Chapter 5: Trial for the Scythe
As Pariah Dark was about to make his move on Grim and Mandy, all the ghosts from the Ghost Zone showed up and were shocked to see the Grim Reaper, the very one who placed them there in the first place. Danny Phantom was also on the scene as he noticed Grim below.
"What's going on here?" asked Fright Knight.
"This is the dreaded Grim Reaper" replied Pariah Dark as he showed the other ghosts.
"He's the one who placed us in the Ghost Zone in the first place" said Ember as she hovered above Grim.
"Uh, hi Ember" said Grim as sweat ran down his skull, "long time since that accident you had with the band."
"Just who the heck are these people?" asked Mandy.
"Uh, these were my former clients" replied Grim.
"So what do you propose we should do with him?" asked Skulcker, "He's the one who reaped us."
"But it's my job!" replied Grim.
"Well, since everybody seems to see the Grim Reaper as the main enemy here" said Pariah Dark, "I propose we have a trial for the Grim Reaper's Scythe. And with that Scythe we should live once again."
"For once" said Walker, "I agree with him."
"Okay, I'm out of here" said Mandy as she was walking out of the area.
"You're going to need two defense lawyers" said Pariah Dark, "and I know just the two."
Pariah Dark then yanks Billy out of the ecto-suit and places him near Grim. As Danny floats nearby, he is then grabbed by Pariah Dark and placed by the other side.
"Okay, what the heck is going on?" asked Danny to Pariah Dark.
"You are going to be the Grim Reaper's defense lawyer!" replied Pariah Dark.
"What!" cried Danny.
"I know I am doomed" said Grim.
Suddenly Mandy was hiding in some bushes with her cell phone in her hand. She then dialed Hoss Delgado's number.
"Yes, who is it?" asked Hoss as he picked up his cell phone.
"It's me Mandy" replied Mandy, "Grim is going on trial. Billy and some ghost boy are his defense team. Can you make it to disrupt the trial before Billy does something stupid? Like handing Grim's Scythe over to some dark forces?"
"Certainly" replied Hoss, "I'll come right away."
"Good" said Mandy as she hung up her cell phone, "this is going to be good."
As Pariah Dark snapped his fingers, chairs came up from the ground and the area around the ghosts, Grim, Danny and Billy started to look like a court room. Pariah Dark was of course the judge, while Walker and Skulcker were made into prosecutors. Danny, Billy and Grim were sitting at the defense.
"Court has come to order!" shouted Pariah Dark as he slammed the small hammer on the desk he was sitting at.
"And what would the charges be?" asked Grim.
"For reaping the souls of every ghost in the Ghost Zone!" replied Pariah Dark as he read the charges out loud.
"Objection!" shouted Grim, "It's my job to reap souls!"
"Overruled!" replied Pariah Dark, "Prosecution, present your case."
"I call the Grim Reaper to the stand!" shouted Walker.
As Grim was headed to the witness stand, Walker examined Grim.
"Are you not the Grim Reaper?" asked Walker.
"Yes" replied Grim, "I am the Grim Reaper, master of life and death."
"And is it true that you reaped my soul along with my fellow prosecutor-Skulker?" asked Walker.
"Well, of course" replied Grim.
Suddenly the entire audience of ghosts gasped with horror.
"Oh come on!" shouted Grim.
"Silence!" shouted Pariah Dark.
"Prosecution rests its case" said Walker as he sits next to Skulcker.
"Defense!" shouted Pariah Dark, "You may begin in trying to defend the Reaper!"
"Okay" said Grim to Billy and Danny, "you two better know what you are doing."
"Don't worry Grim" said Billy, "I have some surprise witnesses."
Billy then reached into a bag he had with him. He then pulled out his old Jurassic Creep toys and then placed the toys on the witness stand.
"Is he really serious?" asked Skulcker to Pariah Dark.
"I see it as unorthodox and ridiculously stupid" replied Pariah Dark as he studied the toys which were sitting on the witness stand, "but if it's going to grant us the Reaper's Scythe, then I'm all for it."
"I can't believe how stupid he is" said Danny to Grim referring to Billy.
"You don't know the half of it mon" said Grim.
Billy then started to walk back and forth. He then stayed right at the Jurassic Creep toys on the witness stand.
"So tell me Jurassic Creeps" said Billy, "has Grim done anything thoughtful for you."
A few minutes later Billy continues to stair at the toys.
"Well?" asked Walker, "Get on with it stupid."
"In a minute!" replied Billy.
A few seconds later, Billy finally knew what the Jurassic Creeps were going to say.
"The Jurassic Creeps said they were temporary brought to life by Grim's Scythe" said Billy, "but then when the magic ran out, Grim threw them in the trash on purpose."
"Why you little stupid excuse for a defense lawyer!" shouted Grim as he shook his fist.
"Silence!" shouted Pariah Dark as he zapped Grim with his ghost beam.
"Ouch" said Grim as he could feel the pain.
"Don't worry" said Danny, "I'll be taking over the defense."
"That's good" said Grim as he was still recovering from Pariah Dark's attack, "at least you are not as dumb as Billy here."
"Okay" said Pariah Dark to Danny, "it's your turn to take over the defense if you want to."
"I call to the stand nearly every villain that I have faced" said Danny as he stood up.
"I hope you know what you are doing child" said Grim, "I don't want you to end up like Billy did."
"So which ghost that you have faced want up on the witness stand?" asked Pariah Dark.
"My first human-like ghost that I have faced the Lunch Lady" replied Danny.
As the Lunch Lady got onto the witness stand, Danny examined her.
"Isn't it true you were once a former cook at my high school Casper High?" asked Danny.
"Why yes" replied the Lunch Lady.
"Tell me, how did the Grim Reaper come to reap you?" asked Danny.
"Well, I was cooking with my usual self" replied the Lunch Lady, "when there was sort of an accident."
"Were you at fault with the accident?" asked Danny.
"Well, I did leave the fire on the stove on" replied the Lunch Lady.
"So how could you blame the Reaper if it was your fault that he appeared in the first place?" asked Danny.
"Uh, I, uh, I" replied the Lunch Lady as sweat ran down her forehead.
Suddenly as Danny was about to make his closing statement, Hoss Delgado in his trunk raced right into the scene. The trunk was driving at a very fast speed and it crashed into a tree. Hoss then leaped out of the trunk and was shocked to see Pariah Dark along with a variety of ghosts.
"Hoss, what are you doing here?" asked Grim.
"I was called upon by Mandy" replied Hoss as he took a look around he could see all the ghosts around him including Danny standing next to the Lunch Lady, "seem like a supernatural problem right here. And it seems something like I could solve!"