Slowly, but surely this is getting done. I'll continue Storm Surge after I finish re-writing this as the origin story is pretty important. But i'm not gonna talk long. Enjoy Chapter 3, Revamped!

"Speaking"

Thinking


"Jimmy? Earth to Jimmy,do you read me?"

To Jimmy,the voice was miles away and he waved it away. When he did he let out a choked cry of surprise,as a sharp pain flew up from his wrist to his shoulder.

"Dude!" the voice spoke again. "Do we have anything that could help him? I know it's his Lab,but there's bound to be something. Look around."

The voice now seemed to be speaking to someone else.

Jimmy's clouded mind drifted as he fought to clear it. Wait,he said 'His Lab'. Am I back in my Lab? What happened...wait...That's right!

Jimmy's eyes fluttered. The Lab wasn't too brightly lit,so regaining his vision wasn't difficult. He pushed himself up into a sitting position,as his name was called again. "Jimmy? You back to the world of the living yet?"

Jimmy's eyes opened fully as he rested a hand on his head and turned towards the voice. Danny,that's right.

"Well,I'm still breathing aren't I?" he responded,cracking a smile. Taking a large breath right after saying that,he noticed he was laying on a small couch he had kept in the main room of his Lab sometimes. There was a pillow under his elbows and a blanket around his knees.

"How did I get here though?" he asked him,now back in human form.

Danny rested a hand on his side. "How much do you remember?"

Jimmy put his arm down. "I remember you almost turning me into a mess on the concrete,us going into that mess of storm clouds,and finding Timmy. How much am I missing?"

Danny let out a chuckle. "Not much,considering you passed out. You got hurt during the fight and Jenny and I brought both you and Timmy back. That's about it."

Jimmy's eyes widened,as he let out a gasp. "Is he okay!? I mean-"

Danny held a hand up,signaling him to stop. "He's fine,I think..."

Jimmy looked at him like he had just offended him. "What do you mean, 'you think'?"

"Well..." He pointed at another part of the room where the buck-toothed boy was laying on a pile of blankets with a pillow and another blanket on top of him. It looked like a make-shift bed.

"He still hasn't woken up?"

Danny detected a hint of honest concern in his tone. "No,he sometimes will twitch,but other than that,nothin'."

Jimmy lowered his eyes,sympathy coating his dark blue orbs. He took another breath as the sounds of his many experiments filled his ears. "Where's Jenny?"

"Oh,I asked her to look around and try to find something to help you. You look like you're still in a bit of pain."

Jimmy shrugged,ignoring the sharp jolt that stung him. It was like electricity was now flowing through his veins instead of blood and it sparked each time his moved.

"I'm fine,really. I'm more concerned with why Turner hasn't woken up yet." he insisted,trying to hide his concern the way he always did,by calling Timmy by his last name and not his first.

A cheerful voice then cut through. "Oh,Jimmy! Thank jobs you're awake! I was really starting to freak." Jenny said,walking in with a white bottle in her hand.

"What'cha got there Jen?" Danny asked,as Jimmy shoved his legs over the side of the couch.

"Something...I think will help? It says: 'Painkillers' on the front so..."

Jimmy pulled his knees up to his chest and laughed a bit himself. To him,it was always a bit funny to watch Jenny try to figure human stuff out. She knew about a lot of stuff,but there was always something that confused her a little.

"Yeah,those will help. Thanks for finding them,Jenny." He held out his hand and she gave him the bottle,he then looked over the dosage details on the back.

"Where'd you find those? I looked everywhere for something like that." Danny asked,giving her a side-eye.

She pointed behind her. "A few rooms over. It was luck I spotted it really,only reason I did was because it was on a shelf with a lot of dark-colored stuff. The white stood out."

"Ah,gotcha."

Tipping the bottle,two pale white pills fell into Jimmy's hand and he popped them into his mouth,swallowing them dry.

Danny flinched. "Aren't you supposed to take them with water?"

Jimmy grimaced and swallowed hard. "Yeah,but being completely honest with ya,getting up and walking over to the sink is the last thing I wanna do right now."

Danny rolled his eyes. "Dude,you could've asked one of us to get you a glass of water. Seriously,you're the genius here and you didn't realize that?"

"Oh,I think he figured that out just fine." Jenny smirked. "I think he's just being stubborn,like all boys."

"Hey!"

Jenny laughed out loud this time as both Danny and Jimmy responded to that.

"Urrgh...mm..."

All three pairs of eyes looked behind and saw Timmy's eyes twitch. After a moment,his face went still again. All of them lowered their eyes in sympathy.
Hoping that the Painkillers were working,Jimmy hopped off the couch. He braced for the agony,but when he felt none,he walked right over to his friend.

"Does he have any injuries?" he asked the two teens.

"Not that I've seen. He might a few bruises,but I don't think he's got any broken bones or anything."

Jenny nodded. "I think Danny's right. I looked him over earlier and didn't find much."

"Does he have any bruises on his head?"

"I didn't see any, no." Jenny answered.

"Why do you ask,Jim?" Danny asked.

"I ask,because I'm trying to figure out what's keeping him from waking up. If he had a concussion or some injury to his head it would give me some explanation,but if there isn't one..."

What's going on with him?

"Could that...thing be doing something to him still?" Jenny suggested.

"Thing?" Jimmy asked,but quickly answered it himself. "Oh,right...that...it's entirely possible,but how to know for sure..."

"I might be able to help with that." Danny said,tone expressing pride.

Now it was Jenny's turn to give him the side-eye. "How exactly?"

He gave a confident smirk. "Easy,one of the things I can do is Overshadow people. From past experience,I've learned that if I do it to someone while their asleep,I can see into their dreams." He turned to Jimmy. "I've actually woken people up doing that before,maybe I can do it here."

Jimmy thought about it. Normally I would object to something like that...but I don't think we've really got any other option.

"I guess we have no other choice. Go ahead and try it." Jimmy affirmed,giving him a nod of approval. Danny nodded back.

"Going Ghost!" he shouted,transforming and rising into the air.

Jenny rolled her eyes at the corny battle cry.

"Alright,I'll be right back." he said,turning invisible and vanishing inside Timmy's head.

The two remaining Nicktoons looked at each other,worried.



Danny opened his eyes and looked around. Alright,I'm in. Now...

Something was off,really off. Any other time Danny had gone into someone's dream,it was in some location or it was at least lit. He was currently floating in nothing but darkness.

He began moving forward,looking for any sign of his friend. He started to wonder if this was what it looked like when someone wasn't dreaming at all,but shook his head.

He has to be dreaming. Why else would he be acting like that in his sleep? Maybe this is what your head looks like when you're being controlled? Or what happens when some evil power takes over you? It sure would explain why people act so crazy when that happens. I know that all too well...

He was snapped out his thoughts when a familiar voice rang out,echoing through the shadow.

"Leave me ALONE!"

"Timmy!" Danny cried,racing forward.

"You freak! Get away from me!"

Danny forced himself to go faster and faster,until his face came into contact with a wall.

"Ugh!" He peeled himself off the dark wall and landed rear-first on the ground.

"Ow." He rubbed his cheek and listened.

"I'm not going anywhere,little boy."

That voice sent chills through the already cold ghost. "Oh no."

He turned intangible and phased through the ground below,staying invisible,he saw who he was looking for and someone he wasn't.

There was Timmy and a hooded figure covered in darkness standing in a barely lit room in the middle of nowhere with no visible exits or entrances.

Timmy was on his back on the floor,while the figure was standing.

"Yes,you are!" he yelled out suddenly,charging forward with a fist raised. The figured growled and stepped to the side when he got close,then kicked out at his stomach. It knocked the air out of him and he crumpled to the floor again.

"No,I'm not."

It began walking toward him,but he scooted away and gave it a hateful glare,as he held his abdomen. "If you think I'll let you control me again I-!"

It only laughed,turning and revealing it's glowing red eyes. "Spare me kid,you're about as weak and helpless as a newborn kitten and you have no ability to resist me. Stop trying to look brave,it ain't working."

Danny's eyes flared with green energy upon hearing that. He isn't weak! He's just a bit hotheaded. You have no right to call him weak considering you sent him out to fight us to save your sorry hide.

It got down on one knee and placed a hand under his chin. He pulled his head away,but it was yanked back. "You did so well,you know."

He looked horrified at that statement. "At what!? Almost killing my friends!?" He stood and got in it's face,which was somehow still covered by darkness. "YOU almost killed Jimmy!"

The two eyes blinked and narrowed. "And your point is?"

His jaw dropped. "My POINT is that you almost made me kill one of my best friends! That's just plain wrong!"

It stood,turning away. "That's how you see it. I see it as stress relief. By that I mean,literally removing the things in my life that cause me stress."

He took a step back. "So you're just gonna kill anybody who annoys you!? Just wipe them off the face of the Earth because you DON'T like them!?"

"Yes. Starting with YOU!" It turned around sharply and charged at the boy with some strange energy charging where it's mouth would be at the speed a bullet would jealous of. Thankfully,Danny was faster. He dove down immediately and tackled the figure.

"You're not gonna lay a hand on him,you monster!" Danny shouted in defiance.

"D...Danny!? What are you doing here!?" Timmy asked,despite this really not being the time.

The figure glared at him. "How the HELL did you get in here!? You shouldn't be able to-"

Danny responded by shoving his fist in it's face. "Methods." he said,turning to Timmy. "You alright?"

"I-I guess..." he said,awkwardly.

He turned back to it and bared his canines,eyes blazing with neon light. It returned the look,red eyes blazing. "Get off me you spectral abomination!" It kicked him off,sending him to the floor.

"Dude!" Timmy ran over to him. "Are you okay!?"

He nodded and placed a comforting hand on his head. "I'm fine. Are you sure you're alright?"

Timmy nodded. "Yeah,I'm okay."

They both looked back at the figure. Danny stood back up. The very shadows around seemed to be irritated.

"Get outta here! Leave our friend alone!" he ordered. "Or you are gonna regret it!" He allowed his energy to gather around his hands to emphasize his threat.

It growled and took a step back. "How sad,the weak little boy hides behind his little ghost pet!" it word slid off it's tongue like venom.

Danny's eyes and hands grew brighter. It growled again and finally threw it's hands up in frustration. "You know what? Fine! It's no skin off my back,he's useless to me now anyway. Now he can be useless to you too!" With that it vanished into the darkness.

"And don't you come near him again!"


Jenny was startled when Danny back-flipped out of Timmy's head and landed semi-gracefully on the floor of Jimmy's Lab with the confident grin still on his face.

"Gah! What the-oh it's just you. What happened,did it work?" she asked.

He didn't even have to answer,Timmy's eyes opened within seconds of Danny returning.

He shot up into a sitting position with his eyes wild,like he didn't know where he was. Danny ran over and grabbed his shoulder. "Timmy,relax. You're in Jimmy's Lab. You're safe."

He took a breath and looked at the ghost boy,relaxing into a smile. "Oh man,you have no idea how glad I am to hear that." he said. "That was messed up."

Then he realized someone was missing from the conversation. "Wait...dude! Where's Jimmy!?" His eyes went wild again and he started looking around frantically.

Jenny sighed. She felt awful seeing him like that. She would've felt the same had it been anyone. She hated seeing people so upset and frantic,so she always wanted to be that one person who could be comforting,even though her appearance would make you think otherwise. She quickly searched for a memory that would help her here and she found one.

About a month ago she had been over at Brad's house when an obnoxious Thunderstorm hit. The thunder and lightning was hellish and deafening,so she didn't blame Tuck at all when he screamed in terror and hid. Brad seemed pretty okay with it,saying; "Keeps him outta my hair.",but Jenny wasn't gonna let him suffer like that.

She spent the whole night sitting with him and holding him close,telling him over and over that she'd protect him and that nothing would hurt him. She didn't get one percent of charge that night,but it was worth it to her when she found out he was no longer afraid of storms because of what she did. She figured this time would be no different.

She made her way over to the frantic boy and got down to his level,placing a hand gently in his hair.

"Hey,it's okay. He was still a bit tired,so he went over to that couch to rest a bit more. He's alright,don't worry." The words were typical,but what mattered was her tone. She had softened her tone to one that mothers would often use to comfort their children. She had learned that fearful kids responded to that well,so she taught herself how to do it in hopes it would make people less sensitive to her appearance.

Danny was impressed as it seemed to work. Timmy's breathing leveled out and looked at the sleeping boy with much calmer eyes. He then looked at Jenny and realizing who or what he was talking to,he fell onto his back in surprise. "Holy crud! Robot!"

A loud clang sounded as Jenny's hand collided with her face,Danny stifling a laugh.

Really? she thought,sighing and internally rolling her eyes.

"Timmy relax. It's just Jenny. She's cool."

Timmy laughed nervously. "Oh, right...sorry."

Jenny removed her hand from her face, revealing a smile. "It's cool. I'm used to it."

"I figured you wouldn't have been surprised Timmy."

Everyone turned to see Jimmy sitting up. Danny turned. "Hey, how're ya feeling?"

"Better, also just an FYI Jenny..."

She gave him a confused look. "Yeah?"

"You face-palm really loudly."

Danny and Timmy both snickered at that while Jenny blushed and laughed nervously. "Heh, my bad."

"Anyway, Timmy? You doin' alright?"

The younger boy looked at him and let out a depressed sigh. "I guess. Danny really saved my butt from that...whatever it was...and well..."
Jimmy gave him a serious look. "It wasn't your fault." he said, tone laced with the same seriousness. Timmy looked surprised at the response, but Jimmy knew where that line was going.

He stayed silent for a moment, then responded back. "Can I be honest? I feel like it was! That thing attacked my town and I should've been able to deal with it!"

Jimmy opened his mouth to retort, but was stopped by Timmy suddenly letting out a gasp of horror. "Oh no! Cosmo and Wanda! I remember now! That thing captured them!"

"It did what!?" Jimmy and Danny exclaimed, at the same time.

Jenny blinked and lowered her pigtails. "Um, I know this may be a bad time to ask...but who are Cosmo and Wanda?"

Timmy brought his knees up to his chest and hugged them. "They're...friends of mine."

He could've just told her, but he still felt uncomfortable saying what they were outright out-loud.

Jimmy got off the couch and explained. "They're friends of his that help him out with a lot of things, he really cares about them and if this thing has them, it could mean trouble."

"Why?"

"Because they have power. And if something has power, then you can bet that any villain will want it slash take it."

Jenny looked back at Timmy. Aw man...poor guy.

"Well, if that thing has them, let's find that that thing!" Danny suggested, crossing his arms over his chest.

Jimmy's eyes wandered to the floor for a moment, indicating that he was thinking.

How can we find that thing? Seeing as it seems to have the ability to hop between universes...it could be anywhere.

He suddenly snapped his fingers. Unless!

He dashed over to his chair and started typing frantically on his keyboard while Timmy laughed. "Look out everybody. Neutron's got an idea."

He smiled back at him. "You bet I do!"

"Well?" Danny questioned. "Spill it!"

With a final tap on a key, Jimmy spun his chair around. "Easy. That thing obviously has powers of some kind, right?"

The ghost boy smirked. "I see where you're going with this."

Timmy raised an eyebrow. "You do?" He then looked at the Boy Genius again. "Where are you going with this?"

"Where I'm going Timmy, is that in order for something to have powers, it has to have energy to use them. This energy is surprisingly unique as not every creature has the same powers."

He gestured toward Danny. "Like how Danny has Ghost Powers and so he has an Ectoplasmic Signature. Which can be traced."

Danny affirmed what he was saying by nodding. "That's true. Tucker and Sam actually used that to save me from Vlad once."

"So what you're saying is that...we can track this thing?" Timmy asked.

Jimmy nodded. "I'm willing to bet." He turned his chair back around and looked at his screen, which had been preforming a scan.

"Bingo."

"Did you find it?" Jenny asked.

"Yes, I did...but it seems to be in a place i've never seen before. It's not Amity Park, Tremorton, or Dimmsdale I can tell ya that much."

"Does it have a name, Neutron?"

"Yeah, Boiling Springs it looks like. Odd name for a town. Regardless, we found what we were looking for. You three ready to go?"

Jenny and Danny pounded their fists together Timmy gave a determined nod.

"Time for some payback."

"You can count on it, Danny!" Timmy said. "No one takes my Fairies from me! OR makes me attack my friends!"

Jimmy laughed to himself. Good to know everyone's in good spirits after that train wreck...

Typing a few more keys, the portal to their right sprang to life again.

"You set the coordinates right this time?" Jenny joked.

Jimmy sighed. "As far as I know. We'll see if some otherworldly being messes it up again."