I don't own Danny Phantom or any of the characters. They are doing a life sentence to their original creators without the chance of parole. Enjoy part 14 of How I met my dancing flame.

Fenton works

Complying with his girlfriend's words Danny used the genetic lock to close the ghost portal locking whomever was on the other side of the portal in the ghost realm. Fortunately for those spirits however, the only one's pinned on the other side of the portal just so happened to be the ghost's king's crew.

As soon as the every other ghost minus a certain 4 were gone, Ember dropped her hostile act and did the first thing that came to mind which was once again claiming the lips of her baby pop not that the young halfa had any issues with it. However, before the make out session could grow Spectra pulled her away much to her annoyance.

"While I normally wouldn't cock block or interrupt your loving time with Danny, we are in his basement where anyone can just walk in and spot the two of you. So unless you want your secret with Danny to become public knowledge save it for when you are behind closed doors." Spectra explained earning a sigh from flaming haired rocker.

"Let me guess? The ghost king and his crew have not only wreaked your homes, but due to the fear of becoming his puppets all the ghosts ran to this side to hide?" Danny replied more in an statement tone rather than asking earning the nods of triple threat and Johnny.

"Kitten, we need to go now. Unlike Ember and Spectra, the runt's parents know of me, and the last thing I need is for them to try and make me yesterday's news." Johnny replied before jumping on his bike, grabbing Kitty and taking off out of Fenton works.

"In case you are wondering why all the ghosts are running rampant it is…"

"I know Spectra, the ghost king was set free due to my idiot cheese head arch enemy trying to obtain his power items to gain even more power. An informant told me the situation, and from the looks of things it looks like I am going to have to clean up Vlad's mess. The two of you however need to get somewhere safe." Danny replied only for mischievous smile to appear on both Ember's and Spectra's faces.

"While normally I would have hidden in that music store I seen in a cliche manor, I think I will feel much safer if I was here with you baby pop." Ember replied smiling while rubbing Danny's face.

"That goes double for me Danny, besides think of the fun we could have together right in your very home lover." Spectra added earning a blush from Danny.

"Penny, what happened to you looking for your own boyfriend, while only joining us for a temporary period of time? If I didn't know any better I would have to say you are trying to muscle on into our relationship for keeps!" Ember asked only for Spectra's smile to grow even more.

"And is there anything really wrong with that Ember? I mean you seem to enjoy our fun time together, and I know for a fact that Danny would have no problem having not one but two smoke show girlfriends who only want what is 'best' for him." Spectra replied in a sultry tone.

Upon hearing her girlfriends words Ember had to do everything in her power to keep from face palming herself. The signs were right there in front of her face for a while and like Danny was with his female best friend was totally clueless to it. The increased threesomes since they began, Spectra becoming less and less active in her attempt to secure a new boyfriend while becoming more and more flirty and active with Danny as time went on. All of it spelled that she wanted in, and she would do what was needed to get her way. However, before Ember could voice anything Danny spoke up first.

"While that is very flattering, right now we have bigger problems like the ghost king and his minions being on the loose. We can talk about this when he is back in his coffin of forever sleep. But for now the two of you need to find hiding spots that aren't here. My idiot cheese head arch enemy, my parents, and even the red huntresses who wouldn't think twice about blowing both your heads off if she found the two of you are here." Danny replied only for Ember to sigh.

"He is right Ember, we need to go. However, seeing as we have a little bit of time here is something to remember me by." Spectra replied before mimicking what Ember did to him the day he avenged them for what Skulker did.

The kiss lasted for 15 seconds before she released his lips with a smile on her face.

"I can totally see why you love kissing his lips that icy chill you get is kind of intoxicating." Spectra replied before getting a cold glare from Ember.

"You do that again without my permission and it will mean war Penny! I never said I agreed to share my boyfriend outside of..."

"Talk about it later the two of you need to leave before someone else finds you down here!" Danny replied.

Not wanting to get her boyfriend in anymore trouble Ember quickly grabbed her girlfriend, and in less than a second disappeared into a whirlwind of flames. Seeing that his girlfriend was gone Danny was about to head upstairs when he heard a loud banging on the ghost portal he closed. Knowing it wasn't the best move but the wisest one Danny fired an ectoplasmic energy beam into the main console causing the portal to shut down from the inside.

'That should buy us some time from those minions coming through, and if they ask I will just say one of the ghost's destroyed the mainframe.' Danny thought before he ran upstairs to see Jack, and Maddie rushing toward him.

"I have some bad news and worse news. The bad news is…"

"We saw the ghosts coming from out of the basement Danny, thank goodness you are ok." Maddie replied hugging her youngest.

"Yeah we thought for sure that you were a goner, especially seeing as we couldn't get through." Jack added.

"Well seeing as you know the bad news I will tell you the worse news. The mainframe for the Fenton portal was destroyed by one of the ghosts. Apparently they were fleeing from something in the ghost zone and to prevent it from getting through they destroyed it after everyone else got out." Danny said lying smoothly.

"Or they could have planned to invade our world and just wanted to destroy the only way they can be sent back while in turn leading a gullible teen to believe their lies. Maddie could you please refill my tea cup?" Vlad asked only for Maddie to pour scolding hot tea of Vlad's lap much to his dismay. "Ugh will you please stop doing that!"

Seeing that his idiot cheese head arch enemy was still hiding something from everyone the back and forth banter was getting them nowhere Danny decided to put what he knew into action.

"Whether what said ghost said was a lie or not, we still have a problem. With all those ghosts running about I seriously doubt the even the best ghost hunters I know will be able to stop them all without some a couple of aces in the hole." Danny replied throwing his hint.

Maddie being the smartest of the bunch caught on quickly and gave a sad nod.

"As much as I hate to admit Danny has a point, Jack we need to get the Fenton battle suit up and operational before things get worse." Maddie replied causing Jack to actually smile at what he was hearing.

"I couldn't agree more Maddie, and when we get it up and running we will make all those ghost's sorry they ever decided to invade our world and not stay in theirs!" Jack added before turning to Vlad. "V-man, why don't you come help us? While Danny is right about us being the best, you were always good with tech to the degree where you could rival Maddie. Plus with you helping us it will be just like our college days." Jack added much to both Maddie's and Vlad's dismay.

Vlad couldn't help but inwardly frown at this. The very thought of him working with that fat oaf of a man again was more than enough to make his ectoplasm boil, but having to work with him while having to watch the woman he loved be with an inferior man was enough to make him want to vomit. However, at the same time he knew very well that the suit could be the key to fixing the mess he made and possibly salvaging his original plan of stealing the other power item.

'Or if that plan fails I can always steal the battle suit the moment the ghost king is beaten and use it to destroy Jack… or better yet have the ghost king kill Jack so I don't get my hands dirty.' Vlad thought with a smile.

"I will be right there Jack, however before I do I need to speak with the daughter of one of my valued employees.

Danny was about to say something in protest, but before he could his cellphone went off. Already drawing negative attention from his friends Danny walked out the room and answered his phone.

"Danny thank goodness you picked up. Are you seeing this? There is like a millions of ghosts flying around all over the place. There is no way we can contain them all on our own so…"

"Sam worry about the normal garden variety of ghosts later. It is the ghost king's crew we need to worry about. Unlike the others those guys will have no problem killing anyone who gets in their way. If you see too many of them get out of there. I am going to go out there and hopefully stop them before someone get's turned." Danny explained earning an unseen frown from Sam.

"Just be careful out there Danny. I don't want to lose the person I care the most about outside of my family." Sam replied throwing a stronger hint in her words in the process. "Now get out here and do what you do best!" Sam said before hanging up the phone.

A music store in Amity 15 minutes later

"What the hell was that back there in Baby pop's basement?!" Ember hissed with his fist glowing bright purple much to Spectra's dismay.

"I was just making my move in the hopes that we could make what we have now a more permanent thing. Besides it isn't like you don't enjoy the threesomes we have with him together." Penelope replied only to get a dark glare from Ember.

"Threesome's or not I am not going to be share 'My' Baby pop any further than that!" Ember spat.

"Why is he 'your' Baby pop, why can't he be 'our' Baby pop Ember? I mean think about it. Unlike the others you know I would never try to steal him from you, plus despite him being much younger than me, I must admit he is a lot of fun to be with…"

"I know he is fun to be with which is why I put up with his quirks to be with him! However, you seriously need to find yourself your own boyfriend, and stop trying to move in on mine! In fact Penny the only reason I even let you in was because I didn't want to lose him after…"

Ember never got the chance to finish her sentence as Spectra in a surprising display of power slapped Ember in the hopes of knocking some sense into her. However Spectra accidentally put too much power into said slap which in turn caused Ember to go flying into a wall. Recovering quickly Ember now deadly serious came flying back towards her girlfriend with the intent of returning the favor she was given. However before Ember could strike her Spectra easily countered her and placed her in a lock that she learned from when she took Danny's sister's smarts.

"Two things Ember. The first is I am sorry for slapping you so hard. I wanted to slap some sense into you, but I didn't mean to put that much power behind the strike." Spectra started.

"And the second?" Ember asked trying to break free of Spectra's grip.

"Did you completely forget what happened sometime ago? If you didn't I will refresh your memory. Back when Kitty tried to seduce Danny in his room via the treatment 'which from what I felt from her was more than just acting.'" Spectra said think the last part to herself. "Danny not only rejected her offer but was willing to go as far as to attack her to get her to stop. Fast forward toward after the scheme I made to cure my growing old problem. When you called Danny over so he could get his first taste of a threesome I also tried to seduce him into sleeping with me without being with you and guess what happened Ember? Like with Kitty he not only rejected me, but was more than willing to be in the dog house with you for hurting me if it meant he would still be with you rather than give in and have your scorn! Lastly when you were having that little nightmare about him dumping you just because you agreed to help me with my problem his first actions were to calm you down, explain you had nothing to worry about, and even admitted that even if the plan went south the worst he would have done was cut off the love making while putting you in the dog house. In case none of this is sinking in girlfriend, Danny isn't leaving you for anything! He truly cares for you, and from what I sensed is borderline in love with you!" Spectra explained earning a sigh from Ember.

Sensing that Ember had finally calmed down and wasn't going to strike back Spectra released Ember from the hold she had her in.

"You are right girlfriend, Baby pop has been nothing but loyal to me, and has put up with a lot of the crap that was thrown our way. To be honest with you he is the best boyfriend I have had in both lives, and I don't want to lose that!"

"And you won't even if you were to let me in. All I want right now is to experience the same feelings you experience with him, and for once finally have a decent boyfriend who will treat me like the queen I know I am. I honestly don't care at this point if I have to share him with you Ember because I know it will be more than worth it. Besides all the threesomes we've been having together are also fun and while I do want more from it I don't want to lose what we have either. So unless you have another good reason why you don't want to share him with me why not just let me become a bigger part of…"

"Sorry but no Penelope! While you talk a really good game, and made some very valid points I just don't want to share my boyfriend beyond what we are doing! So if you want to stick with just having threesome's with us you are more than welcome, but anything further than that is off limits unless I say otherwise. I make myself clear?" Ember replied with a bit of edge to her voice.

"Crystal clear Ember, now if you excuse me I am going to find a new hiding spot." Penelope replied only for Ember to grab her hand.

"What is wrong with us hiding together? You know it isn't safe out there with all of the ghost king's crew out there! If they got you…"

"I know, but I just need some time alone to think. Don't worry girlfriend I won't do anything rash if I don't need to." Spectra explained before making herself intangible and flying off leaving Ember by herself in the music store.

Fenton works basement 6 hours later

Vlad, Maddie, and Jack worked tirelessly on the battle suit prototype. Seeing as Vlad was indeed the better person with the machines like Jack had mentioned he and Maddie reluctantly on her end worked together where as Jack checked over the circuits he and Maddie worked on prior. Sadly for the adults even with all this the work on the suit was a very slow process.

"While I wish it were under better circumstances it is nice to see the three of us working together on a project just like our old college days." Jack replied with as much enthusiasm.

'Well at least he is happy about it.' Maddie thought bitterly as she handed a tool to Vlad.

'If only it was just me and Maddie working on the suit minus her having a grudge against me it would be so much better. No matter with what I have in mind if it does work Jack won't be a threat to me anymore and the best part about it is that it will look like an accident.' Vlad thought himself only for a loud neigh sound to be heard.

"What was that? If I didn't know any better it sounded like a horse was nearby." Maddie asked earning a look of dread from Vlad and a laugh from Jack.

"Could be me Maddie. I made…"

Jack never got the chance to finish his thought when both doors to the Fenton portal went flying with one of them hitting him, and out came a very intimidating Fright Knight on top of an equally intimidating looking horse.

"Minions go and find the King's ring and if anyone get's in your way destroy them!" The Fright Knight order just as several of weapon wielding battle armor skeleton warriors came out all complying with his order."

"How is that possible? The mainframe for the portal was destroyed." Jack asked earning a laugh from the Fright Knight.

"Once a portal that links our world to your has been made it can't be unmade. You closing the door and destroying the main frame to it doesn't make it so the portal is closed." The Fright Knight explained.

Seeing the lot of the coming his way Vlad surprisingly stood there in shock as the warriors all flew past him and through the walls much to his relief. Maddie seeing the hoards of ghosts coming through knew what needed to be done and with all the speed and agility she could muster ran towards manual portal shutdown switch only for the Fright Knight to not only stop her, but hold her hostage.

"Hey let go of the woman I love!" Vlad and Jack said in unison causing the later to look at the former oddly.

"As a dear friend Jack you should know this by now!" Vlad added covering his words. "We been working on that suit for hours Jack, and the only part of it that is working is the pants…"

"I know Vladdie, but the suit according to the numbers isn't calibrated yet. Using it could kill you." Jack explained.

"Then why don't you use it Jack, it is your suit, and I know when you took your vows with Maddie you promised to always keep her safe!" Vlad added only for the Fright Knight who had heard enough of this chatter to aim soul shredder at Vlad and fire a beam at him.

Seeing the attack coming Jack pushed Vlad out of the way but in the process knocked him into the wall much to the later's dismay. Seeing that his friend was safe and sound Jack ran as fast as he could towards the Fenton pants and proceeded to sync the suit with his being. Before the Fright Knight knew what was going on Jack in a display of surprisingly decent power not only ran circles around the Halloween spirit but proceeded to kick the hand he was using to hold Maddie causing him to drop her due to the pain he was feeling.

"The kick is up…" Jack replied as he did a running dash towards the Fright Knight and kicked him as hard as he could.

The Fright Knight not wanting to take anymore damage then he did at the last minute went Intangible to avoid going crashing throw who knew how many walls.

"And it is good! Humanity 3 ghost scum 0! Take that no one can mess with me while I am wearing the…" Jack never got the chance to finish his thought as the downside to using the Fenton Battle suit came into play.

"Jack the suit is draining you like a battery! Vlad you got to help me get these pants off him!" Maddie replied only for Vlad to look at her funny.

"Sorry but after being rammed into a wall and getting injured slightly I doubt I will be able to help you sorry Maddie." Vlad explained earning a harsh glare from the woman he loved.

'You can glare at me all you want Maddie, but there is no way in hell I am helping that fat oaf! Especially after he ruined my one shot of happiness with you!' Vlad thought bitterly before leaving the two in the basement.'Besides from what I have been seeing of young Daniel over the past few months it looks as though he is finally seeing the beauty of not being such a goodly two shoes and thinking of himself for a change.'

'ugh that Vlad! I get that he has the hots for me, but is he that spiteful that I choose Jack that he would leave him in this condition? I mean sure Jack can be a bumbler at times but he still thanks the world of you Vlad!' Maddie thought to herself only to hear footsteps.

"Oh I see you decided to come and help… oh it is you Tucker, I am sorry I thought you were Vlad." Maddie explained.

"It is ok Mrs. Fenton it was an honest mistake." Tucker replied before taking a look at Jack and the condition he was in. "While I have to say I am impressed with the technology Mr. Fenton is attached to I have to ask why does he look like he is about to kick the bucket?"

"He used part of the prototype battle suit to save me and beat some armored ghost on a winged horse. However, one of the downsides of the suit is that it drains the user like a battery." Maddie explained causing Tucker to go wide eyed.

Upon hearing Maddie's words Tucker using one of the technological powers he developed over the period of time secretly scanned the device and upon doing so was able to not only see how the device was made, but also saw the flaws within the design and was already thinking of ways to improve them. Deciding to give Maddie a hand Tucker without much effort was able to unhook Jack from the device much to Maddie's relief.

"Thanks for the help Tucker, I will get him up to his bed so he can recover his energy. But I have to ask when did you get over here?" Maddie asked.

"About 5 minutes ago. The door was left open so I assumed someone left it open so I could come in. But should be worrying less about me, and more about getting Mr. Fenton someplace so he can regain his energy. He is going to need it if he is going to help with keeping everyone safe." Tucker went on hoping Maddie would buy it.

"I will have to talk with Danny later about that but ok Tucker." Maddie replied while taking Jack out of the basement.

As soon as Tucker was sure Jack and Maddie were out of the basement Tucker quickly began to put all of the idea's he had in mind for improving the Fenton Battle suit into motion. Deciding that removing the flaws he saw within the older trio's work first was top priority Tucker quickly used his Technokinetic powers to go through some of the junk he saw within the lab, and in less than 10 minutes created the specific parts needed to provide the energy source needed to keep the suit from draining the user like a battery.

'While I could do a lot of this stuff without my powers, this device needs to be at it's best, and for that I have to use my cheat sheet to do so. Danny is going to need all the help he can get and having him not being drained like a battery as well as being able to use this suit safely is top priority for now.' Tucker thought to himself as he continued to work tirelessly on the battle suit.

Forty-five minutes into the process Tucker smiled as of the improvements he could possibly think of were added to the suit's mainframe and structure while at the same time all of the flaws he saw within the original design were taken care off.

'I can't believe it took me so long to fix this thing. Normally it wouldn't take me any longer than fifteen minutes at most. No matter with necessary upgrades done added and the flaws of the suit removed Danny should have no problem using it without the risk of dying… well at least from using the suit. We still don't know how powerful the ghost king truly is.' Tucker thought to himself as he got from underneath the suit and made it look exactly the same way it did before going back upstairs.

Casper high football field

"Dash why are you seriously still messing with me! Did you completely forget that…"

"I don't give a damn if you saved me from that ghost Fenturd! You broke the order of the school the moment you tried to not only enslave Paulina, but also humiliated me in front of the entire school! It is time you took your…" Dash never got the chance to finish his thought as Danny with one swift kick to the nards disabled the jock much to his displeasure.

Not in the least satisfied with just disabling him Danny followed up with a savage uppercut which due to slightly being powered up by his ectoplasmic energy caused the unsuspecting Jock to not only see bright lights but also experience the sensation of flying. Danny watched as Dash flew 15 feet from where he was punched and upon impact with the ground was out cold.

"While I can't say I didn't enjoy doing that for all the suffering and torment you put me through Dash, if you can hear what I am saying let that be a warning to you. Next time you try that again I won't be so gentle." Danny explained only to hear a very familiar voice.

"It feels good to be able to use your abilities to get back at your enemies doesn't it Daniel?" Vlad asked already knowing the answer.

No even waiting to give Vlad a verbal replay Danny fired an energy beam in the direction he heard Vlad's voice come from not only catching Vlad off guard, but also successfully scoring a direct hit causing the older halfa to go back a few feet.

"Yeah it kind of does feel good." Danny answered before transforming into his alter ego.

"However, as much as I would love to kick your sorry butt thanks to you I have yet another mess to clean up!" Danny replied with some anger before throwing the same kind of punch he used on Dash at Vlad.

Vlad however, was more than prepared this time around which in turn caused him to not only grabbed Danny's hand.

"Using your powers to get back at people you don't like, throwing the first punch in a fight, you are becoming more like me than you know. But then again with the company you secretly keep I shouldn't be too surprised." Vlad replied earning a laugh from Danny.

"Please if Sam saw what I was doing she would be lecturing me about 'abusing my powers' since in her mind she feels it is wrong for me use my powers outside of battling ghosts such as yourself, and Tucker would agree with her on some level!" Danny surprisingly explained before releasing his aura shock-wave causing the older halfa to let go. "But if being a bit more like you means that idiots like him get what they deserve while leaving me alone then I have no problem with being something like you."

"Oh I am not talking about Samantha and Tucker Daniel, I am talking about your current girlfriend, and her friends." Vlad replied causing Danny to go wide eyed. "That is right Daniel, I know all about you and Ember Mclain, and I must say I am loving the influence she and Spectra are having on you! If their influence will keep you on this path then…" Vlad never got the chance to finish his sentence as Danny or rather a perfect duplication of Danny got in a strong sucker punch on the older halfa effectively breaking one of his fanged teeth.

"I am happy you are liking the influence my dancing flame is having on me. Allow me to show you what else she has…" Danny never got the chance to finish his thought as a swarm of Pariah Dark's minions as well as the pissed off Fright Knight showed up.

Ignoring the human who originally stole his sword in the past the Fright Knight turned towards Vlad, and pointed his blade at the older halfa.

"Return the King's ring this instant and your end in front of lord Pariah will be a merciful one!" The Fright Knight explained.

"I don't have it. However…"

"I am making no deals with you! Your choices are clear! Either you give me the ring, and your end will be merciful, or don't and I kill you right here and... AH!" The Fright Knight never got the chance to finish his thought as Danny like with Vlad earlier dealt a nasty sucker punch to the Fright Knight before hitting him with a strong ectoplasmic energy ray.

"As much as I would enjoy seeing this idiot suffer for not only stealing the ring of rage and causing this mayhem to my town I am going to have to stop you before you end him. Danny replied before cloning himself 3 more times and going to work on the heavily armored knight.

Vlad watched in surprising awe as Danny and his clones easily overpowered the Fright Knight and his steed Nightmare. However, before Danny could go too much further the Fright Knight having enough decided to turn thing up a notch.

"ENOUGH!" The Fright Knight screamed before unleashing an equally strong shock-wave causing the young halfa to be sent back several yards. "Minions take care of this pest while I interrogate this idiot who dares to steal our lord's ring!" The Fright Knight replied causing a swarm of lesser minions to come to his aid.

Sadly for the lesser minions before they could get into action several musical fists came out of nowhere causing each one that was hit to violently break into pieces. Knowing exactly who launched each of those attacks Danny and Vlad turned to the direction the attacks came from and saw a very pissed off Ember Mclain glaring down at the Fright Knight and his minions.

"Destroying my home in itself was unforgivable, but attacking and trying to harm my baby pop?! I will never forgive you even if you made me queen of our world!" Ember hissed as her ectoplasmic aura began glow brightly while her flaming Ponytail began rising higher and higher in snyc with her rising anger.

As Ember's fury grew to levels that would make a certain four armed Greek battle armor wearing ghost proud Vlad couldn't help but whistle to himself at the rage he was seeing.

'While I knew Mclain had feelings for Daniel I didn't know they were this strong. The last time I seen her this pissed off at someone was when Skulker forgot their anniversary and didn't have to decency to try to fix his mistake.' Vlad thought to himself before quickly replacing his original self with a clone. 'With her here causing a distraction I can hide the ring before they can find it.' Vlad thought to himself just as he watched Danny fly towards Ember's side.

"Ember what are you…"

"We can talk about this later baby-pop, right now I am amount to open up a can of whup ass on this fashion reject for even thinking about trying to harm my baby-pop!" Ember hissed as her aura and flaming hair grew brighter.

Stage out

I am sorry I didn't post this update sooner, but with real life and writers block getting to me it was so hard coming up with idea's for this part of the story. Hopefully with my idea's in mine for later parts of the story I can pump out the next update sooner. Any thoughts comments concerns? Post them Via PM or Via Review. Have a happy holidays everyone.