Chapter Twelve: The $100 Million Dollar Kids
For once it was not a nice sunny day in Amity Park, it was actually cloudy and it looked like it would rain. Our heros were meeting with Alex at Danny's house to talk with him. Little did they realize that this peaceful talk would end so badly.
"So your really a wizard?" said Tucker.
"Yes I am." said Alex.
"Cool, are you like Harry Potter?" said Jazz. (AN: to head off the lawyers I just want to say I don't own Harry Potter, J. K. Roweling does.)
"Not really, for one thing I never went to a wizard school, and I don't have a owl either." said Alex.
"But you use magic just like Alicia does?" said Danny.
"Yes I do, my family has been using our powers for generations to protect the world from the forces of evil." said Alex.
"Alicia's family does that too. So I guess that's what most magic people use their powers for?" said Valerie.
"That is true, most of the magic users you meet are good, although there are some bad ones." said Alex.
"Good thing only we only have to deal with ghosts, I don't think we could handle all the monsters and evil witches and wizards on top of that." said Sam.
"Yeah, they mostly stay away from small towns like Amity Park and head to big cities." said Alicia.
"Yeah, I do have question for you guys?" said Alex.
"Yeah?" said the teens.
"Where did Sam get her powers from, they seem new." said Alex.
"Wait, you can tell how long a person has been using magic?" said Jazz.
"Yes, it's a skill that comes with time. In about a year or two most magic users can tell how long another person has been using magic, it just sort of develops." said Alex.
"To answer your question I'm the one who taught her magic, when we had a incident with vampires on Halloween she showed a great ability for magic, and she wanted to learn, so I said yes." said Alicia.
"You taught her by yourself? You must be very good." said Alex.
"Aw, I'm not that good, she's just such a quick learner." said Alicia, blushing.
"Your just being modest, I'm sure you're a really good teacher." said Alex, also slightly blushing.
"Is it me, or are those two flirting?" Tucker whimpered to Valerie.
"Just go with it, maybe she'll find he makes her happy, she does deserve to have someone." whispered Valerie. (AN: Yes! I'm like cupid, only I don't run around shooting people with arrows, except those who deserve it. Author looks evilly at Vlad, who runs away screaming.)
"Well I'm glad you came to save us, we were almost goners." said Sam.
"It was no problem, I just didn't want to see you guys get hurt." said Alex.
"Well I hope you can help us with ghost problems in the future." said Danny.
"Count on it." said Alex.
"He's so nice and he likes to think of others, and I feel a strong connection to him. I wonder if he could be the one?" thought Alicia.
"That Alicia is so nice, and she likes to help others in need, and I feel some sort of connection to her. I wonder if she could be the one?" thought Alex.
If you want to know what is going on, then let your humble author explain. With witches and wizards they have the ability to sense many things. One of these senses is the ability to sense when your true love is near. When their true love is near magic users get a felling of connection to that person. Most people do also, but magic users are more in tune with the energies involved. Which is probably why most marriages with at least one magic user in them last forever.
"But he probably doesn't feel that way about me." thought Alicia.
"But she probably doesn't feel that way about me." thought Alex.
Of course they have to realize it first, back to the story.
Well, at least Skulker is now gone, what else could..." began Tucker before Danny interrupted him.
"Tucker don't say that!" said Danny.
"Yeah, everyone knows what happens when you say that." said Sam.
"Oh come one, what are the chances anything bad will happen?" said Tucker.
"With our luck the chances are pretty good." said Jazz.
"Ok, we'll wait a few minutes, and if anything bad happens you can blame me." said Tucker.
The group sat waiting for the sky to fall, or a meteor to hit them, or maybe Danny's dad to come in and blather on about ghosts. After several minutes without the world coming to an end Tucker spoke up.
"See guys, nothing bad..." said Tucker, then several pairs of hands grabbed Sam, Danny and Alicia and phased them out of the room.
"...happened." said Tucker.
"Oh my God! The ghosts have taken Danny, Sam and Alicia!" said Jazz.
"Not without a fight they don't." said Valerie as she changed into her battle suit.
"Wait for us, we're helping too." said Jazz.
"Yeah, no one steals my friends and gets away with it." said Tucker.
"Good, lets go." said Valerie.
"Wait! I want to help too." said Alex.
"Are you sure your up to it?" said Valerie.
"Oh I think I am." said Alex as he summoned glowing fire to his hands.
"Good then lets go." said Valerie.
The teens left to pursue the fleeing ghosts. Meanwhile the ghosts were quickly fleeing the town and headed for Wisconsin with their captives.
"This worked out great, the reward is ours!" said Ember.
"Yeah, with all that money I can hire people to be miserable, I'll stay young forever!" said Spectra.
"Yes, with this money I can live like a queen, just as I always wanted." said Desiree.
"Uh, I would hate to interrupt this happy moment, but where are you taking us?" said Danny from in the ghost and witch proof net.
"Yeah, and what reward are you talking about?" said Alicia.
"And who the heck are you working for?" said Sam.
"Well it probably doesn't matter considering your doomed. But we're taking you to Wisconsin to get the $100 million reward on your heads from Vlad Plasmius." said Spectra.
"What! Vlad but a reward on our heads!" said Danny.
"Yeah, a cool 100 million, you should be honored that your worth so much." said Ember.
"Some how I don't feel so honored." said Sam.
"Well tough, once we get you to Vlad we will be rich, so who cares what you think." said Desiree.
"Oh come one, what did we ever do to you?' said Alicia.
The three ghost women glared at Alicia.
"I mean except the fact we beat you up." Alicia said nervously.
"I hope Vlad makes you fell all the pain we felt." said Ember.
"Oh come on Ember, remember when we saved everyone on Halloween. I even got my ghost powers from you, we're like practically sisters." said Alicia.
"Well, that is true..." said Ember.
"And I play the guitar, I could join your band." said Alicia.
"I could always use another band member..." said Ember.
"Don't let her distract you, remember the reward." said Spectra.
"Oh right, sorry." said Ember as they flew on.
"Crud, that almost worked, I need to come up with another plan." thought Alicia.
Alicia decided to use the spell she was saving for an emergency, the Psychic powers spell.
"I hope this works. Hey guys, can you hear me?" thought Alicia.
"What? Alicia? How come I can hear you in my mind?" thought Danny.
"I used a psychic powers spell to make it so we can talk without them hearing us." thought Alicia.
"Cool, so what do you want to talk about?" thought Sam.
"I want to plan our escape, any ideas?" thought Alicia.
"Not really, this net is blocking our powers and keeping us inside." thought Danny.
"There must be a way to get out of here?" thought Alicia.
"I don't see how, I do have one question. What we're you doing saying you were going to join Ember's band?" thought Sam.
"I was trying to trick Ember into letting me out, fat lot of good it did us." thought Alicia.
"Wait, that may be it." thought Danny.
"What?" thought Sam and Alicia.
"If we can trick Ember, Spectra, and Desiree we may be able to get away." thought Danny.
"How do we do that?" thought Sam.
"Their all after the reward right?" thought Danny.
"Right." though the girls.
"And their all evil and greedy right?" thought Danny.
"Right." thought the girls.
"So we have to make them think that they are all trying to double cross each other. Then when they fight we may be able to escape." thought Danny.
"Ok, what do we do?" thought Sam.
"Follow my lead." thought Danny, then he spoke to the ghosts.
"Hey you guys, you don't really think the others will share the reward with you?" said Danny.
"What are you getting at ghost child?" said Spectra.
"What he means is you don't really think the other two will let you get part of the reward?" said Sam.
"Yeah, I mean come on Ember, think of who your dealing with, do you actually trust them to keep their word." said Alicia.
"I guess your right." said Ember.
"Of course I am, they plan to double cross people all the time, why should you trust them." said Alicia.
"Your right, I'll just take you three and get the reward for my self." said Ember as she grabbed the net
"Hey Spectra, you aren't going to let her steal your reward are you?" said Sam.
"No one takes my reward." said Spectra as she grabbed the net from Ember.
"Desiree, you really do deserve the reward more then these two." said Danny.
"Your darn right I do, give me that net!" said Desiree as she took the net.
"Hey you loser, those are my tickets to fame and fortune!" said Ember.
"Oh no you don't, those kids are going to make me rich." said Spectra.
"You fools, the reward for these children will make me a queen, give them back!" said Desiree.
The three ghosts fought over the net containing Danny, Sam, and Alicia. They pulled on it back and forth trying to get it out of the others hands. Finally all three of them were tugging on the opening of the net, then something bad happened. Ember, Spectra, and Desiree pulled so hard on the net that it ripped opened, releasing our heros.
"Uh oh." said Ember.
"Uh oh is right, take a wild guess what we're going to do to you." said Sam.
"Are you going to hurt us?" Desiree said while cowering in fear.
"Why yes we are." said Alicia as a purple glow came to her hands.
Needless to say it didn't take long for our enraged heros to take care of the greedy ghosts. After a lot of ectoplasmic and magical blasts and punches the three ghosts were out cold. Just as Danny and the girls were finishing up Valerie and the others arrived in the Specter Speeder.
"Danny, your alright!" said Jazz.
"Yeah, did anyone bring the Fenton Thermos?" said Danny.
"Here you go dude." said Tucker as he threw it to Danny.
Danny caught it and sucked the ghosts girls inside, then he, Sam, and Alicia went to the Specter Speeder.
"So how did you guys defeat them?" said Valerie.
"Oh it was Danny's idea, we managed to trick them into not trusting each other." said Sam.
"What were they going to do with you anyway?' asked Jazz.
"Well it seems dear old Vlad has put a $100 million price on our heads, and they were taking us to him to claim the reward." said Danny.
"Vlad's put a price on your heads! This is not good." said Jazz.
"Tell us about it, this means probably every ghost in world is after us." said Alicia.
"Don't worry, we got your back, no ghost is going to kidnap our friends." said Valerie.
"Yeah little bro, they'll have to get through us first." said Jazz.
"No one is going to hurt my friends and get away with it, count me in." said Tucker.
"Ditto for me, no one messes with my friends." said Alex.
"That's nice of you guys, but you can't keep a eye on us 24/7." said Danny.
"Yeah, there has to be a better solution." said Alicia.
"I think there may be a way to keep us safe without the 24 hour a day watches." said Sam.
"What is it?" said the other teens.
"Maybe Danny's parents can help us." said Sam.
"Yeah, maybe they can create a invention to protect us, good idea Sam." said Danny as she gave her a kiss.
The teens flew back to Amity Park to Talk to Danny's parents. They reached the lab where Danny's parents were working and explained the situation to them.
"So Vlad's up to his old tricks again is he? I should have known he would not stay quiet forever." said Maddie.
"Well he isn't laying a hand on my kids or their friends, thank goodness we just completed the Fenton Ghost Shelter." said Jack.
"Uh, what does it do?" said Jazz, remembering some of her parents earlier inventions.
Flashback
"Kids I want you to see the Fenton Waffle Maker, it cooks them twice as fast as regular waffle makers." said Jack.
Jazz didn't completely remember what happened next but it involved growling waffles and a huge battle.
She thought it best to not relive that memory, she still was afraid of waffles.
"I glad you asked Jazz honey, it is a completely self contained living quarters that can house up to ten people comfortably. It is designed to keep the people save in case of a ghost attack. We're going to put you kids in it until we can figure out a better way to protect you." said Maddie.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" said Danny.
"It's the only way, don't worry we'll come up with something to protect you." said Maddie.
"What about our parents?" said Sam.
"We already called them and told them about the ghosts trying to kidnap you, they agree that this is the best way." said Maddie.
"Do we all have to go, I mean they only took Danny, Sam, and Alicia." said Tucker.
"Yes, but there's no telling whether they will come after one of you next, so for the sake of caution you all need to be in the shelter." said Maddie.
"Now don't dawdle, those ghosts could be sneaking up on you right now." said Jack as he pushed the teens into the shelter.
"Don't worry kids, we'll think of something. Oh, and there's clean clothes on the dresser, and no funny business." said Maddie as the door slammed shut.
"Well this is great, now because of Vlad we're trapped in this stupid shelter." said Jazz.
"Don't worry, I'm sure that mom and dad will think of something." said Danny.
"Yeah, but in the mean time look at this place, its packed." said Tucker.
Indeed it was, it had all the comforts of home. A TV/Living room, three bedrooms, a kitchen with a months supple food, and even a video game system.
"Wow, they weren't kidding when they said it was comfortable." said Alicia.
"Well at least we have time to plan what we will do with Vlad once we get out of here." said Sam.
"Yeah, we still have to get that bounty off of your heads, and it may be only a matter of time before he puts one on ours." said Valerie.
"Hey guys I have a question. Are your lives always this weird?" said Alex.
"Yeah, pretty much." said Danny.
"Well thank goodness I'm used to weird stuff, so what do we do now?" said Alex.
"Right now we get settled in, then we come up with a plan to deal with Vlad." said Danny.
"Well lets decide who gets which bedroom." said Valerie.
"I say we put me and Danny in one room, Tucker and Valerie in another, and Alex and Alicia in the last one, Jazz can use the pull out couch." said Sam.
"Ok." said Everyone.
"Well it looks like were going to be roommates." said Alex with a nervous laugh.
"Yeah, I guess so." said Alicia, also with a nervous laugh.
"Ok guys I say we get to bed, it's been a long day and we need to start planning first thing in the mourning." said Jazz.
our heros went to bed, but in Wisconsin the halfa we all love to hate was scheming. He had found out from the Fright Knight that Ember, Desiree, and Spectra had all failed to capture the brats. In addition he had found out that Jack and Maddie were now helping them.
"So you think your parents can keep you save Daniel? Well you'll soon see how wrong you are. Mwahahaha!" said Vlad. (AN: Oh Boy! Time to ruin Vlad's happiness! Author pulls the hurt Vlad lever.)
Suddenly the Army of Fluffy Doom, made up of cats and ghost weasels, attacks Vlad. They bite scratch and hit him with rotten fruit, then as suddenly as they appeared they are gone.
"I really have to destroy Rob Phantom one of these days." said Vlad as he went to get some bandages. (AN: You'll never get me Vlad, never do you hear me Hahahaha.)
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Ember: Hello loyal readers, Ember here filling in for Rob Phantom. It seems that Rob has a bit of a cold and can't do his normal show.
Rob: The flying monkeys from mars are coming for me!
Ember: It also seems to have made him a little delirious. So I will be closing out the chapter today.
Rob: Ember! I need some more soup cough , hack, other sounds of sickness.
Ember: Coming Robby, I just have to finish this.
Well it looks like the first attempt to capture the dipstick and his friends has failed, although it would have worked if I had been doing it alone, but anyway. Now that the dipstick's parent are helping will he and the others be safe, or will they be captured and placed at the mercy of Vlad. The only way to find out is to read the next rocking chapter of the Life and Times of Alicia Szivos.
Rob: Ember, I see a bright, white light!
Ember: That's only the ceiling light.
Rob: Oh, can you bring me some more blankets then?
Ember: Don't worry, doctor Ember has special treatment for you. Ember says in a sultry voice.
Rob: I can't wait.
Ember: Don't worry, I'll be right there. Until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review.