After school, Jazz skipped a band rehearsal to rush home and check on her baby brother. After some finagling, she got her parents out of the house so she could talk to him without interruption, and took a sandwich up to him. She woke him up by dumping all of his schoolbooks onto his bed (she'd taken the liberty of going around to his teachers and getting all the homework he'd missed), and handing him his food. Surprised and a little dazed from waking up, he took the sandwich as she began to pace.

"Woah, Jazz," he said through a mouth full of bread crumbs, turkey and lettuce, "calm down. It's not that bad, is it?"

She sighed but continued pacing. "I can't help it. I feel so energetic lately, and I don't know why. I got maybe three hours of sleep last night, and I feel fine...more like I got nine or ten hours." She paused for a moment, and looked over at him. "Does this happen to you?"

"Only when my powers build," he replied as he gulped the food down and took another bite out of the sandwich. "I'm so hungry. Thanks Jazz." She smiled at him and continued her pacing.

"So," he said after a few seconds. "Do you still have control problems?"

She sighed again. "Yeah, I fell through my desk twice today, and had to avoid crowds so they wouldn't notice me sinking into the ground, or walking through something. However, I can do it at will now." A smile came to her face, "I've got invisibility down too...mostly. Flying came pretty easy..." she glanced up. "What should I work on next?" Danny thought for a moment before replying.

Finally his look brightened as if he remembered something. "The next power I developed was overshadowing people."

Jazz glanced at him. "You mean, taking people over from the inside out?"

"Yeah," Danny nodded. "Basically." Jazz shuddered.

"Well," She continued, "I haven't tried to use any shields or anything...and I certainly haven't tried to take anyone over."

Danny held his hands in the air, as if to surrender. "Hey, I found that one out on accident."

Jazz ignored him. "I don't know," she sighed and looked at her hands. "I just feel like I know all of this is going to...diminish."

"So," Danny said, glancing at her maliciously. "You actually HIT on SKULKER?" Jazz turned and glared at him.

"Did you have to bring it up?" she asked.

"I fell asleep just after you told me last night," he shrugged. "It seems like you just barely told me." Jazz looked away and sighed dejectedly. "Look," Danny gave in, "if you're really having that much of a problem, why don't you go practice in the ghost zone. You can work out there without hurting anyone and you'll automatically get back out because the machine can sense the human part of you. Wait," Jazz glanced over at his hesitation. "That might be a problem!"

"What!" Jazz asked, suddenly worried.

Danny's face broke into a smile. "Do you have any human in you?"

"Little brothers..." Jazz growled, walking forward. He only grinned. "Fine," she stopped pacing, and her own face broke into a smile. "I'll just leave you with your homework." He looked down at the paperwork she'd brought home for him...several books, several classes, several hours. His mood sobered immediately.

He looked up. "Thanks a lot," he grumbled.

"You're welcome," Jazz grinned and walked out the door. "Later!"


Cheerin4Danny: You're more than welcome. :D

LaBOBruen: You're not retarded. Goose. We simply don't think along the same lines, so you're not looking for things that I normally would (and would therefore write).