Chapter 8
...and then Dark Danny appeared in front of him. Danny could see nothing, but Dark Danny as he went ghost, prepared to fight.
"You fool." Dark Danny said in a low voice. "Didn't you think I might have a backup power source? It's not as strong as the Darkness, but it will do." Then he fired a mega-photon blast at his younger self. Danny dodged it, fired a photon blast of his own, and reached for the Fenton Thermos. But just as his fingertips brushed the cool metal of the thermos, a second photon blast knocked him off his feet.
After a second of lying dizzily on the ground, Danny got back on his feet, only to have yet another photon blast knock him down again.
He's too strong. Danny thought dizzily, struggling to keep consciousness. He'll kill me. This is the end. Then a familiar voice floated through his head. Karenna's voice.
Do your ghostly wail! It's the only thing that can save you now!
Karenna...I'm too weak...I can't do it.
TRY! Karenna urged. Think of me; think of Tucker, think of Sam! Think about all the people you love who's lives are at stake here!
Danny thought. An image of Sam popped into his head, a picture of Sam laughing, smiling, hugging him. He had to do this...for Sam.
Danny screamed a ghostly scream, feeling the power rise into his body. But Dark Danny quickly retaliated with a ghost wail of his own. For a few minutes, the ghost wails battled with each other, one never quite overpowering the other. Then Danny's power began to run out. He felt exhausted, lightheaded, and a little nauseous. He wailed for as long as he could, feeling the scream falter, the air in his lungs running out. Then, for the first time, he felt the force of Dark Danny's wail pressing upon him. His head began to spin, his vision became blurry. Then the last thing he saw was Dark Danny's evil grin before he passed out.
"Danny? Danny! Are you okay?" This time Karenna's voice seemed to come from somewhere in front of him, rather then inside his own head. Danny struggled to consciousness and saw Karenna coming out of the dark shadows. But instead of the humanoid, wheelchair-bound Karenna, Danny saw the ghost Karenna, the real Karenna, the one he'd seen in the past memory. When she saw that he was awake, she smiled. Her eyes sparkled with jubilation.
"Danny! You did it! Your ghostly wail beat Dark Danny! And best of all...it set me free. Thank you so much! Now...to go back to the future." And Karenna slipped a time medal around Danny's neck. There was another bright flash of light, and then Danny was back in present-day Amity Park, seeing as he hadn't seen it in months: with the sun shining brightly upon the town.
"Danny! You did it! You beat the Darkness and Dark Danny!" Sam came running towards him, throwing her arms around Danny. Then she kissed him gently on the lips. They both blushed. Tucker sat a ways away, smiling awkwardly.
"I always knew you two would end up together." Karenna's voice echoed around the room. The three teens glanced around.
"Karenna? Where are you?" Sam asked in puzzlement.
"I cannot be with you anymore. I must return to my own realm...with my father. Goodbye, everyone." And then the voice was gone, as quickly as it had come.
"You know," Danny said softly to Sam. "You helped me defeat the Darkness, both by going to your happiest memory, and...I thought of you before I did that ghostly wail." Sam smiled.
"Aww...that's so sweet."
"By the way, what was your happiest memory?" Sam didn't miss a beat before replying.
"The day I met you." Danny laughed out loud.
"That was my happiest memory, too!" And then they kissed again, their romance only the beginning of the legacy that was left by Karenna Clockwork.
A/N: My second completed story on FFN! I didn't really mean for this story to be DxS, but it turned out to be more DxS then ever! I guess my fingers and my mind know what they're doing. Now I can focus on Energy Vibe, Halfa All the Way, and my other stories. Read and review please!