Chapter 2: Technological Horror
In Amity Park a week later a teen and his friends were walking home on a Friday after school. This kid was named Danny Fenton, and he had a secret. He was the famous (or infamous if you ask some people) ghost child of Amity park, Danny Phantom. One of his friends was a goth girl named Sam Manson, and the other was a techno-geek named Tucker Foley.
"I can't believe the Box Ghost keeps showing up, this is the fifth time this week!" said Danny.
"Don't worry Danny, at least he didn't show up during Lancer's test." said Sam
"Yeah Danny, at least he was the only ghost that showed up this week." said Tucker.
"That's what worries me, usually at least Skulker or Ember shows up to beat me up." said Danny
"Well maybe they are on vacation, it is getting close to the holidays." said Sam
"Do ghosts go on vacation?" Tucker asked Danny.
"How should I know, I'm just glad that they left me alone for a while, maybe we can have some fun this weekend for once." said Danny.
"That's the spirit, we can watch movies and play video games." said Sam.
"Yeah what could go wro..." said Tucker before Danny and Sam covered his mouth.
"Don't say that!" said Danny.
"You know what happens when people say that." said Sam.
"Sorry, I won't say that again."said Tucker
At the Fenton house
"Hey Danny, Sam and Tucker! Maddie and I invented a new ghost weapon!" bellowed Jack Fenton, Danny's father.
"That's great dad." Danny said nervously.
"It sure is sweetie." said Maddie Fenton, Danny's mother.
"It's called the Fenton Ghost Mind Control Neutralizer, this baby will free anyone under the control of a ghostly mind control devise, no matter how powerful." said Jack.
"Where was this when Freakshow took over my mind." thought Danny sarcastically.
"That's great dad, but we have to go now and do homework." said Danny as he pushed Sam and Tucker to his room.
"Don't you want to see the Fenton Ghost Obliteration Devise, it locks on to and destroys any ghost that gets close to it." said Jack.
With Jack blocking their way and pushing Danny toward the devise it looked like Danny was doomed to be fried or reveal his secret. Then a convenient miracle occurred.
"Dad! You can't ignore Danny's education just to show him some stupid ghost invention." said Jazz Fenton, Danny's sister.
"But Jazz, it's a cool invention." whined Jack
"No but's, Danny's education comes first, and he doesn't need the negative influence of your wacky ghost obsession." said Jazz.
Jazz then pushed Danny and friends up the stairs and away from the deadly weapon.
"Thanks Jazz, that was close." said Danny.
"What are sisters for, someone has to keep dad and his crazy inventions away from you." said Jazz.
Jazz had found out about Danny's secret during the Spectra incident. She had revealed that she knew of his ghost powers during the Dan Phantom incident, and had been helping Danny and his friends ever since.
"Danny come back you have to see this new weapon" shouted Jack as he climbed the stairs.
It was then that a blue mist came from Danny's mouth, signaling that a ghost was near by.
"Oh no, not now." said Danny.
"Don't worry, we'll keep him busy." said Sam.
"Okay, I'm Going Ghost!" Said Danny.
Two blue rings separated from Danny's waist and transformed him into his ghost alter ego, Danny Phantom. Then he went intangible and exited through the ceiling. Just after Danny left Jack walked up to the teens.
"Hey, where did Danny go? I wanted to show him the new weapon." said Jack.
"Uh, he had to go to the bathroom." said Tucker.
"Well I'll just wait." said Jack
The teens realized they had to get Jack away from the bathroom and downstairs in case Danny came back. They would have to make the ultimate sacrifice, listen to Jack blather about ghosts.
"Hey Dad, can you..ugh talk to use about all you know about ghosts." said Jazz.
"Yeah, I really want to hear about the different types of ghosts." said Sam.
"I really want to hear about ghost tech." said Tucker.
"Why of course Jazz, Sam, and Tucker. Come downstairs and you'll learn everything you need to know about ghosts, shouldn't take more then three hours." said Jack.
"I hope Danny appreciates me doing this." all three teens thought at the same time.
Meanwhile Danny was scanning the area for the ghost that had set off his ghost sense. He went flying over the town looking for the ghost and when he got to the electronics store he was about to give up and go home. Then from out of nowhere a ghost beam shot Danny in the back.
"Ahhhhh, what hit me!" screamed Danny.
Danny turned and came face to face with one of his enemies, Technus, the ghost master of technology.
"Oh, it's only you, what's your latest plan to take over the world that you will shout to the sky." said Danny.
But instead of launching into one of the rants he is famous for, Technus just shot Danny. This shot sent Danny flying through the air and toward a building. Danny just went intangible before hitting the building. He ended up in the middle of a room, unfortunately it was where the ghost haters of Amity Park were meeting. After a lot of shouting Danny reemerged from the building, and confronted Technus.
"Hey, why didn't you shout out your name and plan like you usually do." said Danny.
"My master ordered that I capture you Danny Phantom, and to stop ranting." Technus said in a monotone voice."
"Master? who is this master?" said Danny
"It does not matter, soon you and all people will bow down to him." Technus said while firing a shot at Danny with a wrist laser.
"I don't bow down to anyone, and no one else will either if I have anything to say about it." Danny said while returning fire.
Danny and Technus began to trade shots over the town. It was then that the people below noticed the ghosts fighting and began to panic. The shots that Technus was firing where not only heading toward Danny, but also hitting the ground near the people.
"I have to get Technus away from these people." thought Danny.
Danny then sent a huge ecto blast at Technus.
"Hey, ghost master of long winded speeches, catch me if you can." said Danny as he flew off.
Technus chased Danny all over the town shooting at him all the way. They flew over Casper High, the town hall, and the park and Danny could not shake Technus.
"I need to think of a way to get him off my tail" thought Danny.
Then Danny saw a bell tower and got a idea.
"That's it!" thought Danny.
Danny began to fly toward the tower with Technus following. As he was flying he shot ecto blast after ecto blast at Technus to blind him. Just as they got to the bell Danny went intangible and went through it. Technus could not see and before he could avoid it he hit the bell with a loud clang.
"Now to send you back to the Ghost Zone." said Danny as he pulled out the Fenton Thermos.
But Technus recovered and knocked the Fenton Thermos out of his hand. Then Technus started to gather technology from all over the area and formed a huge robot body like the first time he showed up. The robot began to punch at Danny and tried to catch him with a giant mechanical claw.
"I need to knock him out long enough to get the thermos and capture him." thought Danny.
As the Technus robot took another swing at Danny he noticed a water tank on a nearby building.
Just as he was about to shot it's supports out Technus grabbed him and started to shake him around.
"I got to make this shot count." said Danny and he shot at the tank.
The shot flew through the air and hit the supports to the tank and it began to topple over. The tank fell from the building and sent water all over Technus and shorted him out.
"Nooooooooo." screamed Technus as he was knocked out.
The claw let go of Danny and he flew to the thermos. Before Technus could recover Danny grabbed it and shot the beam toward the robot and sucked Technus in. Then Danny capped the thermos and he flew home. Danny came through the roof and changed back to his human mode, he then went down stairs to find Sam, Tucker and Jazz. He entered the living room and saw them almost in a coma from listening to Jack blather about ghosts.
"And that is what I learned about ghost in my first five years of ghost hunting, now for the second five years." said Jack, oblivious of the teens discomfort.
"Uh, Dad."said Danny
"Danny! Your finally out of the bathroom." bellowed Jack
"Uh Dad, Sam, Tucker and I have to start a school project." Danny said and quickly dragged his friends to his room.
"Well their loss, I guess you'll have the opportunity to learn from my vast experience." Jack said to Jazz.
"Uh...I would love to but I have a...school type thing to do...upstairs!" Jazz said as she bolted out of the room.
"Oh well, I guess I'll play with my action figures." Jack said and quickly forgot about the kids as he made Jack Fenton kick the butt of yet another ghost.
Meanwhile after Jazz escaped and joined Danny, Sam and Tucker, Danny told them about Technus's strange behavior.
"The weirdest thing happened while I was fighting Technus. He didn't scream his name or give a long speech like he normally does." said Danny.
"That is strange, usually we can't get him to shut up, I wonder what got into him." said Sam.
"Maybe one of his upgrades stopped it." said Tucker.
"Maybe he finally got over the self-esteem issues he suffers from that make him shout out his name." said Jazz.
"Hmm Maybe, but that doesn't explain the master he mentioned." Said Danny.
"That is strange, I wonder who it could be?" said Sam.
"I don't know, but I have a feeling we're going to find out." said Danny.
Little did Danny and the others know that they would soon find out. For across the street a strange figure was watching them through a pair of x-ray binoculars. It looked with a mixture of hate and dullness at the ghost child and his friends. It then picked up a communicator and began talking to another person. The screen crackled to life and revealed the familiar face of Vlad Masters.
"Master, Technus has failed to capture the ghost child." said the mysterious figure.
"No matter, the child must be captured for my plan to work, begin plan b." said Vlad
"Yes, Master." said the unknown figure.
Well, Danny has defeated Technus, but now he has a mystery on his hands. On top of that a new foe is coming after him. Will Danny be able to figure out that Vlad is behind this? Will he be able to defeat this new enemy, or will he be captured and brought over to the dark side.
I may have the next chapter out before Christmas, depends on how busy I am with work and the holiday. Please R&R