Boy was it bad timing. He was in the middle of the fight, just about to finish them off, when he felt the heat circulating in his chest.
He was able to scruff it down to nothing for a minute or two, but it ultimately explodes when Skulker made the critical hit.
The next thing he knew, he was making a beeline for the ground.
And the impact hurt.
He felt the grass lifting up off the ground, sprawling out to the side. The mud underneath the plants drenched him.
'Did it rain?'
The lights went out, then came back on when his torso lit on fire.
Why does stuff like this always happen to him?
He groaned and shifted to his side, eyes leaking a golden glow.
Frostbite's gem.
The fenton thermos and it's strap, he realized, wasn't around him anymore. He'd put the gem in one of it's pockets. Frantically, he glanced all around, spotting the thermos a few feet away.
Phantom tried to get up, only to be hit with a nauseating amount of heat. Everything blurred and he found himself on the ground again. His head throbbed.
'Come on Phantom, push through it.'
It took a lot of energy, but he used the grass to his advantage.
The second he reached it, he took the gem out and did as Frostbite instructed, squeezing it close to his core.
The effects happened simultaneously.
The gem glowed and strings of mist seemed to sprout out of it and drift into his chest. A heavenly cold spread through him, easing the pain tremendously.
Danny breathed out with relief. "Thank you Frostbite."
He let it sink in more before slowly standing up. He was still in a fight.
Danny picked up the thermos, putting it back on then slipped the gem around his neck. Jazz had the bright idea of turning the gem into a necklace, just for circumstances like this.
"Hello Phantom."
Danny spun around in a low stance, ready to shoot at whoever just spoke. However the only thing that met him, was an empty and dark forest.
Did he imagine it?
Keeping his fists at home and ready to cook, his eyes darted all around him. "Hello?"
There was a heavy breeze suddenly, russling the leaves.
"You have quite a fire." The voice hummed from behind. Danny swung around with a punch, but only hit air.
"Reminds me of someone."
The teen started backing up slowly until he found himself underneath one of the many light posts in the park. "Who are you?"
"No one of importance. Just a humble tourist looking an apprentice."
"Now you remind me of someone." Danny scoffed glancing in every direction. "Is Vlad putting you up to this?"
"I assure you, he is not." The voice seemed to circle him. "Whoever this Vlad is."
"Well, regardless, I'm not looking for a job under someone's shadow. Especially from a creepy voice talking to me at a park in the middle of the night."
There was silence, besides the occasional wind.
Then out of nowhere, his head seemed to collapse in on itself. He grimaced and brought his hands up to his temples.
'The hell?'
It went as quickly as it came, only allowing him a second to see a kick coming right at him. He tried to dodge, but wasn't fast enough, so he brought his forearms up in a block. The force made him slide back in the grass.
But that wasn't the end of it. There were multiple attacks coming from what seemed to be everywhere. The only thing he could do was continuously block the rapid attacks before he saw an opening. He dropped down and tried to sweep the mysterious man's feet from under him, but they weren't even there. He stood back up, only to be hit in the back and thrown forward in the ground.
By now, his white hair was matted to his forehead and his suit was dirtier than before. He clenched his teeth looking up at the man. A color schemed armor of black, silver, and orange decorated his body. There was no exposed skin whatsoever. Even his face was covered with a mask that only revealed one gleaming eye.
"Impressive. But lazy."
Danny growled, then flipped over and shot a ghost ray that the man dodged with ease. He got up on one knee and shot an ice ray. Again, the man dodged and the ray froze a nearby tree. The teen jumped up into the air, thinking that he had the aerial advantage. He flew forward, shooting rays as a distraction, looking like he was about to ram into the man headfirst only to stop short and flip over the man's head. He crouched on his back (Spider-Man style) then forcefully jumped off, throwing the man into the ground. He spun around in the air to see his work, hands glowing green with ray residue.
"How's that for lazy?"
The man stood up, wiping his armor off like nothing happened.
"Better. But you can still be more." His voice turned sinister, sending an uneasy shiver through the ghost boy. "Come with me and be rewarded, or resit and suffer the punishment."
"You're not taking me anywhere." Danny's eyes narrowed defiantly.
"Very well. You have made your choice." The man took out a small device and waved it slightly. The ghost teen looked at it with caution, unconsciously floating back. "I bet you're wondering where the 'heat waves' are coming from."
The teen's eyes widened. He needed to get out of there, but before he could take off through the forest, it hit him hard and fast. He cried out and fell in a heap on the ground.
It burned.
He felt the Fenton thermos being ripped off before a steel toed boot slammed into his back. The teen gasped and grit his teeth, his hands gripping the grass. The man's one eye gleamed down at him.
"You should've came peacefully half-"
"Danny! Where are you?!"
They both turned their eyes to look where the voice came from. Sam's voice.
"Dude! Can ya hear us?!"
Tucker.
They weren't far away.
Danny panicked slightly, trying to push up against the boot weakly.
But the man kicked him in the head before he could do anything.
Then all he saw was black.
…
"Sam, get over here!" Tucker yelled out. "I think I found something."
"Is that something Danny? Because if it isn't, I'm gonna-" She stopped. Something definitely went down. The scene she was met with was a steaming tree with ecto-ray residue, a frozen over tree, and a torn up ground. The worst part of the scene, was the discarded Fenton thermos on the ground. "That son of a-"
"Ah-ha!" Both of them looked over at Skulker's voice. "Ember! I found the welp's pets!"
"Pets!?" Sam was just having enough with this night all together. "We are not pets you overgrown computer!"
She shot her Fenton wrist weapon at him, grazing his arm.
"Why you little vermin!" He charged at her, only for Tucker to shoot his ray at him too.
"Don't even think about it!"
The two ray blasts pushed him backwards, causing him to grunt. He growled. "Ember! Get your sorry butt over here and help!"
A chorus of wind stumbled out of the trees before Ember came rushing out, just about to ram into the two humans with a frozen guitar before a bright light engulfed them all.
In the middle of it all, Clockwork stood, tall and proud.
"Enough."
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I am so so so so sorry. I know I said I'd update once a week, but I had some family stuff and just got a job! Yay! And my mom's laptop broke, so there's that. But here it is!
Now y'all know what's up with Danny!
Slade has been tampering with his ghost core, the fiend!
Well anyways, I hope you enjoyed!
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