A/N: Prepare yourself for a VERY LONG chapter! It took me freaking forever to get it typed, but I did it! I don't want to say much, so read, enjoy, and review!

Disclaimer: Danny Phantom characters are not mine! The rest are!

Chapter 26 Olympus Obstacles Part 2

"Can you believe this?" Theo asked Danny, grinning from cat ear to cat ear.

"Believe what?" Danny said, confused. He flew by Theo's side as they rushed to the meeting building. Trees and fountains flew by them as they practically sprinted toward their destination.

"Dude, we actually made it to Olympus and survived!" Theo answered. "I thought for sure we wouldn't make it past even Demeter. Look at us! We've been to Egypt and back and came out of the Underworld still living." He paused before saying softly, "I guess it feels good to win something."

Danny smiled at his friend's strange and unnatural behavior. But Theo's words made Danny think deeper. He looked over to Theo and asked, "What do you mean?"

"When you go through all your life loosing stuff, it feels really good to win for the first time," Theo answered. He saw Danny's look of pity and growled at him, "Don't look at me like that, ghost boy!"

"Oh, sorry, I thought you're good mood was going to last a few seconds more," Danny teased. "But don't get too happy. We haven't won just yet. From my years of experience, winning is never easy."

"Amen to that," Theo muttered. "I just wanted to test out something of my optimism."

"You have optimism?" Danny asked, pretending shock. He gave an overdramatic gasp to add to the effect.

"I thought superheroes were supposed to be nice," Theo said, putting on a look of offense.

"Being nice and being truthful are two different things," Danny said without skipping a beat in their sarcastic banter.

Theo looked ahead just in time to see Vlad appear out of nowhere in front of them. He had to reel himself back, skidding to a stop only a few feet away from the powerful ghost. Danny was able to stop on a dime. He mentally kicked himself for believing for a fleeting second that they were going to be able to get to the meeting building without trouble from this man.

"Going somewhere?" Vlad asked with a smirk.

Danny didn't waste time with talk. They had a deadline, and witty banter wasn't going to prolong it. Hands glowing a brilliant emerald, Danny summed up some ectoplasm energy in them before shooting a large ray with his palms together at Vlad.

Plasmius flew to the side to avoid the attack. He almost didn't catch Theo take out his dagger and pounce at him. He caught the feline boy by the wrist with the hand holding the weapon. In one fluid motion, Vlad had Theo flying in the other direction. He watched with a frown as Theo simply corrected his balance and landed lightly a few yards away. It was going to take more than a few powerful throws to get rid to the teen.

"What ever happened to our little banter, Daniel?" Vlad asked Danny as he waved a hand in the air to bring up a pink tinted force field that blocked all of the ghost boy's energy blasts. "This fight-then-talk attitude I must say is a refreshing change."

"Shut up, cheese head," Danny retorted. He flew upward and successfully distracted the man enough to help Theo get a good hit in.

Vlad gave an alarmed yell as Theo's body whizzed by his head. Theo used Vlad's shoulder as a good resting place of his hand as he flipped over the man. Before letting go, he shot a blast of flame out of the hand lightly touching the shoulder. Before Vlad could catch the half sphinx for burning his shoulder, Theo was already well out of the way and it was Danny's turn to attack.

Danny shot downward with arms extended in front of him. While Vlad was turning around to reprimand Theo for his move with a few ectoplasm rays, Danny's fist collided with the guy's chin. Plasmius reeled from the blow and had to take a few steps to the side.

"Not this time, cat boy," Vlad said to Theo when he was coming in for another attack while Vlad was off guard. Vlad caught Theo's wrist in one hand and squeezed it hard to make the teen drop his dagger out of pain. The man then deftly grabbed Theo's other wrist and held his captured prize in the air by both of his wrists.

"Never corner a cat," Theo said with a sly smile. He flipped his body up through Vlad's outstretched arms and landed on the man's hands that were gripping his wrists. Before Vlad could react, Theo already had his leg swinging around. His heel connected with Vlad's skull, making him drop Theo with a shout of pain.

"That's pretty pathetic, Vlad," Danny said from where he hovered above. Vlad snapped his head up to look at the boy. "Theo's kicking your butt and he doesn't even have the experience you do, or your powers for that matter."

"Oh, so you boys want a fight, is that it?" Vlad asked them, that smirk returning. "Be careful what you wish for." He looked straight at Theo and said menacingly, "You might be fast, but you're going to be the first to go, kitty."

"He did not just call me kitty," Theo growled, his ears instantly flattening. Both his fists burst into flames as if sparking to Theo's anger.

Vlad extended his arm and blasted a ray at Theo with a battle yell. Theo duck rolled to avoid getting hit, but it was close. A grim look crossed his face as he had to sprint to keep away from the ray that was following after him. The teen's flash of rage was gone as quickly as it had come. Now there was something of panic on his face. Vlad wasn't kidding when he said he was going to take him out first!

"Don't you get tired of terrorizing people?" Danny asked Vlad as he flew in for close combat. He threw a punch, but Vlad was already two steps ahead and simply dodged it. Vlad brought up his leg and kicked Danny away by shoving his shoulder with his foot. He then went back to targeting Theo.

"Ah, jeez!" Theo shouted in alarm as an ectoplasm ray blasted right in front of his face. Before he could get his bearings, Vlad shot another ray that caught the teen on the side. The force itself sent Theo airborne a few feet before skidding to a stop on his stomach.

Theo grimaced as he turned his head around to look at Vlad while still lying on his stomach. Swearing under his breath, he forced himself to move despite the fact that he was going to get hit again. But instead of a ray hitting him, a green force field surrounded him from all sides like a box.

Vlad smiled as he saw that he had caught the teen finally. He pulled his arm back, commanding the box to his motions. Theo gave a yelp as the box slid over to Vlad at tremendous speed. Inertia sent him rolling to one side of the box till he hit the wall, and then back the other way when the box abruptly stopped.

"Danny! A little help!" Theo called to his friend once seeing his grave situation.

"Working on it," Danny shouted back. He was on the other side of Vlad, trying to get a good punch in but was getting nowhere. Vlad was just too quick.

"Let's step this up a notch," Vlad said to Danny. He pointed to his force field box and commanded it to shrink. It went from roomy to cramped in the matter of seconds. Theo grunted as he tried fruitlessly to push the walls back. It stopped its decreasing in size when Theo looked greatly crammed in there.

"You want to step it up?" Danny growled. "Fine!"

Vlad watched with keen curiosity as Danny grabbed the hilt of his sword that Hephaestus had given him and pulled the weapon out in one swift motion. Vlad noticed how the boy held the sword as if he actually knew what he was doing. This was going to be an interesting battle.

"Go ahead, boy," Vlad said, slowly taking out his own sword he had received at some point in this time period, "Let's see what you have learned, if anything at all, from your stay here."

Danny flew at Vlad while bringing back his blade. The metals collided with a sharp crash. Danny recoiled quickly, knowing if they got into a battle of strength that he wouldn't last long with Vlad. He redirected his angle of swing and slashed upward with a short battle yell. Vlad predicted the move and parried the swing and brought down both blades with his own in control.

Smirking, Danny used a little of his flight ability to get himself off the ground for a roundhouse kick. While Vlad was busy with the dynamics of a sword fight, Danny had already learned how to use his other attributes during a fight like this one from his battle with Ares. The powerful kick sent Vlad reeling to the side. He didn't even see it coming.

"Clever," Vlad spat at Danny. "But let's see how flexible your little friend is."

Plasmius stuck his palm out to his box and it begun to shrink again. Danny watched in horror as Theo was squeezed into an even tighter position in his prison. Any normal person would have panicked by now in Theo's situation, but the teen was focused on breathing slowly and steadily. It was all he could do, being stuck in a box and all.

Seeing that Danny was in no position to save at this point, Theo decided to try and rescue himself. His encounter with Rhodes and conducting her electric powers had gotten him thinking. Because his basic power dealt with fire and directing it through his body, didn't that mean he could redirect other currents that had an essential fire component? He had done it with Rhodes. Why not with this ectoplasm box? It was worth a shot.

As Theo was scheming up his escape, Danny was busy with Vlad and their sword fight. He was kind of shocked with himself. He wasn't doing half that bad. He managed to take everything Vlad shoved at him and then return some. And was that a frown on Vlad's face? The question gave Danny more confidence in every strike.

"I see that you have learned something, Daniel," Vlad observed out loud as the two locked blades. "But you fight like a pirate. Where is the class?" He grinned as he used his upper strength to push Danny back a few steps.

"Class?" Danny asked with a grunt, "When am I gonna find time for that?" And with that said, he brought up a leg and shoved it into Vlad's gut. The man took a few steps back from the blow and glowered at the teen that then came at him.

At the last second of his charge, Danny turned intangible and phased right through the stunned Vlad. Spinning around, the ghost boy raised his sword for a slash across the man's back. The slab of metal cut through Vlad's body as the man used his ghost powers at the last second. He turned around to face Danny with a scowl. That had been too close.

"You're going to regret that," Vlad told Danny as he raised his free hand over to his box…which was empty.

"Huh," Danny said, confused but relieved, "How the heck did he get out?"

"Where is that devious cat boy?" Vlad asked in something close to a roar of anger. He spun around in a circle to see where the teen had gotten to. "He couldn't have gone far, probably hiding behind a tree or something."

"Oh well," Danny said with a lighthearted shrug, "I guess this means my regret will have to wait." He wielded up his sword and smiled at his glaring adversary.

The two charged at each other, swords glistening a mix of a dreamy blue from the mass of stars shinning down on them and a fiery orange from the blaze of torches that had been set once the sun had set. Danny ducked Vlad's first swing and duck rolled to his side to avoid the blade of his second. And then there was that pause.

Using the same technique he had used on Ares only a few days before, Danny waited patiently for that small open space in battle where the fighter is done with his cycle of swings and gears up for another one. Vlad was good at varying his count of blows, but Danny had figured that he favored two at a time.

A sharp battle yell escaping him, Danny came out of his roll and stood up while slashing upward. The tip of the blade ran across Vlad's chest, successfully wounding the man.

For a moment the two stared at each other. Danny was smiling with some pride. It was the first time he had ever managed to wound someone with his sword. Vlad lightly touched his chest and then looked at the green ectoplasm blood-like substance on his fingers in complete shock.

"Heads up!" Theo's voice burst through the momentous moment between the two enemies. Vlad looked up at Danny with confusion for a second. The boy didn't notice the gaze because he was looking up at the incoming Theo.

The feline teen landed squarely on Vlad's shoulders. The man gave a yell of distress while stumbling forward and dropping his sword with Theo still placed on his back. The half sphinx grinned wickedly as he lifted up the box he had been trapped in just a moment ago. He shoved it on top of Vlad's head, pressed his hands on it, and molded it to form around the man's head perfectly.

"Have fun getting out of that one," Theo said before pushing off Vlad's shoulders, sending him stumbling and rolling while Theo landed neatly where the man had just stood.

Danny laughed at the sight of Vlad's box plan backfire like that. He looked over to Theo and asked, "How did you get out? And how did you learn how to control ectoplasm shields like that?"

"Well, if you think of my powers like a giant water canal system, all I did was redirect a few currents and threw a few of them into reverse," Theo answered in the most simplistic way he could put it. He was sweating profusely and had to sit down. Panting, he said while holding his head, "But unfortunately using my power like that makes me worn ragged."

Danny sheathed his sword while looking up at Vlad. He couldn't keep in a chuckle at the sight of him stumbling around, screaming into the ectoplasm box stuck to his head. "I think it suits the fruit loop quite well," he said to Theo sitting beside him.

"You think?" Theo asked, grinning, "I thought the color pink could be better, but I didn't have the time to figure out how to change its color." They laughed at this while still watching Vlad struggle. It didn't look like he was going to get the box off any time soon, so they had plenty of time.

"You ready to move on?" Danny asked Theo after a few more minutes. "We don't have much time left."

Theo let Danny help him to his feet as he said, "I'm good. Just give me a minute or two and I'll be back to normal." He stumbled forward when Danny let him go. Danny quickly grabbed his friend's shoulder to steady him. Theo whacked Danny's hand away while snapping, "Dude, I'm good!" After that, Danny let him go. Every guy needs his pride. Theo just liked more than others.

Soon the two were back to running to the meeting building, leaving Vlad behind. They didn't have to go too far. Vlad had cut them off only a couple hundred yards away from the massive structure. It was as big as Zeus' building, but it didn't have the full effect on the boys as the other did. They were there on a mission, not to gawk at the towering infrastructure.

The two skipped the long trek up the stairs by Danny flying Theo up them. He didn't let Theo go even when they got to the top. The ghost boy just turned intangible and flew through the giant doors.

Bursting through the other side, Danny put Theo down and stared out dumbly at all the gods and goddesses there now staring at both of them. He didn't know that having the eyes of all of them on him would be so nerve racking.

"Say something, ghost boy," Theo whispered into the teen's ear. "This is no time for you to get stage fright."

"Sorry," Danny weakly apologized to Theo. He took a step forward on the shinning marble floor beneath him and positioned himself close to the railing of the terrace he and Theo stood on. He looked down over the gleaming railing only to see a sheer drop into swirling gray clouds. He gulped down a lump of rising fear caught in his throat.

The gods and goddesses were sitting on their own types of thrones that floated up at his eye level. What made the boy so nervous was the fact that all these high powered ghosts were in their true forms, meaning they were all giants and he was about the size of one of their hands. He made a mental note not to mess up and anger one of these guys. He definitely didn't want to have to fight all 13 of them. (Yeah, Dionysus showed up somehow.)

"I…uh have your symbol right here," Danny said hesitantly. He stuck his hand into his sack and rummaged around in it.

"Speak up, boy!" Zeus bellowed from where he sat in the middle of the semicircle of gods and goddesses. The god had a stern face that reflected in his narrowed, sky blue eyes that were close to Danny's own. He had long blonde hair which he had a lot of. He had a mustache and beard, making him look almost father or grandpa-ish. Like his brothers and relatives with him, his muscles were well developed and he wore a long toga-like robe. To indicate his supreme status, he wore a golden crown upon his head.

The air around Danny swirled like a tornado for a brief second as if commanded by Zeus' voice. Danny struggled with whatever was thrashing around in his bag. Theo frowned while shooting Danny a nasty look as if to tell him to hurry the process up.

"I have your symbol!" Danny shouted to Zeus as he suddenly turned the sack upside down and pulled it away from his arm. In its place stood a proud and majestic eagle. The bird gave a piercing cry as it flapped its wings around as if to stretch them. Danny looked up into the eagle's golden eyes and smiled slightly. He had always wanted to have one of these creatures on his arm like this. Sam would be so jealous.

"Come to me!" Zeus ordered his pet/symbol. The bird gave another cry as it took off from Danny's arm and flew smoothly over to its master. Once the avian was perched contently on Zeus' shoulder, the god boomed down at Danny and Theo, "Now what do we do with you two?"

"Yes," Hera, his wife, butted in, "I had the pleasure of bumping into your mortal friends. They told me you would provide the answers for them sneaking into my chambers and returning to me my symbol."

"I can explain all this," Danny said in haste.

"Yes, we've established the fact that you can," Zeus said impatiently. "Now do so."

"Well, you see, Vlad Plasmius pushed me into a portal which sent me into this time period," Danny said, starting from the very beginning. "A sack with all your symbols in it came with me. I figured that Vlad had stolen all of them and so I wanted to return them because I'm kind of against war, especially between gods and mortals. So I picked up Theo along the way along with my mortal friends from my time period and a Kitsune. We've been running around like crazy delivering these symbols before the deadline. So that's why I'm here."

Zeus pondered the speech for a minute before saying, "I believe you."

"You do?" Danny asked, surprised to have things go his way for once.

"Yes," Zeus said slowly, "You do not seem like you belong in this time period. And many times you were confused when a god asked you who you belonged to. But why would you return the symbols? You did not have to."

"I tell you, he's the one of stole them in the first place," Dionysus piped up. "He's a sneaky little one. And he's with Theo. You know the demigod's history. He can't be a good influence."

"Yeah!" Ares agreed in a yell. It always seemed like he was shouting. "He tricked me!"

"Me too!" Aphrodite said after a pause and a nudge from Ares' elbow from where he sat next to her. She looked confused, though. Obviously she didn't know exactly what was going on.

"Tricked you how?" Athena asked Ares. Good question.

"He tricked me!" was Ares' only lame answer, which didn't go so well when Aphrodite repeated, "Me too!" right afterwards as if on cue. Danny noticed her husband Hephaestus on her other side roll his eyes.

"If I may be so bold," Hades said impassively. His cold eyes placed themselves on the accused boys as he put his long, gray fingers together in a steeple. "I would like say that Theo and the boy didn't proceed to my Underworld rules and blackmailed me into letting them go. Theo was fair, but there is a very sly side to him."

"Thank you, brother," Zeus said to the god. He then turned his stern gaze to Theo and asked, "What do you have to say for yourself, Theo? You did know when you joined Daniel on his quest that you were on the edge of being brought back to probation, right? What would possess you to get involved then?"

"You didn't tell me…," Danny whispered to Theo, feeling bad that he had forced his friend into this tight spot.

"Shut up," Theo hissed back while lightly pushing him aside. Danny was amazed once again as Theo changed his tone and attitude completely for the people watching him. "Sir, I helped Danny find you gods and goddesses because I felt the need to. Without your symbols, I feared a war between the god and human worlds. I helped him to prevent this war that seems to want to come even without the missing symbols."

"But you knew that it could put you back on probation or even get you banished," Zeus pointed out. "I know you, Theo. You wouldn't want to join this young man. You have always wanted to be on our good side and would bend over backwards to keep it that way." Hermes fiddled with his hands at this. He knew he was guilty, but he wasn't going to say anything.

"Except with that Infi-map incident," Demeter muttered loud enough for everyone to hear. She shot Theo a secret wicked smile before returning her lips into a perfect little frown.

"Infi-map?" Danny asked in surprise. He swung his head to the side to look at Theo. His friend had a grim frown on his face as he stared out at the gods and goddesses.

"Oh, let's not bring that up again," Apollo grumbled with a tired sigh. "The Infi-map was his expression of creativity. But he knows not to mess with that realm now, so it's fine."

"You're always on the kid's side," Ares argued with Apollo. "'Creativity' my butt! He wanted to leave this time period, end of story. Its weak minds like yours that let him get away with it."

"Weak, am I?" Apollo shouted, clearly flustered. "At least I'm not obsessed with killing and decapitating people like you!"

"Brother, calm yourself," Artimis tried to sooth him.

"No!" Apollo said, "I've had enough with Ares' pig-headedness!"

"I am not a pig!" Ares barked back.

"Love, peace, and tranquility," Aphrodite kept repeating to herself as if the words were her mantra.

"See, this is why we don't bring up the Infi-map problem," Poseidon grumbled while rubbing his forehead in frustration. Zeus and Hades had the same look as their brother. Sometimes family meetings like this ended up with yelling and breaking of boiling points. This one seemed like one of those days.

"Wait," Danny whispered to Theo, "You're the creator of the Infi-map?"

Theo finally took his eyes off the gods and goddesses to look at Danny. He nodded slowly before saying, "Uh…it's not finished right now, but from you knowing what it is, I guess someday it does." Danny just stared at Theo. "Please, Danny, say something," Theo said awkwardly.

"Well…that's new," Danny finally said with a smile. "But how come Frostbite has it in the future?"

Theo shrugged. "I don't know," he said. "Clockwork said that if anything went wrong that Frostbite would get the Infi-map. Maybe something goes wrong at some point after I make it."

"You know Clockwork?" Danny asked.

"He's the one who told me I needed to make the Infi-map," Theo explained. "I make the map; he lets me pick a time period to live in. That was the deal we made." He grinned slyly before nodding his head to the gods and goddesses that were still arguing in the background. "Just don't tell these guys. They don't know that I'm still working on it."

"Why would Clockwork want the Infi-map made, though?" Danny thought out loud. "It doesn't make much sense."

"You're telling me," Theo said in agreement. "He shows up randomly one day and tells me I'm 'destined' to make this map of his. But apparently disappearing into a different portal each month to make the map is a no-no to the gods and goddesses. I almost got banished again for getting caught for that one. It was a good thing these guys dislike each other so much that they couldn't agree on a punishment and left me alone with a warning."

They both turned to face the gods and goddesses. They were still going at each other with shouts, threats, and insults. "Speaking of which," Theo muttered.

"They're pathetic," Danny observed. It was kind of a disappointment to see all these high and mighty beings that people worshiped till their death acting like children. "They're like little babies."

"Hint the time when I said ruling over Olympus was like babysitting," Theo said with a grin. "We're fine, though. It's when this turns into a physical fight that we might want to just pack up our things and flee."

"Like what's going on right now?" Danny asked after seeing Ares make a swing for Apollo with his sword. Artimis got angry at the god for trying to hurt her brother and open fired on the guy with her bow and arrows.

"Yeah," Theo answered, deflating in defeat. His ears and shoulders drooped with his mood. "Why do they have to be this way? I wish for once they would quit fighting and get something done."

The two watched with winces and sad expressions as all the gods and goddesses got off their thrones and started to attack each other. Only a few like Aphrodite, Hades, and Athena didn't get up, but they did enough screaming at the others to be considered part of the fight. What was so depressing was the fact that they probably didn't remember why they were attacking each other. It was that bad.

"I can't watch this," Danny said, now thoroughly ticked off at their miserable behavior.

"Let's just go," Theo said with a sigh. "They're not going to stop anytime soon."

Theo turned to leave but stopped when Danny placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked hopefully at the ghost boy, wondering what his friend was thinking but not bold enough to ask him. He saw that spark of determination in his eyes and smiled slightly. Danny had an idea.

"Plug your ears," Danny told Theo.

The half sphinx didn't question him. He had already caught onto Danny's train of thought. He quickly put his fingers into his ears and prepared himself for some painful sound waves.

Danny heaved himself up onto the railing and stood straight and tall upon it. Making sure Theo was behind him and ready, he opened his mouth and out came his ghostly wail. The loud sound reverberated out at the fighting gods and goddesses. It drowned out all their fighting and shouting, demanding them to stop and look at him. Finally, they all turned their eyes to the ghost boy on the railing.

It was only then that Danny stopped. He flashed white, going back into human form out of loss of energy. He almost fell off the railing, but he hung on. Theo was at his side with shocked wide eyes from the silence in the room. After a moment, Danny stood back up while turning back into his ghost form.

"This is stupid!" Danny screamed at all of them after a pause of uncertainty. "You're fighting and bickering is stupid! You all look like a bunch of crying babies, not highly powerful gods and goddesses, rulers of all of Greece! Don't you see what is going on?"

Theo jumped to his friend's side on the railing. There was a moment where he hesitated. His usual audacious and brash behavior was gone for the moment as he looked down to sum up the courage to speak up against the gods. Finally he looked up and stated proudly, "I'm with Danny. This fighting needs to stop."

"So make your choice now or never," Danny told the gods. "What are you going to do with us? We want our answer. No discussion. Just tell us."

"You two are foolish to speak out of your place," Zeus growled down at them. "I should punish both of you with death!" He shuddered with rage. Both Danny and Theo didn't flinch. They were prepared to take whatever these guys sent their way.

Zeus composed himself with a heavy and weary sigh. The rest of the gods looked a bit embarrassed of their bad behavior as they seated themselves back into their floating seats. Zeus watched his relatives for a moment as he thought about his own actions. These boys might have spoken out of place, but they were right. Zeus knew he and the others wouldn't change, but at least it was okay to try.

"You should be punished," Zeus told Danny and Theo, "But you won't."

"What?" the others all yelled in anger, shock, or happiness.

"Hush!" Zeus ordered. A blast of wind made them behave while Danny and Theo were pushed off the railing by it. They both landed on their butts, looking hopefully up at the king of Greek gods.

"You two struggled and fought against even death itself to return all our symbols despite all odds," Zeus said. "We might question your methods and attitudes towards your quest, but it all comes down to the end. You gave us all our symbols on time. I think that deserves something. You may keep your lives."

The two boys smiled brightly at the news. They got to their feet, practically giddy about their success.

"But only under these terms," Zeus said while raising a finger. "Theo, you will have a god or goddess check up on you every month for the next decade. Understand?"

"Yes, sir," Theo answered with a nod.

"And Daniel," Zeus said. He smiled slyly while saying, "Learn some respect for those more powerful than you. And I want you to return to your time period. I don't ever want to see you again. Go that?"

"Yes, sir!" Danny said, resisting the urge to salute for some reason.

"Now leave!" Zeus barked at them, "I'm sick of your faces."

The boys spun around. Danny grabbed Theo's shoulder before phasing himself and the demigod through the door. The second they were through they stopped to look at each other. They couldn't keep away their triumphant smiles.

"Oh man, that was amazing!" Danny said with a laugh. He raised a hand and the two high-fived each other.

"Have you ever considered babysitting?" Theo asked him. "You were great back there!"

"Oh yes, I have to agree," Vlad's voice cut through their moment of victory. The boys looked over at the man with narrowed eyes. "Relax," Vlad said, "I know when I'm beat."

"What do you want with us, Vlad?" Danny asked him tensely.

"Nothing," Vlad said casually. He walked through them and to the door. The whole time he kept his red eyes locked on Theo. "Just thinking, really," Vlad told them from where he stood by the door now. "Go on Daniel. It might take you awhile to find a portal to our time period. You better start looking now. I'm sure with Theo around you'll find it pretty quickly, though. So go on."

As if on cue, a loud honk pierced the air. Theo and Danny looked down the stairs to see Sam, Tucker, and Rhodes in the Specter Speeder with goofy grins on their faces. Tucker opened the door and yelled up at them, "Dudes! Heracles helped us find the Speeder Vlad stole! You guys coming?"

"Wait a second, Tuck!" Danny called back down. He turned to address Vlad, but the man had vanished. He looked over to Theo and asked, "You okay?"

"Yeah," Theo answered, still glaring at the door. "I just wonder what that guy meant. He called me by my name for once. I thought he didn't know my name. I guess he just creeped me out."

"The fruit loop has that effect on people," Danny said with a shrug. "Now let's get out here."

A/N: Yeah! The finale is done! But don't think the fic is done. I still have one more chapter left. It was a happy ending…somewhat. Vlad's cryptic words kind of ruined the whole joyfulness of it, I guess. More is to come, so sit tight for another week for my ending chapter where I just kinda sum up everything…and give you a little surprise gift. Also, the first chapter of my new Danny Phantom fan fic, Soul Searching, will be posted at the same time! Expect it all next weekend! Thanks for the many reviews! See you next week!