Chapter 6: Oops!... It happened again
(Marla's POV)
I brought Plasmius back to my apartment. "Ugh…" he said when he finally came to. "Where am i?" "You're at my apartment An alien sucked out the ghost powers from you." "what?" he gasped "Don't worry." I said soothingly "I used an artificial ghost DNA blood transfusion to bring them back." "Why would someone do such a thing?" he said. "Maybe because you're criminally insane." Stacie said "I AM NOT!" Plasmius yelled "NO!" I yelled back "Stacie's right! You need to see a therapist." "Don't you mock my mental health!" plasmius threatened. I cooly retorted "You nearly destroyed the earth with an asteroid, embarrassed a father and son, made a hero lose his powers, taxed innocent citizens, all for your own personal glory" I smacked him in the face. "And I found your holographic mistresses!" I said "A real wife would never flatter a cad like you. The way you perceive life is obviously distorted." "all I wanted was to take over the world and have Maddie as my queen" he said innocently. "But that wouldn't have been enough." Said an angelic voice. We turned around to see the benevolent Empress Ulala, leader of the ISO and Spencer the chiweenie's boss, inside my apartment.
"What are you doing here?" Plasmius asked. "Who are you?" "I am the empress ulala," she said "and I have come to take your powers away." "Wha-? Why?" "Because you are criminally insane" Ulala said "See told ya." Stacie said. "What makes you think I'm-?" "Holographic mistresses who cater to your every whim, taxing innocent citizens, making a hero lose his powers, embarrassing a father and son, and moving an ectoranium-coated asteroid towards earth, all for your own personal glory!" Ulala said. "I'll tell you what: if you agree to do therapy with myself, I will spare you of your powers. If not, I will make your punishment worse." Plasmius cringed "Okay" he whispered.
(Ashley's POV)
My parents have been planning their wedding ceremony for months. The set it for their anniversary, which is also Valentine's Day. You see my dad has terrible memories of grampa forgetting their anniversary, so he proposed to my mom on the fly in college at the Valentine's Dance at Wexler University. They got married that same night. It's now January 31st. Dad just bought mom's "engagement" ring yesterday. But even more exciting: dad wants me to sing with his old band, Hi-Fi Network. I Know, it sounds lame, but I'm actually pretty excited. Plus Grampa's reforming his old band with Logan. From what I heard, Grampa's band was horrible, but Dad's teaching them all the stuff he knows, so, I hope for the best. Gosh, I hope I don't humiliate myself in front of my friends, especially Justin Spitzer.
So anyway, it's Saturday, and dad's planning on proposing tonight. I woke up early this morning trying to pick out a song to sing at the wedding. I saw dad sitting at the kitchen table, and noticed he had been drinking a lot of caffeine. "Ash!" he was surprised "What are you doing up so early?" "trying to pick a song for us to sing." I said "What's your excuse?" "Ugh… I was up all night teaching Logan how to play guitar…" dad groaned. He sighed. "What's wrong?" I asked. "I'm planning on proposing to your mom tonight." He said "I'm so nervous." "Why dad?" I asked. "You're already married. There's no way she'll say no." "Well, yeah" dad said "But I'm still nervous". "Nervous about what?" mom said as she walked down the stairs. "Oh just… being on stage again that's all…" dad lied. "Well, don't worry," mom said everything will turn out fine" "Even Logan and the Skunk Punks?" I said sarcastically. "I think he and grampa will do fine" dad said. We heard a yawn coming downstairs. "Speaking of Logan" mom said. Logan yawned as he walked downstairs. "Why is everyone up so early?" he asked.
Later that day mom and dad said they were going to the movies. "Now we'll be back pretty late" dad said "so Logan I want you in bed early." "Aw, man!" Logan groaned. "Now both of you" mom began "Your grandparents are coming over tonight about the divorce. So we want this place spic and span okay?" "Okay" my brother and I responded in unison. Our parents left right afterwards.
So we cleaned. As we were about to clean the basement lab, Logan said "You know, this would go a lot faster with our superpowers." "Yes," I said as an idea struck me, "yes it would." So we both changed into Ashley Phantom and Logan Phantom, respectively, and began to clean. Unfortunately, we got a bit enthusiastic and accidentally knocked a small box into the ghost portal. "What was… that?" I said nervously. "IDK" logan said "But it looked like dad's proposal ring" he beemed. "Ooh… you're in trouble now!" I started to freak out. I remembered my mom said something about "divorce". I was in total panic mode. "Logan, I said, "we gotta get that ring back!" "You're on your own sis!" he said. He cackled as he walked up the stairs. I immediately phoned Sasha and Justin.
I flyed through the ghost zone as Sasha and Justin flew in the Spector Speeder. Suddenly we got separated. I tried to get them on the Fenton phones, but, alas all in vain. That's when a ghost dressed like a police warden came up to me. "Using real world items" he said. "That's against the rules". Next thing I knew, I was thrown in jail.
Now at this time, I was really freaked. I saw as iwas being dragged into my prison cell that the warden had my mom's engagement ring. One I was in the cell, I started crying. "Mom and Dad are gonna get divorced!" I said to myself "And it's all my fault!" Suddenly a shadow hovered over me. I looked up and screamed. It was a giant were-wolf type creature. "Please" I begged "Don't eat me! I'm a vegetarian, I wouldn't eat you!" That's when he said something. I had no clue what the language was, but it was then I knew I could trust him. He offered his hand out. I took it, and he opened up a portal to my bubbie's house. And we left.
(Sasha's POV)
"Hmm… no sign of Ashley…" I observed. "Justin! Try calling her on the Fenton phones." "Hello, Ash? Ashley are you there?" he said into his headset. "Hmm… no answer." "Gosh, I hope she's okay" "SASHA! LOOK OUT!" Justin screamed. We were about to hit a wall. We braced ourselves only to have phased through the wall. "Huh?" I said. That's when I saw it – the engagement ring! "There it is!" Justin said. We grabbed the box and started to run away, but a shadowy figure stopped us.
(Ashley's POV)
I stepped through the portal. "Ashley!" bubbie said "Where did you come from?" "Never mind that!" I said "I need to speak to my gramma" and with that Bubbie called my gramma into the room. "Ashley!" she said "what are you doing here?" "Gramma!" a cried, me and Logan accidentally knocked mom's engagement ring into the ghost zone! Then I went to get it but was thrown in a prison and this creature got me out." I pointed to the were-wolf. "How do we know if he's friend or foe?" Gramma said. "I don't know" I said "He talks in a language I don't understand." Then I heard my dad "Ashley? Ashley is that you?" he and mom entered the room. I jumped into dad's arms. "Oh please guys!" I sobbed "Don't get a divorce!" "Ashley why would we get a divorce?" mom asked. "Well you said the grandparents were coming over about the divorce…" I said weakly. Mom, dad, Bubbie, and gramma laughed hysterically. "Honey, we were talking about the 30th anniversary of your great-aunt Alicia's divorce." Dad said. "You were?" I asked. They continued laughing. "Don't worry baby." Gramma said "Your grampa forgot our anniversary at the time of aunt Alicia's anniversary, you're your dad accidentally knocked his gift in the ghost zone." "I was locked up in prison too" dad said. "That was way before even your aunt Jazz knew about my powers." "Sasha's dad and I had to get him out." Mom added "Did you know in the ghost zone, humans pass through things." "Actually no." I said "That wolf thing brought me here." I pointed again to the were-wolf. He turned around and jumped into dad's arms. "WULF!" dad said. Wulf licked dad "Good to see you too. Did you save my little girl from the big bad Walker?" He knodded. "Aw, you." That's when it hit me. "Dad! Sasha and Justin are still in the ghost zone!" "well, let's get them! Wulf will lead the way."
(Sasha's POV)
"Stealing objects from the criminal evidence room." The creepy man said. "That's against the rules" "So is locking up my daughter!" said Ashley's dad. Wait! Ashley's Dad? "You?"The creepy man said in shock "You know these children?" "I believe you owe my daughter an apology for locking her up!" Ashley's dad said. "That was YOUR daughter?" the man said "My savior I am so sorry" he said bowing down at his feet. "and to you, the princess of the ghost zone, what can I do to show my apologies." Ashley thought for a while. Then she finally said "Lock up Vlad Plasmius."
(Stacie's POV)
We've had that freakazoid here for 3 months. So far he's been resistant to all of Empress Ulala's therapy techniques. And today just might be her breaking point. "Admit it you're crazy!" my mom warned "I am NOT CRAZY!" Plasmius retorted. "Yes you are." Ulala said back "NO – I – AM - NOT!" he boomed. "That does it" Ulala said angrily, "NEGROS USAMOS GATOS!" There was a flash of lightning. "Ugh… what happened?" plasmius spoke I walked into the room. "Woah!" I said, not believing what I was seeing. "Why is everyone looking at me?" he asked. He stood up. "Why is everyone suddenly taller?" he asked "And why do I have dogs's paws?" "Because I have turned you into a dog." Ulala said in her goddess demeanor "You will watch helplessly as my evil twin tries to take over the galaxy. You will be dominated by humans as you no longer have your ghost powers." "That's not fair!" Plasmius retorted. "Life's not fair." Ulala said as she phased out "That's what you need to learn." And with that, Empress Ulala was gone, and Plasmius howled like a wolf.