Chapter 3: The birth of a hero
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Danny was helping jack bring in some equipment.
"So what's all this for again?" asked Danny.
"You'll see by the end of tonight," said Jack, "Its gonna rock your world."
"I think I already know what it is," said Jazz knowing what was happening.
After a few minutes of tinkering, they were finally finished.
It was a portal into the ghost world.
"Whoa," said Danny, "You actually finished this thing?!"
"That's right," said Jack, "If your mother were here she would be so amazed."
Danny was amazed by how incredible the invention looked.
"This is it Maddie," said Jack, "You ready?"
"I think so," said Maddie.
They plugged everything in.
"Activating the portal in 5, 4, 3, 2…." Said Jack.
He pressed the switch, but nothing happened.
"What…." Said Jack, "I don't get it."
He looked at the designs.
"I did everyhthing by the book and this is what happens?" asked Jack.
"Maybe we should call it a day," said Maddie.
The two of them went upstairs.
"For what its worth, I think it was a great invention," said Jazz.
Danny stayed behind and looked at the instructions.
"This doesn't make any sense," he said to himself, "Dad did everything he was supposed to but nothing happened.
He saw a lab suit and put it on.
Danny looked around for a flaw or a loose wire.
"Everything's intact," he said, "Nothing's gone haywire or anything."
He saw the on and off switch.
"Oh," he said, "That's what happened."
He pressed the button and then a light turned on.
"That should do it," said Danny.
However something was happening to Danny.
His DNA was fusing with ghost DNA.
Throughout flashes of light, Danny was screaming and holding his hands to his head through the pain
The next morning he was still unconscious on the floor.
Jack went downstairs and saw him.
"Danny?" he asked, "Danny wake up!"
Danny woke up.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Were you looking at the blueprints?" asked Jack.
"Yeah," said Danny, "I just wanted to see if there was anything wrong, but I didn't find anything," said Danny.
"You really do take after your mother don't you son," said Jack, "Well breakfast is ready whenever you are."
He went upstairs.
Danny looked at the blueprints again.
Suddenly they fell right through his hands.
"What the….." he said.
He then started to levitate for a little bit and then fell.
"I gotta call Sam," he said.
Sam was playing Guitar Hero with her friends.
"We're gonna beat this score!" said Sam.
She was playing Buckethead's Jordan on expert and was completely focused.
Her phone started to ring and she picked it up while doing a hammer on part with her other hand.
"Hello?" asked Sam, "Danny where are you? We already started."
Danny started explaining what was happening.
"Wait what?" asked Sam, "Slow down."
"Can you just get here quickly?" asked Danny, "I gotta show you this."
"I'm on my way," said Sam.
A few minutes earlier, they were at the backyard.
"Ok, watch this," said Danny.
He closed his eyes and then started to turn invisible.
"What the…." She said.
He then reappeared by a tree.
"Wait a second…" said Sam, "So you're a Bio-human?"
"I guess you could say that," said Danny, "It's a long story."
"So were you always this way?" asked Sam.
"No, this just happened to me like literally yesterday," said Danny, "Next thing I wake up, and I have snow white hair and green eyes."
He explained about the ghost machine and everything else.
"And that's what happened," said Danny.
"Did you tell anybody else about this?" asked Sam.
"Jazz, but that's it and she told me to keep it from Ms. Maddie and Dad," said Danny, "But that's not all I can do."
He started to levitate.
"Oh shit!" said Sam.
"I know!" said Danny.
Later, Maddie was moving some equipment to the lab.
Danny was getting some things for Jack to take to the lab at GhostCorp.
"That's odd," said Maddie.
Danny looked at her.
"One of the lab suits fell," said Maddie.
She saw Danny bringing in some stuff.
"Dann can you come in here for a second?" she asked.
"Oh boy," said Danny.
"Did you know that one of the lab suits was on the ground?" asked Maddie.
"Well…." Said Danny, "You see it was….. I….. it…."
Maddie stopped him.
"Let me stop you there Danny," said Maddie, "Now its obvious that there's something you wanna tell me, and your face lets me know that."
"What?" asked Danny.
"I'm the same way with Jazz, when there's something she wants to tell me," said Maddie, "Look its ok, just tell me what's going on. Its just you and me, so just lay it out."
Danny sighed and took a deep breath.
"I went inside the machine to figure out why it wasn't working," said Danny, "I looked and then I saw the switch was on the off position, so I turned it on and then the flashes, and then the portal, and then the lab coat was on the ground."
"Look Danny, I don't care about the lab suit," said Maddie, "I don't care that you were going inside the machine."
"You don't?" asked Danny.
"No, I care that you told me the truth," said Maddie, "As long as I know the truth its ok."
She smiled.
"Look, I know I'm not your actual mother, but if there's something on your mind, you should be more open with me ok?" said Maddie, "After all that's what mothers are here for, to help their sons, whether they're step-sons or real sons."
"Ok," said Danny, "So….. am I off the hook for messing with the machine?"
"No," said Maddie.
"Oh," said Danny looking down to the floor.
"You're off the hook for telling me the truth," said Maddie.
"Oh," said Danny in a lighter tone.
"Aaaaand if it makes you feel better, I've messed with a lot of machines when I was your age," said Maddie walking upstairs.
Danny looked at the machine.
"I turn my phone on," he said to it, "You don't see that blowing up."
Later Danny was looking at some blueprints for the ghost portal.
Jazz was looking at him.
"I can understand Mom and Mr. Fenton getting into this kind of stuff, but I never expected you to," she said.
"Well, I made some blueprints for how the ghost portal can actually work this time and we're gonna do a new test run," said Danny, "And get this, Ms. Maddie wants me to be the gunea pig."
"You're kidding right?" asked Jazz.
"Well, I guess I can call it a reward for telling the truth," said Danny.
"The truth doesn't get you anywhere," said Jazz.
"Well, it got me somewhere," said Danny, "I know you think you like to get away with lying, but its not so bad to tell the truth once in a while."
"You're not off the hook for telling the truth," said Jazz, "You're off the hook for telling the truth the first time."
"Is there a difference?" asked Danny.
"Never mind," said Jazz.
Later that day, there was a party for everyone at Ghostcorp.
People were talking and/or dancing.
Nicolai was walking around.
"Nicolai, you made it!" she said.
"Yes, I did," said Nicolai, "I got some time off so I could come."
He saw Joe whom he admired being carried around by his pals.
"Hey Joe," said Nicolai, "Well I'll see you later."
Jack was having the time of his life talking with his friends about his upcoming wedding.
Someone tapped on Nicolai's shoulder.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Could you come with us for a second?" he asked, "There's a problem with one of the portal tubes."
"Well, looks like duty calls," said Nicolai, "I'll be right back."
He followed them to where the main sorce of the problem was.
One of the tubes was loose causing strobbing in the room.
Joe was watching and snickering.
"This is gonna be so funny," he said.
"Alright," said Nicolai, "At least someone has appreciation for my work."
He took some tools and went up to the area.
After a few minutes of tinkering the problem was fixed.
"Alright," he said.
The person gave Joe the signal.
Joe pulled the switch giving Nicolai a shock.
The blast was hard and forced him near electrical outlets.
A shadowy ghost figure went inside of his body.
His skin started to turn green.
"I think we better hussle," said Joe as he ran off.
Nicolai was still alive but barely moving.