I do not own Danny Phantom.
Ghostdragon101 suggestion! Minor change, as this is set at the Casper High science lab instead of the Fenton lab.
Clean Up Time!
"So…you ever gonna tell me why you were being chased by a pair of police officers?" asked Danny, setting up their lab equipment.
"Let's just say it has to do with catching your little Box Dork," grumbled Tucker, adjusting his glasses. "But let's forget about that. Sam, what do we have to do?"
Sam frowned in confusion at the lab sheet before her. Poluka had assigned a chemical lab and she had no idea what was what, since she and her friends spent the first half of the class passing notes when he wasn't looking. "Um…not really sure. So... are we supposed to pour the blue stuff in the green stuff, or the pink stuff?"
Danny picked up a beaker of blue liquid and studied it. "I think we're supposed to put it in the pink stuff."
Tucker winced, not entirely trusting his friend's judgement. "Why don't we just ask? We don't even know what any of this is."
"He said if we weren't paying attention the first time around, he'd give us an essay on the history of chemical equations instead," pointed out Danny. "I doubt you'd want to do three essays in one week."
Sam crossed her arms. "You got that right."
"True," agreed Tucker. "But this could end badly."
"Nah. I'm positive this is right," said Danny confidently.
"I've heard that before," muttered Sam as she and Tucker crouched behind the counter for protection.
They peered over the top nervously as Danny poured the two reactants together. They watched the product bubble and spark with nervous eyes.
Paling, Danny joined his friends under the lab bench and braced for impact. "Who wants to do the honours?" he asked.
"I will," Sam said meekly. Taking a deep breath, she covered her face with her hands as she hollered, "Hit the floor people!"
Screams of panic ensued as the ten other kids ducked under desks and benches for protection as the trio's product started smoking and hissing. Suddenly it exploded, the beaker shattering into glass pieces and the solution splattering on the floor, walls and desks. Slowly peeking over the countertop, the trio smiled apologetically as Poluka glared at them from across the room.
"Didn't this happen before?" he snapped in exasperation.
Danny frowned as he tried to remember. "Oh, yeah. Except it was green slime. I remember, because we had to go in the chemical squad's vehicles and get decontaminated."
Poluka rubbed his eyes under his goggles and studied the pink substance closely. Nothing was disintegrating or boiling, so he deemed that it wasn't dangerous. Just a result of an unstable chemical compound. "All right class, file out and get cleaned up."
The trio tried sneaking their way out with their classmates but Poluka caught them. "Not so fast, you three. You get to stay and clean my classroom up. You are familiar with where the cleaning products are located."
Danny sighed. "Bummer."
When Poluka left, he hopped onto the only clean desk and got comfortable. He laid back and closed his eyes. "Good luck with the cleaning guys."
"But this was your fault!" Tucker wailed.
Danny smiled. "Yeah, but you guys also have to do what I ask for the rest of the month. So get moving."
Grumbling, Tucker grabbed a rag and some soap from the cupboard and Sam got to work sweeping up the broken glass. Tucker managed to scrub the pink stuff off the walls, as it wasn't really hardening. It was just pink goop, so it made for easy cleanup, though his knuckles ached the longer he scrubbed.
Sam was in the middle of mopping the floor when she suddenly tripped and fell face-first into the water bucket. Snickering, Tucker quickly swiping away the last blob and went over to assist his friend. He pulled her up. "You okay?"
Sam spluttered and pushed her wet hair from her face. "Yeah. Thanks Tuck. Are you done?"
"Yeah. Walls are clean, and the desks are too. The floor looks pretty good," he added, inspecting her work.
"Good enough for me." Sam kicked the bucket and watched it slide in front of the door. "I'll get that later. Now we just have to clean the ceiling."
Tucker glanced up and groaned when he spotted a pink blob right in the middle. "Ah, man. How are we supposed to get up there? Principal Ishiyama banned us from ladders after that incident."
Sam scooped up a rag and pushed a desk right under where the pink blob was located. "Okay, you climb up, and I'll get on your back."
Tucker obeyed, and Sam perched on Tucker's shoulders carefully. She scrubbed the stain off and winced as Tucker wobbled. "Stay still!"
"I'm trying!"
But he could not hold his position and he let out a yelp as the desk they were standing on gave way, one of the legs snapping and sending Tucker crashing to the floor and Sam hurtling forward into her teacher's desk.
She winced as his computer made contact with the floor and smashed, the screen cracking straight down the middle. "Ah, man!"
Tucker rubbed his head and retrieved his cracked glasses. "You can say that again."
At that moment, Mr. Poluka came back to check on his students. "So, how is the cleanup goiiiiiiiiiiing?"
Sam and Tucker bit their lips as Poluka stepped in the water bucket Sam had left by the door. They watched as the wheels attached to the bottom of the plastic bucket sped him towards the science display at the back of the classroom. They closed their eyes when he crashed into it, breaking more glass and getting nasty cuts in the process.
Danny smothered a snicker and went to help him. "Dude, that was kind of awesome."
Sam and Tucker looked at each other before saying the first thing that came to mind in unison.
"Ah, man!"
