Chapter 39

DANNY'S POV

It took a while to get everyone into the Spector Speeder my Dad was none too happy to be with Vlad and Vlad was none too happy to be dragged down to the lab. Tucker drove us back to my parent's lab and Sam was in charge of holding the Fenton Thermos that Cari was trapped in. I was talking to 911 requesting an ambulance to take Vlad and my Dad to the hospital. My Dad didn't seem like he needed to go, but I assumed he was majorly dehydrated.

We flew into the lab just as I hung up. I pushed open the doors and turned to Sam and Tucker, "I'm going to go see if my mom is back from looking for the ghost boy. If she is I'll tell her that we found Dad." They both nodded and I headed for the stairs.

I found her sitting on the couch with Jazz, it sounded like they were having a serious conversation. I cleared my throat to get their attention. Jazz looked up first "Danny!" she yelled as she flew over and hugged me.

"Where have you been?!" my mom said as she joined in on the hug.

"Tucker, Sam, and I found Dad." I told them after they had released me. "He's down in the lab, Vlad's with him and there's an ambulance on the way."

"Oh my. Jack!" my mom yelled just before she ran towards the lab door. After she was gone I turned to Jazz.

"So what's the whole story Danny?" She asked while we headed over to the couch.

"Cari and I ended up in basically a fight to the death, well she was trying to kill me, I wasn't trying to kill her. I managed to get her back here and she tried to kill mom, after she shifted forms in front of her." I ignored Jazz's gasp and kept going. "Eventually Sam was able to suck her into a Fenton Thermos, she's still in it right now. Then we went to Vlad's and the place was a total wreck Dad was in the glass box thing so we got him in the Spector Speeder and I went to ask Vlad what we could do about Cari." Jazz kept nodding to show that she was listening. "Well Vlad's not exactly okay. I mean less okay than normal, but he did tell me what I need to do the stop Cari or stop whatever is making her do all of this."

"What do you have to do?" Jazz asked with a shaky voice.

I shook my head then looked at the ground "We have to destroy her ghost half, but I can't think of how to destroy it completely or a way that won't destroy her human self."

We sat in silence and I could tell that Jazz was really thinking hard, she had never said it but she kinda viewed Cari as a younger sister. I was just getting ready to say something when the ambulance pulled up. "I'd better go get the door and stuff."

I directed the paramedics to the lab and was going to follow them but Jazz grabbed my shoulder and whispered "Danny, I have an idea." I turned to face her, "This is gonna sound crazy, like really crazy, but what if you froze her ghost."

"Wait what?" I asked bewildered.

"I mean like you ghost half is kinda powered by your ice powers ya know because of your ghost sense. Well Cari's ghost half is powered by fire and heat, so technically shouldn't you be able to freeze out her ghost half."

I stared at her trying to put all of that together. "Jazz I think that could work. The only problem is she'd have to be out of the thermos long enough for me to do it, and she would have to be in her human form."

"You could put the Spector Deflector on her." Jazz suggested.

"Jazz you are amazing." I said as I gave her a quick hug. The paramedics passed behind us carrying my Dad and Vlad on two separate stretchers my Mom following behind them.

"I'll go down to the lab. Can you go and check to see if the ghost shield is on then go down to the lab ,make sure you lock the door behind you." Jazz nodded and we headed our separate ways.

Once I was in the lab I went over the plan with Tucker and Sam. They both thought it was a crazy idea, but neither of them had a better idea, so we stuck with the original.

"Okay Danny the Ghost Shield is still running." Jazz said once she had joined us in the lab.

"Okay guys when I say go, Sam you let Red out and Tucker you put the Spector Deflector in her and try to not get yourself killed."

"Wow Danny that for the encouragement." Tucker said sarcastically.

Jazz had a few other ghost fighting weapons tucked into her belt just in case something went wrong.

"Ready 3...2...1...GO!"

Sam pressed the release button and Red flew out of her thermos prison. The temperature of the room instantly skyrocketed, all of the heat radiating off of her. Tucker lunged forewords and successfully put the belt around her waist, receiving some burns on his hands in the process.

All of us backed up as electric shocks passes through her body weakening her. Eventually the temperature of the room dropped as she struggled to keep herself in her ghost form.

As she was shifting back and forth I shifted into Danny Phantom and waited for just the right moment. "Hey Danny?" Sam asked as she tapped me on the shoulder. "How did you planning keeping her in her human form?"

"Well I was just gonna keep the Spector Deflector on her. Oh wait."

"Ya" Sam said quietly.

"I guess I'm just gonna have to deal with it." I yelled just before I lunged at her pinning Cari, one of my best friends, to the floor turned my hands intangible and put them into her chest.

I located a source of heat just below her heart, I had to be extremely careful. As I activated my ice powers I could feel the Spector Deflector draining my energy. Soon I couldn't feel any heat at all. In fact after I released her she looked almost blue. I began to panic. "We need blankets and hot water and anything that is slightly warm, but nothing really hot. I'll grab bandages for Tucker's hands."

Sam, Jazz and I ran out of the lab and grabbed everything we could think of to warm her up. In the end I had grabbed a box of bandages, several sweaters and a heating pad. Jazz and Sam just grabbed as many blankets as they could carry.

When we went back down Cari was sitting up and looking around, she wore a blank expression and her eyes were no longer amber, the color looked like it had almost completely faded away, now they were just a very light blue. It was very unsettling to see, she almost didn't look like Cari anymore with her now very pale skin, white lips, and sapphire eyes. She tilted her head slightly as we came closer to her

"Here Tucker." I said in order to get his attention. I handed him the box of bandages which he accepted gratefully.

I then looked back at Cari she was staring directly at Sam, "What did I do?" she asked in a small voice.