Darkness Phantom
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Bold These are thoughts
Italic This is a Flashback
Review Answer: Invader Johnny; Of course Desiree would think that. She knows nothing about Danny. Plus she appears like, what, 6 times in the entire show? Two episodes show her as the main villain, one is the Christmas episode, and the other three are cameos. Her opinion of Danny comes from those instances she's been around him. Plus with the time period she was born in she's not familiar with superheroes I bet.
The Fourth Darkness: The Value of Friendship
Danny Phantom flies through Amity Park, watching all the people around him keeping their distance. He knows this to be because of the law Vlad put up. He thinks, I swear I'm gonna pound that stupid cheesehead to dust!
As he's flying he doesn't notice Desiree tailing him. Desiree remains silent and invisible as she stays close to him. This kid really is something. After all I had pegged him to be originally, I would never have expected him to be so, so deep. Her thoughts go back to when she spied on him in school.
Flashback...
"By Monday I expect everyone to finish reading A Sound of Thunder," Mr. Lancer says to the students in his class before the third period bell rings. Everyone grabs their books and prepares to leave, except for Danny who falls to the floor and drops his stuff. The class, save for Sam and Tucker, the latter of which chuckles, start guffawing at Danny's fall.
He looks back at his feet and sees his sneakers have been tied together. Everyone in class leaves, while Sam and Tucker help Danny up. Dash high fives Kwan as they exit, while Desiree watches the hulking athlete angrily. Luckily she's invisible so no one can spot her, even Danny and his ghost sense. She thinks, He can't spot me. The wish worked! Still, he could have done something to him. It was obviously that blond jerk sitting behind him.
"Hey dude, you okay? You seem stressed," Tucker asks his friend as they head for lunch.
"I'm okay. I've taking Dash's wailing before. He's just blowing steam off on me because of mayor Vlad's stupid law," Danny tells Tucker.
"So what's next? Gonna stuck his locker full of toilet paper? Take over his body and make him walk into the girl's room?" Tucker asks, suggesting ways of getting revenge.
"Nah. I'm over getting revenge on him anymore," he replies. Both his friends look at him in surprise.
"Hold on a sec. It sounded like something out of character just came out of your mouth," Tucker jokes while cleaning his left ear.
"Now hold on Tuck. That just means Danny's growing up," Sam says to the techno geek. She then turns to Danny and says, "But he may be on to something. Just yesterday you were all for pranking your archenemy; what gives?"
"Yeah, and that's how I ended up in the Ghost Zone. Besides, a hero should be neutral to everyone, including people who bully their secret identity, right?" - Danny
"Well, you're half right," Tucker says as they reach the mess room. A slob of gravy slaps Danny in the face, and Dash's laughter can be heard while he holds a spoon with gravy in it.
Desiree continues to watch Danny suffer, more of her opinion of him changing.
End Flashback...
At first I thought he was just a meddling kid who only cared about humans. He's more mature and strong than I imagined. Now that I look at him outside of hateful eyes I see how good a person he really is. Desiree thinks as she continues to follow him.
Danny's ghost sense goes off soon after reaching a tech store. The glass front explodes and reveals Nikolai Technus. "It's great to be out in town getting great deals on this hightech equipment; all free!"
"Oh great, it's the only techno geek I know that I can't stand," Danny says as he flies towards the ghost. "What do you want now, Technus?"
"What do you think child? To control all of Earth's technology! You'd think after me shouting it all the time before you'd get the hint!" Technus fires a beam at Danny, knocking him into a building. "Taste the power of my Electro staff Mark 3!"
Technus fires at an apartment complex with his weapon, causing it to catch on fire. Danny sees this and tenses up. There Nicolai says, "Now, what will you do child? You can't stop me and save those people at the same time, can you?"
"Watch me!" Danny immediately flies towards the burning building, putting Technus as low priority at the moment. Desiree becomes visible and gasps, watching Danny putting innocent people before defeating Technus. She follows him as Technus continues to steal electronics.
"Fight fire with ice I always say, or at least I've been saying ever since the Box Ghost got a hold of Pandora's box," Danny says as his eyes glow bright light blue. Danny enters inside the building and sees the people inside heading down the stairs. He uses his ice powers to clear a path for them, before heading up the building to put out more of the flames.
Danny eventually comes up from the ceiling and puts out the flames on top of the building. "There. That's the last of them."
Danny flies off to take out Technus, but stops when a piece of the building is about to fall on someone. Before he could save them, Desiree flies past him to grab the young boy and turn him invisible. "Desiree?"
"Don't just stand there! Go take out that weirdo!" Desiree says to him. She pulls the boy away from the building and turns visible while Danny jets towards Technus.
"You're gonna pay for what you did you jerk!" Danny shouts at him.
"That was fast... But luckily I have another stall tactic!" Technus shouts to the heavens, like always.
"Stall tactic? What are you stalling for?" Danny didn't get an answer to his question as a robot of Technus extends its left arm at Danny, which he finds familiar. Lowering his eyelids for an 'You gotta be kidding me' face, he asks, "Is that the Fenton Weasel?"
"You'd be surprised what kind of technology I receive from my employer!" Technus says as the robot sucks in Danny.
He cries out in shock as he enters the Fenton Weasel part of the robot, while Technus laughs. Desiree flies towards them to set Danny free, but she gets sucked in as well. Technus floats to that robot and removes the portion of it that holds the Fenton Weasel, before levitating it. "AND NOW THAT DANNY PHANTOM IS TRAPPED I CAN CHUCK HIM OFF AT THE NEAREST RIVER! THAT WAY HE WILL BE OUT OF MY HAIR WHILE PLASMIUS GETS WHAT HE NEEDS FROM THE GHOST KING!"
There's an awkward pause after his big announcement, and shocked he asks, "Nobody heard that, right?"
There is another awkward pause, so he flies off with Danny and Desiree inside the weasel to the nearest river in Amity Park. He drops them inside and laughs as he flies to his robot, fusing inside it. Inside his new suit he flies back to the city to become more powerful.
Meanwhile, Danny continues to drift along the current with Desiree as his only company. "Well, at least I know what's going on. What's this pressed up to my face though?"
"That's my chest, sorry," Desiree says, surprising the white haired ghost kid and causing him to blush.
"What the? He caught you too?" Danny asks as he struggles to make some room. Desiree pushes back when she realizes how squeezed she is. "Hey, could you move for a-"
"I can't! Your leg is in my face!" she replies, struggling a bit. Their moving about eventually leads to Danny pressing his lips on hers.
The two ghosts look at eachother in shock, before backing away. At this point their lips are barely apart from the other, their breaths mingling before them. "Okay, this is awkward."
"Now you know how we feel everytime you put us in that can of yours," Desiree tells him, her green cheeks flushed with redness.
"It can't be that small, not as small as this anyway, and it's a thermos. Why were you following me afterway?" Danny asks while trying to remain still. Any movement could push him closer to Desiree's lips. "And why doesn't my ghost sensor work on you anymore?"
"Someone made a wish for me," she tells him.
"Someone made a wish for you, or did you force someone to?" - Danny
"That brat who made the wish also made me hit myself for 5 minutes! Then she continued to chase me for these annoying, abusive wishes all day; I'm pretty sure I'm the one forced here!" she shouts angrily. Danny chuckles a bit, leading her to question, "What's so funny?"
"It's funny that your powers can be used so easily against you. If I wasn't a C student I could have stopped you back when you made me forget about Sam," he answers, looking into the genie's eyes. "Actually, I should wish us out of here."
"That won't work. I can't seem to use any of my powers in here, sorry," she says, trying to push back on the wall.
"Dang, me neither... so why were you following me?" Danny finally asks.
"You saved my life back in the Ghost Zone. I couldn't help but wonder about you that entire time. You hate me for what I did to you all those times, so I couldn't figure out why you would show kindness to me." Desiree confesses, finally letting it all out of her chest.
"I told you; I don't hate you! Sure, you tried to turn Tucker into a ghost but I'm over that now. I mean, it's all in the past right?" Danny states, bringing a small smile on her face. "So, you're not going to be fighting against me and causing problems again, right?"
"I don't know. Every time I grant a wish I become stronger, and with each selfish wish I could make others feel the pain of having their desires backfire and crumble. And that felt good because it made me feel better about my heartbreak back when I was alive. But you-" Desiree places both her hands on his shoulders, causing him to blush and raise his eyebrows. "-When you made that selfless wish to save me, it not only healed me but changed my opinion of you. Your wish was the first wish I ever got that was for me, and I couldn't stop thinking about you last night. So, I wanted to spy on you and see if this is how you really are. I don't want to be friends with someone who would just use me."
Well, when you're a ghost who grants wishes that's kind of hard. "I can see how you feel about that; after all, Sam has a rich family and I was wealthy for a moment," Danny says, remembering the time the Guys in White gave his family that check. "If we become friends, there is a chance someone will wish to use your powers against you. I can promise not to abuse your powers, but you can't go back to your old ways. Okay?"
"Okay. Thank you child," she says, giving a full smile now.
"Danny." - Danny
"Danny." Forgetting about their current position, Desiree accidentally leans forward to hug him but kisses him again. For both sides it feels rather nice, but they back away as soon as they can, still blushing hard. Suddenly they could feel themselves being pulled out the hole that just opened up beside them, freeing the two ghosts from the confines of the weasel.
Outside, Danny and Desiree can see Sam and Tucker holding the Fenton weasel while right by the shore. Tucker asks, "Danny, you okay?"
"Thanks guys! How'd you find us?" - Danny
"Technus was nice enough to tell us where you were so we hopped in the Specter speeder and flew to your rescue. But more importantly, why was Desiree with you, and why are you holding eachother?" Sam asks at the end, a jealous and angry tone in her voice.
"Huh?" Danny and Desiree look at eachother and soon realize their position; Desiree is in Danny's arms with hers around his head. They quickly move off one another, whistling innocently like nothing happened. Danny then says, "I'll tell you guys about us later. Where's Technus?"
"He's in town making more of those robots of his," Tucker tells him.
"Thanks!" Danny jets off for town to battle the technopathic ghost.
Desiree is about to, but Sam shouts, "Wait! What were you two doing in there?"
"Do you really wanna talk about that now?" - Desiree
"Of course!" - Sam
Tucker slaps his forehead when he notices Sam's tone; it's the same tone she uses on any woman she fears may have an interest with Danny. It's so redundant it's not fun to watch for him anymore. Desiree crosses her arms and looks away, saying, "We were talking, that's all. I wanted to stop being his enemy, and yours."
Back with Danny he's flying to town in time to spot Technus building an army of robots. Well, actually it's just 6, but that's enough for an army. Danny stands before one. "Time to put your toys away Dorknus!"
"Damn it, he got out! No matter! I will just eliminate you here and now!" Technus sends his robots at Danny, who he proceeds to fighting. He punches one, but hurts his fist. Technus laughs saying, "Sorry child, but these are much stronger than the ones you've faced before! Face the Carputer Prototype!"
"Carputer huh? Who came up with that lame name, the same guy who copyrights your rip off inventions?" Danny fires an energy beam at one, which only breaks off an arm. Wires shoot out and reattach the arm. 'Hm, maybe if I use that...'
Danny avoids a lightning bolt from a separate robot, and flies high up in the air. Danny then makes an ice crystal the size of an emerald and levitates it in the air. He then fires a small concentrated energy beam at it, which spreads out into separate beams that easily pierces through the robots. Three of them explode when the beams hit the appropriate spots. He cheers, shouting, "Yeah! It worked! Science class actually helps!"
"Curse you brat! Why must you keep interfering with I, Technus?" Technus shouts loudly. He aims his electro staff in the air so he can conjure up a hail of lightning bolts.
"Because I'm the only one who can! As the duly designated protector of Amity Park, I hope you'll enjoy your butt kicking today!" Danny turns invisible and avoids the lightning bolts, moving around the robots so they would take the damage instead.
Danny then approaches Technus and holds his left hand out, before firing a wavy beam from his hand at Technus' chest. This pushes Technus out of his armor and deactivates it. Danny then proceeds to kicking his butt; the main scenes of the whooping shows Danny kicking Technus in the shin, pounding him in the head, and doing a flying side kick that knocks some teeth out. He then flips into the air and drops kicks Technus into the ground, knocking his staff out of his hands. Danny digs behind him and takes out the Fenton Thermos, using it to capture the weakened Technus. He screams, "NOOOO!"
"That takes care of him. What did he mean by stalling anyway?" Danny asks himself as he closes the lid. The robots disassemble around him without Nicolai's presence. Danny flies off to hide in an alleyway, turning human afterwards. He then walks off to find his friends.
"Danny!" Sam calls out to him. He looks up ahead and sees Sam with Tucker, but no Desiree. She could be invisible or she could have left, but he can't tell because of the ghost sense no longer working on her. "Did you get him?"
"Of course. It's no big deal!" Danny says to her. "Where's Desiree?"
"I'm invisible," Desiree's voice speaks. "I turned invisible because your friends told me of the new laws."
"Yeah, Desiree was just telling us about how she wanted to be friends and stop fighting with you," Tucker says to him.
"Danny, what were you thinking? You could have told us about it!" Sam says to him.
"It just happened today! She told me she wanted to be friends today while we were in the weasel," Danny explains to her. Sam grabs his and Tucker's hand and drags them to Fenton Works. Desiree follows behind them, staying invisible.
After they make down in the basement, where they are lucky to find no one around, Sam lets go of them and asks, "Danny, isn't this a little risky? You can't just go around making friends with your enemies!"
"Oh, c'mon Sam! That's what you said about me hanging around Valerie!" - Danny
"Valerie is human! How can we trust Desiree?" Tucker adds.
"Tucker, don't you start too! Everyone deserves a second chance! Besides, isn't it better for me to make friends with some of my enemies instead of constantly beating them up?" Danny says to them.
"Hmm, he may have a point," - Tucker
"What?" - Sam
"Danny has many enemies trying to get rid of him. If he befriends at least a few of them he'll have comrades who can stand by him if they team up on him. Remember that show Static Shock?" Tucker says to him.
"But..." - Sam
"No buts! If Desiree wants to be my friend she can be! There's nothing wrong with that!" Danny concludes, walking to the control panel to send Technus to the Ghost Zone. After finishing he returns to his friends and finishes with, "Look, I know you're my best friends, and you care about me, but can't you let me make my own decisions? I can take care of myself!"
Danny flies upstairs through the floors, turning see through and intangible at the same time. Desiree, still invisible, approaches Sam and Tucker. At this moment Tucker turns to Sam and asks, "Why are you so hard on Danny about this anyway? He has ghost friends too."
"Yeah but they were friendly from the start. Desiree tried to turn you into a monster before and she made me fight with Danny just so she could keep him out of the way! How can you forget about that?" Sam states, crossing her arms while glaring at him.
"I don't think it's about that at all," Tucker says, causing Sam to lift her eyelids and brows in shock. "You just don't want him to make anymore female friends who can steal him from you."
"What? Why would I-"
"Oh c'mon, Sam! Everyone in school and the Ghost Zone knows you like Danny! If you want him to be with you just tell him and quit beating around the bush!" Tucker blurts, interrupting Sam.
"Well, that's... I don't..." Sam finally sighs and gives up. "Fine. I guess we can consider it. But if I find her in anyway trying to use Danny I'll take up his mom's opinion to rip things apart molecule by molecule!"
Desiree frowns at Sam and flies away. So his friends are still unease about me. I'll just give them a reason to like me, then I can be with Danny. As she says that last part in her mind, the image of them kissing replays in her head. She shakes her head and continues flying, saying, "What's am I thinking? He's just a child!"
In The Ghost Zone...
"Curse that ghost brat! Everytime I face him my plans are always ruined!" Technus shouts, flying towards his home.
"I despise that ghost child myself!" Skulker's voice states. Technus looks to his left to see Skulker flying towards him. "He froze my battlesuit and got everything wet! I had to spend the last few hours replacing valuable parts!"
"He's constantly sucking me inside those stupid thermos'!" - Technus
"He makes those annoying jokes that he thinks are funny!" - Skulker
"And the worse part is I can't do anything to stop him!" They shout simultaneously. Taking a moment to look at one another, Technus and Skulker smile when they realize something.
"Hey, how would you like to partner up and take out that ghost child? It'll be a much more thrilling hunt with a partner!" Skulker says as he clenches his right fist.
"Yeah! I would love the idea of double-teaming you know who!" Technus adds while smiling.
"Double-teaming?" A towering, dominate voice bellows from behind. Technus and Skulker turn around to see who it is. "Oh really, gentleman, I'm sure we can all do better than that!"
"Ah! It's you! What happened to your appearance?" Technus asks in shock at what he's seeing.
"Oh don't worry a little costume change. I'm going to a fancy party tomorrow; and dear young Daniel is the Guest of Honor!" Skulker looks closer at the being, and gasps when he realizes something.
"Plasmius?"
Kenshin: *reads script* Why do I have to do this stupid-In the next chapter, Vlad reveals what he has been up to and more trouble for Danny appears.