Danny Phantom in: The Ultimate Ending

''Vlad, stop this now! You don't know what you're doing!'' Danny yelled sternly.

''No, my boy. I'm aware of what I'm doing. I'm going to change my life, change the world for the greater good,'' Vlad responded calmly.

''For the greater good? You mean your greater good. You're the only one who is going to get anything out of this!'' Tucker said.

''Yes, POWER! That's what I'm going to get out of this! Finally I will get what is rightfully mine.''

''Yours? It's not yours, Vlad. You can't just claim the earth as your own,'' Sam said with a scowl.

''Oh, you'll take that back once you see what this can do. It's too late now.''

''Vlad, NO!''

-A few hours earlier-

''Ready to lose? Just remember, I will not go easy on you,'' Danny said to Sam. They were about to play 'Rainforest Demolition III' again at Danny's place. Sam hasn't played it yet, so Danny thought it would be easy to win from her, since she didn't know the controls yet.

''Don't get too cocky, dude. Sam is better than you think,'' Tucker said worried.

''Oh please, I can easily win from her.''

Sam glanced at Danny. He should not have said that. ''Oh, because I'm a girl? I thought we've been through this. I may be a girl, but I'm still totally capable to kick your butt.''

''I didn't mean to-

''Save it. Let's just play, so I can defeat and humiliate you in your own game.''

Danny and Sam started playing and played for a pretty long time. I have to say, they were quite equal to each other. Then Sam had more points, then Sam had less health. The same was for Danny. They kept playing and glaring at each other from the corners of their eyes. Until…

''BOOM! I win, you lose!'' Sam said, doing a little dance.

''Wow, congrats,'' Danny said with a glum face.

''Oh, don't worry. Next time Tucker will be the one who will get his butt kicked,'' Sam said with a smirk.

''Yeah exactly, next time I will be- wait what?''

''You heard me. By the way, shouldn't we need to get going, Tucker? We have to finish our Poem Project.''

''Oh yeah, me and Valerie have to finish it too.''

''Well, then you better give her a call now, because you have until tomorrow,'' Sam said.

''What, tomorrow? Oh man, I've got to get to Valerie. No time for calling. You guys can let yourself out, right?'' Tucker and Sam both rose a brow in confusion at Danny's rambling.

''I'm going ghost!'' Danny changed into his ghost form and flew out of his room. There was a short silence in Danny's room.

''Did we just get blown off?" Tucker asked.

''Yep,'' Sam replied

''Okay, it'll take about four minutes to get to Valerie. And then we have to work on our project, which will probably take us about an hour-''

Danny was talking to himself, but got cut off when he hit something and ended up on the street.

''Hey, watch it!'' An angry voice said. Apparently Danny didn't hit something, but someone.

''You watch it!'' Danny responded. He charged his hand with ectoplasm as he heard a gun from the other person charging as well. They faced each other and were about to shoot, until they realized who they were facing.

''Danny?''

''Valerie?''

Danny lowered his hand and Valerie lowered her gun. There was a short, tense silence until they both started laughing.

''Ha ha ha, you've got to be more careful, I almost blew your head off!'' Valerie said.

''Yeah, sorry about that,'' Danny said, rubbing the back of his neck.

''No worries. What were you doing here anyway?'' Valerie asked.

''I was looking for you. Sam just told me that that 'Poem Project' has to be finished by tomorrow and-

''Don't worry about that, I already finished it days ago.''

''You did?'' Danny asked confused. ''But why? I was so busy with Vlad and ghost fighting that I barely helped. That doesn't seem really fair.''

''It was the least I could do, Danny. Just like you said, you were busy with ghost fighting and Vlad that you just couldn't find the time to do it. I don't mind at all,'' Valerie said with a sweet smile.

Danny could see that she was being honest and that she really didn't mind. ''Oh well, thanks then. You know what, since you finished our project I'm going to buy you a burger at the Nasty Burger, deal?''

''I don't know….. I was kinda in the middle of something….'' Valerie said, looking nervously away.

''What, hunting ghosts?''

''Yes but-''

''Valerie, I know you're a ghost hunter, but seriously, you need some time for yourself too. Why don't you take off your suit for once and enjoy yourself?''

''But I am enjoying myself. I like ghost hunting, it gives me the opportunity to blow off some steam.''

''That's not the same, Val. Come on, let's go,'' Danny said, putting a hand on Valerie's shoulder.

Valerie sighed, but smiled a little bit too. Danny was so kind. Yeah, he was pushing her a little bit into doing something she didn't want to do in the first place, but he meant well. Danny always meant things well. He helped others, he was kind, didn't need to be the center of attention, he was cute…

Wow wait, time out. Valerie what are you thinking? STOP THINKING LIKE THAT! He's with Sam and that's final. Besides, it isn't like he would like you anyway. You had your change and you blew it. Also, you tried to blast him to pieces for months. He should be terribly afraid of you. You should be lucky that he even wants to be your friend.

''Valerie, you coming or what?''

Valerie flinched a bit when Danny came in between her conversation with herself. ''Ehm, yeah coming.'' Valerie took off her suit. She saw that Danny was human again too.

The two just walked. Danny said he thought it would be nice to just have a nice walk without doing or having anything ghost related. Eventually they arrived at Nasty Burger. To Danny's surprise he saw Sam and Tucker sitting in a booth.

Sam noticed Danny and Valerie and rose a brow. What a coincidence. Were they going to finish their project at the Nasty Burger as well? Not that Sam intended to finish it here, but Tucker insisted that they needed to do it here, because he couldn't work with an empty stomach. Sam waved at Danny and Valerie as they walked towards her.

Tucker turned around to see who Sam was waving at. That was where he saw Valerie and Danny standing next to him.

''Can we sit here?'' Danny asked.

''Sure,'' Sam responded. Valerie sat next to Sam and Danny sat next to Tucker, just in case he would subconsciously grab Sam's hand or put an arm around her. They were still holding up the little joke. It would be shame to mess it all up because of an arm, right?

Tucker rose a brow. Sam actually invited them to sit next to them? Normally she would break everything that's around her when Danny hung out with another girl, especially Valerie. This time she even smiled at Valerie and now she was talking to her. It was like she wasn't jealous at all, like she didn't worry about it. Weird.

''Tuck, everything okay? You're making a weird face,'' Danny asked quite concerned. His friend was indeed making a weird face. Of course, he was just thinking deeply, but it didn't happen that often that Tucker would be so lost in his thoughts. Danny almost thought he was having a stroke.

''Oh, nothing,'' Tucker said. 'Just thinking.''

Danny rose a brow and chuckled a little bit. ''You and thinking?''

''Ha ha, very funny. Yes, I'm capable of doing that, Danny. Thanks you finally noticed.''

''I'm just kidding, dude,'' Danny said, elbowing Tucker in his side.

''So, another subject. Have you been having a lot of ghost trouble lately?'' Tucker asked Danny.

''Well, Skulker and Ember were here last night. They cooperate a lot, since they're together now and that's REALLY annoying, because they're twice as strong now,'' Danny said irritated.

''Oh, so that's why you've been cranky all day. You were just tired?'' Sam said with a little laugh. ''And me thinking you just hated losing.''

Danny wanted to comment back, but he was too tired. Sam was right, he has been cranky all day. And he was cranky, because he was tired. Most ghosts attack at night, since they don't need to rest that much as humans do and that's unfortunate for Danny. He needed less rest than normal humans, but he was still human and needed to sleep too. So, instead of responding to Sam he just groaned and banged his head on the table.

''I guess that's your answer,'' Tucker said, putting a reassuring hand on Danny's back.

''I didn't know ghosts could have relationships.'' Valerie said. She already stopped listening when Danny said that Ember and Skulker were together.

''Yeah, they can,'' Sam replied. ''They're not that different from humans. They have emotions and a conscious too.''

''Yeah, there are a lot of couples in the Ghost Zone,'' Tucker added. ''Hey, even ghosts have a better love life than you, dude.'' Tucker laughed and patted Danny on the shoulder.

Danny looked up lazily and gave Sam and Valerie a little smile. The two girls looked at each other and then back at Danny. They all tried to hold in their laugh, but eventually it was just too much. The three laughed, leaving a confused Tucker to look at all of them with questioning eyes.

''What? What am I missing?'' Tucker asked helplessly. The three laughed harder now. Tucker still didn't get it and was getting a bit annoyed by this. ''Oh please, is it because I don't have a girlfriend either? Just tell me!''

When they all calmed down and wiped the last few tears from the corners of their eyes, Sam spoke up. ''It's nothing, Tucker. You know, we really should finish our project, it's almost evening.''

''Oh yeah. Ugh, why?!'' Tucker dramatically yelled. It wasn't really directed to anybody, mostly at the sky.

''Oh, don't be so dramatic, Foley. Here, let me help you guys,'' Valerie said.

An hour passed. With Valerie's help, Sam and Tucker finished their project quite fast. Nobody knew that Valerie was so poetically gifted. They even had time to eat something. Danny kept his promise and payed for Valerie's burger.

Eventually Valerie left, because she had 'something else to do'. Danny knew that she just went ghost hunting. Ever since Valerie knew that he was Danny Phantom, she didn't hunt him anymore. Of course she didn't do that, but Danny was her main target. Without Danny, she didn't have the motivation to hunt ghosts. She went out ghost hunting so much to find a new main target. Well, she actually already had one; Vlad. But she couldn't hunt him at the moment, because of what Danny said and that really pissed Valerie off.

The three left the Nasty Burger later too and walked down the street.

''So, what was that all about back there?'' Tucker asked. Reminding them of what happened made Danny and Sam laugh again. ''Oh, come on…''

Danny looked at Sam with questioning eyes. They both felt terribly bad for Tucker. He really wanted to know. Sam nodded at Danny. They've played with Tucker for a while now, maybe it was time to put an end to it.

''Well Tuck, if you really want to know-

Danny was cut off again when his Ghost Sense went off. Where was the ghost? Danny looked around, but no ghost…

''Do you guys see something?'' Danny asked, knowing that his friends saw his Ghost Sense and went on the lookout for ghosts as well.

''No, dude. I don't see no ghosts,'' Tucker answered.

''Me neither,'' Sam said. ''Wait… look there!''

Danny and Tucker looked at the direction Sam was pointing and saw….. Vlad?

''What's Vlad doing here?'' Tucker asked.

''I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.'' Danny changed into his ghost form. He levitated up in the air until he was right behind Vlad. ''Hey fruitloop, what are you doing?''

Vlad turned around and smirked. ''Hello, Daniel. I was expecting you.''

''You were?'' Danny asked, tilting his head slightly.

''Yes of course, you idiot. Whenever I'm around you're right behind me. It's like I can't go anywhere without you stuck to my butt. Well, I guess it's beneficial for me now.''

''Wha- what do you mean by that?'' Danny asked. He was getting pretty nervous now, because Vlad had a wicked grin on his face.

''Oh, you'll see…'' Vlad grabbed something from his pocket. Then Danny saw what it was. It was a…. gem? A green glowing gem was in the palm of Vlad's hand. Danny didn't know what it was or what it could do. Apparently it was something bad, because he heard Sam gasping.

''Sam, what's wrong?'' Danny yelled down to her.

''That gem… it's the same gem I saw in that wall in the Ghost Zone.''

''Really?'' Danny asked.

Vlad's eyes widened. She has been there too? It took him a lot of effort to get that gem and a stupid teen girl just casually went there too? Vlad lowered himself to the ground and walked towards Sam.

Danny got a little nervous when Vlad was just silent and eventually went to the ground. Vlad walking towards Sam wasn't helping Danny with his nervousness either. Because of his hero complex and, of course, because it was Sam Vlad was approaching, Danny flew down too and jumped in front of Sam before Vlad could reach her.

''If you touch her with one finger I'm going to-''

Vlad put his hands up in defense and slowly walked back. ''Calm down, Daniel. I'm not going to hurt her.'' There was a tense silence until Vlad finished his sentence. ''But the same doesn't count for you.'' Vlad smirked, grabbed Danny's pulse and electrocuted him. Danny tried to fight back, but he was too tired. Vlad then threw him on the ground and upped again.

''Danny!" Both his friends shouted.

Danny was laying on the ground and put his hand on his forehead. When his vision wasn't blurry anymore, he looked up at Vlad.

''Sorry, my dear boy. I'd like to stay here and chat some more, but I've got business to attend to. Ta-ta.''

Vlad then flew away. If Danny was right, Vlad went in the direction of Wisconsin. Danny tried to get up, but that didn't go that easy, since he was still a little dizzy. Luckily, his friends helped him up.

''What was that all about?'' Tucker asked.

''I don't know, but I've got to follow him,'' Danny said determined. He wanted to fly away already, but was pulled back by two hands.

''You mean we've got to follow him,'' Sam said with a determined smile.

Danny smiled back at first, but his face turned severe. ''Guys, I don't know. It looks pretty serious this time…. and I don't want you to get hurt…''

''And we don't want you to get hurt. Come on, dude. We're all in this together. (Getting those HSM feelings) Team Phantom forever, right?''

Danny smiled. He still didn't really like the idea of his friends coming with him, but it looked like they didn't give him a choice. ''Okay then. Let's go to my place and take the Specter Speeder, that's a lot faster.''

''You think he is in Wisconsin?'' Sam asked.

''No, I know he is in Wisconsin,'' Danny said sternly.

''Okay then, let's do this!'' Tucker exclaimed.

It didn't take a lot of time to sneak in Danny's house and steal the Specter Speeder. The three were now in the Specter Speeder heading for Wisconsin, again. Danny was driving, while Tucker was searching for information about the gem Vlad was holding on his PDA.

While Tucker was focused on his PDA, Danny was focused on the road (Well road…. you get the point). Sam was just looking at both of them in silence, but mostly Danny. He has been really nervous the past few days about Vlad. He predicted that Vlad was up to something, that he was planning something big. Well, they didn't really know what Vlad was up to, since they didn't know what the gem could do. They just had to wait for Tucker to finish his research.

Danny was silent and looked really tense. Sam put her hands on Danny's shoulders. He looked up at her, but didn't smile back. Trying to make him smile, Sam smiled at Danny, but he just turned his face away from her back on the road. Sam sighed and wanted to pull her hands away but was held back when she felt Danny's hand on one of hers. Her smiled appeared again.

''I've got something!'' Tucker said, breaking the silence. ''There isn't really that much to find, but I found some things.''

''Well, spit it out! When don't have all day,'' Sam said, getting a little irritated.

''Alright alright, geez. So, apparently this gem can be used to summon some sort of Ghost Army. The holder of the gem has full power over those ghosts and can control them.''

''Okay, that sounds bad,'' Danny responded nervously.

''Yes, but if Vlad summons that Ghost Army and we steal the gem from him, we can command them to go away, right?'' Sam asked.

''Basically, but knowing Vlad, it's not going to be that easy getting that gem from him,'' Tucker answered.

They landed the Specter Speeder and hopped out of it as fast as they could. Danny phased them inside Vlad's mansion. Now that they knew where Vlad's lab was, it was easy getting there fast. When they were inside the lab, they saw an evil-laughing Vlad standing in the middle of the room.

''So, you cared to join me?'' Vlad asked with a grin. He was holding the Ghostly Gem in his right hand.

''Save it, Vlad. Just hand over the gem, letting those ghosts loose is not a good idea,'' Danny demanded.

''Oh, so you've figured out what it does? Very clever Danny, but no, I'm not handing it over. This might be my only change to finally make things right.''

''Vlad, stop this now! You don't know what you're doing!'' Danny yelled sternly.

''No, my boy. I'm aware of what I'm doing. I'm going to change my life, change the world for the greater good,'' Vlad responded calmly.

''For the greater good? You mean your greater good. You're the only one who is going to get anything out of this!'' Tucker said.

''Yes, POWER! That's what I'm going to get out of this! Finally I will get what is rightfully mine.''

''Yours? It's not yours, Vlad. You can't just claim the earth as your own,'' Sam said with a scowl.

''Oh, you'll take that back once you see what this can do. It's too late now.''

''Vlad, NO!''

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