Chapter Four
Electrifying Mortality
Author's Introduction:
Due to a lack of inspiration, a decrease in free time, and an increase in writer's block, this took a bit longer to write than I would have liked… Sorry 'bout that…
Disclaimer:
I don't own any of the Danny Phantom characters, or references to the show.
Valerie flew at the monster behind Danny, readying her weapons. "Ghost Boy and Blood Skin!" Electriosis yelled happily. "More flesh to fall prey to my tentacles!"
"No flesh today, but how 'bout a flash!" Danny called back, shooting his plasma ray at the ghost. Electriosis laughed, absorbing the blast into his large body.
Valerie flew in front of Danny, shooting off one of her guns. As Electriosis absorbed that, Valerie noticed something rather peculiar. "Danny, do you see this?" She gasped.
"He's getting bigger," Danny confirmed.
Suddenly, something began to move. Valerie turned, realizing what it was. "Danny, look out!" she called as a tentacle rushed toward him. The boy quickly turned intangible and the tentacle passed right through him. Valerie sighed with relief, however, that relief soon turned to panic as she realized the tentacle was headed for her! She quickly turned to get out of its path, but, too late, it hit her, swiping her off the jet sled. She fell through the air, stumbling to find the button that called the sled. Then something caught her. At first, she thought that Electriosis had grabbed her with one of his massive tentacles. She tensed, but no pain came, no drain in her energy. Maybe she had pressed the button by chance and the sled had caught her. But no, it was still there, floating in the air above her. Twisting, she set eyes on her rescuer. It was Danny! He was gliding them safely to the ground. Relief flooded over Valerie once more, until she realized the strained expression on Danny's face. She remembered Sam's words from before they left. Danny's even weaker than I am, she thought, finding the correct button. She watched as, first, confusion ran across Danny's expression, then relief.
"Thanks," Danny sighed.
"Yeah," Valerie replied with a small smile. She crawled out of Danny's arms, taking up her place at the from of the jet sled. Danny remained at the back, and, before long, they were moving in sync, calling out instructions such as "Go high," and "Go low." They didn't attack Electriosis, instead, they dodged his attempts to hit them, trying to weaken him simply by wearing him down. All the while, Valerie and Danny kept glancing down to the ground where Sam slowly made her way to the thermos. Valerie still wasn't sure if the goth had what it took to take the monster down, but she was their only hope.
"Got it!" Sam's voice came through the intercom on Valerie's wrist. Electriosis stared at the device for a moment. Then, a bolt shot from his eye.
"Look out!" Danny yelled as Valerie dodged to the left. Out of the corner of her eye, Valerie saw a tentacle speeding down toward Sam. Before she could even make a move to help the goth, an ectoplasmic blast shot past her, absorbing into the tentacle until it finally popped. Sam had jumped to her right in an attempt to avoid the tentacle. She had resumed the fetal position, the thermos cradled in her arms. Valerie watched the goth scramble to her feet, before throwing her head over her shoulder to see Danny crouched on the back of the sled and ready to leap to Sam's aid.
"You go help her,' Valerie ordered. "I'll distract this thing." The ghost boy flew off without a single remark, which Valerie found odd. Later, however, she would understand that, under the circumstances, it wasn't all that strange.
Focusing again on the task at hand, Valerie began flying around Electriosis, shouting out insults. "Hey Blubber Butt!" she yelled. "Try to catch me!" She was zigzagging around his blob-like body, trying to keep his attention away from Danny and Sam.
"Fool! I don't have time for your games!" Electriosis bellowed, swatting a tentacle toward Valerie. The girl easily dodged it, however, that was nothing to celebrate. The ghost-monster wasn't entirely focused on the ignorant red fly buzzing around him. His eye was trained on Danny who had reached Sam.
"Hey! Over here!" Valerie screamed, shooting at his massive blue body. The blast was absorbed painlessly and didn't seem to affect the thing, but it got Electriosis's attention.
"You dare shoot me?!" he yelled, astounded. "Face my wrath for that, tiny human, and join the rest of your kind!" His attention was now on Valerie, who seemed to be the bigger threat, however, he still threw a few blows at Danny and Sam. This forced Valerie to split her own attention. As she dodged Electriosis's tentacles, she also kept an eye on Danny and Sam.
The two were getting in position. Sam stayed closer to Electriosis, dodging the monster's poorly aimed blows. Danny floated out of Electriosis's reach, ready with the thermos.
Suddenly, a tentacle came crashing down on Valerie, bringing her attention back to the fight. The huntress shot at the tentacle, dodging out of the way at the last moment. His attacks are more precise when he's aiming for me, she thought, dodging another attack. I'm the bigger threat, she realized, glancing at Sam as the goth watched a tentacle land a couple yards away from her. He can't multi-task!
"Sam!" Valerie called. "Now!"
At that moment, Sam shot the bazooka at the monster. It's attention immediately snapped back to Sam. Valerie, then, shot at him as well. Thought the shots were absorbed into his being and didn't seem to affect him, this still angered the ghost. Glancing between the two threats, he raised two tentacles. They came crashing down toward the two girls.
"Sam, look out!" Valerie screamed, dodging the blow. Looking toward the goth, she saw that Sam hadn't moved in time. Soon her screams echoed through the city. "Danny, the ther-" Before she could finish, a second tentacle came down on her. At first, panic over whelmed Valerie as the tentacle started to engulf her. The plan didn't work! As Electriosis began to absorb her energy, Valerie tried to call out to Danny. "Use the thermos!"
Danny hesitated. "You might get sucked in too!"
Valerie was fighting back screams by now. "I don't ca-Ahhhh!" Her reply was cut off as she couldn't fight the pain any longer; couldn't keep the screams back. She forced her eyes to stay open, fighting in any way she could, though she knew she was done for. As Electriosis's laughter filled the air, Danny flew past, toward the ghost's body. But, no, the boy was still floating there, out of the way. He appeared to be saying something, but Valerie could hear nothing past her screams. A green glow flickered in the corner of her vision. It slowly began to grow, getting brighter and brighter. Just as everything began to blacken, the tentacle containing Valerie popped.
Valerie gasped as everything gave way beneath her and she was sent plunging toward the ground. Panicking, she pressed the button at her wrist, calling the jet sled to catch her. Though it took only seconds to reach her, the breathe was still driven from her lungs as she landed on its metal surface. Slowly rising to her feet, Valerie looked around, taking in her surroundings. Where Electriosis had once stood was now a mass of goo. Danny was just setting Sam on the ground, in a some-what goo-free area. Struggling our of the blue goo in the center was Danielle. Valerie quickly flew over to help the ghost-girl.
Jumping off the jet sled, the huntress ran through the goo to Dani. "I thought I told you to stay behind!" she fretted, jokingly, as she pulled Danielle out of the goo.
"Yeah, well, I knew you need my help," Dani replied, cheerily, pulling some goo from her hair.
"Is everyone alright over here?" Danny asked, walking over to them in human form.
"Yeah," Valerie sighed, relieved.
"Woah!" Danielle gasped, turning to her cousin. "You look exhausted!"
Danny laughed. "Hard being the hero, huh, Cuz?'
Danielle joined in his laughter. "Yeah, well, I'll leave the rest of this hero stuff to you."
Danny smiled and uncapped the thermos, cleaning up the remaining mess. The four, then, returned to present-day Amity Park.
Author's Notes:
No, this is not the last chapter, there's one more, maybe two… Sorry for the pitiful pun at the beginning of this chapter, I'm not too good at puns… If you have any that you think would work good there, I'd love to hear/see them! Anyways, what do you think? Is it still pretty good? Comments and reviews are loved!