Danny watched nervously. Myrus's evil glare never seemed so nasty and aggressive. Of course, that was probably because Danny was backed into a corner while Myrus was charging up a blast of energy that could turn every bit of Danny into an individual atom, literally vaporizing him.
Danny knew he didn't have much time left. The energy of Myrus's EMV blast would completely destroy him, no matter how strong Danny was now.
"Well then," Danny thought to himself as Myrus's blast came closer and closer to being charged and ready to fire, "this is just great. I need to do something, because if I don't do something, I'm going to DIE!"
Just as Myrus had his blast completely charged, Danny dove out of the way. The blast hit the wall that was behind Danny, and in less than one second, a huge chunk of the wall completely disappeared. Danny quickly looked at the wall that had just been partly dissolved, and then turned himself back to Myrus.
"Nice job, Myrus!" Danny said, deciding that if he was going to die, he was going to die acting tough. "You missed me! Now it's my turn!"
In less time than a person would be able to react, Danny fired his own blast of energy at Myrus, but Myrus was quick in dodging it. In no time, the large, dark room they were in had turned into a standoff between the two. For a while, the two did nothing except exchange blasts back and forth and dodge their opponent.
"Okay, this is getting pretty repetitive," Danny moaned. "If you're not gonna pose a challenge, then I'm out of here."
Danny went intangible and went through the ceiling and to his escape.
"If I wasn't so worried about staying alive, maybe I would've done that sooner," Danny pondered to himself as he flew away. "Well, that's over. Better go check on Raschenda and Vundeter to see how they're doing."
Danny flew out to the entrance of the Maldum base. He saw Vundeter and Raschenda doing their best to fend off the Maldum Grunts, but they looked like they couldn't keep up fighting much longer.
"Those guys are toast if I don't do something!" Danny exclaimed. Saying this, he did a nosedive right into the action faster than anyone could blink. He popped up in front of Raschenda and Vundeter while the Maldum troops were busy recovering from the shock of seeing Danny pop up so soon. "This is going to sound really awkward, but if you guys want to stay alive, I think you should grab onto me and keep a strong grip."
Confused over what Danny was saying, Raschenda and Vundeter both grabbed a hold of one of Danny's arms. They didn't know what the point to it was, but they thought it would be better than letting themselves get slaughtered by the ruthless Maldums.
"Hang on tight!" Danny said when both Raschenda and Vundeter had a solid grip. He took in a deep breath and started screaming out his ghostly wail. The seismic waves sent the rows of Maldum troops flying backwards. After turning around and blowing away all the Maldums that didn't fly off from fear, he told Raschenda and Vundeter to let go. After they both did, all three of them let loose a huge sigh of relief.
"I am impressed, Ghost Boy," Raschenda said. "If it weren't for you, we might never have made it out of that situation. There was no way we could have fought off all of those."
"Don't mention it," Danny said in a humble tone. "We got bigger problems to worry about now."
"Hey, where are Myrus and Cobaark?" Vundeter demanded loudly. "Are they still in the base?"
"Well, Myrus is," Danny replied glumly. "Cobaark, on the other hand…"
Danny started telling the two Esceron leaders about how Myrus had invented an Endoplasmic Molecular Vaporizing ray and that it could dissolve anything and everything that it hit, even a ghost. Danny didn't stop, even when he saw the clear looks of terror and despair on Raschenda and Vundeter's face when he told them about this. They both looked like a huge problem had just been put on them, and one had. Now, Raschenda and Vundeter had to fight Myrus knowing he had the ability to literally kill them. All three of them were nervous about what to do; none of them knew what they should do next.
"Well, if Myrus has a weapon that can take out our entire army without breaking a sweat, then we need to be extra careful. Our only hope of defeating Myrus is if we can force his surrender and find some way to get rid of that power of his," Raschenda put in. "Of course, we don't even know how he got those powers in the first place."
"Uh, I do," Danny weakly said. Both Raschenda and Vundeter's eyes slowly began to focus on Danny. "Myrus had Cobaark research that weapon and figure out how to equip it. Once he was successful in developing that skill, he helped download it into Myrus. After doing that, Myrus killed him."
"Download it?" Raschenda said. "What do you mean?"
"Apparently, the technique is still in the computer Cobaark was using for research. Myrus had to hook some wires up to himself that came from the computer in order to get the power from it. At least, I think that's why he did it," Danny said.
After thinking for a little while longer, Raschenda said, "Very well. I say we go back to our base and strategize there. Do either of you have any objections?"
"No," Danny and Vundeter said in unison.
"Very well," Raschenda said. She led the other two back towards the Esceron base. However, on the way back they had an unpleasant surprise.
"Myrus!" Danny yelled when they were about half way back to the Esceron base. Myrus had seemingly just popped out of nowhere, and he was going in the direction the three Escerons just came.
"Well, I see all three of you are here," Myrus said. "You realize I could dispose of all three of you quite easily, don't you? One simple blast from my hand will turn every bit of ectoplasmic energy in you into a…"
"You don't have to explain it," Danny interjected. "I saw the whole thing! And now that we have you outnumbered, you're going to pay for trying to kill me!"
"You think you can intimidate me?" Myrus said with a high tone of surprise in his voice. "By all means, try!"
Saying this, Danny, Raschenda and Vundeter all started forming a powerful blast of energy in each of their hands. Myrus seemed a little surprised by this and even stepped back a little.
"You can vaporize any one of us," Vundeter boldly challenged. "But if you even think of firing that blast of whatever-you-call-it, then you're going to get a unison blow of energy to your head!"
Myrus, seeing that he didn't have the best odds with three powerful ghosts against him, began to step backwards a little. He had a look of fear on his face, but he quickly reverted it back to his creepy, normal smile.
"Heh!" he sneered. "You think numbers mean victory? Go ahead! I dare you to attack me again! Next time, I'll be ready!"
Saying this, Myrus flew away, going over a hundred miles an hour, back to the Maldum base. Danny quickly jolted into motion to follow him, but Raschenda grabbed the back of just jumpsuit as he was flying off.
"Let him go," Raschenda said. "He welcomed another attack, so we will give him another attack later! For now, let's go to our base to strategize that attack when the time comes."
Danny and Vundeter followed Raschenda as she led them back to the Esceron base. Plans on how to attack Myrus kept coming to all three of them, and yet everyone stayed quiet. The flight back to the base seemed like a long one, but all three were determined to beat Myrus once and for all.
When they finally reached the base, they all gasped in disbelief. The worst possible thing happened to them at the worst possible time.
"Our base!" Raschenda yelled, and for the first time ever, Danny thought she sounded a little panicked and vulnerable.
The Esceron base had been completely destroyed. Pillars inside of it were knocked down, several parts that were left looked very charred; all in all, the entire place looked like it had been completely destroyed, like a bomb hit it.
"Myrus had to have done this!" Vundeter angrily yelled. "That's why we saw him on the way back! He had just come to our base and he completely annihilated it! Now we have to destroy him for doing this! We have to have our revenge for him doing this!"
Raschenda and Vundeter quickly looked at Danny and saw he had a petrified look on his face, mixed with a lot of horror and fear.
"Danny, what's the matter?" Raschenda said, back to talking in her calm, cool and collected way.
"It looks like Myrus didn't do it alone," Danny said, pointing to the pile of rubble that was once the Esceron base.