Hey! I'm baaaaaack! Haha. Come on! I wouldn't leave you guys hanging like that! I know how many of you couldn't wait for Clockwork and I must say I actually had a lot of fun with him. But anyway enjoy the story!
"Was that Johnny 13's motorcycle?" Jazz asked after a rather unusual vehicle that was being chased by a shadowy figure in the sky ramped off the hood of her punch buggy. Traffic was just starting to move so she really didn't have too much time to ponder the thought but a large RV with shouting passengers made her slam on the brakes, regardless of the irritated cars behind her.
"But Maddie, I was doing fine! I almost hit him!"
"Jack! I really don't have time for this! We need to find him, and we need to find him now!"
"I don't see why he's so important to you…I mean, he is a ghost after all…"
"Jack, I love you, but you need to really consider shutting up…"
Jazz tried to sink low into her seat as her parents drove by. She was, after all, supposed to be in school. Even though it was almost over. When they were out of site she sighed with relief.
Who were they talking about? She couldn't help but wonder as she was forced to move with the traffic again, Could it be Danny? No, Danny's fine. And even if Mom and Dad were chasing him…he knows how to get away…
"I hope…" She added to herself as she turned the corner and stopped at a traffic light.
Johnny was the first ghost to fall on the floating rock in the middle of the paranormal world. Kitty landed on top of him shortly after and Danny fell last, finalizing the dog pile on the annoyed biker. Pushing his girlfriend off of him, he easily grabbed Danny by the shoulders and looked at him through hateful eyes.
"You stupid brat!" He shouted, ignoring Kitty whose brow furrowed in dislike, "We were fine until you came along! You ruin absolutely EVERYTHING!" Danny blinked at this and grinned.
"Yup!" He shouted happily, "I does!"
"Do," Kitty corrected, then turned to Johnny who was still engulfed with rage, "put him down 13."
"What?" The statement startled the boy. This was the same kid that messed up their relationship last time! Why did she always stick up for him?
"You heard me Johnny!" Kitty said, her tone turning icy and her glare darkening.
"But-"
"No."
"Kitty…"
"No."
"Come on!"
"NO, JOHNNY!"
Danny looked between the arguing two. His head turning to each new speaker until eventually he got bored of the debate and phased through Johnny's fingers, completely unnoticed. Jumping of the floating rock, he caught himself and began flying wherever his off balance ability would take him. And that was another floating rock with a tower of some sort. Danny landed on the unusual floating building and grinned when he saw what lay ahead.
The door to the Clock Tower was open…
"Clockwork," The first Observant stated as the two time watchers entered the Clock Tower. The Master of Time sighed in annoyance and turned around, narrowing his eyes and the nagging figures.
"Daniel is destroying Amity Park single handedly…" The Cyclops-like creature continued.
"He is scaring citizens," The second one followed the first.
"Destroying buildings…"
"Causing chaos…"
"And generally…"
"Being a nuisance." They finished the last statement together which just bugged Clockwork even more.
"And you're telling me this why?" He asked, clearly uninterested.
"Danny Phantom is your responsibility Clockwork."
"And frankly, you're not doing your job." Clockwork scowled.
"I'm not doing my job?" He asked, raising an eyebrow and turning into the infant version of himself. He ignored the transformation and continued his defense, "Apparently you're the one's who aren't paying attention because he's doing everything you just mentioned in a two-year-old status…"
"We are aware of his current condition Clockwork…"
"But he is still your responsibility and everything we just mentioned is the path to…that." Clockwork didn't have to follow the Observant's finger to know he was referring to the thermos that contained the future evil version of Danny.
"He's a toddler. The only thing he does is find ways to annoy people he doesn't like and the only path he's on right now is the path to the Clock Tower-"
"WHAT!" Clockwork held back a grin. He knew their reaction was going to be shocked, but seeing it first hand made the Master of Time snicker.
"Clockwork you cannot let Danny Phantom come here in his destructive state."
"Too late." Clockwork said and motioned to the newest arrival in the room. Danny was awed. Everything was so big and spirally. It made the toddler's eyes grow big along with the smile on his face. It was then that he noticed the three in front of him.
He spotted the Observants first...
Danny's eyes were fixed on the robed, one-eyed figures. He was still in his trance when they started talking to him.
"Danny Phantom," the first Observant said a little uneasy and unsure, "you are unwelcome in the Clock Tower while you are in your current-"
"Wow!" Danny said at last, slowly walking up to the two in front of him. He turned his head from side-to-side, taking in everything he was seeing, "You's guys gots one eyeball!" The two looked at each other in confusion.
"Um…yes well, anyway…you are not allowed in the-"
"Just one!" Danny continued, interrupting the Observant and completely ignoring the fact that he spoke, "You's gots just one! Not two! One!" He giggled and the two shrugged. Danny took his right hand and clapped it over his eye.
"Now I'm like you! One eyes!" He took his hand away, "Two eyes! One eyes! Two eyes! NO EYES!" Both Danny's hands were covering his line of vision and he continued to giggle even after he tripped over his feet. Uncovering his eyes, he smiled when he saw something somewhat familiar.
"What's that?" He pointed in the corner and before the Observants and Clockwork knew what he was referring to, Danny was already there.
"I gots sometin like dis." He said happily, holding up the thermos that kept Dan Phantom captive.
"NO!" Both Observants screamed and ran over to the toddler, thrusting the thermos out of his hands. Both of them ignored Danny's lower lip which quivered slightly.
"Clockwork, look what you've done!" The first Observant snapped, placing the Fenton Thermos out of toddler reach.
"What do you mean what I've done?" Clockwork defended, "That crazy Balor girl's the reason why he's like this! I can't mess with time to change that!"
"Never stopped you before…" The second Observant said getting a dark glare from Clockwork.
"I want dat!" Danny said, pointing to the thermos and trying to fly up to get it. The Observant that was holding his head down was the only thing preventing him from it.
Danny growled in frustration.
"No," the Observant said, pointing a stern finger in front of the toddler who pouted in response.
"Leave him alone, he's just a kid…" Clockwork said, rolling his eyes at the two. His eyes widened slightly when he saw what the 'kid' was doing. Danny's hatred toward the Observants was enough to get him concentrating on his powers. Even if he was completely unaware of what he was doing…Clockwork couldn't help but smile when there was now three Danny's surrounding the Observants. All of them had the same hateful glare and all of them were oblivious to the fact they just split. The Observants didn't notice either and Clockwork…wasn't planning on saying a word…
"Just a kid Clockwork?"
"This 'kid' nearly endangered the Ghost Zone and the human world." Clockwork wasn't listening. He was waiting for the three Danny's to notice they were…well…three Danny's. So far they haven't figured it out yet…
"This 'kid' beat half his enemies back into the Ghost Zone."
"This 'kid'-Omph!" Clockwork couldn't help but smile. The Danny's figured out what they did. Diving on top of the Observants they tackled them to the ground.
"CLOCKWORK!" One shouted, pushing off a Phantom that was biting his ankle.
"DO SOMETHING!" The second one finished. Clockwork stared.
"I can't," He said, trying to come up with a distraction that would continue the torture of the annoying Cyclopes, "I dropped my time staff." With those words, Clockwork 'dropped' his staff by tossing it three feet beside him. That probably wasn't such a great idea, however. The original Danny that got kicked off the Observant found the staff before Clockwork could 'grab it' and stared at it amazed.
"What does dis do?" He asked, referring to the button on the side.
"NO!" The two scrambling on the floor shouted. Danny hit the button and everything in the Clock Tower froze.
Everything, but Danny and Clockwork.
"WOW!" Danny said when he looked up and saw the Observants wide-eyed and still on the floor. One Danny was thrown in the air; he looked like he was in an attack position and about to strike. The second one looked like it was using the orbs on the Observant's heads as beat drums.
Clockwork grinned and held out his hand.
"May I have my staff back?" Danny stared, but didn't object. Handing the ghost back his staff, he smiled when he saw Clockwork change forms again.
"Wow!" He said for the third time, "How did you do dat?"
"I am the Master of Time; I can do a lot of things." He turned to the orb that showed the timelines and started fiddling with his staff.
"Pwove it!" Clockwork stopped and looked at the boy. He was dead serious.
"Prove what? That I control the timeline?" Danny nodded and smiled when Clockwork changed into an old man.
"I'm not going to prove to a child that-"
"PWOVE IT! PWOVE IT! PWOVE IT!" Danny chanted, Clockwork frowned.
"Time Out!" He said, clicking the button on the side of his staff. Rolling his eyes at the frozen toddler, he flew over to the other Danny's that were still frozen and attacking the panicking Observants. Grabbing both of them he tossed them at the original Danny. Both duplicates turned white and were absorbed by the toddler who was still frozen time. Flying over to a wall he grabbed a Time Medallion from the rack and placed it around the toddler's neck.
Danny instantly fell into life and he looked at the Master of Time through big blinking eyes.
"I still don'ts bewieves you…" He said, folding his arms and turning away. Clockwork smiled.
"Whatever Danny…" He said and grabbed the toddler by his wrist.
"Hey!" The two-year-old protested, Clockwork ignored him and with a simple toss, he threw him into the orb that hovered above the two.
"Time In!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Both Observants shouted on the ground. Clockwork shook his head and smiled. The two frowned and were about to say something before Clockwork interrupted.
"Everything's fine…everything's the way it's supposed to be. He'll get back to normal…just let him have some fun first…" He turned to the two that were picking themselves up off the floor, "Now if you would be so kind as to…leave me to my work?" Looking at Clockwork, then at each other, the two Observants left the Clock Tower without another word.
"Eh…Clockwork…" The two stopped and turned around.
"I know," Clockwork answered, "this never happened…"
Clockwork's eyes followed them out the door, and the moment they were gone, he could no longer hold back his snickers…
Hope you liked it... I am seriously debating on who to do next. It's either Jazz or Desiree...I'll get back to you on which one it's going to be. I'm really leaning more toward Desiree believe it or not...just cause I can fit her in a little better. But don't worry folks, he will meet Jazz too. Until next time!
-angelofsuspense