GSTQ Chapter 9: Take Me Once, Take Me To The Revolution Part 1
To describe Vlad's mood as furious would be an understatement. The fruit loop was absolutely livid. He was so close to getting his revenge on Daniel and that idiotic hunter had to interfere. Since when were Skulker and Danny such close friends. The two had hated each other for years and now they decided to band together to stop his master plan. Vlad was convinced the universe was out to screw him over. No more being subtle and patient, no more Mister Nice Guy. It was time to start the revolt.
Vlad's most powerful ability was never duplication or his Ghost Stinger; Vlad considered his greatest power to be his ability to manipulate others into doing his bidding. He was a chess master, always thinking ten steps ahead of his enemies. His one fatal mistake this time was making an assumption. Fortunately for Vlad, that mistake wouldn't be too costly. He had already gathered enough followers to overthrow the young boy without much problem.
When Vlad returned to Earth, he brought a lot of Ectoranium back with him from the Disasteroid. The radioactive material was one of the few things that could kill a ghost, along with extreme brute force and Blood Blossoms. Even if the Ectoranium wouldn't kill Danny, it would still weaken him enough for Vlad to take advantage and kill him. Vlad was interrupted from his thoughts when he heard his cat meow. The former billionaire had almost forgotten about Maddie; the poor cat hadn't been fed in ages. Put his plans for revenge aside, Vlad rushed to the aid of his feline friend.
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"Do you think we should wake them?" Tucker asked.
"No way, they look so adorable" Dani replied.
"Maybe we should take their picture" Tucker suggested.
Following their fight with Skulker, Danny had taken Sam home. The two were so tired after the encounter that they fell asleep in each other's arms. Sam was lying with her head and arm on Danny's chest while Danny had his arm wrapped protectively around her.
Tucker pulled out his phone and took a picture, waking the lovebirds from their slumber. The two sat up quickly and immediately regretted it as soreness and pain over took them.
"Are you two alright?" Dani asked, sensing their discomfort.
"We're fine, just a little banged up from yesterday" Sam said.
"What happened yesterday?" Tucker asked.
Danny and Sam proceeded to explain the events from yesterday, recapping Skulker ambushing Danny, Vlad showing up and attempting to kill them after they were weakened, and Skulker having enough and attacking Vlad.
"So does that mean Skulker's a good guy now?" Asked a confused Tucker.
"Less a good guy and more anti-Vlad" Danny explained. "He made it clear that as soon as Vlad was out of the way, we'd be enemies again"
"So, in the past 72 hours, we've discovered Technus is working for Vlad and you've gained Walker and Skulker as allies" Dani recapped, just as confused as Danny was hours ago. "Have we entered Bizarro World?"
"We're still trying to make heads and tails of this situation too" Sam said.
"I can't help but wonder who Vlad has on his side" Dani pondered. "We already know he has Technus, but he could very well have allied with Desiree, or Johnny 13, or Ember, or who knows?"
"I can't see why anyone would ally with that fruit loop" Tucker said. "He's a manipulative nutcase who only looks out for himself"
"You said it yourself, he's a manipulative nutcase," Sam said. "Or at least he thinks he is. I doubt Vlad has recruited that many of Danny's enemies. Most of them have no motivation to work for him or like Skulker, still remember that Vlad was nearly responsible for killing all of us. The only reason he'd have any more allies would be because they disagree with having Danny and I as rulers rather than any allegiance with Vlad."
"But that's the only reason they need to work with Vlad," Danny argued.
"Ghosts like the ones mentioned aren't going to just forget history and put their trust in Vlad just to overthrow us. They'd be more likely to form their own resistance group than align with Vlad" Sam countered. "Heck, Vlad would be lucky if he could get Youngblood to join him
"I sure hope you're right," Danny said.
They had no idea just how right Sam was. Vlad's only relevant allies were Technus, Penelope Spectre and her assistant Bertrand. The rest of his army were nothing more than average mooks and as such, cannon fodder. Vlad had to face the harsh reality that as a result of his actions, half the Ghost Zone hated and wanted nothing to do with him; and contrary to Sam's statement, he wasn't even able to convince Youngblood to join him.
This was not a problem for Plasmius. Plasmius was meeting with Technus to discuss the development of something that would help his side take the advantage. Plasmius walked into Technus' laboratory and saw the technopath busy at work.
"How is development coming along?" Vlad asked.
"The first batch of weapons should be ready by tomorrow, however I still haven't tested them on anything," Technus answered. "I have no idea how effective they'll be"
"Well is it possible for you to conduct a quick test to determine their efficiency?" Plasmius asked.
"Find me a test subject and I'll see what I can do" Technus said.
"I'll be right back," Vlad grumbled before going out to find something to test their new weapon on.
He was back within thirty minutes, accompanied by a member of his rebellion. The moon he had chosen was one of the weakest fighters and thus wouldn't be too huge of a loss.
"You two said you needed me?" The mook asked.
"Yes, our combined genius has resulted in the creation of a new super powerful weapon!" Technus boasted. "And now we need you to help us test it!"
"Alright, cool" the clueless ghost agreed, letting Plasmius strap the weapon to his chest.
Technus and Plasmius made sure to get as far away from the poor mook as possible. Technus pulled out a remote control. Technus pressed the button and the weapon exploded with a huge flash. Following the blast, there was nothing but a puddle of ectoplasm left of the mook.
"It worked!" Technus exclaimed, almost surprised. "I really must thank you for the large quantity of Ectoranium you supplied me with; without it I wouldn't have been able to create this weapon without it,"
"I should be thanking you," Plasmius replied. "It is thanks to you that we're going to win this conflict,"
"Produce as many as these as you can, I'll supply you with as much Ectoranium as you need if you require more," said Plasmius.
"Don't worry about it," Technus replied. "I only require a minuscule amount of the material to make a single bomb"
"That's very good to hear" Plasmous said, smiling at the news. "At the same time, I'll be using the Ectoranium I have to work on a few different weapons of my own"
"How many bombs do you want me to produce?" Technus asked.
"At least 1,000 would be nice" Plasmius said. "But if that's not possible, I'll settle for 1/10 that amount"
"Do not doubt my abilities!" Technus yelled. "I can easily produce 2,000 of these in less than two hours"
"If that's the case, then we'll be able to launch our first attack tomorrow" Plasmius told him.
"I'll get straight to work" Technus told him.
Satisfied, Plasmius walked away. His only concern was revenge and right now he was so close to achieving his goal.
"I hope you two enjoyed your little fairy tale ending because pretty soon I'm going to bring your whole empire tumbling down" Vlad thought to himself.
The King and Queen weren't doing so well at the moment. Even after two days, the two were still feeling the effects of their fight with Skulker. The two were about to go on patrol when they were interrupted by Dani.
"Hey guys!" Dani greeted, throwing her arms around them, causing the two to wince in pain.
"Ow!" The two yelled before simultaneously saying "Not so hard, Danielle"
"Are you two okay?" Dani asked.
"We're fine," Danny lied, which didn't work as Dani immediately saw through.
"You two aren't going out on patrol, are you?" Dani asked.
"Why wouldn't we?" Sam countered.
"You two shouldn't be going out, looking for ghosts to fight," Dani scolded them. "Especially if you're still too hurt from your fight with Skulker"
"We're fine" Sam insisted.
"If you're alright then you wouldn't mind if I did this, right?" Dani asked before slapping the both of them on the back.
Both of them immediately dropped to their knees.
"Okay, okay; so we're still a little banged up," Danny confessed. "But if we don't protect Amity Park from ghosts, who will?"
"You two aren't the only ones with ghost powers, remember?" Dani reminded him. "You two just take the day off and relax, Amity Park will survive if you take one day off. Besides, I bet there won't even be any ghost attacks today"
"I don't know" Danny said, feeling hesitant.
"It's either I take your place for today or you ask your parents to take your place" Dani gave the ultimatum.
"On second thought, have fun" Danny said almost immediately.
"You two stay here, I'll take care of everything" Dani promised them before disappearing.
"Maybe she's right" Sam said. "Maybe we should relax, quit worrying to much, and forget about Plasmius right now. And since we're all by ourselves…"
"I'll get the checker board!" Danny yelled before running (actually more like limping) off to find the checker board.
Meanwhile
""Take a few days off," I said; "There probably won't be any ghost attacks" Dani muttered to herself as she fended off a large, tentacled ghost. Dani shot the ghost in the eye, causing it to reflexively hit her with one its tentacles, knocking Dani into some trash. "Why did you have to choose today of all days to attack?"
Dani quickly grabbed all of the ghost's tentacles and tied them together.
"I wonder what Danny and Sam are up to" Dani thought.
"Ha! King me!" Sam laughed.
Danny angrily knocked the checker board aside.
"Nobody likes a sore loser, Danny! I won, I won; that's right! It's my birthday!" Sam rubbed it in Danny's face, even doing a victory dance.
"I didn't wanna play that stupid game, anyway" Danny muttered angrily.
The two stopped when they saw Jonathan fly in. He looked like he had just been in a tornado and seemed panicked.
"Jonathan, what are you doing here?" Danny asked.
"Your majesties, you must come quickly!" Jonathan told them, speaking quickly. "A large group of hooligans started attacking the castle. The guards tried holding them back but they have some type of advanced weapons!"
"Whoa, whoa! Slow down" Sam told him. "Tell us exactly what's happening"
"I'll explain on our way there, there's really no time to waste" Jonathan said, grabbing the two by the wrists and pulling them aside.
The three of them made their way to the castle. Jonathan explained how everything was peaceful until roughly noon when a random ghost approached with a device strapped to his chest. The guards accidentally ended up detonating the device, killing a few. A few moments later, dozens more followed, each one win bombs strapped to their chest.
When Danny and Sam reached the castle, they found the battle was still ongoing. The scene was absolute carnage. On one side were ghosts donning ski masks that only seemed to be focused on causing as much mayhem as possible and on the other side were the royal army. The masked ghosts seemed to be carrying weapons of some sort. Danny was confused as to why ghosts would be using weapons until one of the weapons exploded. Any ghost caught in the explosion instantly disintegrated.
Green ectoplasm coated the area and both sides continued the bloody battle. The Rebellion had begun. Danny's face was frozen in shock at the destruction unfolded. Danny knew he had to act quick and sprung into action, looking to turn the tide in his side's favor.
"Hey, it's the king and queen!" One rebel yelled. "Why don't we give them a little present!"
"You stay here! I'll take care of this" Danny tried to tell Sam, but when he turned to look, Sam had already joined the battle. "Damn it! Why does she do this? And she says I try to play hero too much"
Sam was helping as many guards as she could. She took care of the rebels by detonating their bombs from as afar as possible. This still didn't stop more and more rebels from trying to bum rush them. Sam took care of the problem by restraining them with her vines allowing her to easily detonate them bombs without having to worry about getting caught in the blast. This killed multiple rebels at once and started turning the tide.
"What do you think you're doing? You could've gotten yourself killed" Danny scolded Sam.
"The same could be said of you," Sam pointed out. "I was not about to sit back and watch you possibly die!"
"You can be so stubborn" Danny said.
Despite being killed off by the scores, this did not deter any of the rebels.
"Tick tock, what's up my-" One bomber shouted before being blown up by Sam.
Pretty soon, very few rebels were left. Those few rebels realized how futile and idiotic it would be to continue fighting and killing themselves and decided to retreat. One rebel however decided to try for one last kill, but was stopped when Sam removed the bomb from his chest with her vines and then tied him up.
"After them!" One of the soldiers yelled, but Danny stopped them.
"Let them go, there's no need to sacrifice any more lives than necessary" Danny told him.
"Yes, your majesty" The soldier said before turning to his platoon. "Stand down!"
"Your majesties, what do you want us to do with this scum?" Asked one guard, holding up the captured rebel.
"Carry him away for interrogation" Danny instructed.
"Yes, your majesty" The guard said before leading the prisoner.
"What do you think we should do with this?" Sam asked, holding the discarded bomb in her hands.
"I think we should take this to my parents so they can see what it's made of" Danny said before turning to Jonathan. "We'll be back tomorrow, hopefully with more information. Until then, I want you to take charge,"
Jonathan bowed and nodded his head as Danny and Sam departed. It was clear to both of them that this was just the start of what could escalate into a full blown war. As such, they needed to be in the Ghost Zone more frequently to keep an eye on things.
In the next chapter:
Danny had just finished dealing with the last of the ghosts when he heard a voice behind him.
"Excuse me, Mr. Phantom" the voice said.
Danny turned around and instinctively raised his fist to punch the source of the voice.
"Whoa, calm down; it's just me!" The voice said as Danny turned around and realized it was Thaddeus.
"Oh, it's you" Danny said. "You really shouldn't be here in the middle of a fight just to get a story, it's too dangerous"
"Oh please, I've been deployed to Afghanistan twice to get a story and was once caught in the crossfire between a battle between US troops and terrorists, there is nothing I can't handle" Thaddeus assured him.
"So I'm guessing you're here to get he scoop on this ghost attack, am I right?" Danny asked.
"Close," Thaddeus stated. "I'm here to find out how you're dealing with being King of the Ghost Zone and all"
Well let me tell you, it's far from easy-" Danny stated to say before realizing he hadn't told anyone that he'd been crowned King of the Ghost Zone. "Wait, how did you find out I was the Ghost King?"
The next thing Danny knew, he was being electrocuted and then found himself powerless. Thaddeus had a wicked grin on his face and revealed his true identity.
"Tsk, tsk, Daniel; keeping your guard down for even the briefest moment" Vlad scolded him before grabbing him by his shirt collar. "Let's go talk someplace more private"
Ever had one of those nights where you just wake up at 2 am in the morning with sudden inspiration. So you spend the next hour or two writing a chapter while playing video games and listening to music. Really? I'm the only one? Yeah, so I was in the middle of sleeping when all of a sudden I woke up with a ton of ideas. So I grabbed my phone, listened to some music, fired up my game, and started typing. Funny how much you can get done while playing 007 Everything or Nothing. Anyway, I've already started working on the next chapter so don't be surprised if the story is updated soon. As always, I've been Timothy D and have a nice day.