Author's Note:
Moonlight: I know I was supposed to be updating something else, but since I wasn't expecting to hit 160 reviews and I did, I guess I can hold it off for just a few more days... eheh...
Kris: You better update the other one next! -holds ecto-gun to Moonlight's head-
Moonlight: Right! -flees-
Chapter 24: Breaking News Live from Wisconsin
Danny opened his eyes. The world was blurred and hazy; a mix of colours and shades flying in different directions...
"Danny! Oh Danny, thank God you're awake!" Maddie said in relief, hugging her baby-boy. "Jazz said you were screaming, then just went out like a light!"
"Hunh?" he replied, eyes unfoccused and confused. "I... what? Fainted?"
"Yeah. Danny, I was really worried, you were screaming out, saying that there was a telepathic jerk was messing with your head... And then... you went white as a sheet and just fell." Jazz said as she rubbed his head sympathetically."You hit the bathtub on the way down and started bleeding green everywhere... I was so frightened!"
"The green blood was ectoplasm." Maddie explained. "Ghosts are made up mostly of that. I'm just so glad that ghosts heal exceptionally fast; your head is pretty much fine now." she let go of her son finally, as he stepped up from the chair. Outside it was dark, and considering it was Summer, that meant it was at least after nine.
"...How long was I out...?"
"About six and a half hours, Danny boy! We were all... very worried." it was the first time Danny had heard his father so... mature. Usually he was just like a six year-old, but now he was actually acting his own real age. "However, now your back, it's all good!" ah, there's the six year-old.
Maddie was shaking her head. "No, it's not all good. Danny, you were screaming about a telepathic jerk; what was going on?"
"I don't know..." Danny replied. "The last thing I remember was going into the bathroom... That's it, I can only remember... the sound of that voice... It was... sweet and yet malevolent... I can't explain, it's a clash of meaning there, but I can't describe it any better..."
Maddie sighed and kissed Danny's cheek. "Well, we'll just have to hope it never happens again... Look, if you ever hear it again, come to us as fast as you can. I don't care if you're in school or whatever, just please, come."
"Right." Danny agreed, walking over to the couch, where he sat down and looked at the television. It was showing the news, some report from Wisconsin. Maddie frowned and looked at it.
"Hey, Jack, isn't that where Vlad lives?"
"Vlady sure does! Although it must be pretty important news to make it all the way over here!"
Jazz sat down next to Danny, while Jack and Maddie taking an armchair each to watch the report. Jazz didn't look that interested and to be honest, Danny wasn't either. However, with lack of anything else to do, they both watched it anyway.
"This is Tiffany Snow with a special report all the way in Wisconsin! Aparently, there has been a recent upsurge in ghost attacks, leading it to claim the title of second most haunted location, right after our own Amity Park! There have been no less than thirty-eight recent reports of bank roberies where there has not been a trace of evidence, the money quite literally disappearing into thin air! We have Lance Thunder on the air interviewing one of the bank managers."
"Thank-you Tiffany! I will now take you to the WW bank in the center of Wisconsin, where bank manager Gerald Jones is here to tell us what he saw when his bank was robbed two days ago. Gerald, what did you witness?"
"Well... I'm really not sure how to explain this, but I was locking up for the night at around... eleven? I just locked the safe only to realize that I'd put my reading glasses in their while putting the money in, and forgot to take them back out. So I went back in and unlocked the safe, only to find everything gone except the reading glasses. I was stunned, I'm sure we lost at the very least a few hundred-thousand dollars. And there was no way anyone could have gotten in or known the combination, on top of having the keys without my notice! And I understand that there have been many other burglaries like this all over Wisconsin; I'm not sure what to think, Lance..."
"Well there you have it! 38 banks can't be wrong, there certainly is something strange going on around here. They're calling it the attack of the 'Wisconsin Ghost', and there is a current alert to everyone to be on the look out around here for anything out-of-the-ordinary. This has been Lance Thunder, special report news. Back to you Tiffany!"
"Thanks, Lance. We'll have more on that in a few days. In related news, this state has also reported a alarmingly high number of disappearances. Whether or not this has anything to do with the recent burglaries is yet to be seen to. This has been Tiffany Snow, live from Wisconsin!"
"Everyone in the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vechle! We're going to Wisconsin!" Jack said, standing up and posing in a heroic position. Jazz slapped her forehead, while Maddie dragged him back down onto the chair into a sitting position.
"Jack, just remember that Amity Park is still the most haunted place in America. We can always go to Wisconsin some other time."
Jack moaned, while Jazz rolled her eyes and got up. "C'mon Danny, let's go upstairs before dad starts blathering on about ghosts."
"Agreed." Danny said quickly as he stood up and went upstairs with his sister. "Wait a minute, the only times that you ever invite me upstairs at the same time as you is when you want to lecture me!"
"I don't want to lecture you, Danny." Jazz said. "And I don't want to council you, either. I just wanted some... brother sister time where we do something together to help take both of our minds off what's going on lately. You know, like Monopoly or just something like that. What do you say?"
"I... well, okay. Promise not to lecture or council?"
"Yes, I do promise." Jazz confirmed. "Come on, we'll go in my room." Danny hadn't been in Jazz's room much lately. And when he had, it was only fleetingly and he never took anything in. She had an overly-large bookcase that was overflowing with books on psychology and other novels. She had a desk with a miniature lamp on it, and pens put neatly in a glass. She opened her cupboard and pointed to the top shelf. "There it is, right at the top. I don't think I can reach, though. Danny, climb onto my shoulders."
Danny raised an eyebrow, then flew up to the top, grabbing the board game. "Don't need to bother with shoulders anymore." He passed the box down to Jazz. She looked at him oddly for a moment.
"I don't think I'll ever get used to you being able to do that, Danny. It's... not even physically possible. Even if you weigh nothing, you shouldn't be able to control where you can go."
Still in the air, Danny just shrugged. "I don't really care. All I know is that I can do it and that's really all that matters." he let himself drop to the floor, where he sat down and Jazz opened the box. They took all the pieces and money out and began setting up. Danny remembered something while they were doing so. "Hey Jazz, didn't dad have a ghost version of Monopoly?"
"Yeah. I never played it though, I fled after I heard him start talking about it."
"Same here." Danny said. "When dad was making the game, he was in the lab. And I don't trust much that gets made down there. Namely the ecto-powered waffle iron."
Jazz squinted as she remembered the day they used that. It was absolute chaos, the waffles had become radioactive without their notice. And after they'd eaten the waffles rather reluctantly, it was too late to save the entire family from a severe case of blood poisoning. The lot of them had ended up in hospital that night recovering from it, and thankfully never used the waffle iron again.
When they had finished setting up, Danny chose the car and Jazz took the boat. Before long he had a stack of money, while Jazz had a small, diminished pile. He'd temporarily forgotten everything that was worrying him. And to Jazz, this was her victory.
-End Chapter 24-
Author's Note:
Okay, (don't kill me for this) I'm going to start revamping the story. You know, add stuff, make the writing flow better... etc. So I won't be properly updating for a while. However, do check back every so often for the redone chapters. They will be different, not changing any of the plot, but they will be different, and hopefully, better than when you first read them. I believe I can make this a much better work...
Peace,
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