Chapter 10: Fighting Plasmius Part 1
It's been three week since the truce and Danny has been distancing himself from the Lyoko Warriors since then… He doesn't know why he was but he just couldn't get Vlad's words out of his mind.
"They will turn on you sure for now they're your friends but in the end they will cast you away when they get bored with you and sell you out to every Ghost Hunter there is." Vlad told Phantom walking forward, "It will happen! It is inevitable!"
Danny hated that Vlad said that about his friends… But was he right? He never even told Sam and Tucker who were his best friends since Daycare about what happened and yet here are people he met three months ago that know that he's a Ghost… They accepted Aelita but she's a computer program and she is easier to trust than a Ghost.
Yelling in frustration Danny punched the wall of the Factory leaving a dent in it. His hand was torn up and bleeding from punching the wall but he didn't feel the pain.
He just stared at his fist before he phased through the wall wondering what he was going to do… Vlad knows who he is and who his family is so he can attack them as well as the Lyoko Warriors at any given time… But why did he get the feeling that he knew Vlad from somewhere?
Sighing Danny made it to the Computer Room and typed into the Computer, "Aelita are you there?" He figured that talking to Aelita would clear some things up because she somehow knew what to say most of the time.
Aelita's face popped up, "Hello Danny is something wrong?"
"… I don't know." Danny admitted and Aelita looked confused when he continued, "There's a Ghost that knows who I really am and he knows everyone I care about… I don't know what he plans to do with this knowledge though."
"Have you told the others?" Aelita asked seeing the problems that this could cause, "They can help you."
"No, this is something that I have to do myself because if the others get involved than Vlad will use them against me." Danny rubbed his head, "It would be easy to know what exactly he wants a mugger is easier to distinguish from this."
"How?"
"A mugger just wants a wallet and that's an easy person to deal with but this guy… He is a whole new kind of criminal that I'm dealing with."
"You don't have to do everything alone Danny." Aelita reminded him, "You have friends that would gladly help you."
"… I know." Truthfully Danny was still not going to get them involved but he decided not to mention that, "Thanks for talking to me… And I'm sorry if I bothered you."
Aelita smiled, "It's no trouble Danny." With that she disappeared off the screen as Danny flew through the roof of the Factory and flew around changing in his Phantom Costume hoping that fighting some criminals will take his mind off his problems.
~With Plasmius~
Vlad Plasmius sighed as he saw the video camera of Phantom fighting criminals, "Three weeks and he's still doing the same thing… Maybe he needs a little incentive to leave."
Skulker gave him a look, "I can go and-!"
He was interrupted by Plasmius, "No thank you Skulker… This is something that I wish to do myself." Vlad smiled in anticipation of his plan.
~With Danny~
"Oh my, he's talking to us!" Odd joked when Danny sat next to the Lyoko Warriors before being smacked in the back of the head by Yumi, "OW!"
"Knock it off Odd." Yumi told him before looking at Danny in concern, "What was going on with you lately?"
"Just some issues that I had to deal with as a Ghost." Danny said with a smile, "… Sorry that I've been avoiding you guys."
"Issues?" Jeremy asked with a raised eyebrow, "Does this have something to do with the Christmas Truce?"
Danny laughed, "Yeah a ghost named Vlad Plasmius was actually the one to send Skulker and Lunch Lady to fight me… He is one crazed up fruitloop though."
Ulrich looked confused, "Why did he send them after you?"
"Don't know." Danny replied with a shrug, "But I need to watch my back… He knows my real name and about you guys."
"Oh so that's why you were avoiding us!" Odd realized, "You didn't know if this guy would try anything."
'Well that's half true.' Danny thought guiltily but he what he said was, "That's exactly right."
"Does he know about Lyoko?" Jeremy asked in concern and he had a good reason.
"I don't know." Danny admitted with a sigh, "But he didn't mention it or Aelita so I think we're in the clear for now but we'll have to watch our step from now on."
The others agreed before Danny tensed up. He felt like his Ghost Sense should be going off but he opened his mouth to see no blue mist.
"… Curious." He muttered getting the others attention.
"Uh what's curious?" Odd asked as he stuffed food in his mouth.
"I don't know but I have a feeling that Vlad is here somewhere." Danny looked around before he saw Jim smile at him with red eyes.
'… Wait… Red eyes?'
"… And he possessed Jim." Danny muttered and the others looked over to see Jim approaching them, "What do you want Vlad?"
"Friendly aren't you boy?" Vlad's voice came out of Jim's body, "Is there something wrong with a Ghost wanting to talk to another?"
"It is when you sent two other Ghosts to try to kill me again." Danny retorted.
"Why are you after Danny?" Ulrich asked with narrowed eyes.
Vlad gave the Lyoko Gang a look before he gave a small chuckle, "You children are so amusing." Everyone glared at the ghost inside of Jim for that comment.
"What do you mean by that?" Odd asked putting his food down.
"Four children making friends with a Ghost?" Vlad chuckled quietly so no one would hear them, "That will never work out but enough on that issue I want to see firsthand how powerful Daniel is."
"You mean you want to fight him?" Yumi asked, "What would you gain by fighting him?"
"Many things child." Vlad said cryptically, "But be warned Daniel don't expect to win."
"So says the man who sends others to do his dirty work!" Danny taunted, "What's wrong? Not Ghost enough to do something yourself? I'm pretty sure that they help you go to the Bathroom as well!"
Vlad narrowed his eyes and snarled, "I do that because I can Daniel! In this world there are those with power and those too weak to pursue it! I can crush you with a single flick of a finger and yet you interest me as a ghost with potential!"
Danny raised an eyebrow, "Thanks but I don't swing that way!"
Odd and Ulrich erupted in laughter while Jeremy and Yumi gave Danny a glance hoping that he knew what he was doing.
"One hour above the Academy and if you don't show then I will reveal you for what you are to the whole world!" With that Vlad left Jim's body invisible and Jim's eyes turned back to normal.
"Huh? What am I doing here?" Jim muttered in confusion.
"You were making sure that we were doing our studies." Yumi lied efficiently and the rest of the Gang was impressed that she had a good lie ready for Jim there.
Jim still looked uncertain but he bought it and left, "What are you going to do?" Jeremy asked worried about what was happening.
"If I don't meet him then my secret will be blown so my hands are tied…" Then Danny smirked, "Plus I would love to wipe that smirk off his smurf face."
"… Smurf face?" Ulrich asked in confusion.
"He looks like a blue Vampire so I'm calling him a Smurf!" Danny explained with a smirk.
"That would explain why his name was Vlad." Everyone but Yumi looked at Jeremy in confusion, "What? Dracula's real name was Vlad the Impaler… Am I the only one who pay's attention in History Class?"
He was justly ignored by the others at that point as Danny looked forward to when he would beat the crap out of Plasmius.
When the bell rang Danny sighed and left to face his long hated enemy… Math Class.
'Oh joy.'
With a sigh Danny waited as the time passed by knowing that in a few moments he would be facing a Ghost that knows everything about him and he would be lying if he said that he wasn't nervous but he saw Odd look at him.
Odd just smiled and mouthed. 'Kick his butt!'
With a smile Danny waited until the bell rang and he ran out before the others could say anything and after changing into his costume he flew to the sky to see Vlad Plasmius waiting for him with his arms crossed and he was smirking.
"So you did show up." Vlad taunted, "You are just like your oafish father."
Phantom didn't say anything because he knew that Vlad was trying to goad him into attacking relentlessly so he prepared an ecto blast before he saw a News Chopper flying in, "Big coincidence on the News Chopper." Phantom glared at Vlad knowing what was going on.
Vlad smirked, "This fight will be a public display Phantom to show who will win!"
~In Kadic Academy~
The Lyoko Warriors were surprised to see Vlad and Phantom on Live TV as just about every TV in the school came on alongside a face of a green ghost with a white mullet, "DON'T BOTHER TURNING THE TELEVISION OFF FOR I TECHNUS THE MASTER OF ALL ELECTRONICS WILL KEEP THEM ON!"
"Come on Danny." Ulrich muttered as he saw the two about to face off.
"You can do this Casper!" Odd put in.
"We believe in you!" Yumi said.
Jeremy kept his eyes on the screen, "This is a fight that you can't lose." He muttered.
~In Lyoko~
Aelita hacked into the government satellite on Lyoko to watch the fight after Jeremy told her about it and she saw that they were about to begin, "Good luck Danny!"
~With Phantom~
Wasting no time Phantom shot his ecto blasts but Vlad just threw up a small shield around his hand blocking each shot with a fake yawn, "Is that all you have?" Vlad asked in a bored tone.
"Never underestimate your enemies!" Phantom told him flying forward to punch him since Jeremy added some metal on his gloves so that his punches would hurt like hell but Vlad just flew to the side bringing his arm up and clotheslining Phantom so he flew uncontrollably into a building breaking through a window.
"So you say my boy." Vlad just floated slowly mocking Phantom as he stood up, "You know maybe I was wrong about you having potential I mean only ecto blasts?"
"What are you talking about?" Phantom asked in anger.
"Can you do this?" To Phantom's shock Vlad split himself into four duplicates.
"N-No, how did you-?" Vlad cut off Phantom's question.
"With years of practice my boy which you have no time for." With that he blasted Phantom with pink ecto energy and even though Phantom would like to make fun of the color it stung like hell when it hit but four times at once was like the Ghost Portal all over again.
Vlad kept the assault up until Phantom hit the ground with his goggles cracked and his Hazmat Suit torn a bit but he stood up even through his legs were feeling weak, "Is that all you have you fruitloop?" Phantom asked as the duplicates disappeared.
Now Vlad looked livid, "I'M NOT A FRUITLOOP!" He dove right at Phantom as he wrapped ecto energy around his fist and threw it forward but as it connected Vlad disappeared which made Phantom's eyes widened behind his mask.
"A duplicate? Then where's-?" Phantom was cut off by a punch to the face fully breaking the lenses on his goggles.
"Right behind you." He kept punching Phantom again and again until he was on the ground blood dripping out of his goggles, "You are weak Phantom."
Phantom glared at Vlad pushing himself up but he was kicked in the gut and knocked back a few feet where he rolled on the ground in pain, "You're the one who's weak." Phantom muttered in pain as the News Chopper came in recording every minute.
~Inside Kadic~
Everyone was shocked at the display of how powerful Vlad was but the Lyoko Warriors were extremely worried at how badly this was going for Danny.
"We have to do something!" Ulrich whispered.
"But what can we do?" Odd asked in a panic.
"I don't know, but we can't do nothing!" Ulrich answered in anger, "Danny's our friend and he needs help!"
"We would have to sneak out of the school and with Jim here that would be impossible." Yumi looked to see that both Jim and Delmas were keeping an eye on everyone that was in the room, "It's a wonder that they didn't notice Danny missing during all of this.
"We still have to try." Jeremy decided as he stood up, "If it was one of us in trouble then Danny wouldn't rest until we were safe so we're doing the same for him!"
Before they could make a plan to sneak out Vlad Plasmius spoke up again.
"You know what makes you weak?" Vlad asked kicking Phantom again, "Your emotions! You still believe that you belong in this world but look at it this way! Ghosts are hated! Do you think that if you try to deny what you are that people will accept you? No they'll hate and hunt you for the rest of your afterlife… You can't trust anyone but yourself!"
"Shut it." Phantom snarled as he stood up ignoring the pain but he clutched his gut, "You don't know anything!"
Vlad laughed in amusement, "You believe that your 'human' friends accepted you?" He asked in a tone that didn't make it sound like a question, "Let me put it to you this way! They're afraid of you! They will twist your every action to where it suits them until they get bored with you and cast you out when you need help the most!"
The gang glared at the TV as Vlad said that, "I really hate this guy." Odd muttered in anger.
"You're wrong." Phantom took a step forward flinching from the pain, "They accepted me! They treat me like I'm normal which is more than I could've ever hoped for! They would never betray me so quit your mind games!"
"I'm only looking out for your best interest Phantom!" Vlad snarled, "I know what you're going through with your death and I can help you come to terms with it."
~With Phantom~
"Here's what I have to say about your offer!" Phantom spat in his direction but there was some blood mixed with it, "My friends would never betray me and I will never betray them you talk about power and riches well get this you're nothing!"
Vlad's eyes flashed dangerously, "Careful!" He snarled.
"No you shut it Plasmius! You can say all you want about power but you know so little about it!"
"Oh and you know so much?" Vlad asked in amusement.
"Yeah I do!" Phantom said confidently, "Power only means something when you have something to fight for! My friends are my power and I'm theirs!"
With that Phantom flew at Vlad at high speeds but Vlad sighed, "So the hard way it is!"
Phantom threw wild punches but Vlad kept dodging them before blasting Phantom back onto the street where he put his hand around Phantom's neck.
~In Lyoko~
Aelita was shocked at what was happening and she couldn't do anything being stuck in Lyoko as she saw Vlad lift Phantom up by his neck.
"You really thought you could beat the King of the Ghost Zone?" Vlad asked which caught Phantom and Aelita's attention.
'King?' Aelita thought in horror at what that meant.
"Hold up! King?!" Phantom asked as pressure tightened on his throat.
"I command an army of Ghosts!" Vlad told him with a smirk, "On a command I could order them to destroy the Human World! I practically rule the Zone and soon this world will follow!"
"You wouldn't!" Phantom gasped out.
"Care to test that theory?" Vlad squeezed Phantom's neck.
"Danny." Aelita muttered in worry as Danny coughed up blood from the pain.
~With Phantom~
Phantom felt everything flowing around his head as the pressure was being too much when all of a sudden Vlad dropped him, "No! This would be too easy." Vlad laughed, "What sport would it be if I took care of a ghost that's only four months old when I have almost twenty years of experience?"
Phantom went to throw a punch but Vlad's fist collided with his gut knocking the breath out of him as he doubled over.
"I'll give you a week to reconsider my offer Phantom and if you haven't changed your answer then it will be the end for you." With that Vlad disappeared in a puff of smoke and Phantom was on the verge of consciousness.
He was lucky to still be here because he couldn't land a hit on Vlad while the guy mopped the floor with him.
Groaning in pain Phantom phased through the street heading for the Sewer knowing that he would be healed in Lyoko.
To Be Continued…
So what do you think of the fight? I know that I didn't give the Lyoko Warriors much screen time but there wasn't much they could do especially with the teachers watching them like a hawk! And sorry it took so long because I'm busy getting ready for school again… And I got Assassin's Creed III, Spider-Man Edge of Time, Saints Row III, X-Men Destiny and Dead Island for Christmas so I'm trying to split my time between this story, video games, hanging with my friends and school!
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