Linariel: Thank you everyone for the reviews and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own any Danny Phantom characters from the series that honor goes to the incredibly creative Butch Hartman. I do however own all the characters who don't appear in the series are mine. That includes Adrian, Jennifer, Lilith, Alicia and any others.
Adrian Spook
In
Hidden Truth
Episode Summary:
After playing hooky from school for three days Adrian is forced to go. This becomes a problem because he has barely any control over his powers, and keeps transforming into his other half. How is he supposed to keep people from guessing Adrian Fenton the son of Danny Phantom is in fact part ghost?
Part 3
Disguise the limits!
By:Lydia (penname: Linariel)
The cold breath of the alpha leader fell over Adrian causing the young parta to cough hard, although that wasn't easy to do with the added pressure of the beast's weight. With each struggle the young poet attempted its smirk grew in size. Leaving him no room to doubt the wolf was enjoying his attempts to get away. He was surprised the creature hadn't gobbled him up yet. The ghost wolf hybrid sure seemed big enough to do so. But no it just stood there for a long moment its eyes fixed on him, examining the parta as if it was waiting for something to happen.
Not taking the moment for granted Adrian's eyes darted about as he tried to surmise how he could get out of this predicament he knew if he somehow managed to escape the beast's massive paw he might have a chance to get away. But that plan was a bust because he was also surrounded by the wild wolf's pack mates. Judging from the drool dripping down their mouths, he'd be an instant meal for any of them if their leader didn't get his fill. He didn't know how exactly they planned to eat him unless they had the ability to devour ghosts. He shivered at the thought. Then again he was a hybrid so there was a chance they wouldn't be able to even if they tried but the young teen did not want to give them the opportunity to try.
Glancing at the ghost wolf again his eyes suddenly focused on the beast's snout which was emitting green mist through the nostrils. "Okay that has to be the most repulsive ghost sense I've ever seen." Adrian said between breaths.
A growl emitted from his captor which followed with the others joining in soon after. If he was able to Adrian would have liked to slap himself in the face. These beasts were not dumb as their mortal kin. For some reason most animals who died and got the privilege of becoming spirits acquired intelligence over time. And he'd just insulted their pack leader. 'Brilliant move, now they are sure to kill you quickly.' Adrian thought dryly to himself.
But the next motion by the alpha leader caught him off guard. A low grunt emitted from the beast's chest it didn't sound like barking or growling. It actually had more of the rhythm of…laughter… They were laughing at him. Not only that but they didn't seem put off by his move at all. The Leader stood up proudly with his chest puffed as he still held one paw over the boy. He barked at the others and let out a faint whine. To which they echoed with their own variation, they seemed to be communicating between each other.
The alpha turned fixing his ruby red eyes directly into sun glassed yellow ones. Adrian could not look away for some reason the gaze of the wolf left him in a sort of trance. He vaguely noticed the wolf's body beginning to glow bright green, and he could feel himself loosing focus. His eyes were failing him and his body started to weaken with each passing moment.
Suddenly a voice emitted from in his mind. 'Snap out of it and awaken phantom's son.' It sounded vaguely familiar but he couldn't place. Adrian's eyes begun to glow as his conscious started returning. He still felt feeble but his survival instincts had kicked in enough to realize whatever the wolf was doing it was affecting him and he needed to get away from it.
Raising his hands while the alpha's concentration was fixed he brought them close to the beast's chest. As he got nearer he finally seized the moment to put his hands on it. The wolf let out a growl at it felt his touch but it didn't do anything more. Obviously it didn't think he posed much of a threat that, and for now at least it seemed to need him alive. The part ghost begun pressing against the wolf's belly trying to push him off. But he felt so weak and the beast was so heavy he found his efforts looking grim.
Then his hands started to glow with yellow energy similar to his eye color and he felt strength returning not all but enough that he was able lift the wolf. It was a shock when he realized the wolf weighed less then their german shepherd Trixie but he guessed that was probably because it didn't have Lilith to spoil it with fattening treats. The burst of energy was just adequate to push the overgrown mutt off of him and into the air. It landed with thud a short distance away.
Looking from their fallen leader to the puny ghost boy the wolves seemed stunned. How could such a young ghost stand up against their leader. He hadn't ever been beaten before especially by an insignificant, so why now?
"Surprised… I… could do that?" Adrian said between gasps of breath he felt like the wind was knocked out of him. "Well… so… am I."
The wolves soon got over their astonishment, and snarling grew as they advanced on him. Their leader stood up having recovered from his little ride. He growled in a way that could be taken as either anger or frustration. His tail swished about as he neared the boy, his pack mates were backing him up the whole way. He extended his talons as he bared his teeth.
"I'm starting to think being held down was the safer choice." Adrian said dryly as he found himself backed even deeper in the corner. There had to be someway he could fight them with his new found powers. But as he thought over his basic abilities he'd discovered… intangibility, ghost sense, extra strength… there weren't many to go on. Most of what he had available were tools of defense and even if he could use the strength there was the problem of how he was feeling at the moment.
His whole body had weakened considerably from whatever the alpha had done to him. Adrian could barely stand. Backing up he tried to will his intangibility to work. 'If I could just phase through this maybe I could get away.' He backed up closer to the wall till his palms were touching the surface. A faint tingle ran down his spine and he fell back first through the wall. "Of course right at last minute is when my body decides to cooperate!"
Glancing about he saw beakers, test tubes and many strange objects that led him to believe he was in the chemistry lab. Thankfully it was during the only time in the day when there was no class, so the room was deserted. A howl from the other side of the wall reminded him why he'd went through in the first place. Adrian shook his head then begun to maneuver between the various tables to the front of the classroom. A sniffing and a stray paw phasing through alerted him to the urgency of his quest and he quickened his pace.
Making it to the door he was about to turn the knob when it turned on its own. Blinking Adrian was perplexed till it opened to reveal a geeky familiar looking adolescent. It was the same teen who had been bugging him earlier. 'Just what I need.'
The young man was holding a stack of papers as he started to walk in, only to stop when he bumped into something solid. Glancing up his face went through a series of emotions from anger, to surprise then pleased. "Oh it's you! I've been looking for you ever man."
Adrian moaned under his breath then forced a neutral look on his face. "Kid I need to go." He tried to walk through the door only to find his exit blocked by a now determined geek.
"Not so fast." the teen said with his eyes narrowing. "If you want to get through this door it's gonna cost you."
"I don't have time for this." Adrian said pointedly, he glanced back to see the snouts of the wolves coming through. Why they were taking so long he couldn't guess but he was thankful. "What do you imply by that? I don't owe you anything."
The geek yawned putting his hand to his mouth. "Well I used my laptop to transverse the web and see where you got those." He pointed to the sun glasses. "But I couldn't find the manufacturer for the special features your bifocals have…" as he spoke the alpha wolf emerged with three of his followers. It locked eyes with Adrian letting out a threatening growl. "So you tell me where you got them now or I'll tell the chem teacher you broke in."
Adrian rubbed his temples and pinched his nose trying to keep down his emotions. "Look kid I can't tell you who made them… it was a special order. I doubt they have any left…"
"Aw come on." The geek wined his hands going on his hips. "I'll pay anything I just gotta have 'em." He reached out for his glasses. "Here at least allow me to see the brand name…"
The young parta ducked his head to avoid his swipe moving back slightly. "Kid…" Adrian said through gritted teeth balling his hands into fists. His yellow eyes started glowing in irritation at the boy's stubbornness.
"See there they go again!" The teen exclaimed pointing out the obvious yellow light emitting from around his glasses.
Frustrated with his continuous badgering Adrian was about to threaten him in hopes the kid would move. But then he felt the air grow significantly colder and saw the alpha wolf approaching with its tail held high and its fur arched on its back. Glancing back at the boy he seemed to now be fishing through his wallet obviously planning to buy off his sunglasses. 'How can he be so dense as to not see this thing?'
Without a moment to even think he saw the wolf clear its throat and let out a howl. Adrian's eyes widened at the difference in approach. The Alpha for one had directed his howl straight outwards not up high. Also it was a louder pitch and seemed to make things in the room shake. The test beakers made noisy clacks as they collided with each other. Then he saw it a green circle coming from the wolf's mouth followed another and so on making a transparent sound wave.
Visible things such as that always meant trouble. It vaguely reminded him of what happened when Ember Mclaine strummed her guitar. Yet it seemed more sporadic and not in as much control. But the worst part was… it was coming his way. "Kid duck!" he yelled at the geek. Following his own advice stooped down shielding his head with his arms and shutting his eyes. He could only hope the kid followed his advice.
The vibrations of the howl hit him hard from above. His ears begun screaming in pain but he kept his head close to the floor. Soon as the wave traveled through it dissipated. Though his ears rung Adrian did not want to take the chance of getting hit with the Alpha wolf's signature attack again. Glancing up he noticed the geek boy seemed to have followed his advice, he saw that the teen was in an odd position, breathing slow breaths that resembled someone asleep.
"Hey kid…" he whispered. "Come on get up we need to get going this place has turned into a hazard zone." Receiving no response Adrian hesitated to bring his foot out to tap the boy's body but it didn't move. It was as if he was unconscious… Oh no. Flashbacks of memory flooded into his mind of what his classmates had been gossiping about. Well it appeared he'd found the source of the student's falling into comas. 'Not good.' If he didn't get out of here now it was certain he'd end up like this guy.
Knowing the ghost wolves were after him and not the boy he reluctantly decided to play bait. He leaped past the teen and took off in a sprint to lead the ghosts away. Adrian was barely able to miss the next onslaught of howls the alpha wolf emitted.
After a long exerting run he took a minute to catch his breath in the next hallway. He could feel his whole body creaking and he was in so much discomfort. After a deep breath Adrian scanned the area for any sign of the ghosts. He did not see them anywhere. What he did stumble on however was Alicia's doe brown eyes staring at him perplexed. He bulked slightly startled by her sudden appearance. He prayed in his mind that she'd leave soon because there was no way he could use his ghost powers while she was there.
However Alicia Foley was not about to leave not after seeing the state her friend was in. "And what exactly happened to you? You look like something that has been chewed up and spat out." His clothes were in disarray, and he looked exhausted beyond the normal capacity. There was no way she was going anywhere. If this why Adrian was avoiding her she'd get to the bottom of it one way or another.
He didn't think he looked that bad. But Adrian knew he needed to make something up fast. "Uhm you see I was in a hurry to get to the nurse's office to get examined and to check on… Paige." Adrian said trying to remain calm and collected in front of her. He even added emotion to show his concern, and urgency. Though he didn't usually express much emotion there was one person he did so in front of. Besides it made perfect sense for him to be concerned about a friend.
Alicia stared at him hard but as she examined her teenage friend she couldn't find any fault in what he was saying. It made sense, Paige Lewis had been identified as one of the coma patients through Malcolm Daryl (of all the people to notice). But there was just something… she didn't know what except there was something off in his alibi.
She was about to give him the benefit of the doubt when her watch started humming on her wrist. It was a scanner invented by the fentons affectionately going by the name Fenton Scan-Wrist. It could detect a ghost from two miles away it wasn't strong as a natural ghost sense but it did the job alright for those limited by mortal capabilities. Today was one of the rare days she wore it and she was thankful she did when she saw what appeared on the screen. Narrowing her eyes she glanced up at the exhausted Fenton boy. "Know anything about this Adri?" She asked raising her Fenton Scan-Wrist up to his eye level.
Adrian's eyes widened ever so slightly confirming her suspicions, but he tried his best to make up for his slip up. He folded his arms and looked at her indifferently. "Uh no… should I?" he asked in his usual dry tone. A warm tickle started to make its way up his throat and he barely had any time to cover his mouth before orange mist came out. 'For once would you stop that?'
"What are you doing?" She asked eyeing suspiciously. Then her Fenton Scan-Wrist begun beeping rapidly turning her attention back to the watch so Alicia missed his orange ghost sense.
She did not fail to notice the sudden appearance of specters bursting out of a nearby air duct. Four ghost wolf hybrids landed in front of them growling as soon as they caught sight of Adrian. Alicia glanced back at the ever quiet poet. "Why do you always end up in these situation Adri?" She barely missed one of the wolves swiping at her, and managed to evade its claws. In a flash she pulled out her backpack the fenton thermos.
The ghost didn't know what hit them in an instant they were sucked inside the small device like it was a vacuum cleaner. Alicia capped it and turned to look him. Her eyes clearly bringing out her impending message she wanted an explanation it was evident to her that they were after her best friend now as to why she couldn't assume. "Got any new ghosts with grudges on your dad I should know about?"
Adrian just shrugged his shoulder. "Remember what being a child of Danny Phantom entitles. If you are a fenton just about everything goes after you." He said dryly. Inside he was extremely relieved by his best friend's actions. If it wasn't for her he'd probably have been wolf chow. He barely had enough energy to keep running at the moment. 'Hopefully that keeps them back for a while. Maybe G.P.A. will handle them before then.'
His best friend started to open her mouth to ask a question when she took in his full appearance she stopped. With a sigh Alicia stuffed the thermos in her bag and grabbed his hand which she vaguely noted was extremely cold. "Come on Adri let's get back to class. Maybe we can catch the last few minutes of the lecture."
"Oh sure that will be fun." Adrian said with an exasperated sigh.
Alicia chuckled. She knew how much he didn't want to go back to math class. She was now very grateful that her gut told her to check on Adrian. Good thing she always had ghost equipment handy.
What she didn't know was exactly how much trouble he'd been in, and Adrian preferred it stayed that way.
It was dark in the gym as Jennifer quietly snuck behind the bleachers that were currently set out for tomorrow's game. She hid deep in the shadows as she tried her hardest to remain still. The room was excruciatingly cold to the point of where she could see her own breath as she inhaled in and out. Her heart pounded as she scanned the room. The silhouettes of the two mysterious characters had not moved yet. Still she could not see them for some reason they remained shrouded in a deep darkness. However though she could not see them she could make out what they were saying.
"Where are those beasts of yours?" Asked an unfamiliar voice that gave of a slight echo, it was male, deep, and passive that was only qualities she could use to describe it.
"Look I don't know what you want. I've done what you and the boss wanted and still I'm not getting any bread for it. You know before we get into the story of my beasts we aught ta discuss what I'm getting for this job." Came an irritated feminine voice that sounded somewhat like a New Yorker.
The man chuckled slightly. "Always one to get straight to the point aren't we?"
"Hey if I don't who will?"
"Oh alright." He said and Jenn watched as a ball of green energy emerged. "This is all the energy that can be spared for now but it should be more then enough for a specter of your caliber."
'So they are ghosts.' Jennifer thought having her assumption confirmed. A knot tightened in her stomach at how dangerous a situation she'd gotten herself caught up in. She didn't know what these ghosts were capable of so there was no way she could have her usual confidence in her ability to defend herself.
The light started to travel from the main ghoul's hands landing in a pair of slightly long nailed ones. Still to the middle fenton child's frustration their faces were not yet visible. "It will do." Then she let out a long sigh. "I still don't know why you want them to attack that area…"
"We didn't choose that location." Huffed the main one, he seemed rather annoyed. "Remember the portals appeared on their own with only a bit of added incentive. Our main objective is to create discontent. Prepare this world for the change that will soon come to pass. Now again I ask why have the hybrid wolves decided to stray away from our intent?"
"Eh I don't know. Do you think I can handle them all the time." She snorted. "I may have the gift of gab with those animals but that doesn't mean I can always control them. They have minds of their own ya know and when they get preoccupied… heh I can't stop them from…"
He cut in before she could go on with her rant. "And just what is this distraction?"
"From what I got, I'd say they found fresh meat. What that is, hard to say but I'll go check on them if that pleases the boss."
"See that you do."
Jennifer couldn't help but find the whole conversation confusing. All she could get from it was that the increase of random portals was no accident. 'I've got to tell dad about this…'she started to back up towards the door when her foot clacked against a stray soda can.
The sound echoed through the whole gymnasium. Energy ceased to glow in the female ghost's hand shrouding the room once again darkness. "What was that?" She asked in a low tone.
After a long moment a silence the other voice replied in a quiet tone. "I don't know..."
Jenn's heart beat harshly against her chest as she worked to scrunch herself up into as tight of ball as she possibly could. Light emitted more in the room and she could feel the burn of the ectoplasm's energy passing over her. But after a long moment it turned away. The young fenton girl would have liked to breath a sigh of relief but she dare not for it might catch the ghost's attention again. 'Just keep breathing slow and steady breaths Jenn. Don't let them feel your fear mask it…' she thought repeating the procedure her grandmother Maddie Fenton had taught her and her siblings when faced with ghosts.
"Huh well I guess it's gone. Probably just a mouse or maybe even one of those ectopuses that were haunting the halls." The lady ghost said with a small chuckle.
"Perhaps…" The male specter said although he didn't sound as sure. "Well whatever it was I highly doubt it could understand what I spoke to you about. If it did well…" His hand begun glowing again revealing nothing more then a glimpse of pale skin. "I'd just have to extract some memories again…" He chuckled darkly with his words and he continued to do so for a long moment.
The young fenton's eyes widened as her fear built up. This was definitely not a regular ghost, neither of them were. 'Just please leave…' she pleaded in her thoughts for she would dare not say it out loud. Jenn would rather not be found by the creature.
"Just get your wolves back on track as soon as possible. Remember we're on a time crunch in exactly five hours all will either have been sucked back into the Ghostzone or have been capture by that annoying G.P.A. team." He said the last words with much bitterness.
"Gotcha captain."
A bright light emerged in the room and Jenn had to shield her eyes as the obvious signs of teleportation took place. After she finally could look again she found a dark empty gymnasium. Then suddenly the lights started to flicker till they went on at full blast brightening up the room once more.
Once her eyes were adjusted and she was sure the ghosts were truly gone. Jennifer emerged from her hiding place. Shielding her arm over her forehead still not used to the light she headed for the nearest exit from the gym. The hall she found to be covered by members of the Ghost Protection Agency, and students relating their stories from what happened. In an instant a pair of arms wrapped around her pulling her into a light hug.
"You made it Jenny!" Exclaimed Chloe pulling back, her ocean blue eyes were bright while her face was adorned with a relieved smile.
Jennifer shrugged returning the smile though not as brightly. "Chloe I need to borrow your cell phone mine's in my locker." She'd left it there to charge after it had gone dead that day.
The girl blinked but nodded slowly digging into her pocket producing a tiny phone. "Sure but why?"
"I need to call my dad about something…" Jenn said carefully thumbing through the phone for her number since she couldn't remember it at the moment.
"Who can tell me the purposed schedule that Phileas Fogg planned in 'Around the World in Eight Days'?" The teacher Mr. Jensen asked looking around the room at his students for a definite answer. They were discussing the current book the children had been assigned to read for homework while Jules Verne's books did come on a bit extreme for children of the current age but they were classics, and considered required for teaching curriculum.
Not receiving a response from any of the young minds he turned his attention to his star pupil. But he found the young Adrian Fenton was barely paying attention to his discussion. That was odd since when did the boy do such a thing?
The boy always cheered him up with his eager mind ready to learn anything and everything about English & Literature. It was a known fact that Adrian was the teacher's pet thanks to his grades, and exceptional writings. It was one of the reasons Jensen even looked forward to class, and he wasn't about to give up on the gifted mind. "Mr. Fenton." The boy glanced up although his amethyst eyes looked bloodshot. "Would you like to answer the question?"
Adrian blinked and yawned before frowning reluctantly. "I'm sorry Mr. Jensen I'm not up to my usual caliber today. Might I have a rain check on my answer?"
"I suppose…" Mr. Jensen said reluctantly. 'What has gotten into him? He rarely acts like this.' The English teacher was concerned. But he needed to focus on his lesson before the other students decided to take advantage of his divided attention. So without another word his eyes strayed from Adrian and back to the current discussion.
Adrian was eternally grateful that the teacher had let him alone after his limited answer. The truth was the young parta was feeling ill, not a moment after he got away from Alicia's current nosey mode had he finally transformed back into his human half. What little energy he had left was finally spent. But unlike his usual status quo it made him feel worst then any of his forced transformations combined.
'That wolf did something to me. I only wish I knew what it was…'Had his father ever dealt with something similar? Grumbling he shook his head. No he'd reframe from thinking about his father and his ghost powers. Beside the present was more important than the past, and at the moment his father wasn't a part of it. Sinking deeply into his chair, Adrian let his mind wander from the teacher's words. He'd already read the book thankfully been so engrossed it was hard to put it down. So whatever the teacher was discussing he could make up later easily.
Of all the rotten luck that the ghost wolves just had to attack him before his favorite period of English. He doubted it was the creatures' intention but figured he had every right to blame them for his lack of enjoyment in his favorite class.
He was so dazed, and out of focus he nearly missed the whisper nearby. "Sspt." A note fell into his line of vision he glanced at it briefly. It had the same rough hand writing style that belonged to his best friend. Leading him the conclusion that Alicia was the only one who could have wrote it.
Glancing back at Alicia he saw the expectant look on her face. She motioned her head to the message with a small smile.
Adrian turned back to stare at the note. He couldn't believe that she'd resorted to this. For one thing it was against the rules to pass notes in class which is why he reframed from doing so himself. Another thing was if he planned to avoid her to keep her safe, he needed to put a post phone on all ties. That meant as little communication as possibly. Picking up the note in his hands he could almost feel her anticipation. However his next move he knew would be sure to rile her. Instead of reading the note he stuffed into his pocket, and turned back to the teacher.
His ears picked up mild cursing and Adrian sighed with a frown. Perhaps one day she'd understand his actions. But for now well she'd just have to deal. He'd already had a few nasty occurrences thanks to his power and the young poet would rather not get her involved. 'What I do is for your own good no matter how you view it Alicia. I'm a threat to your life. As long as my powers aren't within my grasp of control.'
Danny smiled with amusement as his youngest put marshmallows in the steaming cups of hot coco. She insisted on helping out but the sweet girl was making a mess of things in the process, marshmallows were now scattered on the floor. He'd have to remember to get them swept up before Sam got home or she might have a fit.
The older halfa took a moment to examine his daughter sitting on the counter with her feet dangling as she waited. Lilith had stopped shivering now which was a relief to her father, the hybrid ghost knew how potent his ice powers could be on humans, after a few mistakes he'd made in his junior year. So it was good to see her doing well. Then again out all of his children Lil was always the fastest to bounce back into action.
He couldn't resist ruffling the littlest fenton's red hair. To which she responded by letting out a few giggles, while moving her head away slightly. Lilith's lavender blue eyes sparkled with enjoyment. "Did I help daddy?"
"Yes you did a great job Lily-Ann." There may have been a mess in the process but Danny was glad simply to have a helpful child. She was so innocent it was hard to believe she'd faced threats that no youngster should. That was one of the reasons to be thankful for her naivety it kept her pure, and innocent. Qualities like hers were rare to come by now a days.
Scooping Lilith up in his arms he headed for the living room. "What would you like to do now?"
Lilith's eyebrows creased as she seemed to think hard then she smiled brightly. "Can we watch something on the teli.. TV. There is an animal show I'd like to see today."
With a nod Danny carried his daughter into the family room that was set off a distance from the main living room. Gently plopping her down on the couch, he then went back to the kitchen to retrieve the hot coco, and a platter of cookies. Coming back into the room he placed the plate, and mugs on the coffee table and sat down next to his daughter.
The youngest fenton instantly snuggled up to her father accepting first a cookie then hot chocolate from him. She ate and drank it greedily then let out a small sigh. Danny carefully set the cup down and watched with a soft smile as his daughter laid her head down on his lap. It seemed like the television was going to have to wait Lilith was no doubt tuckered out from all the excitement she went through. This made him even more relieve he'd got her excused from school.
Danny sighed contentedly if there was one thing the halfa was thankful for it was the family he and Sam made together. Each one of their children were precious to them in such a way that couldn't be replaced with all the money in the world.
A ringing caught his attention perking up the halfa's ears, he glanced down at Lilith to make sure she was still asleep she was. With great care he retrieved his cell from his side pocket and turned it on. "Danny here…"
"Dad!"Came the relieved voice of his middle child.
Danny blinked in surprise. "Jenny? What's wrong? You sound kind stressed… Is everything alright?" his eyes narrowed. "This wouldn't be another kidnapping attempt would it?" If that was the case, he was more then prepared to come to her rescue or Adrian's. He was already angry that his littlest had nearly been abducted. If this happened twice he didn't know how his emotions could handle it today.
But Jennifer having figured out where her dad was going with his words quickly cut in before he could turn ghost. "No no Dad it's nothing like that. But it is important…"
"Alright Jenny tell me clearly what is the matter." He replied calmly although there was an edge to his tone.
"Well I'm sure you know about all the portals opening up around town…"
Glancing down at his youngest who was still sleeping Danny nodded. "I do."
"My school got attacked by ectopuses today…" she swallowed hard before hastily adding. "Don't worry the G.P.A. strike team showed up to take care of them. But there was something else to that happened I don't know how to completely explain it. I noticed strange shadows in the gym. So I investigated."
"Jenny how many times have I told you to keep your nose out of where it doesn't belong." Her father asked with a groan. Danny tried his hardest to curb their curiosity he could already guess whatever she was going to say next had something to do with ghosts. If you are a Fenton it's bound to happen.
Sure enough her next words confirmed his suspicions. His oldest daughter told him in great detail everything she could of what happened. Danny's eyes began to narrow as she confirmed his own suspicions and left him to ponder other things.
"… the ghost whatever it was has the power to extract memories as he put it. Also he's not alone and whoever is in charge of him is the reason for the random portals…"
Pinching his nose Danny let out a sigh. More clues and yet he still couldn't get a full picture as to what the ghost's scheme was. It was obvious to him that this ghost she'd spied on was the same one who broke into New Tech. He didn't know any ghosts with the power to extract memories but it was a dangerous ability to go up against. This whole situation at New Tech was starting to look bigger with each new fact he learned. And he had a bad feeling that it wasn't over yet.
The female ghost with the New Yorker accent was making her way across the classroom halls flying here and there as she kept a staff out in front of her like a diving rod. "Honestly it shouldn't be this hard to track a pack of wolves…" She'd just about had it with them.
Since she was currently in the light it was easy to see her now. The ghost had green skin, average red eyes, slightly pointed ears with long nailed hands. Her hair was ebony black and held up in a high pony tail by a gold barrette like an Amazonian. The garb she was adorned in was nearly invisible but it appeared to be brown leather of some kind cut in a medieval style, over it was a cloak of blood red, with gold sandals on her feet. The only thing that stood out was her appearance were the tattoos running down her arm in almost Celtic-like knots. How her looks fitted with her accent one could only guess.
"Come on you got to be around here some where the rod never lies. Or my name is Salina and it is." She chuckled slightly suddenly the rod begun moving around frantically and she smirked. "Ah ha I knew I'd find ya." Phasing through the classroom she found herself in the chemistry lab which was currently closed due to all the damage it had been through.
Test tubes and beakers were shattered everywhere on the ground. If she'd been human it would have hurt her to walk across the floor. Fortunately Salina was a ghost so it did not bug her one bit. She still did not understand her employers reasoning but she'd be dogged if she passed up a chance for raw energy especially the kind that they had to offer. Pulling a whip from behind her back she unraveled it approaching the sleepy looking wolves that had made a den of sort around overturned tables.
Cracking the whip she got their attention they let out a growl until the ghost hybrids caught sight of their master they changed their response to a whine. "I thought you were taking care of that little obstacle. Why do I find you now hiding here like a bunch of house dogs?"
A small sharp bark sounded from the one with the large cut over his eye the alpha leader of the group.
Surprisingly Salina understood it. "A few humans in comas don't make up for that. And that mortal shouldn't stop you. What's one human with a thermos compared to an army of the fiercest wolves in the land."
The wolves seemed to puff their chest up with pride. It wasn't often the shepherdess ghost gave them that kind of compliment.
"I thought you were stronger then this but I guess I was wrong." Her next words came out in a snarl. "If you keep this up you won't get supper when we get back to the Wild Realm."
They whimpered like dogs but then the Alpha stood up with narrowed eyes and growled stamping his paw at the ground.
To which she rolled her eyes. "Fine show me what it is that has kept you distracted from the main objective of this trip."
The ghosts wolves got up at once and the Alpha barked his instructions at the others. Then turned to Salina with a dip of his head to which she returned. Then he bounded off from the classroom phasing through walls as he went with Salina not far behind pointing her rod out every once and a while to keep on course with them.
She was surprised when they stopped outside the door of a room that was nearly completely deserted except for a lone boy sitting with his head slumped over his desk. Since he was the only thing that was visible or that could be sensed in the room she could only think that was their prey. But why? Salina could not see anything significant about the boy.
Teeth grasped her garment as the impatient wolves dragged her through the wall into the room. Fortunately all of them stayed invisible as they entered not alerting the child. However Salina could have sworn the boy's breath had become a visible shade of orange. But she was probably seeing things. The only one who had that ability was Phantom, his clone, or that crazy Plasmius character. Then she sensed it a large amount of pure energy filled her senses and she noticed green mist coming from the alpha wolf's nostrils.
No it couldn't be… It wasn't possible the boy looked to old to be a newborn. But she relied heavily on her senses and they had yet to steer her wrong. No it was an extremely young naturally born ghost. So this was why they were so set on him. No ghost of dead could resist the pull they had. She chuckled and glanced at the Alpha who was giving her a look like I told you so. "Okay maybe I was wrong. Go have your fill but do try to leave me some."
The ghost wolf dipped his head and acknowledgement then let out a growl as he became visible. She watched as his pack followed his lead and submerged as one on the boy who seemed to be in the middle of reading. Salina watched for a while longer still having a little confusion running through her mind. She found it rather off that a newborn would look that old or even endeavor in the activities of mortals. But she supposed with his young age he'd try to mimic what he found around him.
"And with no parents he's completely vulnerable." Salina said with a chuckle. As they went pounce she noticed the G.P.A commissioner's daughter was also in the room. "Well, well this should be interesting…" Seeing no more need for her and not being one to handle battles but rather leave them to her wolves the shepherd ghost took off through the roof and away from the impending fight that was sure to ensue. She'd rather keep her hands clean from excessive ectoplasm when it was possible.
Adrian's eyes could barely stay open as he sat in the empty room. He knew it would be bad to fall asleep but even with the boost of energy from of transforming back into his ghost form he felt tired. Not nearly as weak but still exhausted. He'd managed to avoid Alicia for the remaining part of the day, and take a route directly opposite of her to detention. So with Lilith's optimistic perspective in mind Adrian tried to believe that from here on out things should mellow out some.
Today's detention was located in the Geography room. It had become sophisticated since his father's days now there wasn't even a teacher present everything was video monitored. So unless you wanted to be punished you remained quiet as you waited for your sentence to be up. Thanks to Malcolm Daryl and mainly his own actions he'd be in here every day of the week for next couple of months.
With a huff he pulled out one of his mechanical pencils and decided to write. At least that way they'd have no idea he wasn't doing his homework. It would also keep his eyes open if anything. With a yawn he tried to transverse through his latest poem.
Dusk set on the town
And all was sound
The bells quaked in the breeze
As the wind played with the leaves
No one knew what was to come
But it would…
The door burst open causing Adrian to cock his head and look up from his work. His eyes narrowed till they widened seeing who had entered. 'This day just keeps getting better and better.' He thought dryly. His best friend Alicia strolled in, she had yet to look up from stack of papers she carried.
"Look teacher I apologize to disturbing you. I just came to pick up some…" Alicia looked up finally and stopped in mid sentence. "Scripts my team… left… here…" folding her arms across her chest she gave Adrian pointed look. "What are you doing here Adri?"
That's right Alicia always had Drama Club on this day each week. Fitting really. 'Does the world hate me for some reason? What did I ever do to deserve to be slapped in the face with this irony?'Adrian looked at her with a face of near indifference. "What does it look like I'm doing. Detention was moved to The Geography Room. I'm serving my sentence for punching Malcolm."
She blinked for a moment and sighed. "Right I forgot it was in here this week." Alicia looked intently at him with narrowed eyes. "Well I'll just get those scripts for my Drama Team and be out of your hair."
He nodded. "That sounds agreeable to me." With that Adrian went back to writing and tried his best to ignore her. The young poet heard shuffling as no doubt she was going through a few of the desks for the scripts. Then he saw her shadow looming over from behind. As hard as he tried to ignore it he couldn't do so. "Must you hover over me? What's your dilemma?" He asked with an exasperated sigh he usually didn't get so emotional but these powers were really making him unstable. And she wasn't helping.
"Oh I don't know…" Alicia said as she moved about to take a seat in front of him with her elbows on the table over his journal. Her tone grew colder as her words went on slowly growing deeper and deeper. "I'm just little put off right now. My best friend is acting like I'm invisible. Ignoring all my attempts to help with whatever it is that bugging him. He's really… well just becoming a jerk. That's what's on my mind Mr. Fenton."
Adrian rolled his eyes. "I know your talking about me 'Licia. You don't have to talk in Third Person."
The second oldest foley child let out a sigh. "Then what's on your mind? Why are you acting like this…" She frowned. "It hurts to be treated this way Adri' you don't know how confused I am right now."
"Actually I can envision." Adrian said dryly. "Look 'Licia. I can't be around you right now…"
"Why not?" Alicia asked.
"I can't enlighten you…"
"Can't tell me or don't want to?"
"'Licia…"
"Adrian…"
While they were talking Adrian's eyes strayed around the room at the maps and various objects from different places in the world on display. It was better to look at them then at Alicia when she was in one of these kinds of moods. If he could maintain his look of neutrality without making eye contact perhaps that would be enough of cold shoulder to get her to leave.
A spark brought his attention to the nearby video camera. Out of it emerged a small ghost wolf hybrid probably tiniest in the pack but the little beast looked just as deadly. Still harmless enough but before Adrian's eyes the room became flooded with ghost wolves. He cursed under his breath he should have known they wouldn't give up, also should have reacted to his ghost sense going off but he didn't and now he was paying the price.
Alicia had yet to notice, he could vaguely hear her words of confrontation but he couldn't have paid attention if we wanted to. Quietly he tried to keep the concern from edged on his face but he watched them prowl towards the two. It appeared he'd become not the only prey they were stalking. He should have expected this after all his best friend's mother was Valerie Gray a women who was feared and admired for her actions against ghost kind. Who couldn't find her offspring a tempting target?
"Uh 'Licia…" he tapped her gently on the shoulder.
It was obvious she'd realized he wasn't focusing on her words and that only served to rile her all the more. "No Adrian you are gonna pay attention to me, and listen well." Alicia poked his chest with her manicured fingernails making him snap to attention, pulling him away for a moment from the approaching ghosts. "I don't care if you don't want don't want to hear this. You need a dose of reality Adri. You can't keep pushing me aside…."
Adrian turned to see the ghost wolf puffing up his chest he recognized the beast as the Alpha Wolf of the pack. "But…"
"You need to share what is messing with you. I'm your friend I'm here for you I'm not your enemy in any way…" The parta was barely listening his focus still on the ghost wolf. "So what ever it is let it out…"
Then he saw it the leader arch his back and let out his breath. Sound waves begun to increase in size as they neared them, Adrian had barely enough time to shove his best friend to the ground earning a yelp from her. He shielded her with his body taking the brunt of the waves. Gritting his teeth he shook slightly from the vibrations but managed to stay conscious.
Poor Alicia was bewildered beyond reasoning. She barely heard the sound of the howl so she had yet to notice the enemy. She however wasn't the least bit happy to have her friend shove her to the ground causing her to whack her head in the process. "Okay what did I do to deserve that?"
"Alicia…" Adrian said taking on a serious expression as she tried to push against him. "Cease. We can't get up yet, not until it passes…"
"What passes?" Alicia asked annoyed "You're not making any sense today Adrian." then a growl broke out turning her attention to the massive green wolf and his slightly smaller followers. "Oh my goodness!" she looked at the beasts who narrowed their red eyes. "You mean there are more of those ghost wolves?"
Finally sure the coast was clear at least for now from the alpha wolf's signature attack, Adrian got up from his position his cheeks slightly reddened from the entire exchange but he remained calm. "I tried to inform you that they were here but you wouldn't take note."
"Well you…" Alicia begun with a huff only to let out a yelp as a blast of green ectoplasm nearly hit her ear. "This can't be the only reason that you're acting like such a jerk."
Adrian rolled his eyes ducking a shot by another pack member. He was surprised the leader didn't keep blasting them with his signature attack but he suspected that it could only be used for a certain amount of time. Briefly he phased through a nearby desk into another area of the room. Fortunately Alicia was too busy avoiding blasts or nipping of teeth to notice.
This wasn't good he didn't want her to be involved. "I thought the whole idea of me avoiding her was to keep her OUT of danger." He remarked dryly not realizing he'd voice his frustrations out loud.
"And what exactly do you mean by that?" Alicia asked with a raised eyebrow as she neatly evaded getting pounced on herself.
"Never mind, right now let's focus all are energy on getting away from these things…" Adrian said as the two of them found them selves back to back near the world map at the front of the classroom. The wolves seemed to be in no hurry to catch them. It was clear to him that the creatures thought that they had them cornered. "Do you happen to have any spare gear on hand?"
Alicia shook her head with a frown. "Sorry I don't usually take it with me to Drama Club meetings. I've had too many incidences where people have gotten a hold of it and well…" she seemed winced at the memories. "It wasn't pretty."
Thinking carefully his eyes widened. "I've got it. Why don't you go get my gear from my locker." He motioned to the nearby door. "You already know the combination after all…"
"No." Alicia shook her head. "I'll stay here. It's better odds if we continue to fight together."
'But I can't use my ghost powers with you here…'Adrian thought dryly. "But you appall to violence." A glare from Alicia shut him up right there. He'd need to think of something else quick it was apparent that his best friend was too stubbornly loyal to leave his side. He supposed he should be grateful for this but it wasn't helping their current problem. There was absolutely no way he was going to use his powers in front of her. That would just confirm what he was becoming.
With his mind mainly focused on trying to figure out the best way to end the fight. He didn't see till it was too late what was approaching. But Alicia had. "Adrian look out!"
The scarred alpha leader had finally made his move. He'd been wondering when the massive beast would attack him. The wolf snapped its teeth at him grabbing hold of the sleeve of his baggy white hoodie stretching the fabric. He barely had a chance to get his hand out of the way. A snarl escaped the beast's mouth as he pulled back with all his strength trying to reel the boy in.
Digging his heels into the hard floor Adrian resisted the tugging as much as he could. But it was getting difficult. Alicia tried to help she grabbed his other sleeve and pulled him towards her. The poor poet was just caught between two competing beings, and he couldn't help but notice his fabric was stretching beyond capacity. Soon he started to hear ripping.
"Well there goes another one of my sweaters. At least this time it's not being used as a home for forest animals." He noted dryly, remembering Lilith had borrowed one of his hoodie's for her little animal friends one time.
Adrian still found it odd that the alpha was taking such delicate care to get to him. As if he was something fragile like a newborn baby, why a wolf would think a growing teen was an infant made everything all the more stranger. Then he noticed it, there out of the corner of his eye was something small silver shaped vaguely like a cone. It was his fenton wrist ray. The thing must have dropped from his pocket during the fighting.
'Yes that might just work.' Adrian thought with a brief smile. Glancing between the two beings who were eyeing each other with equal hostility he took advantage of their distraction. First he slipped his hands out of the sleeves then came his head and the rest of his upper body. Soon he was completely free of the garment.
He didn't know why they continued to fight for control of the sweater when it was obvious the object of their desire had slipped away but he guessed he should be grateful they hadn't noticed yet. Some how through the whole ordeal his sunglasses managed to stay on. Retrieving the wrist ray he examined it carefully while still looking about to make sure they hadn't notice him leaving yet. The device was fortunately undamaged and seemed to be in working order.
A small smirk appeared on his face as he strapped the ray gun onto his wrist. Turning back to the two, he carefully walked up to Alicia ducking behind desks in the process and tapped her on the shoulder. "You know you can let go now."
She yelped releasing the sweater in an instant. What elastic it contained stretched back snapping into its original form landing on the wolf's face. Alicia giggled at the result. Until the mutt growled angrily and quicker then humanly possibly tore the garment to shreds with his teeth, before looking about for the escape parta.
"You know…" Adrian said appearing with his wrist ray aimed. "I happened to like that sweater it was a gift from my mom. I don't appreciate it being torn to bits. The only response he got was a snarl from the alpha. Shrugging the young poet aimed the wrist ray at the beast. "Suit yourself." He hit the beast dead on with a ray of artificial ecto energy pushing him back into the group of desks which the beast had no time to phase through.
Alicia raised an eyebrow. "So you had a weapon and didn't tell me about it. And what's with the hair, a wig?"
Ignoring her comment on his now noticeable hair he aimed the laser gun at the alpha wolf and the others swinging about to show meaning for them to back off. He shrugged at his best friend. "I forgot I had it."
"I thought forgetfulness was a trait only your father had." Alicia said then her eyes widened slightly, she decided to leave it that about the white hair which was still strange to her. "Speaking of which you just sounded like him when you spoke to that wolf." Tapping her finger on her chin she added. "Only there was a drier tone, and emotionless that only fit Adrian."
"Drop it!" Adrian snarled his emotions building up again. "Stop comparing me to my father." His eyes lit up yellow with his rage.
"Uh Adri…" Alicia said blinking before rubbing her eyes. "You're glasses are…"
"I know I know they are glowing that's…" Adrian was broke off when the smaller wolf who'd been the first to emerge snatched his sunglasses off his face while the two were arguing. With quick reflexes the poet put his hands over his face protecting his eyes from being seen but in the process blinding him and making him using the laser useless. "Give those back right now little beast."
Alicia was annoyed. "Okay Adrian I know you have been wearing those things all day but you can't be that emotionally attached to them they are just glasses. Besides you always were upset when Jenn gave them to you. And again what's with the white hair, seriously are you going Euro-Goth or something?" Grabbing the ray off his wrist before he could protest she added. "You're not going to be able to fight if you keep walk around blind. Might as well leave a professional too this bit…"
"You aren't a professional…"
"I'm the best there is at Ghost Catchers 0.7"
"Only by a few games…"
"Still I am…"
Through all this Adrian was trying to get his wrist ray back, but without his eyes for guidance he really was helpless in this situation. He could hear her taking on the beasts managing quite well a whimper would break out here, and howl she backed them away from the room towards the door.
"We're almost there."
"Then why do I hear snarling and gnashing of teeth coming closer." Adrian asked dryly as she took his arm and guided him towards the door.
"Something wrong with your eyes?"
"Finally noticed huh?" Adrian sighed keeping his arm in front of his upper face. "Yeah you might say that."
"Perfect." Alicia said with much sarcasm. Then she let out a yelp and he could hear a snarl from nearby, along with a thud. "Adrian…"
"What is it?"
"I just lost our only weapon."
"Oh joy."
"I couldn't help it that little pup is a thief. He took your sunglasses and now the ray gun." She gripped his arm tighter. "Their getting closer we need to get out…"
But Adrian wasn't listening anymore. His mind was running over the facts, and a conflict was brewing. 'I need to look… but then she'll see my eyes… and I'll be exposed.'A growl answered as he could feel Alicia backing up more and hear the knob turning or at least trying to.
"What? It's locked." She sounded puzzled.
Adrian groaned. Why did this not surprise him since the beasts were after a ghost and a mortal it made sense that they'd send one of their own to lock the door. 'That's why they weren't in the hurry they knew that Alicia would be trapped in here.' His eyes widened from underneath his palms. 'They're using her as leverage.'In that instant his mind was made up. This was his best friend already risking her neck for him and he'd stubbornly refused to share a part of himself with her. Thereby shutting her out of everything. He truly was a jerk.
He knew what he had to do. Slowly he took his hands away from his eyes with them still closed. Oddly enough if he could see himself he'd have noticed the yellow light peeking through them.
"Adrian your…"
She didn't have time to finish her sentence before Adrian felt the familiar tingle and grabbed hold of her concentrating his hardest to make the two intangible. It took a lot of energy but he managed to get them both through the wall. Afterwards he let out a gasp trying to get his bearings once more. His eyes were now fully open revealing his glowing yellow pupils.
"You're eyes they're…"
Adrian nodded knowing there were no more words needing to be said. The secret was out she now knew he was part ghost. A growl went out as the pack phased through the classroom landing in front of them. "Won't you leave us alone for a minute?" he exclaimed getting to his feet to face them. "'Licia get to the lockers and grab the thermos."
"But Adri…"
"No buts 'Licia we need it now. I'll be able to hold them off." Adrian said firmly planting his feet hard on the cement. "After all I am a parta."
"A whata?" Alicia asked puzzled but didn't get a response from her best friend as the pack jumped at him. He seemed to managed to shove some of them away. She flinched as she saw him grab the jaw of a wolf to hold it back before it could bite his head off. He was struggling she could tell.
He glanced his way as if to ask. "Go. Now…"
Still in shock all she can manage is a nod of her head as she sprinted off towards the lockers.
Reaching Adrian first she began working through the combination which she'd figured out on her own a long time ago. Opening it she dug through the various extra books her best friend had till she found a fenton thermos near the very bottom. "Yes!" Grabbing it she headed back.
Reaching Adrian once more she found he hadn't moved from the area but was being held down by the scarred wolf and another one. A green energy was glowing from both and she noticed the expression of pain on her friend's face.
"Hey!" She barked grabbing their attention. "Why don't you pick on someone else for a change!" A few of the pack turned from their leader's work to face the girl growling. "That's it come and get it." She said holding the thermos behind her back.
Her best friend looked up with a tired expression. "What are you doing, do you want to get ripped to shreds?"
"Trust me Adri' have I ever steered you wrong?"
"There is always a first time." Adrian said dryly.
The wolves pounced at Alicia but she was ready for them. Revealing the thermos they had no time to escape getting sucked into to it. Capping the thermos she'd taken out what was left of the pack except for the two hovering over her best friend. She opened it and aimed at the wolves but Adrian put his hands up in an instant stopping her just in time. She then realized what she almost did to him.
"Ooops."
"Yeah oops. You nearly sucked me into that thing." Adrian said dryly with a roll of his eyes despite his situation. "I'm not exactly human anymore."
"Well I didn't know that until a minute ago so give me a chance to catch up why don't you." She huffed. "So this is why you've been avoiding me."
"This isn't the time 'Licia. I've got two full grown wolves…" They growled with his words. "Not mention ghosts on top of me. Think you can lend a hand?"
"Hold on a second." Alicia said she scanned the room not daring to get close while the wolves were on top. Then she noticed on other wolf she did get to. It was the little wolf the youngest of the group, he had his paws on his treasures their belongings as he batted them around. "Ah ha." She said.
Reaching for the wrist ray she managed to get it away from the wolf before it could grasp it. The little one let out a bark of indignation but was not nearly as intimidating as his larger pack mates. Rolling her eyes ever so slightly she brought the thermos out aimed and sucked him into it. Strapping on the fenton wrist ray she blasted at the wolves flank causing the alpha leader to loose his grasp on her best friend.
Adrian took the instant to shove off the smaller wolf and duck getting hit again. "NOW ALICIA!"
"You know we aren't through talking right Adri'?"
"Just do it!" the young parta exclaimed avoiding another swipe of claws as the ghosts neared.
Alicia took aim and a burst of impact went through her from the thermos as the familiar vortex came out sucking the wolves into a whirl pool. The alpha continued to reach for Adrian until his paw was the last thing left then it was gone. Capping the thermos she took a deep breath.
Landing on the ground Adrian was shaking heavily from whatever the ghost wolves did to him. He took deep long breaths. Then a tingle overcame his body and two beams of white life appeared around his torso transforming him back to his human half. Alicia sighed still annoyed but moved to help him up which he gratefully accepted for once.
"Those things did short of the video camera." She remarked as they headed towards the geography room. "Want to grab a cup of tea from the Ghoul Café or would coffee be better?"
Adrian turned to look at her pointedly. "I'm not skipping out on detention just because of an electronic glitch 'Licia."
Rolling her eyes Alicia smiled playfully. "Alright fine, have it your way. But we're meeting later at our old club house. Got it?" She added becoming more serious, as a squeezed his sore right arm slightly to prove her point.
Adrian winced but nodded. "Got it."
Gradually her soft green eyes opened, and the greek blond was able to see once more. She yawned loudly taking a deep breath as she sat up. It felt like she'd been asleep for hours and only not was she waking up. But she'd had no dreams in her sleep she'd been in a black void. Then memories came back and her eyes widened with terror as her head turned this way as if expecting to see something but there wasn't anything there. She was in a white room all alone.
"Oh thank the stars…" said the familiar school nurse as she came into view. "You're awake finally… I was about to send you all to the hospital. Glad to see you up and about…"
"Where are the ghosts?" Paige asked still nervous.
"Ghosts?" The nurse chuckled. "there weren't any ghosts reported on campus. I think that you kids suffered from dehydration and maybe a little bit of hallucination." She lightly tapped her on the shoulder with a gentle smile. "Your parents are on their pick you up they are just running late. Now don't you worry…" she worked to take out the syringe and all Paige could do was cringe at how deep the needle had been in her arm. "You're all safe now."
"Safe…" Paige mumbled still dazed, she couldn't argue that she slowly closed her eyes, as she just rested them for a moment.
Hours later after the fight Adrian trudged towards the lesser used area of the city. Except for a few bums here and there it was nearly deserted. But it served as the ideal location for him and Alicia or at least for a clubhouse. Their parents didn't know about it and it was hidden well enough. Entering an old building he walked through the entrance then took the stairs to reach the top roof.
Their clubhouse itself was located inside an old roof top garden that the two discovered while they were playing. They rarely went there now but besides the cobwebs, dust, and a bit of disarray it had remained how they left it. It was filled with bits and pieces of junk their parents and siblings decided to throw away. Much of it was used for decoration. There were unimportant toys, maps, furniture and other things. It was their cave. They used to use it to play make believe when they were kids there were costumes in a dresser drawer. The best thing about their fort was it had a view of the city surrounding it from all sides to a kid Amity Park just looked all the more magical that way.
There was Alicia sitting in one of the slightly broken chairs that made up some of the furniture of their place. She looked up with a smile then her face grew serious as Adrian took a seat on a dusty old couch coughing up dust as he did so.
"So you have ghost powers like your father?" She had always been one to get to the point when she felt it was needed.
Adrian glanced out at the city seeing the sun was starting to set and gave a small nod. "Pretty much although I have yet to discover just how many of his powers I've inherited through his DNA." He replied dryly with a sigh leaning back into the couch that smelled slightly like mildew.
Sitting primly in her chair Alicia nodded. "So what did you mean by you're a parta aren't you really a halfa?"
Shaking his head Adrian tried to come up with the best way to answer he question. Ultimately he felt the direct approach was the easiest to understand. "Technically I am only part ghost given the fact my mother is a fully mortal while my father is half dead. So I'd only inherit 25% of his ghost trait." He shrugged slightly. "You know that old saying for how halfa came about half a boy half a ghost. Well I'm a parta part a ghost and… you get the general idea."
Sighing Alicia smiled slightly. "Yeah." Then she reached over unexpectedly and punched him in the arm, earning a yelp from her victim.
"Ouch." Adrian looked at her gritting his teeth in pain she should know by now he was still sore. "What was that for?"
Alicia looked out at the rest of the clubhouse noticing some flowers blooming in the small garden she'd been tending. "You know what that was for." He looked at her blankly. "You are so dense at times. It was for or not telling me you were halfa Adrian Devin Fenton."
Rubbing his shoulder Adrian frowned slightly. "I guess I deserved that then."
"Yes you did." She said now smiling.
He raised an eyebrow knowing the look but not knowing what it meant. "What?"
"This is perfect Adrian." Alicia exclaimed with a dreamy expression on her face as she looked out at the sunset which was showing it's flair of pink and orange in the sky.
Adrian blinked. "Perfect?"
"Don't you see…" she motioned out her hands in a widespread to emphasize the point she was coming to. "You can now reason with him." Alicia didn't have to say the name for Adrian to know what she was speaking about. "You'll be at the same level."
Adrian's eyes hardened. "I don't plan to tell him."
"Why?" Alicia asked cocking her head.
Adrian folded his arms over his chest. "Because this is my problem I don't want him involved."
She sighed exasperatedly. "You are so stubborn don't you see all the good this could bring."
"There are good scenarios and worst case I see the bad ones most likely." Adrian said as he fiddled with the seams of thread that had unraveled from the old couch.
"I can't stop you from doing that. It's your choice whether you don't or not." Alicia admitted with a sigh as she brought her feet up to her chest. "I just don't think this the right way to handle this."
"He'll just turn me into Phantom Jr."
"You don't know that."
"But it's possible and I'd rather not face that possibility."
Alicia's brown eyes met his amethyst ones with a serious expression on her face. "So you're going to run from the problem."
"It's not like that 'Licia this is issue I don't need him or anyone else to get involved." He noticed her flinching with his words. "Except you Alicia I realize that now. And I know you won't treat me differently." Adrian replied seriously.
"I don't agree with your reasoning." Alicia said with a shake of her head then reached over to put her hand on his shoulder affectionately. "But I'll support you either way. Just don't expect me to drop the issue. I wouldn't be your best friend if I didn't look out for you." She smiled.
"Fair enough." Adrian replied with a nod. Looking out at the sky the two watched as the sun set overhead. It was a truly breathtaking sight. It left the young parta in a moment of peace. He did not know what was to come but he'd face it. Glancing towards his best friend Alicia he smiled slightly. 'But I'm not alone anymore so whatever happens I have someone watching my back…'
~ Fin ~
Coming Soon…
Adrian Spook
Episode 3
Au Du Phantom
Summary:
Whenever Adrian does something ghost like Danny's ghost sense goes off. Leading the halfa to start investigating and Alicia to try and find a remedy. Meanwhile Adrian's new found other half is attracting ghosts like crazy to him like perfume. Why is this happening, and can he continue keep his double life a secret?
A/N:
- And that's the end of episode 2 I hope it was a decent chapter I tried to work hard on it and it wasn't easy to do so.
- There is only so much you can do with Ghost Wolves even Hybrid ones so I had to think hard on how to play it out I hope it was good enough. Remember they are intelligent so while they do have wild wolf tendencies they don't have all. Plus I gave them a few powers to make things a bit more interesting hope that was a fun read
- More on our mysterious ghost from New Tech. Don't expect too much more about him he'll gradually be introduced. He's possibly one of my favorite villains I created for this series
- Salina is an interesting ghost. I know some of you might have wanted to see her fight Adrian and Alicia but really when you think about it. Danny didn't face his really powerful enemies until her got stronger. I'm trying to keep the first few episodes having mild characters. Also with her personality she doesn't really fight unless she needs to she'd rather leave the fighting up to her wolves. ( I might have to draw her sometime in the future) You can bet she'll probably appear again.
- Ah ha now Alicia knows Adrian is a halfa aka parta. We finally have some one else who knows. This is going to get even more interesting now that the duo of Team Spook has been formed
- Oh and any questions trust me some will be revealed in the next episode.
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