Author's Note: Wow! Thanks so much for all the great reviews! As I said in the last chapter, Danny will be in this one! So enjoy and don't forget to review!
The Past and Shocking News
I must have fainted or something 'cause the next thing I know I'm waking up in my bed with a splitting headache. I think I was crying before since my face is kind of sticky but I don't really remember. What I do remember though is that I reappeared right in front of Mom. I don't think I'll ever forget that look on her face for the rest of my life. I was right. She's scared of me. She probably thinks I'm a freak. What if she leaves me?
I pulled myself out of bed and made my way into the living room. There I was greeted by Mom who was sitting on the sofa with her head in her hands and Tucker who was in the chair across from her. Mom lifted her head up and looked at me. She seemed to be searching my face for some tell tale sign that she really saw what she thought she saw down in the shop. She got it when I broke eye contact and suddenly found the lamp in the corner very interesting.
"Lyddie…" she croaked out, "Why didn't you tell me?"
I looked back at her and noticed that her face was completely red, probably from crying. "I don't know. I guess I wasn't sure what you would think. I was afraid you'd leave too."
Mom's eyes widened in surprise and she immediately ran over to me and pulled me into a hug, "Lyddie! That could never happen!" She held me out at arms length and looked into my eyes, "I love you. No matter what. I would never leave you."
Mom pulled me into another hug and I started crying. Don't ask me why, it just seemed like a good time to cry. I was so relieved that I didn't know what else to do. She let go of me and gave me smile and I couldn't help smiling back. She sat back down on the sofa and motioned for me to sit down next to her.
"So, when did this first start happening?" She asked.
I shrugged, "It's been a while I guess but I sort of brushed it off until about a week ago. I uh… accidentally fell through a wall."
"You fell through a wall?" Tucker asked. Then he started to laugh, "I remember when that first happened to Danny. He 'accidentally' fell into the girls locker room."
Mom scowled at Tucker but I could definitely see a hint of a smile.
"So, my father had the same powers as me?" I asked.
"Yeah…" she said, "It's a long story Lyddie so get comfortable…"
Danny was flying. He found it relaxing and it helped him forget. Without even realizing it, he'd flown right into Amity Park. A look of immense sadness came over his face when he spied the huge mechanical tower that was Fenton Works. Against his better judgment, he found himself aiming for the roof. He landed to rest and looked out over the town that used to be his home.
Danny whipped around when he heard the door open and his eyes widened when he saw Jazz. She dropped the ghost bazooka as soon as she saw who it was.
"Danny?" a huge smile broke out across her face, "Danny!"
She ran over to him and the next thing he knew Danny was being knocked to the ground and squeezed by his sister.
"Jazz honey, is everything okay up there?" came a voice from in the house.
"Yeah Mom don't worry, it was a false alarm!" she called back.
"Jazz… You're uh… squishing me." Danny managed to squeak out.
"Huh? Oh!" she quickly got off, "Danny… Where… Why… What happened?"
Danny looked off into the town, "How'd you know I was up here?"
"Silent ghost alarm in the house." she replied.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Hey! I asked you first!" she yelled, "And for you're information my family is visiting here for the weekend."
Danny looked over at her, "You've got a family now? That's great."
"You've got one too you know. And we've been feeling a bit neglected over the past fourteen years. Where have you been?"
Danny shrugged, "A lot of places."
Jazz crossed her arms "That's not an answer. Do you have any idea how worried everybody's been? No one knew where you disappeared too. Mom and Dad haven't been the same since and the last time I saw Sam she was a wreck!"
His eyes widened, "You saw Sam? Is she okay?"
Jazz sighed, "I don't know. I only saw her once a few days after you left. She moved somewhere and no one knew where except for her parents. And they sure weren't telling."
"Oh." he said as he once again turned towards the skyline.
"'Oh'?! Danny what have you been doing all this time?! Why did you leave?!"
"I just… Didn't want anyone to get hurt." he replied.
"What do you mean? We never got hurt." Jazz said.
"Yeah… But none of you had any idea how many times I stopped one of you from getting killed. I could never forgive myself if something ever happed to any of you. Especially Sam. So I did what made sense. I left."
"What do you mean what made sense?!" she yelled at him, "How does leaving your friends and family without even a word make sense?!"
"You… just don't understand."
"I understand alright! You left because you didn't want to put any of us in danger. But did you ever stop to think how we felt about it?! We knew the risk and all the dangers but we faced them with you! We all cared about you! Sam she… she loved you Danny."
"She's probably forgotten all about me by now." he said.
"Don't kid yourself. I may not have seen her in a long time but I know she could never forget about you."
Suddenly they were interrupted by ringing and Jazz pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and flipped it open.
"Hello? Tucker!"
Danny whipped around when he heard his old best friend's name.
"Huh? You found her?! That's great!"
There was a long pause where Jazz's face turned to one of complete shock, "She's what?!"
Panicked Danny rushed over to Jazz, "What?! What is it?!"
"Jazz? Is someone there with you?" Danny could hear through the earpiece.
"Tucker you're not going to believe this, but it's Danny." she said.
"WHAT?!" Jazz almost dropped the phone.
"Tucker, tell me where she is. I'm bringing Danny over. Uh huh… okay. We'll be there." she said before hanging up.
When Jazz turned back to Danny she saw him slowly backing away, "Jazz… I can't... Not after all these years…"
"Well too bad 'cause you're going anyway." she argued before smiling at him, "Besides, don't you want to meet your daughter?"
Danny passed out and hit the roof with a thud.
Tucker came back in the room after having stepped out for a few minutes. Mom had explained everything that had happened with my father and how he got his ghost powers. She also said she was going to try and help me get better control over them.
Tucker sat back down in the chair "Well, you're not going to believe this. I just called Jazz. And Danny's with her."
Mom's head snapped up and she looked at Tucker with something between shock and sadness.
"I told Jazz where I am. She said she's bringing him here." Tucker said.
I sat back down on the sofa stunned and was only brought out of my stupor when I heard Mom starting to hyperventilate.
"Mom? Mom! Calm down!" I yelled at her. Although I was completely freaking out myself, I didn't want to see her pass out on me.
She slumped onto the back of the sofa and stared at the wall, "What am I going to do?" she asked.
Wow! Another chapter so soon is pretty good for me! Chapter Five will be up as soon as I write it! Please review!
