"Going ghost!" He yelled out. Twin gold rings encircled his waist and split. His jeans and t-shirt were replaced with a silver hazmat suit and blue gloves, his eyes turned pacific blue and his hair inky black.

"What do you call yourself?"

"Danny Phantasm."

"What? That's not fair! How come he gets ghost powers and I don't?"

Sam and I had agreed that, should she ask something like that, that we'd explain the whole thing.

"Jess, sweetheart, sit down beside me." I said moving towards the middle of the couch. "I'm not your father. You're your mother's daughter, but not mine.

"You see, when Danny was only a few months old, I was dueling with a ghost when my Ghostly Wail resulted in a casualty. The next day, I was imprisoned in a holding cell with gear that inhibited my abilities. Anyhow, at some point Danny and your mother were also incarcerated and separated. One night, two guards came in and raped your mother."

With that, Jess broke down as she put her face in her hands. Danny got up and he and I embraced her. "Honey, this doesn't mean that your mother and I don't love you. As a matter of fact, the day we heard she was pregnant with you, I swore to her that I'd love you as though you were my own."

"What should we tell mom about Danny?" Jessie asked

"I think we should tell her. How long have you been able to do that?" I said.

"About one week. Speak of the devil." Danny replied as he reverted back into my son.

"Honey, my feet hurt, would you mind giving me one of your famous foot rubs?" Sam asked, plopping down on the couch.

"No problem. Rough day?" I asked as I removed her shoes.

"Like you wouldn't believe."

"Honey, Danny has something to show you."

"Daniel James Fenton, Jr., if it's another D-, I swear…"

"Mom, mom, mom, it's not that. It's this." He said as he changed into Danny Phantasm.

"How long have you been able to do that?" Sam asked.

"I found out last week when Flash Baxter hoisted me up the flagpole during lunch. After everyone had gone back to class and I was left alone, I found myself falling. Instinct took over and I started flying. I looked at my body, and I had this jumpsuit on. Now all I have to do is think 'go ghost' and woosh, I become Danny Phantasm."

"Listen, Danny, but I want you to promise me that you'll only join me in a fight if it looks like I'm in serious trouble."

"I promise."

As if on cue, mist came floating out of our mouths as someone yelled "It has her by the throat!"

"Greetings, pup." Said Skulker as he dropped the young woman.