WoM- Did everyone have a Good Christmas? I did! 'giggles' I've got some money together now, and I'm planning on buying a scanner so I can post some of my artwork, along with an Abode program for my computer. I just know basic stuff from my Visual Imaging classes, but there's no better way to learn then to practice, right? 'cringes as she looks back on earlier art and stories.' Erk…!
BTW;RoseGirl from planet Pluto posted this in her review. I already knew about this, but after careful consideration I decided to post it here as a belated Christmas Present;
1/13/2006- Flirting with Disaster
Technus is back, with a new plan to beam himself up to a super satellite and take over the world, and he's going to use Axion Labs to do it. As Danny Phantom battles Technus, Danny Fenton begins battling his feelings for Valerie, whose dad is back in charge at Axion. Sam and Tucker are surprised when Danny confesses he's thinking of asking Valerie to go steady. Unfortunately, as Technus puts his plan into action at Axion Labs, Valerie realizes her role as ghost hunter is putting her family and friends in danger. Can romance work between two kids with secret identities, or will the ghost boy and the ghost hunter end up breaking each others' hearts?
And on 1/27/05 micro-management
Although Danny Phantom can perform extraordinary physical feats, Danny Fenton is still something of a weakling. For this reason, Dash is assigned as Danny's "fitness buddy" to help him prepare for the Presidential Fitness Test at school. When Skulker appears at FentonWorks on his usual hunt, Danny Phantom, Dash, and Skulker are accidentally hit with Jack's new "Fenton Crammer," which shrinks them all to a half-inch tall! Worse yet, Danny's ghost powers don't work so well in his tiny form. Now, Danny and Dash must rely on each other's brains and natural physical abilities to get to the FentonWorks Emergency Op-Center and reverse the shrink ray before Skulker and his fully-powered ecto-skeleton catches up to them.
'covers ears and D/V fans shriek in joy and D/S fan scream in anger,' Hopefully this episode will bring Valerie a little more respect in the eyes of Danny Phantom fans… and at the very least it should provide me with desperately needed Dan/Val based quotes. 'laughs sheepishly.' Speaking of which…!
Valerie: (To Danny) Well, thank you for nothing! It's your fault that I'm stuck in this freaky ghost world!
Danny: Right, 'cause clearly the maniac who dragged and cuffed us here had absolutely nothing to do with it!
Chapter 4; Hunting for Trouble
"Ow…" Phantom cringed, holding one hand against his ear in response to Valerie's ear splitting scream.
"You didn't think that it was a LITTLE important for me to know that?" Valerie kept yelling, glaring at the ghost. "How much time has passed?"
"Just about three or four hours," Phantom sighed.
"What are you yelling about now?" Heather asked groggily, wiping sleep from her eyes to give Valerie a rather dry look. Apparently the girl's first scream had woken her up.
"It's nothing, Heather," Danny sighed, "But we'd better keep going. Think you have the energy to walk on your own?"
"Keep carrying her," Valerie ordered sharply before the girl could answer, "We don't need her slowing us down." Heather glared.
"What that supposed to mean?" She asked angrily.
"Look, kid, your gonna have to grow up and face the fact that Phantom and I have you beat as far as speed and stamina go," Valerie countered, "And you are NOT slowing me down if I can help it,"
"Come on, Heather," Phantom said with an encouraging smile. Heather glared at Valerie once more before reluctantly climbing onto the ghost's back again.
"How come you're a ghost?" Heather asked Phantom as he and Valerie started walking again. Phantom flinched at the question.
"You're not supposed to ask a ghost that!" Valerie said, glaring at Heather to hide the fact that she was wondering the very same thing.
"It's okay, Valerie," Phantom sighed, "And If you really want to know, I got… this way… because of a lab accident," Valerie blinked, raising an eyebrow and even Heather looked a little puzzled.
"Lab accident?" The little girl repeated. Phantom nodded, getting a far-off look in his eyes.
"My parents are… were… inventors, and they made something they couldn't get working. One day my friend talked me into going inside it. I hit a switch and next thing I knew…" Valerie flinched.
'Remember Rule Number One…' She reminded herself sternly.
"Did it hurt?" Heather asked, her eyes wide at the thought.
"Yeah," Phantom sighed, "It hurt. It hurt a lot. I thought I was gonna die… and when I woke up like this, it didn't help things…" Valerie stopped.
"What's that mean?" She asked, confused. "You THOUGHT you were gonna die?" Phantom stopped too, and what little color was in his face evaporated as he realized his slip.
"Nothing," He said hastily, "It's nothing… just forget it," But Valerie wasn't going to 'just forget it.' It was obvious her rival was hiding something from her, and she was gonna find out what.
"I want to know why you said that, ghost boy!" She said sharply.
"Back off, Valerie!" Heather snapped, "He shouldn't have to talk about it if he doesn't want to!"
"Who asked you?" Valerie snapped back, irritated that the girl was so eager to defend Danny. "This doesn't concern you in the slightest, kid, so stay out!"
"Well if you really think that way, then maybe I can tell Phantom a little more about your crush!" Heather shot back angrily. Valerie's lips pursed as she fixed the girl with a homicidal glare.
"Did you hear that?" Heather, Danny and Valerie all froze at the strange, otherworldly voice that broke into the heated argument.
"Hear what?" A similar voice asked. Danny got over his shock fastest, easily picking Heather up with one arm and grabbing Valerie's wrist to turn them all invisible and intangible.
All three of them held their breath as two strange, humanoid looking creatures crashed through the undergrowth, looking around suspiciously. Both of the things had human facial and body structure, but they were lean and slender, with longer necks and silvery skin tone. Both also had cat like eyes, which were deep blue where the white was supposed to be, and then black for the eye color and red for the iris, giving them an even more eerie look.
Stranger yet, both wore some type of strange armor, cloth-like in texture and thin but obviously durable as they pushed their way through the plants. The one to the right wore white and red, while the left one had white and blue. From the way he followed, it was obvious the one in blue had less power then the one in red.
"There's nothing here," the red one frowned, "Obviously you were just hearing things…"
"You never know," The one in blue protested, "It could be more of those humans come to ambush us,"
"For a minor prisoner like this?" Red snorted, "They wouldn't have the nerve. Or the power, for that matter. No human can stand up to a Kesan, no matter how many they number," Red turned and started away, "Let's go. We need to get the prisoner to the mountains before sunsets. Otherwise we'll anger King Nopyath,"
"Yes sir," Blue responded, following him hesitantly after casting one last uncertain glance at the invisible trio. After their footfall faded away, Phantom let Valerie go, turning himself and Heather tangible again as he set the little girl down.
"What were those?" Valerie asked, looking a little shaken.
"I don't know," Phantom frowned, "What did they mean by 'prisoner?'"
"Only one way to find out…" Valerie said grimly.
"You mean we're going after them?" Heather asked, her eyes going wide.
"No choice," Phantom sighed, "They were headed in the same direction as us, anyways, following them means we get there faster," Phantom gave Valerie a pointed look as he added, "Of course, it also means that we have to stay invisible." Valerie's lips pursed.
She knew what the ghost was getting at. She was going to have to trust him again to keep hold on her, to carry her. As much as she hated that thought, Valerie knew she had no alternate options if she wanted to know what was going on.
"Fine," Valerie sighed, rubbing her throbbing temples as she stepped closer to the ghost. And, as Phantom picked her up in one arm and Heather in the other, she couldn't help but add one last woeful statement, more to herself then her companions. "Why me…?"
"Wow…" Heather breathed, ignoring Phantom and Valerie's disapproving looks as those closest to them glanced around in bewilderment. Still, the ghost hunter couldn't blame the child for her awe, since she herself was pretty dumbstruck at the sight in front of them.
The two Kesan had led them to what appeared to be a strange, otherworldly palace, filled with men, women and children much like Red and Blue. On the surface, the strange place looked rather peaceful, but neither Phantom or Valerie missed the way those who saw the carriage Red and Blue were escorting instantly sobered, pulling children inside and turning away hastily as if to pretend they hadn't witness an unspeakable crime.
'Okay, that's not a good sign…' Valerie thought grimly. Her only physical response, though, was to tug as Phantom's costume a bit, motioning for him to take them closer before promptly wincing when she remembered they were invisible.
But the girl once again got a lesson about ghosts when her rival merely nodded and dived nearer still to the carriage. Valerie frowned a little and bit her lip to keep her questions in, logging it away to bring up again during future interrogations.
Hopefully Heather-free ones, too. The ghost boy always panicked when you got too close to certain things, and panicking meant he made slip ups more often, but Heather was drawing the fights to herself before Valerie could work him to that point, meaning he had time to collect himself and think of a clever lie for when she returned to it.
The ghost hunter was brought back to the present as they approached a large, elaborate looking abode in the center of the palace, clearly the epicenter of life in the castle. The carriage stopped, and Valerie couldn't suppress a gasp of horror as a young boy, about two or three years older then Heather, was led from the carriage in shackles and chains.
He looked like someone who was used to keeping with their appearance, though now he was dirty and grungy. He wore what appeared to be simple black jeans and a back shirt with a white headband keeping most of his long green hair out of his face. Scuffed and muddy black boots with thick soles hit the gravel loudly as the kid walked, and black biker gloves donned the boys hands, witch were cuffed in front of him, his wrists raw and red from the metal.
'Is he the prisoner they were talking about?' Valerie wondered, a sick feeling settling in her stomach. What could a kid this age have done to deserve treatment like this…?
Apparently the ghost boy wanted to know the same thing, as he carried the girls, invisible and intangible, into the palace, still following Red, Blue and the boy.
They passed all sort of heavily armed guards and soldiers, until they finally found themselves in a giant, empty room with a high throne where a man who looked a lot like Red and Blue sat glaring sternly down at the three he saw enter, as unaware as everyone else of the three uninvited guests.
"Your majesty," Red said and he and Blue bowed, blue pushing the human boy to the floor by the back on his neck. The boy grunted, but made no other protest, save to glare sullenly at the floor. "We have brought a Rebel spy, sir,"
"Excellent," The man on the throne said, standing, "and what of the other Rebels?"
"They have no knowledge of his capture, sire," Red answered, ignoring the was the boy's glare at the floor intensified. "We detained him after killing his comrades, so the rebel base won't even know of his arrest until it's far too late. They won't be coming after him."
"Good," The King said, sounding pleased. "In that case, remove him from my sight. Take him to the Tower until the time of execution."
"EXECUTION?" Heather bellowed, her eyes going wide. Phantom hastily slapped a hand over her mouth to keep in any more outbursts, but the damage had been done.
"What was that?" The king demanded, glancing around wildly. "Guards! GUARDS!"
In a flash, fifty guards had managed to jam themselves into the room, all of them aiming sharp, pointy weapons at the young boy still on the floor.
"What's going on here? The king demanded, "What is the meaning of this ambush? Answer or I swear I'll have you killed on the spot!"
Vivid cursed formed an mantra in the ghost hunters head as she desperately tried to think of a way to help the boy out of the mess her charge had gotten him into. As usual, though, Phantom was a step ahead of her.
The ghost flew up to the banister and out of sight, setting the two girls down. Valerie caught onto what he was going to do and opened her mouth to protest, but Phantom cut her off with a harsh whisper before she could even start.
"I know what you're gonna say, but I'm the only one who can get that kid out of their safely, Valerie, and you know it so don't even start with me," He said sharply. "Now stay quiet and out of sight until I get back…" Valerie scowled, but did as the ghost told her to do, more concerned for the child's welfare then soothing her stinging pride.
"I said answer!" The ghost hunter heard the king yell at the child.
"Look, I don't know what's going on, okay?" The kid yelled back. "I'm just a spy, remember?" After that outburst, (Which Valerie could only guess came from the boy,) There was a loud, bone-chilling growling sound, like a starved wildcat who'd just found food.
"Wrong answer," The king said coldly. "Shoot-!" The king stopped dead in the middle of his sentence, telling Valerie that her ghostly companion had made his move, "Where did he go!" Yep, Phantom had rescued the kid alright…
Sure enough, not seven minutes later Valerie felt the increasingly familiar tingle of invisibility as Phantom returned to pick her and Heather up before shooting through floor after floor until they came to an empty room with no one near.
"That ought to be enough of a distance…" Phantom said, putting his load down and turning everyone tangible again, himself included. The boy gasped at them, wide eyed.
"W-What are you?" He asked, stunned.
"He's a ghost," Heather answered, "And his name's Danny Phantom. He can do lots and lots of neat stuff! I'm Heather, by the way, and that creep over there is my servant, Valerie,"
"I'm your babysitter, you little brat!" Valerie scowled, "And he doesn't need to know all that!"
"Go-est?" The child repeated, confused, "What's a Go-est?"
"Not Go-est!" Heather said, scowling, "GHOST! You know, like the creepy, undead, paranormal beings that haunt places and scare people away? Only Danny's not creepy, and he doesn't scare people…"
"You'd be surprised," Phantom said dryly.
"And the ability to fly? To make yourself invisible? To move through stone? Do all you 'ghosts' have these powers?" the boy asked, sounding more awestruck then afraid.
"Heather and I aren't ghosts," Valerie corrected at once, irritation coloring her tone. "But yes, all ghosts do have those powers. Among other, more dangerous ones…" Valerie gave Phantom a pointed look at that, to remind him she hadn't forgotten about the Ghostly Wail.
"Are there any more like you?" The child asked hopefully.
"Not around here, kid," Phantom answered, frowning and raising an eyebrow at the child's enthusiasm. "And honestly, I don't think you'd want to meet too many of the ones I know where I'm from…" The child's face fell slightly.
"But you can teach people how to do it, can't you?" He asked desperately.
"Sorry," Phantom shook his head, looking genuinely remorseful.
"Then you have to help us!" The boy said, grabbing on to Phantom's leg and clutching the hazmat suit in an almost desperate manner.
"…Say what now?" Phantom blinked, "Uh, sorry kid but we've got a problem of our own to deal with…"
"Please!" the child begged, tightening his grip, "You don't have to help long, but we need you!" Valerie frowned.
"Can you help us find the contact or whatever?" She asked, cutting off Phantom's protests.
"The what?" The boy asked frowning in confusion. Danny sighed.
"Is there a person here who has been around since this world was made?" He asked, "And who can't ever die?"
"I don't know anyone like that," The youth admitted, but then he brightened. "But I bet Treya does!"
"Who's Treya?" Heather asked.
"She's the leader of the Rebels," the boy answered, "That's the group that's trying to stop the king of the Kesan from ruling over humans anymore. I'm a member, too!"
"We got that much," Valerie said dryly, "How do you know this Treya will know this immortal?"
"Because if she doesn't, no one does," The kid responded. "She knows anything about everything that goes on around here." Phantom and Valerie exchanged looks, and the ghost shrugged.
"Worth a shot, I guess," He said, "It's up to you, though. You've got the most to lose if we're wrong." Valerie sighed.
"Alright, kid," She said in a tired tone, "Take us to meet this Treya of yours, if she's got the information we need, we'll help you as much as we can, considering we've gotta get out of here as fast as possible." The boy cheered. "Phantom? You think you can carry three people?"
"I can hold two and a third will have to just hold onto me," Phantom answered with a shrug, but yeah, If I can throw around a dragon that's ten times my size, I can probably carry two kids and a girl around my age…" Valerie was a touch amused at how he carefully avoided saying even the slightest thing against her weight, a crime any woman finds punishable by death.
"Well then, tell us where to go, kid," Valerie said as she and heather somehow ended up being the ones carried, and the newcomer was left to cling to the ghost's neck.
"My name isn't kid," He said, sounding faintly annoyed, "It's Wole," Valerie sighed, wondering where exactly in her contract it'd said she was working with kids.
"Wole then," She said, scowling, "You need to tell Phantom which way to fly,"
"You need to head towards the suns," Wole answered, "I'll tell you more when I see something familiar."
"Gotcha!" Phantom said, hovering a few inches off the ground. "Everyone holing on tight?"
"Just go already," Valerie sighed. Boys…
"So you have wished it-!"
"Finish that and I swear I'll find a way to end your afterlife here and now," Valerie warned. Phantom grinned back in an almost playful manner before taking off towards the suns, and hopefully the answer to their problems…
WoM- That's all I have time to write. I'm way too tired to put anything else here, and I've got to leave in like, ten minutes for an eight hour road trip to spend a week with my dad. Sorry the chapter's so short, I swear I'll make it up to everyone one I get some free time on my hands! 'swirling eyes as she passes out,' Anyways, I hope you don't hate me enough not to leave a review…
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