The ride to the hospital was silent. Maddie and Jack were worried. Blood blossoms weren't new to them, but the fact that their effects weren't limited to ghosts was. How? How could a plant that could only hurt ghosts hurt their son? And why him? Why only him? Was there anyone else that had similar reactions? And why did Sam and Tucker know what to do?
Danny was worried too. If they ran tests on him, would they find out he was half-ghost? He could not let that happen.
The hospital loomed closer. How could he trick the doctors? Would someone be willing to give him blood? Even if someone was, how could he get the doctors to think it was his?
He couldn't, he'd just have to take the tests and deal with the consequences.
His parents parked and rushed him inside, despite Danny's protests. A nurse rushed in and started interrogating him.
"Name?" she barked.
"Danny," Jack replied.
"Dad!" Danny snapped. "I know my own name."
"Age?" the nurse asked.
"Fourteen," Danny said before anyone else could answer for him.
The nurse, whose name tag said Annie, gave him a look. The boy looked familiar….. "Why are you here?" she asked him.
"Allergic reaction,"Danny replied reluctantly. "To a flower."
"To five of the same flower," Maddie pointed out.
Annie raised her eyebrow. "Five of the same flower? This sounds serious. I'll call the doctor." She picked up a phone on her desk and dialed a number. "Yes? Doctor Clavette? I have a boy here that had an allergic reaction to some flowers." She paused. "Okay, I'll send him in right away." She put the phone down.
"That was Doctor Clavette. You'll need to go to room ten. Alone," she added with a warning glance to his parents.
"Are you sure?" Maddie said cautiously. "That seems a little suspicious."
"Protocol, Mrs. Fenton," Annie said. "We do this with all the patients."
Danny sprinted into the hall, desperate to get away from his parents. Maybe he could talk the doctor into helping him. Would he even do that? Help him? Lie for him? Probably not.
His parents were left behind, wondering why on earth Danny had to go alone. It wasn't until they sat down, magazines in hand, that Maddie realized that they never told Annie their last name was Fenton.