141Oh. My. Gods. It's finally Finally FINALLY done. I don't think I've updated this since June at the latest. Anyway, I could make a bunch of excuses, but the truth is that I just didn't do it. I truly am sorry. So, here it is, dedicated to all of those fabulous people who reviewed, whom I have noted at the bottom of the chapter.
I don't own Danny Phantom or X men Evolution. If I did, Danny would have Seasons 4-100 and I wouldn't be writing fanfiction on here. Duh.
Chapter Three
Danny flew, pushing himself faster until he reached his house. He quickly phased through the wall of his bedroom and changed back to human. grabbing the package beside his bed, the boy tore down the stairs and skidded to a halt in the living room, where his best friends Tucker and Sam , his parents, his sister Jazz and a few of her friends were sitting. Jazz had a half-open present on her lap, but she, Sam, and Tucker gave him knowing looks while everyone else gaped at him.
"Sorry," he gasped, sitting in between Tucker and Sam. "I forgot to wrap it." Everyone turned back to Jazz except his best friends. "I'll tell you after the party," he muttered just loud enough for the two of them to hear. he focused on his sister as she finished unwrapping a hairband exactly identical to the one she had on.
"I love it!" Jazz squealed, hugging a friend Danny didn't know. "Thanks Em! This is perfect!"
"Open ours next, Jazzy pants!" Jack Fenton exclaimed excitedly, handing his daughter a bulky-looking object wrapped in what looked like last month's edition of Ghost Hunter's Digest.
Jazz took the package gingerly, and, when it didn't explode or start glowing, peeled back the makeshift wrapping paper, revealing a very strange-looking object about the size of a small toaster.
"Gee, thanks Mom and Dad!" she said brightly, her face changing slowly to confusion as she looked the object over. "Umm... What is it?"
"It's a Ghost Alarm System, or a G.A.S.," her mother explained happily. "Whenever a ghost comes within fifteen feet of you, it will automatically alert us, and we can come rescue you! It was your father's idea." Maddie Fenton said proudly, patting her husband on his arm, who beamed at her.
"I love it!" Jazz declared, obviously unwilling to hurt her parents' feelings by asking how she was supposed to carry it around with her. "It's exactly what I wanted!"
"Let me show you how it works!" her mother exclaimed, and before Jazz or Danny could protest, she pressed a green button on the side. The various light bulbs on the device immediately lit the room up with a sickly green light that the Fentons and the members of Team Phantom recognized immediately as ectoplasm. The needle on the device turned to point directly at Danny, before the entire contraption began to shake, emitting a faint chirping sound. The ectoplasmic light bulbs started to grow dazzlingly bright, as the shaking grew more and more violent.
"Hit the deck!" Danny and Jazz yelled simultaneously, and everyone dove to the floor as the device exploded in a flash of blinding light and a billow of dense green smoke. When the smoke cleared, everyone sat up to find themselves covered in ectoplasmic goop. Jack Fenton's face fell.
"Darn," he said glumly. "I thought we'd fixed that." Maddie patted her husband's shoulder comfortingly.
"There, there, Jack. Everyone's alright, and we can always try again. Besides, I've still got cookies!" She pulled out a tray of warm cookies, and everyone took one, except Jack, who took five, cramming them into his mouth blissfully. Danny quickly wiped the residual goop off of his present and handed it over to Jazz.
"This one's from Sam, Tucker, and me," he told her. "We all chipped in to get it for you." He watched as Jazz carefully opened the present. She squealed excitedly when she saw what it was.
"A Teen's Phychiatric Guide To Dealing with Her Strange And Baffling Family, by Dr. I. M. Ajeanyus! Thank you thank you thank you, you guys!" She engulfed the three of them in one gigantic bone-breaking group hug. Sam winced.
As soon as they saw their chance, Danny, Sam and Tucker snuck upstairs to Danny's bedroom. The two boys sat on the bed, while Sam took the chair.
"Sorry we took off, man," Tucker apologized, "but we didn't want to be late, and it looked like you had things pretty much wrapped up." Danny shrugged.
"It's okay. That's not what I wanted to talk to you about anyway. Those people I was talking to afterwards- They want to meet me again tonight."
"Danny, I don't know if that's such a good idea," Sam said. "What if it's a trap?"
"Don't worry," Danny assured her. He pulled a few ghost-weapons out from under his bed and handed one to each of his friends. "You guys are going to be my backup. I want to find out what they wanted." He chuckled. "And what the deal is with that girl's name. I mean, Rogue?" Tucker smirked.
"That's a little rich coming from someone who calls himself 'Danny Phantom'."
"He's got a point," Sam agreed. Danny rolled his meet me at the park at quarter to seven, okay?
"So, Why are we here again?" Tucker asked Sam as they crouched behind a large bush at the edge of the park.
"Because Danny needs backup and we're his best friends," she whispered back, tightening her grip on the Fenton fisher.
"Uh- We're his only friends," he pointed out. Sam glared at him. "Just sayin'."
"Alright," the goth girl said, checking her watch. "Danny should be here any minute now." As if on cue, Danny Phantom flew into the clearing. He crossed his arms and waited.
"Be ready," he warned his friends hiding in the bush behind him. "They'll be here soon." Tucker and Sam nodded in unison, forgetting that Danny couldn't see them. About a minute and a half later, a girl with short-ish brown hair with two white locks at the front walked into the clearing. Sam looked her over, mentally approving of the other girl's choice of attire.
Following her were other people Danny had never seen before. There was a bald man in a wheelchair, that 'Logan' guy, a boy with brown hair and a strange visor-like device over his eyes, a girl with long red hair, another girl with brown hair pulled into a ponytail, an African-American woman with long white hair, and a few stranger-looking people as well. There was a boy with bright blue fur and a long, flexible tail, a man with blue-gray fur who seemed to be walking on the knuckles of his hands, and an African-American boy who had spikes sticking out of his body. All of them except Rogue and the man in the wheelchair wore brightly coloured costumes. Rogue stepped forward.
"Danny, this is Professor X. He's the one who brought us here- to search for you." She nodded at the bald man, who rolled his chair forwards to shake Danny's hand.
"It's good to meet you, Mr... Phantom."
"Oh yeah?" Danny raised an eyebrow. "Well, I can't say it's been a huge thrill meeting you guys. I mean, that guys tried to waste me!" he pointed at Logan.
"I'm sorry about that," Professor Xavier said kindly. "Unfortunately Logan does have a bit of a tendency to jump to conclusions." Logan grumbled and shifted his weight. "We came here because we wanted to talk to you. We saw a news bulletin about you, and wanted to know if we could get a chance to talk." Danny shrugged.
"Talking's fine by me. Most people I meet tend to have a 'shoot first ask questions never' mentality.
"Really?" Professor Xavier raised an eyebrow. "Ten you might be interested in what we have to say. My name is Charles Xavier, and I run The Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, which is a school for people with special or unusual powers- Like yours. Logan, Ororo, and Hank are teachers there, while Scott, Jean, Rogue, Kitty, Kurt, and Evan are students." As Xavier said each person's name, they smiled at him and said hello.
"Uh- hi. I'm Danny, Danny Phantom. These are my best friends, Sam Manson and Tucker Foley." Sam rolled her eyes as she and Tucker emerged from the bushes to stand behind Danny.
"Wow, Danny. Way to blow our cover."
"Yeah, dude," Tucker agreed. "You really don't get the whole 'secret' thing, do you?" Danny shrugged.
"They already knew you were here." Everyone except Professor Xavier looked surprised. "I could hear you talking about us before you entered the clearing," he explained. "What was that you were saying about your school?"
"At the Institute, we learn to control our powers and use them to help people. We go to regular school at Bayville high, too," Jean explained. "It's really great- we have students from all over the world, not just the US. " Danny made a face.
"It sounds awesome, but I can't leave the town undefended, and I haven't told my parents about my- powers yet." Sam put her hand on his shoulder. "We wouldn't be undefended. We have your parents and Val, and me and Tucker. Besides, if there's a major problem you could always fly over, right? I mean, it's not like you'd be on some other planet." Danny smiled at her. "Thanks, Sam. But what about my parents?" Xavier cleared his throat.
"If I can talk to your parents, maybe we can figure something out. If you dan't want to tell them, we won't make you."
"Great," Danny agreed, relieved. "You can't miss my house-it's the one with the big 'Fenton Works' sign. Anyone in town can give you directions. Just ask for Danny Fenton." With that, he grabbed Sam and Tucker under their arms and flew off with them into the night.
Kitty looked confused.
"Danny Fenton? I thought his name was, like, Danny Phantom!"
That's it. I will try and get the next chapter up sooner than I did this one, I swear. I promised special mentions, so:
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random: I like the mind-reading thing, but I think I should let them know about the dual identities- He'll have to sleep there.
fan: I'm not really sure about adding Dan, but I'll keep it in mind- It's a good idea.
dannyfluff:I'll take that into consideration, but it does get used in the show about 80% of the time. I will try to watch the chilldish thing.
Trinity Fenton-Phantom: I don't know- I think I'll keep it pretty cannon for now.
Not Yet Knowing: It gets more important later on...
Pietro-4-eva: Possibly- they might think he's fresh meat, but he doesn't have to hide his powers from them like he does from Dash...
Spartan Commander: I'll do my best, but I don't want him too paranoid, or I could get stuck in Amity Park for three or four chapters. I want to get to Bayville and the Institute already.
EVERYONE ELSE: PM me if I missed you- It was completely unintentional!
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