Alright, the wait is over! I can see everyone's excited for this chapter due to the cliffhanger in the last one! :3 Well I gotta answer back reviews, so I hope you all enjoy!
lokiAU10: Yeah, when I first saw Snot Spectra I got really sick too.
Blue: Well now you get to see how she reacts. Yeah, Andy really can't take gross things too well. :P And I'm sorry that happened to you.
PrincessDragon96: I love leaving cliffhangers. :P
I think a lot of people are judging his powers because the only difference I showed Andy and Danny having are their cores. Andy needs to adjust and get a better use of his powers before there are any differences between them. ^^'
Elizabeth0058: Yes, it sure does.
Just because Valerie isn't stupid doesn't mean she can't be ignorant. Remember D-Stabilize? She should've figured it out when Danny told her Danielle is half human and his clone. Logically speaking Phantom should be half human too, but she never figured that out. It might be because Valerie makes herself ignorant because of her hatred of ghosts and of Phantom personally.
And yeah, since Andy remembered the last thing with Vlad was him helping Andy save the world from Corrupted Danny that would be a very interesting conversation. Vlad will find out about Andy Phantom in Reign Storm, so look forward to that.
OMNISENSE96: Valerie's pretty good at keeping ghost hunting stuff on her person. And I hope this doesn't disappoint. :3 And I already know what I want to give Andy for his powers, but I'm always open for suggestion and like to see what you can come up with.
firestar91: Thank you for understanding. And thank you for the offer.
ZAFT Prime: Yeah, poor Andy! And a lot of people like what I did with Dash, making him a friend rather than an antagonizing bully. I got the idea from another fanfiction and Yu-Gi-Oh as a lot of people noticed. And I haven't seen Digimon Frontier in years... I hope you do well with that!
Calm: Yeah, Andy's trying to not let the nightmare take over him, but it's not easy.
muney73: Yup, cliffhanger. :3 And I think you have a thing for Andy barfing. ^^'
Rune: Technically his debut was during the fight with Desiree. Well I'll let you see how Valerie reacts. ^^'
Ah, right, that's one of the episodes I watch the least so I don't remember much from it. But thank you for telling me, telekinesis is one of the few things that'll become something Andy will figure out on his own and use it in combat.
Heh... the way you described it before sounded pretty complicated. And yeah, it's all in his point of view so he can't see himself doing stuff in the visions, just seeing what will happen in front of him.
I actually can't wait until the two brothers confront each other about the traumatizing experience.
Yeah, I know Sam was Butch's favorite. But Danny's my favorite but you don't see me giving him special treatments, if anything I like having my favorite characters going through a lot of crap so they can grow from it.
And I hope you like Valerie's reaction. :D
CaPTIVITY: Hah, of course you would. :3
Yeah, Phantom Planet pretty much destroyed any chance we had of seeing what Valerie's REAL reaction should've been like. Your prediction is kinda scary. ^^'
Dracoya: Sounds like something Andy could do. :P
I've wrote a couple of Pokemon creepypastas but apparently they weren't good enough to be posted so I didn't bother anymore. I don't really like to write things that are TOO dark, but enough to make people think.
Betaverse: Hi! Nice to see you reviewing, always appreciate a new reviewer! And I'm glad to hear you like Andy! Heh, and a lot of people are looking forward to The Ultimate Enemy episode. As for Andy's special moves, you kinda predicted the first one already, though I'm not sure how I would do the second one.
Alright! I've answered the reviews, now it's time to get on with the chapter!
Chapter 10: Friend and an Enemy
I came here to just puke out my insides because Spectra was literally transformed into a giant, walking snot monster, and just as soon as I finished, Valerie, having the worst timing ever, decided to break out of the room she was trapped in, only for her to come face to face with me IN MY GHOST FORM! It's like time stopped, because we were just staring at each other, not daring to make a move.
"Y-you…?" Valerie pointed at me, her eyes wide in shock.
As if her voice was a trigger, my body immediately went invisible and I gritted my teeth. Valerie yelped in shock, "H-hey! Ghost kid, was that you!?" she demanded angrily.
I wanted to tell her I wasn't Phantom, and that I was sorry, but I couldn't speak. I remained still, silent and invisible. Valere was looking around, trying to find me as I quietly sneak away from her and ran back to where Danny and Spectra were, I just hope I can stomach seeing her snot form a second time.
Looks like I'll have to deal with the Valerie problem later, for now I better- Don't throw up… don't throw up…. don't throw up… What am I seeing you ask? My brother just punched Spectra's face and pulled out mucus… lots and lots of mucus… green, gooey, sticky, germ filled mucus… I'm gonna start dry heaving now… No! I have to be strong, I can't lose my stomach again.
"You know if my life wasn't at stake, I would hurl like my brother is probably doing right now." I heard my brother say to himself. How is he able to keep himself from hurling anyway?
Danny was slapped away from that giant mucus monster. Ugh… gotta stay strong, I have to help him somehow. I may not be able to fly or shoot Ghost Rays effectively, but I can do something… ugh, does this mean I have to fight her with my fists and feet?
I return to visibility and about to make my move when I heard a machine powering up right behind me. I gasped and turned to see Valerie was holding a bazooka right at my face! Where did she even get it? She's not even wearing her suit! Did she somehow smuggled that thing in her pocket or something? Geez technology is scary!
"Do you really think you could get away from me ghost boy? Just because you slightly changed the color your costume and your eye color to purple doesn't mean I wouldn't recognize you!" Valerie hissed very hostile to me, it actually hurt to see her treating me like this. I wonder if this is how Danny felt?
"L-look, I'm not the same guy!" I quickly said, hoping she would listen to reason as I held up my hands. "I-I'm actually new."
"Like I'd believe that spook! There's only one ghost who looks like you and you ARE him!" Valerie snapped, her finger on the trigger.
"Please, calm down! Let's not get too hasty, o-okay?" Oh great, what am I going to do? I wasn't expecting to be facing Valerie of all people! There's no way she'll listen to me like this! What should I do?
There was a loud splat behind me and Valerie looked to be shock, I dared to turn away from the big gun in my face to see what she was looking at. … Don't throw up… I see Snot Spectra splat on the ceiling, probably after Danny punched her again.
"Okay kid, let's BOOGIE!" she shouted.
"See, that's the kind of pun I was avoiding with the whole 'blew it' comment." Danny pointed out.
"How!?" Valerie suddenly demanded, returning my attention to her. "How are there two of you!?"
"... Well…" I hesitated. "We're uh… kinda twins…" What possessed me to say that!? Why did I say that!? Surely a girl as smart as Valere could put two and two together!
"Twins? … The ghost boy has a TWIN!?" Valerie shouted in shock and disbelief.
"H-hey, calm down! Would you mind putting that away now?" I frowned, she's not looking too good right now.
"No! It's bad enough I have to deal with that ghost boy alone, there's no way I'm going to let his twin mess with me too!" Valerie hissed as she pushed the trigger.
I gasped, and without thinking about it I turned intangible I know this because I suddenly fell through the floor when she shot and it went over my head. I heard her gasp as I managed to hang on, not wanting to fall, and climb back up after getting my intangibility under control again. I know Valerie, she's stubborn, and no matter what I say she's going to keep attacking me.
I turned to her in time to see she put away the bazooka and held out a familiar looking metallic rod, it looked a lot like the Fenton Rod, only it was reddish. I backed away, knowing how well that rod can be used against ghosts and I certainly didn't want to find myself at the wrong end of it.
"This is the Ghost Rod you little Spook, my friend Andy is good with it, but I can show you how decent I am with it too." Valerie snarled at me as she charged.
The irony is that she just said I was good with it and that she'd show me how decent she was with it... almost implying I was better with it than she is. I reacted quickly as she brought it down to hit me, I raised my gloved hands to stop it from hitting my head, and with a clang, I was holding back her Ghost Rod. I groaned, that rod was pretty painful! I wanted to kick her stomach to send her away, but I squashed that thought, I didn't want to hurt her. All I could do was try to push her back without hurting her too much, and remembering my brother's strength when he's a ghost, I don't think punching and kicking her would be a good idea unless I want to send her to a real hospital, which I don't.
Thankfully I managed to push her away and regain my composure. Okay, so melee attacks are out, ghost rays are definitely out until I know how to use them, what else is there? I could try using intangibility, but making a human stuck in the floor sounds rather painful.
Um… what am I smelling? I suddenly smell sweaty armpits and sponge cake… that was weird, that almost reminded me of Tucker's weird cologne.
"I'll get you, ghost!" Valerie snapped, and while I was distracted by that weird smell, she lunged at me again with the Ghost Rod.
All I could do was keep defending myself, I grabbed the Ghost Rod from her hands and began pushing back, she growled as she was pushing against me too. My head began hurting again and I felt her pinning me to a wall.
I was pinned against the wall, Valerie's face was close to mine, she glared spitefully, "I'm not letting you join your twin and be a double pain in my neck! Say good night, ghost scum!"
She raised her rod ready to jab me with it, but the shadow ghost form of Spectra came up behind her, what happened to her snot body? She must've abandoned it last second or something, because she's here and she grabbed Valerie's shoulders.
"ACK!" Valerie shouted in pain as I saw her body glowing.
"V-Valerie!" I heard Danny shouting, flying up to the scene.
"I'll suck this girl dry and become powerful once again!" Spectra shouted as Valerie looked really pale, almost to the point that her blood were gone. It's actually possible to be so miserable you could die of heartbreak, and I wouldn't be surprised if Val's got enough misery to kill her if they were forced on her all at once.
"No! Let her go!" Danny shouted as he flew at them, I was stuck, trying to move to help Valerie, but I couldn't.
Spectra laughed like a maniac as she threw Valerie at Danny and she blasted both of them with a strong purple ghost ray.
I gasped when I blinked back into reality, Valerie was still glaring at me. "I don't know why you keep staring into space ghost punk, but you're about to go into oblivion so I don't care!" she raised the Ghost Rod. "I'm not letting you join your twin and be a double pain in my neck! Say good night, ghost scum!" Just like in my vision!
I saw the shadow ghost Spectra coming towards her, I glared. Valerie, can I save her?
"Of course you can." A voice said in my head. Was that my delusions of Corrupted Danny again? … No, it didn't sound like him.
Whoever that was, I'll have to figure it out later. I tackled Valerie out of Spectra's way, both of us landed and tumbled on the floor. Valerie groaned, but I quickly got up and glared at Spectra. "You're NOT touching her, you miserable sapping creep." I snapped at her.
Spectra looked shocked before she glared and dived down at us. She appeared right in front of me so quickly I only had time to flinch before she grabbed my shoulders and said, "Look at you, you've changed, but are you happy with these changes? … Heh, you hate it don't you?"
I knew what she was doing, playing to my fears to make me miserable and self loathing, that's her speciality after all. "Let me go!" I yelled, trying to pull her away from me.
I don't know what Valerie's doing, but I don't think she cares to help a ghost, that's all I am to her in this form after all.
"That's right, you're nothing but a ghost that everyone fears and despises." Spectra said with a hiss, and of course she could read my mind somehow.
"LET HIM GO!" A strong green ecto ray shot Spectra off me, she yelled as she was flung into the wall.
I felt a little dizzy, Spectra was probably already feeding off of my misery, but as I rubbed my head I was relieved to see my brother here, he flew in with his right fist glowing from that ghost ray he fired earlier. "Don't you dare mess with my brother!"
I looked back to where Valerie was, she was watching us, both of us, in awe and horror. I guess it was one thing to simply see it, it's another to have it confirmed. "Don't worry, we're not bad." I said to her.
Valerie just stared at me and I looked away, I didn't like how she looked at me as if I was some monster or betrayer. "Look, you should get out while you still can… my… brother and I will handle the rest."
Valerie just kept staring at me, I only shook my head before I ran towards my brother, still not sure how to fly.
Spectra was slowly getting up, guess Danny's last ghost ray was extra powerful since she was trying to harass me. She glared and looked ready to charge again, but I dived and grabbed her arms before she could fire or lung at me again, "Oh no you don't. You're the worst doctor ever, maybe it's time for you to go back to nursing school." Wait, since when did I do witty banter? Oh crap, I think my brother's rubbing off on me again.
I didn't give Spectra time to reply, because I spun around a couple of times before throwing her to Danny, trusting he'll take care of her, and I was right- he opened the lid of the Fenton Thermos as soon as I threw her towards him and the thermos sucked her right on in.
I sighed in relief, glad to see Spectra and Bertrand were both captured and safely secured. I looked over at Valerie, but she was already gone. I hope she's okay… I hope the fact that the 'ghost who ruined her life' now has a twin isn't too much for her to bear.
"We did it bro!" Danny said happily as he landed in front of me, holding the thermos in his hands. "We actually did it, together!"
"Y-yeah, but what about the others? We hadn't cured them yet." I said with a worried frown.
"Don't worry, Tucker managed to get those ghost bugs out of everyone with his unique cologne." Danny reassured me. "Everyone is back to normal."
"Yeah!" Tucker said and I jumped, he just came out of nowhere. "And would you look at that? My first trip to a hospital and I'm the only one who didn't get hurt!"
Before I could reply to that, Sam literally fell out of nowhere and landed right on top of poor Tucker. "OW!" And I think I heard a crack on his leg… that… didn't sound good.
"Uh… s-sorry about that." Sam apologized.
Huh, come to think of it, I didn't see Sam here… guess I missed her. Danny and I quickly helped them up, he helped up Sam and I helped Tucker, but kept his arm around my shoulders, seeing his poor leg limping.
"Geez, who knew having ghost powers can be so hard?" Sam grumbled before looking over at me. "But I'd say you two are pretty good with it, nice to see you using your ghost form again Andy."
I narrowed my eyes. "Don't get used to it."
Danny chuckled as the rings appeared on his torso and it turned him back to his human form, "Well still, you weren't too bad back there Andy, but we really need to train you so you know how to use those powers better. Since I have some experience I can help teach you."
Oh here we go again, I didn't want anything to do with these powers. I focused on turning human again, thankfully it was easy to tug on the warm spot that is present whenever I am in this form. The ring of light burst through my torso and changed me back to human, thank goodness, but I still had Tucker leaning on me due to his possibly broken leg.
"Danny, we've been through this! I don't want anything to do with these powers." I said with a frown. "I only did it because you needed my help and I was weaponless."
"But the point is you still used it to help him." Sam pointed out and made me narrow my eyes more. "Look, when you didn't have these powers, you kept saying how you and your brother are never in sync anymore, well now you have a chance to get back in sync with him again! But you're fighting against it."
I sighed before I said, "Let's forget about whether or not I should use these powers, Tucker's hurt. Are you okay Tuck?"
"Finally someone remembers me." Tucker said jokingly before he winced, accidentally putting a bit of weight on his leg. "I can't feel my leg… but it hurts whenever I put pressure on it."
I looked down at it and said, "Yeah, I don't think it's supposed to be bent that way. Tuck, I hate to say it, but we may need to take you to a real hospital to get that checked out."
Tucker's eyes widened and his face paled, he looked like he was going to- scratch that, he DID pass out. "... Well, he took that better than I thought he would."
"Danny! Andy!" I looked up, hearing Jazz's voice and saw she ran up to us, full body and all. I was relieved to see she's not just a floating head in some jar anymore. "Hey, I'm glad to see you're- what happened to Tucker?"
"He broke his leg, I think, we need to get him to a real hospital." I said, Tucker was still, thankfully, unconscious.
"Right, I'll take care of him, you two better make sure everyone gets out safely." Jazz said as she let out her hands.
"Are you sure Jazz?" Danny asked, curious why our big and overprotective sister would leave us to make sure everyone gets out safely.
Jazz paused before she said, "Of course, I'm taller and have an easier time handling someone with a broken leg, and you guys are faster than me."
"She's got a point." Sam said as she stood up, recovering rather quickly for someone who had just been cured from a deadly ghost disease.
I gently handed Tucker to Jazz, she took him and nodded to me, "I'll see you outside after I call Mom and Dad."
I nodded to her before turning to Danny and Sam, "Come on, let's go."
Getting everyone out was rather tedious, but thankfully they all cooperated with us since they wanted to get out as soon as possible from this place. I was glad to see Dash wasn't all pale green like before, but I couldn't find Valerie anywhere, where did she go? She didn't just leave me here did she? Did she freak out so much when she saw both Danny Phantom and me as a ghost that she left?
While we were getting the last of our peers out, I heard someone calling to me. "Psssst! Andy, come over here."
I frowned and blinked before turning to see Valerie herself peeking out the door of the janitor's closet I was locked in earlier, I walked over to her while my brother and Sam were taking care of everyone else, "Val! I'm glad to see you're okay! What happened?"
Val shushed me. "Keep it down! I saw them Andy, I saw two ghost boys!"
"Uh… you mean that Phantom kid?" I asked, getting a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
"Y-yeah, apparently he now has a twin." She said with an uneasy tone. "It was bad enough with just one, now I have to deal with TWO!?"
"Now Valerie, just take it easy, take a deep breath and calm down." I said to her, trying to remain calm. "Phantom IS known to use illusion copies of himself, maybe it was simply an illusion you saw."
Valerie quickly shook her head. "No! He was real, because I actually touched him when we fought! I'm guessing he's a new ghost, because he didn't seem familiar with his powers like that Phantom kid. We need to nip this twin in the bud before he has a chance to become stronger and join with Phantom!"
I gulped. Great, now she's talking about getting rid of me. I was afraid this would happen, and now I feel bad because I freaked her out so much. "Um… er… Look, I'm sure maybe he isn't such a bad guy… and he may not show up very often."
What was I supposed to say in this situation? Valerie basically wants to kill me even though she doesn't know she does, but this is seriously messed up, and she also wants me to help her do so. I knew these ghost powers would be nothing but trouble.
"I'm not going to take that chance. He's Phantom's twin, he'll be just as evil and as big a nuisance as Phantom himself." Valerie growled.
I sighed, "Well… you do what you gotta do. I have to go make sure my friend is okay, he got hurt pretty bad."
"Oh, sorry about that." Valerie calmed down and apologized. "I didn't know…" But just as quickly, she became angry again. "But still… two ghost kids… imagine how much damage they can do. I can't help but feel bitter about that."
"It's not your fault Val, things happen. But just try not to destroy every ghost you come by, okay? Like humans, not all ghosts are evil." I said, hoping she'd listen.
Valerie just rolled her eyes as if I was some naive child. "You deal with ghosts your way, and I'll deal with them my way."
I sighed again but just nodded, "Fine, but for now, let's just get out of this creepy hospital."
"That I can agree with." She said with a smile.
Both of us quickly headed for the exit, not wanting to be here any longer than we had to. Glad to be the last ones out, so we know we didn't leave anyone behind.
When we came outside, I was surprised to see Mom and Dad weren't the only ones to show up, apparently all the parents and police showed up too- did Jazz call the law so they'd tear down the abandon hospital?
As soon as the- I'm assuming- chief police saw me and Valerie come out, he spoke on his walkie talkie, "These are the last two children, everyone is accounted for so the hospital is now empty, ready the wrecking ball."
I watched in morbid fascination as they completely destroyed the building with a wrecking ball, briefly wondering if anyone was left behind after all? I shook my head, there better not be. I saw Valerie hugging her Dad, reassuring him she was fine... that's good, it seems everyone is back with their family.
I sighed in relief, glad that little spooky hospital adventure was over, as I sat in the Fenton RV. I felt so drained and tired, using these ghost powers were putting a strain on my body. Danny sat beside me and looked out to see Mom, Dad and Jazz were still outside talking before he turned to me and said, "You okay, Andy? You don't look so good."
Rubbing my eyes a bit, I gave a small yawn before I said, "I'm fine… just really wiped out…"
Danny blinked before he nodded in understanding, "Right, I almost forgot you're still new to these ghost powers. During my first month, I got exhausted pretty quickly too. You just have to get used to it and you'll have much better stamina."
"Ugh, Danny, how many times do I have to tell you that I don't want to use these powers?" I grumbled at him. "I've already scarred Valerie because she now thinks Phantom has a twin 'just as evil' as he is."
This got my twin to frown, "Oh, so she saw you huh?"
"Yup. Stupid weak stomach." I growled irritably, causing Danny to chuckle despite the situation. "Now she wants to hunt ME down."
"Welcome to my world." Danny sighed. "Hey, it's not all bad... I can still train you."
I crossed my arms and looked away, "I don't really… want to… I want to talk to Sam later and ask her why she made that wish to let me keep these powers."
"I'm sure Sam just wants what's best for us and Amity Park." Danny said softly to me. "She's the kind of person who cares for everyone."
"A little too much." I grumbled before yawning a bit. I hated being so exhausted just for using some ghost powers.
"Heh, you better take a nap, you look like you could use it. I actually passed out during my first real battle with a strong ghost." Danny chuckled, probably at the memory.
I would argue, but I was too exhausted to really make the effort at this point. I just laid back on the seats as Mom and Dad opened the doors, Jazz coming in. They seem to still be discussing something, probably about the whole ghost disease thing, but I was too out of it to really hear any of it. I was already closing my eyes, thinking about what happened back there with Spectra and Valerie.
While my body was resting, my mind was still active. Replaying scenes during my battle with Bertrand and Spectra. I remember when I saved Valerie, I had a vision of her being sucked dry by Spectra, maybe to death even, and I had changed that future by pushing her out of the way. I remember hearing a voice in my head, replying to me when I was asking myself if I could save her… who was that voice? Was it another hallucination? Well whatever it was, it's gone now. I doubt I'll figure anything out by just thinking about it. I'll have to find my answers later, until then… I'm just gonna… take a… quick… n...a...p...
I hope I didn't disappoint with Valerie's reaction. I had to think hard of how she'd react at seeing Andy Phantom and I'm using her personality from the actual show. I think I did pretty good with that, and now Andy has to worry about Valerie hunting him down too. And yay, the hospital's finally done! The next chapter will show more of Danny and Andy's current relationship after everything that's happened, so look forward to that. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. I am DarkFoxKit and I look forward to hearing from you!