A Dark Future

Chapter 3 Death

By: Major144

Disclaimer I do not own Danny Phantom or it's characters. This is just a story for fun.

Jazz woke the next morning to find herself in her room. She then remembered last night. She had to find Danny and stop him! She raced down stairs to the kitchen. She found her mom and dad there.

"Oh hey Jazz. Danny said you fell asleep, while your were helping him study and that he tucked you in." Said Maddie.

"Where is Danny?' Asked Jazz.

"Oh he woke up bright and early to make sure nothing happened to make him late for the big test!" Said Jack.

Jazz looked at the clock. It was already to late to stop Danny from cheating. Jazz hung her head in defeat and headed back upstairs and started crying.

At Casper High everybody was taking the C.A.T. test. Lancer walked down the aisles as students scribble out their test answers. Danny looked up as Lancer went by him, he looked down at his test sheet. He carefully took out answer key from under his desk, then randomly starts filling in the correct answers. His friends saw him do this. Tucker looks shocked, and Sam despondent.

"Danny, don't! If you get caught cheating on the test you'll-" Tucker began to whisper, but Sam shushed him.

"Shhh!" Shushed Sam.

"Mr. Foley, Mr. Fenton. Is there a problem?" Asked Lancer.

"Uh...No problem at all." Said Danny.

About an hour and a half latter Danny walked up to Lancer's desk and slapped his C.A.T. answer sheet down on teacher's desk, smirking slightly.

"Finished already, Mr. Fenton?" Asked Lancer flatly.

"Is that a problem?" Asked Danny.

"How should I know? I don't have all the answers. Do you?" Asked Lancer as he starred at Danny with a look of challenge in his eyes.

Danny just starred back smirking. He finally stepped away, tossing one last challenging glance over his shoulder at the door. Lancer just sighed. He had given the boy a change to come clean and he didn't. He reached for his cell phone and dials 555-1221 for FentonWorks. It rang once.

"Mrs. Fenton? It's Mr. Lancer. Could you meet me at the Nasty Burger at say, 5 o'clock." Said Lancer as he looked out the window and saw Danny walking across the school lawn. "And bring Danny."

Danny walked home feeling good about the future. He had answered all the questions right and Lancer didn't have a clue had Danny had the answer sheet or how he ended up with the it. Jazz couldn't tell anyone about his ghost powers, so his secret was secured. As Danny got home he saw both his parents looking sternly at him.

"Um..hey." Greeted Danny.

"I just got a call from Mr. Lancer saying he wants to meet with us about something urgent at the Nasty Burger." Said Maddie.

"Until hen go wait in your room young man." Said Jack.

Danny lowered his head and walked upstairs. He saw Jazz peck out of her room with a sad look on her eyes.

"Danny-" She began to say, but Danny just ignored her and went into his room.

He picked up his cellphone and called Sam and Tucker.

"Hey what's up?" Asked Sam.

"I think...I got...caught..cheating." Said Danny.

"I warned you not to cheat." Said Tucker.

"Lancer...wants to meet with..me and my parents at 5 at the Nasty Burger." Said Danny.

"Hey. Will be there for you." Said Sam.

"Yeah we got your back." Said Tucker.

"Thanks guys." Said Danny as he hung up.

He walked to his window and starred at the sky. He consider going ghost to fly away and get away from it all. To avoid the shame. He shook his head. No he had made the choice to cheat. He was going to take responsibility for his actions.

When the time came around the family loaded up into the Fenton RV and headed to the Nasty Burger. They found Lancer waiting out front with a briefcase.

"Mr. Lancer sounded urgent on the phone. Danny, is something wrong?" Asked

Danny said nothing. Jazz just put a hand on his shoulder.

In the wreck of the Nasty Burger, the tank's dial indicator needle was almost to the red.

The Fenton's got out of the RV and approached Lancer.

"Mr. and Mrs. Fenton, Jazz, and Daniel, this is the Nasty Burger. When people fail, this is where they end up- whether they fail because they don't study, or because they cheat." Said Lancer as he held up Danny's test.

Jack and Maddie gasped.

"Danny! Is this true?" Said Jack.

"Did you cheat?" Asked Maddie.

Danny just looked at the ground in shame consider of going intangible and just sinking into the ground and never coming back up.

"Wait it's not completely Danny's fault." Called Sam as she and Tucker showed up and walked up to the group.

"It's not?" Asked Lancer.

"Yeah. It's like this-" Began Tucker, but who was stopped by Danny who raised a hand.

"I appreciate what you guys are doing, but I'm going to tell them everything." Said Danny with a sad little smile.

Everybody just looked at Danny.

"Can I just have a minute to myself?" Asked Danny.

"Fine, but make it quick." Said Lancer.

Danny walked up to the RV, leaned his head against and took a couple of deep breaths. He was going to reveal everything about his powers, and what he had been doing with them. At that moment the tank's dial was in the red. It bucked and started expanding. Danny faced everyone and started to walk towards them.

"You...see everyone I'm part gho-" Began Danny as he started transforming into his ghost self.

There was a loud nose from the Nasty Burger and everybody turned missing Danny's transformation. The tank exploded into a a giant fiery explosion! Danny watched in horror as his friends and family were consumed in a fiery explosion! The explosion hit Danny as he completed his transformation. He was sent flying through the air and landed several yards away. Danny felt dizzy as he laid on the ground. He transformed back into his human form. He starred at what little remained of the Nasty Burger and stretched his hand towards it.

"Mom!...Dad!...Jazz!...Tucker!...Sam! No...please let them...be alright!" Begged Danny as he started loosing consciousness.

He heard sirens in the distance as he finally lost consciousness.

To be continued.