Firebreather X Danny Phantom

Chapter 16

            Wednesday, November 16th.

It was that morning, when he was getting ready for school, that Danny realized he had no place to hide the scale between now and the presentation. Well, I goofed up this time. With time dwindling, Danny opted to just shove it in his backpack and hope for the best. It took all he had to cover it up and close the zippers without ripping the bag itself.

"Danny, are you ready to go?" Allie asked from the other side of his door.

"Yeah! Be right out." Danny replied and swung the bag over his back. He rushed out of his room and across the house to the front door, where Allie intercepted him.

"I don't know why you have such a problem with leaving on time," She sighed, "But please be careful and eat this on your way." Allie held out a shiny, red apple.

"Thanks, I will. See you later!" Danny said as he grabbed the apple and left. Halfway down the block he looked at his watch. Ten minutes to the bell. Danny kicked himself into high gear and practically flew along the sidewalk, stopping only for red lights. While he was stopped, he would take a bite of the apple, just to keep himself busy while waiting.

At long last, the school appeared into view, which equaled another glance at a watch. Five minutes. I'm gonna make it! As he got closer, he realized that emergency vehicles and police cars had taped up the front of the building, with all the students standing in close-knit circles outside. Danny's mouth gaped at the sight of the school itself: more than half of it had been reduced to rubble.

"Danny! There you are!" Jenna yelled to him, her hand waving in the air. She was standing with the rest of the group.

"What happened?" Danny asked as soon as he got over.

"Kaiju. Apparently, this happened earlier this morning when no one was here. Which I can appreciate." Duncan answered. "But that leaves the question: why?"

I bet I know the reason. Danny cursed himself. "Has anyone seen Troy?"

"Don't know. But I don't care to find out either." Isabel replied.

"That's a bit harsh, don't you think?" Kenny scolded.

"Harsh? With everything they've ever done to us, why should I care to know where they are?"

"She has a point." Jenna agreed.

Danny slipped away from his friends to start looking for Troy. He soon found them hidden near the portables, which had escaped the destruction.

"Hey nerd. What do you want?" Troy greeted.

"I want you to hold up your end of the deal." Danny grinned and pulled the scale from his backpack, shining it in all of their faces. "One genuine Kaiju scale, straight from the hide."