Experimenting

Dr. Phantom, who is still stressed, heard a knock on the door. He went over to answer it, and opened the door to reveal a concerned Sam with a sick Danny. Dr. Phantom raised his eyebrows in surprise, saying," Sam, what are you still doing here? I thought I told you to leave."

"I was about to, but something stopped me", Sam replied, gesturing to Danny, who looked very weak. "It's Danny! He had the unknown disease, and I was hop--"

"Sam, stay from him! He's highly contagious!" Dr. Phantom warned, motioning for her to back away.

Sam refused, and she stated," Phantom- is that okay if I call you that- you need to help him. He's my friend, and I don't want to lose him. Please, you're my only hope!"

Dr. Phantom turned his back to her for a moment, rubbing his chin, thinking whether he should help her or not. Then he turned back towards her, saying," Okay! Now if you could just follow me to my laboratory."

He signaled Sam to follow him into his office, and she did, dragging Danny along with her. While they were in the office, Dr. Phantom moved his filing cabinet over to the side, revealing a secret door. He placed his face over the eye scanner, and then typed his password. The door opened with a soft "woosh." Sam was impressed by how her boss manages to have all of this techhnology in his office.

She commented," Impressive, Phantom. Where did you get all of this stuff?"

"Thanks!" Dr. Phantom replied, smiling. "Well, I know a guy! You don't think I sit around in my office all day doing paperwork, do you?"

Sam laughed. "Maybe. But it's cool to see that you really have your own lab."

"Thank you!"

When they got down to the lab, Dr, Phantom went over to the examination table and covered it with white paper. He commanded," Sam, I need you to lay Danny down on this table, so I could examine him. I'll see what I can do, okay?" Sam nodded, and laid Danny down on the table. Danny stirred in response, but didn't wake. Dr. Phantom pulled on gloves, saying," Now let's see how we can fight this virus, shall we?"

While he went to work, Sam decided to take a look around the lab. She was fascinated by the looks of the lab. The lab equipment were organized in a orderly fashion. The walls and floors were so shiny that she could see her reflection. Plus, the place looks very spotless, like a maid had just cleaned it. Sam could tell that Dr. Phantom is a very organized person.

"Pretty amazing, isn't it?" Dr. Phantom asked, walking up behind Sam.

She turned towards him, and she answered," Yeah, it is amazing, Phantom! How long had you had this?"

"Oh, for a long time. I discovered this after I was hired." Dr. Phantom explained.

Sam's smile turned to a frown. "Did you find anything that is making Danny feel this way?"

Dr. Phantom shook his head, and he said," No, not yet. Maybe we'll figure it out tomorrow."

"Yeah." Sam agreed. "Well, I guess I'll be going then."

"See ya!" Dr. Phantom waved.

Next Day....

Dr. Phantom went over to the wall and let out a scream as he gave it a hard punch. He screamed," Why is it so hard to figure out?"

Sam got up from the couch, and she said," I don't know, but I'm sure you can-"

"No Sam, don't say this again. You already said that twelve times! Can't see how stressful it is to figure out cures to all of these diseases?" Dr. Phantom interrupted Sam. Sam didn't say a word.

Dr. Phantom took a deep breath, and mumbled," I'm a failure."

Sam went over to him, and patted him on the shoulder. He turned his head, only to see Sam's look of concern.

She said," Try."

Dr. Phantom placed his hand over hers, looking back at her with a smile. Then he put on a serious expression, and he commanded," Nurse, we're going to have tons of work to do. Let's move!"

Sam nodded, and she and her boss went to work.

Dr. Phantom went messing around with chemicals while Sam was doing everything as she was told. She brought him all the stuff he needs. They were working as hard as they could, but they couldn't find the cure yet. Dr. Phantom got so frustrated that he almost knock the beakers off the table. Good thing, Sam was there to calm him down. She figured that sometimes, her boss could have a temper.

At midnight, Sam already crashed and she is lying on the couch. Dr. Phantom, on the other hand, is still working. He's also tired as well because he has those dark circles and bags under his eyes. He took a red potion and mixed it with the blue-purple potion. Then he added the green potion. After he stirred it up, he realized that he finally got what he wanted.

He cheered," I got it!"

Sam immediately woke up, and responded with a "huh?"

"I got it!" Dr. Phantom repeated. "I finally found the cure."

"Well that's good." Sam yawned, and looked at the clock to see that it's 4am. "Wow, I can't believe we've been up all night."

"Actually Sam, I've been up all night. You crashed at 12 o'clock in the morning." Dr. Phantom pointed out, letting out a yawn. "I discovered that this unknown virus is just a combination of the human common cold virus and the ghost flu virus. When I took a blood sample from Danny, it seems to me like the virus was injected into him. Come take a look!"

He motioned Sam to come over towards the microscope, and she followed. When Sam looked through the microscope, she saw what looks like two viruses all combined together, floating around in Danny's blood. She realized that her boss is right. Then she glanced over at him to see that he's filling up the needle with the cure. Dr. Phantom gave the plunger a little push, making sure it's ready to go. Then he went over to Danny, who is still lying on the examination table, unconscious.

Sam came up to him, asking," Is that going to hurt him?"

"I doubt it!" Dr. Phantom answered. "Well... maybe just a little. Okay it's going to hurt a lot! But don't worry, I'm very good with shots. Sam, you're going to have to watch the master-of-shots give someone a shot, just so you could get the idea for how to do it. Got it?"

Sam nodded. "I get it!"

Dr. Phantom said, "Alrighty then, I hope this works."

With that, he went over to Danny and rolled up his sleeve. He poured a small amount of rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball, and gently rubbed it on Danny's arm. Before he injected Danny with the cure, he mumbled," Prepare yourself, this might hurt... a lot."

After he said that, he stuck the needle into Danny's arm and gave him the shot. Danny stirred a little, but that didn't wake him up. After Dr. Phantom pulled out the needle, Danny's skin went back from his ghostly pale skin to his normal human skin. Danny groaned as he fluttered his eyes open. When his vision went to focus, he looked around the room to see that he's in a lab. He immediately screamed," WHERE AM I? IS THIS DR. PLASMIUS' LAB? PLEASE TELL I'M NOT IN HIS LAB?"

Dr. Phantom patted Danny on the shoulder, saying," Hey, calm down. Don't worry, you're safe. You're in my lab, and I have just cured you."

Danny sighed in relief. "Phew, thank goodness! For a minute there, I thought I would be back in Dr. Plasmius' lab where he injected me with the virus."

"Wait-- Did you just say that Dr. Plasmius did this to you? Dr. Plasmius?" Dr. Phantom asked, suspiciously.

Danny nodded. "Yeah, he injected me with the virus because he wanted to get you out of comission... forever."

Dr. Phantom took the time to take in all of this information. He shook his head, saying," I knew he would do something like this. From looking at that virus, Dr. Plasmius must've combined the ghost flu and the human common cold together, so that I would have no cure. Boy, he must've planned this all out, but what he doesn't know is that this virus could destroy humans and ghosts. It's obvious that he clearly had no clue what he's doing." Then he turned to Danny and Sam. "Danny and Sam, I need your help. We need to make enough cures for everyone, even if it takes hours to do so!"

Sam asked," Do you remember what's in it?"

"Of coarse, I have it right in here." Dr. Phantom replied, pointing to his head.

Danny commanded," What are we waiting for? Let's do it!"

Hours went by very fast as they worked to make the cure for this virus. Sam and Danny did everything as told by Dr. Phantom. Dr. Phantom messed chemicals like he did earlier, and by now, they have hundreds of bottles, containing the cure. Dr. Phantom yawned, and he said," Nice work, you guys, we made quite good effort today."

Sam yawned. "It was no big deal. Anything to rid away the epidemic."

"Definitely", Danny agreed, trying to hold back a yawn. Then he looked at his watch. "I guess I'll be heading home then."

Dr. Phantom yelled," Wait-- it's not safe outside! You're going to stay at my place until tomorrow! Same with you, Sam!"

"But Phantom, we'll be--" Sam tried to explain, but she got interrupted by Dr. Phantom when he said," Both of you are going to stay at my place and that's final! Do I make myself clear?"

Sam and Danny both looked at each other, and they botn said," Yes."

Dr. Phantom clapped his hands together, and he stated," Now if you could just follow me, I know a short cut to my place."

A/N: Sorry for the long update! I had a long writer's block, and that I just went back to school! Junior Year is tough! Hope you enjoy this one.