SZ: Welcome back folks….and we have returned to Amity Park finally! So sorry for the wait, folks. We didn't forget some of the other heroes we brought into this fic during the Incursean War. Just...haven't' thought of anything else to do with them yet to be honest. Thankfully we have Side Stories to thank for that.
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"...wooooaaaaaHHH!" Danny screamed as he crashed into an empty store, the various instruments there falling off the shelves or their cases, "Ahh geez...that smart…" he grunted as he dusted himself off, "Alright, Ember...what's the deal this time?...did you and Skulker have a break up or something?"
"That's my business, and sometimes a girl just wants to let off some steam!" Ember replied, strumming her guitar as it sent out a fist of ecto energy at Danny.
"Yep! Totally a break up!" he panicked, ducking out of the way of the energy fist, "You know I really have like no time for you...I gotta deal with actual problems like the tons of freaky stronger ghosts coming through, now I gotta learn how to tell the difference from ghosts and aliens...and I have to deal with even more stuff since my folks learned my secret identity because I thought some space frogs figured it out...so you know what? I'm sorry if I am not in the mood for you wannabe emo nonsense!" he raised his hands charging them with energy, "So how about this, either go home or get in the thermos!" he shot them forward and blasted her through a wall, "Wow okay I feel a lot better...now I see why you guys come to me all the time." he chuckled.
"Shut it!" Ember shouted as she aimed her guitar...only to see a few of the strings broken, "?! My axe!"
"That...was unintentional," Danny muttered before reaching for the Fenton Thermos, "In fact...maybe some time in the thermos will help cool you down!"
"Wh-?!" Ember began, pausing from fixing her guitar before she rolled out of the way before Danny could point it at her, "Nice try! I'm not falling for that again! In fact…" she looked around before picking up a guitar with piano keys on it, "How's about a different genre of rock?!"
"Do you even know how to play that thing?" Danny asked.
"Of course I do! It's just a different type of guitar," Ember argued as she aimed the top of the keytar at Danny, pressing one of the keys on it...and it let out a small blast, "..."
"Yeah I don't think you know how to play a keyboard…" Danny muttered before aiming the Thermos and blasting her, letting the device suck her up, "You did know that wasn't really a guitar right?"
"I did! I...uh….sh-shut up!"
"Wow not even her top material...your slipping, One Hit Blunder."
"GAH!"
"I gotta talk to dad about soundproofing this thing," Danny chuckled, "Speaking of...may as well hand this to him before meeting Sam and Tuck at our usual hangout...provided I don't get attacked by fans," he muttered as he began to fly off, "Seriously...is that what Ben has to deal with?"
"Dad!" Danny called as he floated and passed through the ceiling to get to the kitchen, "I got another one for you to send back!"
"Sweet! Way to go, buddy!" JAck beamed as he turned, catching the thrown thermos, "So which of your enemies is this one? The robotsuit one? The lunch lady? ...That box one again? Please tell me it's that box of Fudge ruining jerk."
"No. Ember McClain, the Rockstar ghost."
"Oh…" he nodded, "She is a tricky one, how'd you take her down this time?"
"I blasted her guitar, which…" he trailed off.
"Is where most of her powers come from, genius!" Jack cheered, "Then what?"
"You know those 80's keyboards you hold like a guitar? She tried using it as a replacement weapon...but…" Danny chuckled.
"She had no idea how to play!" Jack laughed, "Ah...what an idiot."
"Right?" Danny chuckled, "..oh. Dad I need to uh…"
"Go meet Sam and Tuck? Don't worry..." Jack began, flipping the Fenton Thermos in the air before catching, "Your old man can handle sending this one back to the Ghost Zone."
"Thanks Dad," Danny smiled before walking off.
"Hehehe...hunting ghosts has become so much more fun and easy since learning my own son can kick their ecto butts for me!" Jack laughed, slotting the Thermos into a device meant to dump ghosts back into the Ghost Zone.
"Yes...he's growing up so fast," Maddie admitted as she walked in, "And I can't help but worry for him still."
"Oh don't worry, Maddie, Danny is a lot more amazing then we gave him credit for. I mean sure we grounded him for it, but he kept that darn secret identity for so long, all to keep us from worrying." Jack spoke, "He gets that heroic sensibility from his oldman!" he declared before something on his work table exploded, "That was the alien stuff I borrowed, wasn't it?"
"Tentacle…" Maddie sighed as a tentacle slapped Jack and began dragging him away.
"Oh you want a Round 2, eh?! Well bring it on, you slimy fiend!" Jack declared.
"...Jazz, can you look after Danny?!" Maddie called out, "Me and your father are gonna be busy for a bit!"
"Can do, mom!"
"Thank you, sweetie! Now…" Maddie paused, throwing her goggles on as she cracked her neck a bit, "Let my man go!" she shouted as she ran off after Jack.
"Hey guys. Sorry I'm late," Danny said as he rushed into his usual hangout spot with Sam and Tucker, "Had to deal with Ember, drop the thermos off with dad, and…"
"Fans?" Sam and Tucker guessed as they sat at a table.
"I thought being famous would rock...turns out? It's horrible!" Danny declared as he sat down, "Like in my mind, I pictured it as awesome...everything I dreamed of when or if I revealed myself...now...oh...I'd give anything for my secret identity back…"
"So...the popularity bandwagon isn't everything it's cracked up to be?" Sam smiled.
"Not now, Sam...I had to hide in a dumpster by the gas station just to finally get some time to get here...ugh...I can still feel that rat next to my pant leg…" Danny groaned.
"You mean that rat?" Tucket pointed down, "Also...that's not a rat...it's an Opossum…"
"An op-AHH!" Danny freaked as an opossum crawled out of his pant leg and ran off, "Okay...not a rat...but back to the whole fame thing...seriously. How does Ben manage to pull it off?"
"From what I gather, the dude just keeps working," Tucker explained, "I mean, he's got a job as a space cop, he lives with his co-workers, he has a PhD already, he takes vacations in space, and he has a very devoted girlfriend who keeps him grounded. You on the other hand still go to school, you work for your parents, you live with them, and you're still single…"
"Oh thanks, Tucker. What would I ever do without you?" Danny groaned, glaring at Tucker.
"Sorry man. Just sayin' the truth," Tucker replied as he leaned back, "I mean...your identity is already out...why not just do what Ben did and do the hero stuff full time?"
"Well...what if I don't want that?" Danny replied.
"Huh?"
"What if I just...want to live a normal life, ya know?" Danny added, "I love helping out, and I love that I can use my powers to do it. But...I don't know, I guess now that I'm living the life where everyone knows I'm Danny Phantom...what about Danny Fenton? I mean...I guess I actually kinda miss living a normal life now. The only Teacher who doesn't treat me any different is Mr. Lancer...which is oddly refreshing…"
"Well it's not like you planned to. One big mess led to another and your identity is now known to the world thanks to space frogs and a modern day Benedict Arnold," Sam spoke, "You just gotta figure out some way to deal with it, Danny."
"I know...I just wish it was as easy as Ben and his team make it look. I mean even their new friend…"
"Max Steel." Tucker spoke up.
"Yeah, even he's making this public hero thing look easy." Danny spoke, "I can't walk to school without fans from out of the state stalking me in the bushes…"
"That...was real creepy…" Sam muttered.
"You say creepy, I say profitable." Tucker smirked.
"Tucker, are you making money off me?!" Danny blinked.
"Just a little," he smiled, "I may...or may not have invented an app called Phantom Tracker...which updates with your current location every couple hours…and it's a paid subscription~"
"DUDE!"
"Oh relax, I set it to say you're in some random location whenever you're at home or school. I'm greedy, not messed up." Tucker replied, "But you should see the cash this rakes in."
"No amount of mo-…" Danny began as Tucker held his phone up with a bank statement, "Wow…that is a lot of zeros."
"Right?!"
"Ah! But it's still my privacy you're messing with!"
"So...you don't want your half?" Tucker asked.
"And by that I mean, I'm over it," Danny replied quickly.
"Boys…" Sam rolled her eyes.
"But I still want you to make it so they never know where I am when I want privacy." Danny stated.
"Way ahead of you, right now your fans think you are in the sewers…" Tucker smiled.
"Well that's…"
"Two towns over~"
"How are they not unsubscribing?" Sam asked.
"You would not believe the stupid people in this world Sam." Tucker smirked, "Give them premium anything, and they'll eat it up like you and that vegan junk."
"Do I get one for that?" Sam asked Danny.
"Yeah sure." he shrugged as Sam punched Tucker, making him fall out of his seat, "Better?"
"Better," she smiled.
"Just for that, I'm taking an extra five percent!" Tucker cried from the ground.
"Oh you're fine," Sam said as she and Danny got out of their seats and helped him up.
"That was your karma for using me as a money generating scheme." Danny smiled.
"It isn't a scheme...it's a brilliant business idea!" Tucker declared.
"It's a scheme…" they both sighed.
"...How you two aren't going out together is beyond me," Tucker muttered.
"Tucker…" Sam began.
"Yeah?"
"Five second head start," Sam crossed her arms.
"Five s-OH GEEZ!" Tucker panicked as he ran out of the burger joint.
Sam picked up an apple, reared her hand back...and tossed it, letting it sail through the open door and arc through the air to smack Tucker as he made it across the street.
"That had to have given him some kind of brain damage…" Danny chuckled.
"Maybe it will knock some common sense into him."
"Sam, it's Tuck. Common sense usually doesn't…" Danny began before he breathed out, letting out a familiar wisp, "...ahh come on…"
"Another ghost?" Sam guessed.
"Yeah...feels like three."
"I have a spare Thermos on hand," Sam offered.
"Thanks," Danny sighed in relief, "Forgot to grab one on the way out."
"Luckily for you, I am always prepared," Sam smiled, reaching into her bag before pulling out a Fenton Thermos.
"And I'm great to have you guys," Danny smiled back as he took the offered thermos, "I'll be right back as soon as I deal with our three mystery ghosts."
"Try not to blow up the town again!" Sam reminded.
"One time!"
"Seven…"
"...I'm not walking into that," Danny stated as he rushed out.
"He's gonna blow stuff up again…" Sam sighed.
"Okay...where are you?" Danny whispered, already in his ghost form as he flew over town, "In fact...who is it this time? Skulker, Technus….Box Ghost again?" he muttered as he stopped, "Honestly...would like to face some new kind of ghost aside from my usual ones."
He followed his Ghost sense as it lead him to an empty lot...filled with what looked like art and sculptures made from different parts...poor made ones at that.
"An empty lot full of junk?" Danny blinked, "Okay this is lame even for Skulker…hmm...well this is kinda on par with Box Ghost..."
A meow went off, making him blink as he looked around before spotting a cat beginning to walk out from behind one of the sculptures. It seemed like a normal cat to him, but...what he noticed was that it was covered in bandages like a mummy...and had a bit of a glow to its dark purple fur.
"...ahh come on. Does nobody have any decency for animals?" Danny muttered before he gave another wispy gasp, "...ok...not a normal cat that was pranked...so some sort of cat ghost?"
"Meow…" the cat yawned as it hopped onto a sculpture made from cardboard boxes. Not phased through...hopped.
"...okay. Not a ghost cat either," Danny blinked, "What are you?" he stepped a little closer.
"There she is! Grab her!"
"?!" Danny tensed up, about to turn before three blurs crashed right into him, tumbling into one of the sculptures as it fell apart, "Ah geez….what the h-" he began as he moved the parts off him...and saw that what had crashed into him were three different colored Ectonurites, "?!"
"Where did it go?" an extremely thin Ectonurite with a green aviator cap on his head asked, his single eye a matching color as he looked around. His sun proof skin was very loose fitting and dangled down making him seem longer then he actually was.
"I thought you had it!" a very plump Ectonurite complained, he had an old pink baseball cap on his head, which he wore backwards, his eye peeking through the gap in the back of the head to adjust it. His sun proof skinned stretched out by his body shape, looking ready to rip at any moment.
"You're both idiots!" The third, a much bigger, muscular and broad shouldered ectonurite, complained as he smacked both upside the head, he had a straw hat tied to his head, with a larger eye located in the center of his 'face' and several short tentacles could be seen coming out under his hat almost like hair, "Now come on. Dat cat's gotta here somewhere!"
"...uh…" Danny began with a blink before the cat hopped off the box sculpture.
"Oh! There she is!" the thin Ectonurite exclaimed once he spotted the cat.
"Good job...now go get her!" the buff one snapped, gabbing the thin one and shaking him to make him go stiff like a spear as he aimed him at the unearthly cat.
"Hey what are you guys doing?" Danny asked, getting their attention just as the buff one tossed the skinny one and overshot his target sending the Ectonurite sailing across the street and crashing into a car.
"What's that?" the fat one asked.
"Smells like a Halfa…" the buff one spoke.
"Is it dangerous?"
"I don't know...hey...shoo...shoo..scram little ghost girl."
"I'm a boy!" Danny snapped.
"Really?" the two blinked.
"Yes really!" Danny snapped, "In fact better question...who are you guys and why are you chasing some random...weird cat!?"
"Uh...cause we gots paid to do it." the big one spoke.
"D-did I get it…" the skinny one asked floating over backwards, "Whoa-Oh-HO! That was painful! I really should have gone intangible when I missed! Who's the skinny one?" he pointed to Danny.
"Paid? Only guy I know who pays ghosts is…" Danny trailed off before narrowing his now-blue eyes.
"Did it get colder all of a sudden?" The chubby one asked.
"Alright…" Danny began as he held his hand up, which was soon covered in icy-blue energy, "What does Vlad want with that cat?"
"What's a Vlad?" the skinny one asked.
"Vlad Plasmius? The guy who hired you?"
"..." the three looked at each other which went on for a good bit before they all turned to Danny and shrugged.
"...okay. Not with Vlad," Danny muttered, lowering his hand as his eyes changed back to their normal-ish color, "Okay...then who did pay you go go after a cat...which I'm starting to assume is an alien since you guys are Ectonurites...right?"
"You'd be right twiggy." the buff one snapped his finger.
"We gots hired by the cat things owner." the skinny one added.
"Apparently this thing is toxic to aliens not from our star system." the chubby one nodded.
"Toxic?!"
"Yeah, the purple glow, its some special stuff stuck to its fur. So long as its all bandaged up, no problem." the Skinny one explained, "But uh...if it gets too close to an organic organism not of the Anur star system…" he held his arms out as he began moaning like a zombie, "Brains…."
"..." Danny slowly blinked at that...before rapidly looking around for the cat, "Here kitty kitty kitty! Here kitty kitty kitty!"
"Goods idea! You look that way, we'll look that-a way!" the Buff one cheered pointing to the opposite direction.
"So wait...what would happen if I touched it?" Danny asked.
"Well you're a halfa...so you're only half living, and the other half is ghost. So nothing much, you need to be alive in the first place to turn into one of those things. But I have heard tell it has some freaky effects on ghosts." the fat one spoke up.
"It makes 'em go crazy!" the skinny one shouted excitedly.
"?!" Danny tensed up at that, skidding to a halt as he pulled his phone out and began to text, "'Sam, Tuck, I need you to keep an eye out for a purple glowing cat in bandages...but do not approach or poof. You're a zombie!'"
"Oh tell them that it also makes you go crazy and attack people!" the skinny one spoke reading over his shoulder, "That always gets the point across. Hehehe~"
"Ya nitwit!" the buff one snapped, smacking him upside the head, "We're trying to not cause a panic! What's da matter with you!?" he complained, hitting him again.
=Wait. But what'll happen if you get into contact with it?=Tucker asked
"Uh guys...what would happen if I touch it?" Danny asked.
"Uh...we don't know...probably jump start your next phase of power?" the fat one guessed.
"Next what?!" Danny asked.
"You thought this was it?" the skinny one asked, "Ya know ghosts evolve over time right? Haven't you ever seen a lame ghost one day poof into something actually intimidating?"
"No I...OH! Yes! Yes I have!" Danny panicked, remembering his trip to the future.
"You have no idea how your body even works do ya?" the buff one sighed.
"Hey...I got a D in health class!" Danny argued.
"Oh! I got a D+ in mine!" the thin one beamed, "We're D buddies!"
"..." The Buff one took the hat off the fat one and used it to smack both the thin one and Danny, "Focus wills ya!" he shook his fist at them.
"Right! Find the weird and very dangerous cat!" Danny shook his head, putting his phone away as he began to look around...before spotting the cat as it rested on top of a sculpture made from playground equipment, "...!"
"Oh! Th-" the thin one began before Danny shushed, "?"
"'Keep quiet and we won't startle it,'" Danny mouthed.
The thin Ectonurite blinked as he took a good while to process that in his head. He then began moving his arms around in sign language.
"'I...like...bluegrass…'" Danny translated before letting his shoulders drop as he realized just how stupid he was.
"Reow…" the cat yawned, stretching its maw as it began to curl up into a ball..while ignoring the stupid ones around it.
"Aww…" the fat one cooed a bit when he saw the cat curl up.
"Sneak up on it dummy…" the buff one ordered.
"Oh! R-r-r-right…!" the fat one quietly nodded before taking his hat off, reaching into it as he pulled out a butterfly net. He then put his hat back on as he quietly began to approach the sleeping cat, "Easy...easy...I g-!" he began as he lifted the net up and flew at the cat, only for the feline to jump out of the way of his swing as he crashed into the entrance to the slide part of the sculpture...and got stuck, "...uh...help?"
"That is one smart cat…" Danny whispered.
"You bunch of goons…" the buff one grumbled.
"The cat should be around here somewhere," Spanner muttered as he and Driver were looking around nearby.
"Good thing our suits protect us from its fur," Driver said as she looked at herself a bit
"Yeah, but it's still a cat, and cats are always a problem for our family…" Spanner sighed.
"Very true...especially when it comes to ChikiKaka," Driver sighed in agreement, "I swear it's like Taokaka trained her when it comes to sneaking food out…"
"Also the fact she somehow keeps breaking into Omnitrix Tower...and Dad made it so that can't happen...it's like...oh my god you gave her keys didn't you?" he realized.
"What~? No I didn't…"
"Oh my gods you totally did!"
"...I can't help it! She makes that cute face while doing a kitten mewl!" Driver whined, "She's not even a kitten anymore!"
"So you gave her unlimited access to our home?!"
"What?! No! I made sure it was the guest key that makes sure she can't get into the dangerous parts, like the Omnitrix Lab." she argued.
"You realize she's a person not an actual cat…"
"Bro...she's part of the Kaka Clan. You can never predict what they're gonna do!"
"Why do you think I'm upset!?" he shot his arms up.
"You inherited both mom and dad's tempers rolled into a one nerdy noggin?" she asked.
"Dang st…..I almost walked into that."
"Yes, yes you almost did." she nodded, "But regardless, find this alien kitty...and make sure it doesn't shed all over town. It looks way better now than what it looks like in the future if we don't."
"Which is why we need t-"
"It's getting away!" Danny's voice exclaimed from nearby.
"Quick, boys! After that tricky feline!"
"Ah man...they already found it." Driver sighed as she and Spanner ran to the empty lot nearby...and saw the chaos that was happening, "Wait...what's with the goofy Ghostfreaks?"
"No idea...never heard of them…" Spanner muttered.
"I got her! I got her!" the thin one exclaimed as he tried to grab the cat, only for her to pounce off his face as he crashed into a windshield.
"No no! You gotta try and outsmart the cat!" Danny argued.
"Twiggy's right! Boys, pincer maneuver!" the buff one ordered.
"You got it bro!" the other two saluted.
"I think I know why…" Spanner muttered, "They're idiots…"
"I dunno...I like 'em," Driver argued, watching as the three Ectonurites and Danny got into opposite ends, making sure to block the cat from escaping.
"...wait. I don't think this is a good i-!" Danny began before the three Ectonurites charged at the cat...only for it to duck as the three crashed into one another, "...nevermind."
"Yeah now I know why he never told us about these three…" Spanner sighed.
"Hahahaha...ah…" Driver laughed as she fell over, "I don't know why...these three are like those old black and white movies mom and dad love, about the three idiots always slapping each other!"
"You mean the Three Stooges?" Spanner asked.
"Eeyup!"
"How did you guys get rolled into a ball!?" Danny asked as the three Ectonurite brothers tumbled around as a ball-like shape.
"We don't know!" they cried, the cat suddenly jumping on top of them, and rolling them away.
"Ah geez...what am I gonna do?" Danny groaned, "If I touch the cat, I might go crazy. If I don't touch the cat, possible zombie apocalypse."
"Whoa-Whoa-Whoa!" the Ectonurite brothers cried as the cat tumbled them around before coming to a stop as the ball smacked into a stone, "Phew…" their faces all moved around and met at the top to see the cat, which blinked looking down at them, its head tilting to the side, "Aw...it's cute." they all spoke, before their eyes widened as the cat raised its paw...and suddenly its claws extended out, the claws began glowing with purple energy before suddenly growing in size into giant-to its proportions-blade claws, "...NOT CUTE!"
"Aw crud…" Danny whispered with wide eyes.
"And I think it's about time we intervene," Driver whispered to Spanner, "..right?"
"Alright fine, but try not to startle it. If it sheds at all, the town could be doomed." Spanner nodded.
"Got it! Capture kitty, snuggle kitty, and save the day!" Driver declared.
"Snuggles are not part of the plan!" Spanner spoke as he jumped out and flew off with his jet boots.
"Not in yours maybe…" she muttered, flying after him.
"Okay uh...don't worry guys! I'll try and distract with...maybe…!" Danny began before he spotted Spanner and Driver flying past him, "?!"
"Meow?" the cat blinked before hopping off the Ectonurite ball before the two could grab her.
"How is a cat so fast?" Spanner asked.
"Meow?" it tilted its head on confusion.
"Good kitty...nice kitty…" Driver spoke, "Come here for snuggles…"
"Oh just grab it…" Spanner sighed.
"No wait don't…" she began before Spanner cried as he was somehow flung into Danny, "Scare her...wow you are a strong kitty."
"I'll say…" the two teenage boys groaned.
"Meow…"
"Ugh…" Danny groaned as he and Spanner got up off each other, "You wouldn't happen to have some fancy laser pointer in there or something, would you?"
"Duh…" Spanner muttered as he tapped the device on his arm as a small slot opened up. He then moved a holographic dial back, and fired out a green light that formed a dot on the ground.
The cat's ears seemed to flick once it spotted the dot, staring at it for a bit. Its pupils began to widen as it got into a pouncing position, its tail swaying as it focused on the green dot.
"...is it working?" Danny cautiously asked as the cat began to chase after the green dot.
"It should be. Just need to get her into…" Spanner began as the cat tried to hit the dot...on a tower of old tires...that was right next to them, "..."
"...move?"
"Move!"
"Gah!" Danny yelped as he and Spanner jumped out of the way of the collapsing tire tower...only for it to crash on top of them anyway
"Meow?" the cat blinked, noticing the dot vanished.
"Way to go, goofus…" Driver sighed, helping Spanner up.
"Help?" Danny groaned.
"Dude...ghost…" Driver reminded.
"Why do I keep forgetting that?" Danny realized.
"Because you were panicking in the moment?" the thin Ectonurite offered.
"...yeah that," Danny muttered, turning intangible as he grabbed Spanner, turning him intangible as he began pulling him and himself out of the tire pile.
"Ok...that is a very smart cat," Spanner muttered as he and Danny turned visible.
"Or I'm right and all boys are several levels of stupid." Driver spoke up.
"Hey-...no she's right we might be stupid…" Danny sighed.
"I refuse to indulge her nonsense...cause you are talking wacky nonsense." Spanner replied.
"Well I'm sorry, but we're dealing with a cat th-" Danny began before blinking, slowly looking over to see the cat reaching for the chain metal fence, "...ahh! The cat!"
"I mean...it's an alien cat...but it's still a cat. What do cats love…" Driver muttered, "I'll be right back, you guys keep it in here." she flew off suddenly.
"Wh-?! Hey! Hey! G-and she's gone," Spanner sighed.
"Wow she is just running to the beat of her own drum huh?" Danny asked.
"You have no idea…" Spanner sighed as he shined the laser pointer getting the cats attention as he began leading it around, "Okay, I think as long as we keep it here...it won't shed its toxic fur."
"Good idea," Danny nodded.
"We're free!" the three Ectonurites exclaimed, finally getting out of the mish-mashed ball they were stuck in as they flew up.
"Alright boys, let's get that cat before…" the buff one began.
"Freeze!" Spanner shouted, making the three Ectonurites stop in place...with the thin one literally freezing himself, "Don't….move…"
"Why?" the fat one whispered.
"Cause if you spook the cat, it could panic and get its fur all over town." Danny spoke up.
"My suit is insulated so me and my partner can catch it…" Spanner explained.
"While we have the time...who are you?" Danny asked.
"Okay look I'll be blunt...I'm from the future...and today was about to be a real bad day…" Spanner warned seriously.
"...bad how?" Danny cautiously and nervously asked, "Because I've dealt with time travel shenanigans before…"
"Bad. I can't say how or why, but it's bad."
"Oh...Fair enough," Danny nodded, keeping a close eye on the cat as she tried to catch the moving dot, "So...you got a name?"
"Chrono Spanner."
"You know that dangerously sounds close to 'Kamen Rider' right?" Danny asked, earning a look from Spanner a bit, "...my friend Tuck tends to drag me and another friend of ours to watch whatever new season is out."
"Right...well, I'm kinda making sure the town doesn't become the epicenter of the Walking Dead…" he explained, "And making sure this cat doesn't shed all over town is part of it."
"I kn-!"
"Back!" Driver shouted as she flew into the area...carrying a small can of catfood, "Oh kitty~ Lookie what I have…"
"Meow?" the cat stopped in chasing the dot, looking over to see her land and slowly opening the can.
"It's something no cat can resist...Yellowtail tuna~" she cooed as she gently put the can down.
The cat immediately zipped over to the can, already digging into its contents...before it plopped onto its side while giving purrs and trills.
"...what did you add to that catfood?" Spanner asked his partner.
"Oh not much...just some catnip to help her relax," Driver answered as she gently picked the cat up.
"Well...I guess your endless quest for having a pet and constant study into them...has helped." Spanner muttered.
"I told you I'd be an awesome pet owner." she smirked before looking up at the Ectonurites, "Alrighty boys, you can move now!"
"Phew!" the buff one sighed as he and the fat one moved, "...hey Stretch, the lady said you can move."
"Mmm mmm m mmm mm mmm(But he told me to freeze!)" the thin Ectonurite answered through gritted teeth.
"Oh for the love of…" the buff one muttered, taking his hat off before smacking Stretch upside the head, causing the ice around him..and Stretch himself to shatter into ice cubes, "There. Now you can move."
"Thanks!" Stretch beamed in multiple voices, his pieces starting to meld together as he reformed.
"So, okay now we gotta get it home...which is…" Driver muttered before looking to the three Ectonurites, "By chance do you gentlemen know where that is?"
"Of course we do!" Stretch beamed.
"It's this little settlement underneath the city," the fat Ectonurite added.
"Wait...underneath the city?" Danny blinked at that, "There's a settlement underneath Amity Park?"
"Of course there is!" the buff one replied, "It's not as big and fancy as the one in Bellwood-especially not da one in Tokyo-, but we're managin' by!"
"What…?" Danny blinked.
"Yeah you're gonna have to deal with that…" Spanner spoke, "But as long as this cat doesn't escape again…"
"Oh great, now I have to worry about a doomsday cat…" Danny muttered.
"As long as the kitty doesn't leave her home, then you should be good," Driver continued, "Oh and don't worry. Spanner here might be able to whip something up to help keep the doomsday dust in check."
"Maybe...if anything that's more up to the owner to properly groom it better." Spanner added.
"So you don't have a gadget?" she blinked.
"No, I can make something…"
"See? Problem solved...soon-ish."
"That's not exactly reassuring," Danny muttered.
"Do you have a plan?" Driver countered.
"I...why are girls so good at that?" Danny sighed.
"We mature faster than boys," she smiled behind her helmet while scratching the alien cats ears.
"Debatable," Spanner muttered under his breath.
"I'm sorry, but who thought up of the cat food and catnip?" Driver countered.
"Counter question...did you use your money or mine?" Spanner countered back.
"Trick question…" she countered, "It was ours and we're broke."
"We're...WHAT?!" Spanner snapped, "You spent all our money on cat food and catnip?!"
"It was for a good cause," Driver replied.
"Yes...and now we have no money for food or parts."
"...I still say it was for a good cause, but you make a point," Driver pouted behind her helmet, "Now what are we gonna do for food?"
"I guess we'll have to finish up our work here then head home." Spanner sighed.
"Guess so…" Driver sighed.
"Oh! We can offer you some food once we get the cat home!" the fat Ectonurite offered.
"I've been meaning to ask, but what is this cat anyway?" Danny asked.
"It's a Bastetian Lybica," Spanner explained, "They're from the Anur System."
"She's also a purebred based on the quality of her bandages," Driver added, "And adorable yes she is~"
"Adorable...but deadly on planets outside of the Anur system. They have evolved to replicate the powers of their owners, and their fur is coated in a thin organic layer of Corrodium. A mineral Anur aliens, and a lot of other aliens are immune to." Spanner added, "But with Earthlings…"
"You'd be stuck in the plot of the Walking Dead...only worse since the mutation entails gaining strength, speed, razor sharp stabby arms, and teeth…" Driver added as she kept the cat calm with ear scratches and head pats, "Oh...it also spreads to animals too…so more Resident Evil I guess."
"Okay bad I get it!" Danny panicked.
"It also causes ghosts to rapidly evolve to their next stage in power." Spanner added, "Not only would the town be turned into Mutant zombie central, all of your ghost enemies would gain twice if not three times their power." Spanner added.
"Yeah I fought one in an evil alternate future...not fun!" he declared, "If my lamest enemy can turn into a decent threat in the future...oh...I don't want to imagine the bad ones…"
"No you do not," Spanner and Driver added in unison.
"Tried to warn him, but he didn't seem to listen," Stretch stated.
"Wh-?! Yes I did!" Danny argued with the thin Ectonurite.
"No I'm pretty s-"
"Knock it off, ya chowderhead!" the buff one shouted as he smacked Stretch upside the head.
"...oh! Strongo, we forgot to introduce ourselves!" the fat one realized.
"...oh yeah," the buff one realized as well.
"It's what I was trying to a-" Danny began before Driver covered his mouth, "Mph!?"
"Shh...you'll wake her," Driver whispered, motioning her head down to the sleeping alien cat before looking at the three Ectonurites, "But yeah...who are you guys?"
"Simple, toots! We're the Spookie Sibs!" Stretch beamed, "We would've gone with 'Boo Brothers', but the name was copyrighted by a 'Hanna Barbara' here on Earth."
"I'm Strongo," the buff Ectonurite introduced himself before pulling his two siblings closed with his arms, "And these here are my brothers Stretch and Stuffy."
"Stuffy?" Danny and the two Chrono Riders repeated.
"Because it starts with an 'ST!' Ahahahaha!" Stretched laughed.
"Huh…" they all blinked.
"So...what are you three doing here?" Spanner asked, "I mean...as in Ectonurites on Earth? You guys hate planets like ours, we have a sun."
"Yeah, but we's only come out during da night or if it's cloudy out," Strongo stated, "As for why we're here…"
"We track down lost pets and any other people from space and bring dem back to our place underneath Amity!" Stretch added.
"Most of which are from Anur Transyl," Stuffy added before shuddering, "So glad to be away from that place."
"Eh? Why?" Driver asked.
"The lady who owns da cat should tells ya," Strongo answered.
"Well let's get her home." Driver sighed, "Less chance she'll cause a small scale apocalyptic event."
"Wait...backtrack a bit...what's under Amity?" Danny asked.
"The settlement we told you about," Stuffy reminded.
"...It can't be that big if it's a settlement," Danny muttered, 'Also..might have to call Sam and Tuck…'
"Wait...There's an alien settlement underneath Amity?" Tucker blinked as he and Sam were chatting with Danny over his phone.
"How did we not know about this?" Sam asked.
=The Aliens that live here find you humans...eh…= Stuffy began.
=Disgusting...you're alls disgusting...I mean that smooth skin, symmetrical body structure...and your faces...UGH! You are disgusting life forms!= Stretch spoke up.
=Hey ya think it; you don't say it, dingbat!= Strongo snapped smacking his brother upside the head with something.
=OW! What I do...I was just being honest...everyone knows that Earth folks are horrifying to look at!=
"Hey…" Tucker complained at that.
"He's got a point. Earthlings can be pretty ugly and scary at times," Sam admitted.
"Is that literal...or figurative?" Tucker asked, "Cause you talk a lot of nonsense crazy lady…"
=Guys...now is not the time, just...come down here would ya? I could use the help. Mostly with how to deal with these alien folks…= Danny sighed.
"...eh sure," Sam shrugged, "Should be interesting."
"You got the right guy, buddy," Tucker grinned.
=Great, I'm gonna text you where to meet us=
"Can do," Tucker nodded as he hung up, "...this is so cool! We're heading to an alien se-" he began before Sam covered his mouth, "?"
"Don't look now…" Sam began, looking at a nearby booth..and saw a familiar set of orange hair, "But seems Jazz has been spying…"
"What? N-no I-She's not," Jazz replied, trying to disguise her voice.
"...Danny's mom sent ya?"
"...Yes…"
"Well we're gonna go to an alien town under our own. So...want to come with us...with Danny, who has powers, and guides who will keep us from getting eaten? Or wanna follow like a creep and get lost in the town full of aliens who think humans are freaky monsters?" Sam asked.
"Oh...well not with that attitude!" Jazz declared as she stood up, "I've actually been studying the books provided by the new Plumbers base here, and been wanting to work on my alien conversation skills!"
"So you're coming with us?" Sam crossed her arms simply.
"Yes…"
"All you had to say." Sam smirked.
"Boy she's been extra cranky as of late…" Jazz noted.
"I know right...I think its' cause Danny has fangirls chasing him all over town…" Tucker whispered.
"..." Sam said nothing as she grabbed the nearby cup of soda and took the lid off...and poured its contents down Tucker's back.
"GH~! C-c-c-c-c-cold!"
"Yep...she's mad…" Jazz muttered.
"Brr….l-le-let's j-j-just g-g-g-g-go," Tucker shivered, trying to ignore the cold and sticky feeling on his back.
"Good idea," Sam said as the three began to step out...or rather waddle out in Tucker's case.
"Wait...so you guys live down there?" Danny asked, he and his current group looking on at an empty train tunnel with the rails stopping just before the entrance.
"I know? Isn't it great?!" Stretch beamed as his voice echoed in the tunnel
"It's something…" Danny muttered.
"Anur System aliens have a different way they see the world." Spanner spoke.
"Everything we earthlings think of as ugly and gross, they see as pretty and wonderful. Likewise the opposite also holds true." Driver added.
"Except Cats for some reason…" Spanner muttered.
"So...to us this place is creepy, to them it's...charming?" Danny asked.
"Bingo." the duo of time travelers nodded.
"And I thought ghosts were weird…" Danny muttered.
"Yeah with aliens you just learn to roll with it rather than understand it." Spanner sighed.
"It's easier that way. 'Cause one species does this...then the next one does something totally different and...it's just better to roll with it…"
"These two speak with wisdom beyond age…." Stretch spoke dramatically.
"Stop eavesdropping!" Strongo snapped as he began strangling Stretch.
"Alrighty, come along!" Stuffy beamed, "Watch yer step if you can't float!"
"...why?" Danny asked.
"Because there are potholes in parts of the track."
"Oh...that's not t-"
"They're….very….deep!" Stretch wheezed out.
"Like 'bottomless pit' deep, or 'stuck in the ocean' deep?" Sam's voice asked.
"...why ask that specifically?" Tucker's voice asked nervously.
"No reason."
"And that's my friends r-" Danny began as he turned...and saw his sister walking up to him with Tucker and Sam, "...Mom sent you?"
"Yes," Jazz admitted before holding a finger up, "But! But...I am here to work on my social skills with aliens after all the books I've been reading on them."
"Cool, just heads up? These aliens have a reverse sense of what's pretty and what's gross compared to us. So if you get some faces...that's why," Danny explained to Jazz.
"So to them I'm...ugly?" she blinked.
"Bingo," the three Ectonurites nodded as they floated behind Danny.
"Oh, almost forgot!" Stuffy noted before taking his hat off and reach his hand into it...and then his entire arm, "Let's see...where are they...Ah-hah!" he pulled his arm out with three hazmat suits, "Here ya go! Best put these on before we get further down!"
"Nice thinkin', Stuffy. We don't want more Ormerowons as a result of exposure to some hidden cache of Corrodium," Strongo snorted.
"Excuse me?" Sam asked.
"Recall the news reporting 'zombies' attacking a mall around um...seven or eight years back roughly close to the end of summer?" Driver asked, earning a nod from the goth, "Yeah...Those were Ormerowons, natives of Anur Ormerow. Their ancestors were Egyptians that travelled to the Anur System with the Thep Khufans and got mutated by the Corrodium."
"Yeesh," Tucker cringed as the three quickly put one of the suits on.
"I see. Interesting.." Jazz whispered, pausing in writing something down in a notepad before zipping her own suit on.
"Alright, bad," Sam muttered with wide eyes, "What the heck is with this Corrodium stuff anyway?"
"It's a rare space mineral that can be turned into a super fuel. Almost like Energon, only unlike Energon, it's highly toxic to folks who haven't evolved to be around it." Spanner explained.
"It's handy to the folks of the Anur space system since they can refine and use it as energy. But the stuff has so many negative effects it's banned in almost every other star system," Driver added.
"Its mutational effects can work faster on some and slower on others. So it's best not to risk getting near it." Spanner finished.
"Who are you?" Sam blinked.
"Time travelers," they nodded simply.
"Was Danny about to cause a small scale apocalyptic event 'cause he couldn't catch a cat?" Sam asked.
"Little bit…" Driver muttered.
"It wasn't my fault…" Danny muttered.
"Don't argue, dude...once girls blame someone, it's pointless to argue." Spanner sighed.
"Yep!" Driver beamed.
"Your wisdom is immense…" Danny and Tucker noted.
"I know," Spanner proudly chuckled.
"Alright, enough feeding his fragile boy ego…" Driver sighed, "Let's get this little lady home to her mama. I'm sure she must miss her little furbaby~" she cooed while scratching the alien cat.
"She is kinda cute now that I'm looking at her," Sam noted.
"Right?" Driver giggled.
"Alrighty, off we go!" Strongo declared as the trio led the group into the tunnel.
"Careful of da potholes!" Stretch added.
"Stop bringing up those potholes!" Strongo snapped.
"So how long has this been under Amity?" Tucker asked.
"Eh, about a month, maybe two," Strongo replied, "Ain't dat big yet, but it's still makin' ta be a good home."
"Maybe that's why she ran, all the construction and digging spooked her?" Driver offered while the cat purred.
"That would probably scare any cat," Jazz stated, "Loud noises such as construction equipment can be very nast on a cat's anxiety."
"Well I guess we'll have to ask the owner to keep a better eye on her." Danny muttered.
"Less we want to be stuck in a zombie movie…" Tucker added.
"No...no you do not," Spanner and Driver replied in unison.
The group soon exited the tunnel and entered a large cavern. Caravans were scattered about, acting as houses, each interconnected with strands sporting dark colored tiny flags of sorts. Some wooden houses had been set up, looking more like huts than actual houses. Torches were scattered around, lit with an eerie green flame.
"It's like a gypsy camp," Sam compared in surprise.
"Yeah, but the difference? No gypsies," Tucker noted.
Scattered about were what could honestly be best described as monsters. Sure, they were aliens, but humans could easily see the comparisons to monsters told in stories. One caravan had what looked to be a shapely woman with discolored limbs attached by stitches and small electric towers on her shoulders doing a bit of sewing while speaking with a female pregnant Loboan by the caravan near her, cooking something in a cauldron as a small pack of pups were playing around and making a bit of a mess until the mother Loboan gave a sharp growl and they hid in their caravan...and then sneaking out the back to play elsewhere. A Thep Khufan in red and gold at the other side was unraveling their arms and, with a torch and empty canvas, making shadow puppets on the canvas to entertain some more of the monster-like alien children. Tucker nearly freaked upon spotting a few grey zombie-like humanoid aliens with purple crystals growing out of parts of their skin on the elbows and knees-even making 'hair' for them-walking about had Spanner not put a hand on his shoulder and shook his head as the trio of Ectonurites lead them through the camp.
"There aren't many men here," Danny noted.
"Dat's because most of dem are busy wit expanding da joint," Strongo explained.
"The folks who came to this planet are mostly families. So the men go to work doing the work to make this place liveable, and the women stay to keep the place running, and the kids from going up top where all the scary monsters are." Stretch explained further, "No offense."
"None taken," the humans assured.
They soon arrived to the largest of the caravans, Egyptian hieroglyphics carved into the wood. Stuffy opened the purple silk 'door' to the caravan and made a polite gesture to the group. Within was a large assortment of documents, a small table said documents were on, a cooking pot of sorts with a large basin beside it...filled with bones. Several clay idols were set up on a few shelves, all looking as if they were praying. The cat mewled before jumping out of Driver's hands and went over to a scratching post that it began to claw at, purring in content.
"Guess this is her home," Spanner muttered.
"You guys can take all the credit." Driver spoke to the Brothers, "We're just here to make sure nothing bad happened to the town. Sides this was your job anyway, so lets call it even."
"Oh, thanks! That's pretty nice of youse!" Stretch beamed.
"Well, we're time travelers, so this works best for us," Spanner added, "Though on the safe side, if you get this job again...invest in a laser pointer."
"After today...Gotcha," Danny nodded.
"Maybe just buy one at the store...if you tell your dad, he'll make one that shoots actual lasers…" Sam added.
"And then it'll blow up," Tucker added.
"And when you least need it too…" Jazz sighed.
"No kidding…" Danny muttered.
"Welp, we better head home b..." Strongo began before what looked like a small mechanical toy ghost flew by them, "?! Hey… That's the demonstration toy we bought! After it boys!"
"Got it!" Stretch and Stuffy saluted as they flew off...and crashed into each other, "Ooof!"
"You nincompoops!"
"...Remind me to put The Three Stooges on when we get home," Driver whispered to Spanner as the Spooky Sibs began to try and chase after the toy ghost.
"The cartoon, the live action, or the movie?"
"Mmm...The movie. Been a while since we watched it."
"Ahh...eh, fair enough."
"Yes~!"
"Is it alright to just leave without speaking to the owner?" Jazz asked, looking at the Spooky Sibs that were now farther away from the caravan.
"What do ya mean? She's over there," Driver motioned.
The four looked at her before a rustle made them look to a woven jug. Bandages poured out of the jug before they began to wrap around one another before the group, forming a svelte feminine body decorated in golds with hints of purple fabrics. An Egyptian mask resembling that of a jackal mixed with a pharaoh's headdress completed the look. The cat mewled before going over to the Thep Khufan, who picked up the cat and pet it.
"Their payment is already in their caravan," the Thep Khufan noted, blue eyes glowing behind the mask, "Also...I have been expecting you, Danny Fenton…"
"Wait, what?" Danny blinked at that.
"...Oh~ She must be an oracle," Jazz realized.
"Did you know about this?" Spanner asked Driver.
"Nuh-uh…" she shook her head.
"I did not," the Thep Khufan replied, making the two siblings tense up, "However...I do have a warning for you both...beware of the Guardian of Azure, for their sight is set upon you...and will not stop until you no longer exist in this mortal coil, or you go back from whence you came."
"Aw man…" both of them sighed.
"That...cannot be good," Tucker whispered.
"And young Danny Fenton…" the Thep Khufan spoke, earning Danny's attention as her blue eyes glowed, "I sense...that an old foe of yours will return sometime soon."
"Old Foe?" Danny asked, "Vlad?"
"He...has been real quiet…" Tucker spoke up.
"Too quiet...even for him," Sam added.
"I don't suppose we could ask for more details?" Danny asked.
"Yes…" the Thep Khufan nodded as she slowly closed her eyes. After a few moments of silence, her eyes shot open as they took on a deep blue color, "On the week of Anur Transyl's full moon, the snake and bear of despair will release the reaper of shadows...and the darkness that once stewed within your own heart in their quest to revive the lord of Anur Transyl…"
"Well…" Danny gulped, "I asked."
"That sounds...ominous…" Tucker shivered while holding onto Sam.
"That premonition is why we came here," the Thep Khufan informed, gesturing outside, "I tried to warn many, but only those you see and their husbands who work to expand heeded my warnings."
"So you have nowhere else to go…" Jazz realized.
"Yes…"
"Wait...back up for a moment," Sam spoke up, earning the Thep Khufan's attention, "Who's this 'Lord of Anur Transyl', miss…?"
"I am Cleo. As for whom you ask...They are a being I hope never comes back to life...but...I have foreseen the revival of the one we all fear…" she sighed, "The Vladats…"
"Vladats...wait. That sounds a lot like Vlad th-" Sam began before it dawned on her, "...Space vampires."
"I...have no idea what this 'vampire' is...but it seems you grasp how bad this is," Cleo spoke with a blink.
"Nigh indestructible outside of pure sunlight? Shapeshifting? Mind control through one's stare?"
"Yes, yes all feats the Vladats had," Cleo nodded, "They were also the strongest of the Anur System's species, and were a predatory race who fed on the life force of others."
"Space vampires!" Tucker panicked as he ran off, only to smash into a rock pillar.
"I was not expecting that…" Danny admitted, "Though there is a lot of irony going around this place…"
"But this also shows how dire the situation is," Jazz spoke.
"Yeah...but we also don't got any way into space," Danny spoke, "And Ben's not exactly around to help with that."
"Then we wait for him and his team to return home," Sam spoke, "We can't just ignore this."
"While agreed...I think this is more Ben's jurisdiction then mine...if not for the fact it seems someone I know is involved in all this, I...really don't want to go," Danny added.
"I am not gonna die on an alien planet!" Tucker declared.
"I think you're probably gonna have to…" Sam spoke up.
"Why?! I don't have powers...I'm not gonna go fight space vampires!" Turker argued.
"The time travlers haven't said a word…" Sam pointed, "Meaning...they can't influence this moment in any way...so...it's already happened." she smirked.
"AH! Closed Time Loop Logic!" Tucker cried.
"Bingo!" Driver shouted from outside, "Also sorry! Just...panicking on our own thing at the moment!"
"Oh come on, Tucker...you're not gonna die." Danny sighed, "If we do go, it'll be with Ben and his team. So...only I have to fight space vampires...man, that is getting old fast…"
"Better than mistaking the species for an army of Vlads," Jazz commented.
"That somehow makes it even worse," Tucker gulped.
"Well...I guess this is a thing we'll be doing," Danny sighed.
"Seems like it," Sam noted, "So, should we be on the lookout for your cat and beware it shedding its fur?"
"Not at all," Cleo assured, "Patra is scheduled to visit a veterinarian tomorrow to be treated with Pyrethrum."
"Py what?" Danny asked.
"It's a rare substance in the Anur System," Cleo explained, "And yet, it is a common thing on your planet. If mixed into the right liquid mixture, it prevents the shed fur of Patra's kind from decaying into the Corrodium-like substance."
"Um…"
"She's taking her cat for a flea dip," Tucker summarized, looking up the term on his tablet.
"Oh…"
"You found a human who wouldn't freak out?" Sam asked.
"The vet in this town is used to paranormal animals," Cleo replied, "We met a week ago when his ghost pup found us and took Ghasper's leg." She bowed, "I wish to meet you all once more. For now, I need to perform a scrying. Due to outside interference, the original prediction for what happens above has shifted like the sand of my former home." One of the statues fell onto its side, "On second thought, may I ask for your aide? The men are about to fall into danger."
"What happened?" Jazz asked.
"A hunter has come."
"A hunter?" Danny repeated before it dawned on him, "...Skulker."
"Ahh! Easy there, pal!" Strongo snapped as he and his brothers were bound up...with Stretch acting as the rope.
"Yeah not so tight~!" Stretch complained.
"Wh-what did we do to you?!" Stuffy gulped as the Spooky Siblings looked on at Skulker.
"Besides being Ectonurites...nothing in particular. But I hear you idiots know where to find Corrodium." Skulker smirked.
"Oh really?" Strongo asked with a slight 'frown' in his eye, "What's it to ya, buddy?"
"Let's just say I need it for some upgrades to my suit," Skulker explained.
"Yeah well that upgrade is also toxic to the ugly folks up top. And just 'cause they look funny...don't mean we want them getting hurt." Strongo replied.
"You are oddly nice Ectonurites all things considered. Too bad, I am not a nice person." Skulker frowned, "Now lead me to the Corrodium, or else I'll line my walls with Ectonurite pelts."
"Seriously, Skulker? You're bullying/threatening people now?"
"Ugh. You again," Skulker groaned, turning to see Danny standing not too far from him, "This isn't your business, boy."
"Pretty sure it is considering you're threatening those three," Danny argued.
"Oh what these are friends of yours?" Skulker asked.
"Well...yeah actually." Danny muttered, "So...you're attacking my friends so...laser to the face."
"Wha-GAH!" Skulker cried in pain as he was blasted in the face sending him flying backwards.
"I warned him," Danny smiled, lowering his hand.
"Grr…!" Skulker growled out as he got up, shifting his hand into a blaster as he began firing laser shots at Danny.
"What do you want with that Corrodium stuff anyway? It's not like you're smart enough to use it for anything? Last I checked, don't you order half your stuff?" Danny taunted while avoiding Skulkers laser fire, "So what's the idea? Zombie laser?" he asked, phasing through a wall to make Skulker miss, "Oh! I know! You wanna go from a green flaming mohawk to purple!"
"Don't say anything...don't say anything…" Skulker muttered to himself through grit teeth.
"Oh, I know...you're trying to make something pretty...so you get your girlfriend back...again~" Danny chuckled, appearing behind Skulker and blasting him in the back sending him into a wall again. Danny smirked as his eyes flashed blue and he fired a blue beam from his hand which quickly froze most of Skulker's torso to the stone wall, "Yeah, you guys might need counseling...but...you're also just terrible people. Like the worst match ever...ah well. I guess that also makes you a pretty good one in an ironic sense...eh, what do I know..."
"The fact I'm not the only one after those three?" Skulker countered.
"Y-wait, what?"
"Someone in the Ghost Zone said they spotted Ectonurites in the area, and many will want to get their hands on Corrodium," Skulker explained, "Well...those of us that are smart enough to make something with it."
"...ah cr-" Danny began before an engine revving sound was heard, making him tense as a ghostly young man riding a motorcycle drove by, his shadow grabbing the Spooky sibs and dragging them off, "Johnny!"
"Sorry, little man! I'm not letting a goldmine like these three slip by!" Johnny laughed as his shadow held onto the three
"Oh you have to be kidding me!" Danny groaned flying after him.
"Ha! Fool!" Skulker laughed as a little arm came from his back and lit a blowtorch.
"Hmm…" a voice got his attention as Chrono Spanner and Driver stood before him.
"Should we get involved, partner?" Driver asked.
"...I don't recall hearing Skulker ever escaped the ice…" Spanner muttered as he reached...and detached Skulker's head unit from his body.
"What...what are you doing?!" Skulker panicked.
"Fixing time." They spoke as Spanner tossed the head up. He quickly moved back as Driver took a step forward and swung her leg, hitting Skulker's head and sending it flying down a random partially boarded up tunnel with a sign reading 'Beware Spiders'.
"Hey...hey! Where am I?! What's g…..AHH!" Skulker's voice screamed.
"Hahahaha...he screams like a girl…" Driver chuckled.
"Come on, we need to make sure no ghosts find out about the Corrodium." Spanner spoke.
"Can do, partner," Driver gave a thumbs up as the two began to walk off for their bikes.
"Get back here, Johnny!" Danny shouted, chasing Johnny and his Shadow down the tunnel leading to the settlement.
"Yeah, how about no!" he chuckled, "Not like you could catch me anyway!"
"Hey Grease Lightning...ever stop to realize I've been chasing you in a circle through these tunnels?" Danny spoke up.
"Wait, what?" Johnny blinked at that.
"He's right! There's that rathole we passed about twenty times now!" Stretch shouted, pointing at a large hole they passed by.
"What...but...I never get lost!" Johnny argued.
"Uh...does your girlfriend handle the map?" Danny asked, "Or is this the part where she tells you to pull over and ask for directions?" he smirked while pulling out his phone and clicking an app as a whip cracking sound could be heard.
"I'm warning you man, you better shut up bef-" Johnny began before the sound of popped could be heard, making him look down to see the wheels of his bike have been popped, "?!"
"Oh geez!" Danny yelped, about to grab the Spooky Sibs before they were suddenly caught in a net, "What the?!"
"Walker sir, we've obtained the targets," one of a few ghostly men wearing riot gear spoke into a ghostly walkie talkie.
=Good. Be sure to bring 'em in=
"Oh great...Walker now?!" Danny groaned.
"Sir, escaped convict Danny Phantom has been sighted!" one of the men shouted, "Permission to shoot and capture?"
"Nope." Danny spoke up as he fired his ice blast freezing several of them, "Didn't know I could do Freeze but better did ya?"
"..oh! I get it! Because cops normally…!" Stretch began before Strongo smacked him upside the head.
"You knucklehead. Explain' th' joke ruins it!"
"Why does Walker want with Ectonurites? Isn't taking them to the Ghost Zone a bad thing?" Danny asked.
"Yeah it gives our kind lots of power...well...provided you're healthy enough to handle it…" Stretch shrugged.
"But...we don't have health…" Stuffy pointed out.
"It's an expression nitwit…" Strongo sighed.
"So then he must also want that Corrodium stuff…" Danny guessed.
"Well duh...I mean it's like a video game cheat code to make yourself level up!" Stretch shouted, "For ghosts that is!"
"...I'm gonna take a guess there's some very bad side effects t-" Danny began before some ghost clowns flew by and grabbed the tied up brothers, "...okay. That's new."
"Glad you like 'em, ghost boy."
"...wait a minute. That sounds like one of Ben's badguys," Danny blinked as he turned, seeing the ghost clowns flying over to Zombozo..who looked a bit more lively while having a crazed look in his eyes, "Zombozo!"
"Good to see ya again!" Zombozo grinned, "Hope you don't mind if I borrow these ghosties for a while. I need them for something special~"
"...the Corrodium again," Danny muttered, "Wait. Aren't you an undead human? Isn't that stuff gonna be..oh I don't know. Dangerous to you?!"
"Maybe...but they'll result in a really good prank if I use 'em right!" Zombozo laughed, "Oh, and have you met my new ghostly friends? They agreed to join my ghoulish circus once I get my freaks back together!"
"Yeah sorry…" Danny began as he held his hand up, "But no way am I gonna let some psycho zombie clown steal a very dangerous thing."
"True...but counterpoint?" Zombozo began, grinning as he pulled out a large cream pie..and only took the cherry off and let it drop.
*BOOM!*
"Gah flashbomb cherry!?" Danny yelled as he shielded his eyes, "How does Ben deal with you?"
"Normally fast and effectively!" Zombozo laughed as he tossed the rest of the pie in Danny's face, knocking him over in surprise, "Later ghost boy!"
"No...way…!" Danny grunted as he tried to get up off the ground, "Am...I...wh-what is this stuff glue?!"
"Close. Super Gorilla glue cream I concocted myself...and the poor suckers never see it coming!" Zombozo laughed, pulling out a tiny clown car as he and the clown ghost hopped in and drove off.
"Was that a zombie clown?!" Jazz gawked as she, Sam and Tucker ran into the area.
"One of Ben's bad guys..only he seems more lively compared to the last time I fought him!" Danny grunted, still trying to force himself free.
"Dude...you're a ghost…" Tucker sighed.
"Don't you think I've tried?!" Danny argued, "It's like there's something in there that...know what? I got a better idea," he muttered as his eyes glowed blue for a moment. The creamy glue on him began to solidify and crack up before he managed to get himself free, "There!"
"Good, you're free. Now get going!" Sam shouted.
"I know," Danny sighed, flying off.
"Seriously just...what even is today?" Sam sighed.
"A series of odd yet dangerous and unfortunate events," Jazz sighed.
"Oh don't you start referencing books all the time to…" Tucker muttered.
"I wasn't trying to. This..."
"Sorry gang way!" Driver shouted as she and Spanner ran by them.
"Hey time travel dudes a little help!?" Tucker called out.
"Ahh…" Driver realized as she and Spanner stopped, "...aibou, please tell me you have our bikes on ya in capsule form?"
"Uh…" he checked his pockets before tapping on, "I did!"
"Phew!" Driver sighed, "...Wait. You made sure to install sidecards in case we have passengers, right?"
"What...No! We don't need Sidecars! That exact situation will never...happen…" Spanner trailed off as he slowly turned to the others, "Uh...sorry…"
"Baka!" Driver snapped, slapping the air.
"Well...uh...gotta save time!" Spanner spoke, tossing the bikes out as they grew to full size.
"You Doofus…" Driver sighed joining him in getting inside.
"Wait. You guys seriously can't just…!" Tucker began before the two drove off, "...and we have been left behind…"
"Well what did you expect? No one has actual sidecars these days." Sam muttered.
"Yeah well now we're stuck in this creepy tunnel system!" Tucker complained.
"...I like it." Sam muttered honestly.
"...I saw that coming." Jazz added.
"I hate being outnumbered…"
"Gangway! Coming through!" Zombozo laughed hysterically as he zoomed through the streets on the clown car, "Chuckles, Giggles, Chortles, how's getting the info form the three alien ghosties?"
*squeak!*
"Nothing yet?" Zombozo blinked, turning to see the clown ghost tickling the three Spooky Sibs with feathers, "Keep trying! They're bound to laugh sooner or later!"
"We-HAHA! We'll-hahaha-Never-Hahaha-Talk!" Stretch cackled.
"D-do y-ahahaha! W-worst!" Strongo laughed.
"Ca...can't...hold it in…!" Stuffy grunted as he resisted the urge to laugh.
"St-stay str-ahah! Strong Stuffy!"
"Come on, you guys! Don't you wanna see a funny prank?!" Zombozo shouted, looking over his shoulder to look at the three Ectonurite, "Just tell me where the Corridium is and you'll get to see it!"
"Doesn't...sound...funny…!" Stuffy argued in his grunting.
"Yes it is."
"Isn't."
"Is!"
"Is...n't…!"
"Is!"
"...Is."
"Isn't!"
"Is."
"Isn't and th-" Zombozo began before blinking, slowly turning to see Danny flying in front of him, "...d'oh! You again!?"
"What can I say? Ghosts are my expertise," Danny smirked, "Now how's about letting those three go?"
"Hm...how about this instead?" Zombozo grinned as he aimed a seltzer water bottle in front of him.
"Gh?!" Danny tensed up as he quickly became intangible, letting the liquid Zombozo spray at him to go right through him..right into the lock of a truck as the back's lid folded out, "...oh come on!"
"Later ghost boy! I…!" Zombozo began as he drove right through him..only to end up skidding to a complete halt when Spanner and Driver drove right in front of him, "What the?! Who are you?!"
"Not important." they replied.
"What...that's not an answer!" Zombozo snapped.
"Maybe...but counterpoint." Spanner tossed something at the ground, "Flashbang!"
"Flashwh-gah!" Zomboozo yelled as a bright flash blinded him, "My eyes! Boys get them!"
The clown ghost squeaked their horns as they flew right at the two..only for Driver to show an picture of a mime, making them screech to a grinding halt...and they flew right behind the tied up brothers.
"A mime? Really?" Spanner deadpanned at Driver.
"Mimes are more scary than clowns," Driver shrugged.
"I'm just amazed it worked…" Spanner admitted.
"I know how certain people work," Driver shrugged as she put the picture away, "Alrighty...now let's rescue the three Ectonurites before…"
"Ah...ah...achoo!" Stuff sneezed, the action causing his hat to fly off and let a ton of stuff fly out..including a dark purple crystal that bounced near the three clown ghosts, "...uh oh."
"...If I wasn't tied up, I'd smack ya," Strongo deadpanned.
"It was a memento from home…"
"...oh…." Spanner began in worry.
"Fig Newtons…" Driver added with a gulp, "Quick, grab that Corrodium before th-"
One of the Ghost Clowns squeaked in confusion before it touched the Corrodium, making it tense up.
"...it touched it," Danny paled a bit.
The Ghost clown began to twitch a bit, its ethereal body starting to become physical while becoming a decaying purple color. The paint on its face began to drip and dry out as its eyes started becoming two deep black soulless voids...before a pair of deep tainited purple eyes glowed from within as its teeth and claws became razor sharp.
"What's that noise?! I…!" Zombozo began as he regained his sight...only to yelp as he ducked under the berserk ghost's claw swipe, causing his hat to be sliced to ribbons.
"That's what happens to a ghost that touches Corrodium!?" Danny gawked.
"It looks like the Thing and Pennywise from the remake melded together!" Driver freaked.
"Well...if now was ever a time for you to develop a random new ghost power...now would be the time, Mr. Phantom…" Spanner muttered.
"Boy tell me about it." Danny gulped.
"And fast!" Driver yelped as the three rolled out of the way of the berserk ghost clown's claws, "What haven't you tried yet?!"
"I don't know!" Danny exclaimed, "I got energy blast, ice blast, ghostly wail, intangibility…"
"Have ya tried ghost fire?" Driver asked.
"What? No! I don't have fire…"
"Isn't the ice thing new to you?" Spanner pointed out.
"Well yeah...but…"
"Then could it be possible you have more than just ice to control?" Spanner added as he jumped away from the berserk ghost clown's lunge.
"..." Danny blinked, "I never thought of that…"
"It's okay...you're a boy, that's normal." Driver chuckled, "Oh gosh!" she panicked, avoiding another swipe of the Ghost Clown's claws, "Just try something!"
"Okay, okay!" Dany yelped, quickly closing his eyes as he held his hands out, "Okay...come on, flames...or electricity or something I can try."
"Don't force it," Stretch advised, "Let it come to you like the ice does...But with more FWOOSH than KRSSH!"
"That doesn't help!" Danny complained.
"Ah...what he means is you can't force a power your body isn't ready to use out. You need to just let it flow out. Let the power come to the surface to help." Stuffy added.
"When did you gets smart? Especially for being the chowderhead who got us in this situation!" Strongo snapped as the berserk Clown Ghost began to grow in size, its limbs becoming more thin and its claws more razor sharp, "...AHH!"
"Oh geez!" Danny yelped as he barely avoided the clown's claw slash, "Just let it flow...that makes more sense...but...what could it possibly even be?" he groaned.
"Well figure it out some time soon please!" Driver panicked.
"He was right! Clowns are evil!" Spanner freaked as he shot at the Ghost clown with the lasers on arms.
"I know! I'm just trying to think here!" Danny snapped.
"Danny, we finally out of those creepy tunnels an-what the heck?!" Tucker exclaimed as he, Sam and Jazz skidded to a halt, "WHAT IS THAT?! SOME SORTA FUSION OF PENNYWISE AND THE THING!?"
"First; one of those ghost clowns touched the Corrodium and became that!" Danny answered, "Second, get behind some cover or something before it spots you!"
"Probably best you do!" Spanner added, rolling out of the way of a claw swipe as he kept firing at the berserk clown ghost, "And get those three to safety!"
"On it!" Jazz replied as the trio rushed over to untie the Spooky Sibs.
"Ah! Ooh! Ouch!" Stretch yelped.
"Pull the pinky on the right hand," Strongo advised.
"The pinky?" Sam repeated.
"We've gotten tied up in Stretch so much, we've figured out which untangles us the most," Stuffy sheepishly explained.
"Okay...so like…" Jazz began as she pulled Stretch's pinkie, causing him to start spinning around with the three brothers as they began zipping around the area, "?!"
"That was the left pinkie~!" the three Ectonurite siblings screamed.
"Oops," Jazz cringed.
"Ugh…!" Danny groaned out, his eyes flashing a fiery-red for a moment, "J-Just go and get them before they cause any harm!"
"Dude, you need to c-" Tucker began.
"No! I'm literally done with today!" Danny snapped, unaware that a ghostly fiery aura began to surround him, "If it isn't a trio of Ectonurites that are constantly chasing an alien cat, said alien cat being a potential cause for a zombie apocalypse, the stress and realization that there's an entire new place underneath Amity with people living there, and not having a moment's peace with my friends because of a bunch of stupid…!" he began as his hands were engulfed in green fire, "...obsessed…!" his eyes snapped open as the berserk ghost clown closed in on him, "FANS!" he snapped as he turned and held his hands out, sending out twin streams of ghostly-green fire at the ghost, causing it to screech out in pain as it quickly backed away from him.
"...Yeesh. Kid needs t-" Zombozo began, poking out of the dumpster he was hiding in before the Spooky Sibs crashed into him, "Fugah!"
"Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa!" the trio screamed as they finally stopped spinning, revealing Strongo and Stuffy untangled from Stretch...while Zombozo was now entangled in the lanky Ectonurite.
"Did he just unleash fire?!" Tucker gawked, "I thought he was ice!"
"Could it be from that Corrodium stuff?" Sam pondered.
"Possibly!" Driver called out, quickly rolling out of the way of the berserk ghost clown's flailing arms.
"He hasn't reached spiritual maturity yet, so his powers are still developing in unpredictable ways," Spanner noted.
"RAAAAGH!" Danny snapped as he fired another stream of fire at the berserk clown ghost.
"In this case...a lot of pent up rage," Driver cringed, "May need to invest in some scented candles for him to cool down around."
"Probably a good idea," Jazz agreed.
The berserk clown ghost tried to reach for Danny, but more and more flames kept hitting it as it cried out in pain, the Corridium inside it starting to crack slowly piece by piece.
"Just once...once in a month for a week, I just! WANT! TO! BE! NORMAL!" Danny shouted, unleashing a massive wave of fire that seemed to engulf the berserk clown ghost.
"Wow. Dat's a strong flame," Strongo noted, backing away from the intense flames before smacking noises went off beside him, "..." his eye narrowed as it moved along the 'cracks' in his skin to look at Stuffy...who was roasting orange and black marshmallows on a stick on the stream of fire, "...Really?"
"I g-get hungry when I'm nervous."
"Come here you…!" Strongo frowned, dragging him by where an ear would be as he pulled Stuffy away...before reaching out and grabbing Stretch when he started roasting marshmallows, "You too, ya wacky taffy!"
"Owowowowowow!"
"...Not good," Spanner whispered, looking around to see some of the flames starting to spread around the area, "If we don't put these flames out…" he tapped on his belt before pulling out two discs that, when he pressed the tops of them, transformed into a pair of fire extinguishers...with Jack's face on them.
"Fenton Fire Extinguishers?" Sam guessed.
"Yep," Spanner replied as he tapped something on them and turned them back into discs.
"Never know when you're dealing with fire, man made or otherwise," Driver added as Spanner tapped something on the discs and threw them out.
Danny growled out, about to fire another stream of fire just as the two discs landed between him…
*POOMF!*
...and was soon covered in foam, along with practically the entire area with no trace of the Corrodium or the berserk clown ghost nowhere in sight.
"And there we go," Spanner shook his head.
"...Wh-What happened? I..blanked out," Danny blinked, looking around for a moment, "Is….is the ghost done with?"
"Yep. Extra ashy, too," Driver replied.
"...Wait. Ashy?' Danny blinked at that.
"You burnt it up, dude," Tucker clarified, "Plus you got a new power...through a lot of pent up rage and stress you had building up in ya."
"In other words…" Sam began, walking over while offering him a towel, "You need a vacation…"
"I...I guess I do."
"I had no idea this was that stressful for you," Jazz noted, "You...hide it really well."
"Hey...hiding stuff is something I've done for a long while," Danny replied.
"Yeah, but nothing of this level," Tucker pointed out, motioning to the foam covering the area.
"Mix one parts stress from your fame and all the troubles it brings with one parts Corrodium exposure equals a jumpstart on new powers being unlocked," Driver explained, "Some powers aren't as obvious like your Ghost Sense hinting towards your cryokinesis."
"You are...in the best way to say this, a weird case. Who knows what you could do once you begin reaching spiritual maturity?" Spanner added, "You could probably be even greater than you from that alternate timeline."
"And you're not just saying that because you're from the future, right?" Tucker asked.
"Eh, who knows?" Driver shrugged.
"You sure don't," Spanner added.
"Total time traveler thing to say." Tucker smiled out of respect.
"He gets it," Driver giggled, "Shame we'll have to MiB ya."
"Wait, what?"
"She's joking," Spanner stated while smacking Driver upside her helmet.
"Gah! Okay, okay…" Driver grumbled.
"But our job is done here," Spanner added, "You guys just rest up for now...Oh, and be sure to call the Plumbers to detain Zombozo."
"See ya~!" Driver waved before the two ran off.
"I wonder how they time travel," Tucker pondered, "I mean, I didn't see any sign of those necklaces we had to wear when we were in the bad future."
"It could be their bikes," Jazz offered.
"What? Th...oooh~! Like time travelling vehicles, like the Delorean from Back To The Future...or DenLiner from Kamen Rider Den-O! Or…!"
"No," Sam deadpanned, giving Tucker's head a light chop, "No nerding out right now. We are calling Plumbers for the zombie clown that's tied up in the stretchy space ghost." she frowned, "Why is it that ever since those space toads invaded, sentences like that are becoming used way too often for comfort?"
"When have things been normal with us?" Danny retorted.
"I'll call them," Tucker replied, already dialing them up, "Still, this is pretty cool. You've got fire and ice powers now. Though…" he gestured to the foam all around the area, "May wanna do some training outside the city or in the Ghost Zone before you use it in a fight."
"Gonna have to start looking for an empty lot…" Danny muttered.
"Or you could ask the aliens down here if you can test your highly destructive fire powers in their deep underground rock tunnel. Worst comes to worst...you seal yourself inside a tunnel...which means nothing to you...since you can move through walls." Sam offered.
"I...That is a good idea," Danny muttered.
"Also, since you're under the city, you'd lead your fans around on a wild goose chase thinking you're in random spots in town, when in fact...you're under it." Sam added, "So you get privacy, a space to practice without hurting anyone, help them expand out, and you two can still milk that stupid app for cash. 'Cause...something tells me you two are gonna be needing that in the future in case you lose your temper and cause collateral damage to the town...again."
"I…" Danny paused.
"Maybe that time traveler chick was onto something about girls maturing faster…" Tucker admitted to himself.
"Yep," Sam and Jazz nodded.
"Ok...Everything seems normal," Ken whispered as he and Kokoro snuck into the living room.
"Mom and Dad are still out, we're done with school for the day, we did the thing, and we got leftovers to have for a snack," Kokoro added as the two quickly hopped onto the couch, "Overall...great day!"
"Not yet," Ken replied as he turned the TV on before pulling the remote out to the sides, making a hard-light keyboard form between them that he typed on, "We need to check out one last thing before you can consider it a great day."
"Oh right! We changed a big thing in the past...We could have done that butterfly thing, like that bad Ashton Kutcher movie!" Kokoro realized, "Or made it all better! Like Back To the Future."
"You watch way too many old movies with Mom and Dad…" Ken muttered.
"And you don't watch enough!" Kokoro countered, "Now type away, tech boy." she hurried him.
"Alright alright...ah here it is," he clicked as the screen displayed an information article, "Ah! There, this is the section where it talked about the outbreak! Look...nothing's there anymore! Just a blurb about its Undertown!"
"Hey, those three have an Anything Agency now," Kokoro noted, "Sweet! Maybe we could..."
"No."
"But I didn't even finish what I was gonna suggest."
"No."
"..." Kokoro just glared at him. She then grabbed a pillow and swung it, smacking him upside the head and sending him flying off the sofa, "Veto my ideas will ya…" she grumbled as Ken groaned while laying face first on the ground.
"...Kokoro…" Ken groaned as he got up, "We're not supposed to be fighting in the house while mom and dad a-" another pillow was thrown right into his face, "..."
"Cut me off in the middle of my sentence, you get yours cut off!" Kokoro declared.
"...Dweeb, it. is. on."
"Ooh~ The Doofus is mad~ I'm so scared." Kokoro taunted.
"Taunt me one more time, Kokoro...see what happens."
"Loser-says-what?" Kokoro asked quickly.
"What?"
"Loser~" Kokoro laughed.
"..." Ken said nothing as he moved behind the couch, making Kokoro blink as she looked over...to the barrel of a large crossbow filled with pillows, "I warned you."
"...What's that?"
"A little something I crafted after our last pillow fight...A Pillow Launcher," Ken smirked, "Oh...and this is not gonna be a pillow fight, Dweeb….this is gonna be a Pillow War."
"You mean like the type mom, daddy, and one of our fave distant aunts did years ago during their little adventure?"
"Eeyup."
"Well then, Dingus...it. Is. On!"
GT: Ah, this took a bit to plan out. A good way to reintroduce the group and what's happened since the Incurseans.
Z0: We all know we're just a bunch of idiots. That's all I got to say about that.
SZ: Eeyup...also seems the future changed a bit thanks to Ken and Kokoro's actions...if not just a bit.
GT: We all know that the future is constantly altering, especially when each time Ben meets a Ben 10K, that future becomes an alternate future. Alrighty, folks. Until next time, please Read and Review!
SZ: Later folks! *collapses*Zzzz...z0...you may...snrk! Resume...the hunt.
Z0: Hunt? *twitches* TO BATTLE! SIR FLOOF! *rides a giant dog* HUZZA! *grabs SZ and flick my hand to turn him into a war club*
SZ: He's been playing...Monster Hunter...Rise...Zzz
Z0: *shouts in japanese as I chase a dragon*