Danny Phantom: Season 3 (The Story Continues)

by ThePhantomHedgehog

Join Danny and his friends as their adventures continue. This picks up after "D-Stabilized" and is meant to be a continuation of the TV series. Follow Team Phantom as they fight enemies, old and new, befriend a new ghost, and fight together against a malevolent killer from the future to save the world. And this time, it's not his evil future self. Happy 15th Anniversary! [Complete]

9. Episodes 59 & 60 (Part 2)

Ver. 1.0.0 (9/28/19)

Yes, I know I uploaded these on the same day. Consider this as an apology.

THIS IS PART 2.

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NOTE: This is part 2 of the "movie", meaning if you haven't read part 1, go to the previous chapter and read it. You'll be utterly confused as to what the heck is going on if you keep reading before doing so.

No, seriously, if you haven't read part 1- ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME!? You idiot! Fine! Be that way! I hope you're proud of yourself!

Anyways, enjoy.

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Jack and Maddie just stared at Danny as Tucker, Sam, and Jazz braced for whatever reaction may come. Jazz was not expecting her cellphone to start vibrating and it caused her to jump a little. She pulled it out of her pocket and answered it.

"Hello?" she said.

"Where's Danny!?" Specter asked.

"In the labs at home. He just told our parents-"

"Get him out of there! Now!"

"What's going on?" Jazz asked as she turned back to her family, just in time to see Jack and Maddie pull out their weapons; the Fenton Foamer and the Fenton Grappler. ^**

"GHOST!" Jack exclaimed as he fired the Fenton Foamer at Danny.

Phantom gasped and jumped out of the projectile's way.

"No, mom, dad, wait!" he exclaimed, "It's me! Danny!"

Maddie aimed the Grappler at her son and glared at him.

"You are not Danny!" she exclaimed and pulled the trigger.

A green anti-ghost net shot forward from the weapon and approached Danny. Sam sprinted towards Danny, tackling him to the ground and just dodging the net.

"Mr. and Mrs. Fenton!" Sam exclaimed, "What are you doing!?"

"Oh, they're doing exactly what they are supposed to, my dear," said a voice at the other end of the room.

Everyone looked over and saw Freakshow and Lydia standing by the now open Fenton Ghost Portal.

"Freakshow!?" Danny exclaimed, "What have you done to my parents!?"

Freakshow smirked and revealed a blue ball in his hands.

"An Orb of Power!?" Tucker exclaimed.

"Guys!? Can you hear me!?" Specter exclaimed, "Get- *KRRR* -there! Now! *KRRR* -don't look at the Orb! Do not lo- *KRRR*"

"Specter!?" Jazz exclaimed, "Are you there!?"

"Oh, did someone lose connection?" Freakshow teased.

Danny looked back at his parents and saw the blue vortexes in them.

"What did you do to my parents!?" he asked.

"Same thing I did to you and all your little ghost pals way back when," Freakshow smirked, "Only this time, I did it with people instead of ghosts."

Freakshow held out his staff towards Danny.

"And since you are only half ghost…"

"Don't look!" Jazz exclaimed as she and Tucker rushed inside the lab.

She glanced over to the counter and grabbed the Fenton Goggles Maddie had finished. She put one on tossed three to the others.

"Put ;these on!" she told them as they covered their sight of the Orb of Power.

Danny, Tucker, and Sam caught the goggles and put them on.

"You really think those will help you?" Freakshow chuckled as he attempted to gain control of their minds.

The gang looked at the Orb, but nothing happened. Freakshow raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Looks like you need to find a new trick," Danny smirked, "because that one's getting old."

He fired a cryo-ghost ray at Freakshow, but the ringmaster just stood there and smiled; not even Lydia reacted. Suddenly, just before the attack hit Freakshow, and flash of green whipped in front of Freakshow and the attack was deflected onto the ceiling. Standing before Team Phantom was Fright Knight, with Soul Shredder in hand.

"Fright Knight!?" Tucker exclaimed.

"What's he doing here!?" Sam asked.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you," said Freakshow, "We also restored the original crystal ball that was on my staff."

Danny's eyes widened.

"Wait… don't tell me that…" he said.

"Reaper's been busy," Freakshow smirked as more ghosts arrived through the portal; each with red swirling vortexes in their eyes.

"Skulker!? Technus!?" Danny exclaimed.

"Ember?" Tucker asked.

"Not you too, Frostbite," Sam gasped.

The ghosts all started to approach the group, causing them to nervously back away.

"We need to get out of here!" Jazz exclaimed.

She backed into something and turned to find Jack inside the Ecto-Skeleton.

"Destroy Phantom," he moaned as he lifted his fists above his head.

Team Phantom gasped as Jack slammed his fists toward them and all the ghosts fired ghost rays at them. Danny's hands began to glow green and he whipped his arms out. A green ghost shield surrounded him, Tucker, Sam, and Jazz; protecting them from all the attacks.

"I can't keep this up forever," Phantom groaned, "Hand on tight to me! We're getting out of here!"

Tucker, Sam, and Jazz grabbed Danny's arms. He turned them and himself intangible. They phased through the floor and the ghost shield vanished.

"Oh, wonderful," Freakshow said dryly, "They've escaped. No matter. Skulker! Fright Knight! Search for them!"

The gang reappeared a few feet outside the Fenton Works.

"We need to find Specter!" Sam exclaimed.

"I've lost contact with him," said Jazz as she tried to call him again, "He must be in an area with poor reception."

"What do we do now?" Tucker asked.

"We need to arm ourselves with whatever we can get our hands on," said Danny, "We can't use anything in the Fenton Works, not with all those ghosts and my parents keeping an eye there."

"I still have some weapons back at my place, Danny" Sam admitted.

"Yeah, remind me to get those back from you," said Danny.

"I might have something that could help as well," said Tucker, "It's a pet project of mine, but it might not be ready yet."

"We'll need every advantage we can get," said Danny, "Jazz, take Tucker to his place. I'll take Sam to hers. We'll meet up soon and make a plan to stop Reaper and Freakshow. And save my parents."

Everyone noticed disappointment in Danny's voice when he mentioned his parents.

"Danny, don't look so down," said Jazz as she put her hand on his shoulder, "That wasn't our parents. They wouldn't actually do that to you. Once we free them, you'll see that they'll still love you for who you are."

"I hope you're right," said Danny, "Let's get going. We need to work fast before the situation gets any worse."

"I hope that Specter's okay," said Tucker, "I wonder what's going on at his end."

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Specter walked up to a cave entrance and stopped before it.

"So this is where you've been hiding, huh?"

He took a deep breath and sighed.

"If Vlad's notes are wrong," Specter muttered, "I'm gonna throw him and the Fenton Thermos into the Carnivorous Cavern." ^***

He floated into the cave. Specter looked around and found Magnus' ritual site.

"Yup… definitely Magnus' work."

He looked down and saw some black feathers with some ectoplasm on them. He reached down and picked one up.

"Dust…" he breathed.

Something shimmered out of the corner of Specter's eye. He glanced over and saw a ghost portal against the cave wall. Suddenly, someone exited out of the portal.

"Oh, my," said Magnus, "It would seem that Vlad has failed to defeat you."

"Where is she, Magnus?" Specter asked, "Where's Dust?"

"Oh, your little friend? She's with my master, of course," Magnus replied, "But don't you worry…"

He opened his spell book and multiple runes appeared around him and Specter.

"… you'll be with her very, very soon," Magnus finished.

Specter fired a ghost ray past Magnus, closing the portal.

"If something happens to her," Specter warned, "I will-"

"Oh, relax, Logan," Magnus interrupted, "She's not gone. Not yet, anyways. But you won't be saving her."

"You think you stand a chance against me? Alone?" Specter asked, "If you don't tell me where they are… you are reeeeally not gonna like what happens next."

A large ghost wolf, the Warrior, and a ghost tiger appeared from the runes.

"Your move first," Magnus chuckled.

Specter held up his hands; one began to burn with green flames while the other began to spark with blue electricity. As he shot forward, the ghosts charged toward him.

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A pair of ectopuses flew over the Manson residence. As soon as they were gone, Danny and Sam turned visible at her front door.

"Okay, let's get to my room," said Sam.

Danny nodded and picked her up. They turned tangible and went inside. They phased through the floor of her room.

"Keep an eye outside," said Sam, "I'll be down in about a minute."

"Okay," Danny replied and phased back through the floor.

Sam hurried over to her bed and pulled the chest out from underneath. Outside, Danny waited as he kept his eyes peered for more ghosts.

"I figured you would show up here," said a voice behind him.

Danny turned around in time to see Lydia grab his Goggles and rip them off his face. Back upstairs, Sam had already placed the Wrist Ray on her wrist and was pulling out the Fenton Ghost Blaster.

*Ding*

"Huh?" Sam explained and looked down to see what fell.

She saw that Danny's class ring was the source of the noise.

"How'd that fall out?" she asked herself as she picked up the ring, "I really need to find a better place to store-"

Her eyes widened when she glanced at the ring and saw her name engraved inside.

"Wait… was this meant… for me?" she asked herself, "No! No way! It was probably just his dad or something. I mean, it's not like he actually likes me."

Sam began to ponder.

"Does he?"

"And don't worry about the future, Sam," Danny's voice echoed in her mind, "Nothing will happen to you. I'll make sure of it."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because… Because you're the most important-"

"That's when our hands…" Sam realized.

She looked down at her hand as faint blush appeared on her cheeks. She slowly reached up and rubbed her cheek.

"He… does like me," she smiled.

"Where have you been!?"

Sam spun around and gasped at the sight of her parents.

"Mom!? Dad!? What are you doing in my room!?"

"Don't you change the subject, young lady!" Pam snapped, "Where have you been!? And what is that ridiculous thing you have there!?"

Sam quickly put the ring away.

"Um… nothing! None of your business!" she exclaimed.

"And what are you doing up so late!?" Jeremy asked, "It's past midnight!"

"I, uh…"

Pam marched over and took the Fenton Goggles away from her.

"Hey, I need those!" Sam exclaimed.

"No, you are not!" Jeremy announced, "You've been hanging around that Fenton boy again, haven't you?"

"Will you guys ever leave him alone!?" Sam asked, "He's my friend, and there's nothing wrong with him!"

"Aside from making a mess in our library," Pam noted.

"Guys, this is really not the time for this," Sam grumbled, "There's an emergency-"

"That will not need tending to," Freakshow announced.

The Mansons all gasped as Freakshow held out his crystal ball staff towards them. Instantly, Sam, Jeremy and Pam had blue swirls in their eyes. Pam's grip loosened and she dropped the Fenton Goggles.

"Rggh… no!" Sam exclaimed, trying to fight the Orb's influence.

"Give me the book," Freakshow smiled.

Sam's arms went limp and she stood before Freakshow, fully under his control.

"I will give you the book…" she moaned as she pulled it out from behind and handed it to Freakshow.

"Good girl," Freakshow smiled as he took it from her, "Now, minions, let's get going. We don't want to be late for the show."

Freakshow and Lydia led Phantom and the Mansons outside and down the street. Back in Sam's room, an unknown individual phased their hand through the floor and took the Goggles.

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Dust slowly opened her eyes.

"Uugghhh…" she moaned as she regained consciousness, "Where am I? Specter?"

Dust looked around and remembered that she was still trapped.

"Right… I let myself get captured," she muttered, "Where exactly am I? This isn't the cave Magnus and Reaper hid in."

Looking around, Dust noticed she was in a small makeshift room; wooden boards for all four walls and the ceiling.

"What an acute observation," said a voice behind Dust.

She glared over her shoulder.

"Reaper," she growled.

"Morning, Poe," Reaper teased, "Sleep well?"

Dust turned her head away and didn't respond.

"Ah, the silent treatment, huh?" Reaper asked, "Not that I really cared for an answer anyways."

The ghost floated around the cage and smiled evilly at Dust.

"What are you doing to do now?" Dust asked, "Nothing you do will make me talk."

Reaper reached into his cloak and pulled out a red object.

"Look familiar," he asked Dust.

Dust's eyes widened as Reaper held the Orb of Power out towards her.

"Get that thing away from me," she hissed as she turned away.

"Huh?" Reaper muttered.

He moved the Orb back into Dust's line of sight.

"You will give in to my power," Reaper growled.

"You can take that Orb," said Dust, "and shove it where- AAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Reaper hit her with his eyebeams again.

"Bah!" he exclaimed and put the Orb away, "I guess you are immune to the Orb's influence… for some reason. Hmm… I wonder what's taking Plasmius and Magnus so darn long."

Dust stared confusingly at Reaper as the insane ghost floated away and left the room.

"No…" she whispered, "I'm not."

She shook her feathers for a moment before sighing.

"Specter… please find me…"

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Tucker and Jazz poked their heads out of some bushes and looked around.

"Coast is clear," said Tucker, "Let's hurry inside."

He and Jazz emerged from the bushes and barely took a step forward before someone grabbed them by the collars from behind and pulled them back into the bushes.

"What the-!?" Jazz exclaimed before the assailant put their hand over her mouth to keep her quiet.

"Shhh!" Specter shushed her.

"Specter!" Tucker exclaimed quietly as Logan took his hand off Jazz's mouth, "We thought we lost you."

"Were it so easy," he replied.

"Wow… you look awful," Jazz commented.

Specter's hair was a mess, he had cuts and bruises all over his body, his suit had tears in a few places, and the ends of his white scarf was looking tattered.

"Yeah…" he moaned, "Had to deal with Plasmius and Magnus."

"Where are they now?" Tucker asked.

Specter held up his Fenton Thermos for a moment before putting it away.

"Did you find Dust?" Tucker asked.

"… no," Specter admitted.

"How did you know about our parents?" Jazz asked.

"I realized that Plasmius' had been mind-controlled when I was looking around in his lab," Specter explained, "At first, I thought it was because he and Reaper had repaired the red Orb of Power. It wasn't until I saw how blue his eyes were that I realized what was happening. It also explained why the police showed up so quickly; because Freakshow had possessed their minds prior to that bank heist."

"What exactly does the blue Orb do?" Tucker asked.

"It's the exact same thing as the red Orb of Paranormal Control, only it controls humans instead of ghosts," Specter explained, "Halfas are affected by both Orbs."

"How'd you know we would be here?" Jazz asked.

"I didn't," Specter answered, "I followed them."

He pointed out towards Tucker's house, where Tucker and Jazz saw Skulker and Fright Knight roaming around in the air.

"After dealing with Magnus in the cave he and Reaper have been hiding out in, I went over to Manson's place, since I figured Phantom and her would go there for supplies, given that the Fenton Works is no good."

"Wait…. Where's Danny and Sam!?" Jazz exclaimed.

"Captured," Logan sighed, "Mind-controlled."

He leaned back and sat down.

"It's all my fault," he growled, "I shouldn't have sent you guys off like that when I tracked Lydia. I should've kept us together. Instead, we played right into Reaper's hands."

"You can't blame yourself, dude," said Tucker as he offered out a hand, "You couldn't have known."

"… No… I should have known," Specter sighed as he took Tucker's hand and was helped up to his feet, "What's with the goggles?"

"Oh!" Jazz exclaimed, "They're Fenton Goggles. They actually prevent us from getting mind-controlled."

"So that's what they are," Specter muttered as he pulled out a pair, "I was wondering what this was. I grabbed it when Manson's mother dropped them after getting mind-controlled. There was also a pair by the front door of the Manson residence."

"Sam's mom is mind-controlled too!?" Tucker exclaimed.

"And her father," said Specter as he put the Goggles on, "And by the pattern, it would mean…"

Tucker nervously peeked out of the bush and inside his house. He saw his parents standing mindlessly in the middle of the kitchen with blue swirls in their eyes.

"Not my parents too!?" Tucker exclaimed as he went back into hiding.

"What do we do now?" Jazz asked.

"We need to find out where Freakshow has taken Phantom and Manson," Specter explained, unaware that Skulker and Fright Knight had noticed their voices.

"How? We can't just ask the ghosts where they've taken them," said Jazz.

"No need," said Skulker as he poked his head in the bushes, "We'll take you there."

"I bet you would," Specter muttered and fired a ghost ray at Skulker, pushing him out of the bush, "Run!"

Tucker and Jazz took off as Specter jumped away from Fright Knight's slash with Soul Shredder.

"Where do we go!?" Jazz asked Tucker.

"You're asking me!?" he replied, "I thought you were the smart one!?"

Suddenly, Skulker landed before them, causing the two to skid to a halt.

"You can't escape," Skulker smiled, "Our master will succeed."

Tucker suddenly got an idea.

"Well, if that's how it going to be," he muttered and tossed his Goggles to Jazz, "Come and get me!"

"Tucker!?" Jazz exclaimed, "What are you doing!?"

Tucker turned to Jazz and smiled.

"Leading you and Specter to Danny and Sam," he replied.

"What!?" Jazz exclaimed.

Suddenly, Jazz turned intangible and disappeared into the ground. A shadow towered over Tucker; he turned to see that Skulker was looming over him.

"You've made my job much easier," the hunter smiled.

"*GULP* I hope this works," Tucker said nervously as Skulker grabbed him and took off into the skies.

A moment later, Specter and Jazz phased through the ground and watched them fly away.

"Not exactly what I had in mind," Specter sighed, "but it'll do. Let's go."

Jazz nodded and allowed Specter to lift her by the arms. They turned invisible and followed Skulker as Fright Knight joined him and Tucker.

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After traveling quite a distance, Skulker and Fright Knight carried Tucker into a big top tent. Specter and Jazz surveyed the area from behind a large tree from atop a hill.

"A big top?" Jazz asked, "Freakshow must love giving people shows."

"He can be very over the top when it comes to his schemes," said Specter, causing Jazz to giggle, "What?"

"Did you just make a pun?" she asked.

"Focus, Fenton," Specter growled as looked back down towards the area of interest.

"Sorry," said Jazz, "Got a plan?"

"Maybe…" Logan replied as he saw Jack operating the Ecto-Skeleton in front of the entrance, "How familiar are you with the Ecto-Skeleton?"

Down below, Jack was scanning back and forth the area, patrolling. Specter floated invisibly above him and slowly descended down.

"Sorry, Jack," he said quietly, "but it's for everyone's own good."

He then turned intangible and overshadowed Jack. Nearby, Jazz waited behind a ticket booth for Specter to arrive. Someone tapped her on the shoulder and she jumped.

"EEEK!" she shrieked.

"Shhh! Quiet!" Specter hissed as he hopped out of the Ecto-Skeleton and phased out of Jack's body.

"Huh?" Jack moaned, "What's going-"

*WHAM*

Specter punched Jack in the face, knocking him out.

"Please understand, I hold you in the highest respect," said Specter.

"Did you just reference-" Jazz asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, I did," Specter interrupted as he hid Jack's body in some bushes, "Now get in the Ecto-Skeleton."

Jazz hopped into the suit and began operating it.

"So what's the rest of your plan?" Jazz asked.

"We need to break Reaper's and Freakshow's control on the others," Specter explained, "We may be able to break that control with these Goggles. We only have a total of four and we already have ours on, so we need to pick which of the three to help us get the Orbs away from Reaper and Freakshow."

"Well, that's easy," said Jazz, "Danny and Sam."

"That's what I was think-"

"And Tucker," Jazz finished.

Specter gave her side-eye.

"You do realize that five is greater than four, right?" he asked.

Jazz opened the dome windshield and tossed her Goggles to Specter.

"Are you freakin' insane!?" Specter asked, "We need-"

"Danny, Tucker, and Sam," Jazz interrupted, "They've been doing this whole hero thing longer than I have; they can do it."

"I'm not doubting that, Fenton," said Specter, "But-"

"No 'buts'," said Jazz, "Specter, those three combined are more advantageous for you than I am in this suit."

"… You do make a good argument," Specter conceded, "Very well, Fenton. Let's sneak inside and see what we'll find. No point in planning blindly."

Specter hoped onto the Ecto-Skeleton's shoulder and turned himself, Jazz, and the suit invisible.

"Time to make a house call," Jazz quipped.

"Just… just quietly sneak in through the entrance," Specter moaned, rubbing his forehead.

Jazz smirked as they began their infiltration into the tent. They entered the short vinyl tunnel and found themselves staring at a large satellite dish.

"What are they doing?" Jazz asked.

"Look," said Specter, pointing towards a camera crew.

"Look where? I can't see you, you know," said Jazz.

"Sorry," said Specter, "There's a camera crew over there."

Jazz glanced over and saw the crew.

"A satellite dish? A camera crew?" she asked, "It seems as if Reaper and Freakshow are trying to hypnotize everyone through the news."

"That's exactly what they are planning," said Specter, "And that's not any dish; that thing will transmit globally and into the Ghost Zone. And I can see the Orbs of Power inside that machine."

"They'll take over the world and the Ghost Zone with a simple flip of a switch!" Jazz gasped.

"Not unless we stop them," said Specter as he looked around the huge area, "I just noticed that there are a lot of people here."

Jazz took a look around and saw that hundreds of people were in the stands, both humans and ghosts. Her eyes stopped on a certain trio she knew too well.

"There's Danny!" she whispered as she pointed to him, "And Tucker and Sam!"

"Jazz… I can't see where you are pointing," said Specter.

"Oh, right… sor- Wait, yes, you can!" she exclaimed.

Specter chuckled a little as his eyes stopped glowing blue.

"I know, I know," he admitted, "Just keeping you on your toes."

"Very funny," she remarked, "Got a plan now?"

"Yeah," said Specter, "Alright… here's the plan…"

Over by the satellite dish, a mind-controlled Technus was working on the controls, setting up the dish to broadcast the livestream. Reaper was keeping watch as Freakshow approached him.

"Are we ready?" Freakshow asked.

"Any minute now," Reaper replied, "Any signs of Specter?"

"None so far," Freakshow replied, "But I wouldn't drop my guard until the fat lady sings."

"A wise move," said Reaper, "For me, I'm expecting him to already be here."

"Would be such a disappointment for you if he wasn't," said Freakshow.

"Any word from Magnus?" Reaper asked.

"None," said Freakshow, "He's either diddle-daddling or-"

"No matter," Reaper interrupted, "Let's get ready for the show."

*WUMP*

Suddenly, a wooden palette flew across the room and slammed into Reaper's back. He got back up and glared at who had done so.

"Hey! Bonehead!" Jazz shouted, "Come and get me!"

"How did she…? Never mind," Reaper muttered, "Slaves! Get that girl!"

Around the stands, ghosts began to float up and flew towards Jazz. She turned around and ran out of the big top, leading the ghosts all outside.

"Not the show we want," said Freakshow.

"Indeed," said Reaper, "Watch yourself, Freakshow. Specter is definitely here."

Back in the stands, Danny, Tucker, and Sam were all sitting mindlessly next to each other in the back. Specter phased behind them and slapped the Fenton Goggles on their faces.

"Please work," he begged.

A moment later, Danny, Tucker, and Sam shook their heads.

"What… what's going on?" Danny asked.

"Where am I?" Sam asked.

"Ugghhh… where's… Specter?" Tucker moaned.

They looked around and saw each other.

"What are you doing here, Tucker!?" Danny exclaimed.

"Me!?" Tucker exclaimed, "What are you guys doing here!?"

"Guys! Shut up!" Specter hissed.

"Specter?" Sam asked, "Specter! You're okay!"

"SSSSHHHH!" he shushed the three, "Quiet! Pretend you guys are still mind-controlled and sit like zombies."

"What?" Danny asked, "Mind-controlled?"

"… Maybe I should just go back to my timeline now…" Specter pondered.

"Will you tell us what's going on?" Tucker asked.

Specter grabbed their heads, one by one, and forced them to look forward.

"Don't move any part of your body an inch, got it?" he asked.

"Fine," Sam muttered, "What's going on?"

"Long story short, you guys got mind-controlled by Freakshow and brought here, I met with Jazz and Tucker, Foley let himself get captured so Jazz and I could follow, Jazz is distracting the ghosts while I saved you guys with the Fenton Goggles, and now we need to continue with my plan."

Danny, Tucker, and Sam glanced at one another.

"What did I just say!? Look forward!" Specter hissed.

"Okay, fine," said Danny, "So what now?"

"Reaper and Freakshow are planning to use the two Orbs of Power; yes, they have two, the red and blue ones; to brainwash everyone on Earth and in the Ghost Zone using that satellite dish and camera crew down there; the dish has the two Orbs inside of it," Specter explained, "Foley, you got your PDA on you?"

"I always do," he smirked as he pulled it out.

"Good," said Specter, "I'll take you over to the generator that's outside. I need you to hack into the controls of that and the dish. Whenever you are ready, shutdown the power and cut the lights. When that happens, me, Phantom, and Manson will engage Reaper and Freakshow. We rush in, grab the Orbs, kick bad guy butt, free everyone's minds, capture Reaper, find Dust, and I can finally return home."

"Uh… that's the plan?" Danny asked.

"Look, we have limited time," Specter snapped, "You got a better plan?"

Danny didn't reply.

"That's what I thought," said Specter.

"Specter, what am I going to do?" Sam asked, "I don't have weapons."

Specter deadpanned as he grabbed Sam's wrist and showed the Wrist Ray that was still on her wrist.

"Oh."

"Any more questions?" Specter sighed.

No one said a word for a moment.

"Alright, then," said Specter, "Come on, Foley. Let's get you into position."

As he reached over to grab Tucker, Specter began to waver and rubbed his forehead.

"You okay?" Danny asked.

"Yeah… just tired," said Specter, "And a little drained. Don't worry about me, I'm fine."

Specter grabbed Tucker, turned intangible, and pulled him into the stands, leaving Danny and Sam alone. Outside, Specter and Tucker phased out of the ground in front of the generator.

"Alright, do your thing, Foley," said Specter.

As Tucker began working with his PDA, he and Specter heard a struggle nearby.

"No!" Jazz exclaimed, "Let me go!"

"Jazz?" Specter asked, "Foley, stay here and keep working. I'll go check it out."

Specter turned invisible and went over to where he heard Jazz's voice. He floated around a tree and found her being carried away by Fright Knight and the Ecto-Skeleton left behind. The glass doom windshield had been cracked open.

"Hmm…" Specter pondered.

Tucker was working on the generator when Specter returned.

"Slight addition to the plan," Specter said to him.

Meanwhile, back inside, Reaper and Freakshow were waiting for Technus to finish the preparations. In the stands, Danny and Sam waited for the signal and jump in to fight. Sam turned to Danny.

"Hey, Danny?" she asked.

"What's up, Sam?" Danny asked.

"Uh… I, uh… well… I was… I'm not sure if this is the right time, but…"

"Sam?" Danny asked, turning to face her, "What's wrong?"

Sam reached back and pulled out the class ring. Danny raised an eyebrow.

"Is… there a reason why my name is engraved on this ring?" she asked.

Danny's eyes widened.

"You're asking me now!?" he exclaimed quietly.

"Well, I didn't notice until a couple of hours ago," Sam admitted.

'Wait… you didn't know?" Danny asked.

"I read it upside-down. Heh heh," Sam chuckled.

"Oh… um, okay," said Danny.

"… so why is my name on it?" Sam asked again.

Danny looked away and rubbed the back of his head.

"Well, my dad thought, you know, you and I… well… you know, dating," said Danny, "I mean, I don't know why he would think that. I guess everyone calling us 'lovebirds' got to his head or something."

"Well… do you think there's a reason people call us that?" Sam asked.

"I dunno, because we've been friends for years and we hang out all the time?" Danny suggested.

Sam sighed.

"Danny… do you… like me?" she asked.

Danny turned to face her.

"What kind of question is that!?" he exclaimed quietly, "Of course I like you!"

"No, Danny," said Sam, "I mean do you like me more than a friend?"

"Like what?" Danny asked, "Like a sister? Or like-"

Sam leaned over and quickly kissed Danny on the cheek, making him stop talking and blush.

"That kind," said Sam as she leaned back.

She nervously glanced away and wondered if she made a mistake. Suddenly, she felt something touch her hand and found Danny hold it. She looked up and saw him smiling at her.

"So… does that mean…?" Danny asked.

"Heh," Sam chuckled, "Clueless."

"I could say the same thing about you," Danny remarked, "How long?"

"I first noticed around the time Ember first showed up," Sam admitted, "What about you?"

"Honestly… I'm not really sure," Danny admitted, "I mean, there were those two times we pulled a 'fake-out make-out; though the second time I had my memories erased; and there was also the time Ember hit me with that love spell." ^****

"Yeah… that time was a bit creepy, but flattering," Sam noted.

"I guess… it was shortly after breaking up with Valerie," said Danny, "I mean, I'm sure I've always had feelings for you, Sam, but I was just too clueless to notice. It wasn't until after Valerie and I last talked that I've been really thinking about how I feel towards you."

Sam adjusted her hand so that her fingers could interlock with Danny's.

"Does this mean… we're… you know?" Sam asked.

"Not yet," Danny smiled, "There' still one thing I need to do."

With his free hand, Danny put it under Sam's chin and turned her face to him. He began to lean forward.

"Uh… Is this really the time?" Specter asked.

"HUH!?" Danny and Sam exclaimed as the turned and found Specter poking his head through the stands.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you two idiots finally admitted your feelings for each other, but we kinda have a world to save," said Specter, "Can you save the romantic stuff for later?"

"Uh… yeah," Danny said nervously.

"Good," said Specter, "I just wanted to give you two a heads up that the plan has a slight modification to it."

"What is it?" Sam asked.

"You'll know when you see it," said Specter, "Uh… you might want to stop holding hands. You're supposed to be mindless slaves right now."

As Specter phased back through the stands, Danny and Sam looked down at their hands and quickly pulled them away. They awkwardly smiled and blushed.

"We'll talk more about this later," said Danny.

"Definitely," said Sam.

She reached over and handed Danny the class ring.

"You give it to me properly later," she added.

Danny took the ring and put it in his pocket.

"You can count on it," he told her.

Down below, Specter was floating around invisibly around the area, looking for a good place to wait. He noticed an entrance to a side room just beneath the stands.

"Hm?" he muttered, "What's this?"

He floated inside and looked around. His eyes instantly locked-on to a familiar cage.

"Dust!" Specter exclaimed as he turned visible and flew over to her, "Are you okay?"

"Specter?" the ghost raven asked, "You found me!"

"Well, I had some help," said Specter, "I'll get you out of here."

"How? The cage is made of ecto-ranium," said Dust.

Specter brought a fist back around. It began to glow blue and he smashed his fist across the cage, shattering the bars and causing the top to fly off. Dust was dumbfounded.

"Ecto-ranium, even when refined, is very strong stuff," said Specter, "Unless you know exactly… where… to hit."

Dust chuckled as she tried to fly up to Specter's shoulder.

"Oh, no, you don't," said Specter, "You need rest. Get back in the medallion and rest."

"Hmph… fine," Dust pouted and dissipated into the medallion.

As Specter turned to leave, he saw Jazz sitting unconscious against the wall.

"Jazz?" Specter asked and rushed to her side.

"Is she okay?" Dust asked psychically.

"… She looks fine, just unconscious," said Specter, "There's not much we can do for her right now. We'll leave her here; this is the safest place for her right now, as ironic as that sounds."

"What's the plan?" Dust asked.

"Phantom, Foley, and Manson join me in the center and we beat the bad guys," Specter told her psychically.

"Just don't let your guard down this time," said Dust.

"You know, I was just getting used to you not constantly talking in my head," Specter joked as he hid from sight next to the room entrance.

"Did you just make a joke?" Dust asked.

Specter's eyes widened.

"Oh, jeez, I gotta get back home," he said, "These guys are rubbing off on me."

"Wouldn't it be easier to separate Reaper and Freakshow?" Dust asked.

In the center of the arena, Technus turned to Reaper and nodded.

"Excellent!" Reaper exclaimed, "It's now time to begin the final phase of the plan!"

He turned to Freakshow.

"Care to do the honors?" Reaper asked.

"Of course," said Freakshow, "Ladies and gentlemen! Let the show begin!"

Freakshow reached down to press the button, but just as his finger touched it, the lights all turned off and the area became pitch black.

"What's going on!?" Freakshow exclaimed.

"He's here," Reaper growled as his skull was illuminated from the red glow of his eyes.

Suddenly, somewhere in the darkness, music began to play.

"What… who's playing 'Enter Sandman'?" Reaper asked.

Reaper began to float around, trying to find the source of the music. He pulled out his scythe and growled.

"What's wrong, Reaper?" Specter's voice echoed, "Can't find what you can't see?"

Reaper spun around and swung his scythe in the darkness.

"Where are you!?" he shouted.

*WUMP*

Something hit Reaper from behind, faceplanting and skidding along the ground. He got back up and glared around in the darkness.

*WUMP*

Another hit, this time from the front, launched Reaper into the air. He didn't get a chance to recover because something hit him again in the air, slamming him down to the ground.

"Enough!" Reaper shouted, "Technus! Fix the lights!"

Technus' hands began to spark with electricity. He fired a ghost ray at a nearby electrical panel and the lights turned back on. Reaper gasped at the sight before him.

"Knock-knock," Phantom smirked as his hands began to glow green.

"Miss us?" Sam asked as she aimed her Wrist Ray at Reaper.

"'Cause we have unfinished business," Tucker smirked as he cracked his knuckles and readied the Ecto-Skeleton's boosters.

"What… how?" Reaper asked.

"Shouldn't have left your friends alone," Specter said behind Reaper, "Made it easier for me to capture them."

Reaper spun around and attempted to slice Specter, but the halfa blasted him away with a powerful ghost ray.

"That's for kidnapping my friend," said Specter, "Keep him busy while I go and get the Orbs."

"Gladly," said Sam.

Specter flew over to the dish and began to reach inside.

"And what do you think you are doing?" asked a voice next to Specter.

He turned in time to see Freakshow just before Lydia's tattoos bashed him away from the dish.

"Darn," Specter muttered as he got back to his feet, "I was wondering where you went, Lydia."

"That wasn't very nice of you to put that tracker on her, Specter," said Freakshow, "That's an invasion of privacy."

"Says the guy who broke into Manson's home and took her their minds," Specter shot back.

Lydia summoned her tattoos to her side and prepared to attack Specter again.

*POW*

Lydia was blindsided by a punch from Tucker in the Ecto-Skeleton. She collided with Freakshow and they hit the ground.

"I'll handle this, Specter," said Tucker, "You get the Orbs."

Suddenly, the sound of ghostly moans and wails began to enter the area.

"And fast," Tucker added, "Looks like we've got company."

"On it," said Specter and he dashed over to the dish.

He held out his glowing blue hand and telekinetically brought his drumstick to him from the other room.

"Well, that was fun… kinda," he smirked as he pressed the button to stop the music and stored it away.

Nearby, Reaper rocketed towards Sam as she fired her Wrist Ray at him. A stray shot hit Reaper in the face, briefly blinding him. Danny took the opportunity to fly up and punch Reaper in the face, sending him into the stands. Luckily, the mindless audience members shuffled in the theirs and didn't get hurt. Reaper sat up and glared at Danny. Danny and Sam heard the ghosts approaching and nervously turned to Specter.

"Specter, hurry!" Phantom shouted.

Specter was reaching inside the dish, but he was perplexed.

"Something's… wrong," he muttered, "The Orbs aren't here."

His enhanced eyesight was telling him that he was grabbing the Orbs, but he his hands just went through them.

"My hands are tangible inside… wait," said Specter, "Why would they need a camera crew if the Orbs are in here?"

His eyes widened as he realized that he made a grave mistake.

"Danny! Sam!" he shouted, "All of you, get out of here!"

"What!?" Tucker exclaimed, "Why!?"

"Because," Specter exclaimed as he turned around, "Reaper and Freakshow still-"

A flash of green caught Specter's eye. He quickly leaned back as Reaper's scythe blade approached his face, but the blade sliced through the goggle strap and the Goggles fell off Specter's face.

"Specter!" Danny exclaimed.

*WHAM*

Reaper shot through the air, grabbed the back of Danny's head and slammed his face into the ground. He then turned to Sam and smacked her away, causing her to tumble along the ground. When her body stopped rolling, Sam opened her eyes and found herself at Freakshow's feet.

"I'll keep a close eye on you," he said as he ripped the Wrist Ray off Sam's wrist and prevented her from escaping.

"Danny! Sam!" Tucker exclaimed.

Suddenly, ghosts began to phase from the ground and nylon around the tent, surrounding the area. Frostbite and Desiree grabbed the arms of the Ecto-Skeleton with their powers and held him in place.

"Hey!" Tucker exclaimed, "Let go!"

"Uuhhhh…" Specter moaned as he rubbed his face, "*Gasp* Danny! Sam! Tuck-… oh, no."

Specter was surrounded by dozens of ghosts, including Skulker, Fright Knight, Ember, Walker, Youngblood, the Box Ghost, the Lunch Lady Ghost, and Spectra.

"Get him," Reaper smirked as Danny looked up.

"NO!" Phantom cried out.

Skulker fired a barrage of missiles at Specter as Ember shot out a wave of ecto-energy. Specter leapt into the air and grabbed the missiles with his telekinesis while dodging Ember's attack. He then shot the missiles back at the ghosts. They hit their targets, stunning them all. Specter then began to blink back and forth between the ghosts; punching, elbowing, and kicking his way around. It wasn't until Walker's quick hands grabbed Specter by the throat and slammed him into the ground that the ghosts began to beat him to submission.

"Reaper, stop this!" Phantom shouted, "This is insane!"

"Really?" Reaper asked, "I find this entertaining."

"You're sick!" Sam shouted, "You are a soulless freak, you know that!"

"Maybe," Reaper shrugged, "At least I can find entertainment in all sorts of ways."

"Specter!" Danny shouted.

Logan was still being subjected to the relentless onslaught as he fell to his knees. More cuts and bruises appeared on his body and his suit was getting more torn up as it went on.

"Hmph," Reaper chuckled, "So much for that promise you made to Justine."

"So much for the promise you made to Justine, so much for that promise you made to Justine, so much for that promise you made to Justine."

Reaper's words echoed over and over again in Specter's mind, faster and faster. His eyes shot open, one a neon green color and the other a cerulean blue that appeared to be flickering ecto-flames of the same color. Skulker's right fist went flying towards Specter's face, but the moment it made contact, Skulker's fist shattered into pieces.

"Huh!?" everyone gasped.

Skulker stared in awe where his suit's hand used to be before looking back down at Specter. Blue flames began to ignite around his body.

"I… will… keep… that… promise," Specter breathed, "Rrraaaaahhhh!"

He slammed his fist into the ground and an explosion of blue flames rippled around him, hitting all the ghosts within a 12-foot radius. The ghosts all fell to the ground unconscious.

"Ugh… must I do everything?" Reaper moaned before he punched Danny in the face and dropped him to the ground.

He then shot forward towards Specter.

"Look out!" Sam shouted.

*WHAM*

Reaper grabbed Specter by the throat and slammed him into the ground, followed by a flurry of very fast punches across his face.

"You have been a thorn in my side for far too long, Specter!" Reaper growled as he continued his assault, "Two years… for two years you've been an annoying pest of an obstacle."

Specter was too weak and dazed to attack. Reaper lifted him up and threw him over towards Danny. Specter rolled along the ground and stopped next to Danny. A blue ring appeared around his waist and he reverted to human form.

"Y… you…" Trevor began to say as he lifted himself onto his hands and knees, "You planned all this… didn't you?"

"Duh," Reaper replied, "Everything, from you finding the map and me capturing your little birdie friend all the way to Magnus failing to defeat you and capturing you, Phantom, and his little friends."

"So you just used Vlad and Magnus as pawns, eh?" Trevor asked, "Typical."

"All's fair in love and war," Reaper smirked.

Phantom moaned as he brought himself up to one knee.

"Ah-ah-ah!" Reaper exclaimed "No more chances for you."

"What are going to do?" Trevor asked, "Bore us to death with your annoying voice?"

"Kill you?" Reaper laughed, "So naïve… I'm going to control all of your minds!"

"Can I choose the easy way out and go with death?" Trevor asked, "I hear being a full ghost actually isn't all that bad… assuming I become a full ghost."

"Keep dreaming, Trevor," Reaper smirked, "Lydia! Freakshow! You're up!"

Lydia's tattoos flew over to Danny and Trevor, grabbing their wrists and forcing them to stay on the ground.

"Hey! What gives!?" Danny exclaimed.

"Oh, hush now, boy," said Freakshow as e revealed the red and blue Orbs of Power in each of his hands, "Don't make this more difficult than this needs to be."

"Freakshow?" Reaper asked, "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Hm? Oh! Right!" Freakshow exclaimed, "Lydia, please be a dear and remove those goggles off Phantom."

Lydia waved a hand out and a couple of tattoos floated to Danny's face and pulled the Goggles down and around his neck.

"Better," Reaper smirked.

"Hey…" said Trevor, getting Danny's, Tucker's, and Sam's attention, "I'm… sorry. For everything."

"Hey, you did your best," said Danny, "I'm sure even my future self would be proud."

"Heh… heh-heh," Trevor weakly chuckled, "Look at you, always the optimistic one, huh? *Sigh* Still… I shouldn't have sent you guys back home. We should have stayed together and followed Lydia together."

"No one's blaming you, Trevor," said Sam.

"I do," Trevor replied.

He glanced over and saw the Freakshow was now standing before him and Danny. The circus ringleader held the red Orb in front of Danny's face and the blue Orb in front of Trevor's.

"You will obey me," said Freakshow.

Danny and Trevor struggled as they resisted the Orbs' influence.

"Do as I say," Freakshow ordered.

"Drop… dead," Trevor remarked.

"It will be faster if you use both Orbs at once on them, one at a time," said Reaper.

"Any preference as to who I should deal with first?" Freakshow asked.

"Trevor," Reaper smiled evilly.

Freakshow pulled the Orb away from Danny's face and held the two closer towards Trevor's.

"Uuugghhh…. Ah! NO!" Trevor exclaimed.

"Give in to the dark side," said Freakshow.

As Trevor resisted, his eyes began to blink between blue and red as the Orbs' influence slowly took over his mind.

"Ahh… get… get out!" he shouted, "Get out of my head!"

"Keep fighting him, Trevor!" Sam shouted.

"Don't let them win!" Tucker shouted.

"Silence!" Reaper exclaimed, rushing over to Sam and putting his scythe against her throat, "Another word from anyone and she's a goner!"

"Give in, Trevor," said Freakshow, "Do as I say."

"No…. No!" Trevor shouted as his eyes continued to change colors.

"Transform," Freakshow smiled.

A light blue ring appeared around Trevor. He strained against the Orbs' influence on him as the rings split and went up and down a couple of inches. He fought against his mind to not transform, but the rings continued on their path and he turned into Logan Specter. His suit was fully repaired, save for the white scarf that was still tattered at the ends.

"Good," said Freakshow, "Now, tell me who your master is."

Specter continued to fight his ghostly restraints, but Lydia's hold was too strong for him to break free.

"Saltu… for… klifo," Specter said defiantly.

(Jump off a cliff.)

"Join us!" Freakshow shouted, "How is it that you've resisted this long?"

"Uuugghhh… no… No!" Specter cried out as tears formed in his eyes, "Get out! Get out of my head!"

Suddenly, his flickering eyes began to glow a faint dark blue that grew brighter and brighter every second. Danny, Tucker, and Sam could do nothing but watch.

"Get out of my head!" Specter shouted, "I said get… out…"

His eyes were now burning a bright deep blue color.

"Of… My… HEEEEEAAAA-Whoo-oo-OO-OO-OO-oo-oo-oo-OO-OO~!"

A stream of blue ecto-energy erupted from Specter's mouth, hitting Freakshow and Lydia like a freight train and sent them into the far wall, trapping them under some debris. Freakshow had dropped the Orbs and they fell to the ground in front of the two half-ghosts. Everyone in the area gasped as Specter stopped and slumped down, breathing heavily.

"Im-possible…" Reaper exclaimed as he stared at Specter in disbelief, "That's impossible! You… you can't possibly possess the Ghostly Wail! It's impossible!"

The tattoos around Specter's wrists dissipated as he reverted back to human form. He looked over and saw that Freakshow had dropped the Orbs. Exhausted, Trevor began to scramble towards them.

"Oh, no you don't!" Reaper roared as he shoved Sam to the ground and rocketed toward Trevor.

"Trevor!" Sam screamed.

"Look out!" Tucker shouted.

As Trevor reached out to grab the Orbs, his eyes glanced over to Reaper, who was now within striking distance with his scythe. Trevor shut his eyes as Reaper began to swing, bracing for the attack.

*WHAM*

Trevor fell to the ground and opened his eyes.

"Huh?" he exclaimed as he found himself holding the Orbs of Power in his hands, "What the… how am I not…?"

Trevor glanced over and saw that Danny had kneed Reaper in the gut. Reaper was stunned.

"That was for threatening my girlfriend," said Danny before he socked Reaper in the face.

Reaper flew back a few feet before he recovered and glared at Danny. He fired his eyebeams at him, but Danny was ready and absorbed the attack through one hand and fired it back at Reaper out the other.

"GGggaahhh…" Reaper groaned, "Why you-"

*CLANG*

Something flew through the air and hit Reaper in the head. Danny, Tucker, and Sam watched as the object spun through the air until Trevor caught it in his hand.

"Heh… guess the Booo-merang had its use after all," he smirked before glaring at Reaper, "That was for slitting my throat."

Reaper glared at Trevor and attempted to throw his scythe at him, but an energy beam blindsided him, momentarily stunning him. Everyone turned to see Jazz standing in front of the side room entrance, donning the Fenton Peeler suit.

"You had that the entire time!?" Trevor exclaimed, "Why didn't you tell me!?"

"Had to make sure Tucker got the Ecto-Skeleton first," Jazz smirked.

Trevor rolled his eyes as he put the Booo-merang away and held the Orbs out in each hand. He then turned to face Reaper.

"Say 'goodbye' to your slaves," said Trevor as he slammed the Orbs together.

"NO!" Reaper screamed.

*K-Sssshhhh*

Red and blue fragments flew everywhere as a shockwave of blue and red-mixed energy spread across all of Amity Park, freeing humans and ghosts from the control Reaper and Freakshow had on them. In the stands Maddie, Jeremy, and Pam shook their heads to get them cleared.

"Ooohhh… what happened?" Maddie asked.

"What's going on? Where are we?" Pam asked.

The two women looked at each other and glared.

"What are you doing here, Fenton!?" Pam exclaimed, "You had something to do with this, didn't you!?"

"Me!?" Maddie exclaimed, "I have no idea what's going on or how we got here!"

Reaper screamed loudly in rage, getting the attention of everyone in the tent.

"This place will be your grave!" he shouted at Trevor.

"GHOST!" everyone screamed and began to run out of the big top in a panic.

Reaper gripped his scythe tightly, causing his leather gloves to squeak. He glared at Danny and flew towards him. Phantom fired a cryokinetic ghost ray towards the ground and formed a wall of ice between him and Reaper, causing the ghost the slam into it.

"Ggggrrrrgghh," Reaper growled, "I've had enough! You will all die now!"

"Hey… Reaper!" Trevor called out, getting his attention, "Forgetting about something?"

Reaper glared at Trevor as the half-ghost gestured up towards the air. Reaper looked up and saw dozens of very angry ghosts glaring at him.

"Pah!" Reaper scoffed, "You think I care!? All of you- no, none of you have any chance at beating me!"

Trevor reached behind himself and pulled out his Fenton Thermos.

"Don't be so sure," he said as he released Magnus and Plasmius from their prison.

"So, you've released my partners," said Reaper, "Why?"

"Partners?" Magnus asked, "I thought we were… what did you call us, Trevor?"

"Pawns," he replied.

"Right," said Plasmius, "Fodder for your plans to take over the world."

Reaper looked around anxiously as everyone began to close in on him.

"Heh… heh… heh-heh…" he began to laugh, "Ha-hahahahahah… AH-HAHAHAHAHA!"

"What's so funny, chuckles?" Phantom asked.

"You fools think those were the only Orbs of Power I had!?" Reaper asked, "Behold!"

He reached into his cloak and revealed the Orb of Strength, causing everyone in the room to gasp.

"With this Orb alone, I can take all of you out at once with ease," Reaper explained.

"Uh… you know what?" Skulker asked, "I think we should all head back to the Ghost Zone."

He immediately took off, followed by the other ghosts, leaving only Phantom, Tucker, Sam, Jazz, and Trevor to face him. Plasmius began to leave, but not without Danny noticing.

"Vlad!" he shouted, "Where are you going!?"

"Well, Daniel, I'm a very busy man," Vlad explained, "Don't worry, I'm sure the five of you can handle him. Toodles!"

"Vlad!" Danny shouted, but the villain flew off, "Coward!"

"So what will you do now, Trevor?" Reaper asked, "Will you get on your knees and beg for my mercy?"

Trevor deadpanned as he reached into his pocket and pulled something out.

"Why?" he asked, "And just hand you the real Orb of Strength?"

Everyone turned and saw Trevor holding what appeared to be another yellow Orb of Strength.

"There are two of them!?" Danny exclaimed.

"Nope," Trevor smirked as he put the Orb away, "But I did give the Observants a fake one last time I met with them."

"WHAT!?" everyone exclaimed.

"Yep," Trevor continued, "What? Did you guys really think I would trust the Observants with something so powerful?"

Reaper glanced down at the Orb in his hands for a moment before crushing it to dust.

"You… you played me," he growled, "Heh… well done. But there's one thing you've still forgotten."

Reaper reached into his cloak and pulled out a book.

"He has the map!" Sam exclaimed.

"Yes, I do," Reaper smirked as he ripped the page out of the book before tossing it to the ground, "There are still three more Orbs out there… and I plan on preventing you from ever getting them."

"You'll have to get through us first," said Trevor as a blue ring appeared around his waist and went ghost.

"This will be fun," Reaper smirked.

Near the big top entrance, Jack and Maddie were standing in shock at the scene before them as Team Phantom and Reaper began to battle once more and people continued to run past them.

"Jack…" said Maddie, "Did… that boy just turn into a ghost!?"

"I… I've never seen anything like it!" Jack exclaimed, "Except for…"

Jack and Maddie looked at each other and their eyes widened.

"Danny!" they exclaimed.

"So that's why Jazz was asking us those questions!" Maddie realized, "Because our son…. Is Phantom!"

"I don't believe it…" said Jack, "How could we have not seen it!?"

The two Fentons watched as their son dodged Reaper's attacks and fought him off. Jack pulled out the Fenton Foamer and glared at the ghost.

"Maddie, go get the RV ready," Jack ordered.

"What are you doing?" Maddie asked as Jack began to enter the tent.

"I'm going to help our children," he replied.

Specter grabbed Reaper with his telekinesis as Danny flew in and punched him in the face.

*BAM*

Reaper slammed into the wall and glared at the team as they closed in on him.

"You have nowhere to run, bonehead!" Jazz exclaimed.

Reaper fired his eyebeams toward Jazz and turned his head towards everyone else.

"Get down!" Danny ordered and everyone hit the ground, just missing the attack.

"Hm," Reaper smirked and rocketed toward Phantom, "Die!"

Suddenly, a green blob of foam shot through the air and hit Reaper in the chest.

"Ah… what… what is this!?" Reaper exclaimed as he struggled in the ball of foam.

"Stay away from my son, you vile ghost!" Jack shouted as he stood over Phantom.

"Jack!?" Danny exclaimed, "You… saved me? Wait… did he just call me 'son'?"

Phantom glanced back up and saw Jack winking at him over his shoulder. Reaper struggled some more and broke free from the foam.

"That's it, I'll kill you first, Fenton!" Reaper screamed and readied his scythe.

"Which one?" Jazz smirked.

"Both will suffice," Reaper growled.

"I don't think so," said Jack as he fired the Foamer and trapped Reaper in more foam.

"Hit him with everything you've got!" Danny ordered.

Sam, Jazz, and Specter fired ghost rays at Reaper, stunning him long enough for Tucker to rush in with the Ecto-Skeleton and kick him across the arena. Reaper tumbled across the ground before recovering. He looked up, revealing that he was bleeding ectoplasm from the top of this skull.

"Is that all you got?" he asked, "Just a little tickle?"

"No," said Phantom as he faced Reaper, "But let's how you handle this."

He leaned back and prepared to unleash his most powerful attack.

"I'm not getting hit by that!" Reaper exclaimed as he turned to leave.

"Oh, yes, you are!" said a female voice.

Reaper turned back around and saw a ghost of a young preteen girl with long black hair, which covered one of her deep blue eyes, and pale purple skin, wearing a simple black dress and a cloak made of black raven feathers.

"Boli kali ithikitalkus!" she chanted as she raised her hands and a purple rune appeared in each.

Beneath Reaper, a pair of green chains erupted from the ground where another rune appeared; grabbing his arms and holding him in place.

"What!?" Reaper exclaimed, "What is this!?"

"You go, Dust," Specter smirked.

"That's Dust!?" Tucker and Sam exclaimed.

Reaper's eyes widened as he turned back to Phantom.

*Whoo-oo-OO-OO-OO-oo-oo-oo-OO-OO~*

The wave of ecto-energy slammed into Reaper, pushing him into a wall just below the stands and smothered him into it.

"You think you've won, huh!?" Reaper shouted over the Ghostly Wail, "Well, I've got news for you! You may have beaten me this time, but I will return!"

That said, Reaper turned intangible and phased out of the chains and through the wall. Danny stopped his Ghostly Wail and sighed.

"He got away!" he exclaimed.

"Great," Specter muttered, "The Observants are going to have a field day with this one."

"Sorry, Specter," Dust said sadly, "I guess I wasn't strong enough…"

"Ah, don't blame yourself, Dust," said Specter as he put a hand on her shoulder, "You tried your best."

Suddenly, something green flew through the air and sliced through the satellite dish. Specter looked up and saw Reaper catching his scythe.

"Farewell!" Reaper shouted as he vanished.

The dish began to fall towards the gang.

"We need to get out of here!" Tucker shouted.

Everyone turned and ran for the exit as Dust materialized back into Specter's time medallion.

"Oh, almost forgot," Specter muttered as he turned around.

He held his hand out and telekinetically remove some debris and found Freakshow and Lydia were unconscious. Specter pulled out his Thermos and captured Lydia before telekinetically lifting Freakshow outside. Sam was halfway there when she felt something grab her ankle and trip her.

"Not so fast," said a dark voice.

Sam looked down and saw Reaper phased from the ground and holding her. Phantom turned around and saw Sam on the ground.

"Sam!" he shouted and rocketed towards her.

"Danny!" she shouted as the dish was about to crush her.

A blue ghost ray shot past Danny and hit Reaper in the face, causing him to let go of Sam.

"No way you're killing anyone else," Specter growled.

Sam quickly got back to her feet and ran towards Danny. Danny gasped as the dish came closer. He picked up Sam bridal style and rushed for the exit.

*BOOM*

Tucker, Jazz, Specter, and Jack turned and gasped as a cloud of dust erupted from the tent.

"Danny!" Jazz shouted.

Everyone waited for a moment, but no response came. Maddie rolled up in the RV and stepped out. Specter fell to his knees and slammed his fists to the ground as Jazz relinquished the Peeler's suit. Freakshow's body plopped to the ground. Dust materialized in her raven form on Specter's shoulder with her head hung.

"I… failed…" Specter said softly.

"Jack?" Maddie asked, "Where's Danny?"

Jack hung his head.

"Look!" Tucker exclaimed, pointing to the tent.

Everyone looked up and saw Danny Fenton carrying Sam out of the tent, both unharmed.

"Cutting it a bit close there, don't you think?" Sam smiled.

"Sorry," Danny laughed, "Couldn't let anything happen to you, could I?"

"Well, you did call me your girlfriend," Sam teased, causing Danny's eyes to widen.

"I… did?" he asked.

"Danny!" everyone exclaimed.

Danny put Sam down onto her feet as Jazz, Jack, and Maddie gave him a group hug.

"Oh, Danny!" Maddie cried, "I'm so sorry! We didn't mean to attack you when you told us your secret!"

"Can you find it in your heart to forgive us, son?" Jack asked.

"So… you guys know I'm Phantom?" Danny asked.

"Phantom!?" Jack and Maddie exclaimed, "You are what!?"

Danny's eyes widened in horror.

"Uh…"

"We're just teasing you, son," said Jack as he and Maddie began to laugh.

"Mom! Dad!" Jazz remarked, "You almost gave Danny a heart attack!"

"You guys aren't… mad at me?" Danny asked.

"No!" Maddie exclaimed, "Of course not!"

"We should be asking you that, Danny," said Jack, "Had we known that, uh… half-ghosts really existed…"

"I wish you had told us sooner," Maddie sighed, "Although… we might not have believed you and…"

"Guys, I'm fine," said Danny, "I'm just glad you still love me."

Jack and Maddie hugged their son once more before they glanced over at Specter and smiled.

"I believe you are the other half-ghost that showed up recently?" Maddie asked.

"Something like that," Specter replied as a blue ring appeared around his waist and he reverted to human form, "It's a long story."

Danny turned to Tucker, Sam, and Jazz as they smiled at him. He smiled back.

"SAMANTHA MANSON!"

"Oh, come… on!" Sam moaned as she turned to see her parents marching towards her.

"What in the world are you doing here!?" Jeremy asked.

"Didn't we tell you to stay away from that Fenton boy!?" Pam asked as she glared at Danny.

"For crying out loud, can't you guys leave him alone!?" Sam shouted.

"We saw him carrying you out of that tent," said Jeremy, "Did he bring you here!?"

"What?" Sam asked, "No, we-"

"You could have been seriously injured!" Pam exclaimed, "First our library now this!? This is unacceptable! We are taking you home right now!"

Pam grabbed Sam's arm and dragged her away; not before ripping the Fenton Goggles off her face and throwing them to the ground. Danny sulked for a moment before Tucker punched him on the arm.

"Ow! Tucker!" he exclaimed.

"Dude, go after her!" Tucker told him, "You have ghost powers! Go talk to her!"

"Why?" Danny asked, playing dumb.

"Danny…" Tucker deadpanned, "go talk to your girlfriend."

"What!?" Danny exclaimed, "We're not-"

"Phantom, don't play the stupid card," said Trevor, "You couldn't bluff about your feelings even if your life depended on it. Heck, you couldn't bluff for beans!"

Danny looked between Tucker, Trevor, and his family, who was smiling for allegedly getting together with Sam.

"I… guess you're right, Tucker," Danny smiled and ran off after the Mansons.

The gang watched Danny disappear over the hill, at which point Trevor turned to Tucker.

"Isn't there some kind of pool you had going on at school?" he asked Tucker.

"Oh, it's going to be payday first day of school," Tucker smirked, "It's gonna raaaaiiin~."

"You ever sing again, I'm gonna turn you into a mute," Trevor warned as he took his hands off his ears.

"Come on, kids!" Jack called out from the RV, "Time to head home!"

Trevor pulled Tucker over to Jazz.

"Don't mention anything about Vlad to them," Trevor whispered to Tucker and Jazz, "You'll need every possible advantage, including the element of surprise."

Tucker and Jazz nodded.

"What if Danny wants to tell them?" Jazz asked.

"I'm not gonna stop him," said Trevor, "But I will tell him what I think would be a good idea in case he needed it."

Just before Trevor reached the RV, two large clock hands appeared in front of him and spun around into a ghost portal.

"I guess that's for me," he sighed.

"We better go talk to Clockwork and the Observants," said Dust.

"Mm-hmm," Trevor replied before turning to Tucker and Jazz, "I'll meet you guys in a few minutes."

"Go," said Jazz, "We'll tell Danny if you don't return before he does."

Trevor nodded before he and Dust entered the portal. As it disappeared, Tucker and Jazz entered the RV and drove away with Jack and Maddie. Unfortunately, they forgot about Freakshow, who had gotten up to his feet and glanced around.

"Looks like everyone's gone," he said to himself, "Well, time for me to get out of here."

*Ahem*

Freakshow slowly turned around and found the same group of police officers he had mind-controlled early glaring at him.

"Oh, poop," he muttered.

"~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~"

Sam followed her parents through the front door of their home.

"You are grounded for the rest of the summer, Sam!" Jeremy announced as he and Pam pointed upstairs.

"Whatever," Sam muttered as she marched upstairs.

"And no more seeing the Fenton boy ever again, do you understand!?" Pam called out.

Sam didn't respond and slammed her bedroom door behind her as she entered her room. She sat down on the edge of her bed and sighed.

"You know," said a voice above her, "if you really wanted a new door, I'm sure you could just ask without trying to turn it into a pile of splinters."

Sam looked up and saw Phantom floating on his back, hands behind his back and legs crossed.

"Very funny," Sam smirked as Danny sat down next to her and reverted to human form, "Guess, uh… we should talk now."

"I don't think there's really much to talk about," said Danny, "I mean, we've already said a lot of things back at the tent."

"Yeah, but I want to tell you how much you mean to me," said Sam.

"Well, I'm listening," said Danny as he smiled towards her.

"I… uh… Danny, you and I… *Scoff* I don't know what to say," Sam admitted with a blush.

"I think I do," said Danny as he got up and took Sam's hands in his, "Sam… I've known you since we we're little kids. Back then, I thought you were the coolest friend ever."

Sam embarrassingly glanced away and smiled.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be who I am today," Danny continued, "I know I blamed you for giving me ghost powers and convincing me to go inside the Ghost Portal, but that may have been the second greatest thing to have happened in my life. I became someone new! And even though everything was different, you and Tucker never left my side. And unlike how most people would have acted if they knew my secret, you and Tucker never treated me any different. We still hung out like before the accident, as if it had never happened. And whenever we fought ghosts, great or small, I knew I could always count on you two to have my back."

"Even after ditching us for Dash's party?" Sam smirked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeeeeaaahhh… my bad," Danny apologized, "But especially then, you guys would always be able to forgive me, as I have forgiven you both in the past. But it wasn't just me that the accident brought the best out of; it did the same for you and Tucker. Since then, Tucker's been always finding new ways to help support me in battle, whether it's from his PDA or hacking into computers, he's been able to see how tech-savvy he's become and what he wants to do in the future."

"He also said he'd like to go into politics," Sam noted.

"Uh… exception that proves my point," Danny remarked, "But the accident also showed me all the great qualities you have as well!"

"It has?" Sam asked.

"Yeah! You've always been on the front lines with me, sticking your neck out to help me, even when there was no hope that we'd succeed," said Danny, causing Sam's blush to get redder and redder, "Like the time we entered Nocturn's dream and we faced an endless horde of Sleepwalkers. Or when Freakshow took over my mind and you risked your life to save me. Or... uh…"

Sam took her hands from Danny and grabbed his face.

"Danny," she said sternly, "Shut up and kiss me, you dork."

"Not yet," Danny smirked as he reached into his pocket, "I haven't told you the greatest thing that has ever happened to me."

Danny took Sam's left hand and slid the class ring on her finger.

"This. This is the greatest thing in my life," said Danny, "Will you be my girlfriend?"

"I think we both know the answer to that," Sam replied.

Before Danny could react, Sam had wrapped her arms around his neck and was planting her lips onto his. He relaxed and put his hands on her back as they continued to have their first real kiss.

"Wow…" Danny smiled as he and Sam pulled away and pressed their foreheads together, "Remind me to save your life more often."

"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?"

Danny and Sam jumped before they looked over towards the bedroom door and saw Jeremy and Pam standing there in disbelief.

"How did you get in here!?" Jeremy asked Danny, "And what do you think you are doing with my daughter!?"

"Nothing that concerns you!" Sam snapped, "Have you guys ever heard of knocking!?"

"Don't change the subject, young lady!" Pam remarked, "You've been lying to us this whole time! You have been dating this boy, haven't you!?"

"We have not!" Sam insisted, "But… we are now."

"WHAT!?" Jeremy and Pam exclaimed as they entered the room.

Suddenly, someone began to giggle from the doorway. It turned out to be Sam's grandmother, Ida, who rolled in on her mobility scooter.

"You go, Bubeleh!" Ida exclaimed as she clapped her hands.

"Mother!" Jeremy exclaimed, "How can you condone this!? That boy put Samantha in harm's way and-"

"Oh, that's a bunch of phooey!" Ida exclaimed, 'I'm certain that what happened in the library was just an accident. Right, Danny?"

"Uh… yeah!" said Danny, "Just an accident."

"It doesn't matter," said Pam, "We found Sam at the… whatever event that was, with Fenton and she was almost killed inside!"

"And that's Danny's fault?" Ida asked with a raised eyebrow, "Weren't we all possessed by that evil man and forced to go there?"

"I… wait, what?" Jeremy asked, "Were… we?"

Pam began to scratch her head.

"Ida, that's crazy!" she exclaimed, "Even then, Fenton was at the tent and my daughter was almost killed by a falling satellite dish!"

"You two are so focused on what you think your daughter needs that you can't see what she has that makes her happy," Ida explained, "And Danny makes her very happy."

Jeremy and Pamela turned to face Danny and Sam. After a moment of debating silently, they sighed.

"Alright…" said Jeremy, "I suppose if it makes Samantha happy, I'll allow it."

"Really!?" Sam asked with joy.

"For now!" Jeremy finished, "I'm still completely sure I approve of this."

"But if anything happens," said Pam, "you two will not be allowed together again. Are we clear?"

"Mom!" Sam exclaimed.

Jeremy and Pam glared at the teens.

"Fine," Sam sighed, "But we'll prove to you how wrong you are."

"That'll be the day," said Jeremy, "As for you, Fenton, if anything happens to our daughter…"

"I'll make sure nothing ever does," Danny said sternly.

"Enough torturing these two already," said Ida, "Let them have some time alone."

Jeremy and Pamela gave Danny one last warning glare before they left the room.

"Don't worry about those two," Ida told Danny and Sam, "They were in a similar situation when they were your age."

"Thanks, grandma," said Sam and she gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"Anything for you, Bubeleh," Ida smiled before turning to Danny, "Just keep my granddaughter safe… Phantom."

Danny and Sam dropped their jaws.

"Oh, and Specter?" Ida called out towards Sam's bedroom window, "You can stay in the guestroom as long as you need. It won't be an issue."

Danny and Sam turned towards the window and watched as Specter's head slowly appeared from above.

"How in the heck did you know I was here?" Specter asked, "Wait, are you one of those crazy old people who pretend to be crazy but actually know what's going on?"

Ida simply smiled as she turned and left.

"You are, aren't you!?" Specter exclaimed, "Figures."

"How long have you been spying on us?" Sam asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"About five minutes," Specter replied as he floated through the window and landed next to them, "I was just coming by to grab my stuff."

"Why?" Danny asked.

"Time's up," Specter replied, "I can't stay here, as much as I don't want to leave."

"But what about Reaper? And the map!?" Danny asked.

Green ecto-energy poured out of Specter's chest and morphed into a raven on his shoulder.

"Reaper will be dealt with," Dust replied, "Only… without us."

"Glad to see you're okay," said Sam.

"As for the map," said Specter, "we- I mean, you guys still have it."

"What? How?" Danny asked.

Specter pulled out his cellphone and handed it to Danny.

"I took a picture, remember?" Specter smirked.

On the screen was the picture he had taken back in the library.

"Reaper thinks you guys won't be able to find him, but he doesn't know about this," Specter explained.

"And what makes you think you're leaving?" Sam asked, "The Observants-"

"It wasn't the Observants final decision," Specter interrupted, "It was-"

"~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~"

"Mine," said Clockwork, who was in his adult form.

Danny, Tucker, Sam, Logan, and Dust were back in Clockwork's lair talking to him and the two Observants.

"What!?" Phantom, Tucker, and Sam exclaimed.

"Clockwork, you can't do this!" Danny exclaimed, "Specter-"

"Has failed to capture Reaper," the two Observants at the same time.

"This is the thanks I get for saving their sorry hides," Specter noted.

"It was your fault to begin with!" the first Observant remarked, "If you hadn't given us that fake Orb-"

"Enough!" Clockwork said loudly as he morphed into his elderly form, "While Logan was able to rescue Dust and stop Reaper from controlling the world this time, it has become clear that it is too dangerous to allow him to work on his own accord anymore."

"And his time is up!" the second Observant noted, "Now, Specter! Your time medallion."

Specter took a deep breath and sighed as he reached into his suit to grab the medallion.

"Not happening!" Danny shouted and stood between Specter and the Observants.

"Danny?" Specter asked.

"Daniel?" Clockwork asked.

"Sorry, Clockwork, but you know that this is wrong!" Phantom argued, "We need every advantage possible if we are going to defeat Reaper. Maybe we need Specter, maybe we don't; but he went after him through time with no powers and no chance of succeeding. You could have sent him back at any time before, but you didn't! You want him here, working together with us. Because you know that without Specter, Reaper will win."

Clockwork stared at Phantom as he morphed into his infant form, staying silent for a moment as he thought over those words.

"Clockwork, you can't possibly be considering-" the first Observant exclaimed.

"I am," Clockwork smiled, "And he's right."

"What?" Specter asked, turning to Dust in disbelief.

"If there's any chance at defeating Reaper, then returning you home would be a mistake," Clockwork said to Specter, "Afterall, you haven't abused the medallion's powers nor caused any world ending reactions. There's no reason to send you back."

"This is unacceptable!" the Observants shouted.

"No!" Clockwork exclaimed, "This is what's right."

"The Council will not like this," the first Observant noted.

"Oh, yeah?" Specter asked, "How about we tell them about how you two morons constantly try to get Clockwork to alter the future? I can point out at least twenty of you that have done so. Or at least will do so."

"You little-"

"We can discuss this later," Clockwork told the Observants as he morphed into his adult form, "For now, leave now. I have other matters to discuss with them."

The Observants glared at Specter before turning and leaving.

"Wasn't expecting this," Specter whispered to Dust.

"Me either," she replied.

Clockwork sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Need a vacation?" Specter asked.

"Technically, this is my vacation," Clockwork replied, "Doing my job nonstop is the same thing as a permanent vacation."

"I suppose you are always on the clock," Danny quipped.

"… *PFFT*" Specter snorted.

"Jokes aside," Clockwork continued as he morphed into his elderly form, "Reaper must be captured as soon as possible. We can't afford to lose the Orbs we already have and risk him collect the remaining three."

"By the way, where are those two Orbs you broke, Logan?" Tucker asked.

Specter's eyes widened.

"Oh, shoot… I left them at the tent!" he exclaimed.

"WHAT!?" Tucker exclaimed.

"Nah, I'm just messing with ya," Specter smirked, "I've got the fragments in my pocket."

"May I see them?" Clockwork asked.

Specter used his telekinesis to show Clockwork the multiple pieces.

"As long as they remain in pieces, they shouldn't be a problem," he told the ghost of time.

"Indeed," said Clockwork, "Keep them safe."

"I will," said Specter as he put them away, "We will. Does this mean I'm allowed to stay?"

"For now," said Clockwork, "But on one condition; No more going solo. You can't keep them in the dark anymore. You've seen the consequences."

"… I can work with that," said Specter.

"But if the Council votes to send you home, I cannot do anything about it," Clockwork warned.

"How long will he have?" Danny asked.

"Enough," Clockwork smirked.

"Cryptic as always," Specter noted.

"We won't fail," Dust told Clockwork.

"We should head back," said Danny, "It's been a long night and Jazz leaves tomorrow morning."

"It… is morning," said Specter.

"I know," said Danny.

"Oh, so it actually is tomorrow," said Specter.

"One moment, Specter," said Clockwork as he morphed into his infant form, "There is one thing I can tell you."

"Oh, jeez, don't tell me these two are actually my parents," Specter moaned as he thumbed over to Danny and Sam.

"Is he messing with us?" Sam asked Danny.

"Since you've created a new timeline, Reaper's actions will now have unforeseeable consequences," Clockwork explained, "Even your actions."

"Are we talking unforeseeable from my perspective or yours?" Specter asked, "Because if you can't foresee anything, we're in big trouble."

"What do you think?" Clockwork smiled.

"I know, I know," said Specter, "You know everything."

"Even then, too many alterations to the timeline could make things difficult in the long run," Clockwork warned as he morphed into his adult form, "I suggest you complete your mission as quickly as possible."

The ghost of time waved his staff out and created a ghost portal next to the team.

"I wish I could be of more help, but I am limited to what I can offer," he told the team.

"You've done more than enough, Clockwork," said Danny.

"Don't worry, Reaper won't succeed," said Specter, "Besides… it's not like I have a reason to actually stay any longer than I need to after Reaper's been captured."

The team jumped through the portal and it closed before them.

"Not yet," Clockwork sighed.

"~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~"

Somewhere in the middle of the woods, Reaper floated aimlessly around.

"Unbelievable," he muttered, "I was seconds away from making my plan run smoothly! *Sigh* No matter…"

He reached into his cloak and pulled out the map.

"I still have the map," Reaper smiled, "There's no way they'll be able to find the Orbs of Power themselves. And with Specter returning to the future, there is no way for Phantom to track me down, let alone stop me!"

Reaper's evil maniacal laugh filled the air.

"~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~"

The day arrived that Jazz was finally leaving for college. She was putting her luggage in the taxicab in front of the Fenton Works. Danny and Trevor walked outside, each with a box in their hands.

"Thanks for the help, you two," said Jazz.

"No problem," said Trevor as he placed the box in the trunk.

"I still understand why you won't tell us about who Reaper was talking about," said Jazz, "Something about you keeping a promise?"

"… I don't want to talk about it," Trevor replied, "It's… personal."

"Didn't Clockwork-" said Danny.

"It's something… I'd rather talk about it when I'm ready," said Trevor as he took helped Danny put his box into the cab.

"And about Dust…" said Danny, "If she knew how to use magic, why didn't she use it before?"

Green ecto-energy erupted from Trevor's shirt and formed into a ghost raven perched on Trevor's shoulder.

"It's something I'm not proud of talking about," Dust explained before turning to Trevor, "I guess you've known?"

"Dust, we've known each other for almost a year now," said Trevor, "You have your secrets, I have mine. But it was bound to happen that we'd know some of those secrets."

Dust turned away.

"So you know?" she asked.

Trevor whispered something in her ear.

"And… you're not mad?" Dust asked.

"We'll talk about this later," said Trevor, "Not very appropriate to have this discussion when Fenton is leaving."

Jazz turned to Danny and smiled.

"What?" Danny asked.

"Nothing," Jazz sighed, "I'm just… scared."

"Of what? College?" Danny asked.

"A little, but that's not it," said Jazz, "I'm worried about you."

"Me?" Danny asked.

"I'm scared about what will happen to you," Jazz explained, "Out of every ghost you've fought, Reaper is a whole different enemy. I feel that the next time he shows up… you won't come back."

Tears started to form in Jazz's eyes and Danny gave her a hug.

"Jazz…" Danny said as he pulled away, "Nothing's going to happen to me. I've had times where I've been beaten, but I've always managed to come back."

He reached back and pulled out Bearbert Einstein.

"I promise," he said has he handed Jazz her bear, "We will stop Reaper. Nothing will happen to me, or Tucker, or Sam, or-"

"Do NOT add me to that list!" Trevor exclaimed, startling Danny and Jazz, "Sorry, but it doesn't matter what happens to me."

"What do you mean?" someone asked.

Danny, Jazz, Trevor, and Dust turned and saw Tucker and Sam approaching them.

"You don't care about what happens to you?" Tucker asked.

"I care more about keeping you all alive," said Trevor.

"You guys here for Danny and Trevor?" Jazz asked.

"Are you kidding?" Tucker asked, "We came to say goodbye."

"Aw, thanks," said Jazz as she walked over and hugged Tucker and Sam.

"You better not break his heart, Sam," Jazz warned Sam as she pulled away, "Because if you do, I will make your life the most miserable life possible!"

"Whoa-ho-ho! Easy!" Sam exclaimed, "That's the last thing I want!"

The sound of two people crying got the team's attention; they turned and saw Jack and Maddie carrying boxes outside, with tears rolling down their cheeks.

"Mom? Dad?" Jazz asked, "Are you okay!"

"No…." Jack whined as he placed his box in the cab, "*Gasp* Yes…"

He grabbed Jazz and pulled her into a tight bearhug.

"My little Jazzerincess has become an adult!" Jack cried, "I'm so proud of you."

"Dad… you're… crushing… me," Jazz croaked.

"Hm?" Jack muttered as he looked down, "Oh, sorry, Jazz."

He let her go and Jazz gasped for air.

"We are just so happy for you, Jazz," said Maddie as she wiped her face, "We know you're ready to move on with your life, but a part of us still wish you were our little girl."

Jazz gave her mom a hug.

"This might sound weird coming from me," said Jazz, "but I'll always be your little girl."

Jack joined in the hug, followed by Danny, Tucker, and Sam.

"We're gonna miss you," said Danny as tears began to form in everyone's eyes.

"I'll miss all of you too" said Jazz.

Trevor had distanced himself from the group, but seeing the group hug caused him to rub his eyes.

"You okay?" Dust asked.

"Yeah… Seeing this reminded me of something," Trevor replied.

He pulled out his phone and checked the time.

"Hate to be a killjoy, but you need to get going, Jazz," he told her, "Your flight leaves soon."

The group hug broke apart and the gang wiped their faces.

"Well… I guess this is it," Jazz sighed.

"Don't worry," said Danny, "We'll be fine. We can handle anything."

"I know," said Jazz.

She leaned over and kissed Danny on the forehead.

"Jazz! Gross!" Danny exclaimed, rubbing his forehead.

He noticed Jazz raising an eyebrow at him.

"Oh, alright," he sighed, "I love you too, Jazz."

Jazz hugged her brother one more time before turning to Trevor.

"Promise me that nothing will happen to them," Jazz told him.

"Not exactly a 'promise person'," said Trevor.

"Please?" Jazz asked.

"*Sigh* Alright," he said, "I promise nothing will happen to them."

Jazz nodded and climbed into the cab. As the cab drove off, Jazz looked behind and watched as everyone waved goodbye to her. Once the cab was out of sight, Danny sighed.

"Don't worry, Danny," Sam told him as she took his hand in hers, "It's not like this will be the last time we ever see her again."

Jack and Maddie turned towards Trevor.

"What do we do now?" Jack asked, "How do we find Reaper?"

"We don't," Trevor replied.

"What!?" Maddie exclaimed.

"Not until Reaper makes his next move," Dust explained, "We don't know where he is."

"But we do know where he will be," Danny finished.

"Exactly," said Trevor, "If we can figure out where the remaining Orbs of Power are located, we can prepare ourselves for Reaper."

"But we only have one shot at it," Dust warned, "If Reaper finds out we also have the map…"

"Boom," said Trevor as he snapped his fingers, "Game over. We lose our only chance at capturing him."

"Do you recognize anything from the map?" Sam asked.

"No, I don't," Trevor replied, "They could be in the Ghost Zone, somewhere on Earth, or, dare I say, someplace else."

"What should we do until then?" Tucker asked.

"I have some ideas," said Trevor, "What about you, Phantom?"

Danny tapped his chine for a moment.

"Well, you're from the future, Trevor," Danny began.

"Wow, just realized that now?" Trevor joked dryly.

"You said my future self trained you, so why don't you train us?" Danny asked.

Trevor raised an eyebrow.

"The only way I can train you right now is to spar," he said, "I can't teach you how to use any new powers you may or may not develop if I don't have them myself."

"Then we'll do that," said Danny, "You will train me the same way you were trained."

"Danny… that's not an order you want to take," Trevor warned, "You weren't the only one who trained me. Not only that, I pushed myself beyond my limits and more. I had a reason."

"Well, Reaper threatening our future is my reason," said Danny, "You allowed us to find Reaper. Let us fight him now."

Trevor glanced around at everyone, watching as they stood by Danny's side. He glanced over a Dust for a moment and communicated silently for a moment.

"Very well, Phantom," said Trevor, "Fair warning though, I'm not going to go easy on you guys, alright? I will not hold back, which might end up getting you guys seriously injured. Or worse. If you guys are serious about going head to head with Reaper, then you need to know how to fight aggressively and passively under the right conditions. You've seen what Reaper can do. One mistake and you will die. I'm not trying to scare you guys; I'm being realistic here. Plasmius, Undergrowth, even Magnus- pick any other ghost you've faced so far, they will show some form of mercy. Reaper has none. Are you all certain that this is what you guys want to do?"

Danny took a deep breath.

"Yes."

Everyone else nodded one by one.

"This is either your biggest mistake…" said Trevor, "Or the best decision you'll ever make."

"I made that decision yesterday," Danny smirked as he pulled Sam closer to his side.

"So… when do we start?" Tucker asked.

Suddenly, people down the street began to scream and run away in a panic. Everyone looked over and wondered what was going on. They ran down the street to see what was going on, only to skid to a halt when they saw what it was.

"Seriously!?" Trevor exclaimed.

Up in the air, Skulker, Technus, the Box Ghost, Walker, and countless other ghosts turned to face them.

"You idiots couldn't last more than a day without causing trouble!?" Trevor shouted, "We save your sorry hides, and this is the thanks we get!?"

"Oh, boohoo!" Technus exclaimed, "It's your fault for not catching Reaper!"

"For someone monikered as 'the Hunter', you do a poor job hunting," Skulker smirked.

"I didn't call myself that," said Trevor as he rolled his eyes.

"Look, Skulker," said Danny, "You can all your other ghost pals can either leave now, peacefully. Or… you can fight all of us. Which will it be?"

Skulker glanced over to the other ghosts and all smirked.

"And miss the chance of taking your pelt?" Skulker asked as he activated his wrist-mounted rocket launcher, "I think not."

"Alright," Danny smiled with a shrug, "Don't say I didn't warn you."

A white ring appeared around Danny's waist; a light blue ring appeared around Trevor's waist; Tucker pulled out the Fenton Chiller; Sam readied her Fenton Wrist Ray; Dust morphed into her normal form and hands began to glow purple; and Jack and Maddie readied the Fenton Foamer and Fenton Bazooka.

"Let the training begin," Specter smirked as Phantom led the team into the fight.

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Down in his secret lab, Vlad Masters was pacing back in forth in anger.

"Unbelievable!" he exclaimed, "I was this close to getting my hands on the Orbs of Power! And that eavesdropping necromancer had to go and mess it all up!"

In a fit a rage, Vlad grabbed an empty flask and threw it across the room. It shattered right next to where his cat, Maddie, was sleeping and it freaked her out.

"RRRREEEEEOOOOOWWWWW!" she screeched and leapt under the desk, "HHHIIIIISSSSSSSS!"

"*Sigh* Well, so much for that plan," said Vlad, "On a positive note, that Trevor Logan Spectre is quite an interesting one. A Ghostly Wail! Could it be? He's denied it countless times, but is it possible that…? No, I shouldn't get ahead of myself. Although… there is one other possible… Ah! I'm getting ahead of myself again!"

He glanced over to the large vat of ectoplasm and approached it as a black ring appeared around his waist.

"Although one plan has been ruined, my masterplan has yet to even raise suspicions," he smirked as he leaned forward and peaked through the window, "The first time around ended in a disaster. But you?"

A silhouette appeared from within the vat.

"You will become my greatest creation yet!" Vlad exclaimed, "And in one year's time… you will be the greatest challenge Daniel will ever face."

A pair of faint glowing green eyes peaked open as Vlad maniacally laughed.

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~ Dedicated to the Victims of the Mass Shootings in El Paso, Dayton, Odessa and Midland ~

~ May All Innocent Lives Lost from Mass Shootings Throughout History Rest Peacefully ~

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{Notes}

(Applies to both parts)

* The Fenton Gloves were first seen in "Splitting Images", where Tucker used them on Sydney Poindexter when he swapped bodies with Danny and Tucker forced Sydney back into his mirror.

** The blink ability is just like the power used in the Dishonored series; it allows the user to move a very high speeds over a short distance. Here, Specter can "warp" to his duplicate that's within eyesight. If you need another possible reference, think of Alucard from the Castlevania Netflix series when he's fighting his father; when he basically moves a blinding speed and bounces off the walls and columns to attack his father; combined with the "possess" ability in the game SuperHot. Still nothing? Forget it…

*** The Fenton Ghost Blaster is the weapon Sam uses in the episode "Frightmare". Since there's absolutely no information on this weapon and it hasn't been formally named, I will call it the Ghost Blaster. I would have gone with the Fenton Bazooka, but that's already a thing. You got any better names? I'm open to suggestions.

**** Energy Absorption is the power of absorb various forms of energy and utilize them in some way, according to the DP Wiki. Aside from Danny now having it, Vlad Plasmius has this ability and has only used it in the episode "Bitter Reunions". Specter's ability to store ecto-energy is not related to this; that energy is naturally made from within him, like how Danny needs to recover after a Ghostly Wail. Danny has used this power before in the episode "Torrent of Terror", but that was due to his temporary weather powers.

^ Let's get this cleared up; in the UK, they have ground floor, first floor, second floor, etc. In the US, we have both ground floor and first floor, which means the same thing. Depending on the buildings, they might use either ground or first floor, but they mean the same thing. So for future reference, when I say first floor, it means ground floor as well.

^* Reference to the episode "Bitter Reunions", when the flashback showed how Vlad got ecto-acne.

^** The Ghost Grappler is the net gun from the episode "Mystery Meat".

^*** The Carnivorous Cavern has only been seen in the episode "Infinite Realms".

^**** References to the episodes "Shades of Gray", "Memory Blank", and "Fanning the Flames".

^^ Reference to the episode "Attack of the Killer Garage Sale"… Ugh… so many references… why do I do this to myself?

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Fun Fact: Trevor's holographic drumsticks are from the future, obviously. They can be folded into thirds and stored away. When activated, one of the drumsticks will release a small holographic device on the ground that projects a set of drums and a speaker. The device also carries every song Trevor downloaded into it. Although they are holograms, the drums still react as normal drums would.

… Yes, there will be more songs in the future. *Wink*

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This author's note will be ridiculously long, so I apologize. I'll most likely remove most of it in a future update.

First, I want to begin this author's note on a serious note in light of the recent mass shootings here in the United States. I want to express my deepest condolences and thoughts to all the victims, to their families, friends, and others close in their lives. Although this may sound cheesy and crude, and most likely won't be seen by the people, I would also like to dedicate this season finale to them, as well as all other victims and people affected by these horrific mass shootings and of those in the past. It may not mean much, but it is the best I can offer, and I hope that means something.

Next, I want to say thank you to everyone who has followed this story since the beginning and has had to patience to waste their time in reading this garbage. I think you guys are idiots (not really) for reading my trash, but, whatever.

Now let's talk about why it took me so long to finally release this. Well, here's what happened: I was finishing up what I had originally put together and the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton happened. Due to a certain scene in the story, which I decided may have been too triggering (even though it wasn't really meant to be so) in light of recent events and removed it. However, doing so resulted in a cascade of edits that ended with me starting over from the beginning. I finished that version but found it to be too long and all over the place, so I had to rewrite it AGAIN. By then, my fall semester in college had begun and I had to focus on how my schedule was looking while trying to find time for free time. That and other personal stuff happened.

Look, I'm sorry, okay!? I gave you both parts at once as an apology! Jeez, I'm a busy guy.

With school brought up, I must say that I don't know exactly when Season 4 will be released; I have about 90% of it planned out, but not only do I have to actually write it, I also have my other fanfic (Sonic Adventure) that I've been wanting to work on first. I haven't decided exactly what I'm going to do yet; most likely jump back and forth between the two fanfics, but if that doesn't happen, the latest I'll start Season 4 will be around December, or the VERY latest first week of January.

Well, that sums up my explanations and wraps up Season 3! Hope you guys enjoyed it.

… Oh, right, I almost forgot! There are some things you should be aware of about Season 4.

Season 4 will be rated T. Aside from the occasional swearing, there will be topics and themes that are not meant for rate K stories, including bullying, graphic battles, and some crude remarks just to name a few. I'll put trigger warnings at the beginning of the episodes that might require them. So no complaining to me if you get triggered and I warned you.

Season 4 will focus a little bit on Trevor's past but only for about three episodes at most, more Ghost Zone lore will be added, and a select few ghosts will have their backstories revealed. Compared to Seasons 1 and 2, Season 3 (of the show) had almost no lore added, aside from the Infi-map, so I'm gonna add some myself. And certain elements from Butch Hartman. *Wink*

Although it's technically against the rules and guidelines, I might… MIGHT… do some form of Q&A at the end of each episode next season. Not sure yet if I will actually do it, but for now, if you want, you can PM me any questions regarding the DP fanfic or my personal opinions on DP; I'll pick 3 or 5 at random and answer them as briefly as possible. Again, might not actually be allowed to do this, but we'll see.

If I end up getting a slap on the wrist for this Q&A thing at the end of each episode, I'll stop doing it and remove it from any episodes. I'll also have to modify this A/N once that happens… or when Season 4 is finished. *Wink*

Well, that's it. Got nothing else to say. Hope you enjoyed- what? You want a sneak peek of Season 4? I've already told you in a previous episode that Danielle will return on top of what I've mentioned above; what more do you want!? Ugh… fine! One of the ghosts who will have a backstory revealed is…

Ember McLain.

There. Happy? YOU WANT MORE?!

… Uhhh… hmm… well… I guess I can say that… you're not getting anything else until it's released. Sorry! HA HA HA HAAAAA!

*Ahem*

In all seriousness, I hope you guys have enjoyed this work. Don't worry, I'll be back soon. And maybe sooner than you think. Besides… wouldn't you like to know how Dust knows about magic? The same magic used by Magnus?

Like, follow, and please review! Until next time!

~ThePhantomHedgehog

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YEAR 2030

In his lair, Clockwork watched the events of Specter's actions in the past before him.

"Hmmm…." he muttered.

"How's he doing?" said a female voice behind him.

"Better than I feared," Clockwork replied, "but worse than I had hoped."

The teenager slowly approached Clockwork, who looked down and saw that she was having trouble with her wheelchair. He mentally focused and telekinetically removed a rubber ring that was caught in the chair.

"Thank you," the visitor replied.

Clockwork noticed a sealed metal box in her lap as he morphed into his elderly form.

"It's for him," she told Clockwork, "He needs to know what has happened these past few weeks."

"I cannot-"

"Please, Clockwork?" the teen asked, "We both know that due to him being in a new timeline, the medallion only acts as an anchor for him to this timeline; time continues to move on for us both."

"Do you really want to worry him more?" Clockwork asked, "He's been through so much already; you of all people know that."

"I do," the teen replied, "But he's family, and he needs to know about this."

Clockwork morphed into his infant form and sighed.

"Very well," he said, "This is not the wisest of decisions, but I can't stop you."

"Thank you," the teen replied.

Clockwork nodded and opened a time portal in front of them. The teen looked down at the box and hugged it tightly.

"Be safe," she whispered as she let the portal suck the box inside and begin to close, "… little brother."

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*Whispers* PS, you're welcome~.