Part Four is here, and trust me, it will pick up later.
The room was silent as a grave, no pun intended. Everyone was staring at old grandpa jack, hoping for something more.
Finally, Danny had the courage to speak up. "But, I thought the portal was busted beyond repair," He said, sounding slightly panicked. But Jack didn't seem to notice any of the fear in his voice, nor the nervous looks from the adults.
"So did we, but this morning on our way in town, our sensors picked up a residual Ecto-energy signature. It seems the portal had a steady drip of power left, and that built up over all these years. Finally it expanded into a portal for about thirty seconds, long enough for us to pick it up. And that one glimmer was all we needed to start working."
"But there weren't any ghosts that came out of that portal, right?" asked Valerie. She sounded a bit hopeful, but D.J was intent on popping her bubble. This was a bragging sort of situation, and he wanted to empress Grandma and Grandpa.
"Actually, there was a ghost. Me and Terra fought him off in the school hallway."
"Right," said Danny sarcastically, "Like when you said your math teacher was an FBI agent? Or maybe like when the cashier at the nasty burger was a vampire?"
"No, this time D.J's telling the truth," said Terra, "as crazy as it may seem. But to be fair, that Skulker guy-"
"Pffffffft!" Sam spat out her herbal tea like it was toxic. "Did you say Skulker?" she managed to choke out.
"Yeah, it was weird. He seemed more robot than ghost. He just burst through the roof of the school, yelling, 'Where is Phantom? Where is the ghost boy?' and calling himself the greatest hunter in the Ghostzone. It took the Fenton thermos just to shut him up.
"There, you see!" Jack said, "Ghost hunting's in their blood! Now that the portal's fixed, we can send that ghost straight to the Zone! Come on kids, get on your hazmat suits!"
"Hey kids, why don't you let the adults talk for a bit. Why don't you head upstairs, o.k.?"
A bit later, the three were sitting in Terra's room, trying to figure out what the adults would do.
"Dad's probably gonna shut down the portal, you know." D.J sounded depressed. He'd always wanted to see the other side of the portal, and now he'd just convinced his dad to have it off for good.
"It's your fault you know," Terra said, "The portal and all. If you hadn't started boasting about beating a ghost, we would probably still have the portal."
D.J grabbed the nearest pillow and threw it at his sister in false anger. Terra braced for the blow, but… it never came.
"Ha! Only you could throw-" She saw their shocked faces gaping at her, mouths open. "What? Do I have something on my shirt?" She looked down, but there was nothing there. She was just a floating head.
Part four is over. Sorry for the delay. Wait till part five, coming soon!