Chapter Two: Dealing with the Consequences
We return to our story as our heroes try to figure out what to do about the situation. Considering how the people of Earth were handling what had happened they needed to move quickly.
"The president McCain has called for calm in the face of the strange events that have occurred. He has also called out the national guard to maintain order and deal with the large amount of ghosts that appeared with the disaster." said a newsman.
"The recent event as it is being called seems to have sparked tensions around the world. There are reports of rioting and panic in parts of Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and North America. It seems like the whole world is in an uproar." said one newswoman.
"Some religious leaders have stated that this event is a sign that the end of the world is near. We however have not heard any response from officials higher up in the religious hierarchies." said one newsman.
"It is obvious that this is an attempt by the ghosts to invade our world by causing chaos. In our moment of weakness they will strike and destroy us all." said one of the talking heads on the news.
Danny turned off the TV and turned to face the rest of our heroes.
"Well, the rest of the world seems to be taking it well." said Danny sarcastically.
"You think that is bad, look at the Earth itself." said Tucker, looking at a satellite photo of Earth.
Instead of being the normal green and blue color, the land was now purple and the oceans a glowing green color.
"This is bad, very bad, what the heck are we going to do?" said Valerie.
"Alicia, is there anyway to reverse the process, put the Ghost Zone back where it was?" said Maddie.
"No, we would need a massive amount of energy to do that, something on the order of 1,000 years of the sun's total energy output." said Alicia.
"But it did not take that much energy to start this, why does it need so much to fix it?" said Tucker.
"Because once the process started it created a chain reaction. It only needed enough energy to start and then it went on its own." said Alicia.
"Are you sure?" said Danny.
"She is right, even if we got every magical person on Earth to give us their energy, it still would not be enough." said Alex.
"This is great, just great, what do we do now?" said Danny.
"What about Clockwork? You said he was the master of time, maybe he can send you back in time to stop this." said Danni.
"That's a good idea Danni." said Danny.
"Thanks." said Danni.
"There is one problem, how do we find him?" said Sam.
"Well he has to be somewhere on Earth right now, we just have to look." said Danny.
"Great, it'll be like trying to find a needle in a haystack." said Valerie.
"Maybe not." said Clockwork, who appeared in the room.
"Clockwork! What are you doing here?" said Danny.
"To do just as your sister said, send you back in time." said Clockwork.
"Great, now we can fix this mess." said Danny.
Clockwork prepared to open a portal to the past, but just as he was about to open the portal a black cloud appeared in the middle of the room. Out of this cloud stepped a young man with yellow eyes, the Grim Reaper.
"Grim? What are you doing here?" said Clockwork.
"I'm here to prevent you from sending them to the past." said Grim.
"Why?" said Danny.
"Because Clockwork here forgot the little rule about major events in human history." said Grim.
"You can't mean they designated this an irreversible event." said Clockwork.
"They did, and to be honest I'm a little shocked as well." said Grim.
"Uh, what is an irreversible event?" said Danny, confused.
"Well, there are certain events in human history that are important in the shaping of civilization. These events are so important that they can not be altered, such events like WWII, the Black Death, and the sinking of the Titanic, while horrible, are important to the development of humanity." said Grim.
"So what happened when the Ghost Zone and Earth merged can't be reversed?" said Sam.
"I'm afraid not." said Grim.
"But what are we going to do? The planet is in chaos right now." said Danny.
"Do not threat, before I came here God spoke to me and said that while it may not make sense now, it will later. Also he gave me the power to calm all the humans and ghosts down." said Grim.
"So you can make everything peaceful?" said Alicia.
"Yes I can, but it is for one time only, and you must find a way to keep it peaceful, once again the future of the world lies in your hands." said Grim.
Grim raised his scythe high into the air and a strange wave of energy came out of it. This energy washed over the world and all the humans and ghosts instantly calmed down.
"Ok, this will last only for a week or so, so you better come up with a plan soon." said Grim.
"Ok, so basically we need to find a way to keep the humans and ghosts from blowing each other up." said Danny.
"Yep." said Grim.
"Great, that should be easy." said Danny.
"Don't worry, you have faced adversity before and come out on top, you can do it again." said Grim.
Grim left the house in a cloud of black smoke, this left our heroes alone to think of a plan.
"Well since I'm not needed here, I guess I'll leave too." said Clockwork.
Clockwork left and reappeared just outside of Amity Park, where Grim was waiting.
"So, do you think the kid has it in him to face the tasks ahead?" said Grim.
"Danny and his friends are a very special group of kids, they'll figure it out somehow." said Clockwork.
Meanwhile a few hundred miles away in Wisconsin, Vlad and Spectra were planning what evil they would visit on human and ghost kind.
"So what's the plan?" said Spectra.
"Well despite the recent calm that has mysteriously fallen over the world, I think we can take advantage of hostility between the humans and ghosts. My plan is to create tension between them, so much so that it eventually explodes into war. Once the planet is in chaos we will fill in the power vacuum and take over the world." said Vlad.
"Brilliant, all we have to do is start it off and the fools will do the job for us." said Spectra, as they laughed evilly.
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Clockwork: Well it seems that fixing this problem will not be as simple as Danny and the others thought. But now it is time to ruin Vlad's day. Clockwork pulls the hurt Vlad lever. On the screen we can see Vlad and Spectra planning to destroy Danny and his friends once and for all.
Vlad: And once we get them under the death ray we will blow them into a billion pieces.
Spectra: That's a good plan and…do you hear something. They could hear the sound of someone yelling. Then suddenly Vlad was attacked by a ghost sumo wrestler. The sumo wrestler proceeded to grab Vlad and throw him into the furniture. After a while the sumo wrestler left, leaving Vlad beaten up and bruised. Spectra came out from where she was hiding to see if he was all right.
Spectra: Are you all right Vlad?
Vlad: No. Then the Fluffy Army of Doom surrounded him.
Vlad: And it just got worse. Then the Fluffy Army of Doom attacked with flying paws of fury. Vlad managed to get up and run screaming from the room with the adorable chaos right behind him.
Spectra: Well it looks like I have to rescue Vlad from small animals again.
Clockwork: Well now that that is over, it is time for the chapter summery.
Well it seems that Danny and his friends can not use time travel to fix everything this time. Now they also must come up with a plan to make the humans and ghosts live in peace, right now I don't envy them. Will they be able to do it? Will they keep the peace? And what events lie ahead for them? Read the next chapter of Ghost Earth to find out.
Clockwork: So until next time Danny Phantom fans, read and review.
