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Ch. 2 Can We Talk?
Casper High- Lancer's Office
Valerie and Danny sit in chairs across from Mr. Lancer's desk. Lancer sits in a chair behind the desk glaring at the two. Valerie is freaking out while Danny just sits there and yawns.
"How can you sit there like this isn't important?" asks Valerie.
"I've had lots of these, mostly because of something involving ghosts or Dash, and I couldn't use my alter-ego as an excuse." replies Danny.
"So these are really boring?"
"I wish." says Danny. Suddenly, the door is slammed open and his parents roll in with weapons in each hands.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM, GHOST!" Jack yells.
"Mr. Fenton, we've already discussed this. No weapons." Lancer says.
"Sorry, you said Danny was in trouble and I thought-"
"Just sit down." Jack and Maddie put down the weapons and take a seat next to Danny. Valerie's dad comes in after and sits down as well.
"Sorry I was late, I had a... meeting to attend." he says suspiciously.
"That's quite alright. Now the reason I've called you here today is because of-"
"Okay, before we start things off, I would just like to say that it wasn't my fault. I was just trying to stop a ghost from destroying the school, it's not my fault they blast something. Sorry about that, I've just been waiting to say that ever since I got my powers." explains Danny.
"That's why I called you here. Danny and Valerie are spending too much time fighting ghosts then in their books. By now, Valerie doesn't even try to hide her identity, she just gets her suit on in public. Both of their grades are slipping in my class and others, they've destroyed school property, and they just obliterated my new car." Lancer growls. "I'd be furious if it wasn't for the fact that it was on school property and I got a cash settlement, but that's beside the point."
"Yeah, yeah, we know the drill. How many detentions does Danny have to serve?" Jack asks.
"That's the problem. I don't know what to do. When I punish a student, I do it so that they can learn from their mistakes. In some cases like Dash Baxter, I go easy on them for their special skills or status, but even I have my limit. Why I called you here is that I don't know what to do. I can't give them detention because these two might get attacked on school property or endanger the town's safety. Not to mention that they'll never get any assignments done."
"Okay then, don't."
"But if I don't these two won't learn a lesson from this, and who know what their future could be like."
Just the sound of it reminded Danny of Clockwork. One, because of the one future where he became evil and killed his friends and family. Also, because of Clockwork's warning about the Ghost War and so far he only had Dora, Sidney, Dani, and maybe Box Ghost and Lunch Lady. What he needed was an ally who could fight both ghosts and humans.
"Danny, wake up!" yells Lancer. Danny awakens from his thought and focuses back on the meeting. "Please try and stay awake."
"Ghosts! You sure said it-it-it-it-it." Everyone turns to see Jack smiling with a frozen look and his mask on. Maddie punches him and he starts waking up and turning off his recording.
"Ugh, Mr. Lancer. Can I make a suggestion?" asks Danny.
"Sure why not." answer Lancer.
"What if Valerie served out her punishment being a tutor for me after school. I'll be learning, she can use it to study, and we can do it either at my house so if a ghost attacks, it won't be at school, or at the library, where I can serve my punishment picking up trash or something and prevent ghosts from attacking the school." he says with a smile.
"Hmmmmm, you know what Fenton. That's not such a bad idea. Very well. Valerie, you start tomorrow. Danny, you start next week so you and Valerie can set up a schedule." replies Lancer.
Danny sighs that Lancer didn't find that suspicious. However, Valerie isn't too sure if she likes it.
Fenton Household
Danny is on the couch playing a Halo-like video game with Tucker, Dani, and Sam. Danny and Tucker are playing against the girls and the scores are tied.
"Hah, you girls ready to give up?" Tucker asks.
"Only when you are." remarks Dani. Danny's player throws a grenade at Dani just as she blasts him with a laser pistol. Sam starts firing at Tucker while he runs for cover.
"Hah, you shoot like a girl!" taunts Tucker as his character crouches behind a barricade. It looks to see a grenade land right in front of him.
BOOM!
"Yeah, and I throw like a girl to." replies Sam. She high-fives Dani and starts doing a victory dance in front of them.
DING-DONG
Danny opens the door to see Valerie at the front step carrying some books with her.
"Game over guys. Time for me and Valerie to study." Danny says. Tucker and Sam get up and exit the house.
"Hey Sam." says Valerie.
"Hey." she says almost jealously.
"Anyway, I thought that maybe we should-" she stops mid-sentence and drops her books when Valerie sees Dani sitting on the couch.
"Um hi. This is awkward." comments Dani.
"What is she doing her?" asks Valerie. Danny whispers into her ear and starts to explain everything.
5 minutes later.
"Ohhhh, okay that makes sense." says Valerie, finally understanding. "Anyway, where are your parents? I want to let them know I'm here."
"They're probably in the basement working on something." replies Danny.
"You know, I don't think I've ever been in your parent's lab. Maybe I should let them know." she says. Valerie puts her books down and heads to the basement.
"Trust me, there's a reason why." Danny hurries after her before something happens. Downstairs, Jack and Maddie are finishing up a new experiment.
"Hey Mr. and Mrs. Fenton." says Valerie.
"Uh? Oh, hi Valerie, it's nice to see you. Do you need anything?" asks Maddie.
"No, I thought I'd just say hi. So this is your lab?"
Before Maddie can answer Jack bumps her aside.
"Yes. Yes it is. Down here, we work on new ways to interact with ghosts. Violently or not, but I prefer violently." says Jack.
"Cool, what are you working on?" she asks.
"I'm glad you asked, mainly because no one realize asks. This is the new Fenton Spectralyzer. It's a special type of scanner that scans a living object, internally and externally, and then interprets the basic data about it. DNA, basic elements, powers, basic composition, etc. Maddie and I have been working on ways to combat different types of ghosts, since we realized not all ghosts are the same."
"Did you say combat?"
"Nooooooo."
"There you are. My dad isn't creeping you out is he?" asks Danny.
"Nah, he's just showing some me the lab. What's that vault?" asks Valerie.
"That's the special, top-secret, Fenton Experimental Weapons Vault." Jack punches in a code and the vault opens and reveals a huge room filled with forgotten Fenton gadgets. One of which is covered in a curtain.
"It holds all the most dangerous inventions we made whether they work or not. From the Fenton Weasel to the this beauty."
He pulls the curtain to reveal a newer, more high-tech version of the ecto-skeleton suit.
"Wait a minute, wasn't this destroyed?" Danny asks.
"Yeah, but I just loved it so much that I built a better one that doesn't drain you dry. We have it here for emergencies or when my suit gets torn."
"Ewwww. TMI" Danny says, as he and Valerie exit the vault.
"Oh and last but not least, the Fenton Ghost Portal." Jack points to. Valerie starts to move closer.
"Cool." comments Valerie.
"Yeah, it sure is. It's an artificial portal to the Ghost Zone. Luckily I added a button that opens it so that no one from the Ghost Zone can get in. Riiigggghhhhtttt here." he says pointing to an empty spot. "Oh right, I haven't put anything there yet." Just then, the Ghost Portal opens and Skulker flies out of it.
"Finally, I have returned! Now prepare to face my wrath, whelp!" Skulker yells.
"I'm going ghost!" yells Danny, as he turns into Danny Phantom. Rays of lights swirl around Valerie as her suit starts to form around her.
"Well this is an interesting surprise." comments Skulker.
"I know, "face my wrath!" what kind of threat is that? You're losing it." critics Danny. Skulker responds by firing nets from is hand at Danny.
"You're toast, ghost!" shouts Valerie. She raises her arm and a ray gun pops out her wrist and starts firing. Skulker just barely avoids it and starts firing back at her.
" "You're toast, ghost"? Is this your first time using witty banter?" asks Skulker.
"I prefer to let my weapons do the talking." she replies. Out of nowhere, three cubes appear and start shooting lasers at Skulker. While Skulker tries to swat the cubes away, Valerie performs a wall jump and delivers a powerful kick to Skulker. The hunter falls to the ground while Valerie starts shooting at the sides of the net to loosen it enough for Danny to escape.
Skulker finally gets rid of the cubes and starts firing rockets at Valerie. She avoids the rockets with some perfectly executed back-flips and fires a laser from her wrist and destroys one of Skulker's jets.
"Hey, watch it! Do you know how much that's going to cost me?" barks Skulker.
"I don't know, an arm and a leg?" jokes Danny. Skulker turns around to see the ghost boy blast him onto the Fenton Spectralyzer and destroy his arm.
"Wow, I'm a ghost hunter and even I think that was a little harsh. " Valerie says.
"Heh don't worry. Skulker looks tough, but he's a little guy on the inside." comments Danny.
"You mean he has a soft side?"
"No, I mean literally, he's tiny. This is just his armor." With that, Danny pulls of Skulker's head and pulls out the actual, tiny Skulker. He gets analyzed by the Spectralyzer.
"Analysis Complete: Ghost Being. 50% Ectoplasm, 20% hot air, 30% exaggeration." report the computer.
"EXAGGERATION! THE GREATEST GHOST HUNTER IN THE GHOST ZONE DOES NOT EXAGGERATE AND CAN NOT BE BEATEN!" shouts the tiny hunter.
"You're right, you're about to be beaten twice." jokes Danny, as he flicks Skulker like a bug and Valerie punches him back into the Ghost Zone.
"Now that's what I call, double trouble. heh heh." chuckles Valerie.
"Ugh, yeah, keep working on the banter." responds Danny. The lights swirl around Valerie again and her suit disappears. The two then notice Danny's parents looking at her strangely.
"Wow, I've never seen anything like that before." comments Maddie.
"Yeah, it's hard to believe how tiny Skulker is." says Danny.
"Not that, Valerie's suit. We've never seen a suit just disappear like that. We're working on it, but still." explains Jack.
"Oh it's nothing. This just an old suit that I had that got upgraded." says Valerie.
"Where the heck did you get that kind of technology?" asks Maddie.
"From that back-stabbing, manipulative Vlad Masters. It was destroyed but then during a break in at Axiom, something blasted me and it got repaired and upgraded."
"Wait a minute, blast? Axiom? VLAD!"
"Allow me to bring you up to a speed. This ghost dog that I was training trashed Axiom and Val's dad worked there and nearly got fired. Vlad used that as an opportunity so he sent her a suit with hidden surveillance in it to spy my actions. Then, when Technus tried to hack into this huge super computer, he needed more time to finish hacking so I think he upgraded your suit and got bonded with you to make you fight me for a few more seconds." explains Danny.
"You really need to tell us more about what Vlad used to do." orders Jack.
"Trust me, it's better if you don't know. Some of its just creepy."
"Either way, this suit is intriguing. Valerie, you wouldn't mind if we had a look at your suit would you?" asks Maddie.
"Sorry, but I can't take it off. It's like a apart of me. Literally." says Valerie.
"Fascinating. Well could we at least run some tests. I just don't feel safe knowing that Vlad could or still can monitor Danny."
"Um, I guess." Valerie answers, with some reluctance.
"Great! I'll get the shocky paddles!" shouts Jack. Danny can already tell Valerie regrets making the choice.
The Ghost Zone
Skulker had just put on some new armor and was just about to take is anger out on the Bos Ghost, when he noticed a huge a group of ghosts waiting for him. From Johnny 13 to Desiree to Hotep-Ra, they were formed together like a mob, with Ember in front.
"What is all this?" asks Skulker.
"We want to know if the rumors are true. Is Danny Phantom working with that red hunter girl?" asks Ember.
"I'm afraid so. Those two have mysteriously turned from bitter rivals to trustworthy allies." All the ghosts muttered about this inconvenience.
"Well, that's just great. It was bad enough when they were bugging us separately, but now this going to be twice as bad." complained Johnny 13, with his shadow adding a hiss.
"Even I, the BOX GHOST, cannot handle this kind of pressure." says Box Ghost.
"I know, but what can I do? It's not like I have something that can just make them turn on each other." says Skulker.
"Perhaps I can be of service?" says a familiar voice. The crowd parts and gasp in shock to see the face of the familiar ghost.
"YOU!"
"Yes, me. I have the solution to your hunter problem. I can make it so that Valerie will only be focused on targeting Danny." Upon hearing this, the ghosts have a hard time believing this.
"How can you help? You don't have anything!" points out Skulker.
"One shouldn't jump to conclusions. I can give you the codes to access something that will improve her ghost hunting by 10 and make sure to only focus on Danny. However, it will cost you."
"What do you want?"
The ghost whispers something into Skulker's ear, which makes Skulker's eyes nearly pop out in shock.
"ARE YOU CRAZY! That's nearly impossible.
"Very well. Have fun dealing with Danny and Valerie."
"Grrrrrrrr. Alright, you have a deal."
"Excellent. Now for your codes. Just get a connection between her and device like say, your PDA, then use the code "V24PH9D". Once then, it will make life much easier for you, and harder for Danny. Now make sure to pay me afterwards or else!"
The ghost flew away, leaving the ghosts to wonder what the codes will do and how to get them without getting blasted by Valerie or Danny.
End of Chapter 2
Sorry it took so long for me to write this, I've been busy lately. I will try to write more during Spring Break, but I'll also be working on another story. Please review and check it out.
