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Battle of Epic Proportions
Danny stared at the swirling purple and black sky and gulped nervously when a portal opened up. "Are you guys ready?"
Sam adjusted the Light Belt around her waist and nodded. "As ready as I'll ever be."
Darkness flew out of the portal, black robe swishing and purple eyes glowing angrily. The dark element exited the swirling portal and floated above them. Danny glared, his green eyes flashing in fury.
"So it is true. My minions could not beat mere children." Darkness frowned. "No matter. I shall remove the final three elements from your cold bodies if I must."
"You're going to pay," Danny growled, fists clenching at his sides.
"I highly doubt that. I have a score to settle with the inhabitants of this planet. You seem firm in getting in my way. So I will destroy you."
"Bring it on," Sam snapped, hands glowing with fire. Tucker bit his lip and created a ball of ice, blue-green eyes locked on Darkness.
"Very well. Your fate has been chosen," Darkness hissed and raised his staff. The trio yelped as vines shot from the cement and twisted around them. Sam struggled against the tight binds and scowled. She lit her hand with fire and the vine holding her arm withered. She yanked herself free and slammed a ball of fire into Darkness.
The dark element flew backwards and Danny and Tucker quickly climbed free of the vines and Danny flew after Darkness with Sam and Tucker running behind him.
A large wave of black light stormed the streets. Danny quickly threw up a light shield around him and his friends. The light shattered windows and took out buildings that were thankfully empty. Danny retracted the shield and took a deep breath. When Darkness appeared over the rooftops he let out his Ghostly Wail.
Darkness went intangible and created a tsunami that soared up and came crashing for them. Tucker summoned his ice storm and directed it for the deadly wave. The blue water instantly turned into a wall of ice. Danny created arrows of light and shot them at Darkness. The dark element threw up a dark shield and the golden arrows fizzled before dissolving.
"Foolish children! Do you actual think you can beat me?"
Sam narrowed her violet eyes. "We've dealt with bigger jerks."
Dark spikes soared towards her. Sam ducked and avoided them and retaliated with burning embers. They nailed Darkness in the arms and face and he recoiled in pain, his black robe glowing with orange fire marks.
Tucker fired with his icicles and they were taken down by a dark shield. Danny avoided another dark wave and created a crackling ball of light between his hands, the golden light casting an eerie shadow over his face. He reared back and delivered the blow.
Darkness threw up a shield, but the light shattered right through it and slammed into him. Bending over in pain, Darkness summoned up a hurricane.
Tucker yelped in shock when roaring winds overcame them. He latched onto a lamp post with one hand and tried digging his feet into the cracked cement. Danny tried destroying Darkness' concentration with light rays but he was deflected by a stronger dark shield.
"Sam!" Tucker cried. The Goth tightened her grip around Danny's waist and glanced at Tucker. "See if you can overpower it with your-aagghh!"
"Tucker!" Sam shrieked. She gave Danny a shove and he shot her a concerned look but hurried off to save one of his best friends from the whirling winds. Sam focussed on the wind and ignored the fact she was dangerously close to being whipped off of her feet. She pushed her raven hair aside and forced as much fire energy as she could into the swirling winds.
"What the-?" Darkness scowled in disbelief as his wind power was being bombarded by fire flares. Soon the winds were glowing orange and red and smoke started to rise in the sky. Sam grinned broadly at the fact she managed to overpower his hurricane and create her own fire inferno. She slammed the force towards Darkness and the stunned ghost was sucked into its burning depths.
"That was so cool!" she breathed. She felt a little light-headed, but she was sure she would be fine. Danny flew back down with Tucker. The techgeek nodded his thanks and turned the swirling inferno into a frozen iceberg. Darkness was trapped within the cold formation, but not for long.
"We need a plan," Sam whispered hurriedly.
"The staff gives him more than just one element power. We get the staff, we get the advantage," Danny whispered back.
"Okay," Tucker muttered. The rest of the conversation was cut off when Darkness blasted his way out of the formation. Danny threw up a light shield to block them from the falling shards of ice.
"Insolent children!" Darkness roared and angrily slammed his staff into the ground. Tucker widened his blue-green eyes when a large whirlpool appeared under their feet. Sam shrieked as she and Danny were pulled into the dark blue depths. Tucker closed his eyes and held his breath as the frigid water engulfed him and tugged him down. Bubbles escaped his nose and Tucker opened his eyes.
Hope this works, Tucker thought and positioned his hands below him. He focussed as hard as he could to create ice pressure. The deeper water grew thicker as it was being forced to turn into a sheet of ice. As the crystal-like formation rose up, so did Tucker. Soon he and his friends were collapsed on a large sheet of twisted ice, gasping for breath and pushing soaked hair from their eyes.
Danny snarled and slammed a wall of light towards Darkness. The dark shield he threw up shattered once more as Danny's anger made him more powerful.
"Danny!" Sam hissed, getting shakily to her feet. "Can you use your Ghostly Wail?"
"Sure, but why?" Danny asked. Tucker noticed dark spikes coming for them and quickly created a wall of ice.
"If you can distract him, Tuck and I will find a way to that staff from him."
"Alright." Danny nodded. Tucker jumped as the ice shattered and giant plants rose from the ground. The techgeek shrieked when he realized the plants had heads with pretty sharp teeth.
Sam quickly slammed her boot to the ground, creating a crevice that cracked through the Earth. The flames licked up and consumed the roaring plants. Tucker froze the vine that was wrapped around his ankle and scrambled free.
Danny flew up in the air and took another deep breath. This time Darkness was ready. When the golden wave shot towards him, a large black shield was created to protect him.
Sam and Tucker ran underneath the golden waves and positioned themselves right underneath the occupied Darkness. Sam created two flames and threw them upwards. Darkness cried out in pain as the flames nailed him and he lost his concentration. The golden waves slammed into him and he went off balance. Tucker encased the ghost in a coat of ice and Sam blasted the staff from his grasp.
Danny grinned triumphantly when he caught the wooden staff. "Yes!"
"No! I will not lose again!" Darkness roared. Tucker paled slightly as his ice prison began cracking under the dark energy.
"Take it and go free the other elements! I'll hold him off!" Danny hollered. Sam caught the staff when Danny threw it at her and took off with Tucker on her heels.
...
Sam snagged six belts from the Fenton Works lab and stuffed them in her spider bag. Tucker gripped the staff and groaned. "How are we supposed to free the other warriors? We don't even know where they are!"
"Maybe Ember will remember," Sam suggested hopefully. Tucker hacked into the Fenton system to force open the Fenton Portal. The swirling green vortex opened to them and Tucker sighed.
"I sure hope so. Or else we are going to be in a whole lot of trouble!"
...
Danny blocked off another round of dark rays and shot back some golden arrows. Darkness angrily threw up a shield and created another wave of dark energy.
Danny tried holding up the light shield but the energy broke right through. He crashed to the ground and winced in panic when black energy ropes shot from the cracked cement and wrapped tightly around him. The Light Belt would be enough to ward off the corruption, but it would still kill him if too much went through him at once.
"You will pay for foiling my plans," Darkness growled. "And you will pay with your life!"
"Aagghh!" Danny screamed in pain as violent volts of black electricity sailed through his body. His eyes rolled back and he could feel the white rings slowly forming. The pain increased and all Danny saw was Darkness' cruel smile before everything went black and silent.
...
Ember scratched her head and glanced at the swirling ghost portal in front of her. The two geek sidekicks had taken her from her spot on the roof and begged her to remember where the hideout was. She had a vague memory, but she wasn't certain. "I think this is it."
Tucker hugged his device to his chest and stared. "You think?"
"I was mind-controlled! What else do you want from me?"
"Thanks a lot Ember," Sam said and grabbed Tucker by the arm. "Come on. We gotta go!"
Ember rolled her eyes as the two teens dove through the portal and floated in the direction of the Fenton Portal. "I really should get paid for this."
Sam and Tucker stood at the edge of the castle grounds. Sam stared at the decaying wreck and instantly knew this would be the perfect HQ for Darkness. It was in the middle of nowhere and the place had a miserable air to it. They slipped up to the castle doors and they both peered inside.
Sam was knocked back by a blast of dark energy. Tucker quickly threw up a wall of ice, blocking off the other ghosts from interfering. Light glared at them, hands blazing with dark energy. The other five pounded at the ice, trying to break through. "How dare you intrude on our home?!"
Tucker quickly scanned the gold robe and white eyes. Yup. She was the one he needed. He took a deep breath and let out a blizzard of ice. Light shielded herself with dark energy. Sam crawled back up and created a swirling vortex around Light. Tucker jogged around the flames and put them out, causing a steam/smoke-like mist concealing them.
Light glanced around furiously, trying to find the two meddlesome children in the cover of the smoke. "Show yourself!" she demanded.
Intense pain suddenly shot through her and she screamed. She crumpled to the ground and Tucker sighed. The belt was fastened around her waist. The ice wall shattered and the other five warriors swarmed towards them.
"What...is happening?" Light moaned, slowly sitting up and rubbing her forehead. Sam was doing her best to hold the others off, but it wouldn't last long.
"I need you to project as much light as you can into this," Tucker instructed hurriedly. Light blinked, a bit dazed, but placed her hand on the base of the machine. A flash of light later and the five elements crumpled to the floor, sparking with golden electricity. Sam sighed with relief and retrieved the staff from Tucker. She slammed it to the ground and the crystal shattered.
Tucker grinned as the three orbs drifted out and went back into Earth, Wind and Aqua respectively. Sam dropped the staff and sighed with relief. "Finally."
"Why are you still wearing Walker's hat?" Tucker asked and flicked the brim of the damp and drooping fedora.
Sam frowned. "I like it."
The five warriors slowly stood up. "You have beaten Darkness?" Aqua asked with slight awe.
"Not exactly." Sam dug through her bag and handed the other belts to the warriors. "This should keep you from being corrupted again. Now we really gotta go help Danny!"
...
Ember slammed a chord on her guitar and the dark shield cracked a bit more. When she had left the Zone she caught Darkness about to obliterate the dipstick. So she jumped in and now the halfa was unconscious on the ground while she was getting the crap kicked out of her.
"Enough!"
Ember froze and glanced behind her. She let out a sigh of relief when five of the cloaked ghosts came towards them, eye colour back to normal. She floated back and slunk to the ground. "Phew. Not doing this again."
"Danny!" Sam cried and ran up to him. She felt his pulse and was relieved when he was just out cold.
"You have gone far enough," Earth roared as she entangled Darkness with her vines. "You have proven yourself unworthy to handle an element. So it shall be taken from you!"
"No!" Darkness roared. He broke free of the vines only to have Wind slam him back to the ground. Danny stirred and slowly awoke. He rubbed his pounding head and smiled when he saw the warriors.
"You did it!"
Sam grinned. "Yeah. But now I think they could use your help in containing him."
Danny smirked. "My pleasure." He raised his hand and blasted Darkness with golden electricity. The dark elemental warrior writhed on the ground before going slack.
Aqua, Earth and Wind lifted their hands. The three teens watched in amazement as a dark orb removed itself from Darkness and floated into their hands. "Whoa," Tucker whispered.
"So what's going to happen to it?" Sam asked.
"We will put Darkness on trial and have justice be served. As for the dark element, I suppose we'll have to entrust it with Clockwork."
"Geez," Danny muttered. "The guy is in charge of my life, Dark Dan's life and now the dark element? Talk about responsibility."
"But he knows it is coming," Sam reminded Danny.
"Despite my earlier opinions, you have done well," Aqua praised the three teens before him. "I did not expect children to be capable of such things."
"Well, Clockwork knows best," Tucker joked.
"You do know what must happen now, right?" Light asked gently.
"Yes," Sam and Tucker mumbled. Danny nodded slowly. He was going to miss his light powers.
The three teens closed their eyes as Light, Fire and Ice summoned back their respective elements. Danny felt weird, like a crucial part of him was missing. The constant presence of warmth was no longer there.
"Thank you very much." Ice smiled at them. "We owe you a great deal."
"It was nothing," Danny said with a grin. "It's what we do."
Darkness was collected and with respective nods, the warriors disappeared. The three teens glanced at each other with awed grins. "I guess we better go relieve Skulker and Technus of watch duty," Tucker said.
"And can you get me an Advil?" Ember asked, standing up and slowly walking towards them. "My head his killing me...and no jokes about me already being dead!"
Danny snapped his mouth shut. Sam gently poked him in the side. "I guess we better go and thank Clockwork for giving us this opportunity, huh Danny?"
Danny rolled his eyes and changed back to Danny Fenton. "I'm still not forgiving him yet."
"Aren't you going to go get Vlad?" Tucker asked.
Danny smirked. "Yeah. Later. Come on. Let's go to the Nasty Burger. I think we all deserve a milkshake-even you, Ember."
"Thanks a lot, dipstick."
...
Clockwork sighed and scowled against the insistent jabbering and banging of Vlad's thermos. He certainly knew this was coming, but it was still annoying.
"I want out of this blasted thing!" the elder halfa hollered.
With an irritated groan Clockwork picked up the thermos and tossed it into the Zone. The older halfa would get out eventually. Clockwork glanced back at his time screens. One showed Darkness in court, showing the punishment he deserved (three decades in Walker's prison), another showed Walker going after Samantha for his blasted hat, another showed Lancer well enough to teach again and the largest screen showed a grudging ghost boy coming to visit him and thank him for the experience and faith he put in him and his two best friends.
A smile tugged at his lips. Would they never learn that he knew what he was doing?
But he didn't to think about the answer.
After all, he knew everything.
Until next time,
AnimationNut out.
Peace!