Disclaimer: I don't the show, Danny Phantom is copyright to Butch Hartman and sadly Nickelodeon. But if I DID own the show it would be on Cartoon Network instead of Nick, at least CN knows when to keep a good show running.
Well my readers I'm back with a brand new chapter, and to tell ya the truth I'm not entirely sure this is the best thing I written so far but I'll keep that opinion up to you.
If ya all like it and been reading then this mean I been doing something right, no?
Anyway I did get a complain that the story is moving somewhat slowly, believe me when I tell ya that I have no intentions for this fic to be like 30 or 40 chapters long, oh no, in reality I'm trying to keep this up as "real" as possible so this story will have like 15 chapters or perhaps less or more than that, it all depends on how the situation as well as the characters develop throughout the story.
And quite honestly seeing as ya all know this IS my DP story I want it to be a good one so I'm not going to get all the emotions of the Ember/Danny pairing be all rushed up, I plan for these two to eventually warm up to each other.
As for Youngblood a few of ya seem to dislike him for what's been going around in previous chapters, now if you all must know, the only reason I added him to the story was for comic relief after all any "TUE" based story is always dark and cruel and while I like to add those of of things to my work I also want to explore the idea of adding slight humor to the darkest episode of the series.
And finally before you all start reading the new chapter I want ya all to know one thing"
Even thought I'm not such a big fan of Danny/Valerie you can all expect some moments for these two in future chapters, like I said I'm trying to get this to be as real as possible and seeing as no one has actually done a fic with Valerie's perspective of what happened in "TUE" I figured I might as well give it a shot.
Chapter Four:
April 18:
Dear Diary:
I should really stop beginning each new entry with that cliché opening.
Well, what can I tell you?.
Today could certainly be considered the most frustrating day of my afterlife, not only did I sort of caused my enemy's downfall but I just HAD to bring him with me to my home and now I'm harboring two idiots who are wanted by Walker.
Ugh, even thought Youngblood's words about Phantom being our sworn enemy are true it still bothers me that no matter how I see it, I just can't bring myself to ignore his pain I mean he just lost everything that mattered to him in less than a second… I keep wondering if that's why I was so eager to help him… because he's in a situation I myself had when I was alive?
I'm not entirely sure at the moment and I guess I can blame part of my current predicament on my so called conscience which quite honestly I think it's only there to irritate me for just about anything.
The strange thing is that I always managed to ignore it before so why am I unable to ignore it now?.
Not that I am expecting an answer but I would certainly like to have one.
Well what else can I tell you?
That yet again I'm about to join forces with Youngblood, and after who knows how long we finally agreed what exactly needed to be done, I just hope the dipstick doesn't find out anything or its bye, bye plan and hello word of pain.
Another thing is that I hope I don't end up regretting this... wait, no, NO, now is not the time for second thoughts, aw crap even in my writing I have to argue with myself.
I swear either I am going insane or I'm just delirious from all that's been happening.
Maybe a good night sleep will help me get my mind straighten out.
Emberlynn McLain.
A bright flash of white light was seen and the next thing anyone saw was Danny Phantom turning into a human, and for a moment, the boy felt as if his head would explode from the massive headache he was feeling.
"I am the Ghost Box! Beware!"
"I got you now whelp! Soon your pelt will adorn my fireplace!"
"So you have wished it, so shall it be."
"That would be against the rules".
"You gave us quite a scare there little badger."
"I, Technus, am totally frying your bacon!"
"Okay, when I called you 'minions,' it was really a term of endearment, like -- like, 'I love my minions.'…"
"What are you? A ghost trying to fit in with humans, or some creepy little boy with creepy little powers?"
Several voices were being heard at the same time. Danny couldn't help but feel nothing but hatred towards each and every one of them.
"Hate is such a strong word Danny".
Danny opened his eyes and got up from a floating sledge of rock, noticing that he was now what he assumed to be the Ghost Zone.
"Show yourself!" He demanded.
"I don't need to Danny" The voice said sinisterly "You can already see me."
Before the hybrid could say anything he looked down at the greenish watery substance that was in front of him, he knelled down and noticed himself in it but not his human self but his ghost form, with out a care in the word Danny Phantom waved his right hand, greeting the 14 year old boy.
Danny however did not return the greeting and instead punched Phantom, the ghost was unfazed seeing as Fenton just punched the his own ghostly reflection on the green lake, his ghost half smirked cruelly.
"You might want to look behind you Danny… Trust me it's worth it."
Giving his ghost half a distrustful look, he did look behind him, nothing… there was nothing behind him!.
He narrowed his eyes and turned to face his ghost half and give him a piece of his mind, however, the lake was no longer there, and instead he was in a classroom.
"Finished so soon Mr. Fenton?"
"Yes um… sir… why is there a problem?" Danny felt he knew this man but his brain didn't give him any sort of recognition.
"How should I know? … I don't have all the answers… do you?"
He raised an eyebrow at the bald, out of shape teacher "Why does this sound so familiar?"
He walked out of the classroom and eyed the crowd of students, two in particular were giving him disapproving looks, the scene changed and the looks were now being given by two adults a male and a female in their 40's and a redheaded girl in her teen.
"Do I know them?"
"You should… after all they were your whole life".
The boy turned around and came face to face with a greenish-blue skinned vampire looking ghost.
"Who are you?"
"Oh, no one you care to remember dear boy, I'm just a part of your memories... Memories that you would NOT be able to remember at this moment anyway"
"Huh?" Danny asked, confused "What do you mean?"
"Tell me my boy, do you remember… anything??" The ghost asked casually "You… family… friends… enemies… anyone?"
The raven haired boy shook his head.
"Why is that?" Danny questioned "And who WERE those people?" he asked pointing at the place they were last seen "Why were they glaring at me?"
The next question that came out of his mouth was the hardest for some reason "Are they… my family?"
"They were, hence the past tense child" The ghost said sadly and when he noticed the teen's confusion he continued to talk. "I'm afraid they're gone now".
"So, where are they?" He asked obviously not getting the true meaning of those dreaded words.
"Around" He replied nonchalantly "I'm afraid they only exist deep within your subconscious now and only YOU can bring them here, however I doubt they would actually WANT to see you after what you did… after all I THINK they made their point pretty clear the last time you entered this place."
"What is this place?" He asked looking around.
"You mind or rather what's left of it".
Danny simply nodded "But… what exactly did I do?" He asked getting annoyed at the mystery "Is there anything you can do to help me?"
The greenish-blue skin ghost laughed darkly "I'm sorry my boy, but no I cannot".
"Why not!?" Danny sprang up.
"Because… This is not my subconscious … you want to remember your past life, then you gotta put all the pieces together Daniel… is as simple as that."
"But where can I start?" HOW can I start?"
"First you gotta wake up Daniel" The ghost said calmly "From there… who knows, like I said you gotta put the pieces together, I'm sure your mind will bring you back those memories you desire as time passes".
"What if it doesn't?" Danny asked frightened,
"Then all hope is lost for you my boy" The stranger smiled evilly "But I'm sure that won't be the case, after all you gone through different obstacles life has thrown at you, this will not be any different but it will be more difficult, after all the mind is a complex thing."
"But if you won't help me… does this mean that I'm on my own?" Danny asked trembling at the idea of being alone for some reason... why did that bother him? He did not know.
Much to the relief of the boy, the ghost told him "No, you won't be alone… much anyway".
"Would you stop talking in riddles and give me a straight answer!" The young hybrid bellowed in irritation.
"I'm not… you just have a bad habit of misreading thing." The stranger retorted smugly.
Trying to get the conversation back on track Danny muttered darkly "Is there anything I need to know before I wake up?"
"Only this… Things aren't always what they seem Daniel… SPECIALLY in the Ghost Zone".
And by wrapping his cape around him he vanished in a cloud of mist, leaving a frigthened teenager with his thought.
"Things aren't always what they seem?"
Danny woke startled, his breath caught in his damaged throat, and his hands flying to his battered body as if to make sure he was still all in one piece. Letting out a long sigh of relief, the hybrid began to get comfortable once again on the couch.
Suppressing a yawn, Danny took a deep breath. He was okay, everything was okay. He was safe, or so he thought, he had this feeling that he had to stay awake for anything… the dream he had hit him hard on the face, the vampire like ghost DID seem familiar that much he knew, he was trying to recall where he meet him or exactly what had happened to him before he felled into an uneasy dream world, he searched deep within his mind to see what he could remember about himself.
However nothing was there, it was complete blank, like his mind had been erased, it was very frustrating, he wanted answer and he wanted them now!
Then he remembered the first thing he knew so far… he wasn't alone, he looked down on himself and this time it clicked that someone must have bandaged him while he was asleep.
"This is too much to take in all at once" He muttered.
He got himself comfortable on the couch and reasoned that once he had a better night's rest he could ask whoever lived here what had happened, he closed his eyes and tried to shut off all of his worries for the time being.
That did not proved to be an easy task.
"So… your back" Phantom smirked.
"And I see you haven't left" Danny retorted.
Phantom just smiled wickedly.
"I have a bad feeling about this".
Not long after Danny managed to get himself into a relaxing dream he heard a voice.
"Time to get up Dipstick!"
"five… More… Minutes."
"Get up".
"Please?"
"Either he's deaf or he's just ignoring us" A second voice complained.
"Mmmrrrrrrr?"
"Well, that's not exactly what I meant to say…" Danny thought drowsily.
"Phantom…I said Get up."
With a small dissatisfied growl, Danny waved an arm in an attempt to shoo away whoever was trying to pull him out of the now comforting darkness. A gloved hand grabbed his flailing arm and held it still.
"If you keep this up Dipstick, you're going to smack the table next to you and get yet another broken something. I don't think you want that."
"Aw forget this I got a better idea". Yet another voiced whined.
"What?" Wait Youngblood STOP!"
"WAKE UP PHANTOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
"Maybe that wasn't the best idea Youngblood" The Parrot said dryly as he watched Danny scream and collapse on the floor.
"Sure it was!" He said obliviously "He's awake now, isn't he?"
Danny crawled back up on the couch and looked around comically mortified, he notice those three ghosts who he met before the day before.
Ember was sitting on the edge of the couch, she slapped her forehead at the incompetence of her ally, he noticed that she was still dressed in her usual rock diva clothes, she looked half amused and half annoyed.
"Good morning Dipstick."
Danny's blue eyes became green for a millisecond as he gave Youngblood the coldest glare he could muster, however the floating boy was unfazed by the teen's anger and just smirked playfully.
"Get up and get dressed. Then we're going to begin." Ember ordered.
Danny got himself up from the glowing couch and stretched. He then looked back at Ember and Youngblood uneasily, the blue haired ghost could tell he was mentally debating whether to ask a question or not, he opened his mouth before quickly closing it again.
Rolling her eyes in annoyance she thought "Look Phantom if you wanna ask a question then for god's sake do it!"
"I would like to see you tell him that Ember" Her conscience told her coldly… "Oh that's right you can't because you want to earn his trust for your twisted plan".
"Shut it".
"I would 'shut it' if you would just listen to me!!!".
Her conscience received a get-out-free-card when Danny picked that precise moment to talk, oblivious to the fact that Ember was about to throw some very colorful insults to her so called good side.
"Umm, you're Ember right?" The half-ghost ventured, pointing at her.
The older teen nodded "Yes".
"And you would be…?" Danny turned to face the floating bratty pre-teen.
"The name's Youngblood!" He answered proudly "I'm our worst nightmare, BOO!"
"Uh-huh sure you are kid" Danny said sarcastically.
Ember snickered at the sour look the young dead boy displayed.
"You know, maybe he would actually fear you if you weren't wearing a pirate suit".
"You got a problem with my suit!" He yelled angrily.
"No" Ember said amused "I got a problem with you".
"You and me both lady" Parrot spoke for the first time in a while. Youngblood gave him an annoyed glare.
Danny who tried to get their attention cleared his throat and they immediately looked at him quizzically.
"Ok this may sound like a stupid question but are we…are we…umm, you know? Uhh, friends?"
Ember swallowed. This was the question she was expecting, and this was the question she was most afraid of answering.
"And I know why".
"Didn't I tell you to shut it!".
"Look you CAN'T lie to him, it's not right!" Her conscience roared.
"Since when do I care about right or wrong?" She shot back.
"Oh I dunno… maybe since you died".
Ember plastered a stoic look on her face, here she was with the opportunity given to her in a golden plate and she was being held back by a figment of her subconscious… "That's where you're wrong".
"Oh? Am I?"
Ember ignored her and started to thinkAfter all…she now had the power to reconstruct Phantom however she desired. Isn't that what she wanted? To be able to have revenge on the halfa AND being able to take over the mortal realm?.
She looked back at Danny to find an expectant expression gracing his face; he was waiting for an answer.
Ember seemed to be in a trance, Youngblood and his parrot were not at all pleased with their comrade's spacing out, they would clearly need to have a chat with her about that, if they were going to be working together once more this time they had to get every detail right and this included knowing that your associates were not distracted by whatever reasons.
When they thought the rocker wasn't gonna say anything, both "pirates" decided to do what they did best.
Annoy her.
The 10 year old's peg leg morphed into a small cannon and pointed it directly at the rock diva "FIRE!!!"
Too distracted with her inner fight with her conscience the female ghost did not acknowledge Youngblood's cry and inevitably the small water balloon was shot across the room and...
"SPLASH!!"
Needless to say Ember was now soaking wet, her ponytail which was made of fire obviously extinguished, black stained make up was flowing down her cheeks, her face, clothes and boots were covered in green goop, her black glove was the only thing that had not been soaked in the disgusting green thing, and once she regained her composure she glared bloody murder at the child.
"Oh you are so gonna fry for that" Ember growled as she ignited her fist with an ectoplasmic energy blast.
The musical ghost sprinted forward like a blood hound chasing a scent, completely unaware that her "guests" knew she would do this.
The parrot flew out of Youngblood's shoulder and headed towards a rope made of ectoplasm that was hidden behind one of the many cases of CD's Ember had, the parrot transformed into a small spider monkey and sat on a suspicious looking device that was connected to the ectoplasmic rope.
Danny raised an eyebrow at the green haired ghost's mischievous smile.
"Something's up". He thought suspiciously.
He directed his attention to the small dead monkey who sat on the strange looking device, he then noticed that said device was pulling back the green rope, Danny then saw the ceiling and widened his blue eyes when he realized what was about to happen.
"Ember wait!" Danny warned, but it was too late.
Before she knew what was happening, Ember found herself trapped in a giant net that was being lifted off the ground. She watched in frustration as Youngblood smugly smiled at her while the now transformed skeleton spider monkey walked with a rope in his small hands and tied the rope securely to a doorknob. Ember grunted angrily as she tried to find away out of the net.
"When did you have the time to install this damn booby-trap?!" She roared furiously.
"A lot of things can happen when you sleep." The skeleton shrugged morphing back into a parrot.
"I'll give you to the count of five to get me down or so help me I'll make you wish you hadn't become a ghost!"
"Oh? But how ARE you gonna hurt us if we're the only one who CAN get you down from the net Emberlynn?" Youngblood taunted.
The rock diva's left eye began to twitch "…E-Excuse me?" She stammered nervously and blushed in embarrassment, no one had called her by her full name before, well except one person, the only person Ember trusted when she was alive… her sister.
A small tear ran down her cheek but she dried it away before anyone could notice and instantly she glared at the cocky ten year old as far as she was concern no one was ever suppose to know her full name so she was wondering how the child found out.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALLED ME YOU LITTLE BRAT?!"
"I called you Emberlynn isn't that your name?" Youngblood said mockingly.
"I suggest you shut up otherwise your only gonna make her angry… err angrier" Parrot muttered.
"How did you…?"
"Let's just say someone should keep her door locked" Youngblood answered the question Ember was about to ask.
Needless to say this was the final straw.
"I'm gonna kill him… no, no scratch that I'm gonna beat the living crap out of him THEN I'm gonna kill him" She thought dangerously.
After a few unsuccessful seconds of trying to cut the net with her teeth which in retrospect was a foolish thing to attempt. The rock diva shrieked in frustration, this kid was not making her afterlife any easier and she knew she was gonna end up killing him IF she managed to break free from the net, Ember threw a few ghost rays to try and destroy it but couldn't because the ectoplasm just absorbed the attacks, the only thing left was to use her fiery ponytail which she did.
And to her surprise she found out she couldn't ignited her blue hair, apparently whatever that green goop was it prevented her from using her fire powers.
"YOUNGBLOOD!!""
The pirate kid burst out laughing at Ember who was now screaming bloody murder at him all while trying to grab him with her arms moving violently, and Danny who was watching this amusing show, walked closer to the three ghosts and couldn't help but disapprove of this for some reason, most likely the good guy in him.
"I told you I was gonna get you back for burning down my ship".
"Uh, actually you never told her" The parrot corrected.
"You know kid, you may have her but you DON'T have me" Danny said preventing from starting another argument between captain and parrot.
"And what CAN you do huh?" Youngblood asked smugly not taking his eyes from the angry Ember.
"I believe this is where I repeat the words shut up," Parrot whispered harshly.
The raven haired boy's eyes flashed green for a moment and then he grabbed the boy's arm and threw him across the room, he yelps in surprised and hits the wall.
"Oww".
"I told you to shut up".
Youngblood glared dangerously at the halfa and as a habit of his he morphed his hook into a knife and jumped moving his weapon in a menacing way in order to frighten the teen enough to back off.
The green haired boy jumped and yells while Danny who thought was about to get something chopped closed his eyes and put one his arms on his forehead while the other in a defensive way, when out of nowhere he managed to summon an ectoplasmic energy blast out of his hand and fires it at his adversary.
Youngblood who was caught of guard at this stopped in midair and got hit by Danny's yellow ghost ray.
Ember who didn't see this growled and stubbornly continued to try and brake the net so she could give the bratty kid a piece of her mind, while Danny who dared to open one of his eyes noticed that Youngblood had once again hit the wall.
"What the…?"
"Ow".
"I could say you learned something from this but knowing you" The Parrot said dryly "You didn't did you?".
"Yes I did" Youngblood answered disorientated "Next time I'll make a trap for Phantom too".
Danny instead of checking if the child was not entirely hurt and ignoring the parrot's groan of annoyance he just sighed and turns around to where Ember was still hanging. As he looked up at the still struggling rock dive, he couldn't help by chuckle a bit.
"Need some help?" He asked cheerfully.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" She grumbled darkly.
"Would you kill me if I said I did?".
"What do you think?"
"I'll take that as a yes".
"Just get me down dipstick."
"Alright."
Danny who was not entirely sure what other powers (besides that ghost ray thing he used moments ago) he possessed and obviously not wanting to find out what could they do if he didn't know how to control them, grabbed the parrot who squawked in surprise, he cuts the ropes that holding the net up while using the animal's beak like a pair of scissors and sent Ember crashing to the ground with a crash.
When he realized what he had done, Danny tried to move forward to catch the pale teen, but due to his still battered body only managed to move a few inches so he closed his eyes and cringed at the loud "thud" sound Ember's body made when it hit the cold hard floor.
He slightly opened one eye to find the blue haired ghost sitting on the remaining of what used to be a small coffee table and rubbing her sore backside. The teen wanted to crouch down next to Ember to check on her, but figured that was not a bright idea due to her murderous face that implied she was gonna slaughter anyone who came within an inch of her.
"Sorry," Danny said. "Guess I didn't think about what I was doing. I would have caught you, but I..."
"You didn't think!!" Ember spat venomously. "You could have easily put the couch bellow the net so I wouldn't destroy my own stuff and so I would not have gotten, a sore ass AND my pride hurt."
"Temper Emberlynn temper" Her conscience giggled
"Forget Phantom, YOU are enjoying this aren't you?" She thought gritting her teeth in annoyance.
"A little bit yeah" The voice replied sweetly "So are you ready to admit with me and abort your alliance with short john silver?."
"No" Ember snapped "THIS is a temporarily setback".
"Look I said I was sorry, ok!" Danny said defensively.
"Whatever".
"Uh, you know ghost boy now would be a really good time to let go of me so I could get the feeling back in my bones" The Parrot muttered.
"Huh? Oh sorry" He left go of the deceased animal and turned his attention back to the musical spirit who was attempting to get the green goop out of her hair.
"This is humiliating" She hissed.
Ember shoved herself away from what was left of her table and tried to get herself up she then noticed that Danny held out his hand, and Ember looked up at the boy who had a small smile on his face.
But of course Ember being the proud ghost that she is shoved his hand away and got up on her own "I don't need help for everything just so you know". She said coldly.
Danny's smile became a frown "Ok, fine!" he replied "Sue a guy for caring".
"Nice move little sis".
Ember sighed at her conscience's sarcastic tone. She lowered her head as she enveloped it over with her gloved hand.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh but I just get a tidbit angry whenever something like this happens".
"A tidbit?" Danny asked "Just a few moments ago you swore you were gonna rip Youngblood's head off with a spork and use his arms to clean your toilet… which by the way was a nice mental image".
Here they all couldn't help but give a simultaneous disgusted face.
"Damn it, I been spending too much time with Skulker" The rock dive thought.
"Good thing he hasn't ask you to be his girlfriend huh?" The voice asked playfully.
"As if I would" Ember shot back disgusted.
Youngblood and his sidekick animal hovered behind the teen hybrid out of fear Ember would jump spontaneously and decapitate him like she threatened to do, apparently the parrot managed to put some sense into him since he was actually keeping a safe distance from the still fuming female.
After Ember gave the 10 year old a glare that said "this is not over" she turned her attention to the teen who was looking somewhat disturbed at what has transpired so he decided to talk.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"You never answered my question."
Once again she was hit with the dreaded reality of the situation, as much as she hated to admit it she was not looking forward to spending who knows how much with her sworn enemy and the bratty child who get her in this mess in the first place.
"Technically I got you in this mess little sister" The voice in the back of her head said, and apparently taking great pleasure from "seeing" Ember growl.
She finally managed to say the dreaded words that she had practiced a few hours ago last night before going to sleep.
"No Phantom… I'm not your friend".
"However WE are" The parrot said referring to himself and Youngblood.
Danny looked confused "Great, what is it with ghosts and wanting to mess up with people heads" He thought.
"So if your not my friend but they are" Danny began to say pointing from Ember to the two ghosts behind him with his index finger and then his thump "Then what are you?"
"I swear Ember if the next three words that come out of your mouth are those same ones you keep repeating over and over last night I'…"
But she never managed to finish her threat.
"I'm your girlfriend."
The next thing Ember did was winced at the internal scream of rage her mind created.
Danny's eyes widened at the information, while both Youngblood and parrot glanced at each other knowingly, phase one of their evil plan had begun.
"And so has the beginning of their troubles".
Meanwhile:
The phone rang several times, the ring was getting annoying and the owner of the mansion wanted nothing more than to be left alone, the news of what has transpired in the Nasty Burger spread quickly, it was considered an instant tragedy in the eyes of many but one man was mourning over what had transpired, finally deciding that enough was enough the millionaire grabbed the phone and had every intention to tell whoever was calling him to leave him alone.
Vlad Masters puts the phone in his ear and before he could say a word a young girl's voice spoke.
"Hello…? Mr. Masters? … Are you there?"
"Ms. Gray?" He asked bemused "Listen my girl I'm currently not under any circumstances able to help you out with your equipment… with Danny Phantom or… Anything... so if you please I just want to be left alone"
"WAIT… MR. MASTERS!!" Valerie yelled sensing he was about to hang up "I'm calling you because I need your help… it's about Danny."
Here the business man raised an eyebrow "Daniel?" He sounded confused "Daniel's dead Valerie, the news confirmed not one of the six victims survived the explosion".
"Yes Mr. Masters I know six died in the explosion but there were seven people at the time the Nasty Burger blew up."
"Pardon me? I'm not sure I heard you correctly Valerie Wh-what did you just say?"
"That there were seven people at the time the restaurant was destroyed".
"Then you know what happened to Daniel" That wasn't a question, that was a fact.
"Yes and no". She admitted reluctantly.
"Please collaborate with me Ms. Gray."
"I saw someone... a ghost take Danny with her.. I don't know who she was, there was too much smoke to get a good look of her but it was definitely a ghost".
"Did you notice anything about this ghost? Vlad asked getting concerned "Like what was her body structure? Was she green? Did she have a ghost tail? Did she resemble a human or was she just an ectoplasmic being?".
"I'm sorry Mr. Masters… like I said it was difficult to see anything because of all the smoke and debris".
The millionare lowers his shoulders in disappointment.
"That's quite all right Ms. Gray," Vlad said disappointed "I assume you called to help you find Daniel?"
"That and to find out WHO caused the explosion Mr. Masters" Valerie said darkly "And I'm sorry about this Mr. Masters I knew you were friends with the Fentons"
Vlad lowered his head "My dear sweet Maddie" He thought sadly, the unberable thought of now not being able to have her as his wife torn him apart, and when he first heard the news of Danny's demise, all hope of having a half-ghost son was gone but now there was a chance and damn the consequences if he wasn't going to take it.
"Valerie... it's time I start my own investigation, But I'm afraid I'm going to need more information, and so far you are the only one who has given me a starting point".
"Is there anything I can do to help Mr. Masters?" She asked hopefully.
"Yes, do not under any circumstances try to destroy any ghost that visit Amity Park, just about anyone could have taken Daniel, capture them if you must and interrogate them if you pleased… and if you were find ANYTHING don't hesitate to call me".
"Of course Mr. Masters but if I may know, what are you going to do?"
Vlad smiled sadly aware that his pawn could not see him "Like I said I'm going to start my own investigation" And with that he terminated the phone call.
"And the best place to start is the Ghost Zone".
Walker's Ghost Jail:
The ghost warden's fist met the face of one of his goons.
"What do you mean you didn't find the brat?!"
The ghost cop got up from the floor and massaged his lower jaw "Basically what I just said" The goon remarked "We searched the places were the brat usually hangs out but not a trace of him was found".
Walker's green eyes narrowed in anger.
"Why do you care if they couldn't find the punk?" Bullet dared to ask his superior "He's just a kid and a cocky one I might add, so he obviously has no respect for anything".
"CARE?" Walker basically bellowed at the fact his goons showed so little disregard for this.
The green ghost cops backed away in fear while their boss continued to yell.
"I care because I make the rules around here and no one breaks them and gets away with it" Walker roared, so mark my word when I find this kid he'll be spending the rest of his afterlife in a cell".
"There are times I thing his obsession with the law is a little to much" Bullet thought dryly.
"Mark my words Kid" The ghostly sherriff growled angryly "I will find you and when I do..."
Seeing as Walker left the threat hang in the air it was safe to assume that whatever punishment he had in mind it was certanly far worse than being in a jail cell.
"You gotta feel pity for the child now" Bullet thought sarcastically.
Ember's Lair:
Ember sighed in frustration as she dried her hair with a red cotton towel. The long mass of blue, wet hair clung to her face, shoulders and back, this was the second bath she had to take because the green goop was harder to remove than she anticipated.
"Plus the smell of this gooey thing is just unberable, ugh". She thought shuddering.
Ember was now wearing her pirate suit she wore in "Pirate Radio" due to the fact that her only clean clothes were now in the laundry along with the one that was nor stained permanently green.
Needless to say she was not happy about this, and Youngblood's snickering was hardly helping at all at the moment.
"Damn little ghost brat...This only adds to the injustice of the situation… he's right there and I can't kill him… yet anyways but I swear as soon as I think of something I am so gonna get back at him for the stunt he pulled earlier",
Currently she, Youngblood, the parrot and her pseudo boyfriend were all in what appeared to be the living room, Danny who was now wearing a black T-shirt and jeans (Youngblood was told to go and fetch some of his clothes) and was eating a cereal very slowly.
"I… have a girlfriend?" He thought wildly.
"Better hurry up dipstick, the sooner you finish with your breakfast the better" Ember told him bored.
He directed his attention towards her "Ready? Ready for what?"
She smiled wickedly "Your training".
"My training?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes your training" Ember repeated annoyed "What are ya? A parrot?"
"I find that offensive" The bony animal commented.
Ignoring him Danny asked "You mean with my uh ghost powers? Right?"
His "girlfriend" nodded curtly.
"And who if I may know is going to help me control these ghost powers?"
Again Ember smiled like she was the cat who ate the canary.
"Me".
Well my dear readers, that just about wraps up the fourth installment of the Danny/Ember fic, I bet you weren't expecting THIS to happen huh?
To tell ya the truth Youngblood's little revenge on Ember was taken from on one of my all time favorite "Simpsons" moments, it was basically the part where homer sees a piece of pie on the floor and he ends up getting hanged up by Bart's boy scout trap, what can I say? I love the classic episodes of the simpsons... In a related matter I would really like to know if someone out there would be willing to draw me the scene of Ember in the net?
If anyone agrees please let me know.
Also in case you're wondering, yes there is a jab at the Skulker/Ember pairing that happened in "Girl's Night Out" can you all guess I am not at all happy about this crap pairing? Ya think that Butch would have been more creative that THAT.
Although it was probably done just for the sake of the storyline of the episode and nothing more, will we ever know?
Anyway, suggestions? Complains? Praise? Criticism? Anything ya wanna tell me about the new chapter?
Another interesting thing to mention is the irony of this fic, since my parents are psycologysts and I don't like their profession due to a few issues of my own I'm actually using it a lot in the story mostly during the dream sequences due to Sigmund Freud's analysis on dreams, funny how things tend to happen, no?
Is about time Vlad finally appeared in the story huh? Well I knew I had to bring him p eventually bu I was not expecting him to be in until later chapters, again this is just one of those things that tend to happen randomly.
I'm having too much fun writting this, heh, and for those of you Ember fans, don't worry she'll have her revenge on Youngblood I have something in mind that will teach him a lesson AND unintentionally helps Danny regain SOME memories.
Invader Johnny Signing Off.