Disclaimer: Don't own Danny Phantom, but I do own Danny's Uncle Vince. Now this is the sequel to Cross my Heart and I'll Fight Back. This story focuses on very dark and frightening plots that have horrible fates to several characters. Be warned, there will be gore and character deaths, mentions and use of alcohol, and possible nudity. For those not comfortable with such themes, I understand and respect your choice to not reading this story. However, please do not give degrading reviews because I have warned you.
It has been about four months since Danny has acquired his ice powers and destroyed Undergrowth. However, Danny is still training with Ymir in order to fully develop and master his new power. After that battle, no other ghost has tried to haunt Amity Park out of fear of the thing that killed Undergrowth. The only ghosts that still visit Amity Park happen to be Desiree to see Tucker, and Janelle to spend time with her boyfriend Danny. However,
During the four months Danny's relationship with Janelle was hitting a bump.
The two ghost teens still dated and pulled pranks on the humans of Amity Park. Jack and Maddie continue to hunt down the two of them for being ghosts, but Jack's brother Vince discovered that the people who were the victims actually laughed after being scared by the two ghost teens.
Small flashback
"Are you sure that you're okay sir?" asked Vince.
"Yeah I'm fine, after all they're just kids and wanted to have some fun," answered the victim.
"Fun?" replied Vince.
"Of course, if I was a ghost I would probably do the same things as they did," explained the victim.
"So, you have no problem with what they're doing at all?" asked Vince.
"Not in the slightest, in fact severe others have been scared by these two, but they never got hurt. Unlike those other ghosts that have been causing trouble," answered the man.
End of small flashback
As such claims continue to flow out from the people, Jack and Maddie became more enraged by people's acceptance of ghosts as sentient creatures. The only ones that understood their views were the Guys in White and the Red Huntress. The Fenton couple was especially shocked to find out that their own children agreed with the masses that the ghost teens weren't a threat. They tried to teach their children that ghosts are nothing but putrid undead creatures made of ectoplasm and shouldn't be treated as people. However, they had another obstacle to overcome in the form of Vince who stood by the kids' views on the ghost teens.
However, this is not the point of this story. The story takes place in front of Casper high, as Mr. Lancer's class stood in front of the school waiting for a bus for the sophomore camping trip. Over at one side were the A-list students who were eager to get their camping trip started. With the death of Kwan and Brian, Dash needed a new 'second in command' to replace Kwan. Several of the other jocks tried to fill that role, but the star quarterback hasn't picked his new second.
During the past four months a few of the students went through some subtle changes. Dash generally looked the same, only a little bulkier than he was before. He was also a little taller than he was during freshmen year. He still tries to harass Danny, but still ends up beaten by the smaller boy. He flexes his muscles catching the attention of many of the popular girls.
One of the popular girls was Paulina and she gained a couple of not so subtle changes to her body. The young Latina had gotten her breast enlarged over a month ago. During her freshmen and most of her sophomore year she had a moderate C cup breast, but now she had went with double C cups for her upcoming junior year. She wore the same shirt, but her shirt was a little tight on her because she wanted to draw more attention from the boys. To draw more attention, she went with a short skirt.
Next to her was her satellite, Star and she had changed the least. She looked more or less the same as she started high school. Paulina tried to convince her to go under the knife, but the blonde cheerleader didn't because she couldn't afford to get her breast enlarged. However, Star was still able to gain a few admirers from other boys.
Standing slightly closer to the A-list were some of the more average students. Among them was Valerie Gray and the overly hostile ghost hunting teen was slightly slimmer, but had more muscle. Her wardrobe was generally the same, but she switched from her skirt to a pair of jeans.
Over at the other end of the class line up were Danny, Sam, and Tucker. Even though Danny had forgiven Sam, they didn't completely become friends again. Sam still feels that she isn't worthy of being Danny's best friend. Rather than try to talk to her, Danny chose to let Sam choose when the time is right for them to become friends again. As for his relationship with Tucker, Danny was still angry with Tucker making a wish that has become a large deterrent. So the three of them are still separate teens rather than the trio they once were.
The three teens have also gone through subtle changes much like the other teens. Danny still wore the same clothes that he wore after his argument with Sam and Tucker. The only real change would be that Danny was taller than he was before, about four inches taller than Tucker. He also had a slight built of muscle; they were barely noticeable due to his clothes were slightly baggy compared to his old clothing.
Sam had also changed very slightly over her first two years of high school. Sam's body started to fill out slowly matching Star's body. Due to her body changing in shape, Sam has caught the attention of some of the boys of Casper high. Hating the attention that she was given, Sam changed from a black top with a purple oval to a larger shirt to cover her midriff with a shirt that had red skull that had the top turning into a flame. In place of her old black skirt was a pair of black cargo pants. She still wore her combat boots and kept her hair up in the usual ponytail.
Out of the three of them, Tucker still wore the same clothes as he did in freshmen year. The only change was that he was a little larger, but not in muscle. Due to his constant neglect of a healthy diet and little to no exercise aside from gym class during freshmen year, Tucker has slightly overweight. The only reason he wasn't as fat as some other students was because his 'Mistress' Desiree kept his bad eating habit in check by making his incoming fat disappear.
All of the students saw the bus arrive from a distance and waited for it to pull over. The bus stopped in front of them and the door opened. Several of the students entered the bus chatting with their friends. Danny was surprised to find out that the bus driver was his uncle.
"Uncle Vince?" called out Danny.
"Hey Danny," replied Vince.
"I didn't know you were a bus driver," remarked Danny.
"Oh I'm not, but I learned how to drive a bus about three years ago," said Vince. "It's not that hard once you figure out the length," he added.
After finding their seats, the bus took off heading for the camp grounds. Danny was surprised to find himself sitting next to Sam during the trip. The two of them didn't say anything, but Danny was fine with that. The two of them stole nervous glances at each other, but didn't do anything else. Tucker was sitting in a seat perpendicular to them with a random student. Tucker saw Danny and Sam glancing at each other and turned away. He wants to be mad at them, but he couldn't after what he had done after they all split up.
About two hours later arrived at the camp grounds, Camp Eerie located next to Lake Eerie. The bus stopped in front of the Mess hall and the students unloaded themselves from the bus. Danny stepped out of the bus and looked at the Mess hall as a piece of the roof fell in.
"Well at least the sign is accurate," commented Danny.
"Yeah, I'm starting to think it's a bad idea to leave you kids here," said Vince as he appeared behind the students.
Vince and the students looked around the campsite for a moment. Patches of dead grass, dead tree as far as the eye can see, Lake Eerie looked like it was covered in tar, and a gray sky are all that they can see.
"No wonder it was hard for Dad and me to move the damn boat," commented Danny.
"Alright, everyone back in the bus," ordered Vince.
All of the students seemed willing to agree with their bus driver and were about to grab their stuff.
"Hold it right there everyone!" yelled a strong female voice.
The students looked at the source of the voice praying that it wasn't who they think it would be. Sadly, their prayers fell on deaf ears as they caught sight of their gym teacher, Ms. Tetslaff and their teacher of many subjects, Mr. Lancer. Tetslaff was still wearing her usual gym clothes while Lancer looked like an out of shape camp counselor. The students had looks of horror at seeing the two people they didn't want to see out of everyone in the school's faculty.
"Please be passing through, please be passing through," chanted the students.
"Children relax, we not here as your teachers," assured Lancer calming their young charges.
"Better, we're you counselors," added Tetslaff causing the kids to freak.
"Danny, if we move very quietly they won't know that we took the bus until they hear the engine start," whispered Vince as he slowly took his steps.
"Right behind you," whispered Danny as he slowly followed his uncle.
The two Fenton males moved as quietly as they could towards the bus without drawing attention to themselves. However, they didn't get far as they heard a loud whistle blowing throughout the campsite.
"Hold it right there Fentons!" yelled Tetslaff as the students looked at the two Fentons. "Where do you two think you're going?" she asked.
"Back towards the bus," started Vince.
"Because we…" added Danny.
"Forgot something important," continued Vince.
"Back in the…" continued Danny.
"School, so I asked Danny to…" added Vince.
"Help him get it," finished Danny.
Everyone looked at the two of them in disbelief as the two Fentons smiled nervously.
"Think they bought it?" asked Danny.
"Fuck no," answered Vince.
"Before I burst into tear over the loss of my summer vacation," interrupted Mikey. "Where are the bathrooms?" he asked.
"There aren't any," answered Tetslaff causing the students to gasp in shock.
"CALL OF THE WILD!" yelled Lancer after hearing this.
"Buck up everyone, the whole wilderness is your bathroom," said Tetslaff as she gave Mikey a roll of toilet paper.
Mikey and another student heading into the woods to do their business, as for the other students they started talking amongst themselves about rumors of a monster in the campgrounds and two monsters in the lake. Sam walked up to Danny hoping to talk to him about things not be so bad. Tucker was trying to get reception on his PDA, but was having no luck. Vince was getting annoyed with the rumors the kids were telling each other.
"Give it a rest you little brats!" yelled Vince shocking many of the students including Danny and Sam. "For starters, this dump doesn't have any monsters. The only monster that exists is Gustave and he's in Africa," he added.
"Gustave?" repeated Sam in confusion.
"You kids have never heard of Gustave?" asked Vince watching the kids shake their heads. "He's a large Nile crocodile that lives in Burundi, said to be about twenty feet long and weighting around one ton. The locals say that he is a notorious man-eater who has claimed around three hundred human lives. They also say that he leaves his victims' corpses uneaten," he elaborated.
Many of the students had looks of terror on their faces, all except for Danny who seems to be engrossed by the tale. Sam looked at her almost-a-friend-again and noticed that underneath his closed mouth he was moving his tongue over his incisors.
'Is Danny enjoying what his uncle saying?' thought Sam.
"But I wouldn't worry, he's in Africa and we're here in the middle of nowhere in America," assured Vince as the kids calmed down. "We have the Wendigo to worry about," he added causing the students to worry again.
"What's a Wendigo Mr. Fenton?" asked Valerie.
"A Wendigo is a malevolent spirit from Algonquian legend," answered Vince.
"That doesn't seem so bad," said Dash.
"Malevolent is another word for evil stupid," retorted Vince.
"Hey!" shouted Dash, but stopped after seeing the elder Fenton sent a glare that promises many level of physical harm.
"The Wendigo is a spirit that would possess a human and…" continued Vince.
"Don't you mean overshadowed?" corrected Tucker.
"No, not overshadow," replied Vince. "A human with a strong will can overcome being overshadowed. A spiritual possession is nearly impossible to overcome. Now as I was saying the Wendigo would possess a human and the possessed human will develop a horrible craving," he continued. "A craving for flesh, human flesh," he finished.
The students and teachers gasped after hearing what a Wendigo eats. Many of the students looked at each other in fear that one of them would become possessed by this spirit. Danny looked at Sam and saw that she had a look of fear on her face. It was strange for someone like Sam to be scared of a spirit, but she was under the control of Undergrowth, so she probably hates to be reminded of her own experience. Tucker had a look of terror thinking about how someone would go crazy for human meat.
"Mr. Fenton is it real?" asked Star.
"Who knows, but I remember how my scattered brained brother and my equally scattered brained dad dragged me into the middle of a forest looking for said Wendigo," answered Vince.
Suddenly, everyone jumped at the sound of a feminine scream as Mikey ran towards them.
"THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE WOODS AND IT TOOK LESTER!" screamed the small nerd.
Many of the students gasped and were about to panic after hearing that one of their own was missing.
"IT'S THE WENDIGO!" screamed Paulina causing the other students to scream, minus Danny, Sam, and Valerie.
Valerie gasped and scolded herself for not bringing any ghost hunting weapons. Sam was shocked and looked at Danny and noticed that he was confused.
"Danny," called out Sam. "What's wrong, why aren't you scared?" she asked him.
Danny looked at everyone as they all stopped screaming. They all looked at him in wonder why he wasn't freaking out as well. The three adults were wondering that as well.
"Who the Hell is Lester?" asked Danny hoping for an answer.
"You don't keep track of your classmates do you Danny?" asked Vince.
"Why should I if I hate just about every one of them?" commented Danny as he headed for the bus.
Vince followed his nephew towards the bus to get it started. Meanwhile, a few of the nerds were trying to calm Mikey down while Tetslaff was wrapping a blanket around the boy.
"Calm down everyone," said Tetslaff. "There are no monsters in this CAMP!" she bellowed.
"Tell that to the beast that ate Lester," snapped Mikey.
"A beast," gasped Lancer. "How big is a beast compared to a monster, anyone?" he asked in panic.
"Calm down you big baby," retorted Tetslaff. "There is nothing wrong," she added.
After saying that everyone heard the engine of the bus stall, Vince let out a curse as he got out of the bus and popped the hood to check the engine. He cursed again as he kicked the grill of the bus. Danny got out of the bus to shake his head towards his uncle.
"Radio doesn't work either," said Danny causing the students to gasp in horror.
"Perfect, just fucking perfect," cursed the older Fenton as he buried his face into his right hand. "A damn rodent chewed up the wiring and now we can't call out to anyone with the radio," he added. "Do any of you kids have a cellphone?" he called out to the students. Several of them raised their hands into the air. "Check to see if you get any reception, hopefully one of you can get to someone," he ordered.
"There won't be any need for that," said Tetslaff. "We're here for the entire summer vacation and we're going to enjoy it," she declared. "After we find Lester's remains," she muttered. "Now everyone to your cabins, boys on one side girls on the other," she ordered.
The students groaned, but obeyed despite fearing for their lives. Vince shook his head in annoyance as he went back to working on the bus.
Later that night Danny snuck out of the cabin he was stuck in with Tucker, Dash, and a random jock. He headed towards the bus to see his uncle sitting with a small cooler.
"Hey Uncle Vince," called out Danny as he ran up to him. "What's in the cooler?" he asked.
"Follow me and you'll see," answered Vince.
The two Fentons headed towards where the camp fire was put out. Vince put the cooler down and lit up a small fire. He opened the cooler and pulled out a bottle of Smirnoff malt beverage. Danny was surprised to see his uncle pull out a bottle alcohol in front of him. What surprised him more is that no one knew that there was any on the bus.
"Don't worry Danny, this is a very low alcohol level of malt liquor," assured Vince. "0.4 percent at most," he cleared up.
"Why did you bring that here?" asked Danny.
"To be honest, I was actually going to park the bus at that motel we passed by getting and spend a weekend there drinking before heading back," answered Vince. "But now that I'm here I might as well drink up," he added as he opened the bottle and took a swig.
"Hey Uncle Vince, can I try some?" asked Danny.
Vince stopped drinking and looked at his nephew in surprise. He knew that like most teens, Danny would be curious of what it would be like to try out a beer or any type of alcoholic drink.
"You sure about this Danny?" asked Vince. "I could get in trouble if your teachers found out," he added.
"They already think that I'm a problem child despite that lawsuit that got the school under observation," commented Danny. "Besides, isn't okay for a minor to try alcohol with a responsible adult watching over him?" he suggested with a small grin on his face.
Vince smiled at his nephew for working his words to his advantage.
"You need work on hiding that blackmail tone you got there," commented Vince as he pulled out another bottle. "Here you go, give it a shot," he added as he offered the bottle to Danny.
Danny took the bottle and opened the cap. He looked at the drink for a moment before taking a sip of the drink. He felt the alcohol give a small burning feeling into his throat. He tilted his head back slightly before taking the bottle out of his mouth. He swallowed the drink and shivered slightly. He looked at his uncle and smiled as he took another sip.
"You like it kid?" asked Vince.
"It's not bad at all," replied Danny.
"Guess you got a knack for alcohol huh?" joked Vince as he took a gulp of his drink.
The two of them talked about small things as they continued to drink their beverages, such as how things are with their lives and what they plan on doing later on. However, there was one thing Danny wanted to ask his uncle.
"Hey Uncle Vince," said Danny.
"Yeah Danny," replied Vince.
"What does my middle name Wuwei mean?" asked Danny.
Vince sighed knowing why Danny was asking this. It turned out that Vince was the one who gave Danny his middle name when he was born. Jack and Maddie thought Wuwei was stupid since none of them were Chinese or had any relative who was. Of course, Jack and Maddie weren't that big on philosophies or understanding other people besides each other.
He always felt bad for his nephew and niece for having those two as parents. He still remembered how when he came over when Jazz was only three and Danny was barely one that Jack and Maddie just dumped their responsibilities onto him while they went off to hunt down a so-called ghost haunting a local pool.
"Well Danny, Wuwei is the combination of the terms Wu and Wei. It means without action, without effort, or without control. It's generally to do something without 'doing' it," answered Vince. "During my visits, I've seen you do stuff without thinking about when or why you do them. Always standing up for someone even when you know you can't win. You just do what comes natural to you, some people think that is stupid, but to me you are far smarting than anyone here," he elaborated.
"But I'm just a C average student," argued Danny.
"Grades don't mean anything in life Danny," said Vince. "Take for example that jock that used to harass you; he is regarded as someone with a future in sports. Well after high school he'll realize that he won't amount to anything because he wasted all of his time goofing off and hurting others while you will be on your way doing whatever it is you want," he explained.
Danny smiled hearing that Dash was right about his plight after high school and Dash has no one to blame but himself.
"Wow, and usually everyone thinks I'm just stupid," commented Danny.
"Intelligence and smart are not completely the same thing Danny," said Vince. "Being intelligent is just being informed of any given subject. Being smart is more about knowing how and when to use what you have learned in life," he added.
The two of them were quiet for a moment until they heard a loud scream coming from one of the girls' cabins. The two Fentons ran towards the source of the scream and saw Lancer and Tetslaff there as well. They saw four girls leave one of the cabins, Sam, Paulina, Star and another cheerleader getting out. The three cheerleaders looked terrified while Sam looked annoyed. The two Fenton men and the two teachers looked at the cabin and saw another person in there. It was a round male body with an afro wearing and alien shirt.
"Who the Hell are you?" asked Danny.
Lancer and Tetslaff gave Danny pointed looks at his vocabulary.
"It's me, Lester!" yelled the boy in terror.
The two Fentons looked at each other in confusion. Danny shrugged his shoulder with a blank look on his face.
"Still don't have clue who the Hell you are," said Danny.
"I'm not a teacher so chances are I'll never get your name right," said Vince.
"What were YOU doing in our cabin?" demanded Sam.
"Well you see…" started Lester as he explained what happened. It turned out that while he was relieving himself, he saw a snake and panicked as he ran off into the woods. He got lost during the whole afternoon and finally arrived at the campsite late into the night. He headed into one of the cabins without knowing that Sam and the three cheerleaders were sleeping. Paulina woke up after hearing a creaking on the floor and screamed, causing the others to wake up too, which led to where they are now.
Danny and Vince started to laugh after hearing the story, much to Sam's discomfort along.
"Well that lightened my mood," commented Danny as he and his uncle headed back to the campfire.
"Where do you think you're going Mr. Fenton?" asked Lancer.
"Back to the campfire with my Uncle," answered Danny.
"And why do you smell like alcohol?" asked the out of shape teacher.
"That's my fault Lancer," answered Vince. "I had a six pack with me on the bus and didn't want them to go to waste. Danny was watching out for me if I did anything stupid," he covered for his nephew.
The assembled students gasped while the teachers frowned at the older Fenton. Before either teacher could reprimand Vince, everyone heard a loud scream of terror coming from the boys' side of the camp. The scream sounded slightly high in pitch, almost womanly with is odd to the adults.
"Well, that sobered me up," commented Vince as he ran to the source of the scream with the teachers following.
"Oh for, what the Hell is he screaming about now?" cursed Danny. "His stupid PDA got reception for three seconds or something," he muttered as he followed his uncle with Sam trailing behind.
The two Fentons, the teachers, Sam, Lester, and the cheerleaders ran towards the cabin closest to the woods. They all stopped to see Tucker and one of the jocks outside their cabin hyperventilating. The jock was curled up in the fetal position covering his head with his arms. Tucker was stuttering out something that was hard to decipher. The teachers tried to calm the jock down while Danny headed towards Tucker. The cheerleaders were huddled up together in fear. Lester was trying to hide behind Sam while Sam tried to remove him to help out Danny. Vince took a look at both boys to check for any injuries, but found none much to his relief. He told the teachers that he'll check the cabin to see what happened.
"Tucker, what the Hell is wrong?" asked Danny as he shook the techno-geek.
Tucker didn't reply as he continued to stutter. Sam finally got Lester off of her and ran to Danny's side. She gestured to Danny to let her try and Danny moved aside to allow her to try her luck.
"Tucker, snap out of it!" yelled Sam, but Tucker wouldn't listen.
The next thing that happened surprised Sam, she was moved aside by Danny and he punched Tucker in the face with a right hook. Tucker stopped stuttering and clutched his face in pain. Tucker looked up at Danny in shock and fear at the use of violence coming from Danny. Yes, the young ghost hybrid was more hostile, but Tucker wouldn't expect Danny to hit him without a reason. Sam was just as surprised if not more shocked at Danny's actions, but didn't try to reprimand him for what he did because right now Danny was not interested.
"I'm going to ask you again," growled Danny. "What the Hell is wrong?" he repeated his question.
"I-I-I-I-I-it's Mikey and Dash," stuttered Tucker. "They're….gone," he finished.
"What do you mean gone?" asked Danny.
"Holy shit," said Vince as he stepped out of the cabin.
Everyone turned to look at Vince as he looked like he was going to puke. He held the urge in like a pro as he walked up to the teachers.
"We got to get these kids out of here now," Said Vince. "Wake them up and tell them to pack up because I'm getting that bus working one way or another," he continued.
"Great Gatsby, what is going on Mr. Fenton?" demanded Lancer.
"What's going on?" repeated Vince. "What's going on is that some freak stabbed one of the boys to death and tried to turn him into a chew toy!" he yelled.
The cheerleaders and Lester screamed after hearing Vince say that. Danny gasped at hearing what his Uncle said. Sam unknowingly gripped onto Danny's right arm after hearing what happened. Tucker covered his head in terror and the jock tried to curl into a ball. Lancer looked like he was about to wet himself.
"I don't buy that for a minute," said Tetslaff. "I'll take a look myself," she added as she walked into the cabin.
Less than ten seconds later, Tetslaff let out a horrific scream that woke everyone up as she ran out of the cabin. She ran past everyone as she started to puke in a bush. The other students started to gather and asked what was going on. What these students didn't know was that one of their own will no longer be seen again.
"What's going on?" Valerie asked Danny.
"I don't know," answered Danny sounding worried. 'And with Tucker still having that damn power I can't turn ghost,' he mentally added.
Suddenly, everyone jumped as a disturbing howl was heard throughout the woods. It sounded like an ape, but also like a wolf at the same time. Nearly all of the girls screamed after hearing the howl and huddled up into their usual groups. Some of the boys were shaking in terror, but tried to hide it. Lancer tried to keep the kids under control, but even he was terrified of the howling sound.
"Everyone calm down!" yelled Lancer. The students stopped their screams and looked at their out of shape teacher as he tried to gain control of the situation. "Now everyone, gather your things and head to the bus in an orderly fashion," he told the teenagers.
"But I thought the bus was down," said one of the students causing the students to freak out again.
"Yes, but Mr. Fenton is doing everything he can to get the bus running," assured Lancer. "Now everyone get your things and head for the bus," he repeated.
The students quietly headed back to their cabins to grab their bags as quickly as possible. Danny headed towards the bus to check on his Uncle, but Lancer grabbed his shoulder.
"That includes you too Mr. Fenton," said Lancer as he tried to mask his fear.
"Whatever," muttered Danny as he headed towards his cabin.
About ten minutes later, the students have gathered together in front of the bus. Vince was still working on the engine, but had no luck getting it to start. Finally, he kicked the grill again in frustration.
"Fuck, I can't get this damn thing to stay connected," cursed Vince.
"Have you tried wrapping something around the wires?" asked Lancer.
"With what?" asked Vince in an angry tone. "I don't have anything to fucking wrap the wires with," he told the teacher as he entered the bus.
The majority of the teens started to talk amongst themselves as their fear rose. Their terror increased as the howling sound was heard again. One of the cheerleaders let out a shriek after hearing the howling.
"Everyone in the bus," ordered Tetslaff as she tried to maintain control of the students and her stomach.
The students took the order and went inside the bus hoping for some form of safety. One of the students noticed something that was odd.
"Where's Dash and that one nerd?" asked the students.
"One's missing and the other one is dead," answered Danny surprising everyone with a cool tone.
The assembled students looked at the class 'loser' and started to tremble. Vince got out of the bus with a bag in his hands. He reached into the bag and pulled out a black gun that looks like a colt anaconda. Lancer and Tetslaff gasped at the sight of the gun.
"Relax you two, it's just a new model ecto-gun that my brother and sister-in-law made," said Vince as he checked the cylinder. "They would never have a weapon that could hurt a human," he assured them as he put the realistic gun into a holster. He reached into the bag again and pulled out two more, only these two were based on the M1911.
One of the guns was white with a blue grip. The barrel of the gun has a mako shark design pointed away from the trigger. Underneath the barrel was a blade fashioned after a Messer knife. The other gun was black with a green grip and a similar blade as well. However, the blade on the black gun was based on a kukuri knife instead. On the barrel of the gun was a design of a bull shark.
"Danny catch," said Vince as he tossed the guns at his nephew.
Danny caught the guns perfectly and twirled them around for a moment. He tightened his grip on the guns and smiled at his Uncle.
"Nice guns," commented Danny as he kept his guns drawn to the ground.
"Glad you like them," said Vince. "You parents surprisingly enough let me work on them so that they would be compatible with ectoplasm bullets," he added.
"Ectoplasm bullets?" repeated Valerie.
"They function like normal bullets, but instead of gunpowder they use compressed ectoplasm that explodes on impact. Can severely hurt a ghost, but can't fatally injure a human," explained Vince as he pulled out his ecto-revolver. "This bad boy uses the same concept, but is a magnum in comparison to the older model ecto-guns," he added. "Now everyone in the bus," he ordered.
The howling sound was heard as the students hurried into the bus. Before Danny entered, Vince gave him two cross draw holsters for his guns and extra ammo clips. Danny put them on and set his guns in the holsters before entering the bus. He saw that the students all took the seats they were in before they got to the campsite. Danny walked to the seat that he and Sam were in and sat down.
Vince closed the door of the bus and sat in the driver seat. He turned off the headlights so that whatever is out there howling won't know where they are. He looked at the collected students and two teachers sighing at how this night would progress. The kids were shaking in fear that you can almost see the bus shake.
"Everyone, try to get some sleep. Lancer, Tetslaff, and I will take shifts keeping a look out," said Vince.
The two teachers nodded in agreement and the students did the same. Some of the students tried to sleep, but it wasn't easy sleeping in a bus with something outside howling.
"Like, how can we sleep with that going on?" complained Paulina.
"Just close your eyes and shut up," snapped Danny.
"Hey, you shouldn't be talking to me like that loser," Paulina snapped back. "You better hope that monster doesn't kill you or I'll…" she continued.
"How about you do us all a favor and shut the Hell up!" yelled Vince. "I see something over at the camp site," he added as he pointed at a moving figure.
Everyone got up and tried to see what was at the campsite. Under the moonlight, they saw a dark figure slowly entering a cabin. After a few seconds it got out and entered another one only to leave that cabin as well. Finally it entered the cabin that Tucker was in and came back out with the corpse of killed teenage boy. Everyone watched in horror as this thing bent down and from what they can guess from what they can see, eat the dead body. Nearly everyone turned away looking like they were about to vomit at what they are seeing. The only ones still watching was the two Fenton males.
"What is that thing?" asked Danny.
"I'm not sure, I've never seen anything like this before," admitted Vince.
"I think it's looking this way," whispered Danny.
Sure enough, this mysterious thing was looking at the bus. It slowly stood up and raised its right arm holding a crudely sharpened wooden stake into the air. It let out a blood curdling howl as it slowly headed towards the bus. The Fenton men watched as it continued moving towards them. The students watched in silent horror as it got closer.
As this thing got closer, everyone saw that it was covered in a blanket and had a skull of a moose covering the face. It continued forward letting out small howls as it moved closer. The students looked on in horror as it stopped in front of the bus. They watched as it walked towards the door and stopped in front of it.
"Nobody make a sound or move a muscle," whispered Vince as he kept his eyes on this thing.
The creature tapped onto the door with its stake for a while. Finally, it rammed the stake into the window, breaking it as the creature pulled back its hand. Several of the students screamed and one of them opened the emergency back door. The students started to run out the back door leaving Vince, Danny, Sam, Tucker, Valerie and surprisingly enough Star. Lancer and Tetslaff ran out as well either to stop the kids or to save themselves. The creature noticed what happened and started towards the emergency door.
"Shit!" cursed Vince.
Danny ran towards the open door and grabbed the handle. However, the creature turned from the corner of the bus and tried to grab Danny. Luckily, Danny closed the emergency door in time and held onto it firmly. Vince appeared behind his nephew and helped him hold the door. The beast continued to try to open the door, but failed to budge it. Finally, it gave up and followed the screams that echoed throughout the woods.
Danny and Vince finally let go of the door as the thing disappeared into the woods. The two of them were breathing hard as they looked over at who was still in the bus. Tucker was sitting in his seat curled up into a ball, shaking in terror. Valerie was trying her best to comfort Star, who was starting to cry after what had happened. Sam looked at Danny with a great sense of fear for what may happen to all of them.
"What do we do now?" Sam asked the two Fentons.
"I don't know," admitted Vince.
"D-d-d-d-do you think that….that thing is… the Wendigo?" asked a sobbing Star.
"The Wendigo was supposed to be a myth, but it's possible," answered Vince.
"Myth or not, that thing is out there and everyone else is out there with it," said Danny.
Deep in the woods, Paulina and several other cheerleaders ran deep into the woods hoping to find someone to save them. They managed to stop when they found themselves near a large tree with several branches. The girls moved towards the tree to catch their collective breathe.
"Do….you…think we got away from that thing?" asked one of the girls as she continued to pant.
"Like…I…..hope so," answered one blonde cheerleader.
"This is like such a total bummer," whined Paulina. "Why couldn't this trip be at the beach or something?" she continued to whine.
"I don't think it would matter if we don't make it out of here alive," stated the first girl.
"If only the Ghost boy were here to save me," Paulina whined again.
"Will you give it a rest with your 'Ghost boy' already?" snapped the blonde cheerleader. "Face it Paulina, Danny Phantom isn't here and chances are he doesn't give a damn about you." She continued angrily.
"Yes he does!" screamed Paulina. "He saves me all the time," she defended her claim.
"Yeah, like once or twice," muttered the first girl. "After those times, he stopped coming to your 'rescue' and left town," she continued.
"Shut up Brittney, it's not like a loser like you could understand true love," argued Paulina.
"Like how you understood how Brenda felt after she found out that you gave her boyfriend, Will a blowjob?" snapped Brittney.
"Who told you that?" demanded Paulina.
"You did, you slut!" yelled the blonde girl. "You were bragging about it in the locker room after cheer practice," she explained.
The girls continued to argue and didn't notice a shadow slowly moving towards them. The first girl, Brittney was about to walk away from Paulina, but the shadowy figure grabbed her from behind and plunged its killing tool into her throat. The girl gasped in shock and fear as Paulina and the blonde girl looked at the blood pouring out of her throat. Brittney tried to reach out to the two girls with tears in her eyes, begging to be saved, but the two girls ran away screaming as the shadow dragged the dying cheerleader into the darkness.
Meanwhile in another part of the woods, Tetslaff was running as fast as she could. The large gym teacher continued to run, dodging the low tree branches as best as she could. She heard many screams in all directions, no doubt the kids that ran out of the bus. Rather than run towards the sources of the screams, Tetslaff tried to get as far away from the campsite as possible.
'Got to get out of here, got to get out of here,' she mentally chanted as she continued running further and further away from the screams.
Back in the bus, Vince was guarding the door next to the driver seat and Danny was watching the emergency door. Tucker continued to fiddle with his PDA, hoping to get a signal to contact anyone. Valerie was looking over Star, who finally stopped crying and tried to go to sleep. Sam was next to Danny keeping an eye out for any movements. Occasionally she would look at Danny for maybe a second or two before returning to looking outside.
"Talk about a shitty camping trip huh?" joked Danny.
Sam looked at Danny in confusion before understanding what he was talking about.
"Yeah, not exactly what I had in mind when I signed up for this," she commented with a smile.
The two dark haired teens smiled at each other before looking back at the door. They watched and listened as the screams continued to echo deep within the woods. The screaming seemed to fade slightly signifying that the other students were getting further from the campsite. Surprisingly, the howling was absent or drowned out by the screams. However, Danny and his uncle were still gripping their weapons tightly not taking any chances.
After several minutes, Vince noticed that a few of the students that ran out were running towards the bus. As they got closer, he was able to make out three students with looks of fear on their faces.
"We got about three kids about to come in," announced Vince. "Get yourselves prepared in case that thing is around," he ordered as he opened the door.
The students dashed into the bus and pushed themselves into the nearest seats. Vince shut the door after the third kid got in.
"I hope you kids learned a lesson about not running off like that," scolded Vince. "Because you kids have got to be very stupid," he added. "Don't you kids ever watch horror movies?" he asked.
None of the three kids answered as they hid themselves.
In another part of the woods, Lancer was walking around cautiously as he tried to find anyone. He shouted out trying to get the attention of any of his charges, but had no luck.
"Lord of the Flies, where is everyone?" wondered Lancer as he continued heading north.
He eventually reached a clearing and stopped in shock at what he found. He found the creature that has been terrorizing everyone. It was bent down with its back towards Lancer. The out of shape teacher heard a crunching sound coming from the creature's direction. He slowly moved towards the creature's side hoping that it was distracted with what it was doing. Lancer finally got a look at what this monster was doing and his eyes widened.
Right under the monster was one of his students, Brittney. The creature was biting into her right breast, tearing out chunks of the dead girls flesh. There were bites and stab wounds covering the poor girl's corpse. Lancer backed away slowly, but he stepped on a twig. The twig broke and the creature stopped chewing on its meal and looked at Lancer. The old teacher gasped in pure shock as he got a good look at the creature. It was the last thing he saw as the creature charged and tackled Lancer onto the ground with its stake raised up into the air.
Throughout the woods, Lancer's screams of agony and terror filled the night.
Inside the bus, Danny and Vince took a break from guarding the doors while Valerie and Sam took over. During their break, the group gained two more teens, Paulina and the other girl. The two girls were huddled in the middle of the bus while Danny and Vince were near the front. Sam was at the driver seat and Valerie was guarding the emergency door. Danny pulled out his IPod and looked at Tucker's PDA for about a minute. Suddenly, Danny's eyes widened as he stood up.
"What's up Danny?" asked Vince.
"I just thought of something," answered Danny.
"What'd you got in mind?" asked the only adult in the bus.
"I'll tell you soon, but first…" replied Danny as he walked towards Tucker. "Tucker is your PDA compatible with an iPod?" he asked.
"Well yeah, but why are you asking?" answered Tucker.
"How loud is the max volume?" asked the dark hair boy.
"Very loud," answered Tucker. "But I still don't see why you need to know," he added.
"Well this thing that's after everyone is most likely following the screams right?" questioned Danny.
"Yeah, so?" replied Sam.
"So what if we give this thing something else to go after?" questioned Danny.
"You mean a decoy?" asked Valerie.
"Sort of," replied Danny.
"Wait, you're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting?" asked Vince as he realized what his nephew is thinking of.
Danny didn't say anything.
"Have you lost it Danny!" yelled Vince. "If you do this, there is no telling what may happen to you," he scolded his nephew.
Sam gasped after figuring out what the two Fentons were talking about.
"Danny, you can't go out there, that's suicide!" yelled Sam.
Danny looked at his Uncle in the eyes with a determined look on his face. Vince sighed as he headed for the driver seat. Sam moved out of the way, shocked at what Vince was about to do. Danny grabbed Tucker's PDA despite Tucker trying to stop him. However, the slightly weighted boy lost his prized machine after Danny twisted his arm. He stood up and headed for the door, but Sam stood in his way. She had her arms stretched out trying to stop him from going.
"Sam, move," ordered Danny.
Sam shook her head as she held her stance firm. Danny looked at her before turning around to see Valerie doing the same thing in front of the emergency door. He sighed seeing that both girls who carried a torch for him were determined to stop him from going to his death. He looked at Sam's eyes and saw that she had that same look when she was thinking of doing something dangerous.
The next thing that Sam knew Danny wrapped her in a hug that completely threw her off guard. Normally, Sam would try to fight her way out of a hug, but she allowed herself to be enveloped by Danny's hug. She never noticed Danny's right hand that was holding Tucker's PDA come down onto her head hard.
The students in the bus gasped in shock as Sam's body went limp as Danny held onto her to prevent her from hitting the floor. He set her onto a vacant seat and headed out the door. He stopped and looked at his uncle one more time.
"Uncle Vince, tell Sam that I'm sorry for hurting her," said Danny.
"Alright, but you better come back alive Danny or I'll find your undead ghostly ass, and kick it so bad you won't be able to use your legs for years to come," threatened Vince.
"No problem," replied Danny as he left the bus playing his iPod on max with Tucker's PDA used as the speakers.
Danny took a look around the area and began walking deep into the woods. The iPod continued to play several loud songs to draw the attention of the beast away from the other students. Danny didn't come across any other students, which was good for Danny because he decided to transform after being far away from the bus. After clipping his iPod onto his belt, Danny flew towards the east at a leisurely pace.
Danny arrived at a small clearing and saw two bodies lying down. He touched the ground, transformed back into his human form, and walked up to them. What Danny found was the remains of Brittney and Lancer. Brittney's body had chunks of her flesh ripped out of her chest and stomach. At least two feet of intestine was pulled out of her. Lancer's body was filled with stab wounds over his stomach and possibly gallons of blood poured out of him was now soaked into the dirt underneath the body.
Danny turned his head in half disgust and wonder as to where the predator went. He turned his iPod off to listen for any sound. He didn't have to wait long as he heard that howl again, but it was distant. Suddenly, he heard several collected screams and one of them was easy to tell who was screaming.
"Damn it, the fucking thing's near the bus!" cursed Danny as he ran back to the bus.
Danny arrived to see the creature pounding away at the bus's door. Danny found a rock and threw it right at the beast. The rock hit the thing in the back of its head, causing it to stumble forward. The creature turned around and lurched towards its latest prey. Danny walked towards the creature that had been causing trouble for everyone. The creature let out another howl as it raised its stake into the air.
Without a second thought Danny charged the creature, catching it off guard as he tackled it into the ground. The creature lost its weapon as it rolled away from its hand. Danny got off the thing and rolled backwards to put a little distance between them. The creature got back up and the skull fell off its head. Danny looked up and gasped at the face that he was looking at.
"So you're not a ghost after all," said Danny as he stood up. "Good, cause I'm going to enjoy this a lot," he told his foe. "Dash," he finished loud enough for the people in the bus to hear.
Inside the bus, the students gasped at hearing what Danny had just said. Paulina let out a scream after finding out that a member of the A-list was the monster. The blonde jock had a crazed look in his eyes and dried up blood over his face. Every time he opened his mouth, you could see pieces of flesh handing from his teeth.
"Like, I can't believe this!" whined the queen bee.
Back outside of the bus, Dash charged at Danny letting out a howl as he swung his left arm. Danny dodged the wild attack and countered by letting out a string of punches at Dash's chest before finishing with front kick into the jock's stomach. Dash tumbled backwards and landed on his back from the attack. He got back up just in time for Danny to throw a lunging straight punch into his chest. The force of the punch sent the blonde jock towards the bus and he collapsed after the sudden impact. Danny got himself ready to attack again, but the jock didn't get back up.
Vince got out of the bus and kept his eyes on the down jock. He moved towards his nephew and surveyed the damage done.
"Nice job Danny," commented Vince smiling at his nephew. "Keep an eye on him while I get some rope," he ordered as he went to grab some rope.
After seven minutes of looking for rope, Vince found some and began to tie Dash up. Luckily, the blonde jock didn't wake up as he was being tied up. As everyone flooded out of the bus to look at their monster, a few other students started to appear from the woods. Some of the students looked at Danny in shock after seeing what he did. They remembered how Danny used to be picked on by Dash, then how he started to fight back and now Danny had saved all of them from Dash. One of the students, Sam ran towards him and wrapped her arms around Danny's body, a little too tightly.
"Sam…..I…..can't…..breathe…." wheezed Danny as Sam continued to tighten her grip. "Let…go…please…." He pleaded.
"After what you did?" snapped Sam as her strength increased, almost supernaturally. "Hell No!" she yelled as she buried her head into Danny's chest.
Surprisingly enough, everyone heard police sirens and ambulances heading their way. Everyone looked on in confusion as they see in the lead of the convoy of vehicles was the Specter Speeder.
What happened next was the police rounding up anymore missing teenagers and putting the three confirmed corpses in body bags. Most of the students were found, but they didn't find Tetslaff anywhere. The students that were found injured were led into ambulances for treatment, while those that were shaken, but otherwise okay were led into the Specter Speeder. Apparently, Jack and Maddie modified the Speeder to fit more people than normal. Vince wondered how his brother found them, but was surprised to find out that Maddie installed a tracking beacon in the new model ecto-guns.
Dash was forced into a police car after regaining consciousness. He was untied, but was hand cuffed by the police. He didn't understand what was going on until the blonde cheerleader who was with Paulina called him a freak for eating Brittney. He tried to deny it by saying it was the Wendigo. Nobody believed him, but Jack and Maddie once they heard his plea. Regardless, this was one summer that none of these kids would ever forget, and it was barely two days.
Author's note: Well this marks the end of this chapter and the beginning of the story. To those who have read through this story, thank you for reading it and I hope none of you are too disgusted. To be honest, I thought that it was a little too tamed compared to how I wanted it. For those that are wondering, yes there is a myth about a cannibal spirit called the Wendigo. However, there is no set appearance of what it looks like.
Now I'm sure some of you wonder why I picked Dash to be the 'Wendigo' and why he did what he did. Well, there are a few reasons, but one of them is that I don't like Dash at all. I find him to be an annoyance and not worth anyone's time, so he got picked for a tragic fate. Another reason is more of the shock factor for his peers to find the so-called 'King of Casper high' reduced to a deranged monster.
Now here is a question for all of you. Was Dash possessed by the Wendigo or was he a victim of his own mind? You see, there is a condition called Wendigo psychosis where suffers develop an insatiable desire to eat human flesh even if there are food sources that are available. Most suffers happen to be of the aboriginal communities, but for Dash's case it could be because he like the other teens was scared of the story Vince told them.
Let me know what you think and check to see for more updates, because chances are some other characters will get screwed over.