Downstairs in the lab, Maddie was helping the boys and Sam with all of their projects. Sam and Star had planned to determine if ethanol was a better fuel to burn that gasoline. Tucker and Kwan (well, mostly Tucker) had decided to go the technical route, and discuss the different types of batteries and which type of batteries lasted the longest.
Maddie had found the aluminium, sulfuric acid, and potassium hydroxide for Dash and Danny. Al was working on a graph of magnetism and its relation to a substance's Curie temperature with references to antiferromagnetic (he decided to leave the introduction and ferromagnetism for Paulina). He had asked if Maddie if they had any gold-plated Nd2Fe14B and some pyrolytic carbon. Maddie said that she had some in the garage. She went to get Jack and together, they went to the garage, to the supplies for the group.
"Guys, I'll be right back," Dash stated flatly.
Sam and Tucker looked at each other and just shrugged their shoulders. Danny's smile slightly dissipated as the jock left the room. They all figured the obvious: he had to take a whiz.
"So, Al," started Sam, "Danny here told Tucker and I that you use magic."
"Really, now? When did he tell you that bit of information," Al questioned.
"When you etched your note into his locker," Tucker offered the explanation.
"He also mentioned that 'that wasn't even half of what' you 'could do'," Sam continued.
"Well, it's not. It's sorta similar to his Phantom trick. Only, I don't have a ring of light around my body," Al stated quite comfortably.
"He knows you're Phantom!" Sam and Tucker yelled at Danny.
"Well, when this gho– SHIT! I forgot all about her! Where's the thermos?!" Danny shouted.
"It's right here," Al said nonchalantly. "So how do you work this thing?"
"I don't really know. All I know is that I have to touch it to work," Danny stated as he reached his hand out for the thermos.
"Well, let me give it a whirl," Al said with a smile on his face.
"Ok… I guess."
With this, Al concentrated his dark energy around the thermos and out shot a beam of black energy, releasing the ghost that was within.
"Thanks for finally letting me out, dearie. Oh my, what a nice laboratory!" the female ghost exclaimed as she looked around the room.
"So, have you remembered who you are, ma'am?" Danny asked politely.
The ghost looked confused at Danny. "Who are you?" she asked.
Danny transformed in to Phantom. "I'm the ghost kid from earlier, remember?"
"Oh, my! You're part human as well. I do know that my husband had something special about him, as well."
"Could it be this?" Al chimed in on the conversation between the halfa and the ghostly woman. "Uariat speciem. Diomedea epomophora!" he cried out as he threw his right hand above his head. The same dark shroud covered his body, dissipating to reveal his altered form.
"Diomedea epomophora," began the woman, "the scientific name for the Southern Royal Albatross."
"Albert Ross, Albatross. Really, Ross?" Sam questioned after she saw his transformed state. She thought that set of wide, white wings with black streaks were rather pretty.
"Hey, it's not my fault. That's what my parents named me," Al replied.
Tucker stood there in amazement of the transformation. "You look like Angel crossed with Nightcrawler!" he stated as he started laughing.
"Yeah, I kinda do, but I'm not blue."
"Ross, is that your last name?" asked the woman.
"Yes, ma'am."
"I remember a Ross," she said. She closed her eyes in an effort to race through her memories as a human. "Junco," she said after several moments, opening her eyes.
"I've brought something here from my home. I think it could jog your memory. You look very similar to the woman in the picture. She's my mamma," Al said as he charmed a photo in his backpack to come to his hand. He gave her the photo.
She looked at it. It was a photo of a man, woman, and their son. The man had fiery red irises and brunette hair with undertones of red. He was a thinner man, but there were definitely muscle tone to the man. He had a beard that was as fiery red as his eyes. He looked to be about 5' 8". The woman looked to be about 5' 10". She had on the same lab coat as the ghost, but her hair was pulled back into a ponytail. The ghost touched the curls she was sporting and pulled a set behind her ears. The woman in the picture was wearing the same outfit as the ghost as well. Then the ghost looked at the child, looking about the age of 4 or 5. She noted that the boy in the photo was slightly paler than the warlock floating before her. The child's hair was white with a hint of brunette hair at the root. She noted the white suit the boy was wearing and compared it to the white body of the warlock in front of her.
"Am I your mother?" She finally spoke.
"Hey, Fenton! Your mo–HOLY SHIT! GHOSTS! Danny Phantom! What are you doing here?!" Dash proclaimed as he took the final step into the lab, shocked by the altered appearance of Fenton and Ross. "Where'd that loser Fenton go?!"
"Did somebody say 'Ghost!'," Maddie yelled as she lunged down the stairs to the lab.
"Zuman dondurma!" Al yelled, as he clapped his hands, clasping them together.
"What the HELL is going on here?!" Sam yelled out.
"I, uh, kinda froze time," Al responded
"I hope you have a memory swipe spell," Tucker added to the conversation.
"I might. I'll have to find it in my book," Al said as he levitated the book to his hands.
"So what are we going to do with her?!" Danny said to Al.
"Send her into the Ghost Zone. She'll be safe there," Sam answered, as she saw Al quickly skimming the contents of his book. "Quick, ma'am, you need to go into that swirling green portal!"
"But–"
"If you don't, my parents will want to dissect you," Danny said hastily.
"Alright, but please don't forget about me this time, dearie," she said as she patted Phantom on the head. "And, please, take care of him. I've got so many questions for him," she noted, pointing to Al.
