DarkFoxKit: Hey, look at that, I managed to upload another chapter this week. XD I managed to get some more pages done so I just thought why not? Plus, you guys got me motivated to continue. This is a longer chapter, thankfully, so you guys will be able to enjoy it more. :D This is when things get deep now. Again, I had the episode playing in the background to make sure I had everything right.
Linkonpark100: Of course Andy is going to be a lot more involved here than he was in the previous book, since last time he was trying to figure out what's going on with his brother and how to change him back from being a ghost.
ZAFT Prime: Thanks for being understanding. Though you may have to remind me from time to time as I may forget about it later on. ^^' I just want to make sure I remember to read it since it sounds like it'll be a good story. And Dustin is a hard one to figure out, even for me, it took me a while to find a role for him after you-know-who left, but I think I found a good one. I hope you guys will like it. :D
OMNISENSE95: While I agree with you on Andy telling Valerie to make things easier for himself, it's not that simple, at least for him. Valerie made it perfectly clear she hates all ghosts, especially Phantom and anyone who's related to him. I don't think Andy likes the idea of taking a chance of Valerie despising his phantom side more than who he is. And wow, Andy stripping down when his fire core becomes active? That might make his female fans scream. XD
randomphandom: The future visions coming while Andy is on the battlefield came from Xenoblade Chronicles believe it or not, I thought it was a cool way to use it for battle rather than just use it to predict certain things in the future. And Andy using telekinesis had always been something I wanted to incorporate for Andy since before I even began writing My Brother's a Ghost, it's good that I'll finally be able to have him use it soon. And unfortunately the battle with Pariah Dark isn't happening this chapter, but I hope you like it anyways.
Nine-tailed k: What can I say? I enjoy being unpredictable to my readers. :D And good, your friend gets a cookie for joining the dark side, hee, hee, hee. ):3
sjsreader: Yup, I'm back. Though I never left, I was just on the Earthbound side of things for a while. And like I said; you guys motivated me. I was happy to see my fans loving this and the prequel so much that I just had to work on more pages. It's also fun seeing a character like Andy grow, even if it took a while. And if you think Dustin is bad now... oh boy, wait until you see him near the end of the Pariah Dark's chapter. ^^'
Mimi1012: At least this chapter is longer. Yeah, I wanted you guys to remember this story still exists. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 26: Preparing to Fight Back
I hurried home, running all the way and getting through the crowd of people. "Scuse me! Sorry! Coming through! Gotta get home! Sorry ma'am! Oops, didn't mean to step on your toe!"
I eventually made it back to Fenton Works, where I saw Jazz serving a tray of cookies- wait, Mom was serious about that? I shook my head, now's not the time. I had to make sure my brother and Vlad were okay.
I knocked on the door, waiting for someone to answer. Nobody came… I sighed, I didn't have time for this. I looked back to see nobody was paying attention and quickly phased through the door. As soon as I came to the living room, I made a beeline to my room… chances were Valerie took Vlad and Danny to our room since I didn't see them in the living room anywhere. As soon as I opened the door, I saw her, Danny and Vlad all unconscious. Valerie was against the wall, Vlad was slumped on a chair and Danny was on his bed… heh… at least he looked peaceful.
I sighed in relief seeing they were all safe and things have calm down for the time being… I guess you could say this was the calm before the storm. I looked out the window, seeing the sky was now the Ghost Zone. We're going to have one heck of a time getting the entire town out of here.
But now what should I do? Pariah Dark has the crown and the ring, fighting him head to head at this point would be suicide.
"The Sarcophagus…" I blinked… there's that voice in my head again. But… they're right, Pariah Dark can't be defeated by normal means… so the best way to beat him is to lock him up in that Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep again… but even that itself is suicidal. There must be something I can do… anything at all… I closed my eyes and thought back to one of Mr. Lancer's lessons, about how a war was fought… to fight an army… you would need an army of your own.
That's it! Maybe we can't fight Pariah Dark alone, but with the help of the other ghosts… They must hate the ghost king as much as we do, but they're terrified of him, how am I going to convince them to help? … We're inside an anti ghost shield, but I wouldn't be surprised if Skulker and the others were smart enough to go underground to avoid it like Dustin did.
"Andy! Andy can you hear me?" I blinked when I heard a familiar voice calling out to me.
Looking down from the window, I could see Dora in her… 'human' form, but it was a disguise. Huh… I never knew she could shapeshift her form to look human, but then again she could turn into a dragon so it shouldn't be that surprising. She waved to me and I nodded to her. I looked at Valerie, Vlad and my brother, who were still unconscious. I don't know how long they'll be out, but at least they'll be safe here until they wake up.
I hurried out of my room… I'm sure Tucker and Sam will keep them safe once they find out they're here. I opened the door and saw the crowd of people looking over at me. I gave them a shy smile before closing the door behind me… Clockwork knows they're going to charge inside like wildebeests and demand answers from my parents if they get the chance.
I had to go through the crowd again, following my subtle ghost sense to Dora. Yeah, it's weird, I can still sense ghosts but her ghost… aura isn't strong enough to make it visible from my mouth, but I can tell where she is. That certainly makes it easier. And sure enough, I soon found her among the crowd.
"Dora!" I smiled to her.
"Come Andy, follow me quickly," She said in a serious tone before grabbing my hand and taking me somewhere. I just followed her without any questions.
Dora took me to the back alleyway where there were less people around. I don't blame them; not a lot of people would be willing to be next to a garbage dump. She looked around and said, "It should be safe to discuss things here."
As soon as she said that, I told her about my future visions and how I fought the skeleton army and the Fright Knight himself. "But this is the first time the visions came to me during a battle. I was always worried they'd make me a sitting duck, but they seem to be helping me."
Dora gave a thoughtful look when I explained this to her, "It seems these visions are a side effect of those temporal powers you used before."
"Yeah, that's what I thought too," I agreed.
"Well… don't look a gift horse in the mouth," she gave me a small smile. "Perhaps it was fate that you gained these visions. But I wonder what other timeline versions of you got as a side effect?"
"Huh?" That surprised me.
"Well… according to Clockwork, because time is an unpredictable entity, the side effects could be different for every timeline. If you were wiped out from existence, this wouldn't be possible, but since you weren't, a different you could have a different time power. Like a future you could have the ability to pause time for a short while instead of getting visions, or being able to rewind time for a bit. It's complicated but since when is time ever simple?" She chuckled when she noticed my surprised look.
That does raise an intriguing question… what would my past self have gotten and his past self? Because of this, this could easily lead on to a multi-verse kind of thing.
"But we're not here to talk about that," Dora said, catching my attention. "Andy, the fact that you have these visions could help immensely in preventing certain futures. You see, if things continue how they are, then Pariah Dark will turn everyone into slaves and destroy any chance of life."
"Yeah, I know… that's why I was hoping to try and gather an army, but everyone's too afraid of Pariah Dark… and they're our enemies too, I don't think they'd be all that willing to help even for a common cause," I said.
"Andy… don't you remember what happened when your brother became corrupted? You were the last human on Earth, and when all was lost for you… the other ghosts, they came to help, did they not?" Dora asked me, looking straight into my eyes.
"... W-well yeah, but… they were mostly still fighting against my brother, who's been their enemy far longer than I have." I frowned.
"When threaten, ghosts will band together even with their worst enemy if they feel they need to," Dora said with a smile. "You just have to give them a chance, Andy."
I looked at her before nodding, it was the best chance we've got… we're going to need the other ghosts' help if we hope to stand a chance against the army before we even face Pariah Dark himself. They've helped me once and I'm sure they can do it again.
"So Andy, what will you do?" Dora asked me.
"... I… well… It's worth a shot at least," I said with a sheepish smile. "Dora, can you take me to them? I want to at least try talking to them about it first."
Dora gave me a nod and said, "Of course, but let's keep being discreet, we do not want to alarm the civilians to our presence after all, and cause a panic within the ghost shield."
Unlike my brother, I didn't really want a battle cry when I change into a ghost. I prefer a more silent transformation… which is a bit hard to do since it's kinda flashy. Dora and I quickly flew off before anyone could inspect that bright flash of light that is my transformation. We held each other's hands as we turned invisible so nobody would see us… I just hope Mom and Dad didn't do a scan to see if any ghosts were within the ghost shield dome.
"The nearest one should be the box office," Dora said to me.
"... That means the Box Ghost is there."
The Box Ghost is an interesting character, he's just… trying too hard to be a scary, threatening ghost that he ends up looking more clumsy and goofy than scary. But if he could use his power right… he could be potentially deadly, after all, people feared ghosts for a reason.
Both of us landed into the box shop, returning to visibility and looked around.
"Box Ghost? You here?" I called.
Suddenly a bunch of cardboard boxes floated and surrounded us, both Dora and I looked to the left where we saw the Box Ghost coming in, trying to look intimidating as he raised his glowing hands, which were manipulating the boxes.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST! Do not think you could come in here uninvited and not face the wrath of the BOX GHOOOOOOST!" He shouted dramatically… a bit too loud and dramatically.
"Alright, ALRIGHT! We heard you the first time!" I yelled over him. "Look, we didn't come here to fight, we came here to talk."
Box Ghost blinked at me a few times before he shouted again, "I AM THE BOX GHOOOOOST! For what reason do you have of talking with ME?"
"Stop yelling and listen!" I snapped. I really hate it when people shout. I took a deep breath and forced myself to calm down, "Look, Box Ghost, you've seen the chaos out there, didn't you? We're hoping to get some help to stop this ghost king before he takes over everything."
"... Uh… and you want me to help you?" He questioned, looking at me. "Ghost kid! As much as I appreciate your acknowledgement of my power, I am afraid even I cannot help you defeat the almighty Pariah Dark himself!"
"But if you don't help then who will? The humans are too busy panicking, none of them stand a chance anyways, not without proper training and equipment…" I began to say.
"Then you and your look alike Danny Phantom can handle it!" Box Ghost said.
"And what would happen if Danny Phantom or myself falls to Pariah Dark? What then? He would be free to turn everything and everyone into the dark ages like those eons ago when he first ruled. There will be no fighting back then… The fact that you're here, inside the anti-ghost shield means you're smart enough to know… why sit back and just let this all happen? You still have a chance to fight for your freedom," I said to him, before crossing my arms. "I never thought the Box Ghost would be afraid of some old ghost king."
"No! I will not run away, for I am the BOX GHOST!" He shouted dramatically. "Let me at this king!"
"Hold it there boxie, we're going to pick up a few more recruits before we try something like that," I said with a chuckle before noticing all the bubble wrap in the room. "Can you use bubble wrap?"
"If they are in the boxes, I can!" Box Ghost smirked.
"Then bring some boxes with you," I said before turning to Dora. "Let's head to the next ghost!"
We gathered up the rest of the ghosts, of course I had to get them to realize that their freedom and homes are on the line for them to agree like I had with the Box Ghost. I managed to recruit; Ember, Klamper- though he was pretty easy, all I had to say was I'd be his friend and he was all for it-, Walker- he wasn't too hard to convince either as he wanted revenge on the king for breaking and making his own rules-, Lunch Lady, and Poindexter- though he already agreed to help the minute he saw me and Dora.
"Is there anyone else we need to recruit, Dora?" I asked my Dragoness friend.
She nodded and said, "There is Skulker, and he's in the hunting shop."
"Alright, let's talk to him and see if this will be enough. I don't think any other ghosts will be all that willing to help," I said as I looked at the small army I managed to recruit.
"No other ghosts were smart enough to evade the ghost shield underground, heck I'm surprised the Box Ghost is still here," Ember said in an annoyed tone.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Box Ghost snapped at her.
"Guys! We can't afford to fight among each other, not with so much on the line right now, okay? Let's just get to Skulker before something else happens," I said firmly, diffusing the argument, though to be honest I'm surprised they're willing to listen to me.
We flew into the hunter's store, where there was a cardboard cutout of Skulker in plain sight, of course a hunter like Skulker wouldn't be caught off guard so easily like that… and sadly this probably would've worked on my brother…
"Skulker, you can come out. We're not here to fight, I just want to talk," I called out, knowing the hunter would be near enough to hear me.
Everyone waited for a minute… still no answer. Finally, Ember lost her patience and started strumming her guitar at some boxes. "Skulker, get your metal butt out here RIGHT NOW!"
She blasted the ghost hunter out of his hiding spot and he growled, "Can't even hunt a half ghost in peace." Then his eyes went wide, as if just noticing all the other ghosts in the area before he looked at me. "... You're not my usual prey I see, you're the one who usually stop to think."
I crossed my arms, ignoring that remark and said, "Listen Skulker, you know how bad it is out there, don't you. If this keeps up then you know what would happen, right?"
"... I am aware that the ghost king is set free," Skulker said.
"But here's the thing; he has both the Crown of Fire and the Ring of Rage. It's only a matter of time before he decides to attack and hunt every single one of us down," I said to him. "You won't be a hunter anymore, instead you'd be too busy fearing for your afterlife to do anything anymore other than run and hide for all eternity, and that's if he never catches you. Would you want to live in a world like that, Skulker?"
Skulker glared at this, "A world like that has no right to even exist."
"Then will you help us fight back? The worst that could happen is you get obliterated, but at least you won't have to live in such a world," I smirked at him.
"Hmph! Very well, ghost child, I will help with the battle against Pariah Dark's army, but only because I want to be free to hunt you and your brother another day," Skulker said to me in a begrudging way.
"Kid's got ways of recruiting his own little army, I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes a leading commander one of these days." I heard Walker comment and tried not to blush, it's hard to believe that he's complimenting me.
"Alright dipstick, you've recruited everyone who's smart enough to still be inside the ghost shield, what now?" Ember demanded from me.
"Now we wait," I answered. "There's a time to fight, but now isn't that time."
"Andy's right, we need to wait before we go charging into battle all recklessly." Poindexter agreed with me.
"So what are we supposed to do until then, dearie?" Lunch Lady asked me, and considering how bipolar she can be I better make this quick.
"I want all of you to wait in one spot, so I can come get you when we need you. Do you all think you can do that?" I asked them.
"You expect us to wait here all day for you to give us the okay sign to fight?" Ember frowned.
"No, I expect you to wait until I give you the 'okay sign' to fight. I have a strong feeling it's going to happen very soon, so just be a little patient… I wouldn't have gone through the trouble of recruiting everyone if I didn't think we'd be needing it soon," I answered.
"Andy, you go on ahead, I'll be sure to keep everyone here until you need us." I felt Dora's hand on my shoulder as she nodded her head to reassure me.
I gave her a smile and said, "Thanks, Dora, I'm counting on you."
And with that, I flew back towards my home… I wonder if Danny's woken up yet… I slowed down when I flew into the window while being invisible, looking around to see if Valerie or Vlad's woken up yet… well I'm still not sure if Vlad knows about the ring or not, but he probably does.
Valerie's still out cold… but I didn't see Vlad anywhere, he's gone. I frowned… he must've woken up and decided to leave. I sighed… I wanted to talk to him. Then I looked down to see Danny was still unconscious in his bed. I landed on the floor beside him, about to change back to my human form when the door suddenly opened, my eyes went wide and was glad I was still invisible… I am still invisible, right?
My parents were looking into the room and I froze, really hoping I'm still invisible. Mom and Dad were looking before they smiled.
"Ah see? I told you they'd be up here… what do the kids call it…? Hanging out!" Dad said to Mom.
They were about to close the door before Mom stopped him and looked around, "... But where's Andy?"
"Huh… yeah, where IS our youngest son?" Dad frowned when he didn't see me with Danny and Valerie.
I gave a silent gulp, great now they'll be worried about me. I couldn't worry about that right now though, they're here and I can't just let them see Andy Phantom. I sunk through the floor with intangibility and landed into the kitchen, which was thankfully empty. I sighed in relief as I transformed back into my human form. Hmm… I seem to have gotten better control over my powers, that's good.
Okay, so far the situation is looking pretty grim, but at least there's still a ray of hope. I couldn't help but think though… once Danny wakes up… that's when it'll be time to go to war with the king himself.
"Oh Andy, there you are!" I heard Mom say before turning around to see her and Dad just coming downstairs.
Dad smiled as he went into the lab, "I'll let Tucker and Sam know, they've been wondering what happened to you and Danny for a while."
"Andy, is something wrong? You look worried," Mom asked me gently. "I mean it's pretty obvious why, what with the town being invaded by ghosts and us being in the Ghost Zone…"
"Yeah… all that is worrisome…" I said with a frown. "Mom… what's going to happen to us if things don't change soon?"
Mom hesitated on that, she didn't seem to think anything good would come of it if we didn't do something about it soon… well she isn't wrong. "Don't worry about it, Andy… your father and I will see to it that everyone gets back safely and all this will just be a bad memory."
I gave her a hug and said, "I… I love you, Mom…"
"I love you too, sweetie. Don't worry, everything will be okay," Mom said, giving me a reassuring smile.
I nodded to her before letting her go and she said, "Now we'll be in the lab. Make sure your brother is okay."
I noticed Tucker and Sam were running up the stairs as if there was an emergency. I sighed and nodded to my mom.
"Thanks, and try not to worry too much. Things will get better soon." She smiled at me before heading into the lab herself with Dad.
Looking down, I curled my hands into fists… knowing Danny… he'll take on Pariah Dark head on… but how is he going to do that? … The ecto-suit… it's the best weapon we have against the ghost king.
I found myself hurrying up the stairs, and when I got into our room I saw my brother was already awake and looking at the unconscious Valerie, face full of guilt.
"Danny! You're okay!" Tucker said in relief.
"But… what happened to her?" Sam asked, looking at Valerie.
"... All of my enemies… they must've attacked her… everything I thought I could handle, but couldn't," Danny said sadly.
"You can't blame yourself for this, it's not your fault…" Tucker frowned.
"Maybe not, but it is my responsibility," Danny replied, turning to us.
"Danny," I spoke up, getting his and the other two's attention. "Valerie will be fine, okay? She did this knowing the risks to help you… you would've died if not for her. And I'm just as responsible as you, Danny, don't think you have to shoulder all this on your own."
"No, you're not. Unlike me, you didn't go around fighting ghosts for months, and you hadn't made a lot of enemies yet," Danny said with a solemn but determined look on his face. "And if Valerie really got hurt for rescuing me… all the more reason to end this myself."
"And how do you plan on doing that?" I asked him, narrowing my eyes.
Danny didn't answer me, instead he transformed into Danny Phantom before our eyes and said, "Let's just say I'll do what I have to."
Before I could say anything, he grabbed Tucker and Sam's arms before phasing through the floor. I looked down and frowned, he must be planning to use the ecto skeleton suit, even he wouldn't be stupid enough to face Pariah Dark and his army without some kind of super weapon to back him up.
What should I do? Should I follow him? Maybe I should try to stop him before he does this… but knowing my brother, he's going to try and see to it to the end.
I heard Valerie groaning, she began opening her eyes and she blinked, looking at me, "Andy…?"
"Valerie! A-are you okay?" I asked her in concern.
"Ugh… I… had to… Are… Danny and… Vlad Masters… okay?" Valerie asked me as she tried to stand up weakly.
"Yeah… they're fine. They woke up before you did… but are you okay?" I asked her again.
"I'll… I'll be fine… Andy, we have… to stop those ghosts," Valerie said to me as I helped her up. "Remember that Ecto-Skeleton your parents were working on? I… I can use that to end this nightmare."
"But the Ecto-Skeleton isn't even complete." I frowned. "What if it hurts you?"
"I'll have to take that chance, Andy…" Valerie said.
"But you could die!" I argued.
"If it's for the people of Amity Park, then I'm ready to take that chance," Valerie said firmly as she walked past me.
What could I even say to her? Valerie was willing to sacrifice herself to save everyone… it was like… how I made that choice too. She pushed the button on her watch to put the Red Huntress suit on.
"I'm sorry… but if I succeed, then nobody has to worry about these ghosts ever again," Valerie said. "It was nice knowing you, Andy…" and with that, she left the room and head for the lab.
So both Danny and Valerie are planning to risk their lives on the chance that they can defeat Pariah Dark and his army with that suit…
"Dang it!" I hissed before hurrying to the lab myself, they can't do this, they'll die if they do.
By the time I got to the lab, Mom had gathered a lot of parents there, including the Mansons… what are they doing here?
"And while it's true the Ecto-Skeleton can enhance your natural abilities 100 fold… using it could be fatal," Mom said in a serious tone. "Because we haven't been able to perfect the neural receptors, it'll drain you like a battery."
Fatal!? So not only would Danny or Valerie be facing a massive army along with an overpowered tyrant, they'll also have to worry about the suit itself killing them.
"In that case, I'll be taking it, because if that suit is going to be killing anyone… it's going to be me." Dad volunteered, but before I could even raise a protest, Mom knocked him out with a karate chop to his neck.
"No Jack, you're already weak from the first time you used it! I'll be going!" Mom volunteered.
Then suddenly Jazz knocked her out with her own karate chop, "No Mom, Danny and Andy needs you both, so I'll go!"
"No, I'll do it!" Mrs. Manson, surprisingly enough, volunteered after knocking Jazz out with her own karate chop.
"No, let me do it!" Mr. Manson said when he knocked out his wife with the karate chop.
Okay, I can see where this is going… apparently all these parents know how to use karate enough to knock someone out, and they're all knocking each other out. I wasn't sure if I should be relieved or dumbfounded at this point.
One by one, the people knocked each other out… until there was only one… Valerie. I was about to stop her myself when Danny suddenly landed in front of me, though I'm not sure if he noticed I was there, he was in his ghost form. Tucker and Sam were beside him before he said, "I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to step away from the Ecto Skeleton."
Valerie turned to him, and if I could see her eyes right now I'd say she'd be glaring angrily at him.
"Back off spook! I don't know how you got in the Fenton Ghost Shield, but this is my fight!" Valerie snapped.
"No it's not, not anymore," Danny said back to her as he flew next to her.
"Hey!" I jumped when I heard a man's voice suddenly, apparently Valerie's dad came down with some tools, but was shocked to see people lying unconscious on the ground while a ghost boy and a mysterious person in a red suit and a mask were arguing… to be honest I'd be pretty dang shocked too if I walked in here without knowing any context.
"You're not the boss of me!" Valerie snapped at my ghostly brother, who just looked at her.
Danny then nonchalantly removed her mask before she could react, exposing herself to her father, "No, but he is."
Tucker and Sam grabbed me and hurried upstairs, probably to avoid Valerie's dad from seeing us.
"Guys, is Danny really going to take that suit and fight the ghost king with it?" I asked them after we got into the kitchen.
"Y-yeah, it looks that way," Tucker said with hesitation.
"And you're not going to stop him?" I frowned.
"What can else can we do, Andy? Danny Phantom is the only one who's capable of stopping this nightmare… you as Andy Phantom probably could've helped if your parents made another one of those ecto suits, but they didn't, and since Danny have more experience than you do as a ghost… he's the best candidate," Sam explained with a solemn expression.
"Is using the Ecto Skeleton really the only choice we have? Is using only one superpowered being the only answer to ending this?" I asked them. "The Ecto Skeleton isn't close to being perfected. If Danny uses that suit, there's a good chance he'll drain himself dry… and if he does that… he'll die, for real this time."
Both Tucker and Sam looked at each other and cringed at that, I walked past them towards the stairs, knowing Danny, he would put that ecto suit on the roof before he takes off with it. "I'm going to talk to him before he goes through with this."
Tucker and Sam didn't argue with me, instead they followed me from behind and we all hurried to the roof.
I was right; my twin brother was indeed on the roof, and from the looks of it… he was getting ready. He was inside the suit and checking to make sure everything's working properly.
"I can see ya over there you know," Danny said when he noticed us peeking from the door.
"Danny…" Sam spoke up with some hesitation. She said she believed this was the best choice we had, but even she had some doubts about this.
"Hey, you didn't think it would always be as easy as shoving the Box Ghost into the Fenton Thermos, did you? I'll be back," Danny said, trying to reassure us.
"But your mom used the word 'fatal'..." Tucker said, he too had doubts about this.
"Guys, I'll be back!" Danny repeated, trying to remain optimistic, but then he hesitated, "but… if you have something you want to say to me… now might be a good time."
I looked at Sam, and this might be the perfect time for her to admit she has a crush on him, however I needed to say my piece first.
"Danny, you're seriously going to go through with this?" I said to him, though I didn't allow myself to show a lot of emotion.
"Andy, you know I have to do this. Even with your powers you still haven't even accepted them, and I do have more experience, so it's best if I go," Danny explained to me.
"Sure, I can understand that. You having more experience than me when it comes to using your ghostly abilities and in battle, that much I will accept," I said to him. "However, what I can't accept is that you believe you have to do this all on your own. Do you really think that all this is just going to go away if you take this death trap of a suit to battle with an ancient ghost king powered by two ancient artifacts along with an army? Not only would you have to worry about fighting a fight you may not be able to win, but you also have to worry about that suit draining you dry. How can you say with confidence that you'll be back or that you'll even be successful with this?"
Danny hesitated, then gave me a firm look before he sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "...Bro, I-I get it. I really do- I could get hurt, and... maybe not make it back. But if I don't... who knows how many people are going to be hurt. It's either I do nothing and there's no chance of winning, or I go in, give it my all, and have some chance of winning..."
I crossed my arms and said, "Do you really think so, Danny?"
Danny gave me a confused look.
"Do you really... believe that it's best you face this by yourself? You're only one person, and a kid no less, don't you think it'd be better to ask for help?" Of course, I hadn't told him about the small army I myself recruited, but I wanted to know what he's thinking.
"..." Danny slowly shook his head, his eyes shining with determination as he crossed his arms. "No way... I'm not going to ask others to do this. I may be fighting for both the Ghost Zone and our world, but I don't think anybody would stand a chance against Pariah Dark or the Fright Knight without this suit- and you know there's only one, Andy. I-I'm not going to ask them to go on a suicide mission!"
I could only give a sigh, "So that's your way of thinking... you believe it's all your responsibility, because nobody else have the means or power to do so, is that it?"
I turned away and began walking towards the stairs. "You must've been fighting alone for a long time to think that way..."
"H-hey, where are you going?" Danny called after me, and I heard him take a step or two towards me. "It's dangerous out there, bro! Even if you can help me handle a few of the lesser ghosts, I at least want you to stay behind me while I'm in the suit!"
I turned back to him, "I'm not letting you fight alone, Danny." I gave him a small smile. "Just trust me on this, okay? You go on ahead, I'll catch up with you soon."
"...I don't know what you're planning, but..." Danny frowned suspiciously before letting out a small sigh and reluctantly nodding. "I know you're not going to change your mind easily, bro. Alright... you go do what you need to- just... be careful, okay?"
"HUMANS! HEAR MY DEGREE!" We all looked up to see Pariah's giant face in a red fog, seems he's using his powers to intimidate everyone.
"That's my cue," Danny said. "Tucker, I'll need you to disable the ghost shield on my way out, okay?"
"Okay, be careful dude," Tucker said to him before looking at me, "You be careful too." And with that, he hurried to where the shield was active and got his PDA ready.
Sam looked at Danny for a few seconds before running to where Tucker is. I watched Danny as he transformed himself and the ecto suit into his ghost form… I don't know how it's possible the suit itself could change, maybe it's because it's kinda biologically connected to him? … That's disturbing.
And with that, he flew off towards the dome of the ghost shield, leaving behind a blue streak. I heard him calling out, "IT'S NOT INVISOBILL! IT'S PHANTOM! DANNY PHANTOM!"
Wow, he just shouted his name to everyone, guess he got tired of Inviso-Bill being his public name. I couldn't help but chuckle at that, however there was no time for me to wait anymore. It was time to gather the army.
"Tucker, Sam… I'll be joining the battlefield," I announced to them.
"What?" Tucker looked at me in shock as he disabled the ghost shield for a second to let Danny through it.
"But Andy-!" Sam started to argue, but I held up my hand to get her to stop.
"I know it's dangerous and almost suicidal, but… I refuse to let my brother face this alone," I told them, my determination rising. "I won't let Danny face this alone, because if he does… he'll die."
Before either of my friends could protest, I quickly transformed into my own ghost form. "This battle will be won, you can count on it, but without casualties!"
And with that, I flew off to where my ghost army was waiting. It's time to fight back, and I won't let Danny do this alone!
DarkFoxKit: That scene where Danny was going to face Pariah Dark with the Ecto-Skeleton was pretty emotional for me. I decided to up the anti by adding Andy into the mix, of course he doesn't approve of this at all for obvious reasons. And yes, there was a reason why Dora told Andy each Andy from different timelines gained a different type of time power, it involves The Ultimate Enemy of course. And Andy gathering the other ghosts as an army stemmed from when Tucker and Sam got them... How did they get them when there was an anti ghost shield on the city? Why did they get them? How much time did it take to convince these guys to help when they laughed in Danny's face about it earlier? That always bothered me, so I had Andy do it with a little more explanation to those questions I had. Anyways, enough of my rant. I am DarkFoxKit and I look forward to hearing from you.