Skulkur lay on the ground, dead, at Danny's feet.

"WHO ARE YOU!" Danny shouted at the Dark Danny.

"I am your dark side… but you can call me Specter," said Specter (Dark Danny). Just then, Plasmius came flying right into Danny. Specter walked up to them.

"Plasmius… I'll deal with you in a second," said Specter. He took the Amulet of Power right off of Plasmius's neck and put it on. Specter then flew off.

"Who is THAT?" Plasmius said, getting up.

"My dark side, apparently," replied Danny, also getting up. Plasmius's eyes went wide open.

"Look," he said, pointing at Apocalypse. Danny looked and was shocked.

Specter was making mincemeat of Apocalypse. First, Specter blasted Apocalypse's eyes. Then, he sent a flurry of ectoplasmic energy at Apocalypse. Then as a finishing move, Specter got a fist of red energy and drove a fist into Apocalypse. Then, a beam of red energy emerged through the other side of Apocalypse. Apocalypse fell and landed on his back. Apocalypse… was dead.

"Umm… let's get out of here," said Danny.

"Good idea," said Plasmius. "The idea of death doesn't really appeal to me." And with that, Danny and Plasmius went invisible and flew off.

THE NEXT DAY…………………………………………………………………

Danny and Vlad were walking down a white hallway. They just kept walking until, apparently, they found the right room. They entered and saw Jack and Maddie in a hospital bed. Vlad rushed up to Maddie's hospital bed immediately. Danny takes one look at them and starts crying silently. Then, as Danny stood there, he vowed to destroy his demon… no matter the cost.

Tucker entered the room and stood next to Danny.

"Danny," Tucker said, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," replied Danny sadly.

"Nuh-uh. I'm not buying it," said Tucker. "Both of your parents and your girlfriend were attacked by ghosts. AND your inner demon was released."

Danny glared at Tucker.

"Come on, Tucker," said Danny.

"But I just got here!" replied Tucker defiantly. Just then, an explosion rattled the building. Danny's ghost sense went off. Specter entered the room through a hole in the wall.

"Where did he go?" asked Specter.

"Where did who go?" asked Danny.

"Vlad Masters, Plasmius, whatever you want to call him. Where is he!" demanded Specter. All of a sudden, Danny noticed he was gone.

"I don't know," replied Danny. Just then, a pink ectoplasmic blast came from somewhere behind him and knocked Specter back through the hole. Plasmius shimmered back into sight and flew after him.

"You should go," said Tucker. Danny went ghost then and there.

"I will…" said Danny, taking one last look at his parents before flying out the hole. Plasmius and Specter were just hovering, staring at each other. Danny flew next to Plasmius.

"Plasmius!" Specter shouted. "I'll kill you! Any last words?"

"Yes," said Plasmius. "Duck." Valerie fired an ectoplasmic ray at Specter. Specter dodged it and blasted Valerie off of her glider. She started falling.

"Valerie!" shouted Danny, flying down to save her. Then, Specter charged Plasmius. Plasmius duplicated form and attacked. It was a massacre from the beginning. Plasmius never stood a chance. Danny caught Valerie and kept flying. He set her down before she could punch him, then flew back up to the battle.

A violent struggle ensued between Plasmius, the Plasmius duplicates, Danny, and Specter. Specter ended up blasting them back into their human forms. Danny and Vlad fell from the sky to the road. It was a long fall.

SOME TIME LATER………………………………….

Danny saw a shape. It was fuzzy.

"S… Sam?" he said. Wow. It took a lot of effort just to say that. But it wasn't Sam. It was wearing white… Danny blinked. It was a doctor.

"Hello, Daniel," the doctor said.

"H… how long have I been down?" asked Danny.

"Two days," replied the doctor. "Your parents have already been discharged. But I'm afraid that you and Mr. Masters have to stay..."

"No we don't," came Plasmius's voice from nowhere. A pink blast came from nowhere and knocked the doctor out. Plasmius shimmered into sight. Danny sat up abruptly.

"Plasmius!" shouted Danny.

"Come, Daniel. We have to go," said Plasmius.

"Oh, no," said Danny. "I'm not going to fight Specter again."

"We're not assaulting that thing again, Daniel," said Plasmius. "We're going to ask the All-Seeing Oracle for advice."