Chapter Nine: The Big Apple turned to Applesauce
Our heroes were flying to New York City to face Dan and Sam before they caused more damage. As they were flying they could only wonder what would lie ahead. Would they win, would they lose? Would they be able to save the world from the horrible fate that lay ahead? Only they could answer these questions, and they would have to give it their all. The fate of the Earth, the Ghost Zone, and thousands of other worlds rode with them as they headed to New York. To say this was a huge amount of pressure would be an understatement.
"Hey, everybody, I fixed the TV!" shouted Tucker.
It seems the Specter Speeder mark two has some new features.
"Good, we can see what Dan is up to. Maddie, call Danny and the others back, they might want to see this." said Jack.
Maddie called them back to the Specter Speeder and they all gathered around the TV as Tucker turned it on.
"This is John Jacobson reporting live from the wreckage of what was once the greatest city on Earth. The city is eerily quiet as the forces of the strange invaders, who we now know are ghosts, yes ghosts, ladies and gentlemen, real ghosts, invaded the city. Several hours ago the President signed the surrender document handing the United States over to these monsters, roll the clip." said the newsman as the clip began to roll.
"My fellow Americans, I come before you to announce with a heavy heart that I have just surrendered the United States to the leader of the ghost army, Dan Phantom. I have done this because I do not want any more of our citizens to suffer the horrible fate that has befallen this city. I am ordering the armed forces of the United States, no matter where they are, to stand down, that is my last order as commander-in-chief. I urge the people of our nation to not resist the ghost army, Dan has told me all resistance will be meet with the complete destruction of the town or area it occurs in. I know you will not understand my reasons for doing this, but it is for the best. Future generations may damn me but I did what I thought was right. As of the end of this speech I give up all my powers as President of the United States of America to Dan Phantom. Good bye America and may God have mercy on us all." said the President, crying as he finished the speech.
"The Presidents speech was then followed by an ultimatum to the world from Dan Phantom, roll the clip." said the newsman.
"Attention nations of the world, this is Dan Phantom. As you have just heard I am now in control of the United States. I am issuing an ultimatum to the rest of you, surrender your nations or be destroyed. You have by now seen the devastation that I have visited on the capital of this nation. If you do not surrender I will do the same to every one of your cities. There is no point in resistance, if the most powerful among you could not stand against me, what chance do you have? None of your weapons will hurt my army, all you will accomplish is the destruction of your country and countless deaths of your citizens. I will be at the United Nations tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. to hear your answer, so long Earth, and sleep tight, Mwhahahaha!" said Dan.
"So there you have it folks….We're Doomed! We're all doomed!" said the Newsman as he started to breakdown.
"Well that was convenient, we know exactly when and where he will be." said Danny.
"Yeah, but now comes the hard part, trying to defeat him." said FDanny.
"Don't worry so much, we can take him." said Tucker.
"I hope so, I don't want to have to go through a future ruled by Dan again." said FTucker.
"Well on the bright side, if we do it enough times we will have an army of us to defeat him after a while." said Ember.
"I would prefer to stop him now if you don't mind." said FEmber.
"Well you'll get your chance, because we're coming up on New York City right now." said Maddie.
"Ok guys, we're landing soon." said Jack.
It was near sunset when our heroes landed on top of the Empire State building, the reason they did not land lower was the fact that the city was in chaos. After Dan had made his announcement everybody in the city was trying to flee.
"Look at them, running away like scared rats." said Vlad.
"Considering Dan is coming here I don't really blame them." said Danny.
"Poor people, I hope everybody gets out ok." said Jazz.
"Well from what my powers are telling me at least half the city is gone, that includes magical creatures." said Alicia.
"Kitty, can you use your mind reading powers to tell us what the mood of the city is?" said FAlicia.
"You have mind reading powers? Why didn't you tell me?" said Johnny.
"You never asked, now let me concentrate." said Kitty.
She used her powers to scan the minds of the people below, the huge volume of thoughts was almost overwhelming.
"I sense they are scared, they are desperate, they want to escape the evil they know is coming. I sense a general will to get as far from the city as possible, especially the area around the U.N. building." said Kitty.
"Well at least most of the city will be gone when Dan comes through." said Valerie.
"So I suggest we wait for Dan to arrive." said FDanny.
So our heroes sat and waited for the time they would have to do battle.
"Hey future me, I was wondering what happened to future Alex, why isn't he here?" said Alicia, with Alex joining her.
"He…died in a raid, we were ambushed by Sam and he died saving us." said FAlicia.
"No." said Alicia as she started to cry.
"Don't worry Alicia, I won't leave you." said Alex, holding her.
"Yeah, we're gonna make sure that future doesn't happen, so cheer up." said FAlicia.
"Hey guys, you better get to sleep, we have a big day tomorrow." said FValerie.
So everybody went to sleep, but in Washington Dan and Sam were looking around their new home.
"Ugh, this place is a dump, definitely not fit for a future supreme ruler of the Earth." said Dan, blasting a picture of Abraham Lincoln.
"I don't know, its charming in a old world order sort of way." said Sam as she kicked a table out the window.
"I am definitely going to bulldoze this place and put up a castle worthy of my greatness." said Dan as he destroyed another painting.
"We can so some redecorating after we get back from New York." said Sam.
"Yes, where is my head at today. What would I do without you around." said Dan as he embraced Sam.
"I hope we never find out." said Sam as they kissed. (AN: Barf bags are available in the pocket of the seat in front of you, thank you for flying Rob Phantom airlines.)
"Lord Phantom. I have come to report the city is under our control. We have captured almost all of the government except those who fled or were not here." said The Fright Knight.
"Do not worry, we will get them soon enough, tell the others to stay here with the army, You, Skulker and Technus will accompany me to New York to hear the pathetic humans surrender." said Dan.
"Yes lord Phantom." said the Fright Knight as he flew off.
"Well my queen, shall we go?" said Dan.
"Yes my king, let us leave this dumpy little capital." said Sam as they flew off to New York.
The Next Day, 2:45 pm, the U.N.
"This is Shelia Rodriquez reporting live from in front of the United Nations building. Inside the ambassadors from every nation on the planet are debating the most important issue of the day, whether to surrender to Dan Phantom or to fight him. There are no cameras allowed in so we do not know what they are talking about. As the deadline closes we can only wonder what is going on in there." said The Newswomen.
Meanwhile in the United Nations they were having a massive debate over the ultimatum issued by Dan.
"I say that we fight him, if we surrender now we will be seen as cowards by our children." said the Ambassador from the United Kingdom.
"That is if there is anyone left to have children, we should surrender, you saw what he did to Washington." said the Ambassador from South Africa.
"But what of our pride, do we just roll over as this monster takes our world?" said the Ambassador from China.
"But we have no weapons to fight him with, it would be a lost cause." said the Ambassador from France.
"There is more honor in fighting a lost cause then surrender." said the Ambassador from Japan.
The arguing got more heated from there, with people shouting at each other. Finally the General Secretary banged his gavel to get some quiet.
"Order! Order! We don't have time for this, Dan Phantom will be here any minute…" said the General Secretary, just as the clock struck three.
There was a moment of silence, then the doors burst open, being knocked off their hinges. The assembled Ambassadors were in shock at this and all heads turned to the door. As the dust cleared the terrifying figure of Dan emerged and entered the room. He floated down the isle followed by Sam, Skulker, Technus, the Fright Knight, and oddly enough Desiree, who joined them at the last minute. He floated up to the Sectertary General and spoke.
"So, what is your answer, do you surrender or do I get the pleasure of destroying your nations?" said Dan.
"We are just about to vote on it." said the General Secretary.
"Then please hurry up, I want to know which nations I have to destroy." said Dan, the ambassadors cringed in fear at this statement.
"Members of the United Nations General Assembly, how do you vote on the surrender of the Earth to Dan Phantom?" said the General Secretary.
The members of the United Nations began to vote, and their votes were listed on a big electronic board. From the looks of things most of the world was voting to surrender, except for some nations in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe.
"By almost unanimous vote, the Earth is surrendered to Dan Phantom. If you would come over here and sign the document of surrender please." said the General Secretary, his head bowed in shame.
"Gladly." said Dan.
He floated over to the table where the document sealing Earth's fate was, and quickly signed his name. All that was left now was for the General Secretary to sign, but he hesitated. Dan decided to push him a little.
"Don't think of it as surrender, think of it as saving billions of lives." said Dan.
The General Secretary was about to sign when a huge commotion came from the other side of the room. Everybody looked up to see who it was and Dan gasped in shock to see a face he thought he would never see again.
"You!" shouted Dan.
"Surprised to see me?" said Danny.
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be dead!" yelled Dan.
"Well it seems you can't keep a good ghost down." said Ember.
"And now we are here to send you back to the hole you crawled out of." said Valerie.
"I'd like to see you try, with all these innocent people in the way." said Dan, then Danny noticed that Desiree was there.
"I think there is a way around that. I wish that we were outside this building and all the people in a 20 mile radius were outside of it, in a safe place like a shelter." said FDanny.
Dan realized who he was talking to and glared at Desiree.
"Don't you dare grant that wish." said Dan to Desiree.
"I can't resist, I must grant the wish. So you have wished it, so shall it be." Said Desiree
All the humans within 20 miles of the U.N. were teleported away, and our heroes and villains found themselves outside the building.
"Why you little wench, I will destroy you for that." said Dan as he sent a blast at Desiree, which she dodged.
"Uh, I think this would be a good time to switch sides." said Desiree as she fled over to Danny's side.
"And by the way, I used my magic to protect them from the nuclear blast." Said Desiree as she gave him a raspberry, she then had to duck as a blast from Dan nearly took off her head.
"Oh great, now they have her on their side, they could wish everything back to normal." said Dan angrily.
"Don't worry dear, I'll take care of this. I wish that you Desiree would have to sit on that park bench with earplugs in your ears until the battle is over." said Sam.
"Damn it." said Desiree as she obeyed and went to sit down.
"Uh, why didn't you just wish them destroyed?" said Dan.
"Then we wouldn't be able to have the fun of destroying them." said Sam.
"You're right, wouldn't want to miss out on the fun." said Dan.
"Uh, could we get on with this?" said Danny.
"Yeah, seeing you acting like lovebirds is making us sick." said FDanny.
"Well lets get started shall we?" said Dan as he began the attack.
And so the battle began, the fate of the human race would be decided today, but who would be the victor?
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Ember: So the fight has started, this should turn out to be one hell of a show.
TechnoRob: Yeah, and I got some popcorn!
Ember: But you don't have a mouth.
TechnoRob: Now you remind me.
Ember: I just hope Rob comes out of this all right.
TechnoRob: I'm sure he will; now we better do the chapter summery.
Ember: Right.
Well our heroes have made it to the big apple and our now facing Dan. There is no certainty of who will win. Will our heroes be able to defeat Dan and bring Sam back to the good side? and what ever happened to the Dan and Sam from the future? Could they show up to ruin everything? The only way to find out is to read the next Chapter of the Return of Dan.
Ember: Until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!
