Ch. 3

Jack stared at the beat-up ghost. Its three eyes were glazing over as it was getting really hurt. Jack looked at it with growing excitement: [i]It's a ghost! A REAL ghost! And it's the one I want to find! Yes---wait a minute. Isn't Danny down here?!?[/i] he thought. He then noticed Sam and Tucker at the side, looking up at the ghost, but relaxed. They were yelling up cheers and...telling Danny to beat it?

[i]Now I'm going insane. HEY! Isn't that the Fenton Thermos in Tucker's hand??? I saw a ghost kid take it a few months ago! He found it! yay[/i] Jack thought happily. [i]But I do need to help them...here I go...[/i]

Jack took another step down and swallowed. He heard the monster yell and he froze. Then he almost fainted when he heard Danny's voice saying,

"Hey, fur-brains! What were you when you were alive, some sort of deranged, drowned cat? It's time for you to go back now!" The ghost roared angrily.

"ROAR! Me is Tomatomachu and me eat ghost-boy..." it growled, but it wasn't so sure anymore.

"Just keep telling yourself that, Toe-ma the deranged ghost-thing!" Danny laughed.

Jack couldn't think. He could only stare. For there, standing-no floating!-before him was Danny-or was it? It was wearing silver gloves and boots over a black lab suit, with one leg stained red with blood.

But it had pure white hair and green eyes. That [glow=green,2,300]glowed[/glow]. And it was fighting a ghost. A real ghost.

Jack gasped (but wasn't heard over the ghost's growl) when the monster tried to kick Danny. He was about to yell, "Watch out!!!" when Danny just...dissapeared? And reapearred UNHURT?!?

"Hey Tucker, I think it's time! Do your thing!" Danny yelled.

"Sleep well, you...thing!" Tucker taunted and opened the Fenton Thermos. A blast of blue light came out, covering the ghost as Danny leaped out of the way.

"Noooooooo!!!! Tomatomachu want ghost-boy! Me want flesh of only ghost human boy! Nooooooooo[sub]ooo[/sub]..." It screamed as it went down the thermos. Tucker put the cap on and smiled.

"Job done," he cheered.

Danny landed and with a flash of light, changed into Danny Fenton (normal...). "Whew. That thing was pretty tough!" He grimaced as he looked at his bloody leg. "And its teeth were painful. It hurts! Stupid ghost..." He looked around the lab and flinched. "Uggh...the lab's a mess! We need to clean it up! My parents could figure things out if it looks this bad."

"Yeah," Sam agreed, "It would be bad if your parents learned you were half-ghost! Can you imagine your dad's reaction? To find out his own son was a ghost!" Sam laughed. But she didn't realize that that very person was slinking out of the basement and running out of the house. "Anyway, your leg looks like it could get infected, so let's go clean it up. Then the lab, then call it a night. Too bad we only got one ghost in!"

"When did you say your parent's will return?" Tucker asked as he scooped up a broken beaker.

"They said ten...so let's hurry!" Danny answered. They went up and cleaned his leg, and then started to clean up the lab.

meanwhile

Jack got outside, panting. He shook his head in disbelief.

"My own son-a ghost? That can't be true! JAZZ IS THE GHOST! And he fought against that ghost like he had done it many times!" He looked around and walked towards where Maddie was. "Maybe he has. I need to help him, but not let him know that I know..." He shook his head, and walked into the moonlight.