Okay, here's the next one.
In the Fenton household, a loud knock resounded throughout the building. Danny casually made his way to the door and pulled it open.
"Oh, hey Val." He greeted, a hint of surprise in his voice.
"Hey, Danny." Valerie greeted back. She was wearing her usual light teal shirt, dark teal skirt, and hair pulled back into a pony-tail. She gave him a smile, but the rest of her face betrayed her concern.
"What' wrong?" The man questioned, ushering her in.
"Danny, has Abby been acting…strange lately?" Valerie wondered.
(Just to hold back any confusion, the italics are a separate scene that is going on during the conversation).
"You mean stranger than a teenage girl with ghost powers?" Danny joked, making Valerie give a little smile as well.
Meanwhile, away from the house, Abby ran away from a group of her popular friends. She transformed and flew off while her friends just looked at her in both curiously and in confusion…and maybe a little irritation.
"Yeah, stranger than that." Valerie corrected.
Danny looked thoughtful for a moment. "Actually, now that you mention it, she has been a little obsessed with ghost hunting."
Abby flew up to the ghost she had seen and began blasting Shadow, who attempted to dodge. That began their little game of cat and mouse.
"I mean, it's like she's trying to prove something." Danny added.
"That's what I wanted to talk about." The woman stated, worry still in her voice. "Tori's been acting the same way."
Tori turns up at the scene and begins to hunt Shadow as well. The two hunter girls chase the male ghost through the park while he tries to avoid their many attacks.
"I'm worried about her. I don't want her to follow in my footsteps…not like that." She admitted.
Tori finally landed a blast on Shadow, sending him crashing into a tree.
"I know how you feel." Danny agreed. "We have to stop them before their obsessions take over."
"And they're especially bent on that one ghost. The creepy one."
Shadow looked up, only to find himself face to face with Tori's gun and his sister's ecto-blast.
Then, Sam walked over. "Hi, Valerie. What's going on?" She sat down on the couch with the other two.
"We…think that Tori and Abby are becoming a bit obsessed with ghost hunting." Valerie explained.
"And we're trying to figure out how to stop it." Danny added, looking at his wife hopefully.
Shadow phased through the tree that he was backed up against and vanished into thin air, leaving Abby and Tori confused and angry.
Sam thought for a minute. "Well, I know that this is totally lame, but what if we took the girls out of Amity Park for a few days, away from all of the ghosts?"
"Actually, that's not a bad idea." The other woman agreed.
"Then it's set." Danny announced happily. "You two can take a few days off with the girls while I hold down the fort."
The three smiled, proud of their plan.
At school, Jake was walking down the halls with Matt and Tori, but stayed a few feet away from Tori. He was holding his side where Tori had hit him earlier. After a few minutes, Tori stopped and glared at him.
"What?" He questioned, noticing the way that she was looking at him.
"You've been holding your side all morning. Spill." She demanded, placing her hands on her hips.
"It's nothing!" He claimed. "I just…fell down the stairs…hard."
She sighed. "You know, I'm starting to feel like you're keeping something from me. Either that or you're just being clumsier than normal."
"I'm a teenager; I'm allowed to be clumsy." He joked, but at least it got her off his tail.
Matt walked up next to him. "You should probably be thankful that Chris is sick. Otherwise you'd have two girls harassing you." He whispered.
"But at least I'd be able to tell her the truth." Jake argued.
"Yeah, but then she'd be even more protective of you around Tori."
"Good point." He agreed as they entered their class.
"Alright, everyone, take out your homework." Mr. Taylors ordered.
Jake reached into his binder, flipping the pages quickly, but couldn't find it.
"C'mon, where is it?!" He muttered angrily to himself. Then, his violet eyes widened as he remembered something.
Flashback
He had just escaped Abby and Tori when he flew to the place that he had dropped his backpack. He turned back into his human form, desperately picking up his scattered papers. He slung the backpack over his shoulder, not seeing one stray paper as he rushed down the road.
End Flashback
"Is there a problem?" The teacher asked, looming over the boy, his irritation with his student clear in his tone and expression.
Jake looked up, his face nervous. "I…I…can't find it." He admitted, looking defeated.
"Mr. Fenton. Hallway. Now." Mr. Taylors ordered, his face twisting into an angry scowl.
The half-ghost stood up slowly and walked out into the hall. The teacher joined him a few seconds later.
"Jacob, I demand to know what has gotten into you lately." He ordered, glaring at the teen. "Before a few months ago, you never forgot your homework and were a model student, but lately you seem…off. If this continues, I'm going to have to meet with your parents."
"Sorry, Mr. Taylors. I guess…I don't know. I'm just not getting enough sleep lately." Jake apologized, trying to avoid the parent-teacher conference.
The educator's face softened a little at seeing the boy so disappointed. It was obvious that he was trying.
"Do me a favor and talk to your parents about this. It's becoming a problem and I don't want to see a student with so much potential throw his life away." Mr. Taylors suggested.
Jake nodded, even though he knew that he wasn't going to talk to his parents. Quietly, he walked inside the classroom once more and took his seat, wanting the day to be over already.
Jake slumped out of the school later that afternoon. Matt and Tori flanked him on both sides as usual. Tori kept glancing his way like she was making sure that he wouldn't pass out on her.
"Hey, do you guys want to head over to the Nasty Burger? After all, there's nothing like junk food after a long day of school." Matt persuaded his two friends.
"Nah, I'm not really up for it." Jake decided, looking a little depressed.
Matt sighed. Jake had been really off all day long. He was beginning to wonder if Abby and Tori's beating had anything to do with it.
Just then, none other than Abby ran up to them. She seemed overly peppy.
"Hi, Tori!" She greeted cheerily. "I never got to tell you how awesome you were this morning. You nailed that creep good!"
Tori suddenly brightened up. She always did when she was talking to Abby about "nailing" some ghost.
"Yeah, it's just too bad that he got away." She agreed.
If it was possible, Jake looked even more depressed now. He hated these discussions. However, they hardly ever noticed that.
"Well, he'll be back. He always is." Abby assured disdainfully.
The four then arrived at the Fenton residence. It was like it was programmed onto their autopilot.
"Yeah, but next time, Shadow is goin' down!" Tori claimed as they walked through the door.
Then, they froze stiff as they noticed the assembled parents. Danny, Sam, and Valerie. Uh-oh.
"Um...are we interrupting something?" Abby questioned, inching toward the stairs.
"Actually, we wanted to talk to you." Valerie stated.
"And by you, we mean Abby and Tori." Sam continued, shifting her gaze to the two girls.
"Well, if you don't need us, then I guess we'll just be going!" Matt practically shouted, almost dragging Jake up the stairs.
From the bottom, everyone heard the door slam.
"Okay, have fun!" Danny dismissed, following after them, but going in another direction. Another door slammed.
The two mothers looked at each other, rolling their eyes and smiling. Then, they turned back to their daughters.
The girls groaned.
Um...yeah.
Okay, I have a few announcements.
One: I won't be posting next week. In fact, I won't even be home. That's why I put so much effort into getting this chapter up.
Two: I most likely won't be able to read anything either.
Three: I WOULD however, like you to know that I am planning something big for this fic. I'm still deciding on whether it will be a regular movie fic or if I'm going to plug it into the finale. So, it probably won't happen for a little while. Which means I'm just torturing you guys with the fact that I know something you don't. :D If I'm feeling nice, MAYBE I'll give you a hint in the next chapter.