I do not know anything.
Nightmaster000 – glad you like dit
Zek-aku the spirit of the wolf – yeah, I planned this for a while and it was kind of obvious. However, with them being there, you can expect Danny to get some help on some of his tougher fights, and they aren't the only Darkstalkers to come into play.
SonicMax – Yeah, Lilith was attracted to Danny because of the mystery surrounding his person, since he felt different from normal people. Now that she's seen what he is and what he can do, her interest is piqued. Danny's going to have his old man's luck with women, though in a more positive note.
Shadowwriter329 – easy man, your fanboying like crazy. Any more and you'll break the computer. I'm glad you thought he was worthwhile…but who waid that he was going to be a one-time OC villain?
Moving on yeah I know that it was obvious Lily and Lilith were the same person, and I know I need to work on my subtlety. However, she is only the first of the Capcom characters who are going to show up.
Chapter 11: Reunions always end badly part 1
Danny let out a breath as he rose up from bed. The boy had been unable to sleep ever since he had laid down to bed. His thoughts were all over the place.
First, was his near-death experience. He had almost died today because he got careless. He had been shocked and wound up getting stabbed through the chest. He had hesitated with his friend. It was only because of that Lilith girl that he had survived, and what would have happened if he hadn't. They'd be burying him right next to his best friend.
Danny ran his hand over his chest, phantom pain running through his body. He stood up and left the room, going downstairs. Maybe a late-night snack would clear his head.
As he made his way to the kitchen, Danny's thoughts made their way back to Tucker. He couldn't believe how carefree he was about nearly being killed. Was he in denial? Danny shrugged off these thoughts as he entered the kitchen.
Danny poured himself a glass of milk, but before he could take a sip there was a sudden chill as blue mist rose out of his mouth.
Danny let out a breath of annoyance. He then chugged down his milk, put the glass in the sink, to avoid his mother's wrath in the morning, and proceeded to transform. He flew outside the house to look for the ghost.
"I'm telling you this is the place!"
Danny turned towards the voice and flew up towards it.
"It should be! The place has the name Fenton on it. It is kind of obvious," a second voice said angrily.
Danny flew above the OP center and blinked in confusion at what he saw.
Before him were a trio of vultures. All three were green and had white hair around their necks. They each had red eyes, with black sclera, humanoid ears, and wore red fezzes with gold tassels and a skull logo. Their beaks and legs were light blue.
"Uh…did I miss something?" Danny asked aloud, looking at the ghosts.
The trio turned towards Danny, allowing him a better look.
One vulture had a distinct Adam's apple, liver spots, hair around his ears, and a hooked beak. The second had a hooked beak, buck teeth that somehow stuck out of his beak, no hair around his ears, and black round-rim sunglasses. The third had hair around his ears, black eyebrows, and a flat beak.
"Hey there," the vulture with the hooked beak, but no teeth, said, "I'm Moe. The bird with the shades is Curley, and flat beak over there is Larry."
The other vultures raised their wings in waving gestures with a "Hey."
Danny said, "Hi…what are you doing out there? I didn't think that vultures were nocturnal. Then again, biology isn't my best subject right now."
Curly said, "Yeah, normally we'd be in bed by now, but this numbskull has gotten us lost!"
Larry said, "I told you this is the right place. It has a sign."
Curly responded, "And I'm telling you that there is no way it would be that obvious!"
Moe yelled, "Oh, shut up you mooks!"
He then proceeded to slap the other two vultures over the head with his wings, making them moan in pain.
Curly rubbed his head and said, "Hey, maybe he knows him."
Moe said, "We don't need no help from some kid. He probably doesn't even know who we are looking for!"
Larry said, "Moe…we are old. We can't keep moving around like this."
Moe sighed and said, "Fine but I don't want to hear you complaining when I say that I told you so."
The apparent leader of the vultures said, "We are on a search and destroy mission. Can you help us find, and peck to death, this guy here?"
The vulture reached into his fez, and defying the laws of physics or biology, pulled out a torn portion of a photo. Danny's eyes widened as he saw the familiar image.
"What?" Danny asked, shocked.
Unfortunately for Danny, the vultures could see the look of recognition on his face.
Curly said, "Ha! See? I told you he would know!"
Before they could react, however, Danny suddenly kicked Moe away, sending the aged vulture into the air.
"Sorry, but I can't let you peck at the old man like that," Danny said as flew up.
Moe shook his head to clear the cobwebs and said, "Oh, you shouldn't have done that. Get him boys!"
Larry shot forward with incredible speed for an old bird. Danny dodged to the left, avoiding the sharp beak, however, as he dodged, Curly shot forward, with a swipe of his wings. Danny blocked, wincing slightly at the feeling of the surprisingly strong blow. He then countered by firing a beam of energy point blank at the old bird.
Larry flew backwards as Danny flew away, drawing the other two birds with him.
"Oh, that whippersnapper is going to get it good!"
Larry shot forward after them, focusing ecto energy into his wings to make them beat faster. When he locked his eyes on Danny, he began to spin like a drill surging forward like a light blue, red, and green missile.
Danny saw that coming and dodged to the right, shoulder checking Curly in the process.
Larry went flying past them, slamming into a nearby building, easily digging through the brick like nothing.
The flat-beaked vulture floated up, clearly dizzy from his experience.
"Nice try, but I'm a wiz a dodge beak," Danny quipped. Danny blinked after he said this and said, "That sounded much better in my head."
Danny then let out a cry of pain as Curly suddenly pecked him. The ghost boy flew away a short distance and glanced back seeing, shade-wearing vulture now had some dark green blood staining his beak.
"Please…if I wanted to hear bad comedy I'd watch that stupid show with the bear puppet. Save the jokes for the pros boy."
Danny glared at Curly who charged forward again, as he charged Moe came performed an about face and flew toward Danny ready, to divebomb him. Moe was next as he finally shook off his dizzy spell. He flew up as well with his beak ready to pierce Danny's skin.
Danny waited for the exact moment and turned intangible. The three birds smacked into each other.
Danny said, "Can we hurry this up? I haven't gotten any sleep and I got school tomorrow."
The three vultures growled as they turned towards Danny. In unison, the trio flapped their wings sending feathers flying towards him. Danny skillfully dodged the feathers, but he felt one nick his costume, tearing a hole in it.
Danny made a note to avoid that. Danny face his targets, just in time to see Larry performing his drill attack again, dark green energy covering his beak.
Danny quickly dodged and grabbed the bird by his tail feathers. Danny was pulled slightly, but he pulled back and swung the old vulture.
Moe and Curly shot around their flailing comrade as the charged at Danny, green energy focusing around their beaks. They then performed another peck attack, Danny dodging. Danny was shocked to see that their pecks tore a huge chunk of concrete out of the corner of a building.
"Okay…definitely avoiding the beaks," Danny said as the duo turned and tried to attack again.
Danny then flew towards a dazed Larry, grabbed him, and with skill that could make a baseball player jealous, threw him at his attacking teammates. Danny then focused energy into his hands.
Danny put a lot more power in the blast then normal, wanting to get rid of the trio as fast as possible. Instead of a green beam, it was solid white with a green hue around it. The much more powerful blast struck the trio and sent them flying into the horizon.
Danny blinked in surprise at the power he had just displayed. He glanced down at his hands and said, "Huh…not to self be careful when fighting things with lasers."
Danny's eye caught some movement and he saw it was the torn photo of his dad. Danny blinked in confusion. Why would those guys be after his old man? Jack hadn't really done anything to deserve having a bird hit squad sent after him.
Danny winced slightly as he felt his wound act up.
"Well…that is going to be a pain to hide."
With that, Danny flew back home to dress his wound, and hopefully catch some sleep. Still, there was one thing that was at the front of his mind. Who would want his old man dead?
(Cue intro: Normal Danny Phantom Intro)
(Comic Title: Bitter Reunions. Tagline: The Past Always Catches Up to You. The cover showed Danny, in ghost form, sweating and with some fear in his eyes, in a grappling contest with a shadowy, figure, whose only visible features were a fanged mouth and red eyes. Behind him, was a terrified looking Jazz, and a determined looking Maddie and Jack.)
Danny walked down the street towards his home. He kept his eyes opened looking for the ghosts.
Danny had spent the last two days keeping an eye out for the vulture trio and was surprised that they didn't show up. Danny was still shocked that someone wanted to kill his father. I mean, sure he may have made some enemies in town with his reckless driving and some other problems.
In the meantime, Danny and Tucker had returned to normal. However, it seemed Tucker wasn't as carefree about his near-death experience as Danny noticed that Tucker had some bags under his eyes. Apparently, Tucker had had a nightmare or two about the issue, and he was apparently staving off getting a new PDA because of it.
In the meantime, Sam was surprised to find out that there was apparently a female superhero around the town. Sam was glad to hear that a woman was taking charge. Lilly even joined in on the conversation, agreeing with Sam on her opinion. Though, for some reason, she asked Danny's opinion of it.
Danny blinked, wondering just what Lilly was getting at. She didn't seem to be the kind of person to be interested in heroes. There was also the fact that she seemed to have a bit of a "I know something you don't" look in her eyes when they talked.
Danny shook the thoughts from his head and walked into his home.
Upon entering, Danny sniffed the air and was met with the familiar smell of chicken, cheese, and marinara sauce. Danny smiled briefly as he realized his mother had been making chicken parmesan for dinner. Easily one of her better creations.
"I'm home," Danny announced as he walked upstairs to his room.
"Danny?" Maddie called, "Come into the kitchen we've got some stuff we need to talk about."
Danny walked into the kitchen to find his parents sitting there.
Seeing the mood, Danny immediately sat down.
"Danny," Maddie said, getting right to the point, "is something wrong?"
Danny blinked in confusion and asked, "What do you mean?"
Jack answered, "Your mother and I have noticed that you seem to be a little bit on edge lately. Is there something that you need to tell us?"
Danny blinked and thought about his answer. Should he tell them his secret now? After thinking about it he decided that it might not be a good time just yet.
"I'm just going through some stuff lately," Danny answered, "It's nothing to be worried about."
Maddie and Jack looked at each other, but it was obvious that there was something, but Danny wasn't telling them. Now, Danny was either to embarrassed to tell them, or he wasn't ready to talk about it. Was it a new girlfriend…or maybe a boyfriend? That did sound like something Danny would wan toto keep from them. Maybe he was failing a class and didn't want to tell them because he was scared. Seeing that they weren't going to get any answers.
Suddenly, Jazz entered the room and said, "Hey, what's going on? Is Danny having an intervention?"
Maddie said, "No, just a little conversation. Anyway, do you two have any plans for this weekend?"
Jazz answered, "Not that I can think of."
Danny answered, "Just hanging out with my friends this weekend. Why?"
Maddie answered, "Well, me and your father recently got something in the mail. An invitation to our college reunion."
Jack said, "And we were wondering if you two would like to come with us. Since it's this weekend we figured that you would come with us."
Jazz said, "Dad me and Danny both have homework to deal with. We can't just upend everything for your reunion."
Maddie said, "Jazz we both know that you and Danny usually get your homework finished quickly. Besides, you don't have a lot of homework with your school's fall break being next week."
Jazz thought, 'Drat. I thought for sure that they wouldn't know our school's schedule.'
Jack said, "Besides, you have told us that we need to connect with you two more. What better way than to see where we went to college. Besides…you do need to expand your horizons for colleges honey."
Jazz muttered under her breath and sighed, realizing that her parents weren't going to let go of this.
Danny blinked as he thought about this. Maybe some time away from Amity Park would be a good thing.
"I don't have a problem with it," Danny said, "Some time away from the town would probably do us some good."
Maddie said, "Great. Besides when we get there I'm pretty sure me and some of our old friends would get a kick out of telling you some of our old hijinks."
Jazz sighed and said, "Fine, but only if you manage to get us a good hotel."
Jack said, "Oh there won't be any hotels. It's only a couple of hours away, and our host has a pretty big house and he'll give us some room…"
The large man then, under his breath, added, "I hope."
The next couple of days went by quickly. Danny and Jazz wound up getting the extensions for their homework, and in the case of Danny, some extra credit assignments. He really needed them in a few subjects. Sam and Tucker were slightly upset that Danny was going, but they were okay with it as Danny told them that they were making sure to lock up the ghost portal.
On Friday, the family of four packed up their belongings, and headed out. Jack wasn't kidding when he said that it was a short trip, only being four hours away. The family RV wound up making a scene or two on the freeway, given that it looked like a gigantic war machine.
Danny spent most of the time listening to music on his MP3, while Jazz just read a psychology book. While they did, Jack and Maddie kept on talking about what they would do and how they thought that their old friend had changed, or if he was the same.
Unfortunately, by dinner time Jack had eaten most of the snacks, so everyone was starting. Thankfully, a passing, and rather creepy, trucker by the name of Rusty Nails pointed them to a local pizza place that had some awesome Chicago style, something Danny was very grateful for.
After four hours of driving, they finally arrived.
"We're here kids," Maddie said.
Now, Danny and Jazz were expecting a few things when they found themselves at their mysterious family friend's home. What they didn't expect was for there to be a huge castle/mansion to be sitting where they were.
Danny said, "My god this house is freaking sweet!"
"Dad…does this happen to be your friend's ancestral home?" Jazz asked, as the RV/assault vehicle, came to a stop.
Jack looked sheepish and answered, "Oh…I probably should have mentioned…our friend is Vlad Masters."
Danny simply looked confused while Jazz's eyes widened, and her jaw fell open.
"Vlad Masters!?" she almost yelled, "As in billionaire of the year, and in the top ten of the most eligible bachelors, Vlad Masters? How went to college with him!?"
Jack answered, "Yeah, we were best friends since we were kids."
Danny asked, "What happened? Did you two just drift apart?"
Jack suddenly looked uncomfortable and asked, "It's a long story, Danny, and we can talk about it later."
Jack parked the car in front of the large mansion. As soon as the they all exited the vehicle, the front door opened, and a man stepped out.
He was tall and had a slightly muscular build. He was well dressed in a black suit with a red bolo tie and matching handkerchief in his breast pocket, a white undershirt, black pants and pointed shoes. His hair was white and styled into a ponytail and had a matching goatee. His eyes were midnight blue and had dark rings around them, and a pointed nose. However, he wore the suit with a slightly higher collar than normal.
"Hello Jack," Vlad said, his voice carrying a small amount of disdain in his tone.
His mood changed when he turned towards Maddie and said, "And Maddie. Good to see you again."
Maddie smiled and said, "It's good to see you two Vlad. You're looking good."
Vlad said, "Yes. But I'm sure you want to get ready to rest and unpack your things. Come in, come in."
With that the group entered.
Jack, having missed the disdain in Vlad's voice said, "Vladdie, my man, I'm glad that…"
The Fenton patriarch was cut off when the door was slammed in his face. Jack sighed sadly as he entered the home, realizing that his friend hadn't forgiven him for the accident all those years ago. While he was outside, he decided it would be a good idea to get the bags.
The first thing the family noticed when they entered was that there was green and gold everywhere. There were cases filled with football jerseys, helmets, and all sorts of other pieces of football memorabilia, many of which seemed to be signed.
Danny said, "I see someone is a bit of a Packers fan."
Vlad said, "Yes, well, I always did carry a love for the sport. The bonuses of having a lot of money. I never did get your name, young man."
Danny answered, "Oh I'm Danny, this is Jazz."
Jazz held out a hand and said, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Masters."
Vlad shook her hand, Jazz wincing slightly as the old man had a killer grip.
She then asked, "If you have billions, why don't you just buy the Packers?"
Vlad gained a frustrated look and said, "The team is owned by Green Bay and they won't sell them to me. One of two things that my wealth has yet help me acquire..."
Maddie getting the idea of what he meant gently patted him on the back.
"Now then," Vlad said, "I'm sure your all tired from your trip and you need to unpack. I'll send someone down for your bags and you can get settled in for the night. We can catch up in the morning."
At that point, Jack opened the door pulling his family's bags with him. The family moved forward and took their bags from the large family man.
With that, Vlad guided them to their rooms, giving them some minor information about the halls they passed through, even dropping a hint that the ghost of someone called the dairy king was still in the halls, something that Jack seemed excited about, but he still seemed upset about Vlad.
After some time, the group was nestled into bed and sleeping the night away. At least, most of them.
Around midnight…
Jack was awakened from his sleep when he felt a familiar rumbling in his stomach. Recognizing it as nature's call, he stood up from bed, being careful not to wake his sleeping wife, and proceeded to sleepily make his way down the hall. The exhausted ghost hunter didn't notice three very familiar ghost vultures phase through the ceiling.
Thankfully, they just outside of Danny's door. The boy was roused from his sleep by a familiar chill and a blue mist coming out of his mouth.
"Even when I'm away from home this happens," Dany muttered as he transformed, "Well, if I'm lucky it might just be that dairy king that Vlad mentioned. What's the worst thing he can do to me? Give me brain freeze?"
Danny phased through the wall and was shocked to see the three vultures from a few days ago, floating above his father with their claws poised back and ready to strike.
Danny acted quickly, going intangible and going through the floor. He grabbed his father dragging him through the floor and dropping him off in the bathroom.
Danny then flew up and said, "Hey…remember me?"
The three vultures turned towards Danny…and screamed before scattering in different directions.
"…well…that was a little too easy."
A voice Danny didn't recognize said, "Yes…yes it was."
Danny spun around and saw another ghost. This one was different.
He was tall, muscular, with blue skin, pointed ears, fanged teeth, solid red eyes, black eyebrows, and black hair that was done up in a U-shape, and a matching black goatee. His suit seemed to be a pallet swapped version of Danny's, mainly white with black gloves, boots, and belt. He accessorized with a high-collared cape that was red on the inside and white on the outside.
The new ghost said, "Aren't you a little far from home, boy?"
Danny asked, "Aren't you supposed to be threatening to suck someone's blood?"
The ghost rolled his eyes and said, "Oh…vampire jokes. I've never heard that before."
The vampire said, "Now then, my problem is with the fat man you saved. Not you. I suggest that you move along before you get hurt, boy."
Danny said, "I don't think so."
With that Danny charged in throwing a punch, which the ghost caught easily. However, Danny responded lashing out with a kick that was also caught. The ghost gave a wince that went unnoticed by Danny.
"If you really think…"
The vampire was caught off guard when Danny warped his body to twist around, unleashing an ax kick, only to be blocked.
Danny then fired a blast of energy point blank that sent the vampiric ghost skidding backwards. The ghost caught himself shaking his head to clear the cobwebs as Danny reshaped his body.
"Hm…that was unexpected," he said rubbing his face, "I must admit you certainly think outside the box, boy. My turn."
The ghost launched forward and threw out a punch. Danny blocked it but winced at the pain that surged through his arm. The ghost then started unleashing a barrage of punches at a fast pace that Danny hadn't fought yet.
The boy bobbed and weaved through the attacks and shot a fist towards the ghost's stomach. The ghost doubled over slightly, but revealed it was a feint. He grabbed Danny's arm and threw him down the hall.
"Inexperience and self-taught," he said, rubbing his stomach, "but not bad. A little bit of polishing and you would make an impressive fighter."
The vampire shot forward and brought both fists up to bring them down on the boy's head. Danny threw up a shield which tanked the blow, the cracked under the force.
"Oh please," he said, "An energy shield? That is so year one."
The ghost focused energy into his hands and fired a blast that shattered the shield and blasted Danny further down the hall.
The vampiric ghost flew after him. As he approached Danny fired a blast of bright green energy, only for the ghost to catch the blast, turn it pink, and then redirect it. Danny threw up both arms forming another shield, but the blast broke right through and hit Danny hard.
The boys slid across the floor.
"An ectoplasmic energy blast," the ghost continued, "Also year one. You really need to expand your horizon boy. Though, I'll admit I've never tried manipulating my body like that."
Danny said, "Oh yeah, well what about this?"
Danny proceed to lash out with a kick, energy carrying through it sending a sharp wave of energy towards the ghost, who simply caught the blast. As he did, he was then punched right in the jaw knocking him backwards.
"How's that for year one you Dracula reject?"
Vlad rolled his jaw with an annoyed expression and said, "Okay that is it. No more Mr. Nice Plasmius."
The now named Plasmius seemed to focus and three clones of him burst into existence.
Danny said, "Okay…haven't seen that before. How are you doing all this?"
Plasmius and his clones said in unison, "Years of practice."
The three clones then fired pink blasts of energy that slammed into Danny making him scream in pain. Or at least he would have if the original Plasmius hadn't slammed down on Danny's stomach with a glowing pink fist, knocking the air from his lungs.
Two of the copies then merged back into the original, who then flew into the air and spun like a top, his cape spinning round him forming a drill before he slammed into Danny. The remaining duplicate form a shield beneath Danny which stopped Danny from damaging the floor, leaving no trace behind.
The impact had the desired effect of tearing through Danny's suit and leaving a nasty looking bruise and grind mark where the attack hit. Danny fell to the ground. His brain processing the pain and refusing to let him move, as he struggled to stay conscious.
As this happened, Plasmius floated above the ghost boy, eyeing him with an interested look.
'I must admit the boy is rather impressive. He's wet behind the ears, and has that youthful arrogance, but he is an impressive fighter. It is obvious that he doesn't have much in terms of training with both his powers and combat, but his combat intelligence and instincts are astounding. Not to mention his durability and strength are incredible. The last time I used my cape on a ghost, he was destroyed. In time, he will no doubt surpass me, though that may take a few years.'
As Danny looked up at the man who had just thoroughly trounced him, and lost consciousness. As Danny passed out, familiar white rings formed, and he transformed back into his human form, now clad in pajamas.
Plasmius' eyes widened as he saw.
"The Amity Park ghost boy," he said, "Is Jack's son?"
Black rings formed around Plasmius' body and in as they passed, they revealed the form of Vlad Masters.
"Well…small world…" he said as he eyed the unconscious boy.
Cut! Well, I've been waiting to get to this episode for a while now. First, you'll notice that the vulture trio were a bit tougher than in canon. I did say that some would be stronger than the canon counterparts. Also, I decided to name them after the three stooges, because they were never given any real names. Also, I should tell you that the 2008 years old thing won't be happening, as I feel that it is much more plausible that they were Vlad's guinea pigs. There is also the fact that Danny and Tucker are feeling some repercussions from their encounter with Xana.
As for Danny and Vlad, I'm intending on diverting from canon at this point. Things will change. Some of you may not like it, and may be surprised by it, but I hope that it doesn't kill the story for you.
As for the move Vlad used to knock out Danny, that was an easter egg towards a character that may come into play later.
Criticism is welcome, flames are ignored.
