In a dark alley, a ghost wrapped in black robes was laying on the ground near a dumpster. He heard several yells and shouts from the city around him. But he paid them little attention. His mind was stretching across the realm. Eventually, his green glowing eyes opened. "Sam!" He stood up and a white ring of energy changed his rags into a black body suit and the brown robe black. He clenched a sword in his left hand. He drew his sword from its sheath and cut open a portal with one swing. He jumped through it and the portal shut.

Ghost Zone

Malice watched the board with glee. Several of his pieces were closing in on Sam's. Her protectors were already gone and he had little to fear from Vlad. "Soon!" Clockwork simply sat back in silence. Malice's grin faded as the dark mist vanished from Danny's piece. "He has awakened." The piece vanished and appeared near Sam's. Malice sat back, "Damn him!" Clockwork simply sat back and smiled.

Ravenburg

Dark stood and chuckled at what he was seeing. "Wasn't this originally reversed?" He rubbed his chin with his free hand. "Let me think! Ah yes." He laughed, "Almost a year ago. Vlad was attempting to use Sam in order to get me to submit to him." He nodded, "That is it! I thought this was oddly familiar."

Plasmius glanced back at Sam and saw what ever fear of the ghost she had fading. "Don't fall for his tricks girl. He is evil down to his core."

"Are you seriously going to believe him? He was in league with Malice from the very start."

Sam backed away from Plasmius. "You helped that monster."

"Helped is too strong of a word. I merely played the odds until the right moment." Plasmius split into four and surrounded Dark. "You will not take my prize from me. Now hand over that sword!"

Dark held the Banshee Blade up. "Sorry! But your power is nothing compared to mine now!" The sword shimmered with dark light. "Get down!" Sam quickly got on the ground as a large wave of sound energy burst from the sword. Plasmius tried to fired his plasma bolts, but the sound wave ripped through the beams and blasted the half ghost back. The three copies vanished and Plasmius hit the ground. "I'm going to enjoy this!" He spun the sword around swung the sword at him. A blade of red energy shot from the weapon and slammed into Plasmius' chest. The blade cut through him, but did no damage. Plasmius turned back into Vlad and collapsed onto the ground.

Sam slowly stood up. "You didn't do what I think you did?"

"Trust me! It was very tempting. I simply disrupted his ecto energy. He won't be doing much of anything for a while."

"Excellent!" A large green portal opened up and a ghost flew out. Dressed in long royal purple robes. He was surrounded by a light green aura. His dark eyes surveyed the area. "You have done well my son!"

"Lord Malice!" Dark stepped aside as the ghost floated over to Sam.

The girl started to run, but Malice moved to block her. "Do not worry child. No harm will come to you."

"Liar! I know what you plan to do to my child. I won't let you use him as a science experiment." Her left hand erupted with white energy. She threw it out and an energy beam shot from it. The beam simply dissipated against the aura around Malice.

Malice bowed, "My apologizes! Your child will go through nothing more than he would normally." He slowly floated around her. "After that, you and your child may live in peace. With your love if you like." Malice smiled as Sam thought about it. "Think of what would be best. This war will continue regardless of your decision. I am offering you a safe place."

"What about Danny? What did you do to him?"

"An unfortunate accident! The lab explosion fused a part of Plasmius' ghost with his. I originally just wanted to do a few test, but Vlad destroyed my computer and well." He held his hands up. "Here we are?"

"Can you fix him?"

"Of course! The power of The Wraith Blade will make it a simple matter to fix."

Sam felt a sudden pain in the back of her head. "Something is coming!" A large portal opened up and a ghost dropped out of it. He wore a familiar black jumpsuit with a black robe dropped over him. He held a black bladed scimitar in his hand. "What is going on?" She backed away from Malice. "I want the complete truth."

"The truth!" The ghost pushed his hood off of his head. It was Danny Phantom, but his skin was pale and black veins could be seen on his face. "I'm afraid things are not so simple."

"Phantom!" Dark stepped forward. "How nice of you to bring me my prize."

"And how nice of you to bring me back my body." Phantom readied to attack.

Malice floated in-between the two. "Please! No violence in front of the mother to be!" Small orbs of green energy formed around him. "The truth my dear is that this fine ghost is simply a specter. During the explosion, Danny's ghost was expelled from his body and this is what we have left." Malice wiped away a fake tear. "But look! All the pieces we need to fix things are all right here. The blades, the ghosts, and you. Things are finally coming together."

"Just one thing!" Dark swung his sword and a loud wail shot from it. It impacted Malice and he had to grabbed his ears. The sound wave caused glowing crakes to from all over his body. "So your simply a proxy ghost. Afraid to come out on your own."

"You dare turn on me!"

"I don't care about your war or anything else for that matter. I simply want the Wraith Blade to myself."

Malice eyes glowed with bright light and the cracks on his body vanished. "Sad! I liked you!" The orbs around his body shot small beams of light at Dark. The beams ripped through him and blasted him into a building. He dropped his sword and he turned back into Danny Fenton. He fell to the ground.

"Danny!" Sam ran over to the fallen teen. "Can you hear me?"

He slowly opened his eyes and sat up. "What happened? Everything is blur."

Malice slowly floated over and picked up The Banshee Blade. "Sorry you had to see that." He turned around. "Now if you would!" Malice yelled out as Phantom shot forward and impaled him through the chest with his sword.

"Sorry! But I don't buy the stuff your shoveling." He placed his hand on his head. "Thanks for the power up by the way." Malice's proxy turned into light and exploded. The Banshee Blade landed on the street.

Sam looked up at him and then back to Danny. "What happened to you?"

"Please allow me to clarify that!" Vlad pushed himself up. He turned back into Plasmius. "You little boyfriend is having the worst case of split personality ever recorded." He snapped his fingers. Huntress appeared over head and dropped a large metal sphere. It impacted the ground and a blinding white light filled the area. When the light died off, everyone was gone.

Phantom flew out of the ground. He had manage to phase through the street before the bomb went off. His fist tightened around The Nightmare Blade. "VLAD!"

Ghost Zone

Malice watched as the pieces on the board shifted. His pieces now occupied his side of the board. Near the center was Vlad with Sam and Danny's pieces. "Putting my faith in such a loose cannon was a mistake."

Clockwork smiled as Phantom's piece appeared near his side. "So the game changes. What do you plan to do now?"

Malice rubbed his chin. "This is a minor set back." He stood up. "I will win this battle. Mark my words." He vanished.

Clockwork stood up. "Now we shall see how strong Danny's will is."