Chapter Six: Darkness Triumphant

(AN: I don't own the idea for Yugopotamia, from the Fairly Odd Parents, Butch Hartman does)

Earth: 10 Years in the Future

Welcome to planet Earth, the most depressing place in the galaxy. This little ball of dirt is ruled over by a cruel tyrant, Lord Dan Phantom. He rules this world with an iron fist, and anyone who resists is destroyed on the spot. He and his ghost army have complete control over everything that goes on in the world, if it happens he knows about it. The people live in inconstant fear and oppression, with no hope of happiness. But you may ask how this came to be, let me start at the beginning.

The horror began on the day known simply as "The Day the Nightmare Began". Dan was working for a half human half ghost named Vlad Plasmius/Masters. It was Vlad's goal to defeat a group of ghost fighters and take over the world. This group of ghost fighters were an odd bunch, one was also a half human, half ghost named Danny Phantom/Fenton. He was assisted by his friends, Sam Manson, also his girlfriend and a witch, Alicia Szivos, another witch, Alex Gladstone, a wizard, Valerie Grey, a ghost hunter, and Tucker Foley. They were joined in their battle by a mysterious human/ghost hybrid by the name of Rob Phantom

Vlad was trying to capture them and destroy their town so that they could not stop him. He was also trying to capture Maddie Fenton, who he loved, but she was married to Jack Fenton. With Dan's help he enlisted several ghosts to help him, Skulker, Ember, Walker, Desiree, Spectra and Bertrand, Technus, Johnny 13 and Kitty, and the Lunch Lady. With this group and an army of robots and ghost skeletons he attacked the town of Amity Park, where the ghost fighters lived.

To make a long story short they defeated the ghost fighters, but then something happened that would change the course of history. In the moment of Vlad's triumph Dan betrayed him. He knocked him out and attached him, Danny and his friends and family, three traitors, Ember, Kitty and Johnny 13, to atomic bomb. The bomb exploded and destroyed the town of Amity Park, from there Dan went on to conquer the rest of the world.

Now you may wonder how I know all this? I know this because I was there, my name is Rob Phantom. By some miracle of chance we managed to escape being destroyed. That's what we thought at first, but it turned out that Desiree had used her magic to protect us. It turned out she felt bad for what had happened to us and wanted us to live, at least that's what she told us when she escaped Dan two years later after he found out about it.

Even though we were safe we were still too weak to defeat Dan, and after what had happened to Amity Park we were too demoralized. So we hid, we hid like cowards from him when we should have tried to fight him. I have never forgiven myself for that mistake.

With no one to stop him it was too easy for him to take over the world. The United States fell quickly to him; I can still remember seeing on a TV we found the tear stained face of the president as he signed the surrender document.

With the United States out of the way the rest of the world quickly surrendered, except for a few nations in Africa and Asia. But this resistance was in vain, Dan took the sadistic pleasure of destroying these nations, in fact they are still uninhabitable. What really broke our hearts was the fact that Sam helped him do it.

I knew she had been turned evil, but I thought at least some of her had stayed. The one who took it hardest was Danny. He was destroyed to see the girl he loved causing such misery.

A little while after this we decided we had to start fighting Dan, so we organized a resistance moment. Unfortunately very few people joined, they were too afraid of Dan. So we were reduced to small attacks on Dan's forces, these were not very successful. The first fight we had we lost Jack and several recruits when we were ambushed.

Dan barley noticed us as he geared up for his next plan. With the resources of the Earth and an almost unlimited labor force, he set his sights on a bigger prize, the Galaxy. With the scientific genius of Technus and the mechanical skill of Skulker he built himself an interstellar Armada, so that he could conquer the rest of the galaxy as well.

The first planet to fall was a world called Yugopotamia, they never saw it coming. No one believes the propaganda Dan's press spits out, but what he said he used to defeat the Yugopotamians was laughable. He claimed they were defeated with chocolate, like that could ever happen.

But even with the weird things he said the conquest went on. At the moment most of the Galaxy is ruled by Dan. His forces are currently attacking a world called Hartmanius, a civilization of artists and writer, they don't stand a chance.

Back on Earth we did not fair any better, every time we tried to attack we were beaten back. Then came the moment I feared would happen. Ember had done a great job with my disguise, but as time went on it started to fall apart. Pretty soon they realized that I looked exactly like Alicia's dad. I had to explain everything, who I was, and that I was responsible for the story and what had happened. They took it pretty hard; they didn't talk to me for weeks. The one who took it hardest was Alicia; she absolutely refused to even be in the same room with me. Finally it was Ember who broke the impasse, she got us talking and soon Alicia forgave me.

I and Ember ended up being a surrogate family to Alicia. That was the only good news, for the battle with Dan was going badly. As time went on we got more recruits as people and ghosts became fed up with Dan, but it was never a large number. Also as time went on the number of people in the original group went down.

The first after Jack to fall was Maddie, she died in a attack on a pipe line supplying Dan's fleet of Warships with fuel. After this Dan chased us to the Great Plains, where Valerie lost her arm and I got a real eye patch and scar. The next to fall was Vlad, who was actually captured when we attacked a military government building. He was put on trial and executed; the whole thing was broadcast live to the world. I must say this for him, he did not show any fear, he died a brave man.

After this we were driven into the Rocky Mountains, that's where the next disaster struck. We got word that they were transporting materials for a new type of fighter ship for Dan's armada. We decided to attack, but it was a trap. What was waiting for us was not a technology shipment, but Dan's second in command, Sam.

She attacked and we were routed, we lost a lot of people that day, including Johnny 13, Alex, and Valerie's Dad. I can still see her evil smile as she destroyed them; it is burned into my mind forever.

This brings us to the present, us a small group of rebels trying to fight a huge and growing empire. We do what we can to help the people, but it is just a fight to survive sometimes. I see Danny and the others right now, I fell sorry for them. They used to be such happy kids; all they had to worry about was homework and the occasional ghost attack. Now they are hard hearted fighters, the innocence of childhood was crushed out of them.

They are beaten and battered, they are aged beyond their years, but the worst off is Danny. He had everything in life taken away from him, his home, his family, and to top it all off he constantly sees the girl he loved in the arms of that monster. You can see the depression in his eyes, they used to be so bright and full of life, now they are dull and dead. All he lives for is to make Dan pay, he does not even care about getting Sam back, he just wants revenge.

Well we're about to start another meeting, I haven't the heart to tell them their next attack won't do any good, but hope is all they have left.

"So troops, what are the latest reports on Dan's forces." said Danny.

"They are moving several divisions to the west, we could try attacking them on route, that should delay them." said Jazz.

"Good, anything else?" said Danny.

"We got reports from our spies that they are building a new type of hunter destroyer robot, it's twice as deadly as the old model." said Valerie.

"They're always twice as deadly as the last one." said Tucker sarcastically.

"What about our forces?" said Danny.

"Well we captured some new weapons, so we should be fine for awhile." said Ember.

"Any new recruits?" said Danny.

"Desiree and Kitty are currently interrogating them to see if they are spies." said Jazz, and then suddenly they could hear guns shots from down the hall.

"I guess the mind scan turned up something." Rob said.

"Damn! That's the third attempt to spy on us this month!" said Danny, slamming his fists into the table.

"Well Dan is persistent, in a psychotic way." said Valerie.

"Any other information?" said Danny.

"Well we have reports of them moving some kind of time device; we think it may be Clockwork's time portal." said Alicia.

"What! Are you certain?" said Danny.

"The reports do seem to be accurate, and the mind scan Kitty used on messenger carrying them gave no signs of a trap." Said Alicia.

"My god, could this be possible, the chance we have been waiting for after all this time, to stop all of this from happening…" said Danny as he began to ramble.

You may be wondering why Danny is rambling like an old man, well here's the story. A little while after we started the resistance moment Danny got the bright idea to go see Clockwork, master of time, and see if maybe he could help us. We managed to get into the Ghost Zone, which was dangerous business with Dan taking it over, and made it to Clockwork's tower. When we got there the place was in ruins, with no sign of Clockwork. We discovered that the time portal was missing, so we could not go back into the past. We assumed that Dan was responsible and may have taken or destroyed the time portal.

"Do you think it is real?" said Valerie.

"With all the security they have around that thing? If it isn't it is one hell of a trap." said Alicia.

"Where is it right now?" said Jazz.

"It's currently being transported to Dan city." said Alicia.

"Damn! Then it will already be in Dan's fortress when we get there." said Valerie.

"Then we will have to get in there and get It." said Danny.

"What! Are you crazy? We have never been able to penetrate the defenses of Dan's fortress! Why take the risk?" said Ember.

"Because this may be the only chance we will ever have to stop all of this from happening." said Danny.

"She's right Danny, even if we could get to Dan city we would never be able to get into Dan's fortress." said Jazz.

"I don't care, we have to try." said Danny.

"Well if you want to get yourself killed then go ahead." said Ember.

The meeting suddenly turned into an argument, with Danny and Ember yelling at each other. It was then that I decided to speak up.

"Guys?" said Rob, but they kept arguing.

"Guys!" said Rob, but they still kept arguing.

"GUUUUUUYYS!" said Rob, using his shape shifter powers to produce a ghostly wail, this quickly got their attention.

"What?" said Danny, as he and the others picked themselves off of the floor.

"I just want to say that I think we should go for It." said Rob.

"You agree with him?" said Ember.

"I do, this is the only chance we may ever have to fix this mess and keep this horrible future from ever happening." said Rob.

"But breaking into Dan's fortress is suicide." said Ember.

"I don't care, if I have to sacrifice my life to make sure Dan goes down then I would gladly give it up. We started this resistance movement knowing full well that we might die. We owe it not to ourselves, but to all the brave men and women who fought and died by our side. If we let this opportunity to defeat Dan slip by we will be seen as cowards in their eyes. We owe it to them, and to all humanity to do everything we can to stop Dan." said Rob.

The others sat after Rob's speech, not knowing what to do or say, then Valerie stood up.

"I say, that if we have a chance to kick Dan's butt, I say we go for it." said Valerie.

"Ok, but if we get blown up doing this I'm blaming you." said Ember.

So the plans were made to go to Dan city and get the time portal. This would be the most challenging operation they ever had, for they were going into the belly of the beast. They would have to use all of their skills and powers to get by the human and ghost guards that protected the fortress. As they prepared Ember went to talk to Rob.

"Rob, do you really think we should do this?" said Ember.

"I do, I promised that if I ever got the chance to undo what happened I would." said Rob.

"Why?" said Ember.

"See those kids, they used to have families, normal lives, well relatively normal, and they used to have a future. But because of me they don't now, I'm just as much responsible for this mess as Dan is, and I will not rest until I fix it." said Rob.

"Stop blaming yourself, it wasn't your fault." said Ember.

"It is, I started the story that led to this." said Rob.

"We don't blame you, at least not anymore, so you should not blame yourself. We have a mission and we need everyone focused, and if your pitying yourself you are not focused, which will put the team in danger." said Ember.

"I know, but still..." said Rob.

"No buts, you are an important part of this team and we need you, so cheer up, soon we will fix all of this and everything will be back to normal." said Ember.

"Your right, I have to think of the team. Thanks Ember, I needed someone to tell me that." said Rob.

"What are wives for? said Ember as she kissed him.

Back in the story control room the real Ember saw this and was shocked.

"I wonder if I should be angry he married her, or glad because that means he loves me. Ugh, this story is starting to give me a headache." said Ember as she watched the scene continue.

"Ok, guys, we're ready to go." said Alicia.

"Be with you in a minute." Said Ember as she and Rob continued kissing.

"Ugh, could you guys stop sucking face long enough to get to the entrance." said Alicia.

"Fine, we'll continue this later." Ember said to Rob, walking off swinging her hips.

"If you two weren't the closest thing I have to parents I would kick your butts for stuff like that." said Alicia as she walked off.

"That girl really needs to relax." said Rob as he went to join the others.

The ghost fighters gathered at the door to their headquarters with all the gear they would need for this journey.

"Is everybody ready?" said Danny.

"Ready as we'll ever be." said Valerie.

"Ok then lets go." said Danny as they flew off to Dan city.

Dan City (formerly Washington D.C.), Also Known as "The Most Depressing Place of Earth."

Washington D.C. is far different under the rule of Dan then it is in our time. The Washington Monument is replaced with a giant statue of Dan; the Lincoln Memorial is now a monument to his conquest of Yugopotamia. Most of the buildings that the city is famous for have been destroyed and replaced with cold unfeeling government buildings. On the former site of the White House stands a huge fortress, from here Dan controls his empire. It is an imposing structure that sends shivers down the spine of any human who looks upon it

We enter past the guards, the laser cannons, and the minefield to the most heavily guarded place in the world. It is constantly being watched by thousands of troops, and defended with every weapon know to man or ghost. We pass all of this and enter the throne room of Dan Phantom.

"So what is this lowly creature you bring before me?" said Dan.

"It is a rebel your highness." said the Fright Knight, who had joined Dan after he betrayed Vlad.

"What was he caught doing?" said Dan.

"He was caught trying to blow up the monument to the destruction of Amity Park." said the Fright Knight.

"Do you have anything to say for yourself?" said Dan to the prisoner.

"Just that if I was free right now I would wipe that smirk off of your face." said the Prisoner.

"Well he's guilty, take him to the interrogator and see what he knows, then execute him." said Dan.

"Yes my lord." said the Fright Knight as he dragged the man away.

"You handled that masterfully my darling." said Sam, who was sitting next to him.

"I try my best, although sending prisoners to their doom gets boring after awhile." said Dan.

"Maybe Danny and his pathetic rebels will try to start another revolt, then we can have fun crushing them." said Sam.

"Sam, you always know how to cheer me up." said Dan as he kissed Sam. (Ember: In the immortal words of Jazz Fenton, I will never be able to unsee that.)

"My lord, if I'm not interrupting anything." said the Fright Knight, who had returned.

"You are, what is it?" said Dan.

"We have reports that some of the rebel leadership is coming to the capital." said the Fright Knight.

"I wonder what madness would make them come here?" said Sam.

"I don't know, but we'll have to prepare a special welcome for our guests, a very warm one." said Dan as he summoned ectofire to his hand.

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Ember: Yay! Their alive! I knew I could trust Rob to pull a miracle out of his pocket. So the story continues my friends.

TechnoRob: See, I told you it wasn't over.

Ember: Yes you did, if you had a mouth I would kiss you.

TechnoRob: I don't think the real Rob would appreciate that.

Ember: Right, so here is the chapter summery

Yay! Our heroes are alive, even though they are in a post-apocalyptic future, but they are still alive. Also they may have found a way to fix everything. But to do that they have to travel to the capital of their most hated enemy. Will they be able to get in? will they find the time portal? Or are we still all doomed? Read the next chapter of the Return of Dan to find out.

Ember: Until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!