Ch. 15
Danny awoke with a start to the sound of an alarm.
"Warning, Warning, Intruder alert at Sector D!" the alarm's computer screeched. Danny blinked. He had a horrible headache and felt incrediably weak. He could barely move, especially his leg that the wire was attached to. The wire! It was glowing green and blue, the same colors that Danny used for his powers (the smoke and otherwise). Danny's stomach lurched when he realized that this cord was the source of all his pain. He glared at the wire, anger mounting. When he tried to pull it out, it shocked him.
"Ow!" Danny yelped. recoiling.
"What?!?" A voice interrupted his thoughts. Danny looked up, remembering with a surge of visions about this evil creature in front of him. It was in front of the alarm's computer, typing frantically. The Phantom Mist pressed a yellow button and a scene appeared on-screen.
Seventy or so ghosts had broken down the door of sector D, the weakest part of Phantom Mist's fortress. Mist swore when it realized that its base was under attack. It peered closely at the screen.
"Hmmm...that'sss odd. I would have thought that Jack and your other two friendsss would have come too! I guessss that the ghostsss realizzzed what I had done after disssposssing of your friendsss. Hmph. Too late for them now! Ha ha ha!" It laughed, deep, gut-wrenching laugh.
It looked at Danny, scowling. "I had to ssstop the flow of your energy with thisss dissstraction, giving you minutesss more to live! Darnit. Well, I'll be back, and I've protected thisss door ssso no one can enter! Or you essscape!" It became invisible and left, the door shooting a red light over it for security.
Danny thought about this for a few seconds, bewildered. Dad, Sam, and Tucker...dead?? NO! Okay, I have to stay calm. It only said they were dead. How would that mist know? Think, Danny. I know you don't do it that much, but now's a better time than ever! ...am I talking to myself? Creepy.
He tried first turning human because humans can be "ghosts" in the Ghost Zone, but it was to no use. He was too weak, and there was some sort of ward against his changing on the glass.
He closed his eyes and thought about everything he had ever done. Thought about before his powers, how carefree he must have been. Images from the accident came flooding back, along with his first fights. He remebered the Ghost Lunch Lady, and Skulker. And the Ghost Dragon and Desiree and the Box Ghost (and again, and again...) and Poindexter.
Danny opened his eyes. Wait a second, chain of thoughts! Poindexter had sent me into the ghost world too. HEY! That's it! I'll communicate with them just like I did in the Ghost Zone Casper High! ...did I just think of an idea? Woah. I need to think like this more often!
(::If you haven't seen Splitting Images, well...you'll be slightly lost!::)
Danny closed his eyes again, placing his hands against the glass. He focused and sent out the green mist to wherever Sam and Tucker were. Oh yeah, and his dad. He couldn't forget about his dad, even though his last thoughts of him weren't...pleasent. Let's just hope they're not dead! Please work, mist thing!!
The green mist phased out of the room and towards a hallway. Danny could see somewhat through the mist, though it was a little blurry and dark. He heard voices and turned the mist towards them. He cried out in joy. There he could see three suits that obviously contained his friends and dad...and a knight? He made the mist go right next to them and tried talking to them.
"DAD! TUCK! SAM!" he yelled. He blinked again. They continued talking as if he wasn't there...Of course I'm not there! I might be able to see them, but I guess I can't transfer voices yet. That would be a good thing to learn...
"Hmm...I have no idea where else to look for the Halfa, friends. Too bad you can't phase like ghosts in this place. It's too protected," Sir Demetris remarked.
"We're doomed!" Jack yelled.
"We'll never find him! I'm sure the door isn't marked!" Sam wailed.
"Yeah, and those seventy or so ghosts probably can't last very long against that Phantom Mist!" Tucker cried. "Danny's gonna die, and we can't do anything about it!"
But I can, Danny thought.
He manuvered the mist in front of them. They stared at it, Jack's mouth still opened in his next comment on their doom. Danny focused, trying to communicate, to no avail.
Sam was of course the first to react. She grabbed her ghost gun and aimed it at the mist. "Get back, Phantom Mist! Where is Danny?!?"
Danny stared at her, outraged. His mist didn't look anything like that overgrown, ugly, stupid, evil ghost!
"I'm not that stupid ghost!!" he yelled, but of course, was not heard. That inability is sure going to get annoying...
Tucker got closer and peered at the green mist. "I don't think this is that Phantom Mist. It's Danny's power's color, and anyway, wouldn't the Phantom Mist...well...speak??"
Good old Tuck! Danny smiled.
Jack looked at it, one eyebrow raised. "Well, I don't know. Danny? Is that you?"
Danny yelped, "Yes! It is!" but they couldn't tell that he had spoken. Uggh... He made the mist move in a way that suggested a "nod."
Jack, Sam, Tucker, and Sir Demetris, the knight, took a step backwards in shock. Sam's eyes widened. "Danny! Where are you?!?" she yelled.
Danny made the mist retract, leading them straight to him...
Danny awoke with a start to the sound of an alarm.
"Warning, Warning, Intruder alert at Sector D!" the alarm's computer screeched. Danny blinked. He had a horrible headache and felt incrediably weak. He could barely move, especially his leg that the wire was attached to. The wire! It was glowing green and blue, the same colors that Danny used for his powers (the smoke and otherwise). Danny's stomach lurched when he realized that this cord was the source of all his pain. He glared at the wire, anger mounting. When he tried to pull it out, it shocked him.
"Ow!" Danny yelped. recoiling.
"What?!?" A voice interrupted his thoughts. Danny looked up, remembering with a surge of visions about this evil creature in front of him. It was in front of the alarm's computer, typing frantically. The Phantom Mist pressed a yellow button and a scene appeared on-screen.
Seventy or so ghosts had broken down the door of sector D, the weakest part of Phantom Mist's fortress. Mist swore when it realized that its base was under attack. It peered closely at the screen.
"Hmmm...that'sss odd. I would have thought that Jack and your other two friendsss would have come too! I guessss that the ghostsss realizzzed what I had done after disssposssing of your friendsss. Hmph. Too late for them now! Ha ha ha!" It laughed, deep, gut-wrenching laugh.
It looked at Danny, scowling. "I had to ssstop the flow of your energy with thisss dissstraction, giving you minutesss more to live! Darnit. Well, I'll be back, and I've protected thisss door ssso no one can enter! Or you essscape!" It became invisible and left, the door shooting a red light over it for security.
Danny thought about this for a few seconds, bewildered. Dad, Sam, and Tucker...dead?? NO! Okay, I have to stay calm. It only said they were dead. How would that mist know? Think, Danny. I know you don't do it that much, but now's a better time than ever! ...am I talking to myself? Creepy.
He tried first turning human because humans can be "ghosts" in the Ghost Zone, but it was to no use. He was too weak, and there was some sort of ward against his changing on the glass.
He closed his eyes and thought about everything he had ever done. Thought about before his powers, how carefree he must have been. Images from the accident came flooding back, along with his first fights. He remebered the Ghost Lunch Lady, and Skulker. And the Ghost Dragon and Desiree and the Box Ghost (and again, and again...) and Poindexter.
Danny opened his eyes. Wait a second, chain of thoughts! Poindexter had sent me into the ghost world too. HEY! That's it! I'll communicate with them just like I did in the Ghost Zone Casper High! ...did I just think of an idea? Woah. I need to think like this more often!
(::If you haven't seen Splitting Images, well...you'll be slightly lost!::)
Danny closed his eyes again, placing his hands against the glass. He focused and sent out the green mist to wherever Sam and Tucker were. Oh yeah, and his dad. He couldn't forget about his dad, even though his last thoughts of him weren't...pleasent. Let's just hope they're not dead! Please work, mist thing!!
The green mist phased out of the room and towards a hallway. Danny could see somewhat through the mist, though it was a little blurry and dark. He heard voices and turned the mist towards them. He cried out in joy. There he could see three suits that obviously contained his friends and dad...and a knight? He made the mist go right next to them and tried talking to them.
"DAD! TUCK! SAM!" he yelled. He blinked again. They continued talking as if he wasn't there...Of course I'm not there! I might be able to see them, but I guess I can't transfer voices yet. That would be a good thing to learn...
"Hmm...I have no idea where else to look for the Halfa, friends. Too bad you can't phase like ghosts in this place. It's too protected," Sir Demetris remarked.
"We're doomed!" Jack yelled.
"We'll never find him! I'm sure the door isn't marked!" Sam wailed.
"Yeah, and those seventy or so ghosts probably can't last very long against that Phantom Mist!" Tucker cried. "Danny's gonna die, and we can't do anything about it!"
But I can, Danny thought.
He manuvered the mist in front of them. They stared at it, Jack's mouth still opened in his next comment on their doom. Danny focused, trying to communicate, to no avail.
Sam was of course the first to react. She grabbed her ghost gun and aimed it at the mist. "Get back, Phantom Mist! Where is Danny?!?"
Danny stared at her, outraged. His mist didn't look anything like that overgrown, ugly, stupid, evil ghost!
"I'm not that stupid ghost!!" he yelled, but of course, was not heard. That inability is sure going to get annoying...
Tucker got closer and peered at the green mist. "I don't think this is that Phantom Mist. It's Danny's power's color, and anyway, wouldn't the Phantom Mist...well...speak??"
Good old Tuck! Danny smiled.
Jack looked at it, one eyebrow raised. "Well, I don't know. Danny? Is that you?"
Danny yelped, "Yes! It is!" but they couldn't tell that he had spoken. Uggh... He made the mist move in a way that suggested a "nod."
Jack, Sam, Tucker, and Sir Demetris, the knight, took a step backwards in shock. Sam's eyes widened. "Danny! Where are you?!?" she yelled.
Danny made the mist retract, leading them straight to him...