Chapter Four: Falling Star of Doom
March 14, 2008, Thursday
Our heroes were on a school field trip to the Amity Park observatory. They were there to learn about the fascinating solar system that we live in, or they would be if fans didn't keep showing up. You see ever since the Dan incident, Danny and his friends have been sort of famous. It had calmed down since the first few weeks after they sent Dan packing, but there were still people who came up to ask for their autographs, or to meet Danny's parents.
"Oh my god! Its you, the son of the two people who saved the Earth! Can I have your autograph?" said a random girl.
"Uh, sure." said Danny as he signed the picture.
The girl was so excited that she looked like she was having a seizure. Then came the inevitable question, the one that the girls always asked Danny.
"Do you have a girlfriend?" said the girl.
"Yes he does, now if you excuse us we have some learning to do." said Sam as she dragged Danny away.
The girl looked crushed and walked away.
"Argh! Why do they keep asking that, I don't know how many boys have asked me out since we beat Dan." said Sam.
"I know what you mean, I had to start threatening that I would disembowel them with a spork if they kept asking me." said Alicia.
"I'm sure that they will get the message, some day." said Danny.
"Tell that to Paullina, because here she comes now." said Alex.
The princess of popularity and her crew were indeed heading toward our friends. Despite threats of disembowelment with plastic eating utensils, Danny and his friends were now very popular. Now this was a threat to the already popular group, i.e. Paullina, Dash, and the others. Realizing they were losing the control they had been holding pretty much all their school lives, they realized they needed to take action. They decided to try to absorb Danny and the others into their group, so that they would remain popular. The plan had failed so far, but for dim bulbs such as them hope springs eternal.
"Hey Danny! I was wondering if you and your…" said Paullina, but Danny interrupted her before she could finish.
"For the millionth time, no we will not join your group, or go to your stupid parties, or even be in the same room as you if we can help it. You only want us around because the other kids like us now and you guys don't want to lose your throne as the rulers of Casper High." said Danny.
"Fine, I'm sure everyone else will want to go to my party." said Paullina.
"Not if we have anything to say about it." said Sam.
"What are you going to do about it." said Dash.
"We don't have to do anything, just because we aren't going means that most of the people in the school won't go. That's what happens when your popular." said Alicia, grinning evilly.
Realizing their defeat, Paullina and the others beat a hasty retreat.
"I wonder if this power can be used for evil?" said Tucker.
"It can, and your looking at the people who tried it." said Sam, pointing to the fleeing popular kids.
"Ok kids settle down, we will begin the tour in just a moment. I would like you to say hi to Mrs. Dr. Sheena Astronominov, head of the observatory." said Mr. Lancer.
"Hi Dr. Astronominov." said the students.
"Welcome to the Amity Park observatory, I will be giving you a tour of this fascinating facility." said Sheena.
And so the tour began, and it was much less fascinating then the good doctor said it would be. Only Lancer and a few of the science students were interested, the rest of the group was bored out of their minds.
"Man, this is so boring." said Danny.
"Yeah, I would rather listen to Mr. Fenton talk about ghosts." said Alicia.
"You're kidding right?" said Valerie.
"It's not much better then this, but it still is better." said Alicia.
"It isn't all horrible and coma inducing, I like the parts about space technology." said Tucker.
"Typical Tucker, go anywhere and he thinks about technology." said Sam.
"I don't think of it all the time." said Tucker.
"You're obsessed with it." said Danny.
"I am not!" said Tucker.
"Then how come when that new laptop came out we had to keep you from selling one of your kidneys to get it?" said Danny.
"That was one sweet piece of technology. I wonder if the hospital is still taking offers of organs for cash?" said Tucker as he tried to run off, but Valerie grabbed him.
"I would prefer that my boyfriend stay in one piece. Come on the tour is leaving us behind." said Valerie as she dragged Tucker along.
"And this is the telescope, it is unique in that it has a special lense array that filters out almost all sun light, so we can see things night and day." said Sheena.
"Who is the man looking through it right now?" said Mr. Lancer.
"That is my fellow scientist Bob. Kids, say hi to Bob." said Sheena.
"Hi bob." said the bored kids.
"Why hello, I did not know we had a tour today." said Bob.
"Hey Bob, can you tell the kids here what you are looking at?" said Sheena.
"Nothing special, just looking at some…oh my God!" said Bob, suddenly shocked at what he was seeing.
"What! What is it!" shouted Sheena.
"It's a meteor, and it's heading straight for Amity Park!" said Bob.
"What? Let me see." said Sheena as she looked through the telescope.
"Oh my god! It is a meteor! I would like to end this tour and tell you all to…Run! Run for your lives!" said Sheena.
"Sense and Sensibility! Run children, run back to your homes, the end is upon us!" said Lancer as he ran screaming from the room.
The rest of the children followed suit, running like chickens with their heads cut off. Our heroes quickly started back to Danny's house.
"Danny, what are we going to do?" said Sam.
"I don't know, maybe my mom and dad have something we can use." said Danny as they kept running.
The news of the towns impending doom spread quickly, already people were starting to panic in the streets, many looking for places to hide from the incoming death rock. Everywhere there was chaos. Our heroes ran down Danny's street and up the front stairs to his house.
"Mom! Dad! Where are you!" said Danny.
"Danny, what are you doing home?" said Maddie from down in the lab.
"There's meteor heading for the town, we need to stop it." said Danny.
"We know, we just saw it on the news." said Maddie.
"Good, me and the others are coming down." said Danny, but as he was just about to walk down the stairs, his mom told him not to.
"No Danny! Wait! You can't come down here." said Maddie.
"Why not?" said a confused Danny.
"Uh, because the lab is dirty. We'll come up to see you, be there in a minute." said Maddie.
The teens could hear a lot of noise coming from the lab. Then Jack and Maddie came up the stairs, looking disheveled and like they had just gotten dressed. (AN: I know what you are thinking, and you are correct! The consequences of this little event will be coming up again later in the story :) )
"Uh mom, dad? What were you doing down there?" said Danny.
"Uh, we were working on a new invention, yeah, that's it." said Jack.
"Hey guys! The mayor is talking about the meteor on TV!" said Tucker, this quickly distracted Danny from and anymore acquired questions.
"I thought I would never be happy to hear a politician speak." thought Maddie as she followed the kids to the living room.
"And now a word from the mayor of Amity Park." said the announcer man, the Mayor then appeared on the screen.
"Fellow citizens of Amity Park, it has come to me attention that large meteor is heading towards our town. I would just like to say…we're all gonna die! Run! Run while you still can!" said the Mayor as he jumped into a car and started racing away from the town.
"Well he is definitely not getting my vote." said Jack.
"What do we do?" said Tucker.
"We have to blow it up, that should get rid of it." said Danny.
"Yeah, or make a bunch of tiny meteors that will pummel the town." said Alex.
"I have to go with Alex on this, it is probably a bad idea to just blow it up." said Valerie.
"If we can't blow it up then we are all doom." said Jack.
"I wish that we just could make it go away." said Tucker, then suddenly Alicia stood up.
"That's it! Tucker you're a genius!" said Alicia.
"I am? What exactly am I a genius about." said Tucker.
"We can make it go away by using a portal potion. It will send the meteor to some other place, saving the town." said Alicia.
"But how do we get it to the meteor." said Sam.
"I and Danny will fly towards the meteor, once we are in front of it I will throw the potion and Danny will use one of his ghost rays to shatter the beaker, thus activating the potion right in front of the meteor." said Alicia.
"Well, it's a plan at least." said Maddie.
"Quick, you guys go to the roof, I will go get the potion." said Alicia as she ran from the room.
So our heroes made their way to the very top of the Fenton's house. What they did not know is that someone, or some ones, were watching. It seems the ghosts had caught wind of Amity Parks impending doom( Mostly because they steal cable from the Fenton's house) and had come to watch the town be destroyed. They were sitting in the park waiting for the fireworks to begin.
"This should be good." said Skulker.
"Yes, and I, Technus, have brought popcorn." said Technus.
"Quiet, I can't hear the panicked screams of the humans." said Spectra.
"I think its going to hit the ghost child's house." said Desiree.
"I hope Technus is recording this." said Walker.
"I am." said Technus.
Meanwhile back at Danny's house they had gathered on the roof. The meteor was fast approaching the town and time was running out. Finally Alicia rejoined our heroes on the roof with the potion.
"Ok, I got the potion." said Alicia.
"Be careful you guys, I don't want to lose you two." said Sam.
"We will." said Danny as he and Alicia took off into the sky.
As they flew up to the meteor it began to break through the lower atmosphere. As it passed it let out a massive sonic boom that echoed through the town. It glowed like the fires of doom as it sped on towards Amity Park. Danny and Alicia flew up until they were right in the path of the meteor. Alicia threw the beaker containing the potion right in front of the meteor.
"Ok Danny! Now!" said Alicia.
Danny shot one of his ghost rays at the beaker, which immediately shattered. The potion worked almost instantly, and a huge pink portal opened up in front of the meteor. The meteor went straight into the portal and disappeared and the portal closed with a loud boom.
"My God, it actually worked." said Danny.
"Was there ever a doubt in your mind. Now lets get back to the others." said Alicia as she flew back.
Meanwhile in the park the ghosts were upset that Danny and Alicia managed to save the town.
"What a rip off, I came to see this town get blown up." said Spectra.
"I know, now lets get out of here before the ghost child finds us." said Bertrand, the other ghosts soon left as well.
Back at Danny's house he and Alicia were greeted with a loud cheer.
"Danny! You did it!" said Sam as she hugged him.
"Yeah Alicia, that was one hell of a good plan." said Alex.
"You did it son, I'm so proud of you!" said Jack.
"Hey Alicia, you said that the potion would send the meteor somewhere else, where did you send it anyway?" said Tucker.
"Oh, lets just say I sent it to a old friend of ours." Said Alicia.
Wisconsin, the Castle of Vlad Masters.
We come to Vlad's castle to find that it has once again been reduced to a crater in the ground. We go to the front door where we see a shocked Vlad, his mouth wide open. He is still holding the key he was using to unlock the door when the meteor hit. Suddenly he gets very angry and shouts into the sky.
"I know you did this Rob Phantom, and I will get you for it!" shouted Vlad. (AN: I can not claim responsibility for this little bit of chaos Vladdy. I can however claim this! Author pulls the hurt Vlad lever.)
Suddenly a big bucket of honey falls on Vlad's head. This attracts a bunch of bees that begin to sting him. Vlad runs screaming across the landscape with the Fluffy Army of Doom right behind him. So we leave our story with this happy scene of Vlad being in pain until tomorrow.
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Rob: Well they saved the town and I got to put Vlad into a world of hurt for no good reason, everybody wins!
Ember: Yeah, especially our readers.
Rob: That reminds me, I have a special commercial message from the Fluffy Army of Doom.
Fluffy Army of Doom spokesmen: Do you need a way to really stick it to the villains? Do you need an adorable fighting force that will leave your enemies cowering in fear? Then the Fluffy Army of Doom is for you. Our soldiers are specially trained in the art of turning any villain into a mass of pain and misery, for example, Vlad Plasmius.
Vlad: Now wait just one minute! But Vlad could not say anymore as the army attacked him with their piñata sticks of pain.
Vlad: Why does it hurt?
Fluffy Army of Doom spokesmen: But don't take my word for it, ask these people who have not been paid off in anyway and are clearly not reading from a script.
Danny: I use the Fluffy Army of Doom two times a week, I have never had it so easy.
Sam: Since I started using the Fluffy Army of Doom I have lost 10 pounds…wait that doesn't make any…
Alicia: I recommend the Fluffy Army of Doom to anyone who wants to put the giddy up back in their step…I'm getting paid after this right?...
Fluffy Army of Doom spokesmen: So there you have it, the Fluffy Army of Doom for all your villain hurting needs. Fluffy Army of doom may cause bleeding in people named Vlad Masters. Do not use Fluffy Army of Doom if you are a creepy billionaire who needs a cat. Side effects include bleeding of the spleen, hair loss, nightmarish seizures and massive pain.
Ember: That has to be the single most disturbing commercial I have ever seen.
Rob: Yeah, but it pays the bills, so here is the chapter summery.
Our heroes have once again saved the town from almost certain doom. Also they got to destroy Vlad's castle, which is a plus for anyone's day. But what will happen tomorrow? The only way to find out is to read the next chapter of 14 Days in the life of Danny Phantom.
Vlad: The pain!
Rob: So until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!