Danny went down the stairs with a terrible pain in his stomach. Probably had something to do with the punch to the gut he got from a fight with Plasmius last night. It was the usual deal; Danny stopped Vlad from doing something bad, they fight, and Danny gets bruised while Vlad flies away. But Danny can't let anyone, especially his parents, know about his pain. So, he stood tall, chin up, and bit his lip.
He joined his mom and sister for breakfast while his dad was nowhere to be seen. The tv in the kitchen was on and guess who they were talking about.
"Amity Park's Mayor, Vlad Masters, is scheduled to cut the ribbon for the now restored Metro station in half an hour." Said tv news reporter Tiffany Snow. "After weeks of repairing from a ghost related incident, the city will once again have its popular mode of transportation back in business. Let's watch this clip filmed earlier today."
Mayor Masters appears on the screen.
"Yes, yes, as mayor of this fine town I would not rest until things were back on track." He said smiling. Then he looks towards the camera with that superior glint in his eyes. "I do care very much about this town and its citizens."
Danny glared at the screen. Feeling that that remark was meant for him. "Yeah, as much as a jackal." He muttered in anger, nearly bending his fork.
Maddie raised her head from her plate. "Did you say something sweetie?" she asked Danny.
"I said great breakfast mom," Danny replied.
Maddie smiled, seeming to have bought the lie. "Thank you but try not to slouch honey, it's bad for your posture."
"Sure mom," Danny straightened himself up.
Just then, Jack Fenton came rushing in from the lab downstairs. "Maddie! Kids! I finally did it!" he announced holding a Fenton blaster in his hand.
"Did what dad?" Jazz asked. "You finally snapped and realized that there's no point to hunting ghost anymore and need a more sensible job?" she continued hopefully.
"Nope," Jack answered. "I've invented a device that will fulfill my number one goal of ripping ghost apart, literally. Say hello to the Fenton Spirit-Splitter." He held up the ectogun to his family.
Maddie was impressed while Jazz and Danny eyed each other worriedly.
"Oh Jack, that's wonderful." Maddie congratulated. "I'll bake you some cookies later."
"Uh... What does it do exactly?" Danny asked.
"I'm glad you asked Danny," Jack said walking towards Danny. "This blaster shoots a special concoction I just invented that splits a ghost ectoplasm in five ways. Not too sure where the splitting takes effect the most, but it works. I tried it on some samples earlier and now I can't wait to try it out on that Phantom punk. What do you say, son, wanna join your father in the hunt?"
Danny gulped and answered trying to mask his growing fear, "Sorry dad can't." Danny stood up and backed away. "Gotta see Sam and Tuck for a school project we're working on. Bye." He left in a hurry out the door.
"Ah well. More for us Maddie." Jack said.
Danny grabbed his backpack before he left the house and walked a block away from his house before getting lost deep in thought. He also looked up at the cloudy sky.
"The last thing I need is to give dad a target. So, I should probably avoid going ghost for a while." Danny said to himself. "At least the stomach pain is finally gone."
At these last words, a faint blue breath flows out of his mouth. Then came a familiar cry.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST!"
"And here comes a headache..." the half-ghost muttered. Danny quickly moves somewhere out of sight and transforms.
Just as Sam and Tuck turned a corner, they see their friend Danny in his ghost form fighting against the Box Ghost.
"Beware, my crates of calamity!" the ghost said as giant wooden crates with evil faces flew towards the half-ghost boy.
Meanwhile, back in Fenton Works.
"Dad please," Jazz said to her father, who was making his way to the front door. "Don't you think you should try the splitter another time. Say, when there are no eyewitnesses seeing a crazed lunatic with an ectogun."
"Crazed lunatic with an ectogun?" Jack repeated startled. "Who?! Your mother and I are the only known individuals in this town who carry these weapons."
It took every ounce of willpower for Jazz not to facepalm herself. "Dad, what I meant was-"
Jazz was interrupted by the sound of ecto blasts and grunts outside.
"GHOST!" Jack cried out and bolted out the front door.
"Dad wait!" Jazz cried out.
Jack stepped out the house, ectogun tight in his giant hands, and his eyes scan for a target. The ghost hunter looked up and he saw two ghosts. One random dockworker-looking type ghost and the infamous ghost punk.
After destroying the useless crates, Danny pulls out the Fenton thermos and quickly ensnares the Box Ghost inside.
"I'll box you yet Phantom!" the Box Ghost yelled out as he was sucked in.
"Yeah, yeah," Danny said with a lackluster attitude.
"Watch out!" came Jazz's voice.
Danny heard the warning and turned his head towards the house but before he could do anything else, he felt a sharp pain at his side that spread throughout his body turning everything bright white.
Jack had hit his target and the ghost boy screamed.
"Danny!" Sam and Tucker cried out.
A shockwave blasted out from Danny's screams that rattled everything within a mile. Jack, Sam, Tuck, and Jazz fell back and off their feet from the blast. When everyone looked up again the ghost boy was gone and thermos he was holding fell from the sky and onto the road.
Sam and Tuck were frozen until Jazz ran over and helped them back on their feet.
"Strange," Jack said to himself. "there should at least but some residue of his form left. Maybe I turned it up to high." The man grabs the dropped the thermos and runs back to the house. "Mads, you're not gonna believe what just happened!" he then closes the door behind him.
Sam and Jazz's eyes started to water.
"He-he can't be gone," Tuck stuttered. "Can he?"
"Hi, guys." Came a familiar yet cheerful teenage voice right behind them.
The Phantom team yelped and huddled together. They turned and saw the ghost boy... or at least it looked like him.
"Danny?" the team said together.
Sure, it looked like Danny and it even had Danny's voice... except this Danny had a big smile on his face and his irises we're bright yellow like he had an abnormally high level of bilirubin in his system. Another difference was that Danny's hair, cloves, and shoes, that were originally white, matched the yellow in his eyes.
"Wow!" Happy Danny said in amazement, not realizing the surprised look on his team's faces. "Can you believe that explosion. I thought I was a goner for a second but now I'm okay." He then showed a bright smile.
"Okay?" Jazz said quietly at first then her voice grew louder. "Okay?! Danny, we thought you were gone and now you're all... yellow."
"Huh, I've always wondered how Danny would look if he was a blonde," Tucker said.
Sam shuddered. "I don't like this." She said. "He reminds me too much of my dad right now."
"Ugh gross he does." Came Danny's voice again but this one sounded irritable and to their right.
The team turned their head and saw another Danny step out of an alleyway. This Danny had green hair, green gloves, green shoes, and the same green irises. He also had a look of disgust on his face.
"I always knew blonde was a bad look for us and, shocker, I was right." Disgusted Danny said.
"Oh Disgust," Happy Danny said smiling. "You kill me." He chuckled.
"How did this happen?" Sam asked Jazz. "What did Mr. Fenton use on Danny?"
"Dad called it the Spi-... Oh my gosh!" Jazz said in realization. "Dad said that the Spirt-Splitter could split the ghost apart in five ways, but he didn't know in what way."
Just then a third Danny appeared from the alley. His irises, hair, gloves, and boots were as blue as the sad expression on his face. "Dad shot us again, that's so sad." He said. "Maybe we should curl up somewhere and cry till we can breathe."
"Wait," Jazz said. "what were you doing in the alley?"
Just then there came a grunt. A reddish Danny stepped out and pushed Sad Danny out of the way.
"Because of this guy!" Angry Danny said dragging a purplish Danny out by the feet.
"No!" Fearful Danny cried out trying to claw at the floor with his purple-gloved hands. "Don't let me out. Dad might come back with that scary ectogun!"
"Oh yeah, he grabbed us and dragged us in there for safety." Happy Danny said.
When Fearful Danny saw his sister, his eyes shone. "Jazz!" he nearly tackled her down with his sudden hug. "Thank goodness it's you. You help keep us safe."
"What about us?" Sam and Tuck questioned at the same time.
"Meh'." Disgusted Danny said waving his hand in a so-and-so motion.
Sam and Tuck looked annoyed.
"Anyway," Sam spoke up. "First things first, let's get Danny back in one piece. Jazz, you and I will get the Spirit-Splitter from your parents. Tuck, you keep an eye on the Danny's."
Jazz and Tuck nodded in agreement. Jazz was about to move but Fearful Danny still clung to her.
"Please don't go." Fearful Danny begged.
"Danny, you'll be okay." Jazz said comfortingly while trying to pry the half-ghost off.
"Fear, could you just not for five minutes." Disgust Danny said.
"Seriously." Angry Danny agreed, ripping his purple duplicate away from his sister. When Fear Danny tried to hug Angry Danny, the red reacted by giving the other with a red blast of ecto energy. "GET OFF OF ME!" he yelled.
Tucker was slowly losing the will to watch over his friend, but he saw too late that Sam and Jazz already left for the house. He cleared his throat. "Okay guys let's just try to keep it cool, okay?" he said. "Sam and Jazz will be back in a second."
Angry Danny stomped away from his friend when he saw a newspaper stand box. Upon a closer look, he saw Vlad's face with that grin that always made Danny's blood boil. He eyed Disgust Danny and the newsprint back to back, and then an idea popped in his head. "Hey," he whispered. When Disgust turned his head, Anger continued. "First chance we get, I'm ditching the scene, you in?"
Disgust Danny blinked in confusion until also saw Masters on the newspaper, then he smiled knowingly and nodded to his red counterpart.