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Sam's Plan of Action
Chapter 11 – Danny vs. Dan
Danny paced around his room wearing a path through the carpet. Danni and Tucker were sitting on Danny's bed watching their friend. "Hey Danny why don't you come over here and sit down next to us; then we can figure out how we are going to save Sam," Danni said as she stood up and walked towards him.
"I just can't believe that she is in the hands of that, of that, I don't know what to call him," Danny shouted pulling on his hair. "I should have never let any of this happen to her. I should have protected her. I promised her that I would never let anything happen to her," Danny yelled slamming his fist in to the mirror hanging on his wall. The mirror shattered sending glass fragments falling on the ground. Danni and Tucker jumped slightly at Danny's outburst.
Danny looked down at his hand and saw small pieces of glass embedded where he had punched the mirror. Small amounts of blood trickled down his hand and began to form a small stain of the floor. Just as Tucker was standing up to help Danny clean off his hand the PDA in his pocket chimed that it was time to meet up with Dan at the Nasty Burger. Tucker reached in his pocket silencing the alarm; turning to Danny he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, I guess it's time."
Danny transformed in to Phantom yelling his familiar battle cry. Allowing his hand to go intangible the glass fragments fell harmlessly to the ground. "Alright, I will meet you guys there," Danny said shooting through his wall on a direct course with the Nasty Burger.
Danny arrived at the Nasty Burger a few moments after leaving his house. The Nasty Burger was still under construction from the last fight that had taken place there so the surrounding area was fairly lifeless. As Danny approached the restaurant the familiar blue mist escaped from his lips. Danny spun around on the spot looking for the intruder and coming face to face with Dan.
"Hi," Dan said as he blasted an off guard Danny in the chest with an ecto blast. Danny flew back and slammed in to the side of the Nasty Burger. "You really are too easy to sneak up on," Dan laughed turning a frightened looking Sam visible and dangling her in front of Danny.
Danny locked eyes with a terrified looking Sam as she was tossed aside as nothing more than garbage by Dan. Danny rushed to catch her only to have another ecto blast seer the flesh on his side. Danny grabbed a hold of his side protectively still trying to reach Sam. Danny was slammed in to the ground by Dan again just before he could reach Sam.
"Now, now, you didn't think that I was just going to give your little girlfriend back to you now; did you," Dan smirked as he duplicated him self in to seven separate beings. Danny stood in a fighting stance green energy forming in the palm of both hands as the seven Dan's charged at him from all different angles.
Danny managed to doge the first round of attacks from the group only to be caught off guard as the seventh Dan hit him from behind slamming him in to the pavement. Hitting the pavement Danny went intangible and phased through the ground and coming up behind the group of Dan's looking down on them. Inhaling deeply Danny unleashed his ghostly wail on the group; knowing full well that that was the only attack effective against Dan.
The wail completely destroyed two of the seven Dan's and left the other three in bad shape. Danny not being one to count took off towards Sam. Sam was leaning against the wall of another building looking pretty worn out. Her hands and feet were bound together with ectoplasm and her mouth was being held shut with the same green goo. Reaching towards her face Danny removed the ectoplasm from Sam's mouth. "Are you OK," he asked leaning down further in order to remove the other restraints.
Just as Danny had removed the restraints from her feet she yelled, "Danny, look out." Just as a fierce looking Dan charged at him ready to unleash his own ghostly wail at both Sam and Danny. Turning just in time Danny unleashed his own wail; causing the two to collide; a visible separation of the two spectral energies. Danny had just enough strength to hold off Dan's wail but not enough to force the wail back on Dan. Danny collapsed backward and in to Sam's arms as Dan approached; smiling maliciously at the two of them.
Tucker had taken up marksmanship as a way to improve his ghost fighting. Maddie had taught him how to hold and fire a rifle in preparation for any ghost attacks. Taking mental note of what he had learned Tucker leveled the cross hairs on Dan as the trigger was squeezed back and the recoil of the rifle reverberated through Tucker's body. "Damn, this thing has a kick to it," was all Tucker had time to think as the shot hit Dan square in the back. Tucker chambered another round in the Fenton rifle and squeezed back the trigger sending another round downrange and toward Dan's floating figure.
Dan through up an ecto shield just as the round reached him effectively blocking it. Dan then unleashed a storm of blasts on Tucker's location. Tucker looked through the scope of the rifle just in time to see the blasts headed his way. At the last minute Danni grabbed a hold of Tuckers arm and forced him in to and through the ground safely away from Dan's assault. "You need to be more careful," Danni reprimanded Tucker as she dropped him off safely on the roof of a near by building.
"Thanks a lot," Tucker yelled as Danni headed towards Danny and Sam. Sam was too busy trying to wake Danny up that she did not notice Clockwork appear next to them. Clockwork reached a hand down in order to help Danny get up. Danny's eyes slowly opened once he was standing and focused on Sam who was smiling despite the situation. Danny hugged Sam tightly pulling her as close to him as was possible.
"Daniel, you must get this pendant around Dan's neck," Clockwork said shoving it in Danny's hand and interrupting the two. "Once this is around his neck he will seize to have any influence in this dimension," Clockwork stated as several ecto blasts began to rain down around them.
"This is not over," a choir of Dan's yelled as they continued to rain down blasts from seven different positions. Five of the Dan's were attacking Sam, Danny and Clockwork while the other two had split off and were currently engaged in battle with Danni and Tucker.
Tucker had long since dropped the sniper rifle in favor of the Fenton bazooka; while Danni was firing everything she had in her at Dan. Clockwork had thrown a shield up around Sam, Danny and him self as Danny steadied him self on his feet. Sam leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on Danny's cheek and he smiled his energy returning. Looking at the pendant in his hand Danny smiled at Sam and shot up in the air and straight for the seventh Dan.
"You must get him back in to one body or else the charm will not function properly," Clockwork yelled from behind the shield. Danny nodded as he shot higher in the air well above the scene below. Three of the five Dan's attacking Sam headed towards Danny who inhaled deeply preparing to unleash his third wail of the day. Danny knew that this was dangerous but it was the only sure fire way of getting Dan back in to one body.
Danny's wail hit the pavement causing it to ripple and crack; while the seven Dan's collided in to it their energy quickly diminishing. Completing the wail Danny dropped several feet from exhaustion; regaining his position in the sky; Danny flew towards Dan dropping the pendant around his neck. "Great work Daniel," Clockwork shouted from the opposite side of the street where he, Sam, Danni, and Tucker were standing. Danny smiled just as his eyes rolled back in to his head and he fell over slamming in to the cement.
Dan looked down at the pendant around his neck and then at the limp form of Danny. Giving everyone an evil smile Dan reached his hand towards Danny. Sam screamed at Danny to get up but the worn out hero remained where he was. Dan's hand grabbed for Danny only to come up empty. Growling Dan reached again with the same result. "What have you done," Dan screamed at Clockwork his eyes flaming red with anger and hate.
"You no longer have any influence in this dimension," Clockwork answered walking over towards Dan. "Shortly, you will not even exist in this dimension," Clockwork concluded changing in to his three different forms freely and finally disappearing leaving only the four friends behind.
Sam, Tucker, and Danni ran over to Danny's limp form picking him up and attempting to wake him. Danny's eyes flittered open a small smile appearing on his face. "Did it work," Danny asked looking at Sam.
"Yeah Danny, it worked," Sam said as she wrapped Danny in an excruciatingly tight hug.
"Awesome, I think I am going to take a nap now," Danny yawned closing his eyes and holding on to Sam. Sam just smiled and looked at Danni for some help. The other halfa reached down and grabbed a hold of the other three and headed towards Fenton Works.
A/N: There is only one more chapter after this. It will be the fluff that everyone has been waiting on so; I thank you for your patience. I would once again like to thank Catgirlversion30otakufan05 for proof reading my work. Please press the go button and review.