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Stranded

Chapter 10: The Monster of Specter Island

Previously

Grrrrrllllll ..

"Star...was that your stomach?...'Danny asked the blonde girl who had a nervous look on her face.

"N-No...yours?...'Star asked, getting a really bad feeling right now.

"No...'Danny said as he heard the noises get louder and louder.

"W-What is that?..."Star asked as she is now clinging to Danny, feeling so scared right now.

"Let's not stick around and find out...'Danny said as he and Star soon ran outside of the cave.

Thankfully the rain finally stopped but it was still wet and muddy and the two teenagers ended up tripping and falling to the ground.

"I really.. .really ...hate this island..."Star grumbled to Danny as they were now covered in mud.

However, they heard those noises once more, becoming louder and louder. Suddenly, something jumped out from the caves and landed before them...a BIG, hairy something that was towering over them and bearing it's large, pointy teeth at them..

"ROOOAAARRRR!..."They heard as a large beast was now in front of them and the two teens screamed in horror.

"AHHH!..." Star screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Oh man...'Danny said as he knew now that things have gotten much, much worse.

Danny couldn't believe his horrendous luck as he and Star stared in horror at the creature that was before them.

It was at least 8 feet tall, lot's of black and purple fur, it had a lot of sharp, pointy teeth, long, sharp claws and looked like a cross between a bear and a gorilla and looked like it was even more dangerous.

There is no doubt about it...This is the infamous Monster of Specter Island...

And it looked every bit as bad as the legend describes it.

"RRRAAAARRRRR!..."The monster roared at them.

"AHHH!...'Star yelled loudly.

"RUN!....'Danny shouted and he and Star ran downhill, which was unfortunately very slippery due to still being wet from the rain...but they were heading down hill faster.

'AHHH!....'Star and Danny both yelled as they clung to each other and they slip down the steep hill until they painfully made it to the ground level.

"That was even worse than that roller coaster ride I was on last summer..."Star muttered in a dizzy voice after they were on the ground level.

Danny snapped out it, got up and helped Star up too.

"Come on...before it catches up with us...'Danny shouted as he shook her.

Star snapped out of it, remembered that they are in life threatening danger and that the monster is still coming down hill, after them.

Star screamed and Danny and her started running as fast as they could. Danny looked back and saw that the monster had made it down, but it didn't run down...it floated and he also noticed that it seemed to posses a ghostly glow all around it.

"It's flying...it's not a monster...it's a ghost...'Danny said to Star as they kept running.

"WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?!..."Star yelled at him.

"ROAR!....'The monster ghost roared loudly before it started chasing after him.

Thankfully Danny and Star were several yards ahead of it.

"What are we going to do?..."Star yelled as she noticed that the monster ghost is getting closer. Thankfully Danny is used to thinking while in life threatening danger.

'Head for the woods...I have an idea...'Danny said to her.

The two teenagers ran as fast as they possibly could, into the dense forest of the island. The monster soon made it and tried to find the two teenagers, but searched around but couldn't see them.

"Grrr...'The creature said as he tried to find the two teenagers.

Unknown to the monster, Danny and Star had managed to quickly climb up a tree before it made it here and they are now hanging on the high branches, clinging for dear life and trying to be as quiet as possible.

"Don't make any sound...'Danny whispered in the lowest voice possible to the blonde while he clung to his branch.

Star gulped and held on to the branch, fearing for her young life. She couldn't believe that she was not only trapped on an island with Fenton, but she is now hiding for her life, against a large, scary ghost monster.

'This can't be happening...this can't be happening...'Star thought as she was continued to hang out to the branch for her life, wondering how she managed to get such rotten luck.

She's not the only one.

Danny couldn't believe this situation. From what he gathered, this is just the wild beast kind of ghost with no sentience, just a mass of ectoplasmic primal fury. If he had had his powers, it wouldn't take him five minutes to deal with this thing but he's without his powers and this beast is a serious danger to both him and Star.

'Come on Fenton, think of something...'Danny thought to himself as he tried to figure out a plan to save himself and Star while the beast was still on the ground, sniffing around but apparently couldn't detect them while they were up there, it just kept moving around the area for a while until it went deeper into the woods.

As soon as it was out of sight, Star looked at Danny, unsure.

"Is it gone?...'Star whispered to him in the lowest voice possible, just in case.

"Let's wait a bit, just to be safe..."Danny whispered back to her.

Five more minutes have passed and Danny and Star couldn't hear anything. The two teenagers looked at each other and sighed in relief as they made their climb down, now that the monster wasn't here any more.

"Glad that's over...'Danny sighed.

"What was that about? Why was that thing even chasing us, anyway?...'Star asked.

'Why are you asking me?...'Danny asked her.

'Duh, your family handles ghosts, don't they?...'Star pointed out.

"Wild animals go ballistic if they find anything invading their territory and that ghost, whatever it was, is clearly just a wild, rogue animal ghost..."Danny answered.

"Whatever...I'm just glad that it's gone...'Star said, finally catching her breath.

"Let's head back to the beach before it comes back and stay there..."Danny ordered and Star nodded.

The two teenagers started running back but being careful to not attract any attention just in case. They kept moving for several more yards, however Star suddenly heard a faint noise...from the distance.

"Do you hear something, again?...'Star asked, about to totally freak out again.

Danny heard it too and looked around, he ended up seeing something coming from the dense trees...that's moving fast and getting louder the closer it gets.

'THE MONSTER! RUN!....'Danny shouted and Star screamed as she and he kept running, unable to believe that beast had come back.

'What are we going to do?..."Star demanded.

"I'm thinking..."Danny said, only for the monster's roars to be heard as it was getting closer.

'THINK FASTER!...'Star shouted and Danny and her just kept trying to run as fast as they can.

"Let's split up, it can't chase both of us at the same time...one of us will lead it away and we both head for the beach...'Danny suggested.

'Sounds good to me..."Star said as both she and Danny ran in separate directions.

The monster saw this, growled and soon decided to chase just one of them and then search for the other one later.

At the Beach

Star soon arrived to the beach and started panting, trying desperately to catch her breath. She followed Danny's advice but didn't see the monster chasing after her...which would mean.

"Where's Fenton?...'Star wondered out loud, actually feeling worried about the guy.

He hasn't shown up yet, which means he is still being chased by the monster...or-

Before Star could think about that terrible thought, she heard some rustling sounds coming from the plants and gasped in horror.

'THE MONSTER...'Star yelled, only for Danny to suddenly run out, still looking back and accidentally bumped into the blonde girl.

'OW!..."Star yelped, only to see who it was.

"Fenton, you're alive!..."Star exclaimed, actually happy to see that he is okay, but Danny still looked worried.

'For now, I think I managed to give Tall, Dark and Ugly the slip..."Danny said as he panted, feeling tired from all of that running.

"I still can't believe that the monster is real..Before this trip, I always thought it was a ghost story...where the heck would that thing even come from?...'Star wondered out loud and Danny heard her.

"It must have come from a natural portal and got stuck on the island somehow...'Danny answered due to hearing her.

'A what?...'Star asked.

Uh...My..uh...parents found out that sometimes...there is a thing called natural portals that can make an opening between the Earth and The Ghost Zone, I figure that maybe that thing come here through one and it disappeared before he could get back in..."Danny said and Star blinked.

The blonde girl said nothing as she sat on the sand, still exhausted by the horrific experience they just had.

'Now, what are we going to do? We can't head back to the woods with that thing running around..."Star said.

"My suggestion, just stick by here until help comes...no matter the circumstances...'Danny said to Star who is currently rubbing her feet, which are sore from all of the running.

"Fine by me, I don't think I can move from this spot..." Star grumbled.

CRACK!

The two teens then heard more rustling from the bushes and they knew it wasn't a human, since they were all here.

"I can be wrong...'Star said as she quickly got up in worry.

Before she and Danny could do anything, the monster appeared once again and is growling loudly, his red eyes glowing at them in a fit of predatory fury.

"Will this guy ever quit!?..."Danny shouted in anger, fear and Danny annoyance as the beast took several menacing steps closer to them.

Danny, due to his heroic nature, stood in front of Stat with his hands out, to protect Star from this menacing creature, all the while, sending a glare at the monster ghost of all things. Star saw this and despite being so scared, she couldn't help but notice Danny's bravery.

It was one thing to fight off against that snake, keep a cool head during the storm but this...this... this is unbelievable.

"Fenton is way braver than I thought he was...'Star thought, actually regretting all of the times she used to call him a wimp.

If he was trying to prove her wrong, he succeeded. He actually proved a lot of himself during this trip...that's for sure.

Back to their situation, the monster was before them, baring it's large teeth at them and Danny still has it in him to try and protect Star.

"Star, we I say go, run as fast as you can and don't look back..."Danny whispered to her and Star blinked.

'What are you planning on doing?...'Star asked.

"No time to explain, just do it..."Danny said and Stat suddenly had a bad feeling where this is going.

'I can't leave you alone with that monster..."Star said, not wanting this.

Danny has been saving her life since they got stuck here, she can't just idly let him face against a ghost by himself, especially one this nasty. Danny might be a good survivalist but he's never fought a real life ghost in his life...not counting the pirate incident but even then, he had backup.

Before Danny could order her to listen to him, the monster roared once again and Danny's protective instincts kicked in again and he kept trying to shield Star.

'Leave us alone, hairy!...'Danny shot back.

The monster roared at him and raised his large, clawed arm and swung, striking Danny and making him fly several feet away.

'DANNY!...'Star yelled in horror, only for the monster to turn his attention to her.

Star backed away several feet, her life was flashing before her eyes. She in a brief flash, saw her early childhood in her old home town, her junior ballet lessons, her parents divorce, moving to Amity Park, meeting Valerie, joining the A-listers, being nothing but the satellite to Paulina, her treatment of the unpopular kids, including Fenton and everything he has done during this trip, all up to this moment.

"We're doomed...'Star thought in horror as the monster kept approaching her.

Meanwhile, Danny groaned and landed on the shore and woke up due to the tide splashing him. He coughed and got up, and then saw the monster about to attack Star and got a bad feeling now.

"There has got to be something that I can do..." Danny thought in worry, fearing for Star's life.

He couldn't believe he could do nothing while this monster destroys her and then him..all because of that stupid Spectral Algae...

"Wait...the Spectral algae...'Danny whispered as he looked to his surroundings and then saw the many stones, covered in the anti-ghost aquatic plant. An idea formed in Danny's head, it's a bit of a gamble, but it might be they're only chance.

"Here goes everything...'Danny muttered as he went to put his plan into action.

Back with Star, the blonde girl is now face to face with the large, black and purple monster ghost, who is still barring it's teeth at her.

"Grrr...'The ghost growled as it's horrific face was only a foot away from Star's.

'That's it, I'm dead!...'Star thought as she closed her eyes, not wanting to see this when it happens.

Suddenly, before the monster could attack her, something unexpected happen. A rock flew by and hit the monster on the back, causing it to yelp and take his attention off of Star and on to the one who threw it...

"Danny?...'Star whispered in horror when she saw Danny throwing rocks at the monster, to get it's attention away from her.

'HEY UGLY! LEAVE HER ALONE!..."Danny shouted before throwing another rock, angering the beast even more.

'Grrrr..."The beast let out.

"D-Danny...'Star whimpered out, once again being shocked why what she is seeing

Danny isn't just facing a ghost...he's taunting one too!

And he's not done, he is now mouthing off to the beast as he kept throwing stones at it.

"Oh please! You think you're so tough! I've seen scarier bunny rabbits! You think you're so bad just because you're the biggest thing on the island with a population of 3... HA! Compared to the ghost I've seen in Amity Park, you're nothing but a big, ugly walking hairball!...' Danny shouted as he kept hurling regular rocks at the monster to get it riled up.

It worked as the monster was now away from Star and now focusing entirely on Danny, growling in anger and pouncing, about to attack the dark haired boy now, much to the horror of Star who was pretty much petrified right now by what was happening when they monster started charging, eager to tear Danny to shreds.

"I only got one shot here...'Danny whispered to himself as the creature started charging in his direction and upon reaching the shore, he leapt up!

"NO!..." Star yelled out in horror as the beast leaped at Danny.

-To be continued-

Next time on Stranded

Predator Vs Prey

REPLIES to my loyal and totally awesome reviewers:

Frost Hunter: Yeah, Phantom Planet left something to be desired...

Guest: The Monster was a large, beastly ghost that wound up on the island, just a feral beast ghost like the ones from Claw of the Wild. Also, that probably would be an interesting article, wouldn't it? Lol.

Cg037: Thank you :)

Invader Johnny : I hope that this is up to standards :)

Devilxknight86: Sorry, not yet

LooneyAces: Thank you :)

erebus13th: No powers yet, but at least he had an idea...

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