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_FentonWorks, 7:59 am_
Danny was already not having a good time, his day had started out by him being woken up by his sister, Jazz... who told him that he was going to be late if he didn't get up now. In his defence - he did mean to get up but he physically couldn't. It felt like his limbs had turned into led.
He tried, he really did.
That should have been his first warning.
It was 8:07 am, by the time he got up, he was late to his first class. At 9:56 am his ghost sense, the ability to sense when a ghost was near, went off. He rose his hand, he saw Mr.Lancer visibly sigh, his body sagged.
"Yes...Mr.Fenton, you can go to the restroom."
He said exasperatedly, Danny felt bad for missing out on the class...but - in his defence - the first period was almost over. He walked out of the classroom, across the hall and into the restroom. Closing his eyes, he reached inward and called on his core, triggering the transformation. Black to white, blue to radioactive green, t-shirt and jeans to black and white jumpsuit. He gave himself a couple of seconds to ground himself, then he went intangible and flew towards the source.
Once he found the ghost who was causing trouble, he'd have several things that he'd like to say to them. It'd been about 7 minutes before he reached his destination, looking at the destruction he sighed... Why did the ghost's have to mess with his schooling... He'd didn't have time to wander about the answer, as he was spotted and shot at with a misseal - courtesy of Skulker...-
"Skulker, can you at least give me a warning!"
The ghost looked him over, and grinned. So...that would be a no then... Sighing to himself he shook his head, hands charged with ectoplasm, he aimed at Skulker. And surprisingly, he hit him in the chest.
That was his second warning, the parallels were obvious.
It took him a little over a half hour to get Skulker into the thermos. Danny was tired, he'd barely slept because his brain decided it would be a great Idea to haunt him with his future self..... He was inside a thermos, safely tucked away in the very farthest point of Clockwork's lair, Long now.
Danny sighed softly, as he changed his course to go to his parents house, FentonWorks. Surprisingly enough he'd gotten there with out any issues. Once he'd arrived, he went towards the portal - reliesing Skulker back into the ghost zone.
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_GIW headquarters, outskirts of town, 3:07 pm_
Clarisse walked down the halls and into her office, closing the door behind her -she walked towards her desk and opened the last drawer- sifting through the numerous files, she found the one she was looking for.
{Daniel Fenton}
Case file: #2342
NAME: DANIEL FENTON (PREFERS 'DANNY')
AGE: 14
HEIGHT: 126 CM
WEIGHT: 35.8 KG
ABNORMALITIES:
•BODY TEMPERATURE IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE HUMAN
•PUPILS SOMETIMES FLASH A BRIGHT NEON GREEN, BUT ARE REACTIVE TO LIGHT
•HEARING IS MORE PERCEPTIVE THAN THE AVERAGE HUMAN
•NAILS/TOENAILS END IN A CLAW LIKE STRUCTURE
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Now....Clarisse wasn't one for coincidences, however, the timing was impossible to ignore.
Yes....this was an average human teenager, however... over the past couple of months, she had noticed that Danny had acquired several 'ghostly qualities'. Normally she'd let it slide, soely on the fact that he had grown up in an ecto-contaminated household. However, what she couldn't excuse was the fact that he had ectoplasm in his blood stream.
The ecto-entity known to the majority of the civilians as 'Phantom' was a different story. It was powerful, more so than therorized. It'd been spotted near Casper High, Amity Parks highschool. She'd been waiting for a moment like this to appear, sadly, she had to attend a meeting - so she left the mission to agent W, he would be more than capable of capturing the ghost.
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_FentonWorks, 3:26 pm_
Danny's ghost sense had gone off again, he'd been doing his homework. With a sigh he got up and transformed -black to white, blue to radioactive green, t-shirt and jeans to black and white jumpsuit...
And so, Danny flew out of his room and into the sky. Arriving at the scene he saw the Box ghost causing chaos in a shoe shop, Danny sighed and went to confront the ghost.
"Hey Boxy ! Mind going back to the ghost zone !"
He shouted, as he dodged flying piece's of cardboard.
Danny and the Box ghost fought, it took him about 10-15 minutes to get him into the thermos, and in the end Danny was tired. His ears perked up, he turned around just in time to dodge quickly. The teen saw his attackers, the GIW... more specifically an agent. He felt his eye twitch in frustration.
Clipping the thermos to his belt, he turned invisible and flew towards an alley. Once there he turned human, walking back out as if he wasn't a half human - half ghost hybrid, who was being hunted by the majority of the people there.
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Agent W saw the ghost turn invisible, but it was no issues, he simply looked at the tracker and saw the ghost's ecto-signeture heading towards a nearby alley.
He saw a figure walk out of the alley, seazing the oppertunety he shot.
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Danny knew that he messed up when he felt the - whatever it was - collide with his chest. It hurt, the skin on his chest was starting to peel off. Glancing at the agent, he saw his smile fall, until he stood there, dumbfounded.
He heard his mom call his name, he remembered sitting on the floor, taking deep, shallow breaths. He remembered seeing his mom's look of horror. He remembered that same look, as his friends carried him up the stairs and out of the basement.
That was all he heard before blacking out.
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Maddie saw her son get shot, she rushed towards him, screaming his name. Looking him over, she saw the skin on his chest peeling off, it was a bright red.
Waisting no time she carried her son to the Fenton Assault Vehicle, as she walked passed the agent's and civilens, she glared hard at the agent who shot her son. She and her husband, Jack, had spent the ride back home in silence, with Maddie occasionally looking behind her at the back seat, where Danny was laying.
Once they had arrived at home, Maddie exited the vehicle, going to the back seat and getting her son out as carefully as possible. She quickly walked into the house and down the stairs, once there she went to the lab.
Setting him down on the cool surface of the metal table, she removed his t-shirt. Maddie looked at his chest, she was worried that the area where he was shot would be infected. She was horrified to find that it turned a deep red, skin peeling off, and bruising already forming.
Waisting no time, she got to work.
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_FentonWorks, 8:42 pm_
When Danny woke up, he saw the glow in the dark stars on his bedroom ceiling. The last thing he remembered, before blacking out, was his mom calling his name. Glancing to the right, he saw a note on the bedside.
Upon opening the note, he saw that it was from his mom, telling him to rest up, that there was food in the microwave and that they'd be back late as they were suing the GIW.
Danny froze- his parents were suing the GIW ?
Since when did they care about him being involved with the GIW ?
He put a hand to the centre of his chest, feeling his core hum in response. After a few minutes he got the courage to look at his chest, seeing that it was wrapped in gauze, he let out a sigh of relief.
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_GIW headquarters, outskirts of Amity Park, 8:42 pm_
4 hours ago, Clarisse had been in a meeting with the president, when she had received a call about an agent who had reportedly shot a civilian. The civilian in question had been Daniel Fenton, the teenager who had been here a week, after his encounter with the Fenton portal. The agent who had shot Danny, had been agent W.
In that week , she had put him under anesthesia to insert a tracking chip - this was done illegally and she was the only one in the operating room, apart from Danny himself. Needless to say, she'd talked his ear off. He had been suspended without pay until further notice.
The problem arouse when she'd found out that the chip she had inserted behind his heart, had been irreplaceably damaged. She'd been pissed that the only way of tracking the ecto-contaminated teenager was now beyond repair.
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_FentonWorks, 9:02 pm_
Danny was exhausted, he'd spent the past 10 or something minuets led on his bed, counting the stars on his ceiling. ....There were 83 in total...
He felt like he was forgetting something, but he didn't know what...
He decided he needed to go see Frostbite, his ghost doctor. Sighing he got up and transformed - black to white, blue to radioactive green, t-shirt and jeans to black and white jumpsuit - and flew towards the ghost portal.
Once he got to the Far Frozen, they'd looked him over, doing scans and x-rays of both forms, ghost and human. Frostbite looked at the x-ray's. The yeti stayed silent.
.....that wasn't good......
He heard the ghost sigh as he turned to look at him.
"Uh....is everything okay ?"
"Yes Great one, everything seems to be in order."
Okay, so far so good, but he was hearing a 'but'
"-but I am concerned about this foregin object behind your human heart"
Hold up....'foregin object" he didn't have a foregin object behind his heart, right ?...
"What....do you mean ?"
"Well, there appears to be a tiny object behind your human heart, if you would allow me to, I would be more than happy to phase it out of you"
Wait....'phase it out of you' meaning he didn't have to be cut open ? Good.
"So.... just to be clear, if I let you phase it out of me, you won't have to cut me open ?"
He saw the yeti stay still, as he stared at him before regaining his composure.
"Realms no, there will be no cutting anyone open without reason to !"
Danny was happy to hear that, his ears perked up as he heard the ghost continue to speak.
"But...I am concerned about why you would think that ..... Is there anything that I should know ?"
"Nope, everything's okay... You can phase it out if you wanna..."
Seeing the yeti nod in acknowledgement, he took a deep breath, steadying himself. He closed his eyes just in case.
Danny felt Frostbites clawed paw reach in his chest intangibly. It was a few minutes before he felt the paw receed. Opening his eyes, he saw that in his paw, Frostbite was holding a tiny object. He titled his head to the side curiously.
"Uh...what is it ?"
"Well, it will be at least a few weeks before we know the exact results. However if I had to guess, it would be a chip."
A....chip.... ? Why would there be a chip in him to begin with ?!...
"Why, was it there ?"
"That's what were going to figure out. You can count on us, here in the Far Frozen to help you where we can !"
Danny smiled softly, he really was grateful to have a support system.
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Once he got home, he flew up to his room. Laying on his bed, he turned human once more.
He'd pushed the thought's about the 'why's and how's' aside, to the back of his mind.
Danny was tired, so he led down- and closed his eyes - breathing in and out, reminding himself..... that....he was still human, he was still alive.