FENTON FAMILY FEUD
PART TWO
Disclaimer: I don't own Danny Phantom; Butch Hartman does. This story was written just for fun, so enjoy!
Danny didn't recognize the part of the Ghost Zone he and his new friend were travelling through.
Man, he thought. This place goes on forever! I'll never get it all mapped out!
"So, uh, where exactly are we going?" Danny asked.
"To meet my friend, like I said," the girl-ghost replied. "He's going to be so excited to finally have you . . . er, I mean, meet you. Heh, yeah. Meet. You."
The girl-ghost took him through a couple more doorways, and around a few more bends until Danny was completely lost. He wondered if he'd ever find his way back home.
"Okay, here we are!" The girl-ghost stopped and with a sweep of her hand indicated a swirling portal entrance. Through the mist, Danny could just make out what appeared to be a laboratory.
"Uh, just who is this friend of yours, anyway?" Danny asked, suddenly becoming apprehensive.
"Oh, you'll see," the girl-ghost replied snidely as she floated up behind him.
Before he could react, the she pushed Danny through the portal into the room, and quickly followed him in. There she turned on him, and struck him hard on the side of his head with her weapon. Danny saw stars and hit the ground hard. He shook his head to clear his thoughts, but was unable to react quickly enough as the girl-ghost pressed a button against the wall, and a small cage dropped from the ceiling, landing on top of him. It was very small, and Danny ended up crouched on the floor with precious little space between his limbs and the bars. Danny tried to phase out of it, but found he was unable to escape.
"I . . . I can't get out!" He cried, trying and failing again. "Something is interfering with my powers!"
"That," the girl-ghost sneered. "Is the least of your worries!"
The lab door opened and a familiar, but unwelcome specter entered: Vlad Plasmius. The girl-ghost smiled and approached him.
"I've done it!" She declared. "I've captured the ghost hybrid, just as you asked!"
"Well done!" Plasmius replied. "Everything went according to plan?"
"Perfectly! You said he'd come running at the first sign of trouble, so I got into a fight with these three ghouls, and all of a sudden, bang! , there he was, right in the middle of it, bein' the hero!"
"Excellent!" Plasmius chuckled wickedly and patted her on the head. He approached the cage and leaned over to address its occupant.
"We meet again, Danny Phantom!"
"Vlad Plasmius! You're not going to get away with this . . . this . . . whatever it is you're trying to do!" Danny shouted with more bravado than he actually felt.
Plasmius laughed. "Oh, my dear boy, I already have gotten away with it! Your very presence, here in my lab, has secured my victory!"
"Plasmius? Plasmius!" The ghost-girl tugged on Plasmius' cape to get his attention. "What about me? You'll help me now, right? You said you'd help me if I brought you the ghost boy, and I have. So, you'll help me change back now, right? Right!"
Plasmius sneered. "While I thank you for making my job easier, and for advancing my ultimate plan by luring Danny Phantom here to my lab, I'm afraid I really can't help you."
"What! But, you promised! You said you had a way to change me back into a human!"
Plasmius shrugged. "A little lie. But, as a consolation you will be paid handsomely for a job well done."
"I don't want to get paid," the ghost-girl cried. "I want to be human again! I want to get back to my life!"
"Ah, yes," Plasmius drawled. "Your life. The life you left, what was it now, thirty years ago?"
"Twenty-nine," she corrected. "And it wasn't my fault!"
"That's right, twenty-nine. And, whether it was your fault or no, do you really think after all this time, you can just walk back into the lives of the ones you left behind? Do you really think they'll welcome you back with open arms? Your parents, your brother? May I remind you, my dear, your brother now hunts ghosts for a living. He hates ghosts. I imagine he would especially hate a ghost that was responsible for the abduction of his only son, and ultimately, the destruction of his entire life!"
"The what? I never . . .uh . . . wait a minute, what son?" The girl-ghost stared hard at Plasmius, turning over in her mind what he'd just said, then turned to Danny. She approached the cage, got down on her knees, and looked the boy in the eye.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"I told you, I'm . . ."
"No! I don't care who you are in the Ghost Zone. Who are you, really? Who are you when you're not a ghost?"
"What? You mean to tell me the two of you haven't met?" Plasmius asked in mock surprise. "Tsk, tsk! Where are my manners? My dear girl, may I present Danny Fenton. He would be Jack Fenton's son."
The girl gasped. "No! It can't be!"
"Ah, but, it is," Plasmius confirmed. "Ironic, isn't it? Oh, and Daniel, my boy, may I introduce Danielle Fenton? Your father's sister?"
Danny looked up into the ghost girl's eyes. "My father's sis . . . you're my aunt?"
"Oh no! This can't be happening!" Danielle cried. "Danny, I am so sorry! I didn't know, I swear! I never would've brought you here if I'd known you were my brother's son! I would never ever hurt Jack's family! I just . . . I just wanted to go home!"
"And, go home you shall," Plasmius declared. "back into the Ghost Zone where you belong!"
Plasmius casually threw a blast of bright light at a still-stunned ghost girl, catching her off guard, and sending her spinning head over heels back through the portal into the Ghost Zone.