Hi everyone. Sorry for the wait, a lot of things had to be taken care of with school and work. So anyway, here is the final chapter for episode 3.

Part 6

Underground Ghost Lab

Vlad Plasmius shot forward straight at Danny and Ben; both of whom dived out of the way to avoid. As Danny rolled he charged his fists with green ecto-energy just as Ben activated the Omnitrix and turned into Echo-Echo; who split into five duplicates.

Danny shot an ecto-beam at Vlad, who responded with a purple ecto-beam of his own. The beams collided as the two half-ghosts locked into a beam struggle. This allowed the five Echo-Echos to blast a collective sonic scream right at Vlad in the back to send him crashing into the wall.

"Nice." Danny congratulated.

"Thanks." One Echo-Echo replied.

"So what's with his look?" A second Echo-Echo questioned.

"He a vampire or something?" A third Echo-Echo questioned as well.

"Nah, just an ego-maniac with a lame sense of style." Danny responded in a deadpan way.

Vlad blasted out of the wall in a violet-ecto explosion and flew at Danny; punching him across the face several times to send him flying. The Echo-Echos split once again to create ten total that circled around Vlad.

"Wall of Sound!" All ten Echo-Echos shouted as they unleashed a massive collective sonic blast at Vlad; he yelled painfully as he covered his ears and buckled to his knees as the Echo-Echos continued their assault.

Having enough, Vlad lashed out his arms to create a massive violet ecto-wave which blasted out and hit each of the Echo-Echos, sending them flying to the wall in a painful daze.

Danny recovered and slammed into Vlad; pinning him to the cavern wall and leaving an impression. Vlad grabbed Danny's hands and the two began to wrestle with each other in mid air as they slammed each other repeatedly into the walls and lab equipment.

The Echo-Echos all slowly recovered and merged back into one. "Yeah… somehow I knew it wouldn't be that easy." He pressed on his Omnitrix symbol and transformed into Diamondhead.

"Danny! Phase! Now!" Diamondhead shouted as he aimed his arms at the two wrestling half-ghosts and shot multiple diamond-shards at them.

Danny turned intangible to let the diamonds pass through him and hit right at Vlad; sending him to a wall, where several shards pinned him there by his clothes and cape.

"Not bad." Vlad said. "But do you really think you can trap me, boy?"

"I'd say I just did." Diamondhead replied with a cocky smirk.

"Don't be sure." Danny warned him just as Vlad turned intangible himself and phased out behind the wall.

"What?! How did…?!" Diamondhead then came to realization. "Oh right. He's a ghost." He sighed. "I'll never get used to that."

"Don't worry, it took me a while to get used to it myself." Danny responded.

Vlad then phased from the ceiling above and flew straight down at the pair while realign back an ecto-powered punch. Danny and Diamondhead both jumped out of the way just as Vlad slammed his fist into the ground, resulting in a small explosion that left a crater.

Both young heroes saw Vlad hovering above the dust cloud with crossed arms and a smirk.

"What are you smiling about?" Danny questioned.

"Just enjoying myself at the moment." Vlad replied.

"Don't get too used to it pal." Diamondhead stated. "We're not the only ones looking for you, you know."

"Oh you mean the other young children in you're team?" Vlad mussed. "I imagine they're a bit busy themselves with some of my own friends."

That caught both of them by surprise.

"Did you seriously believe I'd be insane enough to launch a ghost attack just to test your friends' might and not have a back-up plan? How predictable do you think I am?"

Mansion's library

Ember strung a note on her guitar that sent two ecto-fists right towards Kim and Sam; who we're both able to roll out of the way to avoid getting smashed into the flour. Sam immediately flew up to meet Ember with an ecto-charged scythe forming in her hands.

As Sam swung down at her, Ember was able to block it with her guitar. The two parried their respective weapons in mid-air relentlessly. While Sam kept Ember focused on her; this allowed Kim an opportunity to jump up on a large bookshelf, and with her Battle-Suit, she jumped right at Ember and landed a punch across her face that sent her into another bookshelf on the other side of the library. As she slid down, all the books fell on top and piled on her.

Kim and Sam both landed on the ground shortly after. "So who's this ghost?" Kim asked.

"Ember McClain." Sam answered. "A rock star who doesn't quite know how to rock."

A blue fire blasted away all the books that piled Ember as her hair lit up and extended, being the source of the flame.

"Oh ha, ha. Very funny." Ember glared. "So the dip-stick's got some new friends, huh?"

"Don't call him a dip-stick!" Sam exclaimed, knowing she was referring to Danny.

"And you're one to talk; working for some narcissistic creep like Vlad." Kim began. "Plus, that outfit of yours, its so not the 80s anymore."

"Ooooh. You want some Aloe Vera for that burn." Sam smirked as she and Kim both laughed; but Ember seethed with rage.

"You want a burn? I'll a give you a burn!" Ember strung her guitar again to send a swirl of blue flaming ecto-waves at both girls; but Kim stood in front of Sam and created a bubble-shield that protected both of them from the attack.

Once the attack stopped; Sam flew past Kim and created a pair of ecto-nunchucks and swung them relentlessly at Ember; who blocked them all with the use of her guitar. As they once again paired weapons; Kim jumped high and fell with her right foot heading straight for Ember, but unlike last time, she saw this coming.

Ember turned intangible to let Kim fall through her, this also caught Sam somewhat off-guard as she fell back and Ember slammed her guitar at Sam's face to send her flying. Kim got back up and tried to punch Ember, but she turned intangible to let the attacks phase again.

"You a slow learner or something sweetheart?" Ember questioned Kim. "You can't punch something intangible."

"Oh really?" Kim questioned back with a knowing smirk. She pushed a small button on her right wrist as her Battle-Suit began to glow blue. She punched the intangible Ember, but this time, her fist landed a clean hit across her face; much to Ember's shock. Kim followed along with a left-hook; a right kick to Ember's abs; and a jumping round-house to Ember's head to send her flying.

Sam got back up and saw the whole thing with a surprised expression. "How did you…?"

"Danny gave the other Avengers some of his ghost-fighting tech if we came across one." Kim began. "I know a really smart guy, so I let him take a look at it, he made a few adjustments to my suit, and now it can hurt ghosts even if they're intangible."

"Wow. Cool." Sam complemented. "And I'm not much of a fan of white; but I gotta admit, I really like the white and blue mix in that suit; it really suits you."

"Oh really? Thanks." Kim replied as she looked at her suit and turned back to Sam. "And I really like that jacket of yours; they seem to go real well with those boots."

"Yeah, you should have seen this thing before I went through the ghost portal." Sam replied. "The white would be okay; but I can't stand the fluffiness at the end."

"Hello!?" Ember shouted, getting both their attention as she stood up. "If you two are done; can we just fight already?!"

Kim rolled her eyes. "Why don't we talk more after we kick this chick's butt, deal?"

"Deal." Sam replied as she cracked her knuckles and they both leapt towards Ember as she leapt at them in retaliation.

Outside

There was an explosion along the back of the mansion from a window on the second floor. Out of the dust flew Rex in his Boogie-Pack; Illana in her Corus armor; and Dani in her ghost form. They looked back to see the Fright Knight riding his black Pegasus-steed following them. They all faced him in mid-air.

"Okay, aside from the fact that he's a bad guy, he's gotta be the coolest looking ghost I've ever seen." Rex complemented slightly.

"Less talk, more fighting!" Dani exclaimed as she blasted an ecto-beam from her hands and Illana shot a blue beam from her armor's forehead at the Fright Knight, but his steed opened its mouth to shoot a stream of purple fire to counter the beams; forcing the two girls to scatter.

Rex flew straight forward with his Boogie-Pack as he formed his Smack Hands and reeled for a punch, but the Fright Knight flew back on his steed and sailed upward, hovering in front of the glowing moon in dramatic fashion.

"Foolish whelp." The Fright Knight began, pointing his green sword at Rex. "Challenging me is a grave mistake!"

"Been there, done that." Rex dismissed as he flew straight up at the Fright Knight, who rode downward on his steed, reading his sword, the Soul Shredder.

Dani's eyes widened as she saw the sword. "We can't let him get hit with that sword!" She flew straight towards the oncoming clash.

"Wha… Dani wait!" Illana called as she flew after her.

The two we're mere inches away from clashing; right when the Fright Knight was about to slash with his sword, Dani grabbed Rex and turned him intangible just in time to let him phase past the Fright Knight; much to his irritation.

The Fright Knight looked in confusion slightly before Illana kicked him in the side with his steed in her armor. The Fright Knight recovered in mid-air.

"Impressive armor, for a female." The Fright Knight stated before he flew straight at Illana as she activated her electric-shield to block the sword from slicing her.

Dani let go of Rex as he turned around. "What'd you do that for?!" He questioned. "I would have decked him!"

"Can't take any chances." Dani replied. "That sword of his is called the Soul Shredder, if he hits you with it, you'll get zapped into a world of your own worst nightmare!"

Rex's eyes widened once Dani said that. "Okay. Avoid the sword, got it."

They both turned their attention to the Fright Knight's constant attacks on Illana. "That shield of hers won't hold up much longer." Dani said.

"We need to ground him." Rex assessed. "Can you get his attention?"

"No problem." Dani replied with a smirk as she flew towards the fight.

The Fright Knight's relentless sword-slashes we're managing to slice through Illana's shield to the point where it could give at any time, much to Illana's frustration. His steed held its hooves high and with one heave; they broke away Illana's shield and sent her plummeting to the ground.

Illana got up and looked to see the Fright Knight ready to descend upon her. "As I said before, that armor is most impressive." The Fright Knight said. "It'll make an excellent trophy, along with you're head."

"Hey Fright Nut!" He looked to see Dani just a few feet away from him. "Why do you have a toilet bowl for a helmet? Could that be the reason you stink so much?" She insulted before blowing raspberries at him.

The Fright Knight did not like being mocked. "Insolent child!" He failed to notice Rex flying high above him who withdrew his boogie-pack and fell right at him. "For your insults, you shall…"

Before he could finish, he heard a strange sound above him and looked with wide-eyes to see Rex falling to him with his Punk-Busters. He kicked the Fright Knight off his steed and fell to the grassy ground; two seconds later, Rex landed his Punk-Busters right on the Fright Knight; leaving a smoking crater.

Rex jumped back and withdrew his machine. "Rule number one of a fight. Never turn your back on your opponent."

The Fright Knight got up and brushed the dust off him. "Impressive, boy. If you stand down right now, I'll let you live to tell the story."

"Sorry, you ain't getting off that easy." Rex said with a smirk as he formed his BFS. "Why don't you taste my metal?"

"Very well, I accept you're challenge to a duel." The Fright Knight wielded his Soul Shredder and the two clashed blades.

Underground ghost lab

Diamondhead landed a punch in Vlad's gut, which sent him flying into Danny's foot, making contact with Vlad's face, causing him to spiral out of control and smash into his deactivated ghost-portal; causing it to crumble.

Danny and Diamondhead both fist-bumped before turning their attention to Vlad as he got up with a glare.

"Just wondering, how much damage can this fruit loop take?" Diamondhead questioned to Danny.

"A lot, trust me." Danny replied.

Vlad slammed his fists together and sent a large beam at both of them; but Diamondhead was able to slam his hands into the ground to create a large diamond-wall which not only blocked the blast, but reflected it all across the lab, destroying anything that wasn't already destroyed in the fight. Diamondhead withdrew the wall as he and Danny took combat stances.

Vlad sighed. "I'll give you this Daniel, you're friends are quite resourceful." He smirked. "Unfortunately for you, so am I." A mass of violet ecto-energy formed around him before it split off into three masses and each took the form of a Vlad copy; creating four Vlads total.

"Ah crud." Danny cursed, forgetting that was Vlad's trademark.

Two of the Vlads flew out and caught Diamondhead by the shoulders and flew him back to the furthest part of the underground lab, just as the other two copies flew up to Danny and shot their own violet-ecto beams at him; but Danny created an ecto-energy dome shield to protect himself.

Diamondhead was slammed hard on the wall as the two Vlad copies flew slightly above him.

"They say diamond is indestructible." The Vlad on the right mused.

"Why don't we see if that's true, shall we?" The Vlad on the left mused as well as both copies charged their fists with ecto-energy and began to punch Diamondhead rapidly with intense speed and strength.

All the blows dealt to Diamondhead's body we're rapid and intense, and combined with an extra boom-effect from the ecto-energy actually managed to crack Diamondhead a bit, causing him to grunt in pain. Finally having enough, he slammed the Omnitrix symbol on his chest, creating a green flash that temporarily blinded the two Vlads.

The flash subsided to reveal Ben in the form of Big Chill. He flew forward and grabbed both Vlad copies by the collar of their capes and flew them right into a large and partially destroyed console.

Meanwhile; the two Vlad's continued to blast away at Danny's shield; when he had enough of playing defense; Danny put a little more energy into the shield, causing it to expand and then explode, blasting away both Vlads. Danny fell to his right knee as he was a bit tired.

Big Chill flew up close to Danny. "You okay, pal?"

Danny took a few breaths to recuperate. "I so did not miss fighting him." Danny tried for a little humor. He then remembered Big Chill's powers upon seeing him. "Hey, I've got an idea."

"I'm listening." Big Chill replied.

All four of the Vlad copies recovered from their respective ordeals to see both Danny and Big Chill hovering over them; the Vlads glared as they all shot ecto-beams at them, but Danny and Big Chill turned intangible to avoid getting blasted.

"Good shot, though I suppose that's cold comfort." Big Chill stated.

"And speaking of cold…" Danny said as his eyes turned cyan-blue and his hands surged with cyan-ecto energy. He blasted a cyan beam just as Big Chill inhaled and sent a gust of cold air; both attacks hit all four Vlads head-on. Two seconds later, they we're all completely frozen together.

"Guess he's not too fond of the cold shoulder, is he?" Danny cracked as Big Chill laughed slightly.

Their laughs ceased when they saw a violet light coming out of the ice block. A few seconds later; there was an explosion, forcing both heroes to cover their eyes. When they looked, they saw only one single Vlad Plasmius. Though fatigue, but still quite angry as he growled at both of them.

Library

Ember swung her guitar relentlessly at Kim, who ducked to avoid one hit; jumped over Ember to avoid another. As she landed, she pulled back her left foot and kicked Ember hard in the back to send her flying straight to Sam, who created a pair of ecto-boxing-gloves to punch Ember clear in the face to knock her back to Kim. As Ember fell back, Kim jumped in the air and flipped, catching Ember by the shoulders, and as Kim flipped forward, she tossed Ember over her and into the old fire place; causing all the dust and soot to fall onto her.

"That it?" Kim asked. "Is she finished?"

"Not quite." Sam replied as Ember got up with a heated glare. She turned the dial on her guitar to a new setting, one that had skull and crossbones. She strung a beat her guitar and sent multiple ecto-skull projectiles at Kim and Sam.

Sam formed a knight's shield construct and jumped in front of Kim to protect from the blast.

"Okay, I've had enough of this!" Sam growled as the attacks hit her shield. Kim found herself mildly surprised to see Sam's eyes turn a bright orange.

As Ember kept up her attack, not wanting her enemies to get an opening; she failed to notice the green ecto shield turning orange and a massive explosion of orange ecto-flame blew away Ember's attack and Ember herself.

Kim looked in surprise to see Sam covered in an aura of orange flame. "Whoa."

Sam created a whip made of her ecto-flames and flung it at Ember. The whip entangled Ember, which not only tied her up, but burnt her as well. She pulled on the whip to send the tied up Ember right towards her, who had an ecto-flame in hand. Right when Ember was face-to-face; Sam shot her hand forward and it created a massive burst of fire that blasted Ember right through the wall.

Kim looked with wide eyes to see Ember through the hole, in the other room, completely unconscious, and covered in several bruises and burns.

"This concert's over." Sam stated as the flames died down and her eyes turned green again.

"Again… whoa." Kim breathed in surprise. "So… you've got fire powers?"

"Yep." Sam turned back to Kim with a smirk.

Kim smiled. "I am impressed." She turned back to the unconscious Ember. "She really got burned on that number." Kim and Sam high-fived.

Sam then took out a Fenton Thermos and sucked up the downed Ember, thus ending the fight. "You've got some really good moves yourself." Sam complemented.

"Thanks." Kim replied before she realized something and she gave a smirk towards Sam.

"What?" Sam questioned.

"You've got fire-powers, while Danny's got ice-powers." Kim said. "Do I need to say anything else?"

Sam rolled her eyes with a smile. "Yeah, yeah we're perfect for each other. I know."

"I'm just saying." Kim said with her smirk still present and a shrug.

Sam looked towards her. "You know what Kim? I think you and I are gonna get along just alright."

Kim smiled back. "Come on, lets see if we can find the others."

Outside

Rex and the Fright Knight continued with their duel as they slashed relentlessly at each other with their respective swords. Rex couldn't allow the Soul Shredder to so much as scratch him, as he would get sucked into his own worst nightmare. Though he did get a few scratches on the Fright Knight with his BFS.

As the fight intensified; Illana and Dani both watched while still hovering in the air.

"Come on, shouldn't we be helping!?" Dani questioned.

"No." Illana held Dani back by her arm. "This a duel between two warriors. There's no honor if we interfere. Besides, we've still got that." Illana pointed up.

Dani looked to where she was pointing and saw the Fright Knight's Black Pegasus steed still flying in the air and glaring at the two girls.

"Oh right, forgot about him." Dani realized before they scattered as the flying steed shot out a purple fireball from its mouth.

Back with the sword-duel; the Fright Knight went on the offensive with multiple slashes and strikes with the Soul Shredder, but Rex was able to block it with the massive from on his BFS. Rex jumped back to gain some distance and the top of his sword spun like a buzz saw before surging forward.

Rex jumped high with his buzz-saw-sword and slashed down at the Fright Knight, which he rolled to avoid. The Fright Knight tried to lunge at Rex, but he limboed out of the way and tried to slash at the Fright Knight while he was in the air, but the Fright Knight saw this coming and turned intangible so that the saw past through him. The Fright Knight landed a kick to Rex's face to send him rolling back.

Rex got up with a few breaths. "Okay, this guy's tougher than I thought."

"You're swordsmanship is quite impressive, mortal." The Fright Knight complemented. "But you'll need to do better if you are to defeat me!" He lunged forward.

Rex however got an idea and dug his spinning saw right into the ground; causing dirt to spin and fly everywhere. Much of it flew in the Fright Knight's face; blinding him and giving Rex the opportunity he needed. He swung his blade hard and slammed into the Fright Knight to send him flying.

Back in the air, Dani shot an ecto-blast at the Black Pegasus, but it blocked the attack with his wings shielding his front. This however was a distraction as Illana flew up and shot a powerful laser from her armor's chest which nailed the steed, sending it falling to the ground and crashing right onto the disoriented Fright Knight; taking them both down.

Rex, Illana, and Dani gathered around the downed ghosts. "Nighty night, knight." Rex cracked, causing Dani to giggle as she pulled out her Fenton Thermos and sucked up the knocked out Fright Knight and his steed.

"That was… actually kind of fun." Dani said.

"Yeah, it kind of was." Rex agreed.

"So, where do you think the others are?" Illana wondered.

"Over here!"

They all looked up to see the source of the voice, from Kim, being carried by Sam as they flew down from the mansion and joined the others.

"Sam!" Dani called.

"Kim!" Illana called as well.

"Looks like you guys handled the situation well." Kim complemented the group.

"Thanks." Rex replied. "You ladies alright?"

"Yeah we're fine." Sam answered.

"Where's Danny?" Dani questioned.

"And Ben? Where's he?" Illana asked as well.

"My guess; those two are dealing with Vlad right now." Sam guessed.

"Do you think they'll need our help?" Kim asked.

Before anyone else could respond to that question; a large intangible mass flew up from the ground, forcing the group to scatter. This mass was the wrestling forms of Danny, Vlad, and Big Chill; all of which we're in their intangible forms. Vlad was able to get the upper hand as he grabbed both Big Chill and Danny by their faces and threw them to the ground.

They both rolled for a second as Danny came up to his feet; Big Chill pressed on his Omnitrix symbol and transformed into Kickin Hawk; both glaring at the flying Vlad.

"I am finished playing games children!" Vlad yelled.

"To bad, cause we're just getting started." This voice came from Rex as he formed his Blaster Caster, and snapped the whip at a surprised Vlad, entangling him in it and slamming him down on the ground hard.

Vlad recovered from the surprise and pulled Rex by his whip and was reeling back for a punch, but Illana flew above Rex and shot a laser forward from her forehead and it hit Vlad dead on, causing him to roll along the ground.

The heavily beaten Vlad Plasmius struggled to get up and looked in shock to see Danny, Rex, Sam, Kickin Hawk, Dani, Illana, and Kim all surrounded him.

"You know Vlad, you once told me that you and I are a lot like." Danny began. "But there is one big difference between you and me: I've got friends."

Every one of the young heroes smirked almost evilly as a few even cracked their knuckles with brutal intentions.

"Oh sugar cookie." Vlad relented.

*WHAM!*

Every hero got at least one hit in. A kick from Ben in his Kickin Hawk form; a punch in the jaw from Dani; a blast from Rex's slam cannon; a roundhouse from Kim; an uppercut across the face from Sam with a brass-knuckle construct; a hit from Illana's chest-beam; and finally an ecto-punch dead in the face from Danny.

Vlad fell back, barley conscious, but covered in bruises all over. He was unable to support his ghost form as a pair of black rings formed around his body and he transformed back into Vlad Masters.

"You loose." Danny told Vlad with a glare.

"Yes… you may have… won the battle Daniel." Vlad grunted before an evil smirk crossed his face as he reached into his pocket. "But the war... has just begun… you'll see" He pulled out a remote and pressed a button.

*BOOM!*

All the young heroes looked in shock to see the old mansion explode in a bright flash and burst into flames. While they we're completely caught off guard by this, Vlad used what was left of his powers to phase into the ground and escape. Kickin Hawk turned around to see he was gone.

"Huh?! He's gone!"

"What?!" Kim, Rex, and Illana all exclaimed in surprise as everyone turned to see Vlad was gone, just as Kickin Hawk turned back into Ben.

"Vlad must have rigged the whole mansion to blow, just in case he lost." Sam guessed.

"Damn coward." Danny cursed. He sighed. "But at least its over."

"Shouldn't we go after him?" Kim asked.

"Nah, he's long gone by now." Dani replied. "Besides, we better get back to Amity Park for clean up."

"Actually, I got a text from Tucker a few minutes ago." Danny responded. "It says they're set there. We're done here."

"So, head back to the mansion?" Rex guessed.

Danny looked to Sam for a minute. "You guys go on ahead, I'll catch up."

Ben and Rex looked towards each other with smirks; just as Illana did with Kim.

"Alright, whatever you say fearless leader." Ben joked as he took out a Dimensional Converter device. He made the coordinates and pressed a button as a white rift-gate-like portal opened, the four young heroes entered, leaving only the three half-ghosts present.

"Wait… did he say mansion?!" Dani questioned as the portal closed.

"Yeah… I'll take you their sometime kiddo." Danny told her. "But first, maybe you should call the fire department, to take care of the mansion."

"On it." Dani stated as she flew off to get them, leaving only Danny and Sam.

"So, what do you think of my team?" Danny asked his girlfriend.

"Hmmm." Sam mussed. "Pretty awesome, Illana and Kim both seem really nice, and Ben and Rex look like they could get along with Tucker pretty well. But the best part is that you lead them."

"Yeah well, I've still got five other members on the team that you guys should meet." Danny said. "And I'm taking you to see that mansion."

"How'd you get a mansion?" Sam asked with a smirk.

"Long story." Danny replied, but his demeanor became serious. "Vlad is still out there though. And each member of my team has his or her own world to protect and I'm going to have to…"

Sam silenced him with a finger to his mouth. "It's okay. I understand. Avengers, protectors of the Multiverse. I like the sound of that."

"You might not see too much of me." Danny admitted. "But… if we need help; you and everyone else are the first people I'll call."

"Danny, I get it." Sam began. "You have a team, and now you're a part of something that's bigger than anything you've done before. I'm proud of you. And no matter what happens, I'm still here for you."

Danny smiled. "Thanks, that's all I need."

The two looked into each other's eyes before they slowly leaned in for a kiss.

The End.

That is it for Episode 3 of my Avengers series. Don't worry; you'll be seeing plenty more of Vlad, he's not done yet. You'll be seeing more of Danny's friends as well.

As for my more immediate episodes, you'll be seeing more of the worlds of my other Avengers; meeting many of their friends and enemies as they travel across each other's worlds.

Thanks again for your patience. Episode 4 will come out soon. See you next time.