I thought it was about time that I updated. School is cruel… hehe. Here we go!
Disclaimer: I don't own DP.
Chapter Eight: Preparations
Danny, Sam and Tucker stepped through the portal and found themselves in the future. They didn't know exactly when, but they had a pretty good idea. The trio scanned their new surroundings, nothing much different. It was the Ghost Zone for all they knew.
"Let's go…" Danny said. The two friends nodded in agreement.
They took off, scanning the terrain for anything unusual. The silence was deafening; you could hear Danny's heartbeat pumping against the bomb.
Then, a shrill scream at 11 o' clock. Danny's heartbeat increased from 70 to 100 in 2 seconds.
Danny took off in the direction, his friends close behind. Few minutes later, They were on a plateau off to the side of where the action was.
They couldn't believe it.
Phantom was holding Danny by the throat. Like he was suffocating him. But, why?
"There's no escape from my grasp now, Danny. Abandon all hope. You're finished," Phantom hissed.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Danny said.
Sam and Tucker tried to stop him, but it was too late.
Danny snuck up behind Phantom and gave him a nice punch to the neck, causing Phantom to let go of Daniel.
"Who was that?" Daniel said.
Phantom fell to his knees, semi-conscious. Danny smiled.
"That was me," he said, crossing his arms.
"Woah… another me… Lemme guess… Clockwork?" Daniel said.
"Yep," Danny said.
Sam and Tucker flew over.
"Woah, two Danny's… so, which is which?" Sam said.
"I'm present Danny," Danny said.
"I'm future," Daniel said.
"Ok, now we got that settled, how far are we in the future?" Tucker said.
"Today's June 26…" Daniel said.
"Ok… subtract that by our date, which evens out to 2 weeks difference," Tucker calculated.
"Alright… 2 weeks. Anything else you'd like to tell us?" Danny said.
Daniel thought about it for a sec.
"Stay away from Dash… he failed another spelling test…" he said.
"Like I don't already," Danny laughed. "Well, I think we've accomplished our goal here. Shall we go back to the present guys?"
"I'm in," Sam said, Tucker nodded.
"Alright. Nice seeing you!" Danny said.
Daniel just smiled and waved as they flew off. Then thought about another thing.
"Maybe I should've told him that too…" he said. "Nah… he'll be as surprised as I was."
Then Daniel smiled.
Danny and crew flew back to the portal and back into the present.
"Thanks again, Clockwork…" Danny said.
Clockwork merely nodded.
They left and climbed back into the Spector Speeder and sped back to the human world.
Danny shut off the Speeder and the crew climbed out and up the stairs they went.
Jazz was preparing something in the kitchen, and raised her head to see Danny, Sam and Tucker emerge from the basement.
"Hey guys… Lunch'll be ready any minute," Jazz said with cheer.
"Awesome, Jazz! I'm starving!" Danny said.
Danny was about to run to the kitchen table when Sam placed a hand on Danny's shoulder. Danny looked back to be greeted by Sam's serious face.
"Danny…" Sam protested.
"Lighten up, Sam… We can't plan on an empty stomach. Right, Tucker?" Danny said, looking off where Tucker was, but he wasn't there.
Danny panned his head to the right a bit, finding him at the table with a knife and fork in his hands and an unfolded napkin tucked in his shirt.
Danny turned to Sam with a gentle smile. Sam let go of the serious look.
"Well, I'm obviously outnumbered…" Sam regrettably said.
Danny jumped into the kitchen and took his seat, soon followed by Sam.
Jazz turned around with a tray of every kind of sandwich known to man, then walked over. She placed it on the table.
"Dig in!" she called, and everyone dove in, taking their share.
They stuffed themselves like little teddy bears… not even taking notice that a visitor was watching them the whole time.
"Pity, humans. Have food placed in front of you and you loose all sanity and start eating like a pig." Said a whispering voice. "But no matter… one of you will be gone. One less mouth to feed…"
And the whispering voice ceased and disappeared.