Okay, first I wanna thank you all for your support, and I will not be having any ideas that are overused (I hope), well other than the general idea of getting stuck in the Ghost Zone. For the question about the length of the trip, it is sort of like a camping trip.
ANSWER
Now, I am going to answer a question that a reviewer had. I didn't want to explain all the weapons and how to use them, when everyone who's reading this already know how to use them since they have watched DP episodes. The school chose Maddie and Jack only because they were the only and "best" ghost hunters in Amity Park. Like you all know, Amity Park's residents aren't very smart, so they thought, "Hey, why don't we send a bunch of teenagers into the ghost zone to learn about ghosts?" Also, the class did have training with the ghost weapons over the past week and a half. There, I hope I answered your questions.
Now on to the story!
DISCLAIMER: WHY!? WHY DO YOU EVEN BOTHER TO ASK ANYMORE!? NO, I DO NOT OWN DANNY PHANTOM!
Chapter 3:
All the students piled into seats in the new and improved "Fenton Bus". Maddie and Jack moved up to the front to steer.
Mr. Lancer sat in the front left side of the bus, with no one to the right of the walkway. Behind him were Mikey, Gregory, and Josh. On the right side of the walkway, Emma, Kathy, and Chelsie sat. Behind that row on the left was Valerie, who sat alone, and on the right were Kwan and Dash. Kwan and Dash were the beginning of the section of popular kids. Behind them on the left, Paulina, Star, and Nicole sat. On the right were John, Matt, and Meghan. Behind Paulina, Star, and Nicole, there were Ashly, Alexa, and Jessica. On the right were Darren, Nick, and Chris. There was one unoccupied row behind them. In the very back (other than a door to the bunk beds where they would sleep), sat Danny, Sam, and Tucker on the left and Jazz on the right. Danny had the window, Sam was in the middle, Tucker was at the aisle, and Jazz was sitting in the aisle seat on the right side.
"Please buckle yourself in, we are about to enter the Ghost Zone," Maddie's voice came over a speaker.
There was a bunch of clicking noises as everyone figured out how to work the complex seat belts. They came down over each shoulder, crossed, and buckled into two separate buckles. There was also a part of the seat belt that connected the two parts across the waist. This made the seat belt look like an "X" with a line running across the bottom.
"Are you all buckled in?" Maddie asked through the speaker.
"Yes!" they all called at the same time.
There was a slight lurch, and suddenly, the Fenton Bus had lifted off the floor of the lab.
Wait a minute! Danny thought as they hovered there for a moment. How are we going to get through! If someone gets out to press the button to open the portal, we will have no way to close it again once we are inside the Ghost Zone! The door would stay open until we returned! Surely my parents wouldn't be stupid enough to do that! Well… Maybe dad would be that stupid… But surely not mom!
To Danny's surprise, his parents didn't need to press the button to open the portal doors. They seemed to have created a remote control that could open and close it.
The yellow and black striped doors slid open to reveal a swirling green vortex of light, which was the "sky" of the Ghost Zone.
Everyone except the trio of friends and Jazz (after Danny learned about her knowing his secret, she had been into the Ghost Zone a couple of times) gaped at the world that was parallel to their own.
"Wow," all who were gaping muttered, even Danny's parents, for they had never been in the Ghost Zone before. Other than the time when Amity Park was sucked inside it during the incident with Pariah Dark, of course. During that time, however, they hadn't really taken a good look at it. There were purple doors floating everywhere, every once in a while, a ghost entered or leaved through one of these doors.
The Fenton Bus finally made its way inside after a minute or two of staring. Danny and his friends and sister turned around to watch the Fenton Ghost Portal's door close.
"They must have made a remote control to control it from both sides," Tucker muttered to Team Phantom (consisting of Jazz, Danny, Tucker, and Sam).
"Yeah, I figured that out," Danny replied.
"It is actually rather amazing, don't you think? I was worried for a minute that they were going to leave the portal door open until we returned," Tucker whispered.
"Me too," Sam, Danny, and Jazz all said.
"Well, we better keep our eyes open now that we have entered the Ghost Zone," Sam said.
"Yeah…" Danny agreed.
After a little while of only seeing a few ghosts that were shapeless green blobs, they finally ran into something worth Team Phantom's attention.
"Hello Whelp," came the unpleasant voice of Skulker.
Danny groaned quietly.
"Who's that?" Dash asked stupidly.
"How dare you question Skulker, the Ghost Zone's greatest hunter!" Skulker exclaimed angrily.
"Oh…" Dash muttered.
"Hmm… It seems that you won't stand a chance against me, what with a group of onlookers, and nowhere for you to run," Skulker commented, turning his attention back to Danny. An evil grin was beginning to spread across his face.
The class had begun to notice that Skulker was talking to a specific person, and gave each other confused looks.
"Indeed, this shall work well for me," Skulker muttered. "I always wondered why I decided to keep your little secret. Yes, it was partly because then you would have an advantage on my employer, but it seems that I have also gained an advantage." Skulker's grin grew wider.
By now, most of the class had finally figured out where Skulker was looking. They stared at Danny, Tucker, and Sam, confused by the fact that a ghost would be talking to any one of them. However, they couldn't figure out which one of them the ghost was talking to.
"Aw, so no fight?" Skulker teased.
Danny scowled at the ghost, unaware that the whole class was watching him and his friends.
Skulker flew closer, only to yell out in pain as he was shocked by the guns on the four corners of the Fenton Bus.
Skulker instantly flew out of range.
Danny smiled slightly, before dropping his smile when seeing that the whole class was staring at him.
Everyone instantly turned around and pretended that nothing had happened, though each one of them kept glancing at him with confused expressions on their faces.
Why would that ghost talk to my son in a way like they knew each other? Maddie was thinking as she drove on. I am going to need to talk to him eventually…
What no one noticed was a ghost in metal armor and with green hair that moved like flames. No one noticed that it was hiding behind doors and floating islands as it moved along. But most importantly, no one noticed that it was following them.
Hours passed by without much action, except for a few green blob-like ghosts being shocked by the guns on the four corners.
At last, after about eight hours of driving, with Jack talking about the Ghost Zone and ghosts, something interesting happened.
Danny and his friends were just talking about their good fortune when an invisible hand grasped Danny's throat.
Sam and Tucker didn't notice this at first, until they noticed Danny trying to pry something off his throat.
"Danny? What's wrong?" Sam asked worriedly.
Danny couldn't answer. The hand had too tight of a grip around his throat. Before Sam or Tucker could do anything, Danny had suddenly turned intangible and was yanked out of the Fenton Bus.
"DANNY!" Sam and Tucker yelled in unison, catching the attention of the class.
Maddie rushed into the back of the bus to see what was going on.
"Where's Danny?" She asked once she had gotten to them.
"Out there!" Tucker yelled, pointing out the window. He had moved so that he could see past Sam, who was sitting in the middle seat.
The entire population of the Fenton Bus turned their attention out the left windows.
There, floating in the air, was the same ghost in metal armor that they had seen before. But, what caught their attention was the struggling teen that was being held by the throat.
"DANNY!" Maddie yelled.
"How did he get past the Fenton Shockers?" Jack asked. (The Fenton Shockers are the guns on the four corners of the Fenton Bus.)
Tucker glanced to the other side of the bus, and out the window, where he saw a smiling Technus.
"Of course," Tucker muttered.
"What?" Sam asked, her attention still on Danny. She began to get up, for it looked as though everyone was too shocked by the sudden capturing of Danny to actually do anything.
"Technus found some way to turn off the… What were they called? Oh yeah! The Fenton Shockers," Tucker answered. He got up and ran up the aisle after Sam, for she had bolted towards the front of the Fenton Bus.
"What are we going to do?" Tucker asked once they had reached the front of the bus. "You aren't actually planning on doing something, are you? We might hit Danny if we shoot a weapon!"
"You're right… Danny will get out of this somehow," Sam agreed.
They turned around to see everyone still staring out the window.
Danny then came up with a plan.
Danny used his position as an advantage. Skulker was holding Danny close to himself, enjoying the sight of his prey squirming to get air. Danny used how close he was to Skulker to get himself free of his grasp.
He let some of his ghostly strength pour into his hands, letting it build up, while he glanced into the Fenton Bus, at Sam and Tucker, then at the front of the bus, hoping that they got the message.
Luckily, Sam and Tucker understood, and they rushed to the front of the bus.
(If you are wondering, it is ghostly strength, not energy, so it is not seeable.)
Sam took the controls, turning the bus so that they had a clear view of Skulker and Danny.
Their classmates, teacher, and Jazz moved so that they could see Danny and Skulker still, while Maddie and Jack rushed up behind Sam and Tucker.
"What are you waiting for?" Maddie asked. "Fire at that evil ghost!"
"No! We might hit Danny!" Sam exclaimed.
"It won't harm him, seeing that he is human," Jack argued.
"Move over Tucker," Maddie commanded. "I am getting rid of that ectoplasmic evil-doer."
Before anyone could do or say anything, Danny had taken action.
Danny used the built up ghostly energy to loosen Skulker's death grip around his throat just enough to get out of it. Then, using Skulker's metal boot as a solid place to launch himself from, he leaped up and did a backwards flip over Skulker's head. He raised his foot and kicked Skulker away from him and towards the Fenton Bus.
Tucker had already fired one of the many weapons on the roof at Skulker before anyone had ordered him to.
The weapon hit Skulker, freezing him in a purple tinted block of what seemed to be ice. Sam opened the door to the bus and sucked the block of "ice" into a thermos.
Danny floated in the air, not being able to "go ghost" to actually be able to move. The only way to actually be able to move in the Ghost Zone was to either fly or to find one of the solid paths that lead throughout the place.
Tucker took over the seat where Sam was sitting, and slowly drove the Fenton Bus towards Danny.
Sam, Maddie, and Jack stood by the door, ready to pull Danny in once they got close enough.
Jack reached out and pulled Danny inside.
Danny stumbled slightly when he hit the ground, because he was just floating around in the air and was abruptly pulled onto the solid ground.
Maddie gave her son a hug.
"Oh, sweetie, your neck is all red and sore," she said, gently touching his red neck.
Danny flinched as he did so.
Man, Danny thought. Skulker has a strong, and painful, grip!
"I'm afraid I can't do too much for it," Maddie said sadly.
"Mom, it's fine, really," Danny reassured.
"It's fine!? You were almost choked to death by a ghost in metal armor!" Maddie exclaimed.
"Indeed," came a voice from behind Danny.
Danny turned around to see his whole class, Mr. Lancer, and Jazz staring at him. He didn't really know what to say.
"How is it that you were able to perform a perfect backflip and kick, and you have an enormous amount of strength, for you pried metal from your neck, yet you are failing gym?" Mr. Lancer asked.
"Yeah, Fentonio," came Dash's voice. "Your always clumsy. Where did the clumsiness go, Fenturd?"
"Uh… I…" Danny began uncertainly.
"When the time comes, Danny can do things right. If he really needs to, and is determined enough, he can get out of situations like the one we just witnessed," Sam cut in. Danny gave her a grateful look. She smiled at him.
Danny's class looked slightly uncertain, but they didn't question Danny any further.
I think there is a lot about Mr. Fenton that I do not know… Mr. Lancer was thinking.
Sheesh, when did Fenton get strong? And agile? Dash was thinking.
I need to re-do my nails, Paulina was thinking, barely caring about what had just happened.
"Oh my gosh!" Tucker exclaimed suddenly, breaking an awkward silence that no one had noticed. "I totally forgot!"
Tucker raced to the nearest window that looked out to the right side of the bus.
Everyone gave him a quizzical look.
"What did you forget, Tuck?" Danny asked.
Tucker turned around, his eyes wide.
"Hold on to something!" He yelled right before there was a loud crashing sound and the Fenton Bus shook violently.
Everyone but Sam, Tucker, Danny, and Jazz fell to the floor. They were the only people who had registered what Tucker had said quick enough and listened to him, grabbing ahold of the nearest seat just before the impact.
"What was that!" Star exclaimed at the same time as Paulina said something.
"NO! My hair is all messed up now!"
There was another loud crash along with violent shaking. Once the shaking had subsided, Danny decided to find out what was going on.
"Tuck, what is going on!?" Danny exclaimed.
"Technus is the one who took out the Fenton Shockers. I am still not sure how he did it… I had forgotten about him during the whole ordeal with Skulker. When I looked out the window, he was flying straight at us. I have no idea what his is doing," Tucker explained.
The class gave Tucker an odd look, wondering how he new the ghosts' names. They looked at Danny for his reaction, but, to their surprise, he seemed to know exactly what ghosts his friend was talking about.
Danny worked his way up to the front of the Fenton Bus where a beeping sound was being emitted.
He looked at the controls.
"Great. This is just great," Danny said, grasping the driver's chair as another series of shakes overcame the Fenton Bus.
"What?" Sam asked from his right.
Danny jumped a little at her sudden appearance at his side.
"Technus is taking out our rockets one by one. This means that we are going to end up crash landing," Danny explained quickly, starting to make his way to the back of the bus.
However, before he could do anything, the bus shook again, and Danny could feel the bus loosing altitude. He was thrown against the wall, getting knocked out.
The class screamed as they plummeted down through the swirling green light of the ghost zone.
Suddenly, they hit something solid, sending them all to the floor.
They had landed on one of the natural paths of the Ghost Zone.
TA-DA! *Gives evil smile* You know, I do need to work on my ability of leaving cliffhangers… MWAHAHAHA… I actually do think they need work. This isn't much of a cliffhanger.
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