My eyes gaze upon the swirling green vortex. The portal. That wasn't the surprising part seeing as how it lit up the entire room when he was shot out of it...no...it was the blue arm emerging from another dimension…
'DAMN IT' I thought quickly as I dove from yet another box courtesy of the new ghost in the house. 'What a way to end a day, First I get the shock of my life and now some ass named the "Box Ghost" comes out of the recently activated portal and is now currently kicking my ass. 'Could anything else go wrong?!' and as Lady Luck would have it...yes, as a box hit me on my right causing me to hit a lab bench.
'Maybe I shouldn't have laughed at his self-proclamation?' I thought as I slowly got up from the table top already feeling a bruise forming. 'It isn't my fault he has such a bad name' as I rolled out of the way of another incoming box.
"STUPID HUMAN CHILD, YOU CAN NOT STAND TO THE POWERFUL BOX GHOST!" said Box Ghost who looked like short, pudgy, seemingly middle-aged man wearing blue overalls and a beanie.
'It's not like I heard you the first hundred times.' I thought as I looked around the room for anything to use, but as fate would have it- there was nothing except unfinished projects. 'The only time when I really need you guys, is the time you guys are asleep.'
"YOU DO NOT REALIZE THE POWER OF ALL THINGS CUBIC, BEWARE!" hurling another box of objects towards me which I couldn't dodge. Whammo I'm hurled across the room with an object of the just thrown box. Opening my eyes to reveal a thermos with two identical looking ones appearing from it 'Oh shit, I think I have a concussion' as I attempted to refocus.
Looking to the box ghost to reveal three of them all proclaiming how "great" and "powerful he was, as boxes from the lab all glowing green floated around the pudgy ghost. 'Great just what I need…' looking back at the thermos and remember what my dad said.
"This is the Fenton Thermos, son. This bad boy can trap ghosts, but since it doesn't work yet, it's just a thermos. A thermos with the word 'Fenton' in front of it!" Wow thanks dad for a useless item. Now glaring at the object 'What the hell do I have to lose' I thought as I grabbed the object.
However as I did another box came sailing at me, narrowly missing me. 'Okay Let's try it!' unscrewing the cap, I pointed the thermos at the Box Ghost and pressed the button...nothing happened. 'Well...shit'
"SILLY HUMAN, YOUR CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS CAN'T HARM ME! THE BOX GHOST!
Okay this had to be at least the thousandth time he's said that, and now I'm annoyed beyond belief. I can't hit him, because he's a ghost. I can't run, because he'll chase me. I can't use the stupid thermos because guess what...IT'S A DAMN THERMOS.
My eyes glowed the toxic green like before as I glared at the ghost in front of the portal. He threw another box at me and I put my hands up in defense dropping the thermos, but then the most weirdest thing happened- they shined with green energy. Not knowing what else to do I put my hands out in front of me as if I was about to do a Galick Gun like Vegeta from Dragon Ball, closed my eyes and hoped for the best. Then...I felt it
I felt the energy shoot out my arm and rocketed a green ray towards its intended target. "WHAT BLASPHEMY IS THIS?!" The Box Ghost exclaimed as the ray hit him, causing him to be thrown to the wall by a concussive force, knocking him out.
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"What the hell just happened!?" I look towards my hands and saw that the energy from before was gone. 'Do...Do I have super powers?' I thought with disbelief. I then looked towards the now unconscious ghost slumped in the corned of the room. 'All that with one blast…'
"Fully Charged", a small mechanical voice could be heard. Proceeding to look down, I see the thermos I discarded in order to block was laying at my feet. 'Of course, It's charged when I don't need it' I thought as I picked it back up.
"How the hell am I going to get rid of you now?" looking to the passed out man...er ghost at the wall. Glancing back at the thermos in my hand 'Well second time's the charm' I unlidded the thermos and pointed it back again to the Box Ghost. 'Here goes nothing!' and pressed the green button.
The thermos then erupted with this blue ray that looked to be a swirling vortex of some kind. The vortex struck the ghost and proceeded to pull him, first slowly, and then suddenly he was pulled in faster than the boxes he threw at me.
Looking at the thermos with amazement, I closed it. Not knowing what to do I just stood there stupidly wondering my next move. 'I can't just keep him in this, what if he breaks free?' a green light broke me from my thoughts, and I saw the portal still open and running. 'Perfect'
I walked towards the portal, only stopping a couple steps away. Examining the thermos, I saw a knob that switches its current state 'normal polarity' to 'reverse polarity'. Turning the knob and opening the cap, I then pointed the thermos to the portal and once again hit the green button. The vortex of blue energy returned but this time shot out the pudgy middle-aged ghost out back into wherever it came from.
Turning back the knob to 'normal' I then walked towards the finger scanner to open and close the portal. Figuring it was only through my families DNA that opens and closes the portal, so no one else could use it. I put my thumb down, effectively closing the portal with Blast Doors and ending with such an eerie thud.
Releasing a breath of relief I looked around the room to see all the boxes, scraps, and objects that were thrown around due to the Box Ghost. 'Fuck me' as I began walking around and cleaning up the basement.
Two hours later and a somewhat better looking lab than before, I finally climb the stairs,though cautiously not knowing if that weird feeling in my head would return. Luckily though, it didn't, chalking it up towards the ghost that came from the portal. I proceeded to head upstairs, open and close my door very quietly, then plop on to my bed that never looked so nice before.
Suddenly feeling all the pain from my bruises and face, I groaned. 'I'm going to need to come up with an excuse tomorrow to not worry my parents…'
"That can wait…" I said tiredly with a sigh. "...For now...sleep…"
I didn't know the consequences of helping my parents that night, but boy oh boy did my life just get weirder, but one thing's for sure...Nothing's ever going to be the same again…
*At the Basements Portal*
Thump…Thump...Thump…..
Thank you all for reading Chapter 2 for He's a Phantom. Hopefully you all enjoyed it! Leave any suggestions or ideas you might like to see, and I might use them in the near future.