Ok I have updated my profile. It has got more information about this fic. I think most of the characters here are OOC. Anyway, back to the story.
Chapter 6: New powers and second child
Years had passed since Vlad started the construction of the streets that would connect their city to the world. Jack and Maddie, deciding they had the enough experience to have their second kid, started preparing the missing room for their baby. Now Maddie has been pregnant for 8 months. Albert was now 2 years old: His hair had grown larger; almost reaching his shoulders, and could speak very well. He was learning to read and to control his powers. However the only one he could control with total ease was the flying ability. One day Jack and Maddie decided to keep on trying to teach their son.
"Ok dear, start concentrating your energy" ordered Maddie. Albert crossed his arms.
"But I've been trying to do this for years. I can't" he complained.
"Come on Al, I'm sure you will do it!" exclaimed Jack happily.
"…Ok" replied Albert, not very convinced, and closed his eyes, concentrating. Suddenly his body turned transparent.
"You did it!" exclaimed Jack. Albert, confused, opened his eyes and looked at his body. Scared, he screamed.
"It's nothing bad dear. The other way, it's a very good signal" explained Maddie with a smile. Albert smiled.
"And what I can do while I'm like this?" asked, curious.
"You can walk through almost anything you wish" explained his mom. He nodded, got closer to a wall and phased through it. He smiled and walked back to his parents.
"Ok, now you can control it, let's go to the invisibility power" said Jack with a smile.
"But dad, let's-" he was cut off by his mom.
"You will do it! You don't know when you'll need it" she exclaimed.
"OK, OK!" replied Albert, annoyed. He closed his eyes again. His parents looked everywhere when his son disappeared.
"See? You could finally do it" said Jack.
"Yes… after 2 years of practicing" complained Albert. Suddenly, the 3 could feel a weak earthquake.
"Ok Al, this is NOT funny!" Jack exclaimed angrily.
"It wasn't my doing!" he shouted while another earthquake started, this time stronger. The door of the entrance fell over and green eyes appeared.
"Albert, don't move or speak" whispered Maddie while looking at the eyes seriously.
"But why?" asked the boy softly.
"Just do as we say" ordered Jack in a soft way, also looking warily at the eyes. The eyes got closer, and when they were close enough, Maddie and Jack could recognize from where they were.
"Skulker!" they exclaimed, clenching their fists.
"It's good to see you again" said Skulker with a dark smile.
"How did you know we were here?" asked Jack, seriously.
"That…is a little secret" the metallic-armor ghost replied.
"And why are you here? We haven't returned to the Ghost Zone" asked Maddie.
"Oh…because I wanted to make a special visit" Skulker answered while pointing a large gun towards the Fentons. Maddie backed up, but Jack flew towards Skulker. He fired a strange laser towards Jack, but he was able to dodge it.
"AAAHH" he heard a scream and thought it had hit his son, but when he turned, he knew he was wrong.
"MADDIE!" he exclaimed. She put a hand on her stomach and smiled weakly before closing her eyes. Jack turned to look at the ghost.
"HOW YOU DARE!" he shouted angrily, flew towards him, dodging every laser, and started punching him. Albert, still invisible, got closer to her mom and grabbed her hand carefully.
"Mom, are you ok? Please wake up" he pleaded softly. However she didn't reply or move. Albert felt like crying, but when he turned and saw his father being sent flying towards him, he got more worried. Jack felt besides her wife, unconscious. Skulker started laughing darkly as he was enjoying the scene. Albert got extremely mad, and decided to fight with this ghost, knowing he was the only one in there. He flied behind him and felt a strong energy concentrate on his hands. Then he fired a red ectoplasm towards his back, making Albert gasp a little. Part of Skulker's armor was destroyed.
"What?" he asked, surprised, and turned, but saw nothing.
"Darn it! My armor is badly damaged. I will return, and you and your citizens will pay it!" he exclaimed before turning invisible and flying away. Albert turned visible and looked at his badly damaged parents. He was about to cry when suddenly his mother started yelling.
"MOM!" he exclaimed and cried hardly. She held her stomach and kept shouting. Not knowing what to do, he phased through the house and flew across the city. When he found a house he recognized, he landed and knocked the door hardly. Pamela opened the door. When she saw he was crying, she got worried.
"What´s the matter?" she asked.
"Oh Pamela…my mom…my dad…" was the only thing he could say and continued crying. She put her hand on his shoulder.
"Show me the way home" she told him. He nodded and flew as fast as he could towards his home, Pamela following him. When they arrived, Pamela covered her mouth with her hands. Jack had bruises and cuts all over his body and was bleeding. Maddie had a burn on her stomach and right arm.
"Please…do something" pleaded Albert while sobbing.
"I´ll call the ambulance" she said while searching for a phone. Albert stayed in the room looking at his parents, specially worried for his mom, who kept yelling. When he was about to grab his mom's hand he heard a loud noise coming from outside, he looked outside and saw an ambulance landing slowly. 2 nurses came from the vehicle, took out 2 stretchers and ran toward the Fentons. When they started picking up Jack and Maddie and taking them inside the ambulance, Albert cried a little louder.
"I'm sure they will be fine, they are strong. Now let's go to the hospital" she said. Albert nodded, but he suddenly felt a pain on his hands. Pamela noticed the boy wasn't following and turned to look at him.
"I'm fine. You go, I'll reach you later" he told her. At first she was hesitant, but she decided to trust on his words, and so she left. Albert was scared to look at his hands, so he tried to ignore the pain and followed Pamela. As soon as he arrived he searched for a doctor. When he found one, he felt somehow relieved.
"Could you tell me in which room the Fentons are?" he asked politely, trying to wipe away his tears. The doctor smiled warmly and when he was going to say the number, he saw the boy gasping and holding his hands.
"What's the matter kid?" he asked. Albert shooked his head.
"I…don't know… they started hurting" he replied.
"So come with me please. I won't take too much" the doctor told him. Albert nodded and followed the doctor towards a room with the number 157. The doctor sat down, and invited Albert to sit in the couch in front of the chair. He did as instructed and looked at the doctor.
"Tell me, what happened?" he asked.
"Sincerely I don't know. I just felt the pain" replied Albert sadly. The doctor took his hands gently and was surprised to see them covered in blood.
"Did somebody hurt you?" he asked. Albert shooked his head.
"So…no…it CAN'T be" he talked to himself. Albert got curious.
"What do you mean?" he asked. The doctor turned and looked at the boy.
"Oh sorry… it's nothing" he replied. The pain in his hands increased, making Albert scream. His hands were surrounded by a green energy and fired and ectoplasm. The doctor ducked in time to avoid the attack, which hit weakly a furniture but didn't destroy it. Albert's hands started bleeding more.
"It IS true" he said, surprised. When Albert frowned, the doctor smiled.
"Oh yes. I have to explain. Nobody in this city has got the power you have jut shown me, that's why I eliminated that possibility when I saw your hands, but it seems you have proved me wrong" he explained.
"Cool…" Albert said while looking at his bloody hands. "Do you know anything else about this?" asked.
"Well…only because a friend told me, but yeah. It may be a powerful attack, but it is also a double-edge attack" he explained.
"What do you mean by double-edge?" Albert asked. The doctor rubbed his chin.
"Mm… look at your hands" he ordered. Albert did, but still was confused.
"When you fired, your hands started bleeding, didn't they?" the doctor explained.
"Oh…so you mean… that if I fire an ectoplasm my hands will get hurt?" he asked, finally having clear the idea.
"Exactly kid. Is because it is too strong for a ghost. But this effect can be eliminated fortunately" he explained while opening a drawer from a furniture. He then took out black gloves and showed them to Albert. He looked at them.
"And this…" he started.
"These are not ordinary gloves. You see, they have a special ability that suppresses a little the plasma attack. That way it won't hurt you" he explained, making Albert smile.
"But before you test them you should wash your hands" he told Albert calmly. The boy nodded and did as instructed. The doctor gave him the gloves, and he put them on.
"Oh, and another thing. As you grow up the gloves will increase their size to fit on your hands. Sorry to have taken your time, now you can go with the Fentons: They are in room 314" he said. Albert flew towards the man, hugged him and smiled before flying away from the room. He searched for Pamela for a few minutes. When he found her he smiled.
"They are in room 314" he said as he flew towards the stairs, Pamela behind him. They stopped at the third floor and started searching for the room with the number.
"Hey Albert, is over there" pointed Pamela, making Albert stop and fly towards the door of the room. When he was about to open the door, it opened from the inside and a doctor came from outside. Albert started crying again and walked towards him.
"Please! Tell me! Are they fine?" he asked impatiently. The doctor understood the boy was more worried than impatient, and so he smiled warmly and touched Albert's shoulder gently.
"Don't worry kid. They may be badly hurt, but it's nothing we can't take care of. They will stay here until they heal completely" told Albert and flew downstairs. Albert was happy and sad at the same time. Happy his parents would heal. Sad they are badly hurt. Pamela also felt as Albert, but she knew he was more worried and really needed to go and check them.
"Go inside and see them. I will be here, just in case" she told him. Albert smiled.
"Thanks…" he said before walking inside. Pamela just smiled as he saw the little boy walk away.
Jack and Maddie were resting on comfortable beds. Albert closed the door behind him and sat in a chair between his parents. He kept crying but in silence. He felt tired and fell asleep. After an hour had passed, Maddie started opening her eyes slowly. When she was fully awake and saw her son sleeping, she felt somewhat relieved. She patted Albert's head lightly and smiled. Her eyes widened when she saw a small puddle of blood on her bed. But the blood wasn't hers, it was Albert's. She shooked her son gently. He woke up slowly and looked at her mom.
"Huh…" he said, still feeling sleepy.
"Did Skulker do something to you?" she asked. Albert immediately woke up.
"Oh no, he didn't" he replied.
"Then tell me why are you bleeding?" she asked. Albert, confused, looked at his gloved hands. He took them off and saw his hands bleeding.
"What? It was supposed I had washed them!" he complained. His shout woke up Jack from a pinch.
"WHAT HAPPENS, WHERE IS HE!" he exclaimed before realizing he was in a hospital.
"Oh sorry" he apologized.
"Tell me, what happened to your hands?" she asked, making Jack look at the 2 curiously, his eyes widening when he saw Albert's bloody hands.
"A doctor explained me it was the double-edge effect" was his reply.
"By double-edge you mean…an ecto-beam?" asked his dad. Albert nodded and smiled.
"Wow…we don't even have that power" said Maddie, surprised.
"Awesome" said Albert.
"Yes, but as the doctor told you, it hurts the ghosts. It was very kind of him to give you these gloves, as they are very rare" Maddie explained as she opened a drawer from a closet and got out 2 bandages. Then she grabbed her son's hands carefully and wrapped each hand with them. Finally she told Albert to give her the gloves and put them on his hands. Albert smiled.
"Thanks mom" he thanked with a smile.
"It's nothing dear" she replied with a smile. Jack was getting extremely proud: his son had the power to fire a plasma attack, unlike him and his wife. After that, he thought that having a kid has made him happier and was proud of having one. Talking about kids…what had happened to their second one?
"Where is he?" Jack asked. Maddie and Albert looked at him, confused.
"Who are you talking about?" asked Maddie. She got the answer when the door opened and a nurse came inside.
"Sorry we have taken so long, we had serious problems, as he was badly hurt. The doctor will come and explain you better in a few minutes" she said while handing Maddie a bunch of blankets. Albert looked at who was inside: a baby boy with black short hair, having a white stripe over it. He was sleeping quietly. Albert was speechless, but at the same time had a lot of questions going through his mind. He gave his mom a surprised and confused look. She sighed before explaining.
"You see…your father and I were planning on having 2 children instead of one. But first we would have to get some experience before having 2 kids. When you were born, we were such happy parents. We wanted to give you a brother so you could play with him and enjoy playing with him. That's why we prepared the empty room"
"We decided to tell you after he was born, because it would be a surprise. But the circumstances made him born before time. And so you have it here: your little brother" finished Jack. Albert took a time to absorb the information, and then got happy: he would enjoy his times playing and teaching him.
"This will be awesome!" he exclaimed and looked happily. Maddie and Jack were happy that Albert had accepted his brother. Suddenly Albert fell to the ground. His parents got worried, but they couldn't move as their wounds still hurt. Albert immediately got up and held his head.
"I feel…very tired" he said.
"That's another side-effect of the ecto-blast. It takes out lot of energy at first, but if you dominate the power, it won't" Maddie explained. Albert nodded and sat down on the chair, falling asleep.
Suddenly the door opened again, this time entering a doctor.
"We have made some analysis to your baby. As the nurse told you, he was pretty hurt. What happened so that he would get hurt?" he asked. Maddie and Jack were hesitant.
"Somebody attacked us" replied Jack.
"Ah yes… that would explain it. You see, when his mom got hit, the baby absorbed part of the damage. Who knows how he did that, but the protected her. In consequence, he was born with some problems and had some physical alterations. For example his hair: the analysis revealed he would have it white, but as you see, it was black, except for the stripe. And have you seen his eyes?" he asked. Maddie and Jack shooked their heads. Just in that moment the baby boy opened his eyes. Maddie and Jack widened their eyes: His left eye was an ectoplasmic green, while the right one was a baby blue. The Fentons looked at the doctor.
"Well…now you have seen them I will keep on. His eyes were supposed to be green, but only one is that color, and he can't see very well with his left eye. We can't really explain why these changes happened. However, and fortunately, those are the only ones" he finished with a smile. Maddie couldn't help but to feel guilty about his son's condition. Jack noticed it and hugged her.
"No, it wasn't your fault, it was mine. If only I had protected you-"
"It's ok, dear. You did your best to protect us all. Nobody blames you for the unexpected attack" she said, making Jack smile weakly.
"But I have a good new for you. When your kid grows up, we can do a special operation to change the color of one of his eyes. We can only change it to blue, however" said the doctor.
"It would be excellent" Maddie told the doctor.
"When he is about…" he stopped to check a list. "15 years old, more o less. If we do it when he is younger, he may have more problems, he could even get blind"
"We don't know how we can thank you. You have done so much for us.
"Oh don't thank me, I like to help everybody. You will be hospitalized for a few days until you are all healthy. Besides we have to do more analysis on your son" he said with a smile.
"Oh yes… we haven't given him a name" said Jack.
"I had forgotten completely about that!" exclaimed Maddie while laughing weakly.
"So…how we should call him?" Jack asked. Maddie rubbed her chin.
"I'm not sure… but I would like it to start with C" she suggested.
"How about Charlie?" Jack asked.
"If you let me give you an advice… If I had a kid, its name would start with D" the doctor said.
"Yep I like the idea" approved Maddie while smiling.
"I've got it!" exclaimed Jack. "Danny!" he said while smiling proudly.
"I like it" said Maddie.
"So that will be his name" said the doctor while sighing. Suddenly an alarm went off.
"Sorry, but I have to leave" told the doctor to the Fentons and flew through the door. Albert woke up and shook his head, then looked at his parents.
"So…what happened when I was sleeping?" he asked.
"Oh, the doctor told us about our wounds, and that they would make analysis on your brother" replied Maddie. She didn't want to tell him about his brother's changes and how hurt he was because Albert would feel very sad.
"And we have just thought of a name for him: Danny" explained Jack. Albert smiled and looked at his brother. Fortunately, Danny had closed his eyes again, so Albert didn't see their color.
"And did he woke up?" asked, curiously. Maddie shooked her head. Albert looked outside the door and got worried.
"What happens, Al?" asked Jack, confused. Albert turned.
"Pamela isn't there" Albert replied. His parents both frowned.
"Well… when you were knocked out, I fired an ectoplasm against Skulker, destroying part of his armor. He promised he would get revenge and flew away. When I saw you were suffering, I searched for Pamela. She called an ambulance and showed me the way to the hospital. After finding the room in which you were, she promised she would stay outside, just in case" he explained. Maddie and Jack looked at themselves and then back to their son.
"Oh dear, we are so proud of you. You saved us, we don't know how to thank you" said Jack and felt he was about to cry. Albert smiled warmly.
"Children have to protect their parents, don't they?" he told, making his parents smile ear to ear. Suddenly they hear a conversation between 2 nurses.
"Whew…there is too much to do today" spoke one.
"Yes. A couple has got their baby, and another couples came, saying they would have babies soon" replied the other.
"And have you heard of the woman that started feeling pain here and doctors have taken her to a room*?"
"No I haven't"
"I think she was called…Pamela". Albert gasped when he hear her name. A small machine started beeping. One of the nurses looked at it.
"More work to do!" complained one and flew away besides the other nurse. Albert looked outside, trying to look for the doctor who had come to their room earlier. He smiled when he saw him, flying towards the room.
"Another birth" he said proudly while walking inside and closing the door.
"From who?" asked Albert, curiously.
"Pamela and Jeremy Manson, if I recall correctly. The baby was a girl, and they decided to call her Samantha" he replied. Albert smiled, thinking of the baby girl.
"And how is she?"
"Well…her hair is black, and her eyes are purple" the doctor answered.
"Cool" Albert commented. The adults smiled. Maddie looked at Danny, who was waking up and yawning. Jack noticed her and hugged her gently. They both were thinking: -Our family is complete now-
End of chapter 6
I got so excited about this chapter that I wrote even more words than before, reaching 3 thousand. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
*Pamela was also pregnant, in case you were wondering
