Danny had now converted to the Escerons after finding out that the Maldums had stolen his power from him and not only refuse to tell him that, but also, they were enhancing it. That entire time, the Maldums had a huge majority of Danny's powers, and his powers were much stronger than they were before the entire ordeal got started. The Escerons and Danny just started talking about how they should strike the Maldum base and steal the remaining third of Danny's powers back.
"Well, the appropriate time of course to attack when they are least expecting it. And Myrus and Cobaark still don't know that Danny has converted to our side, so that should give us a bit of an advantage," Raschenda said in her calm, cool, feminine voice. "Any ideas?"
Vundeter stepped forward and said, "I think an attack later tonight should be the soonest time we attack. That way, the Maldums won't be expecting it, especially with Danny on our side. Who knows? Danny might just be of some use to us trying to get into the base."
"Vundeter, you know that place is going to be heavily guarded," Raschenda pointed out. "Even if Danny were to go intangible, he might cross some invisible trip wires. His cover would, of course, be blown then."
The three continued to think of the best time and way they should attack the Maldum base. The Maldums had pretty tight security, and Myrus and Cobaark were nothing short of ruthless when they found an intruder. Danny was going to have to be careful. Finally, an idea came to him. He had to ask the two ghosts a question that he should have asked when he first met them.
"Hey, guys?" Danny started, completely breaking a silence that was made when the three started strategizing in their heads the way to attack the base, "why exactly are you and the Maldums fighting in this war in the first place?"
Raschenda and Vundeter briefly looked at each other, then Raschenda turned away and started explaining it.
"Well," Raschenda started, "we're fighting the Maldums because they are becoming a bit power-hungry. They're trying to tyrannize over everyone and everything in the ghost zone and make themselves the leaders of everything in the ghost zone, which will eventually lead to taking your world."
"What!" Danny said, with an expression of confusion on his face. "That's not what the Maldums told me at all. They said they were trying to keep peace in the ghost zone so I wouldn't have to worry about ghosts attacking me in the real world and so there would be no war in the ghost zone. You guys are telling me just the opposite!"
"The Maldums were misleading you," Vundeter stepped in. "They think by taking over the world and becoming one country that no wars will break out. And the Maldums think that the way to do that is to take over everything and become one supreme nation."
"Well, they're a few fries short of a Happy Meal if they think that," Danny said. "They think that taking over the Ghost Zone and getting ultimate power and whipping out any resistance is the way to peace?"
"That's why we're here," Raschenda explained. "We're trying to stop them from tyrannizing over the ghost zone and eventually your world."
"We heard from some of your enemies that you were extremely powerful and strong," Vundeter said. "After secretly observing you for some time, we saw that you were indeed a strong figure and would make a great ally if we were trying to stop the Maldums from taking over."
"Unfortunately, the Maldums found out about us trying to recruit you, and they ended up stealing your powers from you somehow and planned on using them against us," Raschenda said.
"I know how they stole my powers!" Danny said. "In fact, the reason I'm joining with you guys is because I found out! They made themselves look like doctors and they extracted my powers while trying to make me think it was an operation for the high level of ectoplasma in my blood."
Danny proceeded to telling the Raschenda and Vundeter about everything he learned when taking a peek at Cobaark's computer. They both seemed glad to hear the Maldums' web had finally been untangled.
"Wait a minute," Vundeter said. "How many other doctors were operating on you when they were extracting your powers?"
"Three, not including the one Myrus was overshadowing," Danny replied. "Why?"
"It would have been difficult for the Maldums to overshadow three other doctors without anyone there getting suspicious. Those three other doctors would end up missing any appointments they had, and they would probably end up getting questioned and revealed by some of the other people who worked there," Vundeter said.
"I'll bet they used shape shifting dragons," Raschenda said. "The Maldums have been known to use those before."
"Shape…shifting…dragons?" Danny asked. "Would you mind explaining to me what the heck shape shifting dragons are?"
"They're dragons that can physically duplicate just about anything," Vundeter said. "They're really rare, but the Maldums have only been known to have three. That'll just give us another thing we need to destroy when we eventually attack the Maldum base."
Danny moaned. He thought this mission was just getting harder and harder. He hoped it would just be him having to steal back the remaining third of his power, but now he found out there were dragons involved that he had to destroy. He just wanted the entire ordeal to end.
"Well, at least we have Danny on our side, now," Raschenda said. "That should at least give us some advantage. That is, unless Danny is really deceiving us and everything he just told us is a lie."
"And I don't like liars too much," Vundeter said, pulling out the electric prong he had tortured Danny with a few days before.
Danny had a nervous look on his face, but said, "I swear I'm telling you guys the truth. Now, if you would rather I didn't help you, then that's okay too!"
"Never mind," Raschenda said. "Vundeter, put that thing away. Let's not scare Danny too much. He has a mission to help us accomplish and threatening him isn't the best way to encourage it."
"Look," Danny said. "We're really not getting anywhere here. Why don't I just go to the Maldum base now and try to find the remaining third of my powers? The Maldums won't be expecting a visit from me, so it should give me an advantage."
"And having you on our side should give us an advantage," Vundeter said.
"Best of luck getting your powers back," Raschenda said.
Danny nodded, then went ghost without saying anything. He turned towards the wall, now in his ghost form, and was ready to go. He turned his head to give Raschenda and Vundeter one last look, then went intangible and flew out of the Esceron base. He started piloting himself towards the Maldum base, hoping for the best of luck when trying to obtain the remaining third of his powers.