Chapter 2
18 years later
"How
did this happen so quickly" he thought as he dodged shots and sent
them back. "It's only been a day" The man did a barrel roll and
landed on one knee. He shot some more ecto blasts at the sky. He wore
a black muscle shirt with and camouflage pants, a black belt with all
his guns and a radio hung from his waist. His combat boots slapped
noisily on the broken pavement as he ran for cover. He ducked by the
side of a building and brought out the walkie talkie. "Danny?
Danny, come in. Can you here me?" Only the sound of static was his
reply. "Danny, please answer. We are under attack. Vlad has struck
without warning. Help…"
"Tucker, look out"
Tucker
looked up just in time to see an ecto blast coming straight for him.
He ducked it and sent another blast back. "Thanks Jazz" he yelled
back as he continued to blast. "How are you holding up?"
"Pretty
good" Jazz said after she sent a spin kick towards a specter. She
had decided to try karate after Danny was forced to leave. She ended
up graduating with her black belt and teaching a class to kids as her
part time job.
"Good, because it looks like there's more
coming" Tucker said as he looked to the skies. Hoards of ghosts
filled the skies and it looked like more were on their way.
"Have
you tried Danny?" Jazz asked as she shot at the ghosts that where
closing in on them.
"I just did but I'll try again" Tucker
reached around to the back of his belt and pulled off a walkie
talkie. As he switched it on, a deafening boom came from what seemed
like a few feet away. Tucker was thrown several feet before he hit
the ground. He quickly grabbed the walkie talkie that had fallen, but
before he could reach it, it crackled to life. It was broken and
faint, but he could just make out two words.
"Were
coming"
Tucker stared at the communicator for a moment, then was
startled back as more beams of energy rained down for the sky.
Flashes of red, green and pink were seen everywhere. Tucker stood up
and ran towards the sound of the blast. When he reached the site, he
found Maddie and Jack blasting every ghost that got in close enough
range. Even thought they were in their sixties, they still moved
better than he did. Maddie did a double back flip as she dodged
attacks and let out a few of her own. Jack, who had lost a
considerable amount of weight, had redesigned many of his weapons,
and used one as a giant vacuum. He now used it to suck in any ghost
who ventured close to him. They both worked as a pretty good team
now. They were even able to capture a ghost a week before Vlad's
attack. That's how they were able to prepare and warn the town. Of
course, no one believed them until he actually attacked. Now here
they were, fighting for their lives, with no way of knowing what will
happen. Still, they kept fighting. Tucker ran and started blasting
along with them.
"Tucker, any sign from him?" Jack yelled as
he dodged.
Tucker couldn't help a little grin, but before he
could answer they were all thrown across the street from a surprise
attack. Skulker swooped down and laughed at them.
"Look at you.
You think you can defeat the all powerful master of the ghost zone"
he said with a laugh. "Your pathetic"
"Its not that we
think, Skulker, it's that we know" Jazz said as she gave him a
kick from behind that sent him flying into a building.
"Nice
one Jazzy pants" said Jack with a grin.
"Look out, here comes
more" Maddie said as she watched more ghosts appear. They all got
in their fighting stance, but before they could do anything, purple
shots rained from the sky behind them.
"What in the world"
asked Jack?
As if to answer his question, a girl ran past all of
them as she continued to blast the ghosts. It was as if she had done
it before. A ghost flew up right behind her, but before it could lift
a finger she suddenly jumped higher tan any normal human could. It
took the ghost by surprise as well because it was too stunned to stop
the attack that blasted it to smithereens. She turned confidently and
ran towards another group of ghosts. It was then Tucker got a good
look at her eyes.
"No" he whispered. "It can't
be."
The girl blasted a few more, and then looked at the group.
"Hello! I could use some help here"
That seemed to snap everyone out of their trance.
"Oh, right" Jack said as he got down on one knee and started blasting with a new gun. This one shot out electrical beams that aimed for anything that had a trace of ectoplasm. Maddie pulled out the Jack-O-Nine Tails and pointed it to a group of ghosts heading their way. In a matter of seconds they were a pile of dust. Jazz and Tucker double teamed as they went back- to- back while blasting every ghost and skeleton they saw. The girl flew around and smashed ghosts into buildings and the street. After about ten minutes of fighting, they had finally won.
"I think we won" said Tucker, panting.
"We won the battle, but not the war" said Jazz. Ever since her brother was banished, she had become harsher than before. She still hadn't forgiven anyone who signed the petition, even her parents. She still loved them, but she still couldn't believe that they were so blind to the fact that they were banishing their own son.
"If it wasn't for that girl we would've been dead" said Jack, looking towards the street. The girl was standing about twenty feet away from them.
"Yes, but who is she?" Maddie asked to no one in particular.
The mysterious girl stood there for a moment with her wrist to her mouth. She seemed to be speaking into a watch like thing. After about a minute, she turned and walked towards the group. She had on a light purple spaghetti strap tank top with a crescent moon on the front. Her skirt was white with purple flares and her boots were white with purple accents. She wore a necklace with a black DP pendant. But what stunned them the most was her hair and eyes. She had long, pure white hair that hung about three inches below her shoulder. She had a group of hair dyed purple that hung on the right side of her face. Her eyes were a deep amethyst color.
"Doesn't she remind you of…?" Jazz trailed off, but Tucker knew what she was about to say.
"Yeah, but she can't be, can she?" Tucker whispered back.
When the girl reached them, she gave them a small smile. "Hi" was all she said.
"Um, hi" Maddie said awkwardly. She looked the girl over one more time, then asked "How come you don't look like a ghost?"
The question seemed to catch the girl by surprise. "What?"
"You were flying and shooting ecto blasts, but you look completely human. Why is that?"
"Oh. Well, my father is half ghost and my mother was human, so I'm 25 ghost, 75 human" the girl said as if it was the simplest thing in the world. "And I cant really fly, but I'll explain that later."
"Wait, you mean you're…" Jack started, but was lost in thought before he could finish.
"Yeah. My name is Sage Fenton. My Father is Danny Fenton and my mother was Sam Manson"
"Oh man, this gives me unlimited teasing rights now" Tucker said with a grin.
Sage laughed. "Dad had said you would say that"
"Wait" Jazz said thoughtfully. Jazz took a step toward Sage. "Why did you say Sam's name in past tense?" she said a little fearfully.
Sage's smile vanished and was replaced by a looked of pure sadness. But before she could say anything, they all heard and explosion.
"That came from downtown" said Jack.
"Come on, we need to get inside where it's safer" Maddie said and she ushered everyone into Fenton Works. Once inside, Sage looked around the living room. "Wow" she whispered. "It looks exactly the same as the pictures" she slowly walked over to the couch. "This is where they had their first kiss"
"Sage, would you like to sit down" Maddie asked tenderly.
Sage continued to stare at the couch for a moment, then said "yes, thank you". She walked over and sat in the arm chair. Everyone else took seats around her.
"Sage, what happened to Sam" Tucker asked, fearing what he was about to hear.
Sage stayed quiet for a good minute, as if to gather her thoughts. She finally said what they were dreading to hear. "She was killed when I was three".
"H-how" Tucker said shakily after no one else spoke up.
Sage sighed. "She had just put me to bed. I woke up to a loud crash from downstairs. So I got up to see what was going on. When I got to the top of the stairs I could hear my dad yell 'get her out of here. I'll be alright' then another crash as dad was thrown through the wall. Dad was in his ghost form, so I knew it was serious. I ran down the stairs to make sure he was okay, but he pushed me away and told me to run. Then a ghost appeared in front of us and lunged, but before he could reach us, dad grabbed me and ran into the living room. Mom had just grabbed a gun, then she took me as dad said 'run', then he flew back to where the ghost was. Mom ran for the backdoor, but once we were about five feet away, another ghost appeared and knocked me and my mom down. Mom started shooting at it, but it wasn't doing any good. The ghost just absorbed whatever mom threw at it, so I tried to shoot an ecto blast at it. But that just made it worse…" Sage trailed off as another tear fell. She took a deep breath.
"The ghost turned on me. It held up its hand as it charged a huge ball of energy, then it shot it at me. I didn't have time to move, so I closed my eyes. All I heard was this 'bang' then a loud 'thud'. When I opened my eyes, I saw my mom lying still right in front of me. The ghost lie dead a few feet in front of us, the gun shot still visible on its head. I crawled next to mom and tried to get her to get up, but she wouldn't. She was as still as a rock" she finished with a whisper.
"What about Danny" Maddie asked quietly.
"Well that's when dad found us. His cries were the worst sound I have ever heard" She fell silent after that.
Nobody spoke.
Nobody moved.
It felt as if anyone moved a muscle, their world would shatter.
"So, what did you mean you couldn't really fly" Tucker asked, eager to break the silence.
Sage looked up at him. "I meant that I can't really fly, but I can defy gravity by being able to jump high and long distances."
"So how many of Danny's powers did you get?" Jazz asked curiously.
"Well, I can shoot ecto blasts, create a ghostly shield, turn invisible and intangible, and I have a ghostly wail."
"Wow, you got tricked out, didn't you" Tucker said.
Sage laughed. "I'm not anywhere near being as powerful as my father, but yeah, I did. Dad says I got a lot of my mom in me too."
The room fell into silence again, nobody really sure what to say.
"Sage, come in. Please answer. Are you alright?" cried a frantic male voice. Everyone in the room jumped a mile except for Sage.
"Sorry" she said. "Wrist watch communicator" She lifted her left wrist close to her mouth and said "I'm okay dad. What about you?"
Maddie could have sworn she heard Danny say "oh thank god" quietly before asking "Where are you?"
"I'm at your old house."
There was silence on Danny's end. After about 10 seconds he asked "are my parents there?"
Sage looked at Maddie and Jack and said "Yes"
After another 5 seconds of silence he said "I'm on my way"