasmic energy blade in his hand, with Vlad doing the same. Just like before, it became a hard duel with the blades, neither able to get in a hit.

Danny then got an idea. He took the blade in his hand and threw it at nothing. Then he teleported to that spot and carefully caught it. Then he repeated the process. Vlad watched curiously, wondering what the teenager might be up to.

After a few more times, Danny threw the blade right at Vlad. Vlad reacted quickly and caught it. He chuckled, "Are you just trying to help me beat you, Daniel?"

Danny smiled back, "No, just thought I'd make you get your hands full." Then he fired a red flame at Vlad. He had nothing to absorb it with and he couldn't teleport in time. He was hit and knocked down. Both blades disappeared.

Plasmius got up, and fired an eyebeam at Danny. Danny fired his own eyebeam and they both started to push against each other. Finally Vlad's eyebeam pushed past Danny's and hit Danny. Danny recovered and blew icy breath at Vlad. Vlad repeated Danny's trick from earlier and threw his red flame at it, melting it.

The battle continued for a few more minutes. Just then someone burst through the door. It was Sam, and she had the Fenton Thermos. "Danny!" she shouted, "I've got the thermos!"

"Toss it here!" Danny shouted back.

But before he could Vlad said, "Oh, no you don't," and then blasted Sam with an eyebeam. Sam dropped the thermos and was knocked right at the wall. She slid down it and groaned.

"SAM!" shouted Danny. He turned to Plasmius with hate in his eyes, "That's it. You are going down right now!"

Vlad showed no sign of fear as Danny blew icy breath. At the same time he fired an ectoplasmic blast with his left hand. He also threw a red flame with his right hand. And he did this all while teleporting around the room as fast as he could.

Plasmius was surrounded as Danny's relentless attacks surrounded him. He was able to absorb a few, but a lot came so fast that he didn't see them coming. Eventually he sunk down towards the ground.

Danny seized the opportunity he was hoping for and flew straight at Plasmius. With no time to react, Danny wound his fist, and gave him a very hard punch right in the face. Vlad fell to the ground. And he did not get up.

Plasmius groaned, "I can't believe it. You defeated me. And I was at full power this time."

Danny smiled, "Just a little story of good triumphing over evil."

At this time, Sam slowly got up. She picked up the thermos and walked over to Danny. She handed it to him, "Finish it up, Danny."

Danny took the thermos, "I might keep you in extra long, Plasmius." He opened the thermos and sucked his arch-enemy inside, as he screamed.

Just then, inside the ice that surrounded Tucker, a bunch of gold light suddenly flew out of Tucker and disappeared. Wondering what happened, Danny and Sam ran over to the block of ice and started trying to break it. Danny helped with his red flame.

Eventually the ice melted and Tucker fell to the ground face-first. Danny flipped him over and said, "Tucker? Tucker? Are you okay, man? Are you back to normal?"

Tucker groaned as he slowly opened his eyes. He looked around at his friends, looking rather confused.

Without warning, Tucker shouted, "Danny! Sam! You're both okay!" Then he ran over and hugged them both. They were both taken aback but accepted the hug.

Danny asked him, "Looks like you're okay too. What happened to you?"

Tucker explained, "Well after I got home the other night, I was attacked by Vlad. He knocked me unconscious. I woke up a while later and started to head back to the hospital, but then I was grabbed by one of his birds and taken to an alley. Then Vlad punched me and…that's the last thing I remember. What happened after that?"

Danny explained everything to him. Tucker couldn't believe it.

"Let's see. I tried to kill you, you got trained by a ghost inside your mind, Sam woke up, you woke up too soon, had another spell, overcame it, fought your arch-enemy, saved Sam from being killed, and defeated your arch-enemy. What a day, huh?"

Just then, a bright light started to fill the room. Someone started to form inside it. "Danny…" the face said. Danny somehow recognized the face. But where… Just then, it hit him.

"Neveah?"

She smiled and nodded.

Tucker and Sam stared in awe. "So that's Neveah," said Sam. Tucker whistled at the girl.

Neveah chuckled and turned to Danny, "Well done, young Danny. You have overcome the spells and rescued your friends as well as yourself. I'm very proud of you."

Danny smiled, "There's no way I could have done it without you. Neveah, thank you, for everything." Then he slowly walked over to Neveah and hugged her. Neveah hugged back, "It has been my pleasure teaching and training you. I knew you had it in you."

Danny let go and said, "It just took my love for Sam to ultimately do it."

Neveah smiled, "And now, young Daniel Fenton, it is time for us to say goodbye."

Danny nodded, "I understand. Thank you for your teaching. It is something I'll never forget."

The light started to fade as Neveah waved goodbye, "Goodbye, Danny. Have a good life."

Danny waved back, "You too! I'll miss you! Thanks for everything!" The light faded more and more and she become bleaker…

She disappeared. Danny sighed and said, "She's gone."

Sam put her hand on her shoulder, "She did what she set out to do. That's all that matters."

Just then, Jack and Maddie started to wake up. Danny quickly transformed back into Danny Fenton. Jack stood up and shouted, "Hey! Where'd the ghost go?"

Danny held up the thermos and said, "Don't worry, dad. I took care of him."

Maddie exclaimed, "You got rid of that ghost? With what?"

Danny stuttered, "Uh, I started taunting him and lured him to me. Then I trapped him in the thermos."

Jack chuckled, "Good job, son."

Maddie said, "But don't ever do something so dangerous again, young man!"

Danny gave a nervous laugh, "Got it."

"Alright," said Maddie, "Let's go home."

Danny answered, "Uh, you guys go ahead. We'll catch up." They nodded and walked out.

Danny turned to Sam, and then glared at Tucker. Tucker quickly got the message and walked out as well.

Danny said to Sam, "Listen. You have no idea how worried I was when Plasmius threatened to kill you like that."

"I could tell you were really worried. You know, since you were going to surrender and everything. Also, I was really worried for you in that battle with him. It was so scary, not knowing if you were going to survive a battle this tough."

"But all that matters is that everyone's okay."

"Yeah." Then she planted a kiss on Danny's lips and held it there.

After they let go, Danny said, "As long as you're with me, I'm always okay." Then they kissed again.

After a few more seconds, they heard Tucker shout from outside, "Are you guys coming or what?"

Danny and Sam smiled, and then joined hands and walked out, never to leave each other.

The End

It's over, folks! Well, mostly. Like I said, there will be an epilogue, since Kagome51 was going to do the same. Review, and you won't have to wait long!