Chapter 1: Freedom

"Location: Amity Park, The World Of Nickelodeon, January 19th 2109"

Deep within the Ghost Zone, there was the Tower of Clockwork. Within the tower, seating on a pedestal, was a metal thermos. In that thermos was possibly the most evil and powerful ghost to ever exist. His name was Dan Phantom, and he had once been the future version of Danny. Dan had nearly wiped out all the humans in the future, and he became so destructive that powerful beings known as Observants had called upon Clockwork to destroy Danny in the past, so he would never become Dan.

However, Clockwork came up with a clever plan. Instead of outright destroying Danny, he devised a plan to have Danny travel to the future. There, he had a small battle with his future counterpart, but Dan ended up throwing Danny into the Ghost Zone and traveling to the past to make sure that the events that lead to Danny becoming Dan happened. But while in the Ghost Zone, Danny learned a new power called the Ghostly Wail, and with the help of a former enemy, he traveled back to his own time and confronted Dan, who was trying to kill Danny's loved ones with an exploding burger joint. The two of them had a huge fight that led to Danny winning and capturing Dan inside the thermos. The burger joint exploded, but Danny and his loved ones were saved by Clockwork. The Master of Time took the thermos and sent Danny back in time, giving him a second chance to make the right decision and prevent himself from ever becoming Dan in the future.

The Dan in the thermos now existed out of time. He realized that the timeline that he came from no longer existed and that made him furious. He smashed and blasted at his prison, trying to escape and seek vengeance on Danny and Clockwork, but when he did a large amount of damage to his prison, Clockwork would use his powers to instantly repair the damage.

It seemed like Dan would be trapped in the prison forever. But then, one day Clockwork had to go deal with something in the Ghost Zone. He cast a time spell on the thermos to repair any damage that Dan would cause to it while he was gone. The spell looked like a floating clock.

"That should deal with you while I'm gone." Clockwork said.

Clockwork then flew off. Inside the thermos, Dan sat fuming. He was quit a mess. His flaming hair had grown back, but his costume was ripped up and his fist were raw from pounding his prison constantly. He had no idea where Clockwork was going, but he was going to try and escape while he was gone. Dan stood up and continued to pound his prison.

However, while this was going on, Licortwist showed up in the Ghost Zone by the Tower of Clockwork. He had learned about Dan, and he became interested in his origin and how he nearly succeeded in wiping out all of humanity. Licortwist decided to free Dan and convince him to help him destroy Sugar Rush. As soon as Clockwork left his tower, Licortwist decided to put his plan into action.

"Don't worry, Phantom. Soon, you will be free and I will have my revenge." Licortwist thought.

Licortwist had the licorice pieces bring him into the tower. Once he was in, he saw the thermos lying on it's pedestal with the time spell next to it. Licortwist used the licorice pieces to smash the time spell, and it vanished. Inside the thermos, Dan continued to smash the walls of his prison with his fist, but he soon realized that it wasn't being repaired. He took a deep breath and unleashed a blast of white fire from his hands. The thermos exploded, throwing Licortwist back. He looked up and saw Dan standing before him.

"Free at last." Dan said in relief.

Dan stretched a little and saw Licortwist standing nearby.

"Who are you?" Dan asked.

Licortwist smirked.

"My name is Licortwist Hothead, a character from the game Sugar Rush. I saw your defeat and decided to help you." Licortwist replied.

Dan smiled.

"You have gained my thanks. There's a couple of things I need to do. I want revenge on the ones who ruined everything. I want to kill Danny with my bare hands." Dan said. Dan then looked around and saw no ghost floating about, and he asked "Where is everybody?".

Licortwist shrugged.

"I don't know. I just got here." Licortwist replied. He then frowned and said "Anyway, before you get your revenge on Danny, I want you to help me with something.".

Dan crossed his arms.

"And what would that be?" Dan asked.

"Like you, I have enemies of my own that are a big pain. They are the other characters in my game, a group of kids called the Sugar Rush racers, as well as some of their other allies. The only reason that I freed you was so you can help me. If you help me, I'll help you destroy Danny and his loved ones." Licortwist replied.

Dan thought about it, and then he nodded.

"Alright, I accept your deal." Dan said.

Licortwist smirked.

"Thank you." Licortwist said.

Licortwist and Dan then left the tower.