DarkFoxKit: Ah, I finally updated. Calm down everyone, please put your pitch forks down. Now, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, and I'll get to the reviews now. ^^'
Nine-tailed K: I know what it's like to get distracted a lot. Ah, don't worry, I intend to see this story through the end, so please keep Skulker away. ^^'
FriTik: Ow. X_X That box hit me hard!
OMNISENSE95: Ah, well I hope you enjoy the chapter anyways.
sjsreader: Heh, I'll admit that Identity Crisis was more of a hit or miss with me when I first watched it when it aired. I wasn't sure if I liked the two separate parts of Danny since it was awkward to see him act so rude or like a stereotypical superhero, but nowadays I find it quite funny as I understood that these two make up what Danny is as a whole. Ghost/Super Danny wanted to stick together, until Andy suggested they would cover more ground if they split up, and Super Danny being Super Danny immediately agrees. ^^' And yeah, Andy always seems to be trying to keep his world sane, which makes it fun to write him in these situations. XD
Mana: Thank you for understanding. Yeah, Dustin isn't going to leave Andy alone that easily. And while I did like that Lazy Danny worked with Super Danny to power down Technus, it made more sense that Super Danny would have Andy do it in this story instead since Andy still have his human half, plus I wanted Andy to try to 'drive'. XD Ahh, the Ultimate Enemy, that was my favorite episode(s) in the entire series, still is actually, it's just a shame that they hinted Danny's evil self would be back at the end but it never came to be.
I agree, the C.A.T. I felt was nothing more than to psyche the students out, and a teacher can't and shouldn't destroy a students future regardless of the reason.
And the stuff about Nasty Burger, I'm guessing nobody believed the manager when he said that, because for all they knew he was just saying that to look cool despite his supposed lowly job.
As for Danny wondering where the Nasty Burger was, he probably had a sinking feeling that's what killed his friends and family and wanted to see for himself if that was true, besides, he probably knew his evil self couldn't kill him because if he did then he would cease to exist.
I didn't think Jazz was snobby, I think she was more desperate than anything, wanting to stop Danny from cheating on the test and, supposedly, destroy his own future, and she knew Tucker and Sam wouldn't tell her where Danny was so she was trying to be firm with them, that's my take on it anyways.
I think, I'm not sure since they didn't show this, that Jazz might've told them. She didn't tell them she knew that Danny was half ghost, but she probably told him that she knew that wasn't Danny and Tucker and Sam probably put two and two together that he was lying about fixing the issue with the Nasty Burger, because I don't think they were that surprised when Jazz used the Fenton Peeler on the evil Danny, just surprised that she knew he was half ghost.
I'm guessing that older Vlad yanked out the Time Medallion that was lodged in Danny's chest, and that popped Danny back to the present, where he went home to gather the Fenton gears to fight back against his evil self, since he knew he wouldn't be able to take him on alone, before he head to the Nasty Burger for the showdown. They didn't show this, probably due to time constraints, but that's what it looked like it implied what happened.
I'm still working on The Ultimate Enemy, so I'm not sure about Valerie's role yet. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter!
ZAFT Prime: Dustin's role changed a lot since his first appearance. When Key worked with me, it was supposed to be his character, and Dustin was originally planned to just be someone who helped them get out of the Ghost Zone, then we decided to give him a bigger role by making him some kind of mentor to Andy, but then we decided he could be Pariah Dark's son as a twist. But after Key left, I had trouble with Dustin and his role and it slowed my progress down to a grind. Then I played Undertale, and an idea came to me for Dustin and his relationship with Andy. I decided not to make him Pariah Dark's son after all, and did some heavy editing after he absorbed Pariah's coffin and the ghosts because that was when he was supposed to reveal he was Pariah's son. So I got a different role in mind which I won't reveal until the story does. :3
Guest#1: Most people can't. ^^'
Luna Lillyth: Yeah, it would be pretty funny to see how Vlad would've reacted to the split Dannys. XD But it was funny to see Jazz's reaction.
drago123: Wow, you had a marathon of reading all of it? First book and this one? I commend you for that. I hope I do not disappoint!
Kerrah34: Thank you! :)
Guest#2: I've updated. :P
Chapter 31: House of Hijacking Horror
"Danny! Get off of that vacuum cleaner right now!" I demanded.
"But this room is messy and it's up to me to clean it!" Danny spoke up dramatically while he rode on top of the vacuum cleaner.
"It's OUR room, Danny. Which means I'm also responsible to clean it," I grumbled.
I was just learning how to pick up a pencil, again, with telekinesis when Danny came barging through the door, claiming how he will clean up the entire house of grime and dust. I followed him to our room to see he was riding on the vacuum cleaner like a surfboard.
"Danny, something isn't right since you fused back together," Sam said.
Oh yeah, Tucker and Sam were there too. Though they seem confused why Danny was acting like Super Danny.
"Yeah, are you sure you're okay, dude?" Tucker asked.
"No, because he didn't fuse back together," I grumbled.
"What do you mean, Andy?" Sam asked me.
"When Phant- Super Danny went into Danny's body, he just overshadowed him," I explained. "I was trying to tell him that before, but Dad attacked me."
"Overshadow?" Super Danny frowned. "You're right… if I was really fused back together, I would be acting more like a teenager than a superhero right now!"
"That's kinda creepy, overshadowing yourself like that," Tucker cringed.
Super Danny flew out of Human Danny's body, who looked really disturbed.
"Dude, I can't believe you overshadowed me!" Human Danny said in that weird surfer accent. I still don't know where he got it from.
"Perhaps something went awry when I used the Fenton Ghost Catcher to duplicate myself," Super Danny looked at the Ghost Catcher, as if trying to figure out an unsolvable puzzle.
I sighed before I said, "Danny, don't you get it yet? When you went through the Ghost Catcher, you literally split yourself in half! Not in the physical sense, but spiritually you removed half of what you are- were and put it into Phantom!"
"But theoretically one more trip through the Ghost Catcher should straighten this out," Tucker suggested.
"Tucker, wait!"
I reached out for him when he and Sam grabbed the Ghost Catcher, but they already swiped it over Super Danny and Human Danny. Uh… okay… I'm no longer a twin.
"Or it could make it ten times worse," Tucker weakly finished.
I am now a triplet. In front of us were two Dannys looking exactly alike to the original; the same white shirt and blue pants, the black hair… the only physical difference we could see was that one Danny has the original baby blue eyes while the other… wait a minute… he has green eyes, like I do. … I don't know how to feel about this, but it's like looking in the mirror while wearing Danny's clothes. Is that what I look like to people?
"Andy, are you okay?" I heard Sam asking me before waving her arms in front of my face.
Before I could reply to Sam, Jazz walked in.
"Danny, Dad wants you to- WAH!?" She stopped short when she saw not one, but two Dannys… three if you include me.
I know I told Jazz about the whole Ghost Catcher thing, but that didn't stop her from freaking out, not that I blame her since it's freaking me out right now. She ran out of the room before any of us could stop her.
"We should probably hide one of you." Sam frowned.
"Danny! Andy! What's going on up there?" We heard Dad yell.
"Alright, you, come with me right now!" I grabbed onto the Danny with the green eyes and turned both of us intangible, sinking into the kitchen below.
While blue eyes Danny deals with Dad, I dragged green eyes Danny into the lab. Thankfully Mom and Dad weren't down here right now, so it gives us some time to think.
"Are you okay, Andy?" Green eyes Danny asked me in concern.
"Let's see, my brother split himself in half and now I'm a triplet, does it look like I'm okay?" I growled.
"S-sorry Andy…"
I sighed. I guess I shouldn't be too hard on him, after all I've made my share of mistakes in the past, and they haven't been that small.
"Danny… I know you wanted to have a weekend without having to fight ghosts, but splitting yourself in half just feels wrong. You chose this life as a hero, someone who protects people from threats they can't protect themselves from. You know, it's easy for you to abuse your powers and turn out like Vlad, but you didn't, instead you opt to use it for good, and I respect that, bro. So seeing you like this, half of the person you once were, just feels wrong. I miss the Danny I grew up and fought alongside with, you know?"
Green eye Danny sighed before nodding, "Yeah, I figured that after the Technus fiasco. But I don't know why I couldn't fuse back with my other half. I'm sorry Andy, I never wanted it to be like this. I just wanted us to have fun together again."
I couldn't stay mad at him, even though he's only half of Danny, he's still my brother. I could've easily screwed up like this, in fact if I hadn't already accepted my powers I would've used that Ghost Catcher without hesitation on myself.
"I know, Danny. I know… But how are we going to get you back to who you were? The Ghost Catcher didn't work, and when you tried before you just ended up overshadowing the other half of yourself," I said with a frown.
"Maybe we missed something?"
That's more than likely. "I should probably ask Mom more about the Ghost Catcher, like maybe a switch or something."
Then I looked at his hair… it was wavering as if wind was blowing at it. There's no wind down here.
"How is your hair doing that?" I asked him.
Green eye Danny looked up at his hair and shrugged, "It just seems to do that on its own."
I heard a doorbell upstairs, but it didn't concern me right now.
"But until then, we should find a way to hide you or the other Danny," I said, continuing the previous conversation.
"I can be Danny, he's been Danny all day and did a pretty poor job of it," Green eye Danny said as he put his hands on his hips.
"We still don't know if either of you could go ghost right now, and besides, does it really matter who's 'Danny'?" I grumbled.
"Maybe I can be you then."
"No, just no."
"Why not? We look pretty much alike anyways, even down to the green eyes."
"Then who would I be? A complete switcharoo would work if there was only two of us, not three!" I sighed as I rubbed the temples of my head. I think Danny split his brain in half too.
"Well we've gotta go with something." Green eye Danny frowned.
Before I could say anymore, Tucker, Sam and blue eye Danny came down into the lab. Blue eye Danny was carrying the Ghost Catcher.
"There you two are," Tucker said in relief. "Man, we were worried you got caught or something."
Blue eye Danny put down the Ghost Catcher and sighed, "That was way too much work."
"So now what'll we do? We can't keep Danny like this forever," Sam said, looking at the two.
I'm glad I'm wearing my own clothes, otherwise my friends would have trouble trying to tell who's who with three 'Dannys' around.
"We could try looking at the Ghost Catcher again. It's what split my brother up, maybe there's something that can reverse the effect," I suggested. There's an answer to this puzzle, I know there is, we just have to find it.
"But how will we-" Tucker began to say before we heard more footsteps coming our way.
"Good news kids!"
Tucker, Sam and I looked at the two Dannys before covering up one of them- I don't know which one- with our bodies.
Mom and Dad walked up to us, holding some sort of… high tech box?
"Your father and I managed to find the data recorder in the RV," Mom said with a smile.
"Now all we have to do is plug it into the Fenton Mainframe so we can download the ghost's memories and see how it was able to take control of the assault vehicle." Dad smiled as he pulled out a wire.
If Technus is still in there, then if Dad plugs it into the mainframe… Technus would… take over the… entire house…
"DAD! NO!" I yelled… along with two other voices, the two Dannys. Great, we really are triplets, this is going to be tough to explain to Mom.
But I don't know if I should be thanking my lucky stars or not, since Mom and Dad didn't notice because as soon as Dad plugged the data recorder into the mainframe, the entire house began lighting up with green electricity. Technus' big red sinister smiling face popped up on screen. The wires moved around us like tentacles, and they encased our parents and friends into a cocoon.
"Going ghost!" I heard the two Dannys yell before they transformed before my eyes.
"Whoa! You guys can still do that?" I said in shock, staring a them. It was soon apparent they were in just as much shock as I was.
"Y-yeah, apparently, dude," Bl- … uh… Hu- no… Fun Danny said.
"I'll save everyone, you two deal with the house hijacking horror!" Super Danny said to us.
I nodded to him before transforming into my ghost form myself.
I wonder how being split will affect their powers? But I didn't have time to wonder about that. I turned intangible and flew up to the ceiling… before noticing Fun Danny hadn't followed me. Odd… did he decide it was too much work? Guess I'll be dealing Technus myself for now.
"THEN WITH THIS HOUSE I WILL SUCK ALL THE POWER FROM THE CITY AND THEN WORLD! … Nobody heard that, right?" I heard Technus booming out his plans as I came up to the roof.
"Technus… is that your plan?"
"Guess somebody DID hear that," Technus grumbled. "YES! That is my plan, child! And you will not stop me!"
"I just want to know something… what will you do after you drain the world of electricity?" I asked him. "You'll cause a worldwide blackout, but then what? Become the world's biggest and brightest night light?"
"WELL I… uh…" Technus paused at that. "Huh… I never really thought about that. But it's a goal and maybe I'll think about it after I accomplish it! Without electricity, the humans must succumb to me and I'll-"
"You'll what? Take over the world? Yeah, get in line why don't ya? Why do almost every ghost that comes here wants to take over the world or cause trouble for people?" I questioned him. "The world isn't some simple playground where you can do whatever you want once you take it over. You'd have to start maintaining everything and everyone, it's a lot of work."
"QUIET CHILD! I WILL NOT LET YOU DISTRACT ME ANY LONGER!" Technus yelled at me, though it was easy to see he's getting frustrated.
Technus used electric wires to attack me. I turned intangible to avoid them and shoot at his screen with a ghost ray.
"I wasn't trying to distract you, just asking questions about why you ghosts always feel the need to come in and take over everything! You're ghosts, not dictators!" I said back to him.
I yelped as I got knocked by at a tentacle thing, it was like being slammed by a hard rubber wire right on the side. Technus was about to hit me with those electric wires when someone else shot a ghost ray at him.
"Leave my brother alone, dude!" I heard Fun Danny snapping at him.
"Oh I'll leave him alone, as an only child!" Technus fired electricity at Fun Danny. I cringed when I heard him crying out in pain.
I couldn't see where he landed, but I had to stop Technus somehow.
"MOM! DAD! DANNY! … OTHER DANNY?"
That was Jazz, she must still be in the house. Technus seem to have forgotten about me as he went on about something. I watched in horror as our house had these huge metal-like tentacles coming out and using it as legs… kinda like that octo guy from Spiderman. I frowned… I don't think I can take on Technus like this alone… I'll need help. Maybe Jazz could be of some assistance.
Turning intangible, I went inside the house and into Jazz's room. She was looking out the window in panic, watching the house moving on its own. I knew people wanted a moving house, but this is ridiculous.
"Jazz!" I called out to her.
"A-Andy?" She turned to me. "There's only one of you, r-right?"
"Yes Jazz, don't worry, there's only one me," I told her calmly. "But uh… we'll figure out the double Danny problem later. Technus kinda took over the house and is heading into the city to drain all of its power."
"Then shouldn't you stop him?" She asked me.
"He's too powerful, I don't think I can stop him alone," I said.
"What do you expect me to do? Sure I know some karate, but it's useless against ghosts, especially if they're inside a BUILDING!" Jazz said, waving her arms frantically.
"Not unless you can remove them," I said, before an idea hit me. "Wait… that might work… Jazz, if the lab is there still, then go get the Ghost Catcher, it might be our key to defeating Technus."
"What would that do?" She asked me.
"It expunges ghosts from whatever they're possessing, now hurry and get it. I'll stall Technus until you do," I said quickly to her. I didn't stick around for an answer, and just hurried back up to the roof.
By the time I got back to the roof, Technus was already absorbing electricity from electric poles. I have to stop him now. I created a ball of ecto-ray with my power before throwing it at Technus's RV's body. It caused a small explosion, getting the techno ghost's attention.
"What's this? Child! Why don't you leave me alone!?" Technus growled.
"You're attacking my home, of course I'm going to do whatever I can to defend it!" I growled back.
Technus surrounded me with gun lasers, but I managed to fly up and turned intangible before he could fire. I created the Plasma Rod into my hand and swung it at his screen, breaking it… of course he still has several others.
I tried dodging more of his lasers and metallic tentacles, but everywhere I went there were more of them. I tried breaking them with my Plasma Rod, but I got shot down whenever I did. I tried staying intangible, but he fires ecto foamers at me, which ignores intangibility. He slammed me down with one of his metal tentacles, then...
AAAAAAAAARGH! I screamed both out loud and in my head. He just zapped me with who-knows-how-much watts of electricity. It hurt so much that I felt my core dissipating within me, and I was forced back into my human form.
"HA! I told you it was useless child! No one can defeat me like this!" Technus said to me as I weakly opened my eyes to glare at him in defiance.
Where the heck is Jazz? Was she not able to find the Ghost Catcher?
"No ONE maybe…"
"But how about TWO?"
… Those voices… are they…?
"Bro, are you okay?" I heard one of them shout to me.
"What have you done to our brother, Technus!?"
"He challenged me and I simply showed him who's boss!" Technus yelled.
My sight was too blurry to make out what's going on… I think… I'm blacking out. I tried desperately to cling to consciousness. I could see two shadows fighting with Technus now… but when I blinked, they were suddenly trapped. I blinked again, and someone else was yelling something I couldn't understand. I blinked, and I saw two… no… three people holding a giant net and swiped it across the video screen.
I'm beginning to think these 'blinks' are me going in and out of consciousness.
"Oh yes WE can! Together!"
Danny… yes… I see the two Dannys, they grabbed Technus… they... took his ghost... out of the house. I see Tucker, Sam and Jazz there… ah… I guess Jazz did find the Ghost Catcher after all.
The two Dannys fell back, and Jazz held out the Ghost Catcher for them to fall through. When Danny fell through the side of the net… there was only one Danny… did… it worked?
I noticed something glimmering on the floor… The Fenton Thermos… Danny might need that… I couldn't move though… my body felt paralyzed. I managed to move my right arm a little bit. I have to get this to Danny… With whatever consciousness I had left, I used it to focus on my telekinesis, something I've been working on for a while. I tried to imagine invisible strings attached to the thermos with my fingers. I pulled the strings slightly… the thermos twitched. Come on… I have to do this… I pulled the strings again, the thermos moved a little more. I gritted my teeth with effort as I tried to lift it. It hurts to move my arm like this… but I managed to get the Fenton Thermos off the ground. Now I just got to get it to Danny. I heard Technus shouting something, but it was white noise to me right now.
I pulled the strings again, trying to get it towards Danny. The thermos fell back to the ground with a clink, and rolled. I had it rolling towards Danny while he grabbed Technus's tail.
"Shouting your motives again, Technus? That is so 1.0."
I managed to get the thermos to hit Danny's heel. Thankfully that was all that was needed to get his attention. Looking down, he noticed the Fenton Thermos and picked it up. Yeah… that's it… We won…
"I'll be back child!"
I watched Technus getting sucked in. That was all I needed to see before I decide to let it go.
"Andy! Bro!"
I heard someone shout as I closed my eyes. I heard footsteps coming towards me.
"Andy, hold on!" The voices started to sound far away as I drift off into the welcome arms of the black abyss.
DarkFoxKit: And that's the end of Identity Crisis. The ending there might seem a little... here and there, but it was because Andy was losing consciousness and struggling to remain awake, and he managed to use his telekinesis at least a little bit. I did give Jazz a little bit of a bigger role here, as she was the one who brought up the Fenton Catcher, but I wasn't sure what else to do with her. ^^' And it was nice being able to have Andy talk with the very Danny who inspired Andy in the first place. Let me know what you think of this chapter. I am DarkFoxKit and I look forward to hearing from you.