Chapter 37

Danny, Sam, and Danielle decided to fly to the park after church instead of riding with Jazz or Jack. Tucker decided to ride with Jazz because he knew it was less hazardous, but when he said so, he got called Bad Luck Tuck by Sam. Galen decided to stay behind and talk with Mr. Lancer about this universe. The other halfas decided to go to a fancy restaurant in Darkwood to catch up with each other.

Jack and Maddie hopped into the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle, and Jack hopped into the driver's seat before Maddie could stop him. They turned off the hunting equipment in the van so they could have an uninterrupted meal with their family. They would come to wish later that they had kept it on, for a ghost with glowing yellow eyes was following Danny on his way to the park. Danny knew nothing of either that ghost or the one floating just out of range of his Ghost Sense, which held a device that would, for the first time, cause a death in Amity Park from a ghost attack.

Danny rested his head on the ground, content to soak up the sun's warm rays, until someone pounced on his chest. He playfully glared into the purplish- blue eyes that loomed over him. Two nearly identical giggles were heard before he gasped in pain because his wings were bent in a way they were not meant to go.

His daughter got off him with slightly sad look on her face, "Sorry, Dad."

He smiled at her and ruffled her hair, "It is fine."

Sam smiled as well, "Just be careful of his wings."

Dannielle vainly attempted to fix her hair while saying, "Okay, Mom."

Danny and Sam just smiled at each other, and Sam said, "I never imagined that I would hear that so soon in my life."

Danny smiled and put his arm around her, "Yet, here we are with the baby in the baby-carriage first."

Sam gave him a look and a feeling through their link that showed him how weird that sounded. Danny was about to try and correct himself when their daughter spoke up in between them with the question that all parents dread.

Danielle looked inquisitively at her parents and asked, "Where do babies come from?"

Danny's mouth went dry and he started sweating, and Sam saw his thoughts which caused her to do the same. They both looked at each other and immediately looked away while sporting the most massive blush to ever cross their faces. (It really does not take a genius to figure out what they saw in each other's minds, does it?) Danielle just looked at her parents in confusion at their reaction to her question. Sam motioned for Danny to go ahead and start explaining it, telepathically promising that she would back him up where he would need it.

Danny turned to Danielle and started in a very uncomfortable voice, after making sure she had his undivided attention, "You know that boys and girls look different right?"

Danielle nodded and tilted her head to the side while Sam smacked Danny in the back of the head. Sam said to him privately, Danny! You stink at this. Perhaps I should have been the one to start off. She looked at Danielle and decided to just continue with the same track that Danny had started off on, "In what ways are they different?"

Danielle just looked at her parents in confusion, "Girls are built small with long hair and more fat, and boys are built bigger and more muscular."

Sam decided to start off on the same track most others got, "When a man and woman love each other very much…"

-DP-

When Jack and Maddie got to the park they made a beeline for the middle of it. They stopped running when they saw the three Halfas sitting on the ground with super red faces and being oddly quiet. Jack looked at Maddie in confusion, and she just shrugged in response to his unasked question.

Danny noticed them approaching and stuttered out, "Hey, Mom and Dad. How did you get here so soon?" Maddie was about to reply when Danny continued, "Did Dad break all the laws of physics getting here?"

Jack just gave an indignant snort and pouted, "I'm not that bad of a driver."

Maddie just patted his arm and said, "Sorry, Dear, but you are one of the worst drivers in Amity Park. Do you want a fudge cookie?"

Danielle finally got rid of the redness on her cheeks when she giggled at her Grandfather grabbing the cookie from his wife's hand and stuffing it in his mouth, with a happy look on his face. She then looked hopefully at her Grandmother, but her hopeful look reminded the four others there of a puppy dog. So even though her mother and grandmother were about to say no, they caved and Sam motioned for Maddie to give her a cookie.

Danielle cheered, "Yes!"

Danny shook his head when she did the same thing as Jack. He looked at Sam and said, "I think she takes after the Fenton side of the family more than the Manson side."

Sam just shook her head and said, "Danny, I am not entirely sure that is a good thing."

Danny gave her a hurt look, but they were both being only partially serious, "Why would that be a bad thing?"

Sam snorted and sent Danny a mental image of Danielle opening the door and greeting the person on the other side of it with an ectoblast and her grandfather's signature cry of, "GHOST!"

Maddie, Jack, and Danielle looked at Danny and Sam like they had both grown a second head when they burst out laughing. Eventually, they all descended into giggle fits when they realized how ridiculous the entire situation was. Danny and Sam were still in high school and they had a preteen daughter, and Jack and Maddie were only in their early forties. Danny just smiled at Sam after they had calmed down and she just smiled back. Maddie saw that and started to get super-exited, and Jack and Danielle just looked at each other in confusion.

Danny suddenly gasped as a blue vapor escaped his mouth, effectively ruining the little happy moment. Danielle also gasped a few seconds later, her father already standing and ready to transform to head off into battle. She looked at her father with the puppy eyes, "Can I please go with you?"

Danny smiled at her and looked at Sam for her confirmation as she also stood up, "I suppose, but I am coming two. Danielle, you will stick close to me."

Danielle pouted as she transformed in a flash of light, "I can take care of myself."

Danny ruffled her hair as he transformed and his wings stretched out to his sides, "We know that, but you don't have to anymore. We are your family, and more importantly, we are your parents. It is our job to protect you, whether you like it or not."

Maddie looked at her son with parental pride shining in her eyes, "Look at you sweetie. You are all grown up."

Sam smirked, "He is also a lot less clueless."

Danny turned around, his wings flaring in mock grumpiness, "I am not clueless, and never was."

Everyone shouted at once, "Yes you were."

Jack smiled at him and patted him between his wings, "Son, you were more clueless than I was at your age."

Danny just mock growled at his father and "accidentally" smacked his father in the face with his left wing. They all started laughing and Danny, Sam, and Danielle took to the air and headed toward the town from the park. They were flying around for about a minute before they all heard an explosion. It seemed to rock the ground thirty feet below them, and the saw a cloud of smoke in the distance.

Danny got there first, and he saw a damaged pink car with the driver's side completely demolished and the passenger side heavily damaged. As he read the bumper sticker on the back of the car his worry and fear spiked. It read:

Have you hugged your inner child today?