Danny is sitting outside the Nasty Burger eating with Sam and Tucker. They've been having a relaxed day so far. No ghost attacks, no embarrassing parents, and no overbearing sisters.
Life was good.
As Danny was lifting his burger to his mouth for another bite, the ground began to rumble. People started screaming and running every which way, and soon a dark figure sprang from the ground.
Floating fifteen feet above the ground was Dan Phantom. The future evil Danny who should have been trapped inside a thermos in the ghost zone.
The sky darkened to a sickly green and Dan's voice boomed through the air.
"You thought you could defeat ME?" He howled.
Dan roped Sam and Tucker with an ecto bind and launched them across the parking lot. Danny could hear the thump of their bodies as they landed against the pavement.
"I'm going-!" Danny started. But he was hit back by an ecto blast, tumbling backwards over himself across the pavement. By the time he looked up, Dan was in front of him with his hand around Danny's neck.
"Are you still in denial? If you no longer become me, then why do I exist? Why am I still here?" Dan growled, inches from Danny's face.
Dan turned, raising his arm. He shot an ecto blast from his hand, hitting the Nasty Burger sign. It began to teeter, and as it fell, Danny saw what was laying in its destination.
"Sam!" Danny screamed. "Tucker!"
The sign hit the ground with a boom and debris went flying. Danny couldn't tell if the sign had actually hit them or what their injuries were. Danny was struggling against Dan's grip, attempting to use his ghost powers to go help Sam and Tucker but Dan's stinger ability was rendering Danny useless.
The next thing Danny knew, he was being thrown at the ground. The pavement cracked beneath him and he barely got a glance at Dan before he was blasted by an ecto ray.
"I don't need you to stay alive boy! With this time medallion I exist outside of time!"
Dan sent another blast, this time at Danny's head, causing it to smack painfully against the ground. Spots of light and color danced across Danny's vision.
"I'm inevitable!" Dan screamed.
The ghostly wail left Dan's lips, racing over Danny's body. Danny attempted to cover his ears to drown out the noise, but it seemed as if the sound was reverberating inside his head instead of in the parking lot.
Danny was growing tired and his eyes were weary. He looked up to see Dan standing above him. Dan said one last thing before Danny's eyes closed.
"Goodbye."
The ghostly wail was unleashed upon him again, and Danny could feel himself slipping away.
Danny sprung up, body coated in a cold sweat. Chest heaving, he looked around and realized he was in his room. After a moment of calming down his breathing, his door banged open, causing his heart to race again.
It was just Jazz in her pink pajamas, wielding the Fenton anti creep stick.
She looked around the room before rushing to Danny's side.
"Danny are you okay? I heard yelling and I thought there was a fight going on in here!"
"Yeah." He mumbled, still working on catching his breath.
"Another nightmare, huh?" Jazz said, sitting on his bed beside him.
Danny nodded, not finding it in him to formulate words.
Jazz wrapped one arm around Danny, bringing him into a one armed hug and leaned her head against his.
"It'll be okay, little brother."