PREVIOUSLY ON THE PHANTOM TWINS:
"Now do you two understand?" Justeco asked.
"Yes. Dani and Dale Phantom grows up to be the most evil ghosts on the planet" Clockwork said. "What do you want me to do about it?"
"Isn't it obvious Clockwork? To save the future, Dani and Dale Phantom must perish. We can't risk this type of timeline to happen again" Enecto said.
Clockwork turned to Annaya and asked, "What do you think your Majesty?"
Annaya thought about it for a moment and then answered, "Clockwork along with Danny and Dayla Phantom had already told me about what happened when they faced their evil future selves and as I recall, they emerged victorious. I believe in their siblings will overcome this and the future we see before us will not come to pass, I will allow Clockwork to handle this one and allow him to make judgement on what needs to be done"
The Observants had left, leaving Clockwork and Annaya alone in the tower. Annaya then saw the frown on Clockwork's face and asked, "Clockwork, there is something you're hiding from the Observants. What is it my friend?"
Clockwork sighed and answered honestly, "My Queen, I have seen many twists and turns and paths on what may happen in the next few days. The one path I see more clearly is that, although I will be involved in this, some things may happen that will not be my doing"
Annaya looked at him confused and then asked, "Are you saying that, someone else will be involved in all of this?"
Clockwork nodded and answered, "Everything is the way it's supposed to be"
Dani and Dale sat down with the other students in the auditorium, next to Jimmy and Sonya. Mr Lancer then came onto the stage and began, "Good morning. I'm sorry to interrupt your summer vacation but it was important. As all of you are aware, due to technical malfunctions the CAT's were cancelled last year, now the malfunction has been fixed and they have decided to enact the CAT's this week so we don't have to wait the new semester starts. So this Saturday, all of you who didn't take the CAT's during the previous school year will take them. Remember, try your best, study and do well or you may be doomed to a career at the Nasty Burger"
"Uh Dale? What's that on your back?" Sonya asked.
Dale looked and noticed there was indeed something on his back, he pulled it off and then wiped the sauce away to see that in his hands was the envelope that contained the answers to the CAT's!
"Oh my gosh! It's the answers to the CAT's!" Dani and Dale answered in complete shock.
Dale headed for Mr Lancer's place and was about to knock on the front door, but then stopped. He looked down at the test answer packet and began to think in his head, "I should return the answers. But then I'd be letting go the only chance I have for Dani and I to pass this test? But with what happened to Danny and Dayla….but that couldn't happen again. Could it? No. Just because it happened to Danny and Dayla, does not mean it'll happen to me and Dani. I'm sure she'll see that too once I explain"
Dale then began to head back to Fenton Works, with the test answers in his hand.
All three of them were unaware that the same girl who had seen Mr Lancer was standing behind one of the pillars, holding four Time Medallions in their hands. She suddenly threw them and the medallions landed on Jimmy's, Dani's, Dale's and Sonya's necks and before they could do anything, the girl suddenly blasted with energy from her hands all four of them into the Future.
Clockwork glared at the girl and demanded, "Who are you and what are you doing in my tower?!"
The girl merely smirked and answered before completely disappearing, "Someone you'll meet very soon"
"Jimmy?! Sonya?! This can't be! You can't be alive!" Future Valerie then shouted also in shock.
"Listen! We're from the past" Jimmy said. "Before any of this happened"
"From when?" Future Tucker asked.
"During the summer, before we take the CAT's" Dani answered.
"The CAT! That's the last time we saw Jimmy and Sonya alive" Future Valerie said. Future Tucker then added, "There was a big explosion at the Nasty Burger….You, Sonya, Danny, Dayla, the Fentons, Sam, Andrew, Jazz…."
They both suddenly shouted at Dani and Dale in anger, "And it was both your fault!"
Suddenly Future Tucker and Valerie were blasted away by an ecto blast and floating near them was none other than Ella and Dante Phantom, grinning maliciously at them all.
"Actually that was us" Ella said and then Dante added as he gestured at Dani and Dale, "And you two, eventually"
THE NEW ULTIMATE ENEMIES PART 2
Ella and Dante landed in front of the four frightened teenagers and before Jimmy and Sonya could move, Ella had used some of her energy to freeze them and keep them from going anywhere.
"Well, well. If it isn't our old friends Jimmy and Sonya" Ella said with a grin. "How long has it been since we've those faces brother dear?"
"I believe it's been ten years to be exact" Dante answered. "This would be considered a very touching reunion if we still had some humanity left in us"
"But then of course, we surrendered our human halves a long time ago and it was one of the best decisions we've ever made" Ella agreed with her evil twin brother.
"So it's true! We split our human halves" Dani said telepathically to Dale.
"The question is, what happened that would cause us to make that drastic decision?" Dale replied.
Suddenly Dante and Ella were blasted back by a couple of blasts, right into the wall of a building. When the smoke cleared, Dante and Ella looked to see Future Tucker using a knife to cut Dani and Dale from their nets while Future Valerie stood in front of them with her blaster, ready to defend them against the two evil twin half ghost.
Ella and Dante growled at their enemies and charged right for them, phasing into the ground as they avoided more of Future Valerie's blasts and before Future Tucker could fully free Dani and Dale, he was grabbed by Dante and Future Valerie was grabbed by Ella who crushed her blaster in her own hand as she held Valerie by her throat.
Both Dante and Ella punched both Future Valerie and Tucker hard in their faces, sending them back a few feet. Dante and Ella landed in front of them and picked them both up.
"You know, my sister and I should let the two of you live out of respect for our past" Dante said. Ella then finished, "But that's not how we work and we've allowed you two to live long enough"
Suddenly they both threw Future Tucker and Valerie straight at a building that was on the verge of collapsing, Dani and Dale broke out of their nets and flew straight for them, catching them both and turning them intangible and phasing them right through the building as it fell, they came out from the other side and landed roughly on the ground.
Both Future Tucker and Valerie groaned as Dani and Dale moved them to a makeshift shelter. Dale then said, "You both should be safe here until you're strong enough to move"
"Thanks guys. You guys really are from the past aren't you?" Future Valerie asked them.
Dani and Dale both nodded and then Future Tucker said, "Listen, you need to get back to your timeline. Stop this from happening"
"But how? We don't even know what caused this?" Dani asked.
"All we can tell you is this, it all began with the CAT's" Future Valerie said before collapsing unconscious.
Future Tucker held his wife close and said, "You two better go get your friends and get out of here before Ella and Dante destroy them"
Ella walked up to Jimmy and smirked, she then lightly touched his cheek and said, "I remember all the times we spent together. Kind of makes me sick"
"And Sonya, I remember the day you died along with our family and our other friends and Mr Lancer, it was definitely a glorious day" Dante said sharing the same grin as his twin sister.
Suddenly, two tornadoes swept up Ella and Dante and sent then straight into a couple of cars, causing Ella to lose control of her energy that was holding Jimmy and Sonya still. Some vines then wrapped them up tightly and held them still.
"Guys run for it! We'll hold them off and catch up with ya, just get away from here now!" Dani shouted as she continued her hold on Dante and Ella.
Jimmy and Sonya immediately began to make a run for it, but an eerie voice said behind Dani and Dale, "Oh, but there's nowhere for them to run to"
Suddenly two sets of hands grabbed Dani and Dale, they both looked up and gasped to see Dante and Ella holding onto them, they both looked and watched as the Dante and Ella that Dani had wrapped up in her vines disappeared.
Dante and Ella suddenly took a deep breath and their eyes went pupiless black as they released their Dark Ghostly Wails straight at the half destroyed Fenton Works building, the debris and the large roof began to fall and all Dani and Dale could hear as they struggled to get out of Dante and Ella's grip was Jimmy and Sonya's screams as smoke and debris covered the area.
Dani and Dale suddenly began to scream as Dante and Ella sent electrifying dark energy right through their bodies, forcing them to lose their energy and change back into their human forms and then without giving them time to recover, Dante and Ella threw them right over to where Fenton Works once stood.
Dani and Dale sat up weakly and began looking around frantically for Jimmy and Sonya, hoping that they were okay. Their prayers were answered when they saw two Time Medallions on the ground and instantly recognised them from the ones Jimmy and Sonya were wearing.
"Thank goodness! They took off their Time Medallions, which means they got transported back to our time and that they're alive" Dani said. Dale breathed in relief and said, "Thank god! I thought they were goners for a moment. We better get back to our own time then and make sure none of this happens"
Before Dani and Dale could remove their own medallions however, Dante grabbed them and pinned them to the ground and said, "Neither of you are going anywhere and just to make sure of that, we're gonna use a little trick that our old siblings may have told you about"
Ella grabbed Dani and Dante's Time Medallions and made them intangible, she then phased them into Dani and Dale's chest, causing them to scream in pain, as they fell unconscious, all they could see was Dante and Ella's grinning faces.
AMITY PARK: PRESENT TIME
Valerie and Jazz continued to drive around in Valerie's car, looking for Dani and Dale to try and talk them out of cheating on the CAT's. Valerie pulled over in front of the Nasty Burger and said, "Hopefully they're around here, or if we can find Jimmy and Sonya, we'll find Dani and Dale"
Jimmy and Sonya suddenly appeared right at the dumpsters behind the Nasty Burger. They both then sighed and then Jimmy said, "That was too close! Good thing you ripped the Time Medallions off our necks before we were crushed by that rubble"
"Yeah but we still have a problem. Dani and Dale are still stuck in the future fighting their evil older selves and not only that, we need to figure out what causes that horrible future" Sonya said.
"Jimmy, Sonya have you guys seen Dani or Dale? We need to talk to them" Jazz asked as she and Valerie walked up to them.
"We know that Dale kept the test answers to the CAT's and that he and Dani are going to cheat" Valerie said.
"But guys, you don't understand. Dani and Dale weren't going to…" Sonya tried to say but Jazz cut her off, "Look guys. Please just tell Dani and Dale that we want to talk to them tonight and if we don't, we will be talking to the others and Mr Lancer tomorrow"
Without another word, Valerie and Jazz left and headed back to Fenton Works. Sonya then said, "Mr Lancer knows that Dani and Dale have the test answers? How?"
"I don't know, but they're both definitely in trouble now" Jimmy answered with concern for his two friends.
Sonya's eyes suddenly widened in realisation and said, "Wait! That's it! Dani and Dale cheating on the CAT's leads to that horrible future and somehow, we die during this time"
"Okay, this is a serious case of déjà vu. Danny and Dayla tell us their story of the CAT's and it's just like what's happening now" Jimmy said. "Dani and Dale get caught cheating on a test and we pay for it with our lives"
AMITY PARK: TEN YEARS INTO THE FUTURE
Dani and Dale groaned as they woke up, they tried to move their arms but found they were tied up with ropes made from dark energy. They looked around the environment around them and both their eyes widened as they saw a tombstone, with statues of Danny, Dayla, Sam, Andrew, Jack, Maddie, Sonya, Jimmy and Jazz.
"Gone but not forgotten" Dani and Dale read the inscription. They both then turned to see that Mr Lancer's grave was right next to theirs but this time, it said Mr Lancer, a good teacher / vice principle.
"This must've been where it happened" Dani said as they stood up on their feet.
"Then where's the Nasty Burger?" Dale asked.
Both of them suddenly heard chuckling and turned to see Dante and Ella emerge from the ruins what used to be the Nasty Burger. Ella then said, "It's strange how repeating the same mistake our siblings almost made and one massive fireball of highly combustible condiments can ruin your whole future"
Dante and Ella walked up to them and just continued to grin at their younger selves. Dante then said, "I guess it's true what they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree"
"What are you talking about?" Dale asked, both he and Dani felt confused by his statement.
"He's talking about Vlad Masters" Ella answered. "I remember when those times where we wondered if we were still Vlad's puppets, that no matter what we did, Vlad would always influence our choices and that there was always an evil spark inside ourselves and you know what? There was"
"NO THERE'S NOT!" Dani and Dale shouted defiantly.
"Just face reality kids, we were always destined to become evil and we'll make sure you embrace your wonderful future" Dante said. "And besides Ella has fused those Time Medallions inside of you"
"Intangible and unreachable whether you two are or humans, which will prevent you from going back in time" Ella finished as she opened a portal behind them.
"It won't matter if we go back in time or not. We'll stop this from happening and we'll never turn into you!" Dani shouted in defiance and determination. Dale nodded and added, "You got that right sis! We're not gonna turn into your creeps!"
"Of course you will" Dante and Ella said as they transformed to make themselves look like Dani and Dale. "It's only a matter of time"
Before Dani or Dale could say anything, Dante and Ella grabbed them by their ropes and without wasting any more time, they threw them both into the Ghost Zone.
"Well brother, shall we go secure our future?" Ella asked as she held up a Time Medallion in her hand. Dante grinned and held up his own one and suddenly, both of them were then transported behind the Nasty Burger back in the year 2018, unaware that Future Tucker had seen them throw the real Dani and Dale into the Ghost Zone and went straight into the portal.
"Clockwork! This is getting out of hand! We need to destroy Dani and Dale Phantom now before it's too late" Justeco said with urgency.
"There is still time for the future to change" Clockwork merely said.
"My Queen, I plead with you to order Clockwork to destroy the clones. They will merely turn out to be like the one who created them as we have always feared and…." Justeco said to Annaya who suddenly raised her hand and motioned for him to be silent.
"Justeco, is that what you really think of Dani and Dale Phantom? That they will merely turn out to be like Vlad Masters? I have seen the good in them. They are not like Vlad at all. I have seen them fight and have seen many of their other battles, including their recent one at the start of the summer in that other dimension. They have nothing but the pure goodness in their hearts just like their older siblings Danny and Dayla Phantom. I know they will rise to the challenge and defeat the evil that threatens their future and their loved ones" Annaya said with confidence in Dani and Dale.
Clockwork smiled proudly at the Queen as she continued, "Vlad Masters may have created them but they are nothing like them, because they understand honour, truth, justice, courage and love"
Justeco was silent and then said, "I understand your Majesty. Forgive me"
"There's nothing to forgive. We are all concerned about the future of both worlds" Annaya said with a smile. "But I believe in them"
Justeco nodded and they continued to watch as Dante and Ella walked to the side of the Nasty Burger, still disguised as Danny and Dale.
AMITY PARK: PRESENT TIME
"Everything is going to plan so far. Once they are destroyed, my revenge will be complete" The same girl who spoke to Mr Lancer said as she looked at Dante and Ella from around the corner, before running off.
Dante and Ella looked inside the Nasty Burger and continued to smile as they saw that the sauce boilers were still slowly heating. They both then suddenly heard two happy voices behind them, "Guys!"
Dante and Ella turned to see Jimmy and Sonya coming towards them with relieved smiles on their faces, it was a relief for them since they couldn't tell that who they were really now hugging was Dante and Ella disguising themselves as their younger selves.
"We're so glad you made it back" Sonya said. Jimmy then asked, "So did you two defeat those creepy alternate versions of yourselves?"
Ella and Dante both discreetly frowned at the creepy comment, but shrugged it off and merely smiled at their past friends. Ella then said, "Absolutely. We both managed to beat our future selves pretty easily. They won't be bothering us no more"
"That's good. Should we stop the Nasty Burger from blowing up then?" Jimmy then asked.
"Oh we've already done it. This place isn't blowing up any time soon. Now since tomorrow's the test, how about another study session and then some video games?" Dante suggested.
"We're in" Jimmy and Sonya said in unison, unaware of the danger they were in.
THE GHOST ZONE: 10 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE
Dani and Dale were floating helplessly in the Ghost Zone, struggling to get themselves out of their binds.
"We have to get out of these and stop our future selves!" Dani said as she tried to break her ropes.
They both changed into their ghost forms in hopes to phase out of their binds, but to no avail. Their evil future selves have proven to be a lot stronger than Danny and Dayla's evil future selves and their binds were made from negative ghost energy, more powerful than regular ghost energy.
They suddenly heard a deep chuckle behind them and turned to see a very familiar looking ghost. Their eyes completely widened in shock as they recognised the ghost as Skulker. Future Skulker now had a longer beard and flaming green hair, one of his eyes was now completely sewn closed indicating he had lost it at one point and his right hand now a long sharp black hook and he now wore dark purple shirt with black pants and boots. He was sitting on a green motorcycle with a purple seat and a white skull on the front.
"Well, well, well. Most of us were planning on taking the fight to you two, but here you whelps are. Now there's no need for me to track you down and hunt you both" Future Skulker said with a malicious grin.
"S-skulker?!" Dani and Dale both shouted in shock.
"Prepare to die whelps!" Skulker roared in anger and then suddenly, the skull from his motor cycle shot read beams from its eyes and hit Dani and Dale dead on and sent them floating backwards until they bumped into something.
They both looked behind to see Lunch Lady, only now she was skinner and more muscular, her right eye now had a long scar that went all the way down to her neck, her lunch serving uniform was all ripped at the bottom, wearing leggings and black boots and on her belt was different types of sharp, deadly kitchen knives.
"Lunch Lady?! Uh…you look…." Dale began to comment nervously but then Future Lunch Lady cut him off, "Horrible that you not only stole my ability to control food, destroyed my husband leaving my child without a father and left me blind in right eye from your sharp dark ghost energy?!"
"I was gonna say skinnier but uh…" Dale began to say but she cut him off as she grabbed Dani and Dale by their hairs, making them wince in pain before she let go and punched them right in their stomachs, sending them straight into the middle.
Dani and Dale looked around to find them now surrounded by not only Future Skulker and Lunch Lady, but by also Orion, Shadow Spectre and a few ragged and scarred looking Observants.
"You two are going to pay for everything you have done here" One of the Observants said.
"No wait! / Please stop! / No!" Dani and Dale pleaded but the ghosts began their assault on the two teens
AMITY PARK: PRESENT TIME
Dante and Ella still disguised as their younger selves, entered Dante's bedroom. They couldn't help but look around at first Dani's bedroom and now Dante's bedroom. Suddenly the door opened and Jazz and Valerie entered inside, Jazz holding Dante's school bag in her hands.
"Guys, we need to talk" Jazz said as she and Valerie stood in front of them.
"What is it guys? We're kind of busy" Dante said crossing his arms.
"Busy what? Cheating?" Valerie said as she pulled the test answers out of the bag. "I thought you were going to return them Dale and not only have you not done that, you also convinced Dani to cheat as well"
"Don't you guys understand that this is wrong?" Jazz asked.
"Look guys, we really don't expect you guys to understand. So what if we destroy our future? It's not like we'll get caught" Ella said as she grabbed both the bag and the test answers.
Jazz and Valerie frowned. Jazz then softened and said, "Guys please. This isn't the way. Don't almost make the same mistake Danny and Dayla made. You guys are so much better than that"
For the slightest moment, Dante's and Ella's eyes softened slightly as Valerie continued, "I know that in your hearts, you guys don't want to do this and I know that this isn't the Dani and Dale that we know"
Both Dante and Ella smirked as they both said, "You know what Valerie? You're absolutely right"
They both suddenly changed into their normal selves, revealing that they were disguising as Dani and Dale the whole time. Jazz's and Valerie's eyes widened in complete shock as they stood back and shouted, "YOU'RE NOT DANI AND DALE!"
"Well we were, but we both grew out of it. The Dani and Dale you two know are floating helplessly in the Ghost Zone ten years into the future" Dante said.
"They'll both get escape and then they're gonna kick your ghostly butts!" Valerie said defiantly.
"And how are they gonna do that?" Ella asked with a smirk. "The Fenton Portal? We destroyed it. Vlad Master's old portal? We destroyed that one too. The Infinity Map? The one that the future Valerie and Tucker has? As soon as we find it, that's going to be destroyed as well"
"Or you two? No" Dante continued. "You can't stop us from cheating on the CAT's and ensuring our future"
Dante and Ella both suddenly zapped both Valerie and Jazz with their dark energy until they both fell unconscious. The evil ghosts then changed back into their younger disguises and laughed evilly into the air for their plan so far was working.
The next morning, Jazz and Valerie both woke up screaming as they woke up. They found themselves both in Jazz's room. Jazz was in her bed while Valerie was on a blow up mattress on the floor of the room.
They looked around in confusion until Jack, Maddie, Danny and Dayla came into the bedroom, after Jack kicked the door down.
"What's wrong girls? Are you both okay?" Jack asked in concern.
"We're in bed? Alive?" Jazz and Valerie asked in unison.
"Of course you are" Maddie answered with a warm smile. "We got home pretty late last night and Dani and Dale explained what was going on and how you two fell asleep while helping them study for the CAT's and so we tucked you in Jazz and set up a bed for Valerie"
"They both even woke up bright and early so they wouldn't be late for the CAT's" Danny said.
"Oh no! The test!" Valerie and Jazz shouted in shock and then jumped out of the beds.
Jazz then shouted, "We have to get to Casper High right now and stop them!"
"Guys! What's going on?" Dayla asked now concerned about their behaviour.
"They're not Dani and Dale! They're their evil future selves in disguise!" Valerie and Jazz shouted in unison.
"WHAT?!" Jack, Maddie, Danny and Dayla all shouted, now sharing the same shock over what they just heard.
"Perhaps it's best if you start at the beginning" Maddie suggested.
Jazz and Valerie calmed down and began to tell them everything. It was a good twenty minutes and finally they reached up to the end of telling them everything that has happened in the past few days.
Danny and Dayla remembered that the Dani and Danny from that alternate dimension had told them and Dani and Dale that there was a possibility that they would have evil future selves, but they never thought it would actually happen.
"What are we gonna do?" Jack asked Danny and Dayla.
"We have to be prepared for whatever happens and hopefully, Dani and Dale will figure out a way to get back here to the present" Danny said. "In the meantime, we'll just have to handle this Dante and Ella ourselves"
"Jazz, you call Mr Lancer and let him know what's going on and tell him to keep an eye on Dante and Ella" Dayla said. "And then, get him to set up a meeting with them at the Nasty Burger tonight, making them believe that their plan is working and then we'll spring the trap and try and take them down or at least keep them contained until Dani and Dale get back.
Jazz immediately got on the phone and called Mr Lancer, while everyone Danny and Dayla got the others and they all began to prepare to fight against Dante and Ella
Mr Lancer answered his phone in his office while the students headed towards the classrooms to take the CAT's.
"Miss Fenton? What is it?...What?!..I see…What do I do?...I understand…Okay…I'll call you as soon as the they finish" Mr Lancer said over the phone and then headed over to the classroom to begin the CAT's.
THE GHOST ZONE: TEN YEARS INTO THE FUTURE
Dani and Dale continued to scream as they were being beat up by the future versions of some of their enemies. Both of them had cuts on their arms and legs from Future Lunch Lady's knives, bruises from all the blasts they were hit.
"Please stop it!" Dani pleaded as they both floated weakly in front of them. Dale then said, "We didn't do all this to you guys! It wasn't us!"
"Oh stop your begging! You're both responsible for all the horrible that happened to your world and ours!" Future Skulker said in anger.
"You destroyed Queen Annaya, once again leaving the Ghost Zone without a ruler!" The Observant said.
"You're both responsible for the horrible things that happened to everyone you two have ever had contact with" Shadow Spectre then added.
"Your family, your friends and most importantly us and the fate of our world as well" Lunch Lady then added.
"But we didn't do any of that! We wouldn't do any of that!" Dani and Dale both said in unison.
"Of course you will! After all, you both were created by Vlad Plasmius" Orion said. "That makes you evil just like he was"
"That's not true!" Dani and Dale shouted.
They all then prepared to attack Dani and Dale once again until something inside them snapped and they both shouted, "STOP! NO MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
As soon as they released their screams, their screams turned into Ghostly Wails but this time just like Danny and Dayla's, their energy emitted pure white energy instead of green. The energy was so strong that it blew all the future versions of their enemies away from them and released them from their binds. Unable to hold it any longer, they transformed back into their human halves and fell unconscious as they stopped their wails, the last thing they saw was Future Tucker grabbing them and pulling out a scroll before falling fully unconscious.
CASPER HIGH: PRESENT TIME
Mr Lancer walked up and down checking on the students as they worked on their tests. As soon as Dante and Ella saw Mr Lancer wasn't looking, they pulled out the test answers and began to cheat. Jimmy and Sonya both noticed them and their eyes widened in shock.
"Guys don't! If you two cheat on the test we…" Jimmy tried to whisper to them but was cut off when Mr Lancer asked, "Mr Olsen, Mr and Miss Fenton, is there a problem?"
Dante and Ella said nothing at first and then simply smiled as they both answered, "No problem at all"
With that, they both continued to cheat on the test, smirking as they believed their plan was working and they were sealing their future, but were unaware that Mr Lancer knew what was going on.
AMITY PARK: TEN YEARS INTO THE FUTURE
Dani and Dale groaned as they woke up and found themselves in an underground laboratory / facility of some sort. They sat up from their makeshift beds and saw Future Tucker coming towards them with hot cups of tea and handing them to them.
"I'm glad you're both awake. As soon as you finish your tea, I'll help you get back to your time" Future Tucker said.
"How's Valerie?" Dani asked. Dale then asked, "And what is this place?"
Future Tucker pointed over to where Future Valerie was sleeping in a bed, she had bandages all over her arms and everything and answered, "Valerie is resting and recovering from her injuries"
He then gestured all around them and continued, "And this is the Fenton Bunker. When we went to that alternate dimension and Older Danny told us about the Fenton Bunker, I got inspired and before Danny and Dayla died, we were planning to suggest it to Jack and Maddie to build, but after the accident and over the past ten years, Valerie and I built it and it's not only here, it stretches for miles and connects to other emergency bunkers we made for the citizens of Amity Park in case the shield had ever failed. We'd never thought it would happen. I went to the Ghost Zone to help you guys and when you guys fell unconscious after using your wails, I used the Infi-Map to get us out through a natural portal"
"Tucker, how'd did this happen? Please tell us. We need to know" Dani asked.
Future Tucker sighed and began to tell them what happened ten years ago, "Mr Lancer had caught you both cheating on the CAT's and when he called Jack, Maddie, Danny, Dayla and Jazz and they met him at the Nasty Burger about it, that's when Andrew along with Sam, Jimmy and Sonya arrived. They tried to convince Mr Lancer to give you two another chance, but the Nasty Burger exploded because the sauce became overheated from a ghost fight you two had. Valerie and I were out that night when it happened and when we discovered what happened in the morning, we both immediately rushed over to the hospital and found you both grieving over the loss of your friends and family"
"My parents then took you both in, but no matter how much Valerie and I tried to comfort and help you both, you two couldn't escape your misery and so, you went to Vlad's old laboratory and managed to find a pair of advanced ghost gauntlets that he had been building before the Disasteroid. All you both wanted was to make the hurt go away and believed that if you both no longer had your ghost halves, you both wouldn't turn out to be evil" Future Tucker continued as he remembered what happened. "Valerie and I tried to stop you, but we were too late. First you Dani had ripped Dale's ghost half out and then his ghost half ripped yours out. Because your ghost halves were so full of anger, sorrow and loss, they went inside the old portal and switched it on, unware that the ecto filtrator was filled with negative ghost energy and when the portal zapped your ghost halves, the negative ghost energy had overwhelmed you both and made you two in the monsters you had encountered today"
Dani and Dale were in complete shock. They couldn't believe what they heard. Because they had cheated on the CAT's believing that what happened to Danny and Dayla wouldn't happen to them, only to discover that it did happen.
"So…what happened to our human selves?" Dale asked, a little nervous about the answer.
Tucker looked down at his mechanical arm and said, "I tried to stop you but I was too late and I not only paid the price but….let's just say some things are better left unsaid"
"Tucker…we're so sorry. I'm so sorry. This is all my fault. I…I should have returned those answers as soon as I had them in my hands" Dale said. Dani then said as she looked down, "It's my fault too. I should've persisted in returning the answers"
Future Tucker placed his hands on their shoulders and said, "If there's one thing I learned from being friends with you guys is that it's never too late. If there's hope to change this horrible future, then I' going to take it. Are you two?"
Dani and Dale looked at Tucker in determination and nodded as they changed into their ghost forms. Dani then asked as she remembered Danny telling her something from their story of when they faced their future selves, "Tucker, is there any chance you have those ghost gauntlets that our future selves used?"
CASPER HIGH: PRESENT TIME
Dante and Ella placed their test booklets in front of Mr Lancer on his desk with smiles on their faces. Mr Lancer simply asked, "Finished so soon Mr and Miss Fenton?"
"Is that a problem sir?" Dante and Ella asked.
"How should I know? I don't have all the answers. Do you?" Mr Lancer asked.
Dante and Ella merely smirked and headed out of the classroom and away from the school, heading back to Fenton Works. Mr Lancer picked up his phone and dialled Maddie and said as soon as she answered, "Mrs Fenton? It's Mr Lancer. They have left the building and are heading back to Fenton Works. I'll see you soon at the Nasty Burger at 5 o'clock...no they don't suspect that we're on to them"
He was unaware that Dante and Ella's invisible duplicates had watched the teacher speak on the phone and grinned as they headed back to their originals.
FENTON GHOST BUNKER: TEN YEARS INTO THE FUTURE
"So Dante and Ella did the same thing that Danny's and Dayla's future selves did to them? Phase the Time Medallions inside you in order to keep you both here in this time period?" Future Tucker asked as he put on the ghost gauntlets.
"Exactly and we can't reach them, but just Danny and Dayla, if those gauntlets could be used to reach in and rip out our humanity which still sounds really gross, you can use them to get the medallions out of us too" Dani answered. Dale then added, "That way we'll pop back to our time period and stop our evil future selves once and for all"
Future Tucker nodded and turned on the ghost gauntlets and activated the sharp claws. He then asked, "Are you two ready?"
Dani and Dale took deep breaths and then nodded. Tucker nodded and then began, all that could be heard from the bunker was Dani's and Dale's screams and a bright light shining from the lab.
THE NASTY BURGER: PRESENT TIME
Mr Lancer stood ready as Maddie, Jack, Danny, Dayla, Dante and Ella arrived at the Nasty Burger in the RV. Jazz had informed Jimmy and Sonya and they were both aware of what was going on and knew what to do.
"Mr Lancer sounded pretty urgent on the phone" Maddie said, keeping up the act. "Dani, Dale is something wrong?"
"Not yet" Dante and Ella answered in unison as they saw the Nasty Burger sauce boilers getting hotter and hotter.
They all came out of the RV and stood in front of Mr Lancer as he said, "Mr and Mrs Fenton, Danny and Dayla, Danielle and Dale, this is the Nasty Burger. When people fail, this is where they end up. Whether they fail because they don't study or because they cheated"
Jack, Maddie, Danny and Dayla both faked their shock as Jack asked, "Danielle, Dale is this true?"
"Did you guys cheat?" Maddie then asked.
"Haven't you guys learned anything from what we told you?" Danny and Dayla both then asked in unison.
"You have to get out of here now!" Sonya shouted as she and Jimmy entered the scene. Jimmy then shouted, pretending to be in panic, "The Nasty Burger is gonna blow and we're three feet from it"
"Pride and Prejudice people! What's going on here?" Mr Lancer asked, pretending to be confused.
"Oh we know what's going on. NOW!" Dayla shouted and suddenly, Jazz came out wearing the Fenton Peeler suit and hit Dante and Ella dead on, causing their disguise to be torn apart and revealing their true selves.
"Sam, Andrew, Tucker now!" Danny and Dayla shouted as they changed into their ghost forms.
Sam, Andrew and Tucker all came out and blasted Dante and Ella with their Fenton wrist rays dead on causing them to scream in pain, Valerie then hit them with a couple of her ecto grenades and then Jack wrapped ecto rope around and tied them tight and then Maddie aimed her Fenton Bazooka at them.
"Great job guys. That was easier than I thought it was gonna be" Danny said. Sam then asked, "Is it just me or did that seem just a bit too easy"
"Sam makes a good point guys. If these guys are just as strong as your future selves were, then shouldn't this been a little bit harder?" Andrew then asked.
"You're not saying they knew about this trap are you?" Tucker asked.
"I believe that's exactly what they were saying you techno geek" Two voices suddenly spoke and suddenly, Dante and Ella disappeared right in front of them and before most of them knew it, Jazz, Jimmy, Sonya, Jack, Maddie, Andrew and Sam were hit by red and black energy and sent right at the boilers, binding them there and keeping them from moving or escaping.
Dante and Ella then appeared floating right in front of them laughing. Ella then said to them all, "You really expected us to not fall for that?"
"We both knew this wouldn't be like when Danny and Dayla faced their own evil selves and we allowed our duplicates to trick you all, making you believe we didn't suspect a thing while we waited for the right time to strike" Dante finished.
"Oh boy! This is so not good!" Tucker said as he kept his wrist ray aimed at them.
"Release our friends and family right now!" Danny and Dayla demanded as they kept their hands ready to shoot them down.
"Actually, nobody is getting released or going anywhere. It's about time for you to be blown everywhere" Both Dante and Ella both said and suddenly Tucker, Jazz and Valerie were grabbed by Dante and Ella's ecto energy and thrown and tied with the others to the Nasty Burgers.
"Without you Valerie and Tucker to interfere with us in the future, we'll be able to conquer the entire world" Dante and Ella both said with evil grins.
Danny and Dayla then charged right for them and used their Phantom Tornadoes, trapping them inside and spinning them around and around and hitting them with their energy. They both stopped and thought they managed to bring them down, but when the smoke cleared, Dante and Ella weren't there.
"Nice try guys" Dante and Ella said as they reappeared in front of them with not even a scratch on them, causing them to look in shock. "But our future, we're inevitable"
Before Danny and Dayla could do anything, another two duplicates of Dante and Ella appeared from behind them and zapped them both, making them scream in pain and change into their human forms, the real Dante and Ella then sent them straight to the Nasty Burger boilers and tied them with the others.
Dante and Ella both laughed in victory and were about to set the boilers off early when suddenly they heard, "HEY OLD PEOPLE!"
They both turned and both of them looked in shock as Dani and Dale came charging at them in their ghost forms shouting with smirks, "Ready for a blast from your past!"
They punched Dante and Ella right in their faces and sent them flying away from them. Dani and Dale then turned to the others and said together, "Don't worry everyone. We won't turn into that, ever! We promise"
"Now let's get you guys out of here before this place blows to kingdom come" Dani said, but just before they were about to release the others, Dante and Ella grabbed them by their energy and held them up close to their faces, gripping them by their suit collars.
"What? Are you guys gonna waste us?" Dani asked with a glare. Dale then added giving them a glare as well, "Then what happens to you two?"
"You two don't get it do you?" Dante asked. "We're still here. We still exist. That means you two will still turn into us"
"And anyway, just like before we don't have to waste you two. We just have to run out the clock until your entire life falls apart and since Tucker and Valerie will be destroyed, there won't be any ghost shield to protect this pathetic town and we'll take over the whole world" Ella then said before she and Dante punched their younger selves in their faced and sent them crashing right into a brick wall.
Dani and Dale both quickly recovered as Dante and Ella began to charge at them, with dark ghost energy in their hands. Dani and Dale flew down and phased into the ground, they came back up behind their evil selves and then Dani sent vines straight at them and wrapped them up, she then concentrated and suddenly red flowers grew on the vines and began to glow, causing Dante and Ella to scream in pure agony.
"Took me a while to learn this, but it turns thanks to my new plant powers, I can grow Blood Blossoms and not feel the effects on me as long as I'm the one in control!" Dani said as she continued to concentrate.
Dale then flew up and as soon as Dani released them, Dale snapped on a couple of Spectre Deflector belts around their wastes causing them scream as they were electrocuted even more. Dale then summoned to medium sized tornados and added electricity to them, sweeping their evil selves inside and throwing them right into a fuel truck.
Because the lightning hit the fuel inside, the truck exploded, Dani quickly formed a shield around her and her twin brother to protect them from the explosion. They both landed on the ground and began to head back to the Nasty Burger to release the others.
Dante and Ella suddenly emerged from the flames, now really mad as they ripped the Spectre Deflectors off themselves. They both then grabbed their younger selves and shoved them to the ground and circled around them.
"Your time is up you two. It's been up for ten years" Dante and Ella both said as they both duplicated one each.
Without further delay, Dante, Ella and their duplicates kicked, punched and blasted their younger selves until the fell to the ground, barely able to stand and very weak.
"What makes you two think you can change what is to come?" Dante and Ella both asked as they called back their duplicates. "What makes you two think you can change our past?"
"Because we promised our family that we wouldn't turn into you" Dani and Ella both answered as they weakly got back up.
"Just face the truth, you two were always meant to become evil" Dante and Ella both said after laughing at their answer.
"That's not true!" Dayla shouted. "You guys are not evil! And you never will be!"
"Dayla's right! You can make your own destiny and you can change the future!" Danny added.
"SHOW THEM WHO YOU ARE!" Mr Lancer shouted.
"We….we….we…we are Dani and Dale Fenton! Son and daughter to Jack and Maddie and brother and sister to Danny, Dayla and Jazz Fenton and we are not….EVIL!" Dani and Dale both screamed as their Ghostly Wails activated and once again, their wails were made of pure white energy and hit Dante and Ella dead on, causing them to scream in pain as they were hit and sent right down the road.
They both groaned and said in fear, "Not possible! Their wails are so much stronger than ours!"
"Looks like, the future isn't as set as stone as you both think it is" Dani and Dale both said as they landed in front of them and then released another Ghostly Wail of pure white energy, hitting their evil selves once again and sending them crashing into an old house which immediately fell right on top of them.
Dani and Dale stopped their wails and panted, feeling a little weak from using that much energy. They both then watched as Dante and Ella emerged from the rubble but remained on their knees, not having the energy to get up. Their suits were damaged and they had cuts and bruises everywhere.
Dante and Ella groaned as they weakly put their heads up, looking up at their younger selves who were panting from the lack of energy. Dante then growled, "Go ahead. Trap us in those infernal thermoses of yours. Just like your siblings did"
"Not this time" Dani and Dale both said in unison and suddenly phased their hands into Dante's and Ella's chests and pulled out their Time Medallions that they had fused within themselves in order to stay in the year 2018.
Dante's and Ella's eyes widened and began to scream as they began to fade from the timeline but not before shouting last words, "WE MAY BE TOO WEAK TO STOP OUR FATES, BUT YOU'RE BOTH TOO LATE TO SAVE THEM!"
With one final scream of anger, Dante and Ella Phantom had disappeared completely. Dani and Dale smiled in victory as they were changed back into their human forms. They both suddenly heard the others shout, "GUYS! HELP!"
They both turned and remembered the others were still trapped at the boilers and it was about to explode. They both began to run towards their family, they tried to change back into their ghost forms but found they couldn't. The fight had drained them of their energy!
"WE CAN'T GO GHOST!" Dani and Dale shouted but continued to run in hopes of saving them but suddenly….
BOOOM! The Nasty Burger exploded and just as Dani and Dale were flung backwards, time had stopped. Clockwork appeared and placed two Time Medallions around Dani and Dale's necks allowing them to move.
They both panicked for a moment but then stopped and saw Clockwork and asked, "Clockwork, the others….are they…."
Clockwork smiled proudly at them and pointed behind them. Dani and Dale turned and saw that the others were alive! They were floating in suspended animation thanks to Clockwork's energy. Clockwork had saved them.
"You saved them! Oh thank goodness!" Both Dani and Dale said in relief as tears of happiness fell from their eyes.
"I am so proud of you two. You two have learned the very same lessons your siblings had learned when they had faced their evil selves" Clockwork said, his smile not dropping. "Everyone deserves a second chance and it's never too late to change the future. Everything happens for a reason for time may be looked like a parade. One thing after another passing by in sequence right in front of them, but the parade of time can also be seen from above, all the twists and turns it might or might not take"
"So you knew all this was gonna happen? Even this part?" Dale asked.
Clockwork nodded and said, "You both had done a great thing today and for that, I am proud of you"
Dani and Dale smiled at him. Clockwork then touched the top of his staff and said, "TIME IN!"
Clockwork, Dani and Dale all then watched as they all travelled back in time one last time.
CASPER HIGH: 7 HOURS EARLIER
Dani, Dale and Clockwork were now standing in the classroom, all the students including Jimmy and Sonya were sitting at their desks frozen as time was still in freeze mode and Mr Lancer was at his desk.
Clockwork picked up the answer booklet and handed it to Dani and Dale as he said, "You both have given everyone else in your life a second chance, why not you two?"
Dani and Dale both smiled but there was still one thing on their mind. Dani then asked, "Clockwork before you go, can you please answer this question. During our fight with our evil selves, they kept telling us that since Vlad created us, we were always meant to be evil. Is that true?"
"Are we always meant to follow Vlad's shadow?" Dale added.
Clockwork was silent at first and then answered, "No. Everyone is born with both good and evil inside of them. No matter how they were born. What matters is what side we choose within ourselves. Even if Vlad created you, it is your choices that make you who you are. You're both on the right path. Don't ever think that you're both just meant to be evil just because a fruitloop created you. You two are Danielle and Dale Fenton and Phantom. Two very good and selfless people who risked everything to save the people you care about today"
Dani and Dale smiled at Clockwork before he disappeared and time continued. Mr Lancer then asked them, "Mr and Miss Fenton, is there a problem?"
"Actually Mr Lancer, there is" Dani and Dale answered as they walked up to Mr Lancer and placed the answer sheet on his desk.
"We both found this the other day. When Dale phased through your briefcase after the Nasty Burger exploded in that fight, the packet stuck to his back and we discovered it only moments after" Dani explained at first.
Mr Lancer picked it up and said, "The seal is broken"
"Yeah, I know and I'm sorry Mr Lancer. I was gonna return the answers but I didn't and I convinced my sister that we should use the answers to get through the test" Dale said as they both looked down in shame.
"But we're not cheaters Mr Lancer and we never will be" Dani and Dale both said in unison.
Mr Lancer smiled proudly at them both and said, "I am very proud of both of you being honest with me and looks like you both will have the chance to take the make-up test next week"
"Really?" Dani and Dale asked with smiles.
"You both will have plenty of time to study for the make-up test with me, but for now let's allow the other students to finish their test" Mr Lancer said as he gestured to the door.
Dani and Dale nodded and headed out of the school and back to Fenton Works, where the others were waiting for them. Mr Lancer had called them ahead and as soon as they got home, they explained everything that had happened.
Dale then asked Jazz and Valerie, "So, how long have you guys known about the test?"
"For days and we're both really proud of you for not cheating" Jazz answered.
Danny and Dayla hugged their younger siblings as they said, "We all are"
Everyone joined in the group hug and had a wonderful family moment. That moment however was stopped when suddenly Dani's, Dayla's, Danny's and Dale's ghost senses went off. They all ran outside to see two giant ghost blobs heading down the street, chasing several police cars.
Danny and Dayla were about to go after it when Dani and Dale stopped them and said, "We got this one guys"
Danny and Dayla smiled at them and said, "Go get them"
Dani and Dale smiled back and ran down the street changing into their ghost forms and flying right up to the two blob monsters, stopping them in their tracks.
"HEY GIANT GREEN AND GRUESOME! GUESS WHO'S BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!" Dani and Dale shouted in determination.
The monsters looked down fearfully as Dani and Dale punched them, causing goo to go everywhere and suddenly hitting Danny, Dayla, Jack, Maddie, Jazz, Sam, Tucker, Andrew and Valerie, completely covering them with goo.
"Now I know how you felt Jazz when we got back from the future" Danny said.
They were all unaware that the same girl had saw the whole thing from an alleyway and growled in anger. She then said, "Fine. I guess I'll take care of them myself"
"Well I must admit Clockwork and your Majesty, I was wrong once again" Justeco said. "Looks like Dani and Dale not only stopped their evil selves but thanks to you Clockwork, they managed to stop that timeline from happening"
"I may have cheated again, but their choice was their own I assure you" Clockwork said.
"I knew those two would triumph over this challenge" Annaya said. "They will become great protectors of Amity Park when the Phantom Twins leave for their education"
"And the girl? The one who sent those two to the future in the first place?" Justeco asked.
"Still an unknown factor, but I feel a storm coming" Clockwork answered.
"Then we must still remain prepared for whatever happens" Annaya said as she looked out the window. "A storm is coming and whatever happens, let's hope that evil will fail"
THE END
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Sorry for the long wait guys. My internet has been acting wonky preventing me from publishing this chapter. I got Future Skulker's design from Butch Hartman's video Danny Phantom: Ten Years Later PART 3.
Also one more thing, I am proud to announce that I will be doing another collab story with my friend LooneyAces. We're not sure when it will be written but I'm so excited to be writing again with him.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Mikaela2015