Okay, so I went to the mall yesterday and I got this really cute turquoise blouse that's got some shimmery designs at the sleeves.
My sister and her best friend (both are preps) approved.
Also, I saw the movie Now You See Me, and let me just say it was mind blowing.
Loved it and I'm recommending it to y'all.
This got me in a good mood and I promised to update today.
Anyways, go back to the day that Danny lost control of his newly discovered telekinetic powers.
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Rewind:
Each house within a mile of the Fenton household had a messy yard. In fact, the closer they got to Jack Fenton's house, the worse the scenery became. The first thing Jack noticed was his neighbor, who lived about two houses away, had a few items carelessly tossed around the front lawn. The disarray was comprised of a few of his children's toys and two bikes. Strange, he thought, because the owner of the property always kept it nice and tidy.
The owner of the next house they came across was even stranger. The woman's car was parked on the recently mown lawn. The husband's car was half on the sidewalk and half in the street. Their neighbors' bush also had the Fenton Lawn Mower lodged between the roses. It was almost as if something had carried all these things up in the air and decided to carelessly drop them back to the ground.
Jack's eyes widened when he saw his house was the worst of them all.
His neighbor's sleek red car was standing between the Fenton and Jameson properties. The vehicle had somehow crushed their recently built fence and had an innocent flowerbed jammed beneath the tires. He caught sight of the Fenton Barbecue and several plant pots on the roof.
A sleek black Civic Honda sat in the middle of the front lawn. To whom it belonged to, Jack had no idea.
He also spotted a small clubhouse made entirely of plastic laying on its side, on the road across his peculiar home.
Jack was sure that the backyards must've looked a hell of a lot worse.
He gaped and pulled the GAV over.
"Must've been a freak wind storm," Enequero rationalized. "I've seen them only once or twice before."
Jack frowned, wondering if his family was okay.
It was strange, though. The young gangly trees that their neighbors had recently implanted into their properties seemed intact, and they were certainly not as heavy as the vehicles that were strewn around. There were also no leaves gathered up on the floor, as there usually was after a windy day.
Jack didn't want to dwell on it for now. He was just praying that no one had been outside while this had happened.
The three men exited the vehicle.
Jack was the first to arrive at the door. He gently tugged it open and silently stepped inside.
"...were green. Clearly, this was triggered by his emotional state. He must've been under stress or duress when it happened."
Jack breathed a sigh of relief at the sound of Maddie's voice.
Jazz, Alaqua, and Maddie were gathered at the table. The three women were deep in conversation. Their expressions were all somber, which startled Jack because Alaqua, like Jazz, was always smiling.
"Maddie!" Jack stepped over to the girls who jumped, startled. They had been so absorbed in their conversation that they clearly hadn't realized that Jack had returned with Enequero and Helako, both of whom had only just entered the house. "Are you guys okay? Everything's a wreck out there."
He briefly hugged his wife and daughter who had suddenly grown tense.
"Yeah," Enequero piped up, "must've been some kind of freak storm."
Maddie cleared her throat. "It was! It only hit this area, though."
Jack furrowed his brows in concern, glancing around the area for his son. "You guys are okay, right? Where's Danny?"
"He's upstairs with Sam," Jazz blurted. "He's been feeling sick since yesterday, so mom and I are gonna be taking care of him."
"But he's okay," Alaqua reassured him. Her sudden change of topic stumped Jack. "The storm came so suddenly and struck hard. I don't think the weathermen were anticipating such a thing to happen."
Jack's frown deepened. Nothing about the supposed 'freak storm' made sense, but he wasn't about to voice his thoughts to his family and guests.
"Well," he sighed, "I'm just glad you're okay."
He rubbed his face with his free hand. "I'm going to bed."
Maddie and Jazz flashed each other a glance, each understanding one another without the need for spoken words.
Jack didn't bother to properly dismiss himself before his guests and, instead, trudged up the stairs.
He paused in front of Danny's door, flashing the knob a weary look.
The muffled sound of movements emerged from behind the door.
Sam was in there, looking after his son. Funny, the girl seemed to be with Danny far more than Jack had ever been.
Footsteps emanated from the bottom floor, causing Jack to keep walking.
He slipped into his room, well aware that his wife was following close behind.
By the time Maddie entered, he was already pulling on his pajama shirt.
"Jack, honey, what's the matter?"
Jack sighed. He couldn't lie to her, and she was still obviously wondering why he had developed a vendetta against Phantom.
He remained silent for a long time and simply stood there, thinking about what he was gonna say.
He avoided looking directly at her. After all, it was her twinkling eyes that always convinced him to speak whenever something weighed him down.
It was her reassuring smile that always brought him to shift some of the weight off his shoulders.
Now, here she was, patiently waiting for him to talk, but something kept him from telling her about Phantom.
"You should go check on Danny," he replied finally. Moving around to slip into the bed. He pulled the covers up to his chin and shifted so that he lay on his side. Staring at the wall was easier than catching a glimpse of his empathic wife's clear eyes. "I'm gonna go to sleep."
Maddie sat down beside him squeezed his shoulder like she always did whenever he was upset. "Jack, you're going to have to tell me eventually. I don't like that you're keeping these things to yourself. I need to know what's going on between you and Phantom. Whatever it is, you know I'm there for you."
Maddie shook her head disappointedly.
But Jack didn't want to worry her. She had an ill Danny to look after and she was working on that new equipment and she had the convention coming.
No doubt, she was stressed. Jack figured she didn't need to know that Phantom was a danger to the family nor that the ghost kid was definitely sneaking around and plotting something big.
Besides, that supposed freak windstorm was obviously not a storm at all. Clearly, Phantom had been here and used his powers to threaten his family.
So, Jack remained silent and waited until Maddie finally stepped out.
Her leaving left him some time to think.
And boy did his brain once again serve to his benefit.
He developed an idea.
One that would keep his family safe.
Jack took off the following morning, briefly stopping to inform his family that he had unfinished business to attend to.
Maddie protested, arguing that their son was obviously unwell and his presence as a parent was required, but he left anyways.
No doubt, if Maddie found out what he had done, she would be pretty upset.
But considering they rarely had any ghostly visitors, she wouldn't be too furious.
As long as there were no ectoplasmic entities around, she would never notice.
As with most things, Jack was completely oblivious to the fury he was going to face.
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Maddie was standing in front of the television, watching the news. She had a bowl in one hand and a whisk in the other.
Cooking—actual cooking—was quite a workout, she decided.
Her original plan was to shut herself up in the lab and tinker with the equipment, but her son wasn't in the best of moods.
Her little hero was probably itching to go out and hunt ghosts. He was more like Jack than he cared to admit. And her recent observation of his true personality indicated that he was as stubborn as the older Fenton.
No doubt, he would try to escape, if he hadn't done so already.
So, she might as well try to make his jail-like days enjoyable. Alaqua already had several challenging sessions planned out for the rest of the week, which would surely keep him busy enough.
This week would be mostly work for Danny and she figured small things like, say, a piece of cake or an occasional video game time would lighten things up around the house.
All work and no play...
Well, Danny would go insane, and she planned to try to balance it out for him.
She was intensely engrossed in the cooking show before her, but she was also keeping slightly alert.
She had learned a thing or two about her son these past few months.
One of them was that he had to protect anyone in immediate danger or check out anything that set off his ghost sense.
She was surprised that he hadn't tried to escape yet.
The screen flickered to commercial when she heard Jazz's vexed voice bounce across the walls. "Danny!"
Rather than go upstairs, Maddie sprinted towards the window. She set the bowl on the sofa and pulled back the curtains.
Just as she expected, Danny was hovering over the house.
He had hesitated briefly, glancing over his shoulder before floating off.
"Oh, no he doesn't!" She hopped off the sofa and trotted towards the door.
A shout of pain reached her ears the moment she touched the knob.
"Danny?" She yelped in fear.
She kicked the door open and froze, eyes widening in terror.
Danny was plastered against an almost invisible wall of what she recognized as the prototype invisible ghost shield or the Fenton Shield Shocker, as Jack had temporarily named it.
It lived up to its name.
Electricity, which had been activated by her son, surrounded the clear, shimmering wall. Danny remained stuck to the wall, screaming in pain for a full minute before dropping down to the ground.
The boy slammed into the ground, causing Maddie to snap out of her stupor and leap into action.
She dropped to his crumpled body just as the white rings appeared at his middle.
"Danny!" She placed a hand over his cheek, shivering when one of his rings harmlessly passed over her hand.
He didn't respond.
This was not good. Her son was electrocuted while he was still in this weakened state.
Now, instead of taking a few hours of rest, it would take him the remainder of the day to recover. He would be bedridden until tomorrow.
"Mom!" Jazz appeared behind her. She quickly glanced around the vicinity, catching sight of a two-year-old kid who was staring at Danny with open surprise. Thankfully, there seemed to be no other witnesses in sight.
"Jazz, you're gonna help me get him inside, okay?"
Jazz nodded. She wrapped one of his arms around her shoulder, taking half his weight.
Maddie mirrored and they struggled to drag him inside. "Is it just me or does it seem like Danny's been going unconscious way too many times this week?"
Maddie ignored her daughter's observation.
It's true. This week was not going to be fun for her son. Team Phantom would have to collaborate to prevent any further harm from coming to Danny, especially this week in which his newest powers were still developing and fragile.
The duo dropped him onto the long couch.
Sympathy flowed out of Maddie. She brushed the bangs out of his face.
"Will he be okay?"
"Yeah. The shield was just a prototype. It's supposed to electrocute ghosts upon contact, intended as a warning to back off. Unfortunately, there are a few bugs. From what I deduced, the effects aren't long lasting. Poor Danny is about to be the one to confirm this theory."
"Well, why would anyone put up the shie..." Jazz paused and their eyes met. "Mom, this can't keep going on." She shifted her concerned gaze to her brother. "Dad could really hurt him."
"I know." Maddie sighed. "But with the whole revenge thing he's got going on...we can't tell him about Danny yet. Not until we solve this whole dilemma. His reaction could be unpredictable."
"Mom, I think that, right now, you're the only one who can talk some sense into dad. And you need to do it soon because this is getting too far."
"Believe me," Maddie's eyes darkened. "I intend to force the information out of him."
Jazz sighed. "So, will Danny be okay to start training tomorrow?"
"I'm thinking that he should recover by tonight." Maddie predicted. "He'll be fine, but he'll wake up feeling pretty...bad."
Jazz sighed. "I'll go check up on Sam and Tucker, see how they're doing."
"Honey, turn off the shield while you're at it." Maddie ordered.
Jazz nodded, turned, and left, leaving Maddie alone with her baby boy.
A/N: Finally done with this chapter. I'll edit my mistakes later.
Review, please?