Hello everyone! This is only going to be two chapters. It would be just one, but I don't like long chapters. Thoughts are in italics. The "lines" represent switching points of view, except the first one. I really confused myself while writing this because there are two Dannys. If you find any mistakes or are confused, just tell me and I'll try to fix it.
Enough of this. Read on!
Duplication
"Come on, Danny! You can do it!" Urged Sam, who was currently in the Fenton lab along with Tucker and Danny. Danny was in ghost mode a few feet away from her as he tried once again to duplicate himself.
Straining, Danny called all of his will power forth to accomplish this complicated task. "I'm trying, Sam. In case you hadn't noticed, this is kind of hard!" He said. After a few more seconds of concentration, his body began to stretch outward very slowly. Soon, two heads could clearly be distinguished…then two pairs of arms...and finally, with a small popping noise, in front of Tucker and Sam stood two identical Danny Phantoms.
Danny opened both pairs of eyes and looked at himself. He then let out an excited yell, jumped into the air, and started doing a victory dance. "Yes!" He shouted. "Look at me! There's two of me! I can be in two places at once! Yeah!"
Sam and Tucker both laughed as they watched two Dannys dance in mid-air. "Okay, so you can duplicate yourself. Is that it?" Tucker asked.
"Nope," Both Dannys replied. "Watch this." Simultaneously, both ghosts demonstrated their powers. "Invisibility…intangibility…ectoblasts…shields…and overshadowing."
As soon as overshadowing was mentioned, Sam and Tucker gave each other a nervous look and started to run up the stairs, but the Dannys were too fast and soon they were both overshadowed.
"Hey, Tuck. I'm Sam and I'm being controlled by the great, brave, smart, and awesome Danny Phantom! He's pretty good-looking, too. Oops." Danny had meant for only Sam to say that, but Tucker ended up saying it, too. Both ghosts slipped out of Tucker and Sam, looking puzzled.
"Ew, gross, man! You made me say you were good-looking!" Complained Tucker.
"You're obviously not that great, brave, smart, or awesome, either, if you can't control your duplicate, Danny" Said Sam.
"I didn't hear you denying his good looks, Sam" Tucker said loud enough for only Sam to hear.
"Shut up, Tuck," Sam muttered.
"I don't know what the problem is. I can't…do two things…at…once." Both Dannys said while each was trying to get the other to stop talking. Giving up, they said, "I can move in different directions. I just can't do anything else separate."
"Danny! Your mother and I are home! Come hear about the ghost we almost caught!" Jack called from the kitchen.
"I guess I'll have to work on that later," Danny said as he morphed back into one and changed back to human form.
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A few days later, Danny was sitting in Lancer's class listening to Lancer as he droned on about Romeo and Juliet. Danny groaned as his ghost sense went off for the second time that day.
Darn it! Mr. Lancer said if I have to leave his class one more time this week, he's going to give me a week of detention. That wouldn't be good. Of course, it also wouldn't be good if some dumb ghost destroyed the town while I was in here. Well, detention, here I come- Wait! Duplication, duh! I may not have perfected multi-tasking, but I think I could pull it off for a few minutes. It's probably just the Box Ghost anyway.
Danny closed his eyes in concentration as he produced a copy of himself in Phantom form, invisible. Well, here I go.
The Phantom duplicate floated stealthily through the wall of the classroom, then flew to the roof of the school building, trying to locate the ghost. He looked around, desperately hoping it was the Box Ghost since duplicating still took a lot of energy. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Skulker flying a few yards below and to the right of him. Phantom decided he would launch a sneak attack on the other ghost as soon as Skulker was in range.
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Fenton, meanwhile, was still in class trying to avoid being spotted by Mr. Lancer, who was scoping out students to answer questions. Fenton slumped in his seat, staring at the textbook in front of him, trying to be inconspicuous.
"Mr. Fenton, you have the pleasure of answering my next question. Since I know you did as I instructed and read Act 5 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet last night, summarize what happens at the tomb."
For once, Danny had completed Lancer's assignment, he even understood it, too. But right now, he really, really, didn't want to say anything that might ruin his sneak attack on Skulker. Unfortunately, Mr. Lancer was still staring at him, expecting an answer.
"At the tomb, Romeo fights and kills Paris. Then, thinking Juliet dead, drinks the poison, kisses her, and dies. Juliet wakes up from her fake death, sees Romeo dead, kisses him, and then stabs herself with a dagger, killing herself. The Capulets and Montagues meet there, sees what happened, and agree to end their feud." Fenton said this all very quickly in hopes that Phantom could prevent himself from talking if what he said was short.
"Well, that was a bit vague, but it'll do for now. But next time, try to elaborate more and slow down." Mr. Lancer said, then went back to shooting questions at other helpless students.
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"At the tomb, Romeo fights and kills Paris. Then, thinking Juliet dead, drinks the poison, kisses her, and dies. Juliet wakes up from her fake death, sees Romeo dead, kisses him, and then stabs herself with a dagger, killing herself. The Capulets and Montagues meet there, sees what happened, and agree to end their feud." Phantom said just as Skulker was directly below him. "Oh, crud."
"Hello, whelp. Giving up your position so easily? That ruins some of the fun, but I guess you've finally realized that it's no use trying to hide from the Ghost Zone's mightiest hunter!" Skulker yelled.
Phantom was going to say something in reply, but thought better of it. He didn't need the other him shouting any witty banter during Lancer's class. His musings were interrupted when he was blasted 20 feet into the air by Skulker's gun.
Regaining his balance, Phantom shot twin ectoblasts at Skulker, catching the ghost in the chest. Fists glowing with ectoplasmic energy, Phantom was ready to fire again, but Skulker was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, an immense force crashed into him from above, forcing him to hit the ground, hard. Phantom looked up from his position and saw Skulker, now visible, flying straight toward him. Seconds before he was hit, Phantom sunk through the ground and flew up several yards behind Skulker.
Phantom flew at Skulker, gaining velocity, and finally hitting his enemy with both fists. Skulker crashed into a tree, causing leaves and a branch or two to fall.
"That's it, ghost child. Instead of laying your pelt at the foot of my bed, I will now turn you into a coat!" Yelled Skulker.
Not able to hold it back, Phantom gagged and said, "Okay, that's the grossest thing anyone has ever said to me! My pelt wouldn't even cover half of you because you're too fat!" He laughed at his own joke, infuriating the other ghost even more.
Skulker began a barrage of blasts aimed at Phantom, who was attempting to dodge them. The energy used to duplicate himself was starting to catch up to him.
Part one finished!
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