[Back with Jack]

He knew the kids were right in front of him, what he didn't expected was the company of an old friend. A friend that had long ago revealed himself to be the enemy.

A loud beep came from a device in his waist belt, it was the Fenton Finder 2.0. A newer model of the Fenton Finder 1, a device that used ecto-signatures to track ghost. However, this new version of the device was smaller and sleeker. This was because Earth's satellites had been modified to track the ghost for them. Before sending the information to Fenton Finder 2.0. Allowing Jack to get updates in real time, and scan at a wider rage, and according to the Fenton Finder 2.0…

A big one was coming!

A very powerful ghost was about to cross paths with the kids, and his ecto-signature was very familiar. Jack's eyes narrowed, as he held the Fenton Bazooka at the ready. This device's if shot created temporary portals to the Ghost Zone that suck in nearby ghost. "Vlad." He whispered darkly.

Thanks to the COMM links staying open between all members of the DP group, Jack had overheard Sam talking about how Vlad was out of prison, and even worse had his powers back. 'He'll kill the kid's for sure.' He thought. And then he said more profoundly. "Not on my watch."

Meanwhile Abby, DJ, and Lilith had lost track of Valerie and Tucker, and while DJ would love to blame the random ghost attacks for their predicament the truth was obvious.

Abby had a terrible since of direction!

"I was sure they were this way!" Abby exclaimed.

"Maybe they took a turn too fast for us to see." Lilith suggested.

"Does it matter?" DJ asked as he kicked a nearby wall. "We lost them! We never get to have any fun!"

"And you won't." Jack said as he raced towards them, this was bad, this was really bad. Jack looked down at the Fenton Finder, the enemy was almost on top of them. "We have to go." He urged. "A big one is coming!"

Before anyone could ask what he meant a soft chuckle came from behind him.

"A big one you say?" The voice asked in a Wisconsin accent. "And here I thought I lost so much weight. Jack you wound me, and I thought we were friends."

"Friends?" Jack snapped as he turned to face him, standing in front of the children protectively, weapon at the ready. "Friends?" Oh he did not just go there.

"My oh my." He mused. "Are those Daniel's children?" He moved closer. "I've heard so much about them."

"Stay back!" Jack warned.

"Or what you buffoon?" Vlad scoffed. "You'll actually defeat me at something?"

Jack smiled as he formed two fist, it was then that Vlad noticed that Jack was wearing the Fenton Ghost Gloves, a weapon that had proven useful for him when Vlad had been rendered helpless. "You fool you actually think you can handle me?" He spat. "I am no mere mortal now, I have left my humanity behind, and have embraced my true calling."

Jack was stunned, and even though there was no denying it he couldn't believe it.

The Fenton Finder beeped again, and Abby took it out of Jack's shocked hands. "That's weird the Fenton Finder says he's full ghost."

"But Dad said you were a half ghost, he took your powers." DJ shouted moving up to hover beside Jack.

"Kids stay behind me." Jack warned.

"The era of Half-breeds is done." Vlad cackled. "And soon you will meet the same fate as your dear daddy met." He laughed, enjoying the look of loss on their faces, sure he could tell them Daniel was still alive, but what was the fun in that?

No the pain on Jack's face was much more enjoyable.

"You should have heard the way he screamed in pain and begged for his life like a coward." Vlad laughed.

"My father is no coward!" DJ charged.

"NO!" Jack yelled, but he was too slow, thankfully someone had their back this day.

Vlad laughed as he readied an attack using his ability of Ecto-Energy Constructions, Vlad was able to create a sword made out of pure Ecto energy and strike.

It was a blow that would have most certainly killed DJ, a boy who had no control over his Intangibility would not been able to avoid this blow, at the speed he was coming.

However, before Vlad could finish the attack something hit him trapping him in a green ecto-net.

Jack's look of dread turned into a smile as he sees Damon Gray standing there with a Fenton Grappler in hand. The Fenton Grappler shot net's at ghost and held them down so that they could be trapped in a Fenton thermos, but a powerful ghost like Vlad would not stay down for long.

"Hurry Kids go with Damon and-" Jack's order came too late.

Vlad shot up, ripping himself from the net and using his sword to disarm the enemy, literally.

Damon screamed as his arm was cut clean off.

Abby covered her eyes in horror, as DJ and Lilith seemed to look on in shock, and somewhat disbelief.

"You worthless mortals have gotten on my last nerves." He turns to Jack and raises his sword once more. "I'll kill you all myself and finally I will be rid of –" He froze as a loud scream from Jack's COMM link interrupts him it's one he knows all too well.

He smiles. " Daniel." He whispered, but not too quietly that Jack could not hear him.

"Sorry Jack old friend, but It would appear something more pressing has caught my attention, perhaps we can play more…" He chuckled. "Next time." And with that he teleported away.

For a moment all was silent.

It didn't last long!

"Oh my god Grandpa!" Abby screamed.

"No!" Jack yelled. "Abby go get your mother now!" he ordered.

"But…" Abby looks like a dear in the headlights.

"Go…to…the…west…wing tower." Damon ordered her, his words cut off by gasp of pain. "It's right across from the fruity frozen yogurt stand you like so much." He gasped louder. "Do you remember?"

Abby racked her mind for the memory, at such a young age she should have been too overcome with shock to think. However, Abby was the daughter of the two most brilliant minds in Amity Park. And it was because of this that Jack was sending her, her brain could cope where others could not.

"I…I think so." She managed.

"Then go now!" Jack ordered. "And bring her back here we need her help!"

Abby blinks, almost as if she didn't hear him.

"Abby go now!" Jack shouted again, and this Abby turned and run, and to Jack's relief she turned in the right direction.

His only hope now was that she would make it in time.

"Jack..." Damon whispered.

"Don't speak." Jack warned as he ripped off the top of his jump suit in hopes of using it to somehow stop the bleeding.

"But he said Daniel." Damon said.

"No..." Jack shook his head. "He must have said Danielle." he thought out loud. but even as he said it he knew it was wrong, because that scream sounded an awful lot like Danny's War cry!

[Back with Dani…]

She wasn't sure what was throwing her off about this new Knight,

No that wasn't entirely true.

Dani dodged the Phantom Knight's first blow, and for some reason the move seemed familiar. In fact it was very familiar, Danny would often start with a mock charge during their training. They had spared with each other for years now, and he always statred off with a move that was easy to fight off.

Of course, Danny had done this to insure that she was paying attention, before going all out.

But why was this Knight giving her a fair fight?

He could have taken her out with that blow, but he didn't…

Pariah Dark had also notice this and was wondering the same thing. "Why does he toy with it?" He asked himself out loud.

"Perhaps guarding your motionless form without a single upset has made him restless." Vlad offered his opinion as he bowed before him. "I am here to report my findings." He said.

"Let me guess this is the only location half-breeds dwell." Pariah Dark said calmly.

"You knew?" Vlad asked amazed.

"Yes." Pariah Dark answered. "As did you, and yet you fulfilled the meaningless task anyways. Why?"

"Because my King, your knight told me to." Vlad answered with a sneer "The question is did he know that he was sending me on a wild goose chase?"

Pariah Dark chuckled. "Perhaps." He said, adding fuel to an already growing fire. Oh yes he knew Vlad's intentions, Vlad wished to kill him; replace him even. It was his new Knight that he knew nothing of. Did his New Knight have a hidden agenda?

If so then Vlad's jealousy and ill intentions would keep him distracted for some time.

And if not well the two's bickering was still quiet entertaining.

Vlad snickered as he watched Dani deliver a blow of her own, at the age of 22 the girl had come a long way for her days of taking up space in Vlad's lab. "So she had developed Ice powers now?" he said out loud as she threw ice daggers at her target.

"Yes, it would appear these half breeds have an array of powers." Pariah Dark said idly.

"Is that why you want them dead?" Vlad asked so boldly. "Because they have a large assortment of power like yourself?"

Pariah Dark smiled, Vlad had asked a very dangerous question, a very dangerous question indeed. "Are you implying that I fear them?"

"Of course not." Vlad laughed. "I mean only a fool would think such a thing."

"Yes." Pariah Dark mused. "A fool indeed."

"Well if I've insulted you so. Why not kill me." Vlad wagered. He knew he was playing a deadly game, put his past experience with the King had taught him that his ghostly highness never really likes to raise a finger. No, he rather leave the work to his Knight while the King himself took all the credit.

Pariah Dark laughed openly this time, yes most entertaining indeed. "I'd watch my tongue." He warned. "My new Knight is a lot less tolerating then my first."

"So I've noticed." Vlad agreed. So the King knew his true intentions but did not care for them. This was both a good and bad thing. It was good because it meant that while Pariah Dark knew Vlad was plotting against him he planned to do nothing. This allowed Vlad to move a little more freely. However, this was also bad.

Why?

Because if Pariah Dark was doing nothing it could mean only one thing. He trusted his Knight to save him.

He trusted Daniel, which was a big problem for obvious reasons. However, Vlad was reluctant to tell the King the truth about his new Knight. For if he did he'd have to explain this fusion thing, and that would ruin everything. Not just for Daniel but Vlad himself. You see Vlad figured that a powerful King like Pariah Dark couldn't be destroyed.

This would explain why the council locked him away, and now that the sarcophagus was gone fussing with Pariah Dark might be their only chance. Still, even that was not a guarantee win, fusion was a two-edge sword. Either side; Pariah Dark or Daniel could be the victor when their minds battled for dominance. And once Pariah Dark knew what was going on his chances of winning would increase.

And this was why Vlad said nothing, it would decrease his chances of winning as well.

So instead he would fight it out with Daniel, a boy who weather he liked it or not was his legacy. And the winner would take on the king. However, if he was being honest Vlad was not sure if he could beat Daniel in his current form. After all it was obvious Pariah Dark feared half-breeds, and rightfully so.

Most ghost like the Box Ghost, and the Lunch Lady, and even Technus, had one ability. Whether it be controlling food, boxes, or technology it was only one power. However, Half-breeds had multiple powers, powers which they seemed to keep after death. Vlad was living proof of that. He still had all of his powers from the time he was a half-breed. Still Danny was more than a Half-breed now.

He was a full-grown half-breed that had fused with not one, but two ghost already.

'Perhaps I should fuse with a few myself.' He realized.

Meanwhile, The Phantom Knight was in a pickle of his own.

How was he supposed to protect Dani, and give his new master a good show at the same time?

'Where's Clockwork's suggestive powers when I need them?' He growled inwardly. 'What no whispers of "follow your instincts" or "Trust the teachings of a teacher who taught you nothing!"'

He could almost feel Clockworks eyes on him, yes the old crow was watching, and yet he said nothing.

'Some problems are not as great as they appear.' The old crow's voice whispered.

'Cryptic and not the least bit helpful.' The Phantom Knight scoffed out loud as he delivered another blow. 'As useless as always! What a surprise-NOT.' Forget it, he need to focus on this fight, as bad as an idea as it was the Phantom Knight was trying to tell Dani who he was by not saying anything at all.

Instead he used moves that he usually used during their sparing lessons, to Pariah Dark he would look like a cat playing with a mouse. Yes, an overconfident feline playing with his food, but what he was really doing was telling the mouse that he wasn't ca at, but an over grown mouse himself.

But would Dani get the message, she could be so…dare he say it?

Dense sometimes, or perhaps dense was too harsh. Maybe headstrong or not as aware of the obvious.

Yes that's it she was utterly clueless.

And she was!

The Phantom Knight's moves only confused her. And what was so confusing about them you might ask?

How about the fact that they were not his own. No, these were Danny's moves, she was sure of it! This was exactly how he would train her back in the frozen land, Frostbite and his people called home. Since it was too dangerous to train Dani in the Earth Realm. The Yeti, snow beast known as Frostbite had allowed Danny to train her in the ice lands as he had once done himself.

But how would the Phantom Knight know these moves?

Had he been spying on them?

No, Frostbite would have known if there was an intruder in his land, so how did he know?

Dani decided to get to the bottom of this sooner rather than later.

But how?

Simple, she'd try one last move, one that she had only shown Danny, and one that only he would know how to respond to.

It was risky, and it could backfire on her, but she had to try.

She smiled as she began to feel the power flow through, before this power had emerged, Dani had believed that she would have the same powers as Daniel, after all she was his clone. But this move hinted at the fact that Danielle may have a power that is all her own, one that Daniel will never have.

How was this possible?

No one was sure, but Tucker had a theory; Since Danielle was 2 years younger than Danny, Danielle had "received" her powers at a younger age. This would allow more time for changes to occur since she was still growing. Danny However, was almost a full-grown adult and had less time for changes to occur, which means Danielle should theoretically develop more powers then Danny.

Even Vlad who became a Half-ghost as an adult in college was proof of this theory. There were powers that Danny had that Vlad did not. For example, His Ghostly Wail, Ice powers, and making his own portal into the ghost zone. Vlad did not have these abilities, and his age could have been a large factor to why that is. However, like her brother's, her new powers were very dangerous to use. Dani had no control over this new gift, and without Danny's knowledge on the subject she was pretty much left to her own devices in learning how it worked.

Dani took a moment to look behind her, the City of Amity Park was there over her shoulder, and as long as the Phantom Knight stayed in front of her, she should be okay.

"Should" being the key word.

The Phantom Knight's widen eyes widen as he saw Dani touched her pointing fingers and thumbs together, as if she was about to perform a diamond push up. 'She wouldn't do that here…would she?'

Dani notices his shock and smiles. 'So he does know what's coming.' She focused all her might on her hands and a green light began to glow from them. 'Well let's see how he handles it.'

Vlad's eyes widen into golf balls as he watched the scene play out before him. Danielle was performing a move he had never seen before. Dani had produced a green force from her hands, and as it grew bigger he realized what it was.

It was a green vortex, a black hole!

Dani screamed as the Vortex grew stronger, this was the hard part. Yes, forming the vortex was easy. But controlling it; that was a whole other ball game! The green swirling vortex was so powerful, Dani felt like the force alone would rip her into pieces. And that wasn't the scary part. The black hole in the center was not a ghost portal. So the things it sucked up was not thrown into the Ghost World.

No, anything that got sucked up never came out again!

It was as if Dani had access to her own pocket dimension, kind of like how the Soul Shredder had its own special place in which it tortured all those who were stabbed by it. Or at least that was Tucker's theory, but without testing it he'd never know. And Danny refused to let Dani do it again, she was forbidden to ever use this move for any reason!

But Dani had to see this through, why?

Because luckily her brother and teacher Danny had faced this move once and had successfully disarmed the vortex. True he had done it by pure luck, but if the Phantom Knight had truly been spying on them this whole time then he would have seen how it was done.

And yet that theory still didn't feel right.

Both of them would have sensed the Knight if he was close enough to spy on their training lessons.

So how did this guy know hers and Danny's every move?

It was almost as if he was Danny…

Daniel watched in utter amazement as the Phantom Knight handled the situation with ease.

Or what appeared to be ease, but really The Phantom Knight was just too furious to notice. 'How could she use this so close to town?' He screamed inwardly. 'If she's thrown off balance the force could turn her right in its direction!'

Dani watched as the Knight allowed the vortex to draw him closer to her. Danny had explained to her that the vortex was much like a riptide. Fighting its pull was impossible, you had to let it take you along for the ride. Only when you were much closer to the center could you actually save yourself. However, timing was everything, if the Phantom Knight missed his moment, then he would be gone forever.

The Phantom Knight's eyes narrowed as he drew closer to the eye of the vortex, the black hole screamed for his destruction. No literally it howled with a force so strong it was almost animal like in nature. And the Phantom Knight had no trouble imagining a beast on the other side of the Vortex waiting to gobble him up.

Still, he ignored that for now, along with his anger towards Dani. The girl was most certainly dense, and head strong and unaware of the obvious!

ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS!

However, that was not his concern, at the moment he had to focus, the moment was at hand.

And what was this moment you might ask, well right before the vortex gobbled you up and spit you out who knows where; there is a moment. One millisecond where Dani's head is in perfect view, and perfect rang of a head shot.

However, getting one was not easy, in fact Danny was probably the only one who could do it.

He could only hope his King would not translate this the wrong way.

'He has no way out.' Dani thought with a smile. 'Only Danny can stop this move.'

And the Phantom Knight was about to prove why.

You see only an idiot would try to hit Dani in the head, the force would knock her off balance and send her, and the vortex spinning out of control. The Phantom Knight knows this, because that is what he did last time, but doing so had bought him time to think of his next move.

This time he didn't need to think.

He just did.

"Please let my master be in a good mood" he thought out loud and with that he produced a ghost portal!

Dani nearly screamed in surprised as she saw it, the portal appeared right in front of the vortex, since the Phantom Knight was right in front of it, it was in perfect alignment, allowing the Phantom Knight to fall right in it.

Vlad smiled as the Phantom Knight reappeared behind Dani through another portal and hit her with the butt of his sword. He looked at Pariah Dark knowingly, a smile widely stretched across his face. "Well looks like the all too loyal Knight of yours is so worried about your safety that he failed to mention that he can produce his own portal." He scoffed. "Or perhaps it's not your safely that concerns him."

Pariah Dark's eyes narrowed. 'And so the plot thickens.' He thought half-heartedly.

Dani screamed as the butt of the sword hit her head, the blow was strong enough to knock her out a brief moment, causing the Vortex to collapse.

"How?" She whispered as she fell like comet towards the Earth below. "How did you do that?" She produced a crater as she landed on the street below.

The Phantom Knight followed her down, she was barely conscience, but she was awake enough to hear his response. "Didn't I forbid you to never use that move again?" He asked.

"You…?" She asked. "But Danny forbid…" She looked at him through half squinted eyes as if for the first time. "Danny?" She asked.

The Phantom Knight smiled as he raised his sword. "Took you long enough." He spat. Not out of disgust, but because ridding through that vortex was no picnic, and being ripped out of it and into a ghost portal was just as equally painful.

"How?" She asked.

"You're smart." He mused, doing his best to keep his evil character, his master was angry, and most likely watching. "You'll figure it out." And with that he raised his sword for one final blow…

Only to scream in agony as Amity Park's ghost shield finally switched on!

-To Be Continued