Attack of the Killer Garage Sale

(Jared's POV)

Fenton Works' kitchen…

Jazz is tutoring Dash at the kitchen table. Dash is staring dreamily at her.

"Okay, in algebraic terms, 'A' squared plus 'B' squared equals 'C' squared, where 'C' is the hypotenuse while 'A' and 'B' are the sides of the triangle." Jazz said, while demonstrating on the paper and looked up at Dash. "Got it?"

"Ahh…" Dash said, sighing.

"Dash, you have to Focus! I'm doing a Thesis on tutoring the un-tutorable, and you're disproving my thesis that nobody's un-tutorable!"

"You know, you're beautiful when you use the word…" Dash said, scratching his head, before going back to staring at Jazz. "untu--untu--un...uh...whatever that word is."

Danny walks in from the basement stairs with me, drinking from a glass. His eyes are closed.

"Hey, Jazz." Danny said, opening his eyes and frowns. "Dash! W-what are you doing here?"

Danny leans against his drink on the table. His arm turns invisible and falls through the table, causing Dash's homework to fly everywhere, including landing a book on Dash's head.

"Watch it, Fentonowski!" Dash said, angrily.

"Uh, sorry. We were just, uh, passing through." Danny said, backing up back to the stairs with me.

"Yup." I said, leaving with Danny and closed the door. "Come on, Danny."

"Now that those twinkies are out of the way…" Dash said, taking the book off his head and reached into his jacket to pull out an invitation. "…you're coming to my party Saturday, right? It'll be a chance for you to see me in my rightful setting…" He hands Jazz the invite. "…king of Casper High."

"And a great place to work on my thesis on the effects of being mean to my brother and then asking me out." Jazz said, looking at the invite. "Hmm. I'll go, on one condition."

Fenton Works' lab…

Danny and I walked into the lab to see Jack is holding the Ghost Weasel.

"Hey, Danny, Jared! Check out my latest innovation in ghost-grabbing technology, the Ghost Weasel! It collects ambient ghost energy and shoots it into the Ghost Zone." Jack said, cutting off Danny's walking and my walking.

"It looks like a vacuum cleaner. Does it work?" I asked, eating some jelly babies.

"Why wouldn't it? Only one way to find out." Jack said, turning the Ghost Weasel on and it starts sucking in loose papers. It then sucks in the Fenton Thermos, which gets stuck in its opening, with Jack struggling to remove the Thermos. "Darn it! Better get the Fenton Unlodger."

Jack places Ghost Weasel on ground and hands Danny it's nozzle, before running away.

"Dad, couldn't you just throw it into…" Danny said, pressing the 'REVERSE' button on the Ghost Weasel, which shoots out the thermos. The thermos hits the 'ON' button of the Ghost Portal, whose doors open up. "Reverse?!"

Technus comes out of the portal, laughing maniacally, "Children! You have freed me, Technus, ghost master of science and electrical technology!"

"Oh no you don't!" Danny said, jumping into the air and going ghost. "You're not going to use the technology in this lab to take over the world!"

"And you're not using your ghost powers to do so!" I said, jumping into the air and going ghost. "The Daleks and the Cybermen tried and they failed."

"What?" Technus asked, looking around the lab. "That's a great idea! Have either of you ever considered tutoring?"

Danny charges at Technus, who materializes a lightning rod in his hands and shocks Danny with it, sending him spiraling backwards.

"You know what? I've already been dumped on once in my own house." Danny said, picking up the Ghost Weasel nozzle. "And that's enough for one day!"

Danny turns the Ghost Weasel on and sucks Technus in with a bunch of papers.

"This is going to take ages to clean up." I said, when the Weasel then sucks in some lab equipment, which causes its containment chamber to burst, sending green goo all over the lab. "And I do mean ages."

"Yeah." Danny said, floating with a worried look while holding the broken nozzle.

"Danny, Jared, I'm coming back, and I can't wait to see the lab looking exactly as I left it." Jack said, nearby.

Danny and I panic and phase out through the ceiling. Jack comes in and looks around critically.

"Yep. Perfect." Jack said, smiling.

Nasty Burger…

"So, Saturday night plans." Sam said, happily.

Danny, Sam, Tucker, and I are sitting at a booth. Danny is staring off, not paying attention to the conversation.

"I say we hit the amusement park. I hear the new roller coaster has a free fall that'll take three years off your life expectancy." Sam said, smiling.

"The one at the pier. That reminds me so much of Atlantic City. I wouldn't mind going there." I said, eating my bacon cheeseburger. "Ooo. I hope they have some Dippin' Dots and an arcade."

"They might."

"No way. It costs forty bucks just to get in there, not to mention food and stuff." Tucker said, looking between Sam and I.

"Hey, if you're tapped out, I could lend you the cash." Sam said.

'Lend' means…" Tucker said, making air quotes. "…'repay', and 'repay' is out of my reach. Right, Danny?" He notices Danny isn't listening. "Danny? Hello?!"

Sam, Tucker, and I look to see what Danny is staring at, which is Dash handing out party invitations to his friends, who cheer. Dash then hands an invite to Paulina and winks at her.

"Great. It's the hottest party of the whole school year, and Paulina's going, and I'm not, again." Danny said, annoyed.

"I don't understand what you see in her." Sam said, sadly.

"Are you kidding? She's only, like, perfectly flawless."

Paulina tells her order to the cashier, "Okay, uh, let me get the Mighty Meaty Cheesy Melt. Um, how meaty is that?"

"That would be 'Mighty' meaty." The cashier said.

"Well, can I get it a 'Might'-less meaty?" Paulina asked.

"That's one Mighty Mini Meaty Cheesy Melt." The cashier said, typing into the cash register.

Paulina smiles.

I looked back at Danny, Tucker, and Sam, sipping on my Coke.

"You're right. She's a goddess." Sam said, sarcastically.

"Why don't we get invited to the really cool parties? We've got style, charm, good looks. At least I do, anyway." Tucker said.

"Dream on. On the social circuit, we're as invisible as Danny and Jared in their ghost mode. Not that it'll matter five years from now, but we have each other, right?" Sam asked.

"Here! Your sister made me invite you." Dash said, slapping an invitation in Danny's face.

Sam and Tucker smile hopefully at Dash.

"Just you! Show up, shut it, go home, and nobody gets hurt." Dash siad, pointing at Danny before leaving.

Danny smiles at the invitation.

A random girl walks by and waves at Danny, "Hey, Danny!"

"What's up, Fenton?" Kwan asked, walking up to the table and raising his arms, before leaving. "Party!"

"See you Saturday, Danny." Paulina said, walking by and waving at Danny.

"I'm...I'm invited!" Danny said, hugging his invitation. "I've arrived!"

"Swell. Send us a postcard from Popularity-ville." Sam said, frowning.

"I will!" Danny said, running out of the Nasty Burger.

"Well, I'm going to it." I said, taking out the Doctor's psychic paper out of my pocket and showing it to Sam.

"Cheater." Sam said, looking at the invitation psychic paper. "So, you're sneaking into the party."

"Yup."

Exterior of Casper High…

Tucker, Danny, Sam, and I are walking towards the school.

"Seriously, Danny. Ever since you got that invitation, you're all about the 'In' crowd, and it's enough to make Jared want to sneak in with the psychic paper." Tucker said, looking at Danny.

"Come on, Tuck." Danny said, chuckling. "That's ridiculous." He stops and pumps fist in air. "Kwan! Looking good!"

I looked over at Kwan, who is talking to Valerie.

"Fentonmeister!" Kwan yelled, turning and pointing to Danny, before raising his arms. "Woo hoo!"

"He's right, Danny. It's like…" Sam said.

"Hey, Fenton!" Dash said, holding a magazine and standing with Dale and another jock. "Come here!"

Danny races over to Dash.

"…we're not even here." Sam said, sadly.

"If you're coming to my party, you have to look the part." Dash said, handing Danny a magazine. It has high-end clothes on the cover. "This is what we're all wearing Saturday. Very high-end, very hip, very Dash. You do have one, right?"

"Huh? Uh, yeah! Oh, sure. I-I have two. That's how hip and high-end I am." Danny said, happily.

"Well, wear one. I might have had to invite you, but if you embarrass me, your sister's going to be doing her thesis on your bruises!" Dash said, walking off with his friends.

Sam, Tucker, and I walk up to Danny.

"Oh, man." Danny said, looking at the magazine. "This must cost a fortune! Where am I going to get the money by Saturday?"

"You know, I almost hate to offer…" Sam said, frowning.

"Same. I am on the UNIT payroll." I said, letting out a sigh. "I also have a bank account that has been gathering interest since 1908."

"Hey, Danny!" Paulina said, waving a music album around while sitting on a blanket with a stereo. "You wanna hear my new CD? It's really crunk!"

"Is crunk good?" Danny asked, looking between Tucker and I.

"It's Paulina." Tucker said.

"It's good, Danny. It means she's hyped about it." I said, squeezing Sam's hand.

"Crunk's good!" Danny said, looking over at Paulina. "Be right there!"

Danny goes over and sits next to Paulina.

"Okay, this is getting really annoying." Sam said, annoyed.

"Yup…" I said, letting out a sigh.

Fenton Works' kitchen…

Maddie and Jack are working with a cooking gadget while Jazz reads a book and I am playing on my Nintendo Switch. The gadget begins to bounce around and make growling noises.

"Mom, what are you making?" Jazz asked.

"Hot dogs!" Maddie said, excitedly.

"We invented a way to cook them ten times faster than a microwave." Jack said.

The gadget dings and Maddie opens its lid. The hot dogs, which have faces, rise up and begin growling and barking. Maddie shuts the lid on them.

"Great. You've figured out how to put the 'Frank' back in 'Frankenstein'." Jazz said, rolling her eyes.

Danny walks in, "Hey, Dad, can you spare me some cash? I-I need to buy some clothes for Saturday."

I turned off my Nintendo Switch and placed it inside my sling bag.

"Danny, Danny, Danny. You know, as inventors, your mother and I have plenty of money." Jack said.

"But as parents, we understand that you should understand the value of money." Maddie said, rubbing her fingers together. "You want money, you gotta earn it."

"You mean, get a job?" Danny asked.

"That, or sell something. Like your old comic books or some other junk you don't need." Jack said.

"Uh, speaking of which…" Maddie said, pointing to boxes of goo-covered machine parts. "…that junk from the Ghost Weasel explosion needs to go in the shed, if there's room. That old barn hasn't been cleaned out in years."

"This is not junk!" Jack said, hugging one of the boxes. "Every single item in this box is of vital importance to me."

"Hey. Do you know what this is?" I asked, grabbing a part from the box. "Is it part of the machine you made?"

"Not a clue." Jack said, inspecting the box. "But I know it's important…" He hands the box to Danny. "…so it's off to the shed."

Fentons' shed…

Jack opens the door and turns on the light. Jack, Danny, and I are each carrying a box of parts. Danny places his on another box, and Jack drops his to the ground. I placed my box on top of Jack's.

"You know, maybe I should get rid of this junk." Jack said, dusting off his hands. "Ah well, that's a job for another day."

Jack leaves the shed. Danny and I follow, but pauses at the light switch.

"Saturday's another day." Danny said, turning off the light.

"It is." I said, closing the door.

The parts in the boxes begin to glow green from the goo.

Amity Park…

Danny is modeling one of the parts to Mr. Lancer as part of a sidewalk garage sale.

"It's a perfectly good vacuum motor, Mr. Lancer. Only used once!" Danny said, while Mr. Lancer takes the motor. "Ten bucks."

"Looks to be in fine shape. This should fix my Hair Hornet very nicely." Lancer said, handing some money to Danny.

Tucker is lounging in a chair behind him.

"Hair Hornet? The crazy vacuum cleaner-slash-hair clipper…" Tucker said, miming scissoring motion with fingers. "…they sell on TV? Don't you need hair for that?"

"Good one, Mr. Foley." Lancer said, looking up at his bald head. "I'll remember that on Monday, when I'm grading tests."

Mr. Lancer walks away.

Sam walks up and hands Danny some money.

"Just sold a toaster. You know, I'm surprised your dad's letting you sell off all his stuff." Sam said, holding up a remote. "He's such a pack rat."

"Yeah, well, he's been planning on getting rid of this junk for a long time. He won't even miss it, I hope." Danny said.

"I'm pleased with the turnout today. We're doing a really brisk business." Tucker said, opening up a sun reflector to tan with.

"I'm still twenty bucks short of what I need for those sweats." Danny said, counting a stack of money, before putting it in his pocket.

"You're still welcome…" Sam said, while Tucker stood up next to her. "…to hang with us tonight. Mega-movie marathon at my place."

"I'm in." I said, drinking some Mountain Dew. "That sounds like fun."

"Your place? Wow. You never invited us to your place before." Danny said, at a loss for words.

"That's because we're usually fighting ghosts with you and Jared. I figured it's time…" Sam said, sadly.

Dash is standing at a nearby table.

"Hey, Fentina!" Dash yelled.

Danny walks over to Dash.

"…for you to totally ignore me for about the billionth time this week." Sam said, letting out a sigh.

"Jazz has given me so much extra schoolwork that my computer's overloaded. Got anything to make it work?" Dash asked.

"Oh, sure do." Danny said, picking up a computer part and software. "This motherboard and this Portals XL operating system will make it work like it's brand new!" He hands Dash the software. "Twenty bucks takes it all, and I'll even…" Danny picks up the upgrade disk. "…throw in this upgrade disk."

"Done. See you tonight. And just because I can't believe I'm saying it…" Dash said, poking Danny in the chest. "…I will say it again. See you tonight."

Dash takes the upgrade disk from Danny and walks away, throwing money over his shoulder, which Danny catches.

"Twenty bucks!" Danny said, raising his hands in the air. "I'm in! Oh, jeez. I better get to the mall before the shops close." He goes back over to Sam, Tucker, and I. "You guys don't mind cleaning up for me, do you? Great! See ya!"

"See ya. Have fun, Danny!" I said, when Danny runs off. "Enjoy the party!"

"I will!"

"So now we're his clean-up crew, too?" Sam asked, crossing her arms.

Sam looks over to where Tucker and I were standing, but we're running off as well, waving back to her.

"See you later, Sam!" I said, still waving at Sam.

"See you tonight!" Tucker said, excitedly.

Outside Sam's house…

Later that night, Tucker walks up to Sam's house with me. I ring the doorbell, and Sam opens the door while talking on her phone.

Sam's house…

Tucker and I walked inside.

"Right." Sam said, over the phone. "That's three medium, one pepperoni, one sausage, and one veggie. Put it on my tab." She hangs up and closes the door before looking at Tucker and I. "Hey, Tucker, Jared."

"I hope they hustle. I'm starved." Tucker said, happily.

"Same. I'm hungry. After the Nasty Burger. I need some dinner." I said, smiling.

The doorbell rings immediately and Sam opens the door to reveal a delivery boy, Nate, carrying two pizzas.

"Here's your pizza, Sam." Nate said, holding the pizzas.

"Thanks, Nate." Sam said, taking the pizzas and handing Nate some money.

"Ten bucks? Thanks, Sam!" Nate said, walking away, and Sam closes the door behind him.

"You tipped the guy a ten-spot?" Tucker asked.

"A ten dollar tip for a delivery? Aren't they usually two to four dollars?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"Whoops. Sorry. I thought it was a one." Sam said, walking past Tucker and I. "Come on. We're watching movies downstairs."

"I knew I shouldn't have sold the Rattigan Academy away." I said, letting out a sigh. "It was a huge mansion. And I sold it."

Tucker and I reached the bottom of the stairs, where we are left in awe of Sam's home theater.

"Jared, you sold a mansion." Tucker said, looking over at me. "Why?"

The home theater includes a giant movie screen, two lounge seats, a popcorn machine, and a soda fountain.

"I started traveling with the Doctor again full time. It felt like a great idea back then." I said, sadly.

"This is your downstairs?!" Tucker exclaimed.

"What? Too much?" Sam asked, setting the pizzas down on the snack bar.

"Uh-huh." Tucker said, nodding and walking forward with me.

"I know, I should have told you two and Danny this a long time ago, but my family's kind of...filthy rich. It's like how Asuna Yuuki's family, Tomoyo Daidouji's family, and Tsubasa Kazanari's family are filthy rich. Weird, huh?" Sam asked.

"Richer than me?" I asked, looking down at the floor.

"Well, yeah. You're the President of the World on an on call basis, Jared. You're on the payroll of UNIT and have a Torchwood bank account that's been gathering interest since 1908. But I still am richer than you."

"Whoa! Time-out! You're loaded?" Tucker asked, dropping his backpack in surprise.

"My great-granddad Izzy was an inventor. He invented that machine…" Sam said, twirling her finger in the air. "…that twirls cellophane around deli toothpicks."

"You're the deli toothpick cellophane-twirling heiress? No way!" Tucker said, sitting in one of the seats.

"Look, if this is too much for the two of you, we can do something else." Sam said, opening one of the pizzas.

"Nope. I haven't done this in forever with Sakura and Tomoyo. We're doing this!" I said, sitting in one of the seats.

"Are you kidding?! I'm with Jared! We're doing this, Sam!" Tucker said, looking over at Sam.

(Open POV)

Lancer's bathroom…

Mr. Lancer is standing in his bathroom in front of the mirror.

"I can't think of a better way to spend…" Mr Lancer said, holding up his razor. "…a Saturday night than with a back-shaving…" He pulls shirt down around waist to reveal a full back of hair. "…jamboree."

He turns on the razor, which begins to glow green as its blades grow in length. Mr. Lancer tries to control the razor as it rumbles, but it breaks free, floats up into the air, and dive-bombs him, spinning around him before flying off. Mr. Lancer turns around to reveal a hash symbol shaved into his back. The razor crashes out the window and flies off down the street.

Amity Park…

Danny is riding a motor scooter down the street, his new sweats hanging from his arm.

"Popularity, here I come." Danny said, looking down at his sweats.

He gasps as his ghost sense goes off. Mr. Lancer's razor flies over Danny's head, knocking off his helmet, then flies back again over him, making him drop his sweats. The end of the razor's cord wraps itself around Danny and pulls him into the air. The razor tries to attack Danny, but he stops it by catching its cord between his feet. It tries to tug free, then lunges twice at Danny, who dodges the attacks.

"Whoa! Whoa! I just got my hair the way I like it! On my head!" Danny said, balancing himself.

The razor transforms into a giant single-bladed straight razor and looms over Danny.

"And I'm way too young to shave! Going ghost!" Danny yelled, going ghost, and as the razor lunges for him, his legs change into a ghostly tail and he slips out of the cord.

The razor slices into the sidewalk, and Danny flies up above it.

"Okay, it's a haircut, not a head-cut!" Danny said, flying at the razor, which transforms back into its original form and flies at him.

Danny punches the razor out of the air and it bounces on the street, before transforming into a giant pair of scissors and lunging at him once again. He splits himself in half and elongates his midsection to avoid the attack, and then grabs onto the end of the cord as it flies past. The scissors and Danny then phase through a building, and crash out through a window on the other side. Danny finally tugs back on the cord to stop the scissors, and spins himself around to gain momentum to throw them off into the distance. He then notices a car below driving towards his dropped sweats, and zooms down to save them at the last second. As he inspects them, he notices a stray piece of glowing cord on the sidewalk.

"I know i should be concerned…" Danny said, turning back into his human form before getting back on the scooter. "…and I will be. Right after the party."

Danny rides off down the street.

(Jared's POV)

Sam's house…

Sam, Tucker, and I are still in the goth's home theater. Sam is leaning against the snack bar.

"Tucker, Jared, are we watching movies or not?" Sam asked, annoyed.

"Okay, okay. Just a few more questions. Could you buy a plane?" Tucker asked, sitting in his chair with a popcorn and a soda.

"Yep." Sam said.

"Oh. What about a yacht?" I asked, sitting in my chair, eating some Twizzlers.

"Yep."

"What about a bowling alley? Tomoyo had a nice garden in her backyard."

"Nope." Sam said, pressing a button on a remote and the movie screen wall slides out of view to reveal a four-lane bowling alley. "There's no place to put a second one."

Sam's grandmother, Ida rides out on a motorized scooter onto the bowling alley and bowls, getting a strike.

"Yippee! Bubbe's hot tonight!" Ida said, pumping her fist.

The movie screen wall closes back over the bowling alley.

"That's weird, because you don't smell stinking rich." Tucker said, sniffing.

"Will you and Jared stop it? That's the whole reason I didn't tell anybody." Sam said, sighing and walking over to sit in the other chair.

"But I don't get it. With all this money, why do you hang out with me, Jared, and Danny? If you flash a little of that bling bling, you'd be Miss Popularity!" Tucker said, excitedly.

"I don't need popularity, Tucker, especially not if I have to buy it."

"You should tell that to Danny. Can you believe people actually spent good money on that old junk from his parents' shed?" Tucker asked.

"Well, I did snag…" Sam said, holding up a glowing-green remote. "…this really cool remote for three bucks. And he did give Dash a pretty good deal on the computer stuff."

(Open POV)

Dash's bedroom…

Dash is typing on his computer.

"Maybe Fenton's not such a loser after all. Hehe, as if. But this thing runs like a race car!" Dash said, while his watch beeps and he reads its alert: 'PARTY TIME'. "Whoa! Getting late. Better shower and change before the early birds show up."

Dash gets up from his computer and leaves. The computer screen goes blank, and then Technus's face shows up on it as he smiles and laughs maniacally.

Fenton Works' kitchen…

Jazz walks towards it and opens the fridge, only to shriek and shut it closed after the ghost hot dogs start barking and growling at her, "Great. Leftovers."

Danny slides into the kitchen, showing off his new sweats that he's wearing.

"Well, is it the bomb? Is it fresh? Is it stoopid…" Danny said, holding up two fingers. "…with an 'o-o'?"

"Oh, it's stupid. I'll give you that." Jazz said.

"Well, you'll change your tune when you see me at the party." Danny said, noticing that Jazz is still in her normal clothes. "When are you changing?"

"Not changing. Not going."

"What? You're the only reason Dash invited me!"

"Not caring."

"Code red!" Jack yelled, nearby.

"And...not staying." Jazz said, walking away.

Jack rushes in, looming over Danny in a panicked state.

"Somebody's raided the junk shed while we were away." Jack said, grabbing onto Danny. "Danny, did you see anything?!"

"Uh, no, no!" Danny said, suspiciously. "Not a thing, but…" Jack drops him. "…we should compare notes…" He walked out backwards. "…once I get home from the party. Bye!"

"Good plan, son! In the meantime, I'd better secure the lab." Jack said, opening the fridge. "Cover me, boys. Serpentine!"

A chain of ghost hot dogs flies out and wraps itself around Jack.

Outside Dash's home…

Danny is walking up to Dash's front door, "Okay, this is it. Don't screw it up. Look out, world, here comes Danny Fenton!"

Danny rings the doorbell and Dash opens the door. Dash is dressed in Danny's usual clothes.

"Uh, Dash?" Danny asked, confused.

"Oh, right, right." Dash said, leaning against the doorway. "You're not really part of my posse, so you didn't get the email. You see, after buying that computer stuff, I didn't have enough money to buy the sweat suit, so I changed the dress code to loser chic!"

Behind Dash, are party guests dressed like Danny, Tucker, Sam, and Jared.

Dash's house…

"Oh, swell." Danny said, walking inside.

Paulina walks up to Danny. She is dressed like Sam.

"You like it? It's so horrible, it's cool!" Paulina said, noticing Danny's clothes. "Eck, who dressed you, your mom?"

Paulina walks away.

"Uh…" Danny said, about to protest, before sighing.

Dash's bedroom…

Technus is talking out of Dash's computer.

"Yes! It is time!" Technus yelled, his face appearing on-screen. "Calling all mechanized spirits! Come to me, my minions! It is time…." He makes the computer float in the air. "…to fulfill my destiny!"

Green lightning sparks around the computer as Technus laughs maniacally. The lightning then shoots out of Dash's window and spreads around town to various electronics and appliances, summoning them back to Technus. Included are a power drill, a toaster, and a washer and dryer.

(Jared's POV)

Sam's house…

Sam, Tucker, and I watching a movie about karate. The screen pauses on one man kicking another in the face, then skips back and plays the kick repeatedly.

"Tucker, Jared, if you want to watch a part over again, could you please tell me first?" Sam asked, annoyed.

"Why would it be us? Sam, you're the one with the remote." I said, sadly.

The remote glows and floats up from the table between them midair.

"I'm not schooled in the ways of the rich, but do all your remotes do that?" Tucker asked.

"No. Well, my toaster does, but it's from Denmark. That stuff Danny was selling must have been contaminated with ghost stuff!" Sam said, worried.

My ghost sense goes off and I looked up at the remote. The remote shoots a zap of green lightning at the popcorn machine, which breaks and blasts popcorn everywhere, and another one at the sods fountain, which turns on and sprays soda all over the room. Sam and Tucker duck out of the way while I go intangible, and the remote phases up through the ceiling.

Amity Park…

Sam, Tucker, and I are running out onto the street. There is a steady stream of electronics and appliances flying through the air in one direction.

"Looks bad. Probably a job for Danny Phantom and the Black Pearl." Tucker said.

"Probably. And if I wasn't so mad at him, I'd probably care that it's going to interrupt his big jock party. Shall we?" Sam asked.

"Yup." I said, frowning.

Sam, Tucker, and I ran towards the flying electronics.

(Open POV)

Dash's home…

Danny is walking around at the party, trying to start a conversation. He walks up to two boys and a girl.

"Hi, I'm Danny. Do you guys…" Danny said.

They walk away and Danny frowns. Another girl walks past, ignoring him.

"Hey, aren't you in my fifth period?" Danny asked, sighing and walks upstairs, stopping at the top to look back out over the party. "What am I doing? These people aren't my friends, even if they all look like them. Man, I wish Tucker, Sam, and Jared were here. It's lonely being popular."

As Danny sighs again, his ghost sense goes off and directs his attention to Dash's room.

"That's odd." Danny said, opening the door to Dash's room and gasps.

Technus (still in the computer) is laughing maniacally as various electronics and appliances float around him. They all merge together to form a robotic battle suit for Technus.

"I am Technus, master of all things mechanical! And once I complete my construction, you will all succumb to my awesome pow…" Technus said, and his face screen glitches and his head momentarily comes loose from the neck. "Ow! Ooh! Pow-pow!" He grabs his head. "What is wrong with me?"

"The upgrade!" Danny yelled, noticing the upgrade disk on Dash's bed. "Dash still hasn't upgraded the software!" He looks at Technus. "Oh, no!" Danny goes ghost. "You're not getting that upgrade disk and making yourself more powerful!"

"What? Another great idea! The heck with tutoring! You should be a teacher!" Technus said, excitedly.

Danny flies towards the upgrade disk. Technus produces a toaster from his shoulder and shoots two ecto-blasts, which hit Danny as he picks up the disk and send him phasing through a door to land in Dash's closet, which is filled with letterman jackets and purple and pink teddy bears.

"Ghost toast? Jeez, how many letter jackets does one guy need? And these…" Danny said, picking up a bear. "…I don't even wanna know."

Danny flies out of the closet and slams into Technus before he can pick up the disk, crushing Dash's bed in the process. Technus then karate-chops Danny into the wall.

"You are a formidable opponent, but a little wet behind the ears. Perhaps you could use a little drying off?" Technus asked.

A claw emerges from the dryer in Technus's chest, grabs onto Danny, and pulls him back in. The dryer then spins him a bit and ejects him, sending him flying across the room into Dash's dresser. Technus finally gets ahold of the upgrade disk.

"Aha!" Technus said, holding the disk up victoriously.

Danny slams into Technus, sending him crashing into Dash's television and stereo. Technus holds his head in pain, but then notices that the upgrade disk has slipped into his CD drive. His screen shows the upgrade loading and completing its installation. Technus then grins and growls evilly. Danny turns intangible and flies at him, phasing them both through the wall. Dash opens the door and sees the damage done to his bedroom.

"Fenton…" Dash said, yelling into his bedroom. "You're a dead man!"

(Jared's POV)

Amity Park…

Sam, Tucker, and I meet up under the trail of floating electronics at a street.

"Sam! Jared! I got the Fenton Thermos!" Tucker said, carrying the Fenton Thermos. "You know, Danny's really got to start carrying this in some sort of lunchbox."

"Everything is gravitating here to Dash's house. Looks like whatever fun Danny's having will be coming to an end soon." Sam said, scoffing.

A crash is heard, and Danny yells and flails past Sam, Tucker, and I, slamming into the side of a building.

"Hi, Sam. Hi, Tuck. Hi, Jared. Glad you could make it." Danny said, dazed.

Danny falls to the ground, unconscious, and Sam, Tucker, and I turn back around to see a giant Technus emerge from the alleyway.

"I am Technus, master of technology and destroyer of worlds! Behold my awesome electronic fury!" Technus said, bending forward. "Who's your daddy?"

Danny regains consciousness and sees Technus. He flies up and punches him, but Technus doesn't budge. Danny continually tries hitting him, until Technus brings a hand up and knocks him to the ground. Sam, Tucker, and I stare down at him.

"Guys? Help!" Danny said, flying back up only to get knocked down by Technus again.

Sam, Tucker, and I cross our arms and turn our backs to Danny.

"Come on, guys!" Danny said, flying up and getting knocked down. "Guys, come on, seriously!" He flies back up again while dodging Technus's attacks. "I'm sorry I chose hanging with the popular kids over you guys. It was stupid and shallow and I'll never do it again!"

"You mean it?" I asked, and Technus punched Danny in the back into the ground.

"Yeah." Danny said, while Sam, Tucker, and I smile at each other and look down at him.

"How can we be of assistance?" Sam asked.

"He's running an old version of Portals XL." Danny said, standing up.

"That piece of vaporware? It's the worst software ever." Sam said, scoffing.

"Windows XP really is that!" I said, excitedly. "It's less secure than any Mac OS too."

"Jared does have a point, Danny." Tucker said, smiling. "Danny, keep him busy. I think I know how you can beat him."

"That, I can do." Danny said, flying up to Technus. "Get back, you hunk of my dad's junk!"

"Could mere junk do this?" Technus asked.

A remote and a robotic finger emerge from the dryer in his chest. The finger presses a button on the remote, and Danny changes into a cowboy. The button is pressed again, and he changes into a female model. The button is pressed once more, and he changes into Spock from Star Trek.

"Give me that!" Danny said, grabbing the remote.

Danny presses a button and changes back to normal, but then is immediately grabbed by Technus's claw and slammed into a wall. He grabs onto the claw, and looks down at Tucker.

"Tucker, any time!" Danny said, worried.

"I'm trying, I'm trying!" Tucker said, working on his PDA.

"What's wrong?" Sam asked.

"I'm trying to bypass the program, but I can't! He must have upgraded."

"What do we do?"

"We need the latest version of Portals XL…" Tucker said, while Technus continuously slams Danny into the wall in the background. "…but where are we gonna get it this time of night?"

"Leave it to me." Sam said, holding out her phone and dialing a number.

"Guys?" Danny asked, as he was being slammed into the wall, grunting.

A delivery girl, Tracey rides up on a scooter.

"Here you go, Sam." Tracey said, handing Sam a disk.

"Thanks, Tracey." Sam said, taking the disk and handing her money in return.

"Wow! You have access to the latest technology after hours?" Tucker asked.

"Yep." Tracey said.

"What else can you do after hours?" Tucker asked, flirtatiously.

"Just sign the voucher, sir." Tracey said, holding up a form on a clipboard.

"Uh, excuse me." Sam said, talking to Technus. "I'm Sam. I don't believe I caught your name. Perhaps you should scream it really loud and shout out your motive."

"Hello." Technus said, looking down at Sam, shouting. "I am Technus! Manipulator of machines! Lord of all gadgetry! Wizard of integrated circuitry!"

"Go on." Sam said, bending down and picking up the ends of two power cords. "Isn't there more you'd like to tell me?"

"I've always loved this moment. It's too good." I said, while Sam plugs the two cords in together.

"Oh, yes! I am also master…" Technus said, as he starts glitching. "of all…"

Technus fades out.

"What's happening?" Danny asked.

"What always happens with Windows." I said, as a cord trails down from the back of Technus's head, which Sam plugged into a cord leading into Tucker's PDA, which reads, 'SHUTDOWN'. "Especially, Windows XP. Never liked it in elementary to middle school."

"And the equivalent to Windows XP is what we have. Portals XL is happening. Everybody knows that every new version of Portals XL has a gigantic hole in its security system." Tucker said, smirking.

"What?! No!" Technus said, continuing to glitch, and the claw holding Danny releases him.

"Yes!" Danny said, flying up and grabs the end of the claw. "Process this!"

Danny shoves the claw into Technus's front disk drive, which electrocutes his battle suit and causes 'ERROR' to blink on his screen.

"Wait! That doesn't go there!" Technus said, terrified.

The suit sparks and shuts down, hunching forward.

"And for my final trick…" Tucker said, pulling out the Fenton Thermos.

Tucker throws the thermos to me, who catches and uses it to suck Technus out of the battle suit.

"Noooooo!" Technus yelled, being sucked into the Fenton Thermos.

I capped off the thermos. I then tossed the Fenton Thermos to Danny. The battle suit shakes and falls apart into a heap of electronics on the ground.

"Nice going, Tuck." Sam said, smiling.

Danny lands on the ground next to us.

"Don't thank me." Tucker said, holding up the disk. "Thank lousy software."

Casper High….

Sam, Danny, Tucker, and I are walking together down a hallway.

"So, what's the damage from this weekend? Did you get in trouble for taking your folks' stuff?" Tucker asked.

"Not really. I hauled it all back to the shed yesterday while they were out. My dad's checking every piece for government surveillance devices." Danny said.

"Sounds like you got off pretty easily." Sam said.

"More easily than most." I said, invisible.

"Well, I do have to return those stupid sweats so I can refund everybody's money." Danny said, while he stopped walking. "And I still feel terrible about the way I treated you guys. Of all people, I should know how it feels to be invisible."

"So would you say you've learned a lesson from all this?" Sam asked, leaning against a locker.

Danny looks over at Dash, who opens up his locker. A pile of the teddy bears from his closet fall out onto the ground.

"Fenton!" Dash yelled.

"Yep. That one person's trash, is another person's revenge." Danny said.

"I bet it's unbearable for Dash." I said, while Danny, Tucker, Sam, and I laugh, and I looked over at Danny.