A Dark Future
Chapter 1 Tests and Burgers
By: Major144
Disclaimer I do not own Danny Phantom or it's characters. This is just a story for fun.
(Author's note this story has Danielle Phantom existing in the timeline and Danny dose not have the Ghostly Wail.)
Danny Fention was surrounded by books starring at the practice paper for the C.A.T studying it very closely. He taped the paper with his pencil for a moment, then drops his head into his hands despairingly. His older sister Jazz came up behind him, peering over his shoulder with both hands on the back of his chair. None of the bubbles have been filled in. She frowns quizzically. Smiling a little, Danny lowers his hand to mark his first answer as A.
"Ah-" Began Jazz.
Danny looks back and she covers her mouth. Frowning and sweating a little, Danny starts to mark B.
"Bu-" Said Jazz
Danny lifts his pencil, then drops his hand.
Jazz: Hnnn-
Danny flung his hands in the air, making Jazz flinch back!
"OK! I get it! You're brilliant, I'm stupid, and I'll never be able to get as high a score as you." said Danny as he looked down at his empty sample answer sheet. "So far I'm not even qualified to scrape the grease off the Nasty Grill." Said Danny as he flicked his pencil.
Man he wished a ghost would show up so he could take his frustration out on it. At least that was something he was good at.
Jazz looked downcast.
"All I want is for you to succeed, Danny. And doing well on this test can help." She said.
Danny put his head on one hand and glares flatly as she takes on a lecturing tone.
"There are three things I've learned in life" Said Jazz.
"Study hard, do your best, and -" Said Danny and Jazz together.
Jazz saw something fly into the kitchen.
"DUCK!" She shouted.
Danny stared at her confused, then he felt something hit him in the back of of his head and throw him for a loop. He let out a shout of pain and rubbed his head. He looked down at the table and saw a high-tech metal boomerang lying on the table. He picked it up.
"A boomerang?" He said in confusion.
Danny's parents Jack and Maddie come running in. Still rubbing his head, Danny flings the boomerang off through the living room doorway.
"I call it the Boooooomerang! It locks in on a ghost's unique ectosignature and seeks it out wherever it goes!" Said Jack proudly.
The Booomerang spinning through the living room, and it whacks Danny in the head again. Maddie caught it, frowning down at the device.
"Although why it's keyed into Danny is way beyond me." Said Maddie as she looked at the device confused.
"What's that, Dan? One of those stupid C.A.T. tests? I failed that and I didn't turn out to be a cat." Said Jack looking proud.
Jack and Maddie trot out of the room. Clenching his fits and growling, Danny glared at the sample sheet.
"Oh, I give up!" Shouted as he pushed the test and a books off the table.
Jazz sneezed. Neither of them noticed two ghost enter the kitchen by fazing through the floor. They were the Box Ghost and Lunch Lady. Danny's ghost sense went off.
"A ghost? Here?" He asked as he jumped out of the chair and faced Jazz. "Now get out of my room!" He shouted trying to get her out of the kitchen
"We're in the kitchen." Said Jazz. She looked behind Danny and saw Box Ghost and Lunch Lady glaring at him. "But if that's your attitude, I don't wanna see you - or anything you might do in here in the next several minutes!" She said as she quickly walked off.
"What's with her?" Said Danny as he turned around and saw Box Ghost and Lunch Lady making him flinch and go ghost. "More importantly, what's with you this odd couple?"
"Beware the power of our boxed meal lunch!" Shouted Box Ghost.
"Our love is unbeatable! You will dine on it and our furry!" Shouted Lunch Lady.
"Um, ew." Said Danny making a sick face.
This angered the two ghost they shot their hands in the air summoning boxes and food to their bodies forming a couple of suits of armor around themselves.
"Beware! We will be delivering your doom!" Shouted Box Ghost.
Danny crouches down then sprung up and tackled the two ghost right out of their armor, going intangible to throw them all out of FentonWorks and went soaring through the sky.
Meanwhile at Nasty Burger. Lancer, had a that contained the answers to the C.A.T. test in a briefcase cuffed to his wrist. He was sitting down at one of the outdoor tables with a burger, fries, and cup of coffee. He looks up as Sam and Tucker approach his table.
"Shouldn't you slackers be studying for the C.A.T.s?" Asked Lancer.
"I've already studied." Said Tucker.
"I'm sure we'll do fine." Said Sam.
"The test answers in this briefcase may indicate otherwise. Enjoy your Nasty Burgers while you're still on this side of the counter. Hahahaha!" Said Lancer as he stood up.
Tucker and Sam looked unimpressed. Lancer's burger suddenly began to glow, then smears him in the face as it goes flying off.
"Fast Food Nation!" Shouted a panicked Lancer.
All around the restaurant, people gasp as their food levitates off their trays and goes zooming out the door. Above the Nasty Burger, the Lunch Lady floated in the air with Box Ghost by her side as she summoned the food to use as projectiles against Danny.
"Prepare to taste defeat and feast on my empty calories of doooooom!" She shouted as she flung the food at Danny.
Danny simply went intangible and it all the food flew harmlessly through him.
"Oh, come on! With all the times you fought me, do I really need to tell you how this ends." Said Danny.
Box Ghost charged forward and brought both fists down on Danny's head, knocking him out of the air. Danny went intangibly as he fell through the roof of the Nasty Burger, he lands spread-eagled on a table. The people inside scream and ran out. Tucker and Sam look on. Inside, Danny got up and faced off against Box Ghost and Lunch Lady, who has followed him in. Behind the counter were two employees were considering bailing their post.
"Let's get out of here!" Shouted one employee
"No! You can't leave!" Said Irving the manager as he appeared and put his hands on his hips. "As a duly deputized Nastronaut, you took an oath to protect the Nasty Sauce from overheating at all costs." He said as he pointed to two tall vats.
A small dial on the side with a color warning scale has its needle in the green.
"At minimum wage? I don't think so!" Shouted one employee.
The two employees run out the back door.
"You can kiss Employee of the Month goodbye!" Shouted Irving.
Danny flew up over the two vats.
"That's right! He said at the assembly if this stuff gets too hot, kaboom!" He said remembering what Irving had said earlier that day.
He looks over at the condiment station, where there is a box of multicolored Nasty Sauce packets. He picks up two.
"Prepare for -" Began Lunch Lady, but was cut off as Nasty Packet flew and stuck to hers and Box Ghost heads.
"Hey, creepy couple!" Shouted Danny as he raised his hands and fired a couple of focused beams from his fingers stringing the Nasty Packet. "BEWARE!"
The Nasty Sauce packet swelled up then exploded, kicking Danny through the wall and blowing the top off the Nasty Burger. Outside, a crowd of people looked on, Lancer in front. He raises his briefcase to shield his face from the flying debris, as a sauce-splattered Danny falls through it, intangible, to land next to Sam and Tucker. Irving stumbles through the front door. Lancer lowers his briefcase.
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance! Run!" Shouted Lancer.
The crowd scattered except for Danny, Sam, and Tucker. Danny was in his human form getting off the ground.
"What was that about?" Asked Tucker.
"Oh apparently Box Ghost and Lunch Lady are now a couple." Said Danny.
"Yikes!" Said Sam and Tucker.
"It's more of a ew." Said Danny as he felt something stuck to his back.
He reached behind himself and peeled it away. Danny looked at the paper and starred at it. A look of surprise and excitement crossed his face.
"Oh my gosh. The answers to the C.A.T.s!" He exclaimed happily. "Hello great future!" He shouted joyfully.
"You're not actually thinking of peeking at the answers, are you?" Asked Tucker.
"Of course I am. Aren't you?" Said Danny.
Sam and Tucker didn't answer. The three of them walked home as Danny looked at the answers. None of them noticed that the remains of a still functional grill had landed next to the Nasty Sauce vats. The grill emitted heat which caused the dial on the vats to slowly start heading towards the red.
To be continued.