To be honest, I started this fic on a whim and I'm not exactly sure where to go with it. I kind of let it go for a while, but now I think that I'll continue working on it and see where it goes. Anyway, on with the fic!

Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom

Vlad woke up the next day to find Maddie adjusting the settings on what appeared to be a small, silver pistol. "Might I ask what that's for, my dear?"

"Sure, Vladdie."

"What's that for, my dear?" she giggled.

"This is an energy gun. I was working on it this morning in the lab. It shoots an energy blast whose frequency is the reverse of that of the proto-portal. It should get rid of that ecto-acne."

"And what about my powers?"

"I'm not entirely sure. We'll just have to wait and see." She primed the pistol and aimed it at Vlad's face. "Ready, sweetie?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." He balled his hands into fists and shut his eyes. She pulled the trigger and a large amount of green energy exploded out of the barrel. The energy beam hit Vlad full in the face. He experienced a feeling of intense cold, then intense heat. All of a sudden, it stopped. Vlad opened his eyes to find Maddie beaming. She silently held up a mirror for Vlad to see.

The acne was gone. All of it. Not a single spectral pimple remained. Vlad's elation was slightly marred by the fact that his hair was still white, but who was he to question the fates? So what if his hair didn't change back? It wasn't the end of the world. The acne was gone, and that was the most important thing.

"I wonder if your ghost form still works," Maddie said, interrupting his train of thought.

"What? Oh, yeah, let's find out." Vlad closed his eyes and felt around his psyche until he found that inner coldness. He called it out and felt it expand throughout his body. When he opened his eyes he was hovering above the bed. "I guess it still works."

"I think I know why."

"Why?"

"Well, while you were asleep, I took a blood sample and looked at it under a microscope. It looked as though your DNA was covered in ectoplasm."

"So my very molecular structure has been hybridized?"

"That's what it looks like."

"So that's why the energy gun didn't affect my ghost form-it only altered the surface of my skin, not the internal molecular structure."

"Precisely."

"Thanks for waiting until I was asleep to take the sample-you know how I hate needles."

"Yes, I know," she said, giving him a peck on the cheek.

When the doctors came in to make their daily check-up, they found that Vlad's acne had been mysteriously cured. They couldn't pinpoint the cause (as Maddie had hidden the energy gun in the picnic basked she had brought), so they had no choice but to run a few more tests and then let Vlad go free. He and Maddie walked back to his dorm room arm in arm. When they got there, they found Jack, who was busy throwing a few pieces of clothing into a bag.

"V-man! I heard that they let you out of the hospital, so I was going to bring you some of your clothes!"

"Thanks, Jack. But it's okay, the doctors gave me back the clothes that I wore when I was checked in."

"Cool! Anyway, I was thinking that the three of us go out to eat tonight, to celebrate."

"Sure, Jack. That sounds great."

"Awesome!" With that, the large man bounded out of the door.

"Why are you letting him come with us?" Maddie asked.

"Because he's still my roommate, and I can't alienate him, at least not until the end of this year."

"That makes sense."

"Come on, let's go for a picnic. After all, you still have that basket, right?"

"Sounds like a good idea, Vladdie. Let's go."

SAVE DANNY PHANTOM!