Well, I had a moment of inspiration, and I typed this part in record
time. (I actually almost got hit by a bus) Anyway, it's going to start
really coming together in the next few chapters. I am also trying to
keep it G-rated. Enjoy!
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"Oh great," Danny said to Sam as they tried to walk a little faster in the opposite direction. He was still sore from his battle with Skulker, so it wasn't too much faster.
"Hey Timmy, look!" Tootie called as she watched the four teens outside the window; two across the street, and the two approaching them.
Timmy set a now empty fish bowl on the dresser of the guest room he had been hiding in, and carefully as a clownfish emerges from its anemone, poked his head out of the door. When he saw that no one was within grabbing distance of him, he quickly made his way down the hallway and to the front window. He glanced at his smiling pink wristwatch and new green jacket nervously as his godparents both gave him a reassuring wink in their new forms. (Hey, Timmy couldn't keep carrying around his fish bowl all the time, you know!) "What is it Tootie?" he asked the pig-tailed girl.
"For once Vicky isn't picking on us," she said. "Maybe she even made some new friends."
Timmy looked out the window, but his happiness ebbed as he heard Vicky's shrieking voice saying loudly, "So, I hear you're the geeks. Your reputation precedes you." The two approached the smaller boy and girl, but both she and Dash stopped short as they saw Danny's ripped and blood-stained clothing.
"Whoa, Fenton," Dash said slowly. "What happened to you?"
"Danny's had a long day," Sam said firmly. "He doesn't need any trouble from you."
"Who got to you first?" the blond behemoth asked Danny.
"Uh... a uh... a bus," he said as one passed by.
"A BUS?" Vicky asked.
"Heh heh- umm, yeah. Danny here got hit by a bus," Sam replied quickly as she played along.
"Man, that's harsh. I guess I'll give you a day off then," Dash said as he stared at the battered boy before him. "Just one, though." He turned, "Hey Vicky, how about some football? I can call up some of the guys and we can get a game started over at the schoolyard."
"That sounds great, Dash!" Vicky exclaimed, happy to meet new people (especially boys). She was also very good at violent sports, so was even happier. "Tomorrow, you two better watch out!" she said to Danny and Sam as she followed Dash.
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"Man, that kid looks like he was hit by a bus," Timmy said eyeing Danny from the window as Dash and Vicky walked away, and Danny and Sam continued on their way. "I wonder if he is okay."
"At least Vicky and Dash left him alone," Tootie said.
"Yeah, well-" Timmy started, but just then his eyes became wide as the huge metal vehicle he'd seen earlier drove by, then stopped and backed up. It was driven by that same blue alien with the red eyes he had seen as well.
"Hey kids!" Maddie said happily as she rolled down the window. "Need a ride anywhere? I was just heading to the hardware store when I saw you and -" She noticed Danny's condition and stopped immediately. "Danny! What on earth happened to you?"
Danny tucked the Fenton Thermos deeper into his back pack and out of sight before Sam answered for him.
"He got hit by a bus, Mrs. Fenton."
"Just a little bit," Danny added.
"WHAT? How on earth? Did the driver even stop?"
"Uh, no," Danny answered. "I uh, don't think they saw me."
"Well, that's just appalling! Get in the RV, you two. I'm taking you right to the doctor, young man! Then, I'm going to complain to the bus company!"
"I really don't think that's necessary, mom. I'm feeling better already. I'd just like to go home and rest." Danny said quickly.
Maddie looked at her son and decided to let him have his way. At least he hadn't been severely injured. She drove him to the house.
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"Wow!" Timmy exclaimed. "That kid's mom is an alien!"
"No, Timmy," Tootie corrected. "His mom was just wearing some kind of suit with red goggles."
"Way to ruin it for me, Tootie," he responded coldly. "Hey, I think I'll go for a walk and try to find that house again."
"I'm coming with you!" Tootie declared.
"Oh no, I am going to find that house and meet those aliens- I mean scientists. Maybe I'll see a ghost. You'll be too scared."
"Will not! Ghosts are neat!"
(Well, as things ended up, Tootie ended up going along with Timmy.)
"This is just great," whispered Timmy sarcastically to his watch.
"Aw, it will be fine. Tootie's really nice," Wanda replied.
"A little too nice, and it's not just her. Now I can't make any wishes as long as she's around, or it will blow my secret."
"Maybe you won't need to make wishes to have an adventure today," Cosmo said.
"For once, you've got a point," Wanda said.
"Yeah, okay," Timmy said. "At least you'll still be here with me."
"Come on Timmy, let's go!" Tootie said as she grabbed his arm and started walking. "It's a few blocks away, and that's a long enough walk we can enjoy together." she swooned.
"How nice," Timmy said despite the fact that he really wanted her to leave him alone already.
"I wish there was a shortcut," he whispered to his godparents. A path appeared in a puff of fairy dust in front of them.
"Let's go this way Tootie," he said, and the girl followed.
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"...But I'm still going to write an angry letter!" Maddie fumed to her husband and to Sam as she paced in the kitchen while Danny changed and washed up upstairs.
"About what?" Jazz asked as she walked through the door. She had decided to come home for her lunch break.
"Danny was hit by a bus!" Maddie said.
Jazz looked shocked for a moment, then replied simply, "Yeah, sure he was." She knew Danny's secret and knew that he fought evil ghosts on a regular basis, but had never told anyone else. "He'll be fine," she assured her parents after they gave her a strange look. She then went upstairs to check on Danny for herself.
"I'm going to go talk to Danny again and get all the details," Maddie said aloud.
"Uh, there's something I didn't tell you, Mrs. Fenton." Sam said. "I didn't want to scare Danny in his weakened state, but..." she stopped for a dramatic pause.
"But what?" Maddie and Jack asked.
"The uh, driver was a uh, ghost," Sam lied. "Really, I could tell. I don't think the bus company should be blamed if there are malicious ghosts running amuck driving busses for unsuspecting people."
"Good heavens!" the two adults exclaimed. They grabbed their ghost gear and ran out the door. "We'll put a stop to this once and for all! Don't you worry, Samantha! Keep an eye on Danny for us!" They ran out the door.
"Whew!" Sam breathed a sigh of relief that Danny's parents were distracted enough to leave him alone. The bus company was sure in for a surprise now.
"Nice save there, Sam," Jazz said as she came back downstairs and set about making a sandwich for herself. She had heard what Sam said.
"I just thought Danny should be alone, without his parents making everything worse," Sam said leaving out the details about why she had really sent them away.
"Uh huh," Jazz said eyeing Sam in a way that seemed to say, 'I know you're lying' but she left the conversation at that.
Danny came back downstairs, and looked fine except for the mark on his neck which was already almost gone. "Hi Jazz, thanks for coming to check on me before."
"Of course, Danny. I am sorry about the bus," she said quietly. "You're very lucky. Just promise me you won't get caught in that situation again. I'm worried about you."
"Well, thanks for your concern, but you know how things go," he said trying to change the subject. Luckily for him, the doorbell rang. Jazz stood up and went to answer it. At the same time, Danny gasped again as the pink smoke emanated from his mouth and he felt that familiar warmth spread over him again.
"Hi!" a small boy said to Jazz. Standing next to him was a little girl about the same age as he was. "I was wondering if this is where the ghosts are."
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Well, we're almost at that critical meeting of the two heros, but I
am mean and like creating that "dramatic tension" (dum dum dum....)
Well, as always, please review, and let me know what you think so far. THANKS SO MUCH!
I am so happy you guys like it so far. I am also having fun with it!