Attack of The Soul-Stealer
Ch. 2: Face-to-Face
Danny, Sam, and Tucker were walking to Danny's house after school on a Friday. The autumns' leaves fell on the ground and were being crumpled up by the shoes of the three teenagers.
"So, what movie's do you guys want to watch?" asked Sam, the Goth girl of the group.
"According to my PDA, the newest movies that have come out today are Attacks of the Freaks or Samurai Wars. Which do you guys want to watch?" asked Tucker, holding his PDA and reading the screen through his glasses.
"To tell you the truth, Tuck, neither. Those are some of the lamest movies ever." Said Danny, the wind blowing through his black hair.
"Danny's right, Tuck. We might as well go to the theaters and see what they have." Said Sam.
"Yeah, you guys are right. Let's just head to Danny's house to drop off our stuff." Replied Tucker.
After they entered Danny's house, Danny's dad and mom suddenly ran up to them, carrying some weird looking blaster thing.
"Hey, Danny, look at this!" Shouted Danny's dad, shoving the blaster in his face.
"Dad, what is that?" Asked Danny.
" It's a new invention your mother and I made! We call it the Fenton Blaster!" Shouted Danny's dad.
"It fires a laser at a ghost, attacking it, while at the same time, absorbing a part of a ghost to study." Said Danny's mom.
Danny stared at the blaster. It was pretty small, and at the back, there was a small glass vial for the ghost sample.
"That's pretty cool, Mr. And Mrs. Fenton." Said Tucker.
"Listen dad, we'd like to see you use that thing, but we're about to go to the movies." Said Danny.
"All right, but take the Fenton Blaster in case you see any ghost!" Said Danny's dad, shoving the blaster into Danny's hands.
At the theaters, Danny, Sam, and Tucker were at the theater, standing in line for a movie ticket. As they stood in line, Danny realized that the kids looked kind of gray, and tired, almost ready to collapse.
"Hey, do you guys notice anything strange about everyone here?" Asked Danny.
"Now that you mention it, a lot of the kids at school were looking kind of tired and sleepy." Said Sam.
"Yeah, maybe Sam is trying to get them to become Goths." Joked Tucker.
Sam elbowed Tucker, and kept talking, "But really, kids have been looking like that for about a week."
"Oh, well." Said Danny. "They're all just tired from Lancer's quizzes."
It wasn't until later that night when Danny realized that it wasn't Lancer's quizzes. Danny's dad had told him to take the trash out to the trash cans in front of the house. As Danny was going back inside the house, his breath turned a light blue.
Immediately, a blue ring appeared around Danny's waist. The ring than split in two: one going upwards, one going downwards. The blue rings turned his hair white, his eyes bright green, and his T-shirt and blue jeans into a black and white lab coat.
Danny flew into the air and looked around. After looking for a minute, he saw a large figure jumping from building to building. Danny flew after the figure, following it until he caught up with him.
Danny landed in front of the thing and stared at it's face. The face was completely black, except for two white eyes in the shape of D's.
"Who are you?" Asked Danny, quietly and calmly.
The creature stood up, it was on all fours, and opened it's mouth. Danny saw dozens of teeth, and a large pink tongue. Then, the creature spoke in a dark, hoarse voice.
" My name is Venom." The creature said.
"What are you doing in Amity Park?" Asked Danny.
" I am doing what I always do." Replied Venom.
"And what's that?"
"Stealing the soul essence of ghosts and humans."
" Soul Essence?" Asked Danny, disgusted by the very thought.
" I am a ghost, but no ordinary ghost. In order for me to stay on the earth, I must drain the soul essence of ghosts and humans to survive."
"What is soul essence, Venom?" Said Danny.
"Soul essence is almost the same as a person's spirit. It's what keeps a ghost from disappearing forever. But it's different for a human. To a human, soul essence is what makes a human energetic. It gives them their emotions, feelings, what makes them human." Replied Venom.
"So you're the one who's been making all the kids gloomy!" Shouted Danny.
"Right. They're still alive, just not alive from the inside." Said Venom.
" You have to stop. Now." Said Danny.
" I'm afraid I can't do that."
"Why not?"
"Because I need the soul essence to survive. And human soul essence is a lot stronger than a ghost's. It keeps me running a lot longer.
"I don't care." Said Danny. " Your not hurting anymore humans."
Immediately, Danny pulled out his dad's Fenton Blaster that his dad had given him. He aimed at Venom and pulled the trigger. A purple laser fired from the gun and hit Venom right in the chest. The purple laser left a smoldering spot on Venom's skin. Danny saw that the small vial was filled with a dark goo. But immediately, Venom lashed out with his arm, and punched Danny in the face. The blow knocked the blaster out of Danny's hand. Instantly, Venom ran to the gun and ejected the vial with the black goo. He broke the vial and the black goo jumped at his skin and healed the smoldering spot on his skin.
Danny got up and used his hand to fire a green blast at Venom's blast. The blast striked Venom in the back and left a large cut. Instantly, Venom turned around and slashed Danny across his face with his arm that turned into a clawed tentacle. Danny rubbed the cut on his cheek and wiped the blood off as he saw Venom jump with astounding speed. Venom's jump landed him five buildings away, and he jumped again, and he was gone.