I'm glad to be getting these things up somewhat quickly. I'll write as much as I can while it's still fresh in my mind. Anyway, let's just get to the story. Again, no one but Danny's friends and family know his secret. (Vlad doesn't count)
"So these things actually burst out of his chest?" Jack asked. "This has to be the work of ghosts! It's the perfect opportunity to test out my new invention!"
"They're not ghosts." Danny refuted. "They're… I don't know what they are, but we have to stop them before more people die. My ghost sense doesn't go off, so they definitely aren't ghosts. God, it was sick to see that."
"That's quite understandable, Danny." Maddie comforted, hugging him. "We'll take care of everything. Now the first thing we need to do is keep everyone away. Maybe we can spread the rumor that there are dangerous ghosts in the forest and not to go inside until we capture them."
"I don't like lying, but in this case, we have little choice." Danny sighed. "We should probably try to find the eggs and destroy them, but we don't know how many there are."
"All right, we'll take the assault vehicle." Jack declared. "Much as I hate putting you in the line of fire, we'll need you. If we're in trouble, just fly away; don't linger. No sense in you getting hurt because of any mistakes I make."
"There's one more thing you need to know." Danny warned. "They have acid for blood. It ate right through the ground, so strike them from far away. I wonder what kind of intelligence they have, but in any case, we can't underestimate them."
At that moment, Jazz walked in the door with a boy holding her hand. "Okay, James, I'll see you at school tomorrow." Jazz smiled, kissing him gently on the lips. He was stunned and blinked his eyes a couple of times before finally leaving. "Hey, guys. What's going on?" (He's based on me, and will be a minor character. Don't worry; he won't have superpowers or anything)
"We've got a bit of a situation honey." Maddie sighed.
"Wait, when did you two start dating?" Jack demanded. "Has he done anything to you? If he even looks at you the wrong way, I swear I'll…"
"Dad, enough," Jazz cut him off. "We've been dating for a couple of weeks, and he's quite sweet. He's just kind of shy."
"Jack, let's just tell her." Maddie interrupted before an argument could start. "Jazz, last night, Danny discovered some very dangerous creatures in the forest. They aren't ghosts but we're going with the story so no others will be attacked. I won't stop you from coming, but…"
"I'm going with you." Jazz declared. "I'm old enough to take care of myself." That being said, Danny told her what he knew about the creatures, which wasn't much. More determined than ever, she went to acquire ghost weaponry, but Jack ran into his room, coming out with an elephant gun in his hand.
"Okay, do you know how to use that?" Danny asked worriedly. He was quite aware that his father was not the best shot, and with a rifle as powerful as that one… he didn't even know they had normal guns. "Where did you get it, anyway?"
"My brother got it for me around 10 years ago." Jack declared. "He's a hunter and survivalist, except he hunts deer, ducks, and on vacation, sharks. Maddie, go and get the others." She disappeared and reappeared with several rifles and pistols.
"Do we have to use those?" Jazz asked. She could use an ecto-weapon, but wasn't so sure about a normal one. Jack and Maddie put on ear protectors and nodded. Reluctantly, she took the 38 pistol. Danny didn't think he needed one, but eventually decided to take the shotgun. He never figured he'd be going on a killing spree with his family, but informing the authorities would take too long and he didn't particularly trust them anyway.
"Here's the buckshot." Jack said, handing him a container of around 200 shells. "You put 9 of them in, fire, and then reload. We'll cover you, don't worry." He began to explain how to use it, and that it worked well for inexperienced marksmen. Once he was finished, they left in the assault vehicle.
As usual, Jack drove like a madman, and Danny wondered how he could even get a license. At least it didn't take them long to get out of Amity. They drove carefully (by Jack's standards) and keeping their eyes peeled. They didn't find any of the creatures, but there were several deer carcasses from where the Xenomorphs fed.
"God, this is worse than the actual fighting." Jazz stated, looking around frantically. "How big did you say these things were?"
"Several inches high, I think, or something around that area." Danny replied, raising his voice to be heard over the protectors. "Considering how much they've eaten, they are probably twice that size by now."
"I see something!" Maddie exclaimed. Jack took out the elephant gun, though he thankfully didn't fire. Again, no creature, but they saw a skeleton with a few pieces of flesh attached to it. Maddie was just about ready to puke, and Jack wasn't far behind.
"We better take these things out now." Jack growled, gripping his gun tighter.
Danny took the protectors off, and heard a hissing sound. At first, he thought it was his imagination but the hissing continued. He turned into his ghost self, and charged up ecto-blasts.
"Danny, what is it?" Jack asked, but he didn't realize the creature was sneaking up behind him. However, Maddie saw him and shouted a warning. He barely dodged in time and fired the elephant gun twice. One of the shots hit, but the creature didn't fall. To their shock, it was almost 8 feet tall, had a very sharp tail, and lethal teeth.
Maddie and Jazz started firing to give Jack time to reload, but it didn't affect the creature much. There were a few traces of blood, but nothing more. Danny blasted it in the chest, and it roared, but it was again not seriously hurt. The creature swung its tail at them, forcing Maddie to perform a back-flip in order to avoid it. She unsheathed her machete, and waited for it to move.
Jack had finally reloaded, and fired another two shots. Both were direct hits, and the creature roared, but it wasn't enough. Danny rammed into the side, firing a powerful blast into its ace. It swung its tail blindly, catching Danny in the back. Luckily for him, it didn't stab him with the end.
"Get away from them!" he demanded, recovering. He hated to admit it, but that attack had hurt, a lot more than he expected. This thing was strong, maybe too strong. He fired a shot into its back, getting its attention. Jazz picked up the shotgun and fired from less than 10 feet away. She screamed in pain from the sound, but was otherwise unhurt.
"Jesus, what the fuck are you?" Danny exclaimed. He didn't normally swear that badly, but his nerves were badly shaken. He conjured ice around the creature, but it got away before he could seal him. His family continued firing, but it climbed up a tree and jumped onto another one.
"Get into a circle!" Maddie yelled. "We don't know what it's going to do next." It jumped at them, hissing, Maddie barely managing to get away from its grip. Jack fired yet again, this time at almost point blank range. A slight amount of acid was splashed on his arm, hurting terribly, but the monster slowly started to fall.
"They can grow this quickly?" Danny asked himself. "I think we're going to need some help."
"Okay, now we know they can be beaten, although it's difficult." Jazz replied, her ears still ringing. "Still, we better get out of here and tell the authorities what we can."
"It wasn't a total loss." Maddie sighed. 'We did find out some useful things about these monsters." They heard more hissing and pointed their guns in all directions. They slowly made their way to the assault vehicle only to find another creature waiting for them. It had something akin to a grin on its face and pounced.
Danny blasted it in mid-air, sending it to the ground. Again, he tried his ice powers, but they were ineffective and the monster attempted to bite him. "This thing has a second mouth?" Danny yelled in shock and terror. He turned intangible, but when he passed through him, he screamed as some of the acid came with him. He managed to get it off, and was not mortally hurt, thanks to his resilience. Danny grabbed the creature and slowly flew into the air. When they were around 60 feet high, he threw it as hard as he could and watched as it slammed with a loud thud.
"We've got to get out of here!" Jazz screamed, firing her gun, but the 38 barely even slowed the creature down. There was more gunfire in the distance, and she figured more people were in the same situation. The creature got up, badly bruised and made its way toward her, although noticeably slower than before.
"See you in hell!" Jack exclaimed as he put the gun to the creature's head and fired. At that range, even it could not survive and it collapsed, although its blood rendered the gun worthless. There were screams and Danny rushed to see if there was anything he could do.
He saw about a dozen cops firing at the creature, but their bullets had little effect on its tough hide. From the looks of it, some of them had already fallen. Danny fired at the alien, knocking it off balance, but not hurting it much.
"We better get the fucking army!" One of the cops exclaimed, obviously scared out of his mind.
"Just get out of here; I'll keep the creature busy." Danny demanded. Another creature showed up and took out two police before they could get out of the way. Danny carried it and threw the creature into its comrade. If this got any worse, Danny knew even he couldn't win this fight. According to Murphy's Law, it did as a third creature joined them. Jack, Maddie, and Jazz showed up, for all the good it would do. The elephant gun was the only thing that took them out, and only at almost point-blank range.
They joined together, deciding to die fighting. Before the creatures got to them, Danny unleashed his ghostly wail. They made stiff resistance, but eventually the sonic waves tore them apart and they fell. However, Danny was too exhausted to continue fighting and they fled. He almost went back to human form, but managed to hold his ghost self.
"What were you guys doing here?" Jack wondered.
"We were looking for the missing kids." One of the police managed to choke out. "All of a sudden, that… thing impaled one of my friends. We fought back, but our bullets couldn't get through it."
"Are there any other teams out there?" asked Maddie. He nodded, saying there was one deeper in the woods. "Call them back immediately; they're walking into a trap."
They attempted to get them on the radio, but there was no answer. Everyone bowed their heads in respect, knowing what had happened to them. There was nothing they could do, so they drove out of there. All of them knew it was only the beginning. Those creatures were very deadly, and grew quickly.
Danny sat down in the RV, grieving for the victims of the monsters.
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Vlad was thankful that nobody managed to get in his lab. It was obvious they had tried, but it was secure against human and ghost. He took the spear inside one of his scanners and analyzed it. It didn't match any known metal on earth and from the looks of it, was stronger than them as well.
"Never thought I'd believe in aliens." Vlad muttered to himself. However, it was looking more and more like a possibility. The metal was partly titanium, molybdenum, along with a couple others the scan couldn't identify. He switched it to the ectoplasmic scan and there was almost 10 times what would have been expected. What was more surprising was that it had fused to the spear, making it very hard. "This is certainly interesting. If I can find out how these things managed to fuse ectoplasm to metal, I'll be able to copy their technology. Let's see if anything else has the same properties."
Next, he scanned the disk of the alien Daniel had killed. It had most the same characteristics, but was considerably stronger around the edges than the interior. As an experiment, he threw it towards the door. It was buried almost 3 inches through it, in spite of the fact that it was reinforced steel. Automatically, it came back to the alien, although he didn't know why. "Perhaps this disk has a target mechanism that returns it to its owner."
He threw it again with similar results. Vlad smirked, knowing what this would mean. He had no intention of giving this technology to anyone. True, he didn't have time to copy it, but he intended to use the spear, as there was a replacement in case the first was destroyed. It would likely be able to kill whatever those creatures were. He swung it around, learning how to use it correctly. He was hardly an expert in melee weapons, but it would suffice for the moment.
Predictably, Clockwork showed up in his child form, looking at Vlad. "They're going to need you now." He stated calmly. "The creatures are moving towards Amity Park and will arrive very soon. I see you are researching new technology." He shifted to his adult form
"Yes, the possibilities are quite amazing, aren't they?" Vlad replied. "They somehow managed to fuse ectoplasm to their metal; simply amazing. Well, like you said, Daniel will need me. Just don't expect me to become like him."
"I'd never dream of it, Vlad." Clockwork smiled, shifting back to a child. "Simply be on your guard, as they have fully matured. Who knows? You might even learn a few things from this experience."
"I know I owe you; you don't have to keep reminding me. I honestly don't want to see any harm come to Daniel and certainly not Maddie. Let me think: the military will likely be called in to deal with this threat, but if they capture me, it'd be less than I deserve."
"Vlad, you have some good in you. Danny may not see it, but I do. I've helped you as much as I can. I'd go and assist myself, but… the Observants are very unhappy with me for saving you."
"I figured they would be after I freed Vortex. How do I get there in time, though? I hid a good deal of my money years ago, but almost anyone would notice me. Flying wouldn't get me there in time, and I'm already somewhat weary from the trip here."
"You forget; I'm the Master of time." He gave him a time medallion and said "Time out!" They flew for a while and arrived near a fighter plane. "You can use this. In order to do so…"
"I have an idea how to fly a fighter plane." That at least was true. His long term plans were to equip it with ghost weaponry along with some of the materials he obtained from the alien. He got inside the seat, and once Clockwork declared "Time in!" He started the plane, which was actually quite simple. Before anyone could stop him, he flew off. Vlad only hoped he would be able to see Amity Park at these speeds, and that he wouldn't be too late to help.
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For the Fentons, Tucker, and Sam, it was little more than a waiting game. All of them knew that those things would be heading for Amity. Jack was busy modifying the Specter Speeder with more weapons. Maddie took out several knifes and a katana, all of which were glowing with ectoplasm, and strapping them to her side. Tucker, Sam, and Jazz took whatever weapons they could find.
"Good news!" Jack exclaimed. "I've modified the weapon so that they can take out those creatures too. It took me a good amount of time to figure out how, but long story short, they'll be effective. Even better, they seal the wound so their acidic blood won't cause any harm.
"How did you do it so quickly?" Tucker asked.
"We knew how to do it as soon as we had large amounts of ectoplasm." Jack explained with a smile. "It's a matter of separating the different types of energy to what's harmful to ghosts and what is to living things. It's not complete, but they attack primarily one or the other."
Danny transformed into Phantom, since he was now somewhat rested. "Okay, let's get them. We can't let them get their claws on innocents."
"We're with you, Danny." Sam promised, kissing him. "Before you tell us to stay out of the way, no, I won't… I know the risks and I'm coming anyway."
"Yeah, me too," Tucker agreed. "I may be afraid of them, but since when has that ever stopped us?"
"I learned better years ago, so I wasn't going to." Danny protested. "Who I'm worried about is Valerie. Ever since she learned who I was, she's not sure about me. I don't want to be blasted when fighting those weird creatures."
"We'll make sure that doesn't happen." Jack promised.
"Now we obviously have to come up with some sort of plan." Jazz stated. "Aim at their heads, and keep their attention focused on us rather than others who can't fight back. We stick together. Nobody is sacrificing themselves; this means you, Danny! Team, let's go."
Sam and Tucker followed Danny while Jazz joined her father in the Specter Speeder. Maddie took her double bladed ghost staff, setting it to a different kind of energy. Not a moment too soon, since already reports were coming in about many strange creatures attack the outskirts of Amity. Some people had been taken; others were killed for food. The police was battling them, but were sorely outmatched.
Danny nodded grimly and dived into the fray.
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"Elder Jonlr'de, we should be entering earth's atmosphere soon." One of the warriors informed him.
"Thank you." Jonlr'de replied. "Get the others ready to move if they have not already done so." The other left and he was alone with his thoughts. Jonlr'de had been around for 300 years and was among the first to begin hunting oomans. Recently, though the deaths of the warriors had increased greatly. Now that a bad blood had unleashed the Kainde Amedha on them, he did not think they were to be capable of concealing their existence for much longer. Hell, a small group of government officials had been trying to capture a Yajuta for years.
Even so, he had his orders from the High Elders: kill the Kainde Amedha and anything infected with them. Despite their advances, Jonlr'de doubted the oomans could stop their new enemy. It was possible that soon they would have to reveal themselves, but the oomans were known for traitorous acts and could not be trusted.
They had brought a total of 15 warriors (But I'm only giving names to about 3) 6 of them unblooded. All of them volunteered for this hunt for their rite of passage, the blooding ritual. From all accounts, a total of 83 Hard Meat eggs had been stolen.
However, there were reports of other creature in that particular settlement. Two of the Yajuta had been killed, and one of this particular species was able to hold off two of them alone, a feat they considered impossible for an ooman. Trey're gave his father's spear to one as one warrior to another. Perhaps he was also hunting the hard meat?
A siren went off, indicating that they had entered Earth atmosphere. Once they landed, Jonlr'de ordered two of the blooded warriors to guard the ship in case the oomans attempted to capture it as they once managed before. Fortunately, it was in utter ruin, irreparable. They ran towards the city, where the outskirts of battle could be heard.
I know this is boring, but I need to get the plot set up. The Predators considered the Xenomorphs the most dangerous prey, and eagerly hunt them. Let me know if I have to change the rating to M. The next chapter is very graphic.
In addition, I have no idea what Yajuta are named and am going by fanfiction. I think I said this before, but I want to make sure this is known.
Translations
Ooman-human
Yajuta- Predator
Kainde amedha- Zenomorphs
