Danny got back later that night feeling more dead than ever. His whole body ached so badly that Alesha actually had to help him half way back so he didn't fall out of the sky. As soon as he touched the floor of his room, he de-transformed and fell onto his bed. He'd fallen asleep in seconds, never noticing the third figure in the room. Alesha didn't miss her, however.
"Jazz," she glanced at the red-haired girl who stood inside the closed door.
"Is he okay?" the older sister asked worriedly, taking a step towards the bed.
Alesha nodded, "Yeah, just tired."
Jazz relaxed visibly as she spoke again. "Good. What happened?"
"Why don't we go into your room to talk?" The ghost girl asked.
Jazz nodded in agreement. "Good idea." She sneaked out the door, and waited for Alesha to join her in the darkened hall. She then tip-toed quietly to her room while the ghost girl floated silently behind. When they'd reached her own neatly-organized sanctuary, she gestured for the other girl to have a seat on the only chair in the room, while she took the bed. Alesha almost had to stifle a laugh. The two siblings may not have seemed alike to anyone else, but in that moment, Danny's older sister seemed exactly like him. She acted like him, she talked like him (if a little more extravagant and intelligent in her conversations), she even thought like him. She was about to voice her observation, when sad eyes under short, black hair, and a sweet smile passed through her memory...Brian. She never opened her mouth, and any laughter in her evaporated as she took the offered seat.
"Are you okay?" Jazz asked. Alesha nodded and looked up.
"We were fighting a ghost downtown," she began to relate the story, getting her mind off of her previous thoughts. "When we got there, he'd already caused a lot of damage, so Danny went to distract him, while I went to see if anyone was hurt."
She shook her head. "I've never seen a ghost that big before...he was huge! I have no idea how he could sustain himself at all, let alone with as much energy as he had. He didn't have any eyes, only a blindfold over one side of his face, on an angle. The other side was...just blank. He had four arms and hands, that could move almost as quickly as we could, despite his size, and I think he just wanted to wreak havoc. He never spoke a word, even when Danny addressed him, but his laugh will probably haunt me...no pun intended...until I fade."
"Fade?" Jazz asked.
Alesha sighed, "I'll tell you that later. For now, let me finish the story. So, we get there, and he's throwing hunks of buildings around (fortunately I couldn't find anyone, because all the businesses were closed), and then he starts going after Danny. Danny starts shooting the guy, but it doesn't even phase him. So finally I start levitating things at him, and he turned his attention on me." She shook her head, "the only reason we were able to beat him was the fact that he only had one head...he could only focus on one of us at a time...thank heavens." Jazz nodded, encouraging the story, so Alesha continued.
"So, we both get the idea of distracting him at the same time, and Danny calls out for me to keep him busy, saying he'd be back. I was thoroughly confused, and wondered what on Earth I was supposed to do to keep this guy busy. I had to start dodging in out of buildings so he wouldn't catch me...and even then, he almost did.
"This is where it gets good," the ghost girl winked at the teenager. "So, finally, Danny comes back and starts hitting the guy with energy blasts again...and I'm wondering what good it's going to do, and why he left, when another Danny flew up beside me. He winked at me, I must have looked rather shocked, because I swear I heard him laugh before he snuck up behind the ghost. That's when he pulled out the thermos, and while the guy was distracted, Danny sucked him into the trap...although I don't think he could squeeze another ghost in there, no matter how big." Jazz smiled at the related victory.
"So he can...what, split himself or something?" she asked.
"Clone himself," Alesha nodded. "Plasmius can do it too." The conversation immediately lost it's energy at the mention of the other half-ghost, and they sat there in silence for several seconds.
Jazz broke the silence first. "So," she cleared her throat, "what happened after that?"
"Right," Alesha said, remembering where she was in the story. "So, he...uh...both of him, came back to me. I swear I've never seen such big grins, and they join back together. He almost collapsed on me then." She shook her head again. "It must have taken a lot out of him. He said he would be fine, and we started back, but half way here, I had to catch him from falling. I'm just glad he remained in ghost form. And that's how we got back here."
"Wow," Jazz smiled thoughtfully. "Don't ever tell him I said this, but Danny's my hero."
"He's your little brother," Alesha couldn't help but laugh at her remark. Jazz joined in, quietly giggling, her eyes full of mirth.
"His life changed so drastically," Jazz explained. "But no matter what, he always wants to do what's right, and he's always there to help people." Jazz shook her head. "I don't think I would be as strong as he's been."
"You never know," Alesha commented.
Jazz smiled, "We should do this more often. I enjoy talking to you." The ghost girl nodded in agreement while Jazz stifled a yawn.
"Look," Alesha stood, "why don't you go ahead and get to sleep. I'm going to sweep the town for more ghost attacks."
"Aren't you tired?" Jazz asked incredulously.
Alesha shook her head. "Ghosts don't get tired as easily as humans do." She winked at the teenager as she floated towards the window, "Good night." Jazz smiled and laid down as the other girl left. She didn't see Alesha stop and look back through the window at her relaxed form. "I understand you better than you think, Jasmine," she whispered to herself. "You're not the only one who looked up to their little brother."
For those of you reading Lost and Gained, I'm working on it right now, and I'm going to hopefully have more up tomorrow. Sorry for the wait. It may still be a few days until I get soemthing up on Traded, but I'll see what I can do.
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