Okay, here it is. Yeah, not much else to say here
-Obi
Chapter 9
"My help? What did you guys do this time?" Danny asked.
"We need help finding and capturing this man." O said. He held up a photo of a man in his 30's. He was rough shaven with an uneven, Joe Boxer type nose. He had brown hair and purple eyes. His arms were lined with tatoos, and the sleeves ripped off his prison jumpsuit.
"Why do you need my help? Isn't this a standard 'You do a massive manhunt and capture him' sort of thing?" Danny asked. He already knew it wasn't that simple, or else they wouldn't be coming to him. What it was, though, was an even bigger surprise.
"No, it isn't that simple. You see, he has ghost powers," M replied.
"What!!!" Danny screamed. The heads of Sam, David, and Daniel all turned at the outburst.
"We were experimenting with ectoplasmic DNA. We thought we could replicate what happened to you. Unfortunately, he became too powerful and escaped our facility," M explained.
"Didn't you use a level three ghost shield?" Danny asked.
"A what?" O asked.
"Great. So now you have a prisoner turned halfa on the loose."
"There's more. We think we may have put in too much ectoplasmic DNA. We think it may be taking him over."
Danny hung his head at the stupidity of the government's so called "elite" ghost hunting team. "Fine, I'll help you. But only because when it has to do with ghosts, it's my problem. If it weren't for that fact, you guys would be on your own."
"So you are going to help us? Don't you have some sort of ghost hunting device?"
"Yes, I'm going to help you, and yes, I have something that'll work, and I'll get on it in the morning. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm trying to have dinner with my family." With that Danny slammed the door in their faces and went back into the dining room in disgust.
"What was that about?" Sam asked.
"It would seem the government has created their own halfa, using ectoplasmic DNA. And they put too much in, and it's taken control of him. David, do you know where the Booomerang is? And the Ghost Gauntlets?"
"Yeah Dad. I'll get them after dinner."
"Can I help?" Daniel asked in anticipation.
"No, you can't. You're too young to use the weapons, and you don't have your full ghost powers yet," Danny replied.
"I can too use the Fenton weapons! And my powers will be coming in any day now!" he argued.
"No means no. Now eat your dinner and then get in the lab, we have another lesson tonight." Danny had been teaching them about ghostly artifacts, powers, and people once a week for a few years now. It was a way of preparing them for what they would face when they came head to head with a ghost or ghosts. It had already been proven to work, because David had done relatively well his first time facing a ghost alone. Much better than Danny had his first time. David actually enjoyed it, while Daniel found it boring. "Tonight we're going to talk about ecto-plasmic fire," Danny told his sons.
David shoveled down his food and went down into the lab to look for the Booomerang and Gauntlets. Danny was finished soon after, and Daniel about ten minutes after that. Sam did the dishes while Danny did the lesson with the boys.
"Okay, so as I said, we're going to learn about ecto plasmic fire. Now, this is the second most dangerous substance to ghosts, can either of you tell me what the biggest threat is?" Danny asked.
"Ectoranium?" David answered in a question.
"Yeah. Now, ecto fire can affect both humans and ghosts. And you can not phase through it. Ecto fire will burn a ghost if it touches one no matter what, even if the ghost is intangible or anything else. But there is one way of making it through safely. If you create a ghost shield around yourself, you can pass through ectoplasmic fire unharmed, but only for a short while. The shield absorbs the fire, but won't hold for long. Quickly enough, the shield will break down, and if you are still in the fire, it will get to you. Therefore, it is not recommended, especially for people who aren't good at holding a shield for long. One inch thick shield will last you for about twenty seconds. Someone who can get a ten inch thick shield, can get about four minutes, but this is very hard to do." Danny looked right at the two boys, seeing if they understood what he just said. David was very alert, but also tired, so he didn't know for sure if he heard. Daniel was holding and petting the cat, who had come downstairs and meowed right at him, but was looking at his Father somewhat attentively, but Danny could tell it probably pretty much had gone in one ear out the other. "Do you boys understand?"
"Yeah, Dad, we understand." the boys nodded in unison. Danny wasn't completely sure, but decided to let it go for the evening...they would take it up again in a future lesson.
"Alright, that's done. Now Daniel, do you have your suit?" Danny asked. Daniel perked up and ran off to somewhere, then was back within a couple minutes, carrying a black and white outfit.
"Here it is!" he exclaimed proudly. He held it up for all to see. It looked exactly like Danny's suit, except for one slight change in the logo. On the bottom it came right up into the P from the bottom spike instead of going across and up. "So how does this work again?" he asked.
"Well, what we figured out on David is kinda complex yet simple. You need to know for sure thats the suit you want, though, because you'll be stuck with it for the rest of your life. Once you have your powers, you'll be able to change. Until we do the procedure, all that'll change is that your hair will turn white and your eyes green. You'll put on the suit and transform. I'll have some stablizer ready. When the initial ring appears, we have to stablize it immediatly. Then when the transformation is complete, the suit is what will always show up when you transform. One more important thing, always have your hair neat the first time you transform. I'll explain later," Danny replied. "Now come on, I rented a movie, so lets go watch." The three went back upstairs, where Sam had just finished the dishes, and they all sat down to watch the movie.