Chapter Six: Debate of Doom
The months flew by, it was October, and the campaign kept going. It seems that Vlad's little tactic to fake a relationship with Spectra had worked, and he was gaining in the polls. (Mostly because the American public is easy to fool) Vlad now had 32 of the vote, McCain had 35, and Clinton had 33, it was just about a tie and anything could tip the balance. But as time went on the fake relationship started to become more real, even if Vlad did not realize it yet.
"So Spectra, how are we doing?" said Vlad.
"Well we are basically tied with the other candidates, we would be ahead if not for Danny and his friends, but I believe that if we…" said Spectra.
But Vlad was lost in thought for a moment. He was noticing that Spectra looked beautiful this morning.
"My god, she looks gorgeous, her eyes, her hair, her…stop! You don't feel this way, you love Maddie, not her." thought Vlad to himself.
"So what is wrong with loving Spectra?" said a voice in Vlad's head.
"What? Who are you?" thought Vlad.
"I'm the little voice in your head." said the voice.
"Well what do you want?" thought Vlad.
"I'm just here to get you to realize that you love Spectra." said the voice.
What! I don't love her!" thought Vlad.
"Oh come on, you were just saying she looked beautiful." said the voice.
"Yeah, but I love Maddie, not her." thought Vlad.
"And what has Maddie given you for this love? Nothing that's what." said the voice.
"Well there might…" said Vlad but he was interrupted.
"Oh give it up! You know Maddie will never love us, she has proven that time and time again. Also she is once again bearing the child of the oaf, if we had a chance before its gone now." said the voice.
"But how do you know Spectra even likes me?" thought Vlad.
"Haven't you noticed that when you talk to her she blushes a little, and when you hold her hand? Also how we keep catching her staring at us." said the voice.
"Well yes, I have actually." thought Vlad.
"Well that means she likes you, and I think you like her as well." said the voice.
"Well I guess I do." thought Vlad.
"Look, I'll come back when you make up your mind, now start paying attention again, she just said something important." said the voice.
"What?" said Vlad out loud.
"I was saying that we have the debate next week and we need to prepare for it, are you paying attention?" said Spectra.
"Yes, I just got lost in thought for a second." said Vlad, blushing slightly
"Did he just blush? And wasn't he just staring at me? Could it be…nay, he probably doesn't feel that way about me…or does he?" thought Spectra.
"Well we have to go over the plan, when we get to the debate we use the machine that Technus built to make the other candidates edgy and quick to anger. Also it will make them sweat a lot, and look ill. All of this will make them look bad and you look good, thus giving you the election." said Spectra.
"Excellent, soon we will have this country under our control, and Daniel and his friends won't be able to do a thing to stop us." said Vlad.
Little did Vlad know that someone was spying on him. It seems he was hired by our heroes to see what evil plan Vlad had up his sleeve. The spy was just about to leave when Spectra noticed his presence. She quickly fired a ectoblast at him, causing him to become visible.
"Box Ghost? What are you doing here?" said Spectra.
"Uh, I am looking for boxes that I may control, do you have any?" said the Box Ghost.
"Fine, here take this one, just get out of here we have very important things to discuss." said Spectra, she then handed him a box and he left.
"God, that ghost can be so bothersome sometimes." said Vlad.
As Vlad and Spectra want back to planning the Box Ghost flew on to Amity Park.
"I must inform the ghost child of what is happening." The Box Ghost thought to himself.
As the Box Ghost got closer to Amity Park our heroes were taking a rest. Since Jazz had gone back to college they had to do all the campaign organization themselves. As they sat watching TV the Box Ghost flew into the room.
"Ghost child! I have some very important news for you!" said the Box Ghost.
"What is it?" said Danny.
"Vlad is planning to use a machine to make the other candidates look bad at the debate next week, thus sealing their cardboard and cube shaped doom!" said the Box Ghost.
"Crud, he's pulling a Nixon." said Sam.
"A what?" said Danny and the others.
"In the 1960 election Nixon lost to Kennedy because he looked bad at the presidential debate, and Vlad's trying to pull the same thing." said Sam.
"We have to stop him." said Valerie.
"Or maybe we can turn the tables on him." said Alicia.
"What do you mean?" said Alex.
"I mean we use the machine on Vlad, it will make him look bad and he will loss." said Alicia.
"Isn't that wrong?" said Tucker.
"Look, its only a few weeks until the election, we have to do this or Vlad might win." said Alicia.
The rest of our heroes quickly realized what that would mean.
"I vote we use the machine on Vlad." said Tucker.
"Agreed." said everyone else.
The Next Week
It was the day of the Debate and all the people involved were running around making sure that everything was ready. The stage crew made sure that the stage was set, and the campaign crews made sure the politicians were ready. As all this was happening Vlad and his crew were making preparations, they were directly under the stage in a basement area.
"Is it done yet?" said Vlad, in ghost mode.
"Just a few more seconds and…done!" said Technus.
"Good, the debate starts in a half hour." said Vlad.
"I love it when a plan comes together." said Spectra.
"As do I." said Vlad as he put his hand on Spectra's shoulder.
"And the best part is that Daniel and his friends have no clue what is going on." said Vlad.
"Yeah." said Spectra, blushing because Vlad's hand was still on her shoulder.
Vlad quickly realized what he was doing and removed his hand, blushing also.
"Uh, I have to get ready." said Vlad as he changed back to human mode.
Meanwhile our heroes were at the debate also, waiting for a chance to get near the machine. Skulker and Technus left the area after making a few adjustments, so now the coast was clear.
"Ok guys, lets move out." said Danny.
Our heroes quietly snuck over to the machine.
"Ok Tucker, see if you can reprogram this thing." said Danny.
"I'm on it." said Tucker.
But just as Tucker was about to reach the machine a laser blast hit the ground right in front of him. They looked up to see that Skulker was floating above them, along with the Fright Knight.
"I had a feeling you and your bratty friends would show up." said Skulker.
"We're here to stop you." said Sam.
"We'll see about that little girl." said the Fright Knight as he attacked.
Our heroes dodged out of the way of the Fright Knight's sword, the soul shredder, and quickly fired back. The ghosts quickly moved out of the way and began to fire at our heroes. Skulker tried to blast our heroes with his missile launcher but Alex threw up a shield to protect them.
"Thanks." said Danny.
"No problem, now lets get those jerks." said Alex.
So our heroes began to attack them, throwing ectoblasts, magic bolts, and lasers at them. Skulker and the Fright Knight fought back, landing a few hits of their own. The battle went on with each side seeming to be matched. Then something happened to turn the tide, Skulker fired a laser blast that hit Sam.
"Ahhh!" screamed Sam as she flew through the air.
"Sam!" yelled Danny.
Sam hit the wall with a loud thud, and fell to the floor unconscious. Danny was looked on in shock, then a look of pure rage came to his face. He turned to face the ghosts and you could see fire in his eyes.
"Uh oh, you guys did it now." said Valerie.
The rest of our heroes went to hide as the two hapless ghosts faced the enraged Danny. Danny could feel the fire in him rising, finally it came out. He sent two orbs of ghostly fire at Skulker and the Fright Knight. The two ghosts flew through the air and hit the wall.
"Wow, is that a new power?" said Tucker.
"I guess it is, and it's a good time to get it too." said Danny as he advanced on the ghosts.
To make a long beating short the two ghosts got the day lights beaten out of them. They were no match for the enraged halfa. Pretty soon they were defeated and were sucked into the Fenton Thermos.
"Well, that takes care of that." said Danny.
"Uh…Danny?" said Sam, who was just waking up.
"Sam! Are you ok?" said Danny as he rushed over.
"Yeah, I'm ok Danny." said Sam.
"I'm so glad." said Danny as he hugged Sam.
"Guys, we have to stop the machine you know." said Valerie.
"I don't think we have to worry about that." said Tucker, pointing towards the Machine.
It seems that in the battle Danny had accidentally melted the machine with his new power.
"Well, at least I stopped it." said Danny.
"Yeah, but now what do we use against Vlad?" said Alex.
"Well I did bring something that might do the job." said Alicia, as she pulled out her spell book.
"You brought your spell book, why?" said Danny.
"Because I knew the machine might have been destroyed in the fight, and we would need a way to mess with Vlad." said Alicia.
"You're a genius!" said Alex as he kissed Alicia.
"Thanks, now do you want to help me make Vlad look like a idiot?" said Alicia.
"Of course." said Alex.
So they began to cast the spell to make Vlad nervous, itchy, and angry. The spell worked it's way up to the stage were the candidates were and it hit Vlad.
"Welcome to the presidential debate, I'm your host Earl Jameson. Today the candidates will answer questions about what they would do to solve our nation's problems. The first to question goes to independent candidate Vlad Masters. First question, what would you do about America's dependence on foreign oil?" said Earl.
Vlad looked edgy and not at ease, he was also sweating a little.
"Well, you see what we need to do is, uh, we need to…" said Vlad looking like an idiot.
"Are you ok Mr. Masters?" said Earl.
"Of course I am, why would I not be?" said Vlad angrily.
As Vlad was making a fool of himself on the stage Spectra was backstage pulling her hair.
"What the hell is he doing?" said Spectra.
Spectra turned around trying to calm down when she saw Danny and the others leaving the building.
"I knew it, I knew they were behind this." said Spectra.
Then Spectra turned around to see Vlad snap at the host.
"Oh this is not good." said Spectra.
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Rob: Well it looks like Vlad's chance at the presidency are gone.
Ember: Lets hope so.
Rob: Well lets hope it is the end.
Well Vlad's evil plan was defeated, and he got a taste of his own medicine. Maybe this little event will ruin Vlad's campaign. The only way to find out is to read the next Chapter of President Vlad.
Rob: Until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review!