Dan growled in anger as Lilith continued to claw for the thermos. Jazz watched her niece in amazement and felt sorry that neither Danny nor Sam could see their daughter's courage. Sam was still out cold and showed no sign of coming to soon. Tucker and Valerie watched Lilith and were reminded of Danny. She was just as brave as him and had a big heart like him too. Danielle gasped for breath and blinked away the black spots from her vision. She saw Lilith struggling with Dan and got up immediately to help. She charged up her fist and waited for Lilith to get clear before she could fire.
Then suddenly Lilith fell off Dan. No, not off him but through him. As she fell, she grabbed the thermos instinctively and Danielle allowed her ghost ray to fire. The force of the ghost ray hit Dan squarely in the chest with enough force to cause him to stumble. Lilith smiled to herself about her intangibility act but didn't dwell on it. She ran as fast as she could to Tucker and Valerie. "How do you open it?" She called to them as she ran. Tucker ran to meet her, leaving his wife's side. He grabbed the thermos and tapped a couple of buttons and took off the lid. Danny Phantom appeared in front of them.
Danny looked at them in confusion and nodded his thanks to Tucker. He turned and gritted his teeth. Danielle was hitting Dan with as many ghost rays as possible to stop Dan going after Lilith. Danny duplicated himself. Danny tackled Dan and they went rolling off together. Danny punched and fired ghost rays savagely at Dan keeping him as distracted as possible with his diminished power since he had duplicated himself. The duplicated Danny looked to Lilith.
"Are you alright?" He asked worriedly. Lilith nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. Dad, I have ghost powers!" Lilith informed him excitedly. Danny stared at her and then got a faraway look as he refocused his duplicate. "Sorry, Lilith, I'm so proud of you. Where's your mother? Does she know?" Danny inquired distractedly. He'd never had a conversation this important while fighting a ghost especially not one like Dan. It was taking all his concentration to keep the duplicate going. Lilith didn't hold his distracted tone against him understanding that he was risking a lot to check up with his family. "She knows, but she got knocked out. She's over there," Lilith answered and pointed to Jazz and Sam. Jazz was properly trying to revive Sam now that she didn't need to focus on Dan. Danny nodded grimly. He couldn't go over to them, he had to fight Dan properly soon.
Danielle floated over to Danny talking with Lilith. She was impressed that Danny was able to keep the duplicate going. Danny wasn't exactly known for his multi-tasking and concentration. "Hey Danny, you alright?" she called. Danny turned to her and nodded. "I don't have long, I need to have my full attention if I have a chance against Dan, the surprise is beginning to wear off. Dani, I hate to ask you but I'm going to need back up. I need you to go into the Ghost Zone and get as many ghosts together as possible. If they ask, just say you found the ghost that attacked them. That should get their attention. Find them and bring them here through the natural portal if it's still there. I'll hold him off as long as possible," Danny commanded Danielle a little more forcefully that he would have normally had asked. But his focus was seriously stretched. Dan was starting to fight back. Danielle nodded and flew off to the portal. "How can we help Danny?" Tucker inquired. Danny turned to Tucker and Lilith. His duplicate froze for a second and they saw a ghost ray fire into the air in the distance. "Nothing. Just make sure Sam and everyone is safe," Danny told them as his duplicate vanished.
Not much to say really except this is the final battle against Dan. Although that doesn't mean it's going to be a short one…
Until the next chapter.