Danny would never forget Vlad Masters, the creepy guy who hit on his mom, bagged on his dad and tried to break up their marriage at the Wisconsin Reunion only to fail miserably.
"You!" Danny stomped over to where Vlad and the others were sitting. "What are you doing here?"
Maddie frowned, and poured the tea. The boiling hot tea purposely missed Vlad's cup and instead fell on his pants. He howled in pain.
"Totally valid question." Maddie held up the teapot.
"Still steaming?" Vlad asked.
"You have no idea." Maddie ground through her teeth.
Vlad turned his attention to Danny.
"I was just, you know, passing through." Vlad said, then added jokingly. "And then I saw that MARVELOUS Battlesuit and thought, since I can't just destroy Jack and take it, I suppose I'll steal its secrets right out from under his nose!"
Jack looked worried. Vlad was still smiling. A second later, they were laughing like the idiots they both are. All of the teens blinked twice. Jack and Vlad wiped their eyes, still laughing. Maddie walked over with the teapot.
Danny couldn't believe Vlad was seriously trying to antagonize his family again. He really hated that creepy guy.
"I swear, I am such a josher." Vlad held out his teacup. "More tea please." Maddie poured the tea on his head. "Not there! Ooh!"
He got up, covered in tea, frowning. Maddie merely walked away, scowling. Jack ran after her. Danny walked up to Vlad.
"I don't know what you're up to, Masters. Actually, I do. You just told me." Danny said. "You're such a criminal. I'm not going to let you just steal from my parents."
"What are you going to do about it, hm?" Vlad said. "Oh! Kurai Hikari, isn't it?"
"You know me?" Kurai said.
"How do you know her?" Danny asked.
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The Ecto-Exodus Alarm, which, like all other inventions, looks oddly like Jack- in this case, a bust of Jack. Its eyes glowed red. Jack and Maddie ran into the room where it was. Jack flipped up the top of the bust, revealing a button. He presses it. The family photo flipped over, revealing a panel labeled 'Ghost Zone Radar'. It pictured several ghost-like pixelly images moving towards one point.
"Galloping goblins, it's the Ecto-Exodus Alarm!" Jack said.
The teens ran over.
"The Ecto-whaty-what?" Danny, Kurai, and Jazz said.
"The Ecto-Exodus Alarm! An alarm that only goes off when we're about to face a massive ghost invasion!" Maddie said.
The Pacman Ghost-like ghost images raced closer to the point, the Fenton Portal.
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Kurai headed into the hallway and prepared to transform when Vlad appeared.
"Hello there Miss Hikari." Vlad said. "Trying to transform, Ghost Princess?"
"How do you..." Kurai paused as realization dawned. "You are Plasmius. The Ghost who freed my father."
Vlad put the Ring of Rage in her hand. "It belongs to you doesn't it?"
Kurai put it on. "Why would you give this to me? I might be planning to return it to my father."
"Oh I am fully aware of what master you serve." Vlad smiled vexingly. "Put in a good word for me, would you, Princess?"
Kurai rolled her eyes.
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Jack, Maddie, and Danny ran down the steps and stood in front of the Portal, bracing themselves.
"Ok here we go." Danny said.
It was only the Box Ghost. He stuck his head out of the portal, then his arms.
"Beware!" Box Ghost said.
Danny stared, then began laughing.
He'd seen his parents chase after this little guy all the time. He wasn't so scary!
"Oh man! Only you?" Danny said.
He had spoken too soon. A blue beam of ectoplasm shot out of the Portal and hit him square in the chest, knocking him to the ground. A boot landed on his chest. Out of nowhere came Skulker, standing on him. The Box Ghost was close behind.
"Skulker?" Maddie recognized the ghost.
Skulker turned to other ghosts. "I told you there was a way out through here."
Ember's head popped out of the portal, then Walker's, then an Ectopus , then Johnny 13's shadow. They all look very scared. Along with them comes about a million other ghosts, bursting out of the portal, shouting 'go go go'! Skulker follows up with the final-
"Goooo!" Skulker shouted.
The Ghosts burst out of the basement and go into the storm clouds above Danny's house in four columns, with a few stragglers. Back inside, Danny pulls Skulker off of himself and was dragged out of the house by the leg. Skulker threw him down one outside, but he gets back into position easily. Various ghost weapons were fired by Jack and Maddie in protection of their son.
Plasmius joined the fray along with Khione. Khione flew in front of Danny and protected him swiftly, and strangely enough, Plasmius began helping her.
"Why are you helping me?" Khione asked.
"I am a believer in a certain Far Frozen Prophecy." Plasmius grinned at her.
The fight was stopped by the Dragon Ghost, who is being ridden by Poindexter.
"Stop!" Poindexter said. "I say give the Savior a chance!"
Danny sat up looking frazzled. "Savior?"
Skulker flew down and got in Danny's face. "Whelp. You have twenty-four hours to prove to us that you are the one from the prophecy. If you fail, there will be war! And princess—" he looked at Khione. "You better hope he doesn't fail."
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In the Ghost Zone, three glowing green skeletons were standing in front of the Fright Knight.
"Your armies are amassed?" Fright Knight said. The skeletons grunted and saluted him. "Then on my orders-"
"On MY orders!" Pariah suddenly came up behind the Knight, surprising him. "Go to that world. Bring the Ring to me. And to those who stand in your way-show no mercy."
The three head skeletons and the Fright Knight bowed down before Pariah. He then walked over to a railing overlooking the skeleton armies. They grunted and raised their arms in salute to him. One skeleton's red eye glowed bright and then all went dark.