What's up, homies? Sorry; I'm in kind of a goofy mood today. Thanks for the reviews, folks! Also, I've found descriptions for "Identity Crisis" and "The Fenton Menace", two Danny Phantom episodes airing the two Fridays after "The Ultimate Enemy". Check out to see them.
Now then, here we are with Chapter 12!
When Teen Heroes Collide
Chapter Twelve: Restaurant Ruckus
Possible Home, Middleton, Wisconsin, Monday, 9:45 PM
Kim sat in her room, doing a lot of thinking. Ron had left a while ago.
Ever since Danny had rescued she and Ron from the hands of Drakken and Shego two days ago, they had both been grateful for it and returned the favor one day later.
But as time had passed, Kim was sensing a little bit of a problem between the few of them.
Her thoughts were complicated, What is the sitch with Sam doing being so nice to Ron? He's my boyfriend. We've known each other since pre-K. She's only known him for three days.
Maybe it's just my girlish instinct to act a little jealous, but I'm not sure. I still trust Ron, but maybe I should keep an eye on Sam for a little while.
With her head still pounding from thinking hard, Kim got into bed and decided to go to sleep.
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Fenton Works, Amity Park, Indiana, Monday, 10:00 PM
Danny was lying down on his bed. He was supposed to be asleep, but he couldn't sleep. He was still busy doing some serious thinking over the events of the last three days.
At first, when he, Sam, and Tucker had met Kim and Ron, he was very thrilled about it. It was pretty awesome to meet two teens who helped people just like himself.
But as time passed, Danny was sensing some tension between a few of them.
Danny was thinking, Jeez, Sam is being really nice to whatever-his-name-is lately. It's been really bugging me. But why? Maybe I…No! What am I thinking? Sam and I are just friends! Nothing more!
It was true that Danny was grateful for Kim and Ron helping him with Skulker yesterday, but the thought of Sam maybe liking Ron as well as Danny liking Sam still hung in the back of his mind.
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Stoppable Home, Middleton, Wisconsin, Monday, 10:10 PM
Ron's leg was still painful as he sat in his room, eating a chimmurito. (Is that how you spell it?)
For some reason, he felt like something wasn't right between him and Danny. And maybe not right between him and Kim either.
He had first thought that Danny was really cool when he first saw him last Saturday, the way he had fought off Drakken and Shego with ease.
But now, something was a little off. The fact with Danny always forgetting his name was getting irritating, although Ron was pretty used to people not remembering his name.
And there was also the fact that Kim was acting strangely nice toward Danny. She's probably just acting nice because he's new to us and because he saved our butts, he thought.
Still, KP is my girlfriend, and it feels pretty weird to have her being nice to Danny like this. Better just keep an eye open for a while.
Ron took the last bite out of his chimmurito, and then went to bed.
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Manson Home, Amity Park, Indiana, Monday, 10:20 PM
Sam sat in her room, flipping through the TV channels without thinking of what was on.
When she had first met Kim and Ron, she didn't think too much of them. But it wasn't long before Sam was sensing something she didn't really like about Kim.
Sure, she saved the world a lot, but there was just something about how she was treating Danny. She wasn't being mean, it was exactly the opposite. Nice. Really nice.
Why do I even care? Sam thought. It's not like I like Danny any more than just a friend. Or do I? No! I don't! I never have! But then why am I so confused about it?
She tried not to think about it that much, but it still hung in the back of her mind as she turned off the TV and went to sleep.
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Possible Home, Middleton, Wisconsin, Tuesday, 8:30 AM
Kim woke up tiredly. She looked at the clock. She gasped, "8:30? School's started!"
"No, it hasn't!" someone yelled from out in the hall.
Kim looked at the doorway and replied, "Mom?"
Mrs. Dr. Possible walked in her daughter's room and said, "School's closed repairing the damage from the battle yesterday." She walked out of the room.
Kim smiled, "Cool."
Just then, Kim's phone rang. She checked the caller ID, smiled, and answered, "Hey, Ron."
Ron replied, "What's up, KP? No school, Kim! Boo-yah!"
"Just heard word, Ron."
"Want to head to Bueno Nacho for breakfast, beautiful?"
"What about your leg?"
"Aw, it'll be fine, Kim. It hardly even hurts now!" Then he cringed, "Ow."
Kim chuckled, "Okay, tough guy. Meet you there in ten."
"Coolness. Love ya, KP."
"Love you too, Ron. Bye."
They both hung up.
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Fenton Works, Amity Park, Indiana, Tuesday, 8:45 AM
Danny and Tucker smiled as they walked over to Sam's house. School had been cancelled for them as well due to the damage from the battle yesterday, so the three of them were heading to a new restaurant for breakfast.
Sam stepped out of her house and saw them walking toward her. She smiled, "Hey Danny. Hey Tucker."
"Hey Sam," Danny and Tucker both said.
The three of them continued walking. As they walked, Danny asked Sam, "So did you get an ad for this new restaurant?"
"Yeah," Sam answered, "It was just in the mail box around dinner time last night."
Tucker added, "Same for me."
Danny said, "Ditto. Which is weird, because the mail box was already emptied out earlier that day."
Tucker asked, "So what is the name of this new place anyway?"
Sam responded, "Some place called 'Emmy Mac's Diner.'"
"I hope they have good bacon."
After a few more minutes, they arrived. They looked at it. One thing was for sure: It wasn't like any other restaurant they had been to. It was small and square-shaped.
Danny looked and said, "I don't know. This place doesn't look too great."
Sam answered, "Looks can be deceiving, Danny."
The three of them walked inside. It was small too. There were only about ten tables there. There were also pictures of guitars everywhere. Thankfully, there was nobody else there.
Tucker looked around and said, "I don't think this place will be around for very long."
Danny responded, "So long as the food is good. Let's get a seat. It says, 'Seat at your own risk.'"
They found the first table they saw and sat down.
They talked as they waited for menus.
Danny tried to start up a conversation, "So, the next dance is this weekend."
Tucker sighed, "Yep. Another dance, another couple hundred girls to shoot you down all over again. But who are you guys gonna ask?" He smiled and added, "Each other?"
Sam growled, "If I ask Danny to the dance or vice versa, it'll just be as friends."
Danny agreed, "Right. That's it."
Tucker smiled, "Okay, okay. So who else then?"
Danny shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe Paulina, but maybe not after what happened last time."
Finally, a waitress with silver hair walked over to them. She handed them three menus and said, "Welcome to Emmy Mac's Diner. Here are your menus."
They looked at the menus, but just as Danny touched his menu, he noticed the blue mist come out of his mouth. Danny said, "Uh oh."
Danny looked confused as he saw where his ghost sense was coming from. It was coming from the waitress.
Danny scratched his chin for a minute. He asked the waitress, "I'm just wondering. Why do you have silver hair?"
She scoffed, "Oh, I dyed it. Don't worry about it."
"And why are there so few tables here?"
"We just opened. We'll have more soon."
"And why are there so many guitars…" Danny punched the waitress and finished, "Ember?"
She smiled as she flew into the air and spun around. In a few seconds, her waitress outfit was gone and replaced by Ember's trademark outfit.
Ember smiled, "Took you long enough, fools."
Danny transformed into Danny Phantom and said, "Why did you make a fake restaurant?"
"To lure you here. But now I must lure you away from here." With that, she flew out through the wall.
Danny turned to his friends and said, "Guys, head back to my house and get the thermos. And the communicator too."
Tucker asked, "Why?"
As he flew away, Danny answered, "So you can know where I am! Just call Wade and follow me on the scooters!"
Ember flew away from the restaurant, with Danny following. As they left, the building flickered, and then disappeared, replaced by a vacant lot.
Middleton, Wisconsin, Tuesday, 9:45 AM
Kim watched as Ron finished up his meal at Bueno Nacho.
Kim asked, "Almost done, beau?"
Ron smiled, "Do not rush me, KP. The naco cannot afford to me eaten with haste. Unless you're in a hurry."
Just then, something flew through the ceiling. It was Ember.
Ron gasped, "But now I am!" He stuffed the rest of his food into his mouth and he and Kim stood up.
A second later, Danny flew through the ceiling as well.
Danny said, "I've heard of the phrase, 'Once you get there, you won't want to leave', but this is getting ridiculous."
Kim said, "Ron, it's Danny!"
Danny saw them and said, "Kim! And…uh, uh…"
"RON!"
"Right!"
Kim asked, "Who's she?"
Danny answered, "That's Ember."
Ron asked, "Ember?"
"Yeah. She's a ghost music star who gets more powerful when people chant her name." He turned to Ember and said, "So why are you just stopping here?"
Ember smirked, "You'll find out."
"Until then…" Danny flew at Ember and tried to punch her. Ember strummed a note on her guitar and a pair of glowing fists came out of it. They struck Danny and knocked him to the wall.
Seeing this, Kim jumped onto the wall. She pushed off and kicked Ember in the air. She was knocked sideways as Kim landed back on the ground.
Danny recovered and fired a ghost ray at Ember. Ember was still in motion from Kim's kick and couldn't stop herself. She was hit and knocked to the ground.
Ron smiled, and then grabbed a bottle of ketchup.
Kim looked at him and said, "Ketchup?"
"Watch and learn, KP."
Ron ran at Ember, who was still on the ground, and yelled, "Hey, woman! Help me get rid of some stinkbugs in here! Oh, wait! That's just you!"
Ember growled, "Stinkbug, huh?" She flew at Ron and tried to punch him.
Ron held the opening of the ketchup bottle toward Ember and squeezed on it. A bunch of ketchup squirted out and went right into Ember's face.
"Aaah!" Ember shrieked as she fell to the ground, blinded by the ketchup.
Ron flipped the bottle in his hand, "Never underestimate the power of ketchup."
At that moment, the door flew open and Sam and Tucker ran inside, Sam holding a thermos.
Tucker yelled, "Danny! Are you here?"
Danny yelled, "Up here, Tucker!"
Ember wiped the ketchup out of her eyes and saw Sam and Tucker. She smiled, "Finally."
Danny yelled, "Sam, toss me the thermos!"
Sam leaned her arm back to throw, but then Ember strummed a different note to her guitar.
As she did, a somewhat paranormal sound wave spread across the room. As it did, everyone else in Bueno Nacho fell down and fell asleep.
Ember smiled again, "That should put them out for at least ten minutes. Thank you, Vlad. But before I go…"
As Ember turned her guitar to Sam, she turned to another dial on her guitar shaped like a heart and strummed another note. A bunch of hearts flew out and they hit Sam. She cringed as they went through her but did not wake up.
Ember then turned her guitar toward Ron and did the same thing.
Ember then flew away, saying, "When they all wake up, the chaos begins!" She then laughed sinisterly as everyone else remained unconscious.
Oh, boy! This looks pretty bad now! We know Ember used her love spell on Sam and Ron, but who is she controlling them to fall in love with? It's probably easy to guess, but whoever it is, what will happen? Find out in Chapter 13!