Interlude 4:
Clockworks Headquarters

"That first part-with Johnny and his dad-how is that in my memory when I wasn't there?" Ember asked.

"I added that to give you a better understanding of what was going on." Clockwork answered.

"Is Johnny's dad here in the ghost zone?" Danny asked.

"No." Clockwork replied. "He passed through the Gates to On a long time ago."

"I felt so bad for Johnny…losing his Dad like that…it was horrible for him."

Everyone stood in silence for a moment.

"You're school councilor was Penelope Spectra?" Danny asked commenting on Zack's brief reference to her in the last memory.

"Yes. However she was just Miss Penelope back when she and Bertrand were still alive. And yes, even in life teens still hated her."

Danny laughed. "So what happened with Johnny?"

"Well, as you saw, Johnny's life took a huge turn for the worse. He lost his Dad, and since his mom had already passed away in when he was young, he went to live with his Grandfather after he got out of the hospital. His grandpa lived only twenty minutes away, so it wasn't a huge move. Johnny was has in a wheel chair for a while, but eventually got better. Unfortunately his luck didn't. It took him near three months to get out of that wheel chair, because it kept randomly breaking on him which kept re-injuring his legs. He finally was abole to walk on his own three weeks before the next memory you're going to see." Ember explained.

"Poor Johnny…" Danny said.

"It's about to get a lot worse. You feel bad for him now, but just wait. His luck gets even worse."

"Let's continue then." Danny told her.

"Very well." Clockwork obliged.

"This memory takes place a few months later in March-March 23rd of 1980 to be exact."

"Let me guess, nothing of importance happened between December and March?"

"You got it."

"So, what's so special about March 23rd?"

"March 23rd is my birthday. This next memory is my sixteenth birthday-the best memory I have of my last year of life. After this, it all goes downhill for me-and my friends." Ember said sadly.

"I think we'll begin this memory on the day before." Clockwork said. "It'll help answer a few more questions."

Danny nodded and turned his gaze from Ember toward the memory forming in the time-window.