A/N: What to say, what to say...would you believe I'm actually running out of things to say up here? I mean, I don't wanna bore you by repeating myself. Let's just skip on to the extra stuff so you can get to the update, shall we? I bet you'd all like that.
Disclaimer: I own the ghost dogs and cat, the Goo Gun, the retractable hover-scooters, and the plot. Everything else is somebody elses. (Or I didn't care about it enough to claim it.)
S/A/N: See chapters 1-5
Replies to Reviewers by Riverfox
charizardag: Oh, good! I'm glad I got the fight description down. I didn't want to use any of the major ghost villains because, well, think about it: these are a bunch of lowly ghosts and ghost animals hired/controled by Vlad for the sole purpose of destroying Danny's friends. I can't see Ember hiring herself out for something as seemingly simple and boring as that. The Box Ghost, on the other hand, is just the sort of cheap, simple-minded idiot that an evil ghost would hire as an extra fighter in his already-quite-large army. So you could say that it would have been kinda insulting to Ember if she had been there. Plus it would have been rather complicated, since I would have had to put in some banter between Ember and someone else. Hope that's an OK explanation. Thanks for reviewin', enjoy the second-to-last chap! (I know...sad, isn't it?)
Darkcloud1: You're still reading this, right? I got a bad feeling that my last chapter gave the idea of it being THE last chapter, but obviously it's not. Thanks, I'm glad I did the fight scenes well! And I'm thrilled that you like my story so much! About you're suggestion, yeah, that seems possible, but you'll just have to assume that she does that, 'cause I don't go into that much detail. Here's the next chapter, hope ya like it!
Daeron Blackoak: Consider everything hereafter as wrap-up material. But it's still important! (Well, some of it, anyways.) You'll find out the fate of Dude and Naco in this chap. I wasn't meaning for it to seem like Vlad was prepared for being hit by ectoplasmic goo, that was just a power he had because he's so strong. I'm glad you're enjoying this so much! Well, here's the second-to-last chapter, so read on! (Sigh...it makes me sad every time I state that fact.)
Grifffinrose: Yeah, I just had to have Rufus do something heroic. I was trying to give everyone at least a minorly important role, and it seemed like a cool idea for Rufus to save Sam! I had to make the villain's lair blow up, so it wouldn't mess w/ the actual show. Tsk, tsk, insulting Sasha like that. ;) Here's an update for ya, hope you like it!
ron-sama: Glad you approve of the battle description. Lol, no, I don't know animal body language. Well,I do know one bit: if a dog crouches down on it's front legs, that means it wants to play. Other than that, I just made up the body language thing for extra effect. It would be cool to be able to communicate w/ our dogs (except that one of mine barks a lot, so if she could talk, she'd probably be talking insesintly. ;) ) Hope you enjoy Ch.8, thanks for reviewin'!
Professor Fishmeister: SHE LIVES! Man, I was beginning to think something had happened to you, seeing as I haven't seen your user name around in, like, months! Yes, you are a genius. (Riverfox237 thinks to self, 'Humor the crazy person.') Lol, jk! Yep, finally got my own account! Me so happy! Glad you seem interested in my fic! I hope you review more! Oh, and one more thing: WHY HAVEN'T YOU UPDATED YOU'RE FIC? I need to know! At least tell me if you've just dropped it (though I dearly hope you haven't!). Anyways, enjoy the chap!
Worker72: That's the only episode I remember where his pants fell down, too. From the Spectra episode, I think you're remembering the part where she made Danny walk around in a diaper. And why are you so insistent in pressing the matter of whether Kim should reveal Vlad or not? I seriously doubt that GJ has many effective weapons against ghosts, and if Vlad's identity was revealed, he might just forget the subterfuge and try to take over the world w/ an unstoppable ghost army. Also, Kim doesn't really know anything about the history between Vlad and Danny (sheesh, she hasn't even been told how Danny became half ghost!), so since they just defeated him, she might not think he's such a threat. Also, the world's never been massly disturbed by ghosts before, so Kim might just decide that Danny's taking pretty good care of it, or that GJ would rather stick w/ catching human bad guys. Also, if Vlad were revealed to the world, it would ruin the symmetry I'm trying to keep w/ the show. Have I given you enough excuses yet? Sorry, that probably sounded rude. I'm just tryna' get across to you that in my mind, Kim has no wish to reveal Vlad or Danny as freaky half-ghost humans to the rest of the world. Okay? Anyways, I hope your still enjoying the story. Here's Ch.8! Thanks for reviewin'!
DestinyGuy678: Hmm, didn't think of that. We'll just say that they were too preoccupied w/ keeping the enemy ghosts at bay to think about it. Thanks, I was hoping the energy surge would have a cool effect. Glad ya liked the chapter, enjoy Ch.8!
And then the transporter ray failed and they were all lost as tiny dissassembled particles. Nah, you know I'm just kiddin'. On w/ the update!
Ch. 8: Back At The Lab
Suddenly the flashing red lights and loud warning signals were gone. The rather mixed group of…let's say 'beings' to save time…looked around to find themselves in the Fenton lab, safe and sound. Naco and Dude yipped happily, and all of the teens sighed with relief. Danny looked at the wall where the gaping hole had been. "Good! The portal's back where it belongs," he said, somewhat exhaustedly. Sure enough, the hole was now replaced by the hexagonal doorway of the portal, its doors still open to the green, swirling vortex.
Dude and Naco looked at the open portal and began whimpering sadly. Ron knelt down between them. "What's wrong, guys?" he asked, concern in his voice. The black-haired, red-eyed Dobermans walked over to the portal and then looked back at Ron, sad expressions on their canine faces. Suddenly Ron understood. "You have to go back home now, don't you?" he asked disappointedly. The dogs nodded their heads. Ron sniffed and rubbed his eyes. "Well, it was great meeting you," he said, his voice choked as he teared up. "You guys are the rock-ingest ghost dogs ever!" The Dobermans ran back and leapt on him, knocking him to the ground as they covered their old master's ancestor in sloppy, loving licks. Ron laughed. "Hey, come on, lemme up!"
As the ghost dogs got off of him, the blonde teenager pointed his thumb at Danny. "Now remember," he told them, "you guys be sure to help this guy out if he's ever in you're neck o' the woods. Okay?" Both dogs nodded their heads and wagged their tails happily as they gave Danny a good sniffing-over for scent recognition. Danny gave them both a pat on the head and grinned. "Guess I might see you guys around," the ghost boy said to them cheerfully.
As they were about to leap through the portal, Dude suddenly turned back and padded over to Tucker. The techno-geek smiled and gave his ghost-pal a hug around the neck. "I was afraid you'd forget!" he said happily. Dude gave him a goodbye lick, then turned back to the Ghost Portal. With a final tail wag and yip to their human (and halfa) friends, both ghost Dobermans leapt into the swirling vortex and were gone.
Suddenly the teens heard the thumping of several people running down the stairs. Danny changed back to his normal black hair, blue eyes, blue jeans, and white shirt and sneakers a split second before his parents came storming into the room.
"Kids!" Maddie Fenton exclaimed in surprise. "When did you get here? Did you see the ghost? Our ghost-intruder sensor was going crazy a minute ago." Both Maddie and Jack were wielding large metal laser guns, not unlike the one Sam had been using earlier.
"Uh, yeah," Danny stammered. "Um, it was down here, but it went back through the Ghost Portal. You just missed him." Hey, it's technically the truth, Danny thought to himself. He carefully hid the Fenton Thermos behind his back.
"Awww…" Jack said, his shoulders slumping in disappointment. Of course, Maddie was the first to understand the significance of what her son had just said.
"Oh, you got the Fenton Ghost Portal back!" she exclaimed delightedly. Pullingoff the red-goggled hood to her blue jumpsuit, the violet-eyed woman ran over to check the machine for damage. "It's still in perfect condition," she said. Then the red-haired woman looked confused. "But…how did it get back down here? You couldn't have brought it through the house."
"Teleportation device," Kim stated immediately. "That's what was used to steal the Fenton Ghost Portal in the first place. We simply reversed it to send the portal, and ourselves, back here."
Jack jumped in again. "So you caught the crook? Was it a ghost?" Sam ducked to avoid Jack's wildly-swinging laser gun.
"Um…well…" Kim looked at Danny, unsure of how much of the mission he'd want revealed to his parents.
"Err, yeah, it was!" Danny said nervously. "But, uh, Kim Possible here beat him with that Goo Gun you gave her."
"Really?" Jack Fenton cried excitedly. "It works? I mean, of course it works! It was invented by me," the large man in an orange jumpsuit pointed proudly at himself, "Jack Fenton!" He turned to Kim. "Do you still have it with you? Lemme see!"
The slightly bewildered cheerleader pulled the silver-and-green metal device out of her backpack. As Jack was fawning over it, Kim asked, "Just out of curiosity, how many shots does that thing hold?"
Jack replied, almost suspiciously, "Why, how many did you use?"
Kim thought for a moment, counting on her black-gloved fingers as she went over the past night and the afternoon before. "10," she said finally. "No, wait. 12, counting the 2 shots that Ron accidentally fired down here." She glanced at the walls that had been shot earlier for remains, but the goo had either been cleaned up or it degraded until it was all gone, for the walls were perfectly clean.
"Darn!" Jack pouted, the look of an upset little kid stamped on his face. "This gun was only set to hold 12 shots. I was hoping to have a leftover sample so I could make more!"
Kim looked confused. "I thought you said you had an extra one," she said quizzically.
An embarrassed look came onto his face. "Well, it turns out that the other one was actually a mini laser gun. So I need both this gun and a sample of the Fenton Goo to be able to use it."
"But why don't you just use the formula, Jack?" Maddie asked helpfully. The man looked down at the floor and pretended to not be paying attention. Maddie sighed and put her black-gloved hands on her hips. "You lost the formula, didn't you?"
Jack shrugged sheepishly. "I thought it was on the kitchen table, but now it's gone. Maybe I left it next to the Fenton Microwave…or under the couch…or…"
Maddie sighed again, then took Jack's arm and began walking him to the stairs. "Come on, Honey, I'll help you look for it." As she was about to follow Jack up the stairs, she turned and waved goodbye. "Thank you so much for finding the Ghost Portal, Miss Possible! And I'm so glad Danny and his friends were able to help out! If you ever need help with ghost fighting, just call the Fentons! Oh, and Danny," Maddie turned to her son and gave him a 'do-what-I'm-about-to-tell-you-or-you'll-be-grounded-for-a-week' look, "go to bed as soon as you're done down here! It's a school night, and you're already up way past your bedtime! And remind me tomorrow to install an anti-teleportation shield on the Fenton Portal. Nights, kids!" This last sentence was said much more cheerfully. Then Maddie Fenton disappeared up the stairwell, the sounds of her alternatingly scolding and reassuring her goofy husband echoing back down into the lab.
As soon as the door slammed at the top, there was another collective sigh of relief from the group of teens. "Well, that was close," Danny said, slumping into a nearby chair and setting the Fenton Thermos carelessly on the desk beside him.
"Yeah, no kidding," Tucker agreed. "Can you imagine if they had found 2 ghosts dogs and Inviso-Bill in their lab?"
Kim gave him an odd look. "Inviso-Bill?" she asked quizzically. "What on Earth is that?"
Danny rolled his eyes. "It'd the 'brilliantly clever'," here he inserted air-quotes, "name that our wonderful town reporters gave my ghost form."
"Whoa, bad break, dude," Ron spoke up sympathetically. "You should get a publicist or something."
"Tell me about it," Danny replied. Suddenly he got that 'something-just-occurred-to-me' look on his face. "Oh yeah, I should probably put all these ghosts back in the Ghost Zone."
"Yeah, that might be a good idea," Kim agreed with a grin as Danny stood from his chair, grabbed the Fenton Thermos off of the desk, and walked over to the Fenton Ghost Portal.
"Hey, Danny," Sam said as he was about to open the thermos. "See how many ghosts you captured, first. You know, for posterity."
"I'm not even gonna ask what 'posterity' means," Danny said with a smirk. "You know you're just curious." He turned the thermos sideways and looked at a panel on its side. His eyes widened. "Whoa. 57!" The raven-haired teen looked up at the others and grinned. "That's gotta be a record!" And with that, he uncapped the metal thermos and stuck the open end into a circular hole on the wall next to the Ghost Portal. The word "Release" appeared on its side, and a second later Danny pulled it back out and capped it again, signifying that it was at last empty.
Tucker yawned loudly and stretched. "Well, I'm glad that's all done. Now, can we go to bed? It's, like, 3 in the morning."
Ron nodded in agreement. "I'm with you, dude. But first, do you have any snacks? I'm starving."
Danny grinned and motioned for them to follow him. "Yeah, sure. I'm sure we can dig something up in the kitchen." And so the tired, hungry group followed Danny up the stairs, with one last word of warning from the boy. "Just stay away from the bottom drawer of the refrigerator. Dad's mutant hotdogs don't like to be disturbed." Ron gave Kim a 'what-was-that-about?' look, but she could only shrug in return.
A/N: Hold on, my loyal fans, I'm not done yet! There's one more wrap-up chapter after this, and then I plan on making a page simply titled, "Final Replies to Reviewers by Riverfox". Man, I can't believe I'm almost done! It's so sad! Oh well, probably for the better, my sister's getting married this weekend, so it mighthave become too inconveinient to update. Please keep R&R-ing! Until tomorrow, Riverfox237 signing off!