Woohoo! The last chapter of my one and only fan fiction piece! I can't believe it took me so long to write this stupid thing, but I finished in time to give the completed version to my little brother in time for his birthday. I saw a lot of you were upset that I killed off Maddie. I admit, I hadn't intended to, I just felt like it one day so I did. But if you had read the whole story, you shouldn't have been worried! I really had no plan for the plot- I thought I did, but had so much going on that I kept changing it and making random stuff happen out of nowhere. I didn't know how to end this one, so I did what I could.
I also kept the events of "Reign Storm" out of this story- No special suit, Valerie doesn't like Danny, no more D/S "ness," etc. I left out any more romance between Danny and Sam because it makes me sick to my stomach to write romance'y' stuff like that, and the chapter that I did put some fluff into made me almost throw up. Sorry I'm so unloving.
I also didn't know about how the ghosts got to the Ghost Zone to begin with, or if they were spirits of people and other creatures who had died (interesting concept though)- I assumed they were, due to the whole Dairy King thing in "BR" and how he used to own Vlad's castle, etc, so I wrote this as if ghosts were spirits of deceased people. Sorry if you don't like it that way, but the show doesn't really clarify exactly what they are, so I took it into my own hands.
One more thing- I also had some requests to make this next chapter more oriented towards Danny and his group, as well as more dramatic- so I tried the best I could, without leaving Timmy and the others out. I hope it's alright and that you have as much fun reading it as I had writing it!
Sayonara and good riddance, y'all!
The fact that Jack's son was the ghost boy hardly seemed to faze anyone in the group who hadn't already been aware of the fact. Based on their reactions to his transformation, it was if they hadn't even noticed him at all, especially in lieu of the tragic event that had just occurred. They all stood, focused on Maddie, weeping and remembering their fallen comrade as the ambulance pulled up behind the stage and the paramedics ran out and confirmed what they already knew. It seemed as if every other emergency vehicle in the city had arrived shortly after everyone had sustained injuries from beating each other up and destroying everything in sight while Ember had briefly controlled them. There had been no other reported deaths, but many others needed medical attention.
Everyone in the group watched sadly as the paramedics lifted Maddie's body onto a stretcher and into the ambulance in a last-ditch effort to try and revive her, but to no avail. They invited one family member to ride with them as they took her to the hospital, and Jack more than willingly volunteered, as they asked him questions about what had happened and how she had been so badly burned.
"But Jack, we need you to help us!" one of the Guys in White said.
"Yeah, you're like, the main dude here," the first of the Extreme Ghost Hunters said. "You know, with all the gear and stuff."
Jack did not reply at first, but after a long pause, he muttered, "You guys are on your own for now, and I'm not worried a bit."
Sam simply laid a hand on his shoulder gently as Jack walked off and shook her head, and the hunter got the hint to back off and that he should let the subject rest. The man's wife had just been killed and he needed some time alone to grieve, whether he was the main expert on all the gear they had been using or not. (In fact, it really had been Maddie who was the main creator of all their equipment in the first place).
Jazz watched as her father climbed in, enveloped with tears. Danny approached her, his eyes bloodshot as well. Valerie watched the two of them wrap their arms around the other's shoulders as they watched him sit down next to her. She also saw Sam and Tucker approach, to try and console them. She couldn't help but feel miserable about the whole situation.
I can't believe Fenton's mom just died, she thought. That's terrible. But, I can't believe he's been Inviso-Bill, or Danny Phantom or whatever he calls himself this whole time! No wonder he was always wary of me. She turned back to the ambulance, whose doors had just been shut, but she could see the looming mass of Jack Fenton through the back window. He seemed to have suffered a total mental breakdown as he sobbed uncontrollably, holding his dead wife's hand as the vehicle made its way through the crowd and disappeared into the darkness.
The battle still waged on full-force up above, as everyone in the audience watched in awe from the ground. Ghosts and what looked like comic superheroes moved so fast above them that they seemed to be nothing but blurs colliding with blurs most of the time. Some people were confused as to what all the giant flying toys were doing in the air, and how more and more kept randomly appearing and chasing the glowing blobs that were ghosts. Luckily no one noticed all the additional children wishing for them in the audience, and their various accessories whose eyes blinked back at them. None of the ghost-hunters seemed to care what was occurring at this point, now that Maddie had been killed. They all stood on the ground behind the stage, as if they didn't know what to do next. Danny and Jazz seemed to have slumped into a deep state of depression, and Tucker could see Penelope Spectra and Bertrand inching closer and closer from above, snickering to themselves that they may soon be able to feed off all their misery.
"Hey Bertie, maybe if we kill a few more of these measly humans, there will be even more anguish for us to feed off of," he heard her say, and sneered at her. He raised his ecto-gun in case she got too close.
"Ooh! Wonderful idea, Penny. We shouldn't kill too many though, or there will be no one left to be upset about it. Ha!"
"Oh Bertie, I always loved your sense of humor."
Bertrand looked at her with an expression of adoration that would have made anyone sick to their stomachs, but then he asked, "So after the massacre, do you want to stop for a cappuccino?"
"Marvelous idea- " she started, only to be blasted by an ecto-ray from Valerie before Tucker could pull the trigger on his.
"Lay off it, spooks!" she cried. "You will do nothing of the sort. Now GET OUT OF HERE!" she blasted them again from her hover board, and they each flew off with a screech. Her blast seemed to wake everyone up from their stupor of misery, and she took advantage of their attention. "Now listen up, all of you! I know we are all upset, but it's getting us nowhere. Mrs. Fenton would not want us moping around and letting the town and the world get into more danger. She risked her butt out here today for all of us, and what are we doing to repay her for saving our lives? We have to get back out there and keep fighting, for her sake and for everyone else! It's what she would want us to do! Now who's with me?"
"Wow, she has a point," Sam said.
"She's a good motivational speaker, at least." Tucker added, then turned to Danny. "Come on man, for your mom's sake."
Danny balled up his fist and stammered, "they were applauding."
"What?" Sam and Tucker said together.
"When mom was killed, I heard people applauding. They thought it was part of the show- like a stunt or something I guess."
"Danny, they didn't know," Sam said, and Jazz nodded.
"Yeah Danny, you can't blame them for that, even with the ambulance. Ambulances are all over the place and people are used to seeing them at concerts." Jazz said. "Not to mention they were all kind of confused to begin with ever since Ember started playing."
"Ember!" Danny seethed and clenched his teeth in hatred. "I'll kill her when I find her!"
"Calm down, Danny. You have other things to focus on now. Besides, how do you kill a ghost?" Jazz asked.
"I'll find a way."
"Enough, Danny," Sam said firmly. "Ignore what the people were doing. It's your responsibility to help save us all and to make sure your mother didn't die in vain."
"Yeah I know, but it still bothers me."
"Well get your act together and fight for your mom, Inviso-Bill, or Danny Phantom, or whatever." Valerie shouted. He looked wide-eyed at her and remembered he had transformed in front of them, and on stage for the matter. He wondered if anyone else had seen him from the audience or if they all were watching the skies above. He hoped that if anyone had seen him, they would have thought it was another special effect, like they apparently had with his mom. Either that, or that they were too confused to begin with- no one was even looking at them now. He crossed his fingers hoping for the best and Valerie smiled at him behind her mask as he looked around to the other ghost hunters, who stood in agreement.
"That's right Danny," a woman ghost hunter said as she fed her ghost sniffing tiger, Scardy Cat, a Kitty Krunch. "Here, you're among friends."
"Absolutely," both Guys in White said, loading their tiny weapons.
"You're like so totally awesome dude!" The woman extreme ghost hunter exclaimed.
"Right on! You're like, a ghost AND a human! Wicked gnarly bro! That's totally righteous!" her partner said, then turned to Hans. "And you're like a weird werewolf human creature. Sweet!"
"Heh, ja, you can say dat," Hans said, then looked at Danny. "Now do your thing Danny, and ve'll do ours!" he said, smiling in his wolfa form, his golden eyes blazing as Cherie and Franz stood armed at his side.
"And I too, shall help you bring these fiends to their packaged doom!" Danny looked and saw the Box Ghost had appeared before them.
"I appreciate it."
"Plus I have my bubble wrap of death, and the tiny black box OF DOOM!"
"The what?"
"Here, just take it and you may find it useful, but for now, BEWARE!" he shouted and flew off after throwing Danny a tiny black box. Danny looked at it quickly since he was kind of pressed for time. "Is this what I think it is? Wow, thanks!" he called after the ghost and placed it in his pocket in case he'd need it. He then balled up his fist and in a flash of light and two rings of blue energy, had changed back into his alter-ego. "FOR MOM!" he shouted and lunged himself into the battle above while the others followed and chanted "FOR MADDIE!"
Timmy, who had been so quiet the whole time, looked at his fairy godparents sadly as he watched the others go into battle. "I should have just wished for the guitar, so Danny and everyone wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble to get it."
"We wouldn't have been able to poof it here anyway," Cosmo said. "It's a ghost item, and for the hundred millionth time, our magic doesn't work on other paranormal creatures or stuff."
"Wow, you were actually counting?" Timmy asked sarcastically.
"No. I can't count."
The buck-toothed boy was about to go join the fight, since he still had his superpowers and some gear the Fentons had given him, but a thought crossed his mind. "Hey guys, can I wish to go back in time?"
Wanda, who had a clue of what he was getting at, thought for a moment. "Er, how far back do you want to go?" she questioned with an air of trepidation in her voice, though she already knew the answer.
"Back to before Mrs. Fenton died," he whispered.
"Well we technically can," Wanda started as she poofed Da Rulez book into existence in front of her and she turned into her fairy self momentarily to leaf through it. "But, I am pretty sure we can't go back for the sole reason of bringing someone back to life who has recently died." She leafed through the book again, but couldn't seem to find what she was looking for. "I don't see anything here that says we can't though…"
"Oooh! Oooh! I smell a loophole!" Cosmo cried.
"Well I am here and I say you can't!" they heard a voice billow from behind them. Jorgen had just whacked Skulker in the head with his giant magic wand, knocking him about twenty yards away. Jorgen could see Danny fly over to him in the distance to finish him off.
"But why? And how did you know what we were talking about?" Timmy asked, clearly surprised that Jorgen had just appeared there.
"Whenever there is a question regarding Da Rulez, I am always the first to know," Jorgen emphasized. "And going back in time will henceforth be prohibited. Sightseeing and touring without interfering with history is one thing, but if everyone with fairy godparents figured out they could do that to magically save other peoples' lives, or change other events in history, imagine what could happen to the population, not to mention that the very fabric of the space time continuum would unravel and the- ."
"Okay, we get it," Timmy answered as Jorgen waved his wand and a new paragraph appeared on the page, restating everything he had just said, but more eloquently.
"Such things are best left in the hands of the afterlife and the Ghost Zone." Jorgen said. "I've been reading up on that place and it really is quite fascinating- " he stopped as another ghost tried to attack him, and he jumped back into the fight as if he had never stopped. Timmy actually thought he looked happy to be seeing so much action and being able to put his massive muscles to good use.
"So can you free the anti-fairies to fight the ghosts, since they can with their magic?"
Jorgen took a second to whack another ghost that looked like a giant squid and watched it hurtle backwards into the air, before he answered. "Well I suppose I could, but they're uncontrollable and wouldn't just cause bad luck for the ghosts, but for us as well. I can't allow them to endanger us farther."
"Oh." Timmy said, all out of ideas. "Well I know I can't wish to bring anyone back from the dead, so what else can we do?"
"We fight," Wanda said solemnly. "So start wishing."
"Wheee!" Cosmo cried.
The fact that Ember and Chip had stopped playing made everyone a bit antsy and rowdy, but still hopeful that the concert would continue. They all watched the sky in wonder at what they thought was the most realistic combination of a fireworks and laser light special effect show ever going on in addition to the stuff on stage. Many applauded loudly as spirits and superheroes attacked each other as they flew around, blasting ecto-rays, high-tech weaponry, etc. at each other. The few people who had witnessed Danny's transformation thought nothing of it, except that he was using a cheap lighting trick to try to fool everyone into thinking he was the illusive Inviso-Bill. Timmy's dad even shouted, "Hey, nice costume kid! Where can I get one of those?" but no one else heard him.
"Wow, come to think of it," Paulina started, "now that Danny is wearing that costume, I can't help but notice certain similarities between the two. Oh well. He's still a dork," she stated dimly and continued watching the sky 'ooh'ing and 'ah'ing with the rest of the crowd.
"Fenton and Inviso-Bill?" Dash asked. "As if. I don't see what you're talking about."
Chip Skylark just stood there stunned, first of all because there had just been a small explosion right next to him and a heavily-armed woman in a blue jumpsuit had been taken away in an ambulance, and secondly, that everyone had just been acting so violent towards each other, and then just stopped as quickly as they had started.
Timmy's parents could be heard over the roar of the crowd as they started to demand that Chip and Ember continue playing, and many other people joined them chanting "We want Chip and Ember!" "We want Chip and Ember!" but continued watching the battle in the sky as more and more ghosts became visible as they fought.
Timmy could tell that the superheroes had just finished rounding up all the escaped convicts and putting them back into jail because the Crimson Chin had just started a long-winded soliloquy celebrating this accomplishment that had something to do with the fact that as long as there was a single piece of raw fish in a roll of sushi, then there would always be a meal of justice, or something equally as ridiculous.
"You really should start helping out, Timmy," Wanda said. "You can make a wish or use those powers of yours."
"You're right. Stay with me guys!" Timmy said, and his fairies transformed into a green mask and a pink cape to hide the boy's secret identity. Timmy shot a strand of spider silk from his wrist, and using his super speed, swung off into battle to fight bravely besides the others.
Danny had just assisted Hans in taking down a large group of ghosts approaching the audience by conjuring an ecto-force field around them with one hand, and firing ecto-rays out of his other at another group. Hans was able to leap through the field since he wasn't a spirit, slashing at the captured ghosts with his claws, which made them vanish. Whether that was good or not, he didn't know, but assuming they were sent back to the Ghost Zone, he kept at it anyway. The amphitheater's lights had just been turned on, and now the darkness had become like day again. If Franz hadn't known better, he would have sworn he saw a dark black ghost among the gazillion others scream and run for cover.
"Thanks!" Danny said to him after he had beaten them all, then shouted "Hans, look out!" as another ghost ray fired from some other entity headed at him from another direction. Danny knew he couldn't get there fast enough, and Hans would have been hit if Cherie hadn't fired her weapon at it, deflecting the ray. They watched it ricochet around a dozen times in the air, knocking out a few other evil ghosts that it hit before it dissipated.
"Whew! Thanks for dat, Cherie!" Hans said graciously.
"No problem, but this is endless! They just keep coming!" she cried, as a huge ghost that resembled some kind of prehistoric pterodactyl-like creature grabbed her, carrying her up high into the air.
"NO!" Hans cried and snarling with rage, transformed into his full werewolf form.
"Whoa!" they all cried. "I thought he couldn't do that anymore." Looking at the sky and past the zooming figures, they realized that the moon wasn't even full yet.
"He'll kill everyone! Don't let him scratch or bite you!" Franz and Cherie yelled at the same time, even though she was still in the creature's grasp. None of the other ghost hunters were in sight that may have been able to help them either. Danny prepared to overshadow him as he had done before when the creature held up his hand to him and yelled "STOP!"
Danny and Franz froze, wondering why the werewolf wasn't attacking.
"It's me, guys!" Hans rasped in his full werewolf form, his voice now deeper and more guttural now that he had fully transformed. Danny and Franz could see his huge, pointed teeth that shone in the radiance of the surrounding electrical lights and ghost auras. "I don't know how or why, but I can control myself even though I'm now this."
"Maybe that was what Wulf did to you back there- gave you total control of your full form so you would be able to fight with all your full and enhanced abilities whenever you want," Franz thought aloud.
"Must be," Hans said, because now I can really go all-out. Hang on Cherie!" he called and with a great leap, he had jumped up to where she was and had slashed the creature so fast that it dropped her in surprise and disappeared in a flash. Hans's golden-yellow eyes focused on her as she fell screaming. Even more agile than he was before, he did a twist in midair as he started to fall back down too, and caught her as gently as one would catch a butterfly in one's hand. He landed easily and set his girlfriend down.
"Whew, thanks for saving my life, Hans. I can't wait to tell all the girls at school that I am dating the bravest, strongest, not to mention fluffiest guy around!" she kidded and gave the looming creature a hug (then petted his head). Hans chuckled and hugged her back when anther ghost tried to attack. Luckily, a tiny boy zoomed by and almost instantly afterwards, they saw the same ghost hanging from a light pole entangled in a glob of spider web. Hans realized he had to keep fighting, and thanked Timmy as he waved, slung a web, and swung off into the air. Han's muscles tensed as he started to battle again and Cherie and Franz jumped right in with the terrifying creature that had just saved its girlfriend from coming to a messy end. He leapt off and up towards the ghosts, and all but Danny had trouble keeping up with him.
Vlad Masters had been watching most of the battle from above- mainly laughing at that Crocker fellow who was trying so hard to capture ghosts with that ridiculous netting of his, but didn't seem to be having much luck. He just seemed to be catching other people in the audience instead, who were not amused in the slightest. Vlad couldn't help but laugh at him whenever he thought he had caught what he was after and shouted, "FAIRY- I MEAN GHOST!" when he finally saw Danny, two others with ecto-guns, and was that a werewolf? He didn't know or care, but zeroed in on his prey.
"Ah, Daniel, how lovely to find you and your companions alone without your parents, who I assume are fighting as valiantly as you all are somewhere in this mob. But, I don't see them anywhere, and you stand no chance against me with or without them. Not like they know what you are anyway. So, are you going to come quietly or are you going to make me humiliate you in a fight again?"
Danny suddenly was overcome with even more rage then before. Vlad must not have seen that his mother was killed. He summed up all his nerve and flew right up to his arch enemy and looked him in the face. "Mom is not going to ever be fighting ghosts again-"
"What?" He interrupted. "She's not the type to just quit when the going gets tough."
"She was killed when Ember set her to guitar explode! And she's dead partly because of YOU! This never would have happened if you hadn't staged this stupid plan to get to me in the first place, and now innocent people are paying the price of your greed and hunger for power!"
"No! She can't be dead. You're lying to get me to drop my guard to attack, and my my, what a lie it is. You are learning from me after all, and you don't even want to admit it."
"Do I look like I'm lying? We are all grieving and fighting in her honor right now, and here you're mocking me?"
Vlad looked at him for a moment contemplating what he just heard and not wanting to believe it if it was the truth. Just then, Jazz, Sam, Tucker and the Guys in White all caught up with them and shot their various weapons at Vlad and chanting "FOR MADDIE- SHE DIDN'T DIE IN VAIN!"
"Prepare to be permanently sent to the Ghost Zone, dirtbag!" Sam yelled and fired at him, but he dodged quickly, and deflected the shot back at her. It knocked her clear across the area she was standing in, and into a group of people, who were only starting to figure out that this wasn't supposed to be going on and that others were getting hurt. Jazz and Tucker shot back at him.
Vlad vanished, then instantly reappeared next to Danny and had his hand around his throat before he could retaliate. "If what you are telling me is true, you are the only one who can bring her back and merge her body with her soul again. Madame Babazita prophesized that you were the only one who could do it. If not, I'll just have to live with your mother forever as her spirit wanders the infinite realm of the Ghost Zone."
"I'll never let you do that, and why would you trust that crazy woman?"
"I have my reasons… I'll just leave it at that."
Danny eyed Vlad with sheer contempt, but a glimmer of hope shone in his ghostly aura. Mom is lost somewhere in the Ghost Zone, he thought and I have no idea where to look. "So how do I do it?"
"Heck if I know, but you better get to work, or these ghosts won't go away. Look here's more now." He spoke and gestured towards an enormous green glowing pirate ship floating in the air and approaching quickly. The crowd gasped as they realized (at last) that this was a ghost invasion. Duh. "Well, I'm off to demand an explanation from Ember and find Maddie's ghost. You'd better figure it out soon." He disappeared and Danny was left to face the enormous ship again.
"Ahoy, maties!" he heard the Captain, Youngblood, call above the tumult of the fighting. He appeared no older than Timmy, except that he had a wooden leg and an angular hook for a hand. His childish demeanor also did nothing to ease the tension. "Once I figured out how to turn the ghost shield off from the inside of my ship, My skeleton crew and I were able to get it up from the ocean floor and into the air again when we all pitched in and heaved it by hand. Now, I'll use you humans for fuel for my ship, and since Ember isn't here to hypnotize you into mindlessly working and generating power by physical labor, we'll just force you to do it on pains of being tossed into the black abyss of Johnny Jone's Locker!" he laughed.
"It's Davy Jone's Locker," His ghost parrot corrected.
"Oh, right, whatever. We'll just transport the surplus humans into the Ghost Zone so we can take over and live in their town instead. Argh!"
"Hear hear!" the other spirits and members of his 'skeleton crew' chanted as they approached the people who were packed like sardines and couldn't evacuate quickly enough to escape the new ghost threat. People started screaming and mass panic spread quicker than a wildfire. Shadows danced everywhere as people pushed and shoved each other to try to get away from the rapidly approaching ghosts, who generated an eerie green glow in addition to that of the amphitheater lights.
As the ghostly pirates swooped down, grabbing people to power their ship, everyone was doing all they could, including the superheroes and kids with fairy godparents, who now couldn't touch the specters since they had all turned themselves and their captives intangible. Danny and the other ghosts fighting with him, were the only ones whose powers could affect them, but once again, they found themselves hopelessly outnumbered. Suddenly, a ray of ectoplasm was shot out of the darkness from beyond the grounds, and knocked a few ghosts out of the air. Everyone in the audience turned and saw the Specter Speeder hovering above them.
"Who's piloting that?" Danny asked.
"Tootie!" Timmy yelled as he saw the blaster swivel around and fire at the pirate ship, causing it to lurch backwards and away from the concert grounds with a massive thud.
"Go get 'em guys! I love you Timmy!" he heard her call over the built-in megaphone.
Timmy groaned, but smiled a little after Tootie's announcement, then got back to fighting.
Was that Tootie's voice talking to Timmy? Vicky pondered as she, Dash, and his gang ran as fast as they could, pushing their way through the crowd when they ran straight into Ray Nitchky. "Nah" she thought, then called to Ray. "Hey Ray! What are you doing here?"
"Yeah, Ray!" Dash called along with the others who tried to get his attention.
"Good to see you, but you came to the show?" Quan asked.
"Yup. Came to see the show, just like you. Thought I'd try to get ideas for a new half-time show. I'm just glad I found you guys- your dad (he motioned towards Dash) told me you all were coming here tonight. Now let's ditch this mob scene!" he said firmly as they all grasped hands so they wouldn't get separated and followed (more like were pulled) towards the exit by the football star. "This is worse than the time we defeated the New York Jets when…" he started, but his voice was lost in the clamor of the crowd.
"We are here, in Amity Park, where a massive ghost invasion is taking place," Chet Ubetcha said to the camera from the back of the arena as he shouted into a microphone.
"Where just a couple of hours ago a young boy warned us of the impending disaster by giving us these goggles to view the so-called 'ghosts' that were invisible to the human eye." Harriet said, holding up the glasses. "Um, unfortunately we couldn't warn everyone in time." They were broadcasting from their hiding place inside a custodial closet underneath the stands.
"That's right. They uh, were all here and not watching their televisions!" Chet said, thinking quickly on his feet, not wanting anyone who heard their report to know they hadn't believed Timmy in the first place.
"The huge number of spirits is staggering, but there also are massive flying toys, and superheroes fighting too," Harriet started.
"Yes, Harriet. It's almost as if they were magically wished out of a young kid's comic book collection." Chet added. "However, there is also a group of ghost hunters who, according to our sources were being lead by Jack and Maddie Fenton, who have seemingly disappeared after a small explosion occurred on stage. We couldn't get in close enough to find out what happened though."
"That's right Chet, but now that they have vanished, it seems the new leader of their group is the infamous Inviso-Bill. He seems to be leading them along with another band of rebel ghosts and what appears to be a huge, vicious dog in a counter attack. There is also a floating vehicle with a laser cannon that seems to be assisting as well. We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for them, providing we can keep hiding."
"We'll be back with more exclusive live coverage. This is Chet Ubetcha and Harriet Chin, signing off."
"I think you mean, Harriet Chin and Chet Ubetcha," Harriet corrected before the cameraman had to sign off and run for cover.
"Whatever."
"I don't think I'll ever find mom's ghost in time," Danny said to himself. He knew Cosmo and Wanda wouldn't be able to help him in that department either. "She could be anywhere, and I'd be wandering throughout the endless Ghost Zone looking for her for all eternity. It's like looking for a single planet in the entire universe! I don't have time for this!" he said angrily as he kept on fighting and trying to figure out what to do. He realized he had to do something soon though, or Vlad would do something drastic. I have to go to the hospital, he thought. He found Timmy and told him to tell the others where he went before flying off.
"What! We need you to help us!" Timmy cried.
"I'll be back soon. But if these ghosts keep coming, it won't matter. I've just gotta see if I can help mom."
Vlad reappeared in the midst of the battle fuming. "That girl! I can't believe she would do that. I mean she's evil, but that's like something I would do to Jack! Never to Maddie! I can't believe I couldn't find her either. Ember, YOU WILL PAY WHEREVER YOU ARE!" he shouted to no one in particular, as his eyes began glowing brighter than they ever had before. The world went spinning around him, and he found he no longer cared about any of it. He had lost the only love of his life, and it all boiled down to the fact that it was more or less his fault for setting this whole plot up to begin with. Daniel was right, he thought. It was my fault, especially for bringing Ember into all this. I should of known she'd be uncontrollable as well. But none of it matters any more! Maddie's gone, Danny will fight me even if it kills him- more now than ever, and I have nothing left except my huge fortune. Why should anyone else be happy when I can't be? WHY! Well I'll just destroy everyone and everything in my way, starting with each and every one of the remaining Fentons and those ridiculous people who call themselves ghost hunters. Then on to the rest of the world until there is nothing left! "MUWAHAHAHAHA!" He laughed more evilly than he ever had before. He could feel himself losing all control, as he quickly went insane with anger, hatred, love, and remorse. He could feel power building up within him, and in an explosive burst, he released it, wiping out an entire city block, as the shockwave of spectral energy that he had just summoned knocked building after building over like they were giant dominoes, shattered windows, and sent cars flying, as if an enormous hurricane had blown into a city made of cardboard boxes and model cars. Any ghost, person, super hero, or giant floating toy in the proximity was also blown a good distance away. It was a good thing the superheroes were able to catch as many people as they did, and it was a miracle no one had been killed.
"Whoa! What was that?" Timmy yelled, looking around and then towards the hovering Specter Speeder, and seeing it had almost blown away. Luckily, Tootie found the small rocket booster activator and hit the button on the console, allowing her to ride the wave as the rockets forced the craft in the opposite direction until it had passed. Man, she's a good pilot, Timmy thought. I hope my parents and everyone else is okay.
"Major wave of spectral energy, according to this scanner," the Extreme Ghost Hunters said, pointing to their device.
"It's Vlad Plasmius, and he's gone insane!" a few of the friendly ghosts said. Wulf and the Dairy King quickly arrived and confirmed that it was Vlad.
"Great," Timmy said. "I hope Danny hurries up and gets back here quick!"
"Great jaws of justice!" the Crimson chin cried along with various other catchphrases exclaimed by other heroes.
"Holy clichéd catchlines, Catman!" they could hear the hero's sidekick exclaim aloud as they all laid eyes on Vlad, seething with anger, and not caring about a thing in the world. Suddenly, he started laughing as he saw them, split into four, and each copy of himself fired a ghost ray at their group.
"Prepare to die, all of you!" he cried, cackling horribly, as a wicked grin that only the Joker himself would have been proud of spread across his face.
Danny arrived in the hospital, and by phasing invisibly through wall after wall, found it was just as chaotic there as it was at the concert grounds. Ghosts were destroying equipment, nurses were screaming, and there was Jack Fenton, sitting next to a bed in which there was the form of his wife, covered entirely by a white sheet. Apparently the hospital staff had been too busy to take care of the body due to the ghost attack. His face was buried in his hands and he was sobbing heavily. He made no move to fight the ghosts.
It pained him to see his father like this, despite what had happened. He had always been a happy, goofy guy, who was more or less intelligent when he tried to be. He also knew that his father was not usually the type to let these specters get away with what they were doing. He looked away, wiping away his own invisible tears, as he hovered above Maddie's body, and thought about how he could bring her back. He didn't have time to find that crazy gypsy woman and ask her himself, and he knew Vlad didn't know either, but he had been told that he was the only one who could bring her back, and he would try everything he could to do that.
He phased through the sheet and into her body once again, feeling its emptiness and coldness as his form took the shape of his mother's. He called out mentally with all the energy he had, and thought about all the memories he had shared with his mother from as far back as he could remember. He did not know why he was doing this, but just felt a sort of instinct take over that told him he should, as he continued to focus on the memories, and found that he felt her body becoming warmer. His eyes (well Maddie's now) glowed brighter and brighter as he focused until suddenly, they turned the same blazing white they had before, and he felt just as he did when Tucker had been turned into a ghost and they had both overshadowed Paulina at the same time. It was kind of as if he was crammed against another consciousness, fighting for control, and having to make room. He knew instantly it was his mother he was competing with now. He had successfully called her spirit from the Ghost Zone and it had appeared back in her body.
Well I didn't know I could do that, but I guess that's because I never tried, he thought as he left her body and became visible to Jack, who jumped with a start upon seeing him appear out of thin air. Maddie's wispy spirit floated out of her body and became visible to them. Jack stared wide-eyed at her transparent, smiling face.
"You did it, honey! You found me Danny," she said happily as she hugged her son, who was just as surprised as his father. "I was so scared and lost, and had practically lost hope of ever seeing you guys again even though we all study ghosts. I didn't think I'd ever find a portal back since so few do anyway, but soon found myself being called back by the memories I used to know. I saw them clearly in my head, and soon found myself here again. Thank you again, honey."
"Maddie?" Jack asked. "Is it really you?"
"Yes dear."
"Well get back into your body!"
"I'll try," she said and went back into the body lying lifeless on the table. Nothing happened. "It looks like something has to fuse my spirit back into my physical body," she said.
"You can't overshadow yourself?" Danny asked, never having ever thought about it himself.
"I guess not, or ghosts would be doing that all over the place, and people wouldn't be staying dead."
"So what can we use to um, fuse your spirit or whatever we need to do?" Danny asked hopefully, since his mother always knew the answers. "How about the ghost portal, like what happened to me?"
"I suppose we could, but there's no time. There also is no way we would know if it would work fully or what the effects on a ghost would be. You were human when you stepped into it. Who knows what it would do to a ghost."
"We can't risk it," Jack said. "It may rip her entire essence apart, since it kind of killed you- er, partially, I guess. Plus there's chaos everywhere. I doubt we would be able to get through the crowd outside carrying a dead body."
"Well I can-" Danny started, when he felt the building lurch and all the windows broke as a shockwave passed the building. He placed his hand on his dad's shoulders and his other on his mother's body and tuned them intangible so that debris falling from the ceiling would go right through them. After the worst seemed to be over, Danny released them, and Timmy suddenly appeared with a poof next to Danny after having wished himself there.
"Hey, who are you?" Jack asked the boy who was clad in a green mask and pink cape.
"I'm Timmy," he said, pulling off his mask (that also had its own set of eyes).
"Wow, that certainly does a good job of hiding your secret identity."
Danny and Wanda rolled his eyes; Cosmo crossed his goofily despite the circumstances. "So Timmy, what the heck just happened?"
"Vlad's back and it looks like he's gone insane!" he blurted. "It looks like he's just destroying stuff for no reason now."
"I guess he couldn't find Ember then," Danny said. "And the only way to get him to come to his senses now is if I can get mom back to life. I just wish I knew what to do or had some help in figuring it out."
"I wish you did too," Timmy said, winking to his godparents.
"Well that just might work," Wanda whispered to Cosmo who nodded. They held up their wands and with a poof, the door flung open wide. Maddie turned invisible, just as the ghost hunters, Jazz, Sam, Tucker, Tootie, Hans, Franz, Cherie, and Valerie (tight squeeze, huh?) all crowded into the room, clearly confused about how they had gotten there.
"We like, had a feeling we should come here, and then we were like, here man," one of the hunters said and then fed Scardy Cat a Kitty Krunch as the white tiger walked into the room.
"Yeah, it was weird. We all felt like we should come here, and then we just appeared here." The Extreme Ghost Hunters said. "Totally extreme!" they cried, then the mood turned somber again as they realized where they were, and that Maddie's body lay before them. Danny looked at them all as he hovered, and both he and Timmy gave Cosmo and Wanda questioning looks.
"Hey, he wished for help to figure it out," Cosmo whispered to Timmy as the others all looked on at Jack, Maddie, and Danny.
"Yeah, you only heard the last part," Wanda said, "but I'm sure they'll do something."
A nurse burst frantically into the room, apparently running from one ghost or another, shrieked upon seeing them all, and was about to tell them that they weren't supposed to be there when Hans bared his fangs and Danny's eyes started to glow green again.
"Oh my gosh! A werewolf!" Cherie cried. "Run for your life!" she was interrupted as a few other malevolent ghosts phased into the room, and started making pests of themselves. The nurse ran screaming and everyone prepared to fight, including Jack (after enjoying a brief laugh). However, it was Maddie who appeared visible to the others for the first time, who stared the ghosts in the faces.
"DO YOU MIND? WE'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING HERE!" she cried and shot a blue beam of ectoplasm out of her eyes. The ghosts yelped and darted away. "Whoa, I didn't know I could do that. Neat!"
The others all looked amazed.
"Yes, it's me," Maddie said in a matter-of-fact manner after seeing the puzzled looks on their faces and before any of them could say anything. "Danny called me back to earth, but I can't seem to get back into my body.
"Well how do you turn human, Danny?" Tootie asked.
"I don't know, I just sort of think about it and I do. It's kind of hard to explain."
"Can you teach your mom?" Timmy asked.
"I could try, but she's not a halfa like me- she's completely dead, I'm just half dead- I think. I'm still not totally sure what I am."
"Danny!" Sam cried as she seemed to have figured something out. "Why don't you try changing back into a human while touching your mom? It may be enough energy to fuse her spirit back to her body."
Danny nodded. "Well it's worth a try," he thought and Maddie's ghost nodded. She phased back into her body, and Danny grasped her shoulders, concentrating. Two energy rings formed around him, and as they started to move apart to transform him back into a human, he felt some of that power being transferred to her. However, it was so draining, that he lost his focus, and had to stop halfway through or else he probably would have fainted. The rings moved back together, and his ghost self remained.
"What happened?" Tucker asked.
"I, I don't…know…" Danny said. He felt exhausted. That little stunt seemed to suck the energy right out of him and he hovered dizzily, but they had had no success.
"Vell, it looked like something almost happened," Hans said.
"It looks like you just need something more."
"Like what?" Danny and Jack asked. Jack looked at all his gear, but couldn't find anything that looked like it would help.
Jazz stood up. "Love," she said. The others stared, but she continued. "It was Danny's love and memory of her that pulled her back from the Ghost Zone. Maybe a little more from us may do the trick to fuse her spirit. As long as we remember all the love we shared with someone, they never truly leave us after they die, right?"
"Well that's an idea at least," the guys in white said.
"Maybe that's the trick," Tucker said, looking at Danny, more hopeful now. "But you'll have to find a better, more efficient way to channel all that energy."
The ghost boy nodded, just as the building shuddered again, and everyone covered their heads with whatever they could to protect themselves. As if following instinct, Danny knew what he had to do.
"Hurry, Danny!" Jazz pleaded.
"Good luck, Gho- I mean, Danny," Valerie said.
Danny nodded, took a deep breath even though he didn't technically have to, then closed his eyes and focused harder than he ever had before, summoning a power he had never used before. His body started to glow a bright purple- the same hue as his mother's eyes. His form seemed to flicker in and out of existence as he focused harder and harder.
"What is he doing?" Valerie asked.
"Heck if I know," Sam replied.
"I don't know if he even knows what he's doing. Looks like he's in some kind of trance," Tucker added. They all looked and realized his face had become blank and expressionless. His eyes were no longer glowing green, but the same shade of purple as the rest of his body. Suddenly, it was if he was made of the very air itself. He closed his eyes and the bright purple glow became much dimmer for a brief second and they could barely see his now transparent outline before Danny's form just fell apart before them, like a wisp of smoke does in a gust of wind, and became a softly glowing type of purple mist which suddenly turned a blazing white.
Everyone gasped as they watched Danny, or rather the radiant white semi-transparent mist that he had become, hover over Maddie's body in which her ghost awaited, and then enveloped her briefly before it disappeared within her, bonding to both his mother's spirit and her dead human flesh. Maddie's body started glowing white, and the light got brighter and brighter until it reached a peak where it didn't get any brighter. Everyone had to shield their eyes momentarily to adjust to the brightness as they realized the light had spread to them as well and they were all glowing white too; not as brightly as Maddie was, but they were glowing all the same, as if they all had visible auras around them.
The building shook again, and night tables were knocked over along with ceiling panels and lamps which shattered on the floor. "Now, everyone!" Jack said, as they all focused on all the love and memories they had shared during her life. Even though some of them hadn't known Maddie very long, they focused on her kindness and determination against all odds. These feelings, thoughts and memories manifested themselves in the form of visible rainbow-colored auras and lights which appeared in the air around them, glowing brighter and brighter.
"It resembles the aurora borealis," Sam commented as she remembered how nice Mrs. Fenton had always been to her.
"It's beautiful," Jazz said, watching the swirling colors fly around the room.
"But now what do we have to do?" Jack said anxiously as he remembered the excitement and anticipation he always felt when his wife baked her famous snickerdoodle cookies.
"I guess we have to send these emotions and memories back to Danny and Maddie." Tucker said.
"Think harder! Focus people!" Valerie called, but the swirling lights just stayed where they were. Danny couldn't use them to help him as long as they stayed where they were.
"Is it working?" Timmy asked.
"Quick Timmy, he needs help- he's never done this before. Hold this above Maddie!" Wanda called and made her wand appear in his hand before anyone noticed.
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
"Okay…" Timmy started, and held the wand above Maddie' glowing body. It started floating above her, and Timmy released his grip on it. Suddenly, the wand started glowing, catching the feelings and emotions in the star-shaped tip, as if it were an antennae, and channeling them down into Maddie through a narrow beam of golden light, no thicker than a pencil that appeared to form at the base of the handle.
Danny felt the rush of all their thoughts, memories, and feelings flood into him, and the power generated from them surged through him and directly into Maddie as his very essence held his mother's spirit and body together. He felt them and saw them all, experienced the joy, pain, sorrow, etc. that everyone else had experienced with her at some point throughout their lives as if he was each and every one of them. He felt like he was burning, but fought to stay in this mist-like form and finish the job.
When he could take no more of it, Maddie's body emitted a bright golden glow, brighter than the white light before, and everyone covered their eyes again. Danny changed back into his spirit form, but no one saw him since he was still inside his mom's body. He was not fighting for control as if he was overshadowing her, he was just there inside her, like he was whenever he phased through a thick, solid object. He floated out of her, obviously exhausted, but grasped his mother by the shoulders, and transformed back into a human; the blue rings of energy forming, moving apart from each other, surrounding both himself and his mother. He focused as hard as he could to get them to move apart, and with a great strain, they did, changing him back into a human, and finishing the job of fusing Maddie's ghost back to her body.
"And that's why that kind of stuff doesn't happen every day," Tucker said, but no one seemed to listen.
Danny practically fell over from fatigue as Maddie sat up. He smiled at her weakly, before Jack picked him up, and embraced him and his wife in a huge hug in which everyone joined in.
"Danny, you did it! Thank you so much honey! I've never felt more alive than I do right now!" Maddie exclaimed. "Though I am going to miss being able to shoot energy rays out my eyes and turn invisible." Danny looked frazzled. "Oh I'm just kidding! Being alive is so much better than being dead."
"Not just me, everyone helped," Danny said quietly.
"Yeah, hopefully you'll never have to do that again," Franz said.
"I don't think I could do it again even if I tried," Danny said faintly, "but I'm glad you're back mom," he finished before falling unconscious into her arms.
"But how did that happen?" Timmy asked his godparents away from the others. "You know, with the wand and all. I thought magic doesn't affect anything that relates to ghosts."
"Love is the greatest magic of all, Timmy," Cosmo said.
"Absolutely right, snoogums," Wanda said, giving her husband a kiss on his cheek. "I couldn't have said it better myself," she smiled. "Danny was using an ancient form of magic that all creatures can tap into as well, including ghosts. That magic is love. We just helped him along a little, since it looked like he needed a little help and was getting worn out.
"So that must be why that fortune teller lady said Danny was the only one who could do it." Timmy thought aloud. "He's the only halfa (since there are only two) who truly loves and values his family and friends. Vlad doesn't have family or friends to help him, and even though he loves Maddie, that's all he loves besides his money. Not enough to do any good. He's mostly evil now anyway and desires to use the power for personal gain- he must plan to raise an army or something of that nature. Danny used it to help another.
"Plus he had us," Cosmo said. "Vlad doesn't."
"Love is the root of our own magic," Wanda said, "and he used it well. Even fairies can't bring the dead back to life."
Another shudder of the building reminded them that there was still a battle being fought outside; especially when another group of ghosts phased into the room, except these were fleeing from something.
Before anyone could raise a weapon, Maddie had already cornered them with a weapon that looked like a type of laser sword that she had pulled out of her utility belt. "What are you running from?" she demanded.
"Pla- Pla- Plasmius! He's coming this way!" they stammered before screaming and flying off. They all looked out the window and saw hundreds of people running in the streets, knocking into others and falling over each other in a desperate attempt to get away. Suddenly Vlad appeared before them, and they all raised their weapons.
"Oh please," Vlad said evilly and released another burst of energy that disabled all their equipment.
Danny's eyes shot open at the mention of the name, and he jumped up, only to fall right over again. "Danny!" Maddie said.
"I wish he was strong enough to fight again!" Timmy whispered, and with a poof, Danny was standing and poised for battle.
"Wow, that was a quick recovery," Jack said.
"I'll say," Valerie replied.
"Ah! Here you all are! I swore I'd kill you all first, and here you are all together for me. You made my job much easier."
"Get out of here, Vlad!"
"That's Vlad?" Valerie said amazed. "He's like Danny?"
"Ooh, I'm so scared of you Daniel," Vlad said mockingly. "Your ghost friends have all ready been more or less captured, and those superheroes will only take a matter of time. Those flying toys are a nuisance though... But, do you really think you and your little group have the slightest chance of stopping me?"
"We'll all just have to try," Danny said. "Who's with me?" he cried.
Everyone all cheered that they would fight, lastly joined by Maddie. She frowned at Vlad. "And I will too," she said firmly.
Vlad looked like he had seen a ghost (ironic huh?). "Maddie? Is it really you?"
"Yes, and as a friend, I beg you to call off these spirits, and just leave us in peace."
He looked at her, and the angry spark that was in his eye disappeared momentarily, but was back just as fast. "You don't matter anymore. You never loved me, and I don't care at this point. Nothing matters and neither do you anymore!"
"Vlad wait!" Maddie cried, but he prepared to emit another massive energy burst.
The others all rushed at him, ready to fight hand-in-hand if necessary since their weapons didn't work anymore, but Danny transformed back into a ghost and threw up a massive shield around themselves and the hospital, and another one within theirs which surrounded Vlad as he released the surge. The inner shield more then held, protecting them, but the containment of the burst knocked Plasmius down and weakened him enough that he could no longer maintain his ghost form. He turned into a human, and faster than he had ever flown before, Danny had dropped the shield and had Vlad Masters pinned.
"You probably want to kill me, Daniel," Vlad said. "And you have every right to. You finally have me at your mercy. Just make it quick and painless. We really are a lot alike, you know," he said somewhat grinning oddly knowing that his end was near.
"I'm nothing like you. I'll let you live and continue being lonely and miserable your whole life, living with the knowledge of what you've done."
"I underestimated you, Daniel. But, if you know me at all, this isn't over yet!" He grinned and transformed back into a ghost as two black energy rings encircled him, and threw Danny backwards. "You see, I still have the skeleton key, and can make your life more of a nightmare with it than the Fright Night's realm was sure to have been. I can release every prisoner in this world and the next to keep you busy for quite some time. Plus, while those other ghosts are creating a distraction for your other ghost friends who haven't been captured, I can do this!" He formed three other clones of himself which appeared beside the original that Danny held pinned to the ground. They grabbed him and pulled him away. Danny fought them off, and shot an ecto-ray at them, which was strong enough to vaporize each copy.
"What?" Vlad yelled. "You were never powerful enough to beat three of me at once. But I still have the skeleton key, and will even awake the ghost king with it if I have to!"
"Well times are changing," Danny retorted, but before he threw the final punch, Vlad had multiplied himself again, but powered by his rage, there were now six of him.
Danny focused; harnessing the power that he had called upon, which was added to the power that the others had transferred to him when he brought his mother back to life, which now had become a permanent part of him. He then formed five more clones of himself, making the total six on six. He was determined to get that key. The others gasped, and Vlad was totally speechless as each of his copies stared at one of Danny's.
"ATTACK!" each of the Vlads called out as they lunged at the multiple Dannies. They fought, but seemed to be at a stalemate as neither set seemed to gain an advantage as they shot ecto rays and fought hand-in-hand. Timmy even helped by wishing various obstacles- walls, massive stones, trees, etc. to appear in front of the Vlads, which only hindered them and slowed each one down slightly, as they had to take the time to phase through them all- so the Dannies could get to them sooner.
"Hey, I wish I could do that!" Vlad heard a boy shout in the crowd. One of his copies looked and saw a blond boy, standing next to his favorite football player of all time.
"Hey, I actually did that once," Qwan said, "when I had that weird ghost disease and they put us all in that creepy hospital."
"Awesome!" Vicky said.
"Let's stop gawking and get out of here!" Ray Nitchky said as he grabbed all the kids, and kept pulling them towards the exit, through the crowd.
"No, no wait!" each Vlad yelled. "Can I have your autograph? PLEASE?"
"Wha-?"
"Hey Timmy!" Danny said and whispered something to the tiny boy who smiled and whispered something to his godparents in disguise. A football was poofed in front of them and Timmy ran over with his super speed and gave it to the football star.
"Ask him to play!" They boy said.
Ray looked confused, but shrugged. "Um excuse me, Mr. Big Scary Ghost bent on destroying us- would you uh, want to play a quick game?"
"Vlad looked absolutely amazed and happy. "Really? Throw it long!"
Ray threw it, and each of the Vlads ran for it. The original caught it.
"Throw it here!" Dash called, and he, Vicky, Quan, Paulina, and the others all joined in in a football game.
"Make room!" Vlad cried, and blasted a bunch of people out of the way, forming a makeshift field outside on the lawn. The amphitheater was in plain sight from there. They stood up and ran off, no one venturing onto the empty space.
"Excellent," Danny said, looking down, and made one more clone of himself appear. He sent the six of them to watch the game where Vlad could see them, but then he turned invisible and stole the key right out from Vlad's grasp. He hadn't seen or felt anything as Danny had so stealthily flown over and taken it, as he thought all of his copies were watching the game. He then flew back to his parents, who ran to put it in a safe in the Specter Speeder that had a ghost shield around it.
The other ghosts, both good and bad had all stopped, along with the super heroes and watched the makeshift game, cheering for either the Vlad team or the others. Youngblood and his crew looked on from the floating pirate ship. Valerie had also gotten into the game, swooping in on her hover board, and playing for Ray's team. She had caught the ball when Timmy looked and saw Crocker in the crowd aiming his net.
"Throw it to Vlad!" he shouted.
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
"Alright…" she said, throwing the ball to one of the Vlads, who caught it, ran to the end of the field, and made a touchdown.
"YES!" he cried, and merged back into one body.
"NOW!" Timmy cried to Crocker, who shot him with the net- making a dead on shot, and entangling the football obsessed villain within it.
"YES! I FINALLY CAUGHT A GHOST!" he shouted.
"Oh Butter biscuits!" Vlad said as Sam's great grandfather Izzy, wrapped him up in additional glowing ghostly cellophane to ensure he wouldn't escape.
"You have captured Plasmius!" The Box Ghost yelled happily, then turned to Danny. "Use the Tiny Black Box of Doom!" he bellowed before shouting "Beware!" and flew off.
Danny remembered the small black box the ghost had given him before, and pulled it out of the pocket on his jumpsuit/costume. Smiling, he threw it at his foe. It opened into a larger cube and quickly closed around his fallen adversary, allowing only his head to stick out through a small hole in the top.
"NO! Not the Spectral Energy Neutralizer!" Vlad spat as the box cancelled out his ghost powers and he was forced to change back into a human.
"Is that Vlad Masters? That Billionaire guy?" people in the audience were wondering aloud as Harriet Chin and Chet Ubetcha tried to push their way through the crowd to get a closer look, but didn't have much luck.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Vlad shouted, then turned to Ray. "Not you- them!"
"No, ghosts everywhere will pay to see you!" Danny said. "Skulker, Would you like to do the honors?"
"Of course," the ghost hunter said, grabbing the box and throwing it into a larger ghostly cage that had appeared in front of him when he pushed a button on his armor.
"Skulker? I don't understand," Vlad said.
"He's been on our side since the Box Ghost gave me the neutralizer. I fought him soon after and decided to made a deal with him- instead of hunting me, he could hunt you with my help, and put you on display instead of me," Danny said. You seem to know so much about making deals yourself though, so I guess I don't have to go into too much detail."
"And I fixed his PDA," Tucker chimed in, joining them.
"Traitor!" Vlad yelled, but Skulker ignored him.
"Free the prisoners," Skulker said to the other ghosts. "As much as it pains me to say it…"
The other ghosts released those that had been captured, including Wulf and a few others.
"TRAITORS, ALL OF YOU!" Vlad roared.
"We never really liked you anyway," Walker said. "We just liked the action. You sure you don't want me to lock him up, Skulker?"
"I got it covered," the ghostly ghost hunter said. "He's going to be the main attraction in my zoo, and I'll make sure he won't escape."
"NO!" Vlad yelled, as Skulker picked up the box and flew away with it. The thousands of other spirits all got up and followed, as they flew back to the Fenton household and back through the portal.
"I guess the Ghost Zone isn't so bad." One ghost said.
"Yeah, if the humans aren't going to leave, we might as well not stay," another replied.
"Arrgh!" Captain Youngblood cried. "Until next time maties!" and he and his pirate ship disappeared, along with the rest of the spirits.
It was over as fast as it had begun. The spirits had decided it wasn't worth forcing the humans from their homes if people like Danny, Timmy, and the others would be fighting them the whole way. Danny had grown too powerful anyway. Plus, they had defeated Vlad, so now they didn't stand a chance.
"We couldn't have done it without you guys," Danny said to Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda.
"And we had the adventure of a lifetime!" Timmy said.
Sam approached and thanked Timmy and the others for all their help, then went back to stand near Tucker, who had seen some ancient relative of his in the crowd of good ghosts that had stayed behind. She looked around for her great grandfather and saw him talking the Dairy King, who was standing next to his knights on their cows. She approached them, and both spirits turned.
"Ah, Izzy, I presume this is yer great granddaughter. We met a short while before, in my castle."
"You did?" the other ghost replied, smiling at Sam, who smiled back at him.
"Well sure. I knew 'er as soon as I saw 'er. She looks just like ya, doncha know?"
"Of course," Izzy replied. "And I couldn't be more proud of her." Sam beamed at these words.
"So, Danny. Nice work there," Jazz said approaching her brother.
"Thanks."
"Mom and Dad have someone they want you to meet. Come on," she said, pulling Danny towards where they were.
"I'll just fly us there, it will be shorter," Danny said, and picked her up and flew her to the Specter Speeder, where his parents stood, talking to two spirits. Danny knew they were his grandparents, even though he had never met them while they were alive.
"Danny, come meet the grandparents," Jack said as his grandparents swooped down and gave him a hug.
"Well we met your sister, but it's so nice to see you, dear." His grandmother said.
"You and your friends are quite the heroes, and we thank you." His grandfather added.
"We all worked together," Danny answered and they continued talking as the concert-goers dispersed.
"You know, that Vlad fellow will probably escape sooner or later," his grandmother said.
"I'm sure he will," Danny replied.
"Well when he does, I'll have a cat ready to give him from the shelter," Sam butted in, having said goodbye to Izzy and coming joining them. Tucker also joined them after speaking to his relatives.
"We done here, dude?" he asked.
"Yup," Danny answered.
"Where are Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda?" Tucker asked.
"They went to find his parents. They might give him a ride back home."
"Well let's go home, gang!" Jack said after giving his wife a kiss. "I'm all adventured out," he said before turning to Maddie. "I'm glad you're back."
"Me too. Let's just go home."
"WAIT!" two exhausted reporters called to their group before they left. Danny turned invisible, since he didn't have time to change into his human form.
"Can we… have a… quick interview?" Chet huffed, practically gasping for breath as he had just forced his way through the crowd with Harriet.
"This…is the …story of the century!" Harriet panted, holding up a mini-recorder and note pad.
Danny saw that his parents didn't want to be bothered, and neither did anyone else. He decided to help them out and became visible in front of the two. "How about an interview with Inviso-Bill, instead?" Danny asked. "It's bound to help your careers."
The reporters stared stunned at the once urban legend and supposed trouble maker, now hero, and nodded anxiously. "Do you mind if we film this live?"
"Why not."
Somewhere on the other town, Mr. Lancer and Ms. Waxelplax were enjoying a cup of coffee at a sidewalk café. They had seen the ghost battle from the distance, but chose to stay away and keep a safe distance. After all, the ghost hunters were doing all they could. A television store across the street showed the footage of the ghost attack on the concert grounds and the interview with Inviso-Bill. Harriet and Chet seemed so happy with the story and the fact that they had survived the attack together, that they couldn't have appeared more contented.
"You know, I never noticed it before, but that ghost looks and sounds a lot like a student of mine," Mr. Lancer said.
"Perhaps it may be one of his ancestors," his companion replied.
"Perhaps."
"Either way, I'm sure Crocker will rub it in my face when we all get back to Dimmsdale."
"So what did you tell them?" Sam asked after they had left.
"Don't worry, nothing much," Danny replied. "Just how Plasmius was defeated, the ghosts disappeared back into the Ghost Zone, and I even gave that Crocker guy credit along with all of us for helping in the battle. Maybe he'll be taken more seriously in the future. That's about all the info I offered them about what went on. I didn't mention who Plasmius really was, or who I was, you know."
"Good job."
Hans, Cherie and Franz approached. "Vell, I think it's time to get going," he said, now back in his human form.
"It was nice meeting you all," Cherie added.
"Thanks for everything. I'm sure we'll see you in school," Danny said.
"Yup," Franz said, and the three turned to leave, and Danny, Sam and Tucker waved as they left.
"I'm going to go check on Timmy. You guys want to come?" He changed into a human.
"Sure."
They all walked to Dash's house and saw that Ray had brought them home safely, but had left quickly after. They heard Vicky screaming at Tootie for some stupid reason, and Dash sided with her as they exited the house to load up their van.
"Hurry up and move it!" Vicky shouted at her parents as she made them lug all her luggage out and pack it away in the car.
"Hey, it was great to hang with you, Vicky. Come visit soon, okay?" Dash said.
"I'd love to. Thanks for including me in all the stuff you guys did."
"No problem." He then noticed Danny, Sam, and Tucker staring from the sidewalk. "What do you losers want?" He seemed like the same old Dash.
"Well we first wanted to thank you guys for helping Inviso-Bill and the others save the town. That football distraction really helped," Tucker said.
"Big deal. It was fun and that clone guy didn't stand a chance. Plus, we had Ray help us, and now he's off to tell the greatest story of all to his teammates and family."
"True," Sam said.
"Well if I'm not mistaken, Fenton, I owe you a knuckle sandwich from the other day that I spared you one. No bus will get you out of this." He balled up his fist and hauled off at Danny, but he turned intangible, and the punch went right through him as he turned tangible, faster than a link of an eye. "What the- " the blond jock asked.
"Uh, you missed me," Danny said cheekily.
"It can't be," Dash said amazed, then after a brief pause, he spoke again, but more quietly. "You're not the ghost kid, are you?" Dash asked, shocked.
"Of course not. Then who's that?" he asked, pointing to the sky where a clone of himself flew by in its ghost form.
"Oh. I guess I did miss then. I'll get you later," he said, then helped Vicky's parents pack her stuff into the van along with Tootie's. Timmy hadn't come out yet.
"I bet you will," Danny mused with a sly smile.
"Getting pretty good at that doubling thing, huh? Tucker asked.
"Yeah, you can double yourself in your human and/or ghost forms now," Sam said.
"Yup."
"Now you can really drive Mr. Lancer and Principal Ishyama crazy," Tucker suggested.
"Now why would I do a thing like that?" the boy replied with a smirk and a wink.
Timmy came out of the house, carrying his small suitcase and his fish bowl that had two beaming goldfish within it. "Hey guys!" he said upon seeing them in the darkness. "Dash's parents invited us to stay another day, but Vicky's folks wanted to get moving tonight, even though it's so late. I guess Vicky's okay with that- or she's too tired to argue with them."
"That's probably the reason they're leaving now," Sam said with a laugh.
The three chuckled. "Yeah, she seems like quite a handful," Tucker stated.
"What about your parents?" Sam asked.
"They left from the concert and offered to take me home, but I wanted to see if I could find you guys and say goodbye first. Plus, I feel like I should spend some time with Tootie, you know."
"That's sweet of you, Timmy," Sam said with a smile.
"Well if you ever want to visit again, Amity Park is just a poof away," Danny told him, and winked at his goldfish. "You all made amazing ghost hunters."
"Thanks for everything, you guys," Cosmo and Wanda said. "We're just glad we helped out the best we could."
"Thanks for the help with my mom too. You don't know what it means to all of us," Danny continued.
"Of course," Cosmo and Wanda said.
"You guys were great!" Tucker said. "But what happened to the other fairies? I know all the ghosts went home, but did they?"
"Oh yes. They returned with their godchildren back to their homes." Cosmo said.
"Oh, I spoke with Jorgen before he left too," Wanda said excitedly. "He told me that the pixies would take control of Vlad's assets. Apparently they were more than willing to take control of his money."
"I don't know much about pixies, but I'm sure he's in for a surprise if he ever finds out that his money is no longer in his own hands," Sam said with a chuckle. "But it's going to take a while for everything to calm down in this town anyway."
"You know, I could just wish that everyone forgot about what happened," Timmy said quietly.
"That's a good idea, but I think it's good if the people remember what happened so they'll take precautions in case it ever happens again." Danny said. "Plus, they'll think Inviso-Bill is the enemy again, and I don't want them to be afraid of me. I'm also kind of glad my family all knows my secret. They'll keep it a secret too, and I can use it against Vlad if I ever have to in the future. People will take them seriously now."
"Good point," Wanda agreed.
"Well if I don't wish for that, I'll wish for the city to be fixed along with everything else that was destroyed," Timmy said, and with a poof, it was done. "I also wish all the superheroes were back in their comic books and that I didn't need my powers anymore." Cosmo and Wanda drew their wands and made it so.
"We're all proud of you, Timmy," the three told him. "You and that imagination of yours really came through."
"Thanks."
"Hey, whatever happened to Chip Skylark?" Tucker asked.
"I saw him drive away in a hurry," Timmy said. "I think he had enough ghosts for one night. Who knows where he is now."
"I think we've all had enough for one night." Danny said.
"Hey Timmy, before you go, do you think you could wish my house to be fixed too? It still has that gaping hole in the kitchen wall and my mom is still mad at me about it."
"It has already been done," Timmy said. "My last wish covered everything."
"Thanks dude."
"TIMMY, GET IN THE VAN NOW!" he heard Vicky screech.
"I have a little surprise for her," Danny said as his ghostly clone flew over and hovered in front of her much to her surprise.
"Ahhh! It's you!" she cried as the street lights made his ghostly aura seem even brighter and spookier.
"That's right, Danny number two said. "It is I, Inviso-Bill, (he waved his hands in front of his face for dramatic effect) and I have come to thank you for helping me and these two children in defeating the strongest ghost menace in the history of Amity Park. You all were an asset in the fight, and if you cause Timmy or Tootie any grief, I may have to haunt you for all eternity. They're quite the heroes, as are you all." And with that, he turned invisible and merged with his human self so no one else would notice.
"Darn right, Inviso-Bill!" Dash said.
Vicky blinked, then turned to the two. "What does that mean? And why did he say that you two were heroes? It was me and Dash and everyone else who helped. Not you! You weren't even there… were you?"
"Sure we were. We went with Danny and the others," Tootie said. "You should have been watching us."
"Well I don't care. Why do you get credit too, twerp?" she fumed.
"Does it really matter?" Timmy said, clutching his Crimson Chin doll.
"YES!" she roared and stormed into the van.
"She'll never change, will she?" Danny asked.
"Nope, and it's a good thing too, because if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have Cosmo and Wanda." Timmy said.
"And without them, my mom would be dead, and we may not have won the battle nor had the superheroes to fight for us and return all the criminals to jail."
"I guess you owe a lot more to her then, Danny," Sam said.
"I guess so," Danny said then turned back to Timmy before Vicky hollered at him again. "Here's a Fenton Thermos and some snickerdoodles that my mom made a few days ago in case you get hungry on your drive. You can keep the other stuff we gave you too, just in case. As long as those ghosts keep coming into our world, there will always be a job for us."
Gee, thanks. I'll see you around then," he said, and got into the van. Tootie suddenly jumped up and ran over to him.
"Thanks for the adventure, guys," she said. "And your secret is safe with me. I'm also not going to tell anyone Timmy's a superhero too."
"Right. Well thank you Tootie. Take care now," they said as they watched her climb back into the van and it drove off into the darkness, towards the sliver of moon that was visible in the night sky. Timmy would have quite a story to tell Chester and AJ when he got back- save for a few details. He quickly drifted off to sleep as he remembered his new friends and the adventure they had throughout the last three days.
Valerie stared at her ecto-gun in her father's apartment. She had rushed home to make sure her dad was alright, before throwing on a pair of pajamas and hiding her gear in a box in the back of her small closet, then covering it with some clothes and blankets to make it inconspicuous if anyone happened to glance inside. She saved the gun to hide under her pillow, and stared at it in contemplation. She knew she had helped save the town and perhaps the world from the ghost threat, and had even met a werewolf.
She had also found out the true identity of her mysterious benefactor, and it made her quite upset about the whole thing. Maybe it would be better if I just sold all this stuff to the government or someone- I'm sure this is all worth a fortune and could bring us back to our old quality of life- before Fenton and that stupid dog destroyed dad's job and our old comfortable lifestyle. But I can't forgive him for that, she thought. However, she didn't know if she'd ever be able to look at Danny Fenton the same way again- knowing that he had been the ghost she had hunted for so long.
Well he turned out to be quite a hero in the end, and he even brought his mom back to life. I've got his back from now on, she thought, whether I want to or not. She even found that she liked hanging with the other ghost hunters, and felt a calling that she should continue doing what she did best. Good luck ghost kid with whatever the future may bring, just stay out of my way.
"Well what should we do now that we saved the town and the world from ghosts?" Tucker asked the next morning as he and Sam came into the Fenton's kitchen.
"How about the movies?" Danny suggested.
"Nah- I told you, nothing good is out," Sam said.
"The mall then?" Tucker suggested.
"Boring," Danny said indifferently.
"The zoo?" Sam suggested. "We could visit Delilah."
"Better yet, we could bring her to see Vlad in his exhibit," Danny jested.
"Are you mocking me?" Sam retorted.
"How about the water park?" Jazz said, as she walked into the room. "I'll drive. I took the day off from work, and we could all use a little break."
"Thanks Jazz, but why don't we all just relax at my house? We've had a long weekend and we still have the rest of the summer ahead of us to do all that. You're welcome to come too, if you want. We can watch movies or bowl in the basement or something."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Tucker said and Danny nodded.
"Alright then," Jazz said. "Sounds nice."
"So what did guys decide to do today?" Maddie asked, coming up from the basement.
"We're hanging at Sam's house," Danny answered.
"Well have fun kids, but before you go, I made this for you, Danny. I've been working on it and I guarantee it will be effective." She handed him a vial of filled with a clear liquid that looked like water but was more viscous. "Drink it, honey."
"Uh, what is it?" Danny asked.
"The antidote for your ghost powers. I told you I'd make it. Now I know your powers helped save us all, including me, but I want you to take it so you can live a normal life. Your father and I will handle everything from here on in."
Danny stood horrified along with his best friends, then smiled slyly, not wanting to start an argument. "Alright, but I'll be back in a second. I have to go to the bathroom first." He ran upstairs, and transformed into his alter-ego. He then doubled himself, and the copy turned human again. He stayed upstairs as his clone went back down and took the antidote.
"I'm proud of you honey," Maddie said. Now go have fun."
"I can't believe you did that, Danny," Jazz said as Maddie went back down to the lab.
Danny floated back down and hovered before them, his green eyes glowing brightly. "I didn't- he did," he said cheekily and overshadowed his now human counterpart and bonded himself back to him, as he had before when he merged back with his clones. This cancelled out the antidote, and he stood as a human, just as he was before- but with his halfa status reinstated.
"Good one, Danny, but do you think she'll find out you cheated with the antidote?" Sam asked.
"Mom may be a genius, but I kept it a secret before. I can do it again," he replied. "It may not be as easy, but I'll figure something out. Now let's go have fun."
Jazz beamed at her brother. "Right."
And with that, our heroes had parted ways; each one having taken a different path as they had returned to their homes. However, where they would end up next is another adventure altogether. ;)
THE END- FINALLY!
Thank goodness! Exhales