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Valerie's Heartbreak
Zac threw a stone against the side of a nearby building. "It's fine. I had trouble with my powers when I was a freshman. Just try again." Zac looked at the glowing numbers of his watch.
"Dad, it's almost midnight. Don't you think mom will be suspicious if we're not back?" Danny nodded. "One more try then we'll go home." Danny put his hand on his son's shoulder. "Go ahead, just imagine yourself being a ghost."
Zac closed his eyes. Two blue rings appeared around his waist. His normally blue eyes and curly black hair turned into glowing green orbs and white locks. "Zac, you did it," Danny whispered, then frowned. "Why are you wearing your sister's underwear?"
Zac looked down at his body that was almost completely naked and blushed. "Um, well, I - I'm going home, see ya!" he shouted, flying off.
Valerie was getting worried; Danny and Zac weren't home from doing 'guy stuff'. She knew her son liked to stay out late, but it was past midnight and he had school tomorrow.
Her ghost alarm went off. Why were the ghosts becoming active now? Oh well, just one ghost hunt then she'd go look for them. She quickly changed into her suit, then flew out the back window with a giant gun in her hands. She didn't have to look for the ghost long; it was flying toward her, or rather, her house. Valerie had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. The ghost was wearing pink underwear with purple and blue flowers. The ghost crashed into the wall and fell into a bush right next to the door.
Valerie lowered her hover board to get down to where he was. She pointed her weapon at him. He looked up at her. Something about his appearance reminded her of her longtime enemy, the ghost kid. "Please don't shoot me," he begged.
"You don't stand a chance, ghost. I just have one question; are you related to Danny Phantom?"
"Maybe," he said quickly. Valerie pulled the trigger. The blast hit the ghost in the center of the chest. He screamed in agony, then fainted. Blue rings appeared around him. Valerie watched in shock as he turned into her son.
"Zac?" she put a finger to his neck to check for a heartbeat. She was relieved to find one, but it was very faint. Her son was breathing, there wasn't any blood, but there was a huge bruise where her missile had struck. She ran to the phone and called 911.
"Hello? Hello?" she screamed.
"Hello, emergency operator, what's . . . "
"My son needs medical attention, now!" Valerie shouted into the mouthpiece.
Jade woke up to the sound of sirens just outside her below her bedroom window. She covered her ears with her pillow, confident that they would leave soon. After a few minutes, she realized they weren't moving. "What's going on?" she asked her bedroom wall. She sat up and looked out the window. Her brother was being put on a stretcher. She bolted out of her room. She arrived on the doorstep, still in her pajamas. "Mom, what happened to Zac?" Her mom stood there, watching the paramedics carry him into the ambulance. Jade saw a smoking weapon on the walkway. "Mom!" she yelled. The doors of the ambulance closed. It sped off with its sirens on full blast. Valerie ran inside. Jade could hear her bedroom door slam from the porch.
A figure in a black jumpsuit landed on the pathway to the house. "Dad!" Jade shouted, running to hug him.
"Have you seen Zac?"
"Well, the ambulance should have got to the hospital by now."
"What?" said Danny, taking off.
