Day 1

Electricity

Human Charged

The physics teacher had paired Danny and Dash up again and Dash was not happy about it. Last semester he was always able to pair up with Kwan and it always worked out. Kwan would put together the experiment while Dash wrote all the stuff down. Granted, he didn't understand what he was writing at the time but that was what Kwan was good at. Kwanzaa would tell him what to write and Dash would put it to paper. It was a win win, Kwan's penmanship was so terrible that the English teachers weren't able to decipher it and Dash did not understand any of this science junk.

Being paired with Fenton was the worst thing ever! Dash didn't get any of this stuff and Fenturd was only there for maybe 15 minutes at time so whenever they were supposed to complete an experiment Fenton would leave and Dash would've had to figure everything out on his own.

Dash went to talk to Mrs. Demz about the issue almost immediately after they were put together. All she did was wearing this knowing smile and assured him that everything would be alright. Sure enough, his grades did not plummet uncontrollably.

Whenever they were going to have an experiment Fenton seemed to know about it beforehand and explain it to him understandably. Then he'd make a run to the bathroom again. Dash would write it all out and only get marked down for the lack of vocabulary. Apparently you couldn't just describe everything with analogies and not have any technical terms on the sheet.

When he showed his grades to his parents they weren't angry that they had dropped a bit. Instead they seemed proud that he was doing it on his own without much help. Of course they had been upset that Fenton seemed to be letting him do most of the work on his own Dash assured them that it was due to some medical issue, because what else could have the wimp running to the bathroom everyday all the time.

That was until Fenton was actually there for an experiment about currents and watts; but not ocean currents or the who, what, and where thing. It took everyone by surprise and he seemed perfectly happy to be in school unlike any of the other teens. Dash and he were able to get the experiment done faster than any other of the pairs. Dash collected the data while Danny wrote everything out, after all, his vocabulary was much better than Dash's. After they finished they awkwardly chilled in silence.

Then Dash noticed Danny's hand and it was resting on their experiment that still had electricity coursing through it. And Fenton wasn't showing any discomfort or acknowledgment that he was being charged.

"Get your hand off Fentard."

"Huh?" Danny looked down and immediately removed his hand, before looking at it critically. "What the-" His voice trailed of as he touched the thing again. No reaction. Stared at his hand and repeat the process all over again.

Dash was surprised but Fentinman seemed to be too intrigued for it to be a bad thing. Dash let it go.

Technus was attacking and Phantom seemed more confident than ever before. As though he felt he had some immunity. Sadly he was mistaken as the ghost's energy burnt him the moment the white energy reached him. He screamed in agony and in the end it was the Red Huntress that stopped Technus.

Fenton was plugging in a cord for Mr. Bientin during class. It was worn and tattered. There was a section where all the rubber insulation was completely gone and Danny's hand was on that particular section as he inserted it into the outlet. Some of the students that knew what should've happened were readying themselves to hold back snorts and chortles for the slight electric buzz that he would receive. However, as the device buzzed with life and Danny let go of the wire there were no indicators that he'd been electrocuted.

Some time had passed before all the instances were forgotten however, when Dash had been playing football with some of the guys in the rain Fenton came over and told them to move. There weren't any ghost attacks recently and they had a big game coming up so the laughed at him. The boy was being the paranoid wimp that they always knew he was, despite each having their own doubts in certain occasions. Dash made to escort him off the field but unlike usual, Fentop out maneuvered him and continued to yell at them with wide eyes.

"You all need to get off this field now!" He said forcefully.

"What? Are you gonna make us?" One of his men retorted.

"I will if I have to."

"And how is a weak thing like you gonna do that?"

"GUYS! This is a lightning storm! You can't play right now!"

That sent off a trigger in Dash's brain. They did not play football, they lived it. They had an honor code to live by and they had to work hard. Keep themselves big and in shape while keeping their grades up and remember all these difficult and complicated plays. Angrily Dash made another move towards the wimpy no good Fenton Freak, but before he could register what was happening, Danny moved.

His face was overcome with complete terror as he raced and pushed Kwan to the ground. Within milliseconds a hot sensation flooded their senses, only the blinding white light of electricity overpowering it. Kwan was still on the ground, obvious fear clouding his eyes, but Danny stood in front of them. Rubbing his eyes just as they had subconsciously doing. There was no scar, no sign of pain and no hint of lightning hitting him except for the charred grass now sending tendrils of smoke into the air.

When Danny removed his hands from his face he looked at them again saying, "Get inside right now." His voice was lower than normal and his face was serious still. There wasn't as much fear behind it anymore as much as there was anger.

None of them wanted to think about the strange incident and went inside quickly, terrified of the lightning. Dash didn't necessarily look back, but he definitely saw Fentons head shoot up as he looked at the towns park and ran faster than Dash's had ever seen him. For a moment Fenton reminded him of the Flash. But Fenton wasn't a superhero, the only superhero they had in town was a ghost, and right now he was just glad that Danny hadn't become one just then. He didn't need to be a hero. He just needed to be there and remind the school what it meant to be human.