Danny Phantom in: The Ultimate Ending
''So let me get this straight… you and Sam are together? Like together together?"
''Oh my gosh, Tucker. Yes! For the sixth time, yes!''
''For how long? And why didn't you tell me?" Tucker asked again.
''A few weeks I guess. And we didn't tell you, because we know how clueless you are and we wanted to know how long it would take you to find out,'' Danny explained.
''I'm the clueless one?''
''Hey!'' Danny said offended.
''Just kidding, dude. But seriously you two were-''
''Enough, Tucker. I've explained it a billion times already. There are more important matters now. Like, figuring out how to stop a bazillion ghosts, rescuing the whole town and most importantly…. kicking Vlad's butt!''
''Yeah yeah, you don't have to tell me. According to the map, we should arrive near the wall about… now.'' Tucker pointed at the gigantic wall in front of them.
They braked and put the Specter Speeder right in front of the wall. They got out and checked for clues or answers on how to stop the Ghost Army.
''You got anything?'' Tucker asked after a while.
''Nope, nothing. You?'' Danny responded.
''No. Are you sure this is the right wall?''
''Well, we followed the map and the map is always right. Besides…'' Danny grabbed the necklace he was wearing and compared it with the stones on the wall. ''… my stone matches the stones on the wall and Sam said she got it from here. I'm pretty sure this is the right place.''
''Okay then, but isn't there really anything? Nothing that could help us?'' Tucker asked panicked.
''Relax, Tuck. We'll find something… I hope,'' Danny said, trying to calm his friend down.
Tucker grunted at Danny's last words before he started to look around some more. Danny levitated to take a look at the top of the wall. That is where he noticed a hole in the wall.
Probably the place where the gem used to be, Danny thought. He jabbed with his finger inside the hole to see if anything would happen, but unfortunately nothing happened. Danny went down again, dispirited. Wasn't there anything that could help them defeat Vlad?
''Nothing up there either?'' Tucker asked. Danny shook his head. Tucker sat down against the wall and sighed deeply. They both came to the conclusion that nothing here was going to help them. They could go to Clockwork or Frostbite, but Clockwork probably didn't want to have anything to do with this. Frostbite could help them, but he knew so little about Vlad and Earth that he probably couldn't do that much. It would probably be better to head back to Amity Park and see if something would come to their minds.
They stepped inside the Specter Speeder again and headed for their home town. They were both silent, thinking about a plan. Something that maybe could give them some hope to defeat Vlad, but nothing. That was, until Danny looked outside the window. His eyes lit up (figuratively) and a grin appeared on his face.
''Brake,'' Danny commanded. Tucker just rose a brow and did what he was told to.
''Why? What do you wanna do?'' Tuck asked curiously.
''Maybe something can't help us, but someone can,'' Danny said. He went intangible and got out of the Specter Speeder. Tucker sat there confused, still not getting what his friend meant by that. It was then that he looked through the window and saw Danny talking to… Skulker?
''Are you a little lost, whelp?'' Skulker said with a grin. ''You're not supposed to be in this realm, it's too dangerous.''
''I didn't know you cared about my safety,'' Danny answered with a defiant smile.
Skulker's grin turned into a growl. Danny knew he had to stop teasing him and cut to the chase.
''I need your help,'' Danny started. ''Vlad Plasmius has taken over my home town and at his point, I'm not sure if I can stop him. I know you and I aren't on the best terms, but it would seriously mean a lot if you helped me.''
Skulker looked thoughtfully. ''And why would I help you? He is my employer for a lot of hunting tasks. Why would I turn my back on him?''
''Because otherwise, you don't have a world to return to. Then you couldn't come there and cause chaos. And you couldn't hunt me anymore, since I probably would be imprisoned or something.'' Danny looked determined at Skulker. This might be his only chance to convince someone to help him. Hopefully Skulker's angry heart was big enough to think about helping him.
''Very well. How has he taken over your town?'' Skulker asked.
Danny smiled slightly. Finally, something going his way. ''He has awakened some sort of Ghost Army. They're not that strong, but they're with a lot and I can't handle that many ghosts.''
Skulker's eyes widened in fear. ''Ghost Army you say? You mean that ancient army from thousands of years ago?''
''Yes, that's the one,'' Danny answered. He looked confused at Skulker, not sure why the ghost was trembling all of a sudden.
''If that's the case, you're on your own. I'm not coming in their way,'' Skulker said. He was about to fly off when Danny stopped him.
''Why? I already told you, they're not that dangerous.''
''Sure, they're not that menacing at first, but the longer they're free, the more dangerous they become. Why do you think they were locked up for so long? Every time they got loose, they got too powerful and destroyed their boss. Without a boss they just fly around the Ghost Zone, causing chaos everywhere. They're nothing but trouble,'' Skulker answered.
''That's why I need your help, to prevent that from happening. Please,'' Danny said with almost-puppy-dog-like eyes.
''The answer is no, whelp. Find someone else who is crazy enough to risk their butts.'' Skulker flew off, leaving a demoralized Danny behind.
Danny sighed and went inside the Specter Speeder again.
''You tried to convince him?'' Tucker asked. ''No luck?'' He asked without waiting for a response.
Danny shook his head and sat down with a defeated look on his face. ''Let's go home. Or at least what's left of it.''
''And what then?'' Tucker asked. Danny shrugged. Tucker sighed and headed for Amity Park. Then something came to his mind. ''Wait, I've got it.''
Danny looked confused at Tucker. ''What?''
''I've a got a plan. We can't defeat Vlad, because they're with too many, right?''
''Right,'' Danny answered. ''That's why I tried to get Skulker to help us, but he didn't want to. I'm pretty sure that if even the biggest hunter from the Ghost Zone doesn't want to help us, other ghosts don't want help us either.''
''But we're not going to ask a ghost to help us,'' Tucker said with a wicked smile. ''No, I've got someone else in mind.''
''Tucker, can you just please tell me who we're looking for?'' Danny asked irritated. They returned to Amity Park as soon as they could. They were now walking around town, apparently looking for someone. Danny asked Tucker a million times already what he was up to, but Tucker didn't respond.
''You'll see. I just have find her location first,'' Tucker finally said.
''Alright, but how long is that going to take?'' Danny asked. ''Wait… her? So we're looking for a woman?"
''Yup,'' Tucker only said.
Danny sighed irritated. ''Could you please tell me who this woman is?'' Tucker still didn't say a thing. Danny wanted to ask him it again, but got cut off by sounds coming from an alley behind them. He heard someone groaning and cursing and he heard laser blasts as well. They both looked around the corner to see what was going on. Tucker then smiled.
''Found her,'' he said.
''What, you were looking for Valerie?'' Danny asked. ''You know, you could have just called her, right?''
''Well, we didn't know if she was captured or not. And if her phone was taken by Vlad, it couldn't have gone well. But, that doesn't matter now. Let's help her.''
''Way ahead of you,'' Danny said. He jumped behind Valerie and shot a few ecto-blasts at the ghosts from the Ghost Army that were fighting her. Tucker used the Wrist Ray he was wearing to shoot too. When they were gone, Valerie turned around to see who was helping her. She first smiled to see it was Danny and Tucker, but then her face turned irritated.
''I could have handled it myself,'' she said.
''I know,'' Danny said with a smile. ''But this way it was a lot faster. Come on.'' Danny grabbed Valerie's arm to take her with him, but was pulled back, because Valerie didn't move an inch. ''What?''
''I'm not just going to come with you, we first need a plan,'' she said.
''We have a plan, we just ehm, need to think of one first,'' Danny said. Valerie gave him a glare. ''Don't worry, Val. We'll figure something out on the way.'' He wanted to pull Valerie again, but she still kept standing where she stood.
''I see that worked out the last time,'' she said sarcastically.
''What do you mean by that?" Tucker asked defensively. He clearly heard the sarcastic tone in Valerie's voice.
''Hello, isn't there someone missing?'' She asked pointing at an empty spot beside the boys.
Danny sighed. '' Yeah, Sam is taken by Vlad. But that's the reason we needed your help. We need to save her and the others. We've been trying to get others to help us too, but no one wants to. We don't have a plan yet, but please just come with us and we'll figure something out.'' Danny held out a hand for Valerie to take it.
Valerie was thinking. She didn't want to do something radical without a plan, but there were people held prisoner in the school. One of those people was her father. She couldn't let him down, she couldn't let anybody down. She was lucky enough that she escaped those ghosts. Now it was time to fight back, plan or not. Valerie took Danny's hand. ''Okay then, I'll come.''
The three of them headed for the school and hid behind a building next to it. ''So, what are we gonna do? We were spotted the last time, so how are we going to get in unseen this time?'' Tucker asked.
''Well not,'' Danny retorted. Tucker and Valerie looked confused at him. ''We can't get in unseen, so why not let them know we're here?''
''I'm still not following you,'' Valerie said.
''We just run inside with all the strength we have. If a ghost or Vlad appears, just shoot them once and keep running,'' Danny explained.
''And what then?" They both asked.
''Then you guys stay near the door and prevent anyone from coming in. In the meantime, I'll phase everyone out of the building. Then we just have to keep everyone together and get as fast as we can back to my house. If everyone is inside the Ghost Shield, Vlad can't get them.''
''Sounds like a plan, '' Tucker said. ''But isn't it a bit suspicious that you're with us? And that we're going to FentonWorks? You know you're secret is at risk then, right?''
''I know, but that's the least of my problems. It's a risk I have to take. You guys ready?''
Valerie and Tucker nodded and loaded the weapons they had. The three of them started to run. As expected, a lot of ghosts from the Ghost Army appeared around them as soon as they got close to the school. Vlad wasn't here, thankfully. Danny didn't mind having to fight a few ghosts now, but he didn't feel like fighting Vlad. He wasn't concentrated enough. He could only think clearly again when the citizens where safe and sound. That was top priority now.
While running, they shot a few times at the ghosts to clear a path towards the entrance of the school. Of course, the ghosts shot back. The blasts were stronger and the ghosts looked a lot more menacing now. Just like Skulker said. Luckily, they weren't that strong yet, so it still was quite easy to get inside the school.
Once they were inside the school, Danny turned around to see his friends closing the entrance and standing in front of it with loaded weapons. ''Okay guys, you keep standing there. I'm going to find the others.'' Danny then flew away and checked every hallway, every classroom with incredible speed. Nothing. The only place he hasn't been to yet, was the cafeteria. Of course Vlad would keep them there. The door was open, so Danny thought he could just fly inside the room. When he reached the open doorway he was bounced back and ended up on the ground, still outside of the cafeteria.
''What the heck? Why can't I get in?'' He mumbled to himself. He stood up and tried to get his hand through the doorway. Again, his hand couldn't get through. ''A Ghost Shield. Of course,'' Danny mumbled irritated.
''Look, it's the Ghost Boy!'' Danny heard a Latin voice say. Almost everybody inside the cafeteria gathered around the doorway to see who was there, although everybody already knew, courtesy of Paulina's fangirl-like scream.
''You have come to save me! I knew you would come,'' Paulina said dreamily.
''He has come to save us all,'' a random woman from the crowd said. ''Right?''
Danny cleared his throat and began to speak. ''Don't you worry, I'll get you out of here in no time. I just have to figure out how to get through this door.'' Danny was thinking. He could just change forms and go inside as a human, his secret wasn't important now. Then he realized that that probably wouldn't work, since everybody was still here. He remembered that Vlad had a Ghost Shield at his place that worked on ghosts and humans. This one probably did the same thing.
A red-haired girl tried to get through the crowd. Eventually she stood in front of the doorway and smiled. Danny smiled back at his sister. He wanted to say something to her, but Jazz was then pulled away by a big, orange arm.
''Watch out, Jasmine. He's maybe here to rescue us, but you still can't trust him,'' Jack said.
Maddie pushed herself through the crowd too until she was in front of the doorway as well. ''Jack please, I understand that your nervous, but we have to trust him now. This might be the only chance for us to get out of here.''
Danny smiled. It was good to see that his family was safe. ''Mom- I mean, Maddie, do you have any weapons with you?" Danny asked.
''No, all of them were taken by that filthy ghost,'' Maddie answered. ''Oh sorry, no offence.''
''None taken,'' Danny said with a smile. ''He is a filthy ghost.'' Danny wanted to tell his parents so badly, that the ghost that had taken them was Vlad, but he knew that that wasn't such a good idea.
''So Phantom, do you have any idea how to get us out of here?" An elderly man asked.
''Yeah, I do. The only thing I have to figure out now, is how to get this shield down. By the way, is everybody okay?''
Everybody nodded or mumbled a soft 'yes'.
''I'm always okay when you're around!'' Paulina yelled.
''I think everybody is okay,'' Maddie answered for everyone. ''I'm only not sure about my son. He isn't here and I'm really worried about him. Have you seen him?''
Yikes. Normally Danny could lie to his mother about where he was, but now he found it hard to say anything. He could just say that he hasn't seen him, but he knew that would break his mom and he wasn't sure if he could handle that now.
Danny wasn't ready yet. He told Valerie and Tucker that, if he had to, he could give away his identity in order to save everyone. But to be honest, he wasn't sure if he could do that. People were accepting him, even his parents were kind of getting a liking to Danny Phantom. But still, Danny has had his powers for not even a year and he was still figuring things out. Every day he learned something new about his powers. Every day was a step closer for him accepting what he was. Who he was. He wasn't just an average teen, he was also the ghostly hero of the town. If someone was in danger, especially by ghosts, then they could rely on him.
Tucker and Sam have tried to tell him that every day, hoping that Danny would get more confident with himself and who he was. Even though Danny always said that he understood, they both knew that he was lying. They just had to give him some time. Someday Danny would accept who he has become. He would understand how much he means to everyone and he would finally get that everyone will accept him, no matter what, especially his friends and family.
Danny looked at Jazz. Jazz gave him an encouraging smile. From the moment she knew about Danny and his powers, she encouraged him to tell mom and dad. Yes, he was a ghost and they were ghost hunters, but he was still their son and they loved him. Surely they would accept him.
''Ehm, I-I haven't seen him, sorry. But I'm pretty sure that he is closer than you think,'' Danny said nervously. Jazz giggled slightly at the irony in Danny's words. Danny didn't intend to do that, but he didn't smile back, because of the seriousness of the situation.
''Oh, that's too bad. I surely hope he is safe,'' Maddie said. She lowered her head in sadness. Jack put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Oh no, Danny couldn't handle his parents this sad, not now. ''But I'm pretty sure that he is in the school. I think I've seen him walking around here.'' Before he could stop himself, Danny blabbered the first thing that came to his mind.
Jack's eyes lit up. "Really?''
''Yes…. really. I'm first going to get you out of here and then I'll look for him.'' He hated lying to his parents, but he just couldn't tell them. At least not now, while the whole town was listening.
Danny looked around to see if he could destroy the shield somehow. When he looked at the wall next to doorway, something came to his mind.
''So, you gonna get us out of here, or what?'' A man from the crowd said.
Without saying anything, Danny walked away from the doorway to a part of the wall next to it. The people inside the cafeteria couldn't see him anymore.
''Great job, Herbert. You've scared him away. This was probably our only chance,'' a woman, who probably was the wife from the man who spoke before, said.
Then a big explosion was heard and seen. Next to the doorway was a gigantic hole where everybody could go through now. When everybody was outside, they saw Danny standing there. He had made that hole to get everyone out.
''Great Gatsby! That is going to cost the school a fortune!'' Mr. Lancer yelled.
''Duh,'' Danny mumbled to himself. ''Of course, just make a hole in the wall next to it. Why didn't I think of that before?''
Danny was then hugged by two girly, soft arms and kissed on the cheek more times than he could count. ''Oh, you saved me! Thank you, Ghost Boy, thank you!'' Paulina said.
She gave more kisses on Danny's cheek, until he pushed her away. He blushed slightly while rubbing his cheek, now covered with lipstick. If Sam was here she would slap Paulina, ha ha, Danny thought. Wait a minute…. Sam! Danny grabbed Jazz by her arms and pulled her away from the other people. ''Where is Sam?" Danny whispered softly to his sister.
''I don't know,'' Jazz answered. ''She was here for a while, but she was then taken away by Vlad. I don't know where she is now.''
''He took her? Probably to piss me off, but that's not going to work,'' Danny said to himself. ''I have to go look for her.''
''I know, but-''
''So, Phantom. You're going to look for my son now, right?'' Jack asked.
''Yes, sure dad- Mr. Fenton, just give me one sec.'' Danny turned back to Jazz again. ''I'll take mom and dad to the hallway over there. I'll figure out what I'll do later. You have to take the others to the entrance of the school. Tucker and Valerie will be there. Just wait for me, mom and dad to arrive there later. It won't take long. Can you do that?''
''I'm on it!'' Jazz said determined. ''Okay everyone, follow me!''
Danny turned to his parents. ''We'll go the other way, I'm sure your son will be there.'' His parents followed him to the direction he pointed at. They walked for a moment, until Maddie stopped and broke the silence.
''Are you sure he's around here? I don't hear anything,'' she said.
Danny couldn't take it anymore. He felt so guilty. He has lied so many times to his parents and here they were, looking for him while he was just standing right next to them. He could sneakily run away, change forms and come back from another direction. He could that, but that would only make his secret last a little bit longer. Was it worth it? Maybe he had no choice but to tell them. Maybe it was time. If only he could find the courage.
Danny turned around to face his parents. ''I- ehm, I think that…,'' Danny stuttered. He hasn't felt this nervous since he had a pop quiz, but even that couldn't compare to what he was feeling now. Danny gulped, sighed deeply and rested a hand on his forehead to calm himself down. ''Mom, dad, there is something I need to tell you….''
Danny looked his parents straight in the eyes, hoping that he could sense any signs of what they were thinking. At first they looked confused at him, not exactly sure why he called them 'mom and dad'. Then Danny saw his mother's eyes widen. He knew that she came to the realization who he was. A few seconds later, his father came to the same conclusion as well. They stood there for a few seconds in silence. Neither of them knew what to say.
Maddie and Jack looked at each other and then back at Danny. Danny still nervously stared at them, waiting for a response from his parents. They then smiled at him and reached for him to give him a big hug.
Danny was crushed between his parents and he could barely breathe, but he didn't care. This wasn't really the reaction he expected, but it came close to the reaction he was hoping for. He had dreamed about him telling his parents and then they would hunt him down, not seeing him as their son anymore. Now they were hugging him. He was something they despised, but they still loved him. The biggest smile you could imagine appeared on his face.
Eventually they let go and looked at each other. ''I'll explain everything later, but we have to move now. Everyone is waiting for us,'' Danny said.
His parents nodded at him and they followed Danny back to the entrance of the school.
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Phew, that was a pretty long chapter (well, compared to my other chapters). I'm so terribly sorry that I'm late with posting. I already had this chapter done, but I just forgot to post it (stupid me).
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