The big return, and things are only gonna get crazier from here. New complications will arise and questions will be answered and made. Dang this is going nuts! Enjoy, and BEWARE!
"Where have you kids been?" Mrs. Fenton questioned as Danny and Jazz walked through the door.
"They were getting me," I answered quietly, walking in myself.
"Kira!" she exclaimed, running over and gripping me in a hug so strong I could barely breath. "Where did you go?" she asked with concern, pushing away from me and staring into my face.
"I heard Danny talking about a guy named Vlad, I figured he was a family friend so I went off to find him. I needed somewhere to sort through my thoughts, so he said he'd watch over me for a while. I didn't mean to cause you any panic," I answered.
"At least you're back safe and sound. That man's-"
"One crazed up fruit loop?" Danny suggested.
"As crude as it sounds, that's pretty accurate," she said with a bit of distaste.
"Well I'm sorry I left. Danny and I just got in a bit of an argument and I was riled up. It was stupid of me to leave. If you don't mind, could I take some time to speak with Danny?"
"Of course. I'll leave you three some time to figure things out while I go make some hot dogs," she said cheerfully.
The three of us exchanged a look of horror and then went to the couch and sat down. "Guess I'm a lot more like Vlad than I thought," I said quietly.
"Why was your energy red anyway?" Jazz asked with concern.
"It's just... got a lot of power. I really shouldn't have been so angry," I said, looking around before charging a crimson glow on my hands. "It's almost... easy." Charging that should have drained a lot more power than it did, but it felt like it wasn't even there. "Something's wrong."
"Not even I can do that, and I've been doing this a lot longer than you," Danny said, gently grabbing my hand to observe it.
"Danny, I'm not sure I'm even putting energy into it," I said, staring down at it with amazement and fear.
"We should go to the Ghost Zone and test out how much power you've really got," Danny said, standing up.
I was about to join him when I saw a demonic looking hotdog bouncing out of the kitchen. "Uh, maybe we should help your mom fight the ecto-weenies first," I said as the thing tried biting my leg. It couldn't break skin and really it just looked ridiculous, but I figured the least we could do was help catch them.
Time Skip...
After twenty minutes of chasing ghost hotdogs, we had finally made it to the Zone. Jazz was lounging in the Spector Speeder seeming to enjoy the show as Danny and I realized I wasn't going to run out of power anytime soon.
"Try duplicating yourself," Danny said in one of his final efforts to power me down.
I simply crossed my arms and ten copies split right out of me. "I don't feel any different," all the Shadowrules said at once.
All twelve halfas' ghost senses went off and I caught a flash of blue skin from the corner of my eye. "I am the Box-"
"Dude!" all of the me's cried at once before just I said, "Can't you tell I'm in the middle of a crisis?"
"But you didn't let me finish!" he whined.
"Finish this," I said as all ten of my clones and I shot red ectoblasts at him, making him fly through the air before crashing onto Skulker's island.
"Ugh, maybe we should go see Clockwork," I said exasperatedly.
"He hasn't helped us this far, why would he now?" Danny said with a hint of bitterness towards the old ghost.
"Haven't I?" said a deep voice from behind me.
Turning around to face the ghost of time, I let a look of anger settle on my face. "And how might you have done that? From what I've seen, all you've done is thrown me into a life where I have no idea what I'm doing and now something freaky's going on with my powers and I don't know why!" I shouted with rage.
"What's happening to you happens to be a mix of things. Your powers are strengthening at an alarming rate. Within the month you could become as powerful as Pariah Dark or even Danny's evil self," he explained.
"Wait, who's Pariah Dark?" Danny questioned.
"King of ghosts, you'll deal with him later," I said, shushing him.
"The constant rage is likely a side effect of your pyrokineses."
"Uh, last time I checked, I'm not shooting fireballs out of my hands," I said irritably.
"That's why your anger's building up!" Jazz shouted intelligently from the Speeder.
"Jasmine's correct," Clockwork agreed.
"Then how do I get it out!" I shouted, throwing my hands down to my side at the same moment my hair caught on fire. I screeched in fear as I tried to put it out with my hands. Seeing nothing was happening, I aimed my lips and blew a puff of air at it, but all it did was freeze my nose. Deciding there was nothing I could do, I curled up into the fetal position and crossed my arms.
"You have to calm yourself Shadow," he said as he morphed into a child form and grabbed my arm.
"I can't control it!" I shouted, majorly losing my cool in more ways than one. My entire body went up in flames, burning so hot Clockwork had to back away. Half a second later, an explosion of fire leaped out of my body from all directions and I was temporarily blinded. When my vision came back, I was really happy for the big boom. I looked down and smiled in pleasure at what happened to be a costume change.
A burning red leather jacket (and I mean literally burning) that ended about three inches above my waistline laid on top of a skin tight black shirt with my logo on it. My jeans were red with a black line going down the outside of each leg, and snow white high-tops comfortably covered my feet. My hair was still snow white, but it shot up like flames at the tips. One thing I was really happy for was that my eyes were still green.
"What do you think?" I asked, stretching as Clockwork and Danny dropped their shields.
"Honestly?" Danny said. "You look more like Shadowrule than I've ever seen you before."
I smiled and turned to Clockwork, who was also wearing a smirk. "See, only time knows the answers child. You have an important role to fill, but be wary, you can be corrupted. Soon you'll be more powerful than any ghost has been or will be. You'll need Daniel's help, I see it now. Don't argue and he'll make more of as brother than your own blood. I have duties to attend to, so now I must take my leave. Be safe, and Danny, don't forget there are always ghosts ready to lend a hand."
"Wait, does that mean-" Danny started before Clockwork vanished.
"What do you think?" I asked, staring at the empty space with amazement.
"I think he just said I'm gonna be your dimensional stalker," Danny said with a hardness to his voice.
Lighting a ball of fire in my hand, I said, "This is crazy."
Kira: Hey Darkme, why is Clockwork always so vague?
Me: Dude, haven't you ever watched the series? Clocky's always vague and lets you do whatever you want. I honestly think that's how he gets his kicks.
Kira: Well I like the new costume at least, but I could go without the uncontrollable powers.
Me: Hey, now you know how Danny felt for the first six months. Now be gone you!
Yep, we're gonna be having some power struggles, possibly in more ways than one. Until then, enjoy your lives!