Danny Phantom, chapter 10 the anti-ghost factory
After the confrontation with mister Resh, Danny went home with his friends to explain the situation towards his parents.
Danny's view:
"Danny, I don't agree. I don't like that creep snooping around the house." Mom was completely against the idea. Sam too. "Yes, miss Fenton. I thinks so too. He's really creepy. In class it felt like he was threatening Danny." Mom nodded. "No, he's not coming close to the ghost portal. Whatever his so called anti-ghost order is. What was its name again?" Tucker shrugged. "I can't find a thing about an anti-ghost order under the army's command." Sam and Mom shook their heads. I believe that mister Resh won't stand a chance to let them agree on his plan. Jazz came down into the lab. She had a milkshake in her hand as she sat down. "Remember those guys in white? The bought our house for that so called ghost bomb. Almost killing both worlds. I bet that he plans to do something similar."
I hadn't forgotten about that. The only time I had too much cash. Which in the end sucked more than anything else. They tried to blow up the ghost world and needed our portal to do just that. What if mister Resh was planning try it again? He could work for the guys in white.. No, he was wearing normal clothes. Didn't the Guys in white have a rule that they are not allowed to wear anything else except for the suit? Was he undercover? Jazz sighed. "Just forget about him. He feels kind of dangerous." Sam gave her gun to my mom. "Could you make the fire rate higher? I would love to shoot those ghost simultaneously?" Mom smiled. "But of course. Should I build in a thermos on the gun? You won't need to change weapons then?" Sam agreed.
Tucker was really silent. When I looked at him, he was completely obsessed with his PDA. What had he found this time? I tapped him on the shoulder, but I got no reaction. He suddenly grabbed his laptop, not even looking at me. Dad walked towards us. He held a new weapon in his hands. "Look Maddy, I finally finished it!" Mom walked towards him and lifted the weapon. "Nice. Look Danny, our new ghost weapon. You're the inspiration we used. An compact ice ray, freezing everything in its ray." Compact? She called that compact? It was the size of a table. She smiled while watching into the visor and pointed it at me. "Mom, exactly what are you plan…" She shot it!
I made myself intangible in a second. The whole wall was covered in ice. "Mom! What the hell?" Mom was still smiling and shot again. I evaded it easily while intangible. I really hated it, when she did this. "Good reflex Danny. Our training is starting to work." I made myself tangible again. "Could you stop pointing guns at me whenever you feel like it mom?" Mom didn't listen to my complaint. She winked at Sam. "Why don't you try it out Sam? It is amazingly accurate!" Sam started smiling as well. "I love to misses Fenton!" I cursed. "Oh, come on Sam?" Sam took the gun and pointed it at me. She took the trigger. Damn, she was serious. I saw her finger move and made myself intangible only a small second before the ray went right trough me.
View from the ancient ghost zone:
I held the crystal ball in my hand. The halfa who shared my blood. I would have crushed his head, drunk his blood, sliced him in thousand pieces… My blood heated up as I thought about it. Yes, I should just crush him like a bug. But I calmed down again. He could be the solution to the problem I had for centuries. A worthy heir. My sons and daughters were useless. Strong, vile and prideful but all of them were true tyrants. I couldn't leave Sojourns promise in the hands of my children. I watched the crystal ball. But he was different. He believed himself to be good. He protected the order between two worlds. He didn't despise ghosts. He even helped them when necessary.
The only problem was him being half ghost. I felt the corners of my mouth smile. Why didn't I just help him with that? Make him a true ghost, a worthy candidate for the throne? He has truly great potential. His human half couldn't contain his ghostly powers anymore. Seeing that power slowly seeping out, weakening his human half. He just needed a little push to become a true ghost and with the right circumstances he would use the opportunity. I heard my laugh echo on the walls. Yes, why not have a battle royal? Let them show their true powers before me! Owler stepped into the room. He was pale and frightened. "Your Highness, what are my commands?"
I let the crystal ball roll around in my hand. "Summon Pariah and Clockwork into my castle. I want to know Clockworks thoughts before I play my cards!" Owler nodded and watched the crystal ball in my hand. "Your majesty, what do you plan to do with him?" I put the crystal ball down. "I'm going to keep him alive for now. He may as well be my insurance after the battle royal." Owlers eyes became wide. "Battle Royal. Your majesty, that would turn into an disaster. Your children can be extremely vicious! Won't Momentum get the upper hand in the chaos?" My grin scared the poor Owler. "He will only think to have the upper hand with his new slave son. Till my half son comes onto the stage!"
Danny's view:
After the little lab 'accident' dad had to melt the ice on the walls. No Sam didn't stop by the first shot. She tried another TEN times dammit. She got me the tenth time. I just didn't care anymore. But is seems that my night wouldn't be long. As soon as I laid down in bed, my ghost sense went off. I watched the small ice breath escape my mouth. Time for work. I turned ghost. The cold grasped my cells, taking over my body. The black and white jumpsuit appeared on my body. The room turned cold. Did it get stronger when I changed? I became intangible and invisible and escaped my room. I flew over the city. All streetlights were on. It was a beautiful sight from above. One of the benefits of being a half ghost. The power of flight.
I soon arrived at my destination. I felt the ghost near me, but where? All I saw was the new factory? It recently opened up and sold ghost protection for shops after all the ghost incidents. I went closer but the sensors went off. The whole factory glowed white. I better not try to break in. That wouldn't do my name any good. My ghost sense went off again. Where? The factory couldn't be, it was completely shut… Wait, not completely. I went towards the ground and went underground. Did they think about this? I smiled as I got trough the floor. Nope, they forgot. I looked around the factory. The assembly line stood still. I saw boxes with products everywhere. What ghost would break into an anti-ghost factory? I still couldn't find a thing, not even a mouse. So I went back.
In the morning there was still no news about a ghost attack. Did my ghost sense make a mistake? It couldn't be? It was never wrong, right? Mom made me breakfast and patted my shoulder. "Don't think too much about it. Get ready for school!" Jazz sat down next to me. She shivered. Her eyes seemed worried. "Danny, I think you should stop changing so much. It may be the cause of this cold spreading around you." Mom got a thermometer and measured the temperature around me. She sighed. "It's still three degrees Celsius around you. Jazz could be right. Worry about that later. Get ready for school!" I nodded and ate my bread. I wore my favorite shirt today. The other was still frozen solid from yesterday.
At school Sam came walking towards me. She grabbed my arm and walked inside. "Did you find the ghost?" I shook my head. "I'm completely at loss. I was sure it was in the factory, but I couldn't find a thing." Suddenly an alarm went off. Both Sam and me looked around us. Wasn't that the ghost alarm? A thing the new factory created to warn the people of Amity Park. Sam grabbed the gun at her belt. "Let's kick some ghost butt, shall we Danny?" We started running. Tucker ran up on us. "Guys, you won't believe this. The anti-ghost factory turned into a ghost!" He was right, I didn't believe him. It was an anti-ghost factory! Like hell it would turn into a ghost. Tucker sighed.
"Come on man! I'm serious! Look at that!" Something towered above the houses. I had difficulty to even believe my eyes. It was the factory. The factory I saw at night, but it was standing on legs? Sam pushed me in an alley. "Turn now!" I followed her advice and turned ghost. A cold breeze flew through the alley. I grabbed Tucker and Sams jackets and flew. Tucker let himself get dragged like a sack. Sam readied her gun. There it was. The factory started to look like a giant robot. I could only think about one ghost, who would do this. Sam grinned. "Don't tell me he got an upgrade?" I nodded. "A really annoying one at that!"
As we came closer I could hear his voice and signed. Yep, I knew it. He started yelling his name towards the public. "I'm the great Technus. The ruler of machines. Watch my greatness as I squish you all like bugs!" I put Sam and Tucker down and saved a few people from the feet of Technus. Technus started laughing. "Danny Phantom. You will pay for disturbing my plans." He stretched his arm and shot out multiple rockets. I evaded them with ease and that was for the better. Those were anti-ghost rockets. Was that damn ghost going to use anti-ghost weapons to catch me? That was a real dirty move.
Sam started shooting her weapon. Precise like always. Sadly Technus was prepared. A large white screen appeared. It was the defense system of the factory that I fooled last night. It kept the shots from hitting. So I created a few icicles at all his sides and shot. Technus grinned. The shield appeared everywhere and my icicles fell towards the ground. I silently cursed. What now? I tried my ghost ray and ice ray but the shield stopped it all. Tuck was typing on his PDA and touched his earpiece. "Danny, big problem. It's supposed to stop all kinds of ghost attacks. It was basically meant to even keep you out!"
Technus raised his other arm. A wave of anti-ghost matter flooded the street. I flew up, just to evade his rockets again. How was I going to stop him? Tucker suddenly shouted in his earpiece. I flinched. "What was that for Tuck?" It wasn't Tucker responding. "Ghost boy, your named Phanton right?" I searched for Tucker. Mister Resh stood in his place. "Yes that's right, why?" Mister Resh nodded. "I could use your help in defeating the electronic ghost." He could use my help? Shouldn't it be the other way around? But is responded. "I'm listening." Mister Resh signaled me to come down. Same shook her head, but I still descended next to him. Mister Resh shivered a bit, but started talking. "I will force it back towards the factory place. I see that you control the ice, but can you use flames as well?" I nodded. "It's not as strong as ice but I can." Mister Resh smiled.
"Make it rain. Water is the enemy off all electric features. I bet that this robot broke some safety measurements." Tucker stood up and smiled. "I'm so awesome. Danny, I'll let the robot walk back towards the place." Mister Resh was quite surprised. I grinned. "He is quite good with that computer of his. "I'll help." Mister Resh grabbed his whip. It slashed right trough the field. Technus was startled. "What is that?" It was mister Resh time to grin. "Ancient ghost recipe, it still works!" Mister Resh looked at me. "Go. Make one of your biggest icicles and start the meltdown." I nodded and flew op. I concentrated on making a giant icicle. The robot started walking backwards. But Technus didn't see it, because Mister Resh whip damaged him.
Suddenly he yelled. "What is happening to my beautiful robot. Why isn't it listening? I was planning to destroy all buildings with it. It has to work!" Did he, did he just utter his plans again? Like he did before? The good old days. I couldn't stop my laugh. Mister Resh whipped him again. Technus cursed. "How can an outdated weapon like that even harm me?" The robot stepped back again. Suddenly Technus looked at Tucker. "You again. You stopped me once. Get out of my way!" He shot his rockets at Tucker and mister Resh.
He slowly walked out of town. Sam kept the rockets from hitting Tucker and mister Rush. She was truly good at shooting. My icicle was as big as the robots head. I held the icicle in place and concentrated on creating the green flames. It was difficult since the ice wanted to come out. I threw my ghost ray against it, slowly melting it. It started dripping. I flew higher a few meter above the robot. Mister Resh was pushing Technus back. What was that whip made of? The icicle started melting, creating even more water. It slowly dripped upon the giant robot. Was this really going to work? I warmed my ray even more. Water started pouring on the robot.
Mister Resh started laughing. I smelled burning. Small sparks appeared all over the robot. It worked? The icicle was melting at a terrifying rate. The robot stopped moving. Falling over like a tree. An explosion happened at the middle. Technus flew out of the giant factory. The factory itself crumbled. It was pushed in curves it didn't supposed to have. Technus cursed. "I guess it wasn't hip enough. Argh!" Sam let her weapon suck up Technus in a thermos. Mister Resh grinned. "Thank you for your support, ghost boy." I nodded and flew away. I chose all kinds of ghostly routes. Right trough houses and stuff. It was better that Mister Resh didn't find out who I truly was.