THE TROUBLE WITH TIME
It was late at night in Amity Park, a man with black hair tied back in a pony-tail wearing a worn out trench coat was kneeling down on the ground in an alleyway, drawing some kind of circle with different symbols with chalk that was coated in ectoplasm.
Meanwhile at the police station, Danny, Dayla, Jack and Maddie were asked to come to the station by Officer Carly Logan and her boss Chief of Amity Park Police Dominic Roswell, showing them a picture of the man who was in Amity Park right now.
"No way! Richard O'Brian is here? In Amity Park?" Jack asked.
"You know this guy?" Danny asked.
"Yeah. He was in college in us at Wisconsin, studying paranormal science, astrology and physics" Maddie answered. "An absolute genius but a mad one as well"
"We have witnesses around the town who saw him slip into Amity Park two days ago" Dominic said. "I'm sorry it's late at night but we're gonna need Team Phantom's help on this one. He broke into Axiom Labs the other night and stole highly concentrated ectoplasm. We need you to help us capture and bring him in"
"If he's really that dangerous, then consider it done" Dayla said.
"Do you need me to contact the rest of Team Phantom to help as well?" Carly asked.
"We'll see if Dale, Dani, Danny and I can capture him first and if it turns out he's too much to handle on our own, we'll have the rest of Team Phantom help" Dayla answered.
"Are you kids sure?" Maddie asked. "Don't underestimate Richard"
"I'm sure mum. We should be fine" Dayla answered with confidence. Danny then added, "Besides, how tough can he be?"
Richard continued to run through the alleyways, dodging the police left and right and knocking them unconscious as he ran past. He stopped to catch his breath for a moment, but then suddenly saw something come straight towards him and dodged out of the way.
He looked at where it hit and could feel the aura radiating off the mark and said, "That was definitely ectoplasm"
"Well you are a hard one to catch" Danny said as he and Dayla came out in their human forms. Dayla then said, "By the way, that was a bit of a nasty thing you did to those officers, knocking them out unconscious"
Richard merely smirked and said, "You have to be willing to sacrifice something if you want something in return. After all, that is alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange"
"This had got nothing to do with whatever laws of alchemy there is you crook" Danny snapped and then and Dayla changed into their ghost forms ready to fight.
Richard's eyes widened and he said, "You're both half-ghosts! A pair of twins who have ghost powers..."
He then glared and said, "Now I remember. I have heard of you two. You two are the Phantom Twins, known as Danny and Dayla Phantom, but when your human your both Danny and Dayla Fenton. Son and daughter to Jack and Maddie Fenton"
"Don't be too impressed. NOW!" Dayla suddenly shouted as she and Danny both charged at Richard, because Richard was focused on defending himself at the front, he didn't noticed Dani and Dale come in from the back and they both grabbed him from behind and slammed him down to the ground, holding him there as Dayla held him down by his legs and Danny grabbed his hands and twisted them around his back as he tied them with rope from the Fenton Fisher.
They all then picked him up and Danny and Dayla held him still while Dani and Dale walked in front of him and changed into their human forms.
"Nice team work guys. I have a feeling that you two will be able to handle this while we're at college" Dayla said, causing Dani and Dale to blush with embarrassment.
Richard's eyes widened and he asked in slight confusion as he gestured with his head at Dani and Dale, "Wait a minute! Does that mean, you two are the Phantom Twins Danny and Dayla Fenton?"
"Uh no sir. I'm Dani with an 'i' and this is my twin brother Dale" Dani answered. "We're Danny and Dayla's younger brother and sister"
"I heard the stories, I just never imagined this! There's another set of Phantom Twins and they're just little kids!" Richard said in complete shock.
Dani and Dale glared at Richard and suddenly shouted in anger and annoyance, "HEY! DON'T CALL US LITTLE!"
Suddenly Dani shot several vines at Richard's mouth and covered it up, preventing him from talking any further.
"Word of advice, don't say that they're little" Danny whispered in Richard's ear.
It wasn't long until Carly and some more police came and took Richard off their hands and started leading him to the police cars. Carly smiled and said to Danny, Dayla, Dani and Dale, "Thanks so much for all your help tonight"
"No problem and looks like Danny and I will make it to our dates tonight in time after all" Dayla said with a happy note.
They were unaware that Richard had secretly pulled out a small knife coated with ectoplasm and had managed to cut the ropes while they weren't looking and then suddenly, threw a smoke bomb to the ground, blinding everyone in a cloud of smoke.
When the smoke cleared and everyone and had finished their coughing fit, Carly, Danny, Dayla, Dani and Dale looked to see that the officers who were watching Richard were knocked out and Richard was gone. Nowhere to be seen.
"Looks like you underestimated your opponent this time kids" Jack said as all of them sat at the police station. Sam, Andrew, Valerie, Tucker and Jazz arrived there after they heard what happened.
"Yeah. If we're gonna face him again when he comes out of hiding, we're gonna need to know more about him" Dayla said. "So mum, dad, what can you tell us about him?"
"Let's start at the beginning. His name is Richard O'Brian. He was a brilliant student and friend, however he was expelled" Maddie began.
"Expelled? For what?" Sam asked.
"He was working on a way of using ectoplasm, ancient spells, alchemy and such to attempt time travel, however the college wouldn't fund his research and so he tried to steal the money himself, Jack and I had caught him and turned him in" Jack answered. "But before he could be arrested, he took all of his research and disappeared. He hasn't been seen in 22 years and now he's turned up again"
"So he's probably here to finish what he started all those years ago" Carly said. "Not only that, whatever he's up to, it's obvious he probably wants to get revenge on you two"
"We won't be able to catch him tonight. We'll have to wait until in the morning, when he'll be more visible" Andrew suggested.
"That's a good point and since there's not much we can do tonight, I think it's time you, Dayla, Tucker, Valerie, Sam and Danny go off and enjoy your date night" Jack said with a smile.
"You're right. We'll be back later guys" Dayla said as she and Andrew, Sam and Danny, Tucker and Valerie left to have their date nights.
As Dayla and Andrew cooked in the kitchen of Andrew's home, Dayla asked him, "Hey Andrew, have you noticed something strange about Dani and Dale lately?"
"Strange how?" Andrew asked as he pulled the lasagne out of the oven.
"I don't know. Like they're hiding something and they seemed pretty tired lately" She answered. "Sometimes they look like they only got half a night's sleep, but when I ask them about it, they don't want to talk about it yet"
"It could be stress" He suggested as he got a couple of plates out and placed them on the table. He then walked over and hugged Dayla from behind. "I mean, they only just get a new power each and discovered that they a genetically a little bit different from you guys and they have been training with Pandora to control their new abilities non-stop for these past few days so that they'll be ready to take over protecting Amity Park for you guys when we're off to college. It can put a little pressure on them"
"Maybe you're right. We should give them a break after we deal with this Richard guy for a few days" Dayla suggested.
"And don't worry. They'll talk to you and Danny about it when they're ready" Andrew said. "They just need some time, like you did when you found out about that alternate universe remember?"
"Yeah I remember" Dayla said. She then asked, "Do you think it's possible that they're starting to remember what happened? Clockwork did say it was possible"
"Maybe. We'll just have to wait and see" Andrew answered.
"Hey Sam, do you think Dani and Dale are alright?" Danny asked as they purchased their movie tickets.
Sam shrugged and then answered, "I'm not sure. I'm worried about them too. Have you tried asking them what's going on?"
"Not really. They just don't seem to want to talk about it" Danny answered as they headed to the cinema room.
"Just give them time. When they're ready to talk about whatever is going on, then they'll definitely come to you"
Danny smiled and said after giving Sam a kiss on the lips, "I'm so lucky to have you as my girlfriend Sam"
Sam smiled back and they both shared a hug as the movie began.
Sonya and Jimmy sat in Dani's room with both Dani and Dale. They were playing a board game, but Dani and Dale didn't seem to be concentrating.
"Guys what's wrong?" Sonya asked.
"Is those dreams again?" Jimmy asked.
"Yeah. It's always the same one and both Dani and I can see them" Dale answered.
"What do you think it means?" Sonya asked.
"I don't know, but the weird thing is, I can feel that these dreams really did happen" Dani answered.
"I have that feeling too" Dale said.
"Maybe you guys should go see Clockwork" Sonya suggested. "He might have an answer for you guys"
"And you guys should talk to Danny and Dayla about this as well" Jimmy added.
Meanwhile at Axiom Labs, Richard has just gotten out of there just as the alarms set off with more ectoplasm in his arms. He ran back into town and headed into another alley and coated a piece of chalk with ectoplasm and drew another circle with symbols. He stood up and observed his work and smiled.
"Just one more. One more and I can finally achieve my goal" Richard said.
In the Ghost Zone, Clockwork could suddenly feel a powerful energy affecting the time screens and suddenly got a vision of what the future held for the next day.
"Everything is the way it's meant to be and it seems I must help Team Phantom before the time stream becomes permanently damaged beyond repair" He said.
The next morning, Valerie immediately came to Fenton Works with Tucker and explained about the second break in of Axiom Labs.
"Dad's security cameras showed and confirmed that last night, Richard had broken into the labs again and stole more ectoplasm" Valerie finished. Tucker then added, "Which means whatever he's up to, he's doing it fast and wasting no more time"
"Dad, call Officer Carly and tell that Amity Park needs to seal off all roads leading out of town" Danny said. "We need to search every square inch of the city and find him"
"We'll split into several groups and each of us will carry everything we need to make sure he's captured this time" Dayla continued. "Dani, Dale, Sonya, Jimmy, mum and dad, you guys will be the first team and look on the south side of town. Sam, Tucker and Danny will be the second team and cover the north side of town and Andrew, Valerie and I will cover the rest of the town"
Everyone grabbed their gear and began to head off into their teams.
As night fell, Richard stood in the alleyway where he drew the final circle and said, "It's time"
"Hold it right there!" The voice of Valerie shouted. Richard turned to face them with a grin.
"How'd you figure I would be here?" He asked.
"We had wondered what you were doing in those alleyways and knew you would come to another one and bingo, here you are" Dayla answered.
"And this time, there's no-where for you to run Richard" Andrew said.
"Clearly. But who's running?" Richard said and then suddenly put a small cut on his finger and allowed a drop of blood to fall on the circle.
The circle suddenly began to glow a bright green and red and sparks of electricity began to fly through the air and it wasn't just there, it was happening at the other alleys as well where the other three teams were investigating the circles.
"Uh Dayla, what's going on?" Dayla heard Danny through her mind.
"I don't know, but this aura feels familiar. Like one of Clockwork's time portals" Dayla replied.
Suddenly a large swirling vortex appeared behind Richard and before they could react, he ran off and suddenly different types of dinosaurs started coming through the portal.
"WOAH!" Dayla, Andrew and Valerie all shouted and then Dayla grabbed Andrew and Valerie and flew them to the top of the building and watched as more dinosaurs started coming through, even carnivores such as T-Rexs' and velociraptors.
"I thought those things were extinct!" Valerie shouted in shock.
"Then those are pretty angry fossils" Andrew said.
"Come on! We gotta stop these things before they start to eat meat and to them, humans are meat!" Dayla exclaimed as they flew off the building and went after the creatures from the land before time.
"GUYS! We got dinosaurs! Dinosaurs are coming through a portal!" Valerie shouted through the Fenton Phones to the other teams.
Danny, Sam and Tucker were fighting against Vikings, ninjas and Egyptian warriors as Tucker replied, "Well we got three different types of warriors from different time periods coming out of our portal!"
Clockwork suddenly appeared before them and said as he began helping them, "Richard O'Brian has used a combination of supernatural and alchemy to open several time portals across Amity Park, causing a major rift in the time stream"
"But why? Why do this?" Sam asked.
"I know why, but that's not important. I have to go and stop Richard, but the circles will need to be taken out on their own" Clockwork said.
"So what do we do?!" Danny asked as he blasted a ninja away from them.
"When I give the signal, you have to smash the concrete and break the circle, the portals will close and everything that had come out of them, will return back to their time periods and then I'll use my energy to repair the damage done to the time stream" Clockwork answered.
"Guys! Come in! Mr and Mrs Fenton, along with Dani and Dale are gone! Richard's got them!" The others suddenly heard Sonya and Jimmy say through the Fenton Phones.
"WHAT?! / WHAT?!" Everyone shouted in shock.
A few minutes earlier….
As the circle where Jack, Maddie, Sonya, Jimmy, Dani and Dale was activated, Dani and Dale suddenly came into a trance and then they were both hit by the lightning and knocked unconscious.
"Dani! / Dale!" Jimmy, Sonya, Jack and Maddie all shouted and kneeled down to check on them.
Suddenly Richard jumped into the alley and before they could do anything about it, he threw a smoke bomb on the ground and when the smoke cleared, Jimmy and Sonya were the only ones in the alley.
Dani, Jack, Maddie and Dale had disappeared. Before Jimmy and Sonya could say anything, herds of mammoths, saber tooth tigers, rhinos and many other animals that existed during the Ice Age started stampeding out of the portal that appeared.
Sonya and Jimmy jumped out of the way before they could get crushes and then Sonya and Jimmy immediately contacted the other teams through the Fenton Phones, "Guys! Come in! Mr and Mrs Fenton, along with Dani and Dale are gone! Richard's got them!"
"WHAT?!" They both heard the others shout in shock.
"It's okay. I know where they are. Just tell Jimmy and Sonya to try and keep their area contained and be ready to smash the circles when I give the signal" Clockwork said before disappearing.
"Jimmy, Sonya, find a sledge hammer or something and be ready to destroy the circle when Clockwork gives the signal" Danny said through the Fenton Phones. "Also try and keep the area contained and make sure no civilians get hurt on your end"
"On it" Jimmy and Sonya replied.
INSIDE DANI AND DALE'S HEADS…
They watched as they saw a battle taking place and they were fighting against some strange ghosts, but the images were still a bit blurry and fuzzy.
"Dale, are you seeing this?" Dani asked.
"Yeah, it's that dream again" Dale answered.
"I don't think it's a dream" Dani said. "I think it's a memory"
"A memory? What do you mean?" Dale asked confused.
"Just concentrate hard and focus" Dani said. "Trust me on this"
"Okay sis. I trust you" Dale said and then both he and Dani started focusing hard until finally the images started to become clear.
They both watched as their dream selves were working together blasting the Harvesters as much as they can. They never thought they would be in a ghost situation like this.
"Geez, Dani, who thought we would be in a ghost situation like this, especially fighting along with some alternate older versions of the team and yourself?" Dale asked as he kicked a Harvester in the stomach before blasting it.
"I know, it's weird and cool at the same time" Dani said as she blasted a Harvester ghost.
Both Dale and Dani went after one Harvester ghost. Dale blasted the Harvester to the ground. The evil ghost then got up and was about to aim its blaster at the two, but Dani blasted the weapon away. The Harvester screeched before charging towards the two. Dani and Dale then combined their powers before sending a large combined ecto-blast at the Harvester, creating a hole in its chest. The ghost then reduced to ectoplasm.
Dale flew towards one Harvester and shot both its legs off. He then blasted the Harvester by the back with an ecto-ray, creating a hole and caused it to reduce to ectoplasm. Dale then charged towards another Harvester before giving it a roundhouse kick before firing an ecto blast from his feet.
Meanwhile, Dani also charged towards one Harvester and gave an ecto-energy strike, sending it crashing to the ground. She then formed an ecto rope and wrapped it around the Harvester before sending a Ghost Stinger, causing the ghost to screech loudly before exploding into ectoplasm. Dale then regrouped with Dani before the two charged at another nearby Harvester and gave a combined ecto-energy strike to it.
Suddenly, one Harvester shot a powerful ecto-blast that separated the two, with Dale crashing into a nearby boulder and Dani crashing to the ground. The Harvester then started to approach Dani, who rolled over to see it approaching. Dani stated crawling back until she reached the cliff of the Keep, with the hostile ghost's fist starting to glow. Her eyes widened in fear and just when she thought it was the end, the Harvester suddenly exploded by a super-fast ecto-ray that was fired from the Fenton Railgun by a familiar looking guy.
A new image then appeared, this time they were in Clockwork's tower with not only the others but Alternate Danny and Dani. Clockwork then said, "There's one more thing you need to know, when you return only you Dayla, young Danny, young Sam, young Tucker, young Valerie and Andrew will remember what happened. Once you all enter your world, all the memories of Older Dani ever being in your world will erase from everyone's minds except you six. It's to repair and to protect the time stream. The Jack, Maddie, Jazz and including your cousin Andrew, who saw Dani, will no longer remember, that and everyone else in your world who saw Older Dani, will no longer remember that"
"What?! What about us?" Dani and Dale both asked in shock and surprise.
"I'm sorry but we can't further risk damaging your universe's time stream. Please try to understand." Alternate Clockwork said.
They were silent for a moment and then Dale asked, "Will we ever return one or one day remember?"
"Maybe, but for now your memories here must be erased" Alternate Clockwork answered.
"We understand" Dani and Dale both said. Dani then added, "But that doesn't mean we have to like it"
Older Danny and Older Dani walked up to them and then Older Danny said, "No matter what, you guys are Avengers. You'll always be part of our team"
"And that's a promise" Older Dani said.
The image then went black and then Dani said, "I remember now. We had fought against Hertha and her Harvesters in that alternate universe"
"I remember too and in that world, Dayla, Andrew and I don't exist" Dale said. He then realised something else and said, "And if we are both seeing the same memories and dreams, then that means…"
"We have just gained our telepathy powers" Dani finished for him.
"When we wake up and when this whole business with Richard is all over, we're definitely gonna talk to Danny, Dayla and Clockwork about this" Dale said.
"Agreed, but now we need to wake up" Dani said.
Jack, Maddie, Dani and Dale woke up from their unconscious state and found themselves tied up to individual boards. In front of them was Richard smiling darkly at them as he stood by a table that had a few knives on it and also, a larger circle with the same symbols on a huge chalkboard was standing behind him.
"My plan is working. Animals and warriors from all time periods are running amok causing havoc" Richard said as he picked up one of the knives and then threw it at Jack, which hit above Jack's head.
"Oh and don't bother trying to escape from those ropes ghost kids. They're made of anti-ghost proof materials" Richard said as he picked up another knife and then threw it at Maddie which hit just past her hand.
He picked up another knife and said, "You know my dear old college friends, there's always something I never told you about me when we first met. Up until I was seventeen, I was actually part of a circus with my father. I didn't really enjoy the circus life myself, since I preferred to study science. But my old man, he wanted me to continue to be part of the circus life so he constantly taught me how to throw knives, so I could be a knife thrower. That's when I actually began to enjoy circus life, since I was doing it with my old man and it was the first time, we actually spent time together. When I was finally old enough, he let me throw the knives while he was the one tied up to the board. I would always tell the crowd not to attempt the trick at home since I was a professional and I never missed a single shot"
He picked up a second knife and threw them at both Dani and Dale, both knives hitting the board just above their heads.
"Why'd you give up that career?" Jack asked.
"Well to tell you the truth Jack, one day I missed. It was an accident since a man in the audience thought it was funny to run off the stands and spook me, causing my aim to be off and I…well…I missed" Richard answered, causing Dani, Dale, Jack and Maddie to look in shock.
Richard threw four more knives and each of them, hit the board on the right side just under their arms. He then said, "The courts declared it a freak accident and so I continued to pursue a career in science. I always found a fascination in science of today and the past and when I got accepted into the University of Wisconsin, it was the happiest day of my life. That's when I wanted to attempt time travel"
"But why time travel?" Dani asked. "What could you possible gain from unleashing havoc from all across time on Amity Park?"
Richard shook his head and said, "That is only part of my plan ghost girl. The revenge part anyway on your parents for destroying my chance all those years ago. I'm allowing those animals and warriors from across time to destroy your precious town, allowing you all to know how it feels to have everything you hold dear destroyed right in front of you. The real part behind my plan from all those years ago was not to bring things back from the past, I wanted to go back in time and stop what happened at the circus from happening. I wanted to go back in time to save my father. I had done the research about time travel, astrology, physics, paranormal studies and even alchemy. I even studied the Ghost Zone and eventually, I had figured out a way to combine everything I had learned to make time travel for me possible, but the one thing I didn't have was the finances to make it work. I pleaded with the university board to fund my research, but they dismissed it. I tried again and again, but had been rejected that many times I lost count. The amount of days I had spent crying over the fact I may never stop what had happened at the circus, was slipping even further away. That's why I stole the money"
"And all of this is so you can see your father again?" Dani asked.
"I WANT MORE TIME!" Richard shouted. He calmed down and continued, his voice breaking with sorrow and emotion, "I want more time with my father. Before leaving for university, I found an envelope with a cheque inside from my father and a letter, he had been saving ever since I was a kid for me to go to university, so I could live my dream. He was going to give it to me that day at the circus, but he never got the chance to. He gave me everything….and I couldn't even thank him because I didn't know…"
He stopped for a moment and allowed some tears to fall from his eyes before finishing, "I didn't know that our time together would be so short. I didn't know that…that it was going to be the last time I would ever hear his voice…and feel his love and support. But now that I had figured out that all I needed was a huge amount of energy from the time stream to open a portal to the exact moment before my father was killed, things will be different. After I go back, things are gonna be different. I'll save my father and things…things will turn out differently"
"No they won't" Clockwork said as he appeared in the warehouse.
Richard's eye's widened in complete shock and then watched as Clockwork used an ecto-blast to free Jack and Maddie and allowed those two to free Dani and Dale.
"You're Clockwork! The Ghost Master of Time" Richard said still in shock to see the real legendary Clockwork before him.
"Indeed I am" Clockwork said with a frown. "Richard O'Brian, because of all the time portals you've opened, it has caused a major tear in the time stream. If we don't stop the portals now and fix the time stream in the next few minutes, space and time will collapse and the world will be lost. Going back in time won't change what happened. Your father will still die one day. It's the natural cycle of life"
"I don't expect you to understand Master of Time" Richard said bitterly. "No-one can ever understand what I went through or felt"
"Richard I know what you're going through" Jack said, hoping to get through to him. "My own parents…they died about a year after Danny and Dayla were born. They were always busy when I was growing up and we didn't get to spend a lot of time together and after they died, it was one of the worst things that ever happened to not only me but my family as well. It meant that my children would grow up without knowing their grandparents. I wished I had more time with them, but there's no going back. All I can do is honour the years I had with them. Those free special moments are the ones we always remember. It's not about how much time you have, but it's what you choose to do with it"
"Please don't do this Richard. You can still do the right thing" Maddie said.
"Mum's right. It's not too late" Dani said hoping that they got through to them. Dale then added, "Doing this won't save your father"
Richard looked at them all and hesitated for a moment, but then he turned to the circle and activated it and once the portal opened, he jumped right into it.
"We gotta stop him!" Dani and Dale said in unison.
Clockwork however stopped them from moving and said, "No. Just wait"
Dayla, Andrew and Valerie continued to blast back the dinosaurs. A T-rex was about to devour a mother and her child, but Valerie quickly grabbed them and flew them out of the way and placed them far from the area.
"I really hope whatever Clockwork's doing, he's doing it fast!" Valerie exclaimed.
"We'll just have to keep the dino's under control for as long as we can" Dayla said as she continued to blast the dino's back. "Andrew! Stand by the circle and get ready to destroy it!"
"On it!" Andrew said as he grabbed a nearby sledge hammer and stood by the circle.
Tucker and Danny continued to blast and fight against the ninjas, Vikings and Egyptian warriors, all while protecting Sam who stood ready by the portal with her own sledgehammer to destroy it as soon as Clockwork gave them the signal.
Jimmy and Sonya continued to blast the animals back, keeping them contained within the area, however it was hard since they were huge animals from the Ice Age, especially the mammoths and the saber tooth tigers.
"I never thought one day we'd end up getting dragged in all this weirdness" Sonya said.
"I know! It's cool and weird at the same time!" Jimmy said as they continued to fight.
"I thought you said thing's wouldn't be different Clockwork" Maddie said.
"Just watch" Was all Clockwork said.
Suddenly another time portal opened and out came Richard, he was the same age only he was different. He was wearing completely different clothes and his hair was shorter.
He looked at them all and smiled sadly and said, "You were all right. You can't go back. I tried but my father still died. He did tell me one thing though. You have to live life, moving forward and not back. I'm gonna listen to him. Clockwork, would you help me fix everything?"
Clockwork nodded and knew what he had to do. Clockwork went up to the main time portal and began to use all his energy to close it. He then contacted the rest of Team Phantom through the Fenton Phones and said, "NOW!"
Each member of each group who held the sledgehammer they were given, started slamming the concrete where the symbols where and began to smash it into pieces, suddenly all the animals and warriors were beginning to be pulled back through their time portals.
Clockwork finally closed the main portal and outside, all the animals and warriors from all areas of time had finished being put back where they belonged and all the other portals closed. Clockwork then used his energy to repair all the damages that had been done throughout Amity Park and the time stream. The tear and damages that had been done to time were finally fixed. He then fixed time before Richard meddled and went back in time to try and save his father.
"Everything has been fixed. All the damage, including the damage done when you went back in time Richard has been fixed" Clockwork said.
"What will you do now Richard?" Maddie asked.
"What I should've done in the first place. Face the consequences of my actions and hopefully, be forgiven for what I have done" Richard answered. He then looked at Maddie and Jack and said, "Especially to you two, your family and your town"
"We forgave you the second you told Clockwork to stop close the main time portal" Jack said with a smile as he wrapped his arms around his wife.
A few minutes later, the police and the rest of Team Phantom had arrived at the warehouse and took Richard into custody, they were surprised he came quietly and then Jack, Maddie, Dani, Dale and Clockwork explained what happened.
"So, what'll happen to Richard?" Dani asked Carly as the police car with Richard inside drove off.
"He has to face trial for all the thefts he committed those years back and the recent ones, along with trying to destroy the town and kidnapping you four, however the courts may take that he decided in the end to do the right thing and return the last of the materials he had stolen into consideration into his sentence" Carly answered. "I'm not sure how long his jail sentence will be though"
Dani nodded and then she turned to Dale, they both nodded at each other and knew it was time to speak to Clockwork, Dayla and Danny about certain memories that they had just recovered.
Dominic suddenly came over and said, "Richard wants to see Danny and Dayla for a moment"
Danny and Dayla walked over to the police car and then Richard handed the large folder containing all of his research and said, "This is all my research I have done since I was expelled. It should be forever kept out of my hands and anyone else's. It's too dangerous. Please promise to keep it somewhere hidden"
"We will keep that promise" Dayla said as she placed the folder in her satchel bag.
A FEW MINUTES LATER AT CLOCKWORK'S TOWER IN THE GHOST ZONE:
Clockwork had just finished showing Dani and Dale an image on his time screen everything that happened during their battle in the alternate universe against Hertha and her Harvester Ghost and them fighting alongside Alternate Team Phantom.
"I knew you two would remember what would happen sooner or later" Clockwork said as the images ended.
"Will Dani and Dale remembering damage the time stream Clockwork?" Danny asked.
"Back then yes, but now? No. Dani and Dale may keep their memories now and forever" Clockwork answered.
"But why did we end up remembering Clockwork?" Dani and Dale asked at the same time.
"I'm curious about that too" Dayla said. "I thought that the other Clockwork said that their memories of the alternate universe would be permanent"
"No. He said that perhaps one day they would remember, but for now their memories would be erased in order to repair the time stream" Clockwork answered. He then turned and looked at Dani and Dale and said, "Since you two are indeed clones of Danny and Dayla here, you both share the same ecto signature, along with similar traits and personalities. Both of your ecto signatures are strong like your siblings and it's the same strength that allowed you both to recover the memories you have lost, with a little help from that electric shock you received when the time portals opened. Sometimes memories are not truly gone, just buried somewhere deep in the subconscious mind"
Dani and Dale nodded, understanding what Clockwork meant. Dani then asked, "May we tell our friends Jimmy and Sonya?"
Clockwork thought about it for a moment and then handed Dani a small mirror and said, "Since you trust them enough, this mirror will reply everything I had shown you and you both may tell them, however you must not at the present tell your parents and Jasmine about it at the moment"
Both Dani and Dale nodded, understanding what they had been told and then Dale said, "Well, we better get back home. Dayla, you and Danny coming?"
"We'll meet you back at home. We're just gonna stay behind with Clockwork for a few more minutes" Danny said.
With that, Dani and Dale left the tower and began heading back for Fenton Works. Dayla then opened her satchel bag and pulled out all of Richard's research and handed it to Clockwork and said, "Richard gave us this. He said it was better safe away from Earth and out of the wrong hands"
"And he is right. If this research falls into the wrong hands, it can be very dangerous and once again cause chaos and further damage to the time stream" Clockwork said in agreement. He went to the wall and opened a secret compartment and placed the research inside before closing it and said, "It shall stay forever in my tower and out of the hands of humans and any evil ghosts"
"There's one other thing Clockwork, a few days ago when we fought against Blizzard, Gaelick and Lazuli again, they said someone had hired them to destroy Dani, Dale, Dayla and me" Danny said.
"Hired them? One of your enemies?" Clockwork asked.
Dayla shook her head and said, "No. They said it was a human"
"A human? Did they say who?" Clockwork asked.
"No" Danny answered. "They didn't see her face and had refused to reveal her identity, but could only tell it was a woman about our age"
"I will bring this up to Queen Annaya when I see her tomorrow" Clockwork said. "Right now, I believe it's time for you two to be heading for home"
Danny and Dayla were outside of Clockwork's tower and were starting to head home when suddenly, they were hit by a huge blast which forced them to change into their human forms and then suddenly found most of their bodies, except their head frozen, similar to how Clockwork could freeze them in time.
They heard the sound of laughter and suddenly saw a blue skinned ghost, wearing what looked similar to a red Russian uniform from the time of the Russian Revolution and a long flowing black cape behind him, he had fiery black hair flowing and black pupiless eyes.
"At last, I meet the famous Phantom Twins" The ghost said with a grin. "The ones who destroyed my Reality Gauntlet"
"Who the heck are you?" Danny and Dayla both asked, a bit shocked and taken back that this new ghost who seemed to have similar powers to Clockwork.
"I am Anandlok! Creator of the Reality Gauntlet and the reigning king of alternate realities. I have the power to create new realities and travel to alternate dimensions and now that I have finally found you two, I shall teach you two a lesson for destroying my gauntlet! You two shall now know the meaning of suffering beyond time and space!" He shouted and then zapped both Danny and Dayla, there was a bright flash of light and suddenly Danny and Dayla were no longer outside of Clockwork's tower.
Anandlok laughed at the thought of getting revenge on the Phantom Twins, but then suddenly his body was completely frozen, leaving only his head being able to move.
"Well, well. Clockwork my old friend. How are you?" Anandlok asked sarcastically.
Clockwork came up to him with a glare and demanded, "Where are the Phantom Twins?! What did you do to them?! Where did you send them?!"
Anandlok only grinned and said nothing…
TO BE CONTINUED...