Chapter Four: Convention of Doom
June 20, 2008
It was the day of the Republican and Democratic national conventions. The parties were setting up for the vote on the candidate later in the day. Outside the convention centers the news media was doing what they do best, speculating on who would win.
"We're live outside the Republican national convention, in an hour they will pick the candidate they hope will win the election for them. We have it on strong authority that presidential hopeful John McCain will win the candidacy, this is David Bedrock reporting live." said David
Meanwhile a thousand miles away in Indiana another reporter was talking about the same thing, just a different party.
"This is Betty Stone reporting live from the Democratic national convention in Indianapolis. In just an hour the delegates in this building will pick their candidate for president. We believe that they will pick Hillary Clinton as their next candidate for president, that's all we have for now." said Betty.
As the reporters were talking about the conventions a certain evil billonare was smiling at them.
"Fools, they do not know how wrong they are, soon the parties will pick the candidates that will assure me victory. Spectra, could you run over who we picked again?" said Vlad.
"Of course, the first is George Shredder for the Democrats, and next is Mel Johnson for the Republicans. Both of these candidates are way out of line with their party's mainstream, unknown to the American public, and have a history of corruption and personal problems." said Spectra.
"And this two have no chance against me?" said Vlad.
"Yes, you will win with a comfortable 80 of the popular vote and almost the whole of the electoral college." said Spectra.
"Excellent, now all we have to do is wait for the fun to begin." said Vlad.
Little did Vlad know that our heroes were going to stop his evil plan. They had gotten to the convention centers and were looking for where Skulker and Technus were hiding. In Indianapolis Danny and the others began to search the convention center. In Denver Alicia and her group did the same.
"Ok guys, lets begin searching this place." said Danny.
"Ok, let's look for that machine." said Alicia, almost at the same time.
So Danny and his group began to look all over the convention hall, making sure to stay invisible. They search the delegation area, the podium, even the souvenir stands, but there was no sign of the machine.
"Where the heck could that thing be?" said Danny.
Meanwhile in Denver Alicia and her group were not doing any better.
"Darn it! Where could he have hidden it?" said Alicia.
Both our heroes sat down to think, if they were a evil ghost where would they hid the machine? Then at the same time it hit them.
"I know! He would hide it in the rafters above the convention floor." said Danny and Alicia at the same time. (AN: Wow I Never would have thought to look there.)
So our two groups of heroes went up to the rafters to find the evil ghosts. They would have to hurry as there was only 30 minutes until the voting began. Danny and his group were the first to find their target, Technus had placed the machine directly above the stage area.
"So this is where you hid it?" said Danny, catching Technus by surprise.
"What are you doing here ghost child?" said Technus.
"We've come to stop you." said Danny.
"Oh yeah! You and what army?" said Technus.
"That would be us." said Sam as she charged up her powers.
"Yeah, your gonna get your butt kicked." Said Tucker.
"Oh, I forgot about them. Well no matter, you still will not defeat me!" said Technus.
So our heroes began to fight Technus, with the usual series of ghost rays and super villain taunts. Meanwhile in Denver Alicia and her group had proven equally correct in assuming Skulker was in the rafters. He had also placed the machine directly above the stage, and Alicia decided to sneak up on him.
"Boo!" said Alicia.
"Ahh! Whose there?" said Skulker.
"I am." said Alicia as she and the others appeared.
"You! What are you doing here?" said Skulker.
"Oh we were just passing through and we thought we would see the lovely city of Denver." said Alex sarcastically.
"You're not serious are you?" said Skulker.
"Duh! We're here to kick you ghostly butt." said Valerie.
"Well I would like to see you try." said Skulker.
So the battle began between our heroes and Skulker, let's check back in with Danny. Danny and his group were currently trading ectoblasts with Technus above the convention center.
"Give up ghosts child, you can not defeat me!" said Technus as he sent a blast of electricity from his lightning staff at them.
"Oh yeah! We'll see about that." said Danny as he threw an energy orb at Technus.
But Technus dodged this and shot a lightning strike at Danny. It hit Danny dead on and sent him crashing into a catwalk. Sam and Tucker fired at Technus and sent him flying into the roof. They then ran over to see if Danny was all right.
"Danny! Are you ok?" said Sam.
"I'm fine, but where is Technus?" said Danny.
"I am right here ghost child." said Technus, who had snuck up on our heroes.
He was just about to blast them when Cujo came out of nowhere and knocked him back.
"Wow, dogs are really man's best friend." said Tucker.
Then Technus came flying back at our heroes and the battle began again. Meanwhile in Denver Alicia and her group were battling Skulker.
"You will not beat me, your pelts will rest on my living room floor." said Skulker as he set a laser blast at them.
"You do know how gross that sounds right?" said Alicia as she sent a magic energy orb at Skulker.
But Skulker dodged this blast and launched a series of missiles at our heroes. Alicia and Valerie tried to duck out of the way but they were hit by the shock wave and knocked into a support beam. Skulker prepared to blast them into oblivion.
"It is over." said Skulker.
But before he could fire Alex hit him with magic energy and sent him flying into a rafter. Then Danni used her super strength to tie Skulker to the rafter with a metal bar.
"Are you guys ok?" said Alex.
"We're fine, a little bruised but fine." said Valerie.
"Good, because here comes ugly." said Danni.
Skulker had broken free and had started to charge out heroes. They quickly turned around to face the on rushing ghost and the battle began again. Meanwhile back in Indianapolis Danny and his group were not doing so hot. It seems Technus had finally decided to use his power over technology. He had used the wires that ran in the ceiling to capture Sam and Tucker and was currently fighting Danny.
"Give up ghost child, I have won!" said Technus.
"It's not over yet techdork!" said Danny, but he was hit by one of Technus's ectoblasts
Danny got back up and looked very angry. Danny then used a new power, and shot lasers out of his eyes. The power took Technus by surprise and sent him flying into a stage light.
"Wow, I got a new power." said Danny.
But Danny did not have long to think about his new power because Technus was back up. Technus quickly took control of some wires and tied Danny up.
"Ha! I have defeated you ghost child, and in a few minutes that machine will activate, there is nothing you can do to stop me!" said Technus.
Danny tried to break free but the wires had knocked out his intangibility. He was about to give up when he saw that Cujo was right next to the machine, and he looked very uncomfortable. It was then that Danny realized that Cujo had to "water the flowers", so to speak, and it gave him an idea.
"Hey Cujo, do you have to go boy?" said Danny.
Cujo nodded his head.
"Then go ahead." said Danny.
Cujo barked and lifted his leg, right next to the machine.
"What? No!" said Technus, but the damage was done.
The machine began to spark and short out and finally it just fell apart. Technus, being distracted by the destruction of his machine, did not notice that Danny and the others had gotten out.
"Why you brats, I will make you pay…" said Technus as he turned around, then he noticed our heroes were free.
"Guess what we're going to do to you Technus?" said Danny.
"Your going to beat me up?" said Technus.
"You catch on quick." said Sam.
While Danny and the others were beating the living day lights out of Technus, in Denver Alicia and her group were having troubles of their own. Skulker had trapped Alicia and Alex in a magic proof net, and Danni and Valerie were now facing him alone.
"Your going down ghost!" said Valerie as she tried to blast Skulker.
"I don't think so whelp." said Skulker as he launched a net at her.
Valerie dodges the net and tries to blast Skulker, but he is too quick and punches her in the jaw, sending her flying into a support beam.
"Valerie! You just made a big mistake robot boy." said Danni.
"Oh yeah, what are you going to do about it? Its only a few minutes before the machine starts, you have lost." said Skulker.
Danni tried to think of some way to stop the machine, and then she saw a rope that held up a row of stage lights directly above the machine. She got a idea and shot at the rope, just missing Skulker.
"Ha! You missed!" said Skulker.
"Wasn't aiming at you." said Danni with a smirk on her face.
Skulker looked behind him to see that the rope holding the lights was about to snap.
"Nooo!" said Skulker.
He dived at the rope to try'en stop it, but it was too late. The lights fell and hit the machine, smashing it and with a few sparks it died.
"Why you little brat, I will have your pelt for…" said Skulker.
Skulker turned around to see that Valerie had come too and had freed Alicia and Alex from the anti-magic net, and they looked pissed.
"Uh oh." said Skulker.
Our heroes attacked and began to give Skulker a vicious beating. Meanwhile at both the convention centers the voting for the candidates began.
"Attention delegates, we will now start voting for our presidential candidate." said the leader of the Republican National Committee .
Back in Indianapolis the Democrats were starting their voting.
"Attention delegates, we will now vote on our next presidential candidate." said the leader of the Democratic National Committee.
Danny and the others were watching this from above, having just sucked Technus into the Fenton Thermos.
"I better check in on Alicia and the others." said Danny.
He took out his cell phone and dialed Alicia's number. Back in Denver she and the others had just finished beating Skulker and sucked him into the thermos and were watching the voting. The cell phone in Alicia's pocket began to ring and she saw it was Danny, so she answered it.
"Hey Danny, what's up?" said Alicia.
"Just called to ask how your doing. Did you stop the machine?" said Danny.
"Yes we did, and Skulker is safely contained in the thermos, how are you doing." said Alicia.
"Fine, we stopped the machine here and Technus is currently staying at Casa de Thermos." said Danny.
"That's good, meet you back home." said Alicia.
"See you there, bye." said Danny as they hung up.
Back at his campaign bus, Vlad was waiting on news of who the parties had picked for their candidates. He and Spectra sat waiting to see if their plan had worked, but they were going to be very disappointed.
"And now we go live to the Republican National convention, where they have just selected their candidate." said the news anchor.
"My fellow Republicans, it is my honor and privlage to present to you the next president of the United States, John McCain!" said the speaker.
"What! How can this be? Turn on the Democratic convention." said Vlad.
Spectra turned the TV onto another network that was showing the Democratic National Convention.
"My fellow Democrats, I present to you your choice and the next president of the United States, Hillary Clinton!" said the speaker.
Vlad and Spectra stood there in shock, and then Vlad exploded.
"How! How the hell did they pick those candidates, they were supposed to pick the ones we selected!" yelled Vlad.
"I don't know, something must have happened to the machines." said Spectra.
Vlad then tried to call Technus on his communicator, but who he got shocked him.
"Hey Vlad, how's it going?" said Danny.
"Daniel! What the hell are you doing there?" said Vlad.
"What else, stopping another one of your plans. Oh and don't bother calling Skulker, Alicia, Valerie, Danni and Alex have already stopped him." said Danny.
"Why you little…" was all the Vlad could say before Danny hung up on him.
"Argh! I can't believe it! That brat and his friends have foiled yet another of our plans!" said Vlad.
"Don't worry, we'll beat those brats." said Spectra.
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Rob: Sorry it took me so long to update, but I have exams to study for.
Ember: I'm sure they understand.
Rob: To make up for it I will have yet another guest star pull the hurt Vlad lever today, give it up for Clockwork!
Clockwork: Hello Rob, I knew you would invite me here today.
Rob: Yes, I know, and since you are here would you like to pull the hurt Vlad lever?
Clockwork: Yes I would.
Rob: Then go right ahead. Clockwork pulls the hurt Vlad lever. On the screen we can see Vlad sitting in his study reading. Then suddenly a trap door opens under him and he falls through. He goes down a long slide that leads to a machine called the humiliate Vlad machine. As he goes through the machine he can hear a bunch of unpleasant sounds.
Vlad: Ow! Hey! Stop that! My leg doesn't bend that way! As Vlad comes out he is dressed in a ridiculous clown outfit with a pink tutu and looks like he just got hit with a paintball gun.
Vlad: Well at least it's over. Then he sees he is surrounded by the Fluffy Army of Doom.
Vlad: Oh cheese logs! The Fluffy Army of doom then attacks Vlad. But then Clockwork uses his time staff to rewind time, making them attack over and over again.
Clockwork: I would love to do this all day, but I have to get back to watching the time line, it was fun pulling the hurt Vlad lever.
Rob: Your welcome, and now here is the chapter summery.
Danny and the others have defeated another of Vlad's evil plans once again. They stopped Vlad from basically handing himself the election. But what will happen next? Read the next chapter of President Vlad to find out.
Rob: Until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!