Chapter Three: A Unique Brand of Ghostly Justice
(AN: this was my one of my favorite lines from the episode Identity Crisis, Fun Danny rocks!)
March 13, 2008, Wednesday
We start our story in the green, creepy, unpleasantness that is the Ghost Zone. As we go through the land of ghosts we come upon a building that looks like town meeting house. As we go inside we can see all he enemies of Danny and his friends are gathered here, and they don't look very happy.
"I can't believe that whelp defeated me again, I had the perfect weapon and that annoying girlfriend of his crushes it with a spell." said Skulker.
"I know what you mean, he and his meddling friends have been nothing but trouble. Just last week that Alicia girl broke the control I had over the students at the school dance." said Spectra.
"You think you have it bad, not more then 12 hours ago those brats stopped me from taking over the world yet again, and now the ghost child has a monster dog, where will it end!" said Technus.
The ghosts continued to grumble about their past defeats at the hand of Danny and his friends. As this was going on Walker walked up to the podium on stage.
Order! Order! This weekly meeting of the We Hate Danny Phantom association will come to order. The agenda for today as always is the defeat of that meddling punk Danny Phantom and his friends. The floor is open to new ideas." said Walker.
The ghosts all sat in silence looking very uncomfortable.
"Oh come on! You mean to tell me none of you have any new ideas." said Walker.
"Nothing that they have not already defeated before." said Skulker.
"What does it matter, the ghost child and his friends will just defeat us when we try anything." said Desiree.
"Yes, they have become to powerful." said Technus.
"Their also too good at convincing others to help them. We lost Ember to them and just recently they managed to beat a plan of Plasmius's by convincing the ghost helping him to switch to their side." said Spectra.
"So what, we can not let a bunch of kids beat us, there has to be something that can defeat them." said Walker.
"I may be able to help with that." said a voice from the back of the room.
Everyone turned to see a ghost standing on the door way wearing a suit and holding a briefcase.
"Who are you?" said Walker.
"I am Larry P. Slimemen, attorney at law." said Larry as he handed his card to Walker.
"And what do you want?" said Walker.
"I am here to help you with your little dilemma concerning the ghost child and his associates" said Larry.
"What can you do? We have tried everything else." Said Skulker.
"Ah, but you have not taken the legal route, by which I mean suing the offending party in Ghost Zone court." said Larry.
"We can do that?" said Desiree.
"Of course you can, all we need to do is present them a subpoena to appear in court and sue them for damages. You know the usual suffering, psychological trauma, property damage, the whole nine yards." said Larry.
"What can we get out of this?" said Technus.
"Anything you want, up to them becoming your servants, Ghost Zone law is very flexible." said Larry.
The ghosts sat and thought about it.
"Larry, I think we have a deal." said Walker as he shock his hand.
Meanwhile in the real world Danny and his friends were at Alicia's house listening to her play her guitar. She was practicing for the talent show, which was coming at the end of the week on Saturday. Alex was playing as the drummer and Sam had decided to help by playing the bass. Their band was called Hex, which considering they use magic, makes a lot of sense. They had just finished up and the others were clapping.
"That was great, you guys will knock them dead at the talent show." said Danny.
"Yeah, you guys rocked the house!" said Tucker.
"A little too much, it'll take me days to straighten all the picture frames." said Sarah, Alicia's mother, who came into the room bearing cookies.
The hungry teens saw the cookies and descended on them like a pack of lions, soon they were all gone.
"Well how is my little rock and roll star doing?" said Robert, Alicia's father.
"Fine dad, but I'm still a little worried about Saturday." said Alicia.
"Don't worry pumpkin, you've got a lot of talent, you'll do great, just remember that no matter what, have fun." said Robert.
"Ok, dad." said Alicia.
Suddenly they heard a loud boom come from the room of Alicia's brother, Ben. A few seconds later he came running out of the room and slammed the door behind him. He stood there panting, and then he noticed his parents.
"Uh, hi mom, hi dad." said Ben nervously.
"Ben! What did you do!" said Sarah.
"Nothing, its just a little experimental mishap." said Ben.
"Do we have to call the hazard waste company?" said Sarah.
"No, I should be able to clean it up myself." said Ben.
"Good." said Sarah.
"Good thing the Fenton's gave us the number for the company, or we might have had to look for days to find one in town." said Robert.
Suddenly from behind them a swirling green vortex appeared in Alicia's room. Out of it stepped Walker followed by Larry.
"Walker! What are you doing here?" said Danny.
"I have come to take you into custody for your day in court ghost child and friends." said Walker.
"What are you talking about?" said Danny.
"He is talking about this." said Larry as he handed the subpoena over to Danny.
"You're suing us? What, did you run out of good ideas?" said Danny.
"No, this is just one even you can't get out of. Guards! Seize the prisoners!" said Walker.
A dozen ghost guards appeared in the room and quickly captured our heroes, they took them through the portal kicking and screaming.
"Hey, you can't take my daughter and her friends!" shouted Robert.
"I can and I will, if you want to see them before they are sentenced come to the Ghost Zone court house." said Walker as he walked back through the portal and disappeared.
"My god Robert! They took our baby, what do we do?" said Sarah.
"We have to get to the Fenton's house, maybe they have something to get us to that court house he mentioned." said Robert as he ran to the Fenton's house, picking Ben up along the way.
Meanwhile in the Ghost Zone Walker had already gotten our heroes to the court house. While they were waiting for the trial to begin the ghosts were looking at Danny and friends funny.
"What the heck are you looking at?" said Danny.
"We're deciding which one of you we want to take." said Walker.
"What?" said Sam.
"Yeah, if we win you have to be our servants for the rest of eternity, it's apparently what happens in these kinds of cases." said Desiree.
"How can you do that?" said Alicia.
"It appears Ghost Zone law has a lot of old laws in it they forgot to take out, so here we are." said Skulker.
"Yeah, your one to gloat, you won the coin toss to get the ghost child." said Technus.
"You mean you already split us up!" said Danny.
"Yes, you go to Skulker, Valerie goes to Walker, Alicia to Desiree, Alex to Lunch Lady and Box Ghost, Tucker to Technus, and Sam goes to me. What? Did you think we would do this a haphazardly?" said Spectra.
"I can't wait to get my new lab assistant, moving all those gadgets and microchips take such a long time." said Technus.
"Cool, I get to touch high tech equipment." said Tucker.
"Hey kid, you any good at causing chaos?" said Desiree to Alicia.
"My parents say I cause a lot of chaos." said Alicia.
"Good, then this will work out perfectly." said Desiree.
"Guys, stop talking to them!" said Danny.
"Just trying to make the best of a bad situation." said Tucker.
"Well knock it off." said Sam.
"Attention, the case of The Ghosts VS Danny Phantom and Friends will now come to order, all rise for the honorable judge David Frightmier." said the bailiff.
The judge entered the room, he looked like a skeleton with a white wig like you see British judges wearing.
"Ok, do you Danny take Sam to be your lawfully wedded wife?" said the Judge.
"I do!" said Danny.
"And do you Sam take Danny to…" said the Judge, but then the bailiff came over and whispered in his ear.
"What? It's not a wedding? Ok, you're the judge." said the Judge, then the bailiff whispered in his ear again.
"What do you mean I'm the judge!" said the Judge. (AN: I got this joke from the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and I thought it was funny, so I put it in.)
"Why do I get the feeling that this was a big mistake." thought Walker.
"Ok, lets get this show on the road, does the defense have a lawyer present?" said the Judge.
"Uh, no your honor." said Danny.
"Well if you don't have one in the next ten seconds I will have to rule in favor of Walker." said the Judge.
"Ha, soon you will be cleaning the cages of my animals' ghost child." said Skulker.
Just as the countdown was about to pass the door at the end of the courtroom flew open and a man walked in.
"I have come to defend these children." said Robert.
"Who are you?" said the Judge.
"I am Robert Szivos, attorney at law, and I will represent these children in this case." said Robert as he walked into the room, followed by his family and Mr. and Mrs. Fenton.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" said Alicia.
"I couldn't let them take my baby from me without a fight." said Robert.
"Hey, this has to be against the rules, a father can't be allowed to defend his daughter, can he?" said Walker.
"There is nothing forbidding it in Ghost Zone law, I will allow this. Attorney for the plaintiff, make your opening argument." said the Judge.
"Thank you your honor, I will prove here today that these children are ill behaved, nasty, immoral delinquents, and that they should be put into the care of these fine, upstanding, nice to all creatures great and small ghosts behind me, so that they can rehabilitate them into functioning members of society." said Larry.
You could almost see little halos appear over the villains' heads as they tried to look innocent.
"Ok, attorney for the defense, make your opening argument." said the Judge.
"Thank you your honor, today I will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that these kids behind me are innocent of any wrong doing. Furthermore I will prove that these so called good citizens, as my opponent calls them, are the real ones at fault. I will also prove that Walker, the ghost zone warden, had no right to take them from the human world." said Robert.
"Attorney for the plaintiff, call your first witness." said the Judge.
"I call Desiree to the stand." said Larry.
"Now Desiree, tell us in your own words what happened on the night of March 2?" said Larry.
"Well I was in the Human world trying to help those who needed me. I was just granting a wish to a kid for a bike when the ghost child and his friends showed up. They told me to get my ugly ghost face out of their town and then they beat me up." said Desiree, crying a little at the end.
"No further questions your honor." said Larry.
"Call your next witness." said the Judge.
"I call to the stand Skulker." said Larry.
"Skulker, can you tell us in your own words, what happened on February 27?"
"Yes, I was in the human world looking for animals I could rescue. I had just rescued a cat from a tree when they showed up. They said they didn't like ghosts in their territory and then they beat me, I don't know what they did to the cat, but I think they ate it. It was a horrible experience, I still have horrible visions of it when I close my eyes." said Skulker.
"Call your next witness." said the Judge.
"I call Technus to the stand." said Larry.
"Can you tell us in your own words what happened yesterday, March 12?" said Larry.
"Yes, I was going to the human world to buy some microchips for a new invention I was building. I had just exited the Ghost Zone through a portal in the basement of the Fenton's house when they attacked me. They tied me up and began to kick me and punch me, it was too horrible." Said Technus, crying at the end
"No Further witnesses your honor." said Larry.
"Attorney for the defense, state your case." said the Judge.
"Thank you your honor, I have no witnesses to present at this time, but I do have one piece of evidence that I think will prove the falsehood of the previous witnesses' words." said Robert.
"What is it?" said the Judge.
"It is a recording of the events in question, and they will show what really happened. Ben, do you have the DVD?" said Robert.
"Right here dad." said Ben as he handed the DVD over.
"This is a recording my son made of all the battles my daughter and her friends have fought. This will prove that the Plaintiffs, not these children, are the ones at fault." said Robert as he put the DVD into a player and it projected a image on the court room wall.
"This is not good." thought Walker as the DVD began to play.
The first fight Robert picked was the one Desiree mentioned. It showed her causing chaos and granting terrible wishes, in fact the bike she said she gave a child turned into a monster and attacked him. It was at this point Danny and his friends showed up.
"So Desiree, you can't beat us so you decide to torment little children? That is a new low." said Danny.
"Yes, it is so much easier, but since you're here now I guess I can move up to the big targets." said Desiree as she hurled a fire ball at our heroes.
The battle went on, trashing the play ground they were in, until Danny and friends had beaten Desiree and were sucking here into the Fenton Thermos.
"You will pay for this!" said Desiree as she disappeared.
"Here is the next fight." said Robert.
This one showed the fight that Skulker had mentioned. Instead of helping a cat out of a tree he was stealing the animals from the Amity Park zoo. He had just gotten to the Purple-Back Gorilla cage.
"So we meet again, but this time it will be me who wins, and your pelt will rest on my living room floor." said Skulker.
He moved to open the cage when a small ghost ray hit the lock, he pulled his hand away and turned to see that Danny and his friends were right behind him.
"So Skulker, you got tired of trying to catch prey that could fight back, so you decided to catch them when their already caged. I thought you were better then that?" said Danny.
"Yeah, this is just wrong, these animals don't deserve to be captured by you." said Sam, who Skulker completely ignored.
"Oh I am better then that whelp, and I will prove it by capturing you and your friends!" said Skulker as he launched a net at them.
This battle was not going as well as the last one had, Skulker quickly had our heroes on the ropes with his many weapons. Finally Skulker was standing over Danny with a missile launcher pointed at his head.
"Any last words ghost child?" said Skulker.
Danny sat there in fear, but then he noticed something behind Skulker that made him smile.
"Just this, do you have spares of the robot suit of yours?" said Danny.
"Why do you ask?" said Skulker, confused.
"Because you're going to need it." said Danny as he pointed behind Skulker.
Skulker turned around to see that Delilah, the female purple back gorilla, had escaped her cage. It seems Danny's first shot broke the lock and freed her, and she was looking really mad. She still remembered what Skulker had done to her the last time.
"Uh oh." said Skulker, as Delilah gave a mighty roar and attacked.
In minutes she had beaten Skulker and destroyed his suit, leaving the tiny green blob that was the real Skulker. Danny walked over and picked him up by his foot, then preceded to suck him into the thermos.
"You have not seen the last of me. I will come back and your pelts will be mine!" shouted Skulker as he disappeared into the thermos.
The villains were looking very nervous as the DVD showed that they had been lying. Also the disapproving stares they got, especially from the Judge, made them sink into their seats. But it was not over yet, they still had some more to suffer through.
"Here is a fight that was recorded just yesterday." said Robert.
It was the battle they had with Technus yesterday in the Fenton's lab. I won't bore you with the details, but it went a lot differently then Technus had said it had gone. By now the villains were trying to see if they could disappear without anyone noticing.
"Do you have anything else you would like to present, any witnesses?" said the Judge.
"Yes, I call Walker to the stand." said Robert, pointing dramatically at the retreating Walker.
Walker realized he was caught and he made his way to the stand, the others took this time to get away in case the judge decided to arrest them.
"So Mr. Walker, you are the warden of the Ghost Zone prison, correct?" said Robert.
"Yes, yes I am." said Walker.
"And that means you hold prisoners that have run afoul of the law in the Ghost Zone, right?" said Robert.
"Yes." said Walker.
"So your jurisdiction is in the Ghost Zone, right?" said Robert.
"That is correct." said Walker, not liking where this was going.
"Only the Ghost Zone?" said Robert.
"Yes." whispered Walker.
"So this means you only have the right to arrest people in the Ghost Zone, not anywhere else, say for example the Earth, or to be more specific, Amity Park." said Robert.
"Yes." said Walker grudgingly.
"So that would mean it was illegal for you to go to Earth and seize these children, who have according to the evidence I presented, done nothing wrong." said Robert.
"Yes, I suppose if you looked at it that way…" said Walker.
"Answer it straight forward, was it illegal or not?" said Robert.
"It was illegal." said Walker, looking like he had just been punched in the gut.
"No further questions your honor." said Robert as he went to sit down.
"I have heard enough, and now it will make my judgment. In the case of the Ghosts VS Danny Phantom and Friends I find the defendants…not guilty!" said the Judge, banging down his gavel.
A big cheer went up from the defendants table at the verdict. Everybody was so relieved that they started to hug each other.
"Dad! You did it!" said Alicia as she gave him a big hug.
"Was there ever a doubt in your mind? I would never let them take my angel without fighting tooth and nail to save her." said Robert.
"Dad, I love you." said Alicia.
"I love you too pumpkin." said Robert.
"Come on everybody, the Specter Speeder is waiting just outside." Said Jack
With this they all ran to the speeder and back to home sweet home. Back in the court room Walker was grumbling about losing this case.
"Enjoy your freedom while it lasts ghost boy, I will get you one day." said Walker.
"Walker, I have a bone to pick with you." said the Judge.
"Ye..yes judge?" said Walker nervously.
"For your hand in this little circus, I am sentencing you to 10,000 hours of community service at the Ghost Zone Elementary school cafeteria." Said the Judge.
"WHAT! NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT!" screamed Walker as he was taken away.
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Rob: Well it looks like Walker got what was coming to him. But I do kind of feel sorry for him. I have seen the Ghost Zone Elementary school cafeteria, and all I can say is may god have mercy on his soul.
Ember: Yeah, it's said to be almost like dying again.
Rob: But let us turn from that unhappy place to something that brings joy to all people of the world, pulling the hurt Vlad lever.
Ember: I wonder what horror he will experience this time?
Rob: There is only one way to find out. Rob pulls the hurt Vlad lever. On the TV screen we can see Vlad working on some paper work. Suddenly he is transported away to a park like area, and is hanging by his feet upside down from a tree.
Vlad: What in evils name is going on here? Then Vlad notices that the Fluffy Army of Doom has surrounded him, and they are holding long sticks.
Random Cat: Meow meow, meow meow, meow, meow! Translation: Look, a Piñata, lets hit it until the candy comes out!
Vlad: Oh cheese logs! The ghost weasels and cats begin to hit Vlad with their sticks.
Vlad: Ow! Stop that! Ow! My spleen! Ow! The pain!
Ember: Hmm, Piñata, that's a new one.
Rob: Yes, I love it when we get to hurt Vlad in a way that is fun for the whole family.
Well our heroes have won, and they are not going to jail! And Walker has to suffer the evil that is elementary school students. Now they can prepare for the up coming school talent show. But what other challenges will our heroes have to face tomorrow? The only way to find out is to read the next chapter of 14 Days in the Life of Danny Phantom.
Vlad: I will get you for this Rob Phantom! Ow! Stop hitting me there!
Rob: So we end this chapter with Vlad in pain, and all is right with the world. So until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!