(A/N: Before you begin the item-throwings at me, lemme talk first! I've been procrastinating a lot, because I was flipping between my accounts on FF.N, YouTube, deviantART, Twitter, Yahoo and Hotmail. I can tell you it's draining to do that sort of thing, and I hope to never try that again. Well, at least not all at once XD
Sam is…slightly daring and a bit irrational. Danny…is dim, as usual. Charice is spazzy, for some unexplainable reason. Vlad (whom I don't own) is a crazed-up Fruit-loop, as always :3
LISTEN UP TUCKER FANS! The said Techno-Geek doesn't appear in this chapter at all. If you want me to put him back in the next chapter, tell me in reviews! I'll put him back if at least five of you say so in reviews. Thank you! :P
Disclaimer's in Chapter 1. Jeez, do I have to keep sayin' this? =.=
Thank you, reviewers: Fadey, Codiak, aras the crazy writer, Hinata28h (Chap 3 as well), totallyPSYCHED, The Silver Radio, Kpfan72491, Looka'sMagicHell, turkehead987, Squeeze -Anonymous-, dbzgtfan2004, Biisaiyowaq
aras the crazy writer: Phew! At least I know that one of you won't send angry mobs after me XD
Hinata28h: Thanks for the info! :D
totallyPSYCHED: Lol, I can read my own story in less than one hour too! X3 Glad you like it :P
The Silver Radio: Thanks! :) I was just sitting in from of my computer when it hit me: Why not make Vlad interrupt the date? ;D Lol, who can hear them when they're like, hovering in the air? X3
Looka'sMagicHell: Haha, welcome aboard "The Newbie & The Hottie" express! And yesh, Danny's the adorable goof while Charice bullies Tucker to keep him in check XP
Squeeze: LOL, glad you like the cookie. It was specially baked fresh from the cyber oven :3 All the characters are just awesome :D Oh, and lemme guess: Your phone's an iPhone, isn't it?
Biisaiyowaq: Ahhhh! *Gets Danny to form an ecto-shield over me* :P)
-Recap-
=With Sam & Danny=
His mind made up, he looked up to make eye contact with Plasmius. "If I join you, would you let Sa—I mean, the girl go?" Please tell me he didn't hear that slip-up… Phantom prayed. He would never free Sam if he knew how close I am to her…
Luckily for the Ghost Boy, the red-eyed ghost did not notice his mistake. "I give you my word, little badger. You come with me, and the brat leaves unharmed." His tone was solemn, but he had an evil grin on his face. Without Phantom noticing, he crossed his fingers behind his cape.
Sam, in the meantime, had seen it. Oh no, the creep's lying! She became more frantic. If Phantom goes with him, we're both doomed! Just then, she got struck by an idea. If I could just distract this Plasmius away from us, I might be able to be escape…
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=With Charice=
Sure enough, Danny Phantom was hovering in the air overhead. There was also a red-eyed ghost holding onto something. Wait a second… Charice squinted. I know those combat boots anywhere… She gasped. Oh no, it's Sam!
The brunette tried to clear her muddled thoughts and began to devise a plan…
Chapter 11—The Injured And Unsolved Mysteries
=The Annual State Fair, With Sam & Danny=
~Normal POV~
Sam glanced up at Plasmius. He was too busy smirking at Phantom to notice that the girl had turned around while still in his grip so that she was facing him. She quickly swung her left foot forward and kicked him as hard as he could.
"YEOW!" The ghost shrieked, scrunching up his face into a peculiar expression as he clutched his leg. In the midst of his pain, Sam had slipped from his grasp, plummeting straight down to meet certain doom. She squeezed her eyes shut, bracing herself…
…for a trampoline?
Sam opened her amethyst eyes in shock, as she bounced up and down on a bright pink trampoline. She glanced up just in time to see Plasmius smack into a nearby metal pole and crash head-first into the ground.
Confused, Sam looked at Phantom, thinking he had thrown a blast at him…
…only to see his utterly baffled expression as he scratched his head, staring at his arch-enemy.
The two of them were sharing similar thoughts…
If Phantom didn't hit Plasmius, then who did?
What the heck just happened?
=With Charice=
…then again, maybe she didn't have a plan, after all.
Charice looked around wildly, searching for something to distract the ghost. Her turquoise eyes rested on a long wooden stake leaning against a nearby tent. Then she eyed the trampoline next to it. Her mouth curled upwards to form a grin. Just what I needed…
With one slender hand clutching onto the stake and the other gripping onto the trampoline, the petite girl dragged the items so that they were directly beneath the target. She positioned the trampoline under the ghost holding Sam and readied herself with the stake.
Out of the blue, for some unknown reason, the ghost shrieked and held onto his leg, dropping Sam.
Charice gasped. Oh no, I can't let Sam see me!
Quickly, she dove in front of the trampoline, accidentally (or was it?) swinging the stake at Plasmius before he could dodge or turn intangible.
Her expression was blank as the Fruit-loop surfed the air, then she winced when he hit the metal pole before he came to a stop with a head-plant to the ground.
"Well…That was certainly interesting…" The brunette muttered to no one in particular.
=With Sam & Danny=
Once he got over his initial shock, Phantom floated over to Sam, who was still dazed and bouncing on the pink trampoline. He caught the girl in his arms when she bounced up.
Sam blinked up at Phantom sheepishly. "We have to stop meeting like this…"
The Ghost Boy chuckled, his neon-green eyes dancing in amusement. "You've got that right." He set her down on the ground gingerly. "But right now I've got a score to settle with Plasmius…"
He shot up and flew in the direction in which his arch-enemy had fallen.
When he got there, Plasmius was seated on the ground, staring into thin air. The moment he saw Phantom, he grinned like a Cheshire cat. "Maddie! You've come to me at last!" He exclaimed.
Phantom's eyebrows shot up to the sky. Maddie?
"Oh Maddie, I knew you would leave that bumbling idiot Jack Fenton for me!" Plasmius cheered, throwing his arms around the confused Ghost Boy.
O-kaaaayy…. Phantom cringed from being in contact with "Uncle Vlad". Either he's really gone nuts (and I seriously stress on the really), or he hit his head harder than I thought…
"Umm… Look, Vlad…I think you've gotten the wrong idea…" Phantom began, pretending that he was his mother. "I still love Jack Fenton very much. Like, in looooove with him."
Plasmius let go of the Ghost Boy immediately, looking like he just got punched in the stomach. "But Maddie! After all we've been through…Why?" He wailed, causing the boy to wince away from him. "What does Jack have that I don't?"
"Oh, he has a lot that you don't. For starters, he doesn't need therapy…or a cat." Phantom smirked.
Suddenly, the pointy-teethed ghost frowned and shook his head. "Argh… What in the name of butter biscuits happened just now?"
"You tell me…" The neon-green eyed ghost sighed. "I've been confused since Sam kicked ya in the leg…" He muttered the last part under his breath.
Plasmius' head shot up. "You!" In the blink of an eye, he had the boy up against a wall. "You had better explain to me how a wooden stake ended up in my face, or else…" He growled threateningly.
The Ghost Boy struggled to breathe out a reply. "I don't…" He charged up a green ecto-blast and shot it at Plasmius, causing him to fly backwards. "…know!" He paused for a second before guffawing. "Wait, the almighty Vlad Plasmius became nutty (well, nuttier than usual) 'cos of a wooden stake? This is priceless, man!"
In the midst of his loud laughter, he did not see that Plasmius had gotten up and was glowering at him.
The next thing he knew, he was screaming his head off and was sent flying backwards into a tree a few feet away.
Plasmius smiled sadistically, pink smoke still spewing from his black-gloved hand. "Who's the one laughing now, Daniel?" He asked the air around him, before vanishing from sight.
=With Sam=
The Goth girl stood where Phantom had left her for a couple of minutes, contemplating what to do next.
I still need to go find Danny… Yet I haven't seen him at all since he left me out of the blue. Sam tapped her chin thoughtfully. Hmm… I wonder where Phantom went… She mused. Maybe I could ask him if he's seen Danny, since they're close friends and all… Besides, he might get hurt again…
With those thoughts fresh in her mind, she shuffled towards the direction Amity Park's ghostly hero had gone to.
Soon after, the metal pole came to view, but to play it safe, Sam decided to hide behind the nearest tent. Phantom was guffawing loudly at something.
What's so funny? She thought, wrinkling her nose in confusion. Then she noticed the angry aura coming from Plasmius. Uh oh… That can't be good… Maybe I should tell Phantom…
Before she could shout out the warning, the evil red-eyed ghost had attacked Phantom with a pink ecto-blast, hitting him square in the chest (yet again). He shrieked horribly and was sent flying towards a large oak tree nearby.
Plasmius muttered something, but she paid no attention to the Fruit-loop. She was far more concerned about her ghostly friend. When the red-caped ghost disappeared, she quickly darted from behind the tent and ran towards the oak tree.
=With Charice=
Charice watched as Danny Phantom held onto Sam and exchanged words with her. She rolled her turquoise eyes when her Gothic friend blushed. Jeez, how lovey-dovey can those two get?
When the Ghost Boy left Sam (at last), the brunette decided to follow Sam's every move, having high hopes that she would provide a clue to help her find out who Danny Phantom's human persona was.
She yawned sleepily as she watched Sam do nothing but stand stock still for a few minutes. I wish I'd gotten some sleep last night…after I ended the conversation with Sam last night, I immediately called Tucker… Now I'm really tired…
As Charice continued to eye her friend, her eyelids began to droop. Maybe if…I doze off a minute…I won't feel…so tired… With that, she slumped against the side of the trampoline and fell asleep.
After what seemed a long while, the girl woke up with a start. She sat up, rubbing her turquoise eyes before looking around. She gasped. Oh no, where am I? And how long have I been knocked out? A quick glance at her watch told her that she was asleep for only ten minutes.
Okay…That's not so bad… She looked around to find Sam. Her Gothic friend was nowhere in sight. Now this is bad! How does she keep disappearing like that?
Then Charice remembered the creepy-looking ghost that held Sam hostage. Maybe that Fruit-loop got a hold of her again! She panicked. That means I have to whack him with the stake again! I better go find the creep!
She reached down for the long wooden stake on the floor and sprinted madly to reach the metal pole she saw Plasmius hit moments ago.
When she got there, all she managed to see was the creepy red-eyed ghost disappear, and he was alone. Darn it, now I can't use the stake against him, especially since he's not holding Sam hostage…. She grunted mentally, dropping the stake. Now how do I find Sam?
Just then, the brunette heard footsteps. Automatically, she turned to where the sound was coming from and saw a familiar feminine figure emerge from a nearby tent. She squinted at the figure dashing as though someone was chasing after her with a chainsaw. Wait a second…is that… Sam?
Charice watched her friend run towards an oak tree for a few seconds, before determining her next move.
I should follow her… After all, there's still the mystery of Danny Phantom to solve… She smirked, her sneakers padding against the ground softly as she walked.
(A/N: And this chapter's done!
Originally I had writers' block for this chapter, so I had sent this to Fadey for help. However, I've re-vamped it so it looks completely different, apart from the scene where Charice whacks Vlad with a wooden stake. So please thank Fadey in your reviews, for she came up with that idea and helped clear my writers' block. Thanks, Fadey! :P
I'd also like to thank Evilest Angel. She offered to help me when I was chatting with her in a PM, but I refused. Thanks anyway, TEA! :D By the way, go check out her story! It's called "Why Do You Stay?" It's totally awesome. Remove the spaces:
Link: www. fanfiction .net/s/6419016/1/Why_Do_You_Stay
Also, I'm going to have a poll right here, since it's more convenient: Should I have an epilogue after the last chapter? The epilogue would be at school the next day. Tell me in reviews! Once again, majority rules! Thank you (again)! :D
Oh and one last thing: for all Tucker fans, I hope you read the message in the first A/N above. It's just a reminder ;)
And maybe I can squeeze out the (most likely) last chapter of this story before the end of the year…so review and stay tuned! :D
~M00nlite Maiden :))
