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Chapter 22 Free At Last
"Damn-it!" Tucker cursed as he thrashed around in his restraints in an unsuccessful attempt to free himself.
He had been at it for over half an hour with no success, the iron chain refused to give up the teen's hand, much less loosen. Tucker was alerted by a groan and turned to see Dash waking up in the corner.
"What happened?" Dash moaned attempting to rub his swollen forehead.
That's when he noticed his arms were restrained to the wall, panicking Dash looked up at Tucker.
"Where are we? What happened?" He demanded.
"Just take it easy Dash," Tucker started.
"Take it easy!" Dash shouted, "We're both chained, locked in a dungeon slash torture chamber by God knows who, could be killed at any given moment, and you're telling me to take it easy!"
"Dash just calm down, it doesn't do any good if we panic, I'm sure that help will be here shortly and everything will turn out okay." Tucker said.
"You wish, human!" Terror materialized next to Tucker.
The teenager let out a horrifying scream before the ghost placed a palm as cold as ice on Tucker's mouth-silencing him.
"Save your screams," Terror smirked, "I look forward to hearing them when I'm devouring you."
Terror let out a demonic laugh before opening his maw, revealing razor sharp teeth within. Putrid saliva dripped down on Tucker's forehead, his mind went blank as he stared into the jaws of death.
The wall next to Terror exploded open and a green bull crashed into the ghost. Caught off guard Terror was flung across the room and crashed into a stonewall. Morphing back into his human form, Beast Boy began working on Tucker's restraints.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
Unable to speak, Tucker simply nodded. Robin appeared in the room followed by Starfire and Cyborg. Seeing Dash Starfire broke the chains that bound him with her bare hands. Dash marveled at the strength of the alien beauty.
"I guess you're no stranger to the gym." Dash commented before sitting up.
"Do you guys know where Danny and the others are?" Starfire asked.
"Fenton?" Dash replied, "No idea, I was climbing into the van when-" Dash remembered what Tucker did to him back when they were departing from the hotel, "you hit me over the head you little punk!"
Dash angrily grabbed Tucker by his shirt; Tucker in the grip of an angry brute suddenly snapped back to reality, "My hand slipped, I swear!" He pleaded.
"Enough!" Robin ordered, "Starfire get these two to safety, and search for the others, meet us back down here, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and I-"
"RAARGH!" An angry Terror stood and extended his grisly wings, his blood red eyes poured all of their hatred into the mortals standing before him.
Beast Boy readied himself to attack again, when Robin stepped in front of him.
"I got this, you go on and rescue Raven. I'll meet you back on the surface."
Starfire hesitantly led Dash and Tucker out of the room back towards the surface while Beast Boy and Cyborg continued downward. Robin readied his staff as Terror approached. Robin stood unafraid by the terrifying specter.
"Come and get me." He invited.
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Morgan slit Raven's palm with a dagger and collected the blood in a ceremonial cup. Danny kneeled on an altar facing the towering statue of the Tyranus just as Morgan instructed.
"Danny, don't do this!" Sam called out trying to reason with him, "Don't worry about me, stop them and save everyone else!"
Scourge hammered Sam in the head; her body went limp as she slipped into unconsciousness.
"Girls are so mouthy, just makes you want to cut their tongues out." Scourge said to himself.
Danny seeing Scourge's actions, restrained himself from charging towards the specter. Concentrating on Morgan, Danny watched as he stepped in front of him and painted an insignia on the Ghost King's forehead with Raven's blood. All the while muttering a strange incantation.
Suddenly Danny felt as if his feet were nailed to the floor, his body felt like it was on fire and his heart was beating so fast it felt like it was going to burst.
"What the hell's going on?" Danny cried out.
"Great king of the ghost world," Morgan cried out, "accept these mortals as your offering and rise to rule over this realm of mortals!"
Danny cried out as his ectoplasm was drained from him, his ghostly life force was being drained out of him and was disappearing down the throat of the statue. Danny could see the fingers of statue begin to move, stone crumbled revealing pale white skin, vile green eyes opened for the first time in centuries.
Morgan threw his arms up in triumph, "Long live lord Tyranus!" he cried out.
The Ghost King tore away from the final bits of stone that had once imprisoned his physical form, rearing to his full height Tyranus roared triumphantly:
"I am free at last!"