"Danny?" His mother's voice, usually bringing calm or guilt when he was in a situation, now only brought panic to mind. "Are you still down here?"
"Not now!" he panicked even more, and now fully Ghost, he jumped and phased through the ceiling just as his mother looked around the corner.
"Danny?" she asked.
"It was the Ghost!" Jack yelled from the basement, followed shortly thereafter by a loud crash. Maddie rolled her eyes and descended the stairwell to help her husband.
Danny floated in the upstairs hall, slowly making his way to his room. Power growth or spike? Untapped power? His father's words coursed through his thoughts. Was this a normal ghost phase? Did ghosts go through some sort of puberty too?
"Oh great," he hit his head, "that's all I need, two puberty periods at once, and a full-time super-hero gig..." He thought for a minute again, and decided that thought wasn't correct. It used to be full time, now it was barely any time.
"Could that be my problem?" he asked himself, glancing at the floor, as if to see through it and into his parents conversation. He passed Jazz's room, and reached his own door. "But why now?" he asked. "Did something set it off, or does it just happen? Am I even right?" He poked his head through his door, and slowly phased into his room. "Am I getting stronger?" He looked at his white-gloved hand. "When will I be able to control my powers again?" All he was thinking of were more questions, and no answers.
He still felt jittery, and frustration combined with restlessness and the jitters didn't combine too well for a ghost with uncontrollable powers. He held his head and tried to calm down, but it just didn't seem to come.
"When will I be able to control my powers again?" he asked loudly, realizing almost immediately he needed to stay quiet, and his eyes returned to his hand. "Will I ever be safe around people again." He needed to think about this...and being in ghost form was just distracting him. He took a deep breath, trying to calm his nerves, and called on the power, willing it to change him back. The power came to him, but no rings appeared. He looked down frantically and tried again. Again, no rings.
"I can't transform back..." he whispered...feeling like his fate had been sealed. "I'm stuck in Ghost mode!"