There was a sign that said 'Amity Park- A Nice Place to Live!'. Unfortunately, that nice place to live was now encased in a ectoplasmic dome with no way out.
At Casper High, on the football field all the cool stuff was happening.
"The sword has sunk, your die now cast, The sword removed shall signal fast. Make reappear the Ring thou hast or your next day shall be your last." Fright Knight disappeared in a puff of smoke and bats. Plasmius and Danny guarded the unconscious Kurai from the bats. The Skeleton Armies remained motionless.
Danny and Vlad transformed back and knelt over Kurai's broken body as the parents descended.
"Children of Amity Park!" Out of nowhere, Maddie and Jack sat in the FFGAV. Maddie was driving and speaking through a microphone. "Report to the safe bosom of the Fenton Family Assault Vehicle!"
As the vehicle drove over, it smashed through inert Skeletons.
Maddie and Jack headed over and saw Kurai.
"Uh... She was like that when I got here." Danny said.
The three bent over her.
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At Fenton Works, The Skeleton Armies stood still. A ghost shield covered the house. The news was on again.
"Welcome back to Big Scary Dome Watch." Tiffany Snow said.
Danny, Tucker and Kurai were watching the news in the basement. Tiffany was in front of a screen with the dome and the word 'Domewatch'.
"I'm Tiffany Snow. We are in our fourth hour of captivity" Tiffany continued. The three teens looked worried. "And Amity Park remains cut off from the outside world. With more on that, outside the safety of our studio, is our own Lance Thunder. Lance?"
The screen changed to show Lance and some guy with a large drill. The guy with the drill was to break through the dome.
"Why the heck do I have to do this? I'm a weatherman, for the love uhh..." Lance realized he was on camera and recovered. "Tiffany, despite the odd circumstances, an eerie calm has fallen over Amity Park, emergency teams still having no luck in piercing the dome." There were some shots of the drill guy and his team, then back to Lance. "Wishing he had taken that job in Chicago, this is Lance Thunder, Action News."
Behind the three teens, Vlad and Maddie were working on the Battlesuit, which was actually beginning to look like a suit. Vlad was wearing overalls. He got up and wiped his brow.
"This suit is the only hope we have to punch through that dome." Maddie was working on something in the dome. "But I still don't think we'll be able to perfect the neural receptors."
Jack was still worn out from last time, and had a cold water bottle on his head. "Which is why I'll wear the suit. If anyone's gonna beat that ghost back into the Ghost Zone, it's me."
He stood up as he says this. However, the effort weakened him considerably.
"No, Jack, look at you! You're still wiped out from the last time!" Maddie said.
Vlad was putting his suit back on when Danny dropped in.
"It kills ya, doesn't it? How much they love each other?" Danny said.
"I have other things to worry about and so do you." As Vlad said this, Jack attempted to walk away. Vlad stuck out his leg as he walked by, making the big man trip. "And yet, I will always have time for that."
Xxx
Danny, Tucker and Kurai were in his bedroom.
"You feeling any better?" Tucker asked.
"A little. Though I'm surprised you care... You don't like me very much, do you?" Kurai said.
"I don't know you very much," Tucker admitted. "How did you get that ring?"
"So." Danny said. "You do have the Ring."
Kurai nodded. "I guess I have some explaining to do."
Danny and Tucker folded their arms.
"You sure do." Danny said.
"It would be better if we do this in front of all the ghosts." Kurai transformed. "Let's go."
Xxx
At the hunting/sport store, a more-than-obviously cardboard cutout of Skulker was looking at a corner. Danny phased up behind him with Tucker, and Khione was behind him.
"I'd much rather kick your butt, but this works too!" Danny said.
He powered up the Thermos and pulled Skulker in- or at least tried. The beam merely passed through the cutout, which fell over. Danny was so surprised he didn't notice that the real Skulker has just punched him into some camping gear until he did it. Khione caught Tucker just in time.
"Did you actually think you could sneak upon me?" Skulker said. "I don't care if you are the Savior."
"Enough fooling around, Skulker." Khione said authoritatively. "It's time."
"Of course, Princess." Skulker said, grudgingly.
Surrounding them were other ghosts. Poindexter was still riding the Dragon Ghost, and with him were Technus, Ember, Walker, Klemper, and Bullet, aka 'that guy who works for Walker from Public Enemies.'
"Please, tell me what's going on! Let me help you guys!" Danny said.
Meanwhile Tucker was inputting all the information on all the ghosts into his PDA.
Everyone from before, plus the Box and Lunch Lady Ghosts, sat around a fake electric plug-in fire listening to Skulker tell a not-so-fake campfire story.
"It was many years ago. Before you. Before me. Before most of us. His name was Pariah Dark." Skulker said. "And he ruled the Ghost Zone. He was a ghost of such power and magnitude, only he could control the entities contained within the Crown of Fire and the Ring of Rage. When wearing both- he could do anything.
"Pariah had a daughter, Khione, the Ghost of Fire and Ice. She had created the Crown of Fire and Ring of Rage for her father, and she alone could take the power away. But Khione was very loyal and so on the throne the King remained, for centuries.
"Until one day for no particular reason, Khione betrayed her father and led a rebellion. She took the Ring of Rage and Crown of Fire from her father, rendering him weakened and vulnerable. She then led a group of powerful ancient ghosts banded together in a last ditch effort to defeat the King. They locked him within the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep. Khione elected herself the Guardian of his Slumber, and tied her consciousness to the Ring of Rage, so that if the King was disturbed, she would awaken in the Far Frozen, and stop him once more."
"But that doesn't make any sense." Tucker said. "Khione had everything. Why did she—" he turned to Khione. "—why did you betray your father?"
Khione sighed. "Because Khione went to battle with a powerful priestess called Midoriko. She was what Ghost Hunters are today. She was strong, and the battle lasted three days with the two women in dead lock. Finally, in the end, the two invoked the power of Death and Life at the same time. They were both mummified on impact, and what sprang forth from the ashes was Kurai Hikari—the world's very first hybrid: half-human, half-ghost."
Everyone was shocked; even Skulker looked surprised.
"I have never heard that story." Skulker admitted.
"No one outside the Far Frozen knows the truth." Khione said. "After I transformed, my frozen heart was thawed. I cared about my people, the Ghost Zone, and I decided I wanted to fight for their freedom. So I found a teacher who helped me start the rebellion. And now we have to band together again."
"What do you expect us to do?" Ember said. "He's only been freed for a day and he's already destroyed our homes."
"And that's without the Ring. We can't let him get it! But I'm gonna need all of you to help me put the Ghost King to sleep." Danny said, hoping for help from the ghosts. "I'll need you to battle against all odds, Face untold danger, doom, and destruction, with no guarantee of ever coming back. WHO'S WITH ME?"
The ghosts paused for a second, pondering, then laughed and floated away. Only Danny, Khione, and Tucker remained.
"You should probably take that as a 'no'." Tucker said.