Three college students stood in a laboratory, milling about hurriedly. They were finalizing an experiment that they were working on for the past three semesters.
The ghost portal.
One man with spiky hair and a mullet stood in front of the portal, eyeing it critically.
"I'm telling you Jack, it won't work." He looked behind him at where the other man was standing.
"Bogus, V-man! It totally will! This proto-portal is guaranteed to bust open the wall into the ghost dimension!"
The first man, Vlad, huffed at his friends enthusiasm and looked back at the portal.
Jack then went to put the finishing touches on the device before starting it. He picked up a can of diet cola sitting next to a bottle of ecto purifier, and sent a flirty smile to the third student, Maddie.
He then walked over to the machine and poured the cola in and stood behind the counter with Maddie.
Maddie was shuffling and organizing their papers when she noticed something incorrect on the top sheet. "Jack, these calculations aren't right."
Jack, too absorbed in his excitement, pressed the button, starting the machine.
"Banzai!" He shouted.
Vlad was still standing in front of the portal when the machine started. Startled, he lifted his arm up while taking a step back, but the next thing he knew, he was being blasted in the face by a beam of ectoplasm shooting out from the portal.
"Ahh! Bogus!" Vlad shouted. His hands flew up to clutch his face. The portal shuttered off and he turned around to face Jack and Maddie. His hands fell to reveal his face, covered in acne. His hair was turned white as snow and his eyes were now a glowing blue.
Jack and Maddie gasped, not sure what had happened. Vlad covered his face back up, fear written across his features.
What had happened to him?
The Fenton's GAV pulled up in front of the house and three figures climbed out, laughing with one another. Jack and Maddie were the first to walk up to the house with groceries. Behind them followed Vlad, clad in a matching green and black hazmat suit.
Jack was laughing boisterously. "Remember the first time you fell through the floor, V-man?"
Vlad chuckled. "Ah yes, Jack. What a memorable day." That was the first time his powers had really started becoming apparent. They hadn't made themselves known until he was checked out from the hospital and visiting Jack and Maddie in their small apartment.
"At least learning to control that power wasn't too bad." Maddie commented. "When he first got the ecto blasts, I went in for a high five and crashed into a wall!"
Jack roared out in a new fit of laughter. Both Maddie and Vlad rolled their eyes, giving one another a look.
Once they were inside the house, they went to the kitchen to begin putting away groceries. Some noise could be heard from the basement. It sounded like Danny.
"Listen to that, Jack. It sounds like Danny's final gotten an interest in our profession!" Maddie beamed.
Jack's face didn't shine with pride though, he was listening to the voices coming from downstairs. "It sounds like Sam and Tucker are downstairs too."
Before they could head downstairs to check on the kids, they heard a heart wrenching scream as the stairs lit up a neon green. The adults sprinted down the stairs, just to see a boy with snow white hair and glowing green eyes, clad in a black and white hazmat suit, stepping out of the swirling portal.
He listed side to side, and soon he fell over into Sam and Tucker's arms. A glowing ring formed around his waist and traveled along his body until it revealed their son.
Maddie ran to Danny's side, checking his face for any traces of the illness that had plagued Vlad after his own portal accident. Seeing none, she took Danny from Sam and Tucker and began carrying him upstairs.
She was followed by the voices of Sam and Tucker spewing out apologies and questions. She could hear one of them sniffling behind her.
"Kids, Danny will be fine. He just needs some rest."
She placed Danny on the couch and turned to see Sam and Tucker's tear streaked faces looking at her with a puzzled expression.
"He just got electrocuted!" Sam exclaimed.
"And he came out not looking like himself!"
Maddie shushed them and directed them to sit on the other couch.
"I have a story to tell you guys. We've never told anybody. Not Danny and Jazz, not their Aunt Alicia, not Grandpa Fenton. Nobody." Maddie looked between Sam and Tucker. Their eyes were stretched wide, not knowing what to expect.
Maddie looked across the room at Jack and Vlad who had seated themselves in the two arm chairs.
"It all started in room 101 of the science building at our college in Wisconsin…"