Danny Phantom Fan Fiction:
Of Ghosts and Girls
Chapter Three:
Fun With Destruction
Despite knowing Sam and Tucker had both seen the girls leave, Danny still felt confused the next day. Luckily the girls had planned their robbery on the next day; Saturday. So he could stay home and pretty much protect his hide. At around three o'clock, the doorbell rang which nearly gave Danny a heart attack. And of course it was just Sam and Tucker. They waited. And waited. No one ever came. No ghost chills. And at ten o'clock, both of his friends had to leave. Of course, just as they left the house, a familiar breath escaped his mouth. Go time.
Immediately he ran for his room. Even though he loved Jazz and knew that she was very capable of helping him, he decided that she didn't need to worry about this. So after the usual procedure with becoming a ghost were over, he headed quickly into the lab. What he was expecting was three little girls giggling as they thought they were oh-so clever taking the weapons. He was not expecting to see the lab with explosion marks and the sound of coughing. The dark-haired girl – Alex, wasn't it? - was shouting something. "Girls, calm down! Octavia, stay on lookout! Hunter, stop making the things explode!" It was amazing that no one in his family had heard them. Then again, everyone was sleeping. Jerks, he thought.
"Aren't you girls past your bedtime?" Danny said. Alex froze. Octavia squealed. Hunter frowned. And of course, she was the first to react. "Listen, we got this place first. So why don't you turn around, and go back to terrorizing the locals, okay?" She threatened. "Yes, I'm the problem. Not the girls who wrecked the town, destroyed windows, and nearly made a hole in a brick wall," He retaliated. That was where she snapped.
Hunter began to lunge even without her sword. "Stop!" Both of the girls behind shouted. He had been so focused on Hunter he hadn't noticed that Alex and the scrawny ghost girl – wasn't her name something musical? - grabbing two blasters. And sadly they were both pointed at him. Hunter stopped and smiled, a cruel, sick smirk.
"Oh please, don't be angry, we're just kind of here because-" The ghost said, cut off by Alex. "Octavia, I appreciate you trying to do the threats, but leave to me and Hunter. Anyways, we're going to hurt you. Unless you give us one good reason we shouldn't." Then Hunter added,"You've got one minute."
For a moment he was frozen. That took about five seconds. "So you won't shoot me for the next minute?" He asked. "Well yes," Octavia said. Danny smirked, and turned intangible. Despite their obvious differences, all three girls had the same shocked expression as he sunk through the floor. "Grab the weapons and get out of here!" Alex commanded. Hunter nearly got to two blasters before he reappeared behind her.
Danny tapped gently on the shoulder, causing her to drop both of the weapons. "What are you doing here anyways?" She said, her tone harsh. I don't need a reason when I'm doing the right thing," He said. "You're doing the right thing? You nearly blasted my friend into next Thursday!" Hunter shouted, pointing a thumb at Octavia. "So you think a girl destroying a city with music is good?" Danny yelled. "Octavia wasn't tryin' to do anything! It was you with your freakin' lasers trying to blow her up that did the damage! She was just singing! Who ever got hurt singing'?" Hunter combated. "Well her singing broke windows, bent stop signs, and terrified civilians! You call that innocent?" "Well, yes! It's not like she meant to!" "Are you serious?" "Yes!"
"ENOUGH!" Alex shouted. "Hunter, we're going!" Just as she said that, Hunter darted over to her friends. Octavia floated over them and grabbed them by their shoulders. They all turned a light shade of blue before they walked through the wall. "Oh no you're not!" He said, following them.
Even though he had left just a few seconds after them, they were ahead of him by at least a block. But, not matter how fast they could run, they couldn't beat someone flying at a solid speed of one hundred and twelve miles per hour. Within a few seconds, he was behind them by a few feet. He could see that Hunter was carrying Octavia like a rag doll over her back. And he could see that Octavia was screaming like a little girl even before he had started flying.
"Alex, do something!" Hunter yelled. She had a reason for her yelling; Danny was closing in faster than a shark chasing fish. "You could help too!" Alex yelled back. "Busy holding Tavi!" Her friend yelled back.
"I would say I'm sorry to interrupt your little argument ladies, but I'm not!" Danny said. Like that he was in front of them. Alex stopped quickly in fear of hitting him. Hunter had different plans however. Her sheer momentum would propel herself into Danny. It could have perceived as an accident if not for the metal tread of her boot ended up square on his chest. He was knocked several feet backwards. The pain was already fading but he was dazed, unable to get up.
"You've got thirty seconds. Do the spell and get us out of here," he heard Hunter say. Despite what she had just done, her voice remained unchanged. "Hunter, did you just ki-" The shyer voice of Octavia spoke out, cut off Alex. "Hunter, we'll take about this later. Now we have to go," She order. There was a flash of gray and then he was alone, surrounded by pain.
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"Girls, I'm sorry about this. I'm sorry about getting us caught in this trap. But that by no means that you're allowed to kick people that bother you in the chest!" Alex yelled at her friend. Despite them being the same age of twelve, she felt like she was the only one that was actually mature. Hunter simply rolled her eyes and grunted unhappily. "Don't you have anything to say for yourself?" Alex persisted.
Hunter had always been impatient. But this was a new level of intolerance. Ever since the big fight between her and Danny Phantom, she had seemed much more irritable than usual. "Look, I had to do what I had to do. We had to leave but he was in the way. I got rid of that problem. Ya can thank me now," She tested. "I'm not going to! You can't do things like that! We have to keep a low profile! Do you know what the others will think when we come back as fugitives? Diamante will freak! AJ will kill you! And Myria, oh don't even get me started me on her!"
"I did what any sensible person would do!" Hunter argued back. "Well, I'm sensible, and guess what I didn't do today?" "You wanna go, bookworm?" "Let's go, Dragon Breath!" "Girls!" Octavia shrieked. Both girls stared at her. Even though Hunter and Alex considered themselves friends they occasionally had their blowouts. That was where Octavia came in. Kind and understanding, she was the perfect person to settle any fight.
"I'm sorry Hunter," Alex admitted. Hunter nodded and said,"I'm sorry." Even though Hunter didn't say much, she meant it. "Good. But we need to something about the ghost boy, if that's alright," Octavia said gently. Alex smiled and nodded. It wasn't often that Octavia actually wanted to fight. "You're right. We've seen he targets you, Tavi, because you're a ghost. So, logically, we'd have to use you as bait. Since that little stunt Hunter pulled off, he'll be especially eager to get you. Hunter and I should be able to defeat him together, what with my magic and her skills."
"But wait-we've seen what he can do. He can fly faster than I can run," Hunter argued. "But you were holding Octavia. You can run faster than him." Alex figured. "That doesn't matter. He'll be flying. I'll have to run. It's just unfair that freak of nature ghost boy can fly all he wants to because people are used to him. But I can't fly without it being nighttime."
Hunter went and sat down on the top of the hill. Alex could only teleport them so far so the three had ended up just at the park. In the moonlight, Hunter looked more innocent. As if she was just another middle school girl that went out for a little stroll. Alex went and sat next her. Octavia did the same. "I've had an idea that might work. I've seen some pictures of this place over the past few months. There are some pretty messed up things here. I figured if there were dragons and techno ghosts and even ghost octopuses then you should be able to fly. Just don't go overboard, okay?"
Suddenly Hunter smiled. "You really think so?" Quickly Alex replied,"Yes!" Hunter smile grew even larger. She stood up, the moonlight giving her a new look. A pair of large wings emerged from her back, previously hidden by her hair. They were jet black and shaped much like a bat's wings. "Well, Alex, what are waiting for?" Hunter asked.
Alex shook her head. "I'm sorry but I'd rather not. You enjoy yourself." She said. The tall girl shrugged and jumped off the hill. Octavia peered over to the edge to see her friend gently sailing up. Hunter did a large loop in the air before the tall girl disappeared behind the clouds. Alex smiled at the sky, knowing her friend wasn't angry any more. Then she turned to Octavia, saying,"Come one, Tavi. We've got a big night tomorrow. Might as well get some rest." They too nodded before they both rested themselves in the nearest place to rest; A tree.
Little did they know, their friend stared down at them. Literally. Despite her weight, Hunter stood on the clouds above them. "I know we have a big day tomorrow," She said to herself,"That's why I'm doing this." She jumped off the cloud and sailed back to the Fenton's house. She slipped her boots off and headed back in. She used her wings to keep her above the ground. Silently she crept into the lab. Gently she turned a dial on a blaster from one of the tables. Then, she let all hell break loose. The blaster had been turned onto 'Rapid Fire.' It started up with a sound that reminded her of a mix of a car starting up and a dying whale. The blasts easily destroyed several tables, shattered some beakers, and burned the ground. Satisfied by this destruction, Hunter turned the blaster off.
She flew back upstairs and saw a family picture. In the dark of the night, she could only make out so much. But she saw four figures. The shortest figure was younger than herself in the picture. She could make out the dark black hair, and light blue eyes. She could also see a slightly taller figure, presumably a sister. Suddenly her heart and expression softened. Then it hardened again like a stone. Not now,She promised herself. She went back outside, put her boots back on, and then soared up into the sky.
From his window, Danny stared at the disappearing figure. He might be delusional but this was new. Quickly he went through his transformation. He was still hurting from the place where she had kicked him. He flew after her. She was unaware of him but yet something was still wrong. Danny ignored it. The next moment, he could tell he was falling. But how? He didn't know. Because everything was going black.
This one didn't turn out terrible, but I think it could have come out better. Please read and review! :D
