Skulker was accessing the damage to his armour when Danny landed in front of him. "Well whelp. Did you defeat that punk?" Skulker grumbled as he tried to stop one of his weapons from leaking fuel. Danny smiled at Skulker. Some things just never changed. "Yeah, I got him. Skulker I wanted to thank you and all the ghosts for coming. Where are they all?" Danny asked as he noticed that the majority of the ghosts were gone. The ones that were still around were either helping ghosts still tangled up in Skulker's nets or were still dazed from Dan's Ghostly Wail. Skulker looked up from his inbuilt computer and jerked his head to one side. "Back in the Ghost Zone. Amity Park isn't exactly a safe place to hang out in when you're weak. Although I think they're just on the other side of the portal, waiting for the news," Skulker answered shortly and returned to his armour. Danny thanked him and walked through the ghosts still in the park. He thanked them and helped release some of the more hopelessly tangled ones. Some of the ghosts were a little taken back by Danny helping them, as Danny was seen as ghost enemy number one. He forced the ghosts to remain in the Ghost Zone.
Danny walked through the park and eventually came across a swirling disk of green energy and floated into the portal. Skulker was right. The ghosts were gathered on the other side. They, as one, turned to Danny when they noticed him. Danny took a breath and smiled at them. "Hi. I wanted to thank you all for coming to help me with Dan. I've caught Dan in this thermos and for now the crisis is over. I guess that's all I have to say. I didn't expect so many of you to come to help me. So I am truly grateful," Danny announced to the crowd of ghosts. Some smiled at him, such as Wulf and the people of the Far Frozen. Then the crowd slowly dispersed. Danny spotted Walker and flew after him.
"Walker, can I have a word?" Danny called after the Ghost Zone's warden. Walker stopped and turned to face Danny. "What is it, punk?" Walker growled. It was no secret that Walker disliked Danny. Danny licked his lips and held out the thermos. "Here. Dan needs to be dealt with and I can't do it. You told me that you acted as your jail's executioner. I don't normally condone it, but you need to… get rid of Dan," Danny explained and handed the thermos to Walker. Walker stared at Danny and then looked at the thermos. "If you want to get rid of this ghost, why not keep him inside this thing?" Walker inquired. Danny had known that Walker would suggest this. "Because that didn't work last time," Danny answered. Walker returned his gaze to Danny, his normal expression of distaste replaced by confusion and surprise. "I'll explain everything. Why don't we go back to your jail and I'll explain?" Danny suggested, and motioned for Walker to lead the way.
They sat down in Walker's office in his jail. The thermos sat on the desk between them. "Explain then," Walker prompted. They had flown through the Ghost Zone wordlessly. Danny had spent the entire flight trying to figure out how to tell Walker who Dan was and how much to tell Walker. "Alright, well… Dan Phantom used to be Danny Phantom a long time ago. When I was fourteen Clockwork showed me what I could become, he showed me that I could become Dan. Dan… fought a ghost when he was fourteen and ended up leaving the nasty sauce against a heater and getting the test results to an important test. He cheated on the test and Mr. Lancer, a teacher at Casper High, found out. He called Dan's parents and met up with them and Sam, Tucker and Jazz outside the Nasty Burger to make a point. Then the nasty sauce exploded. If the nasty sauce gets too hot, it explodes. Anyway, they all died in the explosion and Dan was sent to live with Vlad. Dan asked Vlad to get rid of Dan's human emotions and Vlad obliged. He used ghost gauntlets to rip Dan's human and ghost halves apart and then Dan ripped Vlad's human and ghost halves apart and merged with Vlad's ghost half. Dan's killed his human half and then left. Ten years later he returned to Amity Park and started to destroy it. Clockwork showed me and I went to that future and learned exactly what had happened. Then Dan trapped me in that future and went back to my time. He tried to ensure that what happened to him, happened to me. I managed to get back and defeated him using my Ghostly Wail and trapped him in a Fenton Thermos. I left that thermos with Clockwork for safe keeping and yesterday Dan broke out of it. That's why I need you to take over. He's too powerful and dangerous to… to keep imprisoned Walker. I need you to… to be his executioner. If you need another crime for you to be able to carry out that sentence, well he just murdered Vlad," Danny explained.
Walker was silent for a moment. Danny waited for Walker's response. "So this ghost is an alternate you?" Walker asked softly. Danny nodded calmly. Walker leaned forward and considered the thermos. He smiled. "So this is you until you were fourteen. Which means he's accountable for those crimes and for the crimes he committed in the last two days. I'll deal with him for you Phantom. However, this doesn't mean that I'll go easy on you the next time we meet. I still want you for violating many rules in the Ghost Zone such as that unauthorized vehicle you call the Spectre Speeder," Walker decided and picked up the thermos. Danny nodded solemnly. "Thank you Walker. Please be careful though, don't underestimate Dan for a second. He is a full ghost but he is still powerful," Danny concluded, making sure Walker understood how dangerous Dan was. Walker gave Danny a nod and Danny walked out of the jail and flew to the natural portal in the park, passing Skulker on the way. Skulker nodded to Danny as he passed. They knew that they would see each other again but they would allow each other to recover from their encounter with Dan first.
So, that's the story. Dan defeated and Walker now has Dan. The last chapter will be wrapping things up and Danny dealing with Lilith's new ghost powers.
So, until the next chapter…