A Town With No Ghosts
Chapter 2
At around 8pm, Danny arrived home after saying goodbye to Sam and Tucker and taking care of the Box Ghost again (which pretty much involved the following exchange:
Box Ghost: "BEWARE!"
Danny: "Please go away."
Box Ghost: "NEVER!:"
Danny: "….Wait, is that BUBBLE WRAP I see behind you?"
Box Ghost, turning to look behind himself: "WHERE?!"
He gasped with fearful awe at the thought of seeing the majestic Bubble Wrap, searching for it …After which Sam sucked him into the Fenton thermos. Again).
Danny headed down to the lab, figuring that was where his parents were, and he was right. His Mom was handing a wrench to his dad, who had his head inside the framework of the new Specter Speeder.
"Hi Danny!" said his mom over-enthusiastically, as usual.
"Hey, Mom, uh, for my trip with Sam and Tucker, can we use the Specter Speeder for the week?"
"WHAT?!" said his dad, bumping his head against the inside of the new Specter Speeder's framework in his haste to turn around to Danny. He spread his arms in front of it dramatically, facing Danny. "BUT IT'S NOT EVEN DONE!"
Maddie Fenton rolled her eyes. "Jack, I'm sure he means the OLD one, right Danny?" She smiled at Danny.
Jack's face grew calmer, before turning confused. "Wait, didn't Tucker get a new car for his birthday?" He glanced at Maddie, then back at Danny. "Why aren't you guys taking it?"
Danny shared a glance with his mother. "Dad, you do know that thing is almost 15 years old and covered in rust, right?" He laughed. "It has trouble getting up that big hill in town." Danny remembered the many times that he had had to fly them AND "Natasha" home after the poor old car overheated and wouldn't go any further up the admittedly very steep hill.
Jack Fenton just grunted and returned to his work. Danny guessed that that was an "Ok."
"Now, Danny, I do hope you all know where you're going to go by now" Maddie said, looking a bit apprehensive.
"Oh, don't worry about, Mom, we've just decided, we're gonna leave in the morning and go to Fayette, that town they keep advertising on the radio every single nanosecond…" Danny rolled his eyes at the thought of that stupid, annoying radio commercial. But he had to admit, it got the point across… every 99-or-however-many-times it came on the air per hour.
From inside the new Specter Speeder, his Dad piped up, glancing back. "The town that never has any ghosts? Why would you wanna go there? Sounds booooooring to me." His dad drew out the word.
"Boring as it may be, Jack, it'll mean the kids are SAFER on their trip." said Danny's mom. "It'll give me peace if mind; I mean, I couldn't bear the thought of my baby having to fight off a ghost all by himself…" she patted Danny on the back.
Danny coughed "Y- yeah, I have… NO IDEA what I'd do…" He gave a deadpan look to his mother.
Maddie Fenton smiled tentatively. "Well, your sister should be back from college for the week at some point in the morning, so if you can, be sure to say hello to her before you leave." She sighed. "STILL, I wish you'd let me drive you, I mean, I could just drop you off…"
"Mom. We'll be fine. You and Dad just relax this week," said Danny. "Look, I've gotta go pack, thanks for letting me borrow the Specter Speeder." He started up the stairs. 'Before mom can hook me up to a baby monitor for the next week,' he thought, rolling his eyes.
"That about it, guys?" Danny said the next morning, as he was helping carry the last of their suitcases into the Specter Speeder.
"Yup. Here," replied Tucker, throwing him a Fenton thermos.
"Aw, c'mon guys, this town has NO GHOSTS," said Danny. "we wont need it…" he started to walk over to hand it back when Sam grabbed his hand.
"Danny, I know, but don't you think it would be a smart idea to have one on hand, just in case?" she said.
"…Yeah… yeah I guess." said Danny. After Sam's hand lingered for a moment too long on Danny's hand, he blushed, and so did Sam, immediately removing her hand from his.
Tucker coughed something that sounded a lot like the word "lovebirds."
Sam, after glaring at Tucker, said "Did you see Jazz yet at all, or is she not back yet?"
"I called her a few minutes before you got here," said Danny. "She's still 30 minutes out, but she said she would definitely see us before spring break is over, said she'd work it out. AND she said she'll take care of any… problems… while we're out off town."
The others nodded, knowing what he meant. It was Jazz's turn to corral the Box Ghost and any other annoyances that might crop up while Danny Phantom was on break.
"Well, are we ready?" asked Sam, and after the two boys nodded, they climbed into the Specter Speeder and took off, Tucker at the wheel.
'This is gonna be great,' thought Danny, smiling, as he looked out at the sky.
Wouldn't it be great if he had been right…
A/N Hey guys, thanks for reading again! And I'm sorry about the first two chapters being fairly uneventful- things will get interesting REALLY soon, TRUST me ;) Just have to set the stage for the story, ya know? And I know it's late, but I'll say it anyways, a BELATED Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! Some more new chapters are coming soon, though, don't worry! Have a great day, everyone, and thanks again for reading! :D