Chapter 7: A Romantic Rendezvous in Paris
Danny Phantom finds himself in Clockwork's tower. With them is Frostbite and Pandora. They're among the few ghosts Danny is actually friends with.
"We heard that you encountered a Tamaranian last night." Pandora says.
"Yeah, what about her?" Danny asks.
"I fear she's followed you here, Great One."
"Wait… what?!"
She's here?! Danny thought in panic.
"It would seem she still believes you are a member of her race, so she had help in following you here." Clockwork answered as he takes on his middle-aged form and showed Danny one of his monitors. "She entered a portal that led her to 1990's Paris. She's there right now, searching for you."
The monitor begins to display Starfire, in a store.
Outside, people are running away in fear of this odd girl with inhuman powers, floating around and entering different stores. She's searching for her Phantom.
"Phantom?" Starfire asks as she enters a perfume store. She recognizes the bottles surrounding her. "Perhaps I can use these fluids of good fragrances, for I believe they can attract males. It may attract him!" With that, Starfire flies to the counter, where a young woman is slightly cowering in fear. "Please tell me, which of these do you recommend?"
The French woman only screams as she runs out of the store. "Ils ne me paient pas assez pour ça!" Which translates roughly to "They Don't Pay Me Enough For this!"
"Hmm…" Starfire wonders aloud. "Perhaps France is grateful for the defeat of the Brotherhood of Evil? So much so they're allowing me to use as many of these fluids."
With that, Starfire begins spraying herself with one perfume at this moment.
"So, what do you want me to do?" Danny asks, hoping he doesn't have to confront Starfire.
"We need you to lure her back to the Ghost Zone. Try to tire her out somehow, then I will bring her here so that we can send her home." Clockwork says.
"And Frostbite and Pandora are here to help me?"
"Oh no, Great One!" Frostbite answered. "We are here for… um…"
"Back up, in case we think you can't handle it." Pandora quickly answers.
"Well, alright then." Danny says. "It's technically my fault she's here anyway, so I'll try and get her home." Danny nods. "Clockwork, open a portal."
Clockwork aims his staff at the monitor, opening the portal that Danny prepares to enter.
"Remember…" Clockwork says. "Once she's tired enough, I'll step in." Clockwork turns into his child form. "Try your best."
Danny nods and enters the portal.
The mood in the room suddenly lightens.
"Ah, I thought he'd never leave!" Pandora says as she and Frostbite sit in front of what is once again the monitor.
"Did you bring snacks?" Frostbite asks the ghost of time himself.
"Of course, I did…" Clockwork makes two large bowls of popcorn appear.
"Stop!" The commanding voice of an Observant called out. On cue, two Observants arrive. "I know what you're doing!"
"And you have a problem with this?" Clockwork asks.
"That girl is not from this plane of existence!" The other Observant says. "You're letting her stick around just for some mild entertainment?"
"Well, I have plans for this girl and Danny Phantom. I just figured we should have a little fun for now."
"Clockwork assured us he would be alright, otherwise I'd be against this." Frostbite adds in.
"I don't suppose you two would like to join us?" Pandora asks.
Danny arrives in 90's Paris. He sees the store that Starfire entered last.
"This time, I've got all my powers. I can take her on in case something happens."
Confidently, Danny floats in, only for the voice of a French man calling out to him.
"Un autre monstre!" He calls out. He throws a rock at Danny from behind. Danny barely felt it, but didn't question why at first.
"I'm not a monster!" Danny calls out. He took enough French to know what the man said. He ignored the man and flew into the perfume store. There, he sees Starfire, trying another perfume. "Okay, time to-" Suddenly, Danny notices sparks from behind. It zaps him and causes him to fall to the floor. Getting up, Danny looks and takes out what was causing the sparks. It was his father's device; the one Johnny stole. It's gone off, and it's damaged on the side. Hoping the worst didn't happen, Danny looks to his arm and tries to make it go invisible. It remains the same. "Uh oh…"
Hearing the sounds, Starfire looks back.
"What is this?" She perks up and gasps. "My darling Phantom! The perfumes have done their scent spell and brought you to me!"
With a look of horror, Danny gets up and tries to fly to the door. Quickly reacting, Starfire flies faster, she reaches the door and closes it as she opens her arms.
Oh crud!
Danny is too late to stop as he's in Starfire's embrace.
"Ah, my beloved, I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you!" She rubs her cheek on his. "It was the well worth arriving here!" She kisses his cheek twice. "It is rather appropriate we have met again in the Earth city of Paris, known as the city of love!" She hovers and tilts downward as she kisses his cheek again. "Perhaps we should have the grand tour together!" Danny now tries to squirm his way out. "Perhaps we can also travel to the tower of Eiffel or a café to practice the lip and tongue contact the French are known for!" Danny squirms harder now before finally breaking free and flying away from her. "Hmm?"
Danny presses the gadget again, hoping to make it work. It doesn't.
"Come on! Work!" He says desperately.
"So! You wish to make yourself more appealing to the sense of smell as well!" Starfire says as she flies next to him. She mistakes the device for some kind of cologne. "You needn't worry! I do not have any problem with scent and you already smell well!" Stafire hugs him again. "So, we can resume!"
Starfire covers his face with kisses again. At one point, Danny manages to break free and tries to fly to the window, but Starfire grabs one of his feet and pulls him back in to resume kissing.
Why is this not as great as it should be?
"Need to go!" Danny screams.
"You are the right!" Starfire stops kissing his face as she looks into his eyes. "We must see more of this lovely city!"
Starfire then blasts the window open as she flies out with Danny in her arms. Danny tries to grabs the sides of the window to pull himself out of her arms. Unfortunately, her strength is too much for him and he fails to get a grip.
"Uh, Starfire?"
"Yes, darling?"
"Where are we going?"
"Hmm…" Starfire looks around as sees something of interest. "There!" She flies down to a table, where she places Danny in a seat. It takes the ghost boy a moment to recognize they are at a café, where Starfire takes two glasses and a bottle. "Do not worry, it is apple cider!" She says.
"Oh… okay." Danny says, worried about what she's thinking.
Starfire pours the drink into the two glasses as she quickly takes her seat and rests both her elbows on the table as she uses her fists to rest her chin as she looks longingly at Danny. Danny only looks away for a moment before he decides to take his drink. Starfire quickly wraps her arm around his as she sips her own drink at the same time. That sip ends up sucking the entire drink into her mouth as she swallows quickly.
"What a lovely drink!" She grabs the unsettled Phantom by the shoulders. "Now for the French lip and tongue contact!"
Danny barely has time to react as she pulls him in and French kisses him.
He drops the drink, spilling it on the table as his eyes widen. Starfire wraps her arms around his neck, holding him in place as the kiss deepens.
Danny makes a muffled sound, trying to tell her to stop.
Starfire does so, but only so she can take a deep breath.
"That was… the amazing!" She has a large grin on her face. Danny has a nervous look on his face. She moves in to kiss him again, but Danny has time to say something.
"Wait!" Danny says. "I'm… hungry." He hopes stuffing their faces with food will make Starfire stop kissing him.
"I came prepared!" Starfire says. "Behold!" She takes out a large baguette.
"Oh… cool…" Danny says.
Nervously, Danny holds the long bread to his face and bites of the tip. He smiles as it actually tastes good. As he moves in for another bite, Starfire quickly devours the other side until her mouth and Danny's end up kissing again.
"MUAH!" Starfire goes as she ends the kiss and swoons into her seat. "It's as if each time our mouths come into contact, a surge goes through me." Starfire sits up and notices Danny is missing. "Phantom?" She gets up and sees Danny trying to sneak away. "You are being the silly!" She says playfully as she flies to him. "If you wish to begin a romantic stroll, you should have informed me previously." She takes his arm as she lands and takes him on a walk. Danny tries to get out, but Starfire's arm is too strong.
And so begins their day together in Paris. So it looks like Danny has plans after all.
The poor guy is stuck with her again. All he has to do is tire her out somehow.
How can I he do that?