Danny Phantom
Ghostly Heroes Chapter Three: Down Time With the Rangers
Something hung in the air, as if everything had just risen up and decided 'Ya Know What? Let's Dump Twenty Gallons Of Intense Dislike And Almost Painful Retorts!' as Paulina and Kimberly caught each others gaze.
If Danny didn't know any better, he'd honestly say that he saw sparks flying between the two. And not the good sparks. The bad sparks. The sparks that cause infernos which destroyed entire forests.
THOSE sparks. Apparently, he wasn't the only one to notice this, as Trini looked rather apprehensive about it as well, switching her gaze from her best friend, to this new comer, who was slowly approaching them. Sam was too busy glaring to notice, and the other males of the party where either looking around, or talking to themselves.
"What gaudy Salvation Army store did YOU walk out of?" Paulina questioned, raising an eyebrow to Kim's painfully pink dress.
"And what is THAT you're wearing?" Kim questioned, noting Paullina's fleecey tee. "A rag with lace?" Kim continued, with an All-Too-Sweet smile.
"Why you little!" Trini stepped in-between the two.
"Hey now! No need to fight!" Paulina glared daggers at Kimberly.
"I'll have you know that my FATHER bought this for me! It cost 89 bucks!" She withheld the information that she actually got it for free, due to the whole dragon incident.
"Oh, and that's supposed to impress me?" Kim asked, raising an eyebrow. "Price tag just means that you have one, darling." This caused Paulina's eyes to shoot wide open.
"What do you mean by THAT?!"
"Oh, you know what I mean."
If it wasn't for Trini, there would have been one nasty catfight at that moment.
"Hey, beautiful, what's going on here?" Tommy asked, approaching the trio. Trini looked at him with pleading eyes, as Kim and Paulina glared at one another. Danny was standing off to the side. No WAY was he getting in the middle between a crush he had when he was like, 7, and his current crush.
Paulina actually stopped for a moment, when she caught site of Tommy. Well muscled, handsome, brown shoulder length hair, and nothing but a green muscle shirt and a pair of slacks? If it wasn't for Phantom, she might have asked him out on the spot. That and there was something in his eyes. Strangely, she had seen it in Phantom's eyes. The whole 'heroic' look.
Of course, this only deepened Kim's glare, as Tommy looked between the two with some confusion.
"I was just…complimenting her on what a nice dress she has," Paulina answered sweetly, and innocent look on her face. Kim muttered to herself. "What's YOUR name, by the way?" she asked, stepping closer.
"Tommy Oliver, and these are my friends, Zack," Tommy gestured towards the black teen, who was talking with Jason about something, "Jason, Billy," he pointed out Billy, who was off to the side with Tucker, looking over his PDA, "and Kimberly and Trini, whom you've already met." He finished, nodding towards his girlfriend and Trini.
For some reason, those names sounded far too familiar to Paulina. She brushed it off. They WERE common names. "I'm Paulina Sanchez," she replied, offering her hand. She may have been after Phantom, but fist she'd show that Kimberly who was queen around here.
He took it in a handshake, which almost put her off, but she quickly recovered. "Nice to meet you, Paulina."
"Yo, Tommy!" Zack called out, "Come over here man, we need to discuss this with you!"
"Coming!" he called back, trotting back over to them.
Paulina also started to walk away, her eyebrow raised. She'd get Kimberly back for insinuating THAT about her, the only way she knew how. A smirk crossed her features. A dangerous one.
"I SO do not like her," Kimberly muttered, glaring darkly at the girl, as she sauntered away. "Little perfect know it all."
"Kimberly, we can't be picking fights here," Trini reminded her. "Plus, if you two got into a fight, you could really hurt her…" Kim smiled at her friends concern.
"I know, Trini. I won't be picking any fights…finishing maybe…" she added to herself. Trini just stared at her doubtfully. "Look, I'll be fine. She can't do anything to me anyways, Tommy'll protect me. And if it gets to anything physical…" she proceeded to do five back flips, ending on a handstand, and then kicking her legs out, twirling, landing on her feet. "I can take care of myself."
Trini rolled her eyes. "That's not the point…"
"Hey, if we're going to my place, could we get moving?" Sam asked, getting impatient. She had enjoyed the little show between Paulina and Kim Maybe she COULD grow to like Kimmy after all… but now she was getting bored.
"DUDE! You made a trans dimensional crossing CAR out of an old Beetle and some junk parts you found in the garage?" Tucker asked his eyes wide. "That's above awesome! The best I can do is hardwire Skulker…"
"Don't worry about it, Tucker. I'm just naturally gifted with technology. If you want, I COULD rig your PDA so that it can act as a teleporting module like our own communicators, and not even lose any of its extras," Billy offered.
"…what?"
"He said he could turn your PDA into a teleporter without damaging it," Trini translated for him.
"Oh, really?" Tucker asked, excited.
"Sure, it should be simple enough. Since the Morphing Grid seems to exist here as well, it should be just a matter of updating and fine-tuning it so that it can connect with it."
Danny raised an eyebrow at this. "You're pretty good with tech, I take it. Heh, my parents would like to talk with you…so would Val for that matter." Danny trailed off at that. As he remembered it, Billy could create devices to rip through dimensional barriers in under 15 minutes. Usually out of junk. To let him near and update some of his parents weapons…it might be hazardous to Phantom's life. And through that, his own. He paled at the thought of his parents having a giant Mega Ghost Obliterating Zord Thingy that actually WORKED. It was the thing of nightmares…let alone what he could do for VAL, what with her new suit.
"Hmmm, I may want to talk with them later. When are they home?"
"When AREN'T they," Danny grumbled. The only times they weren't at home was when they were out ghost hunting.
Which was never a good thing.
They finally arrived at Sam's place. They had been out of their minds in worry when they heard about the Nasty Burger exploding, which made Danny briefly think about the future and what it could have held, and were a little put off by her new 'friends'. She couldn't call them such without a twitch in her right eye.
She really had to get that looked at…
As Sam predicted though, Mrs. Manson took an instant liking to Kimberly, as Mr. Manson eyed the boys of the group with a distrust. Then his eyes went green.
As you can guess, the Rangers got a place to sleep.
"Sammikins!" Sam's mother called, making her flinch, "Why don't you take your new friends" twitch, "out to the store to get them some new clothes?"
"Like, for real?" Kimberly asked, excitement in her voice. Sam paled, glaring at Danny with a look that promised retribution. Danny almost feared for his afterlife.
One uncomfortable Danny-Ditching-Car-Trip-Later…
Sam decided to make the best of a horrible thing, as she took the group into a Hot Topic. She had no idea where they had all showed up from, but they were there in droves…
Luckily there were no students in there. This was why she chose it, actually. That and she decided to have some fun with the Ranger's constant color matching clothes.
God help the Power Rangers…
Kim came out in a short pink skirt, with a white shirt and pink lace wrapping around it, as she wore knee high neo pink stockings, and black high heels. She wore elbow long white fingerless gloves, with a pair of blue green sunglasses to finish off her look, as she paraded around.
Trini, much less boldly then Kimberly, came out in her new assemble. She wore a white tee-shirt, with the Almighty Happy Bunny proclaiming "It's More Then You" and a pair of impossibly tight yellow jeans. She had her hair in a yellow ribbon, wrapping around its long, LONG, length, and a yellow velvet chocker with a tiny tiger symbol on it. She wore matching bracelets on her wrists, both with similar raven charms. She also had a white belt, with none other then her morpher as her belt buckle, in its disguised form.
"Do I HAVE to come out like this?" Zack complained from inside. Kim and Trini exchanged glances, as they reached in and pulled the teen out. He was wearing a gothic styled shirt, all black with white stripes, and all torn, with purple leather pants, with a studded wrist band, just above his communicator. If you're wondering, Kimberly was wearing her communicator over her glove "I do NOT like these pants," he grumbled. He also noted that he was showing more skin then either of the girls. "Man, this is so not right…"
Jason was next to come out. He wore a blazing red and yellow jacket, with torn sleeves, and a golden undershirt underneath, and flame designed pants, in a red and black color scheme. He wore normal gloves, with the palms of which being red, and the backs being black. He finished his off with a black and gold bandana. He looked a lot more pleased then Zack did, at any rate, whom Sam wanted to totally 'Goth Out'.
Billy was the next one out. He wore an ocean blue shirt, with a blue cap, and white baggy pants. Sam had honestly run out of ideas for him, until she spotted the blue tented sunglasses, which she bestowed upon him, and a black jacket with a blue moon on the back of it.
Tommy was last. Kim had remembered all the different colors he had been on the show, so she had taken that into consideration…he wore a white jacket with a green and red dragon wrapping around it, Chinese based giving him black cargo pants, and a white undershirt. His hair was let lose, as he wore black fingerless gloves with green flame symbols stitched into the palms.
Sam knew she had a success on her hands. One quick pants change for Zack, and slightly less blinding color for Kimberly, and they were perfect. Zack had switched to purple slacks, as Kim just got a duller colored pink
Too bad she couldn't redesign their suits, Sam mused. Still, now she was slightly less embarrassed to be seen with the six teens. Slightly. Though she couldn't help but think that she had made them stick out MORE then before…
Then again, no one would recognize them now.
"Man, I'm bored. There anywhere we can just, you know, work out and stuff?" Jason asked.
Sam rolled her eyes. "Well, there is a part of the house for working out…"
"Great! Hey guys, how about we see if I can break my record of one thousand and ten weight lifts?"
"Sounds great Jase! Let's go!" Zack laughed.
"Wait. One THOUSAND and TEN?" Sam asked, her voice high in disbelief. Just how strong WAS he?
"Yeah! It used to be Bulk's record, set at one thousand and nine, but then I broke it. I think I can set a new personal best for myself…" Jason strolled off, looking at Sam's face. "What?"
"…you have GOT to get a life…"
Notes: Yes. That actually happened on the show. Fourth episode, infact. So, how do you guys like their new outfits? If any of you guys want to draw 'em, please do so. Just tell me.