Rachel was glad the boy was well informed about the supernatural, most people knew only a few things on a certain area he had a general knowledge about almost everything.
"So? Can it cure me or not?" Rachel asked as he read the scroll. It was related to werewolves and it might be the key to getting rid of her condition.
"I don't think it cures werewolves," He said as he looked into it. "It isn't a cleansing ritual to remove the werewolf 'curse'; it is about cleansing werewolves themselves so…it will probably kill you." He said as he read the scroll.
Letting out a sigh she nodded and grabbed the scroll.
"Are you sure the one that can cure vampires won't work?" She asked as she stored the scroll in her bag.
"Vampires are different; they are kind of undead but not really. A vampire can be turned back as long as he was turned less than ten or so years." Zeke explained. "But that prevent the person to ever become a vampire again."
"We are back to square one then." She said defeated.
"We will find something useful eventually, don't worry." He told her trying to be positive.
"So how much did you discover about ghosts?" She said changing the subject.
"They are very flexible." He said as he walked up to a computer. "Karen and I tried to see if she can manipulate any element and she seemed capable of manipulating fire, just a little bit but she could."
"So she has fire powers." Rachel said interested.
"And she is solid enough to…bleed ectoplasm, I have collected a little and we are analyzing it."Zeke said excited.
"Found anything interesting?" Rachel asked as she started typing the results of their previous experiment.
"The Fentons are right in many regards, and her power is increasing very fast. Faster than their research would suggest was possible." He explained as he showed her a chart. "When I met her she couldn't even think, when she was able to think again she couldn't interact with matter very much, now she can carry objects and manipulate fire at a very small degree."
"She might even be able to fight a vampire like that." Rachel said surprised.
"Yeah, I think that is the reason. She is afraid and because of that she is becoming stronger."
"Not strong enough." Danny said as he looked down at the car battery. He let out a sigh and grabbed the ghost energy generator and plugged it at the machine.
"I have to figure out how to power this without ghost technology." He said as he checked the numbers.
The circular device hummed and started to float slowly, like a balloon it was held down by the power cord.
"At least it works." Daniel said as he scribbled in his notebook. "Prototype 13 A works as intended, at ten percent capacity it can hover." He said our loud as he wrote.
"…what is that?" Jazz asked making Danny jump, he hadn't heard her come in.
"Gravity manipulation." He said as he finished his notes.
"Don't mom and dad have it done already?" She asked.
"With ghost technology, I am trying to make it using no ectoplasm whatsoever. The power consumption is the biggest problem though." He told her. He then noticed the book in her hands. "Finally going to read the book Vlad gave you?"
"Yeah, I need to know more about ghosts and he said this one was one of the sources he used." She explained looking away. She didn't like him but the book was interesting.
"I bet it will help you." He told her smiling. "Mom and dad left the lab today?" He asked worried.
"No, they have been there since they got back from that convention. I think I will have to drag them out." She said letting out a sigh, they had been there for days.
"I think I will call Vlad, he might be capable of making them get out." Danny said as he pulled out his phone.
"No! We don't need to call him." She said frowning.
"I don't care; they have been there for days. I am not waiting any longer." Daniel said as he dialed his uncle.
He didn't expect Jazz to jump on him.
"Damon learns very fast." Vlad said as he looked over the blueprints and the equations in his computer, Damon would send them once every week to keep him informed of his progress.
Vlad had to stop looking as his phone started to ring; flipping it he answered the call.
"-nny we don't have to call him." He heard Jazz scream.
"They have been stuck there for too long!" Danny responded shortly before Vlad heard the sound of someone falling. He could hear the two fighting away from the phone and waited.
"Danny you don't know him like I do, he is just hiding being evil like he did before!" He heard Jazz yell.
"He is not evil, he is a cool guy!" Danny yelled back.
"He tried to kill dad, he tried to kidnap mom and even tried to make you his evil apprentice! How is that not evil?" Jazz yelled.
"He is not the same person he was, he lost half of his life, the half that could be considered evil. I lost one year and look how different I am." He heard someone walking.
A loud noise was heard and the voices became too distant to hear, he guessed Jazz had kicked the phone away from Danny.
He let out a sigh and decided to go check out, he was lucky to get a house only a few minutes away from his house. After struggling for longer than he cares to admit he put the phone in speaker and started to drive there.
He checked the phone, he could still hear them arguing in the background, he parked near the house and walked to the entrance.
"-care about what he did?" He heard Jazz's voice coming from the phone and from the house.
He finished the call, opened the door and entered the house; the argument upstairs kept the two from hearing him, with a loud sigh he walked upstairs and soon reached the doorway of Danny's room.
"He is a manipulative psychopath, just because he forgot it that doesn't mean he won't go back to that." She screamed with her back turned towards Vlad.
"You know I could hear you from my house." Vlad said making Jazz turn sharply to face him.
"…mom and dad have been inside their basement for two days, we are worried." Danny said looking away from him.
"Okay, I will get them out then." Vlad said nodding.
"What are you planning?" Jazz asked glaring at him.
"I will talk to them; I dealt with this kind of thing back in our college days." Vlad said as he walked towards the stairs.
He put in the code for the lab's door and entered; the smell of coffee and sweat was very strong.
"-nd looping the beam a few time we can get three time more power in it, all we need is a bigger generator." He heard Jack propose.
"We should focus in accuracy rather than power; we need to make a bigger barrel." Maddie said.
"I propose a good night of sleep for both of you." Vlad said as he walked in view of the two.
Jack had a messy hair and was covered in sweat, Maddie was not better.
"Vlad! Good thing you are here we need help to build the new Phantom Eraserator!" Jack said as he gestured towards the weapon being built. Maddie seemed happy to see him to and that did make his hearth skip a beat for a moment.
"I didn't come here to help you, how long have you been down here?" He asked.
"Just a few hours, what do you think Maddie twelve hours?" Jack asked his wife.
"I think it was sixteen." She said unsure.
"You have been here for several days; do you remember the last time you stayed up for days working in a project? They banned us from using the workshop because you almost blew up the building." He told them to make them realize what they were doing.
"We just burned the roof a little, it was no big deal." Jack waved his hand.
If only things were so easy.
"What about the time you animated one of the machines?" He asked remembering how the robotic arm had broken a wall.
"No one got hurt from that." Maddie interjected.
"…what about the fact you son and daughter have been arguing upstairs for the last twenty or so minutes and you didn't notice?" He asked making the two blink.
"Shouldn't they be in school?" Maddie asked frowning.
"It's Sunday." Vlad deadpanned.
"But we came down here on Thursday." Jack said surprised.
"Go upstairs. Take a shower. Sleep. I don't want to tell you how to be parents but I feel like I have to. You don't leave two minors alone for two days without warning." Vlad told them crossing his arms.
"But they never complained before." Jack said.
Vlad breathed in, and hit the table besides him.
"If you don't go upstairs and do what I told you I will erase every bit of data in this lab." Vlad said with a cold voice and a dangerous expression.
"You wouldn't, we would lose years of research." Maddie said as she looked worried.
"You do remember what I did last time you did this." He said as he narrowed his eyes.
The couple soon remembered the last time they spend three days in a lab and he erased the data because they wanted to stay there. They almost tripped on their way up the stairs.
Vlad walked to the computer and looked at the weapon design, part of it was well made but their tired minds were beginning to take its toll, if they tried to fire the weapon it would explode.
"How did you get them out?" Danny asked as he approached Vlad.
"I said I would erase all their data, I did it before I can do it again." Vlad said as he looked at the design, he looked over to Danny and asked him. "How often do they do this?"
"It used to be at least once a month but they usually tell us about it." Danny said. "I think that is the reason they don't remember how some of the things they made work."
Vlad nodded, they told him Danny and his friends were the ones to figure out how to work the thermos and some other devices.
"I have to go back home, there is work for me to do…do you want to come with me?" Vlad asked as he saw Danny's face fall when he mentioned he was going to leave.
"Can I take my project?" Danny asked.
"Sure, I will be waiting for you in the car." Vlad said casually.
"I will leave a note for them then." Danny said as he went upstairs.
"Bradford, your report is…worrying." A figure dark figure in the computer screen said.
"Seven G.I.W. agents died and they lost one of those absurdly expensive VTOLs they like so much. The other organizations will come if that happens again." Another figure, this time a woman said.
"The American Secret Branches don't like opposition; they allow us to continue our activities only because we are useful to them. Your failure in stopping the ghost from becoming so strong might damage our reputation, and like so our usefulness to them." Yet another figure said with a frail voice.
"We recently acquired advanced technology; on our next encounter we will destroy the ghost." Bradford the Commander of the Neo Salem in Melas said as he showed his laser weapon.
"It is indeed useful but it does not atone for your failures; the purge you made was a great victory against the strong opposition we had but that has been your only major victory on this decade." The man enveloped in shadows said.
"Yes, however the vampires and werewolves seem to be planning an attack. The factions that survived the first purge would be difficult to face before but with our new weapons we will easily defeat them." Bradford said smiling.
"It is better for your position as leader that your plan is a success; there are many that are waiting to replace you." The women said as the screen went dark.
Commander Bradford smashed his desk with his hand in anger, he was livid.
"So the council is pissed." Logan said from the doorway.
"How long have you been there?" Bradford asked as he glared at the experienced hunter.
"Since the beginning, you don't have to worry about me telling anyone. And I don't want to be a leader either." Logan said shrugging.
Bradford continued to glare.
"You know I was offered positions as leader in many places, I never accepted because of the council. I saw what happens to people that make them angry, leaders replaced without any notice, families disappearing." Logan elaborated as he listed the reasons. "But I do have an advice, in the eighties I worked under the leader of the Los Angeles branch; he was able to keep them from replacing him by not taking too many risks."
"Didn't the LA branch get wiped out five years ago?" Bradford asked.
"Yes, it did but that was not the council. Let's just say he meddled in things the government wasn't very forgiving of." Logan said shrugging, he turned to leave but before he closed the door he left one last advice.
"Don't rush into anything without a plan, you can't afford that. Not anymore."
Once again Paul had to choose between two products in the market. He was never sure what brand he should by.
"Hi, having difficulty choosing one of them?" A voice asked behind him.
"Yeah, I always forget which one I like more; want anything specific?" He asked without turning.
"No, anything you see as relevant will do." She said probably shrugging.
"Well, while the attempt to capture the ghost was a complete failure we got some tech from it, laser weapons and such. We even send the design to other branches but the boss' bosses are pissed from what I have heard." He said as he opened the freezer and picked one of the tubs of ice cream.
"That is kind of good." Slayer said with delight.
"Probably, but from what I heard the branches that fail too much like we did seem to…disappear one day." He told her.
He could hear her stop breathing for a moment.
"They wipe out entire branches for failures?" Slayer asked worried.
"Yes; while I appreciate our concern it is something we all are aware of, and we all are working hard to prove we are useful." He told her as he put the tub back.
"You have a way out?" She asked.
"Nope." He said not worried. "But I have a few ideas; right now we are placing our bets in the next big operation. Vampires and werewolves are planning an attack." He said making her tense for a moment.
"I know, I tried to stop them but I don't think I can." She said looking down.
"They are out for blood; they are two radical groups willing to work together, even if they despise one another." Paul said as he took a few steps towards the other fridge.
"The ones not involved are leaving the city; I spend the last few days warning the ones hidden to flee too." Slayer said in a defeated tone.
"Did I ever mention my niece?" He asked suddenly.
"Not that I can recall." Slayer said confused.
"My older sister married a werewolf, they never told me about it." He told her making her look at him amused. "They helped me a lot, I was in a bad place when I dropped out college and her husband and his family helped me a lot."
She noticed his breathing becoming erratic.
"Jane was always so kind, Alan was a good man too." Slayer froze but Paul didn't notice it. "Little Jessica was so happy when I visited four years ago, she talked about her new friend and said a strange thing. 'She doesn't care about what I am' before her mother and father corrected her. I didn't think much of it at the time, she was eleven I knew very well kids say strange things…"
He lifted his hand to his eyes and wiped tears from his eyes.
"One day I got in the base, I was still new in the job at the time and was in it for the money…and saw her father…he was a werewolf I was supposed to identify him. I lied saying I found no records. I managed to keep myself calm until I got home." He said as he grabbed another tub of ice cream. "The next day I found June… I had to go to the bathroom immediately. Next to her I found…what remained from Jessica."
The two continued silent for a moment.
"Then I looked for his family, they were so worried and I told them what happened, and I asked if there was someone I could help with information." He said as he turned towards Slayer.
She was wearing dark clothes and had a hoodie up, he couldn't see her face because of a mask but he noticed no negative reaction. He let out a sigh and smiled a bit.
"Then this started…you are doing what I can't by helping them, and even if it kills me I will help you." He told her. "You can call me if you need more information." He told her as he carried his ice cream with him.
"It has been three years today…I didn't even remember." Slayer said in a low voice. "I am so sorry Jessica." She said as she lifted her hand to wipe her own tears away but couldn't her mask was still on.
She had not time to grief; she had a job to do.
"All you had to do is open your eyes and you would know!" Shouted the author as he looked at the infuriating scene in front of him. He let out a sigh.
"I feel like I am forgetting something." He mused as he looked down in the screen; he had to update his story.
A brief panic came but he remembered one fact that calmed him down.
"Oh right. I updated it on a Tuesday, so I don't have to update it on Mondays anymore…silly me." He said as he continued to watch the show.
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Why did I write that?
Anyhow I think I will write this arc and a third final arc before finishing this story but I have been thinking about another thing. I saw a reddit post talking about how you would turn your fan fiction into a original story…and I noticed I could do that to this story by removing Daniel, so after the story is finished I think I will try to write this story without Daniel.
Well I hope you guys have a nice week and I will see you next Mond- Tuesday. Tuesday.