WoM- Sorry for the late update! If you've been keeping up with my other stories, you know that I've been having family issues and am updating at school. If not… 'shrugs' well, you know now… Oh, by the way, I'm pretty such that Chapter 21 (Coming on the 30th) will be the last one. Right now, I'm debating if I really want to put a new story out after that of not…
"If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway."
-Mother Teresa
Scene 17
"If you don't knock that off, I'm gonna make you into a living bonfire so fast, it's not even funny," Fahrenheit growled out as he glared at Sam, who blinked back innocently.
"Knock what off?" She asked, doing her best 'Paulina' imitation.
"That humming!" Fahrenheit snapped.
"Humming?" Sam repeated, falling farther into the air-head facade. "What humming? I'm not humming!"
"Not now," Fahrenheit said, obviously losing patience fast, "But you were five minutes ago before I told you to stop."
"Ooooh!" Sam said, brightening. "You mean THIS humming!" And, without a moment's hesitation, Sam jumped right back into humming the tune she had worked so hard to torture Fahrenheit with.
"I mean it, Sam!" Fahrenheit growled. "If I've gotta put up with that stupid humming…"
"Fine, fine…" Sam sighed mournfully. Then, after a moment's silence, Sam started to sing in a bright, chipper voice that she credited to her parents. "I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! Everybody's nerves! Everybody's nerves! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it goes! Bum, bum, bum…!" Sam yelped in surprised with a fireball exploded by her head, falling backwards to the floor.
"I TOLD YOU TO KNOCK IT OFF!" Fahrenheit yelled.
"You told me to stop humming the song," Sam corrected the ghost, "You never said anything about singing," Sam grinned back at the dark scowl Fahrenheit was now shooting her, "Unless with want me to start quoting off those cheesy, encouraging lingoes I get from Jazz and my parents… You know, the whole thing you get from the shows little kids watch like Barney and Teletubbies?"
"Damn, you are cruel…" Fahrenheit grumbled, making a face, "No wonder that ghost kid seems to have a death wish…"
"Hey!" Sam said, glaring.
"Anyways, you can do whatever you want, there's nothing for me to tell you." Fahrenheit continued as if Sam had never spoken.
"Nothing?" Sam repeated, "Come on, you're one of them, right? You have to know SOMETHING!"
"If I did, don't you think I'd be out there helping the others at your high school with catching the half ghost instead of in here watching you?" Fahrenheit asked irritably. He backtracked when he saw Sam smirk triumphantly, his eyes going wide when he realized what he'd said. "Aw, crud…"
"So Danny's at the high school, huh?" Sam asked smugly, crossing her arms. "And what makes you think your friends can catch him?"
"Because my friends outnumber him twenty to one," Fahrenheit pointed out in a dry tone.
"So?" Sam countered, not sounding too concerned. "Danny's faced worse odds then that before…"
"Yeah, but none of them were led by Inferno," Fahrenheit reminded the girl.
"What's that got to do with anything?" Sam asked, raising an eyebrow at the ghost.
"Inferno's smart," Fahrenheit sighed, "not to mention ruthless. He's a total fanatic, too, And he'll go to any measures to make his dream a reality."
"What's his dream?" Sam asked, frowning and looking a little puzzled.
"A race of all powerful creatures," Fahrenheit answered, "Inferno wants to eliminate the human race entirely, then turn loyal followers into half-ghosts like your little friend, Danny."
"That's impossible!" Sam said, frowning, "We're not even completely sure how Danny turned half ghost when he started out human, since all the experts say it's impossible, but if it's 'impossible' for a human to have half his life taken away, it's even more impossible to put life back into a ghost!"
"Unless you already have a sample of what you need the end result to be," Fahrenheit corrected the girl. "Inferno has away to take some of Danny's energy and implant it into his followers. While it won't turn them into a pure half ghost, they will become something closer to that,"
"3/4th's ghost?" Sam clarified, raising an eyebrow. She wouldn't think something like that was possible…
Then again, she was friends with a half ghost, so who was she to say it wasn't?
"I guess you could say that…" Fahrenheit sighed, "Anyways, that's why we need your friend, and it's part of why you're here."
"Me?" Sam said, surprise clear in her tone, "What the heck do you guys need me for?"
"Because every time we put as little life back into a ghost, we need to get it from somewhere else." Fahrenheit explained in a soft, almost sympathetic tone, "Sparks is the first one up to go through the process, and she's chosen you as her sacrifice."
"And what makes you think I'll let you get away with that?" Danny asked coldly, glowering at Inferno.
"What makes you think you can stop it?" Inferno asked, "And besides, do you really want to? After all, these humans show you no gratitude for your courage. They give you nothing but lies and distrust when you put your life on the line to save them. Is that really fair?" Danny frowned at Inferno.
"Maybe not," He said softly, "But they never forced me to fight for them. That was my decision, and I'm sticking with it no matter what you try to tell me!"
"Is that truly your answer?" Inferno pressed, his face unreadable.
"And it's the only one I'll ever give you, no matter how many times you guys ask me!" Danny told him venomously. Inferno sighed heavily.
"Then I suppose we have no choice," He said, almost regretfully, "We're going to have to force you to come with us. Sparks? If you will…?"
"As my Lord commands," Sparks answered with a smirk at Danny, "Sorry, cutie, but I've got orders to follow. Hope you don't hold that against me…"
"Well, normally I'm a forgiving guy," Danny said shortly, "but considering that you basically kidnapped one of my best friends…"
"Don't worry, Sweetheart," Sparks purred, circling around the ghost boy. "She's still alive… You can see her if you want. All you have to do is come with me…"
"Pass," Danny said, glaring at the girl, "And Sam's already as good as saved, just so you know." Sparks narrowed her eyes at Danny.
"Impossible," She said shortly.
"Actually, It's true," Danny smirked, "See, you seem to forget that I don't work alone. My friend knows how to find her, and I'm willing to bet that she'll be gone before you know what happened." Sparks faltered at that, casting Inferno a worried look. The leader of the Pyro ghosts frowned sharply at Danny.
No one noticed the way Danny's hand slipped into an invisible pocket in his Hazmat's belt, clenching into a loose fist as it fell back by his side.
"He's telling the truth…" Inferno said, his frown deepening. Turning, he glared at the ghost behind him. "Flint! Go back to the hideaway and check on things."
"Yes, sire!" Flint answered, tensing in concentration.
"Oh no you don't!" Danny snapped, jumping forward and punching Flint as hard as he could, surprising the ghost and making him collide with a brick wall. Seconds later, Danny was hit hard in the back by Sparks, yelling out as he fell to the ground.
"Do you honestly think you can do anything?" Sparks asked, crossing her arms, "One of your helpers is kidnapped, the other is trying to save her, and there's no way you'll be able to fight these odds. Face it, Danny Phantom, you've lost…"
"What are you waiting for?" Inferno snapped at Flint, "Go!"
"No!" Danny said, his eyes going wide as Flint disappeared. When the ghost was gone at last, his head bent forward and his shoulder's slumped in defeat, his face masked by his hair and the shadows it made.
"See, sweetie?" Sparks purred out, "We've got you beat now, and there's no way you can win… give up now. It'll be much easier on you in the long run, and none of us really want to hurt you,"
Sparks blinked when she finally heard a noise coming from the half ghost still slumped forward in front of her, tensing when she realized it was laugher. Just then, Danny lifted his head and smirked at the ghost.
"Gotcha," He said clearly. Before Sparks could react, a powerful blast of ectoplasm hit her from the front, making her crash through a wall.
Surprised, everyone turned to gaped when Jazz, still donned in the smartsuit so only Danny knew her identity, appeared suddenly behind her little brother, right arm still extended and the small cannon on her wrist aimed at the spot Sparks had been standing in, the barrel still smoking from the blast.
Glaring at the crowd of ghosts around her, Jazz pressed another button on the smartsuit, making her whole body glow faintly white as Danny's did in ghost mode.
"Let's go you creeps!" Jazz yelled out to her opponents, who were already starting to advance, "You chose the wrong town to mess with, and Phantom and I are gonna show you why!"
'I hope…' Jazz added in a far meeker tone in her head.
'Beep!'
"Aaaand… match!" Tucker laughed loudly, "Man, that was too easy…" The tech geek grinned to himself as he pushed some buttons on his PDA, bringing up a map of Amity Park. He smirked to himself when he found the blinking red light. "Smart 1, this is Tech 1. Do you copy? Over!"
"Knock it off and tell me what's up, Tech 1!" Jazz growled back, the sound of a fierce battle playing in the background.
"Alright, alright!" Tucker laughed. "I've got her. The tracer Danny stuck on that ghost worked, and Sam's being kept in a warehouse by the lake."
"Really?" Jazz asked, her tone brightening. "Great! Can you get to her? Danny and I are a little busy here… DANNY! WATCH YOUR BACK!" Tucker jumped when Jazz began her yell, pulling the Fenton Phones away before the girl did permanent damage to his ears.
'And Danny and Sam say I'M dangerous with these things?' The boy thought, making a face.
"I'm on it," Tucker replied. Unable to resist, Tucker added with a grin, "So, how's the suit holding out? Has it blown up on you yet?"
"Haha," Jazz grumbled darkly. "And you already know it hasn't! At least the incombustibility energy seems to be working. These guys can't touch me with their fire…"
"Come again?" Tucker blinked at the big words.
"There's a special nano-chip in the suit that produces a fire-proof energy that surrounds the whole body, keeping it safe from harm." Jazz explained absently, "What, you didn't think the fibers alone where fireproof, did you? What if something tears through? We needed a way to ensure that the entire body was protected from danger, suit or no suit."
"Guess that makes sense…" Tucker muttered.
"You still don't get it, do you?" Jazz sighed.
"Not really." Tucker admitted. Jazz groaned softly.
"Just go save Sam…" She snapped, turning her line off.
"Man!" Tucker said, "What's her problem?" Tucker sighed, "Ah, well! Ready or not Sam, the Calvary's coming for ya!" And with that, the tech geek fastened his helmet and jumped onto his motor scooter, cranking to take off and find his missing friend before it was too late…
"Wait, what?" Sam gasped, "A sacrifice? ME? No way!" She glared slightly, "What have I ever done to Sparks, anyways?"
"Stole the affections of the guy she wants," Fahrenheit explained, "Sparks doesn't do too well with competition."
"DANNY AND I ARE NOT DATING!" Sam yelled at the top of her lungs. "We're just friends, okay? FRIENDS! As in no romantic relationship whatsoever!"
"Alright, alright!" Fahrenheit said defensively. "Man! There's no reason to freak out like that, you know! I never said you were dating, just said that your friend likes you."
"No he doesn't," Sam snorted, "Danny's in love with Paulina."
"Who?" Fahrenheit asked, blinking.
"A shallow soul-sucking succubus from the ninth layer of hell," Sam explained in an even tone.
"And that doesn't sound like the sort of thing a jealous girlfriend would say at all…" Fahrenheit muttered dryly.
"I am NOT jealous of Paulina!" Sam snapped. Fahrenheit sighed.
"Well, whatever." He said in a bored tone, "There's nothing you can do to stop it, anyways,"
"No?" Sam asked innocently, "Have to ever heard of the Specter Sleeper?"
"The what?" Fahrenheit asked blankly.
"It's a special knockout gas Mr. And Mrs. Fenton made for ghosts," Sam explained, "They locked it away under quarantine when they test it in their house and Danny was left unconscious for a week, figured that the combustions formula was wrong or something."
"What's that got to do with anything?" Fahrenheit demanded, suspicion heavy in his tone. Sam beamed back at him in response.
"Nighty-night," She said sweetly, hitting a button on her watch a furious stream of gas shot out, enveloping the entire room. Fahrenheit hacked away for a minute before slumping forward onto the ground, fast asleep. Smirking, Sam hopped over to a sharp rock and severed her restraints, walking over to Fahrenheit and taking the keys off his unconscious form to unlock the door and leave. "Well that was easy…"
'Now to warn Danny about what the pyros are planning,' Sam thought to herself, stepping out of the room, She stopped dead, gaping at the many corridors around her. There were at least five different halls the Goth could see, each going off in a different direction. Groaning the girl sighed, 'Well, at time like these, I guess the best thing to do is take a leaf outta Tucker's book.' With that, Sam took a deep breath and pointed down one hall.
"Eeny… Meeny… Miny… Moe…"
WoM- So much for damsel in distress, ne? 'sweatdrops.' Ah, it's nice to get away from my house right now… My dad's driving me insane. I should be back on track next week, but I'm not sure If I can get anything updated until Monday, considering what a jerk my dad is being right now… never fear though, my stories WILL get up, by hook or by crook!
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Next update; March 9th
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