Ok, the next chapter is here. And thanks Mi Bi Looney for your reviews (I'm starting to think I suck at writing in English, lol I make lots of mistakes in each chapter) Anyway, back to the story. Is about Danny's POV.
Chapter 14: New life
I was still asleep, waiting for Sam and Tucker, when I suddenly felt somebody touching me. I woke up slowly and looked up: it was them. I got up and hugged them happily.
"Oh guys. I'm so glad you are fine now!" I exclaimed.
"And we are glad you-" Sam couldn't continue and widened her eyes. I got confused.
"What?" I asked.
"Hey dude! What happened to you?" Tucker asked. Still confused, I looked at my clothes: they were covered in dry blood.
"Oh you mean this? It's nothing" I replied. However, Sam and Tucker looked seriously at me.
"That ghost hurt you, didn't he?" asked Sam. I was going to protest, but knowing it would be useless, I sighed in defeat.
"Yeah he did. He wanted to get rid of me before destroying the whole city. But another ghost protected us, so there's nothing to worry about. I'm not badly hurt. Really!" I explained. They got even more surprised, but then smiled.
"We really have to thank that ghost later" said Sam. Tucker and I nodded.
"Well…I have to go home and take a shower" I said while touching my t-shirt.
"In that case we will take you" offered Sam and Tucker and grabbed me, phasing through the hospital and put me down when we reached the place. I had to put my clothes on the washing machine and pick up another ones, putting them on my bed before going to the shower.
After a comfortable shower, I put on my clothes and walked towards the living room, where Sam and Tucker were waiting for me.
"Ok I'm ready" I said, when suddenly I had a cold sensation go through my body. I started shivering a little and looked at the door: Albert was phasing through the door. I kept shivering until my brother got closer to me and smiled.
"For first time I failed" he said, somehow disappointed.
"At least be happy that only a small part of the city was destroyed and that another ghost helped us" said Sam, annoyed. Albert grumbled and flew towards his room.
"It's just that he wanted to save the day" I explained and smiled. Sam and Tucker nodded and we kept talking for a few hours. Sam looked at a watch in a wall.
"It's late. I have to go home. Mom and dad had returned after a month of working with the humans, and they must be worried" Sam said and waved her hand before flying away.
"Me too. See you tomorrow at school, Danny" said Tucker and followed Sam. I sighed and decided to wait in the hospital, and so I started walking outside the living room. Maybe I could use my powers, but I still didn't have any experience. When I reached the hospital I walked towards room 314, went inside and sat down between my parents, smiling. For some reason I don't even know I grabbed a mirror that was in a drawer and looked at my reflection, getting very surprised: the white stripe in my hair had disappeared and the green eye was now blue. I wondered if Sam and Tucker had seen the change, but didn't want to tell me.
Suddenly my mom and dad woke up at the same time and looked around, confused.
"Where are we?" mom asked. I smiled warmly.
"At the hospital" I replied.
"What happened with the ghost?" asked dad worriedly.
"Don't worry about him, dad. He was defeated by another ghost" I answered. He sighed in relief. I looked outside the room and saw lots of doctors running. They must have been attending the other ghosts that had battled I thought and looked back at my parents.
"What about you brother and friends?" asked mom.
"They completely healed in the morning, and they have gone home with their parents" I replied. My mom blinked and looked at me.
"Dear, what happened to your hair?" she asked.
"Yeah, and to your left eye?" asked dad. I sighed and got a little nervous, trying to think in what to say.
"Uh…the ghost fired a laser and hit me, but it only changed the color of my hair and eye" I lied, hoping they would believe it. They smiled and nodded.
"A doctor told me you would be fine tomorrow, so I'll stay here with you to make you company" I offered. They hugged me for a few minutes, then stopped.
The next day arrived, and my parents felt very well, so we could leave the hospital and I got prepared to go to school. I felt a little nervous, wishing my powers could be in control. Just when I was going to run towards school, Albert grabbed me and took me there. Oh big bro., I never expected that you would take me to school, but thanks I thought with a smile and landed when we were near of school. I waited for the bell to ring, and after it did, I walked towards room 9. I sat down in my usual seat and looked at Sam and Tucker sitting besides me.
Lancer came in and started his usual classes that my classmates ignored. I was writing with a pencil and taking notes, but suddenly I felt the pencil getting out of my hand. When I looked at my right arm, I saw it was intangible. I gasped weakly and picked up the pencil with my other arm, hoping nobody had seen that. I felt relieved when I saw my classmates sleeping or talking between themselves.
After the bell rang, I grabbed my schoolbag and was about to go towards Jazz room when I heard Lancer calling me. I walked towards him.
"Jazz is resting in her home, and she said she would come in a week. In the meanwhile you can stay here" he said with a smile and flew outside the room.
"What? I'm going to be bored all this time!" I complained, when suddenly an idea popped in my mind.
"I can practice my powers here, taking advantage that nobody is here" I said to myself happily. But how can I control them? I thought. I then remembered Albert's training.
Flashback
"Oh Danny, don't put that face!" exclaimed Albert. "Let's keep practicing" I sighed: I really didn't want to keep on, but I thought Albert only wanted to help me. I then nodded.
"Well, I will make it easier: let's try the flying ability" he said and started floating. I got bored immediately.
"Ok now you try" Albert said. I started jumping as high as I could, but I didn't manage to float on mid-air.
"You are doing it wrong!" exclaimed angrily Albert. I stopped jumping and looked sadly at my brother.
"You have to concentrate your energy and let it flow, not jump!" scolded Albert.
End of Flashback
"So, I have to concentrate my energy and let it flow" I said to myself, then closed my eyes. I started concentrating the best I could, just to float a little.
"Well, I'm progressing, which is good news. I will keep on trying" I whispered and kept concentrating, floating a little higher, but nothing more.
"This is so great!" I complained.
"And what if my powers only work when I'm in my ghost-half?" I asked myself, when I suddenly felt the same cold sensation I felt before. A blue wisp came out of my mouth.
"What could this be?" I asked myself. My question was answered when I saw Skulker phasing through the room and looked at me.
"We meet again…Danny" he said with a dark smile. I clenched a fist.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, surprised.
"I have decided to hunt you and put you in exhibition" he replied and pointed a gun towards me. I have to do something! I have to activate my powers! I thought impatiently and shivered a little. Come on! I'm sure there has to be a way! Maybe with words…
"Uh…come ghost powers!" I shouted, but nothing happened. Skulker looked at me, confused and stopped pointing the gun while looking at me curiously.
"Mm…what about…Ghost-half!" I shouted, once more, nothing happening. Darn it! I'm running out of ideas! I thought.
"Uh…Phantom! Here!" exclaimed, nothing happening again. I rubbed my chin.
"Hey…and if I concentrate my energy while saying some words?" I asked myself while smiling. I closed my eyes and thought of a phrase.
"I'm going ghost!" I exclaimed. I felt a strange sensation in my stomach, so I opened my eyes fast and saw what was happening: 2 white rings appeared around my waist, and then split in opposite directions, one up and the other one down. My jeans turned black and my tennis white, my t-shirt turned also black, but the oval was white. Also, the white gloves I gave my ghost-half appeared in my hands. After finishing the transformation, I looked at my reflection: My hair was completely white and my two eyes were green. Awesome! I will have to practice this later! I thought and then looked at Skulker, who was shocked. I took advantage of his distraction and ran towards him, punching his face and armor. He backed up a little and then smiled.
"It's all what you have got, ghost child?" he asked. I grumbled a little and punched Skulker harder, destroying his metallic mask. The whole armor fell down and the small ghost flew outside of it, crashing against my chest. I yawned and picked him up.
"You can't beat me! I'm the best hunter of the Ghost Zone!" he exclaimed. I ignored him, walked towards my seat and grabbed my schoolbag, taking out a thermos from it. I smiled and opened the thermos, sucking in the small ghost.
"You will pay later!" he shouted before disappearing. I closed the thermos and kept it on the bag. Skulker's armor immediately disappeared. After that, I looked at my gloved hands.
"Now it's time to keep practicing. Maybe I am able to control my powers better when I'm on this form" I said to myself and concentrated. I suddenly felt my head crashing with something. When I looked down, I saw the floor inches away from me. I was floating! I then smiled and started flying all around the room. It wasn't too difficult at all I thought excitedly and landed slowly. Suddenly I heard the bell. My classmates were flying back here.
"Oh no! I have to change back!" I exclaimed and closed my eyes while concentrating. A few seconds later I opened my eyes and saw the reflection on the floor: I had changed back to my human half, my clothes also returning back to normal. I sighed in relief and sat down in my seat. Ghosts came in, slightly panting. However, I was the most tired one from all of them, but tried to hide it the best I could and smiled when I saw Sam and Tucker come in.
"So…how it was the sports class?" I asked. They looked suspiciously at me first, but then smiled and sat down in their seats.
"I suppose fine" replied Sam.
"But I am definitely NOT happy!" complained Tucker.
"Why?" I asked, confused.
"Because Miss Tetslaff said she would make her classes an hour longer" explained Sam.
"Oh…" was my only reply, but I was very happy. Cool! I will have more time to dominate my powers. This is my lucky day definitely I thought when suddenly Lancer entered and started his math's class. I found the subject a little hard, but still tried to do my best to understand it. I wondered why my classmates really paid attention on that class, but in the others they ignored Lancer. The classmate I found the most focused of all of them was Tucker, always taking out a calculator and solving problems fast.
After an hour, it was lunch time. Everybody got out of the classroom happily and flew towards the cafeteria. Sam, Tucker and I sat down in our usual table. Since my ghost-half merged with me, I didn't get too hungry and I could be able to "survive" school without eating. Sam and Tucker looked at me seriously, but said nothing. Time later, school was over. I was walking towards my home when I felt somebody grabbed my hand. I gulped when I saw it was Sam and Tucker.
"H-hey guys…what's the matter?" I asked.
"After we returned from sports, you have been acting…" started explaining Sam.
"Strange" finished Tucker.
"Umm…you see…I was thinking on training in my home. That way I could also help you to protect myself" I chuckled a little when I said that. Sam and Tucker smiled weakly.
"Oh Danny, you don't have to. We will always be protecting you" said Sam.
"Yeah, as we told you years ago" said Tucker. I smiled.
"Mm…ok guys, if you say so. Now I have to go home, or else my parents will get angry. See you" I said before running away from them.
Just when I got inside my home, the same blue wisp came out from my mouth. A few seconds later, Albert entered and flew towards his room without welcoming me.
It's normal of him to not say "Hi little bro." Even though I wished he did. About that wisp…It may be a type of ghost sense, because it got out just when a ghost was about to come towards me. Cool! I thought before lying on a sofa and smiling from ear to ear.
End of chapter 14
So well, it's the first day for Danny with his powers and he has learned some of them. Maybe I will come up with some powers. Anyway I hope you liked it. Please R&R!