"Klarion's in control of Danny!" Sam shouted over the mind link as she rolled away from her boyfriend when he dove at her. The halfa swooped up and blasted a random ghost into a cage, which Klarion shut magically. The Witch Boy was also blasting ghosts and attacking Sam but for some strange reason, Skulker, Johnny, Kitty and Ember were protecting her.

"What do you mean?" Jake asked worriedly.

"He's in a trance or something and attacking me and the ghosts. I think the spell's stronger when he's in ghost form," Sam explained.

"So, we have to get him to change back to human," Zatanna decided.

"Easier said than done. Danny's a lot stronger in his ghost form," Danielle commented.

"And I don't think he can resist Klarion like this either. And I think both Danny and Klarion know it," Sam revealed.

"What makes you think that?" Wally wondered.

"He used the last seconds of free will he had after Klarion's order to change to Phantom to apologise to me. He knew this would happen," Sam recalled, dodging a ghost ray Danny shot at her.

"What's his orders?" Conner asked.

"Basically, get us all in cages. Don't let us stop him," Sam told them.

"Then we need to work together. We can use our numbers against him. We have a thermos," Robin suggested as he ran back to Sam and the fight. The boy wonder jumped and flipped to the top of a stack of cages and lunged at Danny. The halfa viciously blasted the teen back. Robin only missed getting locked into a cage by grabbing on to a ghost and spinning around to land on the ground safely. While Robin distracted Danny, Wally, Danielle and Conner arrived and joined Sam and the four ghosts helping her.

"You're on our side now?" Danielle realised in surprise.

"Yep. Don't get used to it though. We just know we have to work together to escape," Kitty confirmed.

Danielle fired a ghost ray at Klarion. Klarion cackled at the attempt as he side-stepped it.

"Nice try," Klarion taunted before he stomped on the ground and sent a surge of electricity towards the group of ghosts and teens. They lunged out of the way.

"Nrut eht dnuorg ot rebbur!" Zatanna shouted as she and Jake rounded the corner. The concrete floor stopped conducting the electricity as it changed to rubber. From the opposite direction M'gann charged at Klarion only to face a towering wall of flames. The Martian screamed in fear and fell to the ground in a heap. Fu dog, panting from running, staggered on to the scene from behind Jake.

"I got your back kid," he huffed. Jake glanced at the dog before swallowing worriedly.

Klarion cackled happily as he locked a number of once again occupied cages. Robin, Danielle and Conner had taken over trying to subdue Danny. Danielle fighting with her ghost powers, Robin using his incredible agility to out-manoeuvre the halfa and an ecto-pistol Maddie Fenton had given him. Meanwhile Conner used his strength to try and tackle the halfa while he was distracted in order to give Danielle the time to use the Fenton thermos. Wally and Sam ran to M'gann's side while Zatanna muttered spells and faced Klarion.

"Fu… I have to help," Jake muttered with determination, turning to his magical companion. Fu dog sighed and nodded.

"I know kid. Do what you have to," Fu dog agreed.

"Dragon up!" Jake bellowed as he ran forward. He erupted in flames and moments later the short teen was replaced by a powerful red scaled dragon. Jake's powerful wings flapped and the dragon took to the air. He sucked in a breath and blew a fireball at Klarion. The Witch Boy gasped in surprise and wasn't able to dodge the fire. Danny didn't even falter in his aggressive onslaught on the ghosts and Danielle, Conner and Robin, forcing them to focus on him. But the others gaped at the dragon in front of them and the crackling flames hiding Klarion from view.

"Why didn't you tell us you had that amulet the whole time!?" Wally exclaimed over the mind link.

"Wait, there's nothing around his neck," M'gann realised. Sam bit her lip and glanced at Jake. The dragon and Zatanna hadn't moved their attention away from Klarion.

The flames died down to reveal Klarion grinning excitedly at Jake, his clothes slightly charred but he was uninjured.

"I haven't faced a dragon in centuries! Which one are you? No wait! Let me guess… the Canadian dragon?" Klarion remarked loudly.

"I'm the American dragon. Magicians might not be my jurisdiction but ghosts can be and you're threatening them," Jake growled angrily.

"He's actually a lord of chaos. More powerful than magicians," Zatanna corrected the dragon.

"Whatever, doesn't change that he's threatening ghosts in particular a personal friend," Jake retorted sharply, glaring at Klarion. Klarion gasped in mocking horror.

"I'm not threatening ghosts! I'm just keeping them in cages. As for Phantom, he's my new pet, why would I want to hurt him?" Klarion informed the room, his horrified tone of voice betrayed by his cruel grin.

"He's not a pet! He's a person!" Sam shouted furiously. Klarion shrugged uncaringly.

Jake charged forwards, his claws ready to grab at the Witch Boy and his lungs ready to breathe another wave of fire over the lord of chaos. Klarion chuckled and red swirling energy poured into his hand and blasted the dragon away before he magically locked more cages. Jake slammed into the cages, causing them to topple over on top of him.

"Jake!" Fu dog shouted in worry and ran to the downed dragon.

"Kaldur. We're gonna need back up!" Robin exclaimed through the mind link, seeing Jake's defeat before he got blasted by Danny.

Danielle charged at her brother and her eyes changed to a bright blue as she channelled ice into her hands.

"You'll thank me later," Danielle muttered as she fired. Danny twisted out of the way of the blast before returning the blast with ice energy of his own. Danielle yelped in pain as frost covered most of her body. Before she could free herself, Danny phased a hand into the ice and unclipped the thermos on her belt and reduced the device to ash in a concentrated ghost ray. Danielle gasped fearfully before screaming in alarm as Danny blasted her, still encased in ice, into a cage which slammed shut moments later.

Danny dove down at the recovering Robin and threw him into a cage which also locked itself magically. Conner lunged at the halfa as M'gann and Sam joined the clone's fight. Sam primed her stolen rifle and aimed.

"Sorry Danny," she whispered as she fired a round into his shoulder. Danny roared in pain and outrage as the shot wounded him. But other than weakening that arm, the shot did nothing to stop the halfa. Most of the ghosts had been recaptured by now. Kitty, more or less powerless against Klarion as her male-banishment powers didn't work, had been blasted into a cage when she was attacking Klarion. Johnny charged at Danny but the halfa merely threw the biker ghost into a cage next to Kitty.

Skulker fired his missiles at Klarion and Ember, without her guitar, let her fiery hair blaze out of control hoping to burn the lord of chaos.

"Out of interest, how rare are lords of chaos?" Skulker asked, glancing at Zatanna. The magician paused in her chanting to glance at the ghost.

"Very rare. And they can't be killed. They exist on another plane of existence. Klarion is bound to this plane of existence through a cat called Teekl but I don't see it around," Zatanna answered. Skulker grinned.

"A fitting addition to my collection then. I call his pelt!" Skulker decided. Ember scowled at her boyfriend before screaming in surprise and pain as she was blasted in the back into a cage.

Suddenly Wally managed to get a good hit in on Klarion sending the teen sprawling on the ground. A crystal ball filled with swirling black energy rolled out of the lord of chaos's pocket.

"No!" Klarion cried out angrily. Wally grabbed the crystal ball and raised an eyebrow.

"This looks important. Let's play keep-away. Supes!" Wally remarked and tossed the crystal ball to Conner. Conner turned away from Danny and caught the crystal ball. Sam lined up another shot with her stolen rifle, this time at the other shoulder. Through the scope she spotted Danny's eyes flash black and he turned his attention to Conner. Sam gasped.

"Superboy! Look out!" Sam screamed as Danny dove at the clone. Conner turned and gasped, throwing the crystal ball to M'gann. Danny spun around, missing Conner completely and charged at M'gann instead.

"He's protecting the crystal ball!" Robin realised from his cage. Klarion sniggered as he stood up, dusting off his charred suit.

"That's right. Good Phantom! Get the ball!" Klarion confirmed, cheering Danny on condescendingly.

"Can't we use it to remove the orders?" M'gann reasoned before she gasped and threw the ball to Sam, who dropped the rifle to catch the crystal ball.

"No. You need to be written into the ritual dummies," Klarion revealed smugly.

"And you and Cheshire are?" Zatanna mentioned.

"I am. Cheshire felt left out so I told Phantom to listen to her too," Klarion admitted uncaringly. Sam threw the crystal ball to Conner again as Danny drew closer to her. Zatanna glanced at Fu dog. The canine was trying to free Jake, who appeared to be unconscious.

"Fu dog. If this is a variation on vessel magic, should we destroy the vessel?" Zatanna ventured over the mind link.

Wally ran to Conner before Danny could reach the clone and grabbed the ball, running away with his super-speed. Fu dog looked away from the cages trapping the dragon and watched the fight as the others engaged Klarion again while Wally was chased by Danny.

"Maybe. At this point it could be either really good or really bad. If it lifts the spell, then obviously it's good. But it could break all restraints on Danny and send him on a rampage, or he might be bound to those orders with no way of stopping him," Fu dog replied thoughtfully.

"It's worth the risk right?" M'gann retorted as she backed away from a blaze of fire Klarion conjured.

"No! That isn't an option. We have to find another way," Sam growled firmly.

Klarion laughed as he fought the group. He blasted the remaining ghosts into the cages, including Skulker, and magically shut them. Now it was only M'gann, Conner, Wally, Sam, Zatanna and Fu dog against Klarion and a controlled Danny. Unexpectedly, Klarion formed a portal in front of himself and Teekl emerged. The cat was no longer the size of a domestic cat though. It had grown to the size of an elephant with razor sharp teeth and claws. The cat pounced at Conner and Klarion blasted M'gann into a cage, taking full advantage of the element of surprise. The cage slammed shut. Sam ran to Fu dog's side and attempted to help dig out Jake but the cages were heavy.

Danny sped after Wally as the speedster sprinted at super speed around the large room. His eyes flashed black as his need to fulfil his orders intensified. His hand began to glow blue and he fired a stream of ice energy at the ground. Wally cried out in alarm as he lost his footing and slipped. He was heading straight for a wall. Danny rushed forward and grabbed the speedster before he crashed, flying them back towards Klarion.

"Thanks Danny. I thought I was a goner. You broke the spell right? Or you're resisting yeah?" Wally called up to Danny with relief. Danny came to a stop above the fighting and wrestled the crystal ball away from Wally.

"No!" Wally exclaimed fearfully, realising that he'd lost. Danny dropped the speedster and flew to Klarion, holding out the crystal ball to the Witch Boy. Klarion grinned, blasting Zatanna before taking the ball. Klarion patted Danny's head absently.

"Good Phantom. Now, get them into cages," Klarion praised happily. Danny's eyes pulsed black and the halfa immediately flew at Wally. The speedster was clutching his ankle in pain having landed on his foot. Danny easily grabbed the teen and threw him into a cage which Klarion locked magically. Danny then raced over to help Teekl subdue Conner.

Within minutes, Danny had thrown Conner into a cage and tackled Zatanna and thrown her into a cage as well. Klarion calmly walked over to Sam and Fu dog as they desperately rolled another cage off Jake.

"You lose by the way," Klarion called before sending out a wave of black energy that wrapped around the Goth and talking dog.

Yes, Klarion and Danny were outnumbered, but the Walker prison ghosts weren't willing to help unless they knew they'd get away and they didn't want to hurt Danny. And from what I've seen, Klarion is near invincible.

But remember, Kaldur, Artemis and Rocket are outside with the Bioship. All hope is not lost.

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Until the next chapter.