A/N: Did you have fun last chapter? I know I did! What will happen to Maxine? Find out now!
PS: Sorry this is a bit shorter than others!
Chapter Two: Frequency
Max frowned, seeing Phantom and the Specter Speeder. Maybe he would understand if she explained?
Evelyn spotted her son instantly. "Danny, it's-"
"I know. Wait here," Danny replied, flying over to Max. His hands were glowing dangerously. A duplicate was following him. It was obvious there was going to be a fight. "Give me back my son," he said in a low tone.
"Phantom, I can explain-" She tried to get out.
"I'm only giving you one more chance before I make you. Give. Me back. My son."
Maxine gulped. "Alright, alright," she said softly, handing the crying infant to the duplicate. She was then blasted back into the Ghost Zone by the original Phantom.
Jacob was given back to Evelyn, who calmed down significantly. She checked him over for injury, finding none. He actually seemed well taken care of.
Maxine tried to explain while she was getting battered. She wouldn't fight Phantom, that would only make things worse. "Phantom, please!" She exclaimed. "I took him from Spectra, I couldn't find you so I kept him safe until you arrived!"
"Then why was he crying!?"
"Danny, he's fine!" Evelyn exclaimed. "He's just hungry!"
Danny frowned, his hands losing their glow. "... You didn't hurt him?"
"I would never," Maxine answered. "It's my dream to become a mother."
The halfa sighed. "Alright. I'm sorry for-"
"There's no need to apologize. I would do the same thing if it were my child. You didn't know me, so you thought I would try to hurt him. It's the logical conclusion here."
Evelyn frowned. This ghost just wanted to be a mother. She knew that feeling from when she had been pregnant. If this ghost wanted to care for children so badly… "Danny, I have an idea," she said.
Danny floated over to the speeder, looking at his wife and son. "Yeah, Eve?"
"I… I know how that ghost feels," she said. "When I was pregnant, I felt the exact same way. She seems harmless enough. What if… We let her watch them? She'd be able to protect them while we go out and we'd be able to sort of… Help her. Be a mother, in a way."
"... You're asking me if we can make this ghost our nanny, Eve. We don't even know her!"
"I just have this feeling, okay?" She pleaded. "We could give her a trial. A month. If she doesn't do what she's supposed to, we'll make her leave."
Danny sighed. He didn't really like the idea of letting a random ghost into his home to watch his children, but Evelyn did have a point. "... One month. Then we decide if she leaves or stays."
Evelyn smiled. "Hey, uh, ghost? Sorry, I didn't catch your name," she sighed. "We've got an offer for you.
Max floated over, looking puzzled. She thought that the child's mother would be the most angered, but that was apparently wrong. "Yes?" She asked. "And you can just call me Maxine or Max."
Evelyn nodded. "Right, Max. We were just talking and… Well… I know how you feel, about wanting to be a mother. How would you feel about coming with us? You could be, like, the nanny."
"... Do you really mean it?" Max asked, eyes wide.
Evelyn nodded. "Just for a month, at first. To see if you're a good fit."
Max smiled, her form shifting. Her skin turned pale, her eyes losing their glow but gaining elongated pupils. Her hair went from very light blue to a pale blonde. "I'd be glad to," she said.
Evelyn opened up the side door to the speeder. "Then get in. You have to meet Jake's sister."
"... He has a sister?"
"Twin sister- Alex."
Max walked into the nursery and smiled, looking at Alexina. The girl was a redhead now, and cooing happily while she sat up on the floor. Her brother was finally back, so the girl stopped crying, oddly enough.
"So you must be little Alex," Max cooed. "Aren't you precious," she said with a smile.
Evelyn walked in, sitting at the rocking chair with a sigh. She looked at her stomach. She had taken another test. It was positive. "Max, looks like you're going to have your hands full," she tried to joke, but she was tired.
"What do you mean, Miss Evelyn?"
"Just Evelyn, please," she said with a wave of her hand. "And I'm pregnant, again. Don't tell Danny just yet. I want to make sure I get through the first trimester without any problems."
Max smiled, clapping her hands together in excitement. "This is wonderful news, Evelyn!" She exclaimed. "Any name ideas yet?"
Evelyn shook her head. "No, I'm only in the first few weeks," she said with a smile. "I'm going to tell him after I get a test done," she said. "I learned about a test called a noninvasive prenatal test. It looks for certain conditions, and it can also tell the gender. I want to make sure this baby is perfectly healthy."
Max nodded. "Right, right," she smiled. She really was getting her wish of being able to care for children. Maybe not as a mother, but she would still be able to help these children.
After about a month, Evelyn had gone to the doctors and come back. She was past her first trimester, and the results of her NIPT had come back. She was having a little girl.
She needed to tell Danny.
Walking down to the lab, Evelyn put a hand on her stomach instinctively. "Hey, Danny?" She asked, peering around the corner. He was putting ghosts back in the Ghost Zone.
"Yeah, Eve? What's up?" He asked calmly, turning back to his human form.
She held the papers tightly, wrinkling them slightly. "... It's a good thing we got this house," she said lamely. "Because we're going to need another nursery."
"What do you mean we're- You're not… Are you?"
"You're gonna be a daddy to three," she laughed. "It's a girl. Sorry I kept it from you for so long, I wanted to make sure everything was fine before I told you."
Danny hugged Evelyn, smiling. "This is great news," he said with a laugh. "We've already got practice with the twins."
Evelyn smiled back, hugging him tightly. "This time, you can name her. So start thinking up names, daddy."
