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Chapter Forty-Four: Final Showdown

Dan Phantom, the bane of his younger self. There was a reason why the twins chose to lock him away instead of sending him back to his timeline to be erased from existence. He was too dangerous.

For some, it might have seemed easier for them to send him back. That way once the timeline was erased, since it was obvious that things had definitely changed, he would cease to exist and not be anyone's problem anymore. But there were still things that could go wrong. Like if they just left him there and tried to forget he ever had happened, it would be easy for him to slip through the cracks. There was a Clockwork during his time period as well. If Dan managed to find him, he could try and set thing back on the path that created him.

Dan had proven that he was as tricky as he was dangerous, and that was not a pleasant combo. Dan had already showed that he could shapeshift, having taken the form of his younger self in the past... future... future past... you know what I mean. If he did that again after finding his timeline's Clockwork, things could go right back on the path to his creation.

That was why they chose to imprison him instead. Clockwork was a fierce opponent since he could bend time around his adversaries. Dan would never have escaped if the thief had not been able to steal on of his time medallions before going for the thermos. That took away his ability to control the time around them, so the thermos was easily taken.

The twins would have to remember to give Clockwork some of their weapons just in case someone else breaks into his tower to try and steal something. Since he had access to all periods in time, there was a lot of times where treasures throughout the ages were left in attended. Anyone that knew how long they would be unguarded, plus had access to time portals, could easily steal as much as they wanted.

And if the twins happened to take gold and jewels from pirates and other criminals Robin Hood style, they will never admit it but will smirk after they deny it.

But now they had no thermos and their most deadly enemy was right in front of them. And to make things worse than they already were, the sirens were weak from using their Ultimate Harmony ability, Phantom was weak from using the ecto-skeleton, and the other mystics and heroes have been fighting almost non-stop for hours. This was not the situation they wanted to be in at all.

Phantom and Siren could not help but back away a few feet. They already had one flashback induced rage from the sheer memory of this guy and they did not want to have any more in the future. Aqualad and Nightwing took out their weapons, ready to defend their friends. Or boyfriend in the case of Aqualad protecting Siren.

"You don't look too happy to see me," Dan taunted them.

"Why in any realm should we be happy to see you," Danny snapped. "You're a psychic murderer that took pleasure is mass murder."

"I'd rather be facing the demon of fear," White said. "I have faced the demon of fear."

Giving Siren the side-eye, the heroes decided to ask about that later. Now was definitely not the time for questions.

"You may have faced the demon of fear, but I think I know exactly who you really need to be afraid of," Dan growled.

He raised his hand, an ecto-blast ready to fire forming in his hand. But he was suddenly blasted away by a beam of icy energy. Alain had seemed to materialize behind him. Caitlin was right next to him.

"Stay away from them," the werewolf ordered.

"If it isn't the boy who cried werewolf," Dan sneered.

"I hate that ridiculous story," Alain yelled.

He sent another round of his icicles at the deadly ghost. Dan lazily raised his hand, conjuring a ghostly energy shield that blocked all the icicles. Caitlin then ran around with her cat-like speed and agility. She let loose a blinding ray of light that temporarily blinded the former future-Phantom. That enabled Krinos to wrap a vine around his waist and throw Dan through the front walls of another abandoned building.