A/N: I took longer to update because the critics murdered my brain….oh well. Well, here's the next chapter. Thanks to divinedragon7 for helping to revive my brain by giving me ideas. Sorry if this one came out a bit weird….and short…so blame the critics, not me.

Ch. 3: Delusional Trepidation

'So, how's his condition?'

My head felt weird…like air. I think I'm dreaming….

'He had another close call last night, but he managed to pull through it again.'

Who are they….talking about? I wish this dream had pictures….

'Strong kid.'

'Yeah, but he owes it to you, who saved his life. If you didn't find him, who knows what would have happened to him?'

'Yeah, I guess you could say that.'

I don't recognize any of these voices. Maybe I didn't make it down the river, so my parents had me taken away for punishment…I hate being punished. Then, something felt like it clicked and then everything but my eyes got clearer. I heard the voices start to speak again.

'And how's his temperature?'

'It's still terribly low, but it's higher than yesterday. Currently it's at…73.4 °F. Also, the EKG(1) shows that his heartbeat is more regular. If you haven't found him sooner, his hypothermia would be even worse, and we wouldn't be able to save him. We're just lucky that he didn't catch pneumonia. With his other symptoms, that would prove to be fatal.'

What are they talking about? Who's temp…temp…nevermind. I then forgot about what I was thinking about and moved on to other things. I thought about my family and wondered if they were happy or not. I hoped that they were…

'That's good…hey look, he's waking up!'

I tried to open my eyes. I wanted to see who they were talking about. Who…I'm kind of tired though. Maybe I should just go back to sleep…but I want to see…I want to…

'Then we can get him to tell us who his parents are!'

'We might not get too much out of him now though, his temperature's still low…hey; it's risen to 83.6°.'

'Good. He's going to make it.'

'Of course.'

I barely opened one eye, but it felt as if it weighed as much as one of one of those band thingies that mommy always wears when she goes ex-her-sizing. But I didn't feel like worrying about it, so I looked around. There was a lady there…with a white dress and hat on, as well as white shoes. There was also a man with gray hair, a black suit, and dress shoes. Who where they? Maybe they were hired by mommy to make sure I didn't run away from my punishment…Then, they turned to face me, and ran over to where I was. The lady hugged me really tight, I almost fainted. My arms started to hurt too.

'Hello, kid.' The lady said.

Her face was so blurry, but I could tell she had blonde hair. I turned away to look at the rest of the room, but she grabbed my face and turned it back.

'Look at me ok, sweetie? Now, can you tell us your name?' She said, then smiled. She seemed nice.

'Mommy tells me not to talk to strangers,' I said to her, hoping she'd leave me alone. I didn't feel like talking to anyone.

'Come on; just tell me your name. Then we can take you back to your parents.'

My parents…is this a test? I couldn't help but wonder…so if I tell this lady my name, and maybe answer her questions, my family will give me another chance! I don't know what I did…but they might have been mad at me for not being able to get down the river…so they chose to give me a test instead of having the police get me…they really do care about me! At this moment, everything became blurrier than it already was and I felt really warm inside. Upon feeling this warmth, I shook.

'Are you cold?' The lady asked me.

I shook my head no. She believed me.

'Will you tell me your name now?'

'Danny…' I said quietly.

'Danny who?' The lady asked.

'Danny Fenton.' I said, and then I heard a gasp.

I turned to where the noise was coming from. It was from the man. His face was all scrunched up and red.

'Wha's wrong?' I asked him, hoping that he had heard me.

He turned to face me, and his face turned back to normal.

'Nothing's wrong, little badger.' He said, and then he smiled.

I smiled back, and then turned again. It felt like something was on my face…I reached up to my face and felt it. It felt like plastic…I ran my hand down it.

'It's just a mask, sweetie.' The lady said. 'Does it bother you?'

Once again, I shook my head no. I didn't want this lady to get mad at me too.

'Dr. Lasker,' the man started to say. 'I think I know his father. He was an old colleague of mine…'

'Why don't you ask him to make sure,' the lady said.

The man walked up to where I was.

'Is Jack your father's name?' He asked.

'My mommy calls him that,' I said.

He nodded.

'Ok, we'll look him up now,' the lady said. She then turned to me and said, 'Don't worry, your parents will be here soon, ok?'

I nodded. But I was thinking, was this a good thing? Or would my mommy and daddy be mad at me for having to pick me up? My head started to hurt, so I started to look around the room, then my head felt much better. I felt sleepy again. All of the colors in the room began to swirl up and the lady and the man's faces turned all blotchy until my head pounded. I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer.

'What's happening?' I heard a voice say. I no longer could tell whether it was the man or the lady who spoke.

'His heartbeat is freaked! We need to get some staff in here immediately. STAT!'

All of a sudden, my ears were filled with noise and I couldn't concentrate. Then, I could no longer see or hear. My world had gone blank. I then knew that this was not a dream.

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1. EKG: A machine that monitors the heart and displaces the results on a small screen in the form of a beeping line. Thanx divinedragon7 for writing the definition for me!

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