Chapter Five: It's the End of the World as We Know It
(AN: Title borrowed from a song by REM, I think it fits)
When we last left Danny he was about to be knocked out by Dan. In the control room of Rob Phantom our handsome, brave, good, kind, creative, modest...
"Could you rap it up, we don't have all day." said Ember, Rob's assistant and girlfriend.
Oh all right, our author was in a pickle. There was no one left to go battle the evil Dan and create the chaos necessary to help our heros win the day. This did not make him happy.
"God dammit! How am I going to finish this, I need someone to cause a distraction but everyone except Danny is unconscious." Rob said, getting more and more frustrated.
"I don't know, why don't you go in their and help for once." said Ember jokingly.
"Me go in? Me go in! That's it! I did it once before and I can do it again, you're a genius!" said Rob as he transformed into his ghost mode and headed for the teleporter.
"Woah, hold on sweetie, there is one problem." said Ember.
"What is that?" said Rob.
"Its that girl Alicia you created. When you created her character you gave her a father that was basically a forty year old version of yourself. So if you go in and she sees a 21 year old version of her father with ghost powers, you'll have a hell of a lot of explaining to do." said Ember.
"So what do I do? I can't leave them at Dan and Vlad's mercy" said Rob.
"Well if you are going to do this you have to disguise yourself so Alicia can't make any connection between you and her father." said Ember as she got out the disguise kit.
After several minutes Ember had finished. Rob now had blue hair with red streaks going down it and a small pony tail in the back, there was a fake scar going down the right side of his face, with a fake eyepatch on his left eye. He was wearing a black trench coat with black jeans. He was also wearing fingerless biker gloves and combat boots. On his chest was a black t-shirt with a RP emblem that looked like Danny's. he looked completely different from his normal self, and most importantly he looked different from Alicia's dad.
"Well that's the best I can do." said Ember, as she handed Rob a mirror.
"This is great, did I tell you you're a genius?" said Rob.
"You did, but I like hearing you say it." said Ember as she gave Rob a kiss.
"Master Rob, I hate to interrupt but the story needs continue." said the computer.
"Well duty calls." said Rob as he turned to go.
"Just promise me you'll come back." said Ember.
"I promise, come hell or high water I will come back." said Rob.
"Ok, do you have the teleporter tracker, so you can actually come back?" said Ember.
"Yes it do, its in my back pocket." said Rob.
"Ok, then prepare for teleportation." said Ember as she pulled the switch, sending Rob into the story.
"Ok, I'm in, I'll now precede to help Danny, but first I need to make a stop at Alicia's room and pick up an item first." said Rob into his communicator, then he flew off.
We rejoin our story with Dan still about to blast Danny into oblivion. Dan raised the orb of deadly energy above his head, a evil smile on his face. He looked down at the weak and battered body of Danny and began to laugh cruelly. He was just about to launch it at Danny when out of nowhere a massive blast of energy hit him. He lost the energy orb and was ent flying through a building, which collapsed on him. Dan worked his way out of the rubble to see a figure floating in the air.
"Who the hell are you?" said Dan.
"I'm Rob Phantom, and I'm your worst nightmare." said Rob.
"Rob Phantom! I wondered when you would show your face here." said Vlad.
"Well now that I'm here I'm going to kick your evil, cat needing butt." said Rob
"I WILL NOT GET A CAT!" shouted Vlad.
"Uh, who the hell is this guy?" said Dan.
"He's Rob Phantom, he's the one who helped ruin my plans for world domination last time, he also likes to cause bad things to happen to me." said Vlad.
"What can I say? I live to make your life miserable." said Rob.
"What are you doing here?" said Dan.
"I'm here to stop you." said Rob.
"And what makes you think you'll be doing that?" said Vlad.
"Well one, I brought a energy restoring orb I picked up from Alicia's room..." said Rob as he threw it at Danny.
The orb hit Danny as a wave of energy washed over him. All of his injuries healed up and he sat up, completely back to normal. Rob flew down to see if Danny was alright.
"Hey kid, you ok?" said Rob.
"Yeah, I'm.. Wait a minute, are you Rob Phantom?" said Danny.
"Yes I am." said Rob.
"Wow, I almost didn't recognize you, but the emblem gave you away. You changed your look, and what's with the scar and eyepatch." said Danny.
"I got into a fight with a ghost, and he gave me this." said Rob, lying.
"Say no more, so what are you doing here?" said Danny.
"I saw on the news that something strange was happening here, so I thought you would need my help." said Rob.
"Well your right, I do." said Danny.
"I hate to interrupt this meeting of the loser league, but aren't we supposed to be fighting." said Dan.
"Yeah, and what is the second thing you think will help you win?" said Vlad.
"Oh yeah! The first is that Danny is back to normal, the second is I can do this..." said Rob as he used his shape shifter powers to turn into Dan, except with blue hair and his emblem.
"We're boned." said Dan.
"You are. Danny, lets rock." said Rob as they attacked Vlad and Dan.
Rob and Danny sent a series of ghost ray at where Vlad and Dan were standing. But Vlad and Dan jumped out of the way. Rob used his new duplicating power to create three duplicates. One of them grabbed Vlad by the cape and through him into the air, while he and the other two blasted him down into the ground. Dan decided to blast him in the back but Danny tackled him and threw him into a gasoline truck, which burst open. Dan's flaming hair set the gas on fire and created a huge explosion. He came out of it looking very angry.
"You think a small thing like that can stop me." said Dan as he duplicated himself and attacked our heros.
Vlad had gotten himself out of the hole and was also attacked our heros. Soon they were in a battle of punches and kicks. Vlad tried to uppercut Danny but he missed, then Danny punched him in the stomach. Vlad responded by grabbing Danny and hurling him into a building, but her recovered an rejoined the fight. Dan and Rob were having a fight of the duplicates. One of the Dans blasted two of the Rob's destroying them, but on of the Robs destroyed two of the Dans. The last two duplicates were destroyed when they punched each other into two buildings, so it was down to Rob and Dan.
"You know, for a copy of me, you're a very poor one." said Dan.
"Look whose talking, you weren't just beaten with the ugly stick, they used the whole damn tree!" said Rob.
Why you!..." said Dan as he attacked again.
The battle raged on, but across the battle field another fight was going on. Alicia was still trying to get back to her friends and warn them of Dan's plan, but Ember would not let her pass. Alicia and Ember were now to tired to use their powers so they were trying to knock each other out. But even that was proving more difficult then it would seem.
"You'll...never...tell...anyone.. About our...plan." said a tired Ember, who threw a very soft punch at Alicia.
"I...have..to..warn...everyone...about...what...Dan...is ..planning." said a equally tired Alicia, who tried to push Ember out of the way.
With one last attempt they tried to knock each other out, but they missed. They momentum of the punch caused them to fall over into a heap.
"Ok, maybe I should just tell you why I have to warn everyone, then maybe you'll listen." said Alicia, gasping for breath.
"Why should I listen to you, I already know Vlad's plan." said Ember.
"Because Dan is planning to betray Vlad." said Alicia.
"What!" said Ember.
"Yeah, he is planning to kill Vlad and everyone else and rule the Earth and Ghost Zone." said Alicia.
"And why should I believe you?" said Ember.
"Because I can show you." said Alicia.
She used her magic powers to show everything she had learned in her encounter with Kitty, even the part where she saw the truth.
"My god, he is going to betray him, and what he is planning for you guys is just sick." said Ember.
"I know, that's why I have to warn everyone." said Alicia.
"Well lets go, we have to stop him." said Alicia.
"I can't help you, I'm on the evil side." said Ember.
"Do you believe your evil?" said Alicia.
"Well, not really." said Ember.
"Then what do you believe." said Alicia.
"I just want people to like my music, and me." said Ember.
"Well you can do that without being evil, or trying to take over the world." said Alicia.
"But how?" said Ember.
"Look, if you help me now I and my friends will do whatever we can to help you." said Alicia.
"Really?" said Ember.
"Yes, really, now help me." said Alicia, holding out her hand.
"Ok, I'll help." said Ember as she grabbed Alicia's hand and shook it.
So the two girls flew off to warn Danny about Dan's plan. Back at the battle there was a full blown melee going on. When Vlad and Dan realized they were not easily defeating their foes they decided to call in the calvary, literally. They had sent the ghost skeletons and hunter destroyer robots at Danny and Rob. They were having a difficult time trying to fend off all the enemies attacking them at once. At the moment they were just blasting as many as they could . One of the robots picked up Rob and hurled him into Danny, sending them flying into a lamp post. When they fell something bad happened. The teleporter tracker Rob had in his back pocket, the one that would bring him home, broke in the fall.
Not realizing his ticket home was ruined Rob jumped back into the battle. Vlad and Dan had decided they wanted another turn at beating on Rob and Danny, so they rejoined the fight. Dan grabbed Danny and began to punch him in the chest and stomach. His lightening quick jabs knocking the wind out of him. Danny countered with a ghost ray directly in Dan's face, knocking him back. Danny then went on the offensive, throwing a left hook at Dan, knocking him back some more. Meanwhile Rob was busy with dodging ectoplasmic orbs Vlad was trying to hit him with.
"My 90 year old granny has better aim then you!" taunted Rob.
"Why you...I'll show you good aim!" said Vlad as he sent a barrage of orbs at Rob.
Rob was knocked back and sent into a building, causing it to collapse. Vlad went over to gloat about his victory when Rob shoot out of the ground and hit him right in the jaw. Vlad flew through the air and hit another building, which also collapsed. Vlad came out of the rubble looking very ticked off.
"You little whelp! I will make this town your grave!" said Vlad as he shoot at Rob, eyes blazing red.
It was to this scene that Alicia and Ember returned. It was then that Alicia made the big mistake, she called to Danny when he was facing Dan.
"Danny! I have something important to tell you!" shouted Alicia.
"Alicia? What are you doing here..." Said Danny.
It was this moment of distraction that gave Dan and Vlad the opportunity they needed. While Rob and Danny were distracted by the sudden arrival of Alicia and Ember, Dan and Vlad regrouped. Before anyone knew what was going on Dan and Vlad put all they had into one gigantic ectoblast. They fired the monster blast at Danny and Rob, they did not notice it until it was too late. The blast hit Danny first, then it plowed into Rob, the blast carried them through three buildings before it hit the ground and exploded. In the crater were the unconscious forms of Rob and Danny, back in human mode.
I have a felling this was a bad time to disturb them." said Ember.
"You got that right traitor." said Dan.
He knocked Ember and Alicia's heads together, knocking them out. Then he went back down to stand next to Vlad.
"We won? We won! I knew my brilliant plan would work." said Vlad.
"Yes, and I have just the finishing move to make it a masterpiece." said Dan.
As he said this one of his duplicates returned, and he had a big surprise. The duplicate was carrying on his shoulder a big bomb, or more precious, an atomic bomb. He laid it down on the ground and disappeared, leaving only the original Dan and Vlad standing there. Vlad was shocked to see the object in front of him and turned to talk to Dan.
"Is that a..." said Vlad.
"A atomic bomb? Yes it is." said Dan.
"That wasn't part of my plan." said Vlad, getting angry.
"No, but it is a part of mine." said Dan.
Before Vlad could do anything, Dan pulled out the Plasmius Maximus, they device that shorts out ghost powers temporarily. He stuck it into Vlad's chest and pulled the trigger. Suddenly a surge of energy shoot through Vlad and he screamed, two black rings formed at his head and feet and traveled to his waist. When they finished they left the plain, old, normal Vlad Masters, Vlad was shocked at what happened and turned on Dan.
"Why you insulant traitor, what have you done?" said Vlad.
"I'm just eliminating the competition." said Dan.
He then hit Vlad on the head, knocking him out instantly. Then Dan traveled over to where Danny and Rob lay and used the Plasmius Maximus on them as well. With that done he surveyed his work.
"Well now that that is done it's time to get rid of these little annoyances once and for all." said Danny as he lifted the bodies of Danny, Rob, Vlad, Alicia, and Ember and the bomb and flew off toward Fenton Works.
A while later Danny came too and tried to stand up, but found that he couldn't move. He looked down to see he was stuck to a large object with what looked like ectoplasmic tape. He turned his head to see that Alicia, Ember, Vlad, his family and friends, were also tied to the thing, they were just waking up as well.
"Well it seems my captives are finally awake." said Dan.
"What is going on here ghost." said a awake and now ticked off Valerie.
"This is your's and this town's execution." said Dan.
"Ex..execution?" said Jazz.
"Yes, soon that atomic bomb you are attached to will end you and this town, forever." said Dan.
"We're attached to a atomic bomb? We're all gonna die!" said Tucker as everyone started to scream.
"Yes you are, and also you will see the coronation of my queen, bring her out here." said Dan to the skeletons.
The skeletons dragged a angry and still very violent Sam out into the open
"You'll pay for this, when I get my hands on you..." said Sam, she was then thrown at Dan's feet.
"Now, now, is that anyway to speak to your king and husband." said Dan.
"You monster! When I get out of here I'm going to rip you apart!" said Danny, who struggled to break free.
"I don't think so, those restraints will keep you there, as will the fact I shorted out your powers." said Dan, waving the Plasmius Maximus in the air.
"Alicia, remind me to hurt Vlad for inventing something that can be used against us." said Danny in a dark voice.
"Save some for me." said Alicia.
"Hey, I didn't think it would be used against us, well...at least me." said Vlad.
"That's because you don't think, but I do. I tricked you into trusting me and then I overthrew you. And now I will rule the Earth with Sam as my queen." said Dan.
"Uh, isn't see a little young for you?" said Ember.
"Yeah, there are laws against that you know." said Jazz.
"Plus, Sam will never like you because she is a good guy." said Danny.
"That's why I had Technus invent me some things to fix that problem." said Dan as he fired the age changing ray at Sam.
Instantly Sam began to get older, which was incredibly painful. Sam screamed like her body was being ripped apart, which was technically true. Soon it was over and a 24 year old version of Sam stood before them.
"Now that that is done, time to fix that problem with her being good and having free will." said Dan as he fired the second ray.
The ray hit her and she began to change, her ghost half, which she had gotten in a incident a few months earlier began to come out.(read the Life and Times of Alicia Szivos to find out what happened) her eyes changed from green to a blood red, and her hair set on fire, just like Dan's. finally her skin changed to a sickly blue color and she grew fangs and a forked tongue.
"Release her, she is ready." said Dan.
The ghost skeletons untied Sam and she stumbled forward. Then she lifted her head. On her face was the most horrifying evil smirk you could ever see. Her face was a mask of hate and evil, the likes of which I hope never to see again.
"No." said Danny, so overcome with horror to see this that he could barely speak
"Yes, come to me my queen." said Dan.
Sam walked over to Dan, and in a moment that would be burned into Danny's mind forever, she kissed him.
"Nooooo!" shouted Danny.
At this point the other ghost came back just in time to witness this unusual scene.
"Uh, did we miss something?" said Spectra.
"I see you guys have finally returned, I have some big news. I'm taking over this little operation. My first order is that we get the army out of the town while I set the timer to the bomb Danny and his stupid friends are attached too." said Dan as he set the timer.
"Uh, why is Ember attached to the bomb?" said Skulker.
"Because she betrayed us by working with the enemy, which reminds me..." said Dan.
He grabbed Kitty and before anyone could do anything he tied her to the bomb.
"Hey dude! What's the deal?" said Johnny, getting ready to fight
"Your little girlfriend told our plans to Alicia, and she was going to blab them to the rest of her pathetic friends, she is a traitor." said Dan.
"I don't care, she's my girl and I'm not gonna let you hurt her." said Johnny.
"Oh really, if that's how you fell..." said Dan, then before he knew it Johnny was attached to the bomb.
"Anyone else want to join them." said Dan to the ghosts, giving a look said "don't mess with me if you want to live".
The ghosts all shook their heads no and backed off.
"Good, then get the army out of the city because this thing is going to blow." said Dan.
The rest of the ghosts beat a hasty retreat from the city, taking the army with them. The last to leave was Desiree, who looked back at the pitiful sit, then turned and fleed. This left only Dan and Sam standing before our heros.
"Any last words before your final curtain call." said Dan.
"Uh, yeah, were ghosts, how the heck is this supposed to hurt us? We're already dead." said Ember.
"Because those restraints prevent you form going intangible, when it blows you'll be shredded into a billion pieces, never to reform back to your normal selves." said Dan.
"Oh." was all the horrified ghosts could say.
"Any other last words?" said Dan.
"You'll never get away with this!" said Jack.
"Uh, if you hadn't noticed I already have." said Dan.
"I know, I just thought it was the right thing to say at this moment." said Jack.
"Any not stupid last words." said Dan.
"I swear that if it takes me the rest of eterity I will make you pay for this." said Danny.
"Ok, I'm getting annoyed with the sound of stupid, I guess I'll have to fix it." said Dan, as he used ectoplasm to tape shut the mouths of his victims.
"Well I hate to run, but I have a universe to conquer, say good by to the soon to be dearly departed Sam." said Dan.
"Bye losers." said Sam, then Dan and her flew off into the sky laughing evilly.
The clock on the bomb was counting down to the last seconds. In the control room Ember was in a panic.
"My god its going to blow, quick computer, bring Rob back here!" said Ember.
"Error, teleportation tracker not detected, can not bring back Rob Phantom." said the computer.
"What! That can't be right, bring him back right now!" shouted Ember.
"Error, can not comply with request." said the computer.
In the story the timer got down to the last ten seconds
"No! Dammit! This can't be happening, Rob, come back!" screamed Ember
10,9,8...
Our heros struggled to try to free themselves
7,6,5...
Ember desperately tried to bring them out of the situation they were in, but it was no use.
4,3,2...
"Rob! Don't leave me!" shouted Ember as she pounded the computer consul
1,0...
Then a light brighter then a thousand suns came to be over the town of Amity Park. A firestorm of destruction and ruin destroyed everything in its path. A shock wave and mighty wind flattened everything not immediately incinerated. A giant mushroom cloud formed from the fire ball and spread higher and higher, marking the death of a town.
"Nooooo!" screamed Ember as she collapsed to the ground, crying her eyes out.
Outside of the town the monster that had committed this crime smiled, proud of his work. On his arm was the love of a Danny's life, Sam, watching as the mushroom cloud climbed higher and higher.
"This is only the beginning, soon the whole world will bow down to me. Come my queen, we have much work to do." said Dan.
"Yes my darling." said Sam, as they and their army flew off.
So ended the day that would become known to humanity as the day the nightmare began, and it only foreshadowed the horrors that lay ahead.
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Ember: hello Danny Phantom fans, I...I...I can't go on! This is horrible, everyone is dead, including Rob, its all my fault, I could have saved him! Ember begins to cry. As she is crying a voice calls out to her.
Unknown voice: Ember?...
Ember: Rob? Is that you?
TechnoRob: Not quite, I am TechnoRob, a computer simulation of the real Rob Phantom, I was activated when you said Rob is dead.
Ember: So, your not the real Rob?
TechnoRob: No, I am just his personality. Rob left a message for you incase he went into the story and did not come out, would you like me to play it?
Ember: Yes! Play it!
TechnoRob: Ok, here goes. A monitor activate and we see the face of Rob Phantom.
Rob: Ember, if you are seeing this I am dead. I most likely died trying to help stop Dan in the story. But fear not, this is not the end. What I have never told you is that I have a set number of chapters for my stories. This story does not end for awhile, so have hope. I promised I would be coming back and I plan to keep that promise. TechnoRob will stay with you until I return. I just want to say I love you, see you later. The transmission ended.
TechnoRob: So what to we do?
Ember: We keep going, its like Rob said there is still hope. So until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review.
