A/N- Yeah I know I said I hate author's notes but...yeah. I'll stop them! I just wanted to say tonight's chapter is hella short...because the next chapter is kinda longer than I expected and if I combined the two it'd be like 11 pages..so screw it! It's short but OMG PLOT! Don't worry next chapter will be less boring! I promise ;) Thanks for the lovely reviews about Jack by the way! He is seriously too much. :D It means a lot that people take the time to write to me!
Chapter Three: Complaining to Death
It felt like ages since Danny had been down in the lab. He was so busy preparing for his senior year he had managed to forget the smell of the place. Not only has school kept him busy, it was the fact that there had been no ghost attacks for about a month. It was about time he go out and find out what the problem was.
The cold rush spread throughout his body as it usually did when he transformed into his ghost half. He felt as light as the air around him, his clothing turned to the skin tight black and white hazmat suit, his raven black hair turned snow white and his blue eyes now glowed a bright green.
No longer was he Danny Fenton, but now the crime fighting half ghost...Danny Phantom!
"I still wonder why no one put one and two together yet." Danny sighed as he opened the ghost portal and flew inside. He knew his time was constrained. Sam would be around soon to get started on that project. Then they'd have to walk to...Dash's house. Oh great. Another worry. If ghosts did decide to come and randomly attack...Paulina and Dash are going to be up their asses the whole time. He better use this time to make up some damn good excuses as to why he disappears in that time frame.
The ghost zone was like it usually was. Green, purple, huge, creepy as hell, millions of realms behind closed doors...just no residents. Just what the hell was happening? Danny seemed to fly endlessly through the ghost zone. He was just about to give up and go back home until he came across a huge building smack in the middle of the nowhere. It was something like the ghost town hall? The doors were open as if to welcome any ghost. He finally spotted some signs of the afterlife going inside the hall.
The white haired ghost quickly found a place behind a rock to hide. To observe everyone going inside the town hall. A lot of ghosts were pouring in the hall now. He recognized some and then there were the ghosts he was lucky enough to never meet. It seemed like the last of the ghosts made their way inside when he heard Walker's booming voice announce he was ready to speak.
Danny floated over to the hall and stood beside the open door. He spotted that Walker's goons were keeping security inside but not on the outside. He listened in and hope he'd get a bit of an explanation.
"As my rules say...here's the...time for ghost zone complaints." Walker said very less than excitedly to his peers.
"I HAVE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS! FOR I AM THE BOOOOOX GHOST! BEWARE ME AND MY LONG PAPER LIST OF DISAGREEMENTS TOWARD YOU AND YOUR LAWS!" The Box Ghost boomed over top of everyone. Silence fell over the hall.
"Can I complain about this dipstick?" The raspy voice of Ember McClain asked annoyed with a thumb pointing at the box ghost.
The ghosts complaints went on for what felt like forever. Danny found himself from standing and being alert of the security...to just sitting on the rock carelessly resting against the wall listening to the ridiculous amount of complaints from the dead creatures. Hell, it made Vlad look like he was doing a good job of running the town. Vlad. Shit, he might have to ask old fruit loop about why the ghosts are laying low. Yeah...it seemed like that was what was going to happen.
The meeting wasn't expected to end for another few eternities, apparently. Danny knew he had to get home and get ready to focus on the super fantastical project of death and misery. Maybe it was a good thing that the ghosts were distracted like this. He had time for his schoolwork without interruption. Heaven knows he needs it. The ghost boy got to his feet and stretched. Nothing seemed to be changing in the meeting so he flew out into the ghost zone and headed back home. If he were lucky he wouldn't need to be here for another week or so.
"Now that we're done complaining...let's get to that big event that starts tonight." Walker said in his authority filled voice as the guards checked the outside. When they saw nothing, they closed the doors. Walker continued on. "As you all know, the Days of the Flalciat starts very soon. This only tends to happen once in every millennium. We all just so happen to be existing in the millennium it's going to happen in. So we're going to make sure to keep our asses safe and sound inside the ghost zone. Technus is on the move with the help of Skulker to make sure any access to get out or in of the ghost zone is temporarily disabled. Does anyone have any questions?"
"I do!" Johnny 13 announced as he stood to his feet. His girlfriend Kitty standing with him for support. "So this Flalciat...can it destroy the human zone? I ain't trying to stay here forever, me and Kitty got reservations to the Hilton for our anniversary!"
"Flalciats won't try to destroy the human zone...they will try to conquer it." Sidney Poindexter announced dramatically to Johnny. He stood up as well to grab the other ghosts attention. "They failed last millennium because there were certain people born to go against the Flalciats. Over the millennium, the humans forgotten about the tale and the conquers of the Flalciats lie dormant in this generation."
"No one knows who these 'conquers' are?" Fright Knight asked intrigued by the human story.
Poindexter shook his head grimly "No one...but the leaders of the Flalciat know. They can sense the power within the humans. Since no one of the human world is aware of the tale...they'll be easy pickings."
"How ironic. The living have a chance to defend themselves...and they don't even know it!" Ember scoffed as she folded her arms.
"Until the ghost boy Danny Phantom shows them up." Spectra added in disgust. Everyone agreed with the woman.
"Danny Phantom is only half human and half ghost. He is at a disadvantage." Walker waited until the attention was back on him before he finished. "The Flalciat are creatures that are more powerful than humans AND ghosts. They possess powers we can't even dream of. Hence the reason why we're not going anywhere. They hate the humans...we have common ground. When the Flalciats take over the humans, we're going to go in there and make peace with them. Show off our little world here...impress them. Then we'll be free to travel between both worlds." Walker smiled a dirty evil smile. "Danny Phantom will be no match for the Flalciats. He will go down along with his ghost hunting buddies."
"As long as no one tells his buddy Frostbite." Fright Knight threw in there. "You can close every portal with technology, but that scroll of his won't give a damn about it."
"Frostbite barely ever leaves his dimension. He and his people are clueless." Walker assured him with a smile. "Besides, he knows the story of the Flalciats. He knows the dangers as much as most of us do. Danny Phantom might be their legendary hero, but really...are their lives worth someone who isn't truly their own kin?"
The ghosts kept quiet. Looking around at each other with no reply to the warden of their ghost jail.
"Exactly. In the end, he's not with us...and not with humans. He's a freak stuck between two worlds. We don't want him, the humans don't want him. If he's smart he'd just abandon his world while he has the chance."
Kitty raised her hand. Walker nodded in her direction, giving her permission to speak "Are you done rambling?"
Danny flew right through the ghost portal home with no effort. When he did, Skulker and Technus came out of their hiding spot and nodded to each other. Skulker pulled out a small box and stuck it onto the portal, instantly closing it up. Technus added his bit by enhancing the technology to create a gigantic 'firewall' that spread all across the ghost zone as far as the eye could see. Just to make sure no random rifts were exploited.
"Time to hit up the next ghost portal to finish this firewall!" Technus smiled menacingly to Skulker.
Skulker nodded in agreement, a very pleased look on his face "That we shall. We do make a decent team. Maybe when this is over we can have a hunt together."
"Ehhh...okay!" Technus said happily. With that he and Skulker went on over to the only other ghost portal they knew of.
