Disclaimer: I don't own Sam, Paulina, Dash, Kwan, Mr. Fenton, Danny, Tucker or anyone else.
"So where'd you and your date go last night?" Danny asked, trying to appear nonchalant.
"To my parents' restaurant." Sam responded with a yawn.
Tucker glanced sideways at her. "You look pretty tired Sam," he commented. "How long did you sleep?"
Sam yawned again and said, "Two hours."
"I wonder what could've kept you up so long." Danny chuckled.
Sam glared at him and growled, "It's none of your business Danny." Then in a lighter voice she asked, "So are we still on for studying at your place tonight?" Danny and Tucker nodded and the trio headed to class.
Later
That night at the Fenton home, Sam, Danny and Tucker were in the basement, studying math. Mr. Fenton dropped by every ten minutes to check the ghost zone.
Sam and Danny were going over equations with Tucker when Mr. Fenton dropped by again. "Ha!" he scoffed. "A Fenton boy doesn't need math to hunt ghosts."
Mr. Fenton set down the tray of lemonade and ran for the stairs. He was halfway there when he tripped and fell. "I need to clean up around this place." Mr. Fenton muttered as he continued up the stairs. The three teens went back to their equations.
Then, there were the sounds of gears grinding to a halt and the ghost portal slowly opened. Danny, Tucker and Sam all braced themselves for some powerful new ghost and were surprised to see that the ghost portal had completely shut down.
"Maybe I should investigate," Danny said, walking towards the portal.
"No Danny," Sam stopped him. "It's probably no big deal. Let me do it."
Sam stepped toward the portal but Danny said, "Wait." He dug around the lab and found a jumpsuit much like the one he'd worn.
Sam sighed and put it on. "Uh, no." She grabbed a pair of scissors and began snipping at the jumpsuit. When she stood before them again, it was just like her normal outfit except it was white.
"There." Sam said, stepping into the portal. She had gone all the way to the back to inspect the wires there when there came a yell from behind Danny.
"Hey guys! I found its plug." There was the sound of a plug clicking together and then gears starting back up again.
There was a scream as the ghost portal came back on. "Sam!" Danny and Tucker yelled in unison. They waited in agonized silence for Sam to reappear.
Finally, Sam stumbled out of the portal and fell to the ground. Danny managed to catch her before her head hit the floor. "Wait," Danny told Tucker as the dark-skinned boy inched forward. Sam's hair was much blacker than normal. Her jumpsuit was equally as black. Sam's eyes had remained purple, but her skin was too pale.
She moaned and slowly opened her eyes. She was seeing triple. "Where…where am I?" she asked feebly.
"Sam," Danny said slowly. "You just fell out of the ghost portal. How do you feel?"
"Dizzy." Sam replied, slowly getting to her feet. She pitched forward into Danny and passed out again.
"What's all that racket down there?" Mr. Fenton's voice penetrated the air and the two boys panicked.
Danny shook Sam and said urgently, "Sam! Wake up. You have to change back."
Sam stayed unconscious and Tucker suggested, "Maybe you should go invisible and fly her home."
Danny nodded as footsteps began pounding down the stairs. Danny grabbed hold of Sam and flew them out of the house to Sam's just as Mr. Fenton got to the bottom of the stairs.