Chapter 8: Month 5 and Uninvited Guests
Sorry about the long wait for an update guys. I had one hell of a writer's block for this story. Thankfully, it is over now so I have plenty of time to write for both this and my latest story, "Farewell and Adieu to you Ghostly Ladies". I do not own Danny Phantom. R&R and Enjoy.
While the remainder of their honeymoon could not be topped by their encounter with Bob Marley's ghost, Danny and Desiree did manage to relax and enjoy their time away from Amity and. Returning home, however, was a different story. Immediately after they arrived back at Fenton Works, they saw that the town was in shambles. Ghost were flying around and terrorizing bystanders, possessing humans, and causing many other forms of mischief.
"Well shit." Danny sighed. "We go on a month long honeymoon and the entire town gets overwhelmed by ghosts."
"At least we aren't the ones getting shot at." Desiree said, trying to brighten the mood.
As if to prove her statement wrong, Valerie, the Red Huntress, spotted them and aimed her ecto rifle at the two.
"Spoke too soon." Danny said before turning to Valerie.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here. What are you two doing together?" she asked.
Sighing, the two flashed the wedding bands at the hunter, earning them a gasp.
"What?! When did this happen?" she said before she got a closer look at Desiree's body and seeing the swelling stomach. "And you knocked her up? What is going on?"
"Well, when a man and a woman love each other very much, they..." Desiree started to say before Valerie gave her the evil eye.
"Shut the fuck up! I know how sex works. What I don't get is why you two are together and she is pregnant. Did Phantom wish for you to pop his cherry and then you decided to stay with him?"
"What would be the fun in telling you? Seeing you get frustrated is all the more enjoyable." Danny chuckled.
"We'll see who gets the last laugh. I wish that every ghost, including you two were transported back into the Ghost Zone."
"Yeah, I'm not in the mood to grant your wish." Danny said smugly.
"What?! You are supposed to grant any wish you hear." Valerie said, both surprised and annoyed at this new discovery.
"Funny thing. Danny wished that I have the freedom to decided what wishes I can and can't grant." he replied, finding it a little strange that he had to refer to himself in the third person so as not to give away his and Desiree's current body situation.
"Great. Guess I'm going to have to get rid of you the hard way." Valerie said, aiming her ecto rifle at the couple.
"Easy there, killer." Desiree said, gently pushing the rifle barrel away from them with her index finger. "Would you really shoot a man and his pregnant wife?"
"Ha. You don't even look like you've finished high school, Phantom. As for your wife, I'm sure I can find a way to encourage her into the Ghost Zone without harming the baby.
"How about we meet you halfway. I'll wish for all the ghosts destroying the town back into the Ghost Zone. In exchange, you let us go." Desiree offered.
Valerie thought. On the one hand, the town would be clear of the ghosts that were currently terrorizing the town. On the other hand, she would be letting two of the most powerful ghosts free. Deciding to take the lesser of two evils, Valerie said, "Fine, I'll accept your offer. Just don't make me regret it."
Happy that Valerie saw things their way, Desiree said, "I wish all the ghosts destroying and harming he town back into the Ghost Zone."
With a snap of his fingers all the ghost, minus Danny and Desiree, disappeared in a poof of smoke. Satisfied that all the threats were gone, Valerie lowered her rifle.
"A deal's a deal. You two are free to go. Make sure I don't regret this." she said before zooming off.
"That was a little too close for comfort." Danny sighed.
"Yeah. Hopefully your family will give us a warmer welcome home than Valerie." Desiree replied before they made their way towards Fenton Works. Upon entering, they were staring down the business end of Jack's Fenton Bazooka.
"Freeze, ghost scum!" he said, charging his weapon before Maddie quickly knocked it out of his hands.
"Jack! You almost shot our son, our daughter in law, and our soon to be grandchild!" she scolded him.
Lowering his weapon, a deep blush crossed Jack's face. "Sorry, Danny boy. Things have been quite hectic while you two are away."
"No problem Dad. We understand. Oh and Mom, make that grandchildren." Danny said.
It took a minute for Maddie to register what her son had said. When she did, she collapsed backwards, out cold. Unfortunately for her, Jack was just as stunned at the news and failed to catch Maddie as she fell on the floor.
"Did not expect to receive that bit of news." he said before he heard the thud that was his wife. Looking down, he winced at the passed out form of his wife, knowing he would get an earful when she came to. Just then, Jazz came down the stairs.
"Did I just hear you two are going to be having twins?" she asked.
"Yes Jazz, you did." Desiree replied, embracing her sister-in-law.
The next few words that came out of Jazz's mouth hit Danny like a ton of bricks.
"Well if you thought giving birth to one baby would be painful, I can't imagine what pain you will experience with two."
Lucky for Danny, Desiree was much more attentive and managed to catch Danny when he passed out.
"Too much?" Jazz asked.
Nodding in reply, Desiree flew Danny upstairs and laid him on their bed before returning downstairs. By this time, Maddie was awake and had just slapped Jack upside the head for letting her fall on the floor. Jazz simply chuckled at the two before turning to Desiree.
"So how was your honeymoon?"
"Amazing." Desiree said before going into detail on their vacation. Once she finished, Jack and Maddie began to explain what had occurred in Amity while the couple were away. Even the combine efforts of the Fentons, Sam and Tucker, and Vlad and Penelope couldn't stop the ghostly uprising. One day, Technus takes control of an electronics store, the next, Vortex causes a hurricane.
"They just wouldn't stop coming." Maddie sighed. "No matter how many times we sent them to the Ghost Zone, the were back in town the next day."
"Hopefully now that Danny and I have returned, things should quiet down." Desiree said.
"Since you two are back, why don't we have a baby shower for the two of you?" Maddie asked.
"That would be lovely." Desiree said, grinning ear to ear. "Besides, it looks like you all could us a small celebration after all the ghosts you fought off."
***The Next Day***
The baby shower was going smoothly. Jazz was recording the party on her camera while the rest of the Fentons, Sam, Tucker, Vlad, Penelope, and Dani, watched the couple open the gifts for the children.
"Open mine next, Danny!" Danielle said, trying to contain her excitement. Grabbing the box, Danny removed the top and out jumped Cujo, the ghost dog in puppy form.
"Cujo!" Danny said surprised. "How did you find him?"
"It was last week when I was doing a patrol of the town when I saw Valerie fighting him. Apparently, he peep on her hover board while in puppy form. Evidently she didn't take too kindly to that so she hit him with her ecto rifle only for him to go bad dog on her. I managed to capture him in a Fenton Thermos and escape before she tried to attack either one of us." Dani explained.
While out of the box, Cujo began to sniff Danny and Desiree. This confused him, smelling Danny while he was in Desiree's body and Desiree while in Danny's body. He began to whimper before Danny picked him up.
"I know you are confused buddy. It won't be long until we are back in our original bodies." Danny said, scratching behind his ears.
"Well, it looks like we opened every gift," Desiree said, "unless we missed someone's."
As if on queue, Danny felt the cold steel of a blade pressed against his neck. "I'm disappointed, whelp. Don't you want to know what my gift is?" Skulker hissed.
As he became visible to the group, every weapon was pointed at the hunter ghost.
"If I were you, I would lower your weapons. Unless, of course, you want me to cut her throat or spill the little kiddies on the floor." he chuckled.
Reluctantly, everyone lowered their weapons. Chuckling, Skulker forced Danny to his feet and led him towards the Fenton Portal.
"If you ever want to see your darling Desiree again, Phantom, I suggest you come to my realm alone." he said before taking off into the Ghost Zone.
"You know there will be a trap." Jazz said as Desiree changed into Danny's ghost form.
"Probably but I won't be alone. Will I, Cujo?" she asked looking at the ghostly puppy at her ankles. As if to reply, Cujo grew to his aggressive guard dog form.
"Good dog. Now lets find Danny." she said as they headed for Skulker's realm.
***Skulker's Realm***
As soon as Skulker arrived, he handcuffed Danny to some chains on the wall, covered her eyes, and plugged her ears.
"Wouldn't want you to grant any unwanted wishes when my prey comes to play." Skulker chuckled. He then took the small tracking chip the GIW had given him and intangibly placed it in Danny's shoulder.
Just as he had finished, Desiree zoomed into the realm. She glared at the hunter and was ready to tear him apart.
"I'll give you one chance to release her before you get the beating of a lifetime." Desiree said.
"Ha. You're in my world now, not your world, whelp." he cackled before pressing a button on his wrist. The floor underneath Desiree's feet gave way. Lucky for her, she expected some sort of trick like this and easily floated above to hole when the floor collapsed.
"Tried to give you the easy way out. Now you'll just have to face the consequences. Sick em, Cujo."
Becoming visible behind Skulker, the ghost dog sank his fangs into the hunter's leg.
"Damn you, flea bag! Prepare to be put down." he said, throwing a punch only to miss. In response, Cujo tore of the leg he had in his mouth. Losing his balance, Skulker fell on the floor where Cujo pounced on him and began to claw away at this at his chest piece.
Meanwhile, Desiree managed to release Danny from the chains and was holding him in a tight embrace.
"Knew you would come for me." Danny said. "It was just a matter of time."
"Not exactly the way I planned on finishing our baby shower. Hopefully this will be the end of our troubles before the babies come." she replied, giving him a quick peck on the lips before turning to Skulker and Cujo. "Next time you try to pull a stunt like that, you will become Cujo's chew toy."
With that, the couple and the ghost dog vanished out of the realm in a poof of smoke. It took Skulker several tries before he managed to stand on his remaining foot before traveling to the GIW portal.
"I'll be charging them for that leg." he growled before exiting the portal and demanding to see the senior GIW agent.
"I take it you succeeded in planting the chip on Desiree?" the agent asked.
"Of course. Otherwise I wouldn't be here. Now about my reward."
"Yes, your reward." the agent said, smirking at the ghost. Suddenly, Skulker felt his powers draining from both his suit and his true form before he collapsed on the floor.
"What is the meaning of this? We had a deal!" Skulker's true form said as he exited his now deactivated suit.
"Plans change, ghost." the agent said before picking him up and putting him in a container.
"For crimes against humanity, we sentence you to experimentation and eventual execution." the agent said before handing the captured Skulker to a scientist. As Skulker was taken away, another agent stood before the senior agent.
"Sir, we have confirmed that the beacon is active and is transmitting the coordinates to base."
"Excellent." the agent said, a smug grin crossing his face. "Now we wait and plan before we launch a capture mission on Desiree."