"Guess that means that I have to take care of Vortex first," the halfa said with a groan. "I don't have time for all this. I need to get her to a fucking hospital!" Now he was frustrated and his ghost form amplified his powers with that frustration. Telling them to head out and remove the vines from humans he headed up into the clouds. This was not going at all like he hoped it would.
The good news was that Frostbite assured him that her being in the Far Frozen would slow down the shock she was in so he would be able to hold her life out longer until he could get back. With that thought he headed for Vortex. The weather ghost was hovering in the skies about the halfa, his green body large, with his lower body a tornado. As he held his gloved hands before him more rain came down, the streets flooding partially. Undergrowth in the distance looked like he was enjoying the torrent. His vines were growing faster, but Tucker and Dash were on it. With every vine they disposed of another human was saved and hauled into the Specter Speeder. With every full load they took them back to Danny's. It would have been better in the Ghost Zone, but the halfa feared how they would react and what they would do in there. Even though he wanted to save his human peers he did not want to risk the Ghost Zone. When he was within six feet or so of the swirling green ghoul he called out.
"VORTEX!" The ghost paid him no heed at first until Danny called out again, his white hair blowing into his face. The larger ghost turned his red eyes on the halfa, a sneer on his face.
"What do you want ghost child that you would bother the one who can kill you?" Danny scoffed as the other ghost stopped what he was doing, the rain still pelting them. Below them Dash and Tucker scrambled, taking turns opening the door or shooting the plants that held most of Amity in a prison. "Do you laugh at me you creature that has no place existing? The one hunted in the ghost world while being shunned in the human world?" The white haired ghost laughed now. This was funny! Where had this guy been?
"Where have you been? Imprisoned lately?" The ghoul before him cussed as his eyes flashed red as a warning. "Oh, that's right! I did that to you not long ago." Again the ghoul growled.
"What do you want child? You obviously want death, but there must be something you want before your death."
"I do want death, but I want the death of Undergrowth." Vortex glanced over his shoulder at the large ghost plant. "Yeah, that one!" Danny said as he rolled his eyes. "I have no time to fight you and I would hate to put you back in your place." This time he held up Fenton Thermos. The ghost before him eyed it with disgust. Though he felt confident he could kill the child, he didn't want to fight him. He could tell that the ghost child before him was on the edge and if what he wanted was just Undergrowth then he would let the halfa have him for the sake of his own life.
"What do you want me to do?" the large form inquired.
"I want you to do what you do best, art." At this Vortex smirked. He liked when people praised his art. He was very vain when it came to himself and his art. Weather was a fine masterpiece and he loved to do it well. When he was asked to change it it usually upset him, but this kid was asking him to change it for a reason. To show off his skills as well as to help the halfa. He could do this, but only this once.
"What do you wish and I will let you know of my conditions so think carefully." It only took the halfa a second to know what he wanted.
"A blizzard." The large ghost's smirk grew. Now that was a real challenge It was not like when Vlad had demanded several different weathers. Hot weather was easy and rain a little more of challenge but snow. That was a different thing all together. Snow was the real masterpiece when it came down to it. It glittered and held form. You could mold it into whatever you wanted if it was the right kind of snow. Vortex held his hands high above him, his black spiked vest squeaking as he forced it up with his arms. Energy swelled around the giant ghoul just moments before the rain began to freeze. "Thank you." Danny headed to where Undergrowth sat, the great monster asleep from all the rain. Now, though he shivered as the cold rain hit his plant flesh. His giant red eyes opened as he quickly turned to look at the ghost who was supposed to be making it rain, but the ghoul in question had his back to him and his hands held high as the warm rain from just moments before slowly became colder. Now as the ghost plant looked up the rain stopped coming only to find snow.
"What the fuck is this?" the plant inquired angrily. He looked down at his plant controlled people only to find nothing of the sort. There were no people walking the grounds. Not a soul. All there were were dead vines. Why had he not heard his children? Had he been so out of it while they had been sheared away? He began to make a move down to earth when he was stopped by a quick punch to the face. He was sent miles away from where he had just been. When he recovered moments later he found that he was facing off against a very pissed off Danny Phantom. "I thought you were still hiding out in the Ghost Zone!" he yelled as he shot yellowish pores at him. Danny threw his hands out as ice left his hands and hit the spores, each one dropping to the earth. They left holes in the concrete below the two, but Danny didn't have time to gawk. He needed this thing dead and now!
"You just need to die!" Danny yelled as he hit the ghost before him with an ice beam. Undergrowth just barely managed to deflect it as he felt his power weakening. What the hell? He looked down to find the ground that had been covered in water just moments before was covered in snow and ice. He tried to remove his roots from the cold ground, but found that he was trapped. As his power leaked out of him like the ghosts leaving the Ghost Portal he found his size diminishing.
"NO! I'm fucking shrinking!" the smaller plant whined as he began to attack Danny. He found that he could not reach the halfa since he was still quite attached to the earth that grew colder by the minute. He figured that since he couldn't leave the earth he would dig his roots in deeper to get the warmth. As he did just that Danny continued to pelt him with ice balls as the snow covered his shivering form. Even Danny was start to feel the cold. In the background Vortex was really getting into it. The ground was now covered up about six feet deep, leaving no door in sight. Most houses were pretty much covered if they were a one story. With a frustrated sound Danny did what he had the last time to weaken the plant ghost. He went underground. He could tell that Undergrowth was weakening as his form continued to shrink. Undergrowth was so blinded by the need for warmth and nutrients that he failed to notice that the halfa was gone. Suddenly Undergrowth shook with such a violence that the earth below him shook, the ice cracking. Undergrowth would have been smiling now, but he was shrinking at a much faster pace now as Danny froze his roots, thus killing the creature again. Now Undergrowth was dying giving Danny time to rush back to his house. He passed a couple of doctors and Dash. Tucker was waiting by the portal, in his arms was a blue tinged girl. Her body was shivering hard, her teeth clenched together, but she was awake. He took her from their friend and headed to the Specter Speeder.
"I need a doctor!" he yelled. Several doctors stepped forward to their utter amazement. He had not expected that. Sure, he had saved the world, but not everyone was amazed. Some were still hesitant to believe that he was a good guy. Walker had ruined some of their belief while Vlad had taken another bite out of the thought of there being any good ghosts. The rest just happened. Within minutes they were headed to the local hospital. Dash stayed back to help the people that wandered the house. They had looked out and found that they could not see out of the windows. Jack appeared with Maddie and Jazz at his side.
"Everyone! Can I have your attention?" the large male called out. "The electricity will be coming on in the next few minutes, but we have plenty of food and blankets to house you for the next week." Some groused while others welcomed the assistance.
"We too hope that it will not be that long, but as the Fentons we are always prepared for the strange occurrence " Still some were rude. Finally Dash came and stood next to them, his voice rising above the crowd silencing them.
"Listen here fuck heads! You may think that they are weird and they know what you think of them, but they don't care! They are offering assistance to those who need it and if you want to grumble then I demand that you take your stupid asses out into the cold or show some respect!" Jazz looked at him in shock. This was a different guy then the one that she had attempted to tutor all those years ago. He smiled at her and amazingly enough she smiled back. Seems that maybe there was a chance for him and her to come to a mutual companionship. It seemed that Dash's speech shut the rest of them up as they follow the rest of the group to where Maddie and Jack are handing out blankets.
Danny stood outside the hospital room as the doctors made quick their examination on the goth. Seems that she would be okay, but they wanted to make sure with a shock to her body.
"She should be fine now, but she needs some rest and no taxing activities," the last doctor said as he left him with Sam. If Danny hadn't been so clueless he would have understood what the doctor meant, but Sam, she knew what the young male doctor meant and though she would have loved to do what he was insinuating she knew that was very unlikely. She wasn't sure of his reaction to her earlier. What had he kissed her for? Was it just to give her a parting gift, a consolation gift if she died? Did he want her death to be a happy one if it happened?
"You don't have to stay here," the dark haired beauty said as she watched him. He nodded.
"I don't, but I want to." Sam looked confused for a moment. Was he saying what she thought he was saying? Outside the window was Vortex still excited about his fun with the weather. Sam looked away from Danny for a moment. Her eyes resting on the ghost.
"There is one problem," she said turning back to him with such a serious face that Danny began to worry. Had the doctors lied and she was really in bad shape. She smiled at him, her eyes glowing with the love she felt for him. "Undergrowth is still out there. He needs to go away and well... Vortex seems to be getting a little too carried away with his Christmas spirit." Danny smiled as the jock hit him. With a nod he headed toward the window.
"We have a lot of catching up to do, Goth," he said as he headed for the ghosts in the distance. This wouldn't take too long.
I know that Undergrowth and Danny's fight was short and that Vortex was out of character. That's okay. I will not be doing a fight scene for Vortex. He will go down quickly as he has used most of his power and all it would take is sunshine. I could do that one in so many ways, but I choose not to do a battle scene. Sorry. Hope that you enjoyed. There is one more chapter left and this story will come to an end, but once again. I do tend to start another story pretty quickly. Please enjoy.