It has been four weeks since Danny killed the Intoarcere that murdered Kwan and Brian and things were relatively peaceful. However, since the recent ghost attack Amity Park gained financial aid from Vlad Masters to set up surveillance cameras throughout the town designed to pick up on possible ghost activities. To say Danny was upset would be an understatement; the young hybrid was very pissed about the cameras. They were positioned at nearly every corner and alley way, making it hard for him to transform whenever he wants to fight or fly around. Luckily, there hasn't been any more ghost attacks since the Intoarcere encounter. However, things may take a new turn for Danny that will shock him.
The Saturday sun rose as Danny's alarm clock went off. The persistent buzzing kept on going as Danny swatted at his clock. His hand finally reached the annoying device and he grabbed it to turn it off. The alarm clock went silent after five seconds as Danny got out of his bed and headed for the bathroom. What Danny didn't know was that his clock was encased in a thin sheet of ice. The young hybrid got out of the bathroom and returned to his room to get dressed. He put on clothes and shivered for a moment; he looked at his window and saw that it was closed. He went to his closet, grabbed a dark blue jacket and put it on before heading downstairs for breakfast.
He entered the kitchen and saw his uncle cooking scrambled eggs, sausage, and surprisingly enough ramen. Vince turned around and saw his nephew heading for the table.
"Morning Danny," greeted Vince. "What do feel like having for breakfast?" he asked.
"I'll have some ramen Uncle Vince," answered Danny.
"Coming right up," replied Vince as he finished up the food.
Vince poured the ramen into a bowl and placed it gently on the table. Danny grabbed his fork and shivered slightly after picking it up. Vince raised an eyebrow after seeing his nephew shiver.
"You okay Danny?" asked Vince.
"I'm a little cold, but I'm fine," answered Danny.
"Danny, the house is about seventy-nine degrees," said Vince as he placed his hand on Danny's forehead.
"Danny, you're freezing cold," said Vince in shock as he pulled his hand back.
"I-it's not too b-b-b-bad," stuttered Danny as he started to eat.
"That sounds really reassuring Danny," deadpanned Vince. "We should probably call the school and tell them you'll be out today," he mentioned.
"P-please don't," begged Danny. "I-I-if Mom and Dad hear about t-t-t-this, they'll…" he added but stopped.
"Yeah, knowing my messed up brother and your mother they'll strap you on to a spinning table as ridiculous high speeds thinking that a ghost is taking over you," commented Vince. "All right, I won't call the school or tell your parents, but if you start to get worse call me," negotiated Vince.
"Got it, thanks Uncle V," agreed Danny as he finished eating his breakfast.
After finishing breakfast, Danny was out of the house and skateboarded to school. From time to time Danny would shiver for a moment as he continued to skate towards Casper High. However, he never noticed any ice shards on the sidewalk that appeared behind him.
Along his way to school his ghost sense went off only it was slightly longer than normal. He stopped and looked around for any possible ghost appearances. He didn't see anything out of the ordinary other than a few strands of grass appearing on the cracks of the sidewalk. Shrugging his shoulders, Danny continued on his way to school.
Danny finally arrived at school and entered the building. He went to his locker and put his skateboard inside it as well as a few of his books. He closed his locker and headed to Lancer's class. Lancer looked up from his paper work and saw Danny enter. The two looked at each other for a moment before Danny took his seat. Other students started to enter the classroom and took their seats as well. Danny looked out the window for a second and noticed a construction crew working at an area about a couple of miles away from the school.
'That's strange, I could have sworn there was a nice batch of trees there,' thought Danny.
The class began their lesson for the day in Lancer's English class. Danny was trying to pay attention, but his shivering was getting worse. A few students were glancing at him in confusion because the temperature in the classroom wasn't even cold. He tried to grab his pencil, but he had a hard time moving his arm. His arm felt like a block of ice and he could have sworn he heard his arm crack every time he moved it.
At her desk, Sam noticed Danny was having a hard time moving his arm. She was very concerned for her former friend, but couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. In fact since the start of the day, Sam was also feeling something was strange about this day. Before heading to school, the plants in her greenhouse were acting strange. Her Venus flytrap, Demilo snapped at her and bit her arm. The scary part was that it drew blood from her, so she had to bandage her wound. On her way to school she thought she heard someone calling out to her. She also thought she heard cries of fear and pain, but she couldn't find the source of the cries.
The rest of the school day continued with Danny feeling like he was inside a meat locker and Sam hearing constant cries. The only good thing for Danny would be that Dash hasn't tried anything with him today. Ever since Danny's uncle intervention and metaphorically put the fear of God into him, the blonde jock hasn't tried anything with the young hybrid. Still the deaths of Kwan and Brian still left lingering effects on some of the students. The one affected the most was Star, since she was next to Kwan and dated him. Star was a wreck after finding out that despite Danny's attempts Kwan still died. She spent four weeks mourning over his death. Of course she wasn't the only one who was affected by this event.
Tucker felt that what happened was his fault because of his wish to cancel out Danny's ghost powers. His wish cost the life of two of his peers just because he wanted to get back at his old friend. Surprisingly, Desiree tried to comfort the techno-geek and told him that he could have never of known that Danny was being targeted by an Intoarcere. Still Tucker chose to blame himself and asked her to remove his new power. Sadly, his wish lasted for too long and was now a part of him.
The school day ended and the students headed for home. Danny was grabbing his skateboard and noticed that he wasn't shivering again. He closed his locker and saw Tucker standing next to him. The young African American had a depressed look on his face. Danny raised his eyebrow and looked at his former friend.
"What do you want Tucker?" asked Danny.
"Danny," started Tucker as he took a deep breath. "I'm sorry for what happened four weeks ago," he said.
"What about four weeks ago?" asked Danny.
"When that ghost that killed Kwan and Brian, and you didn't sense it," explained Tucker. "That was because I made this wish to Desiree to have this power to cancel out your ghost powers," he confessed.
"You what?" glared Danny.
"I was so mad at you because you kept using your powers in school and wanted you to know what it was like to be a normal human, so I made that wish, but I didn't think it would work when you needed it the most," explained Tucker. "I'm so sorry for what happened," he apologized again.
"Do you still have this power?" asked Danny.
"Yes, I tried to get Desiree to remove it, but she said that it has become a part of me," answered Tucker.
"Good," said Danny as he got closer to Tucker.
"What do you…?" started Tucker only to be interrupted by a strong punch to his gut.
Tucker felt the impact of Danny's fist collide into his stomach. The techno-geek recoiled and couched out saliva and a little bit of blood. He collapsed onto the floor and looked up in shock.
"But I thought…" choked out Tucker.
"Trust me your bonehead wish is still in effect," replied Danny. "That was all human me," he added. "Normally I would forgive you for your stupidity, but what you wished for was very self-centered. Regardless of your wish, there was no way you, Desiree, or I would have known that some remnant of Pariah's army would be after me. Apologizing to me won't bring Kwan or Brian back, apologizing to me won't give the parents of those two any closure, apologizing to me won't stop Star from crying over Kwan's death. Still, if you have to apologize to anyone, it should be to them, not me," ranted Danny as he left the school.
Tucker watched as Danny reached the double doors. Danny stopped and looked at Tucker for one more moment.
"There's one thing I don't understand though. Why would you go anywhere near Desiree?" asked Danny.
Tucker looked away to hide a small blush on his face. However, Danny saw it and sighed while nodding his head.
"Same old Tucker just can't stay away from a pretty face. Even if it was attached to a ghost," commented Danny.
"S-s-she's not that bad," stuttered Tucker as he got back up.
"Fine, I'll leave her to you Tucker," said Danny.
"What?" replied Tucker.
"You always had bad taste in girls, so maybe a tragic woman would be better for you," commented Danny.
"You mean you…" started Tucker.
"I don't forgive you or Desiree for that stupid wish, but I accept what you feel for her," interrupted Danny as he left the school.
Sam was heading home through the area where construction was being done. She stopped and felt great pain inside her head. She started to hear the crying sounds once again and was trying to block the cries out. As the construction crew continued to cut down the trees, Sam continued to hear the cries. Suddenly, the earth began to shake and started to shift. Sam watched in shock as the gigantic vines rose up started to lash out at the construction vehicles. The construction crew started to run in fear as the vines continued their assault. Sam watched in shock as the vines started to combine into form a large green creature. The vines wrapped themselves to form human like arms and chest. Its head had red eyes, large black thorns, and a dark green beak.
"Flesh-walkers!" yelled the plant monster. "For far too long your kind has harmed my children. Now you all shall suffer for what you have done. Now feel the wrath of Undergrowth!" it declared as it attacked.
The creature known as Undergrowth launched out massive vines with large black thorns towards the workers and vehicles. The workers ran for cover as the onslaught from the massive ghost continued. Sam tried to find cover as well, but the cries were continuing to pound into her head. Suddenly, a vine wrapped itself around Sam's waist and hoists her into the air. She screamed for help as the vine brought her closer towards Undergrowth. The gigantic plant ghost looked at her and smirked as he moved his right hand towards her. Luckily for Sam, a bolt of ectoplasm hit Undergrowth's hand. Undergrowth recoiled in pain as his hand fell off his arm. Sam looked in awe as Danny appeared in front of her.
"So today's pest is a plant ghost?" Danny asked himself. "Well why not, I'm bound to go up against something that's based on nature," he commented.
"Ah so you're the one called Phantom," declared Undergrowth. "The little hybrid that defeated Pariah, I'm not impressed by what I see," he added as his hand regenerated.
"Keep looking," replied Danny as he sliced the vine holding Sam.
The Goth girl fell towards the ground, but she was caught by Danny as he lowered himself to the ground while holding her.
"Find some cover and stay there got it?" ordered Danny.
Sam nodded her head and headed away from the combat zone. Normally, she would try to argue even if they are not really friends anymore, but her headache was getting worse the longer she stayed near Undergrowth.
Danny flew at Undergrowth and fired another ghost ray at him. The ghost ray blew his arm off, but it regenerated afterwards. Danny fired another at his chest, but his foe regenerated again.
"Fool, you cannot destroy a being that's able to regenerate!" yelled Undergrowth.
"Regenerate this Asshole!" yelled Danny as he launched a large ghost ray at Undergrowth's head.
The blast blew half of Undergrowth's head off. His black brain was exposed as spores started to fly out of his head. The spores floated around and started to affect everyone within the area including Danny who was struggling to stay in the air.
"Let's see if I can find a more productive use for you worthless flesh creatures," chuckled Undergrowth as everything started to get darker.
An unspecified amount of time later
Danny regained consciousness and found himself strapped onto a giant tree. He was wrapped in vines and had a few twigs in his hair. He looked around himself and sighed knowing that he was trapped.
"Still better than being on an examination table," commented Danny.
"Danny is that you?" asked a voice.
"Tucker?" replied Danny.
He looked to his right and saw Tucker strapped onto another tree. He looked like he was roughed up and had large Venus flytraps snapping at him.
"I never eat my vegetables, why is it fair for them to eat me?" whined Tucker. "Where's Desiree when I really need her!" he screamed in terror.
Soon enough, Undergrowth rose from the ground and stood between Danny and Tucker.
"Ah this is much better," said Undergrowth. "A world where mankind is in its proper place," he added as he looked at his captives. "The growth is more powerful than any meat creature," he said as he moved closer to Danny. "No matter how powerful they think they are," he added.
Danny laughed at Undergrowth's little speech.
"That's actually funny coming from someone who represents the bottom of the food chain," taunted Danny.
Undergrowth growled at Danny and roared at him.
"Damn you really need to think about using a breath mint," commented Danny.
"Since refuse to surrender, how about I show you that you are fighting a losing battle," said Undergrowth as he moved to show Danny one of his greatest achievements. "Behold, the Mind Vine," he pointed at a large plant with Vines attached to the necks of nearly everyone of Amity Park.
The people of Amity Park were walking around like zombies with glowing green eyes. The plant zombie jocks and other muscular men were chopping down telephone poles while the plant zombie girls were planting acorns. The acorns grew into gigantic trees within seconds.
"As you can see, my children will continue to grow and spread throughout the world. My consciousness, my power will continue to grow, and the concrete jungles will become real jungles as the world will returned to its rightful glory. So that my children shall inherit the earth," explained Undergrowth. "After all, mankind is nothing more than a weed in the garden of life," he added. "A weed that can be removed," he finished.
Just then the GAV appeared by crashing through the vines with Jack driving. On top of the GAV was a freakishly large buzz saw cutting through the vines.
"Get out of my town you Horticultural terror!" yelled Jack. "Thanks for writing down horticultural for me sweetie," he smiled to his wife.
"Well we can't have you messing it up during the battle cry honey," replied Maddie. "First impressions are everything," she added.
"And you married me anyway," replied Jack.
"Yeah, this explains everything," muttered Vince as put on the F.A.S.T belt on.
Gigantic vines attacked the GAV; they started to crush the vehicle until it exploded. The three adults jumped out of the ruined vehicle and landed on the ground. Well, Maddie landed on the ground, Vince was in the F.A.S.T armor with the Hover legs on to hover off the ground, while Jack crashed face first onto the road. Maddie leapt into action pulling out small gardening tools and started slashing at the vines that attacked her. Danny and Undergrowth watched this unexpected and bizarre counterattack.
"I would have gone with a couple of machetes," commented Danny. "Even if I knew I would lose," he added.
As Maddie continued to fight the vines, she didn't see one of the Mind Vines stick itself onto the back of her neck. Her eyes were starting to be covered by green liquid. She stopped fighting and dropped her unconventional weapons. Danny watched in shock as his mother was taken over by the Mind Vine. Another Mind Vine snaked its way towards Jack's neck and struck.
"Ah!" yelled Jack, but stopped for a moment. "I don't see what the big deal is," said Jack as he moved the vine away from his neck. The vine started attacking other parts of his head. "Nope, still good," he commented as the vine continued to attach itself. Finally, the vine dug itself into his ear as Jack smiled. "There we go, hmmmm Chlorophyll," he said as he too was being taken over.
Scissor arm-play track
The arm mounted sword attached itself on Vince's arm. The blade split open and chopped a few vines that headed towards his head. Vince continued to fight the onslaught of vines as he tried to reach his brother and sister in law.
"How foolish," said Undergrowth. "Can't he see that his efforts are for nothing? Once the Growth has started, it cannot be stopped," he added.
"You're wrong," said Danny. "Uncle Vince fights not because he believes he can win. He fights to protect those that he can reach," he continued.
"Sounds like you have faith in him? That's funny because ghosts shouldn't have faith in humans," replied Undergrowth.
"Who cares if he is human, even without ghost powers Uncle Vince is more powerful compared to an overgrown crab grass," taunted Danny as he shivered.
Danny's shivering resulted in his bounds freezing over. Danny broke out and flew out of Undergrowth's reach. The giant plant ghost tried to grab him, but the young hybrid flew further away. He looked at Undergrowth and turned to look at his uncle fighting the vines. He moved towards his uncle to help him out.
Vince continued to chop the vines attacking him with his Scissor arm. Despite being able to keep his neck safe from the Mind Vines, Vince was getting tired from the oncoming attacks. A couple of the vines darted towards Vince from behind, but Danny fired two ghost rays at them. Vince turned around and saw Danny float towards him.
"Nice of you join me," joked Vince.
"Sorry I was late, the host wouldn't stop talking," Danny joked back.
"Any idea how to beat this guy Phantom?" asked Vince.
"Not really, but I'm open to suggestions," answered Danny.
Vince looked at the vines moving towards them slowly. He looked up to see Undergrowth grin at them as his vines continued to move towards the two heroes.
"I would say a tactical retreat would be a start," suggested Vince.
"Tactical retreat?" questioned Danny.
"It's like running away, but manlier," joked Vince.
"Better than nothing," replied Danny as the two of them ran through the vines.
Undergrowth watched his would be foes run and laughed.
"Fools!" yelled the giant plant. "Do you really believe you could simply out run the Growth!" he continued as he looked at a large flower appear before him. "Rise my daughter and bring me their heads!" he ordered.
"Yes father," said a female voice that came from the flower as it opened.
On the ground, Danny and Vince ran towards Fenton Works while avoiding Mind Vines and the plant zombies. Many of the vines tried to go for Danny, but Vince dispatched the vines with his Scissors arm. Suddenly, the ground below them cracked open and a new foe appeared before them.
The two Fentons stopped in shock as they watched a young woman appeared from the ground. She had a thin built body and had curves in the right places. She wore a green one piece outfit that looked like it was made out of leaves. She had green gloves and one her left thigh was a black spike band. Around her neck was another spiked band, her face had black marking around her full green eyes. Her short black hair, which covered her ears, had a rough look like she got in a fight. Behind her back were four large vines flailing around. Vince was shocked to see that this plant zombie was revealing so much flesh and she was about the same age as his nephew. Danny on the other hand was looking at her in disbelief.
"It can't be," said Danny. "Sam?" he whispered.
"Hello Danny," greeted Sam in a seductive voice as she stretched out her arms. "I miss you," she added as she moved closer to them.
Behind Vince were several vines that struck him. He didn't have enough time to react as the vines wrapped around his arms. He yelled out in anger as he tried to fight off the vines. Danny took his eyes off of Sam and was about to blast the vines off of his Uncle.
"Don't worry about me!" yelled Vince. "Head to the portal and get help!" he ordered.
"What, I can't leave you here!" argued Danny.
"Listen, you're the only one that can find a way to beat this plant bastard. Go into the Ghost Zone and find out if there is a way to win," said Vince as he managed to rip himself free from the vines. "I'll hold them off as long as I can. Now go!" he ordered as he continued to fight.
"I don't think so Danny," said Sam as her vines lashed out at Danny.
The young hybrid dodged the attacks and tried to fly away from Sam. However, the plant themed Goth girl gave chase to Danny. Her vines lashed out at him as he maneuvered away from each attack. He finally managed to reach Fenton Works and phased into his house. He headed towards the basement and reached for the portal. He slowly walked towards the portal, but he felt a snag on his right foot. He looked down and saw a vine wrapped around his ankle. Fearing the worst, Danny slowly turned his head to see Sam walk down the stairs. She tilted her head and smiled at Danny as she continued towards him. Danny tried to move, but the vine help him in place.
"Stay Danny," called out Sam as she finally reached him. "Stay and rule with me as my prince," she added as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Sam stop," said Danny as he tried to move away from her. "This isn't right, you don't want…" he tried to say, but he was interrupted by Sam placing a finger on his lips.
"I do want this Danny," said Sam. "Actually, all I truly want is you," she continued as she stroke the right side of Danny's face.
Danny was shock after hearing this. Sam wanted him, out of all the people in the world.
"But what about that Gregor or Elliot guy?" asked Danny.
Sam growled after hearing those names. Her vines lashed out and started to attack the lab.
"That pathetic little piece of wasted flesh doesn't deserve to be mentioned!" roared Sam.
Danny tried to move again, but Sam saw him move and latched onto him again. Danny stopped moving and looked at Sam as she calmed down. She smiled at him and rested her head on his chest.
"Please stay Danny," begged Sam. "Undergrowth only wants to save our planet," she added.
"There's only one person who truly wants to save the world," replied Danny as he shivered again. "But she is now Undergrowth's puppet," he finished.
Sam looked at Danny and backed away from him. She released him and started to shake. Danny watched in surprise as Sam looked up at him bearing her teeth and sap like tears coming out of her glowing amethyst eyes.
"NO ONE CONTROLS ME!" screamed Sam as her vines lashed out at everything.
Her attack caused one of her vines to hit Danny into the Ghost portal. Danny yelled in shock and pain as he flung deeper into the Ghost Zone. Sam stopped her attack and watched as Danny vanishes from the human world.
"Please come back safely," whispered Sam as her eyes turned green once again.
In the Ghost Zone
Danny floated in the Ghost Zone heading towards an area that was far colder than any other part. He didn't know where he was going, but he felt that he had to go where his body was taking him. He started to see icebergs and snow as he got closer to his unknown destination. Suddenly, his inside froze up on him as he plummeted to the snow covered ground. Danny tried to get up, but couldn't as shadows appeared before him.
A few minutes later, Danny awoke to find himself floating in a tube filled with liquid and a mask over his head. He looked around him and saw monitors and ice all around him. However, he was very surprised to see large humanoid creatures that look like a mix between a polar bear and a wolf. They wore tribal like clothing and had ice horns on their heads.
"What's going on here?" asked Danny.
"Allow me to answer that Great One," replied a kind voice.
Danny looked at one of the creatures in front of him. Like the others around him, this creature was very large, but he wore a blue cape and his left arm a skeleton of an arm encased in ice to resemble an arm.
"I am Frostbite, leader of the Far Frozen," introduced Frostbite. "It is an honor to meet the Savior of the Ghost Zone," he continued.
"Savior of the Ghost Zone?" repeated Danny.
"Correct, you the young Ghost/Human hybrid that defeat Pariah Dark are a legend among my people," explained Frostbite.
"Some legend I am," muttered Danny.
"What troubles you Great One?" asked Frostbite.
"Most has been over runned by Undergrowth, a psycho plant ghost," answered Danny.
"Undergrowth you say, yes he is a powerful ghost. Capable of producing killer offspring and constant regeneration, nearly impossible to defeat," said Frostbite.
"I know, I tried to face him but I kept freezing up all the sudden," replied Danny.
"Freezing up you say?" questioned Frostbite as he walked up to Danny. He placed his hand on the glass separating them and closed his eyes. "I see now, you are indeed very much like my people and me," he said.
"What do you mean?" asked Danny in confusion.
"Your core is constantly producing extreme levels of cold within you. It would seem that you are a Ledyanoi Dukh," answered Frostbite.
"A what?" asked Danny.
"A Ledyanoi Dukh, an ice spirit" answered Frostbite. "A spirit that is governed by the cold much like me, and a very powerful enemy that can defeat Undergrowth," he explained.
"Really?" asked Danny in excitement. "I though fire was the enemy to plant life," he said.
"Indeed fire is, but so is the cold. Able to freeze and end all life with no sense of remorse," said Frostbite. "But that just means that the cold is making room for life to begin anew," he added.
"Do you think I can master this freezing power?" asked Danny.
"But of course Great One, it is merely a manner of practice," answered Frostbite as he created a diamond out of ice. "The power is only limited by what you can imagine," he added as he turned the diamond into a sword.
"Don't get his hopes up Frostbite. He may be the Savior of the Ghost Zone, but he is still just a new born ghost brat," said a gruff voice.
Entering the chamber was another member of the Far Frozen. This one was roughly the same size as Frostbite, but one of his horns was missing and the right side of his face was encased in ice. He had a cloak around his right shoulder that covered his entire right arm.
"Ymir, show respect to the Great One!" yelled Frostbite. "Please forgive him Great One; Ymir once faced Undergrowth several thousands of years ago. He is quite bitter about him being brought up," he explained.
"He faced Undergrowth?" asked Danny in wonder.
"Yes I have and let me tell you boy. You are nowhere near ready to face him, let alone defeat him," answered Ymir. "You don't know how to get to him and rile him up or even how to weaken him even if you do begin to grasp the concept of cyrokinesis," he ranted.
The tube Danny was in started to lose the liquid inside and open. Danny stepped out of the tube and walked up to Ymir. Frostbite watched with a smile on his face as he watched Danny look at Ymir. Danny looked at Ymir straight in the eye.
"Teach me," demanded Danny.
Author's note: Well that's part one of my version of Urban Jungle. That means I'm at the ending point of Cross my Heart and I'll Fight Back. Once I get part two done, this story ends and then I can get to work on the sequel. I could have continued on, but I wanted to end the chapter like this. As you have read, I've made Sam a little more active and somewhat seductive towards Danny. My only reason is that I wanted her to do more than she did in the actual episode. The next chapter I plan on her being much more of a fighter against Danny. She'll have to be when the sequel comes up because she'll play a key role in it after all.