Maddie and Jack stared at the television in front of them. A video inside showcased the day of the Portal Accident. A lost tape, one thought to have somehow been destroyed when the portal came to life. They watched in horror as their only son stepped into the portal and came out looking like Danny Phantom.
After several minutes the tape clicked off and the two stared in shock at each other. Making their way into the kitchen to talk, the front door opened. Danny stumbled in, holding his leg and groaning. "Darn ghosts. I am so lucky Mom and Dad are gone this weekend." Maddie and Jack flinched as they used their goggles and made the wall seem invisible only to them.
Danny took his hands off of his leg and took out a silver briefcase, placing his hand on it. "Palm Print Accepted. Opening Sequence Activated." The obviously high tech case opened and seemed to be glowing with a green essence. With hands clad in white gloves wrapped around his hurt leg, Danny jerked his hands outwards and screamed, agony pulsing through his veins as he set his leg.
Blood poured out and Maddie felt sick. Jack wasn't much better, an ugly shade of green painted on his face. Danny, oblivious to their spying, dipped his hand in the case and pulled out a glowing needle, threading said needle and gritting his teeth before carefully sewing his leg back into one piece like a pro. Finally, taking out glowing bandages, he wrapped his leg and kept the wrap in place with a clip.
He looked at his leg and sighed, closing his eyes for a moment. Suddenly, his breath was frosty blue and he groaned. "Oh, sweet mother of Frostbite! Not another stinkin' ghost, I think I'll just let this one go, and I—"He picked up his now-ringing phone and put it on speaker. "Yea, Tuck? Ho—""OMIGAWSH DANNY GET YOUR BUTT HERE NOW!" "S…Sam? What… why… Uh, this is Tucker's phone, Sam." "I know that, Danny. But Tucker's covered in slime at the moment."
Danny gritted his teeth and grabbed the corner of the couch and stood, crying out in pain but somehow holding his own. "Darn leg. Darn ghosts. DARN POWERS!" He transformed and then flew out of the roof.
Neither parent knew how long they stood there, trying to process what they had seen and heard. Some gut instinct said to go out and fight alongside him, but they couldn't respond. Then, the door flew open and Jazz ran in, out of breath as she was followed by a ghost wolf. "GET OFF! EEEKK!" She screamed, trying to shove it off when Danny appeared. "Rawr!" He let out a loud growl and grabbed the critter by its tail as he sucked it into the thermos.
Jazz stared at him then spoke. "Is that… the last one?" Her little brother nodded and sighed, preparing to run his hand through his hair until she stopped him by grabbing his hand. "Your arm!" He looked at it and spat. "Glowing gobs of ectoplasm. Go… get the first aid kit. You'll have to help me, since it's my arm and not my leg." "Eh? What do you—"she stopped as she got a good look at his left leg and stuttered a cry of despair. "It's fine, Jazzy. It will heal in a month." "A month?! Danny, it never takes you that long to heal." He nodded and placed his hand on the scanner again, wincing at the applied pressure in his fractured wrist. "Yeah, but it was a bad break. Those Otrăvitoare Fiara (Poisonous beasts, Romanian.) are getting worse day by day. I'm just lucky I've never gotten bitten or scratched. I don't care what happens, you are never to come near them, even if it means losing me, okay?"
Jazz stared at her brother like he wasn't human (A/N: pun intended!) anymore. "Never ask me to do that." Danny closed his eyes. "Mom and Dad can't lose us both. Now, help me wrap this." But Jazz backed away. "You... you actually expect me to leave you there? And let you get rabies? No, Danny-o. No." Her brother's head jerked up at her last sentence. "Rabies? Jazzy, they don't give you rabies. If I get bitten, within five minutes the poison will slow my breath and stop my heart. In those five minutes where I am down for the count, the Otrăvitoare Fiara will turn to you and rip you apart bit by bit. You'll die if you stay, and trying to take me with you will only slow you down. You'll have no choice."