I do not own Danny Phantom.
Compatible Donor
Tucker and Sam sat crossed-legged in the damp grass of Central Amity Park. It was empty thanks to the school day, and the duo was concealed by the cluster of rotting wooden picnic tables. Sam stared at the piece of paper in front of them, a list of every ghost they've ever encountered. Many were already scratched off, and the list of possible donors was slowly dwindling.
"Frostbite?" Tucker asked. "They both have ice powers, and he is the one taking care of Danny right now."
Sam thought it over. "Nah. I don't think Danny will appreciate having yeti blood in him."
"One, Frostbite isn't a yeti. He resembles a yeti. Second, he doesn't have blood. The whole point of this is to collect ectoplasm."
Sam bit her tongue, holding back a retort against Tucker's technicalities. "Alright, whatever. How about Ember?"
"That'd just be awkward."
Sam sighed and put a line through Ember's name. "Um...Youngblood?"
"Seriously? I don't think so."
Sam paused when she read the next name and arched an eyebrow at Tucker. "Why, pray tell, did you put Vlad's name on this list?"
"Well...Vlad is another halfa. The ectoplasm would be compatible." Tucker scratched the back of his neck nervously, a habit he seemed to be picking up from Danny.
"Danny will absolutely kill us if we give him Vlad's ectoplasm. The man is already obsessed with making Danny his son. I don't think this will help matters. And besides, don't you remember that Vlad's ghost half mixed with Danny's ghost half to form Dark Dan? What if this creates the same result?"
Tucker considered the possible outcome of Vlad's ectoplasm overtaking Danny's and creating Dark Dan. It was a risk he was not willing to take. "That's basically everyone off of our list."
Sam sighed and propped her chin in her hands, brow furrowed in thought. Her violet eyes lit up excitedly a moment later and Tucker could not help but feel a bit wary. "Who'd you think of?"
"What about Dani? Dani-with-an-I?"
It was so obvious. Tucker wondered why they didn't think of this before. Dani was Danny's clone, a practical twin despite the two-year age difference. It would be a perfect match!
His hopeful bubble soon deflated, and he sighed. "We don't even know where she is."
Sam scowled and ripped the paper up into tiny shreds. She tossed them in the air and watched them float in the breeze. "So we're back to square one. We need a donor, and we have no idea who to pick."
Before Tucker could agree, there was a monstrous roar that caused Tucker to jump a mile into the air and scream in surprise. Sam peered over the picnic tables with wide eyes and stared at the large, green-glowing snake that was slithering its way down the streets, leaving behind a trail of slime.
"Stay low and be quiet!" she hissed and pressed against the table, slowing her breathing and keeping as still as possible. Tucker whimpered softly and only stopped when Sam gave him a firm kick in the ribs.
After a moment of silence did Tucker dare to speak. "Is it gone?"
Sam slowly peered over the picnic table and went white as she stared into large, menacing red eyes of the ghost snake. It rose up and shrieked loudly, its tail coming down towards them. "No, it's still here."
Tucker went for his backpack and cursed when the tail wrapped around his waist and lifted him up, swinging him around wildly. The techgeek kept a firm hold on his glasses and moaned, "Why does this always happen to me?"
Sam tried going for his backpack next put was pushed back as the snake came closer. Soon she was pressed against the plastic red slide of the playground, the fangs glistening in the afternoon light and poised to strike. "Nice snake...down boy."
The snake launched for Sam, fangs ready. Sam squeezed her eyes shut and shrunk back, and when the blow did not come she hesitantly opened her eyes. "Well. Talk about a coincidence."
Dani Phantom, Danny's cousin, had the snake in a headlock and was thoroughly pounding the living daylights out of it. The snake squealed in protest, its tail flailing. The snake lost the grip on Tucker and the techgeek fell towards the ground. Dani punched the snake hard in the nose and hurried to catch Tucker.
"Thanks Dani. Your timing is amazing," Tucker breathed with relief as he was set on the ground beside Sam.
Dani grinned. "No problem. I thought I'd come back for a visit." The snake roared in rage and started for them again. "Hold on a sec."
Sam watched as Dani bombarded the snake with ecto-blasts. Tucker ran and retrieved his backpack. He pulled out the spare thermos. When the snake collapsed to the ground in exhaustion Tucker sucked him in.
Dani landed on the ground and transformed. The blue rings surrounded her until she was in her blue hoodie, red shorts and sneakers. She adjusted the red beanie on her head and jogged up to the duo with a laid-back grin. "So where's Danny?"
"We are so glad to see you!" Sam exclaimed and hurriedly ran through the events that happened the past few days. Dani's blue eyes grew wide and she shouted, "Then what are we standing around here for? We gotta get to Danny before it's too late!"
"I'm afraid you'll never make it to Daniel. You'll be much too busy assisting me in my research."
Sam and Tucker scowled as Vlad Plasmius hovered above them, his usual smirk resting on his face. "This is getting to be annoying," Sam muttered. "How stalker-y can you get?"
Vlad did not hear Sam, or perhaps he chose to ignore her. Dani glowered at her creator and transformed back into Dani Phantom. "I don't have the time, Fruitloop!"
"Don't call me that!" he hissed. His hands glowed with pink ecto-energy and he fired. Dani threw up a shield but the energy crashed right through, shocking the twelve-year-old and causing her to fall to the ground unconscious. Vlad swooped in and lifted her up and threw her over his shoulder. He faced the two teens with a bored expression. "I'm not going to bother with you two. After all, what could you possibly do without Daniel?"
Sam and Tucker narrowed their eyes as a laughing Vlad zoomed back into the sky and flew farther away. "We can do plenty without Danny, Masters."
Soon they were back in the Fenton lab, having snuck through the same window they escaped from. Tucker put some more Fenton Thermoses in his bag along with a Spectre Deflector, the Fenton Fisher and the Fenton Lipstick. Sam had fastened the wrist ray to her wrist and both teens were sporting a Spectre Deflector and Fenton Phones.
Sam took the Fenton Peeler and relayed her plan to Tucker. "I'll be the distraction. You disarm the security systems and whatever else the Fruitloop has. Grab Dani and we'll get the heck out of there."
Tucker nodded and the duo filed back into the Spectre Speeder. "For Danny and Dani."
"For Danny and Dani," Sam agreed and they set off.
...
The Spectre Speeder hovered in front of Vlad's swirling pink ghost portal. Tucker tapped a few buttons on his P.D.A and nodded swiftly to Sam. "His security system is down. Get his attention and I'll get Dani."
Sam jumped through the portal and landed on Vlad's marble floors. Her violet eyes scanned the corridor and she seemed to be alone. "Here we go!"
She powered up the Fenton Peeler and felt the armour encase her body. Sam spotted a random door and kicked it in. Her eyes danced with wickedness as she realized she stumbled upon Vlad's Green Bay Packer memorabilia room.
She blasted everything, green rays lighting up the large room. Glass shattered every whichway and it was only a few seconds before Vlad phased through the ceiling, red eyes flashing dangerously. "You little brat!"
He lunged for her. His gloved hands wrapped around her neck but he was instantly shocked and sent hurtling to the other side of the room. Sam grinned as green electricity sparked across the older halfa's body. "Spectre Deflector. Amazing thing, isn't it?"
Vlad growled and rose up. He fired ghost ray after ghost ray, and Sam found herself dodging and retaliating. "Hurry up Tucker," she whispered. "I don't know how much longer I can keep this up."
...
Tucker sprinted into Vlad's lab and found Dani hooked up to one of his complicated machines. Multi-coloured wires were taped to her arms and legs. He went to pull one out and snapped his hand back when he got a nasty shock.
"Tucker," Dani moaned, her tired eyes meeting his concerned blue-green ones.
"Hang in there Dani." Tucker hooked his P.D.A up to the machine and hacked his way through it, finally forcing the shutdown. There was a loud hum before the whirring of the machine stopped. Tucker plucked the wires gently from her skin and Dani slumped over his shoulder, transforming into Dani Fenton unwillingly.
Tucker adjusted Dani so she was more comfortable on his shoulder and so he could carry her more easily. He took a quick look at the blueprints of the machine and scowled. It seemed like Vlad was going to do an internal scan of Dani to see why she lasted longer than his other clones. And by internal scan, he was slowly going to dissect her.
The jerk.
Tucker hurried out of the lab and ran as best he could down the hall. He found the large painting of Vlad and hastily pressed the button concealed under a bust of his head. The painting slid open and Tucker climbed into the swirling pink vortex. He laid Dani gently in the back of the Speeder and contacted Sam. "I got her!"
...
"I got her!" Tucker's voice filled Sam's ears and the Goth sighed with relief. Vlad was bearing down on her and the girl didn't know if she would last much longer. Her suit was dented and sparking in some places.
Sam kicked Vlad in the chest and sent him backwards. She tackled him to the ground and yanked off her Spectre Deflector and wrapped it around Vlad's waist. The older halfa screamed in pain before he was forced to transform.
The strain was too much for the battle suit. It retracted back into the Fenton Peeler and Sam panted with exhaustion. Vlad got shakily to his feet and was striding towards her, eyes glinting angrily. "Well...I got to go! See you later Fruitloop!"
Sam booked it across the hall will Vlad hot on her heels. She launched herself through the portal was halfway through the open door to the Speeder when Vlad latched onto her ankles. "Agh!"
Tucker grabbed Sam's wrists and pulled with all his might, feet bracing against the edge of the passenger seat. "Kick him! Kick him in the face!"
Sam obeyed and Vlad's cursing yell could be heard halfway across the Zone. Sam hastily climbed in the Speeder and slammed the door shut. "Go! Go!"
Tucker floored it and they tore out of there. Sam leaned over the passenger seat to check on Dani. She seemed to be fine, just a little exhausted. Sam sighed with relief and collapsed into her plush seat and wiped the sweat off of her brow. "That was a close one!"
"No kidding," Tucker agreed. "Now that we have Dani, we can go back to the Far Frozen."
Sam checked the watch on her wrist. "Huh. It's one-thirty. Not bad."
"I told you we'd be back by three." Tucker grinned and the Speeder cruised through the Zone.
"I just hope Danny is still alright," Sam muttered worriedly. "Hang in there, Danny. We're on our way."
