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Once the shock that the two teens had experienced finally wore off, they both decided it would be best to move Danny out of the, now practically destroyed laboratory, as it was clear the young teen would not be waking any time soon. It took nearly an hour to finally move Danny up to his bedroom. Tucker had ended up dropping his head on the stairs a few times before Sam's death glare seemed to make him take things a bit more seriously.
They set the sleeping Danny on his bed, after tripping over the clutter that was scattered across his room. After they had a moment to rest Tucker pointed out that they were alone at the house, thankfully. He had spotted a note on the front door while the two were taking Danny upstairs. It stated that Jazz had decided to go to the library, they seemed to be making 'too much noise'. The two were relieved that she didn't bother to check in on them before leaving.
An hour passed quickly, however it was spent in a tense silence. Sam and Tucker were both lost in wonder and confusion. They were pulled from their thoughts by a soft groan alerting them to the figure on the bed. The dark haired boy slowly sat up, his hand pressed to his forehead as he moaned in pain.
Sam and Tucker were at Danny's side before he could even open his eyes. The dark haired boy yawned softly before giving his two friends a puzzled look "Uh, guys... What's going on?" He asked, having trouble remembering what he was doing before he had apparently passed out. "And why does my head hurt so much?" He rubbed the back of his head finding a knot. Sam glared at Tucker some as he gave a sheepish look "I may have dropped your head a few times" he admitted. "Oh okay-" Danny started before looking rather surprised "wait... What?"
"You really don't remember anything, do you?" Sam asked with a soft voice. Danny shook his head slowly looking confused "should I?" Sam sighed patiently before describing the events that had occurred earlier in the day. Danny seemed to be in disbelief as he stared down at his own hands, he could only remember feeling cold, freezing cold. Even now he could still feel a slight chill. "It just seems impossible" he said with a soft shiver to his voice.
"I wish we were joking, man" Tucker said sounding serious as he spoke "but Sam and I both saw the same thing, you looked all glowy and you were freaking floating!" Sam rolled her eyes at her friend. "Look Danny," she put her hand on his, noticing the panicked look in his eyes and feeling his chill. If he wasn't alert and looking into her eyes right now she would have thought that he was dead. "Maybe it was just some crazy hallucination, we are just telling you what we saw." She sighed "I'm just glad..." A light blush appeared across her cheeks as she realized what she was saying "um. I mean, I'm just really glad you're here. I need someone other than Tucker to hang with" she winked hearing Tucker's protest as she lightly punched Danny's shoulder, "hey! Ow..." He groaned some rubbing his arm some.
Without warning they heard the front door open. The three friends flinched back as Danny's father, Jack, announced that he was home. His voice seemed to shake the entire house. Danny shrugged his shoulders some "well, I guess they are back" he said as he started to get out of the bed. Sam and Tucker looked a little nervous suddenly "oh yeah Danny" Sam started to say "we totally forgot to tell you about something" Tucker continued "about the lab" they both then said together but before they could say another word each of Danny's parents screamed angrily up the stairs "Daniel James Fenton!"
Tucker and Sam snuck away the moment the three teenagers spotted the two furious parents, the two friends saying their goodbyes quickly before abandoning Danny. Meanwhile, Danny looked up at his parents giving them a sheepish look. "What happened here?" Maddie, Danny's mother, asked with crossed arms. Danny glanced down the basement stairs noticing the broken glass, flickering lights, and familiar green glow. He was still having trouble remembering what had happened but decided to simply relay what Sam and Tucker had told him. Leaving out any of the strange incidents such as him floating or glowing. He explained that it was just an accident, he accidentally turned the ghost portal on and that must have caused a power surge.
"Well whatever you did has gotten the portal to work." Jack said sounding a little too excited. Maddie cleared her throat some "but you still disobeyed us by going down there. You could have gotten seriously hurt" she frowned, worry shining over her anger. "Mom I'm fine" Danny groaned sounding slightly annoyed "I just passed out, but it was only for like an hour" he shrugged acting as if it was nothing. Both Jack and Maddie looked shocked "passed out?" Maddie gasped quickly running her hands over Danny to look for any visible injuries "you are grounded for... Forever" Jack gasped obviously handling his worry for Danny a bit differently. "For a month" Maddie said as she finished examining Danny noticing no wounds, his skin was a bit cold though. Danny whined loudly "I'm not finished" Maddie said shaking her head at him "during that time you will be cleaning up the mess you made in the lab"
Danny groaned loudly before noticing what his mom had said "wait... I have to clean the lab? I'm allowed in the lab?" Danny asked trying but not succeeding in looking too excited. Maddie looked at Jack and they both smiled seeking to know what the other was thinking. "Yes you are allowed in the lab, just be very careful" Maddie said patiently "yeah don't break anything!" Jack added frowning some when Maddie glared slightly at him "oh and don't hurt yourself..."
The two then sent Danny to bed, reminding him that he was still grounded, which meant that he had a curfew and he couldn't have his friends over. Danny knew that wouldn't last long, his parents usually were usually the ones who wanted his friends over, wanting them to help around the house. Just as he got to his room Jazz returned from studying. Danny could hear his parents explaining what had happened to the lab. He couldn't sleep listening to his father's booming voice. He knew they were disappointed in him but he couldn't help but feel slightly excited, wanting to know more about the portal and what his parents experimented on. Soon the three downstairs began to calm down and each of them gradually made their ways to bed. Jazz had stopped by Danny's room to check in on him, however when she opened the door he covered up his head, pretending to be asleep. He disliked talking to Jazz, she always seemed to make him feel guilty somehow.
"Good night Danny. I'm glad you're okay" she said softly before sighing and shutting the door continuing to his room. Danny sighed trying to ignore any guilt that he felt for ignoring her. He shivered a little wondering why he felt so cold, it seemed worst now that he was left to his thoughts. He was only focused on the freezing feeling he felt. Even after bundling under all of his covers he still felt a chill deep within him. He just wanted to sleep, to find some moment of peace. Nearly an hour later he believed he had found it as he shut his tired eyes.
