Guess who's back? Back again? (Sorry not sorry)
You guys have probably been thinking I've been dead these past few weeks...months...yeah...Honestly I was going to write this but finals came up and I have work and I couldn't figure out how I was going to write the damn thing and so yeah…
In other news I have other fanfictions too! Which I have updated somewhat recently so yeah. On top of that, I am now 16! SWEET! Haha see what I did there? Happy birthday to me. *balloons*
Of course, before we jump into the story, it's time to answer reviews! *confetti*
zonetan: Not quite with the first one, and I thought so as well!
FantasyHalfa: Ding ding ding! There's a bit more to it, but you get the general idea! Uh, about the Dani thing not the second one, but both were good guesses! And thanks! I have been working my ass off for this story, but it's my baby and I love it!
Midnight Silk Rose: You are correct! There is still more than meets the eyes, but thats part of it.
Mpwtl125: I know right! And thanks! Have I told you I love your reviews, because I do! Just brighten up my day!
Jayxon: And you are correct! Same response as everyone above, but props to you for getting it!
Too everyone else who reviewed, thank you and I love you all! I just love reviews, make me feel all warm inside, you rays of sunshine!
Well, I will see you all at the bottom, so I hope you enjoy! And also, in the summer, I have no concept of time. Everyday is Saturday. Continue.
Disclaimer: I am a cat, me owning Danny Phantom would be a CATastrophe. Saying I did own it would get me in trouble and I don't FELINE like getting PURR-nished. Haha (I'll stop now)
Chapter 25
They left soon after, and being free from the class, even for a while, was reliving. Of course they were careful as they were leaving the guesthouse, but once the intricate ice door closed behind them, they laughed. It was a free laugh, one full of knowing and relief.
Danny and Dani smiled, their ice cores releasing in the snow around them, and their friends weren't surprised when Danny suddenly formed a snowball and hurled it at Tucker, who in return pounced on his friend like a cat.
Even Mélanie seemed happy, despite the fact that she didn't really know the story behind it, but she was sure she would know eventually, someone was bound to gossip later about it. In the meantime, however, they ran (or flew in Danny and Dani's cases, Sam preferring to stay on the ground where she could actually make a snowball) to the lab, throwing around snow like children who just got their first snow day. A few people of the Far Frozen were slightly confused at the commotion, but after seeing the familiar faces of the group of friends, they smiled, some even throwing a few quick snowballs of their own.
After a while of their snowball battle, they began to talk, mostly going to the subject of the field trip to hell. Mélanie listened intently, reacting to the strange ups and downs that the class had experienced. (Tucker had exclaimed that if their minds weren't already fucked up as they were, it would have traumatize them, to which no one could deny so Sam stuck with scolding him for using the word 'fuck' in front of Dani instead). However, through the exchange the snowball fight continued, causing them to get distracted at points in the story as one tried to pelt another member of the group as they spoke.
Soon their battle was brought to a close as the lab appeared into view. A few bits of snow flew threw the air as the group calmed down from their hype, officially ending as Danny threw one last snowball at Sam, to which she turned intangible, letting the ball sail straight through her.
The outside of the lab was nothing to be impressed by, another solid ice door attached to what looked to be the opening of a cave, being as the complex reside in the mountain. One the group got closer to the door, they were able to make-out words written in the ice, almost impossible to see if one did not know they were there. All in Latin, ranging in meaning from 'safety' to 'health' to 'Tuck was here' (Tucker had found this hilarious when he had carved it in the door a few years back, though many thought that the carver would be pissed to see her door having be 'defiled' she simply added her own name and gave Tucker a fistbump, making Tucker claim that it was one of the best pranks he had ever pulled).
While the outside of the lab was nothing special, the inside was the big ticket item.
Rooms upon rooms of scientific equipment laid inside, ranging in purpose and function. Dani, who had only been in the labs a few times, always was in awe of the area and immediately flew to a nearby bookshelf, pulling out a copy of Theory of Space, Time, and Plasmic Relativity, flipping over the worn pages before sitting down in midair to read.
Danny and the gang had other plans. They walked into a room a few doors down that had a note hanging on the door. Danny's eyes skimmed the message, only to see it was about who was using the room currently. With a nod he walked into the room, his friends and Mélanie in tow. Hey, the note did say that the room was currently their workspace.
Mélanie shuffled a bit, eyes roaming the room, taking in her surroundings. "Alors... Le livre est ici?" ("So...the book is in here?")
Sam nodded. ''Ouaip. Il ne reste maintenant plus qu'à le trouver. Ça ne devrait pas être trop difficile, il est probablement sur la table de travail de Danny pour être honnête." ("Yep. Now all we have to do is find it. Shouldn't be too hard though, probably on Danny's workbench to be honest.")
Danny went over to a large, light wood desk near the wall and started to shift the papers and notes around, careful not to mess up his research. Tucker began to help as well, stacking them by the edge of the desk.
"Uh…" Tucker said, ''Tu as dit que le titre était 'La Théorie Relative de la Manipulation Génétique' ou un truc comme ça, pas vrai?'' ("You had said it was called 'The Relative Theory of Genetic Manipulation' or something like that, right?')
Mélanie nodded. ''Ouais, ça devrait être quelque chose du genre.' ("Yeah, should be something along those lines.")
After a few more seconds of moving papers, Tucker sprang up, clutching a thick, leather bound book in his hands. ''Je l'ai trouvé, dudes!'' ("Found it dudes!")
Mélanie giggled and took the book from him, looking at the symbols on the cover. ''Pas surprenant que l'Écrivain Fantôme m'ait donné une aussi étrange traduction, c'est en russe!'' ("No wonder Ghostwriter gave me such a weird translation, it's in Russian!")
Valerie and Sam laughed at her exclamation while the boys exchanged a knowing smirk and a discreet nod.
''Vous n'avez pas besoin de l'emprunter plus longtemps? J'ai entendu parler du projet sur lequel vous travaillez tous.'' ("Do you not need to borrow it anymore? I heard about the project you all are working on.") Mélanie said.
Danny shrugged. ''Pas vraiment, on arrive pratiquement à la conclusion, il ne nous reste qu'à attendre les derniers résultats.'' ("Not really, we're coming pretty close to our conclusion, we're just waiting for the last results.") Danny said.
Mélanie smiled, and out of the corner of her eyes she could see a fond, loving smile cross the goth's face.
''Et bien,'' ("Well,") Mélanie said, holding the book close to her chest, ''J'espère que vous obtiendrez les résultats que vous recherchez. Bonne chance! On se voit dans quelques jours!'' ("I hope you find the results you're looking for. Good luck! See you in a few days!")
With that the girl flew out of the room leaving the four friends in her wake.
"Wow," Valerie said, "She speed out of here pretty fast. We must have had that book for longer than we thought."
"Yeah, I guess you could say she was russian to go!" Tucker said, a shit-eating grin on his face. With that he began to laugh, as if his pun was the most hilarious thing he'd ever heard, while his friends groaned. His laughter was cut short, however, by a vine wrapping around his leg and suspending him from the ceiling, allowing him to get a clear look at the deadpanned expression on Sam's face.
"Well, if you are going to keep making dumb jokes like that, then I hope you don't mind hanging out here for a while." She said, arms crossed.
Everyone was silent for a moment, staring at the girl, before Danny and Valerie burst out laughing.
"Aw! Come on dudes! Seriously? You laugh at Sam's pun, but not at mine!" Tucker exclaimed.
Danny pretended to wipe a tear from his eye. "Yep!"
It was Sam now who had the smug look on her face, with Danny and Valerie trying to calm down from their laughing, and Tucker still suspended in the air.
Tucker stuck his tongue out at his friends, just like any mature person would. "Yeah yeah. Now can you let me down, Sam? The blood is rushing to my head and I don't want to faint like an old person once I actually stand."
Sam pretended to think. "Hmm…Alright, but only if you say that vegetables are better than meat!"
Tucker put his hand over his heart, acting as if offended. "Never!"
The goth shrugged. "Well then I guess you're stuck up there." She said.
"As funny as this is, you can let him down now. We still have stuff to do." Danny said.
Sam rolled her eyes. "Fine, but only because you asked so nicely, Danny." She said before loosening the vine.
Tucker face planted onto the floor, as if in a heap. Valerie held back a laugh as she went to go help up her boyfriend.
Danny smiled. "Alright, guys! Let's get to work!"
His friends cheered, causing his smile to grow. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Dani floating in the doorway, excitement and hope across her childish features.
Don't worry, sweetheart. I know we're correct, just wait a bit. I know it…
Nathan had to admit, the guest house was a lot cooler than he originally thought, and not just because it was made out of ice.
He and Mikey had decided to share a room, which happened to be close to the library where that weird ghost girl with the purple eyes was. The walls, just like the rest of the building, were ice, but the furniture in the room was mostly made from a rich, brown wood. He didn't even know they had actual trees in the Ghost Zone!
Yet as impressive as the room was, and the warmth despite the icy walls, it was still cold enough to make a person shiver a bit even with their coats. However, after Danny and his friends left for the 'labs' from what he knew, a yeti had come around with parkas, gloves, and other snow-related clothing which everyone quickly traded in their grecian clothing for. Some of the girls though had kept the jewelry they had been given.
Now though, after having looked over the complex once again with Mikey in tow, the two had grown curious about where the 'freak four,' Dani, and the french-speaking ghost had run off to. With the help of a yeti just outside of the guest house (which they were a bit reluctant to ask for) they had managed to find the labs, in which simply gazing at the doors was enough to make the gasp in awe.
Mikey took a small step backwards. "I-I don't k-know…"
Nathan put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sure it's fine." He said.
Mikey gave his friend a deadpan look. "Please. I know you just want to go in there to see Valerie. I know about your crush." He said.
Mikey expected to see his friend blush, but when the redhead simply looked down at his boots, he was surprised. "Actually, no. I'm over Valerie really. I'm just curious." Nathan said.
Mikey nodded mutely at his friend's confession. "A-Alright. Well then?"
Nathan looked back up at Mikey and smiled. They gave each other a nervous nod and began to open the ice-door.
The first thing they noticed was the amount of bookshelves once they walked in. Second thing was the strange silence in the lab.
"I thought you said they were in here?" Mikey asked.
"I thought so too."
"So where-"
"THIS THING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH!"
Mikey and Nathan shared a look before looking in the direction of the shout. After a moment of recollection, they realized they knew that voice.
"Is that Tucker?"
"Sounded like him."
"Tucker, come on! We know you got this!"
"Sam, I love the enthusiasm, really, but this damn firewall seems impossible! He must have spent years perfecting it!" Tucker shouted.
"Dude, we know the fruitloop has a lot of tech. I'm sure you can get through." This time it was Danny speaking.
"Think of the Great Wall of China." Tucker said.
"Okay?" Danny replied.
"Now think of it with Blood Blossoms in it and around it."
"Oh shit."
"Yeah."
"Great analogy, Tucker, but seriously, how are you doing?" Valerie said.
"I was doing fine so far with the other layers before this, but right now I just don't know! I've been working at this one for months! And I have no idea if there is more afterwards."
"While we're waiting on that," Sam said, "How's the analysis going? Frostbite did send you a message saying that it was detecting something."
"I'm running a backup with my own DNA. It came back with traces of another genetic code that's different than mine, which I actually had been suspecting, so I'm just making sure of something with my own first." Danny explained.
"Which is…?" Sam said.
"It would be better to explain with the results as well, but it should be done in a minute." Danny said.
During the conversation, Mikey and Nathan had slowly been making their way to the room which held Danny and his friends. The door was slightly ajar, allowing them to see into the large room of equipment. They couldn't see Sam, Valerie, or Danny, but every so often were able to see Tucker as he typed furiously at a giant computer. The sound of footsteps, typing, and shuffled paper were also resonating from the room. However, there was something that ended up catching both of the boys' eyes.
"Wait, isn't that that Dani girl?" Nathan whispered to Mikey.
It was. The little girl was silent and closer to the door than the others in the room, and by the way she kept wringing her hands and biting her lip, it was easy to tell she was nervous. Yet that wasn't what caught their attention, it was the fact that she was floating.
"Is it just me, or is she floating?!" Mikey said.
Dani suddenly stiffened. Quickly she dropped to the ground and spun towards the door, catching sight of the two. "D-Danny! There are people outside the door!"
Almost right after she said that, the door practically flew open to reveal the 'freak four' whose attention was focused on the two. It was easy to see the surprise and fear that pained their features.
Everything was silent for a solid minute, with the two staring at each other, no one moving, the only sounds being the soft hum of lab equipment.
It was Nathan who broke the silence. "Well, we're in trouble."
That you are, Nathan, though I guess we will have to see how this turns out. And I know you all loved my pun earlier! I'm hilarious, I know. Calm down now.
Either way, the story is reaching it's interesting turn! Not yet though, you'll know it when it happens!
Anyways, despite it being summer, I am taking it upon myself to ask a few questions to my lovely audience! Do not worry, they will not be hard, I am not cruel...maybe.
#1: What do you think Danny and the gang are testing?
#2: What file is Tucker trying to get into? Hint: it's one of Vlad's files *smirks*
#3: What did Danny mean by knowing they were correct?
Anyways that's all for now! Make sure to favorite and follow! And review! I love reviews! Review with your answers or even just review with random shit! Ask me questions! Now that's a twist.
Now, I will see you all in hell! (Let's be honest, that's where I'm going) PEACE!
~Kitty ='u'=