"Hello," A possessed Maddie Fenton said to Blake Derringer. "I'm Maddie Fenton, a ghost hunter, and I heard you've had some paranormal problems."
"Well yes, but," Blake said, moving out of the way as Maddie pushed her way past the door and into the museum.
"Mom?" Danny asked, surprised. Hearing this, Jazz also turned.
"Hello Danny," Technis said sweetly, using Maddie's voice. He had found, among other things, a voice-alteration device and had set it to Maddie Fenton.
Danny and Jazz's mouths suddenly oozed blue mist. They looked at each other in alarm. Since when was their mother a ghost? The only other person who saw the mist was Sam, and she had a pretty good idea what it meant.
"Oh, Danny, why didn't you tell me your mother was stopping by?" Blake asked. Jeremy was currently at work, so he wanted to make as good an impression as possible. Jeremy tended to be…grating, to say the least.
Shaking Mrs. Fenton's hand vigorously, he smiled. "I would like you to know that your children have been very accommodating and helpful while we were moving in."
"What's up?" Danny asked in a panicked whisper.
"Overshadowed?" Jazz offered.
"Definitely," Sam nodded. "I can try a simple revealing spell. It might work." The Fenton siblings both nodded in agreement.
Muttering under her breath, a circle of light appeared under Maddie, and in a moment, there was a shadow of a ghost behind her. But not just any ghost… Technis.
"Technis!" Danny yelled.
"Ah ghost boy, nice to see you again. I trust that my hostage will make you think twice about following me," Technis/Maddie laughed and went intangible, zooming through the floor.
"Where's he…Oh Hell!" Tucker yelled as he ran down towards the basement. Danny, Sam, and Jazz thought for a moment, eyes widening in realization.
"He's after the computer!" Danny yelled and went ghost, following his possessed mama.
After Sam and Jazz followed suit, Blake blinked. "Okay then, to the basement."
"Renamon!" Rika said in alarm when, suddenly a floating woman with a green aura phased through the ceiling.
"Got it," Renamon nodded and launched herself into battle. It felt good to be back on the front with her partner. She was a little surprised, however, when her claw simply phased through the woman.
"Let's see how ghosts respond to this!" Rika smirked and scrolled through a pouch of cards. Yamaki had given her a few unprinted cards as a parting gift, around twenty in fact. And now, they were just itching to be used…
"Plasma claws, Digi-modify!" Rika cried.
Instantly, a set of larger claws overlapped Renamon's hands. They were almost crackling with visible, red energy.
"Westeria punch!" Renamon cried. Once again, she stopped in surprise as a shield popped up from nowhere.
"Stop, I got this one," Another ghost cried, already grappling with the first. Renamon decided a defensive would be better and jumped back to Rika's side.
"Come now ghost boy, you wouldn't hit your mother, would you?" Technis teased.
Danny snorted. "She almost grounded me last week," Danny informed the ghost. Technis blinked as he was shot back into some Egyptian artifact.
"Need any help?" Sapphire asked Danny as Dust appeared by her side.
"Sure," Danny nodded and fired a low level plasma blast at his mother.
Technis laughed in his real voice. "Very funny ghost boy," He said as the blasts bounced off easily.
"Then try this," Sapphire cried and summoned the Fenton Peeler on her right hand, firing off a volley.
"Ha! Again!" Technis laughed and lunged forward.
"No you don't!" Dust cried and pressed her hands together. "Flame of twilight, flame of night, tears of mercury, I summon you!" At once, a million stars came into being around Technis, blocking his advance. They also formed a barrier of bright light against the giant computer.
"Danny, I've got defense. Take him down!" Dust cried.
Danny nodded and got into a kneeling position. "Pray the, lord sky, lady earth, lend me thy hands so that I may smite in thy name and with thy power!" Danny said, voice rising with each word. As he spoke, an immense blade of pure light erupted from the basement floor, where a circle had sprouted up, containing intricate designs of weaving lines.
The sword had three actual blades, pulsing with an other-worldly light.
"Sword of Sanctity!" Danny cried and slashed out at his possessed mother.
Technis screamed violently and fell out of Maddie.
"I will be back Ghost Boy!" Technis yelled as Tucker, arriving late to the party and half-transformed into a wolf, sucked him into the Fenton Thermus.
"Could someone tell me WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY IS GOING ON?" Rika yelled, a fierce tone in her voice. Tucker whined pathetically.
"Oh…um…" Danny blinked. "Should we?"
"Well, it's not like she hasn't told us a lot about herself," Sapphire pointed out.
"I'm for it," Dust said simply.
"If I'm not interrupting, could I know too?" Blake asked from the stairway.
Danny sighed. "Well, to start everything off," He said and transformed back into human mode. Sapphire and Dust did likewise. Tucker looked at them all warily but concentrated, and was back to normal in just a moment.
"Danny?" Rika asked oddly.
"Maybe we should move somewhere more…comfortable?" Blake asked.
RV: Okay, I should have one more update out by tomorrow morning before I get on the plane to cincinati, which will go to Heathrow in london, where we'll have an 8 hour layover, fly to the other london airport, then to Dublin. I'm going to have SO MUCH FUN TOMORROW! Glares at Tatsuhiko who is laughing quietly in a corner. Shut it, or I won't bring you back any suveniers! Tatsuhiko pouts and RV sighs.