After days of formulating a plan Technus was ready. He had left an anonymous tip to the parental units that if they staked out the Amity Museum of Natural Sciences tonight the ghost child would appear. The museum was also conveniently located on the other side of town. As for the child, Technus had called in a few favors from the Ghost Zone. Tonight A few ghosts from the Ghost Zone would appear and keep the child away from his dwelling and occupied. None of the ghost that he had called in were particularly powerful, but they would serve their purpose. Technus would then be free to make an unmolested kidnapping.
Technus had spent quite a bit of time on deciding exactly which human would be his target. Technus rejected the idea of abducting either of the parental units. If he did kidnap one of them it would promise an extreme reaction from the child… but there were too many unpleasant factors with this course of action. Firstly out of all the members in the household the most dangerous, not including the child, was the female parental unit. She always had some sort of weapon on her person. (how many she actually had on her at one time Technus still needed to determine) Even without her weapons she was a master of a fighting form humans called karate. She could also quickly adapt to any situation and use what was readily available to the best of her ability. It would probably be only a matter of time before she became his captor. The male parental unit, though much less dangerous, was just as well armed. Most of his efforts did seem to backfire… but Technus had observed times when those mishaps had turned out to be more effective than if it had gone according to plan. While the male parental unit was doable he still would require more effort than what Technus was willing to expend.
Technus had also considered the child's followers. They both had a decent amount of fighting ability and both carried a few weapons. Technus had determined that with a bit of planning it would be easy enough to incapacitate and capture either of them. The one thing that held him back from this course of action was that he did not know what their exact relationship to the child was. He knew that the child would be angered if one of his followers disappeared or at the very least irritated. But he worried that abduction of either of the two followers would not cause enough emotional distress. If so then all of his efforts would be for nothing.
A faint smile appeared on Technus' lips as he thought of the child's sister Jasmine. She would fit his needs perfectly. She never carried any sort of weapon, in fact she seemed to avoid them. As for physical power, she was severely lacking in that department. When it came to intelligence she did have more than her brother but came nowhere near her mother's level. Kidnapping and watching her should take minimal effort. In addition the child cared deeply for her. Her disappearance would send the child's energy levels soaring, and in turn, that energy in the long run should be the child's downfall. Then by simply threatening to harm her… should keep his energy levels at their critical levels. Yes… she would do quite nicely.
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Technus kept his attention firmly fixed on the clock, he would start at ten thirty and not a moment before. He had arranged it so that his plan would take place on a Friday night. He had come to realize that humans usually made their own plans for the weekend and rarely questioned each other about them. If he carried this out correctly Jasmine would not be missed for two, three if he was lucky, days. In a few moments the ghosts he had summoned from the Ghost Zone would engage the child and lead him towards the museum. There he would meet his parents. That way the parental units and the child would be out of his hair for the night. Technus' eyes narrowed as the clock changed to read ten twenty-six the child should have encountered his parents by now. In the next minute one of the other ghosts should be coming to confirm it… a faint glow diverted Technus' attention from the clock. He watched as the young Orphan spirit finished phasing through the Fenton's lab wall. Technus smirked, the hybrid child must be having quite a bit of difficulty with the Orphan spirits if this one managed to return so quickly. Orphan spirits had nothing in the way of strength but had speed and agility in spades… Orphan spirits were not common in the Ghost Zone… it simply was that they had difficulty maintaining an existence. They were the spirits of children who had died before their time. Orphan spirits were often hunted by the older spirits for sport. For this reason they lived together in groups and hid. Technus and the Orphan Spirits had a deal of sorts worked out. He provided them with technology. In exchange they provided him with information on other ghosts in the Ghost Zone… Young Blood was once one of them… but that was long ago. Young Blood now flew with the elder ghosts and hunted the very ones that he once called friend. The child looked quite shaken and seemed to have been hit by a few ectoblasts. The Orphan spirit after quickly scanning it's surroundings flew to Technus' side.
"Mister Technus we did like you tolded us to do. We bought the Phantom boy to the museum place you showed us and now the two scary humans are chasing him. We did it… Can we have that holo proto thingy now?" How the orphan spirit managed to say this without stammering was beyond Technus. The orphan spirit was visibly trembling and his eyes darted about. Apparently the orphan spirit did not take well to the human world. Technus smirked and reached into a pocket and withdrew a small cube.
"It is a Holographic Flasher little one… do you remember the explanation and demonstration I gave on it?" The young one blinked and stared for a moment.
"Well… ya. You click the button on it when mean ghosts come and throw it. Then you run the other way." Technus gave a small smile.
"Young one, did I not tell you that the Flasher had more than one application? Not only can it produce complex three dimensional illusions, but due to the chromium plating, the device can also store up to thirty mega joules of light. So should you and your companions find yourselves in a situation where you must make an unexpected sudden escape the Flasher should aid you greatly. As an added bonus if the button is held down for four seconds and then thrown a circuit with human components embedded within it will be activated. This in turn will create a destructive surplus of power within the device. At this point you would find it in your best interests to place as much distance between yourselves and the device as quickly as possible. Also there is the possibility-"
"Uh, Mister Technus sir? What does 'application' mean?" Technus placed his hand upon his face and sighed. Why did he even bother trying explaining his creations? Even the other older ghosts in the Ghost Zone who came to him for his talents rarely cared for or understood the explanation. Often it was 'Just FIX the damn guitar geek! I don't care how you do it! Just do it!' or 'If you don't stop studying the human device and start removing it I will have your hide! The blasted thing has already overloaded several of my circuits!'. But at least this child was at least motivated enough to honestly ask a question.
"Application, it is another word for use, function, or purpose… You didn't understand a word I said did you?" The young child had his head cocked to the side and his eyes narrowed in concentration.
"I did understand the words you said mister… just not all of them…" With a final sigh Technus tossed the Flasher to the Orphan spirit and said.
"Never mind child… I do not have the time to explain it in simpler terms. Besides you understand the general idea. Throw it and run the other way. You and your kin have done what has been asked of you. You have your payment. Now go." Technus turned his attention back to the clock and saw that he only matter of seconds before his phase of the plan began.
"Mister Technus?" Technus looked over his shoulder and saw the Orphan spirit along with several other of his kin floating beside the Ghost Zone Portal. He guessed that while he had been trying to explain the Flasher the other spirits must have floated in.
"What is it? Your part here is done, you owe me nothing. You have earned the Flasher justly." The Orphan spirits looked at one another then as if reaching a group decision three of them pushed the spirit holding the Flasher forward.
"Mister Technus… We want to thank you. Your not like the other meanie ghosts." Technus' brows furrowed in confusion for a moment then he puffed his chest out a little and responded.
"Young one, of course I differ from the other ghosts. My intelligence by far exceeds theirs" One of the female Orphan spirits covered her mouth. The other Orphan spirits shared a knowing smile then plunged into the Ghost Zone. Technus floated over to the computer and smiled. The first part of the plan had succeeded.
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