Specs: *peers around the corner and suddenly has a ripe tomato on her face*
Jason: You know, Specs, you totally deserve that…
Specs: Grr…*throws tomato at Jason's face* Hey there everyone! I know you want to choke me to the death and put a spear through me but high school life has been as hectic as ever. Plus I'm working on two new fic and two one-shots so please be a little more patient.
Jason: *cough*andusesdAmorethanffn*cough*
Specs:… Yeah, what he coughed about. Disclaimer, I DON'T OWN ANYTHING BESIDES THE OCS! :3
Toni just kept on staring on the strange boy for a long time while he looked back as one of his eyebrows rose. Her mouth was opened in a silent scream and then, the boy talked in that same hollow voice again.
"Aren't you going to thank me for saving your bu…"
Toni slapped him.
"Get off me! I don't know who the heck you are! What are you trying to do to me? Oh my God, you're the ghost in Jason? I…"
The boy angrily placed his hand over her mouth. His green eyes were ablaze as Toni stopped struggling and stared at him with her eyes as almost as wide dinner plates. The boy's voice was shaking in frustration as he said, "Shut up, ok? I'm not going to kill you or anything. Just tell me what the freaking wrong with you or I'll…"
The boy stopped in mid-sentence, his eyes fixed upon her face. Toni was getting desperate; she wanted to do nothing with this guy. Then she noticed. He wasn't staring at her, not even at her face at all. He was staring on what's on her face, his hand. Why was he so interested in it?
"This cannot be happening," he muttered.
The boy lifted his hands away from her mouth as she gasped for air. He just kept on staring at his hand, flipping it over and over with a face full of disbelief. Toni watched him as he started to observe himself, the glow on his skin, his silky white hair, and his outfit. He even ran straight to the closest mirror to gasp in surprise. He began to run his hands through his hair and he looked twice as worried when he placed his hand on his chest, as if he were waiting for some important sign. He gave up after ten seconds. Toni, in spite of her belief that most ghosts are evil after visiting the Fentons many times, she wanted to know his problem.
"Mr. Ghost, what's wrong?" Toni asked rather innocently as she got onto her knees cautiously as though she were approaching a wild animal.
The boy snapped out of his thoughts as he looked up and saw her staring at him curiously with her head cocked to the right. The boy still seemed to be in a state of panic. After a few moments of silence that lasted like an eternity, he spoke.
"Toni, what the heck is going on?"
She just stared at the pale boy, not bothering to response. He looked just too familiar. From the way his eyes move, its shape, the way his hair stuck up at the back and stays straight at the bottom. Where had she had seen it before? His voice would've sound exactly like the person she was thinking of if it weren't for the hollowness in it. Then it struck her.
"Jason? Is that really you?"
"Yes, it's me," he said in frustration as he looked at her with a face that read it's-pretty-darn-obvious. "Or I can be Santa Claus coming with early Christmas presents."
"That would be nice."
"Toni, can you listen to yourself talk? I mean, this is seri… UMPH!"
Toni jumped backwards as Jason fell forward with his face hitting the ground with one loud THUD. Her eyes wondered away from his face and focused on his legs. Well, at least one leg.
"Uh, Jason, you lost one of your legs," Toni stated.
"Holy... Ok, calm down Jason," he said, looking rather worried this time, "This is just a horrible dream. You're just gonna wake up and discover that you're still on your bed, not under it. Toni didn't come at all. I am not a freak of nature. I am NOT glowing. I'm not dead!"
"Jason..."
"Toni, talking is not gonna help me get out of the dream," he snapped.
Toni would have laughed at the situation since Jason always acted cool but it wasn't important at the moment.
"Jason, I don't think you're dreaming at all."
"Of course I'm dreaming, there are no such things as ghosts! Not especially me!"
"Uh..."
"What now?"
"I can't see you."
Toni could her Jason yelp in surprise, which may have been completely out of his character if anyone asked, but, understanding this, she would have done the same.
"This can't be happening," Jason' voice ranted out of thin air, " I mean, what if dad finds me like this? I am so dead right now."
"Jason, just keep on talking," Toni said as she put her hands out in front of her trying to find her invisible friend. She had an idea but she knew he's not going to like this.
"Toni, I don't see how me talking here is going to help you find…"
SLAP!
Jason's form flickered back into view and looked at Toni. She gave a small smile of satisfaction as she was happy to find him.
"What the HECK is that for?" Jason said as he rubbed his cheek as it became pink from the pain.
"It's just something to help me find you. Now to get to the main point, what happened to you and why are you dressed like some avenger?"
"I do not look like one," Jason pouted indignantly, "and I don't know. It just happened, ok? I just saw a flash of light then BAM. I changed into this. What, you think I died suddenly?"
"Jason, don't you think…" Toni's voice slowly faded. She didn't have the courage to say it but it's the truth. She avoided his eye contact but Jason seemed to have understood what she meant. His eyes shifted from her to the cabinet that lied on the ground. He also looked uncomfortable with the idea as well but that was the only possible explanation.
"You want me to check it out?" he said pointing towards it.
Toni just nodded curtly as they both approached the cabinet. It was probably hard to face the truth but something was nagging her at the back of her mind, as if this wasn't really it. She shook her head at the idea. She just tried to concentrate on another subject instead.
"Jason, are you sure both of us can carry that thing?"
She watched him as he looked at the cabinet with uncertainty and merely shrugged and said, "Well, it's worth a try, don't you think?"
She argued no longer but she just decided to watch him in silence. She tried to place her fingers under the cabinet but it was no use. It was just so heavy and even after trying to lift it for a few seconds, she gave up.
"Jason this thing is way…"
She never got to finish her sentence. Right before her eyes, Jason was able place his fingers underneath the cold metal and lift the entire cabinet as if it was almost nothing. Hecarried it over his head for a few seconds before placing it back in its original position. Toni couldn't help herself but she just stared at Jason in awe. He didn't even manage to break a single sweat... Well, if ghosts ever sweat anyway.
"That," Jason said as he looked at the cabinet, "was a lot easier than expected. Toni, why are you staring at me like that?"
"Jason didn't you see what you just do? You were able to carry that thing!"
"Oh, come off it! Me, carry that? You helped, didn't you?"
He mumbled the last two words. As much as Toni wanted to believe she helped, it wasn't the truth. She just slowly shook her head side to side and quietly replied, "No, it was all you."
Jason bit his lower lip, staring at the cabinet as Toni watched anxiety being written all over his face. She had to admit it herself, it was kinda cool the way he was able to carry it on his own but this was a serious matter. It wasn't just in her comic books anymore. It's the real deal. She tried to think of something else as her eyes then travelled to the floor, and just though of the dust bunnies that cover the floor here and there, slight hints of green and the gun she dropped earlier smashed into bits. At first, nothing appeared to be wrong, and then it struck her.
"Jason," Toni said as he looked at where she was also staring at, "Where's your body?"
Jason was in a complete daze. He had gone invisible, lifted an estimated three ton cabinet and had a freak-o outfit to go with it. Not to mention that he glows like a bug zapper. Ok, maybe not the best description but still. Toni suggested that maybe he had died when the cabinet had landed on him but where the heck is his body? Even if his heart wasn't in his chest anymore, he can still feel his chest tighten in panic.
"How can this happen? I mean…Shoot, not again!"
Jason once again found himself invisible. Toni just simply looked at the place where he was as she raised her hand and said, "Do you want me to slap you again?"
"No, no, no!" he yelled as he raised his hands in defense, forgetting the fact he can't be seen, "I can completely handle it all by myself."
Jason closed his eyes in concentration and tried to imagine himself what he was like when he was visible, only he suddenly visualized his human body, and where could it possibly be. He wanted to return to normal but he wondered how if he can't find his human self. When he opened his eyes, he was visible again but there was also something else. A bright white light appeared from around his waist, almost engulfing him.
"What the..."
The light formed into a ring and began to split into two, traveling in opposite directions. As it went over his body, familiar warmth began to spread. When it reached his chest, his heart beat suddenly returned and began to race wildly. It was about to go to his face and he shut his eyes so that he wouldn't be blinded. As soon as it was over, gravity seemed to be stronger than ever that he didn't bother to fight it as he collapsed on the floor.
"Jason!" Toni screamed in terror as she rushed to his side.
Jason didn't even hear her. He was just staring at his hand, currently glove-free. He was back in his old jacket as well, the hair covering part of his eyes was black again, and he wasn't glowing anymore. He was back to normal but somehow, the word normal doesn't seem to fit his state anymore
"What just happened?" he said, unsuccessfully stifling a yawn.
"I don't know," Toni answered as she tried to get him back to his feet, "But I do know why the Fenton Tracker acted up on you, I also know the reason why you suddenly grew stronger when you fought Matthew and why you ended up underneath your bed. What made you like this?"
Toni tried to let Jason stand on his own but he wobbled and almost kissed the floor again if Toni didn't catch him.
"Honestly," he said, "I can't explain it either. All I do know it had something to do with last night."
"Last night?"
"Don't ask. More details tomorrow. We spent enough time in here. Go home. I need sleep. Now," he said, not even daring to talk anymore since being in another form took a lot out of him.
Jason, eyes drooping , made his way up the stairs. Toni followed behind him and said, "Jason, I almost forgot to greet you. Happy Birthday."
Jason looked at her as she smiled innocently and felt his cheeks burning red but it was ruined when Toni suddenly said, "Jason, you disappeared again."
"Darn it!"
SLAP!
Specs: I hope you enjoy that! Since it's summer, you'll see more updates. I'm currently working on the next chapter. Read and Review!
Jason: And come back with more tomatoes if she doesn't update.
Specs: That it, buster. Toni!
Toni:*slaps Jason*
