44Prologue: Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!
It was a quiet evening in the skies of Amity Park…though I suppose only Danny Phantom would be able to notice! Yes, our young half-ghost hero was flying the skies keeping an eye out for any trouble. Usually, Danny would be trying to get a good night's sleep for school the next day. But after countless night's sleep being interrupt by 'ghost, geists, and everything else that bumped in the night' as his sister once described it,(1) Danny took an hour out his much needed sleep time to make absolutely sure nothing bad was going on the city! So far, nothing turned up on all the nights he stayed up an hour later, but better safe than sorry…
"Dude, nothing's going down! We should both get some shuteye!" whined Tucker Foley, one of Danny's friends and his go-to-guy for tech support through the headset Danny was currently wearing. Oh, probably should have mentioned him early…
"Just one more sweep Tuck and then off to beddy-bye for you." mocked Danny. When Danny had first proposed the idea to his friends, they instantly said he needed some in communication with him in case he needed back-up. And so Tucker was chosen…and by chosen, I mean losing the game of 'not it!'
"Alright but be careful! You're getting awfully close to GIW HQ and you do not wanna bring that trouble down on yourself again." exclaimed Tuck wearily. He was right of course: the GIW (or Guys in White) were a government sanctioned ghost hunting agency! More than that, they've been a major pain in Danny's side for a while now since they considered Danny Phantom 'public ghost enemy #1.' Unfortunately they were very short-sighted in their plans, as previous action will tell.(2)
"Relax, it looks like tonight's gonna be a quiet night." declared Danny…
BA-BOOM
…Before the sound of an explosion echoed through the night sky! "Looks like I spoke to soon." Muttered Danny into the headset before speeding off towards the explosion! It seemed like Danny's life now revolved around explosions and rushing towards them instead of away from them. Oh well, such is the life of a super-powered teen!
Arriving at the scene, which turned out to be the regional GIW headquarters in Amity Park, Danny got an eyeful of a battle! The Guys in White, armed with the latest ghost fighting tech (including powered armor and energy weapons), were being pinned down by assailants in black body armor and laser weapons, at the ruined but barricade entrance to their HQ. The distinct feature of the attacker (other than the predominantly black armor) was that they wore face concealing gas masks with red goggles and what looked like old German World War II helmets. Neither side seemed to have an advantage, as they both hid behind barricades only to occasionally pop-up and shoot at each other. Between them, a crisscross field of green ectobeam fire and red laser fire colored the battlefield.
"Hey, Tuck. Take a look at this." stated Danny as he activated the webcam on his headset. He didn't have to wait long for a response…
"WHOA! Who'd the Guys piss off this time?!" exclaimed Tucker from the safety of his room.
"Don't know. I gonna try to get a closer look…" stated Danny quietly as he went invisible as slowly went behind the black attackers' lines. With that, Danny activated the Spectral Scanner on his headset. It was one of the many ghost-fighting inventions his parents, Jack and Maddie Fenton, made in their war of ghosts. It was also one of the few not designed for direct combat! Basically it's a highly sensitive scanner, which was original designed to detect if a person was possessed, or 'overshadowed' as was the term, by a ghost…but it had other uses too…
"Definitely no signs of overshadowing, but the tech is definitely above normal. I don't think the military has this kind of tech!" exclaimed Tucker in amazement at the weapons tech the scanner was showing him.
"Well, it doesn't look like the Guys in White are in any danger. Not unless these dudes brought bigger guns with them." stated Danny, remarking on the battle. It was true the 'Men in Black' (that's the self-label Danny assigned to the assailants) might be on equal terms with the Guys in White weapon-wise, but the Men were in a bad position! They could not move any closer to the base without the Guys shooting them down. As Danny pondered their next move, he caught the faint sound of music over the sounds of the battlefield, specifically the sound of an old school blues guitar rift…(3)
"Boom, boom, boom, boom
I'm gonna shoot you right down
Right off your feet
Take you home with me
Put you in my house"
Slowly, the sound of helicopter rotors could be heard along with the music. The sound was definitely coming from behind Danny so he turned around and…
"Boom, boom, boom, boom
I love to see you strut
Up and down the floor
And when you talking to me that baby talk"
And out of the darkness of the night came an enormous black helicopter gunship!(4) There looked to be speakers included showing the source of the music. As it slowly maneuvered into position, the music became louder…
"I like it like that
Oh, when you talk like that
You knocks me out
Right off of my feet
Hoo, hoo, hoo, whoa, yeah"
The gunship positioned itself right over the position of the Men in Black, as if its coloring was not enough of a hint to its allegiance. The Guys in White, seeing the new potential threat, positioned to fire on the gunship. The copter just…sat there…as if waiting for a cue…
"Walk the walk baby
Talk that talk right now
And talk that talk right now, baby
Whoa, yeah"
That seemed to be the cue! Because the instant the last word was sung, the Gunship opened up on the Guys in White with its laser cannons! Of a heavier variety than the soldiers were using, the shots ripped right through any armor the Guys were using! Also any return fire the Guys managed to get off was blocked by an energy bubble surrounding the Gunship! It happened and ended so fast, Danny could do nothing but float invisibly…
"And talk that talk
And walk that walk
Walk the walk, baby
And talk that talk"
At the end of the barrage, any barricade the Guys in White had set up was liquefied! The bodies were shredded and the way was clear…until huge metal shutters come crashing down over the front of the building! The Men in Black fired their weapons fruitlessly, as they just pinged off the shutters. The Gunship fired its lasers with just as little effect…
"And you whisper in my ear
I can't take it like that
You knocks me out
And when you talk like that
I can't take it like that"
Then…the sound of rocket engines starting up could be heard. Danny looked up and saw that the Gunship was about to fire its missiles! Determined to stop it this time Danny dropped his invisibility and fired energy blasts at the Helicopter…only to be stopped by the energy shield and to come under fire from the soldiers forcing him to dodge…
"Oh, when you talk like that
You knocks me out
Right off of my feet
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hoo, hoo, hoo"
The missile is launched! Danny has only seconds to stop it from blowing open the front of the GIW HQ and killing countless others behind it! Rocketing off at more than 112 mph(5), Danny tried to move the missile away only… "AAAAGH!" screamed Danny as he let go of the missile, either electrified or equipped with a Spector Deflector, dropping hard to the ground only to watch as the missile hit its target…
"Walk the walk baby
Talk that talk right now baby
You can talk that talk, baby
Talk that talk, that baby talk
Can't take it like that
No baby"
KA-BOOM!
In an explosion, possibly ten times bigger than the one that drew Danny's attention previously, the GIW HQ was ripped open! Swiftly, the black-clad soldiers rushed through the new opening while the Gunship landed right next to Danny. Shaking his head from the shock and concussion, Danny immediately went invisible, hoping not to be captured by the new enemy. The cockpit open on the Gunship revealing the pilot to be…a woman!
The woman was dressed differently from the soldiers, a dress more fit at a ball than a battlefield! She even wore opera gloves that covered her both her arms completely! Leaping out of the cockpit and landing like a cat on the ground, the mysterious woman rose slowly and removed her helmet, letting her long black hair flow down her back like a waterfall. Her face was covered in a tattoo patterned after her skull, with black hiding her skin tone between the 'bone'. The most unnatural feature she show were her eyes…they were yellow and resembled a cat's eyes more than a human's!
"Report." ordered the woman, as if used to commanding people. She certainly was in control of this group, since one of the soldiers saluted her before answering:
"Resistance appears to minimal. They never expected an attack by conventional forces." replied the soldier in question.
"Excellent!" exclaimed the woman in a maniacal tone, "Make sure to leave no survivors, and torch the place ounces you have stripped it of everything valuable. That'll keep the 'Guys in White' out of our hair for at least two months!"
The soldier rushed off to carry out the orders before the woman turned around and said, "And as for you…"
Lunging forward before Danny could react, the woman grabbed Danny and pulled him up to eye-level! How could she even see him! Quickly Danny tried to go intangible and escape…only to by shocked in a manner similar to how he was by the missile! Feeling woozy, Danny turned visible, staring the face of the woman, who was smiling with a mouth of razor sharp teeth! "Hola, me llama LA BRUJA!" exclaimed the recently named La Bruja before she began laughing manically!
(Danny Phantom/SheZow intro music)
Danny Phantom and SheZow in:
MAD DANCING!
(She'll put a spell on you!)
Disclaimer: I do not own SheZow or Danny Phantom, though they were great shows! I only own the original concepts I came up with. Hopefully this prologue set you blood flowing! Please read and review, it lets me review my work!
1 That wasn't an actually quote from the show…though they should have used it!
2 Reference to the episode, "Livin' Large"
3 "Boom, Boom" by John Lee Hooker, the following scene inspired by Silva's assault in the finale of the movie "Skyfall"
4 To get an idea of what this helicopter looks like, it's a heavily modified Mil MI-24 (also known as a Hind)
5 First measured in the episode, "Maternal Instincts" but shown to have grown exponentially