Hey there! It's been quite a while, more than a whole month, but I did dit! A few weeks of trips here and there and camping, school started... But i still managed to finish this! :D Enjoy!
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"...anny, Danny? Come on, wake up!"
Danny felt a hand shaking his shoulder. "Wha?" He muttered and his eyelids fluttered open slowly.
Danny heard relieved sighs and he blinked a few times to clear his blurry vision.
"Sam?" He said when he saw who was in front of him.
He heard snorting and he looked to see Tucker besides Sam, an object in his hand.
"Yeah, of course you only see Sam when you wake up." Tucker said with a laugh.
"Shut up." Sam mumbled as Danny heaved himself up.
He stumbled slightly and Sam steadied him. "Wow there, hotshot. Not too fast." Danny nodded to show he was fine and rubbed his eyes.
"Man, what the heck happened?" He muttered.
"You were gone for so long with Dash, we were getting worried that something happened so we used this to find you. We found you passed out behind that tree." Tucker said and showed what he was holding.
"The... Fenton boooomerang?" Danny said when he looked at what was in his best friend's hand.
"Yeah." Sam said. "It took us a longer time to find you than we thought, it was exhausting running after this stupid thing." They started walking out of the forest, using Tucker's GPS in his PDA for directions.
"What we you even doing here anyway?" Sam wondered. "What happened to make you unconscious?"
Danny sighed. " I don't really know..." He said then explained what had happened to him.
"Wow." Tucker said after a moment of silence after Danny had finished his story. "So you just kinda passed out just for running a bit and using a couple of your powers?"
"Yeah, I did." Danny agreed. " I have no idea why, though. I felt really tired this morning and running only made me feel worst. Even just turning invisible took a lot out of me!"
"And usually, it doesn't take any energy at all." Sam added, then frowned. "But Danny, you said you passed out right after you transformed, and turning invisible was difficult. You don't think..."
"That my parents actually made a second one of that thing and that it got me?" Danny snorted. "Sam, they would've told me and my sister about it even before they started building it. They can't help it but brag about every thing they're doing. I don't know why this time would be different. There's nothing to worry about, you'll see."
"Maybe they forgot, you never know! Danny, I'm feeling like you're not taking this seriously." Sam said.
Danny rolled his eyes. "Sam, I said it before and I'll say it again, there's nothing to worry about! I feel much better!" He insisted and was surprised to see that he didn't have to lie this time. His energy was mostly back and he wasn't feeling dizzy anymore.
"Whatever you say." Sam said with a huff. "I'm just glad Dash didn't find you while you were unconscious, that would've been a problem."
"That makes two of us." Danny said." Speaking of Dash, did you come across by him? I just don't feel like him getting lost then blaming it on me."
"Actually, we did." Tucker answered. "While we are running in the streets chasing the boooomerang, we ran pass by him and he yelled at us to 'Get lost, you dumb losers!' And that's pretty much it. He must obviously be home by now. That, or he got lost a few blocks from his own house."
"So that means I haven't been out that long?" Danny said, sighing in relief. "So I won't be in that much trouble after all!"
"Actually, we saw him a couple of hours ago, the boooomerang was malfunctioning so it took us more time to find you. And we only went after school, Mr. Lancer wouldn't let us out of class and he called your parents to let them know that you weren't there, even after we insisted that Dash was the reason that you missed class." Sam said and Danny smacked his forehead.
"Oh man." He groaned. "My parents are gonna kill me, they're gonna think that I skipped!"
Tucker grinned. "Don't sweat it, Sam and I took care of it!"
Sam looked around. "I guess we've been gone longer than we thought, it's kinda dark in h-" Danny heard a thump then a frustrated curse.
"You alright, Sam?" Tucker asked, shining the light of the screen of his PDA towards his friend.
Sam squinted her eyes at the sudden brightness and shielded her face. "Fine, just tripped a little on a root. Say, don't you have a flashlight or something we could use to see where we're going?"
"Nope, I only have this and I need to keep my eyes on the screen. Besides," Tucker grinned at Danny. "Who needs a flashlight when you have a best friend with ghostly night vision? You could just tell us where to go."
Sam frowned. "Can't he just go ghost and fly us out of here? Danny, you said that you were feeling better?"
Danny bit his lip, the last time he had tried to change in Phantom, he had mysteriously passed out. He didn't want that happening again. "We'll, I'm still kinda tired, can't I just make an ectoblast in my hand or something?" If turning invisible just made me dizzy, won't an ectoblast do the same or less than that?
"Think about the excuse you would give to the person seeing you with a glowing green hand? Naw, too risky." Tucker pointed out. "Just put your night vision on and wear these to hide it just in case." He held out a pair of sunglasses.
Danny took them and put them on, closing his eyes and concentrating a bit before opening them again. Instantly, his vision cleared and he saw as clear as if the sun was shining brightly, only dimmed slightly by his sunglasses.
A sudden wave of fatigue passed over him, causing him to stagger slightly and grab his head. His friends were instantly by his side.
"Are you alright? You don't look so good." Sam asked in concern, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Fine, just used my powers a little too fast." Danny said.
"If you say so." Tucker said. " But if your're uncomfortable about it, you can stop. We can manage with my PDA's light."
"No I'm good." Danny insisted and gently pushed Sam's hand away, he didn't like it when his friends worried about him. "Watch out for the rock in front of you, Tuck."
Tucker took his warning and jumped. "Thanks. We're nearly there, I think. I have no idea why that dumb gadget made us run everywhere for hours, just to lead us to the tree you were hiding behind and I swear we passed by it two times. Turn left over here. So, you guys doing anything for the week end?"
"Ghost fighting, sleep and eat as much as I can manage, and that's not a lot, more ghost fighting... You know, the usual." Danny answered as they walked out of the forest. "Watch for the puddle of water over there."
They walked in silence for a few minutes until they were in front of Danny's house.
"Wait a sec, you said you took care of my parents, what did you tell them exactly?" Danny asked while they were walking up the stairs in front of his front door.
Tucker shrugged. "We called them before they could freak out and told them that you saw a ghost and decided to investigate. We didn't imagine that we would take this long to find you, though, so they might think that you've been captured or something..."
"Well, lets hope at they don't think that..." Danny said and opened the door. "I'm home!" He called.
His parents came zooming in front of him in a blue and orange blur.
"Oh my baby, you were gone for so long, we were so worried!" Maddie shrieked, wrapping her arms tightly around him.
"So, son," Jack said excitedly. "Did ya get a good look at the ghost? We would've gone with you, but Jazz kept insisting that we needed to stay here and help her with her homework." He said with a pout.
"And I'm very grateful for the help." Jazz said from the stairs, walking down and smiling at her brother. "Glad you're alright." She said.
"Well, that's enough people caring for each other for me!" Tucker said suddenly, walking outside and dragging Sam with him. "See you tomorrow, Danny!"
"Yeah, thanks for helping me out, guys!" Danny replied as Tucker closed the door with a wave.
"So, son, tell me. How did ya beat the ghost, eh?" Jack asked excitedly.
"Oh, well... He was tough, but when I told him that you guys were my parents and that they would find him, he was striken with fear and ran away, yelling that he was too afraid of the... Erm... Mighty Fentons!" Danny made up hastily.
"Ha!" Jack yelled triumphantly, puffing out his chest and missing Danny's sigh of relief. "So we have that much of a big reputations as the greatest ghost hunters? I always knew we were the best!"
"Yeah... I'll just go upstairs to my room, kay?" Danny said, backing away towards the stairs.
"Wait a second, sweetie." Maddie asked, making Danny groan internally and turn around. "Are you sure that you're alright? Not hurt or anything?" She said, walking over to him and inspecting him for injuries.
"No, mom. I'm absolutely fine." Danny said exasperately, longing to go to his bed.
"Are you sure? You're not hungry after all that happened today?" Maddie pressed.
"Yeah, I'm cool." Danny said, surprised that his everlasting hunger wasn't as present as it usually was. "Can I go to my room, now?"
"Sure, but first, take off those glasses, alright? I have no idea why you have those inside, or why you even wore them outside for that matter."
"Oh, yeah." Danny said, he had forgotten that he was still wearing them. He walked towards the stairs, passing his sister as he took off his sunglasses.
"Hey Danny?" Jazz started, but then gasped softly as she looked him in the eyes, almost too soft for Danny to hear. "Never mind, just go upstairs." She said and hastily walked away.
"What's the matter with her?" Danny muttered as he walked to his room.
Closing the door of his room with a sigh, Danny threw his glasses away and walked over to his bed, collapsing on top of it and groaning in his pillow.
I wonder what Jazz was so weird today. Come to think of it, she's always been this way since after I defeated Spectra. Danny thought.
He got up to his dresser, putting on his pyjamas and looking in the mirror. What he saw made him gasp and rub his eyes a few times.
His eyes were still glowing green.
What the... my night vision is off, I thought I switched back as soon as walked inside!
Danny looked outside, seeing that it was dark, with a few stars lighting up the sky.
If I was looking with my night vision, it would be bright outside, so what the hell is doing this to me? He then recalled what Jazz had done when she saw him earlier.
Is that why she was acting like that? She saw my eyes and freaked out?
Danny groaned, throwing himself on his bed and sighing. "What the heck is going on, here?"
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And there you are! I know it probably won't make up for all the time I took to finish it, but I hope you like it all the same! ^.^ I'll finish the next chapter as soon as I can!
Loks
