Where are you reviewers?
Vlad gasped in shock behind me and I silently cursed for being stupid enough to stay in the same place for half an hour where the ghost would look. The ghost looked at Vlad and I and let out a deep terrible laugh that shook the castle.
"So the only things standing in my way are a pair of mortals." Another laugh vibrated the chamber. "One with mixed up DNA and the other with a ghost extracting gun." He continued starting at us with his evil black eyes and I tried my best not to look down in terror. "Unfortunately that will not save you from your doom."
In my mind I put the new ghost as a picture of what doom would look like. Big, scary, and evil. Just like Sam had come up with calling my evil half Evil Dan I decided to call the mix of Jack and Pariah, Doom.
Doom grinned and began to examine his hand like Paulina does when she's admiring her nails. "You do realize that I could kill you with a flick of my fingers don't you? Yet you still continue to act brave." He stopped looking at his hand and then glared down at me. "But we both know that it is only an act."
He was toying with me like a cat does with a mouse. I was so transfixed at not dropping my gaze that I didn't notice Doom's minions creeping closer. Fortunately Vlad wasn't as proud as I was and looked away from those burning evil eyes. I heard him gasp and he grabbed my arm.
I lost the battle of pride with Doom and looked down in irritation. Then the thousand or so ghosts suddenly realized that they couldn't surprise me any more and closed the distance between us with dizzying speed. I changed into my human form just as all of the ghosts piled on top of us.
Vlad and I stepped out of the pile of ghosts and Doom cursed in irritation. Then his face suddenly switched to a chilling smile that showed nearly all of his dagger shaped teeth. "I suppose that we will simply have to take this to a place where you will not have such an unfair advantage.
Doom waved his hand in a circle and I felt the floor vanish beneath my feet and the breath vanish from my lungs. A swirling black portal appeared and the room vanished into darkness…
I woke up standing in a flat field. Vlad was next to me and Doom was smirking in front of us. We were definitely not in the Ghost Zone anymore. "I don't think were in the Ghost Zone anymore Danny." Vlad said. He looked around. "It looks like were in Kansas."
Kansas seemed to just keep haunting me. We were probably in the same field that we were in last time. Why Kansas? I don't know. Maybe because nothing ever happens here and Doom wanted to give the farmers something to talk about.
Doom snapped his fingers and his entire army appeared. "I could just deal with you quickly but what's the fun in that?" The other ghosts drew closer and I charged an ecto-blast behind my back.
"The fun is that now you get to watch as I blast your army apart!" I yelled. I launched the blast and put as much energy into it as I could spare. The ghost's that were unlucky enough to get hit simply vanished. Doom's face showed the faintest sign of surprise, but it could have been anger.
Vlad seemed to finally regain his nerve and began launching blasts into the crowd. More ghosts disappeared but it didn't do much. For every ghost we blasted about 50 more appeared. I could feel my energy slowly fading out. Doom let out one of his rumbling laughs.
Instead of aiming at the crowd, Vlad aimed his gun up at Doom. The small shot hit the armor and faded into it. Doom didn't even notice. "It is impossible for you to defeat my army. They outnumber you a thousand to two." I glared up at him and knew he was right. Then I pooled all of my remaining strength into one blast.
I put both of my hands in front of me and felt an explosion of power leave me body through my arms. Time slowed down and I watched everything at once. Bluish white light blasted from me and flew towards Doom with the sound a speeding train makes. A shock wave trailed behind it and I saw all of the other ghosts fade apart.
Vlad also flew back and I followed. Two rings separated around me as the blast hit Jack in the chest and time sped back up. I shook and couldn't move but I was still facing the battle. For about ten seconds I couldn't see anything except for the brilliant light. Then my eyes cleared.
Doom was still standing. He looked down in surprise and then started laughing loud enough to wake anyone within a ten mile radius. I gasped weakly as I stared at the armor. My last hope was extinguished. All that my blast had done was create a small hole in the shining black metal. Grey skin that wasn't even singed showed through
"I am immortal!" He roared. I tried once more to stand up but discovered that I couldn't even lift my head. The sky darkened and I felt Vlad crawl over to me. I watched out of the corner of my eye as he lifted his silver gun.
"There are other reasons for becoming a ghost Danny." he said to me. "The ghost might be afraid of what waits for them on the other side." When he said the last word he pulled the trigger on the silver gun. The blast flew from the gun straight towards Doom's body.
At first Doom didn't notice, but suddenly a terrified look appeared on his face. I watched as the glowing light connected with the grey skin on his chest. An earthquake shook the earth and I watched as a chasm opened beneath Doom's enormous feet. Screeching came from the hole and it glowed with an evil red light. Doom started to fall in.
Doom froze in midair. He seemed to be concentrating on not being sucked into the earth. If only I had enough energy to blast him with a single ecto-blast…
"Git out of my field you demon!" The exact same farmer that had met us the first time we came to Kansas was standing near Jack holding a rifle. "First those crazy city slickers and now you! I'll give you to the count of three to git off my land." Doom still continued to float silently.
"One, two, um… three!" his rifle cracked and the bullet hit Doom's armored leg. It ricocheted off of the armor but it did its job. Doom lost his concentration and fell. He screamed and collapsed backwards into the chasm. It slammed behind him with so much force that a small hill appeared.
The farmer stared at the hill in amazement. "A real live hill! I bet I could charge cash for people to see this thing!" He ran away and I let out a sigh of relief. Vlad dropped the gun and turned around. I found that I could sit up and turned around. My jaw dropped in shock.
At least a hundred ghosts and people stood looking at us in awe. Most of them were wearing shrouds. A solitary cheer broke out and quickly formed into the whole crowd clapping and cheering.
I stared at the crowd and saw realized that they had all been victims of Jack. Now they were all different. Two flashes of red ran from the crowd and I found myself wrapped in a tight hug with tears streaming down my face. Jazz was crying and cheering at the same time as she hugged me. I glanced sideways and my heart flew. Vlad was clutched in the same hug that I was in except for one difference; he was with my mom.
Both of them were human. I thought it was too good to be true but told myself that it was real because I still needed air for my lungs that were being crushed. Finally Jazz let go and stepped back. Clockwork floated out of the crowd and smiled at me. He was holding a new staff.
He waved his staff in the air and the field faded and changed into the lawn outside Jack's mansion. Everyone was gone except for my family and Clockwork. He had a look on his face like he knew that I had done well but I still had more to come. Without saying another word he vanished.
"Well I think that this was a good vacation." Vlad said. Mom, Jazz, and I stared at him in shock. "Think about it. Danny and I have bonded more, we learned that Jazz was right all along about ghosts, we certainly had an exciting adventure, and on top of all that Danny saved the world." I blushed and was going to argue when I caught the look in his eye. It was the look of someone who felt that he was the sidekick and didn't care.
"I guess it wasn't too bad." Jazz said. "But I think it's gone on long enough." We all agreed and got into the minivan that had replaced the Fenton RV. The trip home was dull and Mom and Vlad took turns sleeping and driving.
Then we were back in good old Amity Park. When I entered the house I instantly knew that something was wrong. A very annoying beeping sound was coming from the telephone in the kitchen.
I walked over and saw that the message light was blinking. I pressed play on the answering machine and listened to the tape rewind. After a minute or so it started relaying messages.
"Danny this is Tucker. Where are you?"
"Danny it's me again. Something bad has happened to Sam. Call me back quickly!"
"Where are you? I need help?
"Sam is in trouble, Amity's in trouble and where the hell are you?"
"Sorry for swearing in my last message but it's really urgent! The belt is doing something to Sam-" The message machine suddenly stopped.
I stared at the phone in shock. How could I forget about the time belt? I had seen Clockwork several times and I still hadn't asked for help.
Did I mention that I have a bad memory?
You didn't think that I could just keep everyone dead did you? Poor Danny has more problems now that he's home.