Firebreather X Danny Phantom

Chapter 21

Wednesday, November 22nd.

Danny stood alone in a dark green oblivion, trying to figure out where he was. He looked around, nothing standing out at all. Until he found himself in a large shadow. He whipped around to discover a massive being towering over him. Blazing red eyes were the only thing he could make out on the beast. The dark entity snarled, shaking Danny to his core. Danny quickly shook it off and went ghost. He blasted it with his ghost rays, to no effect. It chuckled at his attempts.

"I bow to no one. But it will be all who bow to me, once I'm through with you!" It howled. With that, it backhanded Danny into the swirling green masses. Danny screamed as he went spiraling out of control, farther and deeper into the unknown.

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"Hey. Danny. Wake up." A familiar voice gently said.

Danny rubbed his eyes and sat up. "Kenny...?" Kenny stood over him with a worried look on his face.

"What happened to you? Why are you sleeping out here?" Kenny asked.

"Hang on- what are you doing here so early?"

"Me? I usually come into town first thing in the morning to get the bare necessities when the stores open and avoid the rush. With Thanksgiving tomorrow, I wanted to pick up a few extra things."

"Oh. I'm here because... actually, can we go somewhere private for this?"

"Sure. We can talk about it at my place. Help me run my errands first?"

Danny nodded and Kenny helped him up. Together, they hurried to the supermarket and bought breakfast, then to another store for Thanksgiving food. Danny found it odd that Kenny considered a pot roast to outweigh a ham or turkey, but he wasn't about to say anything. Time flew by between leaving the stores and reaching Kenny's trailer.

"So... want to talk about it now?" Kenny inquired while putting stuff in the fridge.

"For starters, I've been kicked out of my foster family." Danny sighed as he sat down on a chair. "Second, I busted out of M.E.G.T.A.F. yesterday. On the run with no place to go. Kenny, I don't know what I'm doing anymore."

"That explains a lot. But don't worry about it. You can chill here as long as you need to. Heck, this is just like when Duncan came back after his meeting with his dad. Though I don't think we'll be getting any phone calls this time..."

Cue the phone ringing. Kenny hurried over to pick it up.

"Hello, this is Kenny." He paused. "Hi Mrs. Rosenblatt... No, I didn't have much planned for Thanksgiving." He looked at Danny for a second. "I'd be happy to come over for dinner tomorrow. Would it be okay if I brought someone with me? Thank you very much, ma'am. Good-bye."

The phone clacked back onto the dial.

"Why didn't you just say it was me?" Danny asked, raising his eyebrow.

"You said it yourself. If M.E.G.T.A.F. is after you, then they could be monitoring phone calls. Better safe than sorry, right?" Kenny explained.

"Didn't think of that. I owe you for everything."

"Don't mention it. Besides, you already have, in a way. Troy hasn't been bullying everyone as often since he doesn't know if or how they'll retaliate."

"Really?" Danny said, surprised.

"Yeah really. I guess we've started a small rebellion against Troy. It's been mostly you and Duncan, but you've gotten others doing the same. And for that, thank you."