Danny Phantom in: The Ultimate Ending
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Yes, dearie. Subject is stable. Subject is regaining consciousness.
''…...Mom?''
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Danny's vision was still blurry and he couldn't make out where he was. It was silent until he heard his mother talk to him vaguely. Eventually everything became clear again. He could hear properly and finally knew what the voice, probably his mother by the sound of it, said. He opened his eyes and was blinded by light.
How long have I been out? Danny thought. He looked around, but didn't see his mom. When he tried to move he finally noticed the situation he was in. He was stuck, tied down and in some sort of machine. He knew this machine all too well, but for some reason it was kind of different. His speculations about where he was were being answered when a male voice talked to him.
''Good, you're awake. Are you well rested, little badger?''
Danny didn't even have to look up to know who was talking to him. ''Shut it, Vlad.''
''A little cranky, aren't we?'' Vlad said derisive.
Danny growled at the man's comment. ''Why am I here?'' He immediately cut to the chase. He didn't feel like dealing with Vlad right now. That man was annoying. So annoying. Couldn't he just ever lay off? Did the guy just have to be everywhere?
''Because I need you, Daniel. Isn't that obvious?'' Vlad answered with a grin.
''Ehm, no, it's not. So why don't we quit the small talk and skip to the real story. I'm asking you again; why am I here?''
Normally Danny would throw some jokes or sarcastic comments in the conversation, but he was deadly serious now. He wanted to get out of this place, out of this machine. Seriously, what was up with this machine? Danny remembered being inside this thing when Vlad tried to clone him, but it looked different now. Vlad has tinkered with it. It did the same thing; it kept him inside it, but for some reason Danny had the feeling that the machine's purpose was different.
''Fine then. Here, look at this.'' Vlad grabbed something from his pocket and showed it to Danny.
''The Ghostly Gem?'' Danny asked confused. He already knew the thing, why did Vlad show it to him again?
''Indeed. Something is wrong with it, take a closer look at it.''
Danny narrowed his eyes and noticed the difference from when he saw it the first time. ''It has lost its color. It's not green anymore, it's almost white.''
''Uh-huh. I have probably used it so many times that it has lost its power. I can barely control the Ghost Army anymore. They're getting stronger, while the gem gets weaker. I need to recharge it so I can control them again,'' Vlad explained.
''And you need me for that?''
''Well, yes. Don't you see, Daniel? I need a lot of power to recharge it, but where could I get it? There is no such thing that contains so much energy to fill up the gem, not even in the Ghost Zone.''
''Go on…''
''Danny, have you ever thought about your powers? About how strong you are?''
Danny cocked a brow. ''I guess so, but-''
''Well, I have, and I'm going to be honest here: you are strong Danny. Very strong. Maybe even stronger than me. You have so much energy inside you. I could really use that, you know.''
Danny's eyes widened in realization. Vlad wanted Danny's energy to recharge the gem. Danny started to struggle to get loose, but he already knew that it was pointless. He just hoped for a miracle to happen to get him out of here.
''I'm sure you already know what my intentions are. So, let's just begin, shall we? Then it all will be over soon,'' Vlad said with a devilish smile. He went to the controls of the machine and wanted to turn it on until Danny stopped him.
''Wait! I've got one question…''
Vlad sighed annoyed and turned to the boy. ''Shoot.''
''Well, I was wondering…. what happens to me?''
Vlad raised a brow ''I'm not sure what you mean by that.''
''Oh, come on. You know what I mean. If you...'' Danny gulped before he went on. ''… drain my energy, what happens to me? Will I just feel weak or… worse?''
Vlad laughed. ''To be frank, I don't really know. But let's find out then.''
''Wait, Vlad, don't-''
Before Danny could finish his sentence, Vlad had already pulled the lever and Danny was overwhelmed by extreme pain. It almost compared to what he felt like inside the portal, almost. Nothing could compare to the pain he felt back then. Danny felt himself getting weaker in a matter of seconds. So that's what the machine did now. It was adjusted to drain his energy.
Danny felt himself getting weaker and weaker. Only a miracle can save me now.
-A few hours earlier-
''Danny!'' Sam screamed.
She felt Danny's hand let go of hers. She heard Vlad laugh and saw him fly off. The Ghost Army left as well. Sam expected them to follow Vlad, but they just went their own way. They split up and went in every different direction. In just a few seconds Sam was all alone, kneeling on the street.
Sam was silent for a while, heavily breathing. ''What just happened?!''
Sam stood up and ran towards FentonWorks as fast as she could. Luckily, it wasn't that far. She wasn't sure if anyone there could help her, but she had to try at least something.
Totally out of breath, Sam finally reached FentonWorks. She saw that the Ghost Shield was turned on and that everybody was safely inside. Sam sighed out of relief and went inside. The first few persons she was looking were Tucker or Valerie, but she couldn't find them. Eventually she did ran into Mr and Ms Fenton.
''Sam, it's good to see you unharmed, dear!'' Maddie exclaimed.
Sam smiled in return and prepared herself for the inevitable question.
''So, where's Danny?'' Jack asked.
Yikes. That was the one question Sam was afraid of the get asked. On their way here, Danny told Sam that his parents knew that he was Danny Phantom. They could probably guess that Danny was with 'the Wisconsin Ghost', but telling them that their son was kidnapped by him… Sam wasn't sure if she could say that.
Because of Sam's long silence, the cheery and hopeful faces of the Fentons turned sad and severe. Sam knew she had to say something, so she broke the silence.
''Danny is still out there. He was captured by-''
''By that Wisconsin Ghost man?!'' Jack asked hurriedly.
'…Yes, but there is one thing… I'm not sure if I'm the one to say it to you, but that ghost, he's like Danny.''
Maddie cocked a brow. ''So, he can change to a human form too?"
Sam nodded. ''Yes, just like Danny, he is half-ghost, half-human. And you know him too…''
Jack and Maddie's eyes widened with surprise and stayed silent for Sam to finish her sentence.
Sam sighed. ''It's… Vlad.''
Both the Fentons stayed silent for a while. Their old college pal was…. a ghost? And even a mean ghost? When did it even happen? And why would he do all this?
Then Maddie gasped in shock. ''Jack… the portal in Wisconsin…''
Jack immediately knew what his wife meant by that. ''No, it can't be… the people in the hospital said that he was fine…''
''I guess they didn't care to check if his DNA was infected with ghost-DNA,'' Maddie said, half-sarcastically.
Jack turned back to Sam. ''So, you're saying that he kidnapped our Danny-boy?''
Sam sighed deeply and nodded.
''Where did he take him?'' Maddie asked.
''I'm not sure. He probably took him to one of his mansions. If I only knew the reason why he took him, then it would be easier to figure out where he is,'' Sam responded with a scowl.
''Oh, well maybe Jack and I can make a list of all of Vlad's mansions. Maybe your friends know more too. They're all in Danny's room, together with Jazz. They wanted to make a plan without other people eavesdropping,'' Maddie said.
''Oh, okay. I'll go to them straight away.'' Sam went up the stairs and went inside Danny's room. On Danny's bed were Tucker, typing on his PDA, Jazz on her laptop and Valerie with a map of Amity Park. Valerie had taken of her suit and was now wearing her usual attire. They all looked up to see who was entering the room.
''Sam, you're okay!'' Tucker yelled. He wanted to open his mouth again to say something, but was cut off by Sam, who already knew what Tucker was about to say.
''Danny isn't here, no. Vlad took him and left me all alone. I don't know where he is or what Vlad wants to do with him.''
The three on the bed gasped and were silent for a while. Then Valerie broke the silence.
''Well, we've got to go get him then, right?"
''That's going to be difficult. Like I already said, I don't know where he is or what Vlad is planning on doing to him.''
They all thought deeply for a while to figure out some sort of plan. Then Jazz had it.
''The Boooo-merang!''
''Oh right! That thing is homing in on Danny's ecto-signature. That way we can track him!'' Tucker exclaimed happily.
''Okay, that's something, but are you sure your parents are going to let you go though? Wouldn't they think it's too dangerous to go out there?'' Sam said.
''It's their son we're talking about. Surely they would let us go,'' Valerie responded.
The group went downstairs immediately to ask permission to go outside the Ghost Shield. If they would give them the reason they would let them go, right?
''Mom, dad?" Jazz was looking for her parents through the crowd and eventually she found her mother.
''What is it, honey? Have you guys figured out some sort of plan?" Maddie asked.
''Well, sort of. We want to take the Specter Speeder to go outside. We're going to look for Danny with the Boooo-merang,'' Jazz explained.
Maddie gulped before a smile appeared on her face. ''I think it's a little dangerous outside. I'm not sure if that's such a good idea.''
Jazz wanted to interrupt her mother, but was shushed by Maddie as she went on.
''I know you want to find him, sweetie. But don't we have to give him some more time? You have seen him fight ghosts before, maybe he is on his way here now.''
''Maybe, but maybe he is in trouble. We can handle ourselves out there, mom. Please, if we can't find him we'll go back immediately, okay?''
Maddie sighed before she gave in. ''Fine then. But be careful.''
''Of course we'll be.'' Jazz gave her mother a wink before she disappeared in the lab with the rest of the group.
They grabbed the Boooo-merang, stepped inside the Specter Speeder and took off. Hopefully they would find Danny fast.
-Present-
''AAAAAHHHHH!''
Danny was still screaming and feeling weaker and weaker. He was starting to get dizzy and stopped screaming, knowing that it would only make him feel more exhausted. The only thing Danny could hear was Vlad's obnoxious evil-guy laugh.
''Yes! It's starting to regain some color, it's working!''
This is the end…, Danny thought. He was feeling so exhausted and dizzy now that he got the feeling that he wouldn't make it out alive. He thought about everything and everybody he would miss. His parents, Jazz, Sam, Tucker. He would miss Skulker and all the other ghosts too. He would even miss Dash. Of course, all the menacing ghosts and bullies were annoying, but they were part of his life. He couldn't let that all go. He wouldn't.
''Vlad, let me go!'' Danny screamed angrily. His eyes started to glow a brighter green now.
Vlad only laughed and scoffed. ''Ha, get as angry as you want Danny, it will only charge the gem even faster.''
Vlad was right. There was no use in using ghost-energy to get out of this thing, because it would only charge the gem and drain Danny even faster. He still wanted to get out of there. The only thing he could do was to use his ghost-powers, but then the gem would be charged. But the gem gets charged anyway, and if using his ghost-powers means getting free, what choice did he have?
Danny's eyes started to turn an even brighter green now, even more green than normally when his eyes would glow. His whole body filled itself with ecto-energy and started to glow as well. Danny struggled and struggled to get his limbs loose and started to glow even more doing so.
Vlad laughed devilish again. ''Try as you might, Daniel. You maybe think you can escape, but there is no-''
A big explosion shushed Vlad. The whole room was filled with bright light and Vlad was pushed back against the wall. After a few seconds it was silent and Vlad opened his eyes again. Gone. Danny was gone. The machine he was in was destroyed, almost vaporized. Vlad feared Danny took the gem with him, but luckily for him, it was still in its spot.
''Ha ha, he may have gotten away, but I have enough energy to rule 10 Earths at once. This time I will accomplish my plan and fulfill my destiny.'' Vlad took the gem, not noticing its color: white. Even more white than before.
Above Vlad was Danny, hovering intangibly and watching the whole scene. Danny did notice the whiteness of the gem and could predict the reason why it was so white. Danny was feeling stronger than ever now. When he used so much power inside the machine, Danny thought he was a goner, because he could feel the gem drain all the energy he used. But then, for some reason, the machine or gem, maybe even both, got sort of overloaded and Danny started the drain the energy of the gem instead. He broke out of the machine and wanted to take the gem, but Vlad recovered quickly and, sadly enough, got the gem before Danny could. Danny did have an advantage, Vlad didn't know that the gem had lost its power. Maybe Danny could force a battle with Vlad eventually and defeat him when he is powerless. Then Vlad could be locked up somewhere and the world would be a safe place again.
Danny stopped his rollercoaster of thoughts and figured he had to get the heck of out of here, before Vlad would notice he was still here. Danny phased through the walls of the big manor and flew towards Amity Park.
''Are you sure he is here? It looks so deserted….'' Valerie stated.
''To be honest, it figures he is here. These are the woods of Wisconsin. The Boooo-merang follows Danny, and if it sent us here, then Danny is probably in Vlad's mansion,'' Tucker explained.
''Oh yeah, now that you say it. It does make sense, yes,'' Valerie replied with a smile.
''Okay, so we'll just go with our gut feeling and head straight to Vlad's mansion, but what then? Who knows in what state Danny is in? Or how many ghosts from the Ghost Army are guarding him? Don't we need to have a plan first?'' Sam said.
''Don't worry, Sam. As soon as we get in Vlad's mansion we just- WHOOOAAAH!''
Jazz, who was driving, had to stop speaking when she thought she hit a gigantic bug. But since when are bugs the size of an average, teenage human? And do all bugs have a white DP logo on the chest?
''Danny!'' All four the adolescents inside the vehicle said in unison.
Danny, with his face pressed against the glass, smiled and waved at the four. He then phased inside and was overloaded by a big hug from Sam.
''I'm so glad you're okay. You had me worried!''
''It's okay, I'm fine now. Actually, I'm even feeling better now.''
Both Danny and Sam were leaning in for a kiss when a forced cough from Tucker startled the two, causing them to blush.
''And I'm glad to see you guys all fine too!'' Danny said with a chuckle, rubbing the back of his neck.
''Uh-huh, right. Well, good you're okay, dude. Now that you're here, we have to get back to Amity Park, stat,'' Tucker said with a deadly serious expression.
''Yes, since you were gone, the whole town has been taken over by the Ghost Army and is terrorizing it for no reason. Vlad didn't even command them to do so, they just do whatever they want. They're a lot stronger now too,'' Jazz explained.
''Yeah, after Vlad took you, he didn't command them anything, because he was busy with you. Now they're getting freewill and destroying everything, we have to stop them,'' Sam added.
''Way ahead of you. I already have a way to fix this mess,'' Danny said with a smug face.
''Really?" The others in the vehicle asked confused.
''Really. I'll tell you once were back, we just first need to get home.''
''Roger.'' Jazz took the steering wheel again and started to head back to Amity Park.
Sam walked to towards Danny and rested a hand on his shoulder. ''Are you really okay? You never told us what Vlad did to you.''
Danny sighed and gave Sam a weak smile. ''Honestly, I'm fine Sam. I've dealt with worse things before.''
Sam glared at Danny. ''Okay, but that doesn't answer my second question: what did Vlad do to you?''
''Well, he sort of tried to drain my energy and almost killed me, but then I messed up the machine and escaped. That's it.''
Sam's mouth fell open and she soon shook her head fast to bring herself back to reality. ''What? He tried to…. but….. are you sure that you're-''
Danny put a finger to her lips to shush her. ''Yes Sam, I'm completely fine. I've regained the energy that I have lost and am even stronger than I was before. Stop worrying so much.'' He gave her a kiss on the cheek before turning to Jazz and sitting in the chair next to her.
Jazz and Tucker weren't really paying attention to the conversation the couple just had, but Valerie was watching and listening from a small distance. She always thought they were so cute together and if she could, she would wish them to be together forever. But, for some reason, it always made Valerie cringe on the inside whenever Sam and Danny kissed, held hands or whatever couples do. Was it because she was jealous? Maybe, but why would she be jealous? Was it because she didn't have anybody to hold hands with? Or was it because she wasn't the one holding hands with Danny? To her frustration, Valerie knew that it was the last one.
Hello, beautiful creatures of Earth!
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