Chapter 3: Release the Ghost Boy!

"How did you get those tickets?" Mac asked, astounded. "I had them with me."

"I overshadowed Madame Foster, the real one to steal them from you." Skulker said. "But I did not know that you would blow up so much until now."

"Nobody knew, Skulker." Technus said. "That's why Clockwork has been watching over him all this time."

"Do you honestly think we care?" Ember insulted. "Now let's just stop this house from exploding."

"Um, speaking of Clockwork, I have to go see him." Danny said, flying off.

""Okay then, back to business. How do we destroy the clone Madame Foster from blowing up the house?"


"Clockwork, I wanted to ask you something." Danny said to Clockwork. "Can you show me the future that would've occured had I not been there to help Mac?"

"But of course. I am the master of time." Clockwork answered, with a slight smierk of worry. "But I warn you, it might be too scary to watch. I will tell you this..."

"...it involves the death of the young boy."

"That's impossible, isn't it?"

"Just watch." And with that, the portal opened, revealing the future that was meant to be if Danny wasn't there.


Mac was under a pink ghost shield, preventing him from escaping while the other ghosts were attacking the house. A fuse was connected to the shield, and fire was lighting it, and shrinking it. As soon as the ghosts finished the last of the friends, the job was complete, but things were about to go downhill.

"Well, that's the last of them." technus said.

"Yeah, and maybe now things will go back to normal now that you've defused the bomb." Danny said for a moment, then frowned. "Didn't you?"

"The bomb?" Technus looked down at Mac. "Uh oh."

"What can stop it."

"An ectoplasmic energy blast."

Danny aimed his plasma blast at the fire, then charged it up. Just then, his human sleeves showed. Then he transformed back into human form, and fell hundreds of feet from the sky. Then, he watched in horror as the fuse began to close in on Mac. Danny got up and ran for Mac's life towards him and tried to fire a plasma blast, but no luck.

"I can't go ghost! But I can't let Mac down!" Danny screamed. "I WON'T LET HIM DOWN!" Just then Danny unleashed his ghostly wail. The resulting wave canceled out the shield, but Mac's feet were tied to the floor. Then the fuse continued to shrink. "Unbelievable, nothing!"

"I'm out of power!" Was the same response from every ghost. Now, all Danny could do was wait there and watch as his friend was about to become a victim to the dreaded bomb. Suddenly, it exploded. The explosion destroyed part of the house, but Mac got the real hit.

Mac shot up in the air for a brief second, then dropped back down to earth like a bomb. When the smoke cleared, Danny rushed over to him to see if he was...

When Danny arrived, he checked Mac's pulse. Nothing. Then he checked his heartbeat. Nothing. Then, his breathing. Still nothing. Danny's eyes began to fill with water as he stared at the motionless Mac. The gang also stared at him. They worried to death. Mac did not move.

"Is he..." Bloo beagn.

"No he's not, is he?" Wilt asked, almost crying.

"He wouldn't." Technus said.

"But he is." Danny mummbled. "Mac...is...DEAD!"

"Liar!" Bloo tried to deny it, but it was no use.

"SHUT IT!" Danny screamed. He turned his face around, and it was covered with tears. "Don't you get it? it was you guys all along! Your carelessness killed him. If you guys had been more protective, maybe he'd still be here! It was your fault..." Danny's speech had been cut off by emoticonal crying. Danny held the boy tight and didn't let go.

By the door, Terrence and the Casper high students were watching Danny hold the boy and cry it out. Terreence went to see Mac, and saw nothing but closed eyes and a sad look on his face, as he did not move or breathe.

"I can't believe he's gone." Frankie said, kneeling down beneath the boy.

"I can't believe it all came down to this." Danny replied, but didn't look up.

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One year has passed since the death of Mac. Danny is at the cemetary, holding a necklace for Mac. He kneeled down and began to pray.

"Mac, it's me, Danny. I know it's been a year since your death, and I never thought it would end like this. But I guess it was meant to be. I came here to give you this necklace. My gandpa gave this to me before he died. I hope you get to meet him up there. I'm sure he would recognize you. Well, I guess you're in a better place now. You're my best friend, Mac, and I haven't forgotten you once."

Danny placed the necklace down on the tomb stone. Then he looked up to see his friends. Frankie put her hand on his shoulder and hugged to boy. For as he did, he knew that he would manage, even without the boy.


Danny had flown off back to his house, thinking about what he just saw. He was lucky to save Mac. If he didn't, Mac would be dead. Just as he was entering the portal back to his house, something triggered it, and when Danny passed it, he was shocked. Thankfully, his mom and dad, Sam, Tucker, and his friends were there to see him.

The resulting shock put Danny into a coma and turned him back to human mode. He fell to the ground, motionless. Tucker immediatly called 911, and danny was rushed to the hospital.


"Tuck, come here, I think he's waking up!" Sam shouted to Tuck. Danny began to open his eyes as he saw Sam and tucker waiting by his bed.

"Sam, Tuck, where am I?"

""You're in the hospital. You passed out."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Sam said. "The ghost portal shocked you and put you in a coma for a few days. So, um...how can I put this in a nice way um...your parents took down the portal!"

"They did what?" Danny shocked.

"They blamed themselves for the shock."

"Oh, okay."

"You just woke up, Danny. Why don't you get some rest."


Danny ran downstairs to the lab to see it was a basement, and not a lab. Not technology, nothing.

"Danny?" Mattie said to Danny. "Why did you rush down here? We took everything off. We blamed ourselves for your accident. We invited some kids over for a welcome back party, but you didn't notice. Do you want me to send them home so you can rest? We'd be okay if you did."

"Yeah, that would be nice." Danny said, upset. "Maybe I've just been through a lot lately. I just wanna sleep right now." Danny walked back upstairs to his room.

Back up there, he lied on his bed, looking at some pictures of him and his new friends. He remembered the day they met, all the danger they've faced, and Danny eventually fell asleep.


"Danny? Danny?" Jazz tried to wake the weary boy. She nudged his shoulder and the boy slowly opened his eyes. "Did you have a nice nap?"

"Wait, I fell asleep?" Danny asked.

"Yes. I wanted to wake you earlier, but I knew you'd be in a bad mood so I let you sleep a bit. Anyway, you have some visitors." Jazz turned and Sam and Tucker were behind her.

"Danny, we need to talk." Sam said as Jazz left the room. "Listen Danny, the evil clone we saw earlier is planning to destroy the house and the friends with a bomb!"

"Wait, did you say a bomb?" Danny asked. "Then it wasn't a vision. Earlier, before I got shocked, I went to see Clcowork, and he gave me a vision of what would've ahppened had I not been there to save Mac's friends. Apparentally, it wasn't the past, it was a vision of the future. Guys, we gotta go save him."

"Then you're going to need this." Tucker handed him the thermos.

"Are you insane? If that woman sees me, I'm dead."

"Danny, you have to do something." Sam said. "If you don't save them, who will?"

To be continued.
Well, I guess I'll leave it at that.