MY SIBLINGS KEEPER
It was a Monday morning at Casper High, it was going to be a really important week for the school for it was celebrating Spirit Week. Out the front of the school a large banner hung above the door that read, Spirit Week Centennial: 100 years of Casper Spirit!"
"CASPER HIGH SPIRIT!" Mr Lancer exclaimed happily as he jumped up and down on a small trampoline. He then fell off and landed on the ground with thud, Jazz was watching and looked at him strangely.
"Ah Spirit Week! I love it so. The pomp, the circumstance and most importantly the spirit sparklers" Mr Lancer said and then showed a photograph to Jazz, the photograph showed a younger looking Lancer as a cheerleader.
"Jasmine did you know that I was a cheerleader when I went to school here?" Mr Lancer asked.
"Really? Weird, no clue. Look can I talk to you Mr Lancer? About Danny and Dayla?" Jazz asked.
"Sure" Mr Lancer answered and the two began to walk back into the school.
Meanwhile Danny and Dayla were walking down the hallway, but just as they came to the school councillors office their ghost senses went off and that could only mean one thing, there was ghost in that office. They looked around to make sure nobody was watching and then jumped into separate lockers and transformed, they then phased into the office and found some sort of large green glob ghost. Danny and the ghost then began to punch each other, Danny had managed to block off each of its blows, he jumped back and then Dayla tried to karate chop it, but her hand went straight through the ghost and then it growled in anger at them.
Back with Mr Lancer and Jazz they were heading down the hall straight to the office Danny and Dayla were in.
"So what's on your mind?" Mr Lancer asked.
"Danny and Dayla have been acting really strange lately, like they're not themselves anymore" Jazz answered, she was really worried about them.
"I know, I too have noticed it. Have you thought about talking to them about it?" Mr Lancer asked.
"Well I would but they're just going to think I'm being bossy and if they don't get some help or at least talk to someone, all that frustration they're both repressing could come out the wrong way" Jazz answered as they came closer to the office.
Back in the office, the ghost threw a chair at Danny which broke upon impact. He then charged up a ghost ray and fired it at the ghost, however the ghost kept dodging it which resulted in some of the items in the office getting destroyed, Dayla then tried but the same thing happened and this time there were scorch marks now on the walls. The ghost landed on the top of the book shelf, roared in anger and then flew off.
Danny and Dayla then returned back into their human forms, the door opened to reveal Mr Lancer and Jazz standing there. Mr Lancer frowned as he noticed the damaged room meaning that Danny and Dayla are officially in trouble.
"Good one Fenton! You let him get away you idiot!" Danny exclaimed in his head.
"Not only did we lose the ghost but now we're in trouble! Great job!" Dayla then exclaimed in her head.
Ten minutes later Mr Lancer, Jazz, Danny and Dayla were in the damaged office with a woman with pointy red hair, she was wearing a red business suit and purple sunglasses. Her name was Penelope Spectra, the schools new student counsellor.
"Is it always so cold in here?" Jazz asked as she rubbed her arms trying to get warm from the full coldness of the room.
"Of course! I find that cold temperatures in the room keep the mind icy sharp and don't you worry about this mess of an office, stuff happens! Right Jasmine?" Spectra asked cheerfully as she sat down at her desk.
"It's Jazz, my friends call me Jazz" Jazz corrected.
"Yeah well your brother calls you fink!" Danny said while glaring at her. Dayla then crossed her arms and added, "And your sister calls you snitch!"
"I'm just trying to help you two. Come on we used to talk all the time" Jazz said.
"Yeah when we were eight and you weren't a fink and a snitch!" Danny retorted back.
"That's enough out of you two, get to class while Ms Spectra and I decide what your punishment is" Mr Lancer said.
Danny and Dayla gave their sister one last glare and walked out the office. Jazz looked down and sighed as they walked off.
"Unlike their brother, Jazz and Dayla are two of Casper High's best and brightest students, although I'm surprised that Dayla did this. Anyway Jazz will be giving the keynote pep speech at our centennial Spirit-A-Thon on Wednesday" Mr Lancer said praising Jazz.
Spectra then exclaimed, "Right on! That's why I'm here. To pump up the pep one student at a time"
She showed picture of herself with students, although they didn't exactly look happy in fact they looked downright miserable.
"Jazz Dr Spectra is a highly respected motivational speaker and teen therapist. She's agreed to pump up the volume on that old Casper High spirit this week" Mr Lancer explained.
A short man in a suit then walked in holding something, he had grey hair and a moustache. Spectra then said, "This is my assistant Bertrand"
Jazz smiled and waved hello, however Bertrand just glared at her and remained silent and then Jazz stopped and just gave him a weird look.
"Jazz we're gonna have a super week! Wait till you see what we have planned for the Spirit-a-thon. Show her Bertrand" Spectra said and then Bertrand lifted up the picture that showed dominos spelling the words Casper Spirit. Spectra then continued, "Right after your speech, we'll set off this domino chain that says Casper Spirit. The dominos represent how each person spirit effects the next person they touch! Slamming huh?"
"If by slamming you mean weird? Then yes" Jazz answered.
"And the spirit sparklers go off afterwards right?" Mr Lancer asked in concern.
Spectra smiled and answered while pulling out some sparklers, "Oh you bet they do! After all what's Spirit Week without spirit sparklers.
"You know you're a little over peppy but, my siblings might benefit from talking to you. But they're so mad right now, they'd never listen to me"
"Yes well they'll listen to me" Mr Lancer clarified.
Danny and Dayla sat outside the office now waiting for their turn to talk to Spectra, they were officially even madder at Jazz for getting Mr Lancer to make this their punishment for what happened this morning. The door opened and Paulina along with Spectra came out.
"So you're saying my popularity is like, completely dependent on my beauty?" Paulina asked.
"I'm not saying its fair sweetie, but if you feel you need something like a lot of make-up I say go for it. You're the only you you've got. Danny, Dayla come on in" Paulina said in her usually peppy voice.
Danny and Dayla then followed her into the office, the door closed and left a now miserable looking Paulina outside. They both sat down on the chairs in front of her desk and began to rub their arms due to how cold it was in the room. It was so cold that they could see their own breath!
"I can't believe our stupid sister convinced Lancer to make this our punishment" Danny muttered bitterly.
"Hey Miss can you please turn up the heat in here? We can see our own breath" Dayla said.
"Wow you two do complain a lot. Hmmm well your sister did say that Danny can be a bit of a baby and Dayla can be somewhat of an art freak" Spectra said.
"What?!" They both asked in shock.
Spectra then continued, "Sweeties, it's not your faults she thinks your both losers"
"Wait! Jazz called us losers too?" Danny asked, both of them then started to feel angrier at Jazz.
"Hey those are her issues" Spectra said, she then got up and stood behind them and continued, "I'm not saying your losers, I think your both great kids"
She then placed her hands on both their shoulders and they suddenly felt themselves being drained and felt now completely miserable as they looked down.
"Then why do we both feel so miserable?" Dayla asked.
Spectra then kneeled in front of them and said, "You know what I think, you two might be a mess. But mess is just the beginning of message!"
She placed her hands on their shoulders again and once again they began to feel even more miserable. She then exclaimed encouragingly, "Now go out there and be a better you!"
They both stood up and walked towards the door, but they both then accidently walked right into the wall. They corrected themselves and exited the office. Ten minutes later, the bell rang for the end of the day, everyone was getting ready to go home, they were walking down the hallway with Sam and Tucker who could both see that they were looking down.
"Guys you okay?" Tucker asked.
"We're fine. I can't believe our sister told that shrink that we're losers" Danny answered.
"Are you sure Jazz said that? That doesn't sound like Jazz to me" Sam said.
All four of them then stopped as Jazz walked up to them and asked, "Hey you guys. What doesn't sound like Jazz to you?"
Danny and Dayla remained silent and gave her a glare. Jazz then asked, "Still mad?"
"Wow you are the smart one!" Dayla exclaimed sarcastically and continued to glare at her with Danny.
"Danny, Dayla I know your angry but I'm worried about you both. Ever since the accident…" Jazz began to say but Danny cut her off and said, "Jazz I know you think you're helping and I'm sure when we're older we'll appreciate it, but right now we don't"
"You both have to talk to somebody guys. You two barely have any friends besides Sam and Tucker and neither have any extracurricular activities" Jazz said, which earned her glares now from Sam and Tucker.
"Unless you count the ghosts" Tucker whispered to Sam who then whispered back, "Shut it!"
"Well maybe this is just us now! Not everyone can be pumped up full of spirit all the time like you are!" Dayla snapped at her.
They both suddenly gasped when their ghost senses went off, they looked around and couldn't see anything and then they began to shiver like it was suddenly really cold.
Jazz then asked while placing a hand each on their shoulders, "Danny, Dayla are you two okay? You're both shivering"
They broke out of their shivering and both shouted as they ran off, "Leave us alone!"
"It's worse than I thought" Jazz said. A kid suddenly came up screaming, "A FREAKISHLEY LARGE HORNET! AGHHHH!"
He then jumped into a locker and locked himself in, Jazz then gasped in shock as a giant green hornet appeared in the hallway scaring off the students. The hornet then faced her and came flying towards her, too scared to run away she screamed in fright and then hornet held onto her with its two front legs, she then cringed in disgust as the giant insect began to lick her face with its long black tongue.
Danny and Dayla then appeared in their ghost forms, they both charged at it with a kick while turning intangible and yelled in unison, "BACK OFF GHOST BUG!"
Jazz watched as they kicked it and phased it through the wall, leaving her in complete shock and amazement. She then said, "That was a ghost? That was three ghost?"
Danny and Dayla knocked the bug outside, it flew up and parked itself into a tree. They both turned tangible and then Danny exclaimed, "Did someone call for a couple of exterminators?"
"My! You both are clever aren't you? Swat this kiddies!" The hornet retorted back and then charged right at them with its stinger.
Dayla managed to charge out of the way, but Danny tried to turn intangible but unfortunately it didn't work and it earned him a scratch on his arm from the stinger, he yelped in pain and fell to the ground holding his arm. While Dayla's back was turned, the wasp charged again, Dayla turned around and tried turning intangible but like Danny for some reason it didn't work and she ended up getting scratched on her shoulder, she then fell to the ground next to Danny holding her shoulder in pain.
"Dayla are you okay?" Danny asked. Dayla nodded and then said, "That's weird, I should've gone intangible. I'm such an idiot!"
"Me too! I don't think we're getting better at this, we're getting worse" Danny said.
They both then looked up and saw the wasp charging at them again, both of them then combined their powers and knocked him back with a shield, once they dropped the shield Danny pulled out the Fenton Thermos and Dayla prepared an ecto-ray, but when they stood up the ghost was gone.
"Great another bad guy gets away" Danny said looking down, they both flew up in the air and Dayla then said, "Maybe Jazz was right, maybe we are losers"
"Let's just go home, before we mess something else up" Danny said and then they flew off, unaware that Jazz saw them fly away.
"Ghosts? Wait until I tell Danny and Dayla" Jazz said out loud with excitement.
Later that evening Danny and Dayla were sitting at the table in the kitchen with Jazz, she told them about the ghosts she saw and when she asked if they saw anything, they both shook their heads no.
"What do you mean neither of you saw a ghost?" Jazz asked.
"It didn't look like a ghost to us, it just looked like a big bug. So we ran like losers" Danny answered and they both then glared at her.
"I was right, you two aren't going to listen to me are you?" Jazz asked and then they both answered in unison while smirking, "Nope"
"Well you two don't leave me any choice. Mum! Dad! Can I talk to you about Danny and Dayla?!" Jazz yelled out.
Both their smirks dropped and before they knew it, Maddie and Jack appeared in the kitchen. Jack was holding in his hand what looked like a new invention.
"Is there something wrong with Danny and Dayla?" Maddie asked.
"Is there a ghost involved?" Jack then asked.
Maddie then came up to them and asked in concern, "Is there something you two want to talk about?" Jack then added, "That involves ghost?"
Danny didn't know how to answer and then Dayla smiled as she answered, "Actually yes there is. Jazz thought she saw a ghost today. Tell them Jazz"
"WHAT! Why didn't you tell us?" Maddie asked in shock and then both she and Jack turned their attention to Jazz now.
"It would've been a good chance to try out the Portable Fenton Ghost Peeler. It peels ghost apart atom by atom" Jack said gesturing to his invention.
He then pushed the button and suddenly, he was covered in a full body metal suit, he smiled as the suit had been completed, but suddenly he lost balance and fell forward completely destroying the kitchen table.
"Well enjoy your chat" Danny said and then he and Dayla left the kitchen, Jazz groaned in annoyance that now she was gonna have to deal with their parents.
The next day, Jazz decided to talk to Sam and Tucker about Danny and Dayla, she had a feeling that they knew something she didn't.
"Don't you think they've been acting weird? I mean haven't you guys noticed how gloomy and negative they've been lately?" Jazz asked.
"Uh Jazz, we're Danny and Dayla's friends. That means we keep their secrets from you" Tucker answered.
Jazz then reached into her purse and pulled out a $20 note and handed it to Tucker, who smiled at the gesture and began to say, "Although…"
He was cut off when Sam grabbed the note and handed it back to Jazz, despite his disappointed look on his face. She then said, "We all got our problems Jazz. I know you're worried but Danny and Dayla are okay, they keep some things to themselves but it's not like their doing anything criminal"
As they continued to talk, Dayla came out of the art room with a new picture in her hand and she suddenly felt something trip her over, which caused her to fall face forward right into Mr Lancer. Because her painting was still wet, it smudged all over Mr Lancer's shirt and he gave her a glare.
"Mr Lancer I am so sorry, it was an accident I swear!" Dayla exclaimed.
Mr Lancer was about to say something, when they suddenly heard the fire alarm ring. They all turned around and saw Danny's bag strap was attached to the fire alarm switch, suddenly water was sprayed everywhere and caused everyone to get wet. A few minutes later, everyone was glaring at Danny who was standing with Mr Lancer along with Dayla and he was not happy.
"I'm willing to overlook Dayla's incident because it was accident but you are going to see Ms Spectra again and Danny I'm giving you a month's detention for the stunt you pulled" Mr Lancer said
"A month's detention? But I didn't do anything!" Danny tried to explain.
"I believe my brother here Mr Lancer, Danny would never do something like this" Dayla added.
Spectra then came up and said, "Hey Mr Lancer it was an accident, but we're gonna take those accidents and make them acci-don't's and learn from it so it never happens again. So instead of a month's detention, let him have another session with me"
"But…" Danny began to protest, but Mr Lancer cut him off and said, "No buts! You both could learn a little more about school spirit from Ms Spectra here"
Spectra smiled with pride, Mr Lancer then continued, "When I was at school I got the same advice and look how I turned out"
All three of them then gave him a weird look, during lunch time Spectra had dressed Dayla in a weird frilly dress that looked like it had splattered all over it and around her shoulder was a sash that said Casper Spirit. Danny was dressed in a diaper, a black top hat and also a sash that said Casper Spirit, they were both glaring in embarrassment.
"This is supposed to help us how?" Danny asked in annoyance.
"We're gonna help you overcome your fears of being called an art freak and a baby" Spectra answered.
They both sat down in the chairs and Dayla said, "We're not afraid of that. I'm afraid of being called a loser"
"Same here" Danny added.
"Ah and there is the problem, you both care too much about what other people think" Spectra said.
Suddenly Dash and two other members of the football team came in with banner and boxers, they all gaped at Danny and Dayla and then Dash started teasing with a grin, "Hey guys check it out! It's the Casper High Spirit baby and freak!"
They all began to laugh at them, making Danny and Dayla feel worse as they hung their heads down low. Spectra placed her hands on their shoulders and began smirking an evil grin at them. After school Danny, Dayla, Sam and Tucker were hanging out at the mall, Sam and Tucker both got ice cream but Danny and Dayla wasn't hungry. They both were still angry, embarrassed and miserable about what happened at school.
"Man it was brutal making you guys wear those stupid costumes, I could hardly watch. But I did get some good digital pics though" Tucker said as he pulled out his PDA, to show them a picture he got of some of the students laughing at them.
"Hey! Whose side are you on anyway?" Danny asked angrily and then Dayla added, "You're kind of meant to be the supportive friend here"
"Guys come on. You know he's kidding" Sam said.
They both sighed and then Danny said, "Yeah I know"
"Sorry Tuck. We've both just been feeling so depressed and angry all time" Dayla said.
"I know. That shrink was supposed to be helping us, but ever since we started talking to her we've been feeling worse" Danny added.
Jazz then came up and asked, "Hey Danny. Hey Dayla. How's it going?"
"Like you care! Just leave us alone Jazz" Danny said.
Suddenly both their ghost senses went off and they looked around to see the same ghost they fought in Spectra's office was floating right behind Paulina as she continuously covered herself with make-up.
"Gotta keep Jazz busy" Dayla whispered quietly.
Danny then quickly placed Jazz in his seat and yelled, "Yeah well if your gonna take her side, then you hang with her too!"
Dayla caught on and yelled as she stood up, "It's official Jazz! You have taken our friends!"
They both then began running out through the employee's only door, Jazz then stood up and chased after them. Sam and Tucker finally caught on and then Sam dropped her ice-cream as they chased after them as well, but headed in an opposite direction.
Jazz went headed towards the exit doors and said in her head, "They went this way, I'm sure I can head them off"
Her eyes widened as she stayed hidden behind the door as soon as she saw Danny and Dayla standing in the alleyway, they both looked around to make sure no-one was looking and transformed into their ghost forms, Jazz gasped and her eyes widened in shock as she watched them then fly off and then Sam and Tucker just ran in.
"Danny?! Dayla?!" Jazz exclaimed.
Sam and Tucker then turned around and both their eyes widened when they saw Jaz standing there.
"Did you see that? Tell I didn't see what I just saw" Jazz asked.
"It's not what you think Jazz" Tucker said nervously, but before he could say anymore Sam grabbed his ice-cream and shoved it in his mouth.
"Of course it's not. Ghosts aren't real, Jazz you sound just like your father" Sam said remaining calm.
Jazz then thought about all that's been happening in the last few days and what Sam and Tucker said to her during the day at school, her eyes widened in realisation that this was what they must've been talking about.
"Oh of course. HA! HA! My parents are such loons, it's rubbing off. I better go, need to work on my speech for tomorrow" Jazz lied and then ran off. Sam and Tucker then sighed in relief.
Danny and Dayla flew into the mall invisible, the ghost then roared scaring off Paulina and everyone else away. Danny then charged at the ghost and kicked it into a stand that sold sunglasses, it recovered quickly and growled at them both as Dayla landed beside Danny.
"I know you need your make-up, but your just gonna have to wait your turn" Danny said.
The ghost then slapped Danny back and then blasted Dayla with an ecto-ray, which caused her to crash right into Danny, the ghost fired again but Danny and Dayla dodged the blast and allowed it to destroy a book stand.
Sam and Tucker arrived as more people ran out of the mall, screaming in fright and watched as Danny and Dayla continue dodging the ghost's ecto-blasts. The ghost then flew up and punched them both into another stall.
"You're both not very good at this are you?" The ghost asked with boredom.
"Yeah! Well maybe we don't need to be to beat you!" Dayla exclaimed defiantly.
The ghost then duplicated and both of them transformed into a couple of lions, both lions then pounced on them. Danny and Dayla tried flying back, but one of them managed to bite Danny and rip a part of his costume and Dayla earned a couple of claw marks on her arm as their both backed into the wall.
As the lions come up close to them, they both turned around to Sam and Tucker as he exclaimed, "Hey get away from them!"
The lions then came up to them and growled right in their faces, Tucker then became scared as he said nervously, "Or don't. Seriously it's opened for discussion"
"NO!" Danny yelled and then they both yelled in unison as they charged, "YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE!"
Danny and Dayla both tackled a lion each, the two lions then pinned them both to the ground and watched them struggle in their grips.
"Oh look what we have here" The first lion said and then the second one continued, "The little loser ghosts, have a few baby helpers"
After that remarked, Danny and Dayla both snapped at the lions, "DO NOT CALL US LOSERS!"
They both kicked the lions off them, which caused them both to collide with a fridge. Danny and Dayla then combined each other's ecto-blast to form one huge one and both of them then threw it at the two lions, both the lions dodged out of the way. The blast was so powerful, it completely destroyed the whole refrigerator.
The lions smirked, the duplicate then disappeared and then it transformed back to its original form and said, "Well that's enough damage for one afternoon. TA!"
The ghost then phased out of the mall, Danny and Dayla landed next to Sam and Tucker more down than before as they all looked around the damaged shopping centre. They were all unaware that Jazz watched the whole thing from the outside window.
"I sure hope the mall's insured" Tucker said as rubbed his neck.
"Great! He got away again" Dayla said and then Danny added, "Another ringing endorsement for the town's screw-ups"
Before Sam and Tucker could say anything, they both flew off and headed for home. Later that night, Danny and Dayla were in the kitchen just staring at their dinner, they were so miserable that they couldn't even eat, Jazz came in and just stared at them. Danny and Dayla looked up to notice, but Jazz didn't stop staring.
"What?" Dayla asked with a bit of annoyance.
"Nothing" Jazz simply answered. She then walked up to them and examined them both, suddenly she just pinched Danny on the arm.
"What?" Danny asked while rubbing his arm.
"Nothing. So um listen, I know I've been kind of hard on you both, but you know I think you two are great right?" Jazz asked.
"Yeah right. That's not we hear" Danny answered bitterly.
"Well you both heard wrong. Look I know that you two think I'm pushy and a know it all, I know you both think I can be a jerk sometimes…" Jazz said and then paused as she noticed them both smirk for her to continue.
"You know you two can stop me at any time" Jazz said and then they both answered in unison, "I know"
Their smirks dropped as Jazz continued, "All I'm saying is I'm your sister and I care about two and even though you don't think I'll understand, you both can talk to me about anything"
Danny and Dayla then both looked down ashamed, they were about to say something when they heard an explosion coming from the living room. They all ran to the counter to see what happened, they saw a now completely destroyed television and Jack and Maddie standing there with the Fenton Peeler.
"I'm just saying if we could find that ghost at Jazz's school, we could've peeled that ghost like an onion" Jack said.
"Well we can't completely vaporise it. Don't you want to at least examine the remains?" Maddie asked.
Danny and Dawn then cringed in fear and walked away from the counter, Dayla then said, "I don't really feel like talking about it"
"Same here Jazz" Danny then said.
"Yeah I'd imagine not" Jazz said and gave them both smiles.
She then walked up to them and kissed them both on the back of their heads, she then left the kitchen. Danny and Dayla gave her a smile, but then both went wide eyed and exclaimed, "OH GROSS!"
The next day Danny, Dayla, Sam and Tucker were at the lockers. Something was definitely different about the school, it now seemed that all the students were all miserable. Even the popular kids were down with misery.
"Is it me? Or is this the worst Spirit Week in the history of Casper High Spirit Weeks?" Sam asked as she gestured to everyone around them.
"And to make it worse, we're all going to have to sit through Jazz's idiotic speech when she tries to put the 'I' back in spirit! Or some other nonsense" Danny said, they all then noticed Jazz walking down the hall looking very happy. Danny then asked, "What the heck is she so happy about?"
"I guess she's just full of school spirit" Dayla said.
"I have no clue. I'm usually the sour one here, but compared to everyone else I'm the Goth bird of happiness" Sam said with a smile.
"Me too! And we're the only ones who haven't had a session with Dr Spectra" Tucker then said smiling as well.
Danny's and Dayla's eyes widened. Danny then said as he grabbed Tucker's PDA, "Tuck let us see something"
Danny pulled up the image of him and Dayla in the costumes, Tucker then said in embarrassment, "I was gonna delete that"
"Glad you didn't. Take a look at this, Dayla and I kept thinking we were seeing our breaths, that is was cold. But what if that's our ghost senses?" Danny said while looking at the picture closely.
"And come to think of it, everyone started to feel miserable as soon as Spectra started talking to them. So what if Spectra is somehow making people more miserable? What if she's a ghost?" Dayla asked.
"Only one way to find out" Sam said.
A few minutes later, Sam and Tucker came out of Spectra's office looking really depressed.
"I hate my life" Tucker said and then Sam said, "I hate your life more"
Spectra then exclaimed, "Bye-bye! And remember there's only an 'I' in misery if you spell it that way!"
She then shut the door, unaware that an invisible Danny and Dayla phased into her office. They noticed she had wrinkles on her face but as soon as she inhaled the green mist surrounding her, the wrinkles disappeared.
She sighed in satisfaction and sat leaned on her desk. She then said, "Man that's good! I'm gonna miss these kids, their a waterfall of misery"
Suddenly the green ghost that Danny and Dayla had been fighting recently had appeared in the room.
"There you are. Did you hook up the device?" Spectra asked.
"Of course and when the spirit sparklers vaporize the only chipper kid left in the entire school, there'll be enough misery and anguish in that room to keep us looking young forever!" The ghost answered, it transformed to reveal that all along it was her assistant Bertrand.
The bell suddenly rang and Spectra then said, "Well there's the bell. Let's go hear a speech and bum so more kids out"
They both then disappeared out of the room, leaving Danny and Dayla alone in the room. Jazz was in danger! Spectra and Bertrand walked down the halls, Bertrand was in his human disguise.
"After we destroy everything, you up for a cappuccino?" Bertrand asked.
"Oh that's a marvellous idea" Spectra answered, but then suddenly Bertrand was blasted away by two ecto-blasts.
She turned around to see Danny and Dayla in their ghost forms, floating in front of them and giving them both glares. Danny had a Fenton Thermos strapped to his back, ready to use when the time was right.
"We figured out finally. You feed on misery don't you?" Danny asked.
Spectra then pretended to be innocent and asked, "I'm sorry. Can I help you two?"
"No I'm sure you can't. You can't help anyone except yourself" Dayla answered, which earned her a smirk from Spectra.
She charged at them to try and grab them both, but they flew out of the way and floated behind her. Spectra turned around and continued to smirk, Bertrand stood up and got ready to fight when ready. Dayla turned around to face Bertrand, while Danny faced Spectra.
"You find that one thing a kid is most afraid of. Their future, their looks, their confidence and you pick at it and pick at it while your snippy little ghost assistant feeds on it!" Danny exclaimed.
"HEY!" Bertrand exclaimed offended by his remark.
Spectra clapped at them and said, "Very good you two" her eyes then turned a pupil-less red and then she continued, "But I'm afraid you both missed a few details"
She suddenly was surrounded by a cloud of mist and then she transformed into her true form, some sort of black shadow like ghost. She grinned at them with a wide grin and charged at them both, they both screamed in fright and then Danny was suddenly tackled by Bertrand in his lion form, who then phased him out of the building. Spectra grabbed onto Dayla in a tight hold and phased her out the building as well.
Meanwhile in the assembly hall, Jazz had finished her speech but still no-one was full of spirit. Mr Lancer tried to get them to cheer, but it was no use as they all remained quiet and miserable so with a frown on his face, he started the domino chain. Back outside Danny was pinned against the tree by Bertrand, Spectra kept her hold on Dayla and continued to drain her misery and made her watch Danny and Bertrand. Dayla looked down and gasped, feeling really scared for Danny and felt herself getting weaker and weaker from Spectra's hold, she tried with all her might to escape but it was no use.
"You two thought you were going to stop us! YOU! You're both just frightened little kids!" Bertrand exclaimed.
He then raised his paw and was about to strike at Danny, but he managed to make himself intangible and phase through the tree just as his claw came down which caused him to instead scratch the tree. He looked around to find the boy, but Danny then came out of the ground and gave him a hard punch, sending him flying away. Spectra then grabbed him in a headlock and flew them both over to one of the windows at the gymnasium, Danny immediately felt her powers draining his misery.
"LET US GO!" Danny and Dayla demanded in unison.
"Why would I do that? Both your doubts and misery, it's delicious!" Spectra exclaimed, they all looked through the window and watched the dominos continue to fall as she continued, "And the best part is as soon as that silly speech is over and that last domino falls and the sparklers vaporize the speaker, we'll leave you both here to take the blame! And by the time I'm done with you two, you both will be convinced that it entirely both your faults!"
"Man I am so tired of you dumping on us…" Danny began and then Dayla continued, "And I am so tired of dumping on ourselves"
They both then looked at Jazz and Dayla said, "But Jazz never did that, even when we were mad at her"
They both then exclaimed in unison, "And we won't let her DOWN!"
They both suddenly felt stronger and managed to blast Spectra off them, they both then faced her as she flew back. She then called, "Bertrand, SICK THEM!"
Bertrand came back in his lion form, he then jumped up and transformed again but this time into a ninja. Danny and Dayla both gave him looks that said 'Really?' as he landed on the tree branch. He pulled out a nunchaku and did some fancy moves with it.
"We so don't have time for this" Danny said and then opened the thermos and pointed it at him.
With one final scream, Bertrand was sucked into the thermos and Danny capped the lid back on, he then turned around and smirked at Spectra while shaking it.
Spectra then charged at them in anger and yelled, "YOUR BOTH THROUGH!"
They both dodged out of the way and then Dayla grabbed her by her spectral tail and exclaimed, "And you're done telling us what to do!"
She pulled her back and threw her straight into a rubbish bin, they both smiled but then gasped and exclaimed, "JAZZ!"
They both turned invisible and intangible and flew right into the gymnasium and grabbed her out of the way just as the spirit sparklers blasted at the stage, destroying the podium. They both phased her into the storage room and put her down as they turned visible and tangible, she looked at them in shock that they had just saved her from being killed by the sparklers and they both gave her a smile.
They both were suddenly grabbed by Spectra and pinned to the wall in another part of the storage room, Danny pulled out the thermos to suck her in but she swatted it away and began to work her magic.
"Look at you two! What are you both anyway? Ghosts trying to fit in with humans? Or some creepy little kids with creepy little powers?" Spectra asked evilly, unaware that Jazz was watching and glared at her angrily at what she was trying to do.
"Both! Uh neither! We don't know!" They both answered unsurely, as they both felt her powers working.
"You're both freaks! Not ghosts! Not kids! Who cares for a couple of things like you?!" Spectra exclaimed as she dropped them and floated in front of them.
They all then heard Jazz say, "Excuse me? I don't know these kids, but I hope it's okay if they get a second opinion"
They all watched as she pulled out the Fenton Peeler and push the button, in a matter of seconds she was dressed up in a metal battle suit just like Jack was, only hers wasn't as big.
"This is weird!" Jazz exclaimed as it finished.
She then pointed the gun part and blasted it at Spectra, who then screamed in pain as she felt herself peeling away. Danny and Dayla cringed as she became older and older, until all that was left was a wrinkled old lady in front of them.
"Talk about having nothing within" Danny and Dayla both said in unison.
Spectra looked at herself and screamed in defeat, she then screamed out, "NOO! I AM NOTHING WITHOUT MY YOUTH!"
Dayla then opened the cap of the thermos and sucked her in, she then put the lid on and Danny and Dayla both felt all the misery they were feeling over the past few days disappear. Jazz deactivated the suit and it went back to being the hand held device.
"Hey it worked! But it's still weird" Jazz said and then walked up to Danny and Dayla.
They both cringed in fright and stuttered a little bit, Jazz smiled at them and then realised what they were afraid of.
"AGHHH! GHOSTS!" Jazz faked screamed and the faked running off in fright, she then stopped at the door and added, "You both better go"
She then left and hid behind the door, she watched them sigh in relief and then fly off. She smiled and said, "They can tell me when they're both ready"
Mr Lancer then came running in the room in excitement and said, "Miss Fenton, your needed"
Both of them then walked back into the gymnasium and heard all the students cheering out her name, "JAZZ! JAZZ! JAZZ! JAZZ! JAZZ!"
"Hey she's okay!" Tucker exclaimed in excitement.
"Everyone's mood has lifted as though some gloomy malevolence has been shooed away! Your disappearing act worked marvellously, they've got their spirit back" Mr Lancer said.
Jazz looked up and saw Danny and Dayla sitting next to Sam and Tucker, the both smiled at their older sister and waved to her. She waved at them back and said, "They're not the only ones Mr Lancer. They're not the only ones"
Later that night, Jazz watched from her window as Danny and Dayla flew in the air with blissful looks on their faces. After all the drama that happened in the past couple of days, they were finally feeling like their old selves. Jazz continued to watch and gave them both smiles, she was so proud of who they are and she would continue to do that and help them the best way she can.
THE END
NEXT TIME ON THE PHANTOM TWINS
Have Danny and Dayla got a new pet? A ghost dog named Cujo keeps following them around but is also looking for something, which causes a disaster to one of the A-listers Valerie Gray! Plus is there a new ghost hunter in town? What is the dog looking for?
Find out next time on The Phantom Twins: Shades of Gray