Danny, Raschenda and Vundeter all watched as the charred remains of the pink dragon slowly disappeared into the infinite abyss that was the Ghost Zone. Then they looked up and saw the green and blue dragons flying away, not wanting to suffer the same fate their pink comrade did.
After a long silence, Danny abruptly yelled, "Well, shouldn't we follow them?"
"Not yet," Raschenda coolly replied. "When Myrus and Cobaark realize only two dragons are returning, they shall soon see our great power and realize the threat that we pose to them. That could hopefully give us an advantage if they fear us."
"Yeah, that'd probably be pretty good," Danny concurred. "Well, what are we going to do? Are we going to go after those other two dragons?"
"For all we care about, those dragons can go to some other dimension and work at a fast food restaurant," Vundeter said. "It's really those Maldums that we worry about. They're the ones we should be focusing all our attention towards to."
"I guess you're right," Danny said. "But I also wouldn't mind beating up those dragons if I get the chance to."
"Never mind about that," Raschenda said. "Now listen, it's great that we have you to help us, but we cannot take any risks. Danny, I'm going to have to ask that you lend us your powers."
"What!" Danny yelled.
"I'm sure you understand," Raschenda said in her calm tone. "Even though you say you are on our side, we cannot take any unnecessary risks. For all we know, this could just be a plot by the Maldums to make us drop our guards. We need your power to insure victory in this war. If you were truly on our side, you would understand and agree."
"Look," Danny yelled. "I am on your side, but I just risked life and limb trying to get all of my powers back. I'm not just going to give them up like that!"
"Danny, don't be stubborn with Raschenda!" Vundeter snapped. "If you don't want to cooperate and give us your powers temporarily to insure victory in this war, then I can just make you give them to us if that's what you want."
"No way!" Danny insisted. "I'm going to help you win this war, but if any of my powers are going to be used, they're going to be used by me! And if you don't believe me, then I could just act as a rogue and blow all four of you away with my ghost wail!"
Raschenda and Vundeter evidently realized that Danny was serious about not wanting to give away his powers and knew just how deadly he could be with his ghost wail if he lost his temper.
"Very well," Raschenda said. "In that instance, you can keep those powers if you wish. However, we need to know you're going to stay with us, no matter what. Agreed?"
"Unless you guys have lied to me even worse than the Maldums have, agreed."
Raschenda had an evil looking smile on her face and led Danny back to the Esceron base with Vundeter. Once they got there, they all started formulating a plan on the best way to strike the Maldum base. They were hoping that with Danny's power, they could force the Maldums to surrender and be able to lock both Myrus and Cobaark up so they would no longer pose a threat.
"Well then, shall we get started?" Raschenda said as Danny and Vundeter both followed her into a room in the Esceron base. There was a large table with two chairs sitting on opposite ends of the table. Raschenda and Vundeter sat down while Danny stood up.
"Lady Raschenda, what should I do when we attack the Maldum base?" Vundeter asked, wanting to be as helpful as possible.
"Well, let us take a look at the base, shall we?" Raschenda said. She pushed a button on the underside of the table and instantly a hologram of the Maldum base appeared in the center of the table. (it looked pretty similar to what a hologram would look like in a Star Wars movie)
"Wow, that's cool," Danny thought to himself as he saw the hologram pop up on the table.
"The entrance to their base is right about here," Raschenda said, pointing to where the door was pictured on the hologram. "And Myrus will most likely be expecting an attack from us, so there will probably be guards all over the place."
"How are we going to get past them all?" Vundeter asked.
Danny was staring at the hologram with his full attention. His eyes had a serious look to them, and his arms were crossed. He was ready to do anything, feeling much more powerful and insured that he would be all right with his enhanced powers.
"Should Danny try to go in and attack from the front while we sneak in from the back?" Vundeter suggested. "Danny can be a distraction but be able to take out all the guards that get sent out to attack him. None of the guards would expect an entrance from the back, giving us a clear way into the base and a good shot at Myrus and Cobaark."
"I think that if anyone should go in from the back, it should be Danny," Raschenda said to Vundeter. "If you're talking about being a distraction, we'd better be the ones to do the distracting. Danny has the power that can crumple the Maldum base to dust. What do you say to that, Danny?"
"Go in from the back and let you guys go to the front?" Danny asked, making sure he understood everything. "Won't that be a bit dangerous for you guys? The Maldums are probably going to have hundreds of ghosts guarding the front, you can't possibly take them all!"
"Don't worry," Raschenda said. "What's important is that you fly in through the back and infiltrate the Maldum base. Make sure you do as much damage to it as possible once you get in. Do we all agree?"
"I'm cool with it," Danny said.
"If that is what you desire, Lady Raschenda," Vundeter subserviently responded.
"Very well. We should attack now. The Maldums won't be expecting an attack this soon."
The three ghosts flew out of the Esceron Base and flew towards the Maldum base. They were all hoping that if Danny was able to demolish the Maldum base and force the surrender of Myrus and Cobaark, then the entire thing would be over. They were all hoping that this would be the final confrontation between the Escerons and the Maldums.
When all three ghosts finally arrived, Danny went intangible and flew around to the back of the base. Of course, Danny set off a ghost alarm when he went in, but when all the Maldums saw Raschenda and Vundeter, they assumed they were the ones who set off the alarm, not Danny.
Myrus could be heard screaming, "Enemies! The Escerons are attacking us! All ghosts to the front of the base to attack!"
As Myrus screamed this, literally hundreds of ghosts started pouring out from the base and flew over to Raschenda and Vundeter. All of the ghosts immediately got ready to attack as they surrounded Raschenda and Vundeter. The two were completely surrounded; there was no way they could escape without having to fight.
"Lady Raschenda, you must have a lot of confidence in Danny," Vundeter mumbled to Raschenda as all the ghosts started closing in on them.
"Yes, I do," Raschenda said. "I've been saying this since before he even got involved in this entire ordeal: he's our only hope at winning this war. We must rely on him and make sure he completely ruins the Maldum Base."
"Yes, Lady Raschenda," Vundeter responded.
The two cornered Escerons looked around. The hundreds of Maldum ghosts surrounding them put out their hands and were ready to start charging an energy blast at Raschenda and Vundeter. Raschenda and Vundeter put up their guards, hoping to be able to withstand the heavy blasts from the enemy ghosts.
Danny, Raschenda thought to herself as all the Maldum troops were ready to blast her and Vundeter, Good luck.
Danny flew in through the back of the Maldum base as they had planned. After becoming tangible again after going through the wall, he quietly went through the dark, winding Maldum base.
"Well, it looks like Raschenda and Vundeter got all the guards out of the base," Danny quietly said to himself as he went through the eerie halls. "I hope those guys are okay."
Saying this, he continued his search through the Maldum base for Myrus and Cobaark.