Back in Fenton Works, an uninvited guest went through the weaponry. He never planned on using any of the gear; he was only curious.
The metal room was indeed full of strange weapons however. He'd have to be careful.
Once he had examined every piece of equipment, he wanted to know where exactly he was. Phasing through the ceiling, he found himself in a kitchen, which he quickly left on foot for another set of stairs.
Twenty minutes later had him walking out of the house as a new man. He learned that he was in Amity Park, the world's most haunted city. He had also learned that someone lived in the house that had a suit that was just his size, if a little tight was alright, though the shoes didn't fit him. He decided to leave the suits blue tie behind, and left the top few buttons of his new shirt open, as well as the jacket. Looking himself over in the mirror, he was impressed. The red eyes would turn heads though, so he snagged a pair of sunglasses as well before leaving.
Outside, the sun was shining brightly. He turned left, and began walking. He wasn't in any hurry at the moment.
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Jack Fenton roared into the parking lot of the hospital, barely avoiding a wreck. A few furious EMTs ran out, barking
"You can't park here!"
They waved their arms, getting Jack Fenton's attention. He in return got their attention by opening the doors to his vehicle and leading the oddball party out before going back in and getting his son.
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Alex awoke hours later, under the haze of painkillers from an IV drip. His tired eyes took in the sights of boring walls, bland bedclothes, and Danny sleeping in the bed next to him. A persistent beeping crawled into his ears, and reality came crashing down around him.
This was a hospital.
And his hand was sore. Broken.
He shifted his attention to Danny and the mission to wake him up. Using his good hand, Alex wadded up a square of Kleenex before chucking it across the void to the next bed. The tissue arched before falling short a few inches away from the railing surrounding the bed. Alex cursed.
"Oi, Danny, wake up." He whispered.
"Five more minutes, Jazz." Danny mumbled, burrowing further into the blankets.
"Danny!" Alex hissed; blinking as an idea came to mind. Leaning out a few more inches, he whispered three words:
"Ah! A ghost!"
Danny's eyes snapped open. With a noise of surprise, he shot up into a sitting position, madly looking around. He quickly noted that there was in fact, nay a ghost in sight. He glared at Alex in annoyance.
"Sorry, mate, had to." Alex held up a hand in defense.
"Why?"
"I was wondering if you knew where everyone had gone."
Danny pointed to the door. Everyone had been forced to stay in the lobby, he explained. Alex raised an eyebrow.
"I woke up for a minute or two when they were in here. That's how I know."
"Don't you think that's odd? They should at least allow your parents to stay with you-"
He stopped talking as the door to their room opened. A man walked in with a clipboard. He was a nurse.
"How are the two of you? Not too sore, I hope?" The man asked.
Alex saw Danny shiver out of the corner of his eyes. The nurse rounded on Danny, getting all up in his face.
"Is the temperature too cold for you?" He demanded sweetly. Danny pulled a face
"It was fine until you showed up." Danny shot back tartly. The nurse jerked away. Danny hid a smirk of annoyance before continuing,
"Where is my family? My friends?"
His gaze let it be known that he wasn't going to take any crap. The nurse kept up a poker face.
"They are just outside, in the lobby. Do you remember?"
"Crystal clear. Can my parents at least come in?"
"I'm afraid not; at least not until the doctor makes the final call."
"Who's the doctor?" Alex demanded, already guessing where this was going. The nurse turned to him, hands flying to his IV line that really wasn't even necessary. He opened the clamp on the tube, releasing more of what drug was inside the bag into Alex through a vein in his elbow.
"There! That should keep you comfortable!"
"Hey!..."
"Now, the two of you need to wait for a few more minutes. The doctor will be here soon to check on you."
With that, the man briskly left the room. Alex slumped against his pillows, fighting to keep his eyes open. Danny was already out of his bed, fumbling with the IV and turning it off. He ran into the small bathroom to grab his street clothes, jeans socks and shoes, and changed into them in a flash. He stepped back out, ripping the bandage above his eye off.
"I'm sure you noticed what that guy really was. Here," Danny flung Alex his own clothes. "Get dressed. We're leaving. Can I wear this jacket?" he held up a black jacket.
Danny was almost twitching with nervous energy looking out the window and out the door as Alex sluggishly got his jeans and shirt back on before searching for his socks and shoes, pulling the IV along with him.
"Where's your shirt?"
"It's all torn up. I think they threw it away, because I can't find it." He didn't want to go around without a shirt. His back was covered with scars from ghost fights; scars that would gain anyone's attention.
"Sure then, mate. Whatever." Alex glanced at the IV stuck in him. His mind reminded him that he had never even been wearing a jacket. It must have been left in the room by someone else.
Unless…
"Danny, that's not even my jacket. Check it for bugs."
"You think it's dirty or something? Looks fine to me."
"Not those kind of bugs. Trackers."
"Oh." a pause, "Nope, it's fine. Do you want that line out?"
"Sure."
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Leaving the hospital room had been easy. Danny changed into Phantom and phased them out the wall before the doctor could show up. He flew Alex and himself into an elevator.
Once back on the ground, Alex shook his head comically.
"Warn me before you do that again, mate."
"Will do." Danny laughed, changing into Fenton and pressing the ground floor button.
When the doors slid open moments later to reveal the lobby. The room was large, as Alex pointed out.
"But where is everyone?" Danny asked, looking around. He shuddered as his ghost sense went off again.
A formal man dressed in a white coat rounded the corner. The doctor. He smiled and walked over to them, oblivious to their annoyed expressions.
"Shouldn't the two of you be in your rooms?" he asked.
"We were just leaving," Alex said, already going for the door.
Danny glanced around. There really wasn't a single other person around! Not even a security camera. The doctor smiled, taking a step closer and blocking Alex.
"I insist that you stay." He said coldly, eyes glowing red.
"Sorry, Doc," Danny said as he transformed and wrapped an arm around Alex's waist.
"But this is when we'll be checking out!"
The ghost doctor barely had time to react as Danny took off with Alex through a wall, leaving the hospital behind. Alex looked back as they took to the sky.
"The hospital looks like a complete wreck!"
"That's because it's the old one, North Mercy. We were probably at the other one first, and some ghost decided to play a prank."
"How was that even funny?"
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At Danny's suggestion, they went back to Fenton Works, entering through Danny's bedroom window. He changed back into Fenton before stepping out into the hall. The voices of his parents and Jack met his ears.
"Alex, they're here."
"What?"
Danny was already down the stairs.
"Mom, Dad?" he called. His mom appeared from the lab, smiling.
"Hey, Danny! Alex was just down here."
"What?"
"He came down here looking for something to protect himself from ghosts."
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Alex left for his temporary room, grabbing the belt given to him by Smither's and wrapping it around his waist under his shirt and fastening the buckle at his hip. He left just as quickly, running back to Danny's room before the halfa could see him.
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"They don't remember anything?"
Alex was speechless. The Fenton's and Jack had completely forgotten all that had happened in the past few hours. He fell back to sit on the edge of Danny's bed. He looked over to Danny, who was leaning against the wall next to the door.
"What about Tucker and Sam? Or your sister?"
"Uh…" Danny ran off to his sister's room.
"Hey Jazz, you there?" he called through her door.
"Yeah. Can you keep it down? I'm studying."
Danny took a step back, his eyes wide. It was summer vacation, for one thing; why was she studying? He left and went back to Alex.
"She forgot everything too."
"Great. Let's go look for Tucker and Sam."
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They were about to leave, when Alex's phone went off. According to the scans sent from his shoes, there were ghosts at North Mercy, though he found that out himself.
Danny transformed into Phantom again, grabbing Alex by the waist again before flying back out through the window. He shot like a bullet to Sam's house and landing in her room. Sam was halfway out of her door when he called to her. He ran over to her and gave her a huge hug before blushing and backing up.
"What's going on? The two of you just vanished from your beds at the hospital!"
"Sorry, Sam, some random ghosts pulled a prank-"
"That wasn't funny at all," Alex muttered
Sam stared at the jacket Danny was wearing. He stuttered out an explanation of how he found it to replace his shirt.
"Anyway, what about Tucker?"
"I just called him. He's fine. Apparently, we were sent to our homes. There was a bunch of black smoke that I couldn't move through. When it finally cleared, I was in my room. He said the same thing happened to him."
"That's odd."
"No kidding. There was this weird ghost attack when we were heading back to the portal. Both of you were out when it happened. I bet it has something to do with this, since it was black too."
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