Epilogue
"Dad!" Jazz scolded her father. "You and Mom are not taking weapons to this art exhibit!"
"Oh, Jazz," Maddie said while polishing a blaster, "you don't know when a ghost ould show up."
"Yeah, Jazzy-pants," Jack said in his usual enthusiastic tone, "this ghost gallery could be teeming with ghost!"
"Dad!" Jazz said exasperatedly while she growled. "There is no ghost at this gallery!"
"Jazz," Maddie said sweetly, "this gallery needs to be thoroughly scanned for any signs of ectoplasmic energies since it has ghosts in their art."
"Mom!" Jazz said in the same tone as she had before, " do you consider the art Scream or anything by Picasso to be 'ghost art?'"
"You can't be too careful with those Ghost Twins around, Jazz."
"Just don't bring any ecto-weapons to this gallery, and Dad," she turns towards Jack, "change out of that hazmat suit! This is a formal event!"
"But Jazzy-pants," he pouted, "I feel naked without my hazmat suit on."
"I'm not going to be made fun of and neither will Danny or Danielle! Just for once, don't bring any weapons to this gallery!"
The trio's argument could heard even from upstairs as they argued over bringing weapons to the art gallery.
"Can they get any louder?" Danielle asked as she helped Danny cover their large canvas.
"When it comes to something with ghost; even if it has pictures of them or something as simple as Halloween or Christmas can send them into arguments," he had some bitterness with the mention of 'Christmas.'
"Halloween I can understand but Christmas? I can't seem to understand," as she stretches some wrinkles out of her dress.
"You never seen them argue and believe me!" as he fixes his tie. "They can get pretty nasty, but there is one thing that comes with that day."
"What?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"A ghost-free day due to the Christmas truce."
"That is one day I can look forward to," she replied as the sounds of heavy footsteps were heard coming up the stairs.
Jazz enters the room and her hair looked as if it had been electrocuted.
"I don't believe them!" she shouted before she spotted herself in the mirror. "They're bringing ecto-weapons to this," she pull out her brush from her purse and begins to brush her hair, "it's just a art gallery and what would ghost want with it?"
"Revenge?" Danielle asked.
"Maybe, but," he looks at them from their reflections in the mirror, "I wouldn't doubt they would attack the art gallery since they had Axion Labs make a security system that would keep any ghosts out."
"How about half-ghosts?"
Jazz knew who she was talking about, "Vlad won't be able to destroy or take the arts since they've been given some kind of deflector that acts like the Specter Deflector; from what I hear."
"Good," Danny said as a smile creeps on his face, "he's not going to be happy when he sees his portrait when he's depicted to be on the receiving end of the painted attacks."
Danielle broke out with a short giggle while Jazz looked at them with a displeasing look. Jazz worried about them and she worries about them more since Danielle had destroyed Valerie's suit. She was going to go after them for revenge once she gets a new suit from Vlad.
Danny and Danielle both carried their canvas downstairs to spy his parents packing a few ecto-weapons that only infuriated Jazz even more. She became more infuriated when she spotted Jack not in a former suit since he still wore his hazmat suit but he added a tie around his neck. As they came downstairs, Maddie was getting ecto-readings from the painting that only infuriated Jazz's rage even more.
"Is this really necessarily, Aunt Maddie?" Danielle asked.
"It is necessarily so that none of the works of art get contaminated with ecto-energies. Your canvas is clean but this is still reading Danny as a ghost, and now it's reading you as one as well."
"Can we get going before we are late," Jazz said in an effort to distract Maddie from her readings.
"Excellent idea, Jazzy-pants!" Jack said loosening his tie. "That way we can get readings before they judge the paintings!"
Jazz just growls out of exasperation as they climbed into the Fenton Assault Vehicle. The Fenton Assault Vehicle was a soup upped vehicle with tank treads. It was also decked out with enough ecto-weapons that can keep any ghosts at bay. There were also living accommodations for those inside just in case they had an overnight stay. This would be Danielle's first visit inside of it and from what she was told; Jack's driving wasn't the best since he doesn't believe in driver's safety.
"Dad, maybe we should let Mom drive?" Jazz asked as she buckled herself in.
"Nonsense!" Jack replied. "We'll get there faster!"
"Or, you'll destroy our portrait and Danny and me worked hard on it," Danielle countered.
"Point taken," Maddie said sliding the steering wheel towards her while Jack groaned.
They made it to the art exhibit with enough time to spare despite Jack's protests. To make matters worse, Jack and Maddie began to scan all of the art that was present in and around the new Phantom Exhibit. Danny, Danielle, and Jazz kept their distance from them since the majority of Amity Park hated their parents for what they do. The only times they come to them is when there is a major ghost problem. It seemed that the majority of Amity Park's artists had entered this contest and part of them were students of Casper High.
"So," a voice spoke and it belonged to Dash as he approached them, "Fen-turd decided to enter."
"Danielle and I entered together," Danny retorted.
"That's not fair!"
"There is nothing in the rules that said we couldn't," Danielle countered while doing her best Walker impression.
"Wanna bet?" Dash asked.
"No," Danny said flatly remembering the last time he'd lost a bet to Dash.
"Are you chicken?" as he began to cluck like a chicken.
Danny silently growled as his eyes faintly flashed green while Danielle tried to keep her anger down since an insult towards Danny was an insult toward her. Sam and Tucker had joined them just as Dash left still clucking and chuckling as he went towards his portrait.
"That was disturbing," Sam said with her arms crossed and wearing a scowl.
"Yeah," Danielle added also with her arms crossed, "it's going to take more than calling us a 'chicken' to scare us."
"Yeah," Danny said agreeing with her as he eyed Dash.
"Don't look now guys, but we've got trouble. That's trouble with a capital GiW," Tucker said pointing towards one of the doors.
Danny looked and let out a small groan. It was two guys with shaved heads dressed in white wearing dark sunglasses and earpieces in their ears that made them look like they were bouncers to a nightclub.
"Who are they?" Danielle asked.
"The Guys in White," Danny replied with annoyance in his voice, "the government's secret ghost hunting unit. I've already had a few run-ins with them, and it's best if you follow my lead around them, Danielle."
"They don't look so tough," with sarcasm in her voice.
"Don't underestimate them, Danielle," Jazz implied. "They're going to be after you once they spot you in your ghost-form."
"What are they doing here?" Sam asked displeased.
"They're probably scanning the arts like Danny's parents are doing--" Tucker began before being interrupted by Danny.
"--or waiting to see if the Phantom Twins show up."
It was several tense moments as the Guys in White approached them and the judging was finally announced. The best of Amity Park's artist did abstract painting of the Phantoms and they explained what they interpreted the art. Dash's was of Danny Phantom giving Skulker a beating, Paulina's was of a Danny Phantom carrying a wounded Dani Phantom away into the air (in which she entitled it: "Yo siempre le cuidaré, Hermana"), and there were several others that were good but not good enough to catch the eyes of the judges. Finally it was time for Danny and Danielle's art to be judged.
"Lastly we have," the man said as he readjusted his glasses as he read his paper, "Daniel and Danielle Fenton. Are you two twins?"
"Cousins," they both replied as they both took a hold of their cloth.
They both quickly shared a glance at Jazz hoping that Jack and Maddie didn't yell at them for what they had just drawn. Jack had been ranting that the painting was of the Phantom Twins getting a beating by him, Jack Fenton, but Jazz was able to calm him saying that it was their painting and they will have their way with it.
"My cousin and I tried several titles for our portrait," Danielle began while emphasizing 'cousin.'
"Until we came up with one that we both agreed on," Danny continued.
"'Amity Park's Protectors'" they both announced as they revealed their portrait.
Their portrait depicted life-sized Phantom Twins hovering over the city. They were turned three-quarters from being centered with the sky a mixture of colors from a setting sun. The painting seemed so real as if the two in the painting were standing in the wind since their hair seemed to move as if it they were standing in the wind. They also look so casual as they hovered above the city of Amity Park. The two had a soft expression on their face and yet at the same time they held the confident look that they will always prevail in their battles to protect their home.
"My, my, my," the man said as he readjusted his glasses, "they seem so lifelike. It's rare to see someone, or in this case a pair, to spend the time to use a life-sized portrait for their works. I think we might have one for the road when this exhibit goes on tour."
He slowly walks away as if he had a limp with the other judges so they could counsel each other over which portraits to take. The Guys in White had just made their ways towards their portrait and begin to scan it. Danny held a look as if saying: 'I have a secret and you'll never find out.'
"Have you been in any contact with any ectoplasmic beings lately, Mr. Fenton?" the first one, a Caucasian, asked Danny.
"No, I haven't, Sir," he replied with a smug look on his face.
"Then why do we read ectoplasmic energies on you and your cousin?" the second one, an African-American, inquired.
"My parents are ghost hunters and there's bound to be some ectoplasmic energies radiating off of them."
They both eyed him for a while before leaving in the opposite direction.
"Be careful, Danny," Jazz warned him.
"Jazz," he was somewhat annoyed that she was being her usual big sister-self, "when you can have four sets of eyes; you don't have to worry about being outgunned."
Danielle let out a soft giggle while Tucker snorted just as Jazz rolled her eyes. The judging was announced and their painting was in for the exhibit! Dash failed to get in and he had just punched his painting out of anger leaving a hole in it. Paulina was jumping with glee that her portrait got in, and a few others from Casper High also got in. The next surprise for them was that their portrait was one of the chosen to go on the world tour with some of the others within the exhibit. Paulina's was also chosen and she almost fainted from all of the excitement. Soon their celebration was interrupted by a slight tremor and three events soon followed.
Danny and Danielle's Ghost Sense went off, the Guys in White ghost detector went off, and the side of the art exhibit was rocked by a force that knocked everyone off their feet. The walls fell revealing a large ghost dripping with a green ooze with red eyes. It tries to attack but it hit an invisible field stopping its attack. The Guys in White pulled out their weapons to attack the ghost only for their blasts to be stopped by the same force.
"It seems to be immune to our weapons," the first GiW, the Caucasian, said.
"Affirmative, bring out the heavy artillery," the second GiW replied.
They pressed a button on their watches causing a hover-type vehicle to appear and they took off attacking the ghost while everyone present ran off.
"The only one getting that ghost is me, Jack Fenton!" Jack yelled as he ran off with Maddie.
"You kids get to a place that is safe while we handle this ghost," Maddie called out as she followed her husband.
"Sure we'll be safe," Danny said in a tone only that his friends could hear.
"But we have a ghost to take care of," Danielle continued in the same tone.
"Just be careful," Jazz called out as they ran off towards the hole left by the ghost.
They both jumped out of the hole landing behind a bush to transform before they flew off in search of the ghost. When they got there, the ghost was gone and they saw that Jack was arguing with the GiW. The ectoplasm from the ghost had littered the area.
"I had that ghost in my sights," Jack yelled at them.
"The level of ectoplasmic activities had exponentially increased in the past few months," the first GiW replied in an unusual calm tone.
"This is a situation for the government to act and civilians should not interfere with our motives," the second GiW added with the same tone.
Unbeknownst to them, the ghost had reformed catching them off guard, and it had pinned them against a wall with its ectoplasm.
"We have a cleanliness breach," the first GiW said.
"Affirmative," his opposite replied.
The ghost was then hit by a blast followed by a feminine voice, "Hey, snot-face," it was Dani Phantom with Danny Phantom by her side, "we're right here!"
The ghost lashes out at them only to miss as they both counterattacked it with ecto-blasts. Dani blinds the ghost with her ecto-flash before Danny sucks it up into his Thermos. Their actions also freed the ghost hunters and they aimed their weapons at them.
"I got you now, Ghost Twins!" Jack yelled at them as he and Maddie open fired on them only to miss.
The two continued to open fire on them while the Caucasian GiW threw a spinning sharp disk at them striking Dani in her side. She yells in pain while Danny came to her side putting up a shield blocking Jack and Maddie's attacks. He uses his ecto-flash and they both retreated away from them. Jack and Maddie retreated inside the art exhibit looking disappointed that their prey got away leaving the Guys in White behind.
"Mission accomplished," the Caucasian GiW said putting the ectoplasm from his weapon into a test tube.
"That's only half," his counterpart countered, "we still need the Ghost Boy's sample."
Post Author's Note: How'd you like this one? The sequel is underway and I just need to get a few chapters typed before I start posing. The loose translation to Paulina's painting is "I'll always watch out for you, Sis." In my opinion, if she wants to get Danny Phantom's attention, this painting might just do it (in her mind anyways). I also hope I kept the GiW in character since they were rarely seen in the series.