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Two chapters remain! Here's the first one, Chapter 23! The first of the final two chapters!

When Teen Heroes Collide

Chapter Twenty-Three: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire

Madison, Wisconsin, Saturday, 11:11 PM

Vlad shouted, "Skulker, finish them!"

Tucker, Monique, Sam, and Ron all watched in fear as their three friends stood helplessly trapped in Skulker's cage.

Skulker powered up a huge ray and aimed it at the cage with a sinister smile.

Danny, Kim, and Valerie all looked afraid as they waited…

Just then, the door burst open and two figures stood in the doorway. A small creature was on one shoulder.

One shouted, "Icka-bicka-boo!"

The other shouted, "Hoosha!"

Everyone turned toward them, with Kim saying, "The tweebs?"

Ron yelled, "Rufus?"

Jim and Tim, currently each wearing Kim's regular mission clothes, (what they were in "Sick Day") had a pair of jetpacks on their backs, with Rufus on Tim's shoulder.

Danny asked the twins, "How did you know where to find us?"

Jim answered, "We followed you when you left…"

Tim finished, "Just in case we didn't miss anything good."

Jim then said, "And it looks like we got here just in time!"

Kim asked them, "Wait. How did you get here?"

Jim answered, "We took the scooter. It's parked outside right now."

Ron shouted, "Hey! That's my scooter!"

Vlad scoffed at this and said, "Oh, please. Do you seriously think we are going to be stopped by a pair of young twin boys? Besides, two boys your age should be in bed at this hour."

Kim said, "You know, he's got a point. Dad's gonna throw a fit when he finds out you two are out this late."

Vlad ignored her and said, "Skulker, bet rid of those two pests first."

Skulker answered, "With pleasure." He fired a weapon at them, but they both jumped out of the way.

They flew upward on their jetpacks and fired some blue ray out of it. It hit Skulker and knocked him to the wall.

Kim said, "Hey, that's their ionization ray that they used against the toxic snowmen last year."

Skulker growled and got up, saying, "I am not going to be defeated by a pair of eleven year-old dweebs!"

Kim said, "Actually, the right term in this case would be 'tweebs'."

With that, Jim and Tim started flying around Skulker's head like a pair of hornets. As they did, Rufus jumped down off Tim's shoulder and climbed right into Skulker's high-tech suit.

Kim turned to the Kimmunicator and said, "Wade, come in."

Wade appeared and said, "What is it, Kim?"

"Run a scan on this yellow-haired ghost in front of me."

Wade said, "Turn it toward him." Kim did as she was told and Wade typed, "Analyzing." After a few seconds of typing in which Jim and Tim successfully dodged Skulker's weapons, he said, "I've got something."

"What?"

"It's not difficult to disable that battlesuit he has. There's actually an 'off' button on his back."

Kim sighed, "How is it that all villains have an 'off' button on a contraption somewhere?"

Hearing this, Rufus climbed out of the suit after having no luck disabling it himself. He crawled towards Skulker's back.

"Hey!" Skulker shouted and tried to grab him, "Get off me, you little rodent!"

Rufus darted out of Skulker's reach, found the "off" button, and hit it.

In a matter of seconds, Skulker's arms and legs fell limp and he crashed to the ground.

Danny pulled out the Fenton Thermos and shouted, "Jim, Tim! Use this!"

Jim caught it as Rufus went back over to them and asked, "For what? Soup?"

Danny held his head, "Aw, geez. Say that one time, and now everyone wants to say it. Just suck him inside!"

Jim shrugged, and then opened the thermos and held it toward Skulker. Within seconds, a green blob, the original Skulker, came out of the suit and was sucked into the thermos, screaming.

At that, the cage surrounding Danny, Kim, and Valerie disappeared, with Kim saying, "Way to go, boys."

Vlad growled and said, "Enough! You have all tested my patience. This ends now. And this is between us and Daniel and Kimberly." Then he shot two ghost rays: one at Valerie and the other at Jim and Tim. Both hit and knocked them to the wall.

Vlad pulled a switch and two more cages came down from the ceiling, trapping them inside. Then a very tiny cage came down and trapped Rufus inside as well.

Danny threw his hands up, "Oh what, is the whole world filled with cages that trap people inside them?"

Plasmius responded, "Regardless, Daniel. It's only us left. Can you take it?"

Danny saw that there were only two more of their foes remaining. The ghosts had been caught in the thermos, while the human foes were either unconscious and/or tied up. It was Vlad himself and Shego still up.

Danny turned to Kim and asked, "You up for it, Kim?"

Kim got in a fighting stance and said, "Danny, I'm always up for a challenge."

Danny got into a similar stance and said to Vlad, "Let's do it, Plasmius. Two on two."

Vlad said, "Let's do this in a proper two on two battle. One of each team battles the other until one falls. Then the other one takes over and takes on both of the other team."

Danny answered, "Sounds good to me. Who's going first for you?"

Vlad responded, "Shego, would you like to go first?"

Shego's hands flared up and she said, "With pleasure. So who do I have the pleasure of destroying?"

Kim stepped forward, "I'll go. I have some unfinished business from last week."

Vlad said, "Very well. Begin the battle!"

Immediately Shego ran at Kim with her hands lit up. Kim jumped over her, but Shego flew straight up and knocked Kim to the ground.

Kim got up and saw Shego firing a green blast at her. Kim rolled out of the way and threw a blue blast at her, but Shego dodged it and flew up higher.

Kim kept throwing blue blasts at Shego, but since Kim was so far downward it gave Shego time to dodge them.

Shego chuckled and said, "Face it, Kimmy. You're no match with the new improvements."

She then threw another green blast at Kim, but she jumped out of the way. Kim jumped to the wall and pushed off towards Shego and tried to punch her. Shego dropped downward and fired a green blast at Kim as she was going back down. Kim was hit and knocked to the wall.

Kim got up with a grunt and said, "What did Shego say that gave her ghost powers?"

Kim dodged another green blast from Shego, and then saw the vile that Vlad had set on his desk. She said, "Oh, right. And if it works for her, then…"

Kim quickly ran to Vlad's desk where the vile was. Vlad was currently on the other side of the room so he couldn't prevent Kim as she grabbed the vile.

Shego yelled, "No!" She flew straight at Kim and tried to stop her, but Kim quickly poured the green liquid in the vile down her throat." She then puckered her lips, and went, "Ugh! Ew! Gross!"

Shego sighed, "Yeah, that's what I said too."

A second later, Kim started glowing green and she found herself floating in the air.

Danny said, "Wow!"

Monique was awestruck as she said, "Cool, girl!"

Kim smiled and said to Shego, "What would you say the odds are for me now?"

Shego growled and said, "Still not in your favor, princess." Then she flew at Kim. Kim darted out of the way and threw a blue blast at her. Shego was hit and knocked to the wall.

Kim flew at Shego and tried to hit her, but Shego went invisible.

Kim groaned, "Oooh! Where is she?" Just then, blue mist came out of her mouth. She saw this and said, "What is this?"

Danny yelled, "Ghost sense! Watch out! She's gonna…"

But Shego reappeared behind Kim and hit her in the back. Danny finished, "Surprise attack."

Kim was flipping through the air towards the ground. But she aimed her arm backwards and at the right moment, threw a blue blast, which was able to nail Shego, knocking her upward.

Thinking fast as she reached the ground, Kim threw a blue blast at the ground. It blew on the ground. The force it sent up softened Kim's fall.

Kim stood up and said, "Done yet?"

Shego growled as she recovered and said, "Not even close." Then she started flying towards Kim…and then she suddenly started to fall.

Shego gasped, "Whoa!" She kept falling until she hit the ground. She got up and tried to fly again, but she fell flat on her face.

She looked around and said, "Hey, what's going on?"

Vlad answered, "I'm afraid the serum has worn off for you. I said it was only temporary."

Kim walked to Shego and said, "Hmmm. Now whose favor is it in?" Then she gave Shego a hard punch and knocked her backward.

Shego got up, but slower. She threw a green blast at Kim, but Kim went intangible and it phased through her.

Danny chuckled, "It's like watching my own battle from last week."

Shego kept firing, but Kim just kept phasing. Still intangible, Kim flew downward and grabbed Shego by her legs and flew upward with her.

Kim said, "You know, I wouldn't mind making these powers permanent. Neither would you. But for now…" She swung Shego around and finally threw her at the wall and finished, "You won't get the chance!"

Shego hit the wall with a lot of force and slid down it. She groaned and did not get up.

Vlad said, "Very well, Kim. You've defeated Shego. But you still have me, who has twenty more years of experience with powers like these. Powers Daniel have not accomplished yet."

Danny thought to himself, But I have one up my sleeve that you may not have yet, Plasmius.

Plasmius flew in front of Kim and said, "You get to fight me next, young lady. Shall we?"

Kim responded, "We shall."

With that, she ran straight at Vlad and fired a blue blast at him. Vlad calmly stuck his hand out and absorbed it, and then threw it back at Kim. Kim was hit and knocked to the ground.

Vlad smiled and said, "Let me show you how it's done." Then he threw a red blast at Kim. But Kim stuck out her own arm, which changed (What she did in "So the Drama") and absorbed it as well, and then sent it back. Vlad quickly flew out of the way.

He said, "That suit of yours is very impressive, Miss Possible. Wade must be handy to have around."

Kim responded, "So handy." Then she flew at Plasmius and tried to punch him, but Vlad quickly reached out and grabbed Kim's arm, and started shocking her like he did to Danny a while back (In Million Dollar Ghost, precisely).

Kim screamed as she was electrocuted painfully while everyone else watched in awe.

Vlad finally let go of Kim and she fell. But she quickly threw a blue blast upward and it was able to hit Vlad, knocking him sideways.

Kim struggled to her feet. She was getting tired as she flew back up to Plasmius and tried to land a kick on him. Vlad went invisible and reappeared behind Kim. She quickly turned around and threw a blue blast at him, but Vlad projected his patented shield with his hand and knocked it away.

Vlad yawned and said, "You know, I'm getting annoyed with this." He duplicated into four.

Everyone gasped in awe at the four Vlads. Kim shook her head and said, "This has definitely been one week I will never forget."

The four Vlads all fired red ghost rays at Kim. She was hit with a lot of force and she shrieked in pain. She still hung in the air, determined not to give up.

She flew at one Vlad and leg sweeped him, knocking that one sideways, but Kim was then hit from behind by the three other Vlads. She was knocked to the wall and slid down it.

Still the fighter she was, Kim struggled desperately to get back on her feet, but then she finally fell to the ground, down and out.

Plasmius formed back into one and said, "So much for 'She can do anything.'"

Kim rested against the wall and said weakly, "You're up, Danny. You can do it."

Danny nodded, and then walked into the middle of the room in front of his arch-enemy.

Vlad smiled and said, "I hoped to be fighting you, Daniel. It does my heart good pounding you to a pulp."

Danny growled and responded, "Not gonna happen."

Vlad chuckled, "Well, we'll see. Won't we?"

"Cut the small talk. Let's battle!"

The two hybrids flew at each other, and the final battle was on.

Sorry! That's all for now! Well, this it! The final battle! Danny Phantom versus Vlad Plasmius, with the fate of Danny's and Kim's friends on the line! Who will come out on top? Find out in the conclusion, Chapter 24, coming soon!