I know everyone's done the 'Danny saves his school from a hostage situation' thing but I wanted to do my version, which wasn't just Danny figuring it out on his own and not having any help at all. Also, any and all squiggles in this and all one-shots are claimed for Luci's army. This is non-negotiable.
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It was a normal day in Amity Park. Or as normal as it can be when you have a teenage half-ghost flying around beating other ghosts up. Everyone else, of course, didn't know about the half-ghost part. While Danny had revealed himself, he only did so to his parents and Valerie. To everyone else, it was still a secret. While Valerie was a little mad about him not telling her, she understood that it was only to protect them both. Now they teamed up sometimes if someone like Skulker or Technus showed up. This happened to be one of those times.
"I, TECHNUS, MASTER O-"
"Yes, we get it, master of long-winded introductions. You're starting to get almost annoying as the box ghost, and that's kinda sad, considering how many times a day I have to hear him say beware." Danny interrupted him, annoying the technology ghost by stopping him from introducing himself.
"YOU DARE TO CALL ME ANNOYING. FINE THEN, LET'S SEE JUST HOW ANNOYING I CAN BE!"
At this point Valerie shows up, her suit having signaled her to about an unfriendly ghost in the area. She had accepted that not all ghosts were bad, so she told it to stop picking up on ghosts like Danny and Pandora.
"HEY UGLY!" Valerie shouts, startling the ghost. She then blasts it with a gun from her suit, sending it tumbling back down the empty street.
Before he can get up again, Danny sucks him up with the Fenton Thermos, trapping him inside.
"Thanks, Val. I think we beat our record for catching him. Only took a couple minutes this time."
This, of course, is when the late bell for fourth period rang. They were now in their Junior year at Casper High and happened to be in the same fourth period class.
"Crap, we're late!" Danny yelled. He had enough detentions from Lancer. He didn't need more from Mr. Smith. It would look suspicious if they walked in late together though. Sam and Tucker would know what happened, but the others would jump to conclusions.
Danny let Valerie go five minutes ahead of him. He already had a reputation for being late, but Valerie had a surprisingly good attendance record for a ghost hunter.
By the time he walked in, the lesson had started, and it turned out there was a substitute. She didn't usually sub for Casper, and therefore didn't know how to give detention, so he was okay for now. Next time he probably wouldn't be so lucky.
Sam and Tucker raised their eyebrows at him, obviously knowing it must have been a ghost, so he just mouthed 'Technus' to them and laid his head down to sleep. The Box Ghost had bugged him all night, and he was exhausted.
He woke up to the door bursting open. He expected his ghost sense to go off. It wasn't often there was a crime in Amity that wasn't directly correlated with a ghost. But it didn't, and he saw that the person that walked in was a human wearing a ski mask. He started waving a gun at the students and yelled at them to leave the classroom and walk toward the cafeteria, confiscating their phones on the way out.
Once they exited the classroom, they saw similar scenes happening up and down the hallway. Guys with guns corralled other students down the hall to the cafeteria, and soon the whole school was there. A guy who had a larger gun than the rest started to speak.
"You guys are being held for ransom. You might be here for a long time, so get comfortable. Don't try to run because I am not afraid to use this." He gestured to his gun, then started talking to his friends in the corner.
Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Valerie gathered in another corner, Danny immediately slinging an arm around his girlfriend's waist. "We have to find a way to get out of here." he said, looking around to make sure there was no one within hearing distance.
"I have an idea." This, of course, was Sam, because who else in their group can come up with decent ideas. Maybe Valerie, but Sam was still more practiced at it, having been hunting ghosts longer. "You and Valerie ask to go to the bathroom, and when one of them walks you out of the cafeteria, ambush him and steal his gun. Don't worry, you don't have to use it, I know you're both more comfortable with ecto-weapons, but we don't want him to have it either. Then steal his phone and call the cops. We don't want to expose your secrets if we don't have to, so avoid transforming or activating your suit."
The other three were impressed with this plan, but not surprised. It was Sam. She was the best strategist out of the four of them.
"Okay. Sounds like it'll work." Valerie said. "Come on Danny, the faster we do this, the less likely someone is to get hurt."
Danny nodded, agreeing. They both walked towards the group of armed men. They were a little nervous, but as they saw it, if they can face dangerous ghosts every day and be fine, a normal human with a gun should be a piece of cake.
"Hey, we were just wondering if we could maybe go to the bathroom?" Valerie asked. The men all looked at each other before one nodded and gestured towards the door, walking out of the cafeteria behind them.
The pair let the man walk them a little way down the hallway before they spun into action. Valerie quickly turned around and punched him in the stomach while Danny forced the gun from his hands and pointed it at his head.
"We don't wanna hurt anybody, we just need to use your phone." Danny said calmly.
The man handed over his phone quickly, surprised the two teens had beaten him so easily. Danny then handed the gun to Valerie, who kept it trained on the man, and called the cops, explaining what was going on and even giving a few tips to get into the building unnoticed. Then he hung up the phone and turned to Valerie.
"We should get to a storage closet or something. We don't want someone to see this if they come to check on us." Danny suggested to Valerie. She agreed and they made their way to a janitor's closet near Mr. Lancer's classroom that Danny often used when coming back from a ghost fight. He had a compartment in the wall stocked with food water, and medical supplies in case he got injured or hadn't made it to lunch.
When they got into the closet Danny opened the compartment and handed Valerie a water bottle. "Thirsty?" he asked her.
"Yeah, sure. Why is that in there though?" she asked before taking a sip of the water he handed her, still keeping the gun trained on the man.
"Supplies, just in case. I want to be prepared for anything. There's enough here for all four of us for two days if we spread it out enough."
"Well, that's... very unlike you, actually. Was it Sam's idea?" she asked, but Danny cut her off with a shush. He held up his hand as a motion to be quiet and strained his hearing.
"The police are here. We may want to bring this guy to them now. We don't want to have to deal with him any longer than we have to." Danny said quietly, still listening closely.
He and Valerie left the closet and towards the area Danny heard the police coming from. It didn't take long to find them, and he and Valerie waited outside the school for the authorities to get everyone else out. Once they were, Danny and his friends went to his house and played video games for the rest of the afternoon.
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Well, there it is. Hope you like it. Longer than I expected it to be. This is my first time writing fanfiction, so please give me feedback. No hate though, no one needs that on their story. If you don't like it, don't read it. Bye!!!
~clarinetily
