In a storage warehouse late at night Danny was facing off against a ghost calling himself the Box Ghost.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST! You will tremble in fear at the might of all things cardboard and square!"
See.
The Box Ghost threw boxes labelled 'Fine China', 'Lost and Found' and 'Stuffed Animals' at Danny, who ducked to avoid them.
"This is just getting ridiculous, why don't you just go back to where you came from already? Danny shouted standing back up.
"HA HA! You think getting rid of will be that easy?! You will never find the 'Lost and Found' box, through which I have anchored myself to your mortal plane of existence!" the Box Ghost shouted.
"You mean the 'Lost and Found' box you just threw at me?" Danny curiously asked pointing over his shoulder.
They both looked behind Danny to a pile of broken china, stuffed animals and other random stuff spilling out of their broken boxes, which were just thrown at him a few seconds ago.
One of the boxes was lightly glowing green and the last thing the Box Ghost said before vanishing in a flash of green was, "Oh poop."
Danny relaxed and smiled triumphantly until he heard his phone ringing faintly and felt around his waist looking for it.
When he couldn't find it he thought for a moment before realizing where it was and changed back into Fenton.
He then reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone (which was ringing a lot louder than before) and answered, "Hello?"
"Danny, where are you?" Sam asked on the other end of the line.
"Uhh…out?" Danny awkwardly answered.
"You're out fighting the Box Ghost by yourself again, aren't you?" Sam accused.
"How'd you know?" Danny asked surprised.
"1; the Box Ghost is the only one who's been 'attacking' over the last few weeks and 2; you just told me" Sam finished smugly.
Danny face palmed at that.
"*sigh* you said that you'd let us help out if there was a ghost attack."
"I know but I also said to hang back where it's safe, plus the Box Ghost isn't what you'd call dangerous." Danny said phasing out of the warehouse.
"True, but we can still handle ourselves so you don't have to push us away."
"Yeah… so, see you at school tomorrow?" Danny asked.
"Where else would I be?" Sam retorted "Bye."
"Bye" Danny said hanging up before he began to head home.
In the Fenton's kitchen Jazz was tutoring Dash, though he was smiling wolfishly at her and not listening.
"Okay, in algebraic terms 'A' squared plus 'B' squared equals 'C' squared where 'C' is the hypotenuse and 'A' and 'B' are the sides of the triangle, got it?" Jazz quickly said looking up and seeing the look on Dash's face.
"Get your mind out of the gutter Dash, I'm doing a thesis on tutoring the unutterable and you're disproving my thesis that nobody is unutterable." She said annoyed.
"You know, you're really beautiful when you say untut- untut- un- uhh… whatever you just said." Dash said, scratching his head in confusion when he tried to say 'unutterable', before returning to his original look.
Danny walked through the front door heading into the kitchen and saying, "Hey Jazz, I'm ba…"
But he faltered when he saw Dash sitting next to his sister.
"Dash! What- what are you doing here?" Danny asked leaning on the table.
His arm that he was leaning went intangible on its own causing Danny to slip and knock Dash's homework all over the place.
"Watch it Fenturd." Dash growled at Danny.
"S-Sorry just passing through." Danny stuttered backing through the basement door and closing it behind him.
"Now that twinkle toes is out of the way, you're coming to my party Saturday right? It'll be a chance to see me in my rightful place as 'King of Casper High'." Dash asked smiling arrogantly and handing her an invite.
"And a great place to work on my thesis on the effects of mocking my last name, picking on my little brother and then asking me out." Jazz said annoyed.
"So is that a yes?" Dash asked, clearly not getting the hint.
Jazz's face morphed into a 'you're kidding right?' expression before thoughtfully smiling and saying, "I'll go, but on one condition."
Danny walked into his parent's lab and came across his dad working on an invention at a workbench.
"Hey Dad, mind if I hang around here for a bit." Danny called walking up to him.
Jack stopped what he was doing and looked over removing his goggles saying, "Sure Son! I was about to test this beauty on the creep upstairs." He got up and turned to Danny, holding what looked like a high tech vacuum cleaner.
"Uhh, Dad? Don't you remember that talk Mom and Jazz had with you about assuming someone is a paranormal creature?" Danny asked.
"You think he's a paranormal creature?" Jack asked genuinely surprised.
Danny blinked twice before shaking his head saying, "Never mind, what's that you're holding anyway?"
"Oh this old thing? I call it the 'Ghost Weasel'. It sucks up ambient ghost energy and any other energy produced by the paranormal." Jack explained.
"It's actually prototype for the Fenton Thermos, which can do the same as the Ghost Weasel except it can also suck up, compress, and contain any paranormal creature of any size in any environment."
"Then why aren't you working on the thermos if that's better?" Danny asked confused.
"Because the darn thing won't work, I've been tinkering on this and I think the problem might have something to do with the compression circuit." Jack said annoyed.
"Does it work as well as your last invention?" Danny asked, glancing towards the octagonal hole in the wall.
"Of course does, here let me show you." Jack said turning it on.
The Ghost Weasel sputtered before whirring to life to life.
It began sucking in air along with any loose paper and as Jack moved it around trying to get it under control it sucked up the Fenton Thermos that was sitting nearby and got jammed in the Weasel's nozzle.
Jack tried pulling at the Thermos a few times before saying, "Darn it, better get the Fenton Unlodger." Before putting the Weasel down and running upstairs.
Danny picked up the Weasel's nozzle, reached down to flicked the switch from 'Forward' to 'Reverse' and asking, "Couldn't you just throw it into-?"
The Thermos shot out of the Weasel, interrupting him, and began ricocheting off the walls, roof and floor smashing into anything in its way.
Danny quickly ducked as it flew through where his head just was and finally stopped by crashing into an old computer.
"-Reverse?" Danny finished slowly.
Suddenly his Ghost Sense went off tasting like popping candy and Danny quickly became alert, looking around the lab.
The computer that the Thermos crashed into glowed slightly before a small green glowing sphere emerged from the computer.
It began letting off bolts of green electricity creating a slight whirlwind and sucking up a lab coat and black square shades.
When the wind and electricity calmed down there was a man wearing the lab coat and glasses (without the frames) who cackled with laughter.
"Child! You have freed me from my prison! Technus, Master of Science and Electrical Technology!" Technus cried out.
"Oh no you don't!" Danny said, putting the Weasel down and transforming. "I'm not going to let some ghost use my family's technology to take over the world!"
"Now see here child, I am not some blob of emotional ectoplasm you call a ghost, I Technus, am a proud member of Sprites!" Technus said annoyed.
"Secondly, that's a great idea! You should consider tutoring."
Danny leapt at Technus ready to punch him but Technus held up his hand and zapped him with green electricity that sent him flying back.
"You know what, I've already been dumped on in my own house." Danny said picking up the Weasel and switching it back to 'Forward'.
"And that's enough for one day." He finished switching on the Weasel.
He struggled with the Weasel for a few seconds before getting it under control and pointing it at Technus.
Technus began moving towards the nozzle and started struggling to go in the opposite direction before finally getting sucked in screaming.
As soon as he was sucked in the Weasel began whirring, groaning and creaking.
Danny could only look on in worry as other pieces of lab equipment was sucked in and the Weasel began letting off green sparks before finally exploding letting off arcs of electricity all over the lab.
Danny, still holding what was left of the nozzle, looked at the lab in shock that now had black scorch marks, broken beakers and paper lying all over the place.
He then heard Jack's voice from up the stairs call down, "Danny, I'm coming back. And I can't wait to see the lab exactly as I left it."
Danny quickly dropped the nozzle in fear, turned invisible and jumped up phasing through the roof.
Jack ran down the stairs took one look around the mess the lab was in and said, "Hm, where'd Danny go? Ah well, at least the lab's still the same."
At school, Danny was retelling his encounter with Technus to Sam and Tucker at a table outside.
"… and after he zapped me I sucked him into the Weasel and it blew up making a mess of the lab, well…more of a mess."
"You know, something's been bugging me about you fighting." Tucker said thoughtfully.
"What?" Danny asked.
"Where did you learn to fight anyways?" Tucker asked Danny.
"I didn't, maybe I picked it up from watching TV, video games and Mum's practice sessions." Danny suggested, shrugging his shoulders.
"Really, hey that means with all the games I've played, I should be a seasoned veteran!" Tucker excitedly said.
"Easy there Bruce Lee, that might only work for Danny since he's the one with powers." Sam said looking up from an old, leather bound book she was reading.
"Oh, Darn it."
"Anyway what's that book you're reading Sam?" Danny asked leaning over the table to get a better look.
"It's called the 'Monster Grimoire'" Sam answered pushing Danny back into his seat. "You said Technus called himself a Sprite right, well I'm looking in this to see if there's any information on them."
"Where did you get something this old from, I can't even read that gibberish." Tucker asked looking at the text.
"I found it in a trunk in my houses attic and it's not gibberish, I think it's either Arabic or Hebrew."
"Can you read it?" Danny asked curious.
"Just some bits. Let's see 'Sprites… also known as Fairies or Pixies… power of lightning, wind and…' that either means life or flora." Sam said squinting at the sentences.
"Enough reading gibberish." Tucker said closing Sam's book and receiving an indignant 'Hey!' from said person. "It's Friday! We shouldn't be worrying about something Danny already took care of, we should be planning what we're doing this weekend."
"Well we could always hit the amusement park." Sam suggested putting the book into her spider backpack and shooting Tucker one last glare. "I hear the new rollercoaster has a free fall that will take three years off your life expectancy."
"No way." Tucker quickly rejected. "It costs forty bucks just to get in there, not to mention food and stuff."
"Hey if your tapped out, I could lend you the cash." Sam offered.
"Lend means 'repay' and 'repay' is out of my reach with my allowance." Tucker said air quoting 'repay'. "Right Danny?"
"…"
"Danny?"
"…"
"Hello?!"
Tucker and Sam looked over to see what caught Danny's attention and saw he was watching Dash walk past other students, handing out invites and receiving cheers of joy.
"Great, this is going to be the hottest party of the year and I'm not invited." Danny sulked.
"What's the big deal about some party." Sam asked slightly sour. "It's just Dash being arrogant and pigheaded, it's hardly any different from school."
"Yeah, but if you go to this party you're 'in'." Danny explained pointing down with both hands.
"That makes no sense what so ever." Sam stated.
"There's also the fact that she's going." Tucker added.
"Who?" Sam asked confused.
Before either Danny or Tucker could answer the doors to Casper High were flung open and out walked a girl with a pink top and flowing black hair.
She walked down the stairs and Dash walked up to her, giving her an invite.
"Paulina." Danny and Tucker dreamily said in sync.
"Oh, her." Sam said with disdain. "You two have been drooling over her since high school started and I still don't get what you guys see in her."
Still gazing at Paulina Danny said. "She's only perfectly flawless."
Paulina walked up to table and asked the two boys sitting there in a sweet voice, "Is that one of Nasty Burgers 'Mighty Meaty Cheesy Melts'?"
"Yeah do you want it?!" an Asian boy with a red hoodie asked eagerly holding up his meal.
"Actually, could you get me one those only a might less meaty?" Paulina asked holding to fingers apart and smiling.
"Sure! We'll go get it right now!" the other boy with blonde hair and green sweater vest said before both of them quickly ran off towards the Nasty Burger to get her meal, with Paulina giggling behind her hand when they were gone.
"She's a goddess." Sam stated in monotone.
"Why don't we get invited to the really cool parties." Tucker complained "We've got style, charm, good looks, at least I do anyway."
"Dream on." Sam said annoyed before more calmly saying, "On the social circuit we're as invisible as Danny in his ghost mode"
"Not that it'll matter a few years from now but at least we'll still have each other, right?" Sam asked looking towards Danny.
"Here!" Dash grumpily said pushing an invite to his party into Danny's face.
"Your sister made me invite you." Dash explained.
Seeing the expectant looks on Sam and Tuckers faces he said, "Just, him."
"Show up. Shut it. Go Home. And nobody gets hurt." Dash said to Danny poking him with each point before walking away.
After Dash walked away other students that we're walking by stopped for a second to say;
"Hi Danny." (Random girl).
"What up Fenton, PARTY!" (Kwan)
"See you Saturday Danny." (Paulina)
Danny looked down at the invite again and cheered, "I… I'm invited. I'M IN!"
"Swell, don't forget to send us a post card from popularity-ville." Sam dully said.
The school bell rung and Danny ran off to his next class saying, "I will!"
"We'd better get going too Sam, he's not losing us that easily." Tucker said standing up and putting on his backpack.
Sam looked towards Danny heading through the school doors and confidently said, "Yeah."
If only she was as confident as she sounded.
After the final bell for school rang, the trio began heading home.
"Seriously Danny, you only got that invite a couple of hours ago and now your all about the 'in' crowd." Tucker said.
"Come on Tuck, that's ridiculous." Danny laughed before cheering and pointing, "Kwan! Lookin' good!"
Kwan, who was talking to a girl named Valerie nearby, cheered back, "Fenton-mister! WooHoo!"
"Why are you talking to the nobodies." Valerie asked confused.
"Dash invited Fenton to his party." Kwan explained.
"Since when does he invite losers to his party." Valerie asked still confused.
"I don't know, he did say something about his sister being hot." Kwan answered.
"Oh, now I get it."
Back with the trio, Sam said, "He's right Danny, it's like- "
"Hey Fenton, come 'ere!" Dash ordered from his place beside a big dark skinned boy called Dale and a not-as-big-but-still-big browned haired boy with the begging's of a beard called Ricky and both wearing letterman jackets.
Danny quickly ran over leaving Sam to finish saying with a sigh, "-we're not even here."
After Danny ran up Dash began saying, "If you're coming to my party, you have to look the part."
"This is what we're all wearing Saturday," he said handing Danny a magazine showing some very expensive clothes. "Very high end, very hip, very me. You do have one right?"
"Huh, oh yeah, uh sure, I-I have two. That's how hip and high end I am, heh." Danny stuttered nervously.
"Well wear one." Dash said staring down at Danny and pointing, "Your sister may have made me invite you but if you embarrass me in any way she's going to be doing her next thesis on your bruises."
Dash and his jocks then walked off giving Danny one more arrogant smirk.
When Sam and Tucker walked up to him he asked them, "Oh man, this must cost a fortune. Where am I going to get the money by Saturday?"
"You know, I almost hate to off but- ", Sam began before being interrupted again.
This time by Paulina, who was sitting on a blanket waving a music player in hand and saying, "Hey Danny! You wanna hear my new player?! It's really crunk!"
"Is crunk good?" Danny asked.
"It's Paulina." Sam grumpily answered like it was obvious.
"Crunk's good. Be right there!" Danny said missing Sam's mood, before quickly running off and sitting next to Paulina.
"Well this is annoying." Sam said, still grumpy, and looking to Tucker.
When she him about to say something with a cheeky smirk and a raised eyebrow, she cut him off by pointing at him and saying, "Don't even start."
Later that day, in the Fenton Works kitchen Maddie, standing next to Jack, turned on a device that began whirring, bouncing and growling on the kitchen table.
Jazz, who was sitting at the table looking over a book asked, "Mum, what are you making."
"Hotdogs." Maddie answered cheerfully.
"We've invented a way to cook them ten times faster than a microwave." Jack proudly added.
The device dinged and Maddie opened it to reveal cooked sausages… that then stood up, showing that they had green eyes and a mouth and started to bark showing off their dog-like teeth.
Jack, Maddie and Jazz looked at them in shock and surprise before Maddie quickly closed the lid shut.
"Great, you figured out how to put the 'Frank' back in Frankenstein." Jazz said sitting back down.
Danny then walked in and straight to Jack before asking him, "Hey Dad, can you spare me some cash I need to buy some clothes for Saturday."
"Danny, Danny, Danny, you know as inventors your mother and have earned plenty of money from selling some of our inventions." Jack started, smiling.
"But as parents we understand that you should understand the value of money. You want money, you gotta earn it." Maddie finished, rubbing her fingers together.
"You…mean get a job." Danny said in shock.
"That or sell something, like your old Marbel and EC comics or some other junk you don't need." Jack suggested, mispronouncing Marvel and DC.
"Uh, speaking of which that junk from the Ghost Weasel explosion needs to go to the garage." Maddie reminded Jack, pointing to two boxes of scorched tech.
"If there's room, that old barn hasn't been cleaned out in years." She added frowning.
"This is not junk, every single item in this box is of vital importance to me." Jack stated picking up and hugging one of the boxes.
Maddie picked up a random piece of tech from the top of the box and held it in front of Jack asking, "Do you even know what this is?"
Jack looked at it closely before answering quickly, "Not a clue."
"But I know it's important, so it's off to the garage." He said taking the random device, putting it back in the box and handing the box to Danny.
"Come on son, better get going." Jack said picking up the other box and walking to the garage.
Jack and Danny walked out the side door that led into the garage and turned on the lights showing the floors and walls covered in boxes of virtually everything.
Danny carefully put down his box on another box while Jack just unceremoniously dropped his on the floor, looking around the interior of the garage.
"You know, maybe I should get rid of some of this junk." Jack said to himself before smiling and dusting his hand and walking out saying, "Ah well that's a job for another day!"
Just before Danny was about to turn the lights off and walk out after Jack he said to himself with a devious smirk, "Saturday's another day."
After Danny had turned off the light and shut the door behind him, the vacuum motor from the Weasel began faintly glowing green and Technus voice came out of it.
"Ugh, what is the up with that crazy vacuum cleaner, my power feels drained."
"Wait minute, it's still here just spread throughout these strange devices."
"If I can spread my power through all these devices, I can use them to take over the world!"
The vacuum motor began to glow more brightly, along with the other devices in the boxes Jack and Danny brought in and then the tech in the box below Danny's began glowing too until the glowing suddenly stopped and the vacuum motor was faintly glowing.
"*pant*…this…*pant*…could take…*pant*…awhile…*pant*"
First off, I'm sorry for some of the mistakes in the last chapter I was about to go on a trip where I wouldn't get a chance to write or update (which is also why this chapter took longer than usual) so I was a bit rushed in publishing it. But I have gone over it again and fixed it up as best I can.
Another thing, the boys that Paulina first talks to, the jocks with Dash and the name Ricky (last name is Marsh) are all actual background characters from the TV show.
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