DANNY'S FINAL HOUR
At the lair of Vlad Plasmius, he was mixing some chemicals together in the lab in some sort of beaker. He used a pair of tongs to pick up a blood blossom, he then put it in a mortar and started grinding it, being careful not to touch the dangerous flower. He then placed the powder it in the beaker that was being heated by the flame and then the liquid inside changed from glowing light blue to violent red, then dark purple and then a crystal clear liquid.
He removed it from the heat and grinned as he said, "It's ready"
Fright Knight then entered the lair and said, "My liege, I believe I have found where the next page to the journal will show"
"Where?" Vlad asked.
"Somewhere between Skulker's lair and your enemies portal" Fright Knight answered.
"That is a bit of a problem. How long until the page appears?" Vlad then asked as he thought of the possibility of Danny or Dayla entering the Ghost Zone any time and finding the page before they do.
"A week at the most" Fright Knight answered.
Vlad was silent but then he saw his potion once more, he suddenly thought of a plan. A very horrific plan to keep Danny and Dayla out of the way.
He picked up the beaker and turned to Fright Knight and said, "I have a way to keep those Phantom brats out of my way and possibly take out one Phantom in the process"
He showed Fright Knight the beaker and said, "This is a little concoction of mine, a poison mixed from the most deadly plants in the Ghost Zone and one from the human realm. It is tasteless and odourless and every time it is consumed, it slowly kills the victim from the inside. Unfortunately it needs to be taken in doses such as meal times for it to work"
"The plan is so ingenious, dear little Dayla will be so busy trying to save her brother and while they are all distracted, you will retrieve the journal page. It's time for Daniel to go to sleep and never awaken again" He finished and then laughed evilly into the air.
The school bell rang at Casper High for lunch time. Danny, Sam, Andrew and Tucker had left the classroom after having maths with Mr Nelson, Valerie wasn't in school due to her and her dad had to go and visit family in Tennessee.
"Hey anyone get the memo this morning?" Tucker asked.
"Nope. What does it say Tucker?" Sam asked.
"Ms Doris is gone for the next two weeks so we have a temporarily new cook for the cafeteria" Tucker answered as he read the memo on his PDA as they put their books away in their lockers. "Guy's name is Alfred Smarters"
"Alfred Smarters? I've never heard of a guy with a last name called Smarters" Andrew said. "Must be Polish or something"
"Yeah could be" Danny said as they headed for the lunch room.
When they arrived, they were shocked to see that the cafeteria food looked better than what it usually looked like when Lunch Lady Doris cooked it. They saw the man in the kitchen and saw he had light blonde hair (covered with a hair net) and golden eyes, a light blue shirt with denim jeans and an apron.
They stood in line and they could see different types of foods, even an Ultra-Recyclo Vegetarian section which made Sam smile with approval. They picked out what they wanted but before Danny could pick up the bowl of chicken pasta, the man Alfred picked up the bowl and said, "Sorry I forgot to add a little salt to this one. Just hold one second"
He turned his back around and for one moment his eyes flashed red as he pulled out a small vial of crystal clear liquid and poured it on the sauce of the pasta and stirred it in. His eyes turned back to normal and he turned around with a bright smile and handed it back to Danny and said, "Enjoy your lunch children"
They moved up the line and payed for their meals, the man continued to serve the other children and grinned inside his head as he saw Danny, Dayla, Sam, Tucker and Andrew sitting down at their usual table.
"This chicken pasta is pretty good" Danny said after he took a bite of his pasta.
"Same. I have never had a salad this awesome before" Sam said.
"This new cook definitely knows how to cook" Tucker said as he happily chewed his hamburger.
"Tucker no offence but you eat meat no matter whose cooking it" Dayla pointed out.
"Hey meat is meat no matter what" Tucker said. "Besides my all meat streak is now sixteen years strong"
"Uh….Tucker technically you already broke your meat streak when you ate those blood blossoms to save Danny and Dayla remember?" Andrew said.
Tucker's eyes widened as he remembered eating those in his description awful flowers. Everyone laughed at his glum expression and continued to eat their lunch.
Later that day after school, Danny and Dayla were in another tutoring session to catch up with their schoolwork after fighting Desiree the other week during class who had granted Dash's wish for a giant baseball signed by Babe Ruth, unfortunately the giant ball almost crushed the school and thankfully Danny and Dayla stopped her and the ball before it could even touch the building.
As they worked on their homework, Danny rubbed his forehead as he felt a headache and he groaned in pain a little.
"Mr Fenton are you okay?" Mr Lancer asked.
"I'm fine. It's just a headache, I'll take an aspirin later if it gets any worse" Danny answered.
"Are you sure bro?" Dayla asked. Danny smiled and said, "Don't worry I'm fine"
As they slept that night, Danny tossed and turned within his bed and he was groaning as a head as the headache continued to hurt his head. He woke up for a second and sat up, he took a couple of deep breaths and had a few sips of the glass of water that was on the desk next to his bed before lying back down and going back to sleep.
The next day at school, Danny looked really tired as he sat down in class. As he came out of the classroom Sam walked up to him and said, "Danny are you sure you're okay? You look like you barely got any sleep"
"I'm fine Sam. It's just this headache that's been bugging since yesterday" Danny answered.
"Well hopefully getting something to eat will fix that" Sam suggested.
They all sat down at lunch and this time Danny had gotten the vegetable soup, unaware that Alfred had once again put another batch of the clear liquid inside Danny's bowl of soup once again as he ate it. Alfred exited the kitchens for a moment and went inside the janitor's closet and pulled out a communicator which showed Fright Knight on the small screen.
"Fright Knight anything to report?" He asked as his voice changed to Vlad's voice.
"Nothing yet my liege but I have a feeling any day now" Fright Knight answered. Vlad then said, "And Daniel has been taking the poison I have been slipping into his lunches and it is already starting to affect his body. Keep me informed Fright Knight"
He put away the communicator and then went back to the cafeteria after making sure nobody was watching him come out of the janitor's closet
As Danny sat through class, a sharp pain came back to his head and he also suddenly felt a little weak but regained his senses and tried concentrating back on the drama lesson. Dayla had taken noticed and was really starting to worry about him, he was usually fine but now he seemed so tired and sick.
The next two days were the same, but Danny looked worse and worse. Each hour looked like he was going to collapse any moment, but he kept thinking that it was nothing and continued to push on throughout the day.
Dayla and Andrew met up at the library since they both had a free period before lunch and before entering she decided to speak her concerns to him.
"Andrew have you noticed Danny looking really tired or maybe like he's starting to get sick?" Dayla asked.
"Sam and Tucker asked me the same question" Andrew answered. "Yeah. It's like he's losing his energy or something"
"I don't know what's going on but he's been having headaches for the past few days, he looks really sick and there are times where he winces as though his entire body is in pain" Dayla said with concern. "I don't know what to do"
"What about your parents? What did they say?" Andrew asked.
"I told them but they don't know what's going on either and when they asked Danny if he wanted to stay home for the day he said no but he didn't object to letting them have a blood sample just in case it's something infecting his body" Dayla answered. "Hopefully whatever's going on we'll find out tonight"
Andrew saw the concern for her brother in her eyes and pulled her into a hug and said, "It'll be okay. Whatever is going on, we'll handle it like we always have and I promise Danny will be okay"
"Thanks Andrew" Dayla said as she gave him a small smile as she returned the hug.
Just as they were about to go into the library however, Mr Lancer came up to them and asked, "Can I speak to you and Mr Knight for a few moments in my office? Mr Foley and Miss Manson are already there"
They followed him to his office where Sam and Tucker were waiting for them. Mr Lancer then asked, "Have any of you noticed Danny's condition each day?"
"Yes. We all were talking about it" Andrew answered.
"Why? Have you noticed anything else Mr Lancer?" Sam then asked.
"As a matter of fact yes" Mr Lancer answered. "You see since our tutoring session, I had noticed that Danny's condition grew worse after lunch each day, so I decided to continue observing Danny during whenever he had classes with me and reports have come to me from some of the other students and teachers in his other classes including Mr Foley here. I connected that it might have had something to do with the cafeteria food so yesterday I decided to and check out the school kitchens to see if I could find anything, however I noticed Alfred walking out of the kitchen and went inside the janitor's closet. I tried listening in on whatever he was doing in there but I couldn't hear anything and quickly hid before he noticed me"
He then pulled something out of his draw and revealed it to be a half empty vial of crystal clear liquid inside and said, "He did however accidently drop this"
He handed it to Dayla who looked at it and said, "What is this stuff?"
She then handed it to Tucker who took a look at it. Sam then asked, "What do you think Tuck?"
"I'm not sure. I don't think its water though, it's clear enough to look like water but I don't think it is water" Tucker answered.
Sam then suggested, "Whatever it is, I think this is what might be affecting Danny. Alfred must be putting this into his lunch"
"We need proof though Sam and as for this stuff, I think Frostbite might be able to determine what it is" Dayla said as she grabbed the vial out of Tucker's hand. She then said, "Mr Lancer I need to leave the school for about an hour or two to see Frostbite. If this stuff is hurting my brother in any way, I want to know what it is and why Alfred had it in the first place. I also need your help in this as well"
"Go ahead and I will offer whatever help you need Miss Fenton" Mr Lancer said.
"Okay you and Sam keep an eye on Danny and watch him throughout the rest of the day. Tucker, you and Andrew are on spy duty, you both need to sneak into the kitchen and watch Alfred and see if he puts any more of this stuff in Danny's lunch" Dayla said. She then reached into her backpack and handed Tucker a bag of what looked like fake stick on gems you use for scrapbooking. Tucker gave her a sceptic look which she giggled and said, "They're small cameras disguised as fake stick on gems. Just stick them on the walls of the janitor's closet and then connect them with your PDA, you'll be able to see whatever Alfred is up to in that closet. If anything happens contact me through the Fenton Phones"
She then changed into her ghost form and phased out of the building and headed for the Fenton Portal, she told Jack and Maddie after arriving there where she was going and explained everything that was going on at school.
"We're almost done analysing Danny's blood sample. We should know the results by the time you get back" Jack said.
She nodded and then grabbed a pair of Fenton Phones and then flew inside the portal and started heading for the Far Frozen.
Back at Casper High, Sam and Mr Lancer kept watching Danny and he looked like he was going to collapse at any second, he looked really pale and they swear they could see he was wincing in pain. Tucker and Andrew had finished placing the fake gems on the walls of the janitor's closet, making sure that Alfred couldn't see them so easily and then Tucker connected them to his PDA.
They had also quickly without Alfred looking, placed one of the cameras on the wall of kitchen and then ran off before he could see them as he turned around.
"Okay it's going to be lunchtime in about an hour" Andrew said as he looked down at his watch. Tucker nodded and said, "My PDA is connected and ready to go when he comes in here and in the kitchen"
Dayla had landed at the Far Frozen and headed over to Frostbite's hut and said to the guards, "I need to see Frostbite please"
"Of course. I'll go and inform him at once Great One" The guard said and then went inside to get Frostbite.
A few seconds later the guard returned with Frostbite who smiled at the sight of Dayla and said, "Greetings to you Great One"
He then noticed Danny wasn't with her and asked, "Where is your brother? He's usually with you isn't he?"
"That's the reason why I'm here Frostbite" Dayla answered. "There's something really wrong with Danny and I think it's got something to do with this stuff that I believe the cook at our school might be slipping into his lunch everyday"
"How do you mean?" Frostbite asked.
Dayla pulled out the vial and handed it to Frostbite and said, "A new cook named Alfred had come to our school, at first it started with Danny getting headaches over these past two days he's been getting worse like he's sick all the time and he's shutting down. Our teacher Mr Lancer then noticed Alfred acting suspiciously and he dropped that vial of stuff and I think that whatever this stuff is, it could be the reason why Danny hasn't been feeling well"
Frostbite looked at the liquid as she finished, "I was hoping that maybe your medical facility might be able to identify whatever this stuff is and what we can do to cure it if it really is affecting Danny"
"I will take it to the medical facility at once" He said after finishing inspecting the vial.
Dayla followed him to the medical facility where Frostbite handed the vial to the head of the medical facility Eira, who took a sample of the liquid from the vial and started analysing it with one of their machines.
It took a few minutes and the results showed on the screen, Eira's eyes widened at the sight of the results and said, "This vial contains a very deadly poison made from the most deadly of plants of the Ghost Zone. A Nightshade rose, the sap of the deadly spectral Venus fly trap, pollen from a Midnight poppy, leaves from the branches of a Reaper Tree and one flower from the human realm known as a Blood Blossom. Separately they each carry their own powerful venom but when mixed together, it's now become a very deadly poison. When consumed in daily doses, the poison slowly kills its victim from the inside until….until they die"
Dayla's eyes widened in fear and she asked as tears began to form in her eyes, "So…if my brother doesn't get a cure soon, he'll fully die?"
"We won't let that happen young one" Frostbite said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. He then asked Eira, "Is it possible to make a cure?"
"I believe so but it'll take me an hour to find out" Eira answered. "It might be better to bring your brother here so we can not only find out the effects of the poison but to find an antidote quicker"
Dayla nodded and without hesitation started flying at top speed to get back to Casper High.
Meanwhile it was now lunch time, Mr Lancer and Sam watched as Danny walked slowly to the cafeteria. He didn't go wait in line and this time sat down, Tucker and Andrew waited in the hallway and watched the camera, they both watched as Alfred pulled out a small vial of the stuff they found and dropped it into a bowl of vegetable soup.
He then walked out of the kitchen where Sam and Mr Lancer watched as he walked up to Danny and place the bowl of soup in front of him as he said, "I can see you're not looking very well. This is soup is on the house for you"
Danny groaned a little and said, "Uh….thanks"
Alfred then walked out of the cafeteria and then entered the janitor's closet, Tucker switched the camera to the closet and they watched as suddenly Alfred changed into Vlad Plasmius and then spoke on his communicator, "Fright Knight anything?"
"Nothing my liege. The next journal page hasn't arrived yet but I suspect it'll arrive either later this afternoon or tonight" Fright Knight replied.
"Excellent" Vlad said with a grin. "And my little poison is doing its work, as soon as Daniel takes one spoonful of the soup I had just made him, he'll only have until midnight tonight to live"
Andrew and Tucker gasped and then both shouted, "WE HAVE TO STOP DANNY!"
They both started running through the halls at high speed, they both entered the cafeteria and watched as Danny was about to eat a spoonful of soup.
"DANNY STOP!" Andrew and Tucker shouted and tried to stop him but it was too late.
Danny had just swallowed the spoonful of soup and suddenly his eyes rolled back and he suddenly collapsed unconscious to the ground.
"DANNY/ DANIEL!" Andrew, Sam, Tucker and Mr Lancer shouted.
The entire cafeteria gasped in shock, Sam kneeled down and held Danny's head in her lap as Mr Lancer checked his pulse. Sam began to ask fearfully, "Is he…."
Mr Lancer shook his head and said, "No he's alive, but barely"
Dayla phased through the roof and gasped at the sight of her twin brother unconscious. Jack and Maddie then entered the school after they saw Dayla flying in a rush back at home, they both gasped at the sight and then Maddie started crying as she thought the worse.
Dayla knelt down beside him and asked in a panicked tone, "What happened?"
"Alfred is Vlad Plasmius! He was poisoning Danny and now he only has until midnight tonight before he dies" Tucker answered.
An evil laugh filled the air and then Vlad appeared in the room in his ghost form and said with a proud smile, "Yes. I have poisoned him. Enjoy your last few hours with him. I know I will"
He laughed once more and then disappeared into thin air. Dayla then said, "We have to get him to Frostbite now if he's going to have a chance"
"Good thing I just finished making this" Jack said as he held a small spear.
He rolled it on the ground and then it stopped and opened up, a bright light appeared and suddenly in front of them was a portal to the Ghost Zone!
"Mr Fenton what is that?" Andrew asked.
"A new version of the portable ghost portal" Jack answered. "It's called The Spectre Sphere. Just roll it on the ground and it'll open a portal right in front of you, I invented it to give you and Danny easy access to the Ghost Zone"
"Great job dad. Sam and I will get Danny to Frostbite, the rest of you get to the Spectre Speeder and meet us there" Dayla said.
She and Sam then picked Danny up and held him up as he groaned a little. Dayla then said, "Just hold on Danny. We'll save you"
The three then jumped through the portal and then Jack closed it and picked up the sphere, the rest of them started leaving the school. Kwan suddenly asked, "Mrs Fenton, is Danny going to be okay?"
Maddie smiled sadly at Kwan and said, "I hope so dear. Hopefully Frostbite can help"
They then continued on their way, the whole school had silently started praying that Danny would pull through.
Sam held onto Danny as they all floated through the Ghost Zone and started coming up to the Far Frozen where they could see Frostbite and Eira were waiting for them. They all landed and then gently handed Danny over to Eira who immediately took him inside the medical facility. Dayla and Sam watched as they went inside Eira, Frostbite and the other doctors hook him up to machines, placing an oxygen mask on his face and withdrew some blood in order to figure out on a cure.
Dayla pulled Sam into a hug as he began crying. Sam really loved Danny and didn't want to lose him, they sat down in the waiting room as Jack, Maddie, Andrew and Tucker arrived.
"Why did Vlad poison Danny?" Sam asked.
"When Andrew and I were spying on him with the camera in the closet, he was asking Fright Knight about some sort of journal page" Tucker answered. He then pulled out what looked like a journal page and handed it to Dayla. "Mr and Mrs Fenton blasted him away before he could attack us as we were on our way to here. I think that he poisoned Danny to keep you two out of the way so Fright Knight wouldn't have to deal with you two or any of us"
Dayla then thought of something and said, "That could make sense because on my way to see Frostbite the first time, I noticed he was hanging around near our portal and Skulker's island and on my way back he was still there"
"But what's so important about this journal page?" Maddie asked.
"I don't know but right now we have bigger problems at the moment" Dayla said as she put it away in her pocket. "I'll take it to Clockwork and ask him about it later, right now we have to save Danny"
Frostbite and Eira entered the room. Maddie then asked, "Is he okay? Is my baby boy okay?"
"He's alive but he won't be unless we do something by midnight" Eira answered. "We managed to figure out an antidote with our own medicinal herbs we have here in the Far Frozen but we will also need a selection of items from the Ghost Zone in order to complete it"
"What items do we need?" Sam asked.
"The only way we can cure this poison that Plasmius had given Danny is the root of the Eutimo flower which only grows at the top of the waterfalls from the Island of Emotions, spectral moss from Undergrowth's lair, the scale of a spectral fish which is also at the Island of Emotions, blood from a ghost who can transform into a dragon and finally a small drop of ecto elixir from Zortheus the Ghost Sorcerer"
"And how much time do we have now to get these items?" Andrew asked.
Tucker looked at the time on his PDA and answered with a grim expression, "Three hours. It's already eight o'clock"
"We have to work fast. We'll need to split up into three teams to get the items" Dayla said as she stood up and duplicated.
"Each team will have a copy of me to go with them to each area" She continued. "Mum, dad you two and Dayla 2 will go to the Island of Emotions to get the flower and the scale of the Spectral fish using the Spectre Speeder. Sam, Tucker and Frostbite, you three will go and to Undergrowth's lair and get the moss as well as visit Dora and asked for some for a sample of her blood, Andrew and I will go and see this Zortheus and get the elixir"
Maddie pulled out some watches and handed them to one person of each team and said, "I have set the timer on each of them. It'll help us all keep track of how much time Danny has left"
"I'll stay here and keep an eye on the Great One's process and make sure he's comfortable" Eira said. She then handed them pictures of what the items looked like of the ones they hadn't seen before to each team and said, "I wish you all good luck"
All three teams the left the Far Frozen and started heading for their locations. Before leaving Sam went into the room and gave the unconscious Danny a kiss on the cheek and said, "Be strong love"
Dayla then walked up to Danny before heading off and hugged him tight as she said, "We'll be back soon brother"
Meanwhile Plasmius was waiting patiently for Fright Knight, to his delight Fright Knight had arrived but then he noticed that he was not carrying the journal page and asked, "Where's the page?"
"Uh….my liege….I was blasted away by the Phantom brat's parents before I could grab it" Fright Knight answered nervously. "It seems that they may have….the second page"
Vlad growled and then roared in anger and suddenly blasted Fright Knight to the wall. He walked up to the nightmare spirit and said, "Next time I won't be so merciful if you fail me"
He then turned around and said, "At least I have Daniel's death to look forward to. Go and see if you can find any news about the next page"
Fright Knight said nothing and just left doing what he was told.
Jack, Maddie and Dayla 2 arrived at the Island of Emotions and landed the Spectre Speeder on the jungle floor. They all exited the vehicle and looked around, they saw massive trees, vast jungles and heard sounds of many whatever spectral animals were out there.
Dayla 2 pulled out the picture of the light purple flower and a map that Eira gave them which will show them where the waterfall was which will be where they would find the flower and the spectral fishes.
"According to the map, we have go straight through the jungle and the waterfall is in the centre of it" Dayla 2 said after studying the map for a few minutes.
They all then started walking into the jungle following the directions of the map as Maddie then contacted Sam's team and said, "Team Phantom 2, this is Team Phantom 1. We have reached the Island of Emotions and are on the way to the waterfall"
Sam, Tucker and Frostbite
Tucker replied as they landed at the floating jungle which was known as Undergrowth's home, "Roger that. We have arrived at Undergrowth's lair and are on our way to retrieve the moss"
"What's your status Team Phantom 3?" He then asked through his communicator.
Andrew and Dayla
"We're on our way to this Zortheus's home according to the map Eira gave us" Andrew answered as he held onto Dayla as she flew them throughout the Ghost Zone. "Hopefully he will help us. According to Eira he doesn't exactly give out potions anymore since so many times ghosts have been using them for evil"
Sam, Tucker and Frostbite
The three walked up to the large vines, but then froze as they heard heavy breathing. They looked ahead and saw the giant form of Undergrowth who was fast asleep.
"We'll need to be cautious young ones" Frostbite whispered. "He won't be very happy to wake up and find us trespassing on his home"
"Let's just find the moss and get out of here before he does wake up" Sam said. She looked down at the watch and saw that the time dropped from three hours to two and a half and then said, "The more time we waist, the more chances we lose of ever helping Danny"
They continued to walk silently, Tucker suddenly felt a sneeze coming on and just when he was about to Frostbite quickly covered his mouth and Sam said in a harsh whisper, "SHHHH!"
Tucker nodded and Frostbite removed his hand and they continued walking. Tucker then smiled as he saw the green glowing moss on one of the trees and whispered as he pointed at it, "There it is"
They all walked up to it but before Sam could even grab some….
"ARCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Tucker's sneeze echoed throughout the jungle, they looked back at Undergrowth fearing that he might've woken up but then sighed in relief. Sam started grabbing some of the moss and placing it in a bag she had but then suddenly….
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
They all jumped at the sound of the angry shout, they turned and saw Undergrowth had awakened and just like Frostbite had predicted he was not happy.
"INTRUDERS! I SHALL TEACH YOU TO TRESSPASS ON THE LAIR OF UNDERGROWTH!" He roared in anger.
"RUN!" Sam screamed as she held onto the bag of moss and all three of them started running from Undergrowth's vines. As some tried to grab them, Frostbite froze them with his ice powers and continued to run along with Sam and Tucker.
Giant monster cactuses then appeared in front of them and blocked their path, Frostbite was about to freeze them but then saw that there was an edge off the island and then got an idea to escape. He turned around and threw a giant snowball at Undergrowth's face which hit him right on and caused him to howl from the cold.
Frostbite then grabbed Sam and Tucker in his arms and ran to the edge while yelling, "HOLD ON!"
As Frostbite jumped off the edge, Sam and Tucker screamed in fright at first but then they cheered as Frostbite flew higher and higher and headed away from Undergrowth's island. They all sighed in relief and then Frostbite said, "Next stop, The Kingdom of Aragon or I guess now it is the Kingdom of Dorathea since she has taken over"
"That's right oh and Tucker?" Sam said.
"Yeah Sam?" Tucker asked. She reached over and punched him right in the arm. He yelped in pain and asked, "What was that for?!"
"Next time bring some nasal spray!" Sam yelled. "We almost got killed because of your nose!"
"I'm sorry okay! I couldn't help it!" Tucker exclaimed.
"Just report to the other teams" Sam said.
Far Frozen Medical Facility
Eira wiped the sweat off Danny's forehead as he continued to sleep. He grimaced in pain as the poison in his system started getting worse.
His eyes suddenly open and he said in whispers, "Dayla…..mum…..dad…..Sam…..where's Sam?"
Eira placed a comforting hand on his shoulder as he fell back asleep. She looked at the timer and saw they were running out of time.
"Please let them be on time" She prayed in her head and then continued to get the other herbs ready for when they return.
Jack, Maddie and Dayla 2
They continued to walk through the jungle, Maddie looked at her watch and saw the timer read 2:15:45 and the time kept dropping second by second. Tucker had contacted them and told them they were on their way to Dora's castle to get the blood sample from her.
"I can hear water up ahead" Jack said.
They all started running and then stopped as they came out of the bushes and saw a beautiful flowing waterfall falling down into the river below. They couldn't help but be amazed by the amazing sight.
"Good we found it. Now according to Eira, the Eutimo flower only grows in high elevations in constant moisture" Maddie said. "In other words, the top of the waterfall"
"Okay well I'll head up there and get the flower since I'm the only one out of us who can fly and you and dad can go fishing" Dayla 2 said.
Jack pulled out the Fenton Fisher and sat down on the rock and cast the line into the river. Dayla 2 then said, "Mum keep your weapons ready in case something might come out of the jungle and attack. I'll be back as soon as I can"
Maddie nodded and then Dayla 2 took to the air and started heading up the waterfall. She landed at the top and saw a massive field of the beautiful light purple glowing flowers, she smiled and dug one of them out of the ground without damaging the root of it and placed it gently within her bag.
"Mum I got the flower" Dayla 2 said through her communicator.
"Excellent sweetie and good news down here as well, your father has managed to catch a fish and has taken a few of its scales" Maddie replied.
"ARGHHHHHHHHHH!"
She jumped at the sound of her mother's scream and immediately flew down to see her parents firing their blasters at a two headed lion ghost. Dayla 2 landed in front of her parents defensively and then blasted the lion into the tree.
It growled as it got up and then Dayla 2 and the lion started circling each other as she said, "Here kitty, kitty, kitty"
The lion roared and then charged right for her, Dayla 2 leapt into the air and then landed on the lion's back. It roared and tried to buck her off, she held onto its fur and started riding it as if it were a rodeo.
"YEEEEHA!" She shouted. "Ride em' cowgirl!"
Jack and Maddie watched her with strange looks and then Jack suggested, "Maybe she should enter the rodeo"
Dayla 2 then jumped off the lion and froze it solid with an ice blast. She then landed near her parents and Jack high fived her.
Maddie then looked at her watch and said, "We better start heading back to the Spectre Speeder. We only have an hour and a half to get back to Danny"
Dayla 2 nodded and after making sure they still had their items, Dayla 2 duplicated again and then each of them grabbed Jack and Maddie and started flying back to the Spectre Speeder at top speed.
Sam, Tucker and Frostbite
They had arrived at Dora's castle, Dora had become a really great friend and ally ever since they helped her stop her brother from trying to marry Sam and helping her find the courage to stand up to him. She had taken over as the kingdom's ruler and had locked her brother's amulet in the tallest tower under lock and guarded at all times, while her brother was confined to his quarters.
Dora smiled as she saw Sam, Tucker and Frostbite heading towards the castle and flew downstairs to greet them. They landed on the bridge and then walked inside the castle. Dora walked up to them and said, "Hello my friends. It is good to see you"
"It's nice to see you too Dora unfortunately it's not a long visit" Sam said. "We need your help"
"Of course. Anything. How can I be of assistance my friends?" Dora asked.
"Vlad has poisoned Danny and unless we get him an antidote within the next hour and a half, he's gonna die" Sam said trying to keep calm. Frostbite then continued, "In order to make the antidote, we need a sample of your blood since you're the only one we know who can transform into a dragon"
"Of course you may have a sample of my blood" Dora said. "Anything to help my friends"
She changed into her dragon form and held out her giant arm for them, Tucker pulled out the needle and placed it in her arm, he withdrew some blood and then pulled the needle out. Dora changed back into her regular form as Tucker poured the blood into a vial, placed a lid on it and then placed it in his bag.
Sam hugged Dora and said, "Thank you so much Dora"
She hugged her back and said, "You're very welcome. I hope your love survives"
They pulled apart and with one final goodbye, the three left the castle and started heading back to the Far Frozen with only an hour and ten minutes left.
Andrew and Dayla
"Dayla the others have reported in, they have the stuff and are heading back to the Far Frozen right now" Andrew said as they started getting closer to what looked like a floating cottage.
"We better hurry. We need to get back to the Far Frozen soon" Dayla said as she landed on the pathway leading to the door.
They both walked up to it and Andrew knocked on the door. The door opened to reveal a green skinned ghost with dark blue hair tied back in a pony-tail and wearing an Asian style shirt with black pants, brown boots and a red cloak.
"May I help you?" The ghost asked.
"Are you Zortheus the Ghost Sorcerer?" Dayla asked.
"The one and only" He answered. He then said, "And you are Dayla Phantom also known as Dayla Fenton, daughter to Jack and Maddie Fenton, twin sister to Danny Phantom also known as Danny Fenton and younger sister to Jazz Fenton. You young man are Andrew Knight, son of Kimberly Knight and Arthur Knight who has been deceased for nine years"
"How did you know all that?" Dayla and Andrew asked in unison.
"I am a sorcerer. My powers allow me to know everything about a person just by looking at them, that and everyone in the Ghost Zone knows about the two half-ghosts who saved both worlds from destruction" Zortheus answered.
"Please sir I really need your help" Dayla pleaded. "Our arch enemy Vlad Plasmius has poisoned my brother and he needs an antidote within the next hour or he's going to die. Please I need a vial of ecto elixir. Is there any chance you have any?"
He looked at Dayla and his face changed to a sympathetic look as he heard the desperation in her voice. He then said, "There once was a time where I had made potions for everyone, but I stopped because one day a young female ghost had asked me for the same elixir in order to help save her lover's life, but when she never did. Instead she used the potion to make herself more powerful and allowed her lover to die. More ghosts then tried to take advantage of my potions for evil and that's when I stopped. I must ask you this and tell me the truth, if I give you this potion will you use it for evil and sacrifice your brother for it?"
"I would never sacrifice my brother or anyone important to me for power. I'm sorry that you have been deceived so many times but I swear that I have no intention of letting my own twin brother die just be a powerful ghost" Dayla answered truthfully.
He could hear the truth in her voice and smiled as he said, "I believe you. Come inside and I'll give you the elixir"
They followed him inside and watched as he mixed a few ingredients together and then zapped them with his own power. He then placed the glowing green liquid in a vial and handed it to her and said, "I wish you luck in saving your brother"
"Thank you so much" Dayla said.
He nodded and said, "This is the first time in years I've met someone who was honest, brave and true" He then pulled out a metal bracelet with a purple stone on it and placed it on her wrist and said, "You may consider me as your ally, whenever you need my help just touch the stone and I shall come"
She smiled gratefully and then Andrew said, "Dayla we better hurry. We only have an hour left"
They both walked out of the cottage and then Dayla grabbed onto Andrew after placing the elixir in her bag and started flying to the Far Frozen at top speed.
Far Frozen Medical Facility
Eira had started mixing the ingredients that Jack, Maddie, Sam, Dayla 2, Tucker and Frostbite had brought. She looked at the timer and saw Danny had only fifteen minutes left to go.
"Dayla please hurry" Sam whispered as she held onto Danny's hand by his bedside.
Meanwhile Dayla kept going faster and faster, Andrew then shouted as he saw the Far Frozen, "We're almost there!"
"How much time's left?" Dayla asked.
"Fifteen minutes" Andrew answered as he looked down at his watch.
Fright Knight suddenly appeared before them and demanded, "Hand over that page now!"
Dayla growled and froze Fright Knight with an ice blast from her eyes, she then released a Ghostly Wail and sent him flying away from them. She then continued on faster and faster, they both then crashed into the snow but quickly stood up and ran into the medical facility.
Dayla then called back her duplicate and handed Eira the elixir and said, "Here hurry!"
Eira didn't waste time as she added the elixir to the antidote and stirred it around, the timer dropped to two minutes and she quickly removed Danny's oxygen mask and poured the antidote down his throat.
"Please work, please work, please work, please work" Everyone pleaded in unison.
Everyone waited and waited, but nothing happened. Just when everyone thought Danny had died, he suddenly gasped and started taking deep breaths. His eyes fully opened and he smiled at them all and said, "Hey guys"
Everyone cheered and Sam laughed in joy and relief as she constantly kissed him. Eira sighed in relief and said, "That was a close one"
Danny groaned as he sat up and then everyone gave him individual hugs. He then asked, "What happened to me?"
"Plasmius poisoned you. He disguised himself as Alfred and started poisoning you with your lunches" Maddie answered.
"Apparently it was to keep you and me out of the way" Dayla then said. She pulled out the journal page and showed it to him and finished, "For some reason he wanted this. But what it is I don't know"
"I do" Frostbite answered. "I recognise this journal page"
"What is it?" Danny asked.
"Incredible. It's one of the pages to Sojourn's Journal" Frostbite answered. "Sojourn was a ghost who travelled around the Ghost Zone documenting the many wonders, artefacts and locations of the Ghost Zone. He was actually the first one who had found the Infimap and placed it in the care of my people"
"So why is Vlad after the pages?" Dayla asked.
Suddenly there was a bright flash of light and Clockwork appeared in the room and said, "I believe I can answer that Dayla. Plasmius seeks these few pages of Sojourn's Journal in order to find the location of the Amulet of Kyba. A very powerful amulet that once belonged to an evil ghost named Kyba. He already has one of the pages and now you possess the second one, he needs one more in order to find it"
"So since we have the first one, we basically have slowed him down in his quest for this amulet?" Sam asked.
"Indeed. Be cautious Danny and Dayla Phantom" Clockwork warned. "I'm afraid I can't tell you everything without revealing the future but if Vlad gets the last page and the second one back, it will be disastrous for us all"
"Then we'll stop him" Danny said with determination. Dayla then said, "No matter what it takes"
Clockwork smiled at them and then disappeared out of the room. Tucker then said, "We thought you were gone man"
He smiled back and said, "I was, but you brought me back. All of you. Thank you so much for saving me"
They gave each other one more hug and then Danny yawned and fell back asleep. Eira said, "The danger is now over. Now we should let him rest"
They all left the room, unaware that Vlad had just heard the news from Fright Knight and was roaring in anger within his lair.
"First they take the second journal page and now Daniel is still alive!" He roared in anger.
He was about to fire at something but then stopped as he remembered what he read from the first page he found when he arrived back to Earth.
I understand how dangerous this amulet can be in the wrong hands so I for once shall not reveal its location in case right at this moment if someone truly evil is reading my journal, I have visited an old friend of mine who has used his power and knowledge of magic to place a charm on three more pages where I have written the location of this amulet and clues on how to get to it so that only those of pure heart can read it.
He then calmed down and grinned as he said, "Actually this may work in our favour"
"What do you mean sir?" Fright Knight asked.
"I mean Daniel and Dayla currently having the second journal page may not be as bad as we thought" He answered. "It's a minor setback yes but since those pages can only be read by the pure of heart, it may not be so bad after all"
"I'm afraid I'm still not following you sir" Fright Knight said.
"All in good time my faithful servant. All in good time" Vlad simply said as he continued to grin madly.
THE END
NEXT TIME ON THE PHANTOM TWINS…
The Casper High Drama class is doing Wicked the Musical! When Paulina makes a deal with Ember in order to make Danny her boyfriend once and for all, she needs to first be friends with the last people she would ever be friends with…Dayla and Sam! But as they start hanging out rehearsing for the show since they got the three main parts and actually hanging out with each other, she starts to have second thoughts about the whole plan but is unaware that Ember is using her for her own evil plan to take over the world! Will Paulina change her mind? Will Ember be stopped? Find out next time on The Phantom Twins in: Musical Mayhem!