"Alright, you want proof… I'll show you," Danny decided and took a decisive step away from any furniture. Kim and Ron's eyes widened. They were well aware that Danny couldn't use his powers without being electrocuted for some reason. He was really going to show Kim's parents and risk that kind of pain.
"Danny?!" they exclaimed concerned as a band of white light appeared around his waist. The moment the light appeared around his waist he began to scream in agony and collapsed on the ground. The light vanished almost as quickly as it appeared. Kim jumped up from her seat and knelt beside Danny. Ron was too stunned to move.
"Danny? Danny? Are you alright?" Kim asked Danny terrified. Danny turned to her and smiled weakly and gave her a small nod. He looked exhausted and close to passing out. Danny looked at her stunned parents.
"And that's… why I… need your help," he panted in a serious tone. Kim helped Danny to his feet and led him to the armchair he had sat in as he spoke to her and Ron.
"What just happened?" Mrs. Possible asked quietly.
"Electrocuted from the inside," Danny answered grimly.
"Electrocuted?!" she repeated and slowly got up and apprehensively approached him.
"Don't worry, it only happens when I use my powers," Danny assured her, having recovered from the shock. Mrs. Possible looked apologetic and joined her daughter to make sure he was alright. Danny just waved them away.
"I'll be fine after a rest. But do you believe me now?" Danny informed them and glanced at Mr. Possible. He nodded slowly, the boy had to be telling the truth.
"Danny?" two voices asked from the door. Everyone looked to the door and saw Jim and Tim Possible. Danny nodded to them in a friendly manner.
"Tweebs! What are you doing here?" Kim demanded.
"We heard a scream and wanted to know what happened," Jim answered calmly.
"So what was it? And what's Danny doing here?" Tim continued as they took a seat on the couch beside Ron. Danny smiled.
"I've got a problem with accessing my powers," Danny informed them.
"What kind of problem?" Jim inquired concerned. Danny shrugged.
"Vlad did it to me," Danny replied simply with a scowl.
"Wait. You don't mean Vlad Masters, do you?" Tim interjected. Danny's eyes widened.
"How do you know Vlad?" he demanded sitting forward.
"He came to our school and held a science competition. We won," Jim explained with a touch of pride. However Danny wasn't impressed, he looked furious.
"What did you make?" he asked slowly. The twins looked to each other and shrugged.
"We did a little research on him and when we heard he was Amity Park's mayor, we decided to do something ghost based," Jim began.
"We still had those Spectre Deflectors you gave us, so we took them and improved them," Tim continued.
"We made it sensitive to ecto-energy around it. Instead of only shocking ghosts that touched the wearer, we made it create a shield," Jim resumed.
"It also alerted the wearer to any ghosts in the area," Tim added with a smirk.
"What happened to it after the competition?" Danny asked urgently.
"Well, Mr. Masters thought it was great. He asked if we'd write over rights of our invention to him," Jim answered.
"We told him that we couldn't take all the credit as we took our original work from a Fenton Works Spectre Deflector," Tim added. They shrugged.
"But he still asked for it, so we gave it to him. Figured he could do more with it than we could," Tim concluded. Danny shook his head and looked like he had been betrayed.
"You don't know what you've done," he whispered to them. The twins looked insulted.
"What are you talking about?!" Jim demanded. Tim opened his mouth to add something but Danny held up his hand, silencing them. Sufficed to say, the twins' parents were shocked at their obedience.
"Vlad is my arch enemy," Danny informed them. They paled.
"What?!" Jim exclaimed.
"He's the mayor!" Tim reminded him. Danny nodded.
"Yeah, to annoy me. Vlad did this to me. Chances are he used your invention," Danny informed them sternly. The twins shook their heads adamantly.
"Our invention could only hurt a ghost when touching the wearer," Jim contradicted firmly.
"We only improved the Spectre Deflector for defence. We noticed its flaw when you attacked us," Tim added without thinking about his parents.
"You attacked our sons!?" Mrs. Possible exclaimed furiously from her seat, having returned to it when the twins entered the living room. Danny ignored her.
"Vlad has made inventions before. With your invention, he may have modified one and done this to me," Danny informed them heatedly. The twins shook their heads vigorously.
"It wasn't our fault," they chorused together.
"You gave him that weapon!" Danny yelled furiously, the twins were stunned into silence.
"Because of you I was helpless against a ghost which has completely taken over my home!" Danny continued, getting so angry that his eyes glowed green for a split second before he flinched from the slight shock. The twins used his pause to their advantage.
"If Vlad used our technology, maybe we can help you," Jim offered. Danny glared at them but quickly relented. He needed their help if he was ever going to stand a chance against Gus Tempest after all.
So now we have an idea of what Vlad did to Danny…
Until the next chapter.
