Rules of Dimension

Flashback, Tucker's POV

"Hey kids! Want to watch us catch a ghost?" said, Jack, pointing a vacuum cleaner at Johnny 13, who was floating in between him and his wife. Maddie was holding a thermos, but when she heard that children were watching, turned and waved at us. They were both distracted by me, Danny, and Sam, easy targets for Johnny, who took advantage of it. He grabbed Danny's parents and lifted them off the floor, causing them to drop their weapons.

"Hey, you, kid who pushed me away from his sister! I'm taking your parents! If you get Kitty back with me, you'll see them again. Come find me behind the Ghost King's tower and I'll trade you, them for her." With his demands stated, Johnny flew back into the Ghost Zone.

I looked over at Danny, who was angry enough that his eyes were glowing. "He took my parents," he growled, and ran for the portal. He didn't quite make it; a foot away, there was a flash, and he vanished.

"What happened to Danny?" I wondered.

Sam and I were blinded by another flash. He reappeared, still Fenton, but his parents weren't going to be happy, their son was a ghost.

End of Flashback, still in Tucker's POV

Danny looked around. His eyes turned to us, then he screamed bloody murder.

"What?" Sam asked, only to be answered by another scream. "Danny, are you okay?" He stopped screaming, and started hyperventilating.

"S-S-Sam! T-Tucker! Y-Y-You're . . . " he stuttered.

"We're what, Danny?"

"H-h-human."

Sam turned to me. "Tucker," she said. "I don't know why Danny's surprised that we're human, but we have to treat him for shock." Danny looked between us with eyes wider than they'd ever been.

"B-but if y-you don't care that you're dead, then what's going on?" Sam waved her hand in front of his face.

"We'll have to explain to him later. Help me get him in his bed." she ordered, putting a supporting arm around him.

In the Ghost Universe:

"What? Guys, this isn't funny." complained Danny.

Sam was still in tears. "Of course, it isn't funny Danny, you're dead!"

He was puzzled. "You mean my ghost half? That happened months ago, and in case you haven't noticed, you're ghosts too." Sam and Tucker looked at him, with 'confused' written all over their faces.

"Uh, I'm not in my timeline, am I?"

Tucker leaned over to whisper in Sam's ear. "Do you think we should tell his parents? I know they hunt humans, but he is their son, and he seems more confused than violent."

"I think you're right," Sam replied. She and Tucker ran up the stairs, screaming, "Mr. and Mrs. Fenton!" as they went.

"I'm definitely not in my timeline," he uttered to the ceiling. Feet pounded on the stairs, approaching the hybrid. Jack and Maddie entered the lab. Maddie looked at her son and tears rushed to her eyes.

"Danny? Jack - our little boy - he's - dead!" The shoulder of Jack's jumpsuit got splattered with saltwater as he looked at his son.

"Danny, you would tell us if you were really human, wouldn't you?" he asked. "You're not really dead, are you?" Realization dawned on the halfa's features.

"I think I know what's going on here. Look, I'm from another dimension okay? And if I'm right, the roles of ghosts and humans where I'm from are opposite of their roles here." he told them.

"Maddie, do you know what he just said?" Jack asked.

"Yes, it means he's alive, Jack." She turned to talk to Danny. "If you're here, where's our Danny?"

"I don't know."