(Disclaimer: Plata-Azul Firebird does not own Danny Phantom and Code Geass!)
Ghost Prince
The Mystery Lunch
Silver: An idea pops into my head after not seeing a good DP and CG fic. Here's the summary:
What happens when a certain master of all time interferes in an event? Right at the time when two friends-now-enemies about to shoot at one another?
The answer… we got two ghost boys in Amity Park! First is Danny Fenton, his friends dared him to fix the Fenton Portal which causes the accident and becomes Danny Phantom. The second is… Lelouch Lamperouge! After the failed invasion, his sister got kidnapped and his friend learned about his identity, he fell into the Ghost Zone and his DNA got altered when the ectoplasm entered his open wounds! He was then dropped onto the Fenton's doorstep with no memories of his past! As in zip! Na da! Zero! No pun intended.
Now Danny Fenton, AKA Danny Phantom and Lelouch Fenton, AKA Zero Specter, must use (and learn) their powers to do good and protect Amity Park from incoming ghost! All while hiding it from Danny's parents who wants them to be examined and destroy 'molecule by molecule'.
Silver: … I blame this on Clockworks … Anyway, this is a brotherly story between Lelouch and Danny, as they go thru learning their powers, surviving high school and bullies and finding Lelouch's past, all while fighting against ghosts! But heed this warning: Lelouch is going to be quite Out of Character, since he got an amnesia… Enjoy!
The Mystery Lunch
"So Danny, Lelouch…" Jack Fenton said as he, his son and three other kids… actually three kids and one young adult, are sitting on chairs in the lab while the huge man in an orange jumpsuit begins his lessons about ghosts. "You and your little friends want to hunt ghosts."
"Uh, actually, Dad? I… want to be an astronaut." Danny said truthfully.
"I really don't know what I'm going to be, but I want a bigger job than that." Lelouch said as he scratches the back of his head.
"Sorry Mr. Fenton, I was into ghost but they're so mainstream now. They're like cell phones." The goth girl, Sam, said with her arms and legs crossed.
"Waste this looks and all that charisma on hunting ghost?" The black techno-geek, Tucker, asked, points at himself and then crosses his arms. "Criminal." as Danny and Sam rolls their eyes on that one, as Lelouch looks at him weirdly.
"Well." Jack said, totally ignoring the kids' flat-out statement. "If you do want to hunt ghosts, there are few things you need to learn." as he turns to the desk full of beakers and tubes.
But unknown to him… Mists suddenly came out of Danny's and Lelouch's mouth.
"Oh no…" Danny groaned.
"Uh oh, something's coming." Lelouch muttered.
As a red light blinks in alarm, the strange metal machine on the wall opens, revealing a green swirling portal and out comes… a pair of ghost octopuses. They wail and grabs Sam and Tucker out of their seats, looking evilly at them as if they are their meal.
"True, I've never seen a ghost." Jack said, completely oblivious of the situation. "But when I do I'll be prepared and so will you. Whether you to be or not."
Danny and Lelouch just stared incredulously at the huge man then looks at their friends. And then with a pair of determining looks they both jump into a fight with a flash of light. And even with the noise of the fight, Jack Fenton is still oblivious to it and continues to talk as Danny and Lelouch fights against the ghosts.
"It all start with the right equipment." Jack said as Sam and Tucker fall back on their seats. "Sam, Tucker, this is the Fenton Thermos." he said as he gives the thermos to the Goth girl, as if she didn't leave her seat despite the slight mess on her hair. "It's supposed to trap ghosts." and then he turns away as a beat up ghost octopus bounce by. "But since it doesn't work and it's just a thermos. A thermos with a word in front Fenton on it."
The ghost octopuses screeched in pain and flew back into the green portal. After both lights went off, Danny and Lelouch glared at the portal as it closes. Then they both jump away from it as Jack went there to show it.
"That, that is the Fenton Portal." he points out. "It releases ghosts into our world whether we wanted to or not. Someday I'll figure how that works too." as he taps on the door and turn to the kids. "Now… who wants to hunt some ghost?"
However… Sam and Tucker are shaking in fear while Danny and Lelouch leans on their chairs, catching their breaths.
"You kids look at you, you're too excited to speak… So I'll keep talking." Jack said and began his story about living in a woods, wanting a pony and eating horse meat. Sam, Tucker and Lelouch looked at Danny as he looks at them before bowing his head down in shame.
:::^*^:::
(He's a phantom Danny Phan- Danny Phan- Danny Phantom)
Yo Danny Fenton he was just 14.
When his parents built a very strange machine.
Designed to view a world unseen.
(he's gonna catch em all cuz he's Danny Phantom, Phantom)
When it didn't quite work his folks they just quit.
Then Danny took a look inside of it.
There was a great big flash.
Everything just changed.
His molecules got all rearranged.
(Phantom, Phantom)
When he first woke up he had realized.
He had snow white hair and glowing green eyes.
He could walk through walls, disappear and fly.
He even got a partner by his side.
and it was then they knew what they had to do.
They had to stop all the ghosts that were coming through.
They are here to fight for me and you.
(he's gonna catch em all cuz he's Danny Phantom, gonna catch em all cuz he's danny phantom, gonna catch em all cuz he's)
He's Danny Phantom
:::^*^:::
(He's a Specter Zero Spec- Zero Spec- Zero Specter)
Hey! Lelouch Lamperouge is just 17.
When he received a power and war against his folks.
Changing the world that he dislikes.
(he's gonna catch em all cuz he's Zero Specter Specter)
When it didn't quite work and his identity revealed to his friends.
The unexpected happened and he fell right in.
There was a great big flash.
Everything just changed.
His molecules got all rearranged.
(Specter Specter)
When he first woke up he had no memories.
But he soon discovered his new abilities.
He stayed with the Fentons but sticks with Danny and his pals.
They really need to help the poor guy.
And it was then they knew what they had to do.
They had to stop all the ghosts that were coming through.
They are here to fight for me and you.
(he's gonna catch em all cuz he's Zero Specter gonna catch em all cuz he's Zero Specter gonna catch em all cuz he's)
He's Zero Specter.
:::^*^:::
In a row of normal houses… there's always one that is stands out of this world, and they are the Fentons. Their house looks like a UFO landed on it and stayed there, and some neighbors say the Fentons are the aliens. Then again the kids seem normal…
Which brought up other theories of abductions and impregnations, in their minds.
But to those who know the Fentons longer, knows that they are humans and brilliant ones that they are… yet sometime everyone question them of their sanity because of their obsession of ghosts.
The family consists of : Jack Fenton, the father and the oblivious one… He likes to babble about ghost, thinks like a child and loves fudge despite his intelligence. There's his wife, Maddie, the mother, second smartest of the family and capable of hand to hand combat. Both couples are more weird than their own inventions because for every single day, all they wear are the skin-tight, HAZMAT suits. They even made some suits for their children, but for some reason Danny rarely touches his and their eldest daughter's suits… just disappears.
They both think the ghost stole her suits, but in fact, she cuts the suits into shreds and burn it within the leaves in autumn.
Next is their eldest daughter, Jasmine or just Jazz, the intelligent and 'mature' one in the family. Because of the fact that her parents are way to hype and crazy for ghosts, she ended up maturing too fast. She wishes to have normal parents rather having heavily-obsess ghost hunters, and she tries quite hard to turn them normal. But she's not getting much success.
And the youngest and who is the most average in the family, Daniel or just Danny, he is 14 and going thru the hardships of social life and puberty like any teenagers. He seems normal, which Jazz is thankful for, but at the same time he isn't. Not ever since the accident that happened to him a month ago…
And then the newest addition to the family, Lelouch. He has no nickname yet and has an amnesia. A day after the ghost portal was up and running, Danny found him right on their doorstep with a burnt wound and small hole, indicating that he was shot, on his chest and dying. After treating him in a hospital, learning his loss of memories and the lack of clues for his identity, the parents decided to sign up as the poor boy's guardians since no one came for him. But the thing is… he clings on Danny. The doctor explained that it is pretty normal, since he lost his memories and the first person he saw was Danny which he consider as a safety for him. The younger Fenton found it un-amusing to babysit a boy, two or three years older than him. But he finds an exception and agrees to watch over him with his friends. And it's a good thing because of his condition…
The Fentons are ghost hunters… or so they say, since there are no ghosts.
But that is about to change.
In the kitchen, Maddie is welding an invention… that looks like a metallic Gameboy with a miniature satellite dish, a red light bulb, some antennas and a radar screen. While Jazz, looking annoyed, blocks off the sparks flying toward her with her book. Danny, beside her, on the other hand, is just munching on his cereal with a bored look and Lelouch is just getting a toast from the toaster.
When the spoon and the toast phases out of the boys' hands…
Both boys notice their invisible limbs and panics a little, they then hide it from view.
"Okay, two more days and it's done." Maddie said, as she removes her goggles and turns off the welder. Suddenly Jack appears behind her, all giddy and excited to hear his wife finished.
"What did you say?" Jack said quite excitedly and grabs the machine. "It's done? The Fenton Finder is done! This baby uses satellites to lead you right to the ghosts."
"It uses what to track what?" the younger raven boy said as he nervously stands, and the two boys look at one another in mutual understanding and looks back at the machine.
"Welcome to the Fenton Finder." The machine said. "Ghosts are near, walk forward."
Both boys backs away as the machine instructs the two towards them, and then the hit the dead end which the machine announces that the boys are the ghost and thanks for using the device.
"What?! Oh, that can be right!" Jack said in bewilderment for the machine led them to their son and their newest… well, son. Well, they did adopt him after they found the boy crying on the hospital bed, thanks to nightmares, that they left him. They really couldn't leave him like that and the family have grown fond on him. He looks at his wife as she tells him that the devices will be ready for two more days, they didn't notice the two boys went invisible. Luckily, they notice it and became visible quick, but the youngest seems to slump and the elder knew why.
"Actually…" Danny said with a sigh.
"We need to tell you guys something." Lelouch even confessed knowing that they don't even have control with their… situation.
"That's not all you need." Jazz butts in and closes her book, she then stands up and walks to her brothers. "You need guidance and parents who can provide it. Especially you, new older brother." as she glares at her parents.
The redhead is also concern for the young man, as he is adopted into the family. Not only for his sanity but also for his mental health, she wants to help him as much as she can so he can remember. And hopefully join her on her mission on turning her parents normal.
"Sweetie, I know what we do doesn't make sense sometimes." Maddie said. "But you're only -"
"Sixteen." Jazz stated, as both Danny and Lelouch tries to move away. "Biologically, but psychologically I'm an adult. And I will not allow you to with your insane obsession of ghost pollute and traumatize these two, poor children." as she grabs both boys and hugs them protectively. "Come you abuse and unwanted wretches, I'll drive you both to school."
She then glares at her parents and they march right past them as they head to the garage. "Huh, that's weird… Jazz never offers the boys to drive them to school." the mother said.
"That can only mean one thing." Jack said and narrows his eyes. "That's not our daughter, that's a ghost… Danny! Lelouch! IT'S A TRAP!" as he rushes to get his sons with his wife tailing behind.
:::^*^:::
The school bell rings in Casper High, signaling for lunch and students flood out into the hall. As they chatter, a tall and slim figure weaves his way thru the crowd at ease and soon reaches his goal.
"Hey Danny!" Lelouch greeted and turns to see the other two. "Sam, Tucker."
"Hey dude." Tucker said as Sam smiles at him as a greeting.
Many of the students wonder why would an older kid hangs out with a bunch of freshman wimps? Answer, he prefers it that way. To Jazz's observation, Lelouch's mentality have backtracked to when he was a kid, despite his age and high IQ. And he feels much safer with Danny for good reasons and they didn't mind having an older buddy… after all, the elder is actually helping Danny on his studies and seems to be improving bit by bit.
Which made Jazz wonder why Lelouch is much more effective than herself on her brother's studies, despite that he has one or two weak subjects.
"Dude, you need a nickname." Tucker stated as they walk down the hall.
"Yeah, your name Le-Le-Lelo…" Danny tried to pronounce.
"Lelouch." Sam corrected him.
"Right, your name sounds like a tongue twister." he said, then he added. "Come to think of it, Dad manages to say his name right. Weird…"
"Well, I know the best nickname for him." The techno-geek said and adjust his glasses. "What do you think of Lelo?"
"Ummm… Tuck, I don't think it's such a good nickname." The Goth girl pointed out. "It kinda sounds… yellow. How about… Lulu?" she asked, causing Tucker to laugh and Danny gives her a look.
"Um Sam, he needs a nickname, not a girly name." the younger Fenton deadpans at her.
"Actually." Lelouch said, scratching the back of his head. "I got a feeling that someone called me that once."
"Whoa?! Really?!" the techno-geek asked out of disbelief. "Wait, are you having a flashback?"
"I'm not really sure but I don't really hate it… And no, just a feeling." He replied, as he slumps to the fact that it didn't trigger his memories.
"Ha! I win!" Sam declared.
"Yet… I think I preferred a new nickname." and the Goth's victory just dissipated like that.
"Well… how about Luke? Or Leo? It's sounds normal." Danny asked and made his new older brother think about it.
"I think I'll go with Leo." Lelouch said, after analyzing the good points of both nicknames. "I don't think Luke would fit me, since I don't have a 'K' in my name."
"Anyway, back to the topic, I think we should tell them." The young raven boy said as they climb the stairs, heading for the cafeteria.
"Why? Parents don't listen." Sam said as they stop half-way for a while, the boys expect her outburst on that one. "Even worse, they don't understand. WHY CAN'T THEY ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM!" She shouts in anger and frustration.
"Sam, we're talking about our powers." Leo stated the obvious. "Our problems." pointing at both himself and Danny, as Tucker gives their Goth friend a stare.
"Oh, right, me too." The Goth girl said awkwardly, blushing a bit out of embarrassment.
"It's been a month since the accident and we found him." Danny said. "Neither of us have barely any control of these." Unknowingly he lost control and begins sinking into the floor. "If anybody catches me or him, we go from geek to freak here."
"Kinda like what you're doing now?" Tucker asked, as his best friend sees himself sinking into the floor and shrieks in surprise. Thankfully, both he and Leo pulls him up before anyone sees.
"Oh darn it!" the young raven boy swore as he continues on to the second floor with his friend and adopted brother behind him. "If my dad invented something that made me half-ghost." And as he rants, he went intangible, making Leo look around in alert to see if anyone saw. Thankfully, the hall is empty as his younger brother phase thru a vending machine. "Why can't he invent something that turns me back to normal?"
"Danny." Sam calls out as she briskly stops in front of him. "Your powers make you and Leo unique, and unique is good. That's why I'm an ultra-Recyclo Vegetarian." And feeling proud of it.
"Ultra-Recycling what?" the older boy asked as they stop on some nearby lockers, looking a bit confused on the Goth's proud statement.
"She doesn't eat anything with a face on it." Danny states.
"Oh, who cares about that." Their black friend scoffs at it. "Danny, two words: Meat Connoisseur." He then sniffs both Danny and Lelouch. "Last night, you two have Sloppy Joes." He points it out.
"Impressive." Leo said with amusement and Danny smiles in agreement.
"Meat heightens the senses. And my all-year meat streak is 14 years strong."
"And it's about to end." Sam points out with a smile. "The school board finally agreed to try a new cafeteria menu, I wore them down."
"Wait..." Tucker said, looking alarmed at what she said. "What did you do?"
It wasn't long till they arrived in the cafeteria and they see a big banner that says this week is "Ultra Recyclo-vegetarian" week. The three boys realize that Sam has made the school board change the menu as they line up for their meals. However, Tucker's eyes are stuck on the banner with his mouth gaping and frozen in place, both Fenton boys end up dragging him to the line. The lunch lady places what seems to be grass on bread to one of the students, then to Danny, and Leo got one too with a mud… in a shape of a pie.
"What is this?" the young Fenton asked, as he looks weirdly at his lunch. "Grass on a bun?"
"… I know I asked a mud pie, but this is too literal." Leo points out, as he pokes the brown thing on his plate.
Tucker snapped out of his trance , realizing that it is not a nightmare… it is REAL! "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" he cried hysterically at the Goth girl, who looks pleased that the changes.
"Tucker, it's time for a change." She said with a grassy bread in her hand.
:::^*^:::
Back in the Fenton Works, in the basement, both Jack and Maddie Fenton are rushing to finish their weapon. But they didn't mind that they left the ghost portal open, and they fail to notice that a woman ghost dressed in pink dress, white apron, yellow dishwashing gloves, white socks, pink slippers and a matching pink hairnet float out of the portal. She looks around the place for a moment and then senses something off.
"Ooo… somebody changed the menu!" the ghost lady said, and ghost phases out through the roof. Both Jack and Maddie seem to be working on another invention that will 'save' their daughter, and too busy to notice the ghost that floats out of the portal at all.
:::^*^:::
Back at the school's cafeteria, Danny stares on the "grass on a bun" on his spoon and seems to be debating whether to eat it or not. "Don't you think this is a little extreme, Sam?" he asked, as Leo eyes on his lunch before he push it away from him.
Sam just smiles when an adult puts a hand on her shoulder. "Ah, Miss Manson." The group looks up to meet Mr. Lancer, he is the English teacher in Danny, Tucker and Sam's class and the vice-principal. He is a strict teacher who fits the overweight stereotype, he also shows favoritism on the school athletes and Danny's and Leo's sister, Jazz. Once he also favors Leo for his intelligence and condition, now he treats him like any other students after he pulled that ridiculous stunt, a week ago. "The school board wanted me to personally thank you for ushering in this welcome experiment to our cafeteria."
Then Tucker suddenly sits up straight and is frantically sniffing the air like a bloodhound. "Meat. Near." He said, looking at their teacher and sniffs the air around him. The techno geek glares at him while the man backs away.
"No, no." the teacher quickly states. "The rumors about the new all-steak buffet in the teacher's lounge is completely untrue." As he uses a toothpick, then he puts a hand on Sam's shoulder again. "Thanks again." And then leaves in a hurry.
"Yeah, thanks again for making us eat garbage, Sam." Tucker scoffs as he glares at her.
"It's not garbage." She states, as she holds up her lunch. "It's recyclable organic matter."
"It's garbage." Both Danny and Tucker still point it out.
"Sam, if you want to do the "vegetarian week" thing." Leo said and hold up the plate of grassy bread and "mud" pie. "Salad is fine. These… I'm siding with these two."
"Not you too." She groans.
"You're turning us into cows." He deadpans.
:::^*^:::
Meanwhile, the lunch lady looks around before pulling a hamburger out of her pocket and sneaking away in order to eat it. Unknown to her, another kitchen staff phases into the kitchen, looks at the recipe book about vegetarian food and glares at it.
:::^*^:::
Both Danny and Leo are still eyeing on their "leafy" meals, when suddenly they gasps and mists suddenly escapes their mouths.
"Uh, guys?" Leo calls out.
"We've got a problem." Danny states. Both him and Leo are used to the feeling of the mist that comes out of their mouths, and their sensitivity on the sudden drop of temperature when ghosts are near. Their friends both look up to catch the mist coming out of their mouths as if it's winter already. Then it stops and everything goes back to normal… when a handful of mud suddenly lands on his head.
"FEN-TON!"
He turns around and grimaces at what he sees. "...Make that two problems." He groans. A jock storms over to Danny, a plate of what seems to be mud in his hands. The jock is none other than Dash Baxter, the popular boy in school and is the star athlete on any sports… which made Leo wonder how the blond jock is able to maintain his education with all that sports and games.
"I ordered three mud pies. Do you know what they gave me?" the jock asked the younger Fenton, then points on the plate. Meanwhile, the student gathers around, in hopes to get the best view of the show. "Three mud pies. With MUD! FROM THE GROUND! All because of your girlfriend!"
'Of course… push the blame on me and- wait, WHAT?!' Danny thought and realizes the latter accusation. "She's not my girlfriend!" he replied quickly.
"I'm not his girlfriend!" she quickly added.
Dash then grabs the young Fenton by his shirt, lifts him a few inches off the ground and Leo quickly stands up. As he thinks of a way to get his brother out and the two have a spat, Tucker heard giggles behind him and turns around to see a group of girls pointing at Dash and Lelouch. The girls in this school like Dash for his popularity and reputation, and guys want to be like him by joining his crowd. Lelouch, on the other hand, girls are awed on his beauty… that's right, they like him for his natural beauty that can exceed any boys and any girls in the campus. The older Fenton is so pretty, if someone dared to dress him in a dress, he could actually get away with it. So far, many of the girls think his original parents are super models and on some occasion, they even asked how he maintains his beauty. The latter made him stutter for a bit, smiles a little before he runs away to find his friends or Jazz.
Meanwhile, back to the situation. "These are the best years of my life! After high school, it's all downhill for me!" the jock shouts at the young Fenton.
'Wow… he actually acknowledges that.' The four thought, with Leo's and Sam's brow raised.
"How am I supposed to enjoy my glory days eating mud!?"
"It's top-soil." The goth girl points out, not happy on how the jock treats her choice of food.
Then a hand grabs his left arm, the jock turn to see the older Fenton glaring at him. "Dash, leave him alone right now." Leo commands firmly as his brother looks at him.
If Danny could turn back and see closely on Dash's eyes, they would notice that red rings lit on the edge of blond's irises. With a snort, he puts Danny down with a push. "Yeah, whatever!" Dash scoffs, as Danny lands on one of the lunch tables.
The older Fenton let go of Dash's arm and went to his brother's side. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"Well… At least, he listens to you." He replied, as he rubs his sore elbow then stops for a moment. "Wait, how come he listens to you?" and his new older brother could only shrug.
Then the jock picks up his plate of mud and then shoves it towards Leo's face. "Eat it." He dared Lelouch. "All of it."
"Look, can't we-"
"EAT IT!"
Leo looks at the plate of mu…top-soil and is slightly fidgeting, when the mist escapes his mouth again. Looking around he spots the ghost, thru the kitchen window, floating across from one side to another. Seeing that then looks at Dash, then the plate, and did the only thing to distract the others.
"GARBAGE FIGHT!" he shouts, as he grabs and tosses the plate, which hits another jock in the face. The other teenagers begin throwing the food as well and chaos ensues. Sam, who took cover behind a table when the fight started, peeks out and is looking irritated.
"It's not garbage! It's…" she gets cut off when Danny's hand suddenly grabs her and pulls her back down towards the floor. He gave her look look before he and the others begin crawling away from the cafeteria, heading for the kitchen. While crawling, both Leo and Danny turns and looks behind him. Dash is quite angry while the messy fight continues behind him.
"You're gonna pay for this, Fentinas!" he shouts at the two, only he got hit on the head again with mud, twice.
"Oh great. I'm still his favorite." Danny groans, then looks at the older raven. "Welcome to the list, bro."
"He bullies you every day?" Leo asked.
"Only when his grades fail."
They manage to crawl to the kitchen door. Danny and Tucker peek their heads around, while Leo and Sam watch the crowd, making sure no one notice them. They see a clean kitchen, except for the dirty dishes and messy stoves… and there they see a ghostly old lady in a familiar lunch lady dress.
"Hah, shouldn't be so bad." Tucker said, on seeing the ghost, he remembers his grandma. "She looks a little like my grandmother." As they walk into the kitchen with Leo peeking from the door.
"Shouldn't she be haunting a bingo hall?" the young Fenton asked, as he watch the ghost lady look at the bowl of salad with confusion before looking around the counter. Seeing on what she is wearing, he dubs her the Lunch Lady until she tells them her name.
"Danny, does old people remind you of bingo?" his older brother asked, as he enters and stands beside him.
"That, and a house full of cats."
As Sam enters and the door closes behind them, the ghost turns around at the sound and sees the four. "Hello, children." The ghost lady asked, as she floats towards them. "Can you help me? Today's lunch is meatloaf, but I don't see the meatloaf. Did someone change the menu?"
"Yeah." The black boy states and points his thumb at Sam. "She did."
Then all of the sudden, as if she twists her head in a complete 180. "YOU CHANGED THE MENU!?" the Lunch Lady bellowed at them, with her white hair flaming, eyes red and it seem her size grew. This causes the four teens to gasp and recoil in fright. "THE MENU HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR FIFTY YEARS!" as the green flames surround her and begins circling above her head.
"Get behind us!" Danny said in alarm, and both Sam and Tucker promptly jump behind the two Fentons.
"Wow. I feel safe." Sam said sarcastically, as both Danny and Leo are not much of a shield.
That is until…
"I'm going ghost!" Danny shouts, as both he and Leo raises their arms in the air and white and blue auras surround them. The aura splits into two rings, for the two each, that travel vertically across their body. For them the transformation is a bit tingly with a hint of cold, but they have gotten used to it. As the rings pass, their clothing changes drastically: Danny's change into the black and white HAZMAT suit, the same suit he used in the accident. Leo's change into a dark green HAZMAT suit with silver trimmings and a white cape with a tall collar and silver trimmings. Also he wears a green domino mask to match the green suit, which made them both wonder why only he got a mask. Both of their hairs becomes white and the eyes become green.
Sam and Tucker watch wide-eyed at the two as both leaps into the fray, the two flies up towards the enraged ghost lady.
Seeming a little unsure of himself, Danny tries to command the ghost away like what Leo did to Dash. "I command you to... go away!" as he points at her but then he fails to look confident and the older could only face palm at this.
Ignoring the immature threat, Lunch Lady's hand begins to glow and many piles of dishes surrounding a sink begin to float around and start flying towards the ghosts teens. Danny flinches and manages to make his body become intangible, causing the dishes to pass right through him before hitting the wall behind him. While Leo flew away to avoid them instead, thus turning his legs into a tail to lessen the damage. The younger ghost teen reverts back to normal and glances at his body, quite amazed that he didn't get hit. But his amazement is cut short when he notices a bunch of dishes is heading right for Sam. He immediately flies to help her and begins catching the dishes with his arms, neatly stacking up. Then the ghost lady uses her ghost powers on even more dishes, and sends them to Tucker. Leo quickly helps him and catches the dishes neatly like Danny, as well as catching a few in his mouth. The black boy smiles at Leo after realizing he stopped the dishes onslaught. Then both ghost boys fly off to put the dishes back on the counter, as Lelouch takes the plates out of his mouth.
"Well, if this superhero thing doesn't work out I could have an exciting career as a busboy." Danny quips.
"A busboy? Really?" the older Fenton asked.
"What?"
"I was more of expecting of a spy or something. I mean, ghost powers?"
"Pffft, I'm not into breaking-privacy business."
While talking at one another, both of them hear the stoves behind him beginning to move around. They turn around to see the Lunch Lady just beside it and still angry.
"I control lunch! Lunch is sacred! Lunch has RULES!" then suddenly her personality becomes sweet and polite like before. "Anybody wants cake?" Both Danny and Leo nearly fell out of the air at the sudden mood swing, while Sam and Tucker nod their heads in shock at her sudden change. Then her mood flips again and this time she got sharp teeth. "Too bad! Children who change my menu do not get dessert!"
The ghost lady suddenly phases up out through the ceiling, while the three stoves begin to have green flames coming out of them. The green flames fire out of the ovens towards the teens, who quickly dodge out of the way. The three flaming stoves, oddly gain angry faces, roars and are flying towards Tucker and Sam. Both Danny and Leo fly behind them and grabs their shoulders. Their bodies begin to glow, focusing on their power and manages to make the entire group intangible. The two look down at themselves in surprise. The two ghost boys continue holding on to the two, quickly flies them through the wall and out of the kitchen, with the stoves hitting the wall and leaving quite some cracks and dents on it. The group returns to normal and rolls out into the middle of the hallway.
Danny is excited and looks down at his hands in amazement, that he and Leo can make others intangible. "HEY! It worked!" but he and his brother wince a little at the soreness of their bodies, it's like they took gym class which the two dislike so much.
On the other hand, Sam looks a little peeved. "This is the thanks I get for thinking like an individual?"
"Actually, it's more of don't surprise everyone with change… especially on a meat-fanatic ghost." Leo points out as he stands up.
"Are you forgetting someone?" the black boy asked, giving the older one a deadpan look.
A loud crash is suddenly heard and group turn to look for the cause. The hallway begins shaking violently and the lights completely going out before it sparks electricity everywhere then dies down. Both ghost boys look worried when two of the lockers open suddenly and a bunch of school supplies comes flying out. Then more lockers opening with school supplies flying out, swirling through the Lunch Lady who is just at the end of the hallway.
The four are quite shocked… but it is cut short when Tucker sniffs the air, recognizing what it is. "Steak...! Ribeye...! Porthouse...! Medium-rare...!" he said as if in a trance.
True to Tucker's nose, a steak goes whizzing pass Sam's head and both Danny and Leo turn around in time to avoid the chicken wings and the bucket. The meat products, that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, begin attaching themselves to the ghost lady until she is completely covered and only her mean green eyes are showing. The Danny, Sam and Tucker look surprised at this, wondering where all the meat came from. Leo, on the other hand, is a bit weirded out.
'This is probably the most haunted food fight I have ever been to.' He thought.
"But where did it come from?"Tucker asked, then it hits him. "Lancer!" as a piece of paper hits Tucker on his face.
Meanwhile, in the teacher's lounge, all of the teachers and school staffs are looking forward to an All-Steak Buffet… only to meet a sight of only a single bone on one of the plates, and a teacher yelled "Paradise Lost".
Back in the haunted hallway…
"Did someone yelled?" Leo asked, on hearing an echo that goes 'ost-ost'. "… Weird."
The meat-covered ghost towers over them. "Prepare to learn why meat is the most powerful of the five food groups!" And then again, her personality flips to her nice side as she holds out a chocolate chip cookie. "Cookie?"
The group decided to go safe and shakes their head "no". The Lunch Lady seems a little surprised that she was turned down for a split second before going back on her rampage.
"Then perish!" the ghost bellowed as it raises it's meaty hand to hit the Goth girl. Seeing who is going to be hit, Danny slides towards Sam to protect her on the front as Leo lands beside him.
"Forget it! The only thing that has an expiration date here is YOU!" the young ghost boy shouts, as he points at the meat ghost. But then the unexpected happens… as he tries to mimic the stunt the ghost did in the kitchen, he suddenly reverts back to his human form. It started with a glow on his hand, it then down his body and his clothes, hair, and eyes revert to their usual selves. "Whoops!" he yelps. "I didn't mean to do that."
"Danny!" Leo shouts, is now officially more worried since his human form is defenseless and… the same thing happens to him. "Hey! I didn't say expiration!" he yells at his own powers and his human form.
The ghost lady didn't waste any time and grabs Danny and Leo within her meaty grasp, before sending them flying into Tucker. They hit the lockers behind them and a pile of papers falls on them. The ghost then grabs Sam off the ground and suddenly flies off down the hallway.
As they dig their way out of the pile, Tucker did get a glance at what happen to their friend. "Come on! Change back! We gotta go!" he said in a hurry.
When two hands suddenly grab the three boys by their collars, they look back to see…
"You two aren't going anywhere." Mr. Lancer states firmly as he lifts the three out of the pile. Then they also see the blond jock from earlier, still covered in mud, just behind the English teacher.
"Told ya you'd pay, Fentons!" the jock sneered, as teacher drags the three off to his office with the jock following behind.
:::^*^:::
Meanwhile…
Sam screamed… in disgust as the ghost lady uses raw meat as a prison to prevent her from escaping. Right now, she is trying not to hurl at the smell as she either waits for her rescue or get out of the bloody pile on her own.
:::^*^:::
Back to where the three boys are, Mr. Lancer is sorting through files in his file cabinet while Danny, Leo and Tucker sit in chairs in front of his desk. Dash is leaning near the door, looking quite pleased with the way things are turning out.
"Tucker Foley." Mr. Lancer said, as he takes out a file and read out the records. "Chronic tardiness, talking in class, repeated loitering by the girl's locker room." The black boy gives a sly smile at the latter. "Danny Fenton. Thirty-four dropped beakers in the last month, banned for life from handling all fragile school property." The young Fenton blushed a little at that, it's not like his ghost powers came with a manual. "Lelouch Fenton. Also ban from handling fragile school properties, skipping class, turned the chess club into a gambling den."
"Wait." Tucker interrupts and looks at Leo. "You're the one who turned the chess club into a casino?" Remembering that there was a rumor a week ago about the chess club was gambling using chess.
"Yeah… I was bored." The older boy replied.
"Awesome, how-" but is interrupted when the bald teacher slams his folder and hand on the table.
"BUT no severe mischief before today." Mr. Lancer states firmly yet calmly, as he looks at the three. "So...gentlemen, tell me…" The three recoils in their chairs when the English teacher blows a gasket at them. "WHY DID THE TWO OF YOU, CONSPIRE TO DESTROY THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA!?"
Danny attempts to defend himself by saying that Dash is the one who started, only to find out that he is exempt from punishment for winning a football game. As Mr. Lancer exits the office to get the items need, he tells Dash to watch the door and left. The blonde jock smiles smugly at them before closing the door.
"How can he be exempted from anything?" the techno-geek asked, looking not to pleased with the situation.
"Mr. Lancer and his favoritism…" the older Fenton grumbles as the they quickly stand up from their seats. "Not to mention the fact that he's the star athlete of Casper High, so his reputation is higher."
"You and I can agree on that." The younger states. "Still there's no way, on being the star of any sports, can keep him out of trouble. Can he?" as he looks at his older brother.
"Favoritism makes one pretend blind, Danny."
"Back to the point, we gotta find Sam. For some reason, I feel like I got her kidnapped." Tucker said, with a little guilt.
"Maybe because you told the ghost she changed the menu." Danny replied to him sarcastically. "How about that?"
Then suddenly his friend sniffs the air. "That steak is still in the building. 200 yards, tops." The black boy state.
Leo walks over at a wall of TVs showing the different security camera views. He looks for any clue of the meat ghost, and spots a trail of juice from the meat that leads off from one of the screens. "Found it. Meat-trail." He said. Both him and Danny transform into their ghost selves, the younger Fenton grabs his friend's arm, turns them both intangible with Leo and they all go through the floor.
By the time, Mr. Lancer returns… they are gone.
The skin on his head went a little redder than the usual.
:::^*^:::
Landing near the door where the meat storage is, the three looks around for a moment before opening the door… and somehow, Tucker looks excited as he steps into the room.
"Sweet mother of mutton!" the black boy said so happily, like he just found a treasure room. He quickly latches himself onto the wall of the boxes of meat. "I'd dreamed of it but...I never thought I'd live to see it!"
As he holds the wall in an embrace and sniffs the box like a bouquet of flowers, both Danny and Leo look at him weirdly. "How is it that we have the ghost powers-" Danny stated
"I have amnesia." Lelouch added.
"And you're the weird kid?"
They suddenly flinch when they heard cackling nearby. They peer around the corner of a stack of boxes and see the ghost and Sam trap in a pile of meat.
"My dear child..." Lunchlady said politely, as the vegetarian struggles to get out of the pile. "Meat is good for kids! It helps them grow and makes them smile! Why won't you eat it?" as she offers her a chicken leg.
"We don't need meat. That's fact!" Sam snaps back as she turns her face away from the drumstick.
But that only anger the ghost lady more and the winds picks up harshly. "SILENCE!" she bellowed and points at Sam. "You need discipline! Manners! Respect! And you know where that comes from?" then the ghost leans on the goth girl. "MEAT!" The wind then stops suddenly and the Lunch Lady reverts back to her 'nice' personality again. "Chicken? Or fish?" as she holds up a drumstick and a fried fish.
Meanwhile…
"Okay, Danny and I will take care of the ghost." Lelouch instructs, then looks at Tucker. "You just find a way to get Sam out of that pile of meat!"
Tucker, with a knowing look on his face, pulls a fork and knife out of his pockets. "Waaaay ahead of you."
"Tucker…"
"Don't worry, I'll get her out."
"Well… that is not going to help."
Looking at the fork and spoon. "You know what, you're right." He then pockets the utensils and then unslings his backpack. He rummages thru the stuffs in it and pulls out a barbecue fork and a barbecue knife, the ones usually used on the grill. "This will?" he asked.
"You realized that most meat are not cooked." Danny points it out, as Leo stares incredulously at the grill utensils.
"I know, some meats can be eaten raw too."
The two Fentons stares at the techno geek before looking at one another, deciding that they should act now and debate with him later. Both ghost boys float off the ground and prepares to punch the ghost, by flying towards her at maximum speed. The Lunch Lady Ghost is too late to notice the attack and is sent flying into a nearby wall, crashing on it and then collapses to the ground. The two lands in front of her and she glares at him.
Meanwhile, Sam, who witness the ambush, turns to look at Tucker who is cutting away the meat with his knife. "Don't worry! I'll have you free in no time, Sam!" he said excitedly, looking like a puppy who got a treat as he slice the meat.
The Goth girl looks incredulously at him. "You gotta be kidding me." She said in disbelief.
Back to the ghost boys, they simultaneously jump up and somersaults in the air before preparing to kick the ghost. But the Lunch Lady manages to grab their feet in her hands, yanking them towards her and dangles the two upside-down, who yelped on her sudden strength. "Don't you see!? This is why you need meat! You're all skin and bones!" she yells as she tosses the two away.
Both ghost boys sail through the air, they make themselves intangible. Danny bumps the floor a little, going halfway through a nearby wall before falling to the ground, his waist up on one side of the wall and the rest on the other side. Leo, on the other hand, completely phase thru the wall where Danny is, and the younger boy hears the crashing sound and an 'ow' in the other room. The Lunch Lady Ghost raises her hand and summons shish kebobs from a box, their pointed ends heading straight for Danny who is getting up. He sees this and concentrates to make his body split in two. He did it successfully, the meat passing through the stretched intangible area of his body he created. Smiling upon realizing this new power as his older brother phases back into the fight.
"You okay?" the younger ghost boy asked.
"Yeah… pans are painful on the head." Leo replied, then he sees his split brother and the shish kebobs on the wall. "Not bad."
"Thanks."
The ghost wails and summons meat out of all of the boxes within the storage, as Danny reattach himself. The two watches as the meat go flying towards the ghost, forming the meat suit they saw earlier… only they notice that it is twice the size since there are more meat in the storage room. Meanwhile, Tucker is about to take a bite of meat but the piece went flying towards the ghost, as well as the meat pile that was holding Sam. Once the meat suit is done, she throws meat at the two, but Leo quickly grabs his brother and avoids the first shot. They went intangible for the second but got hit on the third strike. The meat that hits the two, reverts back to being her fist and captures them in her grasps. Both boys try not to gag on the smell of the raw meat, as the Lunch Lady brings them close to her meaty face.
"Help's on the way, guys!" the two looks down, to see Tucker strikes a determined pose, holding BBQ utensils like a weapon.
The Lunch Lady Ghost then throws the two towards the other two. Danny and Leo scream as they focus on their intangibility, making sure they don't hit their friends. Once they phase thru them, they fly across the room causing them to pass through a wall where the double doors are. And unknowingly, they lose focus on their intangibility and smack landed on something metal yet seem to bend. Not to mention, that it feels cramped in the place they landed. On opening their eyes and thanks to their unnatural glow, they found themselves inside some students' lockers.
"Great… as if Dash and his cronies are not the only ones who shoves me into a locker." Danny grumbles, in pain and tired from the fight.
"Dash shoves you into a locker?" Leo asked incredulously and now knows why he's short. He too is tired of using his powers so much.
Meanwhile, the Lunch Lady looms over Sam and Tucker, she growls at them loudly with a menacing smile.
"Run?" he asked with a scared tone in his voice.
"Run." She states.
And the two zooms off faster before one could say 'Bob is your uncle', with Tucker dropping his fork and knife behind. They scream as they head for the door when suddenly a pile of meat, thrown by the ghost, smack land on their only escape. It blocks their exit and the force of impact of the meat nearly knocks both of them off their feet.
Hearing that, Danny and Leo ignore the protest of their body and focuses on phasing thru the wall. As they phase partly, Danny holds the back of his head, still in pain for hitting the locker's door and his older brother looks at him with concern. Their friends continue screaming as they run past them, with the meat ghost on their tail. They notice that the ghost slithers after them instead of running, but ignoring that they fly towards them, like a javelin, down the row of boxes. They then see the ghost is gaining on their friends and prepares her meaty fists to slam down on Sam and Tucker. The two act fast and they quickly fly down, grabbing them: Leo got Tucker and Danny got Sam. They quickly focus on their intangibility, spreading it to them and phase through a wall.
The meat ghost can't stop herself, due to the fact that the meat is oily and splatters right on the wall.
Outside, the four continue floating through the air after their escape from the meat fanatic ghost. Both ghost boys refuse to put the their friends down, unsure if the ghost is still following them.
The Goth girl looks at the two and notices how tired they look. "Gee, fighting meat monsters, flying through walls...You guys must be exhausted." She said with concern.
"What?" Danny said, in defense. Yet, he feels his eyes drooping and Leo's head bob once. "Of course not!" his vision darkens while his older brother is silent. "What would give you that idea..." he trails off and the four falls to the ground as the brothers passes out from exhaustion. They roll on the ground on falling, both Sam and Tucker land sitting upright. Danny lands face down on the ground while Lelouch is face up, both knock out for today's fight. The rings reappear and transforms both Fentons back to their usual everyday selves.
Sam and Tucker look at each other. "Uh… who will carry who?" Tucker asked sheepishly, while she gives him a deadpan stare.
:::^*^:::
At FentonWorks, the two look at one another on hearing the noise in the house. They hear Jack yelling, Jazz shrieking and the loud sound of the vacuum. After that, everything is silent once more as Sam shifts her hold on Leo (for an older guy, he's quite light) as Tucker half-carry and half-drag Danny. On entering the house, they saw Danny's and Leo's parents getting off the living room floor. They turn to see Sam and Tucker carrying their unconscious sons.
"Hey, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton!" the techno-geek greeted them way too cheery than the norm. "What a school day! Poor Danny nodded off and Leo just wants to hit the sack."
Jack Fenton has an eyebrow raised, as they watch the two carry their sons into their shared room.
"We figured we'd just carry them all the way home and tuck them into bed." The two quickly carry them upstairs. "Without any parental interaction whatsoever."
"Don't get up!" Sam quickly added nervously. "We know where to go. Bye!"
As Jack thinks, Maddie convinces him that Danny is not the ghost. And he knows that, still believing that Jazz is the 'ghost'.
:::^*^:::
Nothing that happens now is any of your concern.
Your very existence is a mistake.
You need to be erased from the face of the earth.
I'll take are of…
"Ah...Well, I'm sure everything will be back to normal by tomorrow." Danny said, after his friends walk out of his room, angry at each other. Only he fell off his bed when Lelouch began screaming in his sleep. "Leo!" he yelps and quickly gets up from the floor, he then rushes to his brother's side and nudges him awake.
It turns out to be a painful experience, when suddenly Lelouch jolts up and collides with his younger brother's forehead. Both groan in pain, Leo puts his sore head on the pillow while Danny leans on the makeshift bed, and then the door is kicked open.
"Danny! Lelouch!" Maddie shouts in alert, as she runs into the room. "Are you both okay?" seeing her sons wincing in pain on Leo's bed.
"DON'T WORRY! I'LL SAVE YOU FROM THE GHOST!" Jack shouts as he runs into the room, armed with a bat as a makeshift weapon. "Now… where's that ectoplasmic scum!?"
"Dad, there's no ghost." Danny groan out, rubbing his forehead from pain.
"What?"
"Leo got a nightmare."
"Who?" And Danny just points at his writhing older brother. "Him? Aw… Lelouch got himself a nickname." Well, he did try to give him a nickname, but his adopted son immediately dislikes "Lou" and glares at him every time he calls him that days ago.
"Leo." Their mother called with a gentle tone and using Lelouch's new nickname. "Sweetie, are you okay? Did you have another nightmare?"
Their newest and oldest son groans and sniffles a little as he sits up, they notice his eyes are a little red and looks sad and afraid at the same time. "… Yes…" he whispered.
"What did he say?" Jack asked, being the one who is far from the bed and earns a glare from Danny and his wife. "What?"
Looking back, she asked him about the nightmare and he tells her what he could remember, before he woke up with a pain right on the head. Once he finished telling her… "I swear, once I meet that person who shot Leo, is going to have a piece of my mind!" she huffs angrily and Jack couldn't agree more.
Plus he finds his wife quite hot when she's overprotective.
"Leo, whoever said that to you is completely wrong." Maddie said, as she placed a hand on his shoulder. "No one is a mistake, Leo. No one is born a mistake and every person has a purpose in life. Your real parent may not have planned to have you, but that does not make you a mistake. And you shouldn't be ashamed of it either, that you came to them unprepared."
"Yeah, whoever told you that is an idiot." Danny agrees with his mother.
"Yeah, but those ghosts is a mistake, I tell you." Jack added in, this made Danny and Leo stare at him.
"Huh… why is that?" Leo asked awkwardly.
"The ghosts are an odd manifestation of ectoplasmic energy and post-human consciousness, combined with negative emotions such as fear, anger, hatred and things like that." Their mother explains. "They are a menace and a threat in the living."
"Yeah, that's why we are going to destroy them, so they don't bother with the living." Her husband agrees with her.
"No, dear, we have to study and dissect the ghost. That way, we can learn about their weaknesses and improve our gadgets."
"Right, let's capture one of those ghosts and tear them apart, molecule by molecule." However, they fail to notice that both Danny and Leo are pale and staring at them nervously. "Anywho, what's for dinner, Maddie?"
His wife smiles at her husband's childish antics and tells him that their dinner is chicken. She then looks back at Leo, placing a hand on his face. "Don't worry." Misinterpreting his paleness and nervousness in his and Danny's eyes. "I'll make sure not one ghost harms you, Danny or Jazz."
"Except Jazz is a ghost."
"I know, I know, now let's get back to the lab and re-think our plan, before I cook our dinner." And with that, Maddie kisses both boys on their foreheads and left to the lab with her husband.
Both boys stare at the door for a while, and once they are sure they're out of hearing range. "Danny… should we tell them or not?" Lelouch asked, with a hint of uncertainty in his voice.
"I don't know, Leo." Danny said, sounds more tired than he and Leo fought with the ghost in school. "I really don't know."
"Will they still see us as their sons, even though we're half of who they hate so much?"
"I… I don't know."
Silence came as their mind work on the scenario of the possibility or horror, on what their parent's do with them once they tells them. Somehow, the horror outweighs the 'positive' thought in their mind and both boys couldn't help but to shiver on that. Feeling that they are not ready, they decided to keep their powers a secret once more and waits for the right time.
For now, Leo helps his younger brother with his English homework which is his strong point.
:::^*^:::
The next day, outside Casper High, where a crowd of students seems to be staring at something on the front lawn of the school. Danny and Leo have to push to the crowd to see what is going on… and looks of disbelief forms on their faces.
"It got worse." The younger Fenton deadpan and slumps, as Leo eyes the situation weirdly.
In front of them, is a large gathering of protesters, each side is protesting the right of foods. On their left, is what Danny would call a Meat Lover convention and that side is filled with meat enthusiasts and the majority of the Casper High student body. Heck, he even spots Dash and his followers there!
That side is complete with people barbecuing, meat balloons, a cow balloon, people holding up signs saying "we love meat", people dressed as meat, and various other things. They then spot a stage, not that far and where most people are, with a banner that says: National Meat Society's 'The Weinerettes'. On the stage, are four girls are dancing in hot dog outfits and then they dance their way out. Danny is not surprised to see Tucker appears on stage carrying a microphone in his hand, while Leo is.
'Wait… he set up this protest?' he thought.
"What do we want!?" the techno geek screams on the microphone.
"MEAT!" The crowd responds back and Tucker is looking pleased.
"When do we want it!?"
"NOW!"
Danny is officially stunned at this as he and his brother stands on the sidewalk with other people, who are not in the protest. They then look over at the other side of the protest, and there they see… Goths, easy going people and hippies. Well, to Leo, he sees Goths, easy-going people and odd people who wear loose clothings and is bare feet. There is a group of hippies sitting under an apple tree with their colorful truck beside them. The older Fenton is weirded out on a sight of a little boy, who have no clothes on, not even an underwear and only a leaf covers his front. Some of them dance, hugging one another or selling fruit, and beside it are the protesters all holding the sign: IT'S EASY BEING GREEN. But Leo spots a sign saying: GIVE MEAT A CHANCE.
Somehow, that sign has a double meaning.
They all crowd around the school bus, where the two boys spot Sam standing on top of it and yelling into a microphone while carrying a sign that reads: NOW! Both Fentons hear this chant.
"VEGGIES NOW! VEGGIES FOREVER! VEGGIES NOW! VEGGIES FOREVER!" she and the crowd chants, but stops when she spots Danny and Leo.
"Wait… she also set up this protest too?" Leo asked, realizing that Sam is leading them.
"Is school out?" Danny asked, as they look at the school building which is mostly empty since every single students he knows are at the meat side. He even spots Mr. Lancer, who is sneaking in the protest to get a plate of steak or two, as other teachers tries to control the situation.
As Danny wonders if school is canceled, Leo sees Sam and Tucker heading towards them. "Uh Danny, our protest-leader-friends are heading towards us." He states, snapping the younger Fenton out of his musing. Once they stop on opposite sides of him, Sam and Tucker are glaring at each other and the older Fenton swears he sees sparks coming out of it.
"You guys put together two protests in one night?" Danny asked, out of disbelief.
"… But I must say, I'm impressed." Leo said amusingly.
"Leo."
"What? I'm just admiring the feats."
Ignoring the two, the techno geek continues to glare at the Goth girl before turning to them. "Meat-eaters. Always ready to fight. And our high-protein diets give us the energy we need to do it quickly." He states as if it is the law.
"Ultra Recyclo-vegetarians are always ready to protest." Sam snapped back. "And because we don't have waste time cooking our food, we can move even faster."
"Don't you guys think this is a little extreme?" Danny asked, trying to calm the two.
"I'm agreeing with Danny, on this one." Leo said, as he finally sees this quarrel more ridiculous and that they amp it up to a protest. Well, most of the student body didn't complain, but to amp up a personal fight into a protest?
"No choice, pals!" Tucker snaps. "It's you're either with me!"
"Or you're against him!" she snaps back
Both Fentons cringe back when they shout at them. "So whose side are you on!?"
"Well one thing, I'll have to say… I'm an omnivore, so I eat both meat and plants which means I'm neutral." The older Fenton stated, hoping this will pacify the two.
"Hey!" the younger protest.
"Hey, I am not going to be the rope in this tug of war."
Suddenly, the wind starts blowing and the sky turns gray, the four are surprised at the sudden change of weather. As the papers, signs and balloon are blown away, a cackling of a witch is then heard as the wind continues to blow… And mists came out of Danny's and Leo's mouth once more.
"We forgot that meat fanatic ghost is still here, didn't we?" the older Fenton asked his younger brother, as he looks back at him.
The crowd looks bewildered and confused, some screamed because they got hit by a paper or skirts flying. Suddenly the cackle turns into angry roar, as a meat truck suddenly bust its contents out of it and flies around in various directions. Danny and Leo is surprised to see a lot of meat from that truck, it could feed an entire city for a day. They watch as a large pile of oily and dead animals flies around before it swirls around and forms the meat monster that the four fought the previous day. The only difference is that it is tall as a four stories building, higher than yesterday.
The wind stops, uncrossing her arms and eyes glowing menacingly at the crowd. "It's lunchtime!" she roars.
Chaos ensues and all of the protesters, from both sides, runs away from the meat monster, screaming in terror and fear.
"Meat! Why have you betrayed me!?" the techno-geek wailed on seeing his favorite food have sided with the Lunch Lady Ghost.
Both brothers know what is going on, the ghost is still obsessed with meat and feeding it to others as if it is the top of the food pyramid. Although, she would favor Tucker's meat protest, she would attack the vegetarian protesters and force them to eat meat. And then there's the fact that they both got out of the fight yesterday...
"She hates us, doesn't she?" Danny asked, as his older brother nods in agreement. Not wasting time, they need to transform and he looks at their friends. "Guys, time to make-up!"
The two didn't get why this is a good time to rekindle their friendship, when the situation calls it to run away from a giant made up of dead animals. Leo, who gets what his brother is planning, face palms and the pulls the two towards to him. He then turns his amethyst eyes into emerald green, to point it out. "NOW!" he hissed.
Once they get it, both Sam and Tucker gave the two a group hug and they transform under their cover. Then they let go of each other, both boys are in their ghost forms and they jump into the fray.
:::^*^:::
Meanwhile, a bit far from the panic chaos, Jasmine Fenton is talking with a Goth sitting at a picnic table. The Goth is a boy who has a mohawk, face full of piercing and tattoos al overt the body. Like her, the Goth has a problem with his parents. "Spike, you have to open up to your parents!" she said, as he stares at her blankly. "Be true to yourself and them! Tell them how you feel! I mean, it's not like they're gonna attack you or anything."
And the next thing she knows, a green net suddenly came out of nowhere and captures her in it. She yells in surprise as Spike watches her being dragged to a nearby bush, where Jack is reeling in the net.
"I've got her!" Jack shouts like a kid who caught his first catch, as his wife stands beside him. "And the Fenton Grappler is working like a charm!"
However, Maddie appears to be skeptical and wonders why the ghost did not phase out of the net. Now furious and pissed off, Jazz shouts at them the fact that she is not a ghost, ambushed her in their own home and pulled away from her session with a goth. Still believing her to be a ghost, her dad suddenly points the Fenton Thermos at her.
"Eat hot Fenton Thermos, ghost gal!" he shouts… but the Thermos but it didn't work as a spark flashes and disappears. They look at the gadget, then Jazz glares at them as the two looks at the Thermos with scrutiny and shakes it. "Darn thing, still doesn't work!" he miffs
:::^*^:::
Out of honesty, the two managed to survive the fight but ran out of energy, yesterday. Now… they do hope that they could last long surviving this brawl. The meat monster is definitely giving the two goosebumps, due to the size and the awful smell of mixed cook and uncooked meat.
Okay, it is made out of meat but haunted meat might make both Danny and Leo eat bread for weeks.
Why not green? They both have enough of it thanks to Sam.
Once they reach her line of sight, the meat monster glares at the two… Danny feels that his confidence just phases out of him as Leo floats beside him, more alarmed than panicking inside. The ghost gives a ferocious wail, rearing her fist back and punches at the two. The two ghost boys easily fly out of the way and they never thought avoiding her attack is so easy… maybe it's her size, the bigger they are, the slower and predictable the hits they can avoid. She then tries slapping them out of the air but missed, tried upper-cutting the younger ghost boy, missed. Tried gabbing the older one, missed again.
Because of this, Danny got a bit of confidence back. Distracted with his older brother, he flew behind her back and kicks the ghost hard on the back of her head, he actually knocks her down. The ghost landing hard onto the ground and both boys cringed at the sound of splattering meat to the ground.
Floating beside him, Leo smiles at Danny. "Good job." He said. They even hear Tucker saying that Danny is getting better, it seems their half-death have enhanced their senses. However, those praises distracted him as a huge meaty fist punches the younger Fenton up to the sky. "Danny!" he shouts and then he glares at the meat monster. "You…" he grounds out
"I sure hope he can take a punch!" Sam said, both shock and worried on seeing her friend got hit.
The meat monster tries on landing a hit on the older ghost boy, only to miss as he avoids and phase thru her attacks. He then zips over another punch and gives her a flying kick to the stomach… still it weirded him out that he can actually hurt a monster made out of meat. He didn't mind it much as he focuses on avoiding her gigantic punches and striking back once he sees an opening. Then suddenly an explosion and meat flying everywhere and he quickly went intangible as it rains oily, raw meat. The older ghost boy spots a crater, on where the meat monster was and sees Danny weakly pulling himself out of it. He quickly floats down and helps his younger brother.
"What happened?" he asked, as he lends him a hand.
"Uh… I kinda let the gravity do the works there, but I manage to hit the ghost." His younger brother said, as Leo yanks him out of the crater.
"More likely, you've sent meat raining down the lawn."
"Oh dear!" both boys turns to see the Lunch Lady, out of the meat suit, and they are surprised at this. "What a mess!" Then she looks mildly worried at the boy who punched her out of the meat suit. "Are you okay?" she asked politely.
The younger Fenton rubs his left arm a bit, still feeling the sting of that punch while Leo looks at her with a brow raise.
"Yeah. I think so." The younger answers back.
Leo has to make a note on her mood swings and on other ghost they will meet in the future, if they want to live thru graduation or survive as they find his past.
Because she turns malevolent once more. "TOUGH! Because YOU being okay is NOT part of my balanced diet of DOOM!"
Then the meat suddenly flies out of the crater, forming ten small piles in front of the and it forms into miniature versions of the meat monster. They all snarl at the two boys before leaping at them, and the two also jumps to attack. Danny does a flying, spin kick on his five set of meat monsters, that slices through all of the meat monsters before landing back onto the ground. Leo, on the other hand, disappears in front of his set of meat monsters and then strikes behind them. They smile but it is cut short when the meat monsters forms themselves back.
"Well, I wasn't expecting that!" the younger ghost boy said, as he stands up straight and his brother floats beside him. Feeling that this is going to be a long fight, when the rings suddenly appear and reverts them back to normal. They look down at themselves in shock. "Or that!"
The meat monsters jump on them, but Leo quickly pushes Danny out of the way before they pile on them.
"Zeo! I mean Leo!" Danny shouts, as his older brother tries fighting them off him but, for a pile of meat, they have an iron grip. "Get away from him!" he shouts as he runs head on to save his brother, only to be grabbed by the remaining meat monsters. "Ugh! Let go!" he then yelps when meat monsters suddenly leap into the air with him upside down.
"Danny! Hold on!" As the older tries to fight the meat annoyance and save his brother.
Meanwhile, after Jack Fenton states that he'll never hunt or believe in ghost again, he tosses the Thermos behind him. Unknowingly, it whacks Danny in the face and he slightly fumbles as he holds it. "The Fenton Thermos!" he remembers that it can be used to catch ghosts, as Jack stated earlier, however… "But how am I going to get it to work!?"
If it's one thing their father forgets, it's the instruction on how to use it… well, most of Fenton gadget doesn't come with manual.
The meat monsters with sinister smiles, throws him towards the ground. Danny screams as he plummets with Leo witnesses his fall.
"Change back!"
"Get off-!"
Both boys try to transform back into their other forms… the form that Danny got from the accident and the form that is the only link to Leo's past. They try to find the trigger, and it didn't take long for them to find it.
"CHANGE BACK!"
"OF ME!"
Both their eyes turn green.
The light flashes, the rings reappears on them and Danny and Leo transforms into their ghost forms once more. The meat monsters look surprised on the ghost teens' sudden comeback before glaring at them furiously. One set of five goes after the falling teen, while the other blocks the older's path more firmly.
As Leo punches and mashes the meat monsters, the younger quickly phase through the ground and is witnessed by Jasmine and their parents. "Thanks for the Thermos!" he shouts at them as he phase through.
For a split second, Jack looked dumbfound at what he saw… but he did see it! Even Jazz is there to see it! "HAH!" he exclaims happily. "Ghost Kid! I was right!" he then begins to say the rest in a sing-song voice, looking victorious as his wife smiles at him. "~You were wrong~Ghosts exist!~" and then laughs so happily that ghost do exist and they saw it. "I never doubted it for a second!"
Jasmine doesn't look pleased at the sudden reverse, and she was this close to having normal parents! Her dad laughs heartily, when a large amount of meat suddenly fell on top of them.
"Gah! Raining meat?!" Jazz yelped on the sticky and oily stuff.
:::^*^:::
The Lunch Lady watches as Leo fights her meat monsters away and help his brother, when the younger ghost boy suddenly phases out from the ground with the Fenton Thermos in his hand.
"Danny!" the Leo shouts, is happy to see him. "You're okay!"
Danny gives him a reassuring smile before looking back at the meat fanatic ghost, who sees the thermos he's holding. "NO!" she yells at him. "Soup's not on today's menu!"
"I'm changing the menu!" Danny stated with much confidence. "Permanently!" He opens the thermos and aims it towards the Lunch Lady, mentally praying for it to work. Remembering that the gadgets are powered with ectoplasm or the energy that ghosts gives off, he tries to channel some of his energy to it. "I hope this works!" His aura begins to glow and then it surrounds him and then the thermos that powers up quickly before releasing an energy beam, pushing the ghost boy backwards a little bit.
Seeing this, Leo quickly dives out of the way as the energy forms a net that traps the Lunch Lady. She struggles to get out but she couldn't break free, then the energy begins returning back into the thermos, thus dragging her towards it. "NOOOO!" She wails, as the energy swirls and sucks her into the Thermos. Danny closes the lid back onto the thermos with a smile, and then reverts back into his human form. He then falls back to the ground, tired of the fact that he used his reserved energy to operate the thermos.
"Danny…!" his older brother quickly floats to him and reverts back to his human form.
"I'm just tired, Zero… I mean Leo." Danny quickly corrects. 'Man, that battle just took it out of me.' Thinking that his lack of energy and the excitement of the fight, made him constantly mistake his brother's nickname.
"It's okay, I don't mind being called Zero."
"You don't?"
"For somewhat reason, I feel that it is a proper nickname for me than Leo." He said as he feels the warmth and strength from being called as 'Zero'. Somehow it feels right, and it feel like he was also called with that nickname before.
"Do you want us to call you Zero, then?"
Then something struck him. Although the nickname 'Zero' feels right, he does not feel it fits with his human form. Strangely, it is more fitting to his other form, his spectral form. As if it is to cover and separate his other side… then it struck him. "Actually, I think…"
"Man, that was nuts!"
They turn to see Sam and Tucker, crawling out from one of the protest balloons. They briskly went to help them up.
"What happened?" She asked, as Danny let her go. "Where's the ghost?"
The younger Fenton looks down at the thermos while smiling that it actually works. "My parents have their moments!" he stated and Leo couldn't help but to smile too. Then they suddenly hear a faint beeping noise, and he immediately hides the Thermos behind him. The gadget their parent made yesterday morning, is directing the meat covered Jack and Maddie Fenton to the two boys. Leo stares at the gadget with slight surprise, that it insulted the two for not noticing their sons are the ghosts.
Danny smiles sheepishly and then points his thumbs behind him. "Aw, sorry dad. You just missed him."
"We got a runner!" Their father shouts, and both he and his wife runs off to the direction Danny pointed. Then they stare at Jasmine, who is just behind their parents, looking irritated with her arms crossed.
"Great. Back to square one." She huffs as she walks away, heading for her car in the car park.
As soon as Danny's and Leo's family are out of sight and hearing range. "So, you're not gonna tell 'em?" Tucker asked.
"Nah/Nope." Both boys said in unison.
"I think we might've finally figured out what these powers are for." Leo explains.
"Yeah, they make us-" but his younger brother is cut short, when a hand suddenly grabs Danny by the shoulder. They all look at the source and their eyes widens on who it is…
"In a world of trouble." Mr. Lancer said, in a furious but calm way.
:::^*^:::
It is night time in Casper High, normally school grounds are empty. But tonight there are 6 people: 4 cleaning up the meat and vegetable littered front lawn, while the other two watches them like a hawk.
"Manson! Pick up that T-bone!" the vice principal shouts through the megaphone.
The Goth girl stares at the oily thing on the ground as she holds the garbage bag. "With my hands?" she asked with disgust.
"Foley! Pick up that Turfwich!"
The techno-geek, like their vegetarian friend, is equally disgusted. "With my hands?" he asked, as he picks the thing like an extremely smelly sock.
The vice principal seems pleased and takes a bite out of a turkey leg before turning around and walking off. It seems that he blames the four for the whole fiasco, he thought that Tucker is the who bought the meat monster. Although, he thinks that the meat monster is a machine covered in meat, to scare off the vegan protesters. Because of that, and Danny's and Leo's association with the two, he placed the entire responsibility on them.
Thus they clean the entire front lawn all day.
Danny is sweeping up some meat from the ground and Leo dumps some into the bin. They two never finish their talk with their friends, on their decisions about their ghost powers and the biggest turning point of their life.
For Danny, the powers makes him capable. For once, he actually did something on his own and he feels proud about it. For his entire (and remaining half) of his life, he always got his entire family jumping in to protect him. Plus, he's not a high-achiever like his sister. The powers could make him and his brother somebody, and probably someone would recognize his partner.
For Leo, the powers are the only thing he got to help him find his past. He feels that it will lead him to what he seeks, his identity and if there are people who misses him. He knew that there are dangers and trouble as he looks for it but with the power and his adopted family, especially his brother, he could overcome anything.
If the two have told their parents about this… well, they will be overprotective on the two, that they will find a way to revive their other halves. Probably, they'll poke on Leo's ghost half than Danny's. But they don't want that… not anymore.
Of course, learning more about their powers is going to be a bumpy ride, but they are not on their own. Looking at Tucker, who gag at the Turfwich, and Sam, who's glaring at the techno-geek… They will always know that they'll stick together no matter what.
As Dash watches them clean with a pleased smile, leaning on the garbage bin where the meat the older dumps. He laughs that their situation and both Fentons glares a bit at him. Then Leo touches side of the bin and his hand glows transparent, turning the garbage bin intangible. The pounds of cooked and uncooked meat slides down onto Dash, who is then buried under a huge pile and then the garbage bin reverts back to normal. The jock pokes his head out from the meat pile and feels disgust on the smell and the oily feeling.
"FENTONS!" he shouts. "A little help!?"
Danny, who saw what Leo did, smiles at his older brother who is smiling slyly and looks at Dash
"Whatever you say, Dash!" he replied, pleased at the jock's misfortune. "Whatever you say."
Danny and Leo look at each other, smiling and eyes turn glowing green.
:::^*^:::
Somewhere…
Pleased with the events…
"Will he remember?"
"Of course, all in due time."
"And how do you know he will get his memories back?"
"I know, but then again, I know everything."
Silver: Okay major and long explanation, only here in the first chapter.
NOTES:
First, yes, Lelouch is adopted into the Fenton family after he got out of the hospital, how he got out… (points the geassed doctors, nurses and social workers.) Also, he is seventeen and you point out he's too old to be adopted, then I found some couple or families adopting teenagers, even ones just a year away from adulthood. That's my excuse. And as you know that the Fentons priority is "family are first, ghost later". He will experience on what it's like to have a loving family, who does not abandon their love ones.
School… Lelouch is about the same grade as Jazz and he'll also take special tests, so you'll be expecting him to join Danny and the others on some occasions. Why? He came from another world, can this school get his school records from Ashford?
His personality, since he has an amnesia, is a bit childlike. He's curious, slightly naïve, easy-going and is fiercely protective if one tries to hurt his siblings. Yet he has some flaws, as stated here, he tends to skip class as he finds them boring and turned a chess club into a gambling den because of the lack of challenge (Really Lelouch…). The rest of the traits might pop out in the next episodes, so watch that out.
About Lelouch's Geass, it is starting to crumble. Since the contract can be broken by death, his Geass is slowly weakening. As it is shown by Dash, geassed prior this story, it is not strong and lacks the "Yes, your Majesty!" phase.
The World of C and the Ghost Zone are different but link to each other, that's how Lelouch went from his world to Danny's. But how different? The World of C is a connection of the subconscious mind, so it is alive and only affects the mind. While the Ghost Zone is made out of ectoplasm, a supernatural energy source, it has quintessence-esque properties and it can able to animate inanimate objects. Can the Geass affect the ghost? Well… we'll have to find out in this story, and if Lelouch does another "accidental" geass command, shall we?
Also Lelouch officially got himself a new nickname (honesty, they'll laugh on the "Lulu" nickname… it's a different world people!): LEO. And it can easily be said because Leo and Zero sound slightly the same.
Speaking of Lelouch's ghost powers, he is similar to Danny in this chapter since he also got them a month ago: transformation, intangibility, invisibility, flight and ghost sense. He too will develop other powers like him, but if we go over the power-levels: Danny is stronger than Lelouch. Why? Here's a clue: post-human consciousness. As for fighting style, Lelouch will start similarly like Danny: Winging it. Till he meets Vlad and he makes reference to chess, reminding him about strategy (Thanks Vladdy!).
And finally… yes, it is Clockworks at the end of the story. Who is he talking to…? Definitely not C.C., she's alive in the other world.
Silver: Okay… I'm not doing any more notes unless asked... ow, my typing hands. Moving on, the next episodes shall be divided into two chapters (unless it's the TUE and Reign of Storm, one chapter for each episode part). And no... you can only find the opening theme here, folks. Also for those who read "A Cat's Life" and is waiting for an update, I must apologize but it will be deleted... it does not click on me like the incoming CG/DP fic, despite not posting and delaying, kept clicking on me for many times when I watch the shows' reruns. I truly apologize... A gun-slinging Lelouch, does not click on me at all... Sorry.
