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Dang It Clockwork!

Danny moaned in pain and opened his eyes. The world blurred before coming into focus, and the first thing he saw were three robed ghosts standing over him, which was not something he expected to wake up to.

He sprang to his feet and winced as his head pounded. Ignoring the pain, he hollered, "Going ghost!"

Two blue rings of light surrounded him until he became Danny Phantom. His hand glowed with green ecto-energy and he went to fire.

"Stand down, child!" the ghost in the green robe bellowed. Vines shot out from the floor and wrapped themselves around him. Danny scowled and was about to go intangible when he heard a familiar voice speak.

"Calm down Daniel."

"Clockwork?" Danny asked in disbelief and craned his neck so he could the Master of Time. "What's going on? Where are Sam and Tucker?"

"Right here Danny!" Sam called and hurried up to him. Tucker followed a bit more slowly, rubbing his head and frowning.

"What the heck happened?" he demanded.

The vines retracted and disappeared through the floor. Danny eyed the strange ghosts warily before transforming. Though he didn't entirely trust them, he knew Clockwork wouldn't let anything happen to him or his friends. But that didn't mean he wasn't annoyed with the Time Master.

He glared at Clockwork and crossed his arms. "One second we were running away after terrorizing Vlad and the next we get struck by these freaky light things and wake up here. I do believe an explanation is in order."

Clockwork turned to the robed ghosts. "Would you like to explain?"

The three teens sat down, feeling that a lengthy story was about to be told. Earth moved forward and introduced herself. "I am Earth. These are my companions, Aqua and Wind."

Sam widened her violet eyes in shock. "The elements?" she exclaimed.

"That is correct. We are in charge of keeping the elements of the world in balance and in harmony. But the darkness element has decided to rebel. He has gone off and corrupted Light, Fire and Ice. They are under his control now."

Danny and Tucker exchanged a glance. "Am I missing something here? I never knew the elements were actual ghosts," spoke up Danny.

"We work in solitary. Away from the ghosts in the Ghost Zone and far from the humans of your world," Wind answered. "To most we are nothing but legends."

"That doesn't explain what happened to us," Sam pointed out.

"We came here in hopes that Clockwork would be able to supply us with three warriors. To give us three fighters that would be able to handle the elements that we managed to take away from our three other companions," Wind growled. "And he sends us children."

Danny stared at Clockwork in disbelief. "Are you telling me that you just gave us elemental powers?"

"Indeed."

"Cool!" Tucker exclaimed.

"Not cool!" Danny cried. "I have enough trouble leading my ghost life and my Fenton life. I can't handle elemental powers on top of all this!"

"I knew this was a bad idea," Aqua muttered.

Sam stared thoughtfully at her hand and felt her body tingle. She arched an eyebrow and glanced at Clockwork uncertainly. He gave a small smile and inclined his head. Curiously she raised her hand and focussed her mind.

A blast of fire shot out from the palm of her hand and the force sent her crashing backwards into the wall. She let out a shriek of surprise when a clock fell from its hook and smacked her on the head. Sam frowned and glanced at the broken clock and then at Clockwork. "You knew that would happen!" she wailed.

"I know everything," Clockwork reminded her.

Sam scowled and hauled herself up. She considered blasting Clockwork, but decided he would expect it and the last thing she needed was his retaliation.

Danny and Tucker gaped at her. Tucker bit his lip in thought, thinking of how Danny used his ice powers. He took a deep breath. When he let it out, the purple floor in front of him was encased with crackling ice. "This is so cool!" he exclaimed.

"So if they have fire and ice, then that must mean I have light," Danny mused. "How the heck do you use light?"

"To read," Sam replied with a straight face.

Her friend shot her an annoyed glance. "Funny."

"Just focus your energy and allow your elemental power to flow," Wind advised.

Danny hesitantly raised his hand and did what Wind told him. To his utter shock, a golden beam of light shot out of his hand and hit the cathedral wall. It left a slight white burn mark. He stared at his hand for a moment before glancing up at the other elements. "So you're telling us that we are now in charge of stopping Darkness?"

"That is correct."

"How the heck are we supposed to do that?" Tucker exclaimed.

"I believe you will know when the time comes," Clockwork answered. "Darkness will be corrupting many people and many ghosts. Be careful and watch your back."

Danny threw up his hands in protest. "Wait! I don't think-"

But he did not get a chance to finish. He was sucked into the newly opened portal along with Sam and Tucker.

Aqua watched the portal disappear behind them. "Do you honestly believe that they can be of assistance to us?"

"I suppose only time will tell, won't it?" Clockwork answered mysteriously with a smirk on his pale blue face.

...

Danny, Sam and Tucker found themselves in front of the Nasty Burger. Sam shook her head. "I can't believe it. One second we're pulling a prank and the next we are tasked with saving the world."

"Again," Tucker added. "Why is it always us?"

"I'm gonna kill Clockwork!" Danny snapped. "Hiding my ghost half is hard enough, but now I have to hide elemental powers?"

"Clockwork didn't even tell us where Darkness is or what we are supposed to do." Tucker sighed and glanced through the glass windows of the Nasty Burger. "Can we grab a shake or something? I need an energy boost."

"Fine. But after this we're going to do a bit of research on the elements." Sam glared down Tucker's protesting look. "We need to be as informed as we can on our new gifts. The last thing we need is for them to go out of control."

Danny groaned. "Research outside of school? Dang it Clockwork! Why must you torture me?"

"It's kinda fun."

"Shut up Tucker!"