A/N: Thanks GundamKnight, Dragondancinroom, pottersparky, Akumu Keayo, Sam-n-Danny1, and Samantha-Girl Scout for your reviews.

Chapter 6

"Man, if this is what I have to look toward in the future, I'm going to seriously consider moving," Tucker said.

Danny floated beside them, still in ghost form. "I just don't understand how this could've happened. Why am I evil?"

"There you are!" Valerie's voice suddenly cried out.

Everyone looked at her, but she shrugged and shook her head. An older Valerie dressed in a pink jumpsuit flew at Danny on a hover board, still grasping what looked like an old Fenton Thermos. The others ran to hide as Danny took to the skies.

"Looking for this?" Future Valerie waved the thermos tauntingly.

"Um…should I be?" he asked, confused.

"Don't play with me!" She shot a gun at him, but he dodged too slowly. He was caught in a glowing pink net, trapping him and throwing him to the ground. Future Valerie aimed an ectoplasmic gun at him. "I've been waiting a long time for this."

"No!" Hailey and DJ ran toward their dad, followed closely by Sam who was trying to catch them before they made more trouble for Danny.

Future Valerie gasped. "Hailey, DJ, Sam?"

Hailey and DJ hugged their now netted dad, tears falling from their eyes. Tucker and Valerie ran out to help her. Future Valerie gasped, staring in amazement at the two kids, Sam, and Tucker.

"H-how is this possible?" she whispered. She turned her gaze back to Danny, raising her ectoplasmic gun at him. "You killed them! You killed Sam and the kids, and you killed my husband!"

"What?" Danny shouted. "I'd never hurt Sam and the kids." He struggled in the net before finally breaking free, turning human. "And I definitely wouldn't kill Tuck'."

Tucker laughed nervously. "I certainly hope not."

The future Valerie gasped. "Th-that's impossible," she whispered. "You're not human anymore."

He knelt, letting Hailey and DJ jump into his open arms. Sam knelt beside him while Tucker and Valerie stood nearby. Future Valerie just kept staring at the group before her, unable to understand what her eyes were seeing. She cried out as a powerful ectoplasmic blast hit her from behind, knocking her off her hover board. The evil future version of Danny floated toward them, smirking.

"Isn't that sweet. Is that Daddy and his little kids?" Dan Phantom made a disgusted face. "That kind of affection sickens me."

Danny tightened his hold on his kids before passing them over to Sam. "Get somewhere safe," he told them, motioning for Tucker and Valerie to go with them.

He went ghost, hoping to either defeat or at least distract his future self so the others could go. Dan Phantom had other plans. He let loose a ghostly wail, throwing Danny back. The building the others were running past began to collapse.

"No!" Danny cried, flying as fast as he could, but the building fell on top of them. "NO!" He searched through the debris then gasped as he pulled out a medallion. "They're okay," he whispered. "They took their medallions off so they were taken back to our time." He looked down at his own, reaching for it. "Which means—"

He was suddenly stopped as his Dan Phantom grabbed him and tore the medallion from him. "—you're not going anywhere." He made his hand and the medallion intangible before inserting the object into Danny's chest.

He cried out then fainted, his head lolling to one side. Dan Phantom just smirked. Things were too easy.

DJ and Hailey were gripping tightly to Sam before they finally gathered the courage to open their eyes. They looked up at their mother who was smiling at them. Then they turned to Tucker who was still ducking and yelling as though he expected a building to fall on him. Sam and Valerie rolled their eyes then Valerie nudged her husband.

"Honey, you're alive," she said.

He stopped yelling then stood, looking around before turning to Valerie. "You took our medallions off, didn't you?"

"No, actually it was Sam."

"I don't accessorize well," Sam replied. "Now, come on. We have to turn those plans back in and make sure that future doesn't happen to Danny."

Danny groaned and opened his eyes, finding himself staring at a statue of Sam, Tucker, Jazz, DJ, and Hailey. "Huh?"

He tried to get to his feet, but his arms were tied to his sides by a glowing green rope. He managed to crawl his way over to the statue, gazing at the words "Gone, but not forgotten" that were engraved in the base. Everyone he cared about was dead in the future…his future.

"This is where it all began," a voice said. Danny turned to find his evil self floating not far away. He was grinning. "This is the site where the explosion took place. Your nightmare come to life creating me." He floated closer. "Wondering where your medallion is? It's inside you. Intangible and unreachable whether you're ghost or human… Nice isn't it?"

"If you trap me here, I can't turn into you," Danny growled.

"That's what you think. "Dan Phantom waved his hand, and a portal appeared beside him. "Once I have you out of the way, I can easily get things done to keep me here."

Danny growled, unable to fight back. Dan Phantom just laughed before picking his present self up and throwing him into the ghost zone.

"No!" Danny shouted before the portal closed.

Dan Phantom laughed, his form changing to that of the Danny he'd just thrown in the ghost zone. "You can't destroy me." A different portal opened and Dan passed through it, entering his past to secure his future.

A/N: Oh, no! Is Dan Phantom going to succeed? Well, duh, of course not!