Fright Knight and the two halfas moved as far into the house as they could before the fire began to push them back. Samurai turned to Slamburt, "This is hopeless! We must retreat!" The other halfa nodded his head and the two began to head out.

"Cowards!" Fright Knight held his shield up and moved through the burning living room. He reached the lab entrance. Normally he could have just phased through the floor, but the ghost fire would harm him even in that form. He bashed down the hidden door behind the fireplace. The small stairway was filled with fire moving towards him. "Damn it!" Fright Knight stepped back as a wave of fire shot from the stairway. "I cannot fail!" As he was about to make a dash for it, A ghost in black flew out of the floor. The ghost fire around the room moved to avoid him. He carried a girl in his arms. Fright Knight readied his sword. "Who are you?"

The ghost turned slightly. His eyes continued to change from red to green. "Follow me!" It was a broken version of Danny's voice. He looked up and the fire on the ceiling opened a clear hole. The ghost shot through it. Since he was carrying Sam, Fright Knight followed. The two flew clear of the house and landed on the far side of the front lawn. They shielded their eyes as the house exploded and collapsed onto itself. The ghost fire was smothered in the explosion. "That was too close!"

Fright Knight watched as the trio of halfas fly through a portal and vanished. They had not seen the pair make their escape. "Now that they are gone!" Fright Knight turned to the ghost who had rescued Sam. He had fallen on the ground and was out cold.

Sam felt a wetness on her forehead and opened her eyes. She was lying on a cold stone ground, with a cold washcloth on her forehead. "Where am I?" She sat up and looked around. She was in a large cave with a small campfire nearby. She looked over and saw Danny Phantom sleeping next to her. "Danny!" She grabbed his shoulders. "Danny!"

"He cannot hear you!"

Sam turned around and spotted Fright Knight standing on the other side of the fire. "What did you do to him?"

"Nothing! All that has happened is Malice's and to a lesser extent, my master's fault." Sam looked at him with a puzzled look. Fright Knight sighed and sat down. "I guess you deserve the whole story."

Flashback

Malice led Plasmius and Fright Knight into his lab. It spanned several thousand square feet and was covered in equipment of all kinds. "Thanks to you, I have one of the final pieces."

Plasmius shook his head. He had been fixated at The Wrath Blade that hung at Malice's side. "All in service to you my lord."

Malice walked over to a large glass box. Inside was a boy with black hair and blue eyes. "Danny Fenton! Or..." He pressed a small red button on the control panel in front of the box. A green light enveloped Danny and transformed him. "...should I say Danny Phantom?" He looked at Danny with fascination. "A half ghost made without using a full ghost and human. You my friend are one of the keys to my final ascension." Danny said something, but the box was sound proof. Malice typed on a small keyboard. "Now to see how adaptable you are." Red light ripped into Danny and caused him to yell out. He turned into Danny Fenton as a green beam of energy shot from the box and into one next to it. The beam turned into Danny Phantom."

"And the point of that was?" Plasmius walked over to the box with Phantom.

"I want to see if his body is naturally receptive to ghost energy. So I removed his ghost in order to transplant another." He snapped his fingers and a large silver cylinder was brought to him. It was about a foot long and was banged up. A small port rose out of the control panel and Malice fit the cylinder into it. "Now to see which of my hypothesizes is correct." There was a loud beep as a green cloud was extracted from the cylinder and pumped into the glass box. Red light joined it and Danny fell back in pain as the green cloud entered his body.

"Sir!" A small ghost in a lab coat yelled out from his consol. "The ghost half!"

Malice looked over. Danny Phantom was beginning to fade. "So the ghost half can't survive without his human half. Fascinating!"

"This is nice and all, but.." Plasmius stepped up. "You promised him to me after you were done."

Malice frowned. "I have not forgotten. But don't you forget your place." Malice waved his hand and a small tube attached to the box containing Phantom. "I will simply have him bond with other ghost until I am finished." Phantom turned into green energy and shot through the tube. The tube was connected to another box with a ghost floating in it. The energy fused with the ghost.

"Good!" Plasmius decided it was time to move. He reached into his pocket and pressed a small button on a remote. He had planted charges around the lab. With in moments the lab exploded.

Flashback End

"After the smoke cleared, The Wrath Blade and the two Danny's were gone." Fright Knight stood up. "So that is the story!"

"So this is basically Plasmius' fault?"

"If it were not for the master. You precious Danny would still be suffering more of Malice's experiments. Granted I'm sure he didn't expect things to go quite this way."

"No doubt!" She rubbed her head as Danny began to stir. "He is fighting someone. But he is just lying there."

"He is fighting the ghost whose body he shares." Fright Knight's eyes narrowed. "Curious! I hadn't expected you to from such a link to him."

"Link?"

"Yes! When two ghosts have a child, they are linked on a spiritual level in order to better protect the child and each other."

Danny suddenly sat up with his eyes flashing red and green. "The coin!" Sam found the small gold coin lying on the ground and handed it to him. He flipped it and everyone watched as it spun through the air and hit the ground. It was human side up. Danny sighed with relief as his eyes turned to green. "That was to close! He almost got out." Sam wrapped her arms around him and squeezed tightly. Danny managed a small smile and rubbed her back. "I take it I was missed."

"Idiot! Of course you were missed." Sam did her best to keep her tears from streaming.

Danny gently pushed Sam off of him and stood up. "I'm afraid I can't stay with you."

"What?" Sam stood up. "You can't just leave."

Danny shook his head and embraced her again. "I can't keep Burn under wraps forever. If her manages to take over when you are near." He hugged her tighter. "Trust me!" He let go. "Go back to Amity Park. It is the safest place for you now." Sam stood silently as Danny turned to Fright Knight. "You won't mind to see her there safely."

"I will! Then my debt to you will be repaid."

"Thank you!" Danny picked up The Nightmare Blade. "I will return when I am finally free of this ghost."

"Danny!" He turned towards Sam. The girl rubbed her eyes. "If you don't come back before our child is born. I will never forgive you."

Danny nodded. "I promise I will return before then." He cut open a portal. "I love you!" Danny jumped through and the portal shut.

"I love you too!" Sam weakly sat down and stared at the spot were he had vanished.

Fright Knight turned and watched as the sun began to set. "We will leave first thing tomorrow."