RegiGod: Well all these reviews have made me so happy! Here comes chapter five!
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or its characters. That privilege does not belong to me, sadly enough.
Warning: This story contains slash which is boy x boy so if you don't like it I suggest you leave. And never come back here again!
Coupling: Danny x Phantom or in other words DF x DP.
Beta Reader: I don't have one and never will for any of my fics. I type and check it all by myself.
Note: Well I'm sure all of you readers out there have been waiting eagerly for this chapter to come out. Here it is! Also, I may need more time than usually to write up my chapters thanks to school and activities so, here's a question. Would you like me to keep my regular schedule but have the chapter shorter or would you want my to extend my time and have the chapter to its usually extent?
Love: Difficult to Perceive
Chapter 6 – The Colonel Defeated?
Danny's POV
I paced back and forth trying to find out what to do right now. Both Skulker and Clockwork were laying unconscious right next to me, thanks to the Watchers who brought them back. But Phantom was missing… where was he? The last thing I could remember before I blacked out was that the Colonel was about to attack us and that's it. Everything after that up till now is just a blank. As I took in my surroundings a bit more, I could tell that this was Clockwork's base so that means I was brought here. The Watchers came out of another room and began to work on the injuries of the ghosts besides me. They must have been in a tough battle… I was worried about Phantom and I didn't know where in the world he could be right now.
"Ugh, where am I?" I looked at the sudden voice that belonged to Skulker as he tried to sit up straight. The Watchers pushed him back down slowly for some rest before Skulker pushed them away saying, "Touch me again and I'll turn you eyeballs into eyeball soup." They backed away slowly and worked on Clockwork instead of him. I walked over to Skulker to try and get some information on what happened. "Ah ghost child. You must have escaped from the Colonel since you're here right now. You're really cunning if you managed to do that."
"I'm not the ghost child. I'm Danny, the full human side. And did the Colonel capture Phantom or something?" I became a bit more worried than I was a few second ago… but that would explain why he wasn't here right now…
"Did you really have to split yourselves up? I really don't see the point of doing that but I know I'll have twice as much fun when I come back to hunt the both of you." As I examined him more closely, most of his battle armor was gone and I don't think he had any of his weapons with him.
"Can you please just tell me where Phantom is?" I really had no time to listen to his jibber jabber right now. I just wanted to know where Phantom was right now.
"I don't know where he is but he did get captured by the Colonel." He got… captured? But how? "Before I went out cold, the Colonel summoned this huge fire dragon and attacked your alter ego. It exploded and before he could have hit the ground, the Colonel caught him and did the same attack to Clockwork and I. If only I had more ammo for that weapon Clockwork gave me…" Why would the Colonel capture Phantom? Even though I had all these questions that couldn't be answered, I knew one thing. We have to rescue Phantom, no matter what it takes.
"We have to go and rescue Phantom."
"Are you crazy human child? The Colonel took him! Now if I had better weapons, I would love to go with you but until then, I'm not going anywhere until I fix up my gear." I know one way to convince this guy…
"If I give you better weapons to fight the Colonel, would you come with me then?" He stared at me with uncertainty for a few seconds before answering.
"Well, halfas usually do have good weapons lying around… like that Vlad guy I met before. Fine, I'll go with you but we have no idea where he is unless of course you do."
"No, but I'm sure we could find something around this place that will help us." Skulker jumped off the bed and began to look around as I did the same. I found some interesting things but I had no idea how to use them so I didn't bother to touch them. Although I did find this screen that was showing this huge blue castle. I continued to stare at the screen as it began showing random images of what I presumed as the inside of the castle. The next image showed the Colonel and someone else talking to each other… and that someone else had no body…
"Did you find anything human child?" Before the next image could come up, one of the Watchers went up to the screen and turned it off.
"Hey! I was watching that!" Why did that guy turn it off? The next image could have been important!
"I told him to turn it off…" Sounds like Clockwork is awake now… I turned to face him as I began to dispute.
"What for? I bet the next image would have shown me where Phantom was!" I felt myself getting mad for some reason.
"Actually it wouldn't. The next image was something else that doesn't involve you." My growing anger was soon cooled off slowly. I sighed hoping that the next image would have showed Phantom but it wouldn't and didn't according to what Clockwork just said. "I know you care about him and I know you want to find out where he is. But you'll have to be patient and not be rash." Why does he always have to be right?
"But how are we supposed to find him?" I kept staring at him as he walked across the room while Skulker walked towards me.
"It'll be easy for me to find him. Now you two stay here while I'll go find out where he is." He disappeared into his portal leaving the both of us alone with his Watchers who didn't even get a chance to fix up neither Clockwork nor Skulker.
"How long do you think till he gets back?" I looked up at Skulker to see he was busy checking his gear.
"I don't know. But I do know I have to get rid of my old gear and get some new ones." He began throwing off stuff that were either broken or burnt to crisp behind him. I walked around the small room, waiting for Clockwork's return. The Watchers were just watching Skulker and me as we continued to do what we were doing. Thoughts about what happened to Phantom ran through my mind… could he be hurt? Or could he be dead? No, I know he wouldn't be dead… I just know it…
Flashback
"I'm going down to help him. Is that okay?" I didn't know whether to let him go or not… he is going against the second strongest ghost in all of ghost zone. But it is kind of hard for me to believe that Colonel is actually a ghost… especially after what he's done for me. Another reason is that my ghost sense didn't go off when I was around him… "Don't worry, I'll be all right." He placed a hand on my shoulder as if to give me reassurance. I didn't know why but I had the strangest feeling that something would go wrong…
"Maybe I should also help…" Maybe if I helped, this feeling that I have right now will disappear. As I looked at Phantom's face, I can tell that he's uncertain. But I didn't want him to fight alone. "Hey, if you're going to fight, I might as well too. Going ghost!" I looked down in shock that nothing had happened. "How come I didn't transform? I was able to this morning…" I don't get it. Is there something wrong with my ability now?
"It's okay love. We'll be okay even without you." He gave me a small kiss on the cheek that surprised me before he left me here in the classroom.
End Flashback
Maybe if I had been able to go ghost, then maybe Phantom would still be here with me. Instead, he's been captured and the worst part of it is that he's been captured by one of the strongest ghosts in the ghost zone. Even though I said I was going to go rescue him, how was I going to help if I couldn't go ghost?
"You look like you're in deep thought human child." I gazed at Skulker as he was sitting down on the floor with almost no machinery left on him.
"Call me Danny if you don't mind. Being called a human child is… weird." I continued walking around the room, not even noticing that I stopped when I began thinking about Phantom.
"You didn't seem to mind when I called you a ghost child. Is there a difference?"
"Yes, there's a huge difference. Being called a human child sounds spiteful and weird than being called a ghost child." Skulker raised his eyebrow at me as I passed by him.
"I… don't get it." I didn't bother to try to explain to him on what I just said. I was just too worried for Phantom… I glanced at the place where Clockwork took off and wondered when he would come back. He's taking way too long… he said that it would be easy for him to find out where Phantom was. All of a sudden, I heard an explosion come from behind me. As I turned around, Skulker jumped to my side as I tried to figure out what just happened. The smoke slowly cleared revealing a ton of short guys who looked like they had a bed sheet over them with holes cut out so they can see.
"We are The Crystal King's army. We are here to capture all ghosts and put them into prison." You have got to be kidding me… did they know we were here? Skulker began to laugh so hard that he was having a hard time breathing. I really had no idea what was so funny in a situation like this.
"You're kidding me right? How can you guys be The Crystal King's army? You look so weak! I bet I can knock one of you down by just blowing on you!" He continued to laugh while I backed up just a few steps. One of them head butted Skulker right in the stomach, which made him fly back and hit the wall behind us.
"You dare insult The Crystal King's army? We'll have you tortured for…" The guy who was speaking had his mouth covered by the Colonel who appeared right in front of them.
"Now, now. There's no need to have violence in here, especially when we're going against ghosts who can't even fight." Skulker groaned from the pain he received from one of the ghost-looking guys. I ran over to him to try and help him up, as he was able to stand up on his own two feet quicker than I thought he would. Can anything else get worse right now?
Colonel's POV (Time for a look inside his head…..)
"Sir, should we attack?"
"Like I said before, violence is not needed this time." I stared in anticipation as Daniel and the weak hunter began to whisper silently. "Yoo-hoo! I think it's very rude of you to whisper while other people are waiting." The hunter took Daniel and began to fly away, trying to escape my grasp.
"Should we give chase?"
"Of course we should. Just follow me and remember not to capture any ghost until I say so." I flew after them in hope that maybe I would have some fun out of this chase. They went through a door quicker than I expected so I decided to pick up the pace. As we went through the door, we came upon a room that looked similar to a kitchen.
"Hello darlings. Would you like to have some pie?" I observed this ghost closely… it was a woman who seemed like she worked in a cafeteria in the human world.
"No thanks but did you see a human boy and a hunting ghost come by here?"
"Then suffer my wrath!" She instantly made all the meat start attacking us while I was becoming a bit annoyed at this defiance.
"Um… should we capture her now?" A piece of meat launched itself into my face as I began to glare at the soldier in front of me.
"Yes you fool!" Two soldiers began to apprehend the ghost, trying to restrain her from attacking me any further. I looked around the room, searching for where they went. Maybe I should just use my senses to find out where Daniel is hiding. I did put some of my essence into him so I know where he could be but it can only last so long…
"Would you two like some ice cream?" Both the soldiers nodded agreeing. "Too bad! Ghosts who try to capture the cook don't deserve any ice cream!" Everything within the kitchen started to throw itself at us as I became more annoyed. I snapped my fingers at the ghost who immediately became engulfed by fire. She slowly fell unconscious out of the pain she felt by my flames, as well as everything that else that tried to attack us.
"You two! Take her to the jail when she goes out." said the second in command. Now where were they…? "Sir! We found them! They just entered another door!" So it seems… I took off as fast as I could and entered that same door. When I entered, another ghost who was surrounded by boxes greeted me.
"I am the box ghost! Master of all things square! You will be crushed by the overwhelming power of my boxes!" You have got to be kidding me… what could a ghost with boxes do to me? "Now you will face the wrath of…" He looked over to a box next to him and began to read it. "…Jack Fenton's Ghost Hunting Knives!" The box ghost's hands glowed a bright green as a box opened itself to me, shooting out the knives at me. 'This will be easy…' I managed to catch all eight of the knives between my fingers and prepared myself to throw it back.
"Large amount of ectoplasmic energy, detected." What the… these knives can talk? "Activating defense." Unexpectedly, the knives that I held began to emit a strong amount of electricity through my body. I felt my energy being drained rapidly as I fell to my knees… 'What's going on? What's happening to me?'
"Hahahaha! Time for you to disappear!" I saw a mountain of boxes start to float above me but they didn't levitate for long when they landed on top of me. It didn't hurt me at all, just annoyed me. The only thing that was hurting me right now were these knives…
"You will pay for harming our King's brother!" I could hear a struggle going on, as I got weaker by the second. What were these knives anyway? They seemed a lot similar to the weapon Skulker used to defeat my Infernals…
"You can not detain me! For I am the box ghost! The ruler of all things…"
"Will you shut up already? You four! Get the boxes off the Colonel! And you two, restrain the ghost!" I heard boxes being picked up, as the weight on me got lighter. When all the boxes were finally moved, I could see that my brother's army had captured the ghost. "Are you all right sir?"
"Does it look like I'm all right? Take off the knives that I'm holding without touching them yourself." One of them held up a box and swung it into my hands, knocking away the knives. I could feel my strength slowly returning to me as I stood up on my feet.
"Are you okay sir? You look kind of pale…"
"Doesn't he always look kind of pale?"
"Not this much."
"Is there a difference? And how can you tell anyway?"
"Well I can…" Sometimes, my brother's army can get into conversations quicker than anyone else could. I focused on where Daniel could be hiding and I picked up his trace quickly. 'Hmm, still in the room huh?'
"Sir! There they are!" A soldier pointed up to the ceiling as I followed the direction where his finger was pointing. The feeble hunter pulled Daniel through the door in the ceiling… 'Wait, why is there a door in the ceiling? Eh, never mind that.' I jumped from the ground and entered the room where Daniel and the ghost hunter are. But instead of seeing them, I saw yet another ghost.
"I am Technus! Ghost Master of science and electrical technology!" 'What world am I in? Is everyone some kind of idiot here? This guy even talks weird too, just like that box ghost.'
"I don't want to waste my time battling you so just tell me where the human boy and the ghost hunter went. And how can you be master of electrical technology? I can hardly see anything electrical in here…" There was absolutely nothing in the room. The essence that I had put into Daniel is fading away… I can now only tell if I'm in the same room as he is.
"You will bow down before my awesome power of this!" The ghost took out something from the inside of his lab coat that looked similar to… a straw? And is everyone here ignoring what I'm saying or something?
"A straw? Let me tell you a thing or two. A straw is not electrical nor some type of technology and…" The straw abruptly shot out this huge green plasma blast at my chest that felt like a sting. I fell backwards a bit and landed on the wall behind me. 'Wait, that's no ordinary straw… That straw looks like the same type of coloration and design as the knives and the weapon that the puny ghost hunter used… does this mean something?'
"You cannot defeat me! For I am Technus! Manipulator of machines, lord of all gadgetry, wizard of integrated circuitry!" I think this guy had a bigger ego than the box ghost… and right now, he's starting to piss me off!
"Soldiers! Seize him for attacking the king's brother!" Multiple soldiers charged right at him but they were swatted away like flies by the straw he was holding. 'What is this weapon? It must very strong to be able to do that…' Technus began to laugh like the ignoramus that he is. One of the soldiers was near me so I decided to give him an order.
"You!" The soldier turned to face me and gave a salute.
"Yes, sir?"
"Use your powers to defeat him."
"But sir, the King has directly ordered us not to use our powers against the ghosts in our raid!"
"That's an order soldier!" He seemed very disgruntled that he was being forced to this but he had to. It was his job as a soldier after all. I didn't even know why my brother didn't even want his army to use their powers in the first place. The soldier faced Technus and raised his hand up in the air.
"Let the might of The Crystal King fall upon the ghost who dared to resist our fury." A huge block of ice appeared above Technus and landed right on him causing him to become comatose.
"What are you doing soldier? Don't you remember our orders?" The second in command was very displeased at the fact the soldier used his powers.
"I wouldn't have but the Colonel ordered me to!" His anger immediately fell as I tried to sense where Daniel could be. 'Where are you human boy?'
"There they are sir!" He pointed to the right side of the room and indeed, they were there going through another door. It's weird though… by the amount of time I was slowed down, we shouldn't even know where they are… unless… "Sir! We must give chase before we lose them!" I flew as fast as I could through the door and came across another ghost… yet again. But it wasn't an ordinary ghost this time. It was a dragon ghost; the dragon began to throw out flames from its mouth at the soldiers behind me.
"Ahhhhh!" They began to run around in circles screaming for help.
"What are you buffoons doing? Capture the dragon!" I screamed at the army that belonged to my brother. They looked very pathetic with the way they were running around and screaming.
"Don't you remember our weakness sir? We're weak against flames here in the ghost zone!" 'Do I always have to do the work of this army?' I snapped my fingers at the dragon that got encased rapidly by my own flames. The dragons then spitted out its flames again right at me but I was resistant to any flame so it wouldn't hurt me at all.
"Sir! It doesn't seem that your flames are working against the dragon!" I stared at the dragon for a while and noticed that he was right… my power isn't working against this ghost. Only one way to defeat this ghost… I made a fire whip appear from within my hand and stretched it out a bit. 'Time for you to leave.' I raised my whip and slammed it against the dragon that flew away into another door. "There go the ones we're chasing sir!" Daniel and his friend went through another door again… so my suspicions are confirmed. They were observing our battles with the ghosts we're encountering… I wonder why…
"You soldiers continue on with the raid. I will chase after these two myself." I went through the door that was standing on a rock and found myself in… something that looked like a lab.
"Alert! Ghost detected! Activating defense system." A bunch of guns came out from the ceiling and it looked like they were charging up. 'Pft, what can these things do to me? Wait a second, these weapons look familiar… oh shit.' They shot green plasmas right at me and it burned like hell! I looked behind me and saw that there wasn't a door but something that looked like a portal… 'Don't think about that right now. I have to get out of here.' I felt immense pain from my back as it was being shot at endlessly…
"Looks like you're having trouble." I turned around and saw Daniel standing there with a smirk on his face. As the next round of plasma was shot at me, I avoided each of them skillfully to avoid any more pain.
"What are you doing Daniel? I'm not a ghost…" Daniel held up a remote and pushed the huge red button on it. I heard a red alarm come from behind me and saw that the portal doors had closed. 'It looks like the weapons also stopped shooting at me as well.'
"I'm not stupid, Colonel. Phantom told me all about you before you captured him."
"And you believe everything he says?"
"Of course I do. And if you're going to ask me why, it's because I love him. Now I'll give you a chance to tell me where you took him before you turn into ashes." Humph, give me a chance? Who does this human think he is? I looked around him and I didn't see the hunter anywhere…
Danny's POV
"Well? Are you going to tell me or not?" I was a bit nervous that I was talking to the second most powerful ghost like this but Clockwork told me to…
Flashback
"Now this is humorous to watch. Some random ghost fighting the Colonel is hilarious." Skulker laughed so loud that I'm surprised that the Colonel didn't even hear us.
"Will you stop laughing already? We have to find a way to get out of the ghost zone." Suddenly, a blue portal appeared besides me and out came kid Clockwork. "Where were you? Do you know that the Colonel is chasing us right now?" I was pretty upset that he didn't return to help us in my time of need.
"I know that he's chasing you right now but I had to talk to some other ghosts first before I returned."
"Well, do you know where Phantom is?" He nodded. "Then tell me!"
"Not right now. First you have to escape from the Colonel." Clockwork changed into his adult form and peered through a hole that allowed Skulker to see what was happening. "This is what I want you two to do after each battle the Colonel wins. When he's done with this, go through the door outside the kitchen window, then go through the door on the ceiling, then take the door on the right, lastly, take the door that's on top of a rock. And don't be startled by what you see in each of these doors, the ghosts in there will let you pass."
"Wait, why are we escaping like this? Can't we go through your portal?" I asked very bluntly.
"No, you can't go through my portal because these chain of events will help us in our favor. Now the last door will lead you into your lab. Turn on the defense system in your house and tell Skulker to wait for me outside the house. If things turn out right, you might be able to capture the Colonel with the Fenton Thermos. Good luck Danny."
End Flashback
"I'd rather be killed than tell you where your precious boyfriend is." I growled in anger by his response. I just hope what Clockwork said is right.
"Your choice Colonel." I pushed the button and the defense system was turned back on. The guns began shooting plasmas right at the Colonel who seemed to be dodging them easily. Well let's see how he likes maximum security… He jumped up in the air to avoid another plasma but he was struck down from the ceiling by a picture of my dad. 'Wow, maximum security is pretty good.'
"You'll pay for that Daniel!" Uh-oh… he looks like he's upset now. He stood up quickly and he raised his hand at me, which could only mean one thing. He was about to attack me! The Colonel snapped his fingers at me and I could see a bunch of flames roaring out to get me but something that looked like a satellite dish popped out from the floor. The dish reflected the attack and sent it right back at him but it did no good since he can't be hurt from fire. "I'll get you human boy! One way or another!"
"Yeah right. Why don't you make insults you can actually do?" Another gun came out from the ceiling and shot out a green net at the Colonel, forcing him to go down onto the floor. The Colonel struggled to get free but it was no use; he couldn't escape at all. 'Wow, did I actually win? And I did it without my ghost powers! Maybe my parents' stuff isn't so useless after all.'
"I demand that you release me at once!"
"And I demand that you tell me where you brought Phantom!" The Colonel began to bite on his lip making it bright red before answering.
"Fine! I brought him to my brother's castle. But you shouldn't even try to rescue him in the first place. It'll be all for naught…"
"Is that so? Well I'm still going to go, no matter what you say. Now where is your brother's castle?"
"It's located deep in the ghost zone. You're sure to get lost a million times before you can actually find it." 'What should I do now? Should I capture him in the Fenton Thermos or should I force him to help me find the castle?' "Well? Are you going to let me go or what?" I need a sign right here, right now… what should I do? A sign suddenly appeared on top of the ghost portal saying 'Capture him already!' Well that's good enough for me.
"Nah, I'd rather not let you go…"
"What?" He sounded very displeased on what I just said to him. "You can't turn back on what you said!"
"Oh I believe I can…" I walked over to one of the desks and picked up a Fenton Thermos that was ready for use. "…cause I'm just a teenager. Now I think its time for you to be put in here." I tapped on the thermos, showing the Colonel what I meant.
"You must be joking… You're going to put me into something that's at least ten times smaller than I am?" He began to laugh hysterically as I took off the lid off the thermos.
"You're going to regret laughing…" His expression turned into a serious one when I pointed the thermos right at him. I was nervous that the Fenton Thermos might not capture him like any other ghosts, but then again, this thing has never let me down before so why now? I pushed the little green button on the side and it began to do its usual job. The Colonel was being pulled nearer and nearer to the Fenton Thermos as he tried to find a way to escape again. "It's no use Colonel. You're going to pay for messing with my life!"
"Messing with your life? You humans always think like that… I don't even see why Phantom even likes you in the first place." I ignored everything that he was saying because I knew that all of it was a bunch of lies. "You want to know what he told me? He told me that he didn't even care about you and the face he puts on in front of you is a lie. He doesn't even like you!"
"Are you ever going to stop talking? And what's wrong with this thing? You should have been inside by now…" The Colonel was only halfway near the thermos and it looked like it wasn't even going to work on him. 'I have to do something…' I moved closer to him as he struggled to get free.
"Alert! Multiple ghosts detected! Engaging…" The house guns began to fire all over the place and I didn't see any other ghost in here besides the Colonel. Suddenly, I felt the Fenton Thermos knocked out of my hand just before the Colonel could have been capture successfully. I ran over to the thermos and picked it up to try capturing him one more time. I held it firmly within my hands this time but it was once again knocked out of my hand. 'What's going on here?'
"You can't capture me now that my brother's prisms are here." He began to laugh all crazy like while I was trying to figure out what in the world he was talking about. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Human eyes can't see the prisms… now that's a delight." The guns kept shooting a bombardment of plasmas at something called prism… and I can't even see them!
"What's going on down there?" Now that's not good at all. I looked up the stairs to see my parents coming down the stairs quickly.
"Um nothing! Nothing's… going on down here." I looked at my parents while trying to keep my other eye on the Colonel, making sure he doesn't escape. Although doing that was kind of hard to do…
"Mr. Fenton! Help! Your son is attacking me!" Both my parents shoved me out of the way but not too hard, as I know they wouldn't want to hurt their own son.
"Danny… what are you doing to the Colonel?" I already had a very excuse made up for this one.
"Well you see mom, that guy over there." I pointed directly at the Colonel before continuing. "He's a ghost. And I tried to capture him but…" My mom hastily interrupted me.
"Now Danny, ghost hunting is a serious job and I wouldn't want you to get hurt in anyway. You should leave this to the professionals."
"Like us!' added my dad. "I always knew you wanted to be a ghost hunter, just like your father."
"Actually dad, I still want to be an astronaut."
"Darn those space traveling people! Who do they think they are? Taking my son away from the one possible career he can possibly exceed in…" Mom decided to interrupt my dad this time… well, at least it's consistent.
"Jack, I think we should get rid of those blue, ice crystals before we capture the Colonel with the Fenton Thermos." I saw the Colonel begin to grumble about how humans are so stupid.
"What blue, ice crystals? I only see the Colonel trapped in that net." Replied my dad as he looked all around the room. I looked in the same direction that my mom was looking at but I didn't see anything but the plasmas that were being shot out by the guns.
"Don't you see them hon? That's what the guns are shooting at. I can see two of them moving rather quickly…" 'How does my mom see them? The Colonel said that human eyes weren't able to see those so called prisms.'
"How are you able to see them human?" He said that last word so bitterly. "Human eyes don't have the ability to see them but you can… wait a minute. It's those goggles you're wearing with that jumpsuit of yours that's allowing you to see them…" 'So that's why she can see them…' An interesting idea unexpectedly popped into my head that just might help me in capturing the Colonel.
"Hey mom. Why don't you get rid of those ice thingies with your weapons while dad and I put the Colonel in the Fenton Thermos?"
"Before you do that, I want you to make sure that the Colonel really is a ghost with the Fenton Finder and the Ghost Gabber, okay?" We both nodded as my mom began to make quick work of the prisms while we went over to the Colonel. The Colonel had his eyes wide open as he stared at my mom who I think was defeating those prisms pretty easily.
"I'm telling you, I'm not a ghost! Now let me out of here!" My dad took out the ghost gabber from his back pocket and held it in front of the Colonel. 'Does he keep spares in there?' The ghost gabber translated his sentence just like I expected.
"I'm telling you, I'm a ghost! Fear me. Now let me out of here! Fear me." The Colonel growled in annoyance by the infernal contraption. My dad seemed like he believed that the Colonel really is a ghost.
"Hah! So you are ghost! That must mean that ghosts must have taken over the army…" He began to do his victory dance that was really… embarrassing.
"Get that thing away from me!" The ghost gabber translated his statement once again.
"Get that thing away from me! Fear me." By this time, the Colonel was really pissed off by the machine my mom invented.
"See Maddie? He really is a ghost. Just like my son said he is! Now let's put him in the newly invented Fenton Container!" Before he could have ran off, my mom immediately stopped him.
"Honey, use the Fenton Finder first before getting the Fenton Container. Okay?" She gave a quick smile before fighting off the invisible prisms again. My dad placed the ghost gabber back in his pocket and took out the Fenton Finder.
"How do you know that thing even works? There might be a loose wire in there or something…" The Colonel began making excuses to hide up that he really is a ghost. 'Yep, making my dad convinced that the Colonel is a ghost will be easy…' My dad flipped the switch, making the Fenton Finder turn on.
"I don't think any of my inventions will have a loose wire because I'm the one who made them all!" My mom gave an 'Ahem,' which made my dad change his last statement. "I mean I don't think any of my inventions will have a loose wire because my wife is the one who made them!" My dad had a nervous smile on but it quickly disappeared when mom went back to fighting.
"Ghost 2 feet ahead. You would have to be some kind of an idiot not to see the ghost. Thanks you for using the Fenton Finder."
"You can't trust that thing! It's… it's… invalid!" My dad ignored him and ran off to fetch the Fenton Container. 'At least I think he is…'
"Looks like you're going to spend the rest of your life in the Fenton Container… whatever that is." I sat on a nearby table and watched how mom was fighting the prisms with extreme skill. She was using some kind of baton to try and slice them while the guns from the ceiling were still shooting consistently.
"Oh you think so huh? Well I have another trick up my sleeve that will…" I heard the Colonel gasp as I finally saw what the prisms looked like. My mom sliced one of them and quickly shattered it to pieces. 'So prisms look like blue, icy things that fly and have yellow eyes…' The prism that was struck down immediately melted while mom struck down another one and quickly shattered it as well. 'She's a really good ghost hunter…'
"See Danny? That's why you shouldn't do ghost hunting just yet. You might get hurt and I wouldn't want that to happen to you." I stuck out my hand and gave thumbs up.
"I hear you loud and clear mom!" I smiled when she began to walk towards me while putting the baton away in her belt. 'Now the only thing left is the Colonel…' I saw dad running back with the Fenton Thermos instead of the Fenton Container… still don't know what that is though.
"First, I'm going to capture you with this you ghost! It's called the Fenton Thermos! Marvel at it now as it will capture you into the thermos." 'Finally, the time was here. The Colonel was going to pay for whatever he did to Phantom…' Dad took off the cap and his finger was right next to button that would have the Colonel sucked in.
"Wait!" Dad had almost pushed the button that would have had him disappear forever! If only we had a second longer… "I'm going to tell you something about your son I think you should know." I felt my heart skip a beat when he said that. 'Is he… going to tell them that… I'm the ghost boy?'
"I don't think there's anything we need to hear from you ghost scum!" replied my dad as he was about to push the button one more time. 'Come on! Push the button already!' Dad was bunged when the Colonel intervallic one more time.
"Hold on! You really should listen to me! It's important! Your son has a love relationship with the ghost boy!" Right then and there, I felt like I could die right now. Both my parents gasped at what they just heard as I began to try and say it was lie.
"Don't believe him!" I jumped off the table and stood firmly next to them. "It's all lies! Why would I have some sort of a relationship with the ghost boy? Besides, I don't go that way, especially with ghosts!" I could have sworn I just heard the Colonel whisper 'That's what I wanted you to say…' All of a sudden, a blue prism made itself visible and pressed the on button on the ghost portal with its body. 'Why didn't the house know the prism was here?'
"Thank you for saying that Danny. Now Phantom will learn of what you just said and my brother will learn of my fate soon enough." He began to laugh manically when the prism took its leave into the ghost zone. 'I can't believe this is happening to me…'
"Um, what's going on? And who's Phantom? And did you have a relationship with the ghost boy in Amity Park?" I ignored all of my parents' questions as I began to walk away slowly. I faintly heard the Fenton Thermos absorb the Colonel and took a quick glance behind to see that he was no longer under the net. But I can still hear the Colonel's laughter… I walked and walked and I didn't even know where I was going right now but I found myself outside somehow.
"Don't worry Danny." A hand was placed onto my shoulder and it looked like Clockwork's hand. "Phantom won't think of what you said like that. He knows you were talking to your parents." I felt hope slowing come back into me as I looked directly at Clockwork's red eyes.
"Is… that true?" I asked full of hope that Phantom wouldn't take it like that.
"Trust me. If he loves you as much as I think he does, he won't believe the prism at all." Skulker quickly came up besides Clockwork out of the ground.
"I can't believe that you were able to capture the Colonel… and you're only human!" Clockwork took this chance to reply instead of me.
"Humans can be helpful… especially Danny and his family when we're going up against ghosts." I felt a smile slowly show on my face… 'I really hope Phantom is okay…'
The Crystal King's POV
"What is wrong with you? Why won't you fall to my power!" I screamed loudly and angrily at the ghost in the cell. This is becoming a pain and even though I love my brother, I won't continue this little thing he wants me to do if this ghost won't succumb!
"I won't fall for your dirty little tricks… I believe in Danny and he believes in me." Grr, this ghost really is a stubborn one. I heard the chamber doors open and a prism came over and levitated before me.
"What is it?" Images came into my mind quickly as I saw my brother beneath a net, about to be captured by Danny's parents. I became angry to find out that my brother was captured… and by humans as well! But then, my anger slowly vanished when I saw the next image. 'Little Danny said that, did he? This will prove useful…'
"Well Phantom. Looks like I got information from my prism here saying that Danny no longer loves you and denies the fact that you two were ever together." I waited patiently to see how he would react to that.
"What… did… I… just… say?" He panted in between words by the things I was doing to him…
"I'll show you the proof right here, right now!" I blasted all the images into his head and made him see them the way I wanted him to… 'Now, I'm sure he'll turn because of this…' I laughed loudly at the marvelous things I was able to do.
RegiGod: Yeah, I don't know if this seems rushed or a bit weird from all the other stories but I'm kind of stressed right now because I have to read a 350 pg book on Monday and write a 20 pg journal about it. How dumb is that? I hate teachers… I'm sure the next update will look a lot more like my usual handwriting…
Poll Update: Need 20 more votes from other people about the lemon scene. If you voted already, you cannot vote again… Also, read the note up top that talks about another poll. I got one vote for each and whatever goes to five first is how I'll write my fic. Thanks for reading and see you next chapter!