The first semester of college took up a majority of my time, so here is the long overdue chapter of Elektron Storm. And I actually have people who have followed this story! Woot! All praise the magic conch...or whatever.
I don't own Danny Phantom, and I probably (Unless somewhere deep in the multiverse my name is Butch Hartman) never will.
Enjoy!
Alex sat on the girl, Dani's bed with his hands intertwined, contemplating the story that he had just been told.
"So let me get this straight..." He began not really sure of what was about to come out of his mouth. "You-" He said pointing to Dani "-Got caught in a lab experiment gone wrong, and are now part ghost?" Alex said with the best straight face that he could muster given the story that he had just heard.
"Yes." Replied Sam and Tucker as if it were the easiest thing ever to understand.
"And you two-" Said Alex pointing to Tucker and Sam,"-Are her best friends that help her fight any of the ghosts that come out of this alternate plane of existence?" Asked Alex as he cocked an eyebrow.
"Yes, it's called the Ghost Zone." Corrected Tucker with a goofy grin.
"...Alright, I believe you." Said Alex
"We're not crazy- wait what?" Said Sam as Alex stood up and cracked his back.
"Seriously? That's all it took to make you believe us?" Said Tucker incredulously as Alex popped his neck and returned to his place on Dani's bed.
"Yeah, it is...it makes about as much sense as anything else in this god forsaken town, and plus I just saw Bambii eyes over there turn into a flash negative of herself and scream a visible wave that caused a haunted suit of futuristic armor to explode." Alex deadpanned which caused Dani to blush.
"Yeah, but that's normally the point where people think we're crazy." Joked Tucker, causing Sam to punch him in the arm.
Throughout this entire conversation Dani had remained for the most part completely silent, deep in thought about how to handle what had just happened. This complete stranger had not only held his own against Skulker, but had saved her after she had been rendered unconscious...which reminded her of the first thing she had seen when she had woken up.
"Hey Alex, when Skulker was about to hit Tucker and Sam again-"
"DANI!" Came a cry from outside her door as it was thrown open by Jazz who came running across the room and tackled her sister off her bed in a bear hug. Danny turned a new shade of crimson. Alex fell off the bed on the other side and proceeded to roll around laughing.
"Dani! Ghost-X blew up part of the school and when I saw what happened to the History Hall I thought he might have gotten to you!" Shouted Jazz in a frantic voice that sounded scared witless. Alex continued to crack up on the floor.
"Hahaha Holy crap! I think she seriously flew across the room she was going so fast! Hahaha oh god, I'm gonna bust a gut!" Laughed Alex as Sam and Tucker tried to pry Dani out of the grasp of her sister, to no obvious success.
"Ack Jazz.. Can't...Breathe!" Gasped out Dani as Alex attempted to regain his footing after laughing himself onto the floor.
"EEK!" Screamed Jazz as she abruptly released Dani which caused Sam and Tucker who were still trying to separate the two from each other to go flying across the room and into the wall leaving a rather sizable imprint into the wall. This of course caused Alex to once again laugh so hard that he fell face first onto the floor.
Dani picked herself up off of her friends and walked over to her sister who was now blushing furiously and looking very embarrassed.
"Jazz if you wanted to kill me, I'm sure mom and dad have plenty of things in the basement that would be much more painless." Glared Dani. Alex at this point had composed himself to the point where he was picking himself up and dusting himself off.
"Geez is life with you guys always this exciting?" Joked Alex as Jazz for the first time turned and realized who else was in the room.
"Alex?" Jazz asked not quite believing
Alex looked up and saw Jazz and was almost instantly confused. He looked at Dani and back at Jazz and put two and two together,
"Huh...small world eh?" Alex said with a grin.
"Jazz, how do you know Alex? I only met him about an hour ago when Skulker attacked."
Jazz turned to her little sister with a grin on her face, that Dani usually interpreted as Jazz's "Jazz did something that she thought would help and is probably going to piss me off grin".
"Well Dani, you know how you suck at physics?" Jazz asked in a sing-song voice.
"Why don't you be more blunt about it..." Mumbled Danny but nodded anyway.
"And you know how you can't stand when I try to help you learn physics?"
"...That still doesn't explain why you know Alex." Stated Dani beginning to grow irritated with her sister.
"Well I asked Alex if he could tutor you, and he said he'd be glad to!" Said Jazz in an over enthusiastic voice that caused everyone in the room to sweatdrop. Dani looked angrily at her sister.
"Jazz, I'm in honors Physics, and Alex is definitely not in my class, so why would someone who is in a lower level class be of any help?" Dani asked, causing Alex to grin.
"Dani he's in MY class. He out physics-ed Dr. Caffery and made him leave the class after he proved him wrong." Jazz stated
Dani, Sam, and Tucker all looked at Alex as if he had sprouted a second head. "...Ok to be fair the guy was being a tool."
Dani thought about the possibility that Jazz was lying...but to be honest the chance to interrogate Alex was too good to pass up. But that didn't mean that she was gonna make it easy for Jazz.
"Fine. But only if you stop trying, and I use that term very lightly, to catch ghosts with us. Whenever you decide to come try to help, I never get a wink of sleep." Said Dani as she tried to keep a straight face. Jazz definitely took after their father when it came to ghost hunting. She would try to suck up the ghost and would only end up locking Dani in the Fenton Thermos.
"But But But...Uuugh fine." Scowled Jazz as she stomped out of the room leaving the other four by themselves.
Alex walked over to Dani's desk and opened up her physics book, and started reviewing over the material.
"Geez Dani, that was kinda harsh on your sister, I mean she is just trying to help...plus watching you get sucked into the thermos tends to lighten the mood a little bit." Joked Tucker, causing Sam to giggle a little at the statement.
Dani grabbed Tucker by the collar and threw him out the door, and into the wall outside. Sam taking the not so subtle hint ran out the open door and dragged Tucker down the stairs and out the front door.
Dani shut her door and turned back to Alex who was still smirking at the scene that had unfolded in front of him.
"Oh please don't stop on my account, this is the most entertainment I've had in a while." Joked Alex as Dani stormed over to him.
"Okay spill it, how did you do it?"
Alex blinked a couple of times before, grinning as innocently as he could muster.
"Why Bambi, I have no idea what you are referring to." Replied Alex.
Dani wasn't buying it for a second. She knew she had seen him grab Skulker's whip with his bare hands, and even throw a volley of the electricity back at the metal clad idiot.
"When we were in the school, and Skulker was about to kill Tucker and Sam with his electro-whip, you grabbed it with your bare hands. I want to know how you did that."
Alex's gaze hardened slightly before he sighed and extended his hand. Instantly it began to spark and tiny blue jets of electricity began to dance around on his palm. Dani's face changed from one of anger to one of amazement.
"This reaction coming from the half ghost." Smirked Alex as he concentrated on his palm a bit more and caused the electrical socket on the side of Dani's bed to spark and suddenly a stream of blue electricity arced out of the socket and was absorbed into the blue mass that was accumulating on Alex's hand.
"That's awesome! How are you able to do that?" Asked Dani as she inched closer to Alex.
Alex shrugged and stopped concentrating on the mass and allowed it to slowly dissipate until there was nothing left in his hand.
"I don't know. I've been able to do it ever since I could remember. It started out with being able to attract metal to me...and trust me the whole flying kitchen knives bit got old quick." Joked Alex
"So you don't know how you got your powers?" Asked Dani in a curious tone.
"Nope. There's no epic lab accident as far as I know. My first memories are when I was about 11 and I woke up in the hospital with no knowledge of who I was." Said Alex as he looked over to Dani's bedside clock and realized how late it was.
"Dammit. I was supposed to be home hours ago...Tessa is gonna destroy me..." Moaned Alex as he furrowed his gaze on the clock as if he were trying to either make it move back in time or spontaneously combust.
"Do you need to go? Tomorrow's Saturday so we could probably just study then."
Alex seemed like this idea because he could probably get away with sneaking upstairs and pretending that he was asleep for the entirety of the afternoon.
"Aight Bambii, if you insist." Said Alex with a smirk as he headed for Dani's door, only to be grabbed before he could exit the room.
"No wait, my parents don't know that you are up here!" Dani exclaims
"Uhhh...why is that an issue? I'm sure they saw Sam and Tucker leave."
"It's an issue because they know both of them. You on the other hand are a new boy, who has just spent the better part of an hour talking alone upstairs with their young impressionable daughter. The last time Jazz was upstairs alone with a boy, my dad ended up thinking he was a ghost and beating him for over an hour with the Fenton Creep Stick." Said Dani as Alex only blinked a couple of times in response to the new information.
"I think I'm sneaky enough to go down the stairs and make it to the door without being...Wait what the hell is the Fenton Creep Stick?"
"It's basically a Louisville Slugger that has the word Fenton on it. And no you're not. My parents have rigged the house to detect ghosts, and it sometimes shoots me and Jazz. With your crazy electricity abilities, I don't even want to know what it will do to you."
"Point taken...Well then how do you suggest I make my escape? Sprout wing and fly out the window?"
Dani seemed to ponder this for a second before the two blue rings appeared and she made her transformation into Danny Phantom, and her face suddenly became the face that Tessa got when she was about to do something that would piss him off.
Alex looked at her then the window and immediately figured out what was about to happen.
"Wait Wait Bambii, It's not that high up! I think I can OOF!" Exclaimed Alex as Dani plowed into him, turning them both intangible and flew through the wall.
-Alex's House: 10 Minutes Later-
It was Dark by the time Dani landed in front of Alex's house and set the boy on the ground. Alex immediately fell to the ground and laid there panting.
"I never thought I would ever miss the concrete... Or my ability to run into it." Commented Alex with a shiver. Little known fact was that Alex was terrified of heights. Hence the reason he had driven 36 hours from California to Wisconsin.
"Oh don't be such a baby...I kept it under mach 1." Jokes Dani with a grin as she helps Alex to his feet and they begin walking to the door. The two blue rings appear and Alex is now walking with the raven haired beauty (in his opinion anyway) known as Danielle Fenton.
Upon walking up the driveway, Alex suddenly became excited and ran in a very fangirlish manner up to the black car that was sitting in the driveway, leaving a very confused Dani to follow him with a slight grin adorning her face.
"Did you miss me baby? I missed you that's for sure!" Says Alex as he hugs the 2008 Dodge Challenger that he had put together himself, causing Dani to giggle bringing the teen back to Earth. Alex quickly stood up and corrected his clothes.
"Well if this is here I guess it means that Dean finally got here." Says Alex as he rubs the back of his head in an embarrassed manner.
"Ignoring the possible sexual nature of the encounter you just had with your car, would you mind if I came in and grabbed a sandwich or something? Flying with two people burns through way too much energy." Dani asks with a grin.
"Yeah sure thing. Tessa usually WOOAAH!" Shouted Alex as he stepped in a puddle that had formed next to his car and slipped falling square on his ass, causing Danny to break into a fit of giggles.
"Haha you okay sparky?" Asks Dani as she stops laughing only to have Alex slowly stand up and rub his wounded behind.
"Yeah I'll be fine...Dammit if this thing is leaking oil again I'm gonna be pissed." Says Alex as he rubs some of the gunk off of his jeans and rubs it between his fingers.
"That's weird...Oil doesn't normally feel this thin..." States a confused Alex as Dani quickly looks around and channels some ectoplasm into her hand to light up the quickly darkening driveway, only to gasp and cause Alex to turn around.
"Oh my God. DEAN!" Shouts Alex as he looks at his car and sees his foster dad leaning up against the window of his car. Alex magnetizes the lock on the door and almost effortlessly yanks the door off and throws it across the lawn. Alex unbuckles Dean from the car as he and Dani pull him from the car, and immediately realizes what was on the ground. It was Blood. A LOT of blood that had come from a blow to the side of Dean's head.
"Oh my God! Let me call the Police!" Says Dani as she pulls out her phone only to have it short circuit due to Alex's release of electricity.
"We need to use the landline. It's in kit-OH SHIT TESSA!" Yells Alex as he suddenly jumps up and runs at the door with Dani close on his heels.
"Wait Alex, it's probably a -" however Alex had already kicked in the front door and come face to face with the forms of about 5 heavily armed men in full combat suits.
"Where...Is...She!" Alex grits out as the power running to the men's visors start to sputter.
"Possible witness! Apprehend, open fire!" Shouted the man as all of the soldiers turned their guns on Alex and began firing...only to have Alex suddenly fall through the floor and the darts bounce harmlessly off the walls.
"What the hell?" Shouted one of the guards, as he shifts into view with the silhouette of a person lying unconscious on his shoulder.
"It doesn't matter, we got what we came for, Wolf go grab the man out of the car. Okay everyone bug out and meet back at the base." Said the leader as the men hit a button on their arm guards and disappear from view.
Across the street Dani appears above ground holding a thrashing Alex, who breaks loose of her grip only to begin running back to the house...only to be grabbed again and forced up against a wall.
"Let me go! I need to go-!"
"What, get yourself killed? I saw one of the guys pick up your dad, and they obviously want you as well, so for the moment I think it's safe to assume that they are keeping your parents alive! Now chill out and let me get you out of here so that they don't find us, catch us, and tear us apart molecule by molecule!" Whisper shouts Dani.
Alex looks away angry and finally turns and looks back to Danny with a defeated look on his face, nods his head and Dani wraps her arms around his back and lifts off, Alex too upset to even care about how high up they were.
"First things first, we need to find you a place to stay that will be secure...and I know just the place." Says Dani as she quickly flies the next couple of blocks and through the wall of her house, landing on the floor of Jazz's room, and changing back to her human persona. The appearance of the duo, startles her sister sending her crashing out of her desk chair and onto the ground.
"Dani? Alex? Why are you two in my room?" Asks Jazz as she picks herself up off the floor.
"Jazz if you help me out with what I'm about to ask you, I will get help in Physics and still let you hunt ghosts with me." Says Dani as Jazz gets an excited look on her face.
"Of course I'll help you Dani! What do you need?"
Danny takes a deep breath in and exhales.
"Don't freak out...but Alex's parents were just abducted by a bunch of commando looking guys and I need you to help me convince mom and dad to let him stay in the guest room in the OP center." Finishes Dani much to the shocked surprise of both Jazz and Alex.
"WHAT?!" Exclaims Jazz as Dani jumps across the gap between them and covers her mouth.
"SSSSHHHHH! Are you trying to wake mom and dad up?" Whispers Dani as Jazz shakes her loose and quietly begins arguing with her sister.
"If he's being chased by commandos, why did you bring him here?" Demands Jazz
"Because this place has so much security that it makes Fort Knox look like it's run by mall cops. And plus if he stays in the OP center, the apocalypse could be going on and it wouldn't affect him in the slightest." Answers Dani. "And plus he saved Tucker, Sam and I from Skulker, and I owe him one...or three."
Jazz looks at Alex with a wary eye and looks back to her sister.
"How did he bring down Ghost...Skulker? Mom and dad even have trouble sending him back without your help."
Dani looks at Alex and sighs.
"Uh oh...That sounds like an "I'm about to spill the beans" sigh." Realizes Alex as he quickly interrupts Dani before she can tell Jazz.
"I'm a black belt in martial arts. Ol' Metal Head never even saw me comin." Said Alex as Dani quickly closed her mouth as to not arouse suspicion from Jazz. In actuality Alex did have a black belt, so he wasn't technically lying.
"Hmmm...Well we have two ways to go about doing this...we can either lie to mom and dad... or we can straight up ask mom if we can let him stay in the OP center... Which do you think would be better, Dani?" Asked Jazz, as a perplexed look spread itself across her face.
"I say we figure out a really elaborate cover story and try to make mom and dad buy it. And if that doesn't work, we could always beg and let him talk Physics with dad." A well known fact about the girl's father Jack Fenton, was that while being a genius, his common sense was almost nonexistent. The issue however would be trying to trick their mother...who was much more streetwise than her husband.
"...I have an idea." Said Alex quietly, catching both girl's attention. "Why don't I pretend to be a Ghost Hunter friend of Dani's who got kicked out because my parents didn't approve of my career choice?"
"That wouldn't...Actually that's a really good idea." Said Jazz. Alex's plan was brilliant. It would grab the attention of the Ghost obsessed Jack, while the more attentive Maddie would be wooed by their common interests in Physics and Martial Arts.
"That's brilliant! Alright, so should we do this tomorrow after school?" Said an excited Dani.
"Tomorrow morning might be better, so that it would give mom and dad time to think about it." Countered Jazz.
"Uh guys..." Started Alex however his voice was quickly drowned out by the sound of the two sister's conversation.
"That's a good point. If we were to wait till after school then if they say no, we'd be S.O.L." Stated Danny
"Guys I really think you should turn-"
"Yeah and if we make breakfast they might be more inclined to allow it!" Said Jazz
"Or you're irate mother could ground the both of you for eternity for plotting to lie to her and your father." Came a voice from the doorway.
Jazz and Dani looked in the direction of the door to see the form of Maddie Fenton, standing in the doorway holding the Fenton Creepstick over her shoulder.
"...Damn." Mutters Dani as Maddie enters the room and lightly closes the door behind her.
"Now what is going on, and why is there a boy that I've never seen before sitting in your room Jazz. And don't feed the fake story I know you were going too, I want the truth." Says Maddie as Dani and Jazz started sweating bullets.
"Mrs. Fenton...If you don't mind, I would be more than happy to inform you about what happened..." said Alex in a low voice. Maddie looked at the boy and noticed the blood stain on his jeans and the sad tone of voice, and decided to listen to his story.
"What is your name?"
"...Alex. Alex Grey.
Now there was a name that Maddie recognized. Her and Dean Grey had been friends since they were children. They even went to the same college, and he had introduced her to Jack and had even stayed in contact up until a few years ago, when he had moved with his wife to California. The last few times they spoke he had told her about a little boy that he and Tessa were taking in.
"I can't believe Dean's foster son is sitting in front of me...What a small world."
"All right sweetie, start with what happened." said Maddie as she leaned the Fenton creep stick up against the wall.
"...about an hour ago me and Dani stopped by my house to get some studying materials when we found my foster father beaten unconscious and my house filled with some form of commandos in full battle gear. They started shooting and me and Dani ran away and evaded them until we made it back here. Dani was going to ask if it would be all right if I stayed in your family's guest room because I'm too afraid to go to my house." Said Alex to the increasing horror of Mrs. Fenton.
Maddie was speechless. Not only had Dean been kidnapped, but Tessa had probably been taken captive as well... and that wasn't even the most concerning of the news.
"Alex...by chance did these "commandos" have really heavy looking body armor, with breathing masks?" Asked Maddie to the stunned surprise of Dani and Alex.
"Yeah they did...mom how did you know that?" asked Dani as Maddie became more concerned about the situation.
"Because Alex, your foster father and I used to work for an organization...and those commandos are what they use to bring back someone who stole something important from them." Says Maddie with a grim look on her face.
"Wait, you know Dean and Tessa? Does that mean that you know what is going on?" Asked Alex standing up in anticipation.
"...I don't know Alex...but I might be able to find out. The Men you saw wouldn't have left if they needed you, so as long as you stay away from your house you should be safe. The OP center has an extra room that you are more than welcome to stay in." Said Maddie as she stands and starts making her way to the door.
"Wait mom, what's going on?" Asks Jazz as her and Dani join Alex in standing as their mother stops in the doorway and turns to them.
"Nothing that you need to worry about Dear. Dani, why don't you show Alex to the OP center and help him get settled in and add his DNA to the scanner so he doesn't get zapped." Said Maddie in her sweet motherly voice, as she leaves the room to try to find out more information on her old employers.
Dani, Alex and Jazz stood there in silence for a moment, contemplating what they had just been told by Mrs' Fenton.
"Well...That went better than I expected it too. Come on Alex. Let's go before she changes her mind." Commented Dani, as she took Alex by the arm and led him out of her sister's room and toward the elevator up to the OP center.
Organization Safe House 32445
Undisclosed Location
For Dean Grey, darkness had surrounded him for what seemed like an eternity.
"Am I dead?...Is this what Hell is like?" Wondered Dean a he seemed to float along in the eternal nothingness that is Limbo.
The immediate freezing sensation that chilled him to the bone, was what finally woke him from his unconscious ramblings.
"AAAHHH!" Screamed Dean as he regained consciousness only to realize that he was sitting in his underwear strapped to a chair. Darkness assaulted his senses once more as he realized that a black cloth was tied around his eyes. Suddenly, without warning, the blindfold was forcefully removed from his eyes and Light assaulted his vision, and Dean realized that he was in an interrogation room, with on lamp, illuminating only a small portion of the room.
"Where...Where am I?" Asked Dean as he attempted to let his eyes adjust to the darkness but to no such luck.
A shape emerged from the darkness, and revealed himself to be the soldier that had bashed Dean over the head while he was getting out of the car. The soldier now however had his mask off and he had a vertical cut running up his left eye lid and had a buzzed head of blonde hair.
"Well my little thief, You have something that we want back. And I-" The man pulled out a combat knife and began sharpening it."- Am not particularly in the mood for bullshit. So tell me where the plasma converter is and I'll let you die quickly."
Dean looked at the man with fierce determination in his eye.
"I can't seem to remember where I put it...Oh I'd check under your bed. I might have left it there while I was trampolining your wife. CRACK" And with that comment Dean was once again unconscious.
"Well looks like this little shit is going to be difficult." Said the man as he got more freezing water and threw it at Dean waking him back up.
"Good...I like difficult." Said the man with an Evil grin on his face.
Tell me if you like where I'm taking the story, or if you spot any errors that I derped on and missed. I have no Beta and sometimes lysdexia can get the better of me. Thanks for everyone who has followed this story and I hope you continue to enjoy my story.
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