Nothing much to say in front this time, so on with Chapter 2!
Chapter 2
"Great Expectations, Fenton! I said answer the question!" Mr. Lancer barked sharply from the front of the class.
As the vice-principal of Casper High, not to mention one of the school's best English teachers, Lancer tolerated no nonsense from students. But this Fenton boy – well, he was really starting to push it.
Lancer knew Danny was an intelligent student with great potential – it was just that he never seemed to put his heart in his work!
"Uh? What?" Danny blinked blearily as he lifted his head sleepily from the table. He'd been dozing off again, as usual.
"Why do you think the word 'symmetry is used to rhyme with the word 'eye' in the poem? Why was it pronounced that way?" Lancer repeated, clearly vexed. Both hands were on his hips as he glared down the aisle at his bleary-eyed pupil.
"Uh..." Danny scratched his mess of jet black hair, staring dumbly down at the book before him, obviously having no clue as to what the senior teacher was blabbering about. Oh wait! Yeah, now that he thought about it, the question did seem familiar... he'd heard it somewhere before...
But what was the answer? He couldn't remember!
"Come on, Fenton. Didn't I tell you the answer not too long ago? When I made you stay back to study for your re-test? Sense and Sensibility! You asked me the very same thing yourself!"
"I did?" Danny muttered softly to himself, suddenly aware that the whole class was staring at him expectantly. "Oh yeah, I did! But the answer... can't... remember..." He shut his eyes, still muttering. "Come on, think! Think, think, think – "
Suddenly, the lights went out and the whole school went into darkness. Well, almost. It was still daytime.
There wee a few startled screams from some of the girls, while others began murmuring in surprise.
"Whew," Danny muttered. "Saved by the bell," Then he paused. "Okay, technically it's 'Saved by the Blackout'... but who cares?"
"Stupid power system," Mr. Lancer growled to himself. He turned his attention back to the class. "Alright, I'm going to see what went wrong with the power. In the meantime, I want everybody to stay put. This may be the only time you don't have to read or write due to the insufficient light, but don't think it means you can play a fool. That's strictly forbidden."
Moans and "Aw man"s followed as the teacher turned to walk out of the room. Then he stopped.
"And Fenton, don't think I'm letting you off the hook. I expect an answer to my question when I get back."
"Oh great," Danny groaned at his luck as Lancer finally left the class.
Then his ghost sense went off again.
Danny frowned. "Electra," He clenched his fists. Then something hit him. "Wait a second. The power went out, meaning there's no electricity. And Electra sounds similar to... electricity! That's gotta be it! She's causing this!"
He had to get himself out of here.
Danny ducked quietly under his table, went intangible, and phased through the floor. He phased out of it outside the classroom.
The janitor's closet was nearby. He flung open the door and shut himself in. "Going ghost!"
Two blue luminescent rings appeared around him. From the outside of the closet, a bright flash of blue light could be seen through the cracks in the door.
When Danny next came out, he was wearing a black and silvery-white spandex suit, instead of his usual T-shirt and jeans, and his hair had taken on a dramatic change from jet black to snowy white. His eyes, previously a calm, clear sky blue, were now a piercing, glowing green.
Danny Fenton was now Danny Phantom.
He went invisible, flew to his locker, and phased his hand through. It eventually brought out the Fenton Thermos after some groping around.
Danny also noticed that the hallways seemed to have taken on a dark, creepy, and gloomy feel, despite it being daytime.
"Hmph. If I had doubts of a ghost being around here before..." Danny muttered to himself, still invisible as he sailed silently down the corridor. He had a feeling he knew where Electra would be.
Phasing through the walls, he arrived at yet another hallway.
Sure enough, a sudden flash of luminescent blue, much like the color of lightning, came from the end of it.
A girl's gleeful laughter rang out – the same, tinkling, bell-like laugh of Electra's – this time, with a more sinister ring to it.
Danny grinned. "Busted."
He floated into the room, still retaining his invisibility. Electra was zapping the school's main generator, seemingly draining its power.
"Ooh, this is just delicious," She grinned, ice-blue eyes sparkling in ravenous hunger as bolts of electricity entered through her palms, coursing through her whole body, causing it to glow with a blue luminescent hue around her. And the hue seemed to be getting brighter and brighter each second.
"These students are really dense. Little do they know I actually came here to absorb the electrical power! And once I gain enough energy, I shall be able to harm, and take over this world of miserable little mortals!"
"Hi," came a sudden voice from behind. Electra whirled around in surprise, cutting off her connection with the generator as she did so.
Danny appeared in the air, smirking. "Are you the electrician? Because if you're not, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to de-charge you." He whipped out the Fenton Thermos from behind him.
Electra's ice-blue eyes went cold as she, too, smiled slyly at him. "And I'm afraid that's not going to happen,"
Before Danny could do anything else, she went intangible and phased through the ceiling, cleverly making a quick escape.
Danny gritted his teeth and growled. "Great," His shoulders then slumped as the lights flickered back on, power now sufficient since Electra had stopped draining it. "Smooth move, Fenton."
Now what?
"So Electra plans to get enough power, then 'take over the world' by electrocuting everybody?" Sam asked later that evening over at Danny's house, sarcastically making a motion with her first two fingers for the words "take over the world".
"From what I heard her saying, yeah, that's what it sounds like," Danny answered as he flopped onto the couch.
Sam settled down beside him, tapping her chin thoughtfully with one finger. "Hmm..."
"Okay, enough ghost talk," Tucker interrupted, sitting down next to Sam. "We're not going after her, and anyway she hasn't done anything else yet - not that we know of. So let's finish up from where we left off last night on..." Here he coughed pointedly, remembering how the morning's events had ironically coincided with the subject. "Chemistry – before everybody fell asleep," He shot Danny and Sam a mischievous grin.
The two involuntarily turned red at his words and self-consciously distanced themselves slightly from each other, for fear that the same thing might happen again.
Danny gave Sam an apologetic grin, and she returned it, still blushing.
Tucker was content to watch them, a bemused look on his face, until Danny finally snapped out of it and cleared his throat. "So, uh... chemistry?"
Tucker jumped back into action. "Right," He began digging in his bag and brought out his textbook.
"Did somebody say 'chemistry' ?" Came another voice as Jazz Fenton entered the room.
"Hey Danny," she smiled at her younger brother, then acknowledged his two best friends. "Sam, Tucker. What'cha doing?" Then, as an afterthought, she quickly added, "But whatever it is, I know it's got nothing to do with ghosts,"
Danny's turquoise-eyed, auburn-haired sixteen-year-old sister was constantly worried about him. Especially since she'd found out about his ghost powers quite some time ago – but still hadn't told him yet. She wanted him to tell her himself, when he was ready. That was why she was intent on preventing him from finding out that she knew.
"You heard right," Danny groaned in answer. "Chemistry."
"Wanna help?" Sam asked her, grinning.She knew Jazz was the smarter of the two siblings when it came to academic studies.
"Sure!" Jazz said brightly, then suggested, "Though you might want to ask Mom and Dad as well. After all, they're always coming up with some new invention or other, so they must be good at chemistry too."
"Did somebody call for me?" Jack Fenton popped his head in the doorway, a blow torch in hand.
"For us?" Maddie corrected him as she, too, appeared, dressed in red protective goggles and headgear. They'd obviously been working in the lab again.
"Does it involve ghosts?" Was Jack's second question, as always.He had an eager look on his face.
Everyone groaned at the mention of ghosts.
"No Dad, Danny just needs help in chemistry, so I was suggesting that we all could get together to guide him." Jazz explained.
"Jazz!" Danny yelped. Sam and Tucker were already enough help! Sure, he could do with Jazz too, but Mom and Dad?
Ignoring him, Maddie came forward, smiling brightly at Jazz. "Well sure! That's a wonderful idea, sweetie!" She then turned to Danny, still beaming. "What do you need help with?"
"I – " Danny started to stammer in protest.
But before he could say anything else, the whole house blacked out.
Danny knew what it was instantly. "Electra," he hissed, blue eyes hardening.
He glanced out the window of their living room. Now every house in the vicinity was hit. Only one place where she could be.
He'd get her this time, and Sam and Tucker could come along, too.
"I'm Going Ghost!" Danny cried as the familiar blue rings enveloped him, once again changing him into Danny Phantom.
But in his eagerness, he'd forgotten one thing. One very important thing.
"Daniel Robert Fenton!" His mother's voice rang out loud and clear.
His parents – and Jazz were still in the room, and despite the darkness that was now over them, the flash of blue had allowed them to see everything.
He was so history.
Ooh, a cliffhanger! I LOVE cliffys! (Hehheh, I'm bad, aren't I? You'll soon find that I'll get meaner still – especially towards the end!) You want more? You have to review!
sam manson rulez: Hey! Your name sounds familiar... are you sammyrules from the tv . com forum? Because that user used to have the same name as you on the old TvTome forums. Just wondering - and thanks for your review!
cakreut12: Yeah, Tucker doesn't have a snapshot, but he can always tease them about it. :PAnd yup, I know about the 3 TV movies... can't wait! XD
Riverfox: You should survive chem - I know I did! And updates for the LotR fic should be coming soon... I'm having Deeksha type out her chapter right now... Glad you like it so much!
Guinivere Sage: Hey there! I see you have this on you story alerts! Thanks, and hope you enjoyed this chapter too!
Yu Ting: Hey girl, thanks for ya review! Oh, but FYI, you don't have to put down your e-mail when reviewing... besides, I already know it :)
Oh, and about Danny's middle name – I don't know what it is, but I thought it'd sound better if Maddie yelled his full name like most Moms do when they're angry, so I made one up.
Oh, oh! And I fixed the Electra pic! You may now view it at http/i7. photobucket . com / albums/ y289 / kpkrazy / Electra . jpg (But as usual, u have to take out the spaces in the url)
Right, that's about it...don't forget to drop me a review :)
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