The Fenton Ghost Portal failed. It was time to go to bed. Nobody stayed behind in the lab to figure out what wrong. Sam Manson and Tucker Foley decided to spend the night in their friend Danny Fenton's room, because it was late; Even without the portal, there were still evil ghosts out there on a regular basis on this time of night.
In the middle of the night, Danny's bedroom door flew open and all three were awakened by the blinding light and the old sky blue-haired man who turned them on.
"Danny!" he said, falling over, "You gotta...come on. Y...you gotta come with me, Danny."
"What?" said Danny, drowsily, "What's going on?"
"C'mon, I gotta surprise for you, Danny."
"It's the middle of the night, Uncle Rick. What're you talking about?"
Uncle Rick stood up, pulled the covers off of Danny's bed, and grabbed him by the leg.
"C'mon, hurry up," Rick dropped no clues, "Gotta get outta here. I gotta surprise for you, Danny!"
"OW!" complained Danny, "You're tugging me too hard!"
Sam and Tucker, fearing for the worst, followed.
In the basement lab stood the giant Fenton Ghost Portal.
"I...I've been working on this all night, Danny," explained Uncle Rick, "Trying to...g-g-get it to go."
"Okay," said Danny, unfazed and tired, "Is that the surprise, Uncle Rick?"
It became clear that Uncle Rick...was drunk.
"Danny...I need to...I need to...I need to get me some extra hands here, Danny, make this thing work, like your parents want it, Danny."
"Really? Can it wait until morning?" Danny asked.
Rick ignored him, and handed him a white jumpsuit, with matching black boots and gloves.
"He...here, Danny. Put this on. I...i...it 'suits' ya! Hahahahaha!"
Sam and Tucker meanwhile stood in the back of the room, out of harm's way; half trying to stay awake, half trying to fall asleep. Rick turned on a flashlight and set it on the floor, aiming it at the portal so they could see better.
"Wa...wait'll you see the look on my sister/your mother's face when she...finds out we got the...portal working, Danny!"
"Will she?" said Danny, unsure.
"Sure, why not, I dunno. You know, Da..."
And just like that, Danny's uncle passed out against his side of the portal. Danny started to hear noises around him. He pulled Rick's head aside to realize that he fell asleep against...the ON button.
Sam and Tucker's eyes shot wide open. A great big flash from the Portal grabbed their attention. Soon afterward, it was replaced by a green swirl, meaning the portal was, at last, operational. Danny and Uncle Rick were suddenly lying down on the floor in front of Sam and Tucker's feet. Something was different about both of them. A few seconds later, they came to.
"Uh...Danny? Rick?" said Sam, "You might wanna look at yourselves in the mirror."
A mirror was nearby. Rick and Danny looked at their reflections. Something was definitely different about them. Danny's black hair turned white, and the jumpsuit turned black. Likewise, Rick's bright blue hair turned dark brown- the same hair color as in his glory days-and his bright grey lab coat was now dark grey. They looked down and saw they they were also hovering slightly above the ground.
Danny passed out from the shock. Rick passed out because he was drunk. Still. Afterwards, there was a different kind of flash, and before they knew it, Sam and Tucker saw Rick and Danny turn back to normal.
They carried Rick to his makeshift bed on the living room couch, and Danny back to his room. They decided it'd be best if they didn't bring it up in the morning.
Drinking Game: Take a shot every time Rick says Danny. Start with Chapter 1.
