Light-switch

"Danny!"

His head jerked up at the sound of his name. The intricate ice sculpture in his hands momentarily stopped forming.

"Danny!" Jazz sprinted into basement, completely panicked.

"Jazz? What's wro-"

"Light-switch, Danny!" She grabbed him by the shoulders, shaking him. "LIGHT -SWITCH!"

Her forceful manhandling caused Danny to drop the ice. It shattered across the floor.

"What the- Jazz! What is wrong with you?!"

She looked him intensely in the eye. "Light-switch." She said again, as if saying it in a more calm and serious tone would make him understand.

"Jazz what are you-"

"GHOST!" Jack bellowed from the stairwell. "Get your creep hands off of my daughter you spectral ball of slime!"

He pulled out the Fenton bazooka and took aim.

"Oh boy." Danny's eyes widened.

"DAD! Don't shoot! You might hit me!" Jazz said as she purposefully stepped between them.

Under her breath she whispered, "Danny, run and light-switch."

"Jazzy-pants! Get away from my daughter!" Jack shouted, charging forward.

"Will do!" Danny easily complied, darting for the ceiling. He felt the sting of the lipstick lazer graze his waist before he raced out of the lab.

He made a wide loop around several blocks, making sure his parents hadn't followed him, before heading back for his room.

Once there, he let the rings pass over his body and plopped down on his bed. The burning on his side flared up as he hit the mattress.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow!" He hissed through his teeth.

Lifting his shirt, he found a small, angry red line on his side. Small blisters peppered the area. Huffing an irritated breath, he flopped back down onto his bedsheets.

A tentative knock on his door made him scowl even more.

"I'm not here. I died."

His door opened and Jazz stepped in, looking just as irritated as him.

"That isn't funny, Danny."

"Yes, it is, Jazz. I'm half dead, so it's hilarious." He sat up, glaring. "What isn't funny is running up to someone screaming nonsense at them, and distracting them from their approaching ghost hunting parents, while he's in ghost mode!"

"I wasn't spewing nonsense, Danny!" Jazz snapped. "I was using the code word."

Danny blinked. "Code word?"

"Yeah, light-switch. It means you need to switch forms with the light rings."

"When did we agree on this?!" He gapped at her.

"I made it up last week."

"Code words don't work if no one else knows what you're talking about!" He shouted, completely dumbfounded.

"I thought it would be obvious enough!"

"HOW IS LIGHT-SWITCH-"

"Jazz? Danny? What's going on up there?"

The siblings stared at each other before replying in unison. "Nothing!"

Danny flopped back down onto the bed. "You're unbelievable."