Okay, y'all! Here's the next chapter. Let me warn you, it may get a little PG-13ish here, but I was getting bored the other day. One of the reasons I started writing this fic in addition to trying to improve my writing and to make a story for my brother, was because I was feeling a bit of writer's block on my own original story that I have been writing for years. I then figured I'd try my hand at another fanfic to "jumpstart" those creative vibes again- I used to write ones for Stargate, Startrek, etc. (yeah, I am a mega nerd, but oh well) but I thought I'd try this one because I am also a fan of DP and FOP- they make me laugh. Well, I wrote a scary part in my other story, and got really into it, so I wrote a scary part of this one too. If you don't like it, let me know and I'll try to tone it down a bit. Well either way, I hope you like it. :)
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"Well, it's not much- mostly leftovers, but I hope it's still good," Maddie said as she started to bring the food over to the kitchen counter. Jazz decided to give her mother a hand while she brought out the meal, and everyone else gathered around the table.
Danny, Sam, and Tucker were all slightly, but pleasantly surprised when none of the foodstuff started talking, or doing anything else that it shouldn't. They had already experienced something along those lines with hot dogs once. Jazz also looked relieved when the meal appeared normal. Sometimes a simple microwave was such a wonderful thing.
"Well, what are you guys all staring at?" Maddie asked. "Go ahead and dig in!"
The kids all started taking helpings of mashed potatoes and meatloaf, (Sam of course, ate salad), but Jack looked up at his wife and saw that she didn't join the rest. He got up and walked over to her. "What's wrong Maddie?" he inquired.
"Look at them, Jack," she said quietly as she motioned towards her children. "I was so scared that I would never see them again. It's a miracle we found them as soon as we did, and that they are both okay."
"Absolutely, honey. That Crocker guy had one too many screws loose in that head of his, but luckily he didn't hurt them- he just called Danny a fairy or something. Besides, we should be proud of the kids for handling everything so well and for taking charge of the situation at hand. Even the police were impressed with their ingenuity. I still don't completely understand all the details on how exactly they subdued him though."
"Yes I know; Jazz really does love her brother- no matter what she says out loud- she'll do anything for him. Also, the police told me that they were going to take that man to a psychiatric ward. I just don't want to pressure the kids to talk about the ordeal. It could scar them for life."
"Nah, they're fine- just look at 'em. They look happy to me. They even made some new friends."
"Yes, by the way, who is that little kid and the one who is eating like a starving animal?"
"I don't know, but why don't we all sit down so we can talk to everyone."
"Alright, honey. I love you."
"I love you too," Jack replied.
The two adults sat at the table and surveyed the scene. Jazz was looking at Hans with a visage of disgust as he scarfed down his food. He normally didn't eat this way, but again, he hadn't eaten in a week and could barely control himself at the sight of anything to eat. She was also surprised that Sam didn't say anything, but kept passing him plate after plate of meatloaf and whatever else she could find to give to him. "Boy, you sure have quite an appetite," Jazz said after a few minutes.
Hans looked up, a little embarrassed, and started to chew slower. Tucker, Sam, Danny, and Timmy glared at her, but didn't say a word.
"Well, I'm glad at least someone likes my cooking," Maddie said after an awkward silence interspersed with the sound of chewing filled the air.
"It's delicious," Hans said after he took a drink. "Thank you so much, and just stop me when I get to the plate!"
"Yes, thank you," everyone agreed more or less in unison.
"Well, you're all very welcome," Maddie said as she scooped some peas onto her plate and passed them to her husband who silently stuck out his tongue and passed them on to Sam. "And what's your name?" she asked as she turned towards the pink-hatted boy with the green jacket and pink wristwatch.
"Oh I'm Timmy, and I'm just visiting with uh, friends," he answered as he gulped down some food. "Danny, Sam, and Tucker gave me a tour of the lab before and told me some things about ghosts."
"GHOSTS!" Jack cried happily as Maddie's eyes lit up. "I can tell you all you ever wanted to know about ghosts!"
"And more," Jazz muttered slyly but then held her tongue.
A noise in the basement grabbed their attention and a deep purple mist escaped Danny's mouth. The mist was such a dark shade that it could have been mistaken for being black if the lighting was not as bright. Sam and Tucker saw it as well while Jack and Maddie had shot up and raced down the basement stairs yelling "GHOST!"
"Well that one's new," Danny said as Hans gave him a questioning look.
"What was that?" Sam asked.
"I don't know," Danny said as he nervously looked around and stood up.
"What is it Danny, another ghost?" Jazz asked. Sam and Tucker looked at her astounded.
"Yeah, she knows," Danny said to ease their startled expressions.
"I have no idea what-" but Danny stopped short as he heard laughing and then felt the spine-tingling chill and blue mist that always accompanied a ghost's presence.
"Well well ghost child, you had quite an escapade today," the iron-clad fiery-haired ghost hunter said as he appeared and bared his metallic teeth while he clenched his mechanized fist. "You just keep slipping out of my grasp, but now finally- "
"Leave us alone, Skulker," Danny said as he stood up from his seat, but the hunter's attention turned on Hans, whose eyes started to glow a bright gold, although he didn't change into his wolfa form.
"YOU!" the hunter said to Hans, but turned back to Danny. "I'll deal with you in a minute." He turned back towards Hans. "That little gift I found must have been from you, and I am sure you also had something to do with all my empty cages too! I don't know how you escaped, but you shall pay!"
"Uh, heh heh- vhat gift?" Hans asked as if he didn't know.
"For these little monsters that started up such a ruckus when I was returned to my lair!" he howled and held up the net containing the two anti-fairies. Timmy's jacket and watch gasped as they saw Skulker showing the net with the two cackling creatures, and Danny's breath turned purple again. "I stumbled over them on the floor, and accidentally set them free. They then conjured up Johnny 13's bad luck shadow and the three of them ruined my lair! It took all my superior hunting skills to catch them again, not that it was much effort. I just gave the one a sandwich and the other followed her right back into the net, while the shadow went back to its master. I don't care how rare they are- I am planning on returning them to you." The hunter sneered at Hans. "They should keep you busy while I get the ghost boy."
"Vhat 'ghost boy?'" Hans asked.
"Why, young Daniel over there," he answered.
"So he must be the halfa Tucker was talking about before," Hans said to himself. Tucker glanced at him questioningly, but realized he must also hear as well as a wolf to have heard what he had whispered to Sam.
"Now for you, Daniel- " the hunter hissed as Danny clenched his fist and prepared to transform when his parents ran back up the stairs and gasped at the sight of Skulker hovering before the group.
Without wasting a minute, the two of them grabbed the new FENTON THERMOS and aimed it at him. "Back off from my kids!" Maddie and Jack shouted loud enough that it even made Skulker jump. He turned and recognized the device that had just captured him earlier and returned him to the ghost zone. He sneered again, and opened the net containing the anti-fairies. "I'll be back, boy," he said and vanished before their eyes.
Thinking the anti-fairies were ghosts too, the Fenton's opened the thermos and tried to suck them in, but to no avail.
"That won't work, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton!" Sam cried.
"Yeah, those aren't ghosts!" Tucker yelled as the anti-fairies waved their wands and two adjacent table legs suddenly snapped in half, causing the table to fall over, spilling everything onto the floor as everyone jumped back just in time to not get pinned underneath the edge of it.
"Well that was odd," Maddie said.
"What a mess!" Jack called, but the anti-fairies had one more unlucky trick up their sleeves. They raised their wands and with another "foop" they started cackling once again, but nothing seemed to happen.
"Okaay- so what did they do?" Tucker asked, nervously awaiting something to fall on his head while Sam braced herself. Danny, Jazz, Jack, and Maddie had no clue what they were looking at or what was going on. Danny kind of figured they were evil little fairies or something, but he didn't have a chance to ask Cosmo or Wanda before Hans keeled over on the floor and started to cry out in pain.
"Hans, are you okay?" everyone asked as they rushed over.
"I know the Heimlich maneuver, if you choked on something," Maddie said.
"He doesn't look like he's choking- " Jack said as he looked at the boy who seemed to be having convulsions on the floor.
"Oh my gosh!" Jazz cried, as she tried to help him sit up and Danny came to her aide.
"Someone call 911!" Maddie yelled, as she tried to help ease his breathing. Despite being a super-genius in the field of science, she thought any medical problems should be left to professionals. Tucker whipped out his cell phone and started to dial frantically.
Hans's eyes started blazing, and he tried to get up, but fell back onto his knees as everyone tried to figure out what to do. His body was shaking uncontrollably, and he was clenching his teeth tightly as his muscles tensed up.
"Something isn't quite right," Sam said as she looked around and tried to think of a way she could help.
"Timmy, can Cosmo and Wanda do something to help him?" Danny asked the boy quietly as he was running to get Hans some ice; his skin felt like it was burning.
"I don't know."
"Well see if they can do anything."
"But magic won't affect him because he's a- " but he stopped as Danny ran off.
"He must be possessed by a GHOST!" Jack said as he whipped out one of his inventions and aimed it at the teen with the glowing eyes who was fighting to keep from screaming in pain, but was panting heavily.
Hans looked in horror out the window and what he saw made his blood run colder than it already was. "Oh no… the…moon- !" he murmured as he tried to point at it through the glass. Sam heard what he had said and looked out the window; the moon was now full.
"Impossible- it's too soon," she said in shock and then heard the evil laughter of the anti-fairies once more.
"Well, quite a show, eh dearest?" Anti-Cosmo said aloud as he sipped some more tea.
"It shouldn't be long now," Anti-Wanda said between chews.
"How unlucky for all of you, but we must dash. Cheerio my good lads and lasses!" Anti-Cosmo said happily and raised his wand.
"Oh no you don't!" Timmy cried.
"Timmy, grab the salt shaker and go into the bathroom, quick!" Wanda said so that only he could hear her. The boy ran up the stairs and into the bathroom. Once there, he slammed the door behind him. He then proceeded to spill all the salt, and then threw the shaker at the mirror hard enough to break it. The anti-fairies appeared before him.
"Now yer jus' askin for bad luck, kid," Anti-Wanda said as her husband nodded.
"Not so fast!" Cosmo and Wanda cried as they appeared in their true forms and with a "poof" made the door to fairy world appear and open.
"It's the end of the line for ya'll!" Timmy said as he pushed his godparents' evil opposites through the door and slammed it shut before they even knew what had hit them.
"We'll let Jorgen deal with those two," Cosmo said as he waved his wand and the door disappeared. "Adios amigos! Laaaaa…. cucaracha, enchilada blah blah blah…"
"Cosmo, stop singing random songs in Spanish!" Wanda said. "We have bigger problems. The anti-fairies made the moon become full, and Hans is turning completely into a werewolf!"
"Oh no! Come on you guys!" Timmy said as he ran down the stairs. He reached the bottom just in time to see Hans complete his transformation. His skin had become furry while Timmy had been upstairs, and now his face had become elongated, like that of a dog. His tail was present, and the boy now stood over seven feet tall. His muscles rippled, and his clothes were tattered. He stood on his haunches, still somewhat trembling, and his sharp fangs glinted in the moonlight that shone through the window. He was an awesome yet terrifying sight. Timmy noticed his eyes; the kind eyes that had been Hans's were still there, and he heard one last word echo from the creature's throat before those eyes turned wild and untamed and the pupils dilated almost entirely- "RUN!"
"Oh my- " Jack started while everyone else was frozen in fear. He grabbed the FENTON ANTI-CREEP stick that he had brought in from the car before dinner had started and took a few swings, but missed every one. The werewolf was too fast and too agile to be stopped. It darted back and forth, jumped over furniture, etc. as it dodged and snarled at Jack. "Danny, get back!" he shouted. "I never thought these things were real, but I'll give it a run for its money!"
The creature suddenly turned, and lunged at Jazz. It knocked her to the floor, pinning her under its immense size. Jazz screamed as the creature snarled at her, but Maddie jumped up and prepared to fight it with all the strength she had. Jack ran over to help her, but he was at a great loss since he knew none of his ghost-hunting inventions could help them now.
"We have to do something!" Sam cried and Danny nodded. He had an idea, and he didn't plan on watching his friends and family become mincemeat. He threw up his arms, and concentrated. Two blue rings of energy formed around him, each moving apart and transforming him (for the ump-teenth time that day) into our favorite hero.
"Danny?" his parents asked, both stunned at the sight of the semi-transparent white-haired green-eyed ghost that was now their son. But Danny ignored them- his one focus was the creature that was about to maul his mother and his sister.
"Okay," he said so himself. "I've never tried this before with an animal, but I've only got one shot at this." He flew quickly at the creature, who had its back turned to him, and he became intangible. He flew right into the creature, and its blazing golden eyes turned into a bright shade of green as Danny took control of its body, overshadowing him so he would not hurt anyone.
The werewolf (Danny) stood up and backed away from Jazz who scooted backwards quicker than a jackrabbit. He sat back down in the middle of the room, and winked at Timmy, then nodded his head at the boy, who knew just what to do.
As the adults approached him with extreme caution and weapons raised, Danny put his head down as Timmy moved away and wished the moon back to the way it had been. With a "poof" the moon was no longer full, but rather a waning gibbous.
Danny felt something strange within his host as he saw Timmy had wished the moon back to the way it was supposed to be. He felt the body changing, the bones, muscles, and sinews shrinking back to their smaller, human form. It was somewhat painful, but not nearly as bad as it had seemed for Hans as he was transforming into the creature. Danny stayed with him until he was completely human, then left his body. Han's eyes had stopped glowing, and the boy was unconscious on the ground. Danny floated above the group as an ambulance arrived that had been sent by the 911 dispatcher. The whole thing had happened in just under ten minutes.
"Good job, Danny," Sam and Tucker said at the same time to the ghost boy.
Maddie and Jack were at a complete loss for words and Jazz smiled proudly at her little brother, even though she was still a bit shaken from the encounter. (Who wouldn't be?)
Danny changed back to his human form and ran to his sister. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine," she answered. "How many times do you have to save my life in one day?" she added with a chuckle. Danny smiled and looked at his parents, who were still too shocked to say anything. Danny assumed he could probably wave his hand in front of their faces and they wouldn't have even realized it.
A knock was heard at the front door, and Jack let the paramedics in, who had just arrived. Hans was only starting to regain consciousness, but was not completely awake. The medics took one look at his tattered clothes and the condition of the house and asked the only logical question. "What happened?"
"There was a big dog that attacked him," Sam and Tucker said in unison as they pointed to Hans.
"Yeah," Jack and Maddie supported quietly as they stared through unblinking eyes at their son and they boy who had become a werewolf, who was being carried out on a stretcher. They didn't know what had happened to the other two creatures, and they still seemed somewhat in a daze due to the shock of finding out their son was a creature they spent their whole lives trying to catch. "It was a big dog."
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Heh heh- I love being evil sometimes (but not too evil)!