Okay, I'm getting a bit bored with where this story's going, so I hope you're ready for all my… strange little quirks…
Do I have to say this every single time? This is probably somewhere around the thirtieth time I've typed something like this: I don't own! Got it? *Eye twitch*
Dani and Youngblood slowly crept toward the prone, sleeping figure of Danny Fenton. It had been a week since the start of the "one-day" prank war, and the two youngest were the reigning champions, aside from Danny. No one could seem to catch him off-guard.
Until now, Dani thought as she held the classic whipped cream spray can up to his hand. The evil grins that adorned the children's eyes would have sent almost anyone packing.
The boy sleeping idly on the couch, though, just shifted slightly. Dani thought she noticed a slight flutter of eyes as Danny turned. Somehow, the small smirk she'd caught sight of briefly scared her more than the thought that Danny's parents could catch them at any moment. She silently thanked Tucker for disabling the ghost detecting weaponry. Her sharp sight caught a sudden, subtle movement from Danny's hand.
"Abort!" she whispered fearfully, but it was too late.
With a maniacal chuckle, Danny flung his covers away to reveal the arsenal of… silly string.
Both ghosts backed away, forgetting their abilities to turn intangible as they were shot with the colorful, sticky substance. Danny returned fire with a giggle. As the white foam filled the air, Youngblood shot feathers out of his hand.
They were all laughing outright until Danny suddenly stopped. "Dani, turn human. Youngblood, hide!"
Youngblood, now familiar with this drill and the consequences if he disobeyed, shot through the ceiling while white light engulfed the ghost girl.
"Danny!" Jazz exclaimed, out of breath as she bolted down the stairs ahead of her parents. "They've got that new device with them!"
Danny's eyes widened as he whispered, "Youngblood. Dani, you need to find him."
The black-haired girl nodded and flew through the ceiling after another flash of white light.
"Danny, you have to go, too," Jazz said solemnly.
"How are you going to explain this? No, I have to stay. We just had a silly string/ whipped cream/ pillow fight… There's nothing wrong with that," he said. "I hope…"
"It'll take them about five minutes to get down here if Dad falls again."
Just then, Dani reappeared, carrying Sam and Tucker. "Thought you could use the help," she said as she set them down. "You're coming with us."
"Where will you tell them I've been?" Danny said, eyeing his best friends, who looked a little disgruntled at being dragged out of bed at two in the morning.
"You went for a walk, remember? Sam and I were going to play a prank on Jazz, but you didn't want to be part of it," Tucker said with a sleepy smile.
"When did I say I was coming back?" Danny asked.
"Whenever you knew the house was back asleep," Sam grunted.
"I'll be walking around for twenty minutes," Danny said decisively. "I was supposed to patrol tonight anyway."
"You patrolled last night," Youngblood said matter-of-factly as the trio left the house. "And the night before, and the night before that. You know, in the whole week I've been with you guys, you've always gone on patrol."
Danny suddenly shivered in the warm night air. "And I've run into a ghost every time," he said, bitterly looking up to see who had decided to bother him this time. The stronger his sense got, the better he could tell where the ghosts were, so he knew it wasn't Dani or Youngblood causing it. A sudden pink blast sent Dani crashing to the ground with a shout of surprise. Danny immediately retaliated with a green blast of his own in the general direction the offender had shot from, but another shot from behind knocked him to the ground next to his clone.
"Tsk, tsk, Daniel," Vlad Plasmius said with a cocky smile as he stepped out of the shadows and absorbed his duplicate. "What would you have done had that been a certain minion of mine? Ms. Grey may be easily manipulated, but she has a sharp attitude about her. I doubt she'd miss green fire coming from your hands."
"What do you want this time, Plasmius?" Danny asked, not bothering to hide his annoyance.
"Well, I was on an evening stroll when I just happened upon your neighborhood. I had planned on the two of you being asleep, but taking my daughter back right under your nose serves a greater pleasure to me."
"I'm not your daughter!" Dani shouted before blasting the annoying man. Vlad dodged elegantly and laughed lightly before bringing a charged hand up to shoot at his creation.
The whining of a charging weapon interrupted the fight as Vlad was caught up in a beam of blue.
Danny and Dani exchanged shocked looks until they heard an excited, "Whoop!" from the form of a small, glowing boy.
"I've always wanted to do that," Youngblood said, grinning from ear to ear.
…So… bored… I'm… in… one… of… my… "…" … moods…
After the fight with Vlad, Dani decided it was time for her to head back to the Far Frozen. Youngblood decided to join her, saying, "It just wouldn't be the same." Any sentimentality in the statement was ruined by the fact that he was eyeing Danny's thermos warily.
Danny hugged his "cousin," then nodded to Frostbite to take Danielle back to their home.
"Don't worry, Dani," he said, shaking the thermos containing Vlad, "He won't be getting out of this thing until I know you're safely there."
"I don't see why you don't just keep him in there longer," Dani grumbled.
"That's because you've never been in there long enough," Youngblood muttered.
Danny looked at him with a grimace, "I feel your pain, dude. Too bad you guys keep coming out. No attacks would equal no thermos."
"Nah," Youngblood replied as the three ghosts stepped into the portal. "You're too much fun to mess with!"
And with that, the trio disappeared, ending the prank war once and for all… or not…
Sorry if Dani's bit was too short, but no one was reviewing to tell me whether they cared or not. Plus, I was getting immensely bored. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting complaints about Vlad's extra short piece, but I was never really good at casting the fruitloop.
WARNING: Dani may appear again because I have not completed all my freakish ideas. I may or may not have to bring her out again.
I personally found this chapter too abrupt, but quite satisfying when it comes to moving the plot along. Again I say: I was so bored!