I do not own Danny Phantom.

Technus decided that this 'school' that the young human Jazz and the child were forced to go to was a blessing. This 'school' ensured that the child was absent from the dwelling for seven hours and forty seven minutes. During this time Technus could go about and install the devices he needed without being detected. True the two parental units were usually within the building, but he had nothing to fear. After observing the parental units he had come to learn that they considered themselves ghost hunters. Technus found this laughable. They shared living quarters with a hybrid and were none the wiser. What's the probability of the parental units finding him?

It had been two days since his merge with the network and he was at last ready to commence with the next phase of his plan. Now he would be able to obtain accurate data on the child. Everything from his energy readings to the child's carbon footprint. But there had been one setback. There was one security feature that he had not been able to overcome. Technus could not access the internet from within the network. The only way to access the web, without setting the whole network on red alert, was to physically activate the internet from one of the computers. While the humans were oblivious to some extent they weren't oblivious enough to not notice a ghost sitting in front of their computers.

He had been able to discover the meaning of the word 'puberty'. Technus had used a dictionary embedded within one of the programs that Jazz used to write her essays. The word he discovered meant the period of time when a child makes the transition to an adult. During this time the human body undergoes physical and hormonal changes. Why this word had such an affect on the hybrid was still beyond his comprehension…

Technus was jarred from his track of thought were one of his sensors picked up that Jazz's alarm clock had gone off. He moved his consciousness the camera in her room and began to watch her. He watched as a slim frail hand emerged from the covers and tap the snooze button of the alarm. A small groan escaped the covers and the human sat up. Her hair was in complete disarray and there were bags beneath her eyes. Technus was not used to these constant changes in appearance that humans were capable of. Everyday something about the humans would change. These changes were so… effortless. In the ghost zone it took tremendous amounts of energy in order for change to happen. Here change happened every second. It was a very difficult concept to grasp.

Jazz slid a hand half way down her face and looked at the alarm clock between her fingers. Then she peeled back the covers and got out of bed. She paused and stretched her arms out. This movement proved that her yellow pajamas were slightly too small and needed to be replaced. She then made her way to the child's room. She opened the door and looked into his room.

"Danny? Wake up. It's time to get ready for school." The child groaned and pulled the covers tighter over himself. Jazz's eyes narrowed and she walked over to his bed.

"Danny, this is your last warning. Get up." A groan that sounded more like a drawn out squeak came from the covers. Jazz placed her hand at the top his blanket…

"Jazz… Please can you tell mom and dad that I'm not feeling well? I was up so late last night ghost hunting. Can I please stay home?" An amused and irritated look took hold of Jazz's face.

"Ha. Fat chance. If you don't recall I was out ghost hunting with you last night. Now get up." With that Jazz yanked the blankets off the child. The child's angered cry was quick to follow.

"Jazz! What was that for?" Jazz only smiled innocently and walked back to her room. Getting up the child began his preparations for the day. Though the occasional muttered word of evil and sister could be heard now and then.

Technus was puzzled over what his sensors had picked up during the encounter. Though the child's energy readings were normally more than twice that of a regular human's there were strange fluctuations. When Jazz had first awakened him the energy readings were lower that usual. Then when the covers were snatched away his levels had shot up to a point that would be expected during a fight. Interesting.

Technus sat back and watched the two siblings prepare for school. The child had to spend more time getting ready than his sister. He had to spend time looking through piles of clothing in order to find something appropriate to wear. As he spent more time searching the larger his energy signature became. Puzzled as to why this was occurring, Technus had the camera zoom in. The child's eyebrows were scrunched together and his mouth was set in a hard line. As he shifted though the last pile the child found the desired article of clothing and his energy readings returned to normal. Once clothed the child grabbed the satchel like object, which Technus had learned was called a 'backpack', and was out the door and down the stairs. Jazz was in the living room waiting for the child. She had prepared everything she had needed for school the night before. Upon the child's arrival she looked up from the book and asked.

"Ready to go Danny?"

"Yeah, but could you cover for me and tell mom and dad that I am going to be staying after school and 'studying' with Sam and Tucker?" Jazz paused with a strange look on her face.

"Errr, Sorry Danny I have to stay after school and help Erick study."

"Wait you don't mean the Erick from the karate club do you?" As the child said this his energy levels began to slowly rise.

"Yes that's him. He came up to me and asked me to help him study. He asked very nicely too…" Jazz was no longer looking at the child and had a small smile on her face. Right after she finished saying this the child's energy readings spiked dramatically.

"THAT ERICK! Jazz do you know what his reputation is like?! He has a new girl every month! That guy couldn't care less about his grades! Jazz I'm telling you stay away from that guy." The child fixed jazz with a very dark look.

"Now, Danny there is nothing bad about wanting to improve bad grades. Besides you don't know Erick personally. How can you say if he bad guy or not? An-" The child cut her off.

"Jazz I don't need to know him personally to see that he is that 'type'. Jazz stay away from him. He is not good for you." At this Jazz began to change into an interesting shade of red and replied.

"Danny I will not have you telling me who I can and can't see!" With that she turned on her heel and stormed out the door. The child stared after his sister with a gloomy look upon his face.

"I can't tell you what to do, but it doesn't mean I can't stand guard." With that the child transformed and blasted off in the direction of his school.

Technus was excited with the data that had been collected and saw a pattern forming. But there still was not enough data, the child and the humans around him were far too unpredictable. He would not lose because he made a move too soon.

I apologize for any spelling/grammar mistakes. If you see them please point them out. It would be most appreciated.

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I open to any suggestions/ideas/opinions on the story or characters. At this point I am debating on which ghosts to leave out and which to bring in. As for what I am planning to have Technus do… Is it far too obvious?