Half Human Chapter 10:

A Meeting

Emma sat down on her bed as the others settled down too. She saw that they all looked worried, and that mirrored her own emotions.

"So what exactly happened?" Sam asked. "Danny's in the hospital, right?"

"Yeah, our parents were worried because he couldn't sit up, and they took him there," Jazz said.

"Why did they get you and Emma out of school?" Tucker asked.

"Danny was calling out my name in his sleep," Emma explained. "I was able to wake him up, and after we were alone, he said he was dreaming that Vlad had kidnapped his family, and he was calling my name because he didn't know where I was."

"Were we in the dream?" Sam asked.

"Danny didn't say," Emma said. "Come to think of it, that's a bit strange. If Vlad was trying to kidnap everyone important to Danny, I would think he'd go for you two first. Maybe you were with me?"

"You talk like this might be some kind of premonition," Sam said.

"I think it might be," Emma said. "Normally, people don't remember their dreams at all, so I don't think that Danny was having a normal dream."

"How did you wake Danny up?" Jazz asked. "I'm sure my parents would have tried shaking him and calling his name."

"I taught Danny telepathy the day Vlad came here for a 'visit'," Emma said. "We can communicate, and I woke him up by shouting 'wake up!' telepathically. It's a very useful skill."

"Can you teach us?" Tucker asked.

"I'm not sure," Emma said reluctantly. "And even if I was able to teach you, I would probably have to be physically touching you for you to hear me. I can try it. Sam, I'll try it on you, tell me if you can hear me." When Sam nodded, Emma focused on her and said, Can you hear me?

"I hear you, but I don't know if I can respond the same way," Sam said.

"Focus on me, and think what you want to say," Emma said.

Sam closed her eyes and concentrated. Suddenly Emma heard, Can you hear me?

"Sam, you did it," Emma said. "I heard you."

Sam opened her eyes. "COOL!" she said.

Emma smiled and said, "Okay, Tucker's next." She focused on Tucker and said, Tucker, can you hear me? She waited a minute, but then Tucker said, "I didn't hear anything."

"Let's see if it works when I'm touching you," Emma said. She put a finger on Tucker's forehead, then said, How about now?

A minute later, Tucker said, "Still nothing."

"I guess you can't use telepathy," Emma said. "Jazz, you're next." Emma focused on Jazz, and said, Can you hear me?

She was surprised when Jazz replied telepathically, I can hear you.

"Great!" Emma said. "I'm impressed, I would have thought since you don't have powers like me and Danny, it would be harder."

"This stinks," Tucker said. "You all can communicate, and I'll be left out."

"He's got a point," Jazz said. "Emma, can you do anything?"

"I don't know," Emma said reluctantly. "Technically, this shouldn't have worked on any of you. I wonder if the girl/boy thing makes a difference?"

"But what about Danny?" Sam asked.

"He already had that ability," Emma said. "It's just like his science work. He just needed to bring it out. Although he was much faster at telepathy than science."

"Maybe you're right," Jazz said. "If the telepathy thing only applies to girls and people who already have that ability, it would explain why Tucker can't do it. You're sure there's nothing you can do?"

"Not that I know of," Emma said. "I'm sorry, Tucker."

Tucker sighed. "Let's just get on with this meeting," he said. "How's Danny doing?"

"I did my best to heal his weakness, but for some reason I couldn't completely get rid of it," Emma said. "I think he'll be fine, but he really shouldn't transform for a while. It could drain his energy again."

"What are we going to do without him?" Sam asked. "You don't have a sensor for ghosts, right Emma?"

"While I don't have the same sensor Danny does, I can sense when something's coming," Emma said. "I should be able to sense ghosts nearby."

"I guess we'll have to go with that," Sam said. "But what should we do about Danny's dream?"

"Wait, I guess," Emma said. "There's nothing we can do about it now, since we don't even know if it will come true."

"It'll take Vlad a while to get here anyways," Jazz said. "We beat him up really bad. And Dad tied him up with that fishing line stuff he has."

"If he gets free, he'll come back for revenge," Sam said. "Maybe that's what Danny's dream was about."

"Good point," Emma said. Suddenly someone started banging on the door. Emma ran and opened it. Mrs. Fenton was outside, and she said, "Ghosts are attacking the hospital! Kids, stay here, we'll handle it!" Then she ran off.

Emma looked at the others. "We have to go," she said. "Jazz, drive Sam and Tucker to the hospital, I'll go on ahead."

"Got it," Jazz said.

Emma changed her appearance, and teleported out as Jazz motioned to Tucker and Sam. She landed on top of the hospital, and heard a lot of screaming. Closing her eyes, she focused on Danny. There were a lot of ghosts in and around his room. Emma teleported into the room just as Danny transformed- or tried to. Danny remained in ghost form for about a minute before his powers died out, and he collapsed.

Emma caught Danny, and put him back on the bed. Then she turned around. A large ghost that looked like he was half robot was standing behind her. "Who are you?" he asked.

"You don't need to know that," Emma said. "What are you here for?"

"The ghost kid, Danny Phantom," the ghost said. "I am Skulker, the greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone."

"That's nice, but you won't get your hands on Danny," Emma said. She raised her hands to chest height and formed an energy ball, then sent it at Skulker. To her surprise, he just froze. The energy ball hit him dead on. "The greatest hunter in the Ghost Zone doesn't even know how to dodge?" Emma asked. "Pathetic."

"Actually, he was only the distraction," a female voice said behind Emma. Emma spun and saw a girl with a guitar. When she saw Emma turn, she turned a knob on the guitar, and dragged her pick across the strings. Emma saw the sound waves coming, and formed a shield around herself. The sound waves bounced off, and hit the girl, who went flying backwards and hit the wall. Emma sensed something behind her again, and turned- just in time to see Skulker bounce off her shield. He landed flat on his back. Emma dropped her shield and said conversationally, "So why are you all after Danny?"

"Because right now he can't fight!" Skulker said. "He's constantly stuffing us into his thermos, and now we'll get revenge."

"So, you're basically just going to attack while he's down?" Emma asked. "How low can you go?"

"Uh…" Skulker said.

"Skulker, just get rid of the girl, and get the boy!" the girl said.

Emma launched herself at Skulker, and kicked him into the wall. Then Emma said telepathically, Sam! Jazz! Where are you?

Almost to Danny's room, she heard Jazz say. About a minute later, Sam and Jazz burst into the room. They both had thermoses. Jazz pointed hers at Skulker, and Sam pointed hers at the girl. Both ghosts got sucked into the thermoses. "Good timing," Emma said.

"How's Danny?" Jazz asked.

"He tried to transform, but he collapsed," Emma said. "I should take a look." She put a hand on Danny's chest, and started building up his energy again. Unlike last time, she felt his energy go back to normal. She took her hand off his chest, and tapped his forehead.

Danny opened his eyes and said, "Emma? What happened?"

"Exactly what I told you would happen if you tried to transform," Emma said. "I just tried to bring up your energy levels again. How are you feeling?"

"Stronger," Danny said, sitting up. Then he noticed Sam and Jazz. "Sam? And Jazz?" he asked.

"Yep," Sam said. "Turns out Jazz figured out your secret and Emma's. And she and I can use telepathy!"

"Cool!" Danny said. "Hey, where's Tuck?"

"Um…" Jazz said. "He kind of stormed off a while ago. He's a bit upset because he can't use telepathy."

"Great…" Danny said. "Now he's going to be jealous of us, isn't he?"

"I hope not," Sam said. "He'll get over it."

"Someone's coming," Jazz said. "Emma, you might want to change back."

Emma did so, just in time. Mr. and Mrs. Fenton ran in, and stopped dead. "What are you kids doing here?" Mr. Fenton said. "We told you to stay home!"

"Sorry Dad," Jazz said. " We were worried about Danny."

"Oh, well," Mrs. Fenton said. "At least you're not hurt. How's Danny?"

"I'm fine, Mom," Danny said. He stood up, and said, "See?"

"Oh, thank goodness," Mrs. Fenton said. "We were really worried."

"Can we go home?" Danny asked. "I don't think I need to be in the hospital."

"We have to sign you out first," Mr. Fenton said.

So they all went and signed Danny out of the hospital, then went home.

Bad chapter ending again. I'll post more soon.