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Chapter 2: The Fentonworks Building

Sam Manson's House
December 3rd, 2010
9:06AM Pacific Standard Time

Sam has never been a morning person, and her recent late-night activities have been leaving her more exhausted then usual. Unfortunate, her parents loved morning, which meant that every morning around this time, one of her parents would wake her up.

"Come on, Sammy-kins, time to get up."

Ms. Manson proceeded to pull back the curtains, letting daylight stream into the room. Sam ducked under the covers to avoid the blinding light.

"Ugh ..."

"It's time to get up and meet the day."

"The day is overrated"

"Samantha Manson, get out of this bed right now, or else"

Not wanting to find out what 'or else' meant, Sam grudgingly got out of bed, and dragged her feet to the shower. Ten minutes later, she was sitting down at the kitchen table, with her father and grandmother, eating the sunday special - french toast.

"I hate mornings ..."

The next few minutes passed in silence, broken only by the TV, and the sounds of chewing. During this time, and her mothers usual morning rant on how she must adapt some color into her life, she decided that she better get out of the house, or she would die from her mothers rant. As soon as she could, she excused herself from the table, grabbed a jacket, and headed out.

The brisk winter air was a kick of to the face, and it revitalized Sam. As she took a deep breath of the morning air, she set out to find Tucker. She ringed his PDA, but it went straight to voice mail, which meant he was currently using it. If she was going to have to be out, she wasn't going to be alone if she could help it. She headed towards Main St., heading for Tucker's apartment building, and noting to pass the Nasty Burger just incase he was there.

As she reached the corner, and waited for the light to change, she spotted an oversized, tank-like vehicle. Noting that it must be real gas guzzler, she took a second look at it when she noticed the F painted on the side, and in her mind, she suddenly realized what that was.

"No way ..."

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Fentonworks - Front Entrance

December 3rd, 2010

9:36AM Pacific Standard Time

The Fentonworks Building looked abandoned and rundown. The neon sign had been vandalized over the year and only had a few glass plains left in-place., The boarded up windows and doors made the place feel foreign and unwelcoming. The Emergency Ghost Op center, while still standing, had been skeletonized, giving it an empty look from the street below. Danny was examining the boarded-up door with a mild interest. Had he been alone, he would simply blast it off, but there was no way he could do that with his parents around. Somehow, after five years, he still had been able to keep his parents unaware of his alter-ego,

"This is going to take forever to take down ..."

"No it isn't Danny, not with the Fenton Laser Cutter!"

Danny dove out of the way just in time as Jack pulled the pen-like object from his belt, and sliced the wooden beams right off the door, with an unusually good aim. A second shot from Maddie served the beams from the other side. With a clanking sound, they fell to a pile on ground, leaving the front door exposed.

"Now just to find the key."

Jack pulled out a massive ring of keys, each differently shaped, and with a key ring with Jack's head on it.

"Lets see here, key to the RV, key to the storage shed, key to the ..."

Danny couldn't help but feel like they were going to be here all day with that number of keys on the ring. Maddie went over to help Jack as he struggled with the many keys. Danny leaned back against the RV and longing starred at the sky. He wondered how long he would be stuck fixing up the old building, and how long before he would see Tucker or Sam again.

".. key to the roof, ah, here it is, key to the front door"

Jack turned around, and there was an audible click as the bolt slide back, and the door opened with a load creak. Danny walked up, and peered inside.

Massive amounts of dust laded on the bare floors, and a moldy smell was detectable. Danny's parents went to check the lab, while he walked up to the first-floor fuse box. Opening it, he could see that his parents had arranged to have power restored to the house for their return, as a bunch of red lights starred back at him. From here, Danny could restore power to most of the house, expect the lab and command center, both which ran on separate lines, and had backup power supplies for emergencies.

Danny ran his hand down the panel, flipping the switches to on, and hearing the whine of wires as they became energized. Once all the switches were flipped on, he closed the panel, walked over the light switch, and took a deep breath.

"Please work ..."

He flipped the switch, and the light lit up for a moment before blowing out. Obviously this place was going to require a lot of effort to become habitable again.

"That's odd, why won't it unlock?

Jack's voice was coming near the staircase to the lab, which had been installed five years ago to prevent anyone from gaining access to the Fenton Ghost Portal, and some of the other ghost equipment which had been left behind due to it's enormous size.

"What's wrong, Dad?"

"I can't unlock the lock to the lab, it's stuck. Oh well, guess it's a job for the Fenton Laser Cutter!"

"Jack, no."

"Awwwwww .. please?"

"No Jack, you won't be able to saw through that door"

Inching away from his parents as they argued on how to open the door, Danny went and checked the state of the rest of the house, which was surprisingly good. The kitchen, living room, and the upstairs bedrooms reeked of mold, and dust, but were otherwise in fine condition. On examination of the roof staircase, he found that the lock had been forced, but judging from the rust on the exposed sections of the door, it happened years ago.

'Who'd want to break into the house?'

The thought kept repeating itself in Danny's mind over and over again, but he checked the remains of the emergency ghost-op control center for forced entry, and upon finding none, he headed back downstairs to find his parents.

"Eureka!"

His mother's shout could only mean she successfully opened the lab. Danny could hear the massive bolt slide back, and the door squeak open as he stepped downstairs.

"Ah, Danny, just in time to check the lab with us"

Just as he approached the newly open lab entrance, a blue breath made it's way out of his mouth.

A/N: I'm evil, EVIL, EVIL! (BHAHAHAHAHA) cough. Anyway, keep reviewing, and maybe I'll crack and tell you a thing or two about this mystery ghost. Please note any grammatical/spelling errors I missed so I can correct it. Also, seems this site to like to break my formatting. If anyone knows a good way to fix it so the location lines appear under itself, it would be good.