A Dark Future
Chapter 17 Sacrifice
By: Major144
Disclaimer I do not own Danny Phantom or it's characters. This is just a story for fun.
In Amity Park Valerie, Damon, and Dani were preparing for war in the Fenton lab. The recently arrived Ecto-Skeleton was sitting in a corner charging up. The group along with several construction workers and scientist to contrast several towers that would produce a giant Ghost Shield all over the city. It wasn't quit functional yet, but it would be soon. The Ghost Alarm went off. Damon looked at a nearby computer screen and gasped.
"We got a massive ghost energy signal heading our way!" He said.
"So Dan has finally come to settle the score." Said Dani.
"The Ghost Shield isn't operational. The workers need a little more time to wire the power to the towers." Said Damon.
Valerie put on her jumpsuit along with the Ghost Peeler Gear and jumped on her jet board.
"Come on Dani, we need to buy them some more time." Said Valerie.
"I'm right behind you sis." Said Dani as she went ghost.
The two of them flew out of the lab.
"Be careful you two." Said Damon as he watched them leave.
Dani and Valeri flew towards the approaching army.
"There's so many." Said Dani.
"Don't worry there may be a bunch of them, but we can take them. I got your back you got mine. We're sisters and we look out for one another." Said Valerie.
Dani just smiled.
"Alright sis lets show these guys not to mess with our home." Said Dani.
The two charged forward at the army. The army abruptly stopped moving forward. Valerie and Dani just stared at them. Suddenly the army parted and Dan floated between the rows his arms crossed and his cape blowing in the wind.
"Hello girls. Have you come to surrender or have you come here to fight? Either way you'll both be dead and Amity Park will be nothing, but memories and ashes." Said Dan with a twisted smile on his face.
"We've come to fight. Your not setting a foot into Amity as long as were around." Said Valerie.
"Yeah will never surrender to you." Said Dani.
Dan turned to his army.
"None of you interfere. This is my fight." He said as he turned back to the heroes. "Lets do this!" He said.
Valerie fired some laser blast at Dan, who dodged out of the way. Dani flew in and punched him in the side of the face sending him flying back. Dan stopped his flight and fired a few energy blast at Dani forcing her to dodge. Valerie fired an energy net at Dan and knocked him to the ground. Dan let out a burst of fire destroying the net and freeing himself. Dani flew forward and slammed Dan into the ground. She had him pinned to the ground and started to punch him furiously.
"This is for all the people you've hurt and killed!" She shouted as she slammed her fist into Dan's face. "This is for becoming a monster!" She roared as she slammed her other fist into Dan's face.
Dan just smiled at her his face barely even bruised. Dani just looked at him in horror.
"You have quite a temper cousin. To bad it didn't increase your strength. Now it's my turn." Said Dan as he threw a punch into Dani's gut knocking the breath out of her and getting her off of him.
Dan stood up and picked up Dani by the leg. Valerie charged forward, but Dan swung and hit her with Dani's body. Valerie flew and landed few yards away her visor on her helmet cracked. Dan grabbed Dani by the back of her neck and held her up close to him.
"You two honestly thought you could actual beat me? Don't make me laugh! Your defeat was inevitable." Said Dan as he waved Fright Knight over to Valerie. Fright Knight grabbed Valerie from behind. "I'm going to give you both a quick death. I'm going to kill you dear cousin and Fright Knight is going to kill Valerie at the exact same time. It'll be a double kill!" Laughed Dan as his hand glowed with energy and Fright Knight pulled out his sword and raised it up ready to chop Valerie's head off.
Several minutes earlier.
Damon watched his daughter and adoptive daughter leave the lab. They were going to go fight impossible odds to try and buy the workers more time to get the ghost shield running. He looked at a nearby computer screen that showed the two heroes approaching the army. There had to be something he could do. His eyes landed on Ecto-Skeleton. He knew what he had to do.
"Hold on girls I'm coming to help." He said as he put on the armor and flew out of the lab.
Valerie was on her knees. She looked at Dani sadly. It looked like they were both going to die. She closed her eyes and clenched her teeth expecting to feel the Fright Knight's sword to slice off her head.
"Get away from my daughters!" Boomed a voice from above.
Valerie recognized the voice it was her father! Everybody looked up to see Damon wearing the Ecto-Skeleton flying towards them.
"Valerie get down!" Called Damon.
Valerie quickly dived onto the ground as Damon fired a massive energy blast at Fright Knight. The blast hit the evil knight and sent him flying into his soldiers knocking several rows if skeletons down. This distracted Dan long enough for Dani to slam her elbow into Dan's chest making him let go of her. Dani turned around, put her hands together, and fired an energy blast at Dan sending him flying back several yards and crashing into the ground.
"Hey girls are you alright?" Asked Damon as he landed next to them.
"Were ok." Said Valerie.
"Thanks for the save." Said Dani.
Dan got to his feet and glared at the heroes.
"What a nice little family reunion. I see that you must be getting desperate if your getting the old man to help Valerie. Just because you have another fighter and his wearing the Ecto-Skeleton doesn't change the fact that you are going to lose." Said Dan.
"Will just see about that." Said Damon as he charged forward swing a massive metal fist.
Dan was forced to back away from the swinging fist. He then fired a laser at Damon making him stagger back. Valerie charged swinging her fist at Dan, who caught her punches in his hands.
"I'm going to rip you out of that tin suite and take my time killing you!" Laughed Dan as his hands glowed with energy and he knocked Valerie to the ground.
He whipped his hands around yanking out chunks of Valerie's armor. Soon she was just wearing her jump suit and helmet.
"Do your worst!" Said Valerie as she glared up at Dan.
"Oh I will." Said Dan with a smile as his hands glowed with intense energy.
"No!" Shouted Damon as he charged forward swing his left arm at Dan.
"Your annoying." Said Dan as he dodged the attack and swung his glowing hand down like a sword at Damon's left shoulder.
There was a slashing sound followed by a wet metal thump as the Ecto-Skeleton's left arm fell off and hit the ground. Damon screamed as the Ecto-Skeleton fell to it's knees. The nano machines in the suit quickly sealed the wound keeping Damon from bleeding to death. Before Damon could do anything Dan blasted the head of the suit. Damon screamed as the right side of the canopy exploded and some shrapnel hit him in his right eye. The Ecto-Skeleton fell onto it's side.
"Dad!" Screamed Valerie.
Dan just titled his head back and laughed Valerie staggered to her feet and glared at Dan.
"You monster!" Roared Dani as she flew forward and slammed both her fist into Dan's face sending him flying back several hundred yards.
Valerie ran to her dad and got him out of the suit. He was alive, but in pretty bad shape. Dani turned to Valerie.
"Get dad back into town. I'll hold my cousin off." She said.
"Alright just be carefully. I don't want to lose you." Said Valerie as she summoned her jet board.
She draped Damon onto it and hopped on. The jet board took off back to Amity. Dani watched them leave. She turned back to face Dan who was flying back towards her. He glanced up and saw Valerie and Damon flying away.
"It looks like the humans are fleeing. It figures without their little toys they are nothing." Said Dan.
"Your wrong. Humans are braver then you think. You used to be one and you were brave." Said Dani.
"Ha! My human self was a coward you should have seen the look on his face right before I ended his life!" Laughed Dan.
"Your a fool Dan. A twisted monster with no morals. In honor of your parents, friends, and Danny's human self I'm going to beat you." Said Dani with determination in her eyes.
"Oh you sound a lot like me back in the day. Now bring it on!" Said Dan waving his hands in a challenge.
Dani charged forward at Dan. Dan released an energy beam at her. Dani spun over the blast and slammed a kick into Dan's shoulder. Dan gritted his teeth in annoyance. He grabbed Dani by the leg and hurled her into the sky! He flew off after her. Dan threw a punch at Dani, but she dodged out of the way and tackled him. The two flew towards the ground and crashed into it with Dani on top of Dan.
Dani looked up and realized that they had landed about twenty yards from Amity. Dan threw Dani off of him and got up. He noticed Amity and smiled.
"We'll it looks like you escorted right to Amity's door step. Thanks for that. Now I'm going to destroy it!" Chuckled Dan.
Dani looked at the edge of town and saw Valerie with a bunch of doctors tending to Damon. Valerie looked and saw Dani and Dan. Her eyes widen in shock at how close they were. Dani turned to face Dan.
"I won't let you set one foot in Amity as long as I still have a breath in my body!" Roared Dani as she flew forward and delivered a devastating punch to Dan's face knocking him back a few feet.
Dani pressed forward and delivered a few more powerful punches to Dan knocking him back a few more feet. Dani threw a powerful right, but this time Dan was ready. He caught her arm in one hand and brought his other arm crashing down on her exposed arm! There was a loud snapping sound! Dani screamed and fell to her knees her right arm broken and hanging limply by her side.
"Ha! All your talk and determination all added up to nothing. I win! You could never beat me! The world is mine and your precious Amity is fixing to be destroyed along with everybody you care for!" Laughed Dan.
Dani just smiled and chuckled.
"Oh have you gone mad? Have you realized how completely hopeless your struggle has been?" Asked Dan.
"No. I just can't believe how easy you were to fool. I wasn't trying to beat you I was stalling you!" Said Dani as she staggered to her feet.
"Stall?" Said Dan in confusion as he turned around.
For the first time he noticed the weird towers around Amity that were humming with energy. Dan realized that they were Ghost Shield towers fixing to turn on! A blue energy was starting to emerge from them.
"No!" Shouted Dan as he flew at Amity at full speed.
Just when it looked like he was fixing to make it into Amity the Ghost Shield sprung up and Dan slammed into. Dan screamed as his body was bombarded with energy! With a mighty burst Dan was sent flying away from the Ghost Shield! He landed several yards away. Dan staggered to his feet in rage.
"Lets see how you handle this!" He shouted as he opened up a portal and vanished into it.
A portal tried to open up in Amity, but it was being blasted with Ecto energy and couldn't stay open very long. Dan tried to exit it and attack Amity, but he got hit by the energy and was forced to close the portal. Dan reappeared outside of Amity fuming.
Meanwhile Dani was floating to Amity. She turned back into her human self and took a few steps towards Amity. Valerie was running towards her waving.
"Come on Dani you can make it!" Called Valerie.
Dani was only three feet away, when Dan appeared behind her.
"Congrats on out smarting me, but I'm afraid this is going to end in your death!" Shouted Dan as he shot an energy beam right into Dani's back!
The blast sent Dani flying into Amity, where she landed on her face her back burned and scorched.
"Dani!" Screamed Valerie as she rushed to her adoptive sister's side and cradled her head.
"Valerie...did we...keep..him..out of...Amity?" Asked Dani.
"Yes...we did thanks to you. Now just hold on...save your strength. Your...going to be ok." Said Valerie as a few tears fell from her eyes.
Dani shudder and coughed.
"I don't...think...I can make...it." Gasped Dani.
"No...don't talk like...that! Your going to...be ok! Just...stay with me!" Cried Valerie.
"Everything..is going...dark. Sis before I...go...I just want you...to...know I...love you. Your were the...best sister...ever." Said Dani.
"I...love..you...to!" Cried Valerie.
Dani gave Valerie a smile and closed her eyes. Her chest heaved once more time and stopped. Dani was dead! Valerie broke into tears as she clutched Dani's limp body in her arms. Dan just laughed.
"You know if I still had a human heart and emotions I might have felt some kind of sadness or guilt for killing my cousin, but I don't. She was a obstacle that needed to be removed." Said Dan.
Valerie gently laid Dani on the ground. She stood up and walked to the edge of the Ghost Shield and glared at Dan. She heard voices in her head demanding her to go out there and hurt Dan anyway possible, but she knew she would just end up getting herself killed. There was her father to care for and the people of Amity need someone to defend them.
"Listen to me well ghost! I don't care how powerful you are. Your not getting in here and one day I will figure out some way to kill you for the people you've killed especially for what you did to Danny and Dani!" Shouted Valerie.
Dan just smiled wickedly.
"Oh don't worry I will figure some way to break in and when I do I will personal kill every man, woman, and child. I will make you watch each and everyone of their deaths. This little bubble won't keep me out forever. I will crush it along with any hope humanity has!" Said Dan.
With that said he flew away to rejoin his army. Valerie watch him leave. She walked over and picked up Dani's body and walked away.
In the weeks that followed Dan and his forces went on to destroy most of United States. Refuges fled to Amity for safety. Valerie and her father Damon set up a funeral for Dani. Damon covered up his missing arm with a sleeve and he wore an eyepatch over his missing eye. After the casket containing Dani's body was buried. Valerie and Damon put flowers on the grave.
"Goodbye sis...you were a good little sister for the...the three years we spent together as a family. I'll miss...you." Said Valerie as tears fell from her eyes.
Damon embraced Valerie with his one arm. The two of them left the cemetery and went back to FentonWorks.
In the Ghost Zone Clockwork watched the scene sadly. Just because he knew the outcome of that battle didn't mean it wouldn't make him sad. He looked at a portal that showed Dan laughing insanely as he destroyed a city.
"You past will come and seal your fate." Said Clockwork as he looked at an image of the young hero Danny Phantom. "It's only a matter of time."
To be continued.