Here is Jake's next tale. A new enemy is introduced and Jake-or, rather, Shadow-ticks off his sister again. Also, if anyone has a better title, please tell me.
Jake and his friends were just exiting the movie theater. They stepped into the cool, calm nighttime air. Matt yawned.
"Good movie, huh?" Matt asked with a slightly tired tone.
"Yeah," Jake and Tori replied. Tori didn't react to their synchronization, but Jake turned his head away and blushed a little. He could still remember what his Dad had said. His little moment was interrupted by his ghost sense. He decided that he was not gonna sit on the sidelines and watch his Dad and/or sister fight whatever ghost it was.
"Ummm…guys, I think I left something in the theater, you guys keep walking, I'll catch up," he lied.
Matt was the only one who knew what was actually happening. Jake ran into the movies. He looked around for a place to transform before his eyes rested on a cardboard cut-out of some girl with blond hair wearing a pink mini-skirt and tank-top. He dashed behind it and summoned the duo black rings. They moved from the center of his body to the ends. They left behind a figure in a black jumpsuit with red gloves, boots, belt, and X formation across his chest. A cape that was black on the outside and red on the interior hung from his neck. A black bandanna covered the lower section of his face, revealing only his glowing red eyes, while a red bandanna covered his flaming black hair, leaving a few flames leaping out the back where it didn't reach. This figure was also known as Shadow.
Shadow leaped into the air and phased through the roof. The battle had already begun. Abby was fending off some cyborg-like creature. It had pale skin, but pieces of it were covered by high-tech armor. She appeared slightly muscular. Her hair was a flaming green and tied in a ponytail. Her eyes were the same piercing shade as her hair. Her right eye (A/N left to us) was covered by a strip of metal and showed the menacing green through a smaller hole. She had on some metal armor; a shoulder pad on her left shoulder and a gantlet on her right arm. Other than that, she wore a black T-shirt, black pants held up by a metallic belt and metal combat boots. Her ensemble was very similar to that of another ghost.
Abby was swinging charged punches and kicks, but this ghost seemed difficult for her. She looked like she could use some help, and she was going to get it, but not from the person she wanted it from. Shadow approached the fight.
"Why can't you leave me alone?!" Abby Phantom screamed at Shadow.
Shadow, in return, just nailed the cyborg ghost.
"Who are you supposed to be?" Shadow asked obnoxiously.
"I am Thrasher, the next ghost in line for the title of 'Ghost Zone's Greatest Hunter.' My father, Skulker, is the current one, but soon enough, I'll gain the title," she introduced quite proudly, but not losing her unpleasant aura.
Both of the half-ghosts knew who Skulker was. After she had finished her speech, they both started beating on her with numerous attacks. Shadow was actually doing quite well. Then, Thrasher's mechanical arm formed into a glowing green sword. She began slashing at the two teens.
Her sword flew at Abby, but she dodged it and shot an ecto-blast in return. Thrasher was knocked back a few feet, but recovered quickly. Thrasher formed her arm into a blaster next. She fired a strong, light blue blast at Abby. Unfortunately, it hit her and knocked her onto the ground. She couldn't move. Her whole body was still paralyzed from the shock of the blast.
Shadow saw Thrasher heading for Abby, so he aimed a red ghost-ray at the cyborg. It hit her in the back, grabbing her attention. She went after Shadow, in full fury. All Shadow could do was hold his arms in front of his face in an "X" position defensively. His arms began to glow red and, startled, he moved them apart, accidentally releasing a red, lightning-like X toward Thrasher. It seemed like the attack actually found Thrasher more than just hitting her luckily. The X attached onto Thrasher's chest and gave her a painful jolt that didn't seem to die right away. This also seemed to greatly hurt the ghost.
Shadow let a smirk appear on his face before taking out Matt's invention; I guess you could call it the Fenton Thermos 2.0.
He followed Matt's directions and then pushed the red button. A red light escaped the contraption and engulfed his unlucky opponent. The ghost screamed as she was pulled inside.
"I'll be back!" Thrasher shouted right before she was trapped.
Shadow put the container away. He was about to take off when he remembered his fallen sister. Shadow rushed down to where Abby had fallen, she was still lying there.
"Need a hand?" he asked friendly, holding out his hand for her to grab.
She ignored it and tried to lift herself up, only to find that her leg throbbed and she couldn't move it. She let out a soft yelp before rubbing her sore leg.
"Are you okay?" Shadow asked concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she murmured gruffly in response, even if she really wasn't.
"I'm not stupid! I can see that you're hurt," he stated clearly.
"Why should you care?!" She was getting bugged with him. He just couldn't let her be!
Shadow sighed, realizing that he wasn't going to win this fight with her.
"Come on," he groaned as he lifted his struggling sister off the ground and into the air.
"Let go!" she yelled angrily. She tried hitting him and even blasting him a little, but he would not put her down.
Finally, he began to descend. He neared their house and plopped her down at the front door. Then, he took off at break-neck speed to get away from her before she called their Dad or found the strength to kick his butt.
"Someday, Shadow, I'll find out what you're up to and then you'll be sorry!" she shouted angrily after him.
"I can't believe it-actually, I can. Even after I help her she still thinks that I'm evil," he mumbled annoyed to himself. He sighed and then went to look for his friends that he ditched.
A few moments later, he spotted Matt and Tori on the streets. He flew behind a building a short distance behind them and turned back into his human self. He darted out from behind the building and ran to catch up with his friends.
"Hi, guys!" Jake said as he approached them.
"Hey, Jake. That took a little while, huh? I'm surprised you got to us so fast. What'd you do, fly?" Tori joked.
Jake started twitching nervously at her joke. "Ha! Yeah, funny," he stammered.
"Anyway, did you find what you were looking for?" Tori questioned.
"What? Oh, yeah. I found it," he replied, confused at first.
What Jake didn't see was a dark figure watching overhead.
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The next day at school, their teacher decided to give a pop-quiz. The students groaned.
"Quiet down!" the teacher, Mr. Taylors ordered as he passed out the papers.
Not a moment had passed from when Jake received his paper to when his ghost sense went off. He was about to ask the teacher if he could be excused and he saw Abby ready to do the same thing, but before he could say anything, a crash sounded behind them.
Gasps and screams were heard all throughout the classroom as students saw the scene at the back of the room. A robot with flaming green hair had smashed through the wall and his eyes were darting across the classroom full of panicking students who were making a run for the door. His eyes suddenly rested on Jake's sister and he leaped swiftly out of the pile of rubble and in front of Abby. Abby met him with a stern glare. She transformed into Abby Phantom. The white rings came up, moved apart, left, and left behind a ghost girl with long, snowy white hair, a black jumpsuit parted in the middle to show her belly-button, white gloves, boots, belt, and glowing green eyes.
"What do you want, Skulker?" she demanded fiercely.
"Bait," he replied simply, yet menacingly, as he grabbed Abby and snapped something that looked like a metal bracelet onto her wrist.
A surge of pain filled her entire body as an electrical wave shot through her. It seemed to never end! The pain kept coming until she faded into a dark unconsciousness. Her body fell to the ground limply. She unwillingly transformed into her human figure.
Skulker heaved her up onto his shoulder roughly. He pushed off from the ground and flew away.
Meanwhile, Jake was witnessing the whole scene, too stunned to move, but also paying attention. He made sure that the room was empty before transforming into his alter-ego and following the mechanic ghost.
Skulker flew toward Jake's house. He phased through the wall and into the ghost portal. Shadow followed him the whole way, but stopped when he reached the ghost portal. He decided that they might need their Dad's help, so he grabbed a near-by piece of paper and scribbled a note down fast and left it on the kitchen table before disappearing into the realms of the Ghost Zone.
Please R&R! Sorry, guys, but the next part might not be coming for a while, a week at the most.
Here is Jake's next tale. A new enemy is introduced and Jake-or, rather, Shadow-ticks off his sister again. Also, if anyone has a better title, please tell me.
Disclaimer: The usual. I don't own anything from the original Danny Phantom show.
Disclaimer: The usual. I don't own anything from the original Danny Phantom show.