Chapter Three: Secrets Reveled.
It was just after school and Danny, Sam, Valerie, and Tucker were walking home from school. They had several things on their minds this Friday afternoon. The first was the impending visit from Alicia to the Fenton's home. The second was the mysterious girl only known as Ali Kazam who had help Danny with Skulker, and the third, what they were going to this weekend.
"Danny, do you still think we should let Alicia into the lab?" said Sam.
"Come on Sam, she's just a girl interested in ghost's, what can she do?" said Danny.
"What if she turns out to be some sort of government spy?" said Sam.
"I doubt they would use a teenager as a spy." said Danny.
"What if she is one of your enemies overshadowing her, she did seem insistent to come to your house and look at ghost hunting equipment." said Valerie.
"I doubt they would be that smart, plus if she is my parents have a device that can tell if a human is overshadowed, so we can use it on her when she gets their." said Danny.
"There is something strange about that girl. She ran off just as you did, and she came back just when you did, maybe she spied on your ghost battle." said Tucker.
"Danny, I think we should worry about that. If she is spying on ghosts, what if she see's you transform, what if she finds out your secret." said Sam.
"We have no evidence she is, but we can be a little more cautious around her. The next thing I want to talk about is that girl, Ali Kazam, who helped me today." said Danny.
"Do you think she is a ghost?" said Tucker.
"No, if she was my ghost sense would have detected her. Plus Skulker said she was a witch." said Danny.
"Hold up, you mean she is a witch, as in the magic using, broomstick flying, black cat having kind?" said Valerie.
"Yes, I believe she is, she seemed to be using a magic staff of some kind, and she threw some kind of liquid into Skulker's face that stopped him dead in his tracks." said Danny.
"Cool, a real witch, did you get to talk to her?" said Sam.
"Yeah, she said that she was looking for me, and that she wanted to talk. I told her I would meet her in the park at 9:00 tonight." said Danny.
"Do you think we should trust her?" said Sam.
"She did save me from Skulker, and she said she only wanted to talk. But just incase, I want you guys to come along and bring some ghost weapons." said Danny.
"What good will ghost weapons do?" asked Tucker.
"Although she is not a ghost, I noticed her power is somewhat like a ghosts power, so maybe the weapons will have a effect." said Danny.
"Don't worry Danny, we got your back if she tries anything funny." said Valerie.
"Yeah, I won't some wicked witch of the west wannabe hurt my precious Dan-dan." said Sam as she kissed him.
"I love it when you act all tough and determined Sammykins." said Danny as he started to kiss her.
"Hey Val, since the their preoccupied, want to do a little CPR of our own." said Tucker.
"Maybe later lover boy, right now I think we should go to the Fenton's and hide the top secret stuff before Alicia gets there." said Valerie.
"Ok, just help me get these two apart." said Tucker.
"Hey guys, don't we have to prepare the lab for when Alicia arrives?" said Valerie.
"Uh, right, lets go do that." said Danny.
"Yeah, uh we have to make sure it's clean." said Sam.
The four teens then started to walk down the road. Eventually they got back to Danny's house and walked up the stairs.
"Mom, Dad! We're home!" shouted Danny as he opened the door.
"They're not home, they went looking for ghosts in the warehouse district and will be home late." said Jazz as she came out of the kitchen.
"Good, I have a visitor coming over later, it's that girl Alicia from next door, she said she wanted to see the lab and learn about ghosts." said Danny.
"Are you sure its ok for her to be here?" said Jazz.
"I'm sure, she's just a girl interested in ghosts, and I decided that I would let her see some basic stuff. I won't let her near the really dangerous or secret stuff." said Danny.
"Ok, but just make sure she doesn't touch anything." said Jazz.
"I will, now lets get down to the lab and clean the place up." said Danny as the others followed him down to the lab.
They spent the next hour or so cleaning up the lab. This task was not made easier because of the fact that Jack liked to leave a mess when creating new inventions. He also liked to leave important equipment lying around, so they had to pick that up too. They decided they would show her their notes on ghosts, leaving out the parts about Danny and his powers and anything too specific. It was nearing 4:30 when they finished.
"Ok, I'll give her the lecture on ghosts, you guys hold up any items when I talk about them." said Jazz.
"Ok, but try not to bore her into a coma." said Danny, the others giggling behind him.
"Ha ha, very funny Danny." said Jazz. Then the door bell rang.
"That must be her, I'll get it." said Danny as her ran upstairs.
He ran to the door and opened it, and there stood Alicia.
"Hey, Danny, I'm here to learn about ghosts." said Alicia.
"Good, just follow me down to the lab." said Danny as he showed her the way.
They walked down the stairs and everyone greeted Alicia. Danny then introduced Jazz.
"Alicia, this is my sister Jazz, she'll be the one to tell you about ghosts." said Danny.
"Its very nice to meet you Jazz." said Alicia.
"Like wise, now if you'll just sit down I will begin the lecture." said Jazz as she went to look at her notes.
"Try not to fall asleep." said Danny to Alicia as he went over to the table with the items.
"To begin, ghosts are the ectoplasmic manifestations of humans after they die, they are bound to this plane of existence by many things..." said Jazz as she started out, but Alicia was not paying attention to this.
"Ok, time to find where all that ghost energy was coming from." thought Alicia as she scanned the room.
She looked all over the place, looking at the cabinets, beakers and bottles, and other equipment. Finally her gaze rested on a strange door directly behind Jazz. It was octagonal in shape and had a yellow and black striped sliding door in it, it was also bursting with ghost energy.
"That looks to be it, I better ask what it is, I hope I get a answer." thought Alicia as she raised her hand.
"And ghosts are made up of different types of ectoplasm... yes Alicia, you have a question." said Jazz.
"Uh, yeah, what is that door behind you, it looks weird." said Alicia
"Well, I have to ask Danny if its alright to tell you." Jazz said as she looked to Danny.
"Sure, what harm could it do?" said Danny.
"Ok then, Alicia that door is the Fenton Ghost Portal." said Jazz.
"Uh, and what does it do?" said Alicia. "Please don't be what I think it is." Alicia thought to herself.
"It is a portal to a dimension of ghosts called the Ghost Zone." said Jazz.
"That's very interesting." said Alicia. "Oh god, oh god! What have these fools done? I have to get out of here and make a plan to deal with this." thought Alicia.
Jazz continued to talk while Alicia tried to come up with a way to get out of there. Then she remembered her cell phone in her pocket, but she could not activate the ring without them seeing.
"How am I going to make it ring without them noticing...maybe it's time for a little magic." thought Alicia.
She sent a magic bolt to the cell phone in her pocket, and it started to ring immediately.
"Good thing that worked, last time it caused the microwave to explode."thought Alicia.
"And that is why ghosts are evil...is that your cell phone Alicia?" asked Jazz.
"Yes, I better answer it. Hello? Oh hi mom, I'm over at Danny's house, the family next door, what? You want me to come home? But I was..I know mom..but...ok I'll be home soon. Sorry guys, my mom wants me to come home and help with dinner." said Alicia.
"That's ok, maybe we can continue the lecture some other time." said Jazz.
"That sounds good, bye Danny, Sam, Tucker, Valerie, and Jazz, it was nice of you to show me your ghost fighting stuff." said Alicia as she bolted up the stairs.
"Your welcome, bye!" said everyone.
Alicia ran back to her house and barreled through the door. This startled her mother, who called out to her.
"Where are you going in such a hurry young lady?" said Sarah.
"Just to my room, I have a ton of homework." said Alicia.
"How was your visit with our neighbors?" said Sarah.
"It was very enlightening, bye mom see you later." said Alicia as she bolted up the stairs.
"Sometimes I wonder what has gotten into that girl?" said Sarah.
Alicia ran up the stairs and down the hall, but blocking her way was her little brother.
"Get out of my way, I have to get to my room." said Alicia.
"Sorry, but I'm just getting some cookies before I start a new experiment." said Ben.
"This one isn't going to require we put on radiation suits, is it?" said Alicia.
"No, this one is non-radioactive, besides, mom and dad said I couldn't use plutonium and more." said Ben as he walked into his room.
Alicia quickly got into her room, she had to think of a plan.
"Ok, there is a portal into dimension of malevolent ghosts right next door that they can walk out of at anytime, what do I do. Maybe I should get mom to help me? No, I have to do this on my own, she said I'm the protector now, and if I go to her she'll treat me like a child." thought Alicia, she then came up with a plan.
"I know! I'll just sneak into their house with a combination invisibility and intangibility potion, go to the basement, and seal the portal." said Alicia as she went to prepare the potion.
A few hours later, and with a break for dinner, she had completed the potion.
"Good, it's ready, I hope this works, the last time I combine potions it turned me into a cat person, here goes nothing." said Alicia as she transformed into witch mode.
She then used the potion on herself and turned to a mirror to see if it had worked.
"Ok, looking good, can't see myself." said Alicia, then she poked her head through a wall.
"And I can go through walls, time to shut down that portal." said Alicia as she headed to Danny's house.
She flew into the lab and noticed that it was empty.
"Good this should make it easy." thought Alicia.
She went over to the portal and stared at it.
"There it is, I wonder if it works?" said Alicia as she deactivated the invisibility and intangibility.
She walked up to the portal and pressed the button next to it that said open. The doors opened to reveal a swirling green vortex. Suddenly a ghost came out of the portal.
"I am the Box Ghost! Master of all things square and cubical!" shouted the Box Ghost.
"Oh great, get back in there before anyone notices." said Alicia.
"Never, no mere human can..." said the Box Ghost just before Alicia shot him back into the Ghost Zone. She then closed the portal.
"Well I guess it does work, I better get to work on this." said Alicia as she began to cut the wires to the portal.
Unfortunately for Alicia, her little encounter with the Box Ghost had alerted the local ghost fighter. Up in Danny's room, he and his friends were studying for a test, when Danny's ghost sense went off.
"Uh oh guys, looks like we have company." said Danny.
"Can we help?" said Valerie.
"No, its probable the Box Ghost, he usually shows up about this time." said Danny as he went to the lab.
Danny arrived in ghost mode expecting to see the Box Ghost ranting about his control of boxes. What he did see was a girl using a beam to cut the wires to the ghost portal.
"Hey, who are you, what are you doing?" said Danny.
The girl turned around to face Danny, it was Ali Kazam.
"You, what are you doing here?" said Danny.
"Um, I'm..." said Alicia, but she was cut off.
"It looks like your trying to tamper with the portal, are you trying to make it open permanently? You must be the ghost I detected, I knew I shouldn't have trusted you." said Danny.
"Wait, I can explain." said Alicia.
Danny ignored her and started to fire at her, she quickly ducked behind a lab table. She began to fire at Danny, who flew around dodging the blasts. He used his intangibility to sink through the floor and sneak up behind her, he punched her and sent her flying over the table and into the open. They began to trade blasts and punches, Alicia managed to blast Danny into the wall, knocking him out. As he slide down the wall he turned back into Danny Fenton.
"What! he's Danny, uh oh." said Alicia, just then Valerie and the others came into the lab.
They saw the place trashed and Danny lying unconscious on the floor, then they noticed Alicia.
"You wouldn't believe me if I said I could explain this, would you?" said Alicia.
"No." said Valerie as she fired at Alicia.
She was hit directly and sent flying into a wall, she hit her head and was knocked unconscious she hit the ground and turned back into her regular form.
"What! it's that girl, Alicia." said Sam.
"She's the one who is the witch." said Tucker.
"It appears so, lets tie her up and wait for her to come to, I have some questions for her." said Valerie as they dragged Alicia and Danny up stairs.
"Uh, what hit me, my head feels like its been used as a punching bag." thought Alicia as she tried to get up.
She tried to move but noticed that she was restrained. Valerie and the others were keeping a eye on her, they noticed she had waken up.
"So, our little saboteur is awake is she." said Valerie.
"Uh, could you let me go?" said Alicia.
"Your not going anywhere, witch." said Valerie.
"Uh, I don't know what you are talking about." said Alicia.
"Give it up, we saw you change back to human in the lab." said Valerie.
"You know my secret! oh no, oh no, please don't kill me, please I beg of you, don't kill me!" said Alicia as she started to cry hysterically.
They had expected many things, idle threats, super villain ranting, a curse word or two, but they had not expected her to start crying like a baby.
"Calm down, we aren't going to hurt you." said Sam.
"Really?" said Alicia as she started to calm down.
"Yes, we just want to know why you were in the lab." said Sam.
"I was going to seal that portal into the Ghost Zone, it is a danger to the living world." said Alicia.
"Why did you attack Danny?" said Sam.
"He came into the lab and confronted me, I tried to explain what I was doing, but he would not listen, he just started to fire at me." said Alicia.
"That sounds like Danny." said Sam.
"Thanks for the complement Sam." said Danny as he got up.
"Danny! Your awake, how much did you hear." said Sam.
"Enough to know I've made a big mistake. Alicia, I'm sorry I didn't give you enough time to explain." said Danny.
"I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have snuck into your house, and I'm sorry for that uppercut to the jaw I gave you." said Alicia.
"I'll be fine, don't worry about your secret, we won't tell anyone." said Danny.
"And I won't tell anyone yours." said Alicia, then the clock in the hall struck 9 o'clock.
"Well, it looks like I made it in time for our talk." said Alicia.
"Yeah, I guess you did, and we have a lot to talk about." said Danny.
"Yes we do, but first could you untie me?" said Alicia.
"Uh, we probably should do that." said Danny as he went to untied Alicia.
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AN: Please don't flame, every time someone flames a story, Danny cries, please think of Danny.
Me: And now a important message from me.
Well, it looks like Danny and Alicia have finally found out each others secrets. What will come of their little talk? I don't know the future, but I think that everything will turn out all right. What will the future hold for our team of ghost hunters and their new friend, I believe that it will be good. But the only way to find out is to read the next chapter of the Life and Times of Alicia Szivos.
Me: Until next time Danny Phantom fans, Read and Review, and Please don't Flame.