Chapter 2
Mara and James both had small knapsacks and were waiting idly at the front of their house. It was almost 7 at night; Mara had put up a huge argument and had to be chased around New York by her father. Millie had given David a picture of the Fenton's household so he could memorize the jump pattern. In order for a Jumper to teleport to a certain place, he had to have seen the place before.
Millie could not Jump, so David took her first, and Mara and James followed them through their father's jump scar. Mara loved the feeling of Jumping. The fast pull as she was sucked through the portal and the rush of frigid air the whistled past her ears. Then, as quickly as she had been sucked into the portal, Mara was standing by a brick apartment. It looked relatively normal, except for the large flashing 'Fenton Works' sign and the giant op center at the top.
"Nice place," James muttered sarcastically. His sister grumbled an acknowledgement. Their mother turned on her two teenagers before they walked up to the door.
"I don't want any funny business, or trouble making." She ordered strictly, and David nodded in agreement behind her.
"What funny business?" Mara asked innocently.
"Please, Mara," her father asked nicely, "Your mother and I really want this trip."
"No Jumping," Millie added.
"What?!" Mara, James, and her husband asked incredulously.
"At least, not in front of people," said David.
"Only in an emergency," his wife ordered, and then she walked up the steps and rang the doorbell.
The door was answered by a teenage girl with red hair pulled back with a teal headband.
"You must be my mother's niece, Millie!" She greeted happily, shaking their mother's hand ecstatically. She was joined by an older woman with red hair cropped short and a large man with graying black hair.
"Millie!" The woman greeted, pulling her into a hug.
"Aunt Maddie," she said, returning the hug.
"Oh, and you must be David, James and Mara, please come in!" Maddie said.
"We really must be going, Maddie," David said, lacing his fingers through Millie's.
"Yes, we have a taxi waiting around the corner," his wife lied easily. Marrying a Jumper meant you had to lie when someone accidentally caught you teleporting.
"Ok, have a nice vacation! James, Mara, come on inside."
"Dad," Mara pleaded, "Don't leave us!"
"Bye, kids!" Their parents yelled. Mara huffed and walked through the door; James followed quietly, but smiled politely at Maddie.
"I'm Jack Fenton," the large man introduced in a loud voice, "This is our Jasmine."
"Jazz," the red-haired girl smiled. "I'm so happy to meet you guys!"
"Yeah," Mara agreed.
"Where's Danny?" Maddie asked.
"Fighting ghosts, of course," Jack said, "Hey that rhymes!"
"Fighting ghosts?" James inquired.
"Duh, he's Danny Phantom," Jazz said, "The half-ghost, half-human hybrid. Remember, he saved the world from the Disasteroid?"
"Never heard of him," the siblings said together.
"We're you home-schooled?" Maddie asked, Jack had gone back to the lab.
"Yes, we move around a lot, Mrs.…." Mara trailed off.
"You can call me Maddie and my husband Jack, sweetie." Jack called from the basement, and Maddie left to go help him.
"Where have you travelled to?" Jazz asked, sitting on a couch. Mara sat next to her, she loved to talk.
"Everywhere," James said, "Bangkok, London, Sydney, New York, Egypt."
"Wow," Jazz breathed. Mara raised her eyes; that was the most she had ever heard James speak to someone.
"How old are you and you're brother?" Mara asked, talking about travelling made her itch to Jump somewhere.
"Well, I'm 17 and Danny is 15."
"Oh, coo-" Mara was cut short as a boy phased through the wall. He had snow white hair, bright green eyes, and was wearing a black and white hazmat suit with a symbol on the front. Suddenly, two rings appeared around his waist and changed him to a boy with black hair, blue eyes, and jeans and a t-shirt.
"Hey Danny," Jazz greeted as if nothing had happened; James still looked stoic about the whole thing. Mara's eyes were as big as dinner plates.
"Who the hell are you?"
"What?" The raven haired boy asked, "Who are you?"
"That's Mara, your cousin, and her brother James," Jazz amended, "Guys, this is my brother Danny."
"Jazz already told us about you," James greeted, "Pretty cool how you saved the world and all."
"Thanks," Danny smiled, and then he yawned, "What time is it?"
"Late," Jazz said, "I'll show you guys to the guest room. It has a separate bathroom and everything."
"Night," Mara said, shutting the door. Then she Jumped from the door and onto the bed. James Jumped to his knapsack and pulled out a black laptop. He plugged it in and stuck something that looked like a mini satellite on the top.
"I'm getting signals." He said quietly to his sister.
"Let's go to work," she grinned.