The moment Maddie had revealed that it was Jazz's team in trouble, the room temperature dropped so low that ice crystals began to form on the windows. Six pairs of nervous eyes all found Danny's and they all took a small step back when they had blazed green. All of a sudden, various objects in the classroom acquired a green aura and began to float in the air. The next thing Dash knew, Danny was right up in front of him, his eyes filled with energy.
"You have exactly ten seconds to tell me what's going on Dash." He said in a dark tone, causing shivers to run down the spines of everyone in the room.
"We shoot up flares to signal back here." Dash said, who suddenly felt like a small boy in front of this dangerous Danny. "Green is good, red is bad."
"How bad is 'bad'?" Danny demanded as more objects began to levitate.
"It means they're in danger and request immediate backup." Maddie said when Dash seemed unable to answer the powerful teen in front of him. Danny took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, closing his eyes; the room temperature began to return to normal and the levitating objects floated back down and lost their green aura.
"Claremont Street?" Danny asked, his eyes still closed.
"Yes?" Dash responded, not sure where Danny was going with this. Without acknowledging Dash, Danny bent his legs slightly and launched himself upwards, turning intangible before he collided with the ceiling. Danny flew out of the school and through the shield; once through, Danny turned ghost, feeling the familiar rings pass up and down his body, transforming him in Phantom. His hazmat suit hadn't changed and the cloak had remained the same colour. The only thing which changed was the blue clasp which held it together; it was now radioactive green, matching his eye colour. Turning in the right direction, Danny morphed his legs into a spectral tail and flew at full speed towards the warehouses. He knew the way well enough as many of his encounters with the Box Ghost took place in, and around, that particular area. He made it to the area in record breaking time, and Danny wish he hadn't. The surrounding area looked like a warzone; shops were looted, cars were burned out and rubble was everywhere. And then Danny saw the warehouses; they appeared to have fared better than the streets, with only the upper windows having been smashed. What worried Danny was the fact that the entire area was crawling with, what Jack had called, 'Rotters'. They littered the streets, aimlessly wandering around as if having no real purpose. Turning invisible so not to gain any unwanted attention, Danny continued flying down the street until he found the warehouse at the beginning of Claremont Street. Between the masses of walking bodies, Danny could just about make out the burned out remains of red flares on the street. Realising it would be suicide to get the team out through the front, Danny flew over the top of the warehouse to see that there were only about ten of them in the area; all banging on the heavy metal doors at the bottom of the ramp where trucks would deliver and pick up cargo, determined to gain access to those trapped inside. Over the banging, Danny could just about make out frantic voices as they barricaded themselves in; doing anything and everything to put as many obstacles between them and the things trying to attack them. Landing softly behind the determined things, Danny used his ice powers to create a barrier of ice in front of the only access point to the cargo bay at the top of the ramp so he wouldn't gain any unwanted extras. Nodding, Danny turned and whistled sharply, causing all ten heads to whip around to face the teen. Danny snickered when one of them did it too forcefully; their neck cracked viciously as it rotated further than any human neck should and lolled on its shoulder. It seemed not to notice the normally lethal injury; its eyes were still fixed on Danny, as were all the others. All ten were at various stages of decomposition. Some were considerably worse than others with multiple appendages missing, rotting flesh and blood seeping from their mouths. Thinking quickly, Danny decided that he didn't want to take them all on in hand to hand combat like he had done in the shopping centre and so he began to concentrate, his arms outstretched. Just as they began to stumble towards the teen, they suddenly found themselves surrounded in a green aura and no longer touching the ground. Danny flung his arms behind him, and the things flew behind him and hit the barrier made of ice. Now that he was in Phantom form, Danny had more control over his telekinesis; keeping the things in place, Danny concentrated on the barrier itself, which began to engulf its captives in ice until only their heads were visible. Happy that he handled the situation quickly and cleanly, Danny turned his attention back to the closed gate, where the voices and knocking around had ceased.
Walking up to the gate, Danny was suddenly unsure what he should do next. He didn't think just phasing through the gate would do anything for their nerves, so he did the next best thing; he used his telekinesis to raise the gate slowly. When it was about seven foot off the ground, Danny stopped, noticing that various bits of metal and wooden crates had been stacked up against it, but he couldn't detect any movement from within the warehouse.
"Hello?" Danny called out, stepping up to the crudely made barrier. "Anyone in there? Jazz?" Danny waited for a few moments until he heard slight scuffling from inside.
"You from the school?" A male voice called out, one Danny didn't recognise.
"Yes." Danny responded. "They said something about red flares and so here I am."
"You got here quick." Came another voice.
"I took a shortcut." Said Danny, getting frustrated why no one was stepping forwards.
"You mean there's only one of you?" Came a third voice, female this time, sounding sceptical. "What kind of rescue is that?"
"One is all it took." Danny said exasperatedly. "Now are you going to get out of here with me, or are you going to stay like a bunch of fruitloops?" As soon as Danny said that, he heard a small squeak from inside; moments later, Danny could make out someone edging closer to the opening. When the moonlight streaming through the broken windows lit up a pony tail of red hair, it was Danny's turn to gasp.
"Jazz." Danny said breathlessly, as his sister's face came into view between the gaps in the crates.
"Danny?" She asked, hardly believing it. "Is that you?" In response, Danny levitated their makeshift barrier over to one side of the warehouse. Then, as he lowered his hood, he felt the white rings appear at his waist and travel in both directions as Phantom became Fenton. Jazz just stood there, mouth fully agape as she took in the sight of her not-so-baby brother in front of her.
"It's me Jazz." Danny said, rushing forwards to embrace his sister.
"I'm so glad you're ok." Jazz said, tears beginning to form in the corner of her eyes, not caring who was watching. "I didn't know if I was going to see you again."
"Yeah," Danny laughed. "I didn't know I was going to be gone for so long. I know that I'm a bit late."
Jazz laughed. "You can say that again."
"Jazz?" Came a voice from behind the hugging siblings. "We all good."
"Yeah Ralph." Jazz said, breaking away from Danny. "We're all good. Let's get out of here; there was nothing here anyway."
"And just how do you propose we do that?" Another person said, walking forwards. Danny recognised it as the girl who sounded sceptical about him earlier. Jazz gave her brother a knowing smile.
"Oh, I'm sure we can think of something." Jazz said, before turning back to her brother. "Is it safe out there on the ramp?"
"About as safe as it's going to get around here." Danny said.
"Alright guys," Jazz started, as the rest of her team came into view, making a grand total of five including Jazz. "Let's file out." Once Danny and Jazz's R&R team left the warehouse and saw the ice barrier where there were ten captive things, all but Danny's jaws hit the ground.
"You took care of ten at once?" Jazz said, shocked after she counted them all.
"Yes?"
"Dude, that's awesome." Exclaimed a different member of Jazz's team. "They're ridiculously fast when they want to be." The one that was called Ralph stepped forward and inspected the ice wall, but from a safe distance. He, so unlike a citizen of Amity Park, put two and two together.
"You're Phantom, aren't you?" He asked Danny, his eyes narrowed. To answer him, Danny changed into Phantom, feeling the familiar rings once again.
"Yes." Danny said. "But you can call me Danny." Ralph regarded him with cold eyes.
"Phantom's fine." He said, before walking over to the girl who had answered Danny before. Danny had been preparing himself for such resentment ever since Dash told him he should expect it, but to have it done to his face was enough make Danny falter. If this had been a film, the sound of crickets would have been heard, or tumbleweed would have crossed their paths as a result of the stifling and uncomfortable silence. Inevitably, the silence was broken as more of the walking things had reached the ice barrier and began banging on it, enticing the captive ones to start growling at the six people stood before them. Soon, they had covered the entire barrier.
"Well that screws up our escape route." Said the guy who praised Danny.
"So how do we get out of here now, Phantom?" Said the female, who was now glaring at the teen.
"Leave it out Holly." Jazz said, a hint of venom in her voice, angered at how she was treating her brother. She then edged a bit closer to Danny. "You do have a plan, don't you Danny?"
Danny nodded. "I do. Though I was hoping not to use it."
"What do you mean?" She asked worriedly.
"You'll find out when we get back to the school." Danny said in a resigned voice, before turning to face everyone, three out of five of them giving him cold looks. "Everyone, grip onto my arm and don't let go."
"Why should we do that?" Said the final member of the team whom Danny hadn't heard from yet.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Danny said sarcastically, still hurt from the way he had been spoken to previously. "I didn't realise you wanted to stay here and play with your new friends. For all of those who want to leave and not end up as something's plaything, you will get over here now and grab my arm." Danny's tone was enough to put everyone on edge, including Jazz.
I had no idea he could sound so dangerous, she thought to herself as she placed her hand on Danny's shoulder. One by one, members of her team gathered closer and each placed a hand, albeit grudgingly in some cases, on Danny's outstretched arms.
"You're going to want to hold tighter than that." Danny said, when he felt that some of the hands on him were tentative. "Come on, tighter. I'm not sure what will happen to you if you let go midway, but I'm sure it won't be pleasant." He didn't even say it in a threatening way, but there was something about his words which spurned everyone to grip Danny's arms as tightly as possible. When he was positive that everyone was holding on firmly, Danny closed his eyes and began to concentrate.
"Everybody take a deep breath." He said calmly; energy began to charge around Danny's body, causing every one of his nerve endings to tingle. When Danny released it, all six of them disappeared in a shroud of green smoke.
A split second later, the six them reappeared just inside the school, right in front of the main doors to the school. The moment their feet hit the corridor floor, they all released Danny's arm, doubling over as they suddenly became nauseated.
"Just take deep breaths." Danny said, who appeared not to be affected by the teleporting. "It will pass quickly." Without even looking at him, three of the five members of the group just stumbled down the corridor and disappeared from sight without saying a word.
"You're welcome." Danny mumbled, as he watched them turn the corner, leaving them alone.
"Don't take any notice of them." Said the guy who had praised Danny before. "They've all got younger siblings to take care of. Some of their parents never made it when we took the school, so they've had to take up a guardian role. I'm Trent, by the way."
"Danny." Danny said, holding out his hand to shake Trent's, but his mind was focussed on Ralph, Holly and the other guy. He now understood why they had given him the cold-shoulder, but that didn't make it any easier for him. Noticing this, Jazz took Danny's arm and led him down the corridor.
"Come on Danny." She said gently. "Let's go find Mom and Dad. They'll want to know we're back. You've also got a lot of explaining to do." They bade farewell to Trent at the end of the corridor; Trent went left and the siblings went right towards the Chemistry classrooms. Walking in, they barely made it five steps before they were launched upon by their parents.
"Thank goodness you're alright Jazzy-Pants." Jack said, lifting his daughter into a bone-crushing hug with ease.
"We knew you'd rescue her Danny." Maddie said, gripping her son almost as strongly as Jack holding his daughter. They stayed like that until Maddie started shivering. "Umm, honey? Would you mind er, changing back? You're freezing when you're in your Phantom form."
Danny chuckled slightly. "Sorry. I forgot." With that, he changed back into Fenton. It was then that Danny collapsed slightly as the events of the past twenty fours hour caught up to him.
"Danny?" Maddie asked fearfully. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine Mom." Danny said. "I just need to sit down."
"What's wrong Danny-Boy?" Jack asked, having released a very thankful and sore Jazz.
"It's nothing Dad, really." Danny assured Jack. "I just haven't had much rest in a while. I came straight from a twenty hour training session in the Ghost Zone, to here, expecting to collapse on my bed and sleep for a week. Instead, I end up rescuing Joan and Ellie and fought off a few of those things wandering around. Then straight to here where I used my telekinesis in human form. Then flying at full speed and using even more telekinesis but ice powers at the same time. But what really topped it off was teleporting after all that. To be honest, I was expecting to be out for the count when I changed back into Fenton."
"My poor ba-." Maddie started, stroking her fingers through Danny's hair, before being interrupted by Jack.
"You teleported?" He asked excitedly, practically bouncing on his one leg. "Man that's cool. Can you do it again son?" Danny couldn't help but laugh.
"Ask me tomorrow." Danny said smiling, making his way over to one of the desks and sitting down. "If I do it again now without resting first, I reckon I'll be unconscious for hours. Teleporting is still fairly new for me at the moment."
"Yeah, easy Dad." Jazz said, walking over as well and pulling up a seat next to her brother. "Besides, Danny should refrain from using his powers for now because we're not letting him leave until he tells us what happened in the Ghost Zone. With all the details." Danny exhaled deeply and glanced at the clock situated above the door to the classroom; it read quarter past one in the morning.
He looked to Maddie. "Is there any hot chocolate around here? I have a feeling it's going to be a long night."
Ten minutes later, the Fenton family were sat around one of the desks, each nursing a hot drink in their hands.
"I guess I should start when I stepped through the portal?" Danny asked.
"That would be best honey." Maddie said.
"Well it turns out, the portal Clockwork created for me put me right outside the Citadel of the Ancients."
"Wow." Jazz said breathlessly. "That sounds amazing. I don't even know what it is but it sounds amazing."
"It was Jazz." Danny said. "Think of the Amphitheatre in Rome, combined with the Parthenon in Athens. There were obelisks; hundreds of them, surrounding the Citadel, so tall it looked as if they were touching the sky. Each of them were made of different materials; some were made of stone, others were made of metal and some were made of materials that probably don't exist in the Human Realm. It seems, despite many ghosts thinking humans as inferior to them, they are obsessed with our Ancient History and its architecture."
"That sounds incredible." Maddie said, awe in her voice.
"Do they have any significant meaning behind them?" Jazz asked, her fascination with ancient architecture coming through.
"Each obelisk is dedicated to a ghost who has proven himself beyond all measure." Danny said hurriedly. "Anyway, once inside-."
"Hang on, wait a second." Jazz interrupted, not missing the speed in which he had said that last part. Danny tried to keep his face stoic as she began to scrutinise it. Her eyes then suddenly widened. "You've got one, haven't you?" Danny groaned as Maddie clapped her hands to her mouth, whereas Jack started cheering.
"My son's got an obelisk!" He shouted, not caring that people were probably trying to sleep elsewhere in the school.
"Well, actually Dad," Danny began, rubbing the back of his neck. "I have two." Jack stopped mid-chant to stare at his son, as were his mother and sister, before continuing his chant.
"My son's got two obelisks!"
"Why do you have two Danny?" Jazz asked, as Maddie tried to calm Jack down who begun waving his staff around.
"One for defeating Pariah Dark, and one for the whole Disasteroid thing." Danny said, but Jazz saw that he was holding something back.
"You expected to see three, didn't you?" She whispered so that their parents didn't overhear them. Danny nodded. "Clockwork explained to me when I asked about it. Turns out, no one outside of Clockwork and the Observants know anything about what happened with Dan. They thought it best that no one should know about him, otherwise I would be an even larger target than I already am."
"Therefore having an obelisk to commemorate it would blow the whistle on it." Jazz said, putting two and two together.
"Exactly." Danny said.
"What are yours made out of Danny?" Maddie said, entering the conversation, having succeeded in calming down Jack.
"Ecto-ice." Danny replied. "Frostbite took it upon himself to design and make mine. I'll make some replicas for you in the morning. I don't really want to run any risk of falling asleep when I need answers from you three, as well as you want answers from me."
"Fair enough." Jazz said. "So carry on. What happened once you were inside?"
"It was basically the same as being awarded by the President." Danny said. "Only the entire area was filled to bursting point of ghosts. My senses were also in overdrive, so every time I heard them shuffle around in their seats, I thought they were going to attack me."
"Sounds pretty intense." Jack said.
"It was." Danny admitted. "But so were the Ancients. You could literally feel the power they had radiating off of them. It was amazing that, despite having seven of them stood there, the entire building didn't blow up."
"So what did they give you?" Jack asked excitedly.
Danny chuckled, and pointed to the jewel which held his cloak together. "Basically the same deal as with the medal. Something just to show that I had been honoured."
"I did notice that it changes colour depending on what form you're in?" Queried Maddie.
"Yeah. No one explained it to me, but I think that it's made of some kind of mineral ectoplasm. So when I change, the ectoplasm in me interacts with the jewel and changes the colour."
"I take it they gave you the cloak as well?" Guessed Jazz.
"Yeah," Danny said, rubbing the back of his neck. "The jewel is a symbol of honour and bravery, but the cloak is a symbol of power."
"Power?" Maddie asked, now paying full attention to Danny's cloak.
"When you're a ghost, and you have some sort of cloak or cape, it symbolises that you are more powerful than most ghosts." Danny explained. "Clockwork, the Observers, the Ancients, Fright Knight, Vlad and Undergrowth all have cloaks or capes. Hence why they're more powerful and more difficult to beat." Danny noticed when Jack and Maddie flinched at the mention of Vlad's name, but he overlooked it.
"So does this mean that you're more powerful now because of the cloak, or you were powerful enough to receive it?" Jazz asked.
"Powerful enough to receive it." Danny said. "And it looks like I'm growing more powerful as time goes by, which explains the new powers I'm getting."
"That's right." Maddie said, pushing her hatred for Vlad deep down. "You went to train your telekinesis."
"That, among other things."
"What other powers have you got Danny-Boy?" Jack asked, his levels of excitement growing once again, the mentioning of his previous college best friend being purged from his mind.
"Telekinesis and teleporting, obviously. Although teleporting was the last one I learned and it still drains me every time I use it. Not as much as my Wail, but enough to hinder me when used too much." Danny said. "I finally perfected duplication, so no more extra heads for me. Frostbite spent some time with me and taught me to use my ice powers with more finesse. This has allowed me to combine my ice powers with my accelerated healing rate, meaning I can transfer some of that power to others; effectively, I can heal people. Also, after two months of gruelling training, all my current powers have increased tenfold; basically, I'm faster, stronger, my senses have sharpened and can manipulate ectoplasm far more easily." Danny drained the rest of his drink as he watched his family's faces drop at what he had just told them. After a while, Maddie finally brought herself together to speak again.
"Do you think we can test you Danny?" She asked. "I'd like to see how much you've improved by."
"That's fine Mom." Danny chuckled, who couldn't help but smile at the scientist coming through. "But now, I think it's time I got some answers. So who wants to go first?" His parents and Jazz gave each other a look, before Jazz looked back at the clock again; it read just before two in the morning.
"We're going to need some more drinks." She said, draining the rest of hers too.
"I suppose we should start at how long you've been gone." Maddie said, giving her son a sad look.
"Please." Danny begged, desperate to know. "I know I've been gone longer than two months. There's no way all this could have happened in such a short amount of time."
"You're right, and wrong son." Jack said, his excited face now replaced with one of sadness. "It has been longer than two months, but whatever this thing is, it happened far quicker than any of us could have imagined possible."
"How long?" Danny asked again.
"A year." Maddie said; Danny's jaw dropped. "Thirteen months to be exact." Once again, Danny had braced himself, but he was still knocked back a bit at this revelation. It took him a while to find his voice.
"What happened?" He finally asked.
"It all started about the week before you were due to return." Jazz started. "There were reported incidences of people violently attacking each other in California. No one really gave it a second thought, until the reports then said that people were killing each other, and then eating them."
"Eating them?" Asked a disgusted Danny.
"If only that were the worst part." Jack said, glancing at his amputated leg. That's when Danny realised why they had taken off his leg once he had been bitten.
"You become one of them when they bite you, don't you?" Danny asked, suddenly understanding. "That's why you did what you did."
"Yes." Said Maddie, as she remembered that awful night when they had to tie Jack down and cut his leg off. The screams had lasted for hours. "We weren't ready to lose your father just yet, so we took drastic measures."
I'm glad it worked, Danny thought, looking at Jack. "What happened next?"
"California all of a sudden went dark. No news, no announcements; the entire country began to get nervous. Next thing we knew, there were the same reported incidences in Oregon, Nevada and Arizona. People attacking each other in the streets, families killing each other and neighbours eating one another."
"Now, Geography wasn't my best subject," started Danny, struggling to remember where the fifty states were. "But I'm pretty sure all three of those border California."
"You're right." Confirmed Jazz. "But within a month, those three states had gone dark too. Then the states bordering them began to exhibit the same occurrences. That's when we figured out that, whatever was happening, was the result of some kind of pathogen or contagion."
"That's when the country began to panic." Jack said. "States began to close themselves off, out of fear of whatever this was. There was looting, mass hysteria and many deaths, but not due to this infection."
"Mankind's darkest moment." Maddie said.
"Anyway," Jazz began again. "More and more people were beginning to turn. Despite States sealing themselves off, it wasn't enough. Soon, it was everywhere. By the time the UN tried to quarantine the US, it was too late. The infection had got on planes and boats, and soon there were reports of these events all across the world. It became a pandemic."
"But how did you guys survive?" Danny asked, trying to process everything he had been told. "And how do you know so much?"
"We had more time to prepare than other places." Maddie said. "But it wasn't enough. Many people had fled when we got our first taste of this infection. Out of desperation, we activated our home Ghost Shield when they became frequent sightings, like what we did when that skeleton army invaded a few years back. But to our amazement, the things were repelled by it. Almost like they were being electrocuted by touching it."
I know the feeling, Danny thought.
"This led us to hypothesise that whatever the origins of this infection was, it contained trace amounts of ectoplasm." Jazz said. "That's why they were affected by the Ghost Shield."
"But there was a hitch." Jack said. "When we tried to expand it over the entire town, they found it easier to get through, so we had to limit its radius quite drastically."
"Because of that, many people began to flock here for protection, but we soon came to the conclusion that our house wasn't big enough. We contemplated going into the Ghost Zone as a place of sanctuary, but the portal closed itself off from us." Maddie said.
"What do you mean?" Danny asked. "How can it do that?"
"We spent a month trying to figure that out, but to no avail." Jack said. "Natural portals ceased to occur; we even sent a group up to Vlad's to see if his portal was the same. Needless to say, it was."
"By this point, the house was at bursting point." Jazz said. "So someone had the idea of using the school. It's large so it has plenty of space for those who remained in Amity, and for those seek refuge."
"It was hard work, but we managed to secure the school, moved all of our equipment and made it safe." Maddie said. "We've been here four months now."
"How did you know about the UN and its quarantine plan though?" Danny asked. "I thought you said States were going dark?"
"When we found out that Ghost Shields worked in repelling them," began Maddie. "We managed to get word to Washington D.C. and told them about it. They immediately sent a convoy over to collect one for themselves. In return, they send us monthly reports by radio. I think there are about twenty five cities across the East Coast which has working Ghost Shields." Danny just sat there, nursing his long since cold drink; his family feared that they had overloaded him with information.
"How is light?" He suddenly asked.
"What do you mean honey?" Maddie asked.
Danny looked up. "The power grid should have given out ages ago, so how do you have electricity?"
"Ectoplasm Danny-Boy." Jack said. "It has amazing energy-like qualities when tweaked. A quart can give us enough fuel to last us six months."
"But you said the portals are closed?" Danny asked, confused. "So how do you replenish your supplies?"
"We get donations every few months." Maddie said, suddenly becoming uncomfortable. Danny all of a sudden became very angry.
"I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and hope that you haven't got a captured ghost here and are taking its ectoplasm." He said, his jaw clenched.
"No no no." Jazz said hurriedly. "Nothing like that Danny. Before the portals closed, some ghosts were left stranded on this side. We've joined forces, albeit reluctantly, with them. But there have been some issues."
"What issues?" Danny asked, his anger changing to concern.
"There are quite a few people here who don't trust them, as they too worked out that the things out there are repelled by the shield." Jazz said. It dawned on Danny.
"So they know ectoplasm was a part of it, therefore they blame the ghosts." Danny said, receiving nods from his family.
"Though none of us think that sweetie." Maddie said, hoping not to anger her son again. "We know they have nothing to do with it. Others just need a bit more convincing."
Danny took a deep breath. "Sorry, I didn't mean to get angry with you. It's just another reason for people to hate me around here."
"It's perfectly understandable son." Jack said. "Like we said, it's only a few people who don't trust them. Um, but there are quite a few, um, people who don't trust you."
"Yeah," Danny said. "Dash told me as such. Looks like my stay here will be interesting."
"Come on Danny," began Jazz. "Let's get you some rest. It's been quite a day. We'll talk more when you wake up later." Nodding, Danny got to his feet, bade goodnight to his parents, and allowed Jazz to lead him out of the Chemistry classroom. At this time of the morning, the corridors were dead, so Danny didn't have to worry about any uncomfortable or awkward meetings. Danny was so wrapped up in his thoughts at everything he had just been told, he scarcely registered walking into his old English classroom; it contained three sleeping bags and a random assortment of weapons and clothes.
"Typical that you would choose an English room to be a bedroom." Chuckled Danny, earning a light-hearted punch from Jazz.
"Shut up," she laughed, reaching into the closet where supplies are usually kept; instead, she brought out another sleeping bag and threw it to Danny. "Mom and Dad like it too, despite hardly sleeping in here. They tend to work through the night and fall asleep at their workstations. Now get some rest little brother. Tomorrow, we set you to work."
"Sounds like fun," Danny said, climbing into his sleeping bag. Using his telekinesis, he turned off the light switch, earning a scoff from his sister.
"Show off." She said, chuckling slightly.
"Nah, just lazy." Danny said. Then a thought came to his mind. "Hey Jazz?"
"Yes Danny?" Jazz replied sleepily.
"Who was it that had the idea of using the school?" He asked; he was answered only with silence. "Jazz?" Once again, silence.
"Has anyone mentioned the football field yet?" She asked, her voice quivering ever so slightly.
"Yeah," Danny replied, worried about his sister's sudden change in tone. "Dash said something about how I should have a look when I get the chance. Why? What's down there?"
"Just, go down there when you can." Was all she said, before turning over, effectively ending the conversation. Danny turned away from his sister and looked out the window; now that the lights were off, Danny could see that the Ghost Shield was radiating a light green glow which dimly lit the classroom. Danny couldn't help but be reminded by the Ghost Zone. The last thing Danny remembered before he succumbed to sleep, were the quiet tears of his sister.
I know in the show, it is never very clear as to where Amity Park is; only that it is near Wisconsin. So for the sake of this story, Amity Park is in Illinois, therefore being closer to Washington D.C. than California. Once again, I hope you enjoyed this latest chapter and continue to read on. Until next time.
Lord Pugsy.