I am so stupid...I forgot to say in the earlier chapters that in my fanfic, Jazz does NOT know about Danny having ghost powers. So if you thought she knew in this story, sorry...but she doesn't. I might decide to let her find out later, or I might not. Why I don't want her to know yet, I don't know...but anyway, now that that's cleared up, onto the next chapter!
Chapter 7 Location: (Fenton RV)
It had been about eight hours already of driving, and Danny was falling asleep. His head was resting on his hand, but it was slowly tipping off to the side and every time it slid off, he snapped awake for an instant, just enough to set his head back onto his hand again and repeat the process again in a few minutes.
Jazz was occupying herself with trying to do some reading, and Maddie was humming to herself, tapping the steering wheel with her fingers as she drove.
The rain had let up, but it was still pretty cloudy outside. The windows in the RV could be seen from again, but it was still dark out, despite the fact that it was only about two in the afternoon.
"Come on kids, we have to think of something to do…it's been so quiet in here…" Maddie said suddenly, breaking the silence.
"Mom face it…there's nothing to do on car rides…we have nothing to look foreword to but spending the next couple of days driving until we die of boredom…" Danny said, opening his eyes partially and staring out the window.
"We have our new house to look foreword to don't we?" Maddie asked.
"No…" Danny muttered angrily under his breath.
"I know! Why don't we sing some car songs to help pass the time?" Maddie suggested, smiling at both teens.
Jazz and Danny exchanged worried glances and turned to their mother. "Uh no mom that's okay…we're uh…we're really not 'that' bored…" Jazz said quickly.
"Well than why don't we talk? It's been a long time since I've talked with either of you…"
"Mom that's okay we—"
"Nonsense Danny this'll be fun!" Maddie said, interrupting him. "Okay…so who wants to start?"
"What are we supposed to do?" Danny asked.
"Just tell us how everything's been going! Well…you know…before you found out we were moving…" Maddie answered.
'Okay mom…well to start off I'm not a normal teenager…I have ghost powers! But don't worry; I use them to fight off evil ghosts that keep trying to kill me and all of my friends. And all this time your ghost hunting inventions have told you I have powers, they've been right! But you know, everything's just been great…'
"Danny? Danny!"
Danny snapped out of his thoughts and turned to his mother, "Huh?"
"I asked you how everything's been…" she repeated.
"Oh…uh…you know…everything's been great…" Danny said.
"Wow, what an answer that was…" Jazz muttered.
Danny growled and glared at her, "Well I don't see you saying anything…" he said.
"That's because mom didn't ask me to." She replied smartly, turning back to her book.
Danny was about to say something else but the RV started to slow down and he stopped, glancing out the window and trying to see from it. Maddie parked about a minute later and turned off the RV, taking the keys out and putting them in her pocket.
"What's wrong, why are we stopping?" Danny asked, slightly alarmed.
"Nothing's wrong, we just need to get some gas for both of the vans…and we've been cramped in here almost all day, it would be good for you both to get out and stretch your legs." Maddie said, opening the door and stepping out of the RV.
Jazz sighed and closed her book, placing a bookmark in it and unbuckling her seatbelt. "Danny, aren't you coming?" she asked, as she opened the door, turning to look at him.
Danny glanced at her and than turned back to the window. "Nah, I'm going to stay in here…" he answered.
"Suit yourself…" Jazz muttered, hopping out onto the wet pavement and closing the door behind her.
"Maddie!"
Maddie turned to see Jack hurrying over to her. He had parked the moving van a little bit away from the RV, both of them in front of the gasoline pumps.
Jack embraced her in a hug and Jazz walked over to them both, arms crossed. "Being in that moving van all by myself is lonely…" Jack whined.
"I know honey, but it'll only be a little longer." Maddie told him.
"Why don't you make Danny ride with you? He's bored anyway, he probably wouldn't mind…" Jazz suggested, over hearing their conversation.
"That's a great idea!" Jack said, his face brightening slightly.
"Alright, let's just ask him later…Jazz why don't go in to the store over there." Maddie said, pointing to the gas station convenient store at the end of the parking lot.
"You can get some snacks and drinks while your father and I refill the vans."
"Alright…I have nothing better to do anyway…" Jazz said, holding out her hand as her mother placed some money in it.
Jazz turned and headed down the length of the parking lot, and Maddie turned back to Jack as the two of them went to fill up the vans.
Danny watched from the back seat as his parents walked past him, talking about something. He saw Jazz heading into the store and he sighed in boredom, sinking down into his seat slightly.
"There has to be something interesting to do around here…" he said, getting up and walking to the front of the RV. He peered through the windshield and outside, scanning the area.
There was a sort of small forest behind the convenient store, and the highway stretched out in both directions behind him. Everything was drenched with water from the rain, and every time the wind blew the water from the trees would fly off and make it feel as if it were raining all over again.
Danny was about to go sit down again when he saw something move out of the corner of his eye. He whipped back around, staring suspiciously at the area next to the convenient store.
'I know I saw something…it was there a minute ago…' he thought, looking around. After a few minutes he raised an eyebrow and shook his head. "Or maybe I'm just so tired I'm imagining things…" he muttered.
He turned and was walking back to his seat when suddenly he gasped, a wisp of blue smoke slithering through his lips. He felt a sudden chill and shivered slightly.
"Great…I wanted something interesting, and now I've got it…" he said sarcastically. He looked around, making sure his parents were out of sight before going into ghost mode.
He went invisible and phased out of the van, hovering over the ground as he looked around for the ghost that had set off his ghost sense.
He turned and flew in the direction of the convenient store, making sure to stay invisible. 'Come on where is it…' he thought, landing on the ground and peering around the corner of the store.
"This is where I saw something, and if it was a ghost it can't have gone far…" he said, looking behind him. Suddenly something caught his eye and he knelt down, picking up a small slip of paper.
"918 Wayward road…" he read, staring at it as he stood back up. "But that's the address of this place…why would a ghost be looking for something at a convenient store in the middle of nowhere?" he said to himself.
"I think the better question is, why would an annoying little brat be following me?" a voice said.
Danny whipped around to see a ghost hovering in front of him, an angry expression on his blue tinted face. He was wearing a black cape, which was flowing behind him with the wind. His eyes were blood red and vacant; his mouth twisted in a grin, revealing needle like teeth.
He was wearing a sort of old fashioned suit and its hair was messy, sticking up in all directions.
"I think you have something that belongs to me…" he continued, eying the paper in Danny's hand.
Danny glanced at it and held it tighter, turning back to the ghost and glaring at him. "And I don't think I really care…" Danny replied.
The ghost growled, "Child, if you think this is a game I suggest you think other wise. You shouldn't toy with me…" he warned.
"What are you doing here in the middle of nowhere? Did someone send you here?" Danny asked.
"I'm not answering you're pathetic questions. Infact, why don't I just kill you now, and than I can stop wasting valuable time talking to a stupid useless brat…" he said.
Danny's eyes widened and he took a step back just as the ghost shot something from its hands strait towards him.
Danny threw himself out of the way at the last second, sliding into the pavement and glancing up to see a sort of white sticky web hit the ground where he had been moments before.
He picked himself up quickly and the ghost turned towards him, growing menacingly. "Give me that piece of paper before I have to take you apart piece by piece, and make sure you're conscious enough to feel every second of it…" the ghost warned.
"Here's a better idea. How about I keep the paper, and I kick your sorry butt back to the ghost zone?" Danny suggested, green ecto forming in his hands.
"You're going to regret threatening me!" the ghost yelled, shooting the same web like material out of its hands strait towards Danny, just as Danny's ecto shot towards the ghost.
The ecto slammed into the web and both disintegrated in mid-air, causing a tiny explosion and missing both targets. Danny clenched his fists and flew into the air, the paper still clutched in his hand.
"Why do you need this so badly? You're already here, this is only the address." Danny pointed out.
"My business is none of your concern." He replied shortly.
"Well, if that's the case, you probably wouldn't mind if I ripped this in half than…" Danny said, un-crumpling the paper and holding it as if he were about to rip it into shreds.
The ghost's eyes widened and it lunged foreword to snatch it from him, but Danny pulled his arms back and flew backwards a few feet, taunting him.
"Fine. If you want to play, we'll play…" the ghost said, shooting his web at Danny. It was so quick and unexpected that Danny didn't even have a chance to react.
His eyes widened in fear as the web slammed into him, pinning him to the wall of the convenient store. It tightened as it wove its way around him, pinning his arms to his side and gluing him to the wall.
The ghost grinned in triumph and floated up to him, phasing its arm through the web and snatching the paper from Danny's grasp. "Well well well…look where all of that sarcasm got you…" he said, grinning at Danny.
Danny struggled to free himself, trying desperately to phase through the sticky web that was binding him to the wall, but the harder he tried to escape the tighter the web formed around him.
The ghost laughed shortly, "Have fun trying to get out of this 'Sticky Situation'…it should be interesting, seeing how your parents will be curious to know where you are…to bad I can't stick around to watch you squirm with panic…" he said, grinning and waving in Danny's direction before he disappeared into thin air.
"Okay…how the heck did he phase through this if I can't?!" Danny yelled. He glanced sideways, trying to see around the wall. He saw his parents still filling up the moving van with gasoline, but he knew it wouldn't be much longer before they were done.
"Come on Danny think! You don't have much time here…there has to be some way…" his eyes widened and he suddenly grinned. "Please let this work…" he said.
Two blue rings formed around his waist and the web suddenly disintegrated. "Ahhhhh!" Danny yelled as he fell through he air and slammed into the cold wet pavement, rolling a few feet.
"Ouch…okay…I've reached the conclusion that my plans suck…" he muttered, rolling over and cringing slightly as he sat up.
"Danny?! Oh my gosh are you okay?!"
Danny whipped around to see Jazz hurry up to him. "I heard you yell, what happened?!" she asked, sounding frightened.
"Jazz I'm fine…I was just…uh—looking around, and I slipped and fell because it's so…wet out here…no big deal…" Danny said, trying to sound casual and hide the nervousness in his voice as he picked himself up.
Jazz looked at him for a moment as if trying to tell if he were lying or not. But since she turned away he figured she thought he was telling the truth.
"What were you doing back here behind the store anyway?" she questioned, looking around the vacant area.
"Just exploring…" Danny answered, looking all around and trying to spot any signs that the ghost was still there. When he didn't see anything, he started sneaking away in the direction of the RV.
Jazz noticed him walking away and she hurried to catch up to him, carrying a bag in her hand. "What's that?" Danny asked curiously, trying to peer inside.
"Just some snacks and stuff I got inside…I was just about to head back to Mom and Dad when I heard you…I thought something happened."
"Jazz I'm fine, really…" Danny said, feeling guilty that he had made her so worried.
"Danny you're bleeding…" Jazz said suddenly, stopping and staring at him.
"Huh? What are you talk--".
Jazz pointed to his knee and Danny glanced down to see that there was a big hole in his jeans. His knee was scraped open, but it was a pretty shallow cut. He probably wouldn't have even noticed if Jazz hadn't pointed it out.
"Its just a little cut…I must've scraped it when I fell…" Danny said, starting to walk again.
"Yeah, but maybe we should tell Mom and—"
"Jazz I'm fine! You can stop worrying! I can just clean it up when we get to the RV…" Danny told her, picking up his pace slightly so he could walk ahead of her.
Jazz sighed and rolled her eyes, "Stubborn…" she muttered under her breath.
Danny hurried to the RV as fast as he could without running and pulled open the side door, stepping inside and pulling it closed. He rummaged through a bunch of stuff before finally finding a first aid kit.
He sat down in the back most seat and opened it up, lifting his knee slightly. He grimaced as he cleaned it with some of the medicated spray, which caused it to sting. But after bandaging it up it didn't hurt at all.
He shoved the first aid kit back and sat back down, sighing. "I really have to start thinking more before I do things…" he said to himself.
"Going back to normal halfway up the side of a building and than falling through the air to smack into the ground was not a smart idea…and I let that ghost get away! I probably never would have done something that stupid if I was back in Amity…"
He felt a familiar tightness in his throat at the mention of Amity, but he didn't have much time to think about it as the RV door's suddenly opened on both sides, Maddie and Jazz appearing.
Danny's heart skipped a beat and he sat up nervously, hoping Jazz hadn't said anything to his parents.
"Danny what on earth happened to your knee?" Maddie asked, looking at him in concern.
Danny sent Jazz a dirty look but she shrugged in reply, having not told their mother anything. Maddie noticed him glaring at her, "Don't worry Danny your sister didn't tell me anything if that's what you think. Although she was acting strange when I asked if you were still in the RV…but it's kind of hard not to notice that there's a big hole in your jeans." she pointed out.
Danny glanced down, noticing that it was pretty easy to tell he had injured himself. 'Why didn't I see that coming…of course she'd notice the stupid tear…' he thought.
"Mom it's nothing, I was walking around outside and I slipped on the pavement…" Danny said, using the same cover story he had used on Jazz.
Maddie seemed satisfied with his answer and didn't press the issue any further. Though she did suggest that he change into a new pair of jeans.
He used the bathroom in the convenient store to change his jeans and than walked back to the RV, still on the lookout for the ghost.
He knew it wouldn't matter much anyway, since they would be leaving in a matter of minutes. But it was still bothering him to know that the ghost was still loose somewhere…
He tried to forget about it though as he ran into his parents, who had been waiting for him outside. He stared at them for a moment, wondering why they were outside in the first place.
"Your father was wondering if you'd like to ride with him in the moving van." Maddie told him.
"Please Danny? It could be fun!" Jack said, excitement in his voice.
"And you did look pretty bored in the RV…you might have more fun riding with your father for the rest of the trip." Maddie said.
Danny opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Jack, who suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled him after him.
"I knew you'd want to come with me! This'll be great son! Just the two of us for a father son road trip!" Jack said.
Danny turned as if to ask his mother to help him out, but Maddie just held back a laugh and walked over to the RV, starting it up as she hopped into the drivers seat.
Jack opened the door to the moving van and shoved Danny inside, closing it again as he hurried around the front and over to the drivers side.
Danny caught his breath and straitened himself up in the seat, buckling up his seatbelt as Jack hopped into the drivers seat. "So what do you want to do first son? I could tell you about the latest Fenton Invention!"
Danny's eyes widened, "Uh no thanks dad, you really don't have to—"
"Well if you really want to know it's called the Fenton Ghost Extractor…"
Danny sunk down into his seat as his father went off on a tangent about the invention, explaining everything there was to possibly say about it.
As Jack spoke Maddie pulled back onto the highway and he drove right behind her, still talking eagerly to Danny. Danny paid attention for a little while, but once his father got into another subject, which involved something about ghost hunting tips, his mind started to wander and he stared out the window, watching the tree's zoom by.
Jack was so excited to be telling someone about his work that he didn't even seem to notice. 'This is going to be a long trip….' Danny thought to himself.