Chapter 8: Operation: Solar Eclipse
Sam's Viewpoint
I awoke with thoughts of horrible events of the future. They were far fetched but were bound to happen because the first in a line of events has begun, the solar eclipse.
"Danny, where are you?" I asked searching the room for Danny.
"I'm right here Sam, so what's wrong? You seem a bit, out of wack today. Did you learn anything about the events of the solar eclipse." I shook my head.
"Two hours and counting down to the time when it all begins, Danny; your only hope is well, to kill me."
"What, are you crazy?"
"No Danny, I'm not. We only have a few choices and feel free to criticize them even though it's your only choice.
I die, killing all ghosts and protecting earth.
I stay in safe realm, you fight every ghost anywhere.
We both stay and fight every ghost.
We leave the earth to perish.
It's completely your choice Danny."
"If I've learned one thing this year is that no one dies on Danny Fenton, or Phantom's watch. I'm especially not going to kill my friend. I don't think I could, not even for the good of Earth."
"Why would that be Danny? Because you won't kill your best friend?"
"You know perfectly well why, so think of something." I honestly couldn't think of a way to do this without having too much work to do.
"Okay, first let's write down everything that is absolute, then everything that has versatility and then decide anyway we can save the world." Danny nodded and looked at me writing down stuff.
"So all ghosts have to attack the human realm, and humans and Goths have to protect the realm but which is stronger?"
"Danny, duh, we won't know until we know how many humans have access to their Goth powers and such. What we could do is stall the ghosts many different ways. We could put a Fenton Thermos direct link from the Fenton Portal, so many of the ghosts will be sucked in there, and we can put a direct like from the portal to the shield so they can't cross easily. Without the portal they can't get through."
"Smart Sam, but how long is it until they break through the shield and the thermos is full?"
"I said stall not stop Danny, either way, you and I are ultimately putting ourselves on the line." Danny laughed and I looked at him.
"Big deal Sam, I do it everyday. What's different from today and yesterday?" I sighed.
"A lot Danny, let's go over it. Every ghost in the ghost zone is forced to leave and walk into the human realm, they have to fight any Goth or human in their way, it's completely black and your powers are doubled as well as any ghost."
"You forgot something that is good, like you are here to protect the earth, and you are the peace offering to the ghosts."
"Wait, Danny, you're a genius. There is a say bad morals, corrupt good morals. The good moral for ghost is destroying earth, the bad moral is with that they destroy their leader. Which is more important to them?"
"Isn't that a big chance Sam, I mean, if you're wrong, then good-bye Sam." Danny said worrying about me and my chance of survival.
"Don't worry about me Danny, I'm still half ghost so if I die, I'll come back and haunt you."
"Me, why me?"
"I don't know, I just find it very interesting that is what I'll feel like doing when I die. It's kind of strange but whatever."
"I don't want to lose you Sam."
"If I'm right, you won't have to." Danny gulped and I kissed Danny for a long time. "Don't worry so much."
"Hey, that's my saying."
"It works just as well for me." I screamed at him as I flew away to pick up a few books from my house.
"What did you pick up Sam?"
"A book on Frederiak Showinghouser; it's a book on the power of Goths. Freak Show is a Goth so he understood the delicate measures of ghosts, very well. It says here that he invented a machine that can actually such ghosts of their ghost powers, while still ghosts, they have no powers for 2 hours and 30 minutes. How long does a Solar Eclipse last Danny?"
"Danny, you are a soon to be astronaut; you should know this." Danny just looked at me.
I went on my computer and looked it up. "They said approximately 3 hours and 12 minutes so we need to protect it for about 45 minutes approximately."
"So we alter the shield to allow ghosts but add the machine's chemical into their structures then we trap a lot of them in the ghost thermos."
"Smart, I can also create a weapon that paralyzes them for 3 hours, that's the most I can do for you Danny. Technology without Tucker doesn't go very far. I'm sorry but with me helping this much, we'll be fine."
"Sam, thank you so much. If it wasn't for you I'd be dead and so would the earth."
"Get up Danny; you give me too much credit. If it wasn't for Freak Show you'd have another 2 and half hours to deal with them. I just paralyzed them, they can't move but don't think they can't still hurt you."
"How could they, they can't move?"
"When any enemy of yours ties you up in a net, or ties you down, you have ecto-blasts and stuff like that, which doesn't involve much moving. They can fight it but can't move very much."
"It's fine Sam, you've done enough. You should rest, you look really tired."
"I'm really not Danny, I should get more rest but I think 10 hours of sleep is all I'll be able to get for a long time." Danny shrugged and looked around.
I spent all of 20 minutes understanding the blue prints to the powerless ray that was designed by Freak Show. I built in 1 hour very fast and hoped it would work, not that we had a ghost to test on. Sure, I could try on Danny but it wouldn't be very smart because he has 45 minutes of fighting still ahead of him.
"So are you sure that it'll work Sam?"
"No, I don't. We just have to trust it. We can always use our back up plans to hold them off. I'm sure some of your parents gadgets work, right?"
"I defiantly wouldn't be sure of that. My parents are in an underground volt, so Danny Fenton can't get under there, but Danny Phantom can."
"Danny, are you sure this is safe, for you. I mean it's an underground volt, that's full of ghost weapons. If you turn back then, well boom. You can't change back during the time of the eclipse or good-bye Danny."
"Then I just go down there now and make a little agreement with my parents; to see if they'll save their poor son Danny. Sam, take a picture of me lying motionless for a second, that way they'll be convinced."
"Whatever Danny, if you think this is the best way, and smartest. Wait, genius Danny. We need every ghost catcher alive, here. They can help us, I'm sure some of their devices work too. The men in white, and Scooby-Doo Detection Agency, and your parents and anyone else you can think of."
"Those guys couldn't catch a ghost if it was standing right in front of them."
"So, they could catch a ghost if it was in a trance and bent on destroying the earth. These ghosts won't be worried about defending themselves, just attacking. Leaving their defenses wide open." Danny smiled and laughed.
"True, but when did you become so knowledgeable about ghost catching?"
"Since I've been hanging around a ghost for about a year and it just happens he gets captured a lot. Also, TV shows aren't always unreliable about things. It's a basic hunting thing." Danny sighed and he turned ghost and was about to fly off.
"How about I do it, Danny?" Danny looked at me like I'm crazy. "Sam Phantom has to do her part too you know. Plus, I'm going to introduce myself in a much more formal way." Danny sighed.
"Whatever Sam, just be careful. My parents aren't so kind to ghosts, Goths or not." I nodded acknowledging his warning.
"Good-bye my fellow ghost person." I said as I went ghost and flew into the cell.
Cell, Underground Volt "Hello fellow humans, I am Samantha Phantom and I am here to besearch your help. I too am a human, as is my college Danny Phantom. We are human and ghost but as to our human form, you shall never know. We need your help."
"What do you need our help for ghost?" Danny's dad yelled.
"During a Solar Eclipse every ghost will be forced out of the ghost zone and into your world so they can destroy it. Daniela, Danny and I are Goths or human, ghost hybrids so we are sent to protect you from ghosts, not harm you."
"How do we know that we can trust you Ghost Girl?" Danny's mom said.
"Because I am a human, and I'd rather not have my home world be destroyed, and I'm trying to protect someone who I believe you know. His name is Daniel Fenton." They gasp. "He is out there under the protection of Dani Phantom because he is left alone. If you don't believe me still, here." I handed them the pictures I took of Danny Fenton, lying apparently dead on the ground.
"Bring Danny here, Danny my son; he's safer here then up there, with the ghosts." His mom said.
"I can't do that."
"And why not Ghost Girl, I mean you said he's being protected but why can't he." I sighed.
"Because Daniel, is a major target by the ghosts. He was shot by some explosion and he is radio active and can't move and if I was to bring him here, you'd all be radio active too. Dani Phantom is healing him at the moment. The Solar Eclipse marks the end of the ceremony, then I can return him to you."
"You better ghost, or you're in for a world of hurt."
"I humbly agree with this agreement. You may destroy me if any harm comes to Daniel. I'm not sure my parents would understand that you killed me but that is a risk I am willing to take for your and his safety."
"So you're a Goth too, Sam..antha?" Jazz asked me.
"Yes, I am a Goth. My whole family is a Goth family as is Danny Phantom's so with the passing on of the powers to us we both left our families for their protection. It's quite lonely but no family means a safe family when we are free to return."
"How long will you be gone from you family Goth girl? It seems like a very long time." I nodded.
"Since being part ghost we only half die so the other part of us lives on, and such. But my family who passed on the powers will not. I have found a way to copy my powers to my kids, so I can help them during the next Solar Eclipse and forever."
"Can I ask you a question, Samantha?" I nodded, as Jazz asked another question. "Will you ever reveal your human form to us?"
"In due time, when it becomes necessary. Though I must worn you, if Daniel can't heal he will become a Goth in due time too. We shall try our hardest to prevent it, but so far nothing to report."
"So what can we do to help?" His mom asked.
"Just bring every ghost weapon you have and call every ghost hunter you know and help us hunt down every ghost that comes through your portal." They both nodded, as well as Jazz, and within 10 minutes we were ready.
Danny's Viewpoint
"Sam, are you crazy? You promised that you'd return the radio active Daniel Fenton to them. How can I do that if I have to go back to the ghost zone with you?"
"We need two Dannys don't we?"
"Yes, but splitting up the ghost Danny and the real Danny didn't work, remember."
"I remember but I didn't say two different Dannys, I said two. I plan on splitting your DNA in two, multiply, not devide."
"I can't do that, I've tried. The only time I've been able to do that is with the Ecto -skeleton."
"Guess what, I don't care. You and I have to because there has to be a normal Danny and Sam here."
"They can't live out our whole lives for us. What about school Danny?"
"We only have to be in the ghost zone 4 months a year, summer and one during the year. We plan a full, kidnapping scheme for a month, and then our double returns the human one for the rest of the year. We combine and live the rest of the year fine and plane."
"Smart Sam, but won't they worry about us and want our Phantom selves here to protect them."
"I explained that we have responsibilities as Goths to stay in the ghost zone for a while. They understood and with the rule, they won't need us to."
"We're going to have to tell my parents Sam. They'll understand, I'm sure. That way the understand why I can't be with them for summer and a month during the year; maybe the end of December and beginning of January."
"What about me, Danny?" I hadn't thought all the way through. "Sam Manson's going to disappear with the Fenton's for a family vacation to spend time with them, during the summer and winter holidays. Got it."
"Fine with me, then my parents will know and cover for us. I'm sure they'll understand."
"Well we have 10 minutes, you ready Danny Phantom?" We both change together, perfectly in time with each other.
"I am but are you Samantha Phantom?"
"As ready as I'm going to be Goth Boy?" I looked confused.
"They know that anyone with the last name Phantom is a Goth, such, your parents call us Goth Girl, and Goth Boy. It was funny to be called that." We floated up into the sky and I saw hundreds of people in the orange jumpsuits from the OP Center and many other families of ghost hunters as well as our friend Valerie Grey.
"Okay all ghost hunters, I am Samantha Phantom, this is my college Danny Phantom and we are the humble Goths who have been protecting your city for a year. We need your help then we shall return to our realm, and sign a treaty that no ghost may pass into the human realm for good. You must understand this isn't their fault. It's a curse of a ghost. So attack them, suck them and just make sure they do not damage to your realm." Sam said, causing them all to be inspired.
"Samantha Phantom sent me from the ghost zone where she rules to protect you from the ghosts who hate her rule. She only makes rules that help both realms. You are in good hands but she can't stop this. With the help of Tucker Foley and Daniel Fenton we have created a device that makes the ghost unable to use their powers, and a device that paralyzes them. The paralyzation works for three hours while the power loss is only 2 and a half so for 45 minutes they will be able to shot you with their Ecto- beams. So be ready." I said preparing them for the worst and the best of this fight.
Valerie flies up into the sky. "Why are you helping us now Ghost Boy, you too Ghost Girl?"
"We are not Ghosts, Human girl; we are Goths. A Goth is really a human who is half ghost or a human, ghost hybrid. This is our world too, and we are ready to truly show you that we are part of you."
"Why would you release this information to us know, instead of before?" Valerie said examining me.
"Danny Phantom didn't understand how to gain your trust but when a human of your close friend and family; Daniel Fenton got hurt we needed the help of more humans. He is being healed and getting better but no one is safe until this is over." Sam said, covering me.
The moon started to be blocked. Ghosts start flying out in huge numbers. "It has begun."
"Danny, only use one of the chemicals on each ghost, we won't have enough."
"Got it Samantha, it should work like that." I nodded, we are already almost out and it's the beginning.
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The next chapter brilliantly titled is 'It has Begun.' It was titled that because of what Danny shouts, and now it is only the beginning. What will become of everyone? Will everything be alright? Do they have enough of the chemical? Is the math right to the point that it lasts long enough.