Retrieval Saga:
A Chance of a Ghost
Chapter 1: Stormy Night
It's been three days since the crew of the Shadow Hawk left the Tennysons. The ship was now flying through an area of Nullspace that has several wormholes of various sizes. Because of this, energy storms were frequent about here. Right now, there was a rather turbulent storm going on. Nothing the Shadow Hawk couldn't handle, but it was still unnerving nonetheless.
In the pilot's room, Matt was focusing on trying to get through the storm without going into any of the wormholes. "You sure you've done this before?" asked Chris. "Of course I have," said Matt, "this hardly the worst wormhole area I've been in. Besides, these dimensions couldn't be too bad." "Well maybe they'll have something first-aid wards," said Techo, who had gone slightly green. "Space-sick again, Techo?" asked Matt. "Well, I'm not used to all this tossing and turning in any direction. Uh-oh." Techo's cheeks bulged slightly as he rushed back to the bathroom, again. "He may be a great technician," said Chris, "but he still hasn't gotten his space-legs. You'd think he would have after spending all those weeks on here." "I'm still cleaning up after that," said Matt.
The experiments were nervous too. But this was mostly because this energy storm was the equivalent to a thunderstorm on the sea. "This place is kinda scary," said Angel. "Don't worry," said Stitch, "we'll be alright." "But in monster movies," said Lilo, "don't the worst things happen during a thunderstorm?" "Don't be silly," said Chip, "there aren't any monsters around here." "I sure hope you're right," said Draco looking out the window.
Suddenly, the radar picked up something up ahead. Matt shined the ship's light ahead and saw a small spaceship up ahead. The ship looked like it was one man's ship and all the lights were off. "Looks like that person could use some help," said Matt. "Allow me," said Techo who had just came back and pressed a button on the dashboard. A beam came out from the front of the Shadow Hawk and scanned the other ship. "I installed it while you guys were gone. It tells what the condition of a ship and its crew is without us having to come aboard. But it does glitch occasionally."
When the scan readouts came back, they weren't looking too good. "The guy in the other ship is dead," said Techo, "but it's kind of odd." "How's it odd?" asked Chris, "the guy's dead, what else is there?" "Well, for one thing, he's apparently lost all of his blood and been maimed." "Must have fell afoul on something," said Matt. "No," said Techo, "the ship's in perfect condition. It says that it has just now been abandoned." "But that can't be right," said Matt, "could it?" Suddenly the lightning outside became more ferocious and had turned a bright purple. "Okay," said Chris, "that has got to be an omen."
The experiments were nervous too. "I'm starting to think that coming here was a bad idea," said Akira. "Well," said Rick, "this did seem the best route, at the time that is. But we shouldn't be scared. I mean, what's gonna get us?" At that moment, Morph was looking out the window when a flash of purple lightning lit up the outside and illuminated a very scary-looking face. Morph screamed and jumped into Chip's arms. "Morph, what happened? You look as white as a sheet," said Chip. "Chip, he's always white as a sheet," said Draco. "Oh, let me rephrase that. You've look like you've seen a ghost." "I m-m-might have," said Morph, "there was s-s-something out there." He pointed at the window, but there wasn't anything outside except a turbulent energy storm.
"Maybe we should check out the escape pods, just in case," said Chip, "come on Morph, you can come with me." After the two of them left, Draco said, "Maybe I should go with them, for some extra protection." After he left, Contrinus said, "I don't want us to be separated again, not like last time." So she too went as well.
Chip was investigating one of the escape pods when Draco and Contrinus came into the room. "What are you two doing here?" asked Chip. "We wanted to keep you company," said Contrinus. Chip smiled and said, "Thanks, that's good to know." "Are they all working properly?" asked Draco. "All of the ones I've seen," said Chip, "there's just one I haven't checked on yet." The four of them moved towards the last escape pod. As Chip bent over to look inside, an incredibly loud clap of thunder was heard; it almost sounded like a roar. Morph yelp and bumped forward into Contrinus, who bumped into Draco, who bumped into Chip. This caused all four of them to fall into the escape pod. And as they fell in, Chip's arm accidentally hit the launch button. As the cover closed over the escape pod, Morph muttered, "Sorry about that."
Matt, Chris, and Techo looked up at the sound of the thunder. "Did you hear that?" asked Matt. "But we couldn't have," said Techo, "wormhole-generated energy storms is just uncontained electricity in a vacuum. Without any air to superheat, it can't produce any thunder." "The ship can pick up noises from nearby ships, maybe it was that other ship," said Chris. "But that ship is turned off," said Techo, "whatever made that noise sounds like it's coming from the top of the Shadow Hawk."
Suddenly, something on the screen caught Matt's attention. "One of our escape pods is being launched. It says it's containing four passengers." Then the escape pod in question came into view of the main window. The three of them looked as it drew closer to one of the wormholes. "We have to go after it," said Chris, "there's no telling what's on the other side of that wormhole." "We can't," said Techo, "this ship's not equipped to go through a wormhole right now." Suddenly Matt thought he saw something shimmering ahead. Almost like something invisible moving through the energy storm. Whatever it was, it was following the escape pod. The pod reached the event horizon of the wormhole and was sucked inside. Matt turned the ship around and said under his breath, "We'll back to get you guys, don't worry."
Meanwhile, a teenage boy with black hair was looking outside from his bedroom. He was wearing a white shirt with red edges on it and a pair of blue jeans. He was looking out at the brewing thundercloud right over the park. "Wonder what's causing that?" he thought. Suddenly the door and a man's voice said, "Danny, the Fenton Radar's picking up ectoplasmic disturbances in the park." "I'll be right there, Dad," said Danny. He looked at the thundercloud again and said, "That thing can't be a good omen."
There's the first chapter. I know nothing much is happening now. But you have to remember this is, if I may use a pun here, the calm before the strorm. (canned laughter) Anyways, things should pick up in the next few chapters. I have not watched every single Danny Phantom episode, so feel free to correct me if I make any mistakes. I'll be working on the next chapter so keep an eye out for it and please review.