Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or any of the characters. Danny Phantom is the sole property of Butch Hartman, Nickelodeon and Viacom International.
The Many Mismatches of Vlad Masters
Chapter 4: One MISERABLE Date!
It was the following morning.
Vlad woke his cat Maddie pawing at his face, begging for food. The evil halfa yawned and recalled the events from yesterday.
He frowned and felt some dread right now.
"Please tell me that it was all just a dream..." He asked as his cat looked confused.
"No such luck, V-Man!.." Was heard.
"Oh, Snickerdoodles!..." Vlad mumbled, feeling embittered as the "matchmakers" appeared in his room.
"Rise and shine, Vladdy..." Neo said with a smirk.
"Its a beautiful day and the first day of the dating service!.." FP said with a mischievous grin and a sing song voice.
"Yeah, come on. Time to wake up, get some coffee in you and put on your best clothes. Good news, you somehow got a date..." 61394 said with Maddie the cat in his lap, purring as he scratched her behind the ears.
Vlad saw this and frowned.
"Betrayed by my own cat!..." Vlad thought, hating this.
Vlad would rather disintegrate the matchmakers and go about his day. But he knew he couldn't defeat these powerful beings.
Not like this.
"Even if you HAD your powers, you wouldn't be able to do anything to us..." FP said, annoyed with him.
Vlad flinched and frowned.
"Stop reading my mind!..." He yelled, angry.
"We didn't need to read your mind, just your face..." FP sassed.
Vlad frowned, hating every moment of this. He took one long breath to avoid saying or thinking anything to make things worse.
"Lets just get it over with..." He said, designing to his fate.
"Okie dokie..."FP said as she handed him his profile.
"Here is your new profile...and don't worry, we already put it in the system..." She said with a naughty smile.
Vlad took the paper, gave it a quick read and was instantly furious.
"What is this?!..." He shouted.
"Your profile, duh..."FP said while giggling.
"With improvements. I made them myself..."Neo said, amused and proud of his work.
The reason that Vlad was so angry was because not how they "edited" his profile.
"Silver haired, dark blue eyed man of average physique?! Legs like sticks?!..."Vlad read the Physical Description and was insulted!
Vlad was shaking his hands in rage. As he continued reading the more infuriating it was.
It got worse as he read his"Perfect Woman" description.
"A lonely, middle aged bachelor that is in desperate need of company! No married women willing to leave or cheat on their husbands accepted!..."Vlad read, steam coming out of his ears now.
Now onto likes and interests...
"A football fanatic and cat lover who is seeking female companionship from anyone not being picky in the slightest?!..." He exclaimed.
Even worse, his user name was changed from Master of Wealth to Cheesehead fanatic!
"How dare you write this?!..." Vlad yelled, looking ready to tear someone apart.
"Hey, we actually wrote the truth there..." 61394 said with a shrug.
"And the truth will set you free. Or in your case, a life sentence with zero chance of parole..." Neo said as Vlad snarled viciously.
"Only thing we kept out is your manipulating teenagers, threatening minors, attempted murder like with Jazz Fenton and your former daughter Danielle, succeeded murder with your cloned sons since you knew they were going to destabilize and did nothing to save them, child abuse, theft, political fraud and especially your stalker tendencies. None of that is very attractive..."61394 said.
"Not in the slightest. Honestly, be thankful we can find any woman for you..."FP said, her tone dripping with disapproval.
Vlad growled as the short one mocked him using Valerie as his pawn, the deaths of those stepping stones towards him having a perfect son and calling him a stalker, among other things.
He was also glaring at the woman for her disrespect and sassy remarks towards him.
"We can still hear your thoughts, Fruitloop..." 61394 said. "Unfortunately..." He muttered.
"Hardly learns his lesson..." Neo whispered to FP, who nodded.
"No kidding..." She said.
"And come up an insult a bit more creative than short. I've been hearing that one since I turned ten thousand, young man..." Number Boy said.
Vlad stood still as he blinked in confusion.
"Did he say he turned ten thousand?! How old is this minuscule annoyance?!..."Vlad thought, both annoyed and curious.
"I turned 61405 this January..." 61394 answered "And wow, very creative saying minuscule instead of short. No wonder you never got a college degree..." He snarked.
FP and Neo laughed at both that burn, as well as the inside joke about his "age". All three of them high-fived.
Vlad growled while the matchmakers continued to anger him.
"Like we were saying, we only wrote the truth on your profile. Or at least enough to not look like a sociopath..."FP said.
"And you are already over the hill already, so you shouldn't be too picky on who you spend your Saturday nights with..." Neo said.
"Besides, why WOULD a woman that's beautiful, smart and actually looking for romantic companionship settle for a guy who only has a cat as his closet companion?..." FP sassed.
Vlad scowled at the trio.
"Oh, whatever! Just tell me who my date will be and where to go. I want to put this all behind me right now!..." Vlad snapped.
One of the matchmakers then handed him a new profile.
"Here it is, bachelorette number 1. Be sure to mind your manners and not stay out too late..." FP giggled.
Vlad frowned but quickly read the profile of his first blind date.
User Name: P.S Beauty Queen
Age: EARLY 20'S
Gender: Female
Height: 5"10'
Weight: None of your business!
Star Sign: Virgo
Home Town: Amity Park
Physical Description: YOUNG, beautiful, attractive, youthful red haired woman with green eyes, perfect skin, perfect teeth and a youthful figure.
Personality: A beauty that everyone wants to talk to, and I know it. I am the beauty everyone desires. I also work as a teen psychologist and help the youngsters become a better version of themselves by helping them realize what is wrong with them and telling them how to change to be the best person they can be. And I am great with everyone I meet.
Likes and Interests: Beauty, psychology, soap operas and opera, science and slice of life anime.
Type of person I wish to date: I'm looking for a handsome man to shower me with love, attention, and compliments of my looks!
Vlad raised an eyebrow as he read part of her description, from the way this woman describes herself...well...she sounded pretty full of herself.
"She certainly seems to have a high view of herself..." Vlad muttered, not impressed with her profile.
"Pot will soon meet kettle..." FP said as the guys snickered.
"You guys will have lunch this afternoon, at 12 sharp, at a nice place called Chez Etoile..." Neo said.
"That's the most expensive spot in Amity Park! Even the SALADS cost $30!.." Vlad complained.
"We know..." FP said smugly.
"If you don't like the restaurant, I'm sure we can find somewhere even more expensive..." 61394 suggested while smirking.
Vlad growled but sighed.
"Fine, whatever. It's just lunch..." He said.
"Remember what we said yesterday, your date is the one who decides to continue the date or not. You have to be a gentleman...and you can't do any cheating or mistreating her. We will know and you won't like what we will do if you go behind our backs..." Neo said.
"Also, you have time to dress up nicely and find some nice flowers for your date..." FP said.
"You are expecting me to BUY FLOWERS for some STRANGER?!..." Vlad exclaimed, hoping that she was joking.
She wasn't.
She was dead serious.
"Duh, it's still a date and I figure it's the very least a GENTLEMAN could do. Danny did it for his dates in the other timelines. Are you saying you have worst manners than a fourteen year old?!..." She teased.
Vlad sputtered, feeling more and more upset.
"I mean, we know he does but it's still sad..." 61394 said, laughing at his suffering.
"Too bad..."She said, making it clear that it's not optional.
The still powerless villain kept glaring daggers at them, especially the shotest one.
"The minute I get my powers back, they won't live to see their next birthday, especially the short one. Still, he's clearly immortal. Maybe I can find a way to steal that for myself..." He considered.
"I can hear your thoughts, Cheesehead..." 61394 said, rolling his eyes. "And I'm not immortal. I just got a long life span..."He said while his friends snickered at joke.
"What are you two snickering at?!..." Vlad demanded.
"Oh, nothing for you to concern yourself with. Just get ready for your date and might wanna take some breath spray too..." Neo said as FP nodded.
"Remember, we give points for effort and tact..." She added.
"Oh, fine. Whatever. I'm sure I can sweep this vain woman off her feet and have her eating out of the palm of my hand in no time..." Vlad muttered, still full of himself.
"After all, if Daniel, despite his dim witted intellect he inherited from his father, could charm girls with no taste in other timelines, so how hard could it be?..."Vlad thought.
However, his new "friends" heard him.
"For Danny, it's super easy that its barely an inconvenience. Like script writing, if Pitch Meetings is to be believed..." 61394 answered, making Vlad glare in annoyance being reminded of Danny's luck with love.
"You, on the other hand, it'll be a miracle if the date lasts five minutes...61394 mocked.
"You're giving him that long?..." Neo snarked, infuriating Vlad even more.
"Just let me get this over with and charm this woman already!..." Vlad yelled, stomping his foot.
"Good, now hurry as you're due in about a a few hours, and no flying there is possible..." FP said as she and the guys soon left, leaving the villain alone to get ready.
"Oh, Fudge Buckets!..." Vlad whined, hating this and seeing no way out of it.
Vlad went to get ready and meet this woman, unaware of what and who will await him this afternoon.
The trio of powerful beings shared a smirk, amused and eager to see Vlad suffer more.
"This is gonna be good..." Neo said.
"Can't wait to see the fireworks..."61394 said while snickering.
"More like a bloodbath when he sees who it is..." Neo said as he got comfortable to watch.
"Lets call BCW and the others. No way they are gonna wanna miss this..."FP said.
The others nodded and soon left to go contact their friends, this was a show that no one would wanna miss.
Later
At Chez Etoile
Vlad arrived at the front of the entrance of the VERY EXPENSIVE restaurant about 5 minutes ago, carrying some flowers in his hand.
It was a bouquet of roses that he randomly purchased on his way here, though he clearly didn't want to.
"Ridiculous, overspending on a bunch of dead flowers for someone I have never even met. Such a waste..."Vlad thought, believing that he should only be showering Maddie with flowers instead.
However, that is the least of his problems right now and he knew it.
"I even look ridiculous!.." He muttered as he glared at the stupid heart sticker on his shirt that he was forced to wear in order to recognize who their dates will be.
Even worse, his so called date is already 2 minutes late.
Vlad scowled as he looked to his watch.
"She's 2 minutes late. They gave me grief and insist I am not late... and yet this woman likely had no such urge to hurry up..." He mentally complained, wanting to get this over with.
He tried to find a woman with a heart sticker too, as utterly ridiculous as it was. Suddenly he heard a familiar voice, one he never thought to hear for a while.
"Vlad? Vlad Plasmius?!…"A displeased voice exclaimed, making the villain turn around.
Vlad was soon face with a certain ghoul who was wearing her human disguise.
A ghoul with a superficial kind of beauty, red hair in a distinctive hairdo and shades, along with a pair of half moon glasses, dressed in a red blouse and skirt that hugged her figure in a rather revealing manner.
She was also wearing a heart sticker too.
The villain was NOT pleased when he saw her, to say the least.
"Spectra?!..." Vlad exclaimed.
"Plasmius, what are you doing here? I thought the mayor had better things to do than random lunch spots..." Spectra snarked.
"What am I doing here?! What are you doing here?!..." Vlad demanded, glaring at her.
He and Spectra never got along and the vain ghoul couldn't stand him and wanted nothing to do with his schemes. Something about how they're short sighted and destined to fail.
Needless to say, Vlad was the pot meeting the kettle right now.
The youth draining ghoul glared at him, annoyed and looking away.
"Not that it's any of your business but I'm suppose to meet my blind date here. Don't you have somewhere else to be? Away from me!..." Spectra explained.
"WHAT?!..." Vlad yelled, hoping that he heard that wrong.
The ghoul nodded.
"Yeah, I was promised a date with a single billionaire at the best restaurant in town. I had nothing for today, so I figured that I could get a free lunch and maybe see if there is any eye candy worthy to be seen with me...or at least cause some trouble!.." She said, not yet realizing how she described Vlad to a T.
Vlad didn't want to be here with any woman but Maddie, but definitely not her!
"Of all the nuisances that haunt Daniel, why this one?!..." He thought, knowing those robbed beings were probably laughing at him right now.
Vlad sighed, as he knew that his hands were tied. To think his luck was so down that his first date would be with Spectra. He could feel his misery boiling. No doubt, this spirit would fester it before leaving.
And yet, he still had to act gentlemanly. Even towards the likes of her.
"Ugh...well...apparently, these are for you..." Vlad said bitterly as he presented her the roses.
Spectra was surprised, but soon put two and two together. She grabbed the bouquet, playing with the petals as they were crushed in her hands.
"Wait, YOU are suppose to be my blind date?!..." She demanded, looking very upset.
Vlad only nodded, adjusting his collar as he nodded. He even refused to make eye contact.
"Apparently..." Vlad said bitterly as the ghoul got angry.
"What gives? I was promised a date with a single billionaire bachelor and I get you?! You're Cheesehead fanatic?!..." She exclaimed.
"Don't call me that. Please don't call me that..." Vlad grumbled, but she ignored him and kept complaining about this setup.
"Is this some kind of joke?! I thought you were obsessed with Phantom's mom while trying to kill his father. When are you suddenly going on dates?..." Spectra asked, annoyed and confused at the same time.
"I'm here against my will..." Vlad thought but he knew that he couldn't say that out loud.
"I thought that I could kill time turning down women. Apparently, you're the first..." Vlad snarked, smiling and hoping that she'd ditch him and he could put this behind him.
Spectra rolled her eyes but stared at the man.
She glanced at the roses and could tell they were expensive. She figured that she could still gain something from this blind date disaster...even if she has to put up with Vlad of all people.
So, the ghoul shrugged and figured that free food is free food. She could just ignore the company.
"Ugh, whatever, I guess you can buy me a meal. But that's it! And don't expect me to kiss you or something!..." Spectra said as she practically dragged him inside.
"Why me?!..." Vlad thought miserably as he went along with his punishment.
Meanwhile
Past Vlad's plane of existence, in the nexus of the void, in between dimensions, the authors had gathered to watch the man's first date unfold. Through a window, they watch with excitement as they sat down.
Wearing robes, they almost looked like spirits.
"Finally, I have been waiting for this..." FP said, eager to see this unfold as she and her friends had snacks ready for the "viewing"
As they all loathed the fruitloop, this would be like the Super Bowl for the mysterious beings.
"They certainly seem like a good match. Since they have... similar hairstyles and are pretty self-centered..." Neo said, clearly saying those as insults.
"You can say that again..." FP said.
"So, why Spectra?..." Number Boy asked, curious but definitely not complaining at seeing Vlad suffer.
"Oh, you can thank IJ for helping with her. He also gave me some good ideas for this date that I just couldn't pass up..." FP explained.
"I hate to see their kid..." Neo said.
"Ditto..." FP sajd, giggling.
"Now that is a potentially scary setup…" BCW said.
"Speaking of which...Thanks again for helping us set this up, BCW..." FP said.
"Always happy to help..." BCW said with a smile.
"Come on, the show is about to start. Time to watch the sparks or body parts fly..." Neo said, knowing this won't be pretty.
The robed beings became quiet as they watched the "blind date" unfold
Back with Vlad and Spectra
Vlad and Spectra were already inside the restaurant.
They went to the maitre D and the reservation was already made under Vlad's name, even though HE wasn't the one who made it.
Soon, they were seated, and a server handed them their menus and asked for their drink orders. He left to let the unlikely date make their choices, to put it unknowingly loosely.
"Great. I'm eating at one of the very few good places in Amity Park and I can't even enjoy it..." Vlad grumbled internally.
His date, however, browsed through the delicacies and entrees with high prices.
"May as well try small talk..." She thought, annoyed.
"So Vlad, nice place you picked. This place really is classy..."She said, trying to pretend to be nice and polite, while secretly viewing him like he was a dead animal on the side of the road.
"I suppose so..." Vlad grumbled miserably into his drink.
Spectra frowned, but continued to tolerate his being and continued to fake being polite. Mostly for the food that he would be paying for.
Food in the Ghost Zone could be good, but sometimes, ghosts craved fine cooking from the human realm.
And this misery-eating ghoul had a craving for the finer things too.
"So, if we're going to do this, I say we divide the meal in courses..."She said, trying to act nice and eyeing him up and down like the rails in a mine.
She couldn't stand the creep but hey, he was a RICH creep and she could at least get a nice meal out of it. And maybe she could get more power or con him out of some of his ill gotten billions if she played her cards right.
"May as well milk this cow dry..." She thought as she hummed.
Spectra could almost taste the man's misery. She was watching it cook, just needing some seasoning.
And the best spice for this, was ordering the most expensive items off the menu like a spoiled brat.
"Let's start with the froi grae bites and lobster before going for a nice sashimi salad, steak tartare and an entire sailfish. For desert…"Spectra paused. "Actually, if it's the same thing at every high end restaurant, I may have to rethink it…for now…but we should get a bottle of—oh! Screaming Banshees Cabernet Sauvignon circa 1982. We are definitely ordering that!…"She said, going for the most expensive items on the menu.
Vlad rolled his eyes with a frown, glancing over the menu.
He saw the prices and sighed.
"Of course this would happen..." He whispered, looking over the zeros she was adding to the bill.
A little later
Soon the food came in large amounts.
Spectra grinned, as she started with the lobster and began nibbling the other dishes as well. Vlad just frowned bitterly, hating how much this may cost him later.
"You'd think someone so obsessed with the opinions others have about her looks would watch their figure ..." He whispered loudly.
"What was that?..." Spectra asked, edge in her voice.
"Nothing..." Vlad lied, as he took a sip of his wine and picked at the steak he ordered.
Spectra almost wanted to say she heard him. However, seeing how miserable he was, supposed he really didn't have a choice being here, that meant he was hating this as much as she figured...but she could still get something out of this farce of a date.
She supposed and feed off his misery get a few extra years younger.
"He's not a teenager but I guess his misery might be able to shed a few years off the top. Maybe even more..." She thought as she leaned in seductively.
The man was a pain, but even he had cracks in his shields. She began to absorb some of his misery, hoping to savor it. However, the misery-loving ghost reeled back, holding her nose.
"Oh my gosh!..." Spectra went, gagging as she looked away.
"What's with you?!..." Vlad asked, lunging back, almost falling out of his seat and embarrassed by her sudden outburst!
To Spectra, misery was like fine wine.
The longer it spoiled and stirred inside a body, the "flavor" would enhance itself to her liking. To each of her victims, there was an assortment of "flavors,"; however, Vlad's was more off-putting.
Instead of wine, the man's misery was like a stew, OVER SPICED by too many cooks. Any element, delicious or tasty, would be lost. No sustenance or nutrients to feed off of.
It was bitter, nauseating and revolting...just like him.
"I think I'm gonna be sick!..." She thought, getting queasy right now.
How ironic that Spectra found one of the most self-made, miserable men to be distasteful. She didn't like that and started to complain.
"Vlad..."Spectra said, as she held back her gag reflex. "What exactly do you do with you life?!..."She asked, almost turning green now.
"You know of my powers, so the answer should be-..."He was cut off when she held up a manicured hand like a stop sign.
"No. I mean, besides that!..."Spectra said, trying hard not to barf now.
She managed to avoid doing so, swallowing the bile down her throat. Without explaining her issue, she sat calmly and explained.
"I mean hobbies, favorite foods, music, going out to clubs at night and meeting random strangers. Let's assume that, the very slim possibility here, we hit it off, enjoy each other's company, or at least find some common ground that we actually join forces, I'd like to know what you do for a living. What the heck do you actually do for a job?..."She asked trying hard not to think of that toxic misery she was just exposed to.
Vlad frowned, thinking that she was mocking him. He scolded her with a glare.
"You should know exactly who I am. We may not work together, but you should know I obtained my wealth through cunning. I inherited wealth from my relative the dairy king, then I supplemented over the years, doubling and tripling my wealth through my multitudes of ways, I plan to take back what Jack Fenton stole from me twenty years ago and invest my time in making up for what I lost..." Vlad said, not even bothering with false politeness and fake pleasantries anymore.
Spectra heard this and frowned, not impressed with how obsessed Vlad was over a petty grudge. True, she has done things arguably just as bad but she had more on her mind than unrequited love.
"So, that's it. Why am I not surprised?! And I thought the Box Ghost was pathetic but you take the cake ..." She snarked.
"What is that's suppose to mean?!..." Vlad asked in annoyance.
"It means exactly what it sounds like! So, you got into a lab accident twenty years ago and are going to spend the rest of your life trying to get rid of the guy who married your crush...how pathetic. I never did like men who can't let go of the past..." Spectra said, striking a nerve in the evil halfa.
"Says the ghoul who purposely makes teens miserable to steal their youth just to keep herself looking young!..." Vlad snapped.
Spectra glared at that.
"Hey, all is fair in love and war... At least I don't whine and gripe about something from my college years..." She said while annoyed.
While she wasn't above getting rid of someone if it would create misery but when it came to dating, she could take no for an answer and would move on unlike Vlad here.
Plus, with her looks, she knew that there was always another fish in the sea.
"You have no right to criticize how I spend my time and wealth!..." Vlad challenged.
"I'm a therapist, it's in my job description to criticize..." Spectra said with a mocking smile.
"And yet you don't enjoy being criticized yourself..." Vlad pointed out the hypocrisy.
"Spoilers, you're not a seeing Vlad Jr from me anytime in the near future..." Spectra said with a scowl.
"Believe me... I wouldn't touch to punch you, much less kiss or... anything else..." Vlad stated refusing to entertain even the thought of such actions with her.
"Oh, is that so?..." Spectra asked, glaring at him. "Well, the feeling is mutual..." She said.
"At least we can agree on that. I will admit that you are lovely, not as much as Maddie, but even then, I wouldn't want to be near your mouth. Because even if I was drowning and CPR from you was the only thing to save me from leaving this world, I would still be angry that the mouth that pulled from death was yours!..." Vlad snapped.
It didn't matter people were looking or food was getting cold, their argument grew with more intensity.
"Then for your sake, don't start drowning in front of me. I wouldn't even touch you to hurt you!..." Spectra snapped, slamming her fist into the table.
Unfortunately, they were now getting attention. The bad kind.
"What's going on over there?..." Someone whispered.
"Isn't that the mayor?..."Another one asked while keeping their voice low.
"Looks like he's on a date...and it looks like its not going well..."Someone else commented, people whispered among themselves.
"Lovers' spat..." Was also heard, among other things.
"Oh, Sugar Cookies! They think we're a couple! And they are already talking about it..." Vlad muttered, rubbing the side of his head.
Seeing people starting at them and make assumptions, Vlad tried to laugh to make it seem like a joke without damaging his reputation and PR Image.
He didn't need to deal with scandals and rumors right now.
He glared at Spectra, who glared back.
"Lets take this outside...away from any witnesses..." He whispered, glaring at the ghoul.
"Whatever..." She said, still glaring daggers at him.
Outside
The two villains went outside to continue their argument, which was heating up.
After making sure there were no eavesdropper, Vlad continued to argue.
"You mess with my good image and I'll make sure you never see the light of day again. I've spent far too much time in winning Maddie to let someone like you ruin me..." He said.
"In all that time you spent thinking about another man's wife, you probably could have found someone who was actually single who could tolerate you. It's unlikely but if the Box Ghost could find someone, you could..."She said, arms crossed.
"STOP COMPARING ME TO THAT CARDBOARD OBSESSED BUFFOON!..."Vlad snapped.
"I'd might if you showed more emotional maturity than him..." Spectra said as she crossed her arms.
"Why you of all people is my first date is beyond me. You don't scream Mrs. Masters, or any kind of Mrs!..." Vlad snarled.
"Oh please, I know plenty of men who'd love a chance to get even a sliver of my attention. Also, the only thing we have in common is hair styles and hating the same teenager..." She said, referring to Vlad's hair in his ghost form.
"And yet, his company made me less agitated, shockingly..." Vlad spat, earning a more intense glare from Spectra.
"Well, that's another thing we share in common, preferring Danny's presence. I always did hate men who can't accept when a woman is too good for him and keeps pestering her like he owns her. I may hate Phantom but even I think that his mother doesn't deserve to be harrassed by someone who can't take a hint..." Spectra said, getting more annoyed.
"She was always meant to be mine! So what if she told me no after I asked her to run away with me when stranded her and Daniel at my Colorado estate!..." Vlad snapped, "I was doing her a favor she wouldn't have had her idiot husband or useless daughter to go home to!..." He said with much conviction.
Spectra raised an eyebrow, wondering how in any way did he think that his plan would have somehow worked out.
When she nearly wasted Jazz and most of Casper highs student body, it was a means to an end for her plans. She wasn't trying to get into a relationship out of it.
She now wondered just what kind of relationship the two even had, assuming it was all in his head.
"Let me ask you something: were you dating Maddie when the accident happened?..." Spectra asked, wanting to be clear about something.
"No..." Vlad answered.
"Did she know you had feelings for her?..." She asked.
"No..." Vlad answered, frowning.
"Did you ever try to tell her how you feel?..." She asked, wondering if he got to the point.
"No, but I was planning to but that big idiot my way and ruined my chance! It's all his fault anyways!..." Vlad answered.
"Did Jack even know that you had feelings for her? Did you ever tell him that? I'm pretty sure the bro code was around back then, so he might have let you have your chance..."Spectra asked not knowing Jack and Maddie had already been a couple by this point , and Vlad of course said no.
"No, I didn't tell him...but the idiot obviously knew somehow. After all, he got me out of the way by turning the proto-portal on when I was closely examining it. He did it on purpose! I know he did!..." He said, twisting the memory of those events to his liking.
Spectra then looked at him like he was a complete moron.
"YOU STUCK YOUR FACE NEAR AN EXPERIMENTAL GHOST PORTAL?!..."Spectra asked, wondering how many brain cells Vlad had killed back in his college days.
"Don't you know anything about lab safety?..." She asked, having a mocking smile on her face.
"I don't need to explain myself to a quack in pseudo hippy pop psychology!..." Vlad dismissed. "You're not even a REAL quack, you just pose as one to feed on teen misery!..." He mocked, purposely enraging the ghoul.
To say that Spectra was ticked was an understatement.
She hated people bad mouthing psychology...mostly since she considered it as bad mouth to HER personally. As a result, she lost any interest in looking civil around people.
"HOW DARE YOU?! PSYCHOLOGY IS NOT A QUACK SCIENCE AND I AM A CERTIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST!..." Spectra yelled, furious that Vlad would dare to mock her.
"Yes and I'm sure that came from an accredited university..." Vlad said sarcastically.
Spectra gasped in disgust.
"You're the one wasting his life having his life revolving around getting your crush to notice you while trying to keep her all to yourself. In my professional opinion, I'd look into a therapist one who specializes in obsessive neurotic personalities. You clearly need it..." She said, having a lower opinion of him now than she did before.
"What would you know, you vain misery eating quack?! ..." Vlad said, refusing to believe that anything was wrong with him.
It was obvious that Maddie made a mistake and was trapped in a marriage to that idiot and Vlad needed to rescue her.
"I know that Maddie didn't love you, and clearly doesn't like you. And I honestly can't blame her..." Spectra said, hitting a sore spot in the evil halfa who continued being in denial.
"Oh yes, you have such a way of understanding love. You're on a blind date with me, after all..." Vlad scoffed.
Spectra responded by slapping him across the face, HARD!
"I'm done. No expensive lunch and chance of money is worth putting up with a hot mess like you. And you're not worth ruining my manicure in a fight. Good day, sir..." Spectra said rudely, going HMPH! as she turned her head.
She walked away, nose held high and stormed off. Vlad held his sore, throbbing cheek that welted.
"Misery eating harpy!..." He grumbled, holding his face.
"Um..." A server said, as he brought the rest of the food that Spectra ordered but saw that they went outside and had seen that slap.
"What?!..." Vlad snapped, wondering how this could get any worse.
"Your bill..." The server said, giving him the amount he owes on paper.
Vlad looked at the bill and nearly blanched when he saw all the zeroes.
"Good thing I'm a billionaire. Or else I'd be in big trouble!..." He thought moodily, as he was forced to pay with his credit card.
Once done, he left.
"Ugh...this was even worse than I thought..." Vlad said, with a bitter look on his face.
His first date was with a vain, sadistic ghoul who didn't even hide the fact that she wanted his money and thought he needed therapy.
Ridiculous!
"One down, nine to go..." He grumbled, wanting this to be over soon.
He started to dread who he would get the next time...
Elsewhere
Everyone was amused at Vlad's misfortune, some even laughing right now.
"I knew that she'd slap him eventually..." Neo said.
"Normally, I'd feel sorry for any woman having to deal with a creep like him, but Spectra is no saint..." FP said.
BCW hummed neutrally, shrugging without making any movements.
"That was glorious..." Number boy said, laughing like a hyena.
"And now we have an angry Spectra roaming around Amity Park. Should we be worried, or potentially guilty about the matter?…"BCW asked, since he knew that she was dangerous.
"Don't worry, Spectra will be dealt with before she gets the chance to cause any real damage..." FP explained.
"Watch..." Neo said as they soon saw what became of her.
Back in Amity Park
Spectra had left the restaurant and Vlad behind, and she was in a REALLY bad mood now.
"What a terrible date! Even Bertrand isn't THAT lousy! At least he has his manners and keeps quiet when I tell him too!..." Spectra groaned and looking ready to hit someone.
Spectra slinked through the skies, snarling savagely and sinisterly. She needed a breath of misery to make up for that horrible date.
Or at least be an outlet for her aggression.
"I wish that Ember and Kitty were here with me, then we could get rid of him and every other male creep like last time but Kitty's with Johnny and Ember is denying she has a crush on Phantom..." She thought.
That meant that she her own right now.
Spectra growled, needing some sort of pick me up after that terrible disaster of a date.
"I may as well find a REAL source of misery while I'm here..." She thought, looking around she spotted the perfect way to cheer herself up.
And what better place than a nearby mall.
Just a quick in and out, and she'd be parasitically young and beautiful from the teenage anguish and turmoil.
It would not be hard as she pushed through the mall. Going around the store known as Abyss, she saw a gaggle of boys flocking around a girl, Paulina Sanchez, and knew just what to do.
"Just one little blemish or cut and she'll make a fine meal…"Spectra said, ready to strike.
Before she could, someone sensed her and stepped in.
"Seriously? That's today's plan? You are really your edge, aren't you? Not that it really matters to me…"Came a snarky voice.
Spectra snarled as she saw Danny Phantom floating ten feet away. In her anger, she forgot about his being here.
"Seriously, it's Summer! Shouldn't you be avoiding work and responsibility like a normal teenager?!..." She snapped.
"I will, once I deal with you first..." Danny quipped as his friends joined in.
Seeing Danny and his friends, the evil ghost known as Spectra grinned.
"Well, beggars can't be choosers..." She said, ready to take her aggression out on them.
Ruining their day and feeding off their misery would be a great pick me up and way to vent her frustrations.
"I barely got to eat at that place, so this will do..." She said, rubbing her hands together.
Floating up, she fired an ecto ray straight at Sam's head that would have vaporized her on the spot had Danny not swooped down tackling Sam out of the way of the blast.
"You okay?..." Danny asked, worried about her.
"I'll live..." Sam said, smiling at him.
"Not if I have any say but you two? This whole Will They, Won't They thing is getting old..." Spectra said, annoyed by the teen romance.
Well, any romance today.
"Welcome to my world..." Tucker said before Spectra blasted him, knocking him into a dumpster.
"TUCKER!?..." Danny and Sam shouted in concern.
"It's no wonder the cheerleaders don't go for you..." Spectra taunted, as she kept attacking and trying to cause her teen foes anguish.
She wasn't an idiot like Skulker, she knew Danny would be easier to beat without his little friends
"Plus it makes him oh so angry to see them hurt..." She thought, taking sadistic pleasure here.
"Hang on, Tuck!..." Danny said in concern.
Sam went to go dig him out of the trash, finding him covered with something on his head.
"What? Is it someone's shirt?..." Tucker asked, sounding grossed out.
It was actually someone's torn and gross stained old tube socks, but she wouldn't say that.
"Y-Yeah..." She lied, as she helped him out of the trash.
Meanwhile the two ghosts continued to brawl mid air. As Danny glared at Spectra, he noticed than she seemed extra psycho today.
"What gives, Spectra? Why are you even crazier, nastier and more spontaneous than usual? Don't you usually do the planned out strategy to get as bunch misery as possible?..." The ghost boy asked.
This is less of a plan and more killing time..." Spectra answered, before smirking. "And speaking of killing..."She said before releasing a blast at Sam again.
"I won't get too much misery from wasting her out of Danny and Tucker...still, may as well put some icing on the cake..."Spectra thought, improvising as she fired away.
She saw Danny zip in and got her out of the way.
Danny caught Sam, holding her bridal style away from danger. He zigzagged past the shots before finding a safe place to landed .
"Nice save..." Sam said, while he took a breath in relief.
With a nod, he looked to her attacker.
"Spectra!..." Danny growled, his temper flaring as he set Sam down.
He flew at her but Spectra grinned as she dodged a punch, feeding off his negative emotions and it was delicious as always.
"Danny, thanks for the pick me up snack. You're such a great pick me up after the lousy date I had..." She said, surprising the ghost kid and friends.
"YOU went out on a date?!..." Danny asked, looking queasy.
"Yes, I did..." She said, while the ghost kid found this hard to believe.
"Um, Ew! I feel sorry for whatever guy has bad enough taste to ask out a hag like you..." Danny said, throwing a kick.
Spectra blocked it, spinning him over her head before sending him flying at a lamp post. He swerved around it landing on top.
"For your information, it was a blind date and I got the worst end of the deal!..." Spectra said, aiming a finger gun at Danny and firing ghost ray after ghost ray at Danny making him swerve and dodge.
""Yup. Sounds like a date. And again, sounds like he was the one suffering the most..." Danny said.
"If you only knew..." Spectra muttered.
"What was that?..." Danny asked, as he blasted her hand.
"Let's just say no amount of money or power was worth it..." Spectra said, swinging hand to soothe the pain away.
"Too bad my opinion about you stays the same…"Danny retorted with a fist connecting to Spectra's face.
"Here, let me apply some make up…"He said, chuckling.
Spectra recovered and growled, her anger through the roof now.
"That's it! You're through, you little brat! I've had it with stupid men who get on my nerves!..."She yelled, looking ready to tear him apart.
Before she could, someone .
"Hey Spectra!..." Sam called out, getting her attention.
"WHAT?!..." Spectra snapped as she turned to see Sam wearing the Fenton peeler.
"Have a taste of this!..."She said, pulling the trigger and hitting Spectra straight on.
"AAAAHHHHHHAAAAHHHHAAAHHHH!..."Spectra screamed as she was being hit.
She could feel her power and more importantly her youth peeled away leaving her a shriveled old hag.
Once done, she saw that she was in her elderly TRUE form and started freaking out.
"AHHHH! NO! NOT AGAIN! I CAN'T BE OLD AGAIN!..."She screamed, horrified that she was powerless again.
And worst, she was OLD too!
Danny than trapped her in that thermos of his before she could escape, ending the fight.
"Next time you get a bad date, do what most people do complain to their friends!..." Danny said, before closing the lid of the thermos.
"Glad that's over..." Tucker said, wiping the remaining trash off his clothes.
"So are we..." Danny said.
"I'm just glad that I got this from the lab. A little bulky for my tastes, but it helps. I think I'll hold onto it for safe keeping…mainly my own…" Sam said, putting the Fenton peeler in her bag.
Danny and Tucker nodded before going back to the elephant in the room.
"Was she being for real? SHE went on a date?..." Tucker asked, finding it unbelievable.
"Apparently..." Danny said.
"Yikes..." Both Sam and Tucker said.
"I'd call this an eww but it sounds like it didn't go well. I'd hate to meet the poor sap who ended up being her date..." Danny said, unaware of the irony of the situation.
"Well... let's send her back while the going is good..." Sam said, gesturing to the direction Danny lived in.
As Team Phantom let to do whatever they were doing, Spectra was still trapped inside the thermos, cramped crammed and annoyed.
However, she couldn't help but notice something.
"This is still better than being on a date with Plasmius..."Spectra thought miserably, seeing one silver lining in all this.
She almost felt pity for whoever he would end up with next, but was relieved at least it wasn't her.
-To be continued-
Next time on The Many Mismatches of Vlad Masters
The Next Date is a GO!
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