WoM- My break is coming to an end soon… 'Makes face' Urg, school is NOT gonna be fun… 'sighs heavily.' Well, at any rate, here's Detention Part 2 for you guys. Hope you enjoy it!
"A best friend it like a four leaf clover - Hard to find, and lucky to have."
-Unknown
Detention Pt. 2
"Goin' Ghost!"
Mr. Lancer didn't have time to think. He didn't have time to react at all when the monster closed the distance between itself and the English teacher, opening it's jaws to devour him whole…
But just before those jaws snapped shut again, a strange, empty sensation went Through Lancer's body, and he found himself being pulled into the air and away to safety.
'At least Mr. Lancer's safe now,' Phantom thought grimly as he continued to fly upwards, never loosening his grip on Mr. Lancer's shoulders. 'Now I've gotta take care of that thing before it hurts someone… I've really gotta find out where Desiree finds people who wish this sort of stuff up, too. It's starting to get on my nerves…'
The ghost set Mr. Lancer down, turning him tangible again before his feet hit the ground. After glancing at the monster, which was steadily making it's way towards the two, Phantom gave the English teacher a nervous smile.
"You might wanna find cover," He advised. "This thing has acid, and I don't exactly carry spare Hazmats around with me."
"Yes, of course," Mr. Lancer agreed at once. Hesitating for a brief second, he added a sincere, "Thank you," before ducking behind a bookshelf. But not before seeing the look of surprise on Phantom's face.
'Did he just thank me?' The ghost though, surprise clear in his mental tone, 'Wow, that's a first…' Mr. Lancer frowned at that.
Was the boy really showed such little gratitude for his fighting? He never really noticed before…
'Then again, I did like to avoid all this ghost business,' He reminded himself dryly. 'It's not my place to try and interfere with what they do and where they do it, my concern is with my students. Now that they are starting to play a more vital role in my student's lives, though, I've been forced to take action…' The fact that he now had the power to read his student's minds helped too, of course…
"Okay, Handsome," Phantom called out to the monster, "You wanna tango? Let's take it outside!" the next thing Mr. Lancer heard was a slight scuffle, followed by silence.
Peeking around the corner, the teacher saw the coast was cleared. Both monster and ghost were gone. He sighed in relief before his face set in determination and he started for the door.
'I need to get back to the classroom,' He told himself, 'If that think comes back again my students and I-!'
"Enjoying your power?"
Mr. Lancer jumped at the vaguely familiar female voice, twisting around to meet the smirk of a ghost he'd never seen before.
She was pretty for a ghost, with long black hair that fell over her left eye and the garb of an ancient harem girl. But she looked cruel as well. The one red eye that Lancer saw held a sneering look in it, and her expression set the teacher on guard.
"Who are you?" He asked. Then he realized what she just said. "How did you know-?"
"I am Desiree," the ghost introduced herself with a humble bow and a pointed smirk, "The Wish Granting Ghost. It is my desire to bestow mortals with what they want most in this world. That is how I knew of your new power. After all, I'm the one who gave it to you…"
"Wish Granting Ghost?" Mr. Lancer frowned suspiciously. He didn't like the sounds of that… "Why did you give me this power?"
"Because you asked for it," Desiree said innocently, "It is not my duty to judge your wishes and deem them fix, merely grant them. You wished you could know what your students were thinking, so I gave you the power to do so."
"I see…" Mr. Lancer sighed heavily before he frowned again. "But why can I hear the thoughts of the ghost boy? He's not one of my students." Mr. Lancer could've sworn he saw a flash of triumph pass Desiree's face for a second, but it was replaced with a thoughtful, puzzled frown so quickly, the teacher decided he must've imagined it in his paranoia.
"Yes…" The ghost purred out as she circled Lancer, "That IS puzzling… I do not make mistakes in my wish granting, so the only reason you would be able to read the ghost child's mind is if he was in fact your student…" Mr. Lancer frowned.
"Impossible." He said firmly. "I would remember teaching him if he was, and I don't. I've never had a student named Phantom, and never has a student who died while taking one of my classes fit his description."
"I'd imagine not." Desiree said, "But what is his true name WASN'T Phantom? And what if he isn't actually dead…?" Mr. Lancer scowled.
"I don't have time for mind games," He snapped. "Get to the point, Ms. Desiree, or leave me in peace." Desiree grinned like the cat who just swallowed the canary.
"Figure it out," She told him softly, "When you do, I think you'll find a lot more about your precious school makes sence…" Then, with an ominous sounding laugh, Desiree was swallowed in a mist of smoke, disappearing before Lancer could question her any further.
'Well, that was certainly foreboding…' Mr. Lancer thought dryly before taking off to find his students.
"Gather your things," Mr. Lancer ordered as he reentered the classroom, "I'm escorting you all off the premises. It's not safe here,"
He didn't have to say anything else. Students jumped for backpacks, purses, and any other personal items as the murmured nervously, both out loud and mentally.
'When is this school safe anymore?' Tucker thought dryly, 'Half the ghost attacks are on Casper High, since all the ghosts know Danny goes here…' Mr. Lancer frowned at that, once again wondering exactly how deep into all this ghost business his young student was.
'OhmyGod!' Star wailed mentally, 'Why do these things always happen here anyways? I mean, Why not a library or something? Nobody is ever in a library! Nobody cool, at least…' Mr. Lancer frowned for a whole new reason at that one.
'My student's thirst for learning is truly touching at times.' He thought dryly to himself.
'Why bother?' Paulina thought in exasperation, 'Phantom will take care of it. He always does.' Then the girl brightened slightly. 'Hey! Maybe I'll get to see him again!' The teacher bit back a sigh as his students lined up.
'I'm starting to think that 'obsessed,' is an understatement for Ms. Sanchez's affection for the town Ghost Boy…' He commented in his head as he watched the six students leave the room. 'Wait a second…!'
"Six…" He said out loud, recounting and coming up with the same number yet again. His eyes narrowed darkly at that, "There are supposed to be eight of you! Where's Mr. Fenton? And Miss Grey…?" Jazz and Tucker exchanged glances as the teacher fumed.
'She snuck out on me!' He thought furiously, 'I can't believe Valerie's being so reckless with her own life! Her father's going to hear about this, of that she can be reassured!'
'Not good…' Tucker thought grimly.
'What do we say, what do we say?' Jazz was thinking frantically at the same time. Spike beat her to it, though.
"Danny and I got separated coming back to the classroom," He explained to the teacher, "He was hurt by that… that thing that attacked us."
'I still can't believe he took that hit for me,' The pale boy added mentally, 'I mean, we barely know each other and he nearly got himself killed trying to save me! That kid's got more guts then you'd think looking at him…'
"We can't leave before we find Fenton and Grey," Mr. Lancer told them sternly.
'Looks like I might get my chance to meet Phantom again after all…' Paulina thought smugly to herself. 'Now to ditch the rest of these losers so I'm alone when I find him…'
"Should we split up, Mr. Lancer?" Paulina questioned out loud, "We can cover more ground that way…"
"No," Mr. Lancer responded, frowning slightly. "I'm not risking anyone else getting lost. Stay close, we'll go back to the library and-!"
"Are you crazy!" Kwan said, his voice squeaking slightly, "I'm not going in there! No way!"
'All this ghost stuff is too creepy for me,' He added in his head. 'I'm not going to the place that this thing came from, especially with three girls, one loser and a creepy kid.'
"Don't be a baby Kwan!" Paulina snapped.
'It's not like the ghost is even there anymore, so why bother crying about it?' she added sullenly to herself.
'Really,' Tucker griped in his mind, 'I help Danny fight ghosts all the time, and Kwan's way bigger then I am. Though I am MUCH better looking…'
Mr. Lancer wasn't sure what annoyed him more about that; the admittance that at least he and Danny were constantly in danger from ghosts attacks that they attempted to ward off despite their age and inexperience or the blatant narcissism.
"Stay close," He ordered. Sighing to himself, he asked, "Did Miss Grey say anything before she left the room (in complete disregard to my direct orders, might I add…)?"
"Not really," Star said absently, "She just freaked when Spike told her Danny was hurt and charged out."
'Though what she sees in that Fenton freak I'll never know,' the blonde added to herself. 'I mean, yeah he's kinda cute, but he's so weird, and his whole family is all total basket cases…'
'And knowing Valerie, that means right now she suited up and charging full force after Phantom again without stopping to think about what's going on,' Tucker joked in his head. 'Man, I seriously wanna be there when she find out, just to see the look on her face…'
'Finds out what…?' Lancer puzzled. He shook the question off though when he reached the library again, with Danny nowhere in sight.
Which way did you two go from here?" The English teacher asked Spike with a pointed frown. "If we retrace your steps, we might find Danny,"
"We went out those doors there," Spike said, pointing out another set of double doors, "And we went down the hall and tool a left. After that, I didn't see Danny following me anymore." Mr. Lancer nodded thoughtfully as he and his students followed Spike's directions, Tucker and Jazz both looking a little anxious and everyone else looking wary or annoyed.
'Please don't let them find out, please don't let them find out, please don't let them find out, please don't let them find out, please don't let them find out…' Jazz chanted over and over again in her head like a mantra, playing nervously with her hands. Mr. Lancer didn't have time to wonder what she was so scared about them finding out, though, since a startled gasp from tar drew everyone's attention to the now pale girl.
"Please, PLEASE tell me that isn't what I think it is," She said, pointing a shaky finger at the floor. Looking down, everyone's eyes widened at the path of blood splatter that trailed down the hall.
"Like I said," Spike said grimly, "Danny was hurt."
'THIS hurt?' Jazz thought, going pale as dead. 'He's out there fighting that thing off when he's been hurt this badly!' Mr. Lancer didn't even bother trying to figure that out, his concern for the welfare of his student growing even more.
"Oh, man…" Kwan cursed softly under his breath, his eyes wide as he looked down the hall at the path that led from the library to the other end of the hall.
"It's probably not as bad as it looks," Tucker reassured everyone hastily.
'It never is,' He added in his mind, 'And Danny's so used to being hurt by now, he probably barely feels it.'
Mr. Lancer paled, feeling himself grow ill.
'What are these kids thinking?' He wondered violently, 'They're far too young to be USED to being HURT!'
"The… the blood stops here," Paulina announced, a queasy look on her face as she pointed to the corner Spike said he'd turned, "It's a pretty big puddle, too…"
"That means he stopped," Jazz clarified with a sigh.
'He must've waited until the coast was clear, then doubled back to fight that monster that attacked him and Spike,' Before Mr. Lancer (Who was growing impatient with the whole mystery.) could say anything to that, there was a loud crashing noise as the wall imploded on them.
Kwan grunted in surprise when he was hit by whatever had broken through the wall, sending him flying to crash painfully into the trophy case. There were several loud gasps when the dust cleared and everyone saw Danny Phantom sitting on the football player, clutching his head as he stood back up. Another loud scream later, Valerie came crashing into the ghost, dressed in her normal garb and thoroughly beaten.
'Okay, maybe Phantom had a point…' She said to herself as she scowled through the whole, 'The head-on thing wasn't the smartest move… but how the heck did something so STUPID deactivate my hunting gear?'
"Moby Dick, Miss Grey!" Mr. Lancer exploded, his temper growing. Both ghost and ghost hunter jumped and turned to look at Mr. Lancer.
'Busted,' The ghost thought grimly, sympathy coloring his tone as Valerie paled.
'Not good…'
"Uh… I can explain!" The girl said hastily. She didn't get a chance to, though. There was a loud roar as the monster from earlier entered through the wall, more brick and debris falling as it made the hole even bigger.
"No time!" Phantom yelled, jumping to the air with an unconscious Kwan slung over his shoulder, "RUN!"
Nobody needed to be told twice. Mr. Lancer and his students took off as fast as their legs could carry them, Phantom matching their pace with his flying as he struggled to keep the larger boy from falling.
"Can't you stop that thing?" Star demanded shrilly.
"Nothing I throw at him even phases it!" Phantom shouted back. Star groaned.
"Of course all this happens on the first day I get detention!" She snapped, "I really wish I could be somewhere else right now…" There was a familiar laugh when the girl finished saying that and Phantom's eyes widened.
"Oh no…" the ghost boy groaned, "Not NOW!" But the boy's plea was useless.
"So you have wished it…" Desiree's voice said sweetly, "So shall it be!"
"DESIREE!" Phantom growled out in warning, but it came far too late.
The next thing Mr. Lancer knew, the ground had given way at his feet, and he was falling down what felt like an infinite black hole. He heard some of his students screaming, but didn't have the chance to decipher one from another when he suddenly (And painfully) met solid ground again.
"Ow…" Paulina whined as she stood, her eyes widening when she saw they were standing on a floating mass of land in an endless black and green sky filled with floating doors.
"Thanks, Star," Tucker snapped as Phantom flew down to them, setting Kwan down gentle as he landed, "Thanks a lot!"
"Is everyone alright?" Phantom asked, glancing around.
"I'm fine!" Paulina responded with a flirtatious smile.
'At least, I am now that YOU'RE here…'
"Where are we…?" Spike asked, looking around them. "What happened?" Phantom sighed, running a hand through his hair.
"We fell victim to another one of Desiree's wordplay wishes," he told them dryly. Then, in a sarcastic tone, he added, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Ghost Zone…"
WoM- Well that was fun! 'giggles' next chapter's gonna be lots of fun to write up, too 'grins evilly and rubs hands together,' Until then, though…
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Next update; March 3rd
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