Chapter Nine: Something Wicked This Way Comes Part Two
The Next day Danny woke up to a loud noise coming from outside. The went to the window and threw open the shades. When Danny looked out he could see at least five police cars parked in front of Alicia's home.
"Oh no, something bad must have happened." thought Danny, as he quickly put on his clothes.
He ran down the stairs, when he got to the bottom he saw his parents and Jazz trying to comfort a very distraught Szivos family.
"My baby! Someone took my baby!" said Sarah, crying into Robert's shoulder.
"Don't worry dear, we'll find Alicia and make whoever took her pay." said Robert, who was crying a little too.
"Don't worry Mr. and Mrs. Szivos , I'm sure the police will find her." said Jazz.
"If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask, we'll be here to help in anyway." said Maddie.
"Thank you, we really appreciate your offer." said Robert.
Danny walked over to Jazz.
"What happened?" asked Danny.
"Someone kidnaped Alicia last night, there was no sign of forced entry and noone else saw the criminals enter or leave the house. Its as if the vanished into thin air." said Jazz.
"Maybe they did." said Danny.
"What do you mean." said Jazz.
"Who do we know that can disappear without a trace, enter a house without forcing their way in, and has a grudge against Alicia." said Danny.
"You don't mean ghosts do you?" said Jazz, but when Jack heard the word ghost he turned to face them.
"What kids? what's this about a ghost?" said Jack.
"Kids, do you think a ghost kidnaped Alicia." said Maddie.
"Uh, yes we do, we think they might be doing it for revenge." said Danny.
"Revenge? Revenge on who?" asked Robert.
"Uh, I don't know." said Danny.
"You seem to know more then your saying young man, if you know who may have take our daughter and why, you better spill it, and I mean now." said Sarah, growling like a mother lion protecting her young, a faint glow in her hand.
"Danny, I think you better tell them why." said Jazz.
"Yes Danny, this is very important, they have a right to know." said Maddie.
"Ok, the ghosts may have taken Alicia because they want revenge on me." said Danny.
"You? Why would they want revenge on you?" said Robert.
"Well.." said Danny, he looked to his mom and Jazz for support, they gave him a nod of the head to signal it was all right.
"Its because of this." said Danny, as he transformed into Danny Phantom.
"You! Your that ghost kid everyone talks about, Danny Phantom." said Robert.
"Yes I am, I'm sorry that they took your daughter, but I promise I'll get her back." said Danny.
"Thank you, please bring our daughter home." said Sarah.
Then Tucker and Valerie burst through the door of the Fenton's home.
"Danny, Jazz! Someone has kidnaped Sam, we think..." said Tucker, then he noticed the Szivos family in the home, and Danny in ghost mode before them.
"Uh, did we miss something?" said Tucker.
"Yeah, you kind of did, we already figured it was ghosts, and the fact that they took Sam clenchs it." said Jazz.
"Why is Danny Phantom here, has he come to help." said Valerie, trying to act like she didn't know it was Danny.
"Valerie, they already know its me, you can drop the act." said Danny.
"You won't tell anyone about Danny, will you?" said Tucker.
"No, its his secret, we won't tell anyone, we're really good at keeping secrets." said Sarah, looking at Robert with a slight smile, he returned the smile.
"Well then, we have two people to rescue so lets get moving." said Valerie.
"Right, mom and dad you stay here and protect the town incase the ghosts try to attack while we're gone, me, Jazz, Valerie and Tucker will go into the Ghost Zone and look for Alicia and Sam." said Danny.
"Right, good luck you two." said Maddie, hugging Danny and Jazz.
with that they went down to the lab. There they gathered weapons to use against the ghosts. Jazz took the Fenton Peeler, Tucker took the Jack-o-Nine tails, and Danny and Valerie relied on their own weapons. They also took several thermos and ghost blasters, for they did not know what to expect. They loaded all the weapons into the Specter Speeder.
"Ok, how are we going to find Alicia and Sam in the Ghost Zone, its huge." said Tucker.
"You remember the real world locating radar in the speeder, we'll use it to fing them since it will lock on to the clothes their wearing." said Danny.
"Sounds like a plan, lets get going, I want to make those ghosts pay for kidnaping my friends." said Valerie.
"Ok, everyone into the speeder, I'm driving." said Jazz.
"Hey, how come you get to drive?" said Danny.
"Because I'm older and more mature, and I called double super claim with no take backs on it last time." said Jazz, as she jumped into the drivers seat.
"Fine, but I call triple super claim with no take backs for next time." said Danny as he got in.
With everyone piled into the speeder they opened the portal and drove into the swirling green mass. The speeder entered the Ghost Zone, which looked as green and depressing as ever.
"Ok Tucker, turn on the radar." said Danny.
Tucker turned it on and it immediately detected some items.
"Real world items detected." said the computer voice.
"Ok, that's where we have to go, lets go." said Jazz.
"Don't worry Sam and Alicia, we're coming to save you." thought Danny as they speed on through the ghostly world.
Meanwhile in a spooky looking building in a isolated section of the Ghost Zone, Alicia and Sam were just waking up.
"Oh my head, what happened?" thought Alicia.
She tried to move her arms and legs, but they would not move. She looked down to see that she was secured to some type of table, raised so she was almost standing, surrounded by many machines. Laying on a table across from her was Sam.
"Sam! Wake up!" said Alicia.
"Huh, what's going on?" said Sam.
"We're in big trouble that's what." said Alicia.
Sam finally realized what was going on, and that they we're trapped.
"We got ambushed by the ghosts didn't we?" said Sam.
"Yeah." said Alicia.
"And now their probable going to do something horrible to us as revenge." said Sam.
"I would say that is a definite yes." said Alicia.
"Any ideas on how we can get out of this?" said Sam.
"You two punks aren't going anywhere." said Walker as he appeared with the rest of the ghosts.
"Yeah, you two babypops are going to be part of our plan to defeat the dipstick once and for all." said Ember.
"You know, we do have names. Is it so hard to remember them?" said Sam.
"It does not matter for in a few minutes you'll have new names, and new personalities." said Spectra.
"What do you mean you old hag." said Alicia.
"She means that were going to turn you into evil ghosts and set you loose on the ghost child and his remaining friends. Once you defeat them we will make them evil as well, then no one will stop us from conquering the world." said Skulker.
"Oh yeah, and what will you use to do that?" said Sam.
"This!" said Technus.
He pulled a sheets off of two machines, one vaguely resembled the Fenton ghost portal. While the other had a tank of red glowing liquid in it with two helmets attached with hoses to the tank.
"Now children all we have to do is reawaken Ali Kazam's ghost powers, give ghost powers to the Sam, and attach you to the evil creating machine, then you will be our puppets and help us conquer the world." said Technus.
"You'll never get away with this! Wait? What do you mean reawaken my ghost powers, I thought Desiree removed them?" said Alicia.
"You foolish child, they can't be removed, they are a part of you forever, and soon they will be a part of Sam too." said Desiree.
"Why you evil, demented, jerks, I will get you for this, even if it takes me a thousand years!" said Alicia.
"That goes double for me, when I get my hands on you I'll banish you to the darkest corner of the underworld!" said Sam.
"You won't be doing anything babypops, now move them into the portal." said Ember.
Technus and Skulker pushed the tables that Sam and Alicia were on into the metal ring. Then they stood back as Technus threw the switch. A blinding flash of light engulfed the two teens.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" screamed Sam and Alicia as the energy coursed through their bodies.
Alicia started to change back into the form she took on Halloween night, she started to resemble Ember, except with red hair instead of blue. Lightening bolts on the side of her eyes instead of curls, and a black cat shaped belt buckle.
"Cool, I always wanted a little sister." said Ember as the process continued.
Sam was also changing, her hair turned from raven black to snow white. Her eyes changed color, going from violet to glowing green, and the color of her clothes inverted, changing from black to white. Finally the machine stopped, and Sam and Alicia saw in a mirror what happened to them.
"Ahh! I'm a goth, I don't wear white!" screamed Sam.
"Not again, I just got over the nightmares from that night!" screamed Alicia.
"Excellent, the machine worked just as I expected it to. But who could doubt that I, Technus, master of all things..." said Technus before Ember cut him off.
"You can congratulate yourself later, right now lets make them evil." said Ember, as the ghosts pushed the girls to the other machine.
"No, don't do it!" shouted Sam.
"Your making a big mistake!" shouted Alicia.
"Be quiet, it will all be over soon." said Skulker as he attached the helmets to Sam and Alicia's heads.
The ghosts stepped back and one of them flipped the switch. The machine hummed to life and started to pump the red liquid through the hoses. It got closer and closer, then it finally got to them. The second it made contact with our heros they let out a terrible scream. Their bodies shook in pain as the evil energy began to course through their veins. A red aura surrounded them as the machine worked its horrible magic, finally their eyes turned red, and they were still.
"I think it worked, release them." said Walker.
The ghosts released Sam and Alicia, who fell to the floor. After a few seconds the rose up and opened their eyes. Instead of being neon green they had turned to a blood red color.
"How do you feel my puppets." said Ember.
The two girls did not say a word, they just looked at each other and with a evil smirk they turned back to the ghosts.
"I said how do you..." Ember said, but before she could finish she was hit by a ghost ray from the girls.
"What is the meaning of this?" said Walker, before he too was blasted back.
"You want to know how we feel? We feel angry, we will make you pay for this." said the now evil Alicia.
"You will suffer for what you did to us." said the now evil Sam.
The two girls attacked the ghosts with a barrage of ghost rays and magic attacks. The ghosts tried to fight back, but they were no match for the enraged girls. Ember and Technus were the only ones left, they were hiding behind a broke machine.
"This wasn't suppose to happen, they were suppose to be under our control." said Ember.
"I don't know what happened, I built everything perfectly, right down to the...oh crud!" said Technus.
"What, what's wrong?" said Ember.
"I forgot to put in the devise to make them obey us." said Technus, then Ember seized him by the front of his shirt.
"You forgot! How could you forget the most important part?" said Ember.
"I guess in the rush I just did." said Technus with a nervous grin.
Then suddenly Technus was blasted out of her hands and across the room, where he hit the wall and became unconscious. Ember slowly turned around and saw the really ticked off girls standing right behind her.
"Well it looks like it down to the pop diva. Any last words before you join your friends?" said Sam.
"Is there any chance you could just let my leave quietly?" said Ember.
The girls thought for a moment "No." they both said, then blasted Ember, knocking her out.
"Well that was fun. What do you want to do next?" said Alicia.
"I have a idea, why don't we take the machines with us, we can have some fun turning our friends evil, then we can go terrorize the Earth." said Sam.
"Your right, this is to good a thing to keep to ourselves, we should share it with our friends. Mwhahaha." said Alicia.
The two now evil teens grabbed the machines, then flew off with them, laughing evilly. Meanwhile Danny and crew were still looking for Sam and Alicia. They had noticed that the blips representing their friends had disappeared.
"Guys, the blips are gone, what does that mean?" said Valerie.
"I don't know, it could mean that their out of range, or the ghosts disposed of their clothes for some reason..." said Danny.
"Ok, that's an ew." said Jazz.
"...or it could mean that the ghosts destroyed Sam and Alicia." said Danny with a look of horror on his face.
"I really hope its one of the first two." said Tucker.
"What do we do now, we can't track them anymore." said Valerie.
"We keep going in the last direction we detected them in, hopefully we'll be close." said Danny.
They kept flying on, then suddenly out of the blue a energy orb was shot right at them. Jazz quickly turned the wheel and just barely missed the orb, which blew up on of the rocks flying through the Ghost Zone. Jazz turned the craft to try'en see who had fired the shot. They came face to face with two very evil looking girls, who looked vaguely familiar.
"Hey ghosts, you looking for a fight, well you come to the right place." said Valerie.
"Hold up Val, those ghosts look familiar, like I've seen them before." said Tucker.
"Yeah, they look just like...Sam and Ali!" said Danny.
"What? Then we better go out to see what's up with them." said Valerie.
She and Danny left the Specter Speeder to go see their friends. As they got closer they noticed the changes that the ghosts had made to Sam and Alicia. Not being able to contain him self, Danny flew forward and embraced Sam.
"Oh Sam, I'm so glad your ok, I was so worried." said Danny.
"I missed you too, but we'll have plenty of time to catch up while we're destroying the Earth." said Sam.
"What do you mean..." said Danny, just before a energy blast knocked him out of Sam's arms.
He flew back and was caught be Valerie.
"Hey! Why did you do that?" said Valerie.
"Because that's what you do when your evil." said Alicia.
"What are you talking about..." then she noticed their eyes, which were a blood red.
"Oh no, what did those monsters do to you?" said Valerie.
"They made us ghosts and evil, and I must say it is a nice change." said Sam.
"Yes, no longer having to worry about what our actions mean to other, no longer having to worry about protecting people who barely appreciate us, I never felt so...alive." said Alicia.
"You don't mean that, your under the control of those ghosts, let us help you." said Valerie.
"I don't think so, we like this change, in fact we like it so much we're going to share it." said Sam.
"With who?" asked Valerie.
"With you guys, you'll love it, we'll make you evil then we can go out and bring human civilization to it's knees." said Alicia.
"No, we won't let you!" said Valerie as she flew back to the Specter Speeder.
"What happened? What's wrong?" said Jazz.
"Just drive and quick! I'll explain on the way." said Valerie.
Jazz quickly turned the speeder around and shot off into the distance.
"Why do they always run?" said Sam.
"I don't know, but it will be fun catching them." said Alicia as they gave chase.
As the evil girls chased after their friends, they shot ectoplasmic blasts at them, trying to knock out the engines. They also tried to snare them with magical lassos, but Jazz was able to dodge them. Finally Jazz was able to lose them in a ghostly fog bank.
"Darn it! We lost them." said Alicia.
"Don't worry, they'll come out eventually. Their heroic side won't let their dear friends stay evil, once that happens they will be our." said Sam.
The two evil teens flew off waiting for their prey to expose themselves. Meanwhile Jazz had hidden the speeder in a cave in one of the large rocks flying around them.
"Ok, what the heck is going on, why did they attack us, and why do they have ghost powers?" asked Jazz.
"I think the ghosts who kidnaped them did it, they must have been trying to create a weapon they could use against us, and they picked Sam and Alicia." said Valerie.
"We have to save them." said Tucker.
"I know, but you saw them, they were definitely ready to fight us, their friends, and they looked a lot stronger, if we tried to fight them we would lose. I don't know about you but I don't want to be turned evil." said Valerie.
"But we have to do something, we can't just leave them like that." said Jazz.
"I think I have a suggestion." said Danny as he became conscious.
"Danny! Your alright!" said Jazz as she hugged him.
"Yeah, I'm fine, and I think I have a way to stop them." said Danny.
"What is it?" everyone asked.
"Now that Sam and Alicia have ghost powers our ghost weapons can effect them. So here is what we do, I go and confront them and try to convince them I want to be evil, being villains they'll totally fall for it. While I'm doing that you guys sneak up on them and use the Fenton Ghost Net Launcher that's built into the speeder to catch them. Once we got them we can figure out how to turn them back to normal." said Danny.
"Well, it's a plan, lead away fearless leader." said Jazz.
As our heros went off in search of their friends, two former heros and current villains were getting frustrated.
"Argh! I can't believe how big this place is, after we turn the others evil and conquer the Earth, lets shrink this place to a smaller size, like a planet, that should make it easier to conquer." said Alicia.
"I know, they say this place is infinite, but this is ridiculous." said Sam.
As they were complaining about the Ghost Zone and its flaws, they saw a white and black figure coming toward them in the distance.
"What's that? Another ghost who thinks they can take us, that would be like the twentieth today." said Alicia.
"Probable, hey wait, that looks like Danny. What's he doing here?" said Sam.
"Hey you two, I want to talk to you." said Danny as he caught up to them.
"What do you want? For us to renounce our evil ways and go back to being good? fat chance of that happening!" said Alicia.
"No, I just wanted to say I want to join you." said Danny.
"What, you want to join us?" said Sam.
"Yes, I realize that there is no point in running and that you will eventually capture the others. So I decided to end this now, I want to join you and be with the girl I love." said Danny.
"Really, do you mean it?" said Sam.
"Yes I do." said Danny, who opened his arms a waited for Sam.
"This is perfect, with Danny with us no one can stop us from taking over the Earth." said Sam. As she moved toward Danny.
"I don't know, something doesn't seem right about this." said Alicia, as she followed Sam.
"Oh you worry too much, now I have to kiss the man I love." said Sam.
As they were about to get close to Danny, they heard a strange noise. They turned their heads just in time to see the net capture them.
"Yes! we did it!" shouted Valerie from the Specter Speeder.
"Good plan little bro!" said Jazz.
"What! you tricked us! I thought you loved me?" said Sam.
"I do, that's why I'm going to change you back to your normal self." said Danny.
"I told you there was something wrong about this. But noooo, you didn't listen, you had to believe he would willingly join us, this is all your fault." said Alicia.
"This is my fault, its your fault!" shouted Sam.
"My fault! You're the one who trusted him!" shouted Alicia
"Ok you two, lets get you back to the speeder." said Danny
Danny carried the two girls back to the speeder as they argued about whose fault it was. He phased them back into the vehicle, and our heros had a problem. They knew that they must turn the girls back to normal, but they did not know how to do it.
"Maybe its like amnesia, if we hit them on the head maybe they'll go back to normal." said Tucker.
"That won't work, we need to put them in a program of intensive psychoanalysis to make them see the error of their evil ways and convince them they need to lead full, productive, and good lives." said Jazz.
"That could take years! Maybe we could use one of Alicia's magical items to turn them back to normal." said Valerie.
"That won't work either, only Sam and Alicia know how to weld those items, and they probably won't do it." said Jazz.
"Hey guys, maybe we could use what the ghosts used to turn them evil to reverse it?" said Danny.
"Ha! Even if you could find where we hid the machine, its not like you could make it go in reverse." said Alicia.
"So you two know where the machine that made you evil is, tell us where you put it." said Danny.
"Ha! We'll never tell you where it is." said Sam.
"Maybe we can beat it out of them." said Valerie as she pounded her fist into her palm.
"No, they may be evil right now but they are still our friends, there must be another way." said Danny.
"Maybe there's a invention in this box of stuff I brought from the lab that can help us." said Tucker.
"Why did you bring that?" asked Danny.
"I thought we might need some of it. Lets see, Fenton nose hair trimmer, Fenton Point Jabby Thing, Fenton What-Cha-Ma-Call-It, Fenton Blender." said Tucker as he looked through the inventions.
"The Fenton Blender? What, are you going to torture us with delicious fruit smoothies until we talk?" said Sam.
"No smart remarks please. Ok then, the Fenton Ghost Shaver, the Fenton Hedge Trimmer, the Fenton Truth Ray..." said Tucker.
"Wait! What was that last one?" said Danny.
"The Fenton Truth Ray?" said Tucker as he held the device.
"Tucker that's it! With this we can make them tell us where the machine is." said Danny as he grabbed the device. (AN: Lets hear it for convenient inventions!)
"Hey wait just a minute..." said Alicia.
But she was cut off by Danny firing the ray. The two girls stopped yelling and went very quiet and still.
"Can you hear me?" said Danny.
"Yes, we can hear you." said Sam and Alicia at the same time.
"Good, now can you tell me where you put the machine?" asked Danny.
"Yes we can, we put it in a cave on one of the floating rocks, the coordinates are as follows..." both of them said, then they told Danny where the machine was.
"Did you get that Jazz?" said Danny.
"Sure thing Danny, lets go find that machine." said Jazz as the zoomed off in the direction the girls had given them.
A little later they got to the cave, they flew through the entrance and landed. They all got out of the speeder and saw the two machines lying on the floor of the cave.
"So that's them, well we better get to work." said Danny.
"Ok you two which one is the evil making machine?" asked Valerie.
"Like we'll tell you." said Alicia.
"Oh I think you will." said Danny as he held up the truth ray and used it.
"Now then, which one is the machine they used to make you evil." said Danny.
"It is the one with the tank of red liquid attached to it and the helmets." said Sam and Alicia.
"Good, Valerie you help me get the helmets on them and Tucker you hack into the machine and see if you can reverse it." said Danny.
They teens moved quickly, with Tucker using his PDA to hack into the machine and Danny and Valerie fighting with Sam and Alicia to get the helmets on them. Finally they had everything set up.
"Ok Danny, the machines all set up." said Tucker.
"And we've got the helmets on them." said Danny as he wrestled the last helmet on Sam's head.
"You will pay for this, we will rule the Earth!" shouted Sam.
"You will al be our slaves!" shouted Alicia.
"I don't think so. Tucker hit it!" said Danny.
"Reversing now!" said Tucker as he activated the machine.
The machine came to life as it reversed the evil making process. Sam and Alicia screamed as the evil energy was drawn out of their bodies. The red liquid flowed out of them and returned the tank. Finally it was done and Sam and Alicia were back to normal, well as normal as half ghost can be.
"Ok, now that that's done, lets remove their ghost powers." said Danny.
"Wait! Stop!" shouted Sam and Alicia at the same time.
"What, why? We're about to turn you back to normal." said Tucker.
"Because if you do we'll die." said Alicia.
"Why would you die?" asked Danny.
"Because it is a permeant part of us, if we are separated from it for too long we will start to wither away and die." said Sam.
"Who told you this?" said Danny.
"Desiree, she said if they were removed we would die. That's the reason she never got rid of my powers I got on Halloween night, because I would die and that would tic you off, and you would hurt her." said Alicia.
"So we can't remove them? What do we do?" said Valerie.
"I can use my magic to make them dormant except for some of the basic powers." said Alicia.
"Why leave out the basic powers?" said Danny.
"Because being able to walk through walls and be invisible could come in handy." said Alicia.
"Well, I guess its ok, just be careful, now change back to normal and we can get home." said Danny.
"Fine. But could you get us out of this net first?" said Sam.
Oh, right." said Danny.
Once free of the net Sam and Alicia changed back to their normal selves.
"That's better, I looked like I was suffering from frostbite." said Alicia.
"Yeah, white does not work on me." said Sam.
"Ok, lets go home." said Danny.
The teen heros climbed into the speeder and returned home. When they got there Alicia's parents were over joyed to see their daughter safe and sound. The Mansons had returned from their business trip and had been told of what had happened (except for Danny's powers). They were bursting with joy to see Sam safe, and they were happy to see the boy who had saved her. Finally they had gotten over their dislike of Danny and treated him like a member of the family. After a lot of hugging and congratulating the families went home. A little later the friends meet on the roof of the Ops center to talk.
"Thanks again for saving us." said Alicia.
"It was no problem, that's what friends are for." said Danny.
"I can't believe they made us evil, and we almost turned you evil too, sorry about that." said Sam.
"Don't worry about that, it all worked out alright in the end." said Valerie.
"What did you do with your ghost powers?" said Tucker.
"I made them dormant, but who knows, maybe they'll come in handy some day." said Alicia.
"Well at least our lives can get back to normal." said Jazz.
"Yeah, as normal as a group of ghost fighter can be." said Danny.
"Yeah, but there's no one else I would want to share it with then you guys." said Alicia.
"Hey Alicia. What ever happened to the ghosts that captured you?" said Tucker.
"Oh don't worry, we made sure they won't try anything for awhile." said Alicia as she and Sam laughed.
Meanwhile back at the ruined lab.
"Ok, next time we build a evil making machine, lets remember to put in the mind control device." said Ember as she held a ice pack to her head.
"Agreed." said the rest of the ghosts as they bandaged their wounds.
"Well at least its quiet now." said Tucker.
"Don't say that, you know what happens when people say..." said Sam, then a figure appeared near our heros.
"I am the Box Ghost!" shouted the Box Ghost.
"...that, oh well back to work." said Sam as they prepared to fight.
"Ahhhhh!" screamed the Box Ghost as Danny and friends chased after him.
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Me: Whew! That's the longest chapter I've ever written.
Ember: I know, you sure can be creative when you want to be.
Me: Thanks, and now a message from me.
Well it looks like our heros have won, Sam and Alicia are back to normal (relatively normal) and they ghosts got the beating they deserved. Once again things are peaceful, but how long will that last? What lies ahead in our heros future? The only way to find out is to read the next Chapter of the Life and Times of Alicia Szivos.
Ember: Now come here my special guy, Ember wants to give you some attention. Ember starts to kiss Rob.
Me: Now this attention I like, until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review.