Chapter Two: Sam is in Danger.
The next day the sun rose over the town of Amity Park. It looked to be a beautiful day, the birds were singing and there was not a cloud in the sky. There was still some damage to the town from Vlad's attack a month earlier, but it was quickly being repaired. Men kissed their wives as they headed off to work, and children were playing in the park. Our story takes us to a odd looking house, it had a large flying saucer like structure on the roof and a neon sign in front that said Fenton Works. In this house you will find a young man...
"Mom, where are my clean pants!" shouted Danny.
"There in the drawer where there suppose to be!" shouted Maddie up the stair.
"Thanks!" said Danny.
Um, as I was saying, at this house is a teen named Danny Fenton. Now he is no ordinary teenager, he has a big secret. Due to a accident with his parents ghost portal several months ago, he had turned into a half ghost. Using these powers had fought the ghosts that escaped from the portal as ghost alter ego, Danny Phantom.
Currently he was trying to get ready for school, he was hopping around trying to get his socks on. After getting his shoes on he ran down the stairs to the kitchen. Sitting at the table was his sister Jazz Fenton, she noticed the bags under his eyes and that he was barley awake.
"Hey little bro, up late fighting ghosts again?" asked Jazz.
"Yeah, don't they ever take a break?" said Danny.
"Sweetie, I wish you wouldn't stay out so late, it isn't good for you." said Maddie who was at the toaster.
"It can't be helped, I have to keep the ghosts from causing havoc." said Danny.
"Danny we can handle the ghosts, you need to get your sleep." said Maddie.
"And what happens if I'm not there and the ghosts hurt you, or worse? I could never live with myself if that happened." said Danny.
"I know, but please try to get to bed earlier." said Maddie.
Then Jack came up from the Lab holding a new invention.
"Hey Danny, want to see my latest invention!" bellowed Jack.
"Uh, sure Dad, as long as it can't shoot lasers at me." said Danny.
Jack put away the invention he was going to show Danny and takes out another one.
"Here it is, the Fenton Ghost Electronics Scrambler. This baby can fry the circuits of any ghostly electronics, it can also brake electronic locks." said Jack proudly. (AN: I love convenient inventions, don't you?)
"Yeah dad, its really nice, but I have to run, Sam and Tucker are probably waiting for me." Danny as he grabbed his backpack and headed for the door.
"See you at school little bro, don't let kissing Sam distract you from learning." said Jazz.
"There was a time I would have been angry at you for saying that, but now all I can say is I'll try, Bye Mom and Dad!" Danny said to Jazz as he said his goodbyes to his parents and walked out the door.
Out side the door waiting on the steps to Danny's house were his two best friends, scratch that, one best friend and his new girlfriend. One of them was a dark skinned boy playing with a PDA, his name was Tucker Foley, and he was a techno-geek. Leaning against the railing of the stairs was Danny's new girlfriend, a goth by the name of Sam Manson. Danny walked down the stairs and gave Sam a kiss.
"Good morning beautiful." Danny said to Sam.
"Good morning hero." Sam said to Danny.
"Gross, why don't you two get a room." said Tucker.
"You know, for the guy who said we should get together, you shouldn't be surprised when it finally happens that we'll kiss each other." said Sam.
"Well, it wouldn't be so bad if you didn't do it all the time." said Tucker.
"You don't have to look you know?" said Danny.
"Whatever, lets get to school." said Tucker.
"What's his problem?" asked Danny.
"Valerie turned him down again when he asked for a date." said Sam.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm sure he'll be back to his old self before lunch." said Danny.
The three friends walked to Casper High, not noticing the ghost vulture that had a camera trained on them. Vlad was watching them trough a television monitor. He saw how much Sam and Danny had fallen in love with each other.
"This is perfect, his love for her will be exactly what I need to lure him here. Once she is kidnaped he will fly to her rescue, and without thinking he will fall into my trap." said Vlad.
"Lord Plasmius, Ember is in place and waiting for your orders." said the Fright Knight.
"Excellent, tell her to wait for the right moment to take the girl." said Vlad.
"Yes my lord." said the Fright Knight as he left, then Technus entered the room.
"I. Technus, lord of gizmos and computers, have finished those extra collars that you asked me to build." said Technus.
"Excellent, put make sure you don't tell the others." said Vlad.
"Why?" said Technus.
"Because I don't want them to think I don't have confidence in the plan, got to keep that team spirt up!" said Vlad.
"Oh right! I won't say a word to the others, wouldn't want the plan to fail." said Technus as he left.
"Yes, wouldn't want it to fail hehehe." said Vlad as he chuckled to himself. (Uh oh, Vlad's enjoying life again, better change that. Author pulls the hurt Vlad lever.)
Then Vlad slipped and fell flat on his face.
"Oh butter nuts! Now I need a ice pack." Vlad said as he called a servant to fetch it and continued to watch Danny and friends.
Danny, Sam, and Tucker got to the entrance to Casper High. Standing there was Valerie Grey, their new friend and self proclaimed greatest ghost hunter in Amity Park. She had been the enemy for Danny Phantom, but when she found out about Danny's secret she had decided to forgive him. She waved to them as they approached.
"Hey, guys." said Valerie.
"Hey, Valerie, how is it going." said Sam.
"Fine, the ghost activity has been high recently, but other then that I'm fine." said Valerie.
"I know what you mean, I would try to unplug the Fenton Portal, but I'm afraid I might cut the wrong wire and blow up the town." said Danny.
"Well, it can't be helped, at least none of the powerful ghosts have shown up." said Valerie.
"Here's hoping it stays that way." said Danny.
To bad for Danny that the fates weren't listening, because one powerful ghost was going to ruin his day in a big way.
"Guys, how about we forget the ghosts for awhile and get to class." said Sam.
"Ok." said Danny and Valerie. The four teens then entered the halls of the school.
They walked to there lockers to get the books they needed for first period. Just as Danny was going to shut his locker someone pushed him in.
"Oops, sorry Fentina, didn't see you there." said Dash Baxter as he and his football buddies laughed.
"Dash, why don't you leave him alone." said Sam.
"Oh, looks like Fenton's girlfriend is sticking up for him again. What's the matter, can't fight your own battles so you let the freaky goth do it for you." said Dash.
"Sam is not a freak!" said Danny angrily.
"Well, if she not that, what should I call her? A loser, worthless, stupid, a worthless , stupid, los..." Dash didn't get to finish as Danny punched him right in the jaw.
Everyone was in shock at what Danny had done, most of all Dash. This moment of pause passed as Dash became enraged. He picked Danny up by the collar and prepared to knock the day lights out of him.
"Your going to pay for that Fenton." Dash said as he pulled his fist back.
But before he could punch Danny a familiar voice shouted a book title from down the hall.
"War and Peace! What is going on here!" shouted Mr. Lancer as he hurried to the scene.
"Uh, nothing Mr. Lancer." said Dash.
"It looks like your about to punch Mr. Fenton, Mr. Baxter." said Mr. Lancer.
It was then that Dash noticed he was still holding Danny by the collar and still had his fist pulled back ready to punch him. He quickly put Danny down and Danny moved away from him.
"You know that this school frowns on violence, come to the principals office and we'll talk about your punishment, the rest of you get to class" said Lancer.
"You'll pay for this Fenton." whispered Dash as he was lead by Mr. Lancer to the office.
Dash's buddies had fled when Mr. Lancer had shown up, so the teens were alone in the hall.
"Well, we better get to class before we're late." said Tucker.
"Right, lets go." said Danny as they gathered their books and went to class, while walking there sam asked Danny a question.
"Why did you punch Dash?" said Sam.
"Because he called you a freak, and I won't let anyone say that about you." said Danny.
"But he could have hurt you if Lancer hadn't come along." said Sam.
"I don't care, I would do anything for you Sam." said Danny.
"Thank you Danny." Sam said as she kissed him.
The two teens entered their first period class, history. Things went well for the rest of the periods, such as English and science. Sam and Danny spent the classes looking at each other lovingly, and stealing kisses when no one was looking. Tucker alternated between being sick at his friends lovey dovey actions and asking Valerie for a date. Finally it was lunch time and they went to the cafeteria to eat.
"So what do you guys want to do after school." said Tucker.
"Most likely avoiding Dash and fighting ghosts." said Danny.
"Same here, except for the avoiding Dash part." said Valerie.
"You know where getting into a rut, I wish something exciting would happen." said Tucker.
Just then there was a deep rumbling sound , then suddenly a large hole was blasted in the wall. All the students started to scream, run around or hide under tables. Then a ghost came through the hole in the wall.
"Maybe I shouldn't have opened my big mouth." said Tucker.
"Tell me who you love!" said Ember.
"Oh no, what is she doing here, guys cover us." Danny said to Sam and Tucker.
Sam and Tucker hid Danny as he turned into Danny Phantom, Valerie ran behind the lunch counter to put on her ghost fighting outfit. The two teens then went up to face Ember.
"Hey pop princess, what are you doing here?" said Danny.
"Yeah, if your looking for lunch, how about we give you a knuckle sandwich." said Valerie.
"I'm not here to deal with you but it looks like I have no choice, prepare to be rocked!" said Ember as she sent a sound blast out of her guitar.
Danny and Valerie dodged the blast and sent some blasts of their own. These flew past Ember, she sent another sound blast that hit Danny sending him into some tables, snapping them in half. Valerie fired a ghost grenade at Ember that knocked her into a wall. Danny rejoined Valerie and they tried attack but Ember sent another blast at them knocking them back. The battle raged on, but Danny and Valerie didn't notice that Ember's sonic attacks were weakening the cafeteria's structure. Finally Ember sent one blast at Danny and Valerie that knocked them back.
"Well, it's been fun, but I've got a package to pick up and deliver." Ember said as she sent a blast at the cafeteria's support beam, causing it to buckle.
The cafeteria began to fall apart, with pieces of the ceiling falling to the floor. Ember shot down and before anyone could do anything, she grabbed Sam.
"Sam!" shouted Danny.
"Danny, help!" screamed Sam as Ember took her into the sky.
Danny started to go after her when Valerie held him back.
"Danny! This place is about to collapse, I'll go after Sam, you get these people out of here." Valerie screamed over the noise of the collapsing building.
Danny seemed to hesitate as he watched Ember fly off with Sam, but finally he nodded his head. Valerie nodded her head too and took after the fleeing ghost rocker. Danny called out to the people in the room.
"If you want to get out of here alive, grab onto me and each other, now!" shouted Danny.
The people obeyed him and grabbed on. Danny used his powers to turn everyone intangible and fly them out of the cafeteria just as it collapsed. The collapse of the cafeteria took off part of the back wall of the school, exposing several classrooms with shocked teachers and students, the people in the class rooms screamed and began to evacuate the school. Danny put the people down outside and immediately shot up into the sky after Ember.
"When I catch her I make her wish she never died." thought Danny as he raced across the sky.
Danny caught up to Valerie and Ember just as they were flying over the park Valerie was firing shots at Ember and trying to avoid hitting Sam, while Ember was firing ectoblasts at Valerie. Danny saw Ember and shot toward her.
"Ember, give Sam back right now or you'll be sorry." said Danny.
"And what if I don't, what are you going to do about? " said Ember.
"This!" Danny said as he sent a barrage of blasts at Ember.
The blasts knocked Ember about, though oddly enough Ember shielded Sam from them. Danny fought ,if you'll excuse the pun, a man possessed. He would not let Ember take the women he loved from him. Finally Ember could take no more and she dropped Sam.
"Sam!" shouted Danny as he raced after Sam.
Danny raced toward Sam as she fell toward the quickly approaching ground. He reached out to her and caught her seconds before impact. He then landed on the ground and put Sam down gently.
"Are you ok Sam" Danny said with concern in his voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine, now go take care of Ember." said Sam.
"Already taken care of." said Valerie as she landed near them holding a Fenton Thermos.
"Oh Sam, I was afraid I was going to lose you." said Danny as he hugged Sam.
"Don't worry about it, I knew you would save me." said Sam as she started to kiss Danny. It went from there into a full make out session.
"Tuckers right, you two really should get a room." said Valerie.
"Yeah whatever, lets get back to school before anyone notices we're gone." said Danny as he finally came up for air.
The three teens went back to the school, unaware that they were being watched. Vlad look at what had happened in the battle and was most displeased. Ember had failed to kidnap the girl.
"Blast! How will my plan work if we don't have the girl." thought Vlad.
"I knew I shouldn't have used the rocker ghost. Looks like I need to bring out the big guns." thought Vlad.
Vlad turned to a intercom on his desk and contacted one of his servants.
"George, could you call Skulker and Technus, I need to see them." said Vlad
"Right away sir." said George.
Moments later Skulker and Technus entered the room.
"You wanted to see us?" said Skulker.
"Yes, Ember has failed to capture the girl, I need you two to go and try'en capture the girl." said Vlad.
"What do you want us to do." said Technus.
"Ok, this is the plan..." said Vlad.
After several minutes of explaining the plan Vlad finished up.
"Do you two think you can do it?" said Vlad.
"Of course, I am the greatest hunter in all the Ghost Zone." said Skulker.
"I, Technus, lord of all things electronic and beeping, will not fail in this task." said Technus.
"Good, oh and Technus? Try not to shout the plan to the heavens like you normally do." said Vlad.
"I do not shout my plans to the heavens." said Technus.
Vlad glares at Technus.
"Oh all right, I won't shout out the plan." said Technus.
"Good, you two are dismissed." said Vlad.
Technus and Skulker left the room. This left Vlad to think.
"You may have won the battle Daniel, but I will win the war Mwhahaha!" (AN: once again Vlad is happy, we have to fix that. Author pulls the hurt Vlad lever.)
Then some rotten fruit fell on Vlad's head.
"Oh snicker doodles, what is going on here! Is there some sort of prankster ghost haunting me?" (AN: you could say that Vlad, you could say that, hehehe.)
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The camera pans in to show a stage with the hurt Vlad lever on it. Then Rob Phantom walks out in a game show host outfit followed by Ember in a dress.
Me: Welcome friends to the show...
Audience: WHO. WANTS. TO HURT. VLAD!
Me: Yes, I recently received a review by epobbp, she asked if she could pull the hurt Vlad lever. I decided I would give her the chance, epobbp! Come on down!
Cut to the audience where we see epobbp running down to the stage.
Me: Hello epobbp, how are you doing today.
Epobbp: Fine, I really want to pull that lever.
Me: Well your going to get that chance, for here it is the famous hurt Vlad lever! Cut to Ember showing everyone the lever.
Me: Are you ready epobbp?
Epobbp: Yes Iam.
Me: Then pull that lever! Epobbp pulls the hurt Vlad Lever.
Me: Now lets watch the monitor. Camera cuts to a television screen, we can see Vlad sitting in his study reading a book, suddenly he is covered in old fruit, garbage, ectoplasmic slime, and a silly hat.
Vlad: What the Heck! What is going on!
Epobbp: That was fun!
Me: It's not over yet. We see Vlad covered in goo, then he is attacked by small animals.
Ember: Are those weasels?
Me: Those aren't just any weasels, those are ghost weasels!
Vlad: Ahhhhh! Get them off me, get them off me! Vlad runs around trying desperately to get away from the ghost weasels.
Epobbp: That was great, thanks for letting me pull the hurt Vlad lever.
Me: And thank you for reviewing, I know you've asked me before if you could quote from my stories, feel free to quote them anytime you want.
Epobbp: Thank you. Epobbp leaves the stage.
Me: And now a important message...from me!
It looks like Danny was able to foil Vlad's first attempt to steal Sam, but what does Vlad have up his sleeve for next time? Will Danny be able to keep Skulker and Technus from kidnaping Sam? Will he be able to figure out his evil plot? Or will Vlad's evil plan finally succeed? There's only one way to find out, tune in next time for the next chapter of Vlad Strikes Back.
Me: And if anyone else wants a turn to pull the hurt Vlad lever, all you have to do is ask.
Vlad: I'll get you one day Rob Phantom! The ghost weasels start chasing him again, and he runs screaming from the room.
Me: Well that's all the time we have, tune in next time for Who Wants To Hurt Vlad!
Ember: whispering We won't really be back?
Me: whispering Only if someone else wants to pull the lever, and we get paid more. speaking up Until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!