Yes this is a rewrite… Why? Well it was because I haven't updated the original Code Phantom for a long time and I looked over it and the stories that I wrote recently.
You see, I know I can do better so I decided to rewrite this and I finally decided how to introduce the DC heroes later on.
So sit back and enjoy the rebirth of Code Phantom!
Chapter 01: Running Away
'… Death isn't so bad.' Danny Fenton, a thirteen year old boy with raven black hair and ocean blue eyes, thought to himself as he was being electrocuted.
Sure there was the excruciating pain, but it was fading over time as Danny thought back to how it became like this.
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"Come on." Danny wore a white t-shirt with a red circle in the middle and blue jeans as he tapped his desk rapidly while he watched the clock, it was the beginning of October and he wanted to get out of school already. "Just a few more minutes."
"Now the reason that Hamlet wanted to kill his Uncle, was-." A tall bald man wearing a blue suit and a tie droned on as Danny tried not to tune him out because he didn't want to fail the class.
'If I have to hear anything else about Hamlet, I might just go insane.' Danny mentally chuckled as he watched the clock.
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"Mr. Baxter, pay attention to my class."
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"Mr. Foley put that PDA away."
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"Ms. Manson I do not condone that kind of language.
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"Mr. Fenton, are you listening?"
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Rrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnngggggggg!
The whole class cheered as they ran out quickly but two people waited for Danny.
They were Samantha 'Sam' Manson and Tucker Foley his two best friends.
Sam was a gothic girl who was an Ultra-Recyclo Vegetarian. This means that she doesn't eat anything with a face on it. But she was also a huge supporter of freedom of speech and hates any form of discrimination.
She wore a black shirt that was cut off to show her stomach, a purple skirt and steeled toe combat boots.
Tucker was a dark skinned self-proclaimed Casanova, who ate nothing but meat. He is also not seen anywhere without his trusty PDA, or any kind of tech. Even though he makes jokes that do seem a little self-centered at some times, he is a true friend that always had Danny's back.
He wore a yellow turtleneck, green cargo shorts and a red beret on his head.
"Man I thought that Mr. Lancer's class would never end." Tucker said as they walked through the school.
"I don't know." Sam replied as she put a book in her purple octopus backpack. "That was actually a good lesson."
Tucker gave Sam a weird look. "You actually enjoyed that?"
"What?" Sam returned the look. "Hamlet is a great story and is written by one of the greatest writers in history, so why shouldn't I enjoy it?"
"I'm going to have to side with Tuck for this one Sam." Danny intervened before a fight broke out.
Whenever the two of them get close to talking about something that the other doesn't like he always picked a side to stop it.
He picks Sam for some things and Tucker for others.
There are even times when he tries to stay neutral but that never lasts long.
"… Sooo." Tucker smiled. "Paulina was looking at you Danny."
"She was?" Danny asked quickly in shock because Paulina was the hottest girl in the school but she only dates popular kids and he was at the bottom of the Popularity ladder.
"Actually she was looking at Dash next to you." Sam pointed out making Danny sigh in a little sadness. "For crying out loud Danny, why do you like her?"
"What's not to like?" Danny asked in confusion. "She's great! Flawless skin, beautiful hair… Just perfect-."
"She's the shallowest person in the school; no scratch that, the world!" Sam interrupted sick of hearing about her. "Her voice is high pitched and she doesn't care for anything except for her looks."
"…" Danny still had a dreamy look before Tucker snapped his fingers in front of his face bringing him back to reality. "Oh, sorry what was that?"
"Forget it." Sam muttered with her arms crossed and she decided to change the subject. "So Danny, why were you late earlier?"
"I wasn't late." Danny denied.
"Sorry buddy, but you were late." Tucker pointed out as he fiddled with his PDA to show the time that school started and the time that Danny got to school.
Danny was looking at the PDA wondering how Tucker knew the time before he caved in. "My parents wanted to show Jazz and I what they call their greatest invention."
"What is it this time?" Truthfully, Sam liked his parents because they were the most unique people that she knew and they always built some pretty neat stuff.
After being silent for a few seconds, Danny muttered. "A Ghost Portal." Real quietly.
"They made a Ghost Portal?" Tucker asked in shock because he has heard the Fenton's brag about getting close to breaking into the Ghost Dimension. "What is it like?"
"It didn't work." Danny clarified for them. "They plugged it in and all it gave was a lightshow before it went quiet… I have never seen my parents more disappointed."
"It'll be good for them." A new voice spoke up and they turned to see an orange haired girl wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans holding a book that was titled 'Getting through Adolescence through Psychology.' "Maybe now they'll realize that there are no such things as Ghosts."
Danny rolled his eyes. "Jazz, don't be negative." He chided his older sister. "It's their dream to do this."
"Well, their dream is childish and stupid." Jazz scoffed without batting an eye. "They need to grow up and do different things."
"Whoa. Harsh." Tucker muttered as Jazz walked away. "That was just plain cold right there."
"That's Jazz for you." Sam agreed with the tech geek. "She never has an open mind."
"Come on, guys." Danny said weakly even though he was agreeing with them mentally. "Can we talk about something else?"
"Can we see the Ghost Portal?" Sam asked curiously. "I want to take a picture for the scrapbook that I'm making."
"Why are you making a scrapbook?" Tucker asked in confusion before Sam brought it out to show pictures from when they became friends to their present time. "Am I the only one weirded out by this?"
Sam rolled her eyes at his immaturity. "These are pictures of important events in all of our lives and I wanted to document them until we finish High School." She explained as she looked over some pictures. "That way we can look back to those days."
"I don't know." Danny answered Sam's question. "My parents will be out in town until seven tonight and Jazz is going to be doing more research on Psychology."
"So we can take a quick look?" Tucker asked with a smile because he always loved looking around in the Fenton's Ghost Lab.
Danny thought for a bit before he smiled. "Just a quick look and we're gone alright?"
"Deal." Sam and Tucker chorused making Danny chuckle.
'Yeah, what can go wrong?' Danny thought, unknowingly tempting fate.
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Even though the Fenton RV was gone, Danny poked his head into the house and looked around. "Alright, the coast is clear." He finally said.
"I could've told you that." Tucker said with a smirk as he walked in.
"I know, but it's better to make sure." Danny defended himself. "After all, it would be pretty awkward if we walked in and my parents were in the house at the time right?
"Danny has a point." Sam pointed out as they reached the door heading to the basement where the Fenton Ghost Lab was. "So what does this Ghost Portal look… Like?" Sam stopped as she saw the hexagonal shaped blast doors. "Nevermind."
"It is something isn't it?" Danny asked with a chuckle at Sam's face. "I can see why Mom and Dad were so proud of it."
"But it doesn't work?" Tucker looked confused as he looked at the machine and the set of blueprints nearby. "It should've."
"What do you mean?" Danny asked in confusion. "They plugged it in and nothing happened."
Tucker gave an over exaggerated sigh. "Look." He traced a finger over the blueprints. "The tech is incredibly advanced, and it's from Wayne Tech, one of the most successful companies in the world and let's not forget that your parents other inventions work."
"That may be Tuck, but they tried to punch a hole into a different dimension." Tucker's face fell a bit as Sam reminded him of that.
While they were talking, Danny walked over to the cabinet and pulled out a white Hazmat suit with black gloves, boots and a black belt before he heard Sam's voice.
"Say cheese!"
A flash of light blinded Danny before he shook his head to clear it. "Alright, I showed you guys the Ghost Portal, now can we go?" He asked nervously. "My parents could be back any minute."
"Come on Danny." Sam walked up to the machine. "It's a Ghost Portal, aren't you excited?"
"Tch." Danny rolled his eyes. "I'm more worried about getting grounded for sneaking you guys into here."
"If it's your Mom who catches us then yeah." Tucker pointed out with a chuckle. "If your Dad catches us then we just butter him up by saying that the machine is awesome and he will get it to work."
"You know them well." Danny said with a laugh. "Dad will take that and he is difficult to get angry anyways."
"How about one more picture?" Sam proposed holding her camera up. "Then we'll go."
Danny opened his mouth to say no, but he ended up saying. "Make sure to get my good side."
"So it's a no?" Tucker joked eliciting a mock glare from Danny as he slipped into the Hazmat Suit and zipped it up.
"Huh, this is pretty comfortable-." Danny stopped talking as he saw Sam with a look of horror while Tucker busted out laughing as he held his sides. "I don't look that bad do I?"
Sam answered Danny by reaching over and ripping a sticker that showed his Dad with a cheesy grin off the chest of the Hazmat Suit. "Now you don't."
"Ugh." Danny's face was red in embarrassment. "I really hope that no one hears about this." As he said that he looked at Tucker who smiled innocently. "Tucker." He had a dangerous edge in his voice.
"Only if you do a favor for me." Tucker offered.
"… That's messed up." Then Danny sighed. "What's the favor?"
At hearing this, Tucker shrugged. "Haven't thought of one yet, but you'll owe me."
"Are we doing this or are you two going to bicker like a married couple?" Sam asked smirking at their horrified faces.
"That was wrong." Danny muttered as he headed into the portal and posed with his arms crossed. "How's this?"
"Perfect." Raising the camera to eye level, Sam took the picture.
The flash was so bright that Danny was dazed, causing him to fall over and his hand brushed against the wall.
Click.
Looking over, Danny's eyes widened when he saw the 'On' switch on the inside of the machine as it was humming to life. "WHO THE HELL PUT'S THIS ON THE INSIDE?!" He screamed as he moved to get out but he tripped and the machine blared to life.
An eye shaped symbol was showing on the screen computer as Danny was being electrocuted but Sam and Tucker didn't notice it as they tried to shut the machine by unplugging it.
For some reason it was still going off as Danny's screams were becoming silent and in a few seconds he stopped screaming making Sam and Tucker fear the worst as the machine died down and he fell out.
Sam and Tucker's eyes widened when they saw Danny and they backed away a bit when he groaned.
In his place, was a teen with snowy white hair and the Hazmat Suit colors were reversed along with his skin being a little paler than he was. But when he opened his eyes they were neon green instead of the usual blue.
"Guys?" Danny asked with his voice echoing a bit, as he put a hand to his knee to stand up. "What's going on-?" He stopped talking when he saw the ghostly white glove instead of the dark black that he was used to.
"D-Danny?" Tucker asked making sure this was who he thought it was.
"Y-Yeah?" Danny asked freaking out as he looked over his body seeing the suit before he looked over to the mirror to see his face. "W-What happened?" He panicked as he floated off the ground and was hanging upside down. "Aah! I-I want to go down!"
"Danny, calm down!" Sam advised him as she walked over and grabbed his arm to keep him from flying higher. "J-Just think about your feet on the ground."
With a nod, Danny closed his eyes and in a second he fell to the ground with a thud. "Ow!"
Tucker ran over to help him up but then Danny turned see through and Tucker's hand went right through him causing the tech geek to shiver as if he just plunged his hand through a bucket of ice cold water.
"Oh man." Tucker went pale as he involuntarily shivered. "Y-You're a Ghost!"
Danny was silent for a few seconds before he opened his mouth. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" He screamed running around in a circle. "Oh man, oh man, oh man!"
"Again, calm down!" Sam tried to say but Danny whirled on her.
"Calm down?" He asked before screaming. "I'M A GHOST AND MY PARENTS ARE GHOST HUNTERS! Do you not see the problems this could cause?!"
"We'll figure this out!" Tucker tried to promise but Danny wasn't hearing any of it.
"How?" Danny clenched his fists in frustration before he came up with a solution. "I need to get out of here."
"What?" Sam was shocked at what she was hearing.
"I need to leave Amity Park." Danny said again. "I don't want my Parents to see me like this."
"Aren't you overreacting?" Tucker nervously asked.
Danny gave him a look. "Aren't you underreacting?" He countered.
"Danny." Sam tried to say but Danny shook his head.
"Sorry but I… I need to go." With that he ran off not noticing that he disappeared from their view.
"Danny!" Tucker called out while Sam had a guilty look.
'This is all my fault.' She thought as a tear slid down her face.
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Danny panted as he ran out of his house and made it to the edge of town before he turned visible as he looked back.
On his way out he grabbed a family photo and a bag filled with clothes as he felt like crying.
"What do I do know?" Danny asked himself as he continued walking. "Where can I go?"
As if someone was listening a flyer smacked into his face.
"I thought this only happened in bad cartoons!" Danny complained in a muffled voice before he pulled it off to see that it was a pass for someplace called Kadic Academy in Sceaux, France for five years. "A boarding school?"
Truthfully he didn't feel like going to a boarding school full of rich snobs, although that was probably being stereotypical, but he didn't have a better option.
"France, here I come." Danny muttered as he walked to the nearest airport.
While he was walking away he didn't see a figure watching him. "All is as it should be." A deep voice said before the figure disappeared from view.
To Be Continued…
Alright, I have to say that this came a lot better than the original, it sure is longer. And since this was my first story it will always have a place in my heart! Please tell me what you think and I'll get back to you soon.
ULW is signing out.
LATER!
