Chapter 26
Rex pov

When I popped the question, Danny and Ben went quiet.

"Rex, Danny's scared that all of the experiments killed him. He doesn't want to try and turn back only to find out that he's completely dead. He hasn't transformed since his first experiment, he was scared that he would die if they experimented on him while he was a human"

"Oh."

We all sat in silence as the dark truth settled over us. I put my hand on Danny's shoulder trying to find the right words.

"Why don't we call my brother and Noah and ask them what they think? Ask them if they think you should find out if your human side is still alive."

Danny's head shot up at the suggestion. Fear in his eyes.

"Listen to me Danny, we don't know if your human side is still alive, for all we know, it could still be alive but is close to the edge of no return. We need to see if we can still save your human side."

Danny just nodded in response. I told Ben to go and grab my brother and Noah while I took Danny back to his room. Once we got there, I sat down on the chair that was there and Danny sat down on his bed. Soon Noah and Caesar came in to see what's going on

"So what's happening this time, what do me and Noah need to know?"

We were silent for a little but it was Ben who first started to talk about our situation.

"Do you remember how Danny is half ghost? Well, he has 2 forms, the one he's in right now is his ghost form, and his other one is his human form."

Caesar looked confused and started to talk.

"Ok, what's the problem then?"

"Well, that's the problem, he hasn't transformed into his human form for years now. And chances are high that his human form is dead or it's almost dead."

Caesar and Noah looked horrified at the thought that Danny could transform and that he could be completely dead. Danny was shaking with fear and Ben was just for the other two to answer.

"Let's do it, I want to find out if I'm still human."

All of us looked at Danny,surprised that he was still willing to do this.

"Are you sure Danny? I mea-"

"I want to do it now before I wimp out."

Danny stood up, I told Caesar,Noah, and Ben to get ready to catch him if we needed to and to get ready to give him treatment. Soon, the bright hoops appeared around his waist and started to travel in opposite directions. His short white and red hair transformed into long, matted and dirty raven black hair. His tanned skin turned into pale skin. His grey sweatshirt and pants turned into ragged jeans and a white shirt. The same outfit he was wearing 3 years ago that is now too small for him.

Danny closed his eyes when he transformed, he opened them back up and instead of green eyes, baby blue eyes met ours.

"Oh my god."

Caesar and Noah had their jaws on the floor and they couldn't stop staring.

Danny was going to start talking when his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed. Me and Ben managed to catch Danny and set laid him down on his bed. Caesar came forward and started to check on Danny.

"He's severely underweight and dehydrated otherwise he's fine, he just exhausted. It was a good thing that he stayed in his ghost form, otherwise, I would be stitching him up. I'll set up an I.V with some saline solution."

We all breathed a sigh of relief when he said that he's fine.

"When he is going to wake up?"

"I don't know hermano, it might be a couple of hours, it might be a couple of days. Do you guys know if his ghost powers affect his human form?"

"Um yeah, I remember him telling me and Rex that his regeneration and other basic powers can be used while he's human."

"That's good, maybe he'll wake up in a couple of hours like he did last time."

Caesar leaned against the wall after putting in the I.V while the rest of us sat down.

"Noah, get ready to go to the store, we're going to pick up some Mexican food and we're going to make some so the three of them can gain some weight again."

"What are we going to buy?"

"Tamales, and some stuff for Arroz con leche(rice pudding) and chile rellenos so we can make them into burritos."

Noah stood up and left the room to go and get ready. Caesar told us to stay here until they got back.

Time Skip

Me and Ben ended up falling asleep on Danny's bedside while we were waiting for Caesar and Noah to come back. They woke us up when they finished making the food and it was time to eat. We looked at Danny and decided that he could be alone for 20 minutes while we ate. When we walked to the kitchen. There was a mound of tamales in the middle of the table. There were burritos and a small pot of rice with it as well.

"You guys aren't allergic to anything right?"

"What did you make?"

"Me and Noah made the chile rellenos burritos and the Arroz con leche, we bought the tamales as that would have taken an entire day to make. You don't remember this Rex, we used to eat this a lot?"

I started to think about my past, but it's still a blank.

"Sorry Caesar, I can't."

Caesar just shrugged his shoulders and motioned for us to sit down and eat. I grabbed a burrito and opened it up. There was a long fried thing with beans and avocado. I rolled it back up and took a bite out of it. That large fried thing was a hatch chile stuffed with cheese. The beans and avocado made it so creamy and good. I moaned at the taste. Ben took that as a sign for him to start eating too. His reaction was similar to mine.

Once I finished the burrito, I grabbed a tamale and stared at it. Caesar recommended that I put lime on it. I took a bite out of it with lime and the center had some red meat that tasted so good. The lime giving it an acidity taste that was contrasting the fat the dough had.

I scooped a small amount of rice into a small bowl that was close to me. I picked some up and let it fall out of the spoon. It landed it with a plop.

"Caesar, I don't think rice is supposed to be this wet, or mushy."

I looked at Ben and he had the same questioning face as me

"Trust me, little brother, it's the best thing you will have."

I hesitantly spooned some of the rice into my mouth. It was the sweetest thing I have ever eaten. The cinnamon was giving a nice taste. I immediately downed it and started to serve myself more when Ben already beat me to the serving spoon. I gave him a small glare for making me wait as he spooned some more into his bowl.

"What is this called again."

"Its called Arroz con leche, or rice pudding. Me and my family like to call it sweet rice though. Do you want the recipe Ben?"

"Definitely, I have to make this for my mom and dad."

"Anyways, thank you for the food, but we have to get back to Danny. "

Me and Ben put away what we used and washed our dishes in the sink. Once we were done drying them and putting them away, we walked back to Danny's room to sit down by his bedside again.

Caesar soon brought us blankets and pillows so we can be comfortable while we waited.

Now it's just the waiting game.