Hi, guys. What's up? Had kind of a bad day, so I'll hope to cheer myself up by typing up Chapter 8 for you. Sorry I haven't updated; I've been pretty busy the last couple days. Finally got some free time and actually opened up Microsoft Word. lol
Here we go! Chapter 8 is here!
Plotting for a Transformation
Chapter Eight: Battle by the Boat Dock
While Danny fought Slade's henchmen, Tucker and Sam stood at the base of Mount Amity. It stretched up nearly a mile high and cast a shadow over them as the sun set over the horizon.
Sam took the Fenton Drill out of her backpack and held it out, "Okay. How do you think we work this?"
Tucker examined it closely, "Uh…let's try this red button." He pushed it, and the drill started spinning around at a very fast pace.
Tucker pumped his fist, "Yes! Got it on the first try!"
Sam rolled her eyes and held the drill inches from the ground. She moved it closer until it finally started to drill into the earth, kicking up dirt as it drilled in deeper.
"Ooof!" Danny grunted as he was knocked against the wall. He looked around and discovered that out of the hundred or so henchmen, he had knocked out only five of them.
Growling, Danny flew upward and fired a ghost ray at one. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw another henchman jump up to him. Danny grabbed him by his arm and swung him around. He swung until he felt he couldn't go any faster, and then let go.
The results were astounding. The henchman slammed into another one, and they both went tumbling backward, knocking two other henchmen to the ground as they rolled.
But Danny couldn't give himself a pat on the back yet. More were coming from around him, several making a jump for him.
As he continued to blast, punch, and kick the henchmen, Danny called out to Slade, "Why are you sending these guys out on me instead of fighting me yourself?"
Slade responded quietly, "You'll find out, my dear boy."
Danny grunted as one henchman gave him an uppercut in the chin, sending him flipping through the air. He quickly recovered and blasted him out of the way with a ghost ray.
But then five more henchmen jumped at him at once. Danny projected a green shield and they bounced off, falling toward the ground. Danny fired ghost rays at them, increasing the speed of their fall, and they landed on the ground with a great crash.
Four more jumped at Danny from different sides of him. This time Danny went intangible and they phased through him. Danny then blasted them with a few more ghost rays.
Unfortunately, at least sixty henchmen remained. Because of Danny's new endurance, he was still feeling ready to fight though. He flew down to the ground as one henchman ran at him head-on, with another one following behind him.
Danny jumped the first one and gave the second one a kick in the chin with his right foot. The first one tried to punch Danny, whose back was facing him. But Danny spun around and gave him a leg sweep, knocking him over. And for good measure, Danny stomped on top of his head, sending circuits and bolts flying everywhere.
As Danny continued pounding Slade's henchmen, perhaps more than what was necessary, Slade continued to watch him, unmoving up on the rafters, with a look of interest in his one seen eye.
Because moving the drill straight down would be a very stupid thing to do, Tucker and Sam moved it in a zigzag formation. That way, they could climb back up much easier.
They had been digging into the ground for at least half an hour and were now deep into the earth, where Tucker was checking his PDA for any signs of the disruptor.
Sam sighed as she continued operating the drill. Because it kicked up mud and dirt, both of them were a total mess, with the contents of the earth scattered all over their bodies.
Tucker groaned, "I am definitely going to need a shower when this is over."
Sam replied, "You may not get your chance if we can't shut down that disruptor." She continued to drill into the ground.
It kept going for a few more minutes until they heard a loud doing!
Sam turned off the drill and asked Tucker, "What was that?"
They brushed some dirt out of the way and saw a substance that looked like steel. They brushed off a bit more mud and they saw a handle. It was a door!
At this, Sam stated, "Naturally, Slade would need a door to get the disruptor down here. Tucker, help me open it."
Tucker did as he was told and they pulled on the handle until it wrenched open. They looked down and saw nothing but darkness.
Tucker looked uneasy, "Uh, I don't know about this. Maybe we shouldn't go down."
Sam looked ready to respond, but then they heard a small rumbling. They looked up, and saw dirt sliding down on them!
Tucker cried, "The ground's caving in!"
Sam shouted to him, "You were saying?"
Tucker yelled back, "Let's jump!"
Tucker quickly jumped down through the door. Sam grabbed the handle on the other side of the door and jumped down through the door as well, pulling the door shut as she dropped.
She didn't drop far, only a few feet before landing on the ground with a thud.
Sam grunted as she sat up, calling out, "Tucker? Where are you?"
All she heard was a muffled sound.
Sam called out again, "What was that?"
Another sound came out, but one that was audible, "You're sitting on top of me."
Sam looked down and saw Tucker underneath her, facing down. She quickly jumped off, "Oh my gosh, Tucker! I'm sorry!"
Tucker spat out a piece of dirt and replied, "Oh, it's alright. Just dirt in my mouth. I love the taste of dirt in my mouth." He stood up and looked around, "Where are we?" Darkness shrouded the area.
Sam searched her backpack and found a flashlight. She turned it on and shined it around.
She said to Tucker, "We're in a tunnel. Slade must have made it when he put the disruptor down here." The tunnel was quite narrow, with steel on the ceilings and on the walls. Their backs were facing a steel wall, but in front of them, just darkness.
Seeing the wall behind them when turning around, Tucker said, "Looks like it's this way."
They started down the tunnel, while Tucker checked his PDA.
The number of Slade's henchmen had now been diminished to about thirty, and now Danny was getting tired.
Danny panted as he shouted up to Slade, "What's the point of sending these guys on me when you can activate that disruptor any time you want?"
Slade simply replied with the control behind his back, "All part of the plan, Danny. You'll discover it soon enough."
Danny moaned as he saw that the henchmen surrounding him.
He grunted, "Time to end this." Then he opened his mouth wide and unleashed his ghostly wail. Waves of energy were unleashed everywhere and the henchmen were knocked down. Up in the rafters, Slade got down onto the ground of them and held on tight to avoid being blown away himself.
Tucker and Sam noticed it getting awfully warm as they continued through the tunnel. Tucker finally said, "I've got something. Looks like the disruptor should be just ahead. We're almost directly under the middle of Mount Amity."
The two of them quickened their pace. Finally, about a hundred yards ahead, they saw something up on the roof of the tunnel. It was a fairly small mechanical contraption. Two wires stuck out and were connected to the outside of it. The letter S was on it.
Sam called out, "That's it!"
Danny kept up the ghostly wail until all the henchmen were down. As a result, a ring passed through him and stopped, changing his suit back to his regular shirt, jeans, and sneakers, although he still sported gloves, white hair, and glowing green eyes.
Falling to his knees in exhaustion, Danny looked back up in the rafters and saw Slade, clapping. The remote rested in front of him.
Slade stopped clapping and said coolly, "Very impressive, young man. You displayed quite the remarkable killer instinct in annihilating my henchmen. You'll learn to put it to a better use…soon enough."
There he was again, messing around with his head and pointing out his skills, but in not a way Danny preferred.
Danny grunted as a ring passed through him again, transforming back into completely Danny Phantom.
Danny shouted, "Hand over that remote!" He fired a ghost ray at Slade, who did not move. The ray neared him, and then passed right through him with a flicker!
Danny was shocked as Slade flickered a few more times, and then disappeared. The remote did the same.
Danny scowled, "Hologram."
A light shone on where the Slade hologram was, and a screen appeared in it, showing the real Slade.
Danny shouted, "What was that all about? And where's the real remote for the disruptor?"
"Remote?" Slade said, "There is no remote. And there is no disruptor."
At this moment, Tucker had a wire from his PDA plugged into the device on the ceiling of the tunnel. He was doing a bunch of typing as he was looking for a way to shut it down.
Sam hurried him along, "Come on, Tucker. We may not have much time."
Tucker answered, "I'm trying, I'm trying. This isn't that easy, you…"
Tucker was interrupted as they heard a pop. Before they knew it, the device fell off the ceiling and onto the ground, where it broke to pieces and affected nobody.
Both Tucker and Sam looked puzzled. Tucker said, "I didn't do that."
Sam asked, "But why did it just…fall on its own?"
"A hoax?" Danny yelled at Slade in outrage, "You made me come here and made Tucker and Sam go underground, and there's no real disruptor? Why? What are you up to, you freak!"
Slade merely responded, "Patience, Danny. It will all come into place soon enough. Good night."
The screen flickered away, with darkness shrouding the place as the afternoon had now drifted into night.
With that, Danny just stood there, never saying a word, and never showing any expression on his face except utter confusion.
That's all for now! Yes, some of you may have been expecting something else. I originally was thinking of something else for this, but that sounded too much like the Teen Titans two part episode "Apprentice". I'm trying to keep this original, but it's plenty difficult. We'll see how it progresses. Anyway, with Slade's seismic disruptor turning out to be fake, what is he really up to? Let us wait for Chapter 9! R/R!