Yay! I finally finished this chapter. And look, less than two weeks. :P
Sorry, their might be a few minor mistakes. If there are, please point them out to me so that I may fix them.
"Okay, you kids stay here. I'm going to rally the troops." Danny ordered, leaving the four teens in the house.
"Troops?" Matt wondered.
"What? You think we're going to just sit around and wait for Pariah to destroy the world?" Danny replied with a sarcastic smile. "Sam should be home any minute."
A few seconds after Danny left, Sam came bursting in through the door. "Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah, Mom, we're fine." Jake answered smoothly.
"I mean, it's not like any ghosts can get us while we're under the shield, right?" Matt added.
"No, but outside the shield is a mess. Pariah's skeleton army has already come." Sam reported, slightly panicked, even though she tried to hide it.
"Okay, that's not good." Tori stated.
"I second that." Jake agreed.
"Third that." Matt put in.
"Okay, that's enough!" Abby snapped hastily. "Let's just wait for Dad. The quicker he comes back, the quicker we get to kick ghost butt."
"Okay, looks like everyone's here." Danny stated, surveying the crowd in front of him.
There was Jack, Maddie, Jazz, Dani Phantom, Valerie and Tori in their ghost hunting suits, Abby Phantom, Sam, Tucker, Matt, Jake, and, of course, Danny Phantom.
"Alright, I want Abby, Tori, Jake, Matt, and Jazz to calm down the crowd outside." Danny commanded. "Mom, Dad, I need you guys to supply everyone with weapons. Valerie, Dani, and I are going to look for help from the other ghosts."
"I'm coming too." Tori stated firmly.
"That goes double for me." Abby agreed.
Danny took a few seconds to think. Even if he told them "no," they'd come anyway. "Fine, you can come. No more complaints. Everyone get to your assignments."
The group nodded. The three Phantoms and two huntresses flew off together. Jack and Maddie took Sam and Tucker out to help bring in some of the equipment that they'd need to distribute. Jake, Matt, and Jazz ran out the door to calm the panicking crowd.
"You two cover that area. I'll work on this side." The red-headed aunt ordered.
The two followed their orders, running in the opposite direction.
"Matt…" Jake started.
"Go do your thing, dude." Matt approved.
The Goth boy cast a smile at his friend and ran ahead, ducking into an alley outside of the shield. Once he was positive that he was hidden from view, Jake transformed into his alter-ego; Shadow. Now full of ghostly energy, the teen sprang up and darted toward the attacking army.
"The less ghosts; the better." He muttered while he began firing at the skeletons with fiery red ghost rays.
The boy had knocked out a few of the attacking force when one of the boney ghosts flung onto him, forcing him to the ground where others latched onto him.
"Get…off…me!" Shadow shouted, struggling to make the annoyances let go of him.
After a few moments of unsuccessful wriggling, Shadow concentrated his energy. His whole body began to glow red and when he opened his eyes, they burned fiercer and more brightly than ever.
"I…said…get…off!" Shadow screamed, releasing all of the stored energy at once. Red ectoplasmic energy consumed everything around him as the explosion erupted. The army members closest to him were blown to bits and the ones lucky enough to be over ten feet away were knocked backward with enough force to destroy a building.
Once the smoke had cleared, Shadow was standing strongly in the middle of piles and piles of scattered bones. He was breathing hard, but he still had more than enough energy left. He had his hands clenched in tight fists, almost daring for anyone to come at him.
"Shadow!" A male voice called down to him.
The ghostly teen looked up to where the voice had originated. His Dad was floating above him with a very unhappy, Abby, Tori, and Valerie. Dani was there too, but she had a soft smile on and winked at him.
"We're gathering up an army! Care to join?" Danny shouted down.
Shadow just gave him a quick nod and flew up to the group. They were about to continue their search when all of a sudden, everything flickered into the Ghost Zone.
"Oh, no." Danny muttered loud enough for all present to hear. "We have to work…fast."
Danny took off with Valerie, Abby, and Dani following close behind. Tori let herself float a few feet back, right next to Shadow. She looked his way, anger and annoyence plastered onto her face.
"Just so you know, I still don't trust you." She told the red and black clad ghost.
"You don't have to trust me, just fight with me." Shadow replied boldly.
Listining to their conversation, Danny let a barely noticable smile creep its way onto his face. He remembered saying that exact same thing to Valerie the first time the ghost king escaped.
"He really is like me." Danny whispered to himself.
After a fruitless search, the group returned to the house where everyone was waiting. The original five dropped in first, Shadow a second behind them. As soon as he landed, Jack and Maddie barreled up to him, guns blazing. They quickly pointed their weapons at him and Shadow tensed and pushed himself up against the wall.
"No, guys! Stop!" Danny ordered, shoving them away from the young ghost.
"Danny, this is the ghost that caused all of that mayhem!" Jack argued.
Their son scolded them.
"He's on our side." The ghost man told them. "Besides, haven't you guys learned your lesson about judging ghosts too quickly?"
"Oh, right." Jack embarrassedly remembered.
How could they have forgotten that they had done the same thing to Phantom and then it turned out that he was their own son?
No longer having ecto-guns pointed at him, Shadow peeled himself from the wall and let his muscles relax a little.
"We have to hurry. Pariah could be here any minute." Danny urged. "I'll take my parents, Abby, you take Aunt Jazz, Dani can carry Sam, Tori will take Matt, Tucker can go with Valerie, and…hey, where's Jake?"
"I think he's still outside." Matt excused, casting a glance at Shadow who sent back a "thank you" look.
"Well, I guess he's staying back. Looks like Shadow's flying free." The oldest half-ghost in the room announced.
Majority of the occupants were glad that none of their loved ones were flying with him. Sure, Danny said he was good, but most of them still didn't trust the ghost.
Everyone began grouping up with their assigned partners. Then, they were off, headed to battle.
Dun, dun, DUN!
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