Sam slowly pushed herself up to her feet as Danny and Burn began the fight again. "I know that voice. Drop the act Malice!"
Clockwork simply bowed and in a flash of black light, transformed into Malice. The tall ghost was dressed in his usual purple robes and his dark eyes gleamed as lighting started to flash from the dark clouds above. "Your powers of deduction will never cease to amaze me my dear."
Sam glanced over towards Danny and Burn. The two were locked into a sword fight and didn't seem to notice them on the other side of the roof. "You realize that when those two notice who you are, your going to be in a world of hurt."
"Doubtful! Despite the fact I have failed to bring Danny Phantom over to my side, I have effectively convinced him that Burn must be eliminated if he is to enjoy a peaceful life. And Burn like all ghosts is obsessed with the one thing that keeps him connected with this world. His anger! Which is aimed at Danny for the moment. So you see, I have little to fear. The two will either finish each other off, or the winner will be in no condition to defend themselves from me."
Sam spun her wooden staff around. "Did you forget about me?"
"And what are you going to do to me?"
Sam smiled. "Glad you asked!" She hurled the staff like a spear.
Malice caught it easily. "Please tell me this isn't your best." Malice grin faded as the staff exploded into a tangled mess of vines and thorn covered roots. "Oh!" The vines and roots coiled around Malice's arm and started to wrap around his body.
Sam's eyes started to glow green and all the fragments from the cocoon she had wrapped Burn up in sprang to life. Like snakes the pieces slithered to Malice and joined together. The old ghost soon found himself completely covered in vines and roots. "Now the finish!" She walked to the edge of the roof and held her hand out to a tall tree planted in the ground. It doubled in size and turned into a large hand. It grabbed the cocooned Malice and held him high in the air. Sam smiled as the plants began to drain Malice's energy. "Not so tough now."
"On the contrary my dear." Even muffled, his voice was quite loud. A small purple beam of energy shot out of the cocoon and cut it apart. Malice flew out of it and into the air. His robes were untouched. "Not bad! You have had those powers only a short time, but you seemed to have complete control." He pointed to the tree that was shaped like a hand. It exploded as if some unseen power had ripped it apart. Malice threw his hand out towards Sam. A small purple orb shot from it at near light speed and crashed into her. Parts of her plant armour flew off as she slammed into the roof.
"Damn it!" Sam managed to get to her feet as Malice landed on the roof.
Malice smirked. "Now then!" He stopped and looked over to the fighting duo. "Something is wrong." Sam gulped and looked over. Whatever had Malice spooked, couldn't be good.
Danny and Burn had their blades locked and were vying to over power the other. It was then that both Sam and Malice noticed, the two blades were cracking. The two fighters broke apart and started to swing at each other.
"No!" Malice floated up in an attempt to stop them. The two blades slammed into each other and with a large explosion of energy, they blasted to pieces. Everyone on the roof top watched the shards of the two swords fly everywhere. "You two broke the most powerful ghost weapon ever conceived." Malice for the first time had a look of shock and disbelief on his face. He floated to the roof and picked up a shard. "The weapon that allowed me to carve out an empire. Gone!" He dropped is and glared at Danny and Burn. Both of them pointed to the other. "I had little need for the sword, but it did mean a great deal to me." His hands sparked with purple energy. "Now I am going to rip you apart into more pieces than my sacred blade." His voice boomed over the thunder.
Danny and Burn seemed to forget their fight and stood ready to face the enraged Malice. Before Malice could strike, large bolts of lighting charged out of the darkening clouds and struck around them. Everyone on the roof had to dodge to avoid being hit. Sam tired to get to Danny, but a bolt struck the roof in front of her, sending her back. "Danny!"
The half ghost saw her and started to fly after her. Malice was quick to block his path. "You will pay for running my plans and dreams." He rammed a purple glowing fist into his stomach. Danny barely had time to react from the first blow, before the second one slammed into the right side of his face and sent him down. His white energy ring formed around him and he turned back into his human form. "Your spent." Malice reached for him, but felt himself start to tire. "My energy!" He looked up and say small bits of light flying from all four of them into a swirling green vortex above them. "It is absorbing all the ghostly energy in the area." Malice kicked Danny hard in the chest. "You got lucky!" Malice started to leave, but Danny grabbed his legs and he fell down.
"Your not going anywhere."
"Let me go!" Malice sat up and aimed and energy orb at him.
"No you don't!" Burn put Malice into an arm lock. "Your staying put."
Malice looked up in horror as the vortex began to spin faster. "The destruction of the swords has torn a hole into the very fabric of reality. You must release me so we can escape."
"Like we have the energy to do that." Danny looked over to Sam who had managed to stand up. "Take care of the kids." With all the energy he could summon, he fired a green bolt from his hand. It hit Sam dead on and knocked her clear of the vortex and the lighting storms.
"Danny!" Sam found herself several blocks from city hall. A large bolt of energy shot from the vortex and struck the building. In a bright flash of light, the building and the vortex vanished. Sam ran over to the site, but only found a large crater where the building had been. The storms above continued to pour rain, but were more or less back to normal. "Why?"
"To save the world." Vlad landed a few feet behind her. "That is what a hero does." Sam just stared at the hole as he walked up and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Dry those tears my girl. With Malice gone, his halfa children will soon go out of control. Both this world and The Ghost Zone is in danger." Sam pushed his had away and started to walk back home. Vlad sighed and looked into the dark sky. "The real war has just begun."