A/N: Thanx for Gilgamesh, luvdaggers, Tigger, and purpledog100 for reviewing. I love you guys forever! …Especially purpledog100 and luvdaggers for reviewing both chapters. I really liked this story and I don't know why it did so badly on when it's just as good as some of those other fics out there, and they get so many…only 9 people even read the story! Oh well, I wrote the special chapter, so please review it you guys. You get free cookies? Also, I have a surprise ending for you all that will cheer you up! What's cheer in death, anyhow? Find out!

Special Chapter

Maddie was hard at work tinkering with a weird device that Jack made. She was still wondering what it was for.

"Jack?" she asked, turning around to face him.

"Huh?" he asked, munching on a cookie, then went back to tinkering with the Jack 'O Nine tails.

"What is this for?" she questioned, showing him the device.

"It's to destroy a Poltergeist, Maddie."

"Oh really?" she asked in awe.

"Uh huh. It fires a special beam that vaporizes all the corrupted ectoplasm in the poltergeist's body, then it reverts back into a regular ghost."

"Sometimes I forget how brilliant you are, Jack." She said, then noticed he finished his cookie. "Want another cookie, dear?" she asked, holding one out that she got from her stash in her pocket.

"Yes, of course!" he said, then enthusiastically snatched the cookie from her palm and chewed contently on it.

Maddie sighed. Her husband seemed like such a dolt at times but really was quite a genius. That was one of the reasons why she loved him so much, as well as his charms…

'Oh well, now back to this Aura-Purifier,' she thought, naming the device.

After a few hours, it was fixed. She announced it to Jack and then they were about to leave the lab, but they heard footsteps.

"Who's that?" she asked, turning to Jack.

"It's probably Danny."

They saw a shadow approaching the room. They stared at the bottom of the staircase until they saw Danny. They sighed in relief. It was dark in the room but they still could clearly see those radiant blue eyes.

"Danny, what are you doing up so late?" Jack asked him.

But he didn't respond. Instead, he continued walking towards them.

"Aren't you going to answer Danny?" Maddie inquired.

Danny cleared his throat and answered, "I'm not your son."

"Danny, what are you talking about?" she asked incredulously.

"I'm who you destroyed, all those years ago."

"Danny, are you feeling alright?" Maddie asked, then tried to approach him but he backed up, stopping her straight in her tracks.

"I'm feeling the same as I had been when you destroyed me. So I ate your son and took his body. This is my revenge. I might as well take his body though, who knows what it might bring me?"

"You…you monster!" Jack bellowed, pointing at 'Danny'. "What have you done with our son?"

"He's dead," Danny but not really Danny replied nonchalantly.

"You will pay for that!" Jack yelled, and grabbed the Jack O' Nine tails, activating the trigger and throwing it at him.

As the 'tails' lashed out, the body of Danny swiftly dodged them, then reappeared behind Jack and knocked him out with one chop of his hand.

"Who are you?" Maddie demanded.

"You may call me the Aperture. The one you destroyed twenty years ago for a lowly college experiment."

"The Aperture…" she said, and then gasped. "You mean, you were an actual living entity that was there? You were living?"

"It's a given fact, otherwise why would I say that you killed me?"

"We-we didn't know! We're sorry."

"Yeah, now that you know. You never take research into anything, scientist. At least I have satisfaction that you were not one of the worst. But now I have no grudge against you, now that I had my revenge."

"You didn't really kill Danny, did you?"

"I did. He is dead now."

"Then I have to get my revenge." With that said, she grabbed the aura-purifier.

"Get out of my son's body!" Maddie yelled, and pulled the trigger, setting off the beam. It hit Danny full force, slamming him against the wall. As he fell down, a milky shadow flew out of his body, but Maddie didn't see it. She quickly grabbed the most powerful ray gun in the lab and set it to the damage setting and aimed it at Danny.

"This is for my son!" She yelled, and pulled the trigger.

At that moment, Danny was struggling to get up, and as soon as he barely opened his eyes he saw his mom with a gun directed at him. Then she pulled the trigger and Danny reared back in pain.

"I'm not done yet, ghost!"

"M-m-o-o-m?" Danny managed to say, shocked at what he saw and heard, as well as the pain he felt which was searing his abdomen.

"Wh-ha-at-t's g-go-o-in-ing o-on?" He stuttered, and Maddie looked sternly at him.

"Don't you dare call me your mother, ghost! You will pay for what you have done!"

"Wh-ha-hat di-id I-I d-do M-mo-om-mommy?" Danny said, tears coming to his eyes, as he was obviously confused.

"You have no right to cry, ghost!" Maddie said, and then the realness of Danny's death came to her. The sadness of it all weighed down her heart. She felt like crying but couldn't let this murdering ghost see that.

"H-h-ow di-did yo-you fi-ind o-out I wa-was a gho-host?"

"You told me, stupid! Now don't say another word. I'm going to destroy you for what you've done!"

"I-I won-won't d-do it a-gain mo-mom-mommy! I-I pr-pro-mise!" Danny said, crying profusely.

"Die, ghost!" she said, and set the gun to maximum damage setting before pulling the trigger.

Danny fell to the ground and screamed in anguish. His limbs began to twitch and he started to blabber incomprehensible words.

"I still can't bear to see you like this, even though it's not you, Danny." Maddie murmured before going over to see the body. As soon as she saw his face, tears ran down her face unchecked.

"Oh Danny, I didn't mean to mar your body like this, but it was for the best. I had to destroy that ghost Danny."

"You imbecile!" a voice said out of nowhere.

"Wh-who's that?" Maddie said, looking around nervously.

"It's me the Aperture. You who wanted to avenge your son ended up slaying him yourself!"

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that I didn't kill him. You are a murderer. I should avenge him by killing you, for I am nothing but an avenger anymore. I got my revenge by taking him over for a short period of time. He doesn't deserve to be a ghost only to haunt you for the rest of your life, only to rot after you are finally dead. I should free his soul from that misery but that other wretched girl still needs you."

Maddie stared at where the voice seemed to be coming from, not comprehending what he was saying, until she heard a scream then something fall on the floor. She quickly turned to the stairs, only to see an unconscious Jazz at the bottom of it.

"Jazz!" she yelled, then went to check her pulse. 'Still breathing. Good.'

"And you forget all about your poor son, whom you killed."

"I didn't forget about Danny!" Maddie yelled. "There's too much going on at once! And I'm actually talking to a ghost…you mean you left Danny's body, and he was still alive?"

"You killed him."

"I did not! I thought he was you! He was…he was…" she trailed off, finally realizing what she had done.

"I killed…I killed…I couldn't have…not Danny…not…" she broke down into tears.

"I can't believe I killed Danny. Not my poor baby boy…not him…"

After a moment, the voice spoke again.

"You can still save him."

"He's dead. He's really gone. There's nothing I can do. Why? Why!"

"He's still alive."

"He…what?"

"His heart still beats. If you have haste, you can still preserve his life."

"He…but you said he was dead! You said!"

"He will soon die if you don't act now."

"I…" Maddie trailed off again, and then turned to face the battered body of her son. She ran over to his side and felt his neck for a pulse.

"You are right…it still beats…I can save him!"

"I must go now." The Aperture said, then went through the window.

Maddie picked Danny up then rushed to the bathroom where all the bandages were kept. 'I hope I can do this in time…I can't lose him!'

Maddie awoke to the sound of thunder. She looked around her, then found herself in Danny's room, sitting next to him bedside. She blinked a while, then recalled last night's events and gasped. She sprung up and checked Danny's pulse. It was stable. She sighed, easing herself back into Danny's desk chair. Last night had been quite a scare. And it was all her fault, no less. She couldn't be low and blame it all on the stupid ghost who overshadowed him. She didn't have to shoot him. She softly rubbed Danny's head. He looked peaceful. She sighed.

"Mnnn…" Maddie looked at Danny, to see that he was waking up.

"Danny!" she said, and then hugged him tightly. He slowly opened his eyes.

"M-M-om-mommy?" he said sleepily.

"Honey, I'm glad you're awake! Did you have a nice rest?"

"I..had..a w-weird dr-drea-dream. I'm re-really ti-tired."

"It's ok sweetie. Are you hungry? What do you want for breakfast?"

"Do-don't c-care. What-what-whatever you want t-to ma-make, mom-mommy."

"Ok." She said, smiling brightly at her son before lightly patting his head.

"Danny!" Jazz said, dashing through the door, then panted.

"Jazz! I'm glad you're up. What do you want for breakfast today?" Maddie said.

"Pancakes. Danny? You're alright! I was so scared!"

"You-you're s-so we-weird, Jazz." Danny said slowly.

"It was just a dream huh." Jazz said to herself.

"I guess so honey," Maddie said to her, subconsciously yelling at herself for lying to Jazz and Danny.

"Life's really a tea party. When you brew bad tea, you can pour it out to make more. You can't really use that other tea bag, but you still have the other."

"Wha-what d-do y-you m-mean, Jazz?" Danny said.

"Nevermind. Just go back to sleep if you're tired Danny. It's Saturday."