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Into The Phantomverse
Chapter 10: Dead Eye Plasmius Part 2
Previously
"You and y'alls boys couldn't beat me alone, so you can't be the both of us!...'The masked vigilante shouted.
"You are right…we can't take the both of y'all on….alone…"Dash The Kid said menacingly.
"Why do I not like how he said that?...'Danny said as he got a bad feeling about this.
Suddenly more people appeared, all in western garb, guns and very nasty looks on their faces. A few of them, Danny could vaguely recognize as some human criminals he stopped from petty thievery in his world, and he even saw some people he could not recognize.
There looked to be over 50 or so here, all against them.
The Phantom Ranger gasped at the sight of all them…
"H-How? It's…It's every outlaw I captured this year?..."The Phantom Ranger exclaimed, while Danny looked surprised.
"How did y'all escape from jail?!..."He shouted.
"Wouldn't you like to know…" Dash The Kid said as he pulled out his gun..." This is for all of the times y'all put me in jail this passed year..."Dash the kid said as he kept pointing his gun, making his intentions clear.
The Phantom Ranger did not look scared, just annoyed. So did Danny.
"Don't even bother…we may be outnumbered, but your little weapons won't work against us…'Danny said harshly to the enemy.
"I wasn't talking to y'all, Yankee!...'Dash The Kid shouted.
"Don't call him that, anyway, he is right…it don't matter how many of you are here, we will take y'all all on…'The Phantom Ranger said, ready to beat them all up and send them back to jail where they belong.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that…"A new voice said, with a mocking tone underneath.
Both Danny's glared as they could recognize that voice. They both saw two new men join the battle. Danny saw Vlad and The Phantom Ranger's eyes narrowed when he saw a figure appear next to him….who looked just like Vlad, the only difference is he is wearing a black ten gallon hat, cowboy clothes that are the same color scheme as Vlad's hideous costume, a black cloak that looked like a cape, along with a handlebar mustache, a scar over his right eye and a smug smirk that was identical to the one that Vlad is wearing right now.
"Plasmius!…"Danny hissed.
"Dead Eye Plasmius!…"The Phantom Ranger said in a just as hateful tone.
"Hello, Daniel..."Vlad said mockingly.
"It's been a while, Phantom Ranger...'Dead Eye Plasmius said, in a just as mocking tone.
Green eyes and green eyes glared at red eyes and red eyes…
Yep, looks like things are gone from bad to worse.
Both versions of Danny were glaring at the two versions of their arch enemy.
The Phantom Ranger spoke first, his eyes glaring daggers at his foe.
"Dead Eye Plasmius! So you finally show your ugly mug again..."The Phantom Ranger said as his eyes glowed brighter.
"And it seems you brought a friend who's just as ugly as you are.."He spat.
Both Plasmius sent him an annoyed look.
"Ah, yes...Well, since Daniel here managed to find a friend, I managed to find one myself..."Main Vlad said in a smug tone as he turned to his alternate self.
"We found out that we have...quite a bunch in common, so we've decided to work together..."Dead Eyed Plasmius said, in the same tone but it had a southern drawl to it.
"To take both of you down and then take over this world..."Both Vlad's said in union.
"Like that's going to happen!..."Danny shouted sarcastically as his eyes glowed brighter.
The two versions of Vlad Plasmius still had that arrogant look on their faces, that it was truly identical. Main Vlad was the one to speak next.
"Since you both are clearly outmatched, why don't you boys just surrender now and hand me the remains of the Infi Map?..."Main Vlad said.
"As if!..."Main Danny shouted.
"My friend here is right! Only cowards surrender!..."The Phantom Ranger shouted.
"I see ya'll are still as stubborn as a mule, boy...but I reckon that I always did like that about ya and ya did put up a good fight the last time...and this is how it will end again..."Dead Eyed said and Phantom Ranger glared.
"This ain't Gettysburg, Dead Eye! And if you recall, even if you got away, I got your men and all the cash you stole and I'll do it again..."The Phantom Ranger shouted.
"Have it your way, Phantom Ranger.."The western version of Vlad Plasmius said with a sneer.
"Perfect... now I can destroy two of you at the same time!" Vlad declared.
"We'll see about that, you dirty rattle snake!...'The Phantom Ranger said as he put his fists up.
"Get'them boys..."Dead Eyed Plasmius shouted.
"Finally!..."Dash the Kid shouted as he and his fellow goons all cocked their weapons.
"So... what now?..." Danny asked.
"Now... we stand our ground!..." Phantom Ranger declared.
Both Danny turned to each other and nodded. It was time for an old fashion western show down.
Phantom style.
Main Danny and The Phantom Ranger stayed close to each other, preparing for anything.
Danny and his counterpart rose their hands in a gun-like gesture and readied for battle.
"Be careful... Vlad Plasmius is tough..." Danny explained to his counterpart.
"So is Dead Eye but I'm pretty tough myself!..." Phantom Ranger insisted.
As he saw their enemies close in, he did whisper this to his counterpart.
"I should mention... I wanna avoid usin' my powers, on account of people accusin' em of witchcraft..." Phantom Ranger whispered.
"Well... you might not have a choice..." Danny answered.
The first wave of outlaws came at them. Danny grabbed one who vaguely looked like Dale, one of the regular bullies in his universe. Once he grabbed him, he started spinning him around over his head and he threw him back into his buddies .
"So that's what it's like to be Donkey Kong..." Danny said in amusement.
Behind him Daniel flipped over an outlaw while tying his lasso around him.
"I don't know who er what's a "Donkey Kong" but if it works at wrangling these varmints, keep fightin like 'im!..."The Phantom Ranger said before punching another outlaw who tried to sneak up on him.
One of the men, who looked like Steve, who in the main universe is another jock and bully, ran towards them with a glowing bowie knife. Danny reacted by created a force field to block him, much to the surprise of the outlaws.
"W-Witchcraft?!" The Western Steve said as he let go.
"Nope! Just good old superpowers!" Danny said proudly while Steve ran away in terror.
Danny grinned until he saw a man with a rifle trained at Daniel's back, he was too busy fighting with another person that he'd never notice. Danny flew through the air, shocking people around him grabbing onto Daniel, making the both of them intangible as the bullet flew between Daniels eyes going on until it hit a rock
Daniel looked to Danny as they became tangible, he also realized what happened.
"Much obliged..."The Phantom Ranger said as he tipped his hat to his counterpart.
"You're welcome, I think..."Danny said.
Around them the outlaws stopped fighting about half of them dropped their weapons and started running towards them, trying to tackle Danny but he managed to dodge them.
Dash the Kid began to pull out his own weapon in response, attempting to take out Danny.. His knife glowing.
"I'm gonna assume knives aren't supposed to glow on your Earth..." Danny said to his double.
"Only those Dead Eye supplies others with them..." Phantom Ranger stated. "I wouldn't let yourself get hit by it, 'cause a scratch from one hurts like a bullet..."The Phantom Ranger said, most likely speaking from personal experience.
"Good to know..." Main Danny said as he turned to the western version of his bully, who had the knife out.
"Gotcha, ya no good Yankee!..." Dash the Kid shouted as he tried to swing at Main Danny.
However, Danny grabs it before it could reach him.
"Not a chance!..."Main Danny said as he pulled it out of his hand and threw it to the ground.
Dash The Kid was not amused.
"Why you-"
Dash the Kid didn't finish before Danny, though holding back, punched him in the face, knocking him out.
Danny smirked.
"Wow... that was VERY satisfying..."Main Danny said as he rubbed his fist, a pleased look on his face.
"I take it that the Kid is a nuisance back where you are from?...'The Phantom Ranger guessed.
"You have no idea...now for the rest of them.."Main Danny said.
Then, the Western version of Dale came running at them with a branding iron in his fist.
The Phantom Ranger was this and he was somewhat torn. He didn't want anyone to see him use his powers...
"Looks like I ain't got no other choice...maybe if I an careful..." Phantom Ranger realizes.
He aimed a finger and fired a beam out of his finger. The beam wasn't that strong and only meant to knock one down. It did knock Dale into the canyon wall, knocking him out.
Some of the outlaws did flinch at the sight of this, but the rest resumed since they didn't see that it came from the Ranger's finger, they just assumed he must have some fancy weapon like they did.
Danny thought fast and fired a blast of ice power at their feet, freezing the ground and causing some of them to fall.
"Ha!"
"What kind of hocus pocus is thi-...'One outlaw didn't get a chance to finish and he and a few others ended up slipping and falling down.
With more than half of the outlaws now on the ground, the other henchmen looked stunned, while both version of Vlad still stood there, arrogantly watching the battle from the top of the canyon.
Dead Eye Plasmius however, did look impress by how the two boys fought, particularly with the Phantom Ranger.
"Phantom Ranger, I'll give ya one last chance, boy! Join my gang, son! Together we could conquer the whole frontier, make an empire greater than anything the Yankees in Washington built..." Dead eye gloated.
Danny heard this, shook his head, muttered "figures", before he turned to his counterpart.
"I see your bad guy is as power hungry as mine..."Main Danny said.
"This is nothing, just wait now, that varmint's gonna say something like "join me or be buzzard food"..."Phantom Ranger sighed in exasperation before putting his game face again.
"Let's just beat them and get the sheep back...'Main Danny said, while Dead Eyed Plasmius growled.
It seems that he didn't take kindly to the fact that the boys had ignored him in favor of making fun of him.
"Ya keep quiet, you darn dirty Yankee!..."The Western Vlad shouted.
"First, stop calling him that and second, since you seem to have a bad memory, I am going to repeat what I told you back in Gettysburg... it'll be a cold day in heck before I join your gang or hurt others, Dead eye!..."The Phantom Ranger shouted.
Danny grinned hen he heard this.
"What he said!..."Main Danny said.
The Western Vlad heard this and frowned hard, angry that his offer had been turned down...yet again
"Then before you die, allow me to teach you pups somethin 'my associate here taught me... it's called a firin' squad..." Dead eye said as he snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, the rest of Plasmius gang surrounded them and the gang began to fire. Both versions of Danny used their speed and agility in order to avoid being hit by the bullets.
"Man, this is like something out of a western movie I never wanted to watch..."Danny complained.
"Movie?..."The Phantom Ranger asked, confused.
"Just keep dodging..."Danny said as he and his double kept doing so.
All the while, his eyes were on his enemy, who was watching this with sadistic fascination.
"Plasmius..."Danny thought in anger as he tried to think of a new way to go about this as he kept dodging the bullets.
Not using his intangibility...yet.
With The Vlad's
Smoke filled the air with the echoing of gunshot after gunshot until Dead eye snapped his fingers, the firing stopped.
He then turned to his partner and counterpart.
"I say partner, I thought you said yer boy there would put up more of a fight..." He said and Vlad frowned.
"Believe me friend, the little badger lacks in many areas but one talent he has in spades is sheer dumb luck for surviving..."Main Vlad said.
"You got that right Fruit loop..." Danny said, phasing up through the canyon as he punching Vlad in the chin, sending him airborne while down below Daniel and Spirit were rounding up Dead eye's terrified gang.
Apparently, after seeing Danny's trick, most of them were running scared at the idea of evil spirits and the canyon being haunted.
"EVIL SPIRITS! HEAD FOR THE HILLS!..."One of the outlaws shouted as they tried to flee.
Dead Eye Plasmius saw this and got mad.
"Get back here, you yeller bellies!...'Dead Eyed Plasmius shouted and Main Vlad shook his head after he recovered from Danny's hit. He saw the whole thing and shook head.
"You just can't get good help these days..or in any world apparently..."Main Vlad muttered in annoyance as most of their minions had tried to flee, only for the Phantom Ranger to quickly tie them up with his many lasso's.
"Cowards...The Phantom Ranger said with a smug look, while Main Danny looked impressed.
"That was fast...'Main Danny said, impressed.
"I had a lot of practice, now come on! Time to get the rest of these cowards..."He ordered and Danny nodded as they went to face the rest of the bad guys.
One of the few people who didn't flee after seeing Danny's powers was Dash the Kid, who had recovered from the hit Main Danny gave him.
Dash the kid, who either bravely or stupidly charged at Daniel with a Bowie knife, a demented look on his face.
"I don't care about all of this witchcraft!..."Dash the Kid shouted as he leaped at the Phantom Ranger, and soon the two rolled around the ground, as Dash the Kid tried to stab him through the chest but Phantom Ranger pushed him back.
"You ain't gonna get me again! Not after I run you through..." Dash said Daniel's eyes glowed green for a second as he kicked Dash the kid off him, grabbing the knife he pinned Dash against a wall holding the knife to his throat.
"Ya'll was saying, Kid..." Daniel said, punching Dash the kid with the handle of his own knife, knocking him out cold once again.
At this point, most of Dead Eyes gang were either knocked out or tied up and all that remained were the two versions of Danny Phantom and the two versions of Vlad Plasmius.
"I guess I really can't get good help these days..." Dead Eye grumbled.
"It's just you and me now, Dead Eye... yer gang's been beat and I got my partner fighting with me, ya'll can't win!..."The Phantom Ranger said.
Dead Eye grinned maliciously to his enemy.
"On the contrary, boy! I'm just gonna toss away the rules of engagement..." Dead Eye PlasmiUs said before something happened.
Dead Eye's well eye began to glow as a devastating beam of red energy flew at Daniel.
"AHHH!..."The Phantom Ranger shouted as he got hit.
Danny, who was still fighting his own Vlad in the air, saw this and gasped.
"Phantom Ranger!..."Danny shouted, only to be blasted by Main Vlad.
"Don't focus on your friend's problem, focus on your own..."Main Vlad said smugly.
Danny frowned as he found himself in battle once again with his arch foe.
Spirit saw the attack and ran towards his master, before Dead Eye was ready to send another eye beam.
With The Phantom Ranger.
While Phantom Ranger was on the ground, Dead Eye Plasmius was now floating in the air, his good eye still glowing a sinister bright red.
"I gave ya a chance, boy... Now you're gonna pay for sayin' no!..." Dead Eye threatened.
The Phantom Ranger was down but was still conscious enough to say this.
"Not a chance, Dead Eye!..."The Phantom Ranger declared as he got up, with Spirit helping him.
He then realized what just happened.
"Wait...how...how did ya'll do that thing with your eye?...The Phantom Ranger asked, while his enemy let out a conniving laugh.
"You have no idea, whelp..."His enemy said before he sent a blast from his fingers, almost like using a pistol.
Spirit neighed in horror as he quickly got himself and his master out of there before he got hit.
"Thanks, Spirit..."The Phantom Ranger said to his faithful steed, before processing the information he just discovered.
"So Dead Eye has power too...well, that explains how he managed to escape in Gettysburg..."The Phantom Ranger said as his horse.
For over a year, The Phantom Ranger had been very discreet about his powers, trying to keep his abilities a secret from friends and foe's alike, out of fear of being rejected and persecuted by his fellow man.
But right now, his arch enemy seems to posses a similar power...and he has no moral restraint not to use them.
He turned to see the rest of the mortal outlaws, most of them were tied up or knocked out, and others were just cowering. Sure, normally no one would believe such outlandish claims such as him having powers if it was just one man, but there are dozens of them here.
He...he just can't.
"AHHH!..Was heard and he looked up to see that his other self ended up getting hit by his own enemy.
The Phantom Ranger then lost his hesitance and soon turned his focus on his enemy, a new look on his face.
"Give up yet, boy?..."Dead Eye Plasmius mocked.
He only received a green blast hitting him on the chest, courtesy of the Phantom Ranger.
"I never give up..."The Phantom Ranger said in a dangerous tone.
The Phantom Ranger soon turned to his faithful horse, who was waiting for his master's orders.
"Well, boy...looks, like we've got no plum choice..." Daniel said.
Spirit nodded as the two turned intangible, Dead Eye was shocked as Daniel and Spirit galloped up the canyon wall and Daniel leapt off his trusted steed making finger guns with his hands.
"Take this ya darned dirty confederate..." Daniel yelled, firing green energy blasts from his 'guns', hitting his foe once more.
That's when both of them began firing blasts from their fingers, using their hands like guns. The Phantom Ranger was not showing ANY restraint anymore.
Meanwhile
During Danny's battle
Danny flew up at Vlad, firing a small ecto blast at his foe.
The older halfa swatted it away. Vlad smirked before seeing that Danny had vanished. The younger halfa then appeared over Vlad's head, bringing his leg down in an axe kick .
"Give it up, Plasmius!..."Danny shouted to his arch foe.
"You give it up, Daniel!..."Vlad shouted back.
Both Danny and Vlad fired and Danny, with quick thinking, countered and swung a kick, determined to sent his archenemy to the ground.
However, Vlad caught the kick, throwing Danny back. Thankfully, the younger halfa had corrected himself before he could lose too much altitude.
"I don't get it..."Danny said suddenly.
"What's not to get?..."Vlad asked.
"Look, I get the whole teaming up to destroy us and taking over the world...but why did you help your Yosemite Sam knock off steal sheep?..."Danny said incredulously
"Isn't that small potatoes for you?..."He questioned, while Main Vlad just laughed.
"Ah, Daniel...as usual you fail to see the bigger picture..." Vlad said with a smirk.
"And the bigger picture is what exactly?...'Danny asked, not really caring.
"I am sure that your counterpart has told you that those sheep's wool are the primary income of your family in this world. Without their wool, that western version of the fat idiot you call a father will lose that miserable little farm and this version of your family be on the streets..." Vlad smiled wickedly showing his fangs.
Danny looked furious at what Vlad said. He knew that he was petty but this is just not fair. Sure, he has a grudge against his dad but the western version of his family didn't deserve this. Danny sent another ecto blast but Vlad dodged it before he continued to gloat.
"Plus, there's the benefit of those silly animals being the perfect bait to lure you to your destruction..."He said.
Vlad fired an ecto beam at Danny, who sent another at the time and met the beam with his own.
Purple and green light flashed through the sky.
Since they were too even, Vlad decided to play dirty as he split into three.
While one kept the beam up, the other two flanked Danny, firing their own beams. Danny grit his teeth, holding back his scream.
He wouldn't give Vlad the pleasure of hearing him scream
Vlad smirked at this.
"Any last words, Little Badger?..."Vlad said, mocking him.
Suddenly,a bullet of ecto energy shot Vlad in the chest, shocking him enough to undo the other Vlads.
Danny looked down in surprise to see who sent that shot. So did Vlad once he recovered. The other two looked down to see that it was The Phantom Ranger, who was currently on Spirit, and his finger was smoking green, making it obvious that he sent the blast.
"It ain't my business but three against one ain't real fair now is it..."The Phantom Ranger said in a cocky tone while his force neighed in agreement.
"You insolent little brat!..."Main Vlad shouted, while the Phantom Ranger had a cocky smile underneath his mask and even mockingly tipped his hat to Vlad.
"If that ain't the finest compliment to hear from a Plasmius, I don't know what is..."The Phantom Ranger mocked and Main Danny laughed, while Vlad continued to seethe.
Before Vlad could retaliate against the Phantom Ranger, Danny punched him in the face.
"Don't forget about me Vlad..."Danny said with a smirk, while the Phantom Ranger continue to send blasts to his own foe, who just looked in Vlad's direction.
Vlad saw his very impatient doppelganger and "partner" looking in his direction.
"Hey! Enough lollygagging! Come over here and help me!..."Dead Eye shouted to his double.
"Oh, shut up!...'Vlad said, having gotten annoyed by his accent long ago.
"You should be lucky I even took my time to seek you out! You, a pathetic little outlaw who is fighting for a failed cause like the Confederate States..."Main Vlad said while Dead Eyed look mad, his eyes narrowing in anger.
"Better to have a cause than to be fighting over some piece of ratty old paper like this..." Dead Eye reached into his vest holding a piece of paper.
Both Danny and Vlad gasped when they realized what it was.
It was ANOTHER piece of the Infi Map, apparently there had been two of them in this world.
"THE MAP!" Both Danny and Vlad shouted as they saw a fragment of it, right there in his hands
"I see that I have your attention now, you two faced coyote!..."Dead Eye said.
"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD IT?!..."Main Vlad demanded.
"I found it while I was traveling and I had it for about five minutes before I met ya'll...I knew from your description that you'd be interested in it and now I know for sure..."Dead Eye said.
"You said that you would help me retrieve it..."Vlad shouted, furious over being deceived.
"And I will...after I get what you promised me, The Phantom Ranger! And unless you wanna see your ticket to yer home burned, I think ya'll should mind yer words and finish these pebbles in our boots..."The western villain threatened.
"You backstabbing little yokel!..." Vlad said in anger while Danny rolled his eyes.
"Nice friend you have there, Vlad...unlike mine..."Danny said with a smirk.
Suddenly, a lasso flew through the air, wrapping around Dead Eye's hand, pulling hard which caused the piece of map fell out of his hand landing on the ground.
"YOU!..."Dead Eye Shouted.
"Nice one..."Main Danny complimented and The Phantom Ranger nodded
"Happy to help a friend...'The Phantom Ranger said before the western Vlad tackled him, resuming their fight.
Danny and Vlad both dove for the map and after a brief fight, Vlad got his hands on it
"Ha! Now take me out of this world!...And others..."Vlad said darkly as the piece of map began to glow a bright pink aura.
The map opens a portal and, without hesitating, Vlad started flying towards it.
"Wait! You said we'd work together on this!..."Dead Eye Plasmius shouted.
"You of all people should know never to trust me! Besides, you betrayed me first!..." Vlad said unsympathetic to his doppelgangers fate.
"You double crosser!..."Dead Eye shouted, only to be hit by Phantom Ranger, who was the cheap shot and took it.
With that, Vlad was entering the portal.
"No!..." Danny shouted as he grabbed Vlad's cape and swung him out of the portal, sending him to the ground.
With no one to enter the portal, it closed.
"You whelp!..." Vlad shouted angrily.
Both Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius fired their blasts at each other before flying in and swinging punches.
"The only way you're going home is out cold!..." Danny shouted.
"Actually Daniel, this little trip to the old West has given me an idea..." Vlad said with an evil grin.
"Oh, not another evil take over the world scheme..."Danny said in exasperation as Vlad began to gloat about his next "evil plot".
"If there is a multiverse... perhaps there's a world where I already actually rule! So... I'll just keep using the map fragments to find said world, return to my universe of origin and conquer it!..."Vlad said before laughing evilly.
"Like that's going to happen!...'Danny shouted as he kept fighting his enemy.
There is no way that he was going to let him get away. However, he suddenly heard more attacks from the other, nearby battle.
It seems that Phantom Ranger and Dead Eye Plasmius, who had recovered, are in deep battle, and the evil villain seems to be sending all sorts of fire power to his arch enemy.
"Uh... Danny Phantom?..." Ranger questioned as he and Spirit did their best to block and elude the blasts.
"I'm needin' your help here!"
Dead eye smirked as more energy built in his eye before becoming a devastating blast that hit Daniel straight on.
"AHH!..."The western hero shouted as Spirit neighed in horror at the sight of the attack.
Daniel crashed to the ground with a thud.
In the air Danny saw this and screamed.
"No!..." He said while Vlad smiled.
"What will it be Daniel? Continue to fight me or save your multiverse counterpart?...'Vlad said with a smug grin.
Danny's eye's glowed furiously as he flew at Vlad, punching him. Vlad smacked him away and Danny fell down ten feet before he corrected himself in the air.
"I don't have time for this!...'Danny shouted before his eyes glowed blue.
He made a wave of ice that froze Vlad in mid air. With his enemy temporarily out of commission, Main Danny than flew down to help The Phantom Ranger.
Speaking of the Phantom Ranger
The Western Version of Danny Phantom groaned as he gripped his head, before he got himself back up.
"Oh, that hurt like heck, it did..." He groaned.
He felt like he'd walked between a hungry bear and a bee hive. As he made it to his feet, Dead eye grabbed him by the collar and pinned him into the wall of the canyon.
"Ya like my power, boy? I found it few years back..." Dead Eye said using his free hand to pull a necklace from under his shirt, a gold amulet with a glowing red stone.
"T-That thing...it's...it's must have come from that thing...that gave me my powers?..'The Phantom Ranger thought as the villain pushed him even deeper into the wall of the canyon.
"Shame that I didn't have this back during my first time at Gettysburg, could have decimated the Yankees and made myself a king years ago..." Dead Eye gloated as he pushed harder.
Cracks appearing in the stone wall behind him and the Phantom Ranger found it hard to breathe.
He did have enough to say this, however.
"Yer no king... yer a yeller bellied snake..." Phantom Ranger said, struggling to breath.
Dead Eye Plasmius responded by gripping on him harder, causing the western hero to gasp in pain, making it harder for him to breath.
"You feeling scared yet, boy? You should be after all only a coward hides behind a mask..."The western villain mocked, as he watched his foe struggle even more.
The Phantom Ranger, however, did managed to push back a little, and could say thing.
"I ain't a cowards...sure, I'm scared but...but a smart man once told me...that...courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway..." Phantom Ranger said, using the words his pa had used when he was learning to ride and was afraid of falling off Spirit when he was a child.
Dead Eye just frowned, pushing harder.
"Whoever told you hogwash like that might be one of the stupidest men to walk the earth..."The villain said in a mocking way.
Dead Eye glared before he decided to ensure his victory.
"Now before I end you I'm gonna see who you really are under that mask, so I can make an example of yer kin.."The Western Villain said malevolently.
Before Dead Eye could move towards Daniel's mask, Spirit, being the amazing horse that he was, rammed into Dead Eye, followed by a barrage of energy blasts from above.
"What in tarnation?!..." Dead eye roared angrily as Main Danny flew at him.
"Excuse me I don't know what a "tarnation" is but the names Phantom... Danny Phantom and if you mess with one Phantom, you mess with all of us!..." Danny said, before flying at Plasmius's evil double and who Danny felt a whole lot better about punching him since he had powers.
Phantom Ranger, who finally regained his breath and mostly recovered, saw this and smiled.
"Much oblige..."He said, before his enemy recovered.
"Argh! Yankee whelp!" Dead Eye shouted.
"Heh... definitely another Vlad...."Danny thought in amusement.
"I don't care what yer name is boy, you won't beat me! Neither of you will!..." Dead Eye shouted before turned to Danny, firing a barrage of energy blasts from his eye that exploded around Danny like grenades.
Good thing for Danny, as it seems that Dead eye Plasmius seems to be a lousy shot with his eye.
"Wow! You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with those attacks..." Danny taunted, firing a blast that hit Deadeye.
However, that amulet of his must give him some invulnerability because the blast did little more than send him sliding back
"What the?...'Danny questioen but The Phantom Ranger supplied with the anser.
"Danny! That amulet! It's what's givin' him all of that power!..."The Phantom Ranger shouted to his double.
'I see...'Danny said as the western villain then unleashed a full power beam from his eye.
Thankfully, Danny phased through the beam, coming out in front of Dead Eye.
"I'll take that..."He said as he then ripped the amulet off and punched him in the face, sending him flying into the canyon wall.
The Phantom Ranger saw this and smirked underneath his mask.
"Yer purty dang impressive..." Phantom Ranger complimented.
"Thanks..." Danny said, still getting used to western lingo.
"So that amulet is what made Dead Eye escape all of them lawmen...I should have known..."The Phantom Ranger said.
"Come on..."He ordered to his double.
They soon went to where Dead Eye Plasmius crashed. However, to the Phantom's Ranger surprise, something happened to his arch foe.
Without the amulet, something happened to Dead Eye Plasmius. His skin became tanner, his hair changed color from black to white and his 'dead eye' was now filled with life.
In other words, he changed into the Western version of Vlad Masters but The Phantom Ranger gasped in horror and fury.
"Sheriff Masters?!..." Phantom Ranger questioned loudly.
Sheriff Masters snarled in rage at being caught.
"So now you have seen my real face...too bad you won't live to tell the tale..."He said as he tried to transform, only to realize that he can't.
"Looking for this..."Main Danny said.
"My amulet! Give that back..."He shouted.
"Fat chance..."Main Danny said as he handed it over to the Phantom Ranger, who still looked hard to believe.
"I can't believe it...but I guess this explains how your gang keeps breaking out of jail.."The western hero muttered.
"What I don't understand is how? Why?!..."The Phantom Ranger demanded.
"A fool by the name of Jackson Fenton is to blame. After he ran off with the woman that I was suppose to marry, I was ruined! At least until I found this amulet that gave me powers just like the dark spirits that plague this town. Using it, I managed to gain my fortune and become the town sheriff, using all my power to try and give myself everything that should have been mine in the first place. Heck, I was gonna use that other me to help take over not just this town, but the entire frontier!..."The villain shouted in fury.
Danny heard this and rolled his eyes.
"Figures..."Danny thought.
This is just like back home, but instead of being mayor, this Vlad is the sheriff. And a corrupt one at that.
Phantom Ranger, hearing him badmouth his father, responded quickly.
"Well...Sheriff...Here's my response..."The Phantom Ranger said before-
PUNCH!
Danny smirked as he saw that the Phantom Ranger punched Dead Eyed Plasmius, finally knocking him out cold.
"Finally..."The Phantom Ranger said as he rubbed his fist.
After so long, he finally caught the most ruthless man in the entire frontier.
"Not bad..."Danny said, pleased.
Before either Danny could say anything else, Spirit nudged to his master.
"What is it, boy?..'Phantom Ranger asked.
The horse then gestured to a nearby cave, both Phantoms looked and saw that all of the sheep were inside, safe and sane.
"My sheep!...'The Phantom Ranger said in relief as he did a quick count.
'They'se all here..."He said, sounding happy.
"That's good..."Danny said, pleased.
Looks like the family farm won't be ruined after all.
However, after he said that, Vlad finally broke out of his icy prison, only to see that his doppelganger has been defeated.
"WHAT?!..."Vlad bellowed in shock, while both versions of Danny Phantom smirked.
"Looks like some things are a constant in the multiverse..." Danny said as he gestured what happened to the other Vlad.
Vlad shook his head in disappointment.
"As if that accent wasn't bad enough, he had to lose... I despise this version of me..."Vlad said with his arms crossed.
That's when he pulled out the map fragment again.
"Hopefully the next version will be more to my standards..."Vlad said with a wicked grin on his face.
"Not so fast, ya second Dead Eye! Yer under arrest!..."The Phantom Ranger declared as he threw a lasso around Vlad's leg and forced him to the ground.
"Oh please!...'Vlad said with an eye rolled before he fired a blast that knocked Daniel down.
Danny landed and fired at Vlad.
"Get away from him!..."Main Danny shouted.
Vlad was getting impatient.
"This is already vexing..." Vlad said as he held up the map remains and the piece he got from Dead Eye.
"Take me to another world!..."He ordered.
The remains of the Infi Map started to glow again and that is when a portal opened.
Preoccupied with his ally, Danny walked over to Daniel helping him onto his feet
"You all right?..."He asked and Daniel nodded.
"Nothing a little time won't fix..." He said before seeing Dead eye's counterpart leaving.
"He's gettin' away!..."He shouted and Danny turned and gasped.
"Farewell, Phantoms!..." Plasmius shouted as he entered the portal.
"What in tarnation is that things?!..." Phantom Ranger questioned.
"A portal..." Danny realized.
"It could lead home... or to another world Vlad would try to ruin..."Danny thought.
"Sorry... uh, Daniel...Phantom Ranger...but I gotta go..."Danny said as he had to float now.
"Go? Where ya goin'?..." Phantom Ranger asked.
"With any luck... MY world...but first I got to round up Vlad before he causes any more trouble.." Danny explained.
"Well, let me help ya'll..."The Phantom Ranger offered but Danny shook his head.
"No, I'm not even sure where this thing will take me and I don't know if I would be able to send you back here, besides, you are needed here...you already caught your Plasmius...I have to go catch mine..."Danny said to his counterpart.
"Well..." Though reluctant, Ranger tipped his hat to his double.
"Be safe then..."The Phanton Ranger said to the other Phantom.
"I reckon it'll be hard to see each other again..."The Phantom Ranger said, sounding disappointed.
He wouldn't admit it out loud but he has grown fond of his alternate self and he actually did enjoy having a partner to fight alongside with. It certainly made upholding western justice a whole lot easier. Not to mention, it was sort of nice talking to someone about his exploits that wasn't an animal.
He was actually gonna miss Danny Phantom.
"Yeah but..." Danny paused before he held out a hand.
"You keep up the good fight..."Danny said, his hand still held out.
Smiling, The Phantom Ranger accepted his hand and they shook.
"Safe travels, my kinsmen..."The Phanton Ranger said to the other Phantom.
Danny heard this and despite it all, he smiled when he heard that.
"You sure that you are gonna be alright?..."Danny asked.
The Phantom Ranger nodded.
"I am The Phantom Ranger, there ain't nothin' I can't handle..."The western hero declared.
Danny chuckled upon hearing this.
"I know that you're pretty tough but can I offer some advice? One Phantom to another..."Danny said.
His double was listening.
"Look, your strong on your own, I see that but the way I see it, if you have good friends by your side...it's the closest a guy can come to being invincible..."Main Danny said wisely.
Daniel took in those words thinking on them. He knew that his double had his own friend and team at home. The Phantom Ranger always worked alone, with the exception of Spirit.
Still he listened to his words before he nodded
"I'll keep that in mind..."The Phantom Ranger said.
Danny smiled before he turned to the portal and saw that it was about to close. Making sure that he had his own piece of the Infi Map, Danny turned to his western counterpart one last time.
"Goodbye, Daniel...'Danny said to his counterpart.
"Goodbye...Danny..."Daniel said to his double.
Danny soon flew into the portal before it closed, taking his pieces of the Infi Map with him.
Once he was gone, The Phantom Ranger turned to the many outlaws that were still unconscious from the battle, including the soon to be former Sheriff masters, who is now powerless without his magic amulet.
"Come on Spirit, he's got to round them up..."The Phantom Ranger said to his horse.
Spirit whinnied sadly looking to where the portal was, where their kin had been standing before he left to go where he has to go.
The Phantom Ranger saw this and sighed, before he petted his trusted speed.
"Yeah, boy...I'll miss him too..."He said before mounting on his faithful steed.
He still has some business to take care of before he takes Spirit and all of the sheep home.
With Western Vlad
Sheriff Vladimir Masters, the richest man in Amity Park and the local sheriff, who also happens to be the one in charge of the country jail, groaned, feeling a throbbing pain in his head.
"Ah!..."He groaned as he slowly regained his consciousness.
Once he regained it, he saw that all of his men were now tied up and apprehended and his foe, The Phantom Ranger was now two feet in front of him, looking at him with disgust in his eyes.
"Sherrif Vladimir Masters, yer under arrest..."The Phantom Ranger said.
The bad guy sent him a glare.
"I don't think so, whelp..."The villain said, despite the pain he was in, he knew that he was stronger.
He reached for his amulet, only to notice and remember that it was taken from him.
"Lookin' for this..."The Phantom Ranger said as he held the amulet in one hand, before using an energy blast on it, destroying it completely.
Vladimir Master could only watch in horror as the source of his power was gone, his men were defeated and his enemy was now looming over him.
Sheriff Vladimir Masters, despite the pain he is in, despite the source of his power gone and despite knowing he lost, still sent his foe a defiant scowl, even as he apprehended him.
As The Phantom Ranger tied his enemy hands with another of his rope, he smiled underneath his mask.
"I finally caught him..."He thought, pleased.
Later
The Phantom Ranger was now in his civilian form of Daniel Fenton, leading his many sheep back to his farm.
He, as the Phantom Ranger, had just dumped the soon to be former Sheffield Masters and his goons into the local jail...the one NOT run by Masters and told the local lawmen who he really was, before fleeing before any of them could figure out his own identity.
Now he was on his way home, bringing the sheep back and fixing up the place before his folks come back from the county fair.
He rode through town, since it was the only way back to his farm and saw that the town were alight with gossip.
Looks like they don't kid when they say that news travels fast as the entire town as talking about what happened with former Sheriff Masters.
Like him, nobody ever thought that Master's was the kind of man who could commit such terrible deeds.
"I still cannot believe it..."
"The Sheriff was an outlaw in disguise? I still find it shocking..."
"I heard that the Phantom Ranger was the one to expose that low life and take him to the county jail..."
"Good riddance to that liar..."
"Who's gonna be sheriff now?.."
"Does it matter? With The Phantom Ranger around, we don't need one..."
Though the town was officially without a sheriff, everyone turned to The Phantom Ranger as an unofficial protector.
Daniel heard this and sighed, as he thought about his own feelings on the matter.
"I am sure glad that scoundrel is behind bars where he belongs...I still cannot believe that I never saw it coming..."The Phantom Ranger said, still upset that the sheriff was actually an infamous outlaw, but still amazed about what he managed to do today.
He still couldn't believe it.
He finally did it.
He finally managed to catch and apprehend the most elusive outlaw in the entire Frontier...thanks to the help of his alternate self and kinsman Danny Phantom.
After almost a year of fighting, close calls and escapes, he finally caught his foe.
Now it was time to go home...
At The Fenton Family Farm
He soon arrived to his family's farm and lead the sheep back to their pen.
'Come on ya'll, we're home now...ya'll had enough excitement for today..."Daniel said before making sure every one of his sheep were there and accounted for.
Once done, he closed the pen, feeling relieved..
"After a day like this, maybe some time in the town would be mighty nice...'Daniel said but he knew that he'd have to wait until his parents came home.
He did promise them to keep an eye on the place and no matter what, he was not going to take any more chances.
That's when he heard her voice.
"Excuse me!..."
A voice he didn't find familiar, a female one, made him turn around.
A carriage stopped just a few feet from his farm and Daniel noticed someone coming out.
Daniel gasped when we saw the source of the voice
It's a girl roughly his age, maybe from high society, with black hair and violet eyes, with a purple dress with a lot of black on it, along with a large, feathered hat.
Daniel smiled when he saw her.
He found her pretty, despite her scowl.
"Can I help you, Miss...?" He asked in a polite tone and even took his hat off, as it was customary.
The woman seemed unimpressed before she answered him.
"Samantha...have you asked for directions yet?..'Another female voice, presumably the girl's mother, was heard in the carriage and the girl looked even more annoyed.
"Anyway...How far are we from town?..."The dark haired woman, Samantha said.
It seems they really are new comers and Daniel knew that it was not gentleman like to not answer the lady's question.
"Not far, miss, your carriage is headed in the right direction...just keep going down this road and you'll get there..."Daniel said.
"I see, thank you..." She said with a nod, still not smiling.
"Daniel..."
"Beg pardon?.."The dark haired girl asked.
"My name's Daniel, Daniel Fenton..."He introduced himself to her.
The girl raised a brow, before introducing herself.
"My name is Samantha Manson, my family just moved in, buying that ranch up the river..."Samantha said.
"Manson? Why does that name ring a bell?..."Daniel thought, still not recalling it.
If he had, he would have known that everyone in the county knew of the Manson family, it's said that they struck oil generations ago and have owned several properties all over the region.
Daniel didn't remember that. All he did remember was that during his last trip to town, there was news that a new family was moving into the area.
Seems like this is that family.
Despite the fact that she still didn't smile, Daniel smiled at her.
"It's been a pleasure ma'am...and also, it's an honest to goodness pleasure to welcome you to Amity Park..."Daniel said gallantly.
The girl still didn't smile but her expression seemed to soften a bit as she went back into her carriage.
Daniel waved to her, despite that she didn't wave back. He then thought to himself.
"She seems oddly familiar..."
That's when the sound of a small explosion happened nearby, getting his attention.
"What in tarnation?..."He exclaimed.
Turning around, it saw in what looked to be another carriage, an odd contraption in the back that was blowing steam, making that sound.
It sort of reminded him of one of his father's fancy gadgets but it wasn't.
"Ah, dag nabbit!..." The young man messing with the contraption, as his parents guided the horse to town, both shrugged in embarrassment as they saw Daniel starring.
Unknown to them, Daniel was staring mostly due to seeing the young man, as he also seemed vaguely familiar for some reason.
The young many took notice.
"Uh...howdy?..'Daniel said in a hesitant tone.
The young inventor smiled and waved.
"Howdy there, the names Tucker Foley, I'm an inventor and this here's my PDA..."He said as he presented his invention.
Hearing his name, Daniel suddenly realized why he seemed to familiar, same with that lovely Samantha lady.
"Wait, those names...Samantha...Tucker..aren't those the same names of Danny's friends?..."Daniel thought to himself, before he introduced himself.
"It's nice to meet you, Tucker...I'm Daniel...'He greeted, before he raised a brow.
"PDA?...'He questioned.
"It's my own invention...short for Personal Dampening Apparatus...." He explained.
It blew steam again, much to his embarrassment.
"Still needs work... anyway, maybe I'll see you around town?..."The boy said in a friendly way.
Daniel paused. Ever since he became the Phantom Ranger, he didn't let himself become close to people outside of his family, but he recalled the words his other self had told him.
"Look, your strong on your own, I see that but the way I see it, if you have good friends by your side...it's the closest a guy can come to being invincible..."
Remember these words, he smiled and nodded.
"Sure thing..." Daniel said as he waved as the boy and his family soon left.
Despite all that has happened this past year, Daniel/ The Phantom Ranger smiled.
He has been working alone for much to long, maybe it was time to at least have people outside his family into his life. He's not a fool, he won't tell anyone his secret..yet, anyway.
But he was going to take his other self's words to heart.
After all, without him...his families farm would've been doomed.
Besides, he has a lot to be glad about now.
He just met two people whom he hopes will become his friends and he managed to catch his most elusive foe and bring him to justice.
He just hopes his other self would be able to do the same to his own foe. He really hoped that his friend and alternate self would be able to stop his Plasmius from causing too much damage wherever he ends up.
The western hero did smile however.
"If anyone can take that smug rattlesnake down, it's Danny ..'Daniel thought, confident in his other self's abilities.
Daniel went back inside his home, still confident that soon, his other self would bring his own foe to justice.
After all, if anything can bring down a Plasmius, it's a Phantom.
-To be continued-
Next time on Into The Phantomverse
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