(Chapter 21: Let's Get Started)

It was nearing the end of November as on both ends things were starting to look up for both Maynard and Danny with it being on Danny continuing to gain further mastery over his lantern ring as well as his ice powers. Granted he did have to be careful with is super strength considering that when he snapped his fingers a bit too hard it cracked a bystanders' ribs with an audible crack, but other than that things were going well for him considering that his relationship with Leslie had been very much improving.

While Maynard was continuing to enjoy his life as a separate entity seeing as how it left him being able to see more of what the world was about, while also exploring more of what his powers had to offer and so far was loving every second of it. For Maynard couldn't wait to get things started out in the world seeing as how with everything that he had planned and with how much he was doing in discovering the full extent of his powers, suffice to say that he could tell that the upcoming year would be going his way.

(November 26th, 2015, Amity Park, 2:10 pm)

It was 10 after 2 as Jazz and Danny were grabbing some coffee from Starbucks when they saw none other than the Terror Twins causing a mess throughout their town and tearing apart the police like it was nothing, heck even some of the heroes that were called in were proving ineffective at taking them down and out.

"Well Jazz since the heroes are getting their asses handed to them do you want to show them how it's done?" Danny asked as he saw Wally's replacement get sent through a wall like it was nothing

"No problem, besides I've been meaning to test out something that I've been working on with Crona for a while now." Jazz answered back considering that she and Crona had been working on something

"That and I get to make use of that new outfit that Tucker made for me." Jazz added as she looked at a metallic bracer on her left arm that housed her outfit

"Alright then let's get to it since I finally get to combat test my lantern ring." Danny spoke as he held out his lantern ring

"Wait, Danny, if we're going to do our first official team up then can we at least do the thing we talked about doing if this ever came up?" Jazz asked as Wonder Girl was piledriven into the ground courtesy of Tuppence Terror

"...Ok, we'll do it. But only because this is a special occasion." Danny answered back

"Yes! This is gonna be so cool" Jazz replied in excitement

"It's Morphin Time!" Danny and Jazz exclaimed

That in mind the both of them were engulfed in golden and magenta lights respectively before they soon stood in their new outfits, with Jazz having brandished Scorn as she looked at her new outfit while Danny was soon making a hoverboard construct for them ride in on. With them soon jumping on and arriving in on the scene as Jazz cracked Scorn and sent it lashing around Tommy's thick muscular neck before slamming him headfirst into the pavement, while Danny sent Tuppence sprawling back with a few blasts of his double barrel shotgun as the onlookers took in the Fenton siblings new appearance.

With Danny being dressed black hazmat suit similar to his ghost form but instead, this one had deep goldenrod with obsidian trim armor with gauntlets, greaves, vambraces, thigh-guards and a chest-plate of said coloration upon his person that while similar to mechanized plate armor also had a slight skeletal look to it. Yet over this, he had a ragged black duster over the chestplate with the golden Sinestro Corps insignia that combined with the faceless black and gold helmet he wore made him look like a robotic gunslinger from the Wild West.

By contrast, Jazz wore a bodysuit that was a mix between crimson and magenta in coloration with bone white armor plates on her arms, lower legs, and chestplate as well as small shoulder guards that had a razor sharp and almost demonic appearance to it similar to Dante's Devil Trigger from the recent DMC games. With this being evident by how her gauntlets and greaves were upon closer look segmented and looked clawed and reptilian, while her helmet had an almost dragonic like shape to it yet still retained a mask like format.

"Who the hell are you two supposed to be?" Tommy Terror questioned

"I'm Queen Crimson and this here is Thanatos, and who we are is to eliminate you for all the trouble your causing." Jazz replied with her having chosen her name after a play on the Boss of Part 5's stand from Golden Wind and Danny having adopted his from the Greek death God

"Like hell, you'll get rid of us, besides if these two-bit heroes the Justice League has sent after us can't then what makes you…." Tuppence interjected before a golden fist construct complete with brass knuckles punched her headfirst into a fire hydrant

"Queen Crimson let's get this done and over with as I have things to do and someone to be with, so let's keep this moving." Danny spoke in referring to Jazz by her codename

"Fair enough as I've got business of my own to take care of as well once we're done." Jazz replied in her having a date with Lucy in about 2 hours

"Then let's waste no more time." Danny spoke as he sent a battering ram construct hurtling towards a charging Tommy Terror

"Crona are you ready since I think this would be a perfect time to try out that thing we've been working on?" Jazz questioned her less volatile alternate personality

"Yes as I've been waiting to do something like this for a long time now." Crona answered back with glee in her voice as fiery reddish gold energy radiated out of Crona and began to surround Jazz

"Then let's do this." Jazz spoke as crackling reddish gold energy surrounded her

"Soul Resonance/Soul Resonance!" Both Jazz and Crona exclaimed

That in mind the reddish gold energy began to crackle and radiate out of her with heat and warmth with the potency of a small sun that radiated out of her, with her outfit turning from a mix of magenta and crimson to reddish gold and crimson and her helmet shifted to become less dragonic and more similar to a knight, while the armor on her costume became more heavy-duty in that vein as well. With Tuppence out rising up as Jazz cracked Scorn who glowed with the reddish gold solar energy Jazz now radiated, as the bladed whip raced towards her with incredible force and cut through the hand she used to try and catch it like it wasn't there, to begin with.

Before she soon had Scorn wrap around Tuppence's arm like a boa constrictor and with a hard yank drug her to her before using her helmet to headbutt her into a street lamp that she roughly landed towards, with Tuppence getting back up and having tried to leap towards Jazz like a lion after a gazelle. Before Jazz sent Scorn out at Tuppence once more and had it wrap around her chest and with a flourish of her hand had it send her crashing into the ground carving up the concrete as she did so.

With it being that once the super-strong villainess rose back up she was met by Scorn slamming into her with such force that it shredded her side, but also broke a rib in the process that caused a sharp gasp of pain from Tuppence. Before another crack of the bladed whip cut a gash across her neck infuriating the incredibly strong villainess that Jazz was up against let out a roar of anger and charged after Jazz, who was already sending the solar energy towards her bladed whip causing it to turn a bright red in color.

"Take this! Scarlet Overdrive!" Jazz exclaimed as the reddish flames of solar energy smacked Tuppence in the face so hard the cracking of her jaw could be heard as blood and teeth flew out into the street

"Nice shot their Jazz." Crona told her as her astral projection held a smug grin on her face

"Thanks, Crona, and why don't we turn the heat up on things considering that I think its time we used the other form of Scorn." Jazz replied as Crona's grin only widened

"Let's do this Jazz. Since this is gonna be so much fun." Crona replied as Jazz flared more with reddish gold energy of Crona

"Soul Resonance: Solar Flails/Soul Resonance: Solar Flails." Crona and Jazz sounded off as Scorn soon began to vibrate and warp as more energy was funneled into it

That in mind Jazz began to seemingly pull Scorn apart by the handle as in a burst of solar and arcane energies stood the twin handles of Scorn although now different considering that instead of bladed whips at the business end. Now instead had foot long chains and at the business end was bladed spades with grinning faces on them that blazed with solar flames (For this form think of the Chains of Scorn from Darksiders 3).

With her charging in with renewed focus in giving her Solar Flails as she let up into the air and with her soon spinning both flails in both hands causing them to erupt with solar flames of reddish gold, which when it struck in proximity to Tuppence let loose a shockwave of solar flames and energy. The result was burns covering the front portion of her body and searing it's way through parts of her soft muscle and frying the nerves in the process as Jazz continued to spin the twin flails as she began to launch an onslaught against Tuppence.

For Tuppence Terror in one of the rare times in her life found herself being on the back-foot considering that Jazz and her Solar-Flails struck at her with a rapid-fire pace of blows never ceasing as each one was enough to leave bruises that were accompanied by the occasional burn from the solar energy emitted. With Jazz having front-flipped and slammed both of them into Tuppence's jaw with such force that an audible crack was heard as blood filled the blonde's mouth, signifying a broken jaw before Jazz had followed through with a roundhouse kick that dislocated it.

With Jazz deciding to finish this as Tuppence continued to lumber after her and continue to try and crush her through brute force began to charge up and pulse with solar energy, before jumping up and with a wide smile and a cry of Sunlight Yellow Overdrive began to lay waste to Tuppence. With her launching a barrage of solar energy enhanced attacks that burned at her flesh and cracked away at her bones like one would a walnut in a haze of golden-orange, with it being moments before a soon deceased and burned corpse of Tuppence Terror lie at Jazz's feet

"Well, I can finally mark off getting to do those things off my list." Jazz said with elation at her voice at the fact she got to pull off two attacks from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

"Told you it would go off without a hitch." Crona assured her as Jazz's aura of solar energy dissipated once the Soul Resonance cut off

"You sure were Crona since I feel amazing right about now." Jazz said to herself in feeling pretty good about her life right now

"Glad you do Jazz, by the way I wonder how Danny is doing?" Crona wondered as to how the Sinestro Corpsman was doing

"I'm sure he's doing great, its mainly Tuppence's brother who I'd be worried about. Because now that Danny isn't pulling his punches any longer then I'm pretty sure he's screwed." Jazz spoke before she soon saw a battered and bruised Tommy Terror fly headfirst into the pavement

"And speak of the Devil." Crona said as Danny flew next to Tommy Terror who was spitting out blood

"One thing I will give you Terror is that you're extremely resilient, then again I've merely been doing a warmup so far to get the bearings of how I am in a fight." Danny said his voice cold as a glacier as he stared down at the bruised and bloodied behemoth of a man

"Y-You think y-your better than me?!" Tommy Terror questioned as he threw a punch that Danny caught with impunity

"I don't think I'm better than you Mr. Terror. I know I'm better than you." Danny answered as he used his strength to start breaking Tommy's fingers

That in mind you could hear the slow but sure crunch as Danny began to crush Tommy's right hand before punching Tommy so hard in the face that his right eye was reduced to mush as he flew across the pavement like a baseball. Before Danny made a giant baseball bat construct and swung it made it so that Tommy Terror was sent rocketing into the air as Danny continued to fly after him with his right hand covered in ice as he proceeded to lay waste to the remaining Terror Twin with a quick combo of punches to his abdomen.

Before punching him back down to terra firma with said Terror Twins' descent being aided by an anchor construct that sent him crashing onto a roof where he began coughing up blood and saliva, while Danny floated down to him. With Tommy Terror having tried to charge after him but a blast from the shotgun he carried at his foot stopped him considering a chunk of it was blasted it off, before quickly reloading and firing another that blew a hearty chunk off his pants leg.

With Danny then making a sledgehammer construct that knocked him off the roof and sent him plummeting but not before Danny made a large orb of ice and snow and launched it at the remaining Terror Twin, the result being a giant burst of compacted snow, ice and frigid winds going off in Tommy Terror's face. With the large behemoth of a man shivering from the intense cold as the blood from his wounds actually froze shut from the sheer amount of cold thrown at him by the attack, before he was knocked flat on his ass by a trio of shotgun blasts from Danny who stood across from him with an impassive gaze from behind his helmeted view.
"Well, it looks as though this is the end of the line for you." Danny spoke in a glacial voice that was without any mercy in it

"Just who..the hell do you...think you are?" Tommy Terror questioned as he stood up his body throbbing with pain

"You're executioner." Danny replied as he closed the distance

With Tommy Terror having charged after Danny with a right hook Danny caught it and slammed him into the ground hard enough to crack the pavement, yet the moment the remaining Terror Twin rose up to try and try and crush Danny's skull between his mammoth hands. Only for Danny to make brick wall constructs to impede the attack and soon enough make a boxing glove construct on his right hand that he used to break Tommy Terror's left femur with a loud snap that forced him to the ground out of sheer pain.

The remaining Terror twin tried once more to slug Danny across his helmeted face in an attempt to land one worthwhile blow upon him only for Danny to grasp the large fist before him, and using a great deal of strength broke his fingers like they were made of glass causing Tommy to recoil at his mangled hand. Danny deciding to finish this punched the remaining Terror Twin in the sternum hard enough to cause his breath to hitch as he fell flat on his back, all before Danny summoned forth a sledgehammer construct and began to go to town on Tommy Terror's chest until his body soon stopped shuddering from the blows and lie there dead.

With Danny now that he eliminated Tommy Terror soon regrouped with Jazz and after a bit with the reporters soon flew off with Danny's assistance and once they were out of public view transformed back to their regular guises.

"Not gonna lie Jazz this was pretty fun." Danny spoke having felt it was quite nice in doing his first official team up with Jazz

"I told you it would be as things are finally starting to look up for the both of us." Jazz replied with a smile that warmed Danny's, frigid heart

"Guess so. Anyways what do you want to do now?" Danny questioned as to what his sister wanted him to do now in the meantime

"Well, we could get you some new clothes so you don't look like the world's most butch lesbian." Jazz answered back gaining a sigh from her younger brother

"Both you and Tucker aren't gonna let me live this down are you?" Danny questioned

"What do you think." Jazz responded

"That I might as well go ahead and do it, besides it wouldn't hurt to do so." Danny said in knowing he could use a switch up in attire

"Good to hear besides I could use this as a chance to go get my hair done." Jazz replied as the two walked off elsewhere

(8 hours later, 10:17 Pm, Amity Park)

It was hours later as Harleen had just got done from work and had driven home, with the former villainess having gotten out of the car before having sensed a presence she hasn't felt in years.

"You know after all this time you could've just picked up the phone and given me a call." Harleen spoke as she saw none other than the Dark Knight himself appear

"Hello, Harleen I never thought I'd see you in a place like this." Batman responded

"Well, its better than Gotham. Especially since it gets me away from him since that man is nowhere near capable of raising a family. Because I'd rather die from Joker Venom than let him ever raise my child." Harleen said in reference to the Joker

Because now that she no longer wore rose-tinted glasses after having Lucy she soon saw the Joker for the abusive monster he really was, with it being when he was exposing her to Joker Venom in an attempt to make them one step closer to his perversion of a happy family that she had it and got as far from Gotham as possible.

"But I know you didn't come here to wish me the best in having started my life over." Harleen guessed in knowing that Batman didn't come out here for that

"You're correct. As I came here to talk to you about Damian who attacked you weeks ago." Batman told her as Harleen's ring glowed defensively

"Yeah, your son is a real jerk. But look if your gonna fight me and subsequently drag me back to Gotham because of that, then bring it on. Because it'll be a cold day in hell before you rip me away from my daughter." Harleen responded as her eyes glowed a rose-colored pink

"You have this all wrong. In fact, I came here to apologize for my son's action in having recklessly attacked you, in fact, I strictly told him not to come after you. But all he did instead was bark and go on about how I've become too soft." Batman said in having not come here to fight but instead to apologize for the actions of his homicidal son

"Oh...really?" Harleen questioned in being disarmed by hearing that

"Yes as it was extremely out of line for him to have tried to not only throw you into Arkham when you've completely reformed but also having tried to kill you among other things he mentioned in doing that find disgusting Because of that I am sorry for what nearly happened to you, since it is something that never should've been able to." Batman answered back in having found what Damian tried to do and further intended on doing was completely abhorrent

"I accept the apology Batsy, but first off why don't you come inside since its rather cold out, and you look like you could use something to eat." Harleen told him considering that she felt this would be better done inside her house rather than the cold night

That in mind Harleen had some lasagna she made for when she got home and in about 20 minutes they soon started eating and after a while soon sat across from each other with it being an odd feeling, seeing as how years ago they were once enemies.
"Batsy from one parent to another I understand that you've been trying with him but understand that your son is for a lack of a better term a psychopath in the making." Harleen said as the Dark Knight held a weary expression without his cowl on

"I know that Harleen and I've been doing my best for the past almost 4 years to try and turn him away from what the League of Shadows turned him towards. Yet it seems as though everything I do to keep him away from becoming a homicidal monster seems to all be in vain." Batman responded in feeling that his attempts to turn Damian away from the psychotic and murderous impulses engineered into him were always fruitless

"Well have you considered that he's just too far gone? Because when I had to fight him all there was in him was nothing but absolute hatred and murderous rage. Since I'm telling you that if something serious isn't done about him then your looking at him going one of 3 ways, all of which are equally scary on their own merit." Harleen spoke to the Dark Knight in that Damian was possibly too far gone

"The first being that if something immediate isn't done quickly then he'll turn into a full-blown psychopath hell-bent on killing anyone he deems as scum regardless if they've reformed or not. The second being that he completely snaps in his rage and a Red Lantern ring finds and bonds to him causing him to become a savage rage fueled berserker that'll kill anything in sight. The third option similar to the second one is that he keeps spiraling further into his psychopathic and homicidal tendencies and becomes a serial killer. Then the fourth is that he decides it's not enough being Robin and goes back to the League of Shadows and in time tries to usurp its leader and take over as it's own. Then there's the last one and that's something I'm most afraid of." Harleen listed off to the futures that could happen with Damian should he keep this up

"What's the last possibility?" Batman asked with hints of trepidation in his voice

"That he continues to see that your soft and not getting the job done enough, which combined with his attitude of thinking he can do things better will lead to the worst end result. His overtaking and replacing you as Batman and starting a reign of terror over Gotham." Harleen answered back

Since Harleen knew that with a mind like Damian's the four possible outcomes for him were terrifying on their own merit seeing as how each one would lead to untold amounts of carnage and death. Yet the outcome in which he would try and replace Batman and warp the moniker of the Dark Knight into a twisted perversion of what it was would be a living nightmare because that psychopathic little monster as Batman would be a horror that Harleen wouldn't wish on anyone.

"And I can tell you know that the last one is something you've been trying to evade for the longest time?" Harleen questioned as Batman's face took a darkened expression

"You'd be correct. Because I am not blind to what's in Damian's heart and I thought that if I could train him and raise him as my own that I could turn him into a good young man, and maybe one day leave the mantle of Batman up to him. But every day I see him become more and more of a monster, because despite my best efforts to reign him in it only continues to get worse." Batman replied in having tried to turn Damian into a better young man had continued to fail and instead had only seen him spiral further and further down the rabbit hole

"Take it from the trained psychologist and someone who has been parenting far longer than what you have been doing. That this isn't your fault that Damian is like this seeing as how this is something that was already hardwired into him, and you've done the best you've possibly could to raise him right. Yet there are some people who are just so hardwired into being like this...like what Damian is that if this isn't caught early in their lives then it's irreversible. So I'm sorry to say this Batsy, but in my professional opinion Damian without having received heavy amounts of counseling and psychological help was pretty much made to be a born psychopath." Harleen told him grimly as it was the hard truth to have to tell Batman this but without having gone through intense psychological help the chances of Damian becoming normal were absolute zero

"Is there anything I can do to at least mitigate this?" Batman asked hoping for at least something

"The best I can say is prepare for the worst. Because at the rate he's going its either having to throw him in federal prison or mental institution. Or at absolute worst you'll have to put him down...I'm sorry Bruce I wish there was more I could do, but I'm a former psychologist, not a miracle worker." Harleen told him somberly and saddened that she couldn't do anything for the Dark Knight

"You're fine Harleen and thank you for the food and at least giving me some closure as to what I can do with Damian, going forward from here on out." Batman responded feeling somewhat better in knowing that there was closure in this

"Its no problem and sorry it has to be like this." Harleen told him as the Dark Knight excused himself and began heading out

"It's fine. But I have to go considering that the League and I have to sort through this Booster Gold debacle." Batman responded considering that Booster Gold had made a P.R shitstorm

"Good luck Batsy and thanks for visiting." Harleen said waving him off as he departed into the night

"Poor man can't seem to catch a break." Harleen thought to herself as she closed and locked the door

(4 days later, Metropolis, New York, 2:10 pm, November 30th, 2015)

It was 4 days later as Maynard was in Metropolis due to the fact that Lex Luthor after some days of consideration had decided to agree to the merger seeing it as beneficial and to celebrate this occasion had flown out Granny Cass to celebrate with him for the duration.

"Well aren't you moving up in the world." Granny Cass remarked at the fact that things were going well for Maynard

"Thank you, besides I kept in contact with Luthor and with more conversations with him as the man is quite good company. I was able to convince him to do the merger of both companies and propelling me further into wealth and power." Maynard spoke in feeling pretty good about how his life was stacked up right now

"By the way are you sure you're alright with paying for everything?" Granny Cass questioned as she went through her 11th bacon cheeseburger and 8th pair of curly fries

"It's fine besides I've got more than enough money to spend and your well worth it." Maynard answered back since to the ghost turned billionaire he was fine in doing this since it wouldn't make even a scratch in his finances

"If you say so and here's to your success!" Granny Cass cheered causing a smile to across Maynard's face

That in mind they continued to enjoy their lunch together and sharing good cheer in what would be to come in the new year and the successes that Maynard would be enjoying in what's to come, that was until they heard explosions going off. When they walked out into the street they saw a juiced up Parasite who was shooting out radiation blasts like Atomic Skull while running around with what looked like the Flash's lightning going at it with what looked like Supergirl who looked exhausted.

"Do you want to handle this or should I?" Granny Cass asked as she had prepped and readied spells just in case something were to pop off

"Nah I got this besides I've been meaning to test out my new powers." Maynard answered back his eyes glowing with spectral flame

"As I'll be back in around 5 or 10 minutes give or take." Maynard spoke as he casually strolled towards the scene of the fight

"What are...you doing here... it's too dangerous?" The Flash questioned as he was drained from having such a large portion of his Speed Force energy taken

"Relax I'll be fine and you, however, should probably sit this one out seeing as how you look a bit worse for wear." Maynard answered back as he saw Parasite starting to absorb Supergirl's powers

"Hey, big purple and fugly I wanna talk with you! Maynard shouted as Parasite had punched Supergirl

"What the hell do you want?" Parasite questioned

"Well, you see all this bullshit you've been causing. Yeah, I'm gonna need you to cut it out right now, because you're ruining my good day and it's getting on my last nerves. Otherwise, we're gonna have a problem." Maynard told him seeing as how at the current moment Maynard wasn't so much pissed as he was very annoyed

"And what're are you gonna do about it? Because in case you haven't noticed I've absorbed the powers of The Flash, Atomic Skull and some of Supergirl's, so compared to me you don't have a chance." Parasite boasted at the level of power he now possessed

"That's easy to answer. If you don't cut this out I'm gonna not only beat up, but I'm also gonna turn you into a pile of ashes. So the choice is yours either you can cut this out or you can be incinerated the choice is yours." Maynard responded since those were the only other options that he'd give Parasite

"So what's it going to be?..." Maynard questioned before he was promptly punched through a candy store

"Like he thinks he can order me around and kill me...ha! I'll give it to him that he had balls to think he could do that." Parasite said as he turned his attention towards Supergirl

"Well, that just happened." Maynard thought to himself as he looked towards the shocked owner

"Sir when this is over I'll be back for a few things in your shop that I'd like to get later for myself and a family friend I'm with if that's ok?" Maynard requested as he casually peeled himself out of a wall and his fist from being stuck in a gumball machine

"N-No problem at all..are you ok?" The owner asked as Maynard dusted himself off

"Oh I'm fine and I will be sure to pay for the damages. Now if you don't mind I have a parasite that needs to be taken care of." Maynard spoke before transforming into his ghost form but not before buying himself a box of nerds and a stick of Nerds rope to munch on his way there

"Thanks for the Nerds and have a nice day!" Maynard called out before dashing off

"I swear this place just keeps getting weirder and weirder." The owner said to himself as he saw the young man transform and take off

That in mind Parasite was about to continue fighting Supergirl when a hellish blast of flames struck him like a pickup truck leaving his back smoking and partially charred, with him turning to see Maynard casually munching on a stick of Nerds rope and in one hand a fireball ready to go. With Parasite having tried to say something only for Maynard to throw another fireball that landed right in his face that was powerful enough to nearly knock him flat on his ass, to which was enough to provoke Parasite into attacking him after the next one knocked him headfirst into the concrete.

With Maynard continuing to nonchalantly eat his Nerds rope as he erected a wall of spectral flames around Parasite to stop him in his tracks, as the superpower leech ran into a 4-inch thick wall of spectral flames at the speed of sound. With Parasite having tried to brute force his way out of it with superhuman strength until in a fit of anger unleashed a shockwave of radiation before blasting a beam of radiation out at Maynard who blocked it with a stream of flames of his own, and used his pyrokinesis to direct the power struggle upwards so as not to cause any unneeded destruction.

Before using his fire manipulation to propulsively send him flying for a dropkick towards Parasite's face that knocked out some of his front teeth in the process, before setting both hands ablaze and launching a blazing and high-speed combo of punches at Parasite's abdomen that left patches of 2nd-degree burns on his flesh. That led up to a concussive blast of fire that sent him staggering a few feet back with him then glaring up at Maynard who proceeded to run at him at supersonic speeds in an attempt to bum rush him, only for Maynard to merely go intangible and let Parasite phase through him and crash into a brick wall.

"You know this could all just stop if you cut this out and stop being a power-hungry jackass." Maynard spoke as he continued to munch on the rest of his Nerds Rope

"You think this is funny?!" Parasite demanded as Maynard continued eating his candy

"Not so much funny as hilarious. Since I'm not really fighting a supervillain, so much as a disgusting leech. Because out of all Superman's villain's you honestly are the most laughable, since at best your a filthy parasite like your name implies and at worst your the world's most dangerous sponge." Maynard retorted as he finished his Nerds Rope

"Man I love Nerds, mental note go back to that candy store and get a butt-ton more of them." Maynard thought to himself as to what he'd do after next

"I swear I'll drain you of every last drop of power until your nothing more than a shriveled up corpse." Parasite swore as Speed Force energy arced off of him

"Look I'm not a straw so please don't try and suck up to me." Maynard retorted once again that caused a bellow of anger from Parasite

That in mind Parasite rushed after Maynard at full speed which the ghost flew out of the way from as Parasite used the superhuman strength gained from Supergirl to leap after Maynard in an attempt to crush him with his newfound strength. Only for Maynard to charge up an attack and release it via a high-intensity beam of spectral flames that burned away his flesh on his shoulder and upper chest and lower neck on the right side of him down to nearly the deep muscle, causing him to plummet back down.

With Maynard keeping the pressure going by firing off a volley of baseball-sized fireballs like a Gatling gun at Parasite who used his power of radiation to form a barrier around him to mitigate the damage, but Maynard in seeing this only increased the intensity of them causing them to go from baseball-sized to soccer-ball sized. The end result being the barrier of energy cracking and soon falling apart as he crashed onto the roof of a building smoking and burnt heap, with him then firing an energy bomb at Maynard who merely turned intangible and let it harmlessly fly off into sky.

For Maynard decided to start putting Parasite out of commission by using his pyrokinesis to propel him towards him and used intangibility to evade the punch aimed to crush his skull before he rounded back and used all of his strength to send him flying off of the roof. That in mind Maynard soon took a deep breath and released his version of the Ghostly Wail which unlike Danny's was much more destructive and sounded more bestial and distorted, as emerald and dark reddish purple sonic attack plowed into Parasite like a freight train, destroying windows and glass instantly causing building nearby to almost collapse from structural failure from the sheer force of it.

"Well let's see if our favorite leech has survived." Maynard thought as he floated down to the 30-foot deep crater that was caused by the attack

"So then are you gonna give up now since I'm pretty sure I've practically annihilated you." Maynard wondered before a burnt and battered Parasite who had his flesh shredded by Maynard's Ghostly Wail soon latched onto him in a blindsided tackle

"Finally I've caught you and now all of your power will belong to me!" Parasite exclaimed as Maynard's energy began to be drained into Parasite

"Huh, this is interesting but tell me something Parasite did you really think I didn't know you'd try to do this to me? Because I read all about you and you're being a disgusting leech." Maynard spoke unfazed by his powers being absorbed

"So what it doesn't change anything, because soon enough your power will belong to me and you'll be another dried husk." Parasite boasted as he felt the flow of power be absorbed into him

"Well here's the thing one of my powers is energy absorption, so guess what my good friend since we both have the same power it works both ways. So thank you to gift wrapping me some new powers." Maynard replied as one of Danny's latent ghost powers he absorbed from him was energy absorption and thought that it would only make sense to put it to full use against Parasite

"No, you can't do this to me…." Parasite spoke as he soon felt the absorption go in reverse

"But I already am, so shut up and give me what's mine." Maynard responded as he reversed Parasite's power absorption

That in mind Parasite soon struggled to get away from Maynard who had reversed his powers onto him yet the ghostly billionaire soon put him into a chokehold and began absorbing the energy and power that Parasite stole from Atomic Skull and the Flash. With Parasite continuing to feel more and more sluggish as Maynard drained him of his stolen powers while Maynard soon felt the radiation manipulation and Speed Force energies be absorbed into his person, and added to his being as he started forcing Parasite to his knees as he amped up the absorption.

Once Maynard saw he'd sufficiently weakened Parasite he threw him onto the ground like a piece of garbage and then proceeded to incinerate him until there was nothing more than a mound of ashes where his body used to lay. That in mind he transformed back into his human form and assured the people that he'd pay for the property damages caused during the fight, and then proceeded to casually stroll his way back to Granny Cass like nothing even happened.

"So did everything go ok Maynard?" Granny Cass asked of her other grandson

"Oh yeah, everything went fine, granted the jerk punched me into a candy store a few blocks away from here. But other than that everything went pretty well." Maynard answered back considering that out of the fight he did get two new powers that were adapting themselves into his body

"That's great to know. Anyways now that this has been a day and a half for you, what do you want to do now?" Granny Cass questioned Maynard as to what he was going to do now

"Well there's that candy store I got punched into earlier and I thought we could go to it and get some candy, and after that just hang out for the rest of the day." Maynard responded as they soon proceeded to head towards the candy store in question

"Sounds good to me, since I'm just hear to be with my grandson." Granny Cass said with a shrug of her shoulders

"Man today was a good day if I do say so myself. Now then how I'm going to deal with the reporters is another question for later." Maynard thought to himself as he headed off elsewhere

(The next day, December 1st, 2015, Amity Park, 9:45 pm)

It was a quarter till 10 at night as Danny was with Jazz watching Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue since Danny couldn't help but watch it with his sister who was a big fan of Power Rangers and found it was nice in doing so.

"I'll say this Jazz that out of all the Red Rangers that Carter Grayson is my favorite so far." Danny spoke after they finished watching the episode where Carter gets his Batilizer

"I still say that although he's not an official Red Ranger I still say that Eric Myers takes the cake as my favorite among them." Jazz responded considering that if she had to choose a favorite Red Ranger it'd have to be the Quantum Ranger

"Yeah not gonna lie Eric Myers is pretty dope since if I had to model a way in which to be a leader it'd be from those two." Danny admitted in thinking that the two Red Rangers were pretty decent leaders

"I'd rather you not model your way of doing things after the Quantum Ranger. Because in the show he's a pretty cool character, but realistically I'd hold off on it considering that he's still a little bit of a dick." Jazz said considering that despite the Quantum Ranger being one of her favorite Power Rangers even she could still see his character flaws

"Fair enough. Still is it wrong that I think our parents being in the hospital has been great so far?" Danny questioned considering that Maynard did do a number on them in terms of their injuries

"Not really, considering that after everything they've put us through I feel no such pity for them at all. Neither does Crona and especially Raishan." Jazz answered back seeing as herself and her other two personalities were both in the agreement of their shared distaste for Maddie and especially Jack

"Well, I can't blame them for hating them. Especially since they tried to waste me and then subsequently dissect me like I'm a middle school science project." Danny agreed in having a distaste for both his parents

"Still after all the court case is done and over with, what do you plan to do?" Danny asked his sister as to what her plans were once the court case was done

"Well after its all over and by that time I'll have graduated I plan to move out of here and go to Metropolis University so I can get my psychology degree. Then after that probably propose to Lucy and hopefully get her to marry me and see where life goes from there." Jazz answered back as to what she had planned once the court case was settled

Because that was her game plan considering that once she graduated and the court case concerning her parents was done and over with then she'd pack up and move to Metropolis University to study and get her degree in psychology, after all, she'd been playing the adult and counselor in her family and in Team Phantom for so long that she might as well put it to use. Then following that up and she'd get her degree she'd go off to propose to Lucy and having her possibly say yes and get married, from there on she'd just make it up as she went and hope for the best.

"Wait a minute you plan on marrying Lucy?" Danny asked his sister who nodded happily at the thought

"Of course I do. Considering that like Leslie has been a continuous source of happiness to you, the same can be said for Lucy and I. Because all that happens when I'm with her is that I get to feel wonderful and I want that feeling to last as much as I possibly can have it. Which is why when the time comes I very much would like to ask her hand in marriage." Jazz answered back since all she wanted after the rough hand life had dealt her was to be happy with someone and if it were to happen then she'd choose Lucy to spend her life with

"Alright just thought I'd ask. But I do have one thing I'd like to ask you concerning that future wedding between you and Lucy." Danny responded

"Sure what is it?" Jazz questioned as to what it could be

"Easy enough as I would like to at least be there to give my big sister away at her own wedding. Because I wouldn't miss something like that for the world." Danny replied considering that he'd be honored to give Jazz away at her wedding

"Of course you can Danny. Since I'd be delighted if you'd be there for me on my big day." Jazz said in being elated if Danny would be there for her on her wedding day

"Thanks, I appreciate it, since I wouldn't miss that for anything." Danny responded happily that he would be there for Jazz on that most special day

"No problem. Now then what do you plan to do once this is all over since there has to be more than just Amity Park?" Jazz questioned her baby brother as to what he had laid out

"Well after I graduate or more importantly once the court case is over I plan to move Team Phantom out of Amity Park and take it further beyond. Because thanks to my lantern ring I came to an important realization." Danny told her in having come to quite an epiphany thanks to his lantern ring

"Really and what is this realization of yours?" Jazz asked further

"Well, its that since a lot of the world and to a great extent, the galaxy is without order thanks to people not being of strong enough will to do what's needed. I figured that once I finish up everything and the court case is over with that I'd take Team Phantom and start spreading it outwards, so that way I could start using it as a way to enforce order into everything. Because I'm tired of letting all of these crooks get away with virtual murder and thrown into a system that gives them a slap on the wrist. Which is why I want to do something about it that'll stop it all in its tracks." Danny answered back with a look absolute seriousness on his face

Because one thing that Danny knew was that the villains of this world and possibly beyond continued to cause chaos because there was no one and nothing to stop them or enforce a way to make it so they'd stop causing havoc. Which is why Danny saw it as the perfect opportunity for him to take Team Phantom and start spreading it first throughout the world and then the known galaxy, so that way he could make sure that with the power of fear that evil would be stopped in its tracks and order would be restored to the known galaxy as it deserved.
"That's quite a goal you've set up for yourself Danny." Jazz spoke surprised at the ambitious goal her baby brother had planned to carry out

"I know and granted its something that'll take a lot of time to accomplish, and I may not even live to see it happen. But I know that its a goal worth achieving because I just want for all the chaos these villains cause to cease. Which is why I need to take the shot of making it happen so that there can be order in the world and hopefully one day the galaxy. Instead of this back and forth nonsense the heroes have going on." Danny replied considering that he knew it wouldn't be enough to have justice be dealt as sometimes order had to be enforced so that evil couldn't continue to cause havoc

"Well, Danny I'm behind you 180% of the way. Because I'll be with you till the end of the line like I always have. So you've more than got my full support." Jazz told him since she'd always be at his side no matter what happened

"Thanks, Jazz I appreciate it because I know that there's a long road ahead of us. Yet together we'll be able to destroy anything that gets in the way of our happy ending." Danny responded knowing full well they'd crush any opposition that would get in the way of their happy ending

"Of course we will as we've been unstoppable so far, so I've no doubt we'll continue to be like that as long as we stick together." Jazz spoke as the next episode of Lightspeed Rescue began to play

"Anyways enough serious stuff as there's time for that later, right now I just wanna watch some Power Rangers with my little brother." Jazz added considering they could be serious for another time, but right now she wanted to relax

"Can't argue with that besides I wanna see more of the best Red Ranger there is." Danny replied as with that in mind he and Jazz continued to watch Power Rangers

So with Danny and Jaz having done their first official team up against villains, as well as Maynard having his first go around in a true fight it seems things are going well for our heroes. But a visit from the Dark Knight with Harleen may serve as a sign that Gotham is coming back to haunt her. Well, find all this out in the new chapters of My Phantasmal Lateralus.

Well, that ends this chapter as I hoped you guys liked it as the first official chapter of Part 2 since things are beginning to get interesting, so without further ado let's get into it now, shall we.

First up we've got Danny and Jazz doing their first fight as their new aliases against the Terror Twins which I thought would be cool to do in showing more of what Danny and Jazz are capable of and showing off what they look like as their new aliases as Queen Crimson and Thanatos respectively

Following that next up we've got Harleen and Batman having a conversation concerning Damian which I thought would be cool to do seeing as how its something that I don't think could happen, but also humanize Batman in a way you don't see in most stories.

Next up we've got a bit of Maynard having lunch with Granny Cass and his fight against Parasite which I thought would be cool to do in showing how strong he actually is, also for those of you wondering Maynard did absorb the majority of Danny ghost powers and one of them which is canon is energy absorption which is why he could do what he did against Parasite.

Lastly, we've got the bit between Jazz and Danny chilling out for a bit watching Power Rangers and also talking about what their plans are once everything is said and done, which I thought would be neat in doing in showing what their endgame is.

That being said please continue to favorite, follow, review and share this story as much as possible as I really thank you guys for your support this far as it means a lot to me so please continue to get this out there as much as possible since I know this can be a really great story. Also, flames will be ignored and criticism is welcome so long as it's constructive and well thought out.

All that said this is Pravus666 signing out till next time as next up is Maynard getting interviewed by Superman and some Jazz and Lucy fluff so stay tuned for that good stuff.

Part 2 Theme Song: King Nothing by Metallica

Random End Song: Schism by Tool