Disclaimer: I still don't own Danny Phantom as it's the property of Butch Hartman, Nickelodeon and Viacom International. I am just a loyal fan and nothing more.
Unshattered Bonds
Chapter 20: The Final Battle
Previously
"I will not let you take him from me AGAIN!..."Paulina screamed as she sent more blasts to Ember, only for Danny to block them all, protecting Ember.
Paulina's blood boiled as she saw HER groom standing next to the ghost bitch who ruined her life.
"Paulina, drop the weapon..." Danny said in a warning tone.
Paulina glared hard at that. She will NOT let history repeat itself.
"I am giving you one last chance Danny. Step away from that ghost bitch and come with me and get married. .." Paulina said in a low, dangerous tone.
"Never and she is NOT a bitch..." Danny said as he continued to stand between the woman he knew he truly loved and the harpy he wasted the best years of his life on.
He was threw being pushed around by her.
"If I can't have you...NO ONE CAN!..." Paulina shouted as she continued to sent blasts to him, only for Ember to grab Danny and dodge.
"This is one match I am really looking forward too..." Ember said as she pulled her guitar close and saw Vlad beginning to get up and rejoin the fight.
No matter what, she was going to win this fight and save her man and then celebrate their wedding day.
No matter what.
Paulina was glaring menacingly at her enemy and the man that should have been hers. She sent a blast aimed directly at Danny, only for Ember to block it with her guitar. Both the ghostly diva and the deranged, spurred woman were glaring at each other, neither breaking eye contact.
'Give it up Sanchez, you lost this fight..." Ember shouted as she charged up her guitar.
'I will never give up until you are gone and Danny is mine again...'Paulina said in a hateful tone.
"He will never be yours..."Ember said as she dodged each blast sent her way.
"You have no idea how long I have wanted to do this!..." Paulina shouted as she sent another blast to the ghostly diva who used her guitar to block it.
"Funny, I was going to say the same thing..."Ember shouted as she sent another blast from her guitar, hitting Paulina square on.
'AHH!..."Paulina shouted as she was sent to the floor.
"Nice aim..."Danny said in an impressed tone, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction watching Paulina get blasted like that.
"You haven't seen anything yet baby pop..."Ember asked with a confident smirk.
One that made Danny smiled goofily at that. She was so confident and strong and he couldn't help but find her even more attractive than he thought before.
Suddenly Paulina got up and she looked even more frazzled and furious. Her white dress was now ripped apart, only barely hanging onto her as she had a crazed look in her eyes and her hair was ruined from the blast as well.
"YOU RUINED MY WEDDING DRESS!...'Paulina shouted, her face as red as her over priced lipstick.
"I say it's an improvement..." Ember quipped, making Danny laugh.
"She's funny too..."Danny thought, enjoying this so much.
As much as he wanted to continue watching this catfight, he recalled about Vlad and that no matter what, he had to pay for ruining his entire life and nearly ruining his whole future as well. He soon saw the one he once called his father at the other end who looked like he was about to sneak away.
"You are NOT getting out of this one..."Danny thought furiously.
He was looking forward for this fight.
With Vlad
While Paulina was practically snarling at the mouth as she kept sending blasts at both Danny and Ember, who were easily dodging each and everyone of them. During this time, Vlad was getting back into the game.
"This is a DISASTER...I got to get to my staff and undo this whole day..."Vlad muttered as he wanted to take this opportunity to sneak away while Paulina distracted Danny and his meddlesome, troublemaking harpy.
The sooner he got to the time staff, the sooner he could rewind this day, find and locate Ember and destroy her before she came to corrupt Daniel and then everything would be perfect again.
However before he could move two steps away, he suddenly felt a blast.
"AHH!..."Vlad yelped, he got up and was going to destroy the person who did that, only to freeze when he saw who it was that blasted him.
'Maddie?...'Vlad said as he saw the horrible look of pure anger and hatred in her eyes.
Maddie has never looked so furious, especially when she was holding one of the ecto guns she must have taken from one of his guards. Vlad has never seen her anger at THIS level before.
"My darling, what are you doing?..."Vlad said and to his dismay, Maddie's expression hardened even more.
"You...You murderer!..."Maddie shouted as she sent more blasts at him.
Vlad easily dodged them but he could not blast at his beloved Maddie. He then went to get his remote but no matter how much he pressed the button, Maddie remained with that horrible look on her face.
"You killed him! You killed my Jack! You made me a widow! And you made my children fatherless!..." Maddie shrieked as she kept sending blasts at him, with the intent of avenging her beloved late husband.
All the while, Vlad just dodged her and tried to use his remote to channel Aphrodite's power but nothing
"What is going on? Don't tell me that this thing is broken?...'Vlad thought in worry as he did his best to just dodge Maddie's blasts, only to be nearly hit by another.
He turned around to see it was Jasmine, with an ice cold stare in her eyes that gave her mother's burning rage a run for it's money.
"Daughter..."Vlad said, only to be sent another blast.
"I am NOT your daughter..." Jazz said in a chilling tone before joining her mother in trying to blast him to bits.
Vlad had barely managed to dodge there attacks, cursing under his breath.
"The sooner I get to the time staff, the sooner I can fix this mess...'Vlad thought as he tried to shake off his love without actually hurting her.
No matter what, he could NEVER hurt his dear Maddie...Jazz however...
"Insolent child!..."Vlad said as he sent an ecto-blast to her, knocking her to the ground.
"AHH!..." Jazz shouted as she fell to the ground, feeling pain from the awful blast.
"JASMINE!..."Maddie shouted as she ran to tend to her daughter, unintentionally dropping her weapons and she scooped her poor daughter into her arms.
'Sorry sweetheart but I had no choice..."Vlad thought as he went to make his move.
Only to suddenly come face to face with Daniel who first went to tend to his sister, then send him a vicious glare. He soon turned to his mother.
"Mom, Jazz is wounded...You need to get her someplace safe..."Danny said to her.
"But I can't leave you alone with that...that monster..." Maddie said only to watch the area become more ruined by the results of the fights.
"There is no time for argument, just go!...I will handle him..." Danny whispered to her.
Maddie was about to protest, only to see the look in her son's eye. It reminded her so much of his father's eyes whenever he was certain about something. She nodded and picked her daughter bridal style and fled out of the castle to safety.
As soon as his mother and sister were out, he turned to Vlad who looked at him in contempt.
"Oh please..."Vlad muttered as he watched the boy marched toward him.
"Now, this is quite enough Daniel..." Vlad said with his arms crossed.
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't rip you to shreds..." Danny said with acid in his tone.
This was the man who killed his father, who forced his mother into a loveless marriage, who took away his and his sisters childhood, who tried to break his will and mold him into a clone of himself, who practically sold his hand in marriage to an abusive, controlling shrew, who tried to destroy the woman he truly loved and who just blasted his sister.
He would not let him get away with this...not anymore.
'You make it sound like you could...You forget that I taught you everything you know Daniel...but not everything that I know..." Vlad said as he suddenly created multiple duplications of him, all surrounding his former adoptive son.
He then descended on Danny, who barely managed to dodge and keep up with him.
"Give it up Daniel...Past, present or future...You are always destined to fall by me, just as you have your entire life..." Vlad mocked.
Danny sent him a furious glare and grit his teeth, fed up with his arrogance and taunts. His cruel words, his callous mockery, his manipulations and his threats have cowed him since he was a little boy but no more!
"I am NOT that scared little boy anymore..."Danny said as he sent an ice blast at him, hitting him square on.
He soon found himself clashing with his former adoptive father and this was one fight where he would come out on top.
Back with Ember and Paulina
"You had to ruin everything AGAIN!...' A furious Paulina shouted.
Ember merely rolled her eyes before sending her a heated glare.
"This was suppose to be my happily ever after!..."Paulina said in a crazed voice.
"It's not your happily ever after...It's suppose to be MINE..." Ember said as she charged her guitar and soon descended on Paulina, who kept blasting but with Ember's power boost, it barely did a thing to deter her. All the while, Paulina was just becoming more and more unhinged.
"You worthless ghost bitch!...'Paulina shouted.
"Sanchez! SHUT UP!...'Ember said before she wacked Paulina across the head with her guitar, finally knocking her out cold.
"Man, that felt good..."Ember said smirking as she looked at her unconscious enemy.
Not wanting to pass the opportunity, Ember gave the unconscious Paulina a nice sock in the face, which would guaranteed a nasty black eye once she woke up.
"Now to help Danny..."Ember said as she saw her beloved facing off against Vlad. She quickly charged up her guitar once more and she felt the love In her heart make her power raise once more as she went to join him.
Back with Danny and Vlad
Danny was giving his all in his fight against Vlad, blocking every blast, dodging each punch and counterattacking each other his attacks. Vlad could not believe that Daniel was still fighting. He did not like this but he had to get him down long enough so he could reach his time staff.
"You will pay for all of your crimes..."Danny shouted as he sent a ghostly wail, that only stunned Vlad for a moment, before continuing with the fight.
"Daniel! Do not make me destroy you!..." Vlad shouted, only to be hit by an ecto blast by a very angry looking young man.
"You make it sound like you can...'Danny said mockingly, using his own words against him.
Vlad felt his blood and ectoplasmic boiling in a way he hasn't felt in over 8 years, all to the same person who caused him such anger.
"WHY ARE YOU STILL DEFYING ME?!…"Vlad shouted in outrage as he tried to attack him but the boy was stronger than he even thought and kept resisting, no matter what he threw at him.
"Because I am through with you...I finally have something worth fighting for..."Danny said.
"And that's his right to be with me...' Ember said as she finally appeared on the scene..."Give it up Plasmius, you can't win this, We will end you..." She said determinedly.
"You and what army?..."Vlad spat.
"Me and this army...NOW!..."Ember shouted.
Suddenly a group of people crashed through the windows, all dressed in ghost hunting gear and carrying large weapons.
"THE REBELLION?!…"Vlad shouted in outrage.
"Sorry we're late...It was a hassle getting in..." Sam said confidently to Ember.
"That's alright, I'm glad you made it..."Ember said.
"Sam? Tucker?..."Danny asked in a shock voice.
"It's been a long time man..."Tucker said somberly.
'Let's save the reunion for after we take this old fruit loop down..."Ember said.
"Sounds good to me..."Sam said as her followers nodded.
"HA! Two or two thousand! It doesn't matter since no matter what, none of you are a match for me..." Vlad said arrogantly as his hands started glowing red.
"All I need is my time staff and with just one click of the button, I will rewind this entire day and destroy you Ember, the moment you foolishly set foot into MY world..."Vlad said derange like as he had been about to go to his throne.
Suddenly Vlad heard a whistle and turned around to see a small ghost with wings, who looked like a cherub who had the time staff in his hands.
"You mean THIS time staff...'Cupid suddenly appeared and was holding the staff in his arm, making Vlad's jaw drop.
"MY STAFF!..." Vlad bellowed.
"WRONG! This belongs to the ever annoying time master whom you stole from..."Cupid said arrogantly.
"HOW ON EARTH DID YOU GET IT!? NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THE SECRET COMPARTMENT ON MY THRONE!..."Vlad shouted, his rage clouding his judgement.
"Let's just say I have my ways and if you want it, come and get it..."Cupid said as he started flying, with Vlad on his tail.
"COME BACK HERE YOU INSOLENT LITTLE BRAT!..."Vlad shouted.
"We got to help Cupid and get the staff...'Ember was about to fly after them, only to be stopped by Sam.
"No! This is all a part of the plan..." Sam whispered.
"What plan?..." Ember asked confused...until a light bulb came over her head.
'Wait...Are you saying that..." Ember paused.
'Cupid made a fake staff to get Vlad to spill the beans about the location of the real one...yeah he did, he got that little brainstorm after we finished those goons, which is why it took us a little longer to get here...Now go to the throne while Vlad is busy...'Sam said quickly.
"Cupid, you wicked little genius..." Ember thought as she quickly flew to the throne and searched around it.
"Now where is...BINGO..."Ember thought as she found a secret drawer just behind it, under the cloth, using her powers, she quickly melted the lock and got it opened.
"YOU INSOLENT BRAT! YOU TRICKED ME!...'Was shouted loudly.
"Uh Oh, Vlad's coming..."Ember said as she quickly managed to open it and pull out the time staff.
'I GOT IT..." Ember shouted in excitement.
"Wonderful...Now hand it over..."Ember turned around to see Vlad a few feet over with the fake time staff in one hand and a wounded Cupid in the other. who was sporting a few new bruises.
"I tried to keep him out as long as I could..." Cupid said sadly.
"Mclain...Hand me the time staff NOW!..." Vlad ordered.
"In your dreams pal...'Ember said as she flew away with Vlad on her trail.
"Give that to me now!..." Vlad shouted as he ran for it.
Ember soon saw Sam and tossed her the time staff to keep it out of Vlad's reach.
"SAM! CATCH..." Ember said as she through the key to the freedom.
"Got it..."Sam said.
Vlad soon went after her, only for Sam to through it to Christopher, who then passed it to Valerie, who then tossed it to Tucker.
"I GOT IT..."Tucker shouted.
"AH!..."Vlad screamed as he went after the insolent boy, who was running until he threw the time staff...to Danny.
"The time staff..."Danny said as he held the device in his hand.
"Daniel...Give it to me now...'Vlad ordered.
"No..."Danny said, no longer going to take his orders.
"I said give it to me now or I will destroy you and all the insolent pests in this room...starting with HER...'Vlad said as he soon sent an ecto blast to Ember.
"NO!..."Danny shouted as he saw Vlad about to descend on the woman he loved.
Suddenly the time staff started glowing, with Danny's eyes becoming greener as well. It was strange but it was almost like...the staff was trying to tell him something.
"With just one click of the button, I will rewind this entire day and destroy you Ember, the moment you foolishly set foot into MY world..."Vlad's words echoed in his head.
"With just one click of the button, I will rewind this entire day"
"With just one click of the button"
"Button...Button...Button..."
"Button...'Danny whispered and soon saw a button on the time staff and he knew what he had to do...and quick!
"I don't know how but...stop..."Danny shouted as he clicked the button on the time staff.
Suddenly the glowing continued but Vlad suddenly stopped only inches away from getting to Ember...He was frozen in mid air...
"What?...'Danny said in a surprised tone.
Soon Ember, the earth's freedom brigade and Cupid came and saw that Vlad was now frozen in time and Ember looked overly triumphant.
"You did it Danny!..."Ember shouted as she soon went to hug him tightly and started kissing him on the cheeks wildly. Danny was momentarily stunned but not disliking this to be honest.
"I guess I did...but what did I do exactly?..."Danny asked in confusion while Ember continued to embrace him.
"You froze him in time...The time staff is meant to move forward or back in time via the holders will..." Cupid said.
Suddenly the group started to feel fast winds and the grounds were shaking and the skies were dark and thundering but it was no mere storm.
'What's going on here?..."Christopher asked worried by the sudden
"I was afraid of this! Vlad and Paulina had overused the time staff's power too much and now there are just too many imbalances in the time stream...'Cupid said as he felt so many cosmic shifts.
"Meaning?..'Ember demanded.
"It means that if we don't find Clockwork in the next five minutes...We're all doomed..."Cupid shouted.
"Not if I have any say about it...I did NOT go through all of this trouble just to have time fall apart on me...'Ember shouted.
She then went to the frozen Vlad and suddenly got a hunch, she briefly recalled seeing Vlad's left hand in his pocket during the fight and it gave her an idea. She picked pocket him and saw a weird remote in his hand.
"This must be the remote Aphrodite told me about, that Vlad used to control her...'Ember said.
"Give me that...'Cupid suddenly grabbed the remote and before anyone could blink, he smashed it to the ground with one power throw.
Suddenly, and almost immediately, they heard more rumblings from the grounds surface and Aphrodite suddenly burst through the ground, exhausted, angry but very much still with power.
'PLASMIUS!..."Aphrodite shouted in rage, only to see her surroundings.
"Mother..."Cupid said, actually happy to see that she was still in health.
"Ember...Eros...I am free...'Aphrodite said, surprised to see her son there.
'Eros...You helped free me?...'Aphrodite said in a surprised and almost hopeful tone of voice.
"Later mother...We need Clockwork in the next 3 minutes before the timeline falls apart..." Cupid said.
"Well, now that the pesky remote control is destroyed and that horrible collar fell off, that won't be too much trouble for me..." Aphrodite said she suddenly took a moment. Her eyes started glowing pink, and so did her hands.
'What is she doing?..'Ember asked to Cupid.
"One of mother's powers is that once she bonds with one of her lovers, she has a psychic link to them and if needed, she can sense or locate them if they are in danger..." Cupid answered.
Suddenly Aphrodite stopped what she was doing and had a triumphant smirk on her face.
"I know where he is now..."Aphrodite soon fazed to the ground, with the others following her and soon came across a secret lab.
"I searched all over this castle and I didn't see this place...'Ember said in annoyance.
"Vlad is a master of tricking people, but he cannot trick true love..."Aphrodite said as she soon discovered a high-tech safe.
Summoning all of her powers, she destroyed it and soon found the black box that was imprisoning her beloved. Using all of her strength, she noticed that it wasn't even beginning to crack.
"2 minutes..."Cupid said worried.
"I need help...I cannot do this alone...'Aphrodite said as she tried to use her power but the box was design to resist such power.
"Mother...I may know a way...but...only if you will let me..."Cupid said suddenly.
Aphrodite paused but soon realized what he meant. She suddenly looked into her sons eyes and saw something she has not seen in such a long time. She saw a look of compassion...a desire to help.
"Eros...You have changed...'Aphrodite thought happily as she summoned her son forward and took his hand.
The two spirts of love held there hands on the box, their eyes blowing as they both looked to each other and began chanting in their native language.
"I dýnami tis agápis, enóste os éna ... Ópos kai ta chéria tis mitéras kai tou giou ... I agápi eínai ierí, i agápi eínai eléftheri kai i dýnami tis agápis, o protathlitís tha eínai pánta!..." Cupid and Aphrodite shouted in sync.
Suddenly an aura of purple light surrounded the cube and it was beginning to crack open, until finally it was destroyed and Clockwork was finally out. The time master just got up, and dusted himself off.
'Thank you all for getting me out, it was rather uncomfortable in there…" Clockwork said in a light tone, surprising those who did not know him personally.
"Darling, I do believe we need you to do something..." Aphrodite said as she gestured to their surrounding.
"You are most right...'Clockwork said as he had been able to sense these shifts, even in his prison.
'ONE MINUTE!..." Cupid said as he could feel the time shifts getting worse and worse, as where the tremors on the earth.
"My staff, please..."Clockwork ordered in a surprisingly calm voice.
Danny quickly handed it to him and Clockwork suddenly summoned all of his powers, his hands on the time staff, gripping it tightly.
"TIME OUT!..." Clockwork shouted as the entire world had frozen, with the exception of Ember since she still had the medallion, along with Cupid and Aphrodite since they were immune to these shifts.
Suddenly all of his powers by hand, Clockwork's eyes, hands and whole being began to glow a strange hue of blue, as they did Ember noticed the change in her surroundings. That the dark skies were going, the thunder storm was gone and suddenly a whirlwind of blue power surrounded all of them.
'What the heck?...'Ember shouted as she and the others were surrounded by it.
"TIME IN!..."Clockwork shouted as he pressed the button.
Ember didn't even have time to blink as everything went dark, before a spark of light came and everything changed.
To be continued-
Next time on Unshattered Bonds
Reunions
A/N: Just to let you know, here is the translation of what Cupid and Aphrodite said when they united their power to free Clockwork: The power of love, join as one...As do the hands of mother and son...Love is sacred, love is free and the power of love, champion it shall always be!
A/N(2): Just to let you all know, if you have any suggestions on how Vlad and Paulina should be punished, I am open for suggestions.
REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:
Invader Johnny: I hope this will do.
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Guest: Thank you for the suggestion, I will take it into consideration. Also, I hope that you will enjoy this chapter as much as the last one.
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