Chapter Eight: The Spell Broken, The Nightmare Ended
While our heroes were traveling to Danny's mind, back in the real world Maddie, Jack, Grim and Clockwork were still fighting Nightmaria. Things were starting to go a little better, they had stopped Nightmaria's nightmare creatures, but there was still the ghost herself to deal with. Despite all the power she had been using she was still very powerful indeed.
"Dear, I don't think we can keep going like this." said Jack, as they dodged another one of Nightmaria's attacks.
"We have to keep going until Danny and the others return." said Maddie.
"I just hope its soon, my trigger finger is getting tired." said Jack, as he fired off another shot.
Speaking of Danny, back in his mind things were not going so well. Danny was flying franticly through the ruins of Amity Park, with the enraged Valerie hot on his tail. Valerie was flying behind him, hurling grenades and insults as they went.
"What's the matter Phantom? Too much of a coward to fight me." said Valerie, as she launched a ectogrenade at him.
"I don't want to hurt you." said Danny as he fired a warning shot back at Valerie.
"Yeah right, where was that sense of compassion when you slaughtered, your friends and family." said Valerie, as she fired her Ghost Bazooka at Danny.
The blast hit Danny in the back and knocked him from the sky. Danny fell and hit the street, where he skid along until he hit a wall with a loud crash. Danny pulled him self up from the rubble only to be staring down the barrel of Valerie's gun.
"Time for you to face oblivion Phantom." said Valerie as she was about to fire.
In the back of Danny's mind something stirred at this sight, it was the ancient primal instinct of fight or flight, and it was telling him to fight. Without thinking Danny jumped out of the way of the blast and fell into a tuck and roll, and then he turned back to Valerie and fired a devastating ectoblast. The blast took her be surprise, it hit her in the stomach, blasting a hole straight through her. Valerie's eye went wide in shock, and she looked down to see the gaping bloody hole in her stomach. With blood dripping from her mouth she gave on last gurgling breath and fell from her jet sled, dead.
Danny snapped out of the state of mind he was in and looked at the terrible deed he did.
"No, No! dear God what have I done?" said Danny, then he heard the terrible voice of Dan Phantom.
"You killed the last human on Earth in cold blood, that's what you did." said Dan, as Danny turned to see his face in a piece of broken glass.
"But, it was an accident, I didn't mean too." said Danny.
"Well it doesn't matter now, what is done is done. With that last act you have finally become me, congratulations and welcome to the rest of your afterlife, alone! Mwa hahahahaha!" said Dan, his evil laugh like knifes in Danny's mind.
Danny could not bare to be in this horrible place any longer so he flew away, Dan's evil laugh following him as he went. Soon Danny found himself over a grave yard and landed. He landed amongst a bunch of grave stones and began to cry. As he leaned on one of the grave stones he noticed a name on it. he looked up to see what it was and let out a gasp, for it read…
Samantha Emily Manson
1991-2008
Killed in the First Attack by Dan Phantom
May she Rest in Peace
He looked around to see that he was surrounded by more graves, all with the names of his friends and family on them.
"No, not this, anything but this, I have to get out of here." said Danny.
As Danny was about to leave he began to hear a muffled sound. He paused to listen for the sound. The sound began to get louder and louder, in fact it sounded like…some one beating on a wooden box. Suddenly a hand shot out of the ground from Sam's grave, a rotting hand. The creature began to claw its way out of the ground, and Danny recognized who it was.
"Danny…why did you do this to me? Didn't you love me?" said the Zombie Sam, as she pulled herself from the ground.
"I…I." said all Danny could say, and then more hands began to sprout from the ground.
All around him the rest of his friends and families corpses pulled themselves from the ground, all saying the same thing.
"Danny, you did this to us, why Danny, why?" they said as they drew closer and closer. (AN: To quote the Ghost Writer, I'm really quite wicked when I get the urge. Mwa ha ha ha!)
"No, stay back, stay away from me!" said Danny as he fell to his knees.
"Why Danny, why?" they began to say over and over again as they got closer.
Stop it, please stop it!" said Danny as he curled up into a ball, shaking in fear.
Just as the zombies were about to fall upon him, they were blasted back by a mighty gust of wind. Danny lifted his head up to see that Sam, Alicia, Valerie, Alex and Tucker, along with Danni, Rob and Ember were floating above him. His eyes instantly locked on to Sam.
"S-Sam? Is that you?" said Danny.
"Of course it's me, who else were you expecting?" said Sam.
"But your dead, everyone is unless… you're a ghost and you've come back for your revenge!" said Danny.
"Danny, I'm not a ghost ok, none of this is real. You've been trapped in your mind by a ghost named Nightmaria. You have to fight it and break free from her spell." said Sam.
As Danny was trying to get control of his confused thoughts the zombies began to attack our heroes.
"Looks like we have some unhappy fans." said Ember.
"Then lets do a little crowd control." said Danni.
The zombies began to throw dark energy bolts at them, and Sam and the others barely had time to get out of the way. The zombies let out a cry of angry at this and fell upon them. Sam and Alicia used their magic to try'en knock the zombies down, but they stood their ground. Danni and Valerie tried to blast the zombies to pieces, but they reformed. Tucker and Alex tried to keep them back, but the zombies were to strong. Soon our heroes were surrounded on all sides by the undead.
"See, you will not defeat me this time, this is where you fall." said the Sam zombie, her face turning into Nightmaria's.
The zombies then began to advance on them, Sam looked around franticly for a way out, and then she saw Danny.
"Danny! Help us!" said Sam.
"I can't." said Danny.
"Yes you can! You have the power here, not Nightmaria, this is your mind!" said Sam.
Danny sat there grabbing his head, a million thoughts going through his mind. Then he heard Sam scream as one of the zombies grabbed her. At the sound of the girl he loved being in danger something inside of Danny began to come out. It was his inner power, the power of hope. The other appearance of Dan was cast off like a dead skin as Danny changed back to his normal self. He then turned to face the zombies and with a wave of energy destroyed all of them except the Nightmaria double.
"You will not defeat me, this is where you die!" said the Nightmaria double.
She then began to shake and growl as she transformed into a hideous creature of unimaginable evil. It looked like some sort of lion snake with dripping fangs and huge pointed ears. She let out a massive roar and began to attack Danny. Nightmaria tried to smash Danny with a massive paw, but it did not work. Danny rolled and then fired a energy bolt at Nightmaria, knocking her back,
"Grrr! I will not be defeated by some brat with pathetic powers!" said Nightmaria.
Nightmaria attacked Danny with lightning quick speed and raked her claws across his chest. Danny stumbled back as and felt the wound that had been put on his chest. Seeing Danny in trouble Sam decided that now was the time to help.
"Hey! No one hurts Danny while I'm around." said Sam, she then sent a energy blast at Nightmaria.
The rest of our heroes joined in the battle as well. Ember and Rob used a combination sonic wave and ghost ray attack to knock the wind out of her. Valerie and Tucker fired ghost weapons at her, and Alicia, Alex and Danni lifted a piece of building and hit her with it. Then Danny and Sam prepared to delivery the final blow. They launched a massive wave of energy at the malevolent spirit, they energy enveloped her and began to rip her apart.
"No! NO! This can't be! I am invincible!" said Nightmaria. (AN: Have you ever noticed that stuff like this is only said while the villain is being destroyed?)
With one last yell of anger the Nightmaria double was destroyed and Danny's mind was free. As everything was going back to normal a portal opened and Danni, Rob, and Ember were sucked into it. They were deposited in a pile back in the real world, then Danny and the others woke up.
"Ow, it feels like I was hit by a freight train." said Danny.
"Danny your ok!" said Danni as she gave him a hug.
"It's good to see you too." said Danny.
"Yeah, its good to be back in the land of the living." said Sam.
"Well it's good that your back, we have a crisis on our hands. Danny's parents, Clockwork, and Grim are fighting Nightmaria right now." said Rob.
"We better go help them." said Alicia.
"Ok, you guys up for another fight?" said Danny.
"You know us, were always ready to kick ghost butt." said Valerie.
"Ok then, lets go." said Danny.
Meanwhile in the park Maddie, Jack, Grim and Clockwork were battling Nightmaria. They were trying to knock her down long enough to capture her, but she would always slip away before they could. Also she was being annoying about it too.
"Ha! Is that the best the Master of Time and the Angel of Death can do?" said Nightmaria as she fired back at them.
"God, I'm really starting to hate her." said Grim.
"This is almost as bad as the last time I had to put her away." said Clockwork.
"Ah! But unlike last time it is you who will be put away." said Nightmaria.
Nightmaria sent out a giant energy hand that captured Grim, Clockwork, Jack and Maddie.
"Let us go you monster!" said Maddie.
"Not likely, once you four are destroyed no one will stop me and I will rule the world!" said Nightmaria.
"You won't get away with this!" said Jack.
"That is where you are wrong you oaf." said Nightmaria.
Nightmaria raised her other hand and giant glowing claws extended from it. As she was about to bring them down a blast hit her in the side. She was sent flying and let go of her captives, who hit the ground. Maddie and the others looked up to see Danny and the others had returned.
"Danny! Danni! Your back!" said Maddie as she ran up to embrace them.
"We were so worried about you guys." said Jack.
"Its ok, were back now, thanks to Rob, Ember and Danni." said Danny.
"Uh, I like happy reunions as much as the next bringer of death, but we still have Miss scary to deal with." said Grim.
He then pointed to Nightmaria, who was getting up from the blast that had hit her. She got a good look at her new enemies and was in shock.
"You! You're supposed to be trapped in your nightmares experiencing your worst fears!" said Nightmaria.
"We got over it, and now were here to kick your butt." said Danny.
"Never, you will be defeated, and I will plunge you into a never ending nightmare!" said Nightmaria.
She flew at out heroes with blinding speed, her claws bared, but their years of ghost fighting paid off as they were able to avoid her first attack. Danny fired back with his ghostly lightning and Nightmaria was shocked. Sam fired a series of fire blast orbs at Nightmaria that blew her into the air. As the evil ghost flew through the air Valerie fired a laser at her, and the shot sent her smashing into the ground.
"Give up yet?" said Danny.
"Never you little worm!" said Nightmaria.
Nightmaria then launched into the air and tried to impale Danny and his friends with her giant claws. But since she was tired from fighting she was too slow and our heroes were able to get out of the way. The evil ghost was proving no match for the angered teens. Alicia and Alex then used their powers to lift her and smash her into trees, the playground, and a bunch of benches. Then Danni used her gave Nightmaria a punch in the stomach, which sent her flying towards Danny. With one final double punch Danny sent the evil ghost crashing to the ground, where she lay still.
"How is this possible? Beaten by a bunch of brats." said Nightmaria.
Now that the evil specter had been defeated Grim decided it was time to end this.
"Nightmaria, I think you have over stayed your welcome, its time for you to go." said Grim.
He then raised his scythe and cut open a portal to the Zone of No Return. He then picked her up and hurled her into the swirling, black vortex.
"No! you will all pay for this! I will returrrnnn!" said Nightmaria as she disappeared.
Nightmaria fell and landed hard on the ground, she lifted herself up to see that she was in a barren and ruined landscape. She looked around at the darkness that surrounded her and frowned.
"I will get out of here, and I will have my revenge on those foolish children." said Nightmaria.
"Maybe I can help you with that." said a voice from the darkness.
Nightmaria turned to see who said it and saw a man appear out of nowhere, at least she thought it was a man. The being that stood in front of her had red flaming hair, deathly pale blue skin, and blood shot eyes that contained a look of pure evil. His clothing was all dark and the ends of his trench coat were tattered. His face held a smirk that spoke of a great sense of superiority, and the way he was looking at her said that he could destroy her in an instant. She then remembered that he had asked a question.
"H-how can you do that?" said Nightmaria.
"I have my ways, if you promise to serve me I will give the revenge that you crave." said the Creature.
Nightmaria thought for a moment, and then decided to ask another question.
"You…can really help me get the revenge I seek?" said Nightmaria.
"Of course I can, all you have to do is serve me." said the Creature.
"If it means destroying those brats, then I will serve you." said Nightmaria.
"Excellent my dear, I have a feeling that you will like being a part of our little "family". Anti-Cosmo, Anti-Wanda would you come out." said the Creature.
The two Anti-Fairies came out of the darkness.
"Yes our master?" said Anti-Cosmo.
"Say hello to the newest fellow traveler in the cause of evil." said the Creature.
"A pleasure to meet you." said Anti-Cosmo.
"I'm sure." said Nightmaria.
"Enough with the formalities, it is time that we continue planning the overthrow of the universe and its ruler, Rob Phantom." said the Creature.
As she followed this new being back into the darkness, Nightmaria could sense that things were going to get better, and she would have her revenge on the ghost child and his friends.
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Ember: Uh oh, that mysterious person got Nightmaria to join him.
Danny: And Rob still won't tell us who he is. Everyone glares at Rob
Rob: I said his true identity will be reveled in time, and it is not time yet.
Alicia. When is the time?
Rob: Not for several stories. Everyone screams in frustration.
Rob: Anyway…its not over quite yet, there is still one chapter left. I mean we still have to scare the fudge out of Dash and the others.
Sam: I'll get the flame thrower!
Alicia: I'll get the monsters! They both run off, planning mischief.
Rob: Uh… then I guess that is it for this chapter. So please RxR, or I'll send Sam and Alicia after you!