Everybody makes plans, but they don't always work out the way we want them to. or sometimes they do :D review plz!

Chapter 37: Plans Really Suck

Wenn was strolling through the neighborhood where he and the other Tossi lived. It was the very same neighborhood with all the strange little black houses Vlad had built for them. Since half of the "houses" were actually laboratories, there were not that many of the actual Tossi living here.

The Tossi started long ago (thousands of years) when a group of people banded together and decided they wanted to have special powers. And they had their own special way of getting them.

They were all surprised that it worked, and they decided to teach their families and their children and so on. But eventually the Tossi's electric and psychic powers became genetic. A Tossi child either inherited one or another. But sometimes there would be the fluke offspring who got neither power.

The current Tossi leader, Korr, is trying to scientifically define the phenomena of their genetic power, but as of yet he and his crew have nothing on it. It's just like the ghost zone: it can't exactly be explained. It just exists.

The Tossi are currently devoting themselves to science as well as power. They can co-exist peacefully with humans (most of the time). But they cannot exist with ghosts. The Tossi have made the ghost their mortal enemies, and hatred and prejudice thrive along both lines and both worlds. With each "species" trying to constantly wipe out the other, they have been working on creating many new weapons. They also try to keep this secret from the humans because neither side can risk it.

The Tossi are proud, arrogant and stiff. If it were not for the fact that they have respect for one another, they could be referred to as sociopaths. Tossi only marry Tossi, and then they produce several children usually five to ten. The Tossi's intention is to multiply so that they can outnumber ghosts and eventually go into their realm and extinguish them. However, the electric Tossi have discovered that something about their power disables them from entering through ghost portals. And they are the Tossi that fight the best. Wenn is just an ordinary Tossi who endeavors to fight in the imminent battle and earn honor, power, and fame among his people.

Wenn was an orphan and he was adopted by Korr. Korr also has a son, Astin, who will become the next Tossi ruler when Korr is unable. Wenn wants so dearly to finally please them. Even though Korr treats Wenn like another son, Wenn always feels that he owes Korr a debt for taking him in all these years.

And that will be Wenn's motivation.

Wenn saw a shadow moving across the sun. Wenn looked downwards as his face was immediately stricken with guilt. The shadow in the sky belonged to Vlad and Cirth. And Wenn could only imagine Vlad's wrath when he saw that Danny Phantom was not captive here.

Wenn was no coward—that meant he'd have to face Vlad. The boy found himself walking in the direction Vlad was flying. Wenn was walking as slow as possible.

The blond teen approached Vlad's home—it was easy to spot because it was the largest of the Tossi homes. Wenn didn't even have to knock on the door.

It was Cirth who opened it, and his glowing green eyes reflected his rage and disappointment. Wenn ignored the young boy out of embarrassment only. Cirth presented Wenn to Vlad. "He didn't capture the Phantom. As if his telepathic vibes weren't enough, I can figure it out by the disgusting look on his face." Cirth said with that inborn pride Vlad had raised him to have.

Wenn grimaced.

"Calm down, Wenn. I'm not going to punish you. However, I suppose you already know that?"

"Yes." Wenn nodded. "And I'd like to confess that I did capture Danny Phantom for a few days but then his friends came and rescued him. Did you know they've got a girl with nearly the same powers as an electric Tossi? Danny's team is purposely out to get us, just like you said."

"And your motivation is what makes me all the more keen on giving you a second chance."

"Really?" Wenn smiled gratefully.

"Yes. I've got a plan. But you already know what it is since you're reading my mind."

"It's…brilliant. They won't know what hit them."

"Yes, bring them all to me. I want Danny's whole team—the goth girl, the ghost hunter, the geeky boy, Danielle, the dragon-boy, and Danny's little girlfriend the electric girl."

"What if they suspect I'm not what I say I am?"

"It's you who can read minds, not them."

"Right. I'll make them all believe I'm on their side, and then I'll wait for just the right moment to pick them off one by one."

"What do I get to do?" Spoiled Cirth asked Vlad.

"You? I've got a very special task planned for you. You are going to pretend to be Danny, and you're going to drive them all crazy. Make his friends turn against him. Embarrass him in class. And make all the teachers flunk him. Your purpose is to drive them all so insane that they won't realize what Wenn is doing until it's too late. Team phantom will have nowhere to go." Vlad laughed evilly.

Cirth cackled. "Oh wait, I'm twelve! I don't look like Danny yet…"

"I'll work on that. Leave it to me. Pretty soon you'll look sixteen. As soon as I get back to my lab, I'll give you something for that."

Cirth headed off to the lab.

Vlad turned to Wenn and pointed a long muscular finger at the blond kid. "Don't mess up." Wenn nodded out of intimidation. "You should probably go home now." Wenn turned to walk out the door and back to his home.

On his way, the evil gears in his head were turning as he was thinking of ways to make this all work out the way Vlad wanted it to. And Wenn was also wondering how Vlad got out of prison. He shrugged that off his shoulders as he made an evil little plan of his own.

He unlocked the door to his small home and went inside. He turned on the red lamp. (Inferred lights helped Tossi think better). Wenn had to practice pretending that he was a good guy. "Oh, after I let Danny go, Vlad banished me. I have nowhere to go, but I want to fight with you all…" Wenn said into a mirror. "That's not convincing enough." He complained, thus snapping back to his evil self. Wenn made a mock sad-face into the mirror. "But I have nowhere to go…" He smiled evilly. "That's the one." He chuckled.

It was Monday evening after school where the team finally met in one place—Danny's house. The team decided it was for the benefit of their friendship that they all forget Danny's recent attitude because he was under a spell. Danny, Garth, Tucker, Cecelia and Danielle hung out just as normal teenagers would. (Valerie turned down the invitation to come and Sam was busy unpacking.)

Were things finally getting back to normal?

Would their lives ever be normal?

"So what are we going to do today?" Danielle broke the ice.

Garth shrugged. "Beats me."

"All the action's over." Cecelia said.

"We're all glad to have you back, Garth!" Tucker raised his hand in the air and hoped Garth would give him a high-five.

"No." Garth said stoically.

Danny decided he wanted to talk to Cecelia. Alone. He pulled her aside and they went into the bathroom. He shut the door and he gave her a big hug. "The first thing I remember upon coming out of Desiree's spell was an image of you." He said to her softly.

"Okay." She smiled.

"I don't know why—but suddenly I felt free to do this." He kissed her gently on the lips. "And I've wanted to do that ever since that night. Finally, the right time arrived." He blushed.

Cecelia's face went crimson as her lipstick. She hugged him tightly. "I've been waiting for you to do that!"

"Great." Danny's face went hot.

"So now I guess we're…dating now, huh."

"Yeah." Danny blushed. "So should we go out? Tonight? It is Valentine's Day after all." He chuckled awkwardly.

"I'd love too." She giggled as she held his hands.

They walked downstairs as if nothing had happened.

However, Danielle immediately sensed the raging hormones in the room. "Danny, you so have a girlfriend." She chuckled to herself.

Tucker brought out a Monopoly game. "It's about time we all have some quality fun together that does not involve hunting ghosts.

Later in the day, Danny and Cecelia went into the ice cream parlor and he bought her chocolate ice cream and the two of them shared it. Then they went to the movie theater to watch a random movie. But since it turned out to be one of those really fake "action" movies, they just talked through the whole thing and maybe kissed a little. And then they went to a petting zoo—only because Danny wanted to go. They pet the little goats and sheep and chickens and Cecelia actually enjoyed it. Danny did too, and then he said he was even happier to be with her, which made her throw her arms around him and kiss him over and over.

Sam was unpacking at her house and her parents had been unusually quiet. They just got all serious whenever she came around. And she knew why too. She was proud that she had finally found the courage to call them out. But she was worried that they still wouldn't be able to accept her.

Her cell phone was vibrating. "Hi Sam." It was Garth. "Are you okay?"

"The question is: are you okay? You were the one in jail not me."

"Oh jail wasn't that bad. They just underfed me a little, that's all. And I'll have no problem getting back to the way I was. It's so strange how Lyon suddenly changed."

"I know. I didn't expect that. I'm just glad you're fine now."

"Yes. Me too. And I'm proud of you for standing up to your parents."

"What?" Sam felt a little embarrassed.

"Danny told me."

"Oh." Sam felt almost…happy that he had called. She was truly relieved that he wasn't hurt. She liked things better when he was happy. And she liked talking to him. She actually picked that phone back up and called him. "We should talk more." She couldn't hold back a smile, but she was hoping he wouldn't notice.

"What about?"

"Well…I think it would be easier if I told you in person. So could you fly over here real quick?"

"Are you serious."

"Very."

"Allright I'll be there." He hung up the phone.

Sam watched for him out the window and pretty soon she saw the dragon-boy flying through the cold air all the way to the doorstep of her home where he changed into human form. Sam greeted Garth with a hug. And then she backed away to take a good look at him. She hadn't seen him since December 31st. He had gotten taller, or at least he looked it because he had been starved for the past month.

Sam looked at him until she met his gaze. "Ya know, these past few days I've been changing a lot. I learned to let Danny go. I also stood up to my parents. So there's no reason why I can't confess to you right here right now that I…I think I'm in love with you."

Tucker would like to say that he finally made his move on Danielle, but instead he just focused more on video games. There hadn't been any recent ghost attacks nearby, so that gave everybody a chance to dive into their social lives.

At school, Valerie began to hang out with her popular friends more and more instead of hanging out with Danny. Valerie still saw Danny in their classes, but at school she began to avoid him. And he began to notice. Maybe that was because she had found out about the story Paulina told? Valerie could hear Paulina's love-struck voice repeating through her head all day. "…And the ghost boy swept me off my feet and he carried me off into the sunset…"

Paulina said that had happened recently. And now that Valerie knew everything, she had a hard time believing anything Danny had said. But she decided to keep this all to herself for now.

Danny was Cecelia's personal trainer for her special powers and she came over to his house every Monday after school, and sometimes more. Even though the two had different powers, they were discovering similarities in how to put them to use.

And in turn, Cecelia was teaching Danny martial arts. All of a sudden, on one of their dates, they started finishing each other's sentences. Soon they wouldn't even have to say a word. When Cecelia or Danny made a mistake, they found it best to just laugh it off instead of getting mad. And they shared a lot of laughs.

Later, as Danielle was doing some ghost research that Danny made her do, she began to realize something that all ghosts had in common. They all have a lair. Danny came into the room and asked what she was doing and she told him.

"I don't have a lair." Danny argued.

"Yes, exactly, and that's exactly why you, me, and Garth are going to go into the ghost zone in a few days and we're going to purchase a lair." Danielle said with confidence.

"You can't just "purchase" one."

"Uh, yes we can. And we will."

Danny groaned in protest. "But I don't wanna."

"Well you're gonna."

"Fine." He gave in because of all the benefits of having a lair. That was something that the team as a whole needed to think about.

That night, Danny had a dream. And it was one of those dreams where you wake up just before the conclusion of a long line of events. In this dream, Danny and his friends were trapped in a strange place that looked like home. But it was not. And Danny was afraid. He was afraid of losing his friends. And no matter what he did he could not shake the memory of that awful dream.

Somewhere, far away, Wenn had transmitted the dream to Danny. Few Tossi had been able to penetrate the dreams of another person, especially from so far away of a distance. It was a skill Wenn had been practicing for a very long time. "That's the vision I had of you, Phantom. And it's going to be your future because I'm going to make it happen."

The people of the world can be cruel, nosy, perverted, self-centered and irritating. So what if the world knew about halfas? And dragons and Tossi and people with battlesuits and girls with strange electric powers…what would people think?