Chapter 20~ Drama Drama!

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~POV back to Vlad :3~

"No you bumbling buffoon!" Vlad Masters whisper-shouted to Hannibal McFist. "We're building these new water pipes to support the use of local resources and save the town money to spend on other things! Not 'because McFist industries want it'!"

McFist's smile wavered, but he kept the grin plastered on his face. "I've never announced a joint project before give me a break!"

The two older men were giving a PA about a new 'project' they were doing together. The only thing they were supposed to say about it was that the mayor, Vlad, was supporting McFist's industry's attempt to make the economy better. But of course the idiot messed that scheme up. Now Masters would have to cover McFist's blunder.

Vlad turned to the live audience. "First off, I would like to thank you for voting me as you mayor over the other two previous ones. It means a lot to me." He put his hand on McFist's shoulder. "What my fellow colleague is trying to say is that the McFist industries want these new water pipes to further the development of the town in subtle but effective ways. We're going to use the tax money we gather from the citizens of this town to make this town into a city worth visiting. So please give us your support once more. This process will not take long and you won't even notice the difference in the quality of water or price of it."

Upon Vlad's pause, the audience performed a polite round of applause. The project wasn't going to be widely known; Vlad called it "pre-planning for a certain trio of kids". The half-ghost wasn't going to allow a couple of kids to mess up this master plan. For a moment his anger rose at the thought of Daniel, then he remembered that he was in public and covered his scowl with a sweet smile.

"Thank you for being so understanding. Construction will start immediately. Please do not be alarmed at the presence of McFist's robotic apes. They are there to support the town and prevent injuries to the citizens."

"Y-yes! That's right." McFist stammered as Vlad finished his multi-word speech. He then gestured forward one of said robotic apes, "this is what they look like."

"We're showing you now so that you know what will be helping our citizens and are not alarmed by such a being. Please, feel free to come up and have a conversation with the ape. You will find that he is quite friendly and supportive." Vlad bowed, his habitual manners shining through. "Now when you enjoy the banquet provided we would appreciate it if you kept in mind the words spoken here today."

The audience of wealthy landowners clapped again, this time with more enthusiasm. With a smile still on his face he turned to McFist, his anger apparent in the undertone of his voice. "Now, Mr. McFist. If you would so kindly entertain our guests I'm going to go start our little 'project'. And please, don't make me look bad."

When McFist nodded, Vlad turned to the audience and bowed once more before getting off of the makeshift stage. In this point of time Vlad's image mattered more than anything else he did. Well, save for the 'tasks' he was sent to do. But at this point, all the tasks he was given involved him spending money. In that respect, Vlad was angry. But on the other hand... Vlad shook his head and began to order the robo apes around, making sure that the water he needed was being routed to the correct spot.

~Viceroy's turn! ouo~

The scientist looked under the microscope, a couple of "Hmm... Fascinating." 's hovered in the near-silent air.

He took a break from his research and gave a sigh of relief. "Ohhhh, I love it when I get the lab to myself! Right Otto... Nicolas?" He looked at each pet in turn with loving eyes.

The tiny robot whirred to life and circled Viceroy, who in turn giggled like a child. Nicolas just sat in his bed with a blank stare off into space, which enticed the mad scientist to walk over and pat him on the head.

"But still." Viceroy turned back to the microscope as Otto landed in his black hair. "Ghost genes are something else." He looked down the scope and watched the cells move around. "Just a smidgen of ecto is alive, of course, not sentient, but alive like a red blood cell." He thought for a moment and reached up to pet Otto's head. "It just leads me to believe that ghosts bleed ecto instead of blood." Viceroy let out a laugh as he said the suspicion. "Of course that makes sense. They aren't alive yet functioning. If they don't have blood like humans do why wouldn't they just run on a blood-like substance."

Viceroy glanced up as a sharp alarm sounded throughout the lab. He dropped everything and dashed to the main control room in worry. He then let out a sigh of relief as he recognized the alert to be a simple "found target" sound. He lingered for a second on the observation robot's feed. The boy known as Daniel Fenton was under surveillance. He knew that Daniel was a boy to watch from Vlad's accounts of his alter ego- Danny Phantom. Viceroy couldn't help to be suspicious of the kids that this Daniel hung out with. Jake Long and Randy Cunningham. Something seemed odd with those two. Viceroy couldn't put his finger on it, but Daniel seemed to be ultra friendly towards them.

The only other people that Daniel was that friendly with were Samantha Manson and Tucker Foley, both of whom were confirmed to know his alter ego. So there was a possibility that one of them was The Ninja and the other was the American Dragon. Although which one were which alter ego Viceroy wasn't sure yet. However, the organization behind Vlad Masters and Hannibal McFist didn't bother to figure out these details. Besides, Viceroy didn't trust Vlad Masters/Plasmius enough to take the information about Daniel. The mad scientist felt that the adult half-ghost was hiding something from the alliance.

There was something going on between Danny Phantom, the American Dragon, and The Ninja though. That much was certain. The trio seemed to always be together now. When the alliance's first attempt at a killing machine ran away and encountered the three arch nemeses the trio seemed dysfunctional, as if it was their first time meeting. But after the battle with the T-Rex... something was different. So much so that Viceroy suspected that they had met each other's alter ego. Otherwise they wouldn't work together that well.

"VICEROY!"

The scientist's thoughts were broken as he groaned at the familiar battle cry.

~POV switch to Danny!~

Third period was Danny's favorite period of the day. Not because it was math, but because the Secret Trio all had math class together. The math teacher had finished his lecture for the day and given the last twenty minutes to the students as "work time". Of course all of the students instantly stopped doing anything relating to geometry and hopped over to their friends' table.

Danny led the seat-change and made his way to Randy, Jake close behind.

"Okay so-" Danny began.

"Is this about Vlad again?" Jake interrupted

"What? Pfff- N-"

"All you talk about is Vlad nowadays Danny." Randy pouted.

Danny got serious, placing his head on his hands. "Well. How can I not? My biggest enemy is on the move and I can't even find out what he's doing."

Jake picked up his pencil and twirled it a few times. "Well, I doubt that the Huntsclan is doing anything and they haven't shown up in a while."

"But what if they are doing something? Wouldn't that make the magical world in trouble?"

"Yeah, but-"

"No buts!" Danny snapped and sharply waved his hand in front of him, his stress getting the better of him. "If we don't know what they're doing then the world is in trouble!" He gestured to Randy, somewhat angry, "What if The Sorcerer was planning to escape?"

"He's always planning to escape." Randy replied, his tone even, as if he was trying to calm Danny down.

"But what if he came up with something that would work?" Danny's mind reeled, the built up worry and fear coming out in his words. "What if our enemies teamed up and are working on a plan that will release The Sorcerer- the literal destroyer of all existence?" He took a deep breath, "I wouldn't put it past Vlad to try and screw over the world. He released the Ghost King once and greedily tried to take the ruins of the Earth for himself." Danny took another breath, "Of course I stopped him, but what if he succeeded?"

"That's... A lot of 'What if' 's Danny." Jake stopped his pencil twirling. "I think we should just deal with what's in front of us. At least that stuff's concrete."

Danny shook his head, his anger continuing to build. They just... "Don't understand."

Danny looked away from his teammates and grabbed his bag as the bell rang. He marched out of the door, an icy breath escaped his lips. Perfect.