In this chapter, Vlad Plasmius is going to make his debut. Fortunately, Danny won't have to beat him alone this time. He has Sam on his side, remember? Well, technically he always had Sam on his side...but now she has superpowers.
It's a good thing really. Vlad Plasmius has gotten twenty years or so over Danny, so having backup will make his life a lot easier. As a side note someone told me that his last name was spelled Plasmius so I thank him for that. Sometimes I have trouble spelling the names of cartoon characters. At least I can remember Kari's.
Also appearing is Skulker. Unfortunately, he isn't equipped to dealing with vampires. Perhaps he should take a page from Kari Feratu's book. Rest assured that she'll be appearing again.
Chapter 9: Vlad Plasmius
For some strange reason, Vlad kept hearing about a vampire that was hunting monsters and was imprisoning them inside a book. He also heard that there had been an outbreak of strange creatures as well. He was wondering what was going on in Amity Park. He knew that it wasn't his doing though he had done all sorts of evil things, especially to his former friend who took his girl away from him.
"A vampire? Since when were there vampires in Amity Park?" questioned Vlad. He thought that vampires were only the stuff of legends. Of course, he thought that ghosts were the stuff of legends until he became part ghost, so perhaps it wasn't as unbelievable as it sounded.
Now that he thought of it, Amity Park didn't seem quite the same lately. Just yesterday he encountered a rather large cyclops in his kitchen. He was munching on his chocolate cake, and he had terrible table manners. He punched him in the eye and he left, crying the whole time.
Fortunately, since he had so much wealth, he didn't have to worry about losing too much money because of them. Most of the monsters seemed to be concentrated in Amity Park anyway.
Still, he wondered where they were coming from. Oddly, they didn't seem to originate from the Ghost Zone.
Perhaps if he captured that vampire who was hunting them, maybe he could get some answers. She might know something about Danny Phantom that he could use against him.
Either way, he wanted to know what was going on in Amity Park. The park being haunted by all sorts of ghosts was one thing, but now it was being invaded by all sorts of mythological creatures? Who exactly could be responsible for it?
Fortunately, he had a mercenary that he could hire to gather information for him...he went by the name of Skulker. He recalled the time where Skulker had captured Danny Phantom for him, though he did have to stop him from killing Danny. Apparently there was some bad ectoplasm between the two of them. He wasn't too fond of Danny himself. He reminded him of Jack Fenton...and he wouldn't renounce his idiot father either. What was so special about him?
Alternatively, instead of paying Skulker to do it, he could try sending the ghost vultures to search for her...but he figured they might not be up for the task. She was a bloodsucking fiend and they would probably be terrified of her. And since they weren't a match for Danny Phantom they probably wouldn't be a match for Sammi Bloodsucker either.
Besides, they were currently dozing in their bird cage. It would probably be best if he didn't wake them up. What were they dreaming about, anyway?
Immediately, he pulled out his phone and began to dial a number on it. He was going to call Skulker. He had good prices.
"You rang?" inquired the fiery ghost.
"This is Vlad Plasmius. Are you ready to work for me again? You already know how much money I have..." asked Vlad Masters.
"I sure am! You always pay me so well..." noted Skulker.
"Of course I do. I'm one of the richest men in the world. Have you forgotten that?" remarked the millionaire.
"Whatever gets money in my pockets...and no, I have not." answered the bounty hunter. Of course, Vlad likely wouldn't be nearly as wealthy if he didn't have ghost powers. Danny Phantom had ghost powers too...but he used it for ghost hunting, not making money.
"Right...I need you to capture a certain vampire..." stated Vlad Masters.
"A certain vampire? That's new..." noted Skulker. He was under the impression that he would be going after a certain ghost boy. But it looked like that was going to have to wait for another day.
"Yes...she looks like this. Perhaps I can find a way to use her as a weapon against Danny Phantom..." suggested the phantom.
Vlad Masters texted Skulker a picture of Sammi Bloodsucker.
Skulker examined the picture closely.
Apparently, she dressed in red and had rather sharp fangs. She also had red eyes.
"I'll go fetch her then..." said the bounty hunter.
Immediately, he set out to go capture the vampires. He was going to make some money tonight.
A few hours later...
Sammi Bloodsucker was doing pretty well as a monster hunter. She one-shotted a golem of all things.
"How did you get so strong?" asked the golem as he collapsed to the ground.
"I've been picking up things surprisingly quickly, I must admit. I'm kind of like Danny Phantom that way..." noted Sammi.
"Whose Danny Phantom?" inquired the earth elemental. Was he some sort of comic book character?
"You haven't heard of him? He's protecting Amity Park from ghosts...much like I protect Amity Park from the monsters I unleashed...it's a shame. But at least I have powers like Danny does now..." remarked Sam.
"Oh. Now I remember..." noted the golem.
Sam picked up the book and it began to swallow the golem. Despite its large size, the book was able to send it back inside where it belonged.
"It was nice chatting with you!" exclaimed the stone elemental as he was sucked it inside.
"Huh. I actually feel a bit guilty about sealing that one. Then again, I wasn't the one that sealed it in the book to begin with..." noted Sam. Perhaps if the golem stayed on his best behavior she would release it. This would probably make Frank Romero mad at her, but she figured that he was a reasonable sort of guy, especially since he was giving her a chance to undo what she had done.
At that very moment, she was spotted by Skulker.
"It looks like that's my target." thought the fiery ghost.
"Hey, you! Yes, you!"
"Huh?" asked the vampire.
Sam turned around and discovered there were a ghost standing a few feet away from her. She got the feeling that this was one of Danny's foes.
However, it seemed like he had chosen a different target this time.
"Strange, I was under the impression that you would be attacking Danny..." noted Sam.
"I'll deal with him later." answered Skulker. For now, he was going to get a huge paycheck.
Skulker tossed a familiar cube at Sam.
"Huh?" questioned the vampire.
It expanded and sealed her inside.
"What's this?" questioned Sammi Bloodsucker.
"It's a Spectral Energy Neutralizer...you're helpless!" exclaimed Skulker. The Fentons would love having that sort of device.
"Oh really?" inquired Sam.
She decided to put that theory to that test.
Quickly, she transformed into a bat and flew out of the box.
As soon as Skulker noticed what had happened, his jaw dropped in shock.
She then transformed back into her normal self.
"Was my Spectral Energy Neutralizer broken?!" exclaimed Skulker.
"I guess I'm not as helpless as you thought." noted Sam. Being able to shape shift into a bat was so useful. It made her rather stealthy.
Skulker wondered what was happening. That had never happened before. He really wasn't expecting her to break out of the box so easily. Even Vlad Plasimus himself would probably have trouble breaking out of that, and he was the one that had hired him to capture ghosts in the first place, no less.
"I guess your Spectral Energy Neutralizer isn't so effective on non-ghosts..." noted the vampire. If he had tried that on Danny, it clearly would have been different...but despite the similarities, she was not Danny.
Skulker sighed. It seemed that capturing Sam wouldn't be so simple.
Perhaps he was going to have to resort to brute force.
"Fine...if I can't capture you with the Spectral Energy Neutralizer, I'll just beat you with my bare hands!" exclaimed Skulker.
He proceeded to crack his steel knuckles.
"Punching a lady? I figured you would be more civil than that..." noted Sam.
"When you're a bounty hunter, you can't let things like that hold you back..." remarked the ghost.
"You've got a point..." nodded the vampire.
Skulker charged towards Sam, swinging his fists at her.
However, Sam countered by giving him a good kick.
This sent him flying back a few feet.
"How are you so strong?" asked Skulker.
"Vampires have superhuman strength...you should probably know that." noted Sam.
"Right..." nodded the bounty hunter. That was what he had heard about vampires...though he never thought he would be fighting one. Usually he went after ghosts.
Sam pulled out a crimson whip and started whipping Skulker.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" shouted Skulker. Unfortunately for him, it didn't seem that his armor was protecting him from Sammi's attacks.
"Maybe you underestimated me..." noted Sam.
Skulker pulled out a plasma cannon and aimed it at her.
"Hasta la vista!" exclaimed Skulker.
"See you later? It seems like we only met a few minutes ago..." noted Sammi.
"Maybe I should learn what hasta la vista means..." remarked the bounty hunter. Surely there was some sort of Spanish ghost somewhere that could teach him that.
"Maybe you should." nodded the vampire.
Skulker aimed the plasma cannon at Sam, hoping to strike her down.
However, though one of the blasts hit her, it didn't seem to hurt her too much.
In fact, she seemed to be regenerating herself.
"Being a vampire gives me enhanced healing...good to know." noticed Sam.
"Where do you keep getting these powers?" asked Skulker. They didn't seem to be anything like any ghost he ever saw.
"Well, it does take me time to catch on...I think I'm learning fairly quickly though." noted the vampire. Even so, she didn't think that she would beat Kari Anemia in a fair fight...not without Danny on her side at least.
Perhaps she should do some more training, it might give her a hand if she has to take on Kari again...which she probably will. She was probably plotting something evil.
She blasted apart Skulker's suit, causing him to scream.
He fled in shame.
Since there was currently no villainy afoot, they transformed back into their normal selves.
"You know, I find it ironic that even though you're half ghost your parents happen to be ghost hunters..." noted Sam.
Danny did note that was rather ironic. Perhaps he would be better off telling his parents his secret so that they didn't try to send him to the Ghost Zone. There were a lot of ghosts that hated him there and it wouldn't be pretty.
"I know how ironic it is...of course, your parents happen to be bright and cheery even though you happen to be half vampire...in fact, they were different from you even BEFORE you became a bloodsucker..." remarked Danny.
"Yeah...we have a lot in common that way." nodded the vampire.
"I know...and just when I think we couldn't be more alike...boom! You get powers of your own..." answered the boy.
"Yeah...imagine if Tucker got powers...you know what happened the last time he got them...he was irresponsible. Didn't Spiderman teach him anything?" questioned Sam.
"Yeah...maybe he needs to read some more comic books." agreed Danny Fenton.
"Maybe I'll start reading Batman..." noted the gothic girl.
"I can see why..." nodded the teenage boy.
Sam transformed back into her human self so that her secret identity didn't get discovered.
"That's better. If I stay transformed for too long I start to feel the urge to drink some blood..." noted Sam.
"Yeah...sometimes I feel like haunting mansions...of course, Vlad's mansion is basically already haunted..." remarked Danny.
"True." agreed the goth girl.
Meanwhile...
"You couldn't capture her?" asked Vlad Masters.
"I tried using the Spectral Energy Neutralizer...but it didn't work!" exclaimed Skulker. She simply turned into a bat and flew out of it. It was nothing short of a miracle...well, to him anyway. Sammi didn't seem too phased by the neutralizer.
Vlad sighed. It seemed that the Spectral Energy Neutralizer, though effective against Danny, wasn't so effective against Sammi. It seemed that her abilities were different...though like Danny she was able to use ectoplasmic rays. The difference was that hers happened to be red instead of cyan.
He was going to have to send someone else.
"No matter. Your paycheck is in the mail. I'll try sending Technus...maybe he can do the job." noted Vlad.
"Thanks...I'll use that to pay for a new suit..." remarked Skulker.
"I didn't think that you would be so small without it..." said the wealthy man.
"It's embarrassing!" exclaimed the tiny ghost.
"Does your girlfriend know about it?" inquired Vlad.
"No, she does not." answered Skulker.
"Maybe you should tell her then..." noted the ridiculously rich man.
"I'll tell her later!" exclaimed the bounty hunter.
"Perhaps I sent the wrong man for the job. It seems his technology is designed to capture ghosts...and as it turns out, Sammi Bloodsucker is nothing of the sort. Perhaps I'll send Technus. His technology abilities seem more versatile...though I've always wondered why he sounds like an Animaniac...that cartoon seems as old as time..." noted Vlad Masters.
Speaking of time, maybe he could pay Clockwork a visit and see if he would allow him access to the time stream. It might be helpful if he could learn about Danny Phantom's past.
On the other hand, Clockwork seemed worried about "Dark Danny" breaking out. If that happened, Vlad Masters would apparently regret it, though he didn't know why.
He decided to give Technus a call.
"Technus? I've got a job for you..." said Vlad Plasmius.
I might as well feature Vlad Plasimus since he happens to be Danny's nemesis. Of course, Sam has a nemesis of her own now. As you know, her name is Kari Feratu...or Kari Anemia. Whatever.
I might feature other characters from the series as well...I think I'll feature Kari Feratu as a prominent character though. She seems to be popular with the reviewers.
I think I'll feature Ember. I hope you're looking forward to the next chapter.
