AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Well guys, after this chapter there's only six more chapters to write
I am really glad Season 4 has been a huge success so far and everyone is enjoying reading Danny and Dayla's adventures.
ATTACK OF THE MUTANT GHOSTS
In the lair of Vlad Plasmius, he was scanning every single area of the Ghost Zone looking for any rumours, news on when the next page of Sojourn's journal will turn up. Unfortunately for the past few days, whenever they came close to grabbing the page Danny and Dayla had managed to stop them as they were taking care of their own ghost problems and had also noticed them trying to grab the page.
It was really starting to annoy Vlad but can't help also but see an opportunity arise since they had the second page and the possibility of them getting the third page at any time. Fright Knight then entered the lair and said, "My lord, I have news. The third page is going to turn up in Amity Park in the next three days. Somewhere near in the park of the town"
"I thought the journal pages only turn up in the Ghost Zone?" Vlad asked.
"So did I but it seems that since Amity Park is a high spectral area, the pages could very well turn up there" Fright Knight answered. "Our only problem will be those whelps sir. They already have the second page but yet we have done nothing to recover it. What shall we do if they get their hands on the third page?"
"As I said before when I poisoned Danny a few weeks ago, them having the second page may not be so bad as we thought and not to mention if they somehow manage to acquire the third page it still won't be completely disastrous" Vlad answered. "Right now I just have to figure out a way if possible to keep those two busy long enough for you to retrieve the third page"
He was looking at some old files that he had managed to retrieve over the past few months on some of his past experiments. His eyes then turned to when he created the mutant ghost animals, he then grinned as he then got an idea.
He started grabbing some chemicals and powering up some machines, then ordered Fright Knight, "Go around the Ghost Zone and gather any pieces of DNA from ghost animals and then gather some DNA samples from some animals from the human world. It's time to create a major ghost problem for the Little Badger and the Little Wolf"
It was another beautiful day in Amity Park, Dash and Dayla exited the library as free period was over. Dash then said, "Thanks for helping me understand these math solutions for next week's math test. I really need to pull my grades up if I want to keep playing on the football team"
"No problem. Remember just think maths as like a football game" Dayla said and then left to join the others for lunch.
She grabbed her lunch and then sat down next to Andrew. He then asked, "How'd the tutoring go?"
"Great. I think Dash is ready for the test" Dayla answered. "It's so weird how a year ago, he was still bullying us and now all the A-listers have changed for the better"
"I guess revealing your secret changed the school for the better" Sam said with a smile. Danny nodded and added, "Yeah it's nice not getting beat up or stuffed into a locker everyday"
"By the way guys, any news on that final page to that journal?" Tucker asked.
"No. Every time it ends up somewhere in the Ghost Zone, we managed to stop Vlad or Fright Knight from grabbing it" Danny answered. "We have no idea where the next page might turn up or even when for that matter"
"And Frostbite has reported that there has been no signs or rumours in the Ghost Zone about anything" Valerie said. "And Vlad has been pretty quiet these past few days. Do you think he's given up?"
"Vlad never gives up. I don't know why but I think he's planning something right now" Danny said.
"Well whatever he's up to, we'll be ready for him" Andrew said. "We've stopped him once, we'll stop him again"
Suddenly Danny and Dayla's ghost senses went off and then suddenly Box Ghost showed up in the cafeteria and shouted, "BEWARE! I AM THE BOX GHOST! AND I HAVE COME FOR CORIGATED CARDBOARD VENGENCE!"
They all groaned in annoyance and before Box Ghost could do anything, Dayla simply pulled out her thermos and sucked him inside. They all walked down the street together heading for their homes, suddenly Danny stopped as he heard something in an alleyway and then watched as a can jumped out from behind the bin as if something had kicked it away.
"Guys hold up a sec" Danny said.
They all stopped and turned and then walked up to him as Dayla asked, "What is it bro?"
"I thought I saw something in the alley" Danny answered as he continued to look at the large space between the buildings.
Tucker walked in there and then looked behind the bin but there was nothing there. He shrugged and walked back to the others and said, "There's no-one or anything there"
"I thought for sure there was something there" Danny said feeling confused. Sam placed a hand on his shoulder and said, "You're probably just tired from the long school day. Good thing we're going to the carnival tonight"
"Oh yeah Valerie I was wondering when we go, if maybe you'd like to go with me as like….um like a date?" Tucker asked nervously.
Valerie blushed and then answered with a warm smile, "Sure. I'd love to"
"Really? Awesome!" Tucker cheered and did a fist pump which Valerie giggled at.
As night came and in the middle of the town, a couple of plumbers named Joe and Killian were heading for the sewer hole to check out the pipes for maintenance.
"I don't know why but the night shift always seems to creep me out" Killian said as he lifted the lid off the hole.
"That's because we live in a town where we see ghosts every day and you watch a lot of horror films" Joe said with a smirk as he placed cones around the area for safety. "I bet you were watching one just the other evening weren't ya?"
"Hey my wife and I were in the mood for a scare" Killian said with a slight chuckle as he then started setting up the harness equipment.
"Look if it it'll make you feel better, I'll go down there and you monitor the equipment" Joe said as he placed the harness on. He then laughed as he teased, "You big chicken"
"Oh ha, ha. Very funny" Killian said with an annoyed glare and then lowered Joe down into the sewer.
Joe inspected the pipes and then tightened the ones that needed maintenance, he then checked the wires in some of the power lines on the walls and once he found they were all clear he called out to Killian, "Hey Killian. This part is all clear, start hauling me back up so we can check the next spot"
"Alright" Killian called back.
Joe suddenly heard something behind him, he turned and saw something down the sewer. He pulled out his torch and turned it on to reveal a giant two headed rat with razor sharp teeth and glowing red eyes.
"KILLIAN GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!" Joe screamed in fear.
Killian knew by the sound of Joe's there was trouble, so he immediately pressed the button and hauled Joe out of the sewer and then suddenly the giant rat monster came out of the sewer and roared at the both of them.
They both screamed and got into the truck and drove off, the rat continued to roar. It then picked up a sent and then turned invisible and started heading for the carnival.
Danny, Dayla, Sam, Tucker, Andrew and Valerie arrived at the carnival, they each then went to their own partners and then headed inside the carnival. Dayla smiled at Tucker and Valerie feeling happy for them as they went to the Ferris wheel.
Tucker and Valerie were placed in the seat and as the wheel went round, Valerie leaned her head against Tucker's, he smiled warmly at her feeling something he once felt for her strengthen even more. He remembered the first time they dated but he figured out she was only dating him because of his knowledge of ghost hunting, but ever since the Disasteroid he started liking her again and couldn't help but now feel like he was falling in love with her. What he didn't know was that Valerie was feeling the same way.
Sam and Danny first started at the water shooting game, Sam then smirked and squirted Danny with the water. Danny smirked back and the two laughed as they had a water fight. They both then went into a maze, Sam laughed as a funny mirror made Danny look very short but Danny then started laughing as a mirror made have a long neck. She smirked and slapped him on the arm playfully and the two shared a hug and a kiss.
Dayla and Andrew went on the Dodgem Cars (A/N In Australia we call the ride Bumper Cars, Dodgem Cars). They both kept bumping into each other and laughed as they did. Andrew then had a try at a ring toss and managed to win Dayla a giant stuffed Panda, she smiled and then kissed Andrew on the cheek. Dayla then had a go at the sledge hammer game, but when she hit the target she accidently tapped into her ghostly strength and accidently made the ball go right through the bell and completely destroyed it. The man started at Dayla in shock who smiled sheepishly and Andrew chuckled a little.
They all then met up at table with food and were eating but then suddenly Danny and Dayla's ghost senses went off and people everywhere were screaming, grabbing their children and running away. They all turned to see glowing giant two headed rat roaring and destroying some of the carnival stands.
"What the heck is that?!" They all asked at the same time as they stood up from their table.
Danny and Dayla changed into their ghost forms, while Valerie changed into her suit. Danny then said, "Sam Andrew, Tucker get everyone away from the carnival and out to safety"
"Got it" They all said and then left to do their jobs while Valerie, Danny and Dayla charged at the rat monster.
Valerie shot a ghost net at it, but the rat's heads simply chewed through the net and then busted out of it and roared in anger.
"How the heck did it get through the ecto-net?!" Valerie shouted in shock.
"I guess having razor sharp teeth comes in handy" Dayla replied as she and Danny kept dodging it as the heads tried snapping at them.
"Then let's take out one of its heads" Danny said and then his eyes glowed blue and he sent an ice blast, hitting the first head dead on and completely freezing it solid.
Dayla got the picture and then froze the other head with her ice powers and then called out to Valerie, "Val! Use that new tranquiliser you developed!"
"On it!" Valerie called out and then pulled out a glowing blue serum.
She loaded it into the gun just as she saw the heads were about to burst out of the ice and then fired, the dart hit the rat in its neck and with one final roar, the rat collapsed to the ground completely unconscious. Danny, Dayla and Valerie landed on the ground and stood in front of the creature just as Sam, Tucker and Andrew came back and stood beside them.
"What is this thing?" Andrew asked.
"I don't know but Tucker call mum and dad" Dayla said. "Tell them we're bringing back one heck of a rat"
A few minutes later, they were down in the lab and the rat was placed in a large containment unit. Jack was taking observation notes while Maddie was looking at a DNA sample she had taken from the rat monster.
"Hmmm…." Maddie said as she looked through the microscope. "This is interesting. There is definitely some ghostly attributes to this rat monster or whatever it is but I'm not sure it's just that"
"How do you mean?" Sam asked.
Maddie looked up from the microscope and turned to them and answered, "I mean this creature is not fully a ghost nor a normal rat either. It's fascinating to say the least. The DNA of a rat from this world has been mixed with some sort of mutant chemicals and also the DNA of some ghost animals that could be from the Ghost Zone, which resulted into what we have here right now"
"The real question is who would be mad enough to do something like this?" Jack wondered.
Everyone's eyes widened as they all thought of the same person and then answered in unison, "Plasmius!"
Meanwhile at the park, some people were sitting on the benches enjoying the peace. There was a woman who sat down by a tree with her dog after going on a walk and just laid back and listened to her music.
She suddenly felt her face get licked and just giggled as she thought it was her dog, she opened her eyes to see her dog whimpering in fear and then turned to see the thing that licked her was a giant fifty eyed lizard with a snakes tail and ten legs on each side each holding ten sets of razor sharp claws.
As the creature roared, the woman screamed and ran away and soon more and more mutant ghost animals showed up and everyone started screaming, running away and calling the police.
Back at Fenton Works, the alarm went off and then Tobias Crew, the chief of police appeared on one of the computer screens doing a video call. He then said in a panic, "Danny and Dayla Phantom, we have multiple reports of some sort of large group of mutant ghost animals at the park!"
"Calm down sir. Listen do what you can to get any civilians out of the park and away from the park" Dayla instructed. "We'll be right there as fast as we can"
"How can we take care of these mutant ghost animals or whatever they are?" Tucker asked.
Jack then thought of something and then smiled as he pulled out what looked like a ray gun and then said, "This is our latest invention. I have finally managed to get the kicks out of the Ecto-Dejecto and if I'm right, one shot from a dart and this should take care of the mutant ghost animals and change them back to nothing but goop. I call it Ecto-Dejecto 2.0"
Maddie then pulled out a medium sized empty valve that had backpack straps on it and a long hose and placed it on her back as she said, "We don't know if the goo will be harmful so we'll pick it up with the Spectre Sucker"
They all geared up and then Danny and Dayla changed into their ghost forms, while Valerie changed into her suit and then the three took to the air and headed for the park while Sam, Tucker, Jack, Andrew and Maddie all rode in the RV.
They all arrived at the same time to see police still getting civilians out of the park and in the distance they could see twenty to fifty different kinds of ghost animal mutants roaring into the sky and chasing after people.
"We'll spilt into three groups" Danny stated. "Sam, Tucker you're with me covering from the left side, Valerie you're with mum and dad covering the right side and Dayla you and Andrew handle the ones in the centre.
They all then charged, ghost hunting weapons in hand and ready to fight. A mutant snake was about to strike at a woman and her son, when Sam blasted it away with her Fenton Wrist Ray, Tucker pulled the woman and her son to safety while Danny tackled the snake and then Sam and Tucker started blasting the other mutant animals with the Fenton Wrist Rays.
Jack used the Fenton Fisher and snatched onto a mutant dog-cat and held on as it struggled, he then he pulled out the Ecto-Dejecto 2.0 gun and fired a shot at the mutant, a bright green glow then surrounded the animal and before it could do anything, it started screaming as it began to melt and then with one final roar, it melted down and shrivelled up into a puddle of goo. Maddie then kicked a large 3 headed raven away from her and then ran over and sucked the goo up with the Fenton Sucker.
Valerie fired a ghost net at the Raven and then Jack fired another dart and just like before, the animal turned to goop and Maddie sucked it up.
"Three down, forty seven to go" Valerie said.
Dayla's eyes turned orange and blue and then suddenly two rings started spinning around her, one made of her ice energy and one made of her fire energy, with one huge burst the fire energy first hit four of the mutant ghost animals burning them a little, but then the ice energy completely froze them like statues.
"Hey guys check it out! I finally got that fire and ice trick I've been practicing right" Dayla called out to them with a smile as Andrew blasted away another ghost with a Fenton Bazooka.
"I didn't see it! Let me see it again" Valerie called out.
Dayla nodded and waited till three more ghost mutants came close and re-did the power trick she had done seconds ago, completely freezing the animals on the spot like statues.
"Awesome girl! I give you ten for that" Valerie called out. Andrew and Valerie then held their fingers up as like they were scoring her and while Valerie held up ten fingers, Andrew held up two since he was holding the Bazooka in the other hand.
"Hey Andrew, only a five?" Dayla asked playfully with a smirk and she blasted another animal with a ghost ray. Andrew smirked back and answered, "Sweetie it's all I got right now"
Dayla unfroze a part of the animals' skin and allowed Jack to fire the darts at them and then all the animals that were frozen and were taken down were turned into goo and then Maddie sucked them all up.
"Well now there's forty to go" Maddie said
They all then turned and saw Danny, Sam and Tucker taking on sixteen ghosts at once and ran over to give them a hand. They all kept blasting and freezing the mutants and capturing them in nets for Jack to fire the weapon and Maddie to suck up the goo.
A natural portal opened up near the park and Vlad Plasmius stepped through. He looked and watched them all fighting the mutants Vlad had created as he said, "That should keep them busy while I go and retrieve the journal page near my old mayoral home, since it's also keeping the police at bay as well"
He was unaware that Andrew had seen him as he was fighting and watched as he flew off, it all then clicked in his head and he shouted, "This is a distraction! Vlad's found the journal page! He's going after it!"
"Andrew watch out!" Danny shouted and then Andrew turned to see a mutant feline looking scorpion about to swipe him with his claws.
Dayla suddenly pushed Andrew out of the way, but the tip of its claw, cut her arm causing her to scream in pain and then Jack fired a dart and the scorpion turned into goo and then Maddie cleaned it up.
Dayla held her arm in pain and then placed a thin casing of ice over it to control the bleeding as Andrew knelt down beside her and asked in concern and worry, "You okay Dayla?"
"Yeah I'm fine. Just a nick" Dayla answered. She then called out, "Danny go after Vlad! I'll continue to help here!"
"Are you sure?!" Danny called back. They all nodded and then Sam said, "Just go before Vlad gets that page"
With that he took off and turned invisible as he caught up with Vlad and stayed on his tail.
He continued to follow him and then Vlad landed at his old mansion and grinned as he saw the bright light and the page appeared, he recognised the image of the amulet on the page and said, "Finally"
He reached out to grab it but then Danny snatched it away and turned visible as he said, "Oh sorry Vlad but I'm afraid this is overdue at the Fenton Works Library, prepare to pay the fine"
His eyes turned orange and then he sent a blast of fire energy, hitting Vlad dead on and sending him straight into a tree. His eyes then turned blue and he encased Vlad into a thick case of ice and stuck him to the tree.
"As one of the duly deputised protectors of Amity Park, it is my sincere hope you enjoyed your butt kicking experience" Danny said with a smirk and then flew off.
But Vlad didn't growl in anger, instead he grinned and then busted out of the ice and said, "Oh don't worry Daniel. I'll let you enjoy your little victory for now"
Danny zoomed straight back to the park and saw everyone was still fighting against the mutant ghost monsters. He landed next to Dayla and then said, "Let's take them all down with our Ghostly Wails"
She nodded and then said, "Everyone get behind us and cover your ears!"
Jack, Maddie, Tucker, Sam, Andrew and Valerie knew what that meant and got behind Danny and Dayla and covered their ears as they both took deep breaths and then unleashed their Ghostly Wails. The mutant ghost animals screamed and howled in pain as the energy of the wail hit them dead on, some of them immediately turned into goo on the spot, while others were forced to the ground and completely weakened as Danny and Dayla continued releasing the raw power.
Danny and Dayla stopped their wails and panted feeling exhausted, Maddie started sucking up the goo while Jack fired the darts and turned the last remaining mutant ghost animals into goo and then Maddie sucked them up as well.
Tucker then said, "I just programmed the RV's scanner to scan the whole city"
Five minutes later, Tucker's PDA beeped and he looked at the results and said, "No more signs or signatures of any more mutants around"
They all exited the park where the people were waiting and then Jack announced "It's all clear now everyone"
Everyone cheered for their heroes of the evening, Tobias walked up to them and said as he shook each of their hands, "Thank you all so much for once again for saving us all"
They all smiled as Danny and Dayla said in unison, "No problem. We're just doing our job"
They all went back to Fenton Works and Maddie had just finished applying first aid to Dayla's cut and then tied off the bandage.
"Let me know if it starts bleeding again. I'll change the dressing again in the morning" Maddie said.
"I will thanks mum" Dayla said as she hopped off the lab bench.
Danny then pulled out the journal page and placed it on the bench as he said, "You were right Andrew. He was after the final page. Now we have two and he has only one"
"Does that mean we officially ruined his plans for getting this amulet or whatever it is?" Sam asked.
The twins shook their heads and then Danny answered, "I don't think Vlad gives up that easily. We may have temporarily put his plans on hold, but that doesn't mean he won't stop until he has all three pages"
"Which means we have to continue to keep the pages under lock and key and keep them out of his hands" Dayla said as she then picked up the page and walked over to a safe and opened it up with her thumbprint.
She placed the page inside with the second page and then closed it, it automatically locked and then a small dome ghost shield formed around it and then she said, "Good thing the shield is human and ghost proof"
Meanwhile in the Ghost Zone, Vlad was watching the fight from what his spy cameras had managed to pick up and grinned as he continuously watched as Dayla got cut by the scorpion's claw. Fright Knight walked up to Vlad and asked, "My lord, you are not angry by the fact that they now possess the final two pages?"
"As I said my loyal servant, it's not such a bad thing they have them" Vlad answered. "In fact, I kind of had the feeling that Danny or Dayla would grab the page eventually for that was only Act II of my plan"
"What's Act I?" Fright Knight then asked.
"Oh just watch. It'll take some time but just watch" Vlad simply answered and then laughed as he continued to watch Dayla get cut by the scorpion.
Dayla slept peacefully in her bed that night, unaware that something was going on inside her DNA, a darkish green ooze slithered it's way and coated some of her DNA and then laid dormant and inactive….for now.
THE END
NEXT TIME ON THE PHANTOM TWINS:
As Danny and Dayla prepare to take their driving test, Technus makes a comeback and he's determined to take over the world using every single car in Amity Park! Will they stop Technus before he hits the highway? Find out next time on The Phantom Twins in: Driving Lessons!