Disclaimer: I don't even want to think of how stupid and horrible the plot would be if I owned DP.
Haha. Remember how I said I hoped I'd get less 3.5/6s on my essays? Guess what? I got a 2.5. Oh the joy I feel.
I forgot to mention that this takes place before Phantom Planet. But I'm guessing you figured that out already.
Anyways, onwards with the ficcy!
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A few feet in front of Danny was another ghost bear. Or the same one from before. All bears looked the same to him. But regardless, he was in trouble. His mother stood below him, so going ghost right there was not an option. His mother would kill him if he turned into Danny Phantom. If he tried attacking the bear in his human form, which would be incredibly stupid of him, he'd be ripped to shreds. If Maddie attacked it with one of her weapons, the bear would land on him, and he would fall to his death, or she'd zap him instead of the bear.
Danny wracked his brains, desperately thinking of what he could do. No use. He was trapped.
"Danny!"
Chapter 2
This is NOT good, Danny thought to himself. Come on you stupid brain! Work! Work!…I have about another two seconds left until either this thing kills me or I fall and go splat!…Wait a sec… He gasped. That's it!
His mouth widened into a slightly crazy smirk. He bent his knees and…
"Danny! What are doing? You're going to-"
This might be stupid and reckless, but hey! If it works, it works and no one can complain about it.
"Mom! Heads up!"
…jumped.
Maddie's eyes widened in alarm. And then, amazingly, she took out a blobby substance faintly reminiscent of ectoplasm out of her jumpsuit that inflated into a large green cushion larger than Jack. Danny landed on it safely. Whew.
He stared at the cushion, shaking his head. Sometimes he just couldn't understand his parents.
…Seriously, how does she not have a phone in there!?
And then a great pressure fell upon him and he felt an insanely strong killing intent heading in his direction. He tensed, seeing the sky darken and turn into a haze of dark red and black. Angry, looming clouds swallowed up the sun. Gulping nervously, Danny forced himself to slowly turn his head. What he saw was an ominous figure taller than mountains with the most deadly and frightening eyes he had ever seen. It was…GASP. His mother. Run for it!
"You could have gotten yourself killed!!" Maddie shrieked.
Danny covered his ears and cowered in fear behind a tree, whimpering. Wow. I thought she was scary when she attacked me in ghost mode. But, GEEZ.
He lifted up his arms to protect his head when he saw his mother raise her hand. And here it comes…
…
Wait, what?
He looked up. Maddie had pulled him into a hug and was ruffling his hair affectionately with a sad smile, tears forming in her eyes.
"I was so worried! How could you even think of doing that? Were you even thinking at all? I thought I was going to lose one of my precious children!" She pointed to her head. "Now see what you did? I already have a white hair here. Do you honestly want me to turn old and wrinkly?"
Danny laughed weakly. "Nope. Eheh. Sorry 'bout that. I really didn't mean to make you worry, but…well…maybe I wasn't thinking after all…" He hung his head.
"Oh, Danny, it's alright. Even if you should have started coming back down. I would have shot that sorry excuse for a ghost before it laid a finger on you. And besides, you know our weapons don't work on humans."
Not counting me, he added bitterly.
"Well, don't worry about it. I'll shoot any other ghosts before you even know they're here," Maddie winked.
Unless my ghost sense goes off first…what the, wait! My ghost sense! It never went off when that bear attacked me! What's going on? Wha–what-...no. Don't panic. Now I'm absolutely sure of it. Vlad's has to be behind this. For some reason he doesn't want us to see something that lies past here. But what? And why isn't my ghost sense working?
Danny grit his teeth in determination.I am going to see what Vlad's hiding and I will stop him. I won't ever let him hurt mom, or dad, or anyone else, he thought grimly.
"Uh…Danny? Is something wrong?"
"Wh-wha…uh…NO! No, of course not!" He laughed shakily. "Whatever gave you that idea? Er. We'd better go. "
Maddie watched her son give another try at climbing the strange mass of debris. Something's…off. Something about Danny is…different. But what? What could he possibly be hiding? Why would he hide anything from me? I'm his mother! I'm going to get to the bottom of this if it's the last thing I do. With her eyes firmly set on him, she followed Danny with perseverance rivaling his own.
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A man in his forties with white hair sat in his office, resting his chin on the back of his hand. He petted his cat, cackling evilly. A large robotic ghost with flaming green hair stood across the room from him, fidgeting.
"So, Skulker. You took care of the preparations, yes?"
"Of course. You mentioned something earlier about some…parts you– "
"Yes, yes, they should be in the room to the right. Now leave me."
"Will do." Skulker eagerly phased out through the wall, rubbing his palms together in anticipation.
The fruitloop sighed and opened a drawer in his desk. He slipped out a picture of "the woman who was rightfully his" and gazed at it with adoration.
Soon, Maddie. Soon. You and Daniel will be at my side where you belong and Jack will be long dead. I must make sure that he suffers painfully before he goes. All of the chess pieces are in motion. It's only a matter of time now.
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Jack was afraid. Very, very afraid. No! Where is it? I've searched everywhere! It can't be missing, it can't be! He ran frantically around the kitchen, the living room, the bedrooms, the lab, and even the Op Center. Finally, he gave up and plopped onto a chair in the kitchen. Jazz walked downstairs, wondering what all the fuss was about.
"Dad? What's wrong?"
Jack looked up with a melancholy expression on his face. "Jazz…I– I…"
"Dad?"
"I can't find the fudge! I've looked everywhere but can't find it! A ghost must have stolen it from me! Like that punk, Phantom! Oh, when I get my hands on him, I'll rip him apart molecule by molecule! "
Jazz looked at him. She shook her head, smiling at her father's antics. "Dad, don't you remember? Mom left the fudge 'you know where,' wherever that is. You were getting so paranoid about ghosts stealing your fudge," she said.
"Oh, yeah! That's right. Thanks Jazz! That reminds me. I still haven't made that Jazz action figure yet! I'll have to get to work on that. But first, the fudge!" he exclaimed, pointing his finger to the ceiling for dramatic effect.
Still shaking her head, Jazz walked back upstairs, glad that she had inherited her mother's genes.
Jack got up from his chair and darted to "you know where," oblivious of an invisible pair of eyes watching him.
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Waiii!! Chapter two done! Thank you to all of you who bothered to read this and a muffin if you reviewed and stuff! Yay, muffins! I shall try to update as soon as I can!
And now I am off to finish homework. Good night. X.x
