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Danny Phantom and the Last Poke Crusade chapter 5

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Chapter 6: Father-Sons Reunion

After Iroh went on ahead, Danny, Ryan and Ember took a car and drove through the country, heading into the mountains of Gothria; After a few days of driving while dodging any members of Team Rocket, the trio finally arrives...at the Castle of Dol Guldur itself. As Danny drives into the courtyard while it begins to rain, he shudders at the sight of the castle as is Ryan. Bad enough that Team Rocket is now accompanying this place, but this place is also a former fortress of Sauron himself!
"So Ember, besides the fact that Sauron used to work here and Team Rocket runs this place, what do you knew about this castle?" Danny asks Ember curiously.
"I know that the owners are famous art collectors." Ember explains to Danny. "And any money they get is given to Giovanni himself who has great interest here."
"Rumor has it that Giovanni sold his very soul to the Dark Lord Sauron in return for his lust for power." Ryan explains to Danny seriously.
"Talk about making deals with the Devil." Danny comments as he goes into the back seat to get his usual whip. This assault on the castle could get brutal in a hurry.
"So whatcha gonna do?" Ember asks Danny in concern.
"Not sure...but I will think of something."
"No worries, allow me to do all the talking." Ryan said with a thoughtful look on his face. "And if all goes wrong...well...you know what to do, Daniel."

Inside the castle, a butler known as Edgar Balthazar heard knocking at the door, causing him to come over to it to answer the door. Outside are Danny, Ryan and Ember standing in the rain, with the girl wearing a fedora and Danny in her beret.
"Yes?" Edgar ask puzzled as the trio came in, Danny shakes the water off himself.
Ryan, in a Scottish accent, spoke, "Yes, yes, and now before time lad! What, ye intend to keep us standing on the doorstep all day, we're drenched!" Danny pushes his way past Edgar, startling as he took a hanky from his pocket. As Ember took her coat off, the halfa sneezes, "Argh; Look what yew did! Me brother went and caught a sniffle."
"Are you expected?"
"Now, don't take that tone with me, sir!" Danny snaps in his own Scottish accent though not a good one. "Now tell yer master that Lord Brave Heart, his brother and assistants are here to check out the tapestries."
"Tapestries," Edgar ask, finding this hard to believe. The butler didn't recall his master expecting any Scottish lords, coming to check out the tapestries.
"Dear me, the man here is dense." Ryan remarks to Danny and Ember in disbelief. "This be a castle, right? Aren't there any tapestries."
"Ha! We got tapestries and this is a castle. But if you or your brother is Scottish lords, then I am Mickey Mouse!”
"Oh, how dare he..."
Danny quickly punches Edgar in the jaw hard, causing the butler to fall against a wall tapestry before falling to the floor, unconscious. That took him out!
After stuffing Edgar into a closet, the trio moves cautiously and quietly down a hallway. They can hear voices and creeps pasts a room....that are full with members of Team Rocket, working around a large table with a map on it. Danny frowns at the sight of them. He is never popular with anyone from Team Rocket, especially since he had thwarted their plans in the past.
"Team Rocket...I hate these guys." Danny mumbles to Ryan and Ember in annoyance.
After making sure that the enemies has no idea of their presence, the trio moves on with Danny, turning into his halfa form, his whip is on the belt by his side. The group stops at a door while Danny listens to a closed door carefully.
"This door is it; dad's in here." Danny whispers to the others in confidence.
"What makes you so sure?" Ember asks Danny as the halfa points to an electrical wire connected to the door.
"Because it's wired."
Danny knew that the door's alarm would go off if he or anyone else tries to go through it so the trio will have to go in another way. They go over to another door. Ryan knocks on it carefully, then said, "No response. Come on."
The trio enters a dark and empty room which is right next to Jack's. Danny opens the window shutters, looking out. Rains continue pouring from the sky. Each window has a wide ledge with a sheer drop. The one that Danny needs to go to is several yards way, then he will swing back to get into the closed window of Jack's room.
"Danny? Danny?" Ember asks in worry. What is that halfa doing?
"Relax; this will be child’s play. Ryan, come with me. We will be right back." Danny said to Ember with a smirk.
Danny took out his whip and uses it to wrap around some wires that protrude from the castle wall above the next window. After making sure that it will hold his brother's weight, the halfa flew over to a stone gargoyle while Ryan manages to swing on over. Now they glance at the window ledge underneath Jack's window which has a pair of wooden shutters.
Danny flew over and phase through the shutters...while Ryan uses the whip to swing over to the shuttered window, using his feet to crash through the shutters and glass hard. Luckily, thunder manages to drown out the noise to keep the enemy forces from being alerted.
As Danny and Ryan recovers and looks around, they fail to see someone holding a vase...that hits Danny on the back of the head, sending him to the floor hard. Ryan yelps as he prepares for what could be a fight...which never came when a familiar voice spoke up in surprise.
"Junior; Ryan," The voice ask causing Danny to get back to his feet quickly. The boys saw an overweight man in an orange jumpsuit with black hair with some white added in it looking at the two in surprise. His name is Jack Fenton, Danny and Ryan's dad.
"Yes, sir," Danny groans. He hates it when Jack calls him 'Junior'. It's like...being a kid all over again!
"Yes, Dad," Ryan said, relieved to see his adopted father again.
"Ryan, Junior. It is you, boys." Jack said to his son with a smile. It's been a while since he saw his sons.
"Dad, I told you before; don't call me that, please!" Danny snaps to Jack in irritation.
"But what are you two doing here?"
"Come on, what else are we here for?" Ryan asks Jack in amusement. "We came to save you!"
Just then voices are heard outside, forcing the three to press themselves against the wall. As Jack looks at the broken vase in his hand in shock and sadness, Danny looks out the window to make sure that no one saw him and Ryan breaking in; So far, so good.
As Jack goes over to a lamp to inspect the damage to the vase, he mumbles, "Aw, great; Late 14th Century from the Mulan Dynasty."
"Dad, come on, it isn't that bad." Ryan said to Jack, patting him on the back.
"Oh, it breaks my heart to see it damaged this way."
"As well as my head, you hit me, dad!" Danny snaps to Jack, upset that his own dad would hit him like that.
"I will never forgive myself for..." Jack said, still checking out the vase.
"No worries, I am fine."
"Dad, look, it isn't even real." Ryan said, pointing out to the vase causing Jack to concentrate entirely on it, examining the broken end carefully.
"Hey, you're right! It isn't real at all! You can tell by the cross section." Jack said with a smile as he throws the remains against the wall, causing it to shatter. "Well, at least my conscience is clear.
"Dad, come on, get your stuff!" Danny exclaims to Jack with a frown. We got to get out of here."
"Son, I'm sorry about your head; thought you were one of them."
"It's okay, dad, really." Ryan said to Jack, patting him on the back. "It can happen to everyone."
"Dad, Ryan, come on! You and I know that those guys would come through the doors." Danny said to his family with a frown on his face.
"Right, good point!" Jack exclaims with a laugh while Danny goes over to the door to listen in case any members of Team Rocket were to come through it. "Still got to safe than sorry, right?" The fat man slides his umbrella through the straps of his bag while continuing, "All right, so I was wrong this time, but luckily, I wasn't when I send Danny my diary. He obviously got it."
"Yeah, and Ry and I used it. We found the entrance to the catacombs."
"Really?! Through the library?!"
"Yeah, really," Danny said with a nod, making Jack more excited.
"Oh yeah! I knew that I was right!" Jack exclaims with a laugh, throwing a fist into the air, "So how about the Tomb of Sir Roxas?! "
"We found it as well, dad." Ryan answers his father with a nod.
"I knew it. He was really there...you saw him?"
"Well, what's left of him anyway."
"So how about his shield, the inscription on it," Jack ask his sons trembling eagerly and in anticipation. He was hoping that what he himself was hoping is true.
"Darkland," The boys answers at the same time. Hearing this appears to be a great moment in Jack's life, turning alive to lose himself for a moment before turning to Danny and Ryan in joy.
"Darkland, yes...on the pilgrim trail from the Eastern Empire...Junior, Ryan. You both did it."
"No, you did it, dad, 40 years." Danny said to Jack, wanting to give credit to his father.
"Makes me wish I was with you to see it." Jack said with a chuckle, making Danny laughs at the irony.
"Yeah, there were rats."
"What? R-r-r-rats?"
"Right, big ones," Danny said to his dad with a chuckle, seeing his dad squirming at the thought of rats is freaking him out. "So what did Team Rocket wanted with you?"
"What, didn't you two know? They want my diary." Jack explains to the boys, making Danny a bit concerned and worried upon hearing that.
"Yeah, seriously," Ryan ask, glancing at Danny who moves his hand unconsciously to his pocket...where the Goblet Diary is at.
"Right! I got to make sure to keep that book away from me as best as I could."
"Right, yeah." Danny said with an awkward chuckle. His dad sent him the Goblet Diary to keep Team Rocket from keeping their hands from it...and the halfa brought it to the danger zone; Hoo boy.
Suddenly the door knocked is kicked open as members of Team Rocket came in. The one member who leads them, a fat cat named Pete, holds his gun along with his pals, forcing the men to raise their hands up. Somehow, it wouldn't be long before the enemies would come in.
"Dr. Fenton!" Pete exclaims sternly.
"Yes!" Danny and Jack exclaims at the same time as if being address.
"Give me the book now, see?"
"What book?"
"Don't play dumb with me, ghost boy!" Pete snaps to Danny. "We know you got the diary in your pocket."
"Ha ha ha! Oh come on!" Jack laughs in amusement, believing that he is laughing at Pete's expense. "What, you think my boy Junior would be stupid to bring the diary all the way back here?"
Jack laughs a bit before he looks at the boys who gave him awkward looks. Ryan spoke nervously, "Err, dad? You may want to rethink that..." Seeing that seems to freaks Jack out a bit.
"Junior, you didn't, right? Please tell me that that you didn't."
"Err, well..." Danny said awkwardly, much to Jack's horror. It didn't take long for the fat man to realize the truth.
"Oh no! You did!!" Jack exclaims in horror and disbelief as he slaps himself on the forehead. His son brought it to the same enemy who wanted the diary in the first place!
"All right if we talk about this later?"
"I knew I should've mailed it to the Tiny Toons, but nooo! I thought it was better off with Junior!"
"Dad, take it easy!" Ryan exclaims to his adopted father in concern. "We got bigger problems right now!"
"Take it easy?! Bigger problems; why did you think I sent it home in the first place, huh?!" Jack asks Danny and Ryan in annoyance as he points to Team Rocket. "I didn't want those jerks to get their hands on it."
"I came here to save you!!" Danny exclaims to his father, getting annoyed. The two are having one of their arguments due to whatever mistakes that the former had done. It's been like this since Danny was a kid!
"Oh sure; and who's going to save you, Junior? Ryan?"
"Uh, dad, you may not want to say that." Ryan said in concern, seeing Danny's eyes filled with rage. The king yelps as his brother quickly takes the machine guy from one of the bad guys.
"I told you..." Danny begins to speak as he turns and begins firing on the members of the Team Rocket. Those who survived the gun shots quickly got beheaded by Ryan who took out his sword and cuts through them quickly. Soon the bad guys are on the floor dead. Danny turns to the shocked and horrified Jack while finishing, "...don't call me Junior!"
"Look what you did, especially you Ryan!" Jack exclaims at the sight of the dead Team Rocket members, especially those who got their heads off by Ryan who took their heads off. "And look what you're doing, Ryan!"
"Ugh. Ryan, why do you always take the heads of our enemies? That's sick."
"It's just...my style, Danny." Ryan said as he grabs Jack by the hand, pulling along him, "Come on, dad."
"Can't believe what you two just did!"
Danny, Jack and Ryan go down a hallway quietly and quickly. Now that the boys got their head back, they got to find Ember and get out of here. She should still be in the room next door, right?
"Ember; Ember," Danny exclaims as he opens the door to the room where Ember had been left at.
The trio came in to find Ember...who is being held by the waist that is being wrapped by one arm by a man who is holding a fist with energy powers behind her ear. The man himself has brown hair with no pupils in his eyes. He is also wearing a red uniform with a red captain hat with gold a symbol, metal shoulder pads, a gray cape, metal arm braces, metal leg braces and brown boots. His name is M. Bison, one of the colonels for Team Rocket and one nasty psycho power wielding monster.
"That goes far enough." M. Bison said to Danny wickedly as the boys prepares themselves, "Now put the gun down, Dr. Fenton, change back to normal mode or this girl here dies. And as for you, King Ryan...put those heads...down now."
"Boys, don't listen to him!" Jack exclaims to Danny and Ryan in worry. "She's one of them!"
"Danny, please!" Ember pleads to Danny frantically and in somewhat fear.
"What do you, 'one of them'?" Ryan asks his dad in concern.
"She is a member of Team Rocket!" Jack exclaims to his sons in concern.
"What,” The boys yell out in shock and alarm. Danny is not sure what to do. M. Bison is preparing to kill Ember with one blast of his psycho power but Jack insists that she is one of Team Rocket!
"Trust me on this!"
"Danny, no," Ember exclaims, struggling against M. Bison's hold in more fear...or it could be pretend.
"I will kill her if you two don't do what I say!" M. Bison exclaims, holding his wicked power near Ember's head as if going through on his problem.
"Oh yeah? Go ahead!" Jack snaps to M. Bison much to Danny's shock and Ryan's horror. Is he calling the villain's bluff? What if he's wrong?
"Wait! Don't kill her!" Danny exclaims to M. Bison frantically.
"No worries, he won't!"
"Danny, you may want to listen." Ryan said to Danny in concern. "Dad wouldn't say that if he wasn't so sure."
"Danny, please, do what he says!" Ember exclaims more terrified. Danny is not sure what to do now. Would he listen to dad or M. Bison?
"Don't listen to her, she's evil!" Jack exclaims to Danny in worry and concern.
"Enough, she dies now!" M. Bison roars out wickedly as he hits Ember in the neck, causing her to scream.
"Wait, don't, don't!" Danny exclaims frantically as he quickly drops the machine gun onto a table, sliding it across and breaking glass. Then the boy quickly changes back to his normal form. Jack groans as he hits his own forehead. The man can't believe what Danny just did!
"Now it's your turn, Ryan! Do it!"
Ryan hesitates but he put the heads down gently. Soon M. Bison releases Ember before shoving her into Danny's arms. The halfa holds the girl tightly as she buries her face in his chest. Ember had quite a scare.
"Danny, I'm sorry." Ember said to Danny as if feeling sorry for what she did.
"Hey, relax. There's no reason to..." Danny was interrupted as Ember did something unexpected: she slips a hand into his coat pocket and removes the Goblet Diary.
"Yeah, I meant sorry, but you should've listened to your fatso dad, you know?"
Danny is stunned as Ember steps back to M. Bison...and gives him the diary! Jack frowns while shaking his head. Ryan looks outraged, his father was right! Ember is a member of Team Rocket and the two fell for her and M. Bison's trickery! To make matters worse, more members of Team Rocket come in, pointing guns at the heroes.
Looks like the Fentons are prisoners of Team Rocket.

Author's note
Hoo boy; Ember was working with Team Rocket the whole time and Danny lost the diary to them. In the next chapter, another traitor is revealed while Iroh is captured. Meanwhile, the Fentons must escape death and a fire in the Castle of Dol Guldur itself. Read, review and suggest.

Edgar Balthazar is the greedy butler from 'The Aristocats'.
Danny, Ryan and Ember arrives at the Castle of Dol Guldur to rescue Jack...but treachery occurs when someone that the brothers knew is revealed to be a member of Team Rocket.
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Skullgal94's avatar
Oh dear, what's going to happen to the heroes now?