Tucker had opened the panic room door and Maddie, Jack and Tucker were frozen in shock as they saw Dan suck Danny Phantom into a Fenton Thermos. Jack was carrying Lilith and the teens were gathered behind the three adults, waiting for their "all clear". Danielle took a breath and floated up to Dan. Valerie saw that Danielle would distract Dan long enough for the humans to escape. Valerie ran up to Tucker gave him a brief hug and tugged on his arm to get him to follow her. Tucker tore his eyes away from the thermos containing his friend and followed his wife out of the building to the ghost assault vehicle. Sam and Jazz pulled up and ran over to the group. Sam was heartbroken to see her daughter knocked out and fussed over her. Jack explained what happened softly and assured Sam that Lilith wasn't hurt as far as they could see. Jazz checked that her son and Andrew, Carly and Abby were alright. Then they all bundled into the ghost assault vehicle and Valerie beeped the horn to tell Danielle they had gotten away.
Meanwhile Danielle faced Dan. She was furious. Dan had sucked Danny into the thermos like he was the Box Ghost. She had been helpless to stop Dan and to save Danny. At least she could do as Danny asked her to do. She shot a ghost ray at Dan's hand, hoping to get him to drop the thermos. Dan merely moved his hand and placed the thermos into his belt behind his back. He smirked at her and fired a ghost ray at her chest. She dodged and channelled her ice powers. Her eyes turned dangerously blue and fired icicles at Dan. Dan turned himself to sludge and the icicles harmlessly flew through him and embedded themselves into the remains of the panic room. She heard the ghost assault vehicle's horn and smiled to herself. She fired the most powerful ghost ray she could and then turned and phased out of the building.
As soon as Valerie spotted Danielle she floored it and drove off through the streets. Danielle phased into the vehicle and saw Lilith was coming around. She grimaced in pain and Danielle saw the impossible. The spectre deflector was shocking Lilith. No one else noticed this. Danielle rushed over to Lilith and ignoring the intense pain from touching the belt, tore it off of Lilith. Sam cried out. "Dani, why did you do that? That was protecting Lilith from him!" Sam exclaimed. Danielle threw the belt across the interior of the vehicle and shook the stars from her eyes. "No, it was hurting her," Danielle replied. Everyone turned to Lilith and saw she was also blinking stars away from her eyes. "Is that true Lilith?" Sam asked cautiously. They all knew that the spectre deflector only attacked ghosts or half ghosts when their powers were working. Lilith looked at her mother and nodded slowly. Sam stared at her daughter and hugged her. Lilith had ghost powers after all.
Valerie drove aimlessly through the streets listening to the conversation in the back. "Why did my powers just activate now?" Lilith asked, she couldn't believe she had ghost powers. "I'm not sure. Maybe it was the stress of Dan attacking everyone," Danielle suggested confused. Then Tucker's eyes widened in realisation. "No, it was the ghost ray. Sam, Jazz, remember when Danny got rid of his powers and when all the ghosts attacked him at once?" Tucker exclaimed, not thinking that the others didn't know that Danny had gotten rid of his powers before. Jazz nodded and Sam's eyes widened as well. "He got his powers back. Because of Danny Phantom, he was susceptible to ghost energy," Jazz replied. Sam turned to Lilith. "Well Dan shot Lilith with a ghost ray in the panic room when he saw he couldn't touch her. Maybe that ghost ray was enough ghost energy to activate Lilith's powers," Tucker suggested. Lilith blinked in surprise. She had dreamed of having ghost powers for most of her life, but she never thought it would happen.
"What powers does she have?" Andrew asked softly. Sam blinked and turned to Andrew. It was a lot to take in. "I guess she'd be able to turn invisible, fly and be intangible. All ghosts can do that. Most ghosts have a ghost ray too. But I don't know for sure," Danielle answered knowingly. She suddenly felt a stab of sadness, Danny would want to be here explaining everything. Valerie took a turn a little harshly and Danielle was forced to hover to avoid falling over. Everyone else grabbed their seats and fell into each other. Then the occupants noticed a ghost ray miss the ghost assault vehicle narrowly. Dan was back.
Danielle frowned and phased through the roof and fought Dan. She looked for any opportunity to grab the Fenton Thermos containing Danny. Jack stood up and grabbed the biggest bazooka he could and lifted it to a window and aimed it at Dan but then had to aim again as Dan dodged Danielle. Maddie took the weapon from Jack. "Stop Jack, you could hit Danielle or destroy the thermos. We don't know what'll happen to Danny if you damage the thermos," Maddie scolded her husband angrily. Jack glared at her. "Are you saying we should do nothing!? That spook has our son captive within our own technology!" Jack demanded. Maddie shook her head. "I'm saying we have to be careful," Maddie replied gently. The situation was difficult for her as well. Danielle froze Dan in a block of ice and phased back into the vehicle. Valerie sped up and drove down as many roads as possible to get as far away as possible from Dan.
Sam bit her lip. She knew what they had to do. They had to make a stand and free Danny. "Maddie, do you still have your original ghost assault vehicle?" she asked softly. Maddie looked at Sam and understood what Sam was thinking of. She nodded. "We'll split up. Me and Jack will go with the kids and Lilith will stay with you," Maddie suggested, keeping her eyes on Sam. Sam nodded. Valerie heard the new plan and made her way to Fenton works. The teens however protested the plan. They didn't want to leave Lilith's side. Sam held up her hand. "Lilith is Dan's main target. We have to protect all of you. By splitting up, it'll protect you. Besides the first ghost assault vehicle has a ghost shield. This one is more offensive with weapons instead of a shield," Sam informed the teens. The teens slumped in defeat. They didn't like it but Sam was right.
A new plan. Kind of. So, Lilith has powers after all and they were dormant until now. I thought the ghost ray attack was an interesting way for it to happen myself, but let me know what you thought about it.
Until the next chapter.