Chapter 9: Into the Bunker Part 2

Well Halloween was nearly a week ago, so I guess appropriate for the theme of the first half of the chapter. Even watched John Carpenter's The Thing to get the feel for this chapter.

Hope you Phans enjoy.

Danny knew there was no time to argue with himself when his girlfriend and best friend were in danger. So he said the three words in his superhero catchphrase.

"I'm going ghost."

He transformed into his ghost form and fired a ghost ray at the shapeshifter. The blast caused the creature to fall off the ceiling and causing it to what Danny assumed was its natural form of transparent white skin, two red eyes, a snout with a round mouth filled with teeth, six appendages of two misshapen arms and four spider-like legs.

"Alright Carpenter knock-off, what did you do to the real author?!" Danny yelled with his hands glowing green.

"You'll never find out. That six-fingered nerd hasn't been himself for over thirty years." The shapeshifter said as it got up, "I wish that one of you had brought that journal to me, the many forms I can get from that book."

Then the ghost boy and the thing began to battle it out in the chamber, but unfortunately for Danny, the shapeshifter proved to be a far more tricker opponent. With it being able to resist Danny's ghost blasts.

Danny then decided to try a freeze blast on the thing, but the creature dodged the blast. Then the shapeshifter was able to deliver a powerful punch at Danny that knocked him down to the ground. Danny soon got up.

Sam then decided to fire a blast from her Fenton wrist rays at the highest setting, which stunned the shapeshifter.

"Don't just stand there you two. Run!" Sam yelled to Danny and Wendy.

The trio then ran away from the Carpenter monstrosity.

"Sam, how did you know your wrist rays can harm that thing?" Danny asked as he flew and the other two ran.

"I didn't. I got lucky." Sam answered as the creature roared from behind, "Besides I seemed only to have stunned it."

The shapeshifter then shifted into the form of what can be described as a large insectoid armadillo and began to roll at high speed towards the trio.

The trio then ran into a fork in the tunnel, the trio then went into one side of the fork and with some quick thinking Danny threw the flashlight that Wendy was carrying into the other chamber, which clanked and echoed causing the creature to go into that chamber instead of the one where the trio was in.

After a couple of minutes of waiting the trio ran away from the fork and into the tunnel using the ghostly light energy from Danny. The three teenagers then ran into the rest of the group of Dipper, Tucker, Mabel, and Soos.

They all greeted each other excitedly.

But then Sam said to Danny and Wendy, "Wait, how do we know they're not the shapeshifter?"

Soos gasped and said, "Maybe I am. Mabel, inspect my shape."

Soos then lifted his shirt, then Mabel poked his stomach.

Soos then laughed, "Do that again."

Mabel complied.

"Even better a second time."

"Relax dudes. It's defiantly them." Wendy said.

"Oh, hey Mr. Phantom. Didn't recognize you there for a moment." Soos said.

"By the way Wendy, where is your boyfriend and isn't with you guys?" Mabel asked.

Danny gasped as he realized that in all the hustle, he forgot to change back into his human form.

Danny then began to form an excuse, "Well you see about Danny,…. Uhh Fenton I mean, I…."

"Danny Fenton is Danny Phantom." Dipper said nonchalantly.

"What, no." Danny said trying to come up with a cover, "Sure Danny Fenton and I share the same first name. And he kinda looks and sounds the…"

"Kinda! You don't bother disguising your voice! Plus, your Phantom disguise consists of just white hair, green eyes, and a lame jumpsuit. You also could have chosen a better alias."

Tucker then decided to jump in, "Well you see there is a reason and that is…"

"Dipper you are right." Wendy said, "My boyfriend is Danny Phantom."

"You knew all along!" Dipper yelled.

"Not exactly, I found out when you and Mabel were being attacked by that Gideon-bot." Wendy explained.

Sam then spoke, "Explanations can wait. Right now, we have to stop that shapeshifter."

"I take it that you guys ran into that creature." Tucker said.

"Yeah dudes. How do you guys know about that thing?" Wendy said, not knowing a word to describe that creature.

"We found a note from the author that told us about the shapeshifter and how dangerous it is." Soos explained.

"Imagine if he escapes to the town. He can transform into anything. We could never trust anyone ever again." Dipper said.

"What do we do?!" Mabel yelled.

"Well, it took us into its home, tricked us, and tried to destroy us. I say we return the favor." Wendy said.

"Yeah!" Tucker said.

The rest of the group then stared at Tucker, who then decided to shut up as the rest of the group formed a plan.

The shapeshifter was in its male human form walking around the tunnels, trying to find Danny, Wendy, and Sam.

"Danny, my boy! Come out!" The shapeshifter yelled, hoping to get his preys attention, "I must speak with you!"

Having grown impatient of not being able to find the trio, it became angry and transformed into the form of a giant hand that banged on the ground and it angrily yelled, "REVEAL YOURSELVES, YOU SINGLE-FORMED HUMAN WEAKLINGS!"

Then Dipper and Mabel walked into the cavern where the shapeshifter was.

"Oh boy, Dipper. That book sure is full of some great monsters!" Mabel yelled, getting the creature's attention.

"Two new ones, excellent. And one of you also has the journal." The creature said, it then turned into Mabel.

"Should I be one…" The shapeshifter said, it then turned into Dipper.

"...or the other? How about both!?" It then transformed into a form that resembled a large spider with both the twins faces and a single large mouth at its center filled with many sharp teeth.

The creature then charged towards the twins, both of who ran the way they came and to where the rest of the group was, who were at an old water valve.

"Guys, it's coming! It's coming! NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW!" Dipper yelled to the group.

The rest of the group then used their strength to turn the rusty valve, but it wouldn't budged, even with Danny's ghostly strength.

"It's not working, dude!" Soos yelled.

Then the shapeshifter grabbed Dipper's journal with its tongue. Danny flew over and blasted the creature with a ghost blast, knocking it away from Dipper. Though it was able to get the journal.

"Leave him alone!" Danny yelled.

The shapeshifter then lunged at Danny. Sam then decided to help Danny and ran towards the fight. But unfortunately, the rest of the group was able to turn the valve and immediately water began flowing towards the shapeshifter as well as Danny, Dipper, and Sam. Soon the chamber was filled with water and the strong current that ensued pulled everyone downstream.

The current caused everyone to go near where the suspension chamber was and the water soon dissipated.

Sam woke up first and saw Danny lying on the ground near her. So she ran over to her best friend and saw that he wasn't moving.

Tears began forming in Sam's eyes and she said, "No, Danny. Please be alright. Please be alright."

Sam then began to silently cry, then realized something that everyone else saw except for her and him. She then said in a teary voice, "I should have told you a long time but… I… I… I LOVE YOU DANNY!"

Sam then began to wail and put her face onto Danny's chest.

"WHAT?!"

Sam then turned around and saw Danny standing right in front of her. He looked a little beat up from the strong flood, but otherwise fine.

"Wha… Danny! Then who's…" Sam said in confusion.

'Danny' then suddenly went up and snarled at Sam. The creature then lunged at the real Danny, who then quickly fired a freeze blast at the thing, which quickly froze the shapeshifter and ensnared it in a block of ice. The cold water having slowed the creature down. Nearby Dipper got up as well.

Danny then grabbed the block of ice that contained the thing and then said to Sam and Dipper, "Help me carry this thing into the suspension chamber."

So the three carried the block into the suspension chamber, just in case the thing manages to escape from its frozen confinement, So the trio then quickly put the thing into the chamber.

"Now guys!" Danny yelled to Tucker, who was in the control room.

Meanwhile in the control room, Tucker quickly pushed the suspension button. The chamber thankfully still had power in it, so then it trapped the creature inside.

Then Wendy appeared and hugged her boyfriend very hard.

"I'm grateful that your still alive." She said.

Dipper just scowled at the couple, while Sam just had sad expression on her face.

Soos then appeared and asked, "So what do we do with the shapeshifter dude?"

"I'll contact Supergirl and I hope that the Justice League will put that Carpenter knock-off somewhere more secure." Danny explained.

"Wait you know Supergirl?" Sam asked.

"Yes, and also Sam I think we should discuss a few things when we all get back to the surface." Danny said with a 'I want to know now' look on his face.

Sam then gulped, knowing that the next conversation with Danny was going to be very awkward.

The group sealed the entrance to the bunker as soon they got to the surface. The sun was setting down on the horizon when the group got out of the bunker.

"Dude, I think I'm kind of adventured out for a little while. My face hurts from doing this all day." Soos said as he made a scared face.

Mabel laughed and said, "Yeah, but you gotta admit we're all total heroes."

"Hey, who wants to get some heroes' dinner, huh?" Soos asked Mabel as both walked away from the group.

Meanwhile Sam then walked up to Danny (who was now in his human form) and said, "Danny, look about what happened it was in the heat of the moment and well… Oh what the heck, I love you Danny."

"For how long?" Danny asked.

"I don't know how long exactly, maybe when you first got your powers or maybe even before that, but I love you and I have just realized it when I thought that you were killed by that flood." Sam explained to the boy that she loved.

"Sam, I may have once shared those feelings with you before I took that service, but I already have a girlfriend now, and her name is Wendy." Danny said, which caused tears to form in Sam's eyes.

Sam then got emotional and said, "But we've been best friends for as long as we can both remember. Just when I'm gone on one stupid vacation with my snobbish parents, you just had to pick a girl that you didn't even know before you started dating her. I looked to find anything on her. Why did you have to chose that tree-killer over me!"

Wendy, having been listening to the conversation along with Tucker and Dipper, then yelled, "Enough! This is the second time that you have called me a tree killer. Most lumberjacks do care about the environment. Besides even if we did cut down all the tree's, we would be out of a job besides the obvious environmental issues! Sorry for yelling but it irks me when people tell that to me and my family. Also what this about 'finding anything on me.'"

"Well I thought you were dangerous and I was just protecting my best friend." Sam said, realizing that she just made a slip of the tongue.

"No Sam. That wasn't protecting me, that was just plain stalking. If you weren't a former friend of mine, I definitely would have called the police on you for stalking my girlfriend!" Danny said furiously.

"You mean…" Sam said nervously.

"Were done being friends." Danny explained.

Sam then ran into the woods tears in eyes.

Danny decided to change the subject of the conversation, mainly about Dipper knowing that he was Danny Phantom, and now so do Soos and Mabel.

"So Dipper, how long have you known that I'm Danny Phantom?" Danny asked.

"Since when you gave me back my journal in the aftermath of the Gideon fiasco." Dipper said.

"I see. Then since I saved your sister's life from that giant robot, you know I'm not a bad guy." Danny said.

"Then what about attacking the previous mayor of your town?" Dipper said.

"He was possessed by a ghost who succeeded in framing me." Danny explained.

"The various of robberies you made a while back?" Dipper said.

"I was being mind-controlled by a circus ring-leader who had a magic staff." Danny said.

"What about…" Dipper said, but was cut off by Wendy.

"Enough, Dipper." Wendy said calmly but sternly, "Danny has done nothing wrong to me."

"Then how long have you known Wendy?" Dipper asked.

"When that Gideon-bot was attacking you and Mabel." Wendy said, she then explained how she found out Danny's superhero identity as Danny Phantom, including her reaction to the reveal of his ghostly identity.

"That's how long you have known he is a super?" Dipper asked.

"Yes." Both Danny and Wendy said.

"Dipper, did you think that I used my powers to charm Wendy." Danny said, "I did not. I was my normal human self on my first date with Wendy. The only time I used my powers was before the date with me flying from Amity Park to here on the first date."

"But.." Dipper said, but was interrupted by Wendy.

"This not a repeat of me and Robbie." Wendy said, "Danny is special, but not because of his superpowers. But because he is polite, funny, and sweet towards me. That's why I love him. Also Dipper, I've known you have had a crush on me for a while now."

"What?" Dipper said.

Wendy then said, "Yeah dude, you think I can't hear that stuff you're constantly whispering under your breath?"

Dipper groaned and said, "Oh man."

Dipper then sat down on a nearby tree.

"Listen Dipper, I'm like, flattered, but... I'm too old for you. I mean, you know that, right?" Wendy said.

"Mabel said confessing would make me feel better." Dipper said.

"Well, how do you feel now?" Wendy asked.

"Anxious. Scared. Kinda itchy." Dipper answered.

"Dude, don't be itchy man. Let me tell you something. This summer was super boring until you showed up. You, along with Danny, have been super fun to hang around with. And if you ever stopped being my friend, I would like throw myself into the Bottomless Pit." Wendy explained to Dipper.

Danny blinked in surprise to the words, Bottomless Pit. Man, he thought, this town has no limit to strangeness apparently. And he lives in a haunted town.

"I guess things won't be mostly awkward." Dipper said.

"Mostly?" Danny asked.

"I still don't trust you Danny." Dipper said, "I believe your a danger to Wendy."

"Why?" Danny asked.

"Well… ummm…. Your lifestyle is a danger to her!" Dipper yelled.

"Dipper, I think your just trying to find a reason to hate Danny." Wendy said, "He's been great to me since we started dating, he stopped Gideon from taking over Gravity Falls, and he has saved your life two times now."

"Yeah, well his ghostly nature is dangerous. You'll see." Dipper said.

"Yes Dipper, I will not use my powers to harm Wendy." Danny said, "Besides I heard Wendy once say that you are a fan of Danny Phantom."

"Maybe I was once." Dipper said, "But not anymore."

He then walked away from the group and back to the Mystery Shack.

"Sorry about Dipper man." Wendy said, "He's usually much more reasonable."

"It's not your fault, besides I'm sure he'll get over it eventually." Danny said.

Mabel then yelled, "Dudes, my Soos briefcase is an old computer!"

The group sans Sam and Dipper approached Soos and saw that a briefcase that he found in the surveillance room turned out to be an old laptop.

"Looks really busted up." Danny said.

"I bet I could get this thing fixed up in a few days. It's gonna take a lotta duct tape." Soos said.

"Mind if I can help you?" Tucker said, "I consider myself a techno-geek."

"Sure dude." Soos said, "I'd be happy to get all the help I can get."

"Yes! Wait till Velma hears what I have planned for our next date." Tucker said as he ran to get a signal on his phone.

"I gotta tell Dipper!" Mabel yelled as ran to where Dipper was.

"Well I guess that ends our adventure for the day dude." Wendy said.

"Yeah, you sure Mabel and Soos can keep a secret?" Danny asked.

"I trust them, besides I'll talk to them later to make sure." Wendy answered.

"Okay then." Danny said, "So next date in Amity Park."

"Yeah dude." Wendy said.

The couple then kissed, which was interrupted by Mabel.

"Danny! Hey, Danny!" Mabel yelled causing the couple to react in surprise.

"Can I have your autograph?!"

Well that was some chapter, huh.

Anyway hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.

Also I like to thank Flower princess11 and NeoMark for helping me with this chapter. You two rock.

Next Time: Meet the Fentons.