Chapter 6

Danny gazed around him at the army of ghosts and humans, together. They were up against Vlad's army of super ghosts. Danny recognized most from his world, but they were different, more powerful. He felt himself swallow hard as he saw the familiar enemies surround him. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected this. As each clashed against each other, Danny watched in total amazement. The war between the two worlds had unfolded and he was there. This battle might have been the final one, he wasn't sure. The battlefield was filled with blasts of ectoplasm and darting ghosts. It seemed as if the battlefield was surreal, like it was from a movie, but the smells and noises were defiantly real to Danny. The sky still had its darkish glow and the scowls and pain on everyone's faces were blinding him. The extent of this war was far beyond people dying, it was destroying everyone he loved from the inside. This wasn't his home, but it was at the same time. He often wondered what would happen if he never became Danny Phantom, or if he just let the ghosts do what they wanted. He knew now, this was one possible road he took. And as he stared at the battle and saw people he knew fall to the ground, lifeless, he knew what he had to do. He narrowed his brightly lit green eyes and let lose a battle cry more intense than ever before. He flew straight for the first ghost he saw and slammed his fist into the ghost's jaw, knocking the confused opponent backwards and into a nearby building. The angry ghost stood back up, his fists clenched and green plasma exploding from every part of his body. The horrific glow caused Danny to stagger back a bit as the brightness of the ghost hurt his eyes. He instinctively shielded them with one hand and looked at the ghost, who now was smiling deviously.

His red eyes glowed and he raised his arms, at first nothing was there, then two swirling balls of plasma appeared in each hand. With a final snap of his wrists, the two balls flew towards Danny at break neck speed. Danny quickly held out his own arms on either side of him and formed a powerful green ghost plasma shield around himself. Both blasts plummeted hard into the shield and Danny clenched his teeth, trying to hold the shield together. When the two balls were dissipated he put his arms down and the shield around him disappeared almost as quickly as it came.

The ghost before him growled and held one hand out to the side of him. A blast of ectoplasm appeared in his hand and he clenched his fists around it. It began to glow and grow until it formed into the shape of a sword. It was completely made of ectoplasm so it wasn't totally solid but infact see-through, as if made by some sort of crystal. The blade was long and sharp and the handle had two ghostly figures sticking out on either side along with a glowing red gem in the middle. The ghost mastered the sword effortlessly as he twirled it around, reminding Danny of cheerleaders with batons. Danny readied himself as the ghost charged for him, the sword held out in front of him. Danny swiftly moved a hand in front of him and a small, square ectoplasmic shield appeared in front of him. The sword impacted it with a clang sound and Danny trembled, hoping the shield would hold. The force of the ghost was strong, but Danny knew he was stronger. He stressed all his limbs trying to not let the ghost pin him down. But the adrenaline started to fade, as did his strength, he felt himself being force to kneel as the sword continued to push into his shield. Danny cried out as the force of the sword became too much and the shield gravitated towards Danny's face. His arms bent as the force began to move the shield closer and closer to him. Danny knew where this was headed but he couldn't think of a way to escape from this ghost.

A blast of ectoplasmic goo knocked him out of his previous thoughts as he saw it hit the ghost in front of him and stick the ghost on the building in front of Danny. He smiled and turned back to see Jazz to lower her weapon. She looked at Danny with concerned eyes.

"You alright?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine! Thanks for the help, that ghost was tough." Danny rubbed one of his shoulders from the pressure they had been put through.

"Danny, maybe you should go back in, if you feel weak or anything." Jazz said.

Danny blinked and looked at Jazz with stubborn green eyes. "Jazz, I'm fine."

"Alright, Ill handle this one, you try taking one of the others."

Danny nodded and turned around, looking for a ghost to let out more of his anger on.

That's when he heard someone whisper, "Hello Daniel."

"Scared to death" was a relative expression, but Danny swore his heart had stopped beating the moment those words were spoken. As he slowly turned around he saw the one person he dreaded more than anything. The Vlad in this dimension looked a lot different than in his own world. He wore a crown that fit around his head perfectly; it was gold with several red oval shaped jewels circling the middle. His long dark hair was streaked with several red highlights. He wore black plated armor that had black spikes poking out from his shoulders and waist. His own greenish skin tone had even tinted red a little. Connected to his armor was a black cape that reminded Danny of a vampire cape, the way it was red inside, reflecting his dark armor but black on the other to give the sense that he was a creature of the night. He smiled his vampire-like teeth at Danny, who at this moment had stood frozen in fear.

Danny quickly regained his composure and glared at Vlad. "You.." he said, in absolute distaste.

"Ah yes, me Daniel, the one you turned you against your father and killed him here right? Aren't that what those rebels told you? Such liars they are." Vlad scowled looking at Danny.

"They are NOT liars! You are Vlad! You did turn me against my family, against everyone I loved here!" Danny realized how odd this sounded, since true, he was turned, but it wasn't him, just him from this dimension. Ow…his head hurt again, trying to think.

" I would think better of you Daniel, you know I wouldn't hurt anyone you loved, you did that all on your own. Besides, weren't they the ones who hurt you first?" Vlad smirked.

Danny growled. His parents in this world did betray him, but he couldn't let Vlad get the best of him. He pushed off of his feet and flew at Vlad, fist out and made contact with Vlad's glass jaw. Vlad was unprepared for this and was sent backwards a couple inches. He used his hand to make sure his jaw was still locked firmly in place, then smiled at Danny. Who still had fury in his eyes.

"Daniel, Daniel. Fighting isn't the answer. Especially since I have your mother." Vlad said darkly.

Danny felt his eyes go much wider than ever before. "You what!"

"Yes, or did your little friends not tell you that? Don't worry son, she's resting comfortably for now, in fact, if you follow me I could let you visit her." Vlad's trademark evil smile returned to his face, and Danny felt himself clench his teeth tightly together, he sighed and sagged his arms.

"Fine.. take me to my mom." Danny said in a defeated voice, not looking back as they entered Vlad's over furnished castle.

"Danny?" Jazz said softly, finishing off the ghost and turning to see her brother going into the Castle with Vlad. She narrowed her eyes in anger. She would not lose another brother to that monster. She pulled out a small gun from her pocket, filled with ectoplasm and followed the two into the castle, unseen. She swore she would die, before she let Vlad get a hold of this Danny.

And somehow, she knew she would.

Sam stared blankly up at the breathing ceiling above her. At least, she thought it was breathing. The movement from the battle had caused the ceiling above her to tremble and shake and even look as if it was breathing. She herself, was still glad she was breathing. After the last fight she had, she was glad she was alive at all.

Why did he let me live?

It was something she kept asking herself after that awful day. The day she gave up on everything and everyone. The day she gave up, on Danny.

He had been silent as they met at their usual spot. Both were closer than most friends ever dared to go.

She shifted uncomfortably, her one arm holding onto the other as she put all her weight on her right foot. She stared at the grass for a while, her breathing was trying to stabilize. She finally looked up at Danny, her violet eyes showing concern and sadness.

"Where do we go from here?" She asked him softly.

He lifted his face so their eyes met. "Hmm?" he asked.

"You wont come back to good will you?" Sam said in a strained voice. She was sick of his mind games.

"No." The answer was flat, but final. He looked away, his eyes filled with thousands of thoughts Sam couldn't read nor comprehend.

"Danny, what about us? I, I love you." Sam said looking down, anger written within her.

"Then come to my side." Danny said to her, dead serious.

Sam shook her head, unbelieving. "No Danny! I admitted I loved you because I thought it could bring you back! But now I see not even love can bring you back to your senses."

"They betrayed me!" Danny's voice stung Sam. She flinched and looked away, fascinated now by the nearby tree.

"So did you. You betrayed them all, you killed your own father!" Sam closed her eyes, remembering how torn Jazz had become.

" I had to." Danny muttered, not meeting her gaze. " I had to alright?"

"I don't believe that. You had a choice in all of this Danny! You chose to be a coward then fight for what was right!" Sam glared through him. "You decided it was okay to walk away from your problems, to walk away from the only people who cared about you!"

"Vlad cares!" Danny's fists clenched, red plasma forming in his hands and glowing brightly from within.

"Vlad doesn't care! He wants to use you! Danny open your eyes!" Sam was practically screaming now, she was angry Danny was now unreachable.

That's when Danny felt himself do something he never thought he'd do, he hit her hard and badly. They had fought on opposing sides sure, but he never hurt her, he never attacked her, he simply attacked someone else, someone easier, someone without emotional baggage he would have to carry. At first he was in shock, he felt himself say, " My eyes are open Sam, open enough to realize what a mistake it was to get close to you." He saw in Sam's eyes that she was gone, she saw the same thing through his.

She stood back up from his blast, now knowing he could never change. She knew it was time to stop dreaming, and kill the beast within Danny. At this thought, she reached into her belt and pulled out a weapon, a small handheld contraption that Danny couldn't tell what it was for.

"What are you going to do with that?" he asked with a chuckle. "Throw it at me?"

"Yes." She pressed a button and launched it at Danny, it smacked him in the head and before he could do anything, it exploded, sending a thick green fog around him. He became slightly disorientated, but quickly recovered, seeing Sam's shadow in the fog coming straight for her.

He saw her punch even before it came within three feet of him. He grabbed her arm and twisted it behind her back, pressing it harder into her spine. She wrapped one of her legs around his and twisted it in such a way that Danny had to let go of her. Pain erupted from his leg and he snarled at his once best friend and girlfriend. It had come down to this, and in the end, he would win.

He ran towards her and she pulled out from her belt an ectoplasmic gun that shot out deadly bullets for Danny. Everyone he dodged and he got close enough to knock it straight out of her hands. He punched her hard in the stomach and watched her crumble into a fetal position. Then her eyes met his in a fierce look and she slammed her leg into both of his, knocking him over instantly.

He groaned and sat up, his body now forming bruises from the last hit he took. He found her standing above him, smiling and pulling out another weapon. It was a bat covered in greenish glow and she raised it, her face turning from happy to sad. He could tell she didn't want to do this and used this to his advantage.

"Please Sam, no." He said in a voice that was quite pitiful. She hesitated for a second, and that was all he needed. He used the same trick she did on him and knocked his leg into hers from the side. She fell like a ton of bricks and quickly Danny grabbed ahold of the bat and began to slam it into Sam hard.

It was a while before he stopped hitting her with the bat, and by then he saw how damaged she looked. He turned and started to walk away when he heard her weakly yell, "Hey!"

He stopped and turned around to see her fist come straight into his face. He cried out and stumbled back from the blow. He looked at her shocked as she barely managed to stand, and then turn around and limp away.

He felt something wet touch his lips and reached up to find it was blood. She had broken his nose.

Sam sighed, remembering how she left Danny like that. What she had done was right. She wanted to kill him, but he made her realize, she wasn't ready. She hesitated when he pleaded and she knew she shouldn't have.

That Danny was no more. So now, she had to end his life.

Or die trying.

Danny Masters became nervous. He finally had stopped fidgeting and decided he would find the rebels hideout and 'talk' with his dear friend Sam for a final time. He felt the red rings encircle his body and his normal attire change into the black and white jumpsuit along with cape, red eyes and white hair. As he phased through the wall and into the cool afternoon air, he thought about how much his life had changed, and what he had done. He looked down, seeing the war as it unfolded and saw how many were killed, and how many ghosts of them came back to fight this never-ending battle. He wanted his dagger, he wanted the fighting to end. He wanted Sam to come to his side. He wanted his mom and sister to see what he saw. So much he wanted.

So much he would get

Jack stumbled through the broken portals entrance to see the lab in total shambles. He quickly left the lab and phased through many buildings until he came upon the war that was raging in downtown Amity Park.

"Suffern Spooks! I never knew it was this bad!" Jack exclaimed as he saw another person from the resistance fall. He looked at his hands and sighed deeply.

" I guess I have to." He concentrated and suddenly a blast of plasma formed in his large hand. He smirked and aimed it at the nearest evil ghost, he fired and it made a direct hit.

Jack couldn't help but cheer out, "Alright! Now were talking!"

Blast after Blast came to him easily as he threw one after another at the evil ghosts that headed his way.

"Mr. Fenton?" An unbelieving voice said from behind him. He turned and saw Tucker's face looking at him in disbelief.

"Hey Tucker! Where's Maddie? I gotta show her this!" Jack said in his excited childlike manner.

Tucker looked uncomfortable. "Mr. Fenton, Vlad has her."

And Jack's world crashed before his eyes.