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-Obi

Chapter 19

"I don't need your help," he spat back.

Danny, Sam, and David had confronted the insane half ghost in a waterfront warehouse in New York. Daniel was waiting in the Specter Speeder outside. They had offered the ghost a way out. A way to get out without a fight, but it had been shot down. The funny thing is, all of this seemed oddly familiar to Danny and Sam. They couldn't put their finger on it, but it was nagging at them.

"Well, we tried," David said with a shrug. He launched himself towards the ghost, hands blazing with ectoplasmic energy. He hit him hard in the gut, but found a cold, slimy hand around his throat. The evil ghost squeezed, but was stopped by a ghost charged kick in the chest from the struggling boy. Sam shot off blasts from the gun, and Danny knocked him under the chin, sending him flying. He got up, and his eyes flared. His hands came together and sent out a dark red wave of energy towards all three of them. Danny brought up a shield to protect them, the came back with his own series of blasts and waves.

"So what? We are evenly matched. Do you want to fight till you're drained of power, or will you give up now?" Danny flew right at him, going as fast as he could. He grabbed the jumpsuit and they flew through the air, right through a window. They crashed on the pier, and struggled to their feet. David and Sam burst through the doors, following the two men. Daniel eagerly watched through the window, excited he finally got a look at the fight. Danny sent three waves towards the ghost, who put up a red shield. He responded with a large blast of his own. Danny avoided it, as if he knew it was coming. But he didn't have any time to think about it. He knew what he needed to do next. He took a deep breath of air, and let out a ghostly wail. The ghost put his hands up to try to protect himself, but was pushed backwards. He flew around Danny, and threw a punch for his back. Danny knew it was coming and avoided it a little, but he was still hit. He landed on the deck as David and Sam threw everything they had at the ghost. Danny got up and joined them.

"Nice try, but too late," the halfa said. The ghost's eyes turned completely red, as he started to glow a deep, dark red. It went up his arms, down his body, over his legs, then immersed his head. A creepy smile formed as he began spinning at high speed while lifting into the air. Danny, Daniel, David, and Sam all watched breathlessly as he made his attack. A large red ectoplasmic blade formed, and suddenly launched at Danny. He instinctively moved seconds before the attack was thrown, avoiding it completely. The complete power of the attack was on the pier. The last three feet was taken off, and the remains was the base of a huge ectoplasmic fire which burned on the water. It kept spreading, and soon was a very large behemoth that licked at the water and the new end of the pier. The ghost was drained now, and he fell hard onto the remains of the deck, than stood slowly up again. He stood there for a few seconds, re-energizing.

"What is he doing?" Danny mumbled. Everything was so familiar. It felt like he should know what was going to happen next, but he didn't. "Maybe he's going to run. No, that can't be right. He's going to attack."

The ghost gave a slight nod of the head as he ran towards the end of the pier. He formed a shield around himself and readied himself to jump. David stood there, mouth agape, at this move. However, Danny and Sam weren't surprised by it. Danny looked back at the Speeder, and saw a bright flash of light. His eyes grew wide as the realization hit him. This was it. This was the life changing accident. This is what he needed to stop. He started flying down the pier, then all of a sudden stopped and turned around.

"Dad! What are you doing? He's getting away!" David yelled.

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing," he replied.

"I've got him!" Daniel yelled as he flew at high speed towards the end of the dock. Danny paid no attention as the evil ghost jumped in, and how Daniel had no shield around him. He watched Daniel closly and moved to the right position. Daniel was paying no attention to Danny, not thinking he would block him, and put on another burst of speed. He was close, he knew that. He thought he had almost caught up when he felt himself hit something. It had been Danny, and it had had a big impact. Danny, with David in his arms, was sent flying through the air because of the force of Daniel running into him. They flew for a few seconds until they fell into the flames.