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Chapter 41: Valerie's Offer
It's been a few days since the C.A.T., and I was glad to have all that drama finally over. No more evil future Danny looming over in the distance, no more sad future me living in such a nightmarish world. Maybe now I can focus more on school and less on what's to come. Oh yeah, one thing did change after all that drama, Jazz is now in on Team Phantom after Danny talked to her about his ghost side. But I'm not sure if Jazz is… the right type for this kind of thing.
"I just finished my math homework," I said with a yawn. "I can't believe how much I suck at math."
"I know, you think they'd give us a break after the C.A.T.," Danny said with a small sigh as he finished off his own homework.
"Well that's what school is all about, working the students until they drop," I sighed. "It's no wonder kids like Poindexter died while in school. Speaking of him, I really hope there aren't any more dead kids we have to face in Casper High."
"As long as they don't try to switch bodies with me to teach me a lesson I think I'll be fine," Danny said. "But anyways, now that we're done with our homework let's get to the movies. I'll text Sam and Tucker to see if they want to come join us."
"Oh, good idea, maybe I can text Dash and Valerie to see if they want to come," I suggested. "Football season is just about over, so Dash will have more free time on his hands now and you two need to start bonding."
"Are you sure?" Danny asked. "Dash has been bullying me for ages now, and I get that you're friends with him and all… but I still don't think it would be a good idea for him and me to hang out. Especially since he has the whole jock image to maintain."
"Is there some kind of rule for jocks to be mean to the 'weaker' kids?" I asked. "Because I don't see any reason why he can't be friends with you and still maintain his oh so important jock status."
"It's high school bro, there are some really crazy rules there that don't make sense all the time," Danny said. "Now let's get going before Jazz sees that we are free… lately she's been all about ghost hunting and it's been getting on my nerves a little."
"Give her a break, bro, she's still new to being included with the group. I mean, remember how clumsy I was after we finally became a team again?" I asked. "I'm sure she'll get better soon once the novelty starts to wear off."
"Hey guys!" Said sister just barged into our room with a big smile on her face. "So are there any ghosts haunting the streets of Amity Park? If there are, I have the thermos ready in the car!"
"No Jazz, there aren't any ghosts around," Danny said with a sigh. "Besides we aren't going out on patrol, we're going to the movie theaters. Sam and Tucker said there is a marathon going for the Cyber Zombie Commando movies, they're showing all three of them in a row."
"Wait… we're going to see that?" I said. "I thought we were going to see the Pocket Creatures movie."
"What? Are you afraid of zombies or something?" Danny asked.
"No! I just…" I frowned. "... don't like horror movies. I still don't know why you, Tucker and Sam like that stuff."
"How is it that a half ghost like you, who fights other ghost almost daily, dislikes horror movies?" Danny asked.
"They just creep me out, okay?" I said.
"That's like someone who has a pet tarantula saying that they have arachnophobia," Jazz pointed out.
"Don't compare my dislike with something like a phobia," I grumbled. "I just don't like horror movies, and the ghosts we fight on a daily basis aren't like those creepy, haunting, vengeful monsters who delightfully scare the living daylights out of people before literally ripping them apart."
"It's not like we're going to a movie all about Bearbert," Danny said with a small smile.
"No, if we did, that would be Bullet Truth," I said.
"Bullet Truth?" Jazz raised her eyebrow.
"The concept is that a teddy bear is being controlled by a mastermind, who traps 15 high school students in a school and are forced to commit murder and get away with it if they want to leave," I said. "Just goes to show how truly evil teddy bears are."
"That sounds like it would be better for an anime than a movie," Danny said before his phone buzzed. "Looks like Sam and Tuck are waiting for us at the movie theater, so we should probably get going bro."
"Hey, how about I drive you two?" Jazz said with a smile. "You never know, we could run into a ghost."
"I think we'll walk, it's on a few blocks from here after all," Danny said before a small smirk formed on his face. "And besides, I think Andy could use the exercise."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I frowned.
"I'm saying you need to get into a little better shape," Danny said. "You need to work on building up your stamina so you can last longer during our ghost fights."
"I'm not the one who needs to build up his stamina," I said as I stood up. "You can use the Ghostly Wail now, and from what I've seen, just one or two uses of it makes you too tired to stay in your ghost form."
"Does that mean it's training time?" Jazz asked. "I think that will be way more productive than watching a marathon in the theater!"
"No, it isn't training time Jazz. We're just going to walk to the movie theaters," Danny said as he grabbed me and started to push me. "If we don't get going now we'll be late. See ya later Jazz."
Danny all but pushed me out the door. "Come on, hurry up."
"I'm going," I said as he all but dragged me down the street.
"Sorry about that bro," Danny said as he stopped pushing me.
"I'm surprised we haven't run into any ghosts lately," I said. "That last battle with our future selves wasn't like Pariah Dark where all the ghosts were involved, so what are they up to right now?"
"Maybe they finally took their multiple defeats as a hint that no matter how many times they try they will always be beaten," Danny said. "It just makes our lives easier."
"I don't know, they could be planning something. Or maybe Vlad could be using them somehow," I said.
"You worry too much," Danny said.
"Hey, you don't worry enough," I said.
"Besides do you really think they would help that fruit loop?" Danny said.
"Skulker did," I said, crossing my arms. "Which I find weird since Vlad is also part ghost like us. Why is Skulker working for Vlad when he could be trying to hunt him instead? He said he was paid, right? But why would a ghost care about human money?"
"Maybe he's getting paid in some other way? Something that is more of value to ghosts?" Danny suggested.
"There's a question I never thought of, what kind of currency do ghosts even use?" I wondered as we came up to the movie theater with Tucker and Sam waiting for us.
"Hey guys," Tucker said. "Are you as excited as I am to see the Cyber Zombie Commando movies?"
"We better hurry before we miss the previews, I'm always interested to see what other movies they have planned," Sam said.
"Wait, I still don't want to watch that movie," I said. "I'm not into horror or gore."
"If you don't want to watch you don't have to bro," Danny said. "But we'll be in there for like 5-6 hours since they're showing 3 movies. So if you go to a different movie you will be out long before us."
"Are you sure?" Sam asked. "I think some horror will do you some good, Andy."
"Besides, it's more action and survival than horror," Tucker said.
"I think I'm good," I said. "Maybe I can work on my powers while you guys watch your movie marathon."
"If you're sure bro," Danny said. "I guess we'll see you after the movie marathon then."
"See ya," I said as the three of them walked into the theater. I couldn't help but give a small sigh. I have about 5-6 hours on my own, what should I do? I could work on my powers, but I guess I was also hoping to have some teenage fun after the whole fiasco with Clockwork, the C.A.T. and our future selves beating the living tar out of us.
"Hey Andy!" I perked up when I heard a familiar jock's voice.
"Hey Dash, I haven't seen you since the C.A.T.," I said. "How do you think we did?"
"Honestly… I think after I stopped stressing about it like Lancer was making most of the other popular kids feel, I did pretty well," Dash said.
"I figured Mr. Lancer was acting like that as a test of his own," I said. "I wouldn't put too much writing on the C.A.T. determining our future. So is football season finally over? I kind of miss hanging out with you."
"It's almost over," Dash said. "So far we're undefeated, so coach is letting us take a little rest and relaxation."
"Heh, well that's good," I said. "My brother and friends are watching the Cyber Zombie Commando marathon, so I've got quite a bit of time on my hands."
"You want to go watch the Pocket Creatures movie?" Dash asked softly, not wanting anyone else to hear him.
"Heh, you sure your big bad jock image can take that?" I chuckled, knowing why he was trying to make sure nobody else heard him.
"Yeah, I could say that I lost a bet with someone else if need be," Dash said.
I smiled, but before we could walk into the movie theater, a shadow flew over us. Looking up, I could see Valerie in her Red Huntress suit riding on her hoverboard.
"Hey! Valerie!" I called out to her.
Valerie stopped and flew down to me and Dash, "Shhhhh! I don't want people knowing it's me!"
"Wanna come see a movie with us?" Dash asked. "That is if you aren't busy hunting ghosts."
"I'm on patrol," Valerie said. "But I haven't seen any ghosts lately, too bad, I was hoping to see if I could test my new weapons on that Phantom kid or his brother."
I tried not to appear nervous when she said that.
"Are they really all that bad?" Dash asked. "I mean they've saved the city numerous times and they don't seem like they're that evil."
I had almost forgotten that Dash is a Danny Phantom fan. "Yeah, I mean if Danny Phantom really is as bad as you say he is, don't you think he would've done something to destroy the city by now?"
"Do you think I'm that naive?" Valerie said. "I don't think of ghosts as like those monsters in the old monster movies where they just want to destroy the city. Phantom is conniving, and he would rather watch people squirm than destroy buildings."
She hadn't seen what Dan can do, and hopefully she never will.
"Then why do they always fight off the other ghosts who want to take over the world?" Dash countered. "I mean if they really wanted to watch people squirm then they wouldn't save the day all the time and beat the other ghosts back to the ghost zone or whatever it's called. I'm just saying, maybe stop seeing them with rage filled eyes and see what they are actually doing and judge them off of that."
"Seems I'm rubbing off on more than just my brother lately," I said while playfully elbowing Dash's side.
"Nah, your sister has been teaching me all about psychology while tutoring me," Dash said.
"Why do you trust ghosts so much?" Valerie asked. "Not too long ago, you'd scream and run away like your pants caught on fire if you saw a ghost."
"Hey, we do not talk about that," Dash said. I swear I could see his cheeks getting a little bit red.
"Alright, alright, break it up you two," I said. "We don't need this drama."
Just then, something was beeping in Valerie's pocket. She pulled out a small device and looked at it.
"Looks like today might not be so boring after all," Valerie said. "I got two ghost signatures on my specter radar."
"Two ghosts?" I frowned just before I felt that familiar heat building up to my throat. I turned away to release my ghost sense, not wanting them to see it. "Um… maybe we should come with you."
"I'm relaxing today, so you two go ahead. I hear they opened up a new pet store around the corner and I wanna go check it out," Dash said.
"A pet store?" I deadpanned.
"You got a problem with that, Andy?" Dash asked, a little bit of his former bully self showing.
"Only if the pets turn out to be ghosts in disguise," I said, earning me a look from Dash. "Don't give me that look, it could happen."
"You two get going," Dash said. "You don't want the ghosts to get away, do you?"
"You sure you want to come, Andy?" Valerie asked.
"Hey, it's not like this is the first time I went ghost hunting with you," I said.
"Yeah and this time I brought you a helmet of your own," Valerie said as she pulled a small marble out of her pocket and pressed a button on it. It formed into a dark blue helmet like Valerie's, that looked like it would fit me perfectly.
Valerie tossed the helmet to me. Wow, I feel weird at the thought of wearing the dark blue version of the ghost huntress.
"This way we can communicate over the high winds and if we are separated," Valerie said. "It'll also hide your identity in case anyone sees us. Since if they recognized you, they would probably be able to find out who the Red Huntress really is."
"Good point, those last few times people were too busy running around in a panic with all the ghosts attacking the city," I said as I put the helmet on my head. It really does fit me perfectly.
"Go ahead and tap the button on the side of the helmet and that will bring up your head up display," Valerie said.
I tapped on the button of the side of my helmet. A split second later the visor in front of me lit up with different information, all in a light blue color so I could see it, and not too bright so it would hurt my eyes. There was information like altitude, speed, energy charges, ammo supply, and everything else you would need to hunt ghosts. It even had a targeting reticle in the center of the visor to lock onto ghosts.
"Whoa, that's so cool!" I said.
"It may be a bit disorientating and confusing at first, but once you get used to it, fighting ghosts will be a lot easier," Valerie said. "Now hop on, we can't let those two ghosts get away."
Valerie helped me up onto her hoverboard. She was right, it is pretty disorientating. I was more used to fighting with just my Fenton Rod as a human before. Fighting as a ghost involves using my natural senses more. All this technology to fight ghosts is pretty new to me.
"You can control the blasters when we catch up to those ghosts," Valerie said, her voice now coming through the helmet. "I'll control the other weapons systems."
"Blasters? How do I use those?" I asked. "I usually just fight with my Fenton Rod… which I left back home."
"You feel that switch by your right foot? That's the firing button, the one by your left switches the firing between burst fire, full automatic, or single shot that you can charge up by holding down the one on your right," Valerie explained. "You will see the firing mode that is selected on the bottom left of your HUD. Right now it has the 6 lines selected which means it's currently set to fully automatic firing, below that is 3 lines which is burst fire, and on the bottom is a single long line that signifies single shot. When you are in single shot a bar will appear on the right which signifies the charge of the shot while you are holding down the firing button."
"Oh, uh… okay," I said, not sure if I understood the majority of that explanation. "It sounds like something from a shooting video game."
Valerie started flying with her hoverboard and down the streets. "Maybe when you get better used to this, you can be my partner in ghost fighting."
"Uh… really?" I asked, surprised that she would make me her ghost fighting partner. I already had a partner and… she's kinda hunting him down.
"Yeah, along with that helmet actually comes a suit," Valerie said. "In my free time I'm retailoring it to fit you. That is if you want to join me."
"Wow, that's a… big honor, I mean I thought you'd rather work alone," I said. I remember seeing her and my future self in action before, they make a pretty good team I think, but this is very awkward for me considering she wants to kill my ghost half.
"Well I figured it would be nice having someone who knows what they are doing as a partner," Valerie said. "Besides, I like ghost hunting with you. It make things less monotonous."
What do I say to that? I know I can't be her partner like this, but…
"I AM THE BOX GHOOOOOST!" I was spared from having to answer when I heard that familiar, loud and annoying voice shout.
"Oh brother… not this guy again," Valerie said with a sigh. "And here I thought I would be able to properly test my new weapons' capabilities."
"BEWARE! FOR SOMEONE AS POWERFUL AS I HAVE A NEW WEAPON ON MY SIDE!" The Box Ghost shouted.
"You know 'beware' doesn't mean be afraid, right? It just means be aware of the danger or the surrounding," I pointed out.
"Are you seriously trying to talk to this dimwitted empty box of a ghost?" Valerie asked.
"HEY! I have feelings too, you know!" Box Ghost snapped at Valerie before his hands glowed green.
I saw several boxes floating beside him, though all of them were holding meat products inside them. Weird, did he raid the boxes from the meat factory or the school's basement?
"Incoming!" I shouted as I stepped on the button on her board, making it shoot ecto lasers at the boxes.
"Nice shooting partner!" Valerie said.
"I think I just fried some bacon… literally," I said.
The Box Ghost summoned more boxes and threw them at us. The blasters couldn't blast them all at once, so we had to move. I hung onto Valerie as she flew around the boxes.
"Where are you going dearies? Don't you know that you must eat every meal in order to grow up big and strong?" A familiar voice said from behind us.
"Move Valerie!" I shouted, not wanting to get hit from behind.
I turned to see the Lunch Lady holding up a huge and fat drumstick, about to use it as a baseball bat on us. Valerie had no time to dodge, so without her notice, I turned us intangible for a second to avoid the giant drumstick.
"Oohh! Naughty children like you need to learn the importance of eating properly!" The Lunch Lady said as she took another swing.
"Go down!" I yelled.
Valerie barely avoided the swing when she dived down with her hoverboard. A box almost hit me in the face. Facing these two without ghost powers is dangerous. Why is the Lunch Lady helping the Box Ghost anyways? … Don't tell me this is the start of their… relationship… oh gross, I'm probably witnessing the first step of how Box Lunch came to be.
"I never thought I'd see these two ghosts working together," Valerie said. "I bet you that Phantom kid had something to do with this."
"... You could be right or wrong there," I said. After all, Danny's battles with them could be what caused them to come together.
"You're cute when you get all sweet and then yell like a banshee," Box Ghost said. "A truly marvelous scare tactic that I need to learn for myself!"
"You're too kind," The Lunch Lady responded.
"Are they… hitting it off?" I asked. "Is it possible for ghosts to… fall in love?"
"Ugh!" Valerie said in disgust. "I think I'm gonna be sick."
"You kids are young," The Lunch Lady said. "So don't go judging us!" She summoned wiener sausages from Box Ghost's boxes and had them wrap around Valerie's hoverboard.
"This… can't be good," Valerie said.
The Lunch Lady yanked the hoverboard, and us along with it. I yelped as Valerie screamed before we were thrown off of the hoverboard. And now we're falling to our doom, great. I can save Valerie, but I can't let her see me fly.
"Look out!" I shouted to Valerie, making her look around before I fired a ghost ray from my hand to blast an incoming wiener dog. Then I turned invisible before flying to Valerie, making sure she landed carefully in the park before I dropped her a few feet into a pile of leaves. I hope that was enough to keep suspicions off me.
"Thankfully these leaves were here," Valerie said as she got up. "Otherwise we could've gotten seriously hurt."
I was laying on the leaves beside her when I let go of my invisibility. They should call me stealthy Andy.
"Yeah, but what about your hoverboard?" I asked.
I looked up to see the Lunch Lady and Box Ghost were gone. "Oh… looks like they left…"
Valerie stood back up and pressed something on her wrist before her hoverboard returned to her.
I took the helmet off. As cool as all that technology was, I felt dizzy now. I rubbed my eyes, I hope I don't get a headache from this. "And this is how you fight ghosts on a daily basis? I think I almost got motion sickness from this helmet."
"Well if you and I train a bit more with it, I'm sure you'll get used to it," Valerie said as her hoverboard, outfit, and both our helmets folded up into her backpack at the press of another button.
"Well… I don't know if I'm cut out for using high tech battle armors to fight ghosts," I said. "I'm more of a simple kind of guy."
"So, I'm guessing you don't want to hunt ghosts with me then," Valerie said, sounding disappointed. "T...that's okay. I guess I'll just continue to do it on my own."
"H-hey, I'm not saying I won't hunt ghosts with you, I just mean… maybe I won't rely on the suit as much as you do, that's all," I said. "It's fun hunting with you, cause you know… it helps me procrastinate my homework."
"Except if you continue to hunt ghosts with me without wearing the gear then I would be putting you in serious danger," Valerie said. "I just can't do that… I'm sorry."
And now I've been presented with a choice. I could reject Valerie's offer on being her partner in ghost fighting, but then she'll feel like I'm abandoning her for no good reason. On the other hand, I could accept her offer, but then that would mean having to fight as both the 'Blue Hunter' and as 'Andy Phantom' without getting caught by Danny or Valerie with either of my identity. Wow, that sounds convoluted as heck...
"It would've been fun to continue to hunt ghosts with you," Valerie said. "But I'm not going to consciously put you in harm's way without any protection."
I had to make compromise somehow. I didn't really want to be the 'Blue Hunter', but I also don't want to reject Valerie's offer. "Okay, tell you what, Val: I'll help you fight ghosts whenever I can. But that doesn't mean I'll always be available, okay? So don't drag me out on patrols or suddenly show up in my house unannounced."
"Sounds like a deal," Valerie said with a smile, her tone filled with pure joy and relief.
Okay, I just have to make sure I'm only 'available' when Danny isn't out in his ghost mode. As long as we avoid a confrontation, we should be fine… I hope. Maybe I should tell Danny about this?
"Hey, you still want to go see that movie?" Valerie asked.
"Actually, I also want Dash to come," I said. "Let's go see if he still wants to. He said he's checking out the new pet shop?"
"Oh Bark's Boutique?" Valerie asked. "We got a pamphlet in the mail that was advertising it as a pet store where you could find 'new best friends' and a place where you could buy any and all supplies while your furry friend gets groomed."
"You think Dash would get a dog?" I asked.
"Who knows," Valerie said. "Probably not, since he wouldn't have the time to properly take care of it."
We went to the pet store, and when we entered it I was expecting it to smell like a zoo. I don't dislike the smell of zoos, but I was surprised since there was a flowery fragrance in the air. I saw some bunny rabbits and smiled as they were chewing on some lettuce leaves.
"I thought rabbits loved carrots," Valerie said.
"That's a misconception," I said. "Rabbits would actually die if they only eat the orange part of the carrot since it turns into pure sugar for them. Oh look, there's Dash."
Dash was looking at a glass window in awe. It seems he's watching some people grooming or bathing some dogs. The flowery fragrance was even stronger over here, if I closed my eyes I could easily imagine I was standing in the middle of a field of flowers.
"Hey Dash, you enjoying yourself here?" I asked when I walked up to him."
"Oh… uh hey Andy," Dash said. "Yeah, I'm having quite a bit of fun. I love seeing adorable animals like this getting pampered."
"Yeah, I love watching adorable animals getting pampered too. I just hope their owners don't spoil them too much, or they could end up like Cuj- that ghost dog that raided the Axion Lab," I said.
"You two boys done gawking over the puppies?" Valerie asked. "Because the next showtime for the Pocket Creatures movie is in 10 minutes."
"Hey! There's nothing wrong with liking to watch cute animals, even if we are boys," I grumbled. "Besides, Pocket Creatures is filled with them. Are you sure you want to watch it with us, Val? Is it too cutesy for the big, macho, girl hunter that you are?"
"Ehh, I'll go only if you guys are going," Valerie said. "Preferably I would've gone to that Cyber Zombie Commando marathon."
"Oh please, that's just a bunch of mindless zombies blowing things up with their cybernetic technology," I said. "Come on, Dash, let's hurry and get tickets to Pocket Creatures before it starts without us."
"Hey, I said I'm coming with you guys," Valerie said. "So you better not leave me out. Besides it'll be nice to spend some time with you guys again."
"Heh, alright, you can sit beside me," I said.
Valerie just rolled her eyes and followed me and Dash to the movie theaters. We got inside and got our tickets and were ordering concessions.
"So what do you guys want?" Dash asked. "I've been doing really well at school so my parents upped my allowance. So the concessions are on me."
"You sure you want to do that?" I asked. "Popcorns cost about 30 dollars nowadays."
"Yeah I'm sure," Dash said. "Order whatever you want, it's my treat."
"If you say so," I said. "I'll just take a medium popcorn and a cola for myself. Make sure the popcorn has butter in it."
"I'll take a hotdog, a cola icee, and a large tray of nachos," Dash said which got him looks from both of us. "What? Being an athlete burns a lot of calories."
Valerie just shook her head and said, "I'll have a large root beer and two hot dogs."
While Dash was getting our order, I was looking at the electronic board that was showing what movie titles were showing in the theater.
"My brother, Tucker and Sam came here earlier to watch the Cyber Zombie Commando trilogy that was playing today," I said. "I didn't join them because I'm not really into that stuff."
"You're a really good ghost hunter, yet you don't like horror movies?" Valerie asked. "Heh, I guess everyone has something they don't like."
"Hey, I just got into ghost hunting recently. I never liked horror movies since the day I was born," I said. "Besides, real life ghosts aren't anything like the ghosts in horror movies."
"Why? Because they don't go boo?" Dash asked as he walked back towards us with a huge tray of concessions.
"No, that would be a kiddie ghost, Dash," I said. "I meant silently luring this one specific person into this one haunted house just to scare the living daylights out of them before they even make their move. Can you imagine the Box Ghost doing something like that?"
"So you're afraid of movies like poltergeist movies such as Paranormal Happenings," Valerie said.
"Who said I was afraid of these movies? I just don't like them," I grumbled.
"Fear and dislike are pretty similar," Valerie responded. "It's okay if you don't like those types of movies. They're pretty freaky. I mean The Banisher? That movie gave me nightmares for a few days."
"Oh my gosh, if I see a ghost possessing someone like that, you won't be seeing me in Amity Park anymore," I said.
I swear, if Danny and I ever meet up a ghost like that, I would probably flee in the other direction. Huh… I wonder what real ghosts think about these horror movie ghosts? I kind of want to drag Youngblood into a horror movie just to see how he would react. Then again, maybe that's a terrible idea, because Youngblood may actually try to imitate the movie.
"Let's go in guys," Dash said. "The previews are about to start."
At least I can just relax and unwind after all that drama with the C.A.T., I never want to hear another word about that test or deciding our future ever again. I may just have to strangle someone if they do.
"I hope this movie is as good as the reviews say," Dash said before we entered the theater with our tray of concessions.
"There just better not be any brats kicking my chair like in the last movie I watched here," Valerie said. "Can you believe that little brat's mother tried to sue me for yelling at the kid to stop?"
"I'm kinda surprised that you weren't just kicked out of the theater and banned for life," Dash said.
"Let's sit all the way in the back. It'll be easier to see the screen and there won't be any kids behind us," I suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea," Dash said as he went up to the top row of seats.
We sat down right as the lights in the theater dimmed. After getting comfortable the previews started rolling. It was nice to be able to go to the movies with Dash and Valerie, maybe I should do this more often, and maybe hopefully bring Danny, Tucker and Sam to join us next time.
gwencarson126: Heh, good to see that Dustin/Future Andy made such an impact. Yes, Dan is still in the Fenton Thermos, and he WILL be coming back later, unlike in the actual show. Yes, brotherly love coming to save the day! I've been waiting to do the fight scene for a long time. I'm really flattered that I brought the Phantom Universe on a whole new level, who knew adding a twin to the series would add so much to the story itself? XD I'm doing well in my life, I hope you are too.
OMNISENSE95: Secret Weapons. The Christmas one is, chronologically, the next one, but I've decided to do Secret Weapons first since it makes more sense to be right after The Ultimate Enemy.
Lizzie2145: Nobody really did expect that. I like taking what seems to be a predictable plot and making a twist that nobody expected yet still love. Heh, I'm happy that I was able to get someone who really hates OCs to really like mine. I knew when I made Andy, he'll have some skeptism, so I've been working hard to make sure he's believable, relatable and someone you just want to root for. I'm very happy to see all of that paying off. ^v^
Jaddis: I'm glad I kept the hints subtle, but not so much so that it came out of nowhere. There was a scene in the earlier chapters where Future Andy was fighting against Dan, and he lifted up a Time Medallion trying to protect himself from Dan's attack, and it caused it to shatter and separated Future Andy from his ghost self, and sent his ghost self into another time. After a while, Future Andy's ghost self picked up a new identity and called himself Dustin. I hope this answers your question.
sjsreader: I'm glad you see it as brotherly love and not actual romantic love. I was worried people would see it that way. And you can refer Present Andy as just Andy, that's what I did. I did like that I was able to have Danny a part of the battle and the key to stopping it instead of it just being Andy vs. his future self. Yup, Andy may still have the fear of Danny turning evil, but for the most part he's gotten over the insanity thing.
Mana: Thank you. Heh... well, actually I've decided Secret Weapons should be next. I know The Fright Before Christmas comes after The Ultimate Enemy, but context-wise, I think Secret Weapons should've been first. I may not be able to get The Fright Before Christmas during the season because of this, sadly, but that's what happens when I take a hiatus close to the Holidays. *grumbles* And as for what I was for Halloween... I don't usually wear costumes anymore, but I wore a Pikachu shirt if that counts for anything.
Andy: Oh... it was hard to tell. But keep Bearbert away from me!
Girlbook: Sorry for the long wait. ^^'
ZAFT Prime: Yeah, Future Andy didn't want Danny to be evil again, and because of that he rather kill Danny than to see him become another Dan. At least Danny and Andy were able to convince him to stop. And I look forward to your part.
Joltik12: You want an AN of Andy holding Bearbert? Andy held onto Bearbert before in the story, when he got Jazz to snap out of Ember's music back on Youngblood's ship, remember? Heh, the whole chapter was meant to be full of feels. :3 I hope you didn't get in trouble with your iPad. I do plan on writing season 3, but it'll be a separate book. Oooh, I remember Amorpho, that'll be interesting. Dream ghost? You mean Nocturne? Actually, I have something big planned for that episode, too bad it's still a long way though. You are so shipping Andy and Valerie, aren't ya?
Luna Lillyth: Heh, I'm happy that you enjoyed the fight.
Just another fan: *Pats your back* There, there, just let it out.
spatterson: Yeah, Andy held Bearbert before in the story. ^^'
RedHood001: I'm glad that you were satisfied with Future Andy then. I don't know if I'll ever make an evil Andy, but who knows? Heh, you flatter me. ^^ I don't know about a great writer, but I do like making new and exciting things to series I enjoy. Well, if I made an evil Andy, I meant his appearance would be more different than what his future self had, like darker colors and more of a dark fire and lightning kind of power rather than blue foxfire. He may wear black armor instead of a jumpsuit, but these are just ideas for an evil Andy.
leslidannyphantom: Heh, well it seems I gave you quite a break, huh?
Andy: *Is hugged* Uh... th-thank you?
Anime lover 3593: Yup, I kept the hints about Dustin subtle but there, so him being Future Andy's ghost self wouldn't just come out of nowhere. The whole part where Danny was still conscious despite Andy overshadowing him is kind of a foreshadowing to a future power they'll have together, but that won't be until some time in season 3. And it would've been too hard to incorporate the battle with a tired out Danny, and Andy having to hold onto him, so I figured overshadowing Danny while keeping him conscious was the best way to go. Heh, I'm very happy to know that the feels between the brothers went well, I was worried that people might take it a little too far, but I'm relieved to see people are happy to see such brotherly love. It is rather troubling I didn't have much motivation for the story lately, which is why I'm getting help from Dragon, to help keep it going until my motivation does come back. This way I can still make progress with the story rather than letting it sit and rot. And thank you for the support, it makes me very happy.
Andy: Uuugh, please don't mention time-travel to me. I have enough headaches from it. And yes, I am very well aware of how Jazz is going to 'help' us, that's not going to be fun... well maybe for you it will be.
Raidentensho: ... I'm sorry, all of your references went over my head. But I take it that you liked it.
Andy's Fangirl: Yup, Dustin being Future Andy's ghost half really made a lot of people excited and surprised. And I don't plan on Andy going back enough where Pariah Dark would see him as a surrogate son, for one I don't have that much interest in Pariah Dark himself, and another, why would Pariah Dark see a human and ghost hybrid as his surrogate son? From what I've gathered in the show, Pariah Dark just wanted to rule the Ghost Zone with an iron fist and only cared about power. And the Christmas Special is going to be after Secret Weapons, and it may not even be up for the season sadly, but it'll be up. Maybe posting the Christmas episode after Christmas would be refreshing since there's already a lot of Christmas related things being posted in the season. And yes, Andy's fear of Bearbert will indeed be justified. :3
zach wheeler.568: I'm questioning if you actually like the story, or if you have some kind of problem with just me. Your reviews weren't exactly all that positive, especially towards me personally. It's funny how you ask me how could I love the show if I talk crap about every main character, when you kind of been doing that with me. Well, just because I like the show doesn't mean I love everything about it, and there are a lot of things the characters do that annoys me, it doesn't mean I hate them. I'm just passionate about it, so much so that seeing big flaws in the show makes me want to complain about them even if it doesn't really change anything, most fans do this, not just me. And I never planned for Andy to learn the Ghostly Wail, I feel that is unique only to Danny. Andy will get a different power unique to himself.