Chapter 2: The Boundaries of Time

A per-teen boy with black hair was standing on a sandy dune and facing the vast seemly endless desert in Nevada. The boy turns his focus to Los Vegas the huge city that was in the middle of the vast desert.

So this is Los Vegas the city that never sleeps and never rest. The people in this city will pay for their crimes, the boy thought as he gazed at the city motionless with his blood shot eyes that had bags under them that were extremely dark like he has not slept in weeks.

The boy approaches the city, and as nears it two ghosts came flying from the city fighting. One was Dani, the halfa that was cloned from Danny's DNA, and the other was Skulker, the Ghost Zone greatest hunter.

"If I can't get the ghost boy then his clone will be the next best thing," Skulker said as he fired shoots at Dani.

Dani dodges them and fires back saying, "It looks like you can't get me either."

Skulker dodged the blast and managed to shoot another blast that hit Dani causing her to go flying down to where the boy stood. The boy looked at her helping her up, and then glared at Skulker.

"Thanks," Dani said preparing herself to continue the fight.

"Don't worry I'll take care of this ghost," the boy said still glaring at Skulker.

"Ha, you think you, a human, can stop the greatest ghost hurter in the entire ghost zone," Skulker laughed at the boy, but the boy just glared at him.

The wind started to blow seeming to be coming from the boy as a little echo energy rises slowly from the boy. Skulker takes notice of this and stops laughing, but before he could do more the boy jumps into the air and gives Skulker the punch of his life causing his suit to rip apart leaving the real Skulker without any protection. Skulker then runs off as fast as he could as the boy glares harder at the defeated Skulker.

"Wow, how did you do that?" Dani said as she turned back into her human form and walked over to where the boy was standing.

"It's just this power I always had, but what about you? You're half ghost and half human, even I never seen anything like that," the boy said as he looked at her with a slight smile, something that never happened to him before.

"I'm a halfa, how I got this way is hard to explain, but anyone what's your name? Mine is Dani."

"The name is Jin," Jin said now back to his normal emotionless self.

Back with Danny and Ember

The vortex leads Danny and Ember to four years ago in Amity Park where much was the same as the present day Amity Park. The only differences where that Danny had yet to get his ghost powers and was eleven-years-old in this time, and that Ember was a human twelve-year-old that lived in a house in Amity Park in this time. Danny and Ember both wondered the same thing why they designed to work together, and why would Clockwork only send them four years into the past in the place they would most likely be.

"Hey dipstick I don't know what Clockwork is really up to, but what is the really reason you think he wants us together in this time," Ember said as she thought, I can't believe I'm stuck working with dipstick that is until I know for sure that I won't die…again.

"I'm not really sure, but Clockwork always has some hidden plan that no one will know until the end of it. But I do trust Clockwork in whatever he is up to even if I'm not sure if he wants us for our power over that monstrous ghost or not," Danny said as he thought, Clockwork better have a really good reason for pairing me up with Ember, and making me miss out on spending time with Sam.

"Well I just don't think Clockwork has a good reason for this, and the only reason I followed his little plan was because I don't want to die again, trust me it's not fun."

"Well so are we agreed that we will train like Clockwork said."

"Ya, I guest I don't really have a choice, but after this is over we're going back to being enemies."

"Wouldn't have it any other way."

Danny and Ember spend the rest of the day trying to finger out a way to use their powers as one, and since Danny could only use his ghostly wail twice at a time it became a vary long day for them. Danny kept transforming back to his normal form and then forcing to rest before they could try it again. During this time Danny was recovering, and Ember just looked at her diary wondering to open it or not while not saying anything to Danny. At the end of the day they slept in an old empty house where they of course slept in different rooms.

Back with Clockwork

Clockwork just appeared out his vortex in front of a lonely place deep within the Ghost Zone. The place had an eerie glow to it, but also had a mystical glow to it well.

So this is the boundary of time where my answers will be found, Clockwork thought as he entered a place in which was beyond time and space, a place that he has no power over, but this place might allow him to find the answers he seeks.

The place was like nothing even Clockwork ever seen; the place was looked like it was somewhat combined with the human world. However, Clockwork was more in the Ghost Zone part, so it looked more like it than the human world, but the place was still very foreign to him. Clockwork stood there wondering as he gazed at a place he never thought he would see, it was forbidden for anyone to come here, and the place was hidden from everyone, but he did the back work by searching through time and found this place.

So this is it the true connection between the Ghost Zone and the human world. This place has no time, and it has no space. It is something that is beyond it, and even I can't understand it. However, this place may contain many questions that will never be answered, but it also contains answers to many questions that can only be solved here. There is no point in pondering on what can never be solved so I will only focus on the information I must find the answer to, the second way to kill a ghost, Clockwork thought as he floated around in this place.

"Hello again Clockwork," the evil one said right behind Clockwork.

Clockwork turn around in surprise as he saw the evil one as he said, "So where are your follows, or are you scared that they would betray you if they ever found this place."

"Please Clockwork you know I still have power over this place that is how I knew you would be here. I only allowed you to come here to give me more of a challenge, and as for Undergrowth, Vortex, and Fright Night they are not worthy to be here, but you are Clockwork."

"Even you should know you don't have complete power here like you do the real world."

"That may be, but if you join me Clockwork even this place will truly belong to me. Think about it Clockwork you could live in this place like a king, only to have me to answer to, and that would only be on rare occasions. I know you admire this place I can see in your eyes, so what do say Clockwork. Will you help me take the only place I can't take by myself?"

Clockwork looked on with wonder as he thought; This place is everything I could ever want. However I will not take this place, this is the one place where no one should rule. It just is not right, and besides it's my job to save this world from him. "No, I will not help you. In fact I am your biggest threat."

"Well I'm upset you won't take by offer. However, you are not any threat to me, I have no threat," the evil one said as he shot the most massive echo blast Clockwork ever saw.

Clockwork dodged the blast and ran for it flying at a very high speed. However, the evil one soon caught up quickly and fired another blast that sent Clockwork flying to infinite space. As Clockwork fell knock out he awoken and used his time staff to stop his fall with a vortex of lights, but he still floated in the same place he was. Clockwork looked up only to see another blast coming for him, but he dodged firing a blast of his own at the evil one. The evil one easily took on the blast with no effect on himself. Suddenly something came out of no where and grabbed Clockwork taking him away very fast. The evil one saw this and followed sending blast 

after blast at them. The thing that grabbed Clockwork fired its own blast hitting the evil one slowing him down, but only slightly. However, this gave the thing that is holding on to Clockwork enough time to escape.

At the Fenton's house

Jazz, Jack, and Meddie just returned to find out that Danny left to fight Ember at the park a few hours ago and has yet to be seen since. Sam and Tucker already checked the park with no sign of Danny at all.

"What do mean he's gone?" Meddie said wondering where her son was.

"I told you he went off to fight Ember and now he's gone. We already checked the park where they were fighting," Sam said with a sad look in her eyes.

"Now listen, Danny is out there somewhere and the only way to find him is to split up and search. He could not of gotten far, but first we eat," Jack said as he got something to eat.

"Jack, Danny is missing we don't have time to eat," Meddie said.

"I know and since there's a ghost involved I'll need my strength to catch it."

"Dad, Mom's right we don't have time now I say we search for Danny in teams. Mom, you and Dad can search north, Tucker and Sam can search south, while I'll search around here some more in case he shows up," Jazz said.

"Ok let's do it, and get that ghost," Jack said as he stopped eating and picked up a big ghost gun ready to fight.

"Now honey are you sure you'll be find by yourself," Meddie said looking at Jazz.

"Don't worry I won't go too far," Jazz said.

Jack, Meddie, Sam, and Tucker all got some ghost fighting equipment and headed out. Jazz also picked up some ghost gear looking at the Ghost Portal for a bit.

"I wonder if Danny is somewhere in the Ghost Zone," Jazz said as she looked away.

Suddenly The Box Ghost came flying in, but Jazz quickly blasted him using the ghost gun she was holding. The Box Ghost flew to the ground and a piece of paper fell from his pocket.

"So ghost tell me where Danny is or I'll blast you again," Jazz said aiming the ghost gun right at The Box Ghost.

"Danny, you mean the ghost boy. I have not seen the ghost boy today, but I have seen Ember," The Box Ghost yelled as he got up again.

Ember…Sam and Tucker said Danny was fighting Ember, Jazz thought as she said, "Then where is Ember."

"The last time I saw her she was at the park. Now I must go back to the Ghost Zone. Beware!" The Box Ghost said as he floated into the ghost portal. Jazz let him go, knowing that he hasn't seen Danny or Ember in at least a few hours.

Jazz looked over where she blasted The Box Ghost and notice a piece of paper. She went over to pick it up, and when she looked at it she was shocked. The paper was from Ember seeming to come from a diary.

It read,

Dear diary,

Today has just been one of the worst days of my life; in fact it is days like today I wonder why I stay with my foster parents. I just want to leave and start a rock band, but I don't have any money to buy a guitar, and the guitar I do have is old and run down. I just wish that my real mom could be here, but they say she is unfit to watch over me. It's not like these people are any better; they work me like a dog while their real daughter gets everything she ask for. She is there perfect beautiful little princess, well I'm sure I can be prettier than she could ever be if I had something other than these wore down clothes to ware and some make up or something.

Well anyway the worst day of my life all started with that "perfect" step-sister of mind. I was making breakfast as usual when she came in. She started with making fun at the way I look, and then she spilled a bottle of juice for me to clean it up, and then said the thing I hate most being called a "slave." Her parents came in at that time ready for their breakfast I was making them.

"Hey girl why isn't my breakfast at the table yet. You are such a lazy good for nothing. We let you come into our home when even your psycho mother wouldn't have you, and this is how you repay us. You are worthless," my step-father said, even if I really don't consider him that.

I was starting to get angry but kept my temper down because I knew if I got mad it would just end worst for me. "I'm sorry sir it will be done soon. I stayed up all night cleaning this house after your daughter had a party."

"How dare you speak about our daughter with such a tone, you a nothing, nothing but a slave to her and us," my step-mother said, even if I again don't consider her that, as she slapped me.

I fell to the ground with tears in my eyes as that man said, "It's ok honey I'll handle this." He then grabbed me and took me upstairs to his room and said to me, "Now listen Ember and listen well you are my slave and you will do whatever I say or you will be punished."

I wasn't sure at the time what he had in mind, but now I wished I would of ran away before that happened. It's too horrible for me to even write it in my dairy, but because of it I will be running away. This will hopefully be the last entry I have about those people I live with.

Ember McLain

Jazz got up and looked around and she turned the piece of paper over to the other side which was blank, this must have been Ember's last entry. Wow I don't believe this. Of all people, I mean ghost, Ember having that rough of life. I wonder what happened after she wrote this, Jazz thought as she put the paper in her pocket.

Clockwork in the past

Clockwork just appeared out of his vortex in an old house that was full of boxes due to a family recently moving in. The house use to be somewhat of a home to Ember McLain, but now none of her foster family lived there. Clockwork floated to the upstairs by fading through the ceiling and took a box that had Ember's old diary in. He again went downstairs and put the box so it was by the others, but still stood out. After this he left the same way he came, through the time vortex.

The family returned to their new house after they ate dinner to finish unpacking, but before they could The Box Ghost appeared and actually scared the new family out of their own house.

"Beware. Well that was easy. Now let's see what…Wait what is this," The Box Ghost caught the sight of a blue book with flames drawn on it. He picked it up and opened it, but when he opened it the last page flew out landing on the floor. He picked up that page and read where the name was, Ember McLain. After reading the name he froze and put the page in his pocket and flew off with the diary in hand. However, he did not get far until Ember spotted the diary and blasted him causing The Box Ghost to drop the diary and fall to the ground.

Author Note: Well thanks to all who read and reviewed. A couple of things Clockwork and the evil one are always traveling through time so they will be in two or more different times or places at once during the story. Also I will add Clockwork's handy work at the end of the chapters if he has does any handy work in the last chapter. Hope this doesn't get confusing for anyone. By the way in the story Clockwork is still in the boundary of time, and as for Danny and Ember they will be the main part of the next chapter which be up sometime in May.