Crossover Choices Part 3 — The final part of the epilogue was actually thought up before I completed A Light Against the Fear. I wanted to do something with Danny Phantom. This was mostly because Eva lost a loved one. Originally Eva and Danny were supposed to go up against Freakshow, but then I decided to bring in Clockwork. And what would a story featuring Clockwork be without Danny's ultimate enemy, Dan Phantom? Continue reading the story to see how it all ends.

Sometimes forgiveness is a hard pill to swallow

If we do not, in darkness, we will wallow

It is necessary to move on with our lives

It is necessary to both you and I

Eva could not look at the light. She closed her eyes. A cold feeling came over her mixed with an all too familiar sensation.

Onlookers watched a figure form in the light. The light subsided revealing someone in a dark blue and black jumpsuit with black shoes, black knee and elbow pads, black belt, black forearm armor, black diamond shaped metal knuckles, and black skull shaped shoulder armor. Around the chest was a black band and in the center was a silver medallion with a Moline cross with a red gem in the center. The hair was black, the forelocks dark blue. The face was deathly white, the eyes, lips, and cheeks painted with black. The eyes were white, empty, and haunting.

"It's her," said Sam. "Eva's the one."

"Oh, cheese logs," muttered Plasmius.

Danny, hearing his archenemy, turned to him. "What? We found the one who can use the Duality Orb."

"Yes, but Eva's human," said Plasmius. "She doesn't know how to use ghost powers."

"I don't think so," said Aelita with a small laugh.

Dan Phantom stared at Eva in shock before busting out laughing. "You? Of all the ghosts, it's a human? This is too easy! You don't know what you've gotten yourself into!"

"Eva, the strength of the Duality Orb's power relies on the willpower of the user," said Mackenzie. "If you can think it, you can do it."

Eva nodded. "Get back, little sister," she said.

Aelita shouted in French, "Just like LYOKO!"

Eva's black lips turned up in a smirk. "Yes, just like LYOKO."

Eva was nothing but a dark blue and black blur as she leaped into the air to attack Dan Phantom. She twisted midair and struck him in the shoulder with the heel of her boot. Dan let out a cry of pain, not expecting the blow to carry the amount of force it did. Eva dropped to a rooftop before jumping in the air again and slamming her foot into his side. Dan Phantom went flying from the force. Eva used the buildings to keep moving, jumping off the sides of them and using window ledges to keep herself in the air.

"How is she doing that?" asked Plasmius in surprise.

Danny looked at Aelita. The pink haired girl had a look of hope on her face. "She's done this before," said Danny.

Aelita turned to him and nodded. "Yes, more than once."

"Wretch!" shouted Dan Phantom, firing an ecto-blast at Eva.

Eva turned to smoke to avoid it and reformed. She jumped into the air again.

Dan Phantom sidestepped her attack. Eva landed on another rooftop, turning and jumping into the air. She fired a power pulse that hit Dan, but when she went to strike him again he moved out of the way.

"You may have the power, but you don't know how to use it," said Dan Phantom.

"Dan's getting the upper hand," said Sam.

"Eva can't fly," said Aelita. "She couldn't fly without her overboard on LYOKO. She has the abilities of our friends, but I was the only one who could fly."

Eva turned invisible to dodge Dan Phantom's attack. She gritted her teeth. She could use the terrain, but she could not risk innocent lives. Eva looked to the park. There weren't any buildings there, so damage would be minimal. But how to get Dan Phantom there? Eva had an idea.

"Where did you go?" snarled Dan Phantom.

Eva briefly became visible just as she jumped into the air. Her body began to turn white.

"Let's see how you like being possessed!" she snapped and disappeared into Dan Phantom's body.

"She actually did it!" Aelita said in shock.

Dan Phantom turned and flew off in the direction of the park.

"Smart girl," said Plasmius. "Getting him away from the city so they can have a proper fight."

Danny got up and began flying after Eva and his future self. "Come on, Plasmius!" he called over his shoulder.

Plasmius picked himself up and followed Danny.

Sam grabbed Tucker's arm. "Let's follow them," she said.

"Why?" asked Tucker. "What can we do to help them?"

"We can be there for them," said Sam.

Tucker followed Sam as she dashed off in the direction of the park.

When they reached the park, Eva separated herself from Dan. Dan flopped on the ground. If he would have been a LYOKO monster, he would have been destroyed the moment Eva left him. He was not, but Eva's possession still left him weakened.

Eva kicked his hands out from under him, causing Dan Phantom to do a face plant in the dirt. Dan looked up, his eyes blazing red and he fired ecto-blasts from his eyes. Eva cartwheeled out of the way. Dan Phantom got up and duplicated himself. He circled Eva. Eva glanced around before flipping backwards, planting one hand on the ground, and spinning around, firing her power pulse attacks at the duplicates' legs. The duplicates fell to their knees. Eva turned and went around the circle of duplicates, kicking them each in the face with enough force to make them disappear. When she came to the real Dan Phantom he grabbed her leg.

"I grow tired of this," he growled, giving Eva's leg a twist.

Eva grunted and flipped herself in the direction of the way he was twisting her leg. Dan released her.

Eva brought her other leg up and cracked him in the face again. Dan's head snapped back. Eva then fired a power pulse directly at his chest. Dan Phantom had the wind knocked out of him and he staggered back.

Dan looked up at her, snarling. He put his hand out to her. Eva couldn't move! This was just like her dream!

Dan Phantom smiled. "Good. That'll keep you docile while I destroy everything."

A green ecto-blast struck Dan Phantom, distracting him. Eva was released from whatever was freezing her movements. She jumped up and slammed her knee in his face. Dan Phantom swatted at her and knocked Eva back. She left a trench in the ground where she landed.

Dan Phantom turned his attention to Danny, who was hovering above them.

"Come and get me!" challenged Danny.

Dan Phantom flew after his past self.

Eva picked herself up and shook her head.

"Are you all right?" asked Plasmius, kneeling beside her.

"Yeah," said Eva, putting her hand to her head. "I've had worse."

"I find that hard to believe," said Plasmius, turning to the Phantoms. "I have to help Daniel. We'll bring him back to the ground so you can finish him off."

Plasmius took to the sky.

Eva growled. She hated being grounded, especially since her opponent could fly. She had all this power and she couldn't reach him. Eva let out a small gasp. She had her invisibility, her possession, Ulrich's speed, Kayla's strength, William's super smoke; why couldn't she use another's technique?

Eva got to her feet. She put her hand out beside her and concentrated. A few seconds later her overboard materialized next to her. Eva smirked. She jumped on and opened the throttle.

Danny used his ghostly wail to weaken Dan some more. It wasn't as powerful as Dan's, but it did some damage.

Eva flew up behind Dan and possessed him again. She drove him to the ground before leaping out of him. Eva whipped around and put her hand out. A black aura formed around Dan Phantom and transferred to Eva's outstretched hand.

"No!" Dan Phantom yelled.

The power of the Victory Orb left Dan Phantom and reformed in its ball in Eva's hand.

"It's over," said Eva.

"Not until I'm destroyed," said Dan Phantom. "Aren't you going to finish me off?"

"That's not my job," said Eva.

"Oh?" asked Dan. "Then whose job is it?"

Danny approached Eva and Dan. "It's mine," he said somberly.

"You couldn't," said Dan Phantom. "You're not a killer."

Danny put his hand out, charging it with the most power ecto-blast he could muster.

"There is another way."

Danny glanced at Eva. "What do you mean there's another way? There is no other way! Clockwork said he has to be destroyed."

"Danny, what created him?" asked Eva.

"I did," said Danny. "My friends died in an accident and I couldn't cope with the pain. I blamed myself. It was my fault; I cheated on the C.A.T. exams the first time."

"You know what I just learned, before I could use the Duality Orb?" asked Eva. "Forgiveness. The reason why Dan Phantom was created was because you didn't forgive yourself."

"I couldn't," said Danny.

"You can," said Eva. "I did, and you are stronger than I am, Danny Phantom, far stronger than I could ever hope to be. If I can do it, you can do it. Don't let him win. Don't let that monster inside take over. Don't make the same mistakes I've made."

"How would you know?" asked Danny. "How can you possibly understand what I feel? Look around! All of this is my fault, because I created this. How could you know how I feel?"

"Because I lived it," answered Eva. "I've lived it for years. It was only now that I've been able to forgive myself."

"All of this is touching," said Dan Phantom. "But a little 'I'm sorry' isn't going to change anything."

Dan Phantom put his hand up to attack Eva. He charged his ecto-blast to kill Eva. Suddenly the energy fizzled out. Dan Phantom was disappearing.

"What? No!" He looked at Danny. Danny had his eyes closed, focusing on something. "Danny, you can't! I'm you! What's going to happen to you when I'm gone?"

Danny opened his eyes. "I'll be able to live free from you."

"No!" Dan Phantom disappeared.

Eva returned to her human form, the Duality Orb forming in her other hand. She turned to Danny and Danny turned to her. The Spirit Orbs fell to the ground as Eva threw her arms around Danny and hugged him. Danny hugged her back, mostly because it was taking everything to stay on his feet and not transform back into Fenton.

It was finally over.

"You did it," Eva wept softly into Danny's shoulder. "I knew you could."

"Thank you," said Danny.

Plasmius landed beside them. "How touching."

Danny and Eva glared at him.

Plasmius took something from his pocket. "I believe this belongs to you," he said to Eva, handing her locket back.

"Thank you," said Eva, putting the locket around her neck.

"Danny!" shouted Tucker and Sam.

Danny turned to see his friends running toward him. "Sam! Tucker! You're okay!"

"Eva!" yelled Aelita and someone else. Running beside Aelita was a boy with sandy brown hair wearing a red button-down T-shirt over a gray long sleeved shirt and jeans.

Nicolas Poliakoff hugged his girlfriend. "I told you I would come," he said. "I had to tear a few pages from the Eva Maverick Play Book, but it was worth it."

"I found him right after you possessed Dan Phantom and brought him here," said Aelita.

"More like I found her," said Nicolas. "Did you know that Jeremy hacked the town's security cameras? They have the whole thing on tape!"

"What?" asked Danny.

"Oh, no," said Tucker. "No one outside of town needs to see what happened."

Aelita giggled. "They won't," she said. "Knowing Jeremy, he probably recorded what happened in town and created a fake tape for everyone else to see."

"What would we do without him?" asked Eva.

Eva felt a tug at her shirt. She turned and saw Mackenzie.

"I knew you could do it, Eva-phant," said Mackenzie.

"Thanks, Macaroon," said Eva.

Danny picked up the Spirit Orbs. "I'll take these back to Clockwork the first chance I get," he said.

"Tell him thank you for me," said Eva.

"Not to break up this little victory party," said Sam, "but shouldn't we get out of here before we're caught by the GiW or something?"

"We better find Chris and the others," said Aelita.

"Yeah, there's a headache I do not need," said Eva.

Danny looked at them. "Come on. I think there is someplace we can go until we're ready to go home."