Hello! Back with the last chapter of Freeze Out. –Cries—But thanks for making this a wonderful story. And….see a special preview at the end of this story for both Of All The People to Be Stuck With and…my newest story, Show and Tell.
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Chapter Eight
Visits
Sam gripped Danny's arm very hard. Once again, a similar shock went through her as he jumped, surprising them both. Her lilac eyes widened.
"Hey--" she began.
"Try the engine," Valerie interrupted.
"It doesn't work," Paulina cried.
Sam pulled Danny close to her. "Electricity," she whispered into his ear.
"What?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You…I think you have a new power," she whispered. "Electricity. That's why your eyes were green earlier." He blinked, still confused.
"What do we do?" Paulina asked, turning the ignition over again.
"Whatever we do, it has to be in the next five seconds guys," Tucker said, peering out the back window. A large, dark form was taking shape into a no doubt snowplow…and it wasn't slowing down.
"Get us out of here," Dash said.
"What do you expect us to do, jump?" Valerie asked.
"What other choice do we have?" Paulina said, trying the engine.
"Death," Tucker offered sarcastically.
"That's not really funny," Valerie said. "Not all of us are half dead."
"Which ones are?" Dash asked.
Danny closed his eyes suddenly. And when he reopened them, once again, his blue eyes were replaced by a vivid green.
"If we don't get moving now, I'm sorry, but we're all gonna--" Tucker began, not paying attention.
His words were cut off by a bolt of thunderous volume as a scraping noise edged towards them.
Danny set his hand on the steering wheel, leaning forward past Valerie and Paulina. His fingers tingled and he curled them around the wheel.
"Hey, Paulina, look! A seagull," Valerie said, pointing. She nudged Danny as Paulina turned to look where her finger was pointing.
A ripple like glow fired from Danny's fingers, circuiting into the steering column rapidly.
At the same time there was a hurt cry ("ow!") from the back and then a gasp…they had little time….
Danny turned the ignition key and there was a grumble as the engine started. Paulina turned back, her blue eyes wide.
"Drive now!" Danny exclaimed.
She didn't need telling twice. She switched to drive and put her foot down hard on the gas. The van shot forward with a lurch, sending Danny flying back into his seat, almost colliding with Sam.
The van reached sixty, going as far away as possible from the snowplow. All six of them were silent, speeding along until—
"Let's do that again!" Tucker shouted, bursting into laughter. Valerie couldn't hold it in either. She started laughing, tears leaking from her eyes.
Dash snorted, joining. Danny and Sam barely had to exchange glances before they too burst into hysterical laughter.
Paulina was the only one who didn't give in. "We about get crushed by a freaking snowplow and you decide that it's the right time to play the seagull joke on me?" she asked.
"Paulina, look out!" Valerie said suddenly.
"Oh ha ha," Paulina said, making a face.
"No, look out!" Valerie said again.
Paulina looked and threw on the brakes as she about ran into a vehicle coming from the other direction.
Everyone jerked forward and the van gave a squeal as it hit ice. They spun around once, then bounced to a stop.
No one said anything for a second, breathing heavily, thrown against each other on the seats. Finally—
"Are we dead?" Dash asked.
"Yeah, Dash," Danny said sarcastically. "That's why you're still talking."
"I found out the use of a seatbelt," Valerie said, her green eyes unnaturally large.
"You know what they say. Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug," Tucker said, removing himself from the seat in front of him. "I think I was the bug."
"Is everyone okay?" Paulina asked.
"I don't think anything's broken," Valerie said, feeling her arms and neck to make sure.
"What did we hit?" Sam asked, breathless.
The side door flung open at that precise moment and a bald headed man stared at them, his face turning to relief upon seeing their faces.
"There you are, oh goodness, are you alright?" Lancer asked.
"We'll live," Valerie said, taking charge right away. She opened her own door. "Danny needs medical attention."
"What!" Lancer exclaimed. "What happened?"
"After the blizzard picked up, I lost sight of the bus. I pulled off to the side of the road and the van broke down. I went to check the engine and got hit by a car coming from the other direction," Danny said, blinking. His vision kept going in and out of focus and he put a hand to his head.
Even Dash and Paulina didn't say anything. Danny hadn't lied, he just left out a few details.
"Alright. Well, we had a little adventure of our own, so you'll be slightly forgiven for breaking about twenty school rules," Lancer said, glaring in the opposite direction.
"Slightly?" Tucker asked, forgetting that he wasn't really supposed to be there.
"I'll see you all in detention Monday," he said. He walked away before either of them could protest.
"What? We almost get killed and we get detention?" Paulina exclaimed. "Que profesor es loco."
"I've never been to detention," Dash muttered. Danny almost laughed, thinking about how many times he'd been stuck in detention because of Dash.
"Join the club," Valerie said. "I'm starting to dislike Mr. Lancer more and more. This…and other things. He's completely unfair. I mean, suspension for something as little as running around the school skyclad? I kind of enjoyed the show." She jumped out of the van. "I'm outta here." And she left their view.
Tucker blinked rapidly and let out a low whistle. "Okay then…"
"Careful Foley, it looks like she might like you," Dash said, crawling out. "And by the way…don't ever hit me again," he warned, an odd tone to his voice. He too walked away.
"What?" both Sam and Danny said at the same time, looking at Tucker.
"I'll tell you later," he said through clenched teeth, nodding his head at Paulina, still sitting in the front seat.
Paulina, for the first time, got the hint. Snorting in annoyance, she rolled her eyes, unstrapping her seatbelt. She got out of the van and they saw her figure clearer now that the snow had let up.
A yellow school bus, the one they'd been supposed to follow, was parked on the side of the road a few yards ahead of them.
Donna Tonam, a girl with shoulder length black hair and a tan, oval face joined Paulina immediately.
"Paulina, you wouldn't believe what happened on the bus, I so can't believe you missed it. One of the windows busted and the blizzard was so bad that they had to stop the bus. But the heater didn't work properly. So Darren started up a game of Freeze Out. It was so fun until Lancer told us to stop…." She continued.
Paulina glanced back at the three, remaining in the car, and she gave them, (most especially Danny) a smile.
Danny laughed. "Freeze out is fun. Have you guys ever played? You open--" His head tilted back.
"We know Danny," Sam said, shaking her head. She snapped her fingers in his face. "Danny, hey!"
"What?" he asked groggily.
"Hey dude, how many fingers am I holding up?" Tucker asked, holding up two fingers.
"Four," Danny replied, leaning back up, his face pale.
Tucker blinked, setting his hand down and patted Danny's back. "That's close enough." He turned to Sam and mouthed the words, "He needs help."
"Can you walk?" Sam asked.
Before Danny got the chance to answer, a red headed blur came flying into view, wrapping her arms around them all.
"Oh my god, I was so worried about you all," seventeen year old Jazz Fenton said.
"Ow, ow, ow," Danny muttered. His older sister pulled away. "Oh my, Danny, you're bleeding." She glanced around. "What happened?"
"How did you get here?" Sam asked, ignoring her question.
"School was cancelled. And then I heard that you were missing, so I came to see what the heck was going on."
The sound of sirens came closer every second and Tucker sat up straighter. "Okay, the ambulance is here. We'll be able to get you some help. Maybe mental help too."
"I heard that," Danny said, his eyes closed.
"I have an idea," Jazz began.
"Ding. Light bulb," both Sam and Tucker teased in unison. They exchanged glances and started laughing.
"What?" Danny and Jazz asked together.
"Never mind," Sam said. She turned to Danny. "I bet Tucker and I can help you over to the ambulance." Tucker and Sam put his arms around their shoulders and supported him carefully. Jazz followed behind them closely.
She watched as two paramedics rushed out and opened the back doors up, spotting Danny immediately.
"I'm his sister, can I go with him?" she asked. She wasn't going to take no for an answer. They nodded in agreement. She thought of something. "You know, you certainly have a reputation for getting stuck with each other in places." She helped Danny to climb into the ambulance.
"Yeah," Danny said as the paramedics forced him to sit on a stretcher. She jumped in next to him and gave the thumbs up to Sam and Tucker, standing outside the vehicle, concerned looks on their face, right before they closed the doors and drove off.
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"Jeeze guys, it was just a minor concussion," Danny said the next morning. He'd spent the night in the hospital and had been awakened early that day by Sam and Tucker, both of whom had brought him chocolates, chips, and cookies.
"You got hit by a car, we're being sympathetic," Sam said, jumping on the bed beside him.
"Yeah, and sympathy is the only reason I'm here besides the fact that you're my best friend," Tucker said, glancing around the hospital room, his eyes narrowed.
"Thanks…I think," Danny said, grinning. He gasped. "Chocolate covered cherries." He grabbed the box and opened it automatically.
Sam shook her head. "I thought Tucker was being sarcastic when he said food would cheer you up."
"I'm starving," he said.
"The natives are restless. Lancer is still giving us all detention," Tucker grumbled.
Danny choked on his cordial. "What?" he asked.
"Lancer is so unfair," Tucker said. "We almost get killed by a freaking snowplow and he yells at us for getting lost."
"I didn't get us lost," Danny said.
"We know," Sam said.
"So what exactly happened the first time I woke up?" Danny asked.
Tucker couldn't help but start to laugh. "Danny on drugs. Man that was good."
"Someone gave me drugs?" Danny asked.
"Mexican drugs," Tucker said, grinning mischievously.
"Tucker's being a little over exaggerative," Sam said, giving him a kick. "We found you outside and brought you in. But you were unconscious and you wouldn't wake up."
"And supposedly, Paulina's Mexican remedy was supposed to wake you up. She had these smelling salt things. They worked…but you were all psychotic," Tucker finished.
"You said some of the most random things," Sam said. "Normally you're such a shy person, it was so weird to hear you and see you like that."
"Great," he muttered. "I wonder how long it will take for that to get around the school."
"Not long," Tucker offered.
"Thanks Tuck," Danny said.
"So how are you feeling?" Sam asked.
"Pretty good. My head hurt and I have bruises the size of cars all over," he said. "I would show you, but that might be exposing a little too much."
Tucker snorted. "You weren't shy about that either."
"What?" Danny asked warily.
Sam patted his head gently. "Don't worry about it. Some things are better left forgotten."
"So you still don't remember?" Tucker asked.
"Nope," he said.
"Hmm….well, now I have more things to torment you with," he said.
"Goody. I wish everyone would not remember," he said, massaging his temples.
"Yeah, especially Dash," Tucker said.
"What exactly did you do to him?" Sam asked.
"Well, Danny was doing something to the wheel and I panicked cause he was using his ghost powers…Dash was watching and I had to distract him somehow….So I punched him."
"You punched Dash?" both Sam and Danny exclaimed.
"I panicked," he said.
"Obviously…well, now you have Valerie to be your bodyguard at least," Sam said, giving him a sly smile.
"Ha ha, you need a girl to defend your—ow!" Danny said as Sam smacked his arm. "What was that for?"
"Don't even think about finishing that sexist comment," Sam replied.
Danny rubbed his arm, but then suddenly sat up, grinning. "Hey, guys, check this out." He clapped his hands together and the lights suddenly flashed off. He clapped again and they came back on.
"Clap on, clap off, man that's cool!" Tucker yelled, laughing.
"You are so weird sometimes," Sam said, shaking her head. "So…now you have the power to control electricity."
"One of these days, I'm probably going to zap myself I bet," Danny said.
"Probably, with how klutzy you are," Sam said. Danny raised an eyebrow, looking at her darkly.
"Ooh, catfight," Tucker said.
Sam looked away, averting their gazes, suddenly remembering her fight with Paulina. "I think we should be more careful around Dash and Paulina. They're probably getting pretty suspicious."
"Good news is, they're both pretty stupid," Tucker said.
"Yeah…the whole seagull thing and then 'are we dead'? Honestly," Danny agreed. Sam bit her lip. She'd tell them later what Paulina had really said.
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Danny had just finished changing into his regular clothes when his sister pushed the curtain back and walked in.
"Hey," she greeted. "How are you feeling?"
"Like I've been hit by a car," he replied. "But better."
"Good, cause I'm taking you home," she said. She smiled, looking down.
"What?" he asked, his eyes narrowing.
She laughed. "So you have a problem with Mexican smelling salts, huh?"
Danny made a face, already guessing how she knew. "I am going to kill Tucker," he growled.
"He was more than eager to tell me everything," she said. "You know, you'd be pretty good entertainment. Are you open Friday?"
"Ha ha. Can we go home now?" he asked.
"Yeah, I suppose," Jazz said. "But one question."
"What?" he asked, dreading what it would be.
"You don't remember it, really?" she asked.
"Nope," he replied.
"Hmm…that's weird. Cause the doctor said you should have your memory back by now."
He froze, swallowing. "Did he now?" he asked nervously.
"Uh huh," she said, raising an eyebrow.
"You didn't tell anyone that…did you?" he asked, his eyes wide.
She laughed again. "Don't worry Danny, I won't tell anyone. Your little secret is safe with me."
"Thank you," he whispered, blushing. "Can we go now?"
"Yeah, I suppose," Jazz said, putting an arm around his shoulders. They walked out of the room together. She stopped, giving an evil grin. "You wouldn't want to sing me a song from The Lion King would you?"
"Shut up," Danny groaned. And his sister's maniacal laughter echoed in the hallway.
THE END
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Ahh…the end. Wasn't as good as the last one, but still, this chapter had a lot more humor than the last one did in The Elevator Game.
So, Sam's now got Paulina to worry about. Dash…being nicer? Valerie into Tucker? Hmm…you have to find out in the third installment…Show and Tell, the sequel to both The Elevator Game and Freeze Out.
Show and Tell
Summary: When a short practice match between Danny Phantom and Valerie Gray turns out to be a fun show to watch, it turns pretty nasty when a new ghost comes around and opens a portal into another world….and zaps Valerie, Danny, and their audience—Paulina, Dash, Tucker, and Sam into…The Ghost Zone. The problem? Danny goes missing.
Genres: Action/Adventure, Humor, Drama, Romance, Suspense, and Supernatural
Here's your sneak peek at Chapter One!
"Huh oh uh," Paulina said, her head shaking all the while she spoke. "There's no loco way that I am going to follow you out of here. I don't even know you, give me a reason to trust you. You'd probably run me off a cliff."
"Wouldn't that be nice?" Sam said, rolling her eyes.
"Where exactly is here?" Dash asked, rubbing his arms.
Valerie didn't answer, biting her lip. She made the ultimate sacrifice, taking off her maroon hood. Her curly black hair unfurled behind her.
"Valerie?" Dash asked, his eyes wide.
"Oh…my…god," Paulina said. She got an odd look on her face. "So where's Danny? If you're here and you were fighting him….where is he?"
"WHERE IS HERE?" Dash finally exclaimed, frustrated at not getting an answer.
Valerie sighed. "This is…the Ghost Zone, remember?"
"What?" Dash and Paulina said at once.
"We need to get out of here," Tucker said.
"I don't know…how," Valerie said. "I have no idea where we are anyway. The only person...that does know how to get out of here…is Danny."
"Where is he?" Sam asked, swallowing.
"Wait…wait..wait…Danny Fenton?" Dash asked. "He wasn't down here, was he?"
"That's the problem…I don't know."
This next story does have humor, trust me, although it seems kind of dramatic right now. But you get to see your first flashback from Tucker, and also one from Danny, which is actually part of an actual episode. This story comes the closes to exposing Danny's secret…coming soon!
Of All The People To Be Stuck With: Mini Series
Summary: Very funny one shots based off of Show and Tell, The Elevator Game, and Freeze Out. Special times where Valerie, Sam, Paulina, Tucker, Danny, and Dash all get stuck together. A few stories actually have a few more people too like Star and Kwan, but it's mainly focused on the six.
Genres: HUMOR, Action/Adventure, a little bit of romance
Story 1: Truth or Dare (Takes place right after The Elevator Game, meaning Freeze Out has not occurred yet)
"Danny…. Truth or dare?" Dash asked.
"Dare," he said after a minute. If Dash could give him a dare like he had the first time, he would have absolutely no problem with it. He only hoped it wasn't too bad. He knew for sure that he was not going to run around the school naked.
Dash laughed, rubbing his chin as if he were thinking. (Seemed like a hard thing to do). Then he finally straightened up.
"I dare you to…"
Nice little cliffhanger for you there, huh? Coming soon is both stories!
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