Hey! New Chapter Posted! So sorry for the delay. I've been having difficulties leading up to what I want. But it a secret, so I not telling. Anyways, If you haven't already, go check out my birthday one-shot, that might turn into a few chapters. It probably will.
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Chapter 11 : Must I Deal with this?
"Why the heck did you put them all the way down there!?" Danny exclaimed, gesturing down the dungeon with his one arm.
"Sorry, my liege. Quite an inconvenience I made for you. Do you need any assistance?" Fright Knight offered, but Danny just shook his head.
"Nah, I'll just walk, or hobble or whatever," he grumbled, going down to the last few cells, with Sam and Tucker.
The techno geek pushed his glasses up, "Why don't you just fly?"
"It's a waste of energy, slowing down the healing process," Danny explained, quickly, picking up the pace. Sam close behind, with Tucker struggling. He really needs to get in shape, they both thought.
Danny came to a halt and his white bangs flew over his eyes, with Sam and Tucker running into him, startled.
Ignoring them Danny called out, looking around each cell, "Ok, where are the Fenton's?"
Sam pointed to a cell, two doors down. As Danny stood in front of the bars, Maddie looked up from sobbing into her husband. "Phantom," she spat and quickly stood, making the trio flinch. "Where's my son?"
The ghost boy gulped. Crap! He forgot about his human side. What was he going to do? He couldn't walk around with crutches and the same injuries as Phantom. That's too suspicious.
"Um…" he started, as he fidgeted. Seeing her boyfriend stuck, Sam made up an excuse.
"He's fine, Mrs. Fenton. He's resting, but the reason Phantom came down here was because he and Danny have come up with a decision," Sam tried to sound comforting, but it came out more of a hiss. Maddie sat back down, Jack didn't say a word.
Danny cleared his throat, after he nodded his thanks to Sam. "The class, along with the three adults, will remain in the basement. There will be a dinner, which is the only time you will be let out. There is a portal that will bring you home, but it won't be ready, until tomorrow, due to the unexpected visit," he explained.
"Jazz will bring pillows and blankets, but you will have to entertain yourselves," Tucker added, stepping back a little.
"Why are we staying here? Why can't we stay in a room?" Paulina asked, standing and cocking a hip.
Danny spun to face her, his eyes glowing brighter. "Because the first time you stayed in a room, you all left to 'explore' my kingdom, where I have many personal matters that you thought you could find out for your own gain. No mortal can even fathom with the personal matters. So if you want to continue your pathetic high school lives, I suggest you don't even consider it," he snarled, angered with the Latina's comment. Sam and Tuck snickered behind him.
The class didn't say a word, but they wanted to. They wanted to ask Danny about the matters and the kingdom and ask why they really couldn't stay in a room instead. But Danny turned, his head spinning and aching. His best friends trailing behind.
"Oh and one more thing," Sam said, turning with a smile. "Don't let the ghost rats eat you. It's their vicious hour."
Screams came from the class, both boys and girls, as they hopped onto the benches that hooked onto the walls of their cells. Sam and Tucker laughed, even Danny cracked a smile.
"When do you want to check the portal?" Sam asked.
"After dinner, it's right next to where Plasmius is at, if he didn't get away, yet," Danny answered.
"Well then, now to see what Dani's making," Tucker said.
Danny winced. "Let's just hope it's not alive this time."
By the time Frostbite made it down to the dungeon, the trio was already in the kitchen. Frostbite was getting somewhat irritated with Daniel's need to help and fix things on his own.
"Where are they?" the Far Frozen leader asked the Fright Knight.
He shrugged. "They did not say, but I overheard them saying something about Danielle and food," he informed him.
Frostbite didn't give his thanks, before he ran back up and down the halls.
"No, no, and NO! This is all wrong!"
Sam opened the kitchen door, holding it for Danny and Tucker. Danny had just enough time to duck at a flying salt shaker.
"Woah! Dani calm down!" they said in unison.
The girl lifted her head, but she was too short to see them over the counters, she floated up. "Oh, Daddy, Mommy, Uncle Tuck! We have a mad situation."
Tucker grinned, "Mad indeed, it looks like the March Hare and the Hatter went to town with this place."
It was true, it did look that way. Pots and pans littered the tables and floor, Ingredients were poured all over the place, the oven was smoking, and Dani's hair had flour and egg in it. Sam started to pick up the ingredients and Tucker cleaned the pots, while Danny extinguished the fire. Dani gulped and put her head down, looks like she wasn't going to make dinner again in a long time.
Danny turned to her, "What was all wrong that we could hear you from ten doors down?"
She groaned and sat on the countertops. "I asked Kitchen to help me make creamy tomato basil tortellini, buuuut she decided to snooze off, while I was getting the cheese," she explained.
Sam stopped cleaning and looked up to the girl. "What about the rest of this mess?"
Dani smiled, sheepishly. "I started to freak out and… everything went to chaos…"
Tucker, who stupidly had 5 pots and pans in his arms, tripped over one and landed on the tiled floor with a thud. The two girls gasped and Danny stood frozen, they all flinched, when the techno geek stood abruptly.
"No… k'dding," he slurred and fell back down. Danny laughed and gave him a hand, in the helping way, not the applauding. Sam would've killed him if he did.
"Come on, Tuck. Let's get ya an ice pack and a piece of pizza," Danny said, hauling his friend to the kitchen table. Sam handed him an ice pack and Dani, using the microwave, heated up a leftover slice of pizza.
"Now," Sam said, going back to Dani's problem. "Do you want us to help you?" she asked, folding her arms.
Dani nodded and her cheeks turned a bright red. Sam shook her head and began working and instructing Danielle on what to do, while Danny watched them and Tucker, lazily and dazed, ate his pepperoni pizza.
Then all of a sudden, the kitchen doors burst open and a furious big sister stomps in. "Daniel James Fenton," Danny cringed. He was in big trouble. "Why did you not come and get me? I've been worrying about you for hours! Then I finally went down to see the class and they told me you saw them!" she shouted, then looked around the kitchen. "What happened in here?" she asked.
Dani groaned. "I got it, I'm not a good cook. Will people stop asking that?" she said, hopping on a stool.
Sam shook her head with a smirk. "Nope, you'll never live it down," she confirmed and Dani groaned again, falling upside down.
Danny chuckled and ruffled her hair. "Cheer up, Dani and help Sam cook. You have to make enough for the whole table," he announced, starting to head out the door.
"Where do you think you're going, mr?" Jazz asked, stepping in front of him.
"What!" Dani screamed. "I have to make at least 23 dishes?" Danny nodded, then turned back to his red-faced sister.
He tried sidestepping around her. "I was going to go check up on the portal. The sooner it's fixed, the sooner I get my privacy," he grumbled.
Jazz stomped her foot down. "Frostbite told me you needed rest, Danny. You opened up news wounds and the next time you take a hit, you might not…" she didn't finish, before she bursted into tears. Her angry dissipated.
Danny couldn't help, but feel guilty and pull her into him. "Jazz, I'll be fine. I won't fight or use my energy up and I'll rest once everything is in order," he promised her, as he pulled away and went to the portal room.
Jazz started shaking just a little, but Tucker, who was slowly coming back, placed a hand on her shoulder. "He'll be f'ne. Trust meh. I am his best friend," Tucker said, almost falling to the floor, if Jazz had not caught him and placed him back in his chair.
Danny didn't know what he was feeling.
Confusion? Fatigue? Power? Lost?
He didn't know and it was bugging him. Since he woke up, he's felt… different.
Weak? Afraid? Happy? Joy?
He walked down the cold, quiet hallways, not noticing the figure following him. He was lost in his thoughts and didn't know what to do. He just needed something to take his mind off of the recent events.
Like a ninja, the figure swiftly ducked and rolled behind doors, curtains or fixtures. What was the Ghost Boy doing? Letting his guard down? When they got a better look at his face, they saw worry and hope. They knew he was a king, but he seemed too young to be. Worrying about the other ghosts and smaller kingdoms. Having hope that one day, everything will be at peace. They scoffed. Peace. What a load of horse crap.
Phantom continued on, until he reached a small iron door, before he could lift a hand up, he heard a voice shout behind him.
"Stop right there, Phantom!"