Felicia groaned as she collapsed onto her bed. Her mother had started to watch over her like a hawk for some reason and she was barely able to go out as Black Cat as much as she wanted. She sighed as she played with the necklace that Daniel gave her some time ago for Christmas. She smiled as she thought of him and then found a desire to go and see him at his store, perhaps actually spend some time with him outside of school. Now if she could just get out of the house without her mother seeing her.
With a plan in action, Felicia changed into her Black Cat costume and then disappeared out of the window.
"Felicia, darling are you…" Lydia asked as she entered her daughter's room and found it empty. She placed her hands on her hips and groaned.
"Now where did that girl get to" She asked no one in particular as she left the room and closed the door behind her. Black Cat sighed as she continued to jump over rooftops and then arrived at where she had…
Daniel was watching the latest reports from Amity, when a small force of skeleton troopers not under the Fright Knights command attacked and attempted to find the crown and then take over the city.
However against Vlad and Valerie and a special unit of ARC troopers there, the force, barely an eighteenth of the force that Pariah took the city with, was no match for them. He sighed sadly though, whoever this ghost was had knowledge of the Ghost King's army, had some troopers loyal to him and worst already had the ring in his grasp.
"And that was it, sir," Cody said.
"The line of troopers was destroyed and we followed them back to a lair in section 1243-3i24, which didn't give us anything else. It was just an outpost for whoever this is." He finished.
"What about the Infi-map?"
"It isn't showing us the place of his headquarters, it must know something we don't," Cody said sadly.
"Ok, end transmission," Daniel said as the comlink closed.
He yawned and stretched after the hologram of Cody disappeared. "Surprising that this ghost hasn't attacked anywhere in the zone yet," Fixit said looking at the hologram map of the Zone
, "You would think that he would want the other ghosts to know about him."
"No, that would allow us to know where he is and he isn't willingly to allow us to know yet." Daniel said sadly.
"I will have to increase the clone forces in the zone if he does want a fight, then we'll give him one." Fixit smiled at that, but then his internal clock went off. "Lunch break over, back to work" With that both Daniel and Fixit headed upstairs and as Daniel sat behind the counter, Fixit went to unlock the door. Soon, some costumers came in, some that knew Daniel and Fixit. However, soon a black convertible pulled up to place.
"Uh-oh," Fixit said as Felicia came into the store and walked up to Daniel.
"Hey, Danny," She smiled at him.
"Want to hang out?"
Time skip:
In a dark alleyway, three masked wearing man suddenly appeared and ran towards one of the bakers on the street. Using a crowbar, one of them destroys the lock on the door and window and then they go inside. The ring leader says
"Alright grab all the cash from the register and safe, but don't eat anything. Ms. D's my great auntie." As his two helpers start to do that, a voice suddenly said as a green light when over them.
"So, you rob your great aunt, man I have heard of worse thugs, but you take the cake." The three turned to see…
"Phantom," The ring leader yelled.
"Get him!" He continued as the other two charged at Daniel. Phantom sighed at that and grabbed the arm of the person in front of him and twists it behind their back. The other attempts to punch him but gets kicked in the face. With that, Phantom let the first one go and then stood in front of a lamp post. The two guys charged at him, but Phantom just smirked and turned intangible, allowing them to hit the lamp port head on.
With that, Daniel webbed them up and lifted them up onto the lamp post. The first guy, having seen this and what Phantom did to his men, attempts to make a run for it on foot, but Phantom just sighed and extends his hand towards him.
The dude suddenly begins to float above the sidewalk and then is thrown up next to his partners and with that Phantom finished webbing them up completely. By the time the cops come, the three are completely tied up, leaving the cops with no idea who did that to them. Daniel was hiding behind a water tower where a camera bot was waiting for him.
Ok, stopped the crime, checked, got more pictures of myself for the bugle and fixed the camera bot so this time that pictures will come out as I want them to, checked. Now, just have to get home.
He thought as he teleported himself home in a bright flash of green light with the camera bot in tow. However, what he didn't know was that someone had watched the battle and then smiled evilly after he had left.
The next day, Daniel was riding his bike around town a little annoyed about some of the things that were going on. Goblin had reappeared in New York and was still attempting to take the big man down with no really success. Perhaps I should talk to him about that, at least get an idea about if he knows who the new Goblin is. He knew that it wasn't Harry. He had scanned Harry's system with a scanner Fixit had specifically made to track Globulin green in a person and found no sign of it in him. So he wasn't on the green anymore.
Then who was the new goblin? Norman, there was no proof of that and after getting it wrong the first time, he had no idea at all what was going on. He sighed as he pulled into the park and then started to walk around not knowing what to do or think. He was about to lean against a tree when… He gasped as he sensed a ghost nearby. He sneered at that and immediately looked around for the ghost that was in the park with him. Luckily, no one else was around at the time.
"Beware for I am the…." A voice suddenly said as the Box Ghost appeared from the trees and causing Phantom to fire an ice beam at him, freezing him solid. Oops, thought he was someone else and the Lunch Lady is not going to like that at all. Phantom thought as he pulled out the thermos and then sucked the Box Ghost inside. He shouldn't have attempted that at all and really shouldn't be around in NY.
No one was supposed to know that he was still alive and that he had taken root in NY and if the box ghost had slipped that he was here, then that ghost was a dead ghost walking, no pun intended. Phantom sighed as he turned back human and then leaned against the tree as he looked up at the sky and then sighed happily as he got his heart rate under control.
The false ghost alert kind of scared him a little, but Daniel sighed as he continued to look up at the sky as the sun began to set. He always found beautiful in nature, but then he sighed sadly as he remembered Sam.
Time skip
Daniel was heading home after school, but then sighed when he saw Felicia's limo following him again. He shook his head, that girl was nothing if not stubborn and persistent. He smirked as he increased the speed coming out of his bike as he attempted to get her to race him. He was rewarded with his efforts when the limo charged towards him, increasing its speed. He pulled back suddenly and pulled up next to the limo. Soon the window slid down to show Felicia. Daniel raised his helmet's visor and asked
"Are we really playing this game again?" She smiled.
"Perhaps, perhaps not, Daniel," She purred. Daniel shook his head at that.
"What do you want?" He asked.
"To hang out again, but this time on my limo, not on your bike" She said.
"What? You don't like it?" Daniel asked as he revs the engine of his bike.
"No, it wasn't that. I know a place that I think you will love to go to and carrying the things I'll get will be easier in my limo then your bike," She said as the two went to his store and then to the place.
Meanwhile
"Mr. Masters, I don't know about this," Valerie said sadly.
"Valerie, we have no choice. With my forces and Daniel's hidden forces here, that ghost will not dare to attack here again and unfortunately, I do not know the location of the Ghost Kings Crown. Daniel took that and hid it himself and there is a rumor that that ghost knows where young Daniel is. Without his army and a city that is use to ghost attacks like we are, he will need all the help we can give him." Vlad said.
"But I thought you were starting to become weaker," She said. Vlad nodded,
"Because of my lack of enemies when I first got my powers, I am a little weaker than Phantom, but that is not by much, Ms. Gray, I can still hold my own, but he will need help." He said.
"As you wish, I'll head to NY at once," Valerie said as she started to leave Master's Manor
. "Valerie, this is a top secret mission, Daniel and his army cannot know you are there, so stay incognito." He said.
"As you wish," Valerie said as she left and then headed home. Please be safe Daniel, he thought after that.
Meanwhile,
"It's happening again," Colonel Jameson groaned as Curt and Gwen watched as he groaned in pain, on his knees in the lab.
"Just stay calm, Colonel," Curt said as Jameson continued to yell in pain.
"Slow, deep breaths,"
"Deep breaths, that's all you got! Help him," Johan yelled as his son started to grow and tear his clothes.
"My boy's clothes are shrinking right off him." He continued as Gwen sat down next to him. Suddenly the Colonel stood up, ran through the table and into them. "I got ya, Johnny,"
"No, Dad, get back," John said as he ran into the wall, leaving a big hole in it.
"No wonder this lab goes through funds so quickly," Miles said to Debra. Slowly John came out of the wall and stood up
"Don't worry, that's attack over and I taught that wall a thing or two," He continued as Johan looked at him. John was now covered with muscles and much taller than everyone in the lab.
"Are you joking about this?" Johan yelled.
"Too soon, huh" John asked as Curt brought a box towards them.
"This should help," He said handing the box to John. "Why don't you try it on in my office, carefully," He finished as John took the box and then went into the office, but he stopped opening the door and Gwen had to help him. Once he was inside, Johan yelled
"What's happening with my son?"
"He was exposed to the alien life form on the hull of his space shuttle. He's infected with microscopic spores that hitched a ride on the alien life form," Curt said as he looked at a dish that held a culture of the spores under a microscope.
"The way gum sticks to a shoe," He said as Johan looked at the dish. "We've been tracking his condition for months, since entering the colonel's system the spores have multiplied greatly." He said.
"Dr. Connors believes that they might have evolved on a high mass gravity world, like Jupiter." Gwen said.
"I don't care if they're from jersey, if those spores are not out of my son in 4.2 seconds, I'll…"
"It's just not that simple, my gene cleanlier have no effect, either did extreme heat or cold." Curt said. "I had limited success in destroying individual spores with electricity, but in the meantime…"
"I get to wear this fancy suit. I hear it's all the rage on Jupiter," John said.
"You look like a fool super hero," Johan said.
"The spores are genetically altering your mass, making you heavier, stronger, this…ah…Jupiter suit will slow you down." Curt said as he turned the suit on. "Regulate your heart rate and help you operate in normal earth gravity."
"Plus the ladies know a man in uniform." John joked.
"It's good to maintain your sense of humor. Any personally changes might say that the spores are changing your mind as well."
Later John was walking around town with Johan as Johan whistled a cab.
"I have to get to the paper, but I'll drop you off at home first," However, Daniel was walking around and yell "Mind if I tag along, I have a pay check waiting at the bugle,"
"Sure kid, get in, we can split the fare," Johan said as the three got in, but John was so big that he caused the rear end of the cab to hit the cement as they went along.
"Sorry, I guess that's the sound of me kissing a normal life goodbye," John said sadly. Been there, kissed that, Daniel thought.
"You never know, when a door closes a window opens," Daniel said.
"What are you muttering about Parker, he's infected," Johan said as the driver looked at them in worry. "It's not contagious, eyes front," Johan said to him. "I'm just saying, he might find work somewhere…" Suddenly Johan's phone went off and he answered it.
"Another Phantom hero story, why I should…" He looked at John and smiled.
"Robbie, hold that front page. I'll call you back." He then turned to his son and said "You can take that ghost down."
"Excuse me," He said.
"Look at you boy, you got the costume, the powers, all you need is a name," Johan said as he started to think for a while. "Captain Mass, no, Strong man, no, Colonel Jupiter! That's it," He yelled,
"But pop, you hate super heroes," John said.
"When did I say that?"
"Every hour on the hour," Daniel said.
"I hate masked heroes, what are they hiding anyway," They're not. They're protecting their love ones, Daniel thought sadly. "But you're an astronaut, the world already knows ya. Johnny-boy, you can be the one to bring Phantom to justice," He said as Daniel looked on in worry and fear. He didn't want to have another person to fight again. Soon, Daniel left the bugle as Phantom and then continued to fly around not knowing what to do about this Colonel Jupiter problem.
Time skip:
John was looking over the town from the bugle when he saw black smoke come from somewhere in the city. "Wow, better call it in," He said, but the heart monitor started to show that his heart was starting to beat faster.
"Wait, I am help. Come on, Jameson, you're not seriously thinking about leaping buildings in a single bound." He looked at his feet and then detached the weights on it and then jumped into the air.
"Colonel Jupiter away," Meanwhile Phantom was helping getting people out of the building going from top floor to the bottom, firing his ice blasts at the flames to control them, or at least attempt to control them. He coughed a little; he was always more vulnerable to fire-based attacks, actually just fire in general. He couldn't do it all alone. Suddenly someone jumped in from the top floor and Daniel raised a fist in case it was trouble.
"Hi, I am Colonel Jupiter, thought I could help," Phantom smiled at that,
"I'll get these out, you find the others," He said as he phased him and the others out.
Soon, John jumped out of the building with the last few people in his arms and sat them down on the ground. "Thank you, young man,"
"Glad I could help," He said as he went back in with Phantom as Phantom was helping mostly everyone out. Suddenly the stairway went out and an African American woman fell from it as her son yelled
"MOM!" As the woman fell, she suddenly landed in Colonel Jupiter's arms.
"Who are you?"
"Colonel Jupiter, ma'am," He said as Phantom came down with the person's son. "That's every living thing in the building, time to leave," He said as he coughed. "Are you alright?" Colonel Jupiter asked.
"I will be, now go," He said forcing Jupiter out as the fire department continued to try to control the fire. "Enjoying the hero thing?" He asked.
"Oh, yeah,"
"Then I hope to continue to work with you," Phantom said as he teleported away.
Later:
"Danny have you been smoking?" Liz asked.
"What? No. Just had a little bar-a-q problem," He lied as they walked right past where Harry and Gwen were sitting.
"Say something please?" He asked.
"I…" She nodded at him. Harry smiled and then said
"Sweet," Then he helped Gwen up and they walked right by Daniel.
"Do you smell bar-a-q?" Harry asked as they did. Suddenly Daniel sensed something and turned just as Flash forced him to the lockers.
"Sha Shan Nguyen," He said looking at the girl in question. "She's like totally immune to the Flash," He said.
"Cause she got a brain?" Daniel asked.
"Exactly, so you're going to help me get her to go out with me," Flash said.
"Ha, no thanks," Daniel said as he forced Flash to let go of him and then walked off. However, Flash attempted to hit him, but Daniel turned and raised his fist that stopped inches from his face.
"Nice try, but again no, but if you want to date her, show her you're not all brawns and no brains and take an interest in the things she likes,"
Daniel then looked over at where Sha Shan was and Flash followed his gaze,
"Huh, Drama, huh, how hard could it be?" He asked as he sighed up as well for the school play.
"Doubt thou the stars are fire, doubt thou the sun does move, doubt the truth be liar, but never doubt I love," MJ said as she stood on the stage with the spotlight on her. After MJ finished her audition, Mr. Devereaux clapped as he stood up
"Such spirit, such passion, now that's an audition that I love to see. Thank you my dear. The cast list will be posted tomorrow, next." He said as the person controlling the lights smiled at MJ. However as Brown walked up, Flash suddenly said "Cube M 1 is ready for his audition," Devereaux sighed,
"You'll have to wait your turn"
"Doesn't anybody know who I am," Flash yelled in shock.
Meanwhile, Phantom was flying around town reading the report that the Assassin gave to him about Colonel Jupiter and what she said about him.
"Stacy you have one second to example why Phantom is not behind bars," Johan yelled as he came into Captain Stacy's office. Stacy was typing on his computer when Johan did that, but then looked up at him and said
"Good to see you too, Johan."
"Maybe I can help, you've heard about this Colonel Jupiter?"
"You mean, your son?" Stacy asked. Johan walked back from him, but said "That's beside the point. What's the point, here's the point he saved a billion people alone from a city fire of 90 blocks. Deputize him and he'll have the Phantom in a chain gang in 4.3 seconds."
"Why? He has done nothing wrong and has saved hundreds of people, Johan." Stacy said showing Johan his computer screen that showed the good work that Phantom has done.
"That Phantom is still attacking our city," Johan said.
"Do you really want to embarrass yourself and your paper again?" Johan left after that.
Phantom was flying around the town looking around for Colonel Jupiter, if what he got from the research was correct, he could go completely mad. He landed in front of the planetarium, but then someone yelled
"Phantom!" Phantom turned to see Jupiter heading right for him. "Colonel, are you ok?" He asked. Suddenly Colonel Jupiter jumped at him and they both fell into the planetarium. "What's wrong with you…?" Phantom asked, but when he saw the dark look on him and then the heart monitor, he sighed. The spores had completely changed his mind. Phantom thought.
"Colonel, enough of this," Phantom yelled as he dodged the colonel's punches one after another. "Stay still," The colonel growled at him. Phantom sighed as he grabbed the colonel and lifted him up into the air.
"What are you going? Let me go, so I can show you power," Phantom sighed sadly at that and then sent his electricity into the colonel, shocking him completely.
The colonel yelled as that happened as Phantom just continued his attack on him. Lucky the Assassin told him about Curt's limited success with electricity in destroying the spores. He increased the voltage as he continued to send his power into the colonel.
"Colonel, if you can still hear me, this is power. I know it because I used it for other's protection, not for my own. I hope you can learn that as well," He finished as the heart monitor stopped and he threw the colonel to the ground. Slowly, the colonel shrunk back to his normal size, leaving him in a huge suit and unconscious. Phantom sighed at that and then waited for the police to get there, so he could tell them what happened.
Meanwhile as Flash attempted to read the script lines, he moved out of the spotlight and then began,
"I will be brief your noble son is mad, man call I it for to define true madness what is to be nothing else but mad." He finished and then asked "Is this supposed to be English?"
Time skip:
"The spores are completely out of your son's system, eventually he might be able to resume a normal life," Curt said as he, Johan, and Miles looked over where John was in a strait jacket as he muttered, "I miss the power. I need it. I have to get the power back, give me the power back," He said attempting to get out, showing everyone that he had completely lost it. Soon, the doc injected him with a sedative as he fell to the ground muttering under his breath. Curt sighed sadly after that,
"We'll give you some time alone," As the two left, Johan looked at his son in worry.
"All right, settle down," Mr. Devereaux said as everyone who auditioned looked at the cast list. The ground included MJ, Kong, Brown, Liz, Harry, Glory and many more.
"Clearly, no pushing," He continued as he put the cast list on the wall. Everyone looked at it as MJ said "Oh, Glory, we're in, you too Kenny, Harry you got a lead,"
"Good work, Harry,"
"Yeah, yeah, one second," Harry said as he called his dad. "Hey, Dad, I got the lead in the play and I have a girlfriend now," He said as Gwen smiled at that. "Did you just say you're proud of me," With that he closed his phone and then led Gwen down the hallway as Daniel looked on in peace. I miss the colonel already, He thought as he attempted to leave, but suddenly Liz hugged him and said
"Oh, Danny, I'm in the cast." Daniel didn't know what to say, so he just said
"Wow, that's great," as he just left. As Sha Shan checked who she was in the play, Flash walked up to her and said "Hey, you got in, that's great. Seems we'll be seeing a lot of each other"
"That seems unlikely since you weren't on the list," She said as Flash looked at the list in shock,
"What"
"Obviously the directors incapable of seeing our nature talent," Sally said.
However, at the bugle, Johan was yelling "He did this, he destroyed my son. If I ever get my hands on that man, I'll…" He stopped when someone beamed into his office.
"Senator Wes," He asked as Wes and two droids came from the light.
"It seems that you want Phantom, than I have a scope for you."
"Oh yeah, what" Johan asked.
"I know you have a Daniel Parker in your employment that is able to take Phantom's picture while no one else is able to, don't you think that is weird?" Wes asked, very lucky that Daniel was not there with the others. Johan thought for a second and then said
"You're right, but what are you trying to say,"
"Daniel Parker and Danny Phantom, that is the name of the phantom in your city, are one and the same," Wes chuckled. Everyone gasped at that as Johan smiled evilly at that, he found had the Phantom and had him in his grasp.
