Danny was laying down on the couch in the living room. He was still vaguely wondering if he was hallucinating the whole thing but the fact that the pink haired woman was asking him if he was okay every 30 or so seconds seemed to rule out that theory. Unless of course his subconscious was very worried about him.
"Thanks Danny," Timmy said again.
Danny smiled at Timmy. "You've thanked my like a million times. Are they that important to you?"
Cosmo and Wanda floated there and nodded vigorously. "Of course!" Timmy said raising his hands above his head in an exaggerated gesture. "They're my fairy god parents. They grant my wishes and keep me company when I'm being babysat by Icky Vicky."
"Er.. who?" Danny asked.
"Vicky is my really, really mean babysitter. Mom and dad work a lot and so she baby-sits me a lot. That's why I have Cosmo and Wanda," Timmy explained.
"Okay…" Danny said slowly.
"Well, you see," Wanda said. "Fairy God Parents are only given to children who need them. Children who are in need of love, attention or just over all care are given fairies to look over them."
"Oh, that makes sense," Danny said. He sat up and shook his head. Maybe it wasn't a hallucination after all.
Wanda nodded, "However there is a catch. No one can ever find out about us being Timmy's fairies. Well, he can seek out other kids who have Godparents but he had to find out for himself."
"That's why that really big fairy threatened to take you?" Danny asked.
All three nodded. "Yeup, that was Jorgen Von Strangle, the toughest fairy in the universe."
Danny looked to the side. "I'll just take your word on that."
"By the way, are you feeling okay Danny?" Timmy asked.
Danny smiled and nodded, "I'm fine. I've been in worse situations then this."
"Really?" Timmy asked excitedly. "Like what?"
"Well, my arch nemesis Plasmius comes up with some pretty nasty stuff," Danny admitted.
"You have an arch nemesis?" Timmy asked excitedly.
Danny nodded, "Yeup."
"COOL!" Timmy cheered.
"I don't think so," Danny said quietly and only Wanda heard.
"Well, what do we do now?" Cosmo asked. Everyone turned to look at the green haired fairy and he flew behind his wife. "What? What did I do? WHY IS EVERYONE STARING AT ME?"
"I don't think we were ready for an intelligent question," Wanda said sarcastically.
"Cosmo's right, what do we do next?" Timmy asked. "I can't wish the gargantuan ghost back into the comic book before he looses some power and you can barely even go ghost."
Danny thought about it then looked at the basement door. "Well, I think it might be a good time to see what my parents have been doing down there." Danny stood up and walked over to the basement door with Timmy following him.
"What do you mean?"
"Whenever I don't have any idea how to fight a ghost, it's always somehow one of my parents inventions that saves me. So, I figure why not at least check," Danny said as matter of factly as he could.
"Ooookay, we'll go along with that then," Timmy said skeptically.
"Are you sure?" Wanda asked.
"No," Danny said. "But I figure if this doesn't work we'll have a little more time to figure out another plan."
They walked or in Cosmo and Wanda's case floated down into the basement. Danny walked over to his parents' workbench and looked at what was on it. "Do you even know what half this stuff does?" Timmy asked while gazing at the gadgetry.
"No," Danny admitted. "I normally wait for my parents' tutorial. My dad loves showing off his stuff after he invents it."
"What's that?" Timmy pointed at a large looking gun.
"Don't know, and I don't want to know. So leave it alone," Danny said sternly.
Timmy pulled back the hand that was inching towards the shiny metal. "Heh," he said quickly.
Danny rolled his eyes and wandered over to the inventions that he knew what they did. "Let's see," he said looking at the things. There was really nothing that would help him. He sighed and found a post it note on one of the old Fenton Thermos prototypes. Danny knew that his dad loved experimenting with things that were already there, thermoses, toasters, forks, spoons, glasses, you name it, Jack Fenton most likely had done something with it. George Washington Carver had nothing of Jack Fenton. Too bad most of his ideas didn't work though.
Danny read the post it out loud, "Note to self: tell family about ghost energy extractor, especially Danny. P.S. look for new Fenton Thermos."
"What's that?" Timmy asked looking at the seemingly harmless thermos in Danny's hands.
"I have no idea," Danny said. "A ghost energy extractor, but who knows if it works, this post it is old. Dad may have forgotten about it," Danny mused.
"It can't hurt," Wanda said.
"No, I suppose it can't," Danny said carrying the thermos prototype back up stairs. He opened the door to find, "Skulker!" he gasped.
Wanda and Cosmo exchanged nervous glances and disappeared.
"Hello ghost boy," Skulker grinned. "Had any more run ins with the ghost?"
"Actually," Danny started.
"Good, now, you're going to help me get that thing out of my home or I will tell everyone in this city who the ghost boy is," he said narrowing his green eyes on Danny.
"Hey! That's not fair!" Timmy yelled.
"Timmy, he's a bad guy, it's his job," Danny sighed.
"Who's that?" Skulker asked pointing at Timmy.
Danny opened his mouth to reply but Timmy was quicker. "I'm Timmy Turner! And you're…" Danny put a hand over Timmy's mouth.
"I'm babysitting him," Danny said quickly.
"He knows your secret?" Skulker asked, mildly surprised. Danny was slightly touchy about his secret identity.
"Well, maybe if you didn't attack my field trip," Danny said irritably. "Anyway, why are you here again?"
"I'm here to force you to help me get the energy stealing ghost out of the ghost zone!" Skulker roared.
"Why? It's not like you guys like staying there anyway," Danny crossed his arms.
Skulker grabbed Danny by the shirt front and lifted him off his feet. "Don't get smart with me ghost child," he said in a very dark voice.
Danny's eyes flashed green and he matched Skulker glare for glare. "I know that this thing is a threat but give me one good reason to help you."
Timmy unconsciously backed away.
Skulker smirked and let Danny go. He landed on his feet and continued to hold Skulker's green glare with his own. "Feh, because you're the hero aren't you? Think of all the innocent and nice ghosts who are suffering in the ghost zone right now."
Danny blinked and his eyes turned back to their sky blue but he continued to hold Skulker's gaze. "Fine, I'll help you. But we will never speak of this again."
"Agreed," Skulker held out his hand and Danny took it. They squeezed each others fingers tightly and let go.
"I'm going to take Timmy to the library," Danny said. "I'll meet you back here in a half hour."
"No!" Timmy said.
"Timmy, I told you, I'm not taking you into the Ghost Zone," Danny said crossing his arms.
"I don't want to go to the library," Timmy said while making a face.
Danny knelt down to Timmy's level. "Sorry, but this is too dangerous," Danny said.
"You know I can just always wish myself into the ghost zone," Timmy whispered into Danny's ear.
"You wouldn't…" Danny said.
Timmy switched gears, "Also, once you get the Gargantuan Ghost weak enough I'm the only one who can wish him back into the comic book. Unless you have Fairy God parents you're not telling me about."
Danny sighed and scratched his head. He stood up looking slightly irritated and Skulker raised an eyebrow. "Fine, you can come. But you are to do everything I say, understand?"
Timmy nodded furiously.
"All right ghost child, ready to go?" Skulker asked not batting an eye.
Danny sighed and went ghost. "Yeah, I'm ready," he said picking up Timmy and going into the basement though the living room ceiling.
When they reappeard Danny looked around for Skulker and was vaguely surprised when he saw him coming down the stairs. "I don't have any spectral energy left, remember?" Skulker said to Danny's questioning glance.
"Right," Danny said.
"Are you sure about this?" Danny asked Timmy nervously.
Timmy nodded, quivering with excitement, maybe a little bit of fear.
"Where are we going?" Danny asked.
"The center of Ghost Zone. Better known as the Spectral City," Skulker said.
"City?" Danny asked.
"Yes, City, now let's go," Skulker growled and jumped into the portal.
Cosmo and Wanda appeared. "Don't worry Danny," Wanda said. "We'll make sure Timmy will stay out of trouble."
"I wonder what kind of cool stuff they have to play with in there?" Cosmo asked excitedly.
"Well, I will at least," Wanda said.
Danny gave her a small smile that he intended for his comfort. "Thanks," he said and looked at the swirling green mass in front of him. "Well, this is it," he said and flew in.
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Bet cha thought I forgot about you guys XD Well I didn't. I just took some time off to finish off my Rockman fanfics. I managed to finish two that I started WAY back in September. So enjoy the new chapter :3