On the battle front, Sam and Tucker came back with empty thermoses and quickly realized that the wail had worn off at least 30 minutes ago…and a lot can happen in a half hour.

Maddie and Jack fought side-by-side and took out most of the least harmful ghosts, including octopus ghosts, skeletons, random birds, and the Box Ghost. After doing that, they took out bigger, more powerful ghosts too, but they were getting worn out. Dean and his brother took down many of the ghosts, and were still going strong until a snake-like specter slithered around them and entrapped them. Other ghost-hunters were injured and the Guys in White even stepped in now, but their own weapons were used against them.

Danny's friends leapt out of the ghost assault vehicle and trapped as many ghosts as they could but saw that there were plenty more coming over the hill most of which were ones they had previously defeated.

"Dammit! Where are all of them coming from?!" Maddie yelled as she panted.

"There may be a portal over that hill… Is there some device that can close portals?" Tucker suggested.

"IN THE RV!" Jack shouted between strikes at Johnny 13's shadow. "IN. THE. GLOVE," he tumbled over to avoid getting hit by ecto-energy. "COMPARTMENT!"

Tucker ran in as the rest of the crowd continued to fight, and pulled out energy bars and a Tupperware filled with fudge. He tossed everything to the side, even finding a bag of coffee filters and the Ghost Gabber. At the bottom of the compartment, a small gadget with the words FENTON PORTAL CLOSER. He chuckled a little to himself. Some things never change.

He walked out of the RV and saw that Danny's mom was on the ground, a wound on her side bleeding. Tucker sprinted over.

"Mrs. Fenton!" Sam shrieked when she saw. She rushed to her side. Jack decapitated the ghost that had done this to her and the ghost dissipated in a blast of green.

"NO!" He bellowed, falling to Maddie's side.

Sam ran to the RV and came back with a first aid kit. She began to disinfect the wound and cover it up.

"I'm okay," she murmured unconvincingly. "Where are Jazz and Danny?"

Jack looked at Danny's friends questioningly. "They are on their way to attack the source in the Ghost Zone," Sam said.

"Since when is Danny so knowledgeable about ghosts…" Maddie was starting to drift.

"MADDIE! Stay with me! Come on," Jack held her hand.

Beads of sweat fell down Sam's face as she finished covering Maddie's wound. She bit her lip and told Tucker to go as the most important thing now was preventing more ghosts from attacking. She stood back up to deal with the rest of the army by herself.

"Danny! NO!" Jazz cried as Danny bowed down.

The menacing ghost floated over to her and Danny and smirked. "You didn't think it would be that easy did you? You see, a ghost has been helping me track your every move all this time. You only thought he had all the power. But that would be a fatally incorrect assumption as I am the most powerful ghost in all the Ghost Zone. Come out," he spoke, each word reverberating throughout the dimension.

Clockwork staggered out of the palace in old man form with hands chained behind his back, looking - for the first time - weak. Danny gulped. If Clockwork was in trouble, then Danny was definitely in trouble.

The Master cackled and white glowing eyes pierced Danny's soul as he stared at him. "It took a bit more than simply compelling, but it worked nonetheless." He then turned his gaze towards Jazz and laughed. "And you brought your sister along as if as a gift to me! And I guess this belt is supposed to protect her from ecto-energy?" He walked around her and studied the device. Once he arrived back in front of her, he commanded Danny with a stern expression on his face. "Remove the belt and kill her." He turned and walked back into his castle, doors closing behind him.

Jazz's eyes widened. She started to scramble away, but Danny grasped her by the hand. He was zapped and he shook his hand. "Danny! You'll get hurt! Stop! Please stop! This isn't you."

He faltered for the slightest second, but continued towards her. He formed ectoplasm in his hand and shook his head. "I can't stop. I don't want to stop." He shot at her but the shot fizzled out as it touched her skin. He grabbed her wrists and, even with the terrible feeling of energy rippling through his body, he continued to hold them tightly, burning not only himself but also her. He dropped her to the ground and appeared physically exhausted, part of him trying to fight back against the trance.

Tears streamed down Jazz's face as she held her burnt wrists. "Think about who you are. Remember how you were raised. I'm your sister, Jazz Fenton, and you are my brother, Danny Fenton. You are the bravest and strongest person I know, and you are good. Break free of the Master's control!"

Danny shook, attempting to keep himself from jumping at Jazz, but he couldn't stop. He grasped his hands around the belt, screaming in pain, and tore it from her waist. He threw it away and formed a sword out of ectoplasmic energy. Jazz screamed and bustled to the Specter Speeder. She somehow managed to get away from her brother quickly enough to activate the vehicle's ghost shield. She turned the floating car around and stomped on the gas pedal to get out of there as quickly as possible. Danny was fast and pretty much kept up with her. But luckily, with the ghost shield, Danny wouldn't be able to get in. Jazz was so shaken up by what had just happened. Danny was really going to kill her…How did he take off the belt? That shouldn't have been possible. Right?

Jazz somehow found her way to the Fenton Ghost Portal, heart nearly beating out of her chest. She attached multiple weapons on her body and prepared to defend herself but hurt Danny the least bit possible. The siblings were now in the lab. Danny glared at his sister with intimidating bright green eyes and hands glowing with ectoplasm, ready to strike at any moment. Jazz's hand hovered over the button that would turn off the ghost shield, enabling her to become vulnerable to the outside world. She swallowed hard and frowned. How can I get Danny to stop attacking? Wait it out? A beep sounded and an automated voice spoke: ALERT. Ghost Shield running low on fuel. Will shut down in 5…4…3…2…

"Uh oh."

The Ghost Shield dissipated and Danny phased through the window, blasting Jazz back with a ball of ectoplasm. She blocked the shot with a round portable ghost shield she wore on her right arm. She lowered the shield. "Danny! Stop! You don't need to do this!"

"You know I can't stop," he said, firing several icicles at her.

She leapt out of the car and tumble-rolled on the ground when she landed. She aimed a bazooka at her brother as he floated out of the car. "I don't want to hurt you."

"Which is what makes killing you so much easier," he smiled, but Danny was fighting the smile off so it turned into a very strange expression where his mouth changed but his eyes remained the same.

"Danny, do you remember when we were in high school?" She blocked a shot with her shield. "And that therapist came to our school around the time when we had that spirit pep rally where I made a speech?"

"How could I forget?" Danny stopped firing. "Spectra was the worst. She made me doubt myself more than I ever did before…"

"Yeah…and that was the closest I ever got to discovering you were Danny Phantom now that I think about it."

He nodded. "You were a total badass in using the Fenton peeler on her. I gotta say, I was kinda scared you might use it on me," he admitted. He stepped closer to Jazz.

She shook her head. "I knew that you were only trying to help Amity. That's why I became such a big fan of you and worked my best to defend your cause."

"But that all changed when - when you stopped believing in me!" Danny pulled Jazz up by the throat with both hands. She choked and her feet dangled. His eyes raged red.

"Danny - I - I did-n't know what-what t- think," she pulled at his hands with all her might. "But I-know-I kn- now…"

Danny's eyes changed to green again and saddened. He let go of Jazz and she fell to the ground in a coughing fit, holding her throat.

"DAMMIT!" Danny held his head with his hands and then blasted with anger, leaving a crater in the wall. "GET OUT OF MY HEAD! GET OUUUUUUUUUT!" He wailed, shaking the entire room and causing everything to fall over and break.

Jazz fumbled to her feet, tripping over herself, but eventually seizing a Specter Deflector from the nearest lab table and slapping it around Danny's waist. He gasped in pain, fell to the ground, and transformed back into his human form.

"Sorry," Jazz apologized, struggling to breathe.

Danny looked up at her with wide eyes. "The voice… It's gone!"

Jazz smiled. "The specter deflector must protect against the Master's compulsion abilities…"

He held his side, wincing at the pain he felt from wearing the belt. "Do you think you could take this thing off of me now?"

She eyed it cautiously, then turned around at all the damage in the lab. "I don't know if that's such a good idea." She rubbed her neck where Danny had attempted to strangle her as she stared at the ground with troubled, guarded eyes.

Danny pierced his lips and looked at her worriedly. He reached his hand towards her, wanting to help. She backed away. He lowered his hand and looked down, dejectedly.

Well, sorry to end here on a sad note! Until next time! ;)