Author's Note:
Hi guys, sorry I'm a little later than usual, but on DeviantArt I was asked for a sequel (which I'd incidentally been thinking about doing for a while now) to The Origin of the Ghost Writer. I've currently got eight pages on MS word down right now, and I'm really happy with the way it's turning out. Anyone who liked The Origin of the Ghost Writer should take a look when it's done. And just so you know, it's going to take you a while to read.
By the way, I really enjoyed writing this chapter. Yes, unlike everyone else I do like writing fight scenes. And I think you guys will either really like this one or kill me for it. Let's see! XD
Chapter 37: Come with us, for Painful Experiments!
Danny sat down at the bench and rested his head on top of his arms. He watched as Sam and Tucker sat down beside him, with a few others peaking. Sam looked as though she was about to burst at those who were looking, but Danny grabbed her around the arm before she managed to kill someone.
"Sam, don't worry about it. The more you beat them up for it, the more they'll want to come back because they think they'll be missing something."
"But they just make me wanna-!"
"Danny's right." Tucker said, now also taking to helping restrain her. "You'll just put yourself in a bad spot."
Sam looked as though about to burst out of the grasp from both boys, but eventually gave up and sat back down angrily. "Why don't you all scram?! The minute I get outta the grip of these two I'm going to pound you lot good!"
Danny and Tucker gripped harder onto her arm. "Sam, keep acting like this and you'll be the one they want to see." Danny said. "Just let it go, I don't think we can really get rid of this…"
She looked angrily at the sandwich (which seemed to have a kind of grass on top) before picking it up and taking a rather violent bite out of it, mercilessly tearing through the bread.
People started to turn their heads away and murmur quietly. It caught Danny's eye, making him turn and wonder what was going on. Over at the other side of the school, Mr. Lancer was talking to some strange men in crisp white suits. Danny stood up and headed over to the edge of the crowd, people instinctively shivering and moving away from him.
Danny's senses must have been somewhat enhanced, as he could hear what they were saying, even from a distance. Sam and Tucker advanced through the crowd to Danny's side and watched the events unfolding before them.
"…absolutely will not comply. This is ridiculous!" Mr. Lancer was saying to the men crossly, his arms folded and a very unimpressed expression over his face.
"Oh, I think you will." one man said, grinning slightly. The other pulled out a sheet of paper that apparently got the overweight teacher very worried. "That sheet of paper my assistant here has in his hand is a list of your tax records. Which, I have the pleasure of informing you, are relatively poor. Now tell me what kind of paranormal activity is going on here?"
"I, err…"
Suddenly Rihan burst into the scene, pointing hysterically at the group of students. "The kid's over there! The ghost kid, Danny Fenton!"
Danny visibly shook and swore loudly as the guys in white suits turned to the mass of students.
"Danny, hide!" Sam commanded. Danny didn't need telling twice before becoming invisible and watching the men approach the crowd.
"Which one of you is Danny Fenton?"
Many stayed silent. It was then, that Danny realized there must have been a lot more people on his side than he first thought, and were only interested in finding out the full story. However, there were those who decided not to help him.
"Fenton's invisible over there sir." Dash said calmly, while pointing at the spot where Danny was standing. Danny yelped as they shocked him with God-knows what, making him become visible, permanently, and fall to the ground.
"That'll stop you from becoming invisible and turning intangible for an hour, ectoplasmic punk." one man smirked. "Now, come with us, for painful experiments!"
"And why on earth would I do that?!" Danny asked, backing away slightly.
"To better the government's knowledge of ghosts."
Danny stood up and continued to back away. "You guys are insane to think that I'd do that."
"If you don't comply, then we have every right to use force." The pair pulled out two silver pens, which unfolded into what no one but Danny could recognize as ecto-rifles. He ducked down as two bright green beams flared over the top of his head, several other students diving out of the way as the beam hurtled towards them. As they made contact with the ground, there was a loud bang and Danny felt a slight wave of aftershock electricity flow through him.
The men began to fire randomly into the crowd, making everyone scatter away in different directions. Danny realized that there was one way to protect the other school children, even if it meant doing something he'd really prefer not to in front of them. Danny's feet left the ground as he took the fight to the air, the strange men jumping on two unfolding hovering scooters.
"Foolish specter! You think you can outdo the Guys in White?!"
"You've almost hit other kids!" Danny stressed. "You could be sacked for that, idiots!"
"Not in our kind of unit. Our motto is to hurt all until the ghost has been captured! Stand down!"
Danny saw another beam come flying in his direction. He flew out of the way, seeing the beam hit the top of the flag pole, incinerating the innocent flag flying at the top. Mr. Lancer ran over to underneath the fight, yelling about how they shouldn't be destroying flags, much less their own governments' flag. They, however, took no notice of him and flew in a straight line towards Danny, who dodged out of the way, and not wanting to hurt them, could only do that.
The two members of the Guys in White took their scooters and turned right back around, speeding towards him at blinding speed. Danny kept on dodging ecto-beams, which flew in every direction, blackening and ricocheting off of walls and the ground.
Eventually there came a time where Danny could dodge no longer. He felt a green ecto-beam collide painfully with his stomach, causing what felt like an electric shock that had to have at least 60 volts through it. A shockwave spread outwards as it made contact with him, making the people below tense up and yell out, then run over to where there was cover. Sam and Tucker, however, being loyal to their friend, stayed right underneath the battle despite Danny's constant urges (after recovering from the blast) for them to move out of the way.
Danny saw another blast head straight for his head from above, and knowing he couldn't become intangible to avoid it, he dodged out of the way only to see it come and strike Sam. She cried out, the pain imminent in her voice.
Something happened to Danny. Rage, rage like he'd felt never before welled up inside him. His white aura became so bright people had to squint to look at him. His green eyes pierced from inside the blinding white, becoming sharper than an eagle's and full of hatred so strong that the people all watching him could literally feel it emanating off him. In the background, Dash commented on how that was exactly how it had felt in the classroom, only several times stronger. Danny didn't hear, even though he could have. He was deaf and blind to the world, with the exception of the Guys in White.
"Never hurt my friends." He said, in a voice low and menacing, making even the Guys in White cower instinctively. They turned to each other, shaking with fear.
"We've got a magnitude twelve." One whispered, before looking back at an enraged Danny. "What are we meant to do…?"
The other Guy in White bit down on his tongue and whispered back. "There's nothing we can do, when enraged, a magnitude ten alone cannot control its own power, even if it wants to… But… a magnitude twelve…"
Time seemed to slow down for the innocent bystanders, as a Danny's aura became an inky black. He suddenly screamed as a huge wave of darkness was blasted in the Guys in White's general direction. They fell from the air and landed in an uncomfortable looking position on the ground, crumpled and unconscious.
Danny's aura returned to white, and his piercing green eyes became their normal glowing green colour. And suddenly, what happened in a few seconds, Danny lost his aura, his hair flashed black, and his eyes flashed icy blue... then returned to their ghost-like state, aura regained completely.
It was then that he fell through the air, like a brick, until he hit the ground with a painful-sounding thump next to Tucker, who was trying to wake Sam up from her unconsciousness.
You cannot trust anyone, Daniel…
You should know that by now, young phantom…
For they have already betrayed you…
You cannot trust anyone…
Even… Yourself…
Author's Note:
Kris: Now the Guys in White? They were up-to-speed about this pretty quickly.
Moonlight: Yeah, and don't forget about the voice. It's repeatedly telling his subconscious that no one can be trusted. It's already made him slip up in the nurse's office.
Kris: Okay, you've clued at things long enough. Write! Write! Mush!
Peace,
MoonlightUmbreon