Horrick's power had grown practically inhuman. At least, that's what it seemed like fire-wise. Now that the fire from when he was ignited in his third fight with Danny got into his open gash and literally fired up all his molecules, Horrick seemed like a walking, talking volcano. The worst part is that with no ghost hunting equipment or powers, Danny would barely last any time at all in battle against him.

As Danny piloted the vehicle back through the portal, he was gripping the steering wheel with more pressure than anything he had ever squeezed anything with before. He was dead silent the entire ride back; he didn't do as much as talk to himself.

When the car passed through the portal and back into his basement, Danny hopped out. For some reason, he didn't feel safe at all in his house. He thought he was no better off in the confines of his house than he was at the front of Horrick's mansion. It was a very disturbing feeling, and Danny hated it.

The first thing the fourteen-year old did was run up the stairs and to talk to his parents about what was going on.

"…and so, Horrick pretty much can shoot fire from anywhere and it looks hot enough to melt a building," Danny said, wrapping it up.

The room went quiet as clear expressions of fear and worry appeared on Danny's parents. It was a long silence, and it seemed awkward to the extent that Danny had to ask himself if he made the smart decision by telling his parents what was going on. Maybe he just gave them more things to worry about.

Jack was the first one to get up. The fear soon turned into determination for him. Acting like he was getting up to beat someone up who gave him trouble in school, he marched his way down into the basement.

"Wait. Dad, what are you doing?" Danny asked, following his father to the start of the stairs but not following him down.

"I'm going back on my word for just this once," Jack said in a way similar to people when they're about to risk a lot of money on a game show.

"Wait? You're what? I don't get it."

"I'm going back on my word!" Jack responded, turning around and looking at Danny at the top of the stairs. "I said I wouldn't make ghost hunting equipment anymore. But if you don't have your powers or anything to defend yourself against that maniac!"

"Wait a minute!" Danny yelled. "You're going to make me a weapon or something."

"I'm not making you a weapon," Jack said. "I'm making you a suit that's resistant to fire. It's the only way you can stand up against Horrick now. At least, that's what it sounds like."

A faint smile started to show itself on Danny. "Thanks, dad."

"Hey, don't think I'm doing this all on my own, son," Jack said in a gentle way as he cracked a smile. "You're the one who's going to be fighting Horrick. Don't you think you should be giving me some hints on what the suit should have?"

Danny let out a small chuckle. "Yeah, I guess so."

And so the two set to work. They pulled out a piece of paper and started sketching possible combinations for attacks and defenses on the suit that Danny would be fighting Horrick in. After all, if this was going to be the last stance against him, the suit had better be good and be able to take a beating.

Jack and Danny agreed very early on that they would have to make the sidings to the suit very solid and not melt from fire, but not conduct heat, either. When the outline was finished and the frame of the suit was built, Danny and Jack began talking about what should be equipped.

"Since he's now mostly made of fire, I think it would be a smart idea to put some water cannons in the suit," Danny suggested. "Even if the water doesn't hurt him, it should at least weaken the intensity of his fires."

"I like you're thinking, Danny!" Jack complemented, giving his son a pat on the back that felt more like a slam.

Jack promptly added some water canisters to the design of the suit. The two worked on the suit for the longest time, gathering tools and machines that they were going to need to make sure the suit was as strong as it could be.

Danny and Jack easily spent half the night smelting things together and adding things to the suit, hoping that it would be enough to kick Horrick's flaming butt. After several hours of working at it, the suit was finally completed.

The suit that was just made for a fight with Horrick looked like it would perfectly fit Danny, and Danny only. The sidings were metallic blue, and it had a window in the front of it so Danny could see out of it. On the back were two giant containers that pumped water to cannons on each of the arms.

"All right, this thing looks awesome!" Danny said with excitement showing in his voice. "Horrick's gonna be paying for messing with me once I confront him in this thing! Thanks, dad!"

"You're welcome Danny," Jack said. He was smiling wide, but just by looking at him and the way his voice sounded, you'd be able to tell he was nervous about Danny going to confront Horrick.

Danny put the suit on and walked over to the portal. He opened it up and stared into the swirling green spiral that would transport him to the other dimension. He turned around for a brief second to look at his dad. Jack was obviously nervous, but he seemed to have confidence in Danny.

"I think you've taken on tougher opponents than Horrick before," Jack encouraged. "He'll be a pushover compared to your other enemies."

Danny gave a faint smile and nodded. He gave his dad a quick salute and then turned back to the portal. With his new suit making loud clanking sounds, he stepped through and into the abyss of the Ghost Zone.

Danny steered his way through all the obstacles and annoyances and went to the mansion where Horrick resided. Danny hoped it would be the last time he'd have to go there. He also hoped it would be the last time he'd have to confront Horrick.

When Danny landed on the front step of the mansion, he banged on the door as hard as possible. Horrick went to answer it, and a wicked grin showed through when he opened the door.

"You're ready to die?" Horrick hissed.

"Open your eyes, dude," Danny bluntly said. "I've got a new suit that's resistant to fire and is armed with water jets that'll turn you to a pile of smoldering ash!"

"Impressive," Horrick said, studying the suit. "Let's see how fireproof it is."

Horrick fired a long stream of fire from his hand and aimed it directly at the center of the suit's torso. Danny didn't feel any pain or any heat conduction, but when he looked down, he thought he saw the suit looking a little more like a liquid.

"See?" Danny said. "Nothing! Now give me my powers back or you're going out!" Danny pointed the cannon on his left arm right at Horrick's head.

Horrick didn't do anything besides laugh at the threat. "I can't give you back your powers. If I did, you'd be able to crush me like a bug."

"That's right!" Danny yelled. "But I'll go easy on you if you give up now!"

"Let me think about that for a second," Horrick said, putting his finger to his chin. "Um…no!"

Horrick held out his hand again and fired another stream of fire from it. Danny jumped out of the way just in time. He fell on the ground with his metal suit making a lot of noise as it hit the soil around Horrick's mansion.

"Fine then!" Danny yelled. "How about this!"

Danny put out both his arms and fired water from the cannons on his arms at Horrick. The water was coming out at a very high speed, and not only did it seem to be doing a lot of physical pain to Horrick, but it also seemed to be creating a large amount of steam to rise from him as well.

Danny stopped spraying Horrick for a moment and took pleasure in seeing Horrick look like he was in a little bit of pain.

"Okay, okay!" Horrick yelled. "Your powers are in my mansion!"

"I'm glad to see you came to your senses," Danny sneered. He ran inside with his metal suit clanking loud enough to give some people a headache.

As Danny ran in, he started going through every single room he could remember, seeing if his powers were anywhere in sight. After going into every room he could see, he began throwing everything around and looking for what could possibly be his ghost half. The hard part was that he didn't know what he was looking for. He didn't know if his powers were in some sort of a container or were being overlapped with growing green ectoplasma, making it easy for him to identify them.

The search continued for a long time, and Danny still had no luck. "Errrghh…why did Horrick have to make his house so big! I'm surprised he doesn't get lost in it!"

Meanwhile, Horrick was standing outside of the mansion, looking in at it. He started laughing softly to himself.

"Danny, surely you don't think I'd give in this easily when I have this kind of power?" He then went over to his house and he put out his hands. He started laughing evilly as he sprayed his house with his fires. He was setting his own house on fire, and as he sprayed it more and more, his laugh became louder and more intimidating.

In no time, fire was around the sides of the walls and it was closing in quickly.

"Such a shame that Danny doesn't know that even my own fire can give me additional strength," Horrick added. He then walked inside his house as it was aflame. He just stayed at the entrance and started launching fire everywhere in the room on anything that was flammable. "Let's see how well Danny gets out of this one."

Meanwhile, Danny was still looking around desperately for his powers. He didn't have much luck finding them, nor did he even figure out that he was inside a burning building for a while.

"Hey, is it me, or is it starting to get really hot in here?" Danny asked himself. He then perked his nose up a little, and he smelled something. "Hey, is that…smoke?"

Danny stopped looking for his powers and instead started scurrying through the house. He was scared that maybe it was on fire, and it wasn't long before he realized that his fears had become reality.

Danny opened up one of the doors and saw that there was a massive fire starting to spread around the entire house. Danny knew he would be toast if he stayed in that room, even with his suit on.

"Oh man, I gotta get out of here!" Danny realized. He started bolting for the way out of the house and ran to the entrance as quickly as he could. It was hard galloping with the heavy suit on, but Danny ignored it the best he could. Several times he had to duck as a random flame popped up occasionally right in front of him.

Danny continued running and tried to make his way towards the entrance. He was sure he'd be able to find his powers in the rubble and ash that was left when the fire was out. Right now, it was all about saving himself.

But Danny got a really nasty surprise when he went to the room that had the front entrance as the main way out. The entire room no longer looked dark and grim, but now burning red. There was fire all over the walls, and parts of the ceiling were collapsing from the heat. And standing right in front of the door was Horrick, looking very angry.

"Look, if you wanted to reenact the end of the Disney version of Robin Hood, couldn't you have at least waited until I was out of the house!" Danny screamed.

Horrick didn't say anything, but it certainly looked like all the fire around him was giving him a bit more strength. "What!" Horrick screamed. "How can you still be alive? Why are you still here!"

"Why do you think?" Danny yelled, doing his best to ignore the massive flames that were in the enclosed area around them. "I'm looking for my powers! You know, the ones you convinced Mr. Compton to help you steal?"

Horrick was snarling. "You fool! Your powers aren't in here! I was merely trying to finish you off!"

"What?" Danny yelled.

"I was trying to trap you in here and burn you to a crisp!" Horrick admitted. "But since you're stubborn to the very end, I'll have to do the job myself!"

Danny put up his fists like he was in a sparring match. He was really ticked at Horrick now and wasn't going to be afraid to show it.

Now Danny and Horrick were ready to fight. However, this was going to be a hard fight for Danny, mostly because he was stuck in one room that was on fire and giving in as he was fighting in it. And he didn't know exactly how strong his dad made the framing of the suit to resist fire.

Horrick looked like he was ready to rip someone's head off as he stared at Danny. He said through grit teeth, "I've had enough of you meddling in my plans and ruining my life! I will finish you right here and now!"