They were all flying through the Ghost Zone like birds flying in their v-shape formation when migrating or flying together. All the Esceron grunts were flying in the back, Raschenda and Vundeter were flying close to the front, and the one at the very tip of the flying pattern was Danny. They were heading to the Maldum base, hoping to take down Myrus once and for all.
They flew for what seemed like the longest time, and all of them thought about the battle that lay ahead. Would Myrus finally go down after this fight? Would the Escerons finally be able to force his surrender? Would his insane vision of a "perfect ghost zone" be undone forever?
Finally, Danny saw the Maldum base only a few yards ahead. They all stopped in their tracks after seeing a large, green, transparent circle formed around the Maldum base.
"Myrus!" Raschenda yelled. "He does have the ghost shield up! We can't get in if he has that up. We're going to have to find some way to knock the shield down."
Saying this, Raschenda and Vundeter turned around and stared at all their troops behind them. "Any of you men have any idea on how we can knock that shield down?" Raschenda asked.
After no one said anything for a while, Vundeter broke the silence and said "Come on! That shield has to have a weak spot somewhere! You agree with me, don't you Danny?"
Vundeter turned around and saw Danny on the other side of the shield. He was floating in mid air with his arms crossed and a cocky smile on his face. "You know, I always found it easier to go through it," he called out to them. "Not waiting for it to disappear and then pass it."
"We can have more of your snide, teenager remarks later," Vundeter said. "But for now, let's just go in and show Myrus a thing or two."
Vundeter and Raschenda flew towards the shield to go through it, but upon making contact with it, they smacked into it as if they had just walked into a wall. They couldn't get in.
"What? Why aren't we able to penetrate?" Raschenda asked with an obvious tone of annoyance.
"Maybe it's because this shield only works on ghosts," Danny said. "And I'm a half ghost. That's the only reason I can think of."
"It doesn't matter," Raschenda yelled. "Just go in there and find a way to deactivate the shield so we can get in. Myrus won't be expecting such a huge attack."
Danny nodded his head quickly, and then bolted inside the base.
The Maldum base seemed as dark and as creepy as ever. The halls were still deserted and dark, with a sound echoing throughout the eerie silence. It was like going through a haunted house, except this time, it was with real ghosts. Danny was ready to take anything that came his way…he hoped.
Out of nowhere, three Maldum soldiers popped out of one of the rooms. They immediately began attacking Danny.
"Well, three's the charm," Danny said as the three grunts came at him. Danny simply grabbed one and put it right in front of his face, and then blasted it with his ectoplasmic energy.
With one down already, Danny simply grabbed the other two and smashed their heads into each other.
"Gee, I thought Myrus would do a better job training his troops than this," Danny remarked. After fighting the two, he turned around and saw over twenty troops right behind him.
"This could be a problem," Danny said. He didn't waste any time to start firing his ectoplasmic energy at the ghosts. In fact, due to his enhanced power, it didn't too many blasts at all to knock any of them down.
By the time Danny had finished off all but one of them without even taking a single hit, he was ready to just stop and go find Myrus. However, he had no where to look. He ran over to the only Maldum troop he didn't blast and grabbed the front of its uniform.
"Okay," Danny said. "We can do this my way, or we can do this the hard way. Your choice. Now tell me: where is Myrus!"
The Maldum grunt, now terrified of Danny and his enhanced power, didn't waste any time. "He's in the control room…on the top floor," the troop managed to squeak.
"Thanks," Danny said. He fired a weak blast of ectoplasmic energy into the troop's face, but just enough to knock him out cold. "Basically, both ways were a lose-lose situation for you," Danny said to the troop he just finished. He began flying to the top of the base and into the control room there.
There he was: Myrus. Myrus was watching everything on the giant screen above all the controls. (the same one he was watching Danny through during Chapter 1) He turned around and saw Danny just as he walked in.
"Well, well, well," Myrus said. "I guess you're on the Escerons' side after all. What a pity. You would have made a great ally. But, in the end, you decided to go with the pen-pushers."
"I have no idea what that means," Danny said. "All I care right now is about showing you a thing or two in respect!"
"Well," Myrus said, balling a blast of energy in his fist, "you seem to have forgotten I possess a skill that you don't. And I could kill you quite easily with it. But, if you're offering your life, I'll gladly take it."
"We'll see about that!" Danny yelled.
Myrus started floating in the air and fired several blasts at Danny at an exrtremely rapid rate. If Danny blinked, he'd miss Myrus firing the blast. Dodging the blasts alone would take inhuman reflexes.
When Myrus wasn't expecting it, Danny retaliated with a blast of ectoplasmic energy of his own. Unfortunately, Myrus dodged it and then immediately fired some at Danny. Danny got knocked back and slammed into the wall from the blast, but due to his enhanced strength, he could afford to take a hit or two that he couldn't before.
Danny regained focus just as he saw Myrus ready to fire another blast at him. Danny launched himself into the air just in time for Myrus to miss him and put a huge hole in the wall with that blast of energy. As soon as he could, Danny fired some ectoplasmic energy at Myrus and hit him dead on.
Myrus was sent flying backwards, and Danny started firing repeating blasts of energy at Myrus while he was down. However, after only two or three extra shots, Myrus put his arms out and a ghost shield blocked all the blows. He flew into the air faster than a rocket and started firing at Danny once again.
Danny had to roll out of the way to evade Myrus's blasts. It was barely thirty seconds into the fight and already Danny was exhausted. "Gee, I thought only major bosses in action RPG's were this fast and strong," Danny thought to himself as he kept missing all of Myrus's blasts just by a hair.
Danny finally had enough and fired some of his own energy at Myrus again, but the two blasts collided when they were fired. It created a small green explosion and distracted Myrus for only a second.
As soon as he recovered, he fired some energy and knocked Danny to the back of the wall. Danny groaned in pain. He couldn't take much more fighting before he seriously hurt himself.
When he was struggling to get up, Myrus blasted him again. Danny now was aching in just about every spot, his black jumpsuit was getting torn up and he looked like he had just run a marathon without practicing at all for it.
Myrus walked over to Danny and picked him up by the front of the jumpsuit. He formed more energy in his hand, but not just any energy. It was the Ectoplasmic Molecular Vaporizing Energy: the energy that could dissolve anything, including people and ghosts.
"See what happens when you don't make the right choices?" Myrus said with an evil grin on his face. "You get in situations, and before long, you find yourself in too big of a hole to climb out of. Surely they taught you this in school?"
"I wouldn't know, I don't pay attention," Danny retorted.
Myrus sneered, and then pointed the ready ball of energy at Danny. "Enjoy your last few moments of being solid," Myrus threatened.
Danny was sweating more nervous than he ever did before, and his heart was pumping faster. "Tell me this isn't how it ends", Danny thought to himself. "Turning into a million tiny pieces at the hands of a ghost?"
As Danny nervously glanced around, he saw a button on the control panel Myrus was standing at when he walked in. It was a giant red panel that had a red light on, and it read SHIELD ACTIVATED.
Danny used the last ounce of strength he had to gradually lift his arm up so Myrus wouldn't notice. He opened up his hand and pointed it at the panel.
"Well," Danny managed to squeak. "If I wasn't able to beat you, Raschenda and Vundeter will!"
Danny fired a blast of energy from his hand at the panel. Luckily for Danny, his accuracy was dead-on, and the panel smashed. The letters changed to SHEILD DOWN.
Outside, the green, transparent shield surrounding the Maldum base slowly disappeared.
"He did it!" Vundeter yelled with happiness and surprise. "Danny did it! He got the shield down! All troops, head in!"
Vundeter led all the Esceron grunts inside the base to attack and be as destructive as possible. As Vundeter led the last troop in, Raschenda stayed outside and stared at the base. She couldn't help but think Danny was in a dangerous situation. (which he was)
"Danny…" Raschenda quietly said. "Don't die."