Danny Phantom: A Long Walk Home
As Danni and Danny flew, they passed over many barren fields. Both gasped at the same time when they saw that a large forest was burning. This was the first sight of anything living other than Danni, himself, or the horrid yellow grass.
"Danni, stop we have to try and put the fire out. What if there are people in there?" Danny's eyes pleaded with Danni to stop and try to do something.
"I want to stop and put the fire out but that would take to much energy, for both of us." Danny could tell that Danni tried fought the urge to stop. "Okay we'll land and I'll go through it and if there are no people we leave. Unfortunately we can't save everything." They both landed and Danni took off running, went intangible, and flew through the forest fire.
Danny just stood their staring at the forest fire. I want to help, but without my powers like this I'll just probably get in the way. I can't just sta… Danny's thought was interrupted by the sound of a bush being rustled by something's movement. Better hide. Danny dove behind a bush a few feet from the fire. He peeked out over the top of the bush and saw Skulker standing there.
Skulker turned and started shouting something, Danny couldn't understand, over his shoulder. Here's my chance to help. I can stop Skulker! Danny couldn't help grinning. "I'm going ghost." Danny whispered. Skulker turned back to the fire and grinned himself. "If they only knew we were on to them…Umph" Skulker was surprised to be knocked down by a black and white blur. Skulker's mind reeled as he suddenly was on his back when just seconds ago he had been on his feet just a few seconds ago. Danny now took his moment and phased though Skulker's armor and grabbed the small green ghost that was hid inside its protective casing.
"I won't let you destroy anymore of this land." Danny slammed the true Skulker against the ground until Skulker decided to phase through Danny's hands. This took two or three times. Skulker's first and only stop was his armor, which was still under Danny. When he reached its controls, he made it rolled out from under Danny. When Skulker rolled he threw Danny off, he raised his arm, and fired. Danny was surprised when his face was wet and not bruised or burnt from Skulker's arm cannon.
"Why must I always deal with these whelps? Never can I finish one of these missions without someone or something in my way." Skulker shot a green ring at Danny from his other arm. Why's my face all wet? Danny saw the ring right as it hit him. The energy ring wrapped around his hands and moved down to his ankles catching him in hogtie. Skulker picked Danny up and tossed him aside. Skulker aimed his arm at the fire and shot it with the water cannon on his arm. He was soon joined by about a hundred people with hoses and buckets. They continued to dose the flames even as Danny tried to get up, but decided, after finding out he couldn't, just to lie there.
Skulker turned his head toward Danny then back to the humans, he shouted back to the group of make-shift firefighters. "Team keep up the water, we're making a dent in it. I have to fight this whelp. They never want to give up. " Skulker mumbled this last part to himself as he walked over to Danny and picked him up by his collar. Skulker's expression changed suddenly as he stared at Danny. "Do I know you, Whelp? Have I fought you before?"
Danny ignored Skulkers question and posed his own. "Why are you helping people? I thought you were one of the bad guys."
"Who are you? ANSWER ME WHELP?" Skulker shouted.
"He's Danny Phantom." Came a voice from behind Skulker. He turned around to see Danni floating about three feet off the ground. "Put him down Skulker. There's nobody in the forest, Danny."
Skulker stared at him. Skulker looked back to Danni "Are you sure he's the whelp? You know we have had a few ghost child look-alikes." Skulker turned his head back toward Danny. Skulker stared at him longer this time. "There does seem to be something different about this one." Skulker dropped Danny. "It's a feeling of authenticity." Danny caught himself before he hit the ground. Both Danni and Skulker walked away and when he landed he changed back to his human form.
Danny caught up with the duo, who had only made it a few feet, and walked beside them. "Is there anything I can do to help with the fire Danni?" Danny turned his head to look at Danni whose face was staring at the ground. Danny swallowed his pride and asked Skulker. "So is their anything that I can do to help?"
Skulker turned to Danny. "Well if you want to help then grab a bucket, ghost child." Danny started running to the back of the group to grab a fire bucket. When he got there, he grabbed one of the buckets dunked it into a lake by the water pump they were using for the hoses. Danny ran as fast as he could to the front of the line threw the water on fire. Danni and Skulker joined about fifteen minutes later after a short walk in the remaining woods. Danny ran back and he repeated this until the day had drawn itself to night.
Danny leaned up against a tree and rested. Danny huffed "How did we... stop the fire... just from this side? It should... have continued to burn in the other direction, shouldn't have?" Danny looked and Danni who shook her head. He then looked over at Skulker.
"Techno went up a head and created a burn barrier to stop it from spreading." Skulker answered.
"Do you mean Technus?" Danny asked.
"No, his son." Skulker finished.