Author's Note: Thank you all SO much for the reviews! I'm so glad to know that people are reading this story, even if it is horrible. Many thanks go out to Sapphire for keeping me with this story and threatening me if I didn't update. So I'm doing two chapters at once. Maybe after that she'll leave me alone for a while. So, without further adieu I present to you…
Chapter 5
As soon as the Specter Speeder passed through the portal, Danny, Maddie, Jazz, and Vlad jumped out of the vehicle, weapons at ready. Jazz and Danny were back to back, Jazz with the Fenton Thermos and Danny sporting a green ball of energy with his hands. Maddie and Vlad both had guns, charged up and ready to go.
"I've got your back, sis," Danny whispered, and Jazz nodded. "Where is he?" he asked outloud. He screamed as a red blast hit him in the side, sending him into the Specter Speeder. He fell to the ground, leaving a dent in the side of the metal vehicle. He moaned and held his head, which was pounding loudly.
"Danny!" Jazz cried, and Maddie fired a blast at the ghost, who dodged it easily. Jazz ran over to her now human brother. "Are you okay, Danny?" she asked. Danny nodded and stood back up.
"Honestly, Maddie, you think you can beat me?" Plasmius asked, inching closer to the woman. She backed up until she hit a wall. "I am much more powerful than you."
"You wouldn't hurt her, would you, Plasmius?" Danny asked, causing the ghost to turn around. "You love her. You wouldn't hurt the one you love."
"Love?" Plasmius asked, chuckling. "Daniel, I have no feelings. I'm a ghost."
"I'm your friend," Maddie said softly. Plasmius turned back to her with a scowl on his face.
"I'm a ghost. I have no friends," he said, then charged up a blast. "When I was half human, my emotions held me back. But now… now I'll kill anyone who ruined my life, including you!" Plasmius never got a chance to shoot, however, because a shot hit him in the back, startling him. All eyes turned to the source of the blast.
Vlad was standing, weakly, with a bazooka on his shoulder. He looked like he was about to faint. "Vlad!" Danny called out. He transformed and quickly flew over to the older man, whose eyes rolled back. Danny struggled to hold the man up in his arms. "He's losing energy again! Why? Plasmius, answer me!" The ghost laughed heartily.
"You mean you haven't figured it out yet?" he asked in amusement. "Of course, you're only fourteen. You don't even have full control of your powers."
"Vlad," Maddie whispered as Plasmius made his way towards Danny and Vlad. Suddenly something clicked in her mind. "Danny, get Vlad out of the room. NOW!"
"Wha—"
"Don't ask questions, just go," she said. "And stay with him. Don't worry about me, sweetie, Jazz and I will handle Plasmius."
"I'll go with Vlad," Jazz offered. "Danny's a much better fighter than me." She ran over to where Vlad was and Danny took her hand. Then the three of them turned intangible and phased through the floor.
Meanwhile, Maddie was dodging Plasmius' attacks, while countering them with her own. A minute later Danny phased back through the floor, his fist making contact with Plasmius' jawbone. He suddenly attacked with a barrage of blasts, sending Plasmius into a wall.
"Don't. Touch. My. Mom," Danny stated angrily. "EVER!" He opened the thermos and sucked Plasmius into the contraption.
"You're too late. You can't save him," was the last thing Plasmius said before disappearing into the darkness. Danny looked up at Maddie, who looked back at him with fearful eyes.
"Oh no, Vlad," Danny said, then grabbed his mother's wrist and phased them through the floor and two walls until they came to the room where Jazz and Vlad were. Vlad was still unconscious, and Jazz looked like she was about to cry.
"Danny, something's wrong," she said frantically. "His breathing is ragged and his pulse is almost nonexistent. What's going on?"
"He's losing his life energy. We need to find a way to merge Plasmius and Masters back together," Danny said.
"I don't know," Maddie said. "I was going to make one while you were fighting, but I guess instinct kicked in and I wanted to be part of the fight." She got onto her knees beside Vlad. "Please wake up, Vlad. You can't leave us like this. Please." Danny and Jazz looked at each other skeptically.
What is she doing? Danny seemed to ask.
I have no idea, Jazz answered mentally. "Mom, is he going to be okay?"
"I don't know, Jazz, I don't know," Maddie said, looking up for a moment at her worried children before turning back to Vlad.
Author's End Note: And don't you think I forgot about Jack! The next chapter is going to consist of two things. First, a short little section with Jack and the rest of the gang, and then we go back to Maddie, Danny, Jazz, and Vlad. Thanks for reading and please review. I welcome new reviewers!