Chapter Five: Rescuing the Heroes
Our remaining heroes appeared in a cloud of smoke inside Fenton Works.
"Ok, this is bad, this is very bad." said Ember.
"I know, Danny and the others are trapped in their worst nightmares, this is a disaster." said Rob.
"We have to save them!" said Danni.
"But how?" said Rob, it was then that Jack and Maddie burst into the room, ectoguns at the ready.
"Halt ghostly intruders!" said Jack.
"Wait a minute dear, its just Danni, Ember, Rob, Grim, and Clockwork." said Maddie.
"Oh yeah, how you guys doing?" said Jack.
"Not so good dad, we sort of have a ghost situation." said Danni.
"What ghost situation, and where's Danny and the others?" said Maddie.
"That's the problem." said Danni, as she stepped aside to reveal Danny and his friends lying on the ground.
"Oh my god, what happened to them?" said Maddie.
"Well the ghost that I was talking about caused this, it all start when…" said Danni, who explained everything that had happened, and what it meant for Danny and the others.
"This is horrible, we have to help them." said Maddie, crying for her son and his friends.
"We will dear, we'll rip that ghost apart molecule by molecule for this!" said Jack.
"I'm afraid that it is not as simple as that." said Clockwork. (AN: It never is.)
"What do you mean?" said Danni.
"We do have to defeat Nightmaria, but just defeating her won't free them. We must free them from their nightmares, from inside their minds." said Clockwork.
"Are you serious?" said Rob.
"I am indeed, while some of us remain out here to battle Nightmaria, three of you will go into their minds and help them confront and defeat their fears." said Clockwork.
"Are you sure about that?" said Ember.
"Well he's never been wrong before." said Grim.
"This is true." said Danni.
"Ok then, Danni, you, Ember, and Rob will go into their minds and help free them. Since they were all hit at the same time you will have to travel from one mind to the next until they are all free. As you go you will have more help from the ones you free, but it still will be difficult and very dangerous. Meanwhile Me, Grim, and Mr. and Mrs. Fenton fight Nightmaria." said Clockwork.
"Why do we have to stay and fight? We want to help Danny." said Maddie.
"No, we need you and your ghost fighting expertise here." said Grim.
"Don't worry mom, we'll get them back." said Danni.
"Ok, but be careful dear, I don't want to lose another one of my children." said Maddie.
"I will mom." said Danni.
"Uh, I love family moments as much as the next ghost, but how are we supposed to get inside their minds?" said Ember.
"Leave that to me." said Grim.
Grim picked up his scythe and aimed it at them, and then he fired a beam of energy at them. The beam hit them and they turned into vapor and head towards our heroes.
"Whoaaaa!" they yelled as they began to flow into one of Tucker's ears, then they were gone.
"That…was…so cool!" said Jack.
"Now that their on their way, we have to find Nightmaria." said Grim.
"Yeah, its time to show that ghost what happens when you mess with the Fenton's!" said Jack, as he barreled out the door.
Meanwhile inside of Tucker's mind Danni, Ember and Rob suddenly landed in the strange technological nightmare that had been created.
"Ok, now where could Tucker be?" said Danni, then they heard a high pitched scream.
"Uh, maybe he is that way?" said Rob.
They ran towards where the yelling was coming from. As they ran Tucker was having a panic attack. They had strapped him to a table and began to activate an assortment of machines with very sharp instruments.
"Please stop, I'm begging you!" said Tucker.
"We can not, you must be joined to the collective, it is what our queen demands." said Alicia.
"Who is this queen?" said Tucker nervously.
"I am." said a voice.
Tucker looked up to see the worst thing imaginable for him, there standing before him was Valerie, she was the Cyborg Queen.
"No! It can't be!" said Tucker.
"I'm afraid it is Tucker, and it is time that you join us." said Valerie, an evil smirk crossing her face.
She stepped back and the machines began to move forward. Tucker cringed in fear as the terrible instruments came closer and closer. Just as they were about to cut into him an ectoblast flew across the room and destroyed them. They all looked to see Danni, Rob, and Ember standing in the doorway.
"Sorry to crash your party, but I think our friend wants to go home." said Danni.
"Intruders, surrender now and be assimilated." said Sam.
"I think we'll pass, how about we play a little rock and roll instead?" said Ember.
Ember sent out a sonic wave that knocked the cyborg's on their backs. While Ember and Rob fought the cyborgs Danni quickly flew over to the table and freed Tucker.
"Tucker, listen to me, we are inside of your mind, and this is all an illusion, its fake. You have to snap out of it, you have to free yourself." said Danni.
"What are you talking about, of course this is real!" said Tucker.
"No it is not you have to fight it, you're the only one who can." said Danni.
Then suddenly there was a explosion and Ember and Rob came crashing down next to Danni and Tucker.
"Uh Danni, I think we have a problem." said Rob.
Standing there were Valerie and the others, the laser rifles attached to their hands smoking.
"Enough of this foolishness, this ends now!" said Valerie.
A bunch of mechanical tentacles came out of the walls and grabbed Danni, Rob, and Ember.
"Tucker, you have to snap out of it!" said Danni, as a bunch of buzz saws started to come at them.
"I can't!" yelled Tucker.
"Yes you can, this is your mind, and here you're in control!" said Danni, as the blades drew closer.
Tucker saw his friends in danger and suddenly he was surrounded by a yellow glow. This was the power of his imagination, and the one thing that can defeat fear, hope. Suddenly the buzz saws disappeared and our heroes were freed.
"No! You're supposed to be afraid!" said Valerie, whose face then morphed into Nightmaria's.
"Sorry tall dark and ugly, but when my friends are in danger there's no time for fear. Now I'm going to show you how to take down a computer." said Tucker.
Suddenly a huge electromagnet appeared out of nowhere.
"Prepare to have your hard drive fried!" said Tucker.
The magnet sent out a wave of electromagnetic energy that began to fry the electronic components of the Nightmaria double. The double let out a scream and then was destroyed. Once this happened Tucker's mind went back to normal, which meant it was filled with thoughts of gadgets and Valerie.
"Ok, that was amazing." said Rob.
"Tucker you did it! you broke her control and saved us!" said Danni.
"I guess I did, but why aren't we back in the real world?" said Tucker.
"Because we still have to free the others." said Danni.
As she finished speaking a portal opened up behind them.
"I guess that's our ride then." said Ember.
"Where are you going sweetie? I wanted to rub your feet while you talk about the latest PDA." said one of the imagination Valeries, dressed in a bikini.
"He has to go save the world now." said Danni.
"Ok then, see you later lover boy." said the Valerie, swinging her hips as she walked away.
"Maybe we could stay just a little…" began Tucker, but then Ember grabbed him by the ear.
"Come on lover boy, we have to save the others." said an annoyed Ember.
She dragged him through the portal and Danni and Rob quickly followed. Back in the real world Jack, Maddie, Grim and Clockwork had tracked down Nightmaria. They found her trying to trap a group of kids at Casper High in her nightmare world, a certain group of evil preppy kids.
"Please don't hurt us!" said Dash, crying like a baby.
"Yes, we can give you money!" said Paulina.
"I do not want your money, I want your fear!" said Nightmaria.
Nightmaria lunged at Dash and his crew, but just as she was about to strike a laser blast hit her. She was sent flying away, which gave Dash and the others the time to escape. (Unfortunately) Nightmaria turned to see who had hit her, it was Maddie.
"So you have come to ruin my fun have you?" said Nightmaria.
"You better believe it, no Ghost hurts my son and gets away with it." said Maddie.
"Yeah, we're gonna make you regret the day you died." said Jack.
"We'll see about that human." said Nightmaria.
Nightmaria began to charge at them, but suddenly out of nowhere a huge purple energy blast hit her. The blast sent her flying but she was able to right herself, and then she turned to face her new opponent.
"Darn, I was hoping that would have knocked her out." said Grim.
"The first attack does not matter, only the final blow." said Clockwork.
"Yes, but I will be the one making it!" yelled Nightmaria.
Nightmaria threw a dark energy orb at Grim and Clockwork, but they dodged out of the way.
"This is going to be a little tougher then I thought." said Grim, as they dodged another blast.
so the battle began, with the fate of the whole world riding on its outcome. We can only hope Danni and friends free our other heroes soon.
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Rob: Things are starting to get interesting, anything can happen. Now it is time to make Vlad's day miserable. Rob pulls the hurt Vlad lever. The scene changes to Vlad having breakfast. He is just about to enjoy some really hot coffee when the whole room shakes, and the coffee spills on him.
Vlad: Ahhhh! Hot! Hot! HOT! Vlad hopped around and ended falling into his open refrigerator, causing all the food to fall on him and covering him in a sticky mess.
Vlad: Oh curses! What next? Vlad shouldn't of said that, because at that moment the Fluffy Army of Doom appeared, ready to visit doom upon his head.
Vlad: Oh butter biscuits. Then the Fluffy Army of Doom attacked, visiting unpleasant doom on Vlad.
Rob: Now that Vlad has been humiliated for the day, it is time for the chapter summery.
It looks like Danni and the others have begun to free Danny and friends from the insidious nightmare world the queen of horror has plunged them into. As they travel to each mind they gain strength, but at the same time the challenge becomes that more difficult. Meanwhile Clockwork, Grim, Jack, and Maddie have to face the ghost of fear herself. We can only hope they can hold her off until Danny and the others return. The only way to find out is to read the next chapter of The Night of Nightmaria.
Rob: So until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review, or I will send Technus to bore you with a long winded speech.