Firebreather X Danny Phantom

Chapter 17

            Friday, November 18th. M.E.G.T.A.F. headquarters.

Blitz made his way down to the science labs, his face stern as always.

"Welcome, Commander." An automated voice greeted him as Dr. Pytel's door opened. The doctor didn't turn around, but continued her work at her desk as she said,

"Morning, sir. You are just in time! I think I've figured out a few of our problems." Dr. Pytel made a bit of room for Blitz at the desk. "Firstly, the conundrum with Danny Phantom. I compared the residue from the school to some samples from- what's his face- Jackal."

"How'd that prove?"

"Jackal's DNA; so to speak; is purely ectoplasmic. The difference is that Danny Phantom's is not."

"Really. What makes his different?"

"You shouldn't interrupt me. Then you'd get your answers faster. Anyway, I was pretty confused for a while. I got the idea to test the residue with other DNA combinations. There's no Kaiju matches whatsoever, which is a relief. But then... I finally realized the missing sequence in this puzzle is human. Blitz, I conducted several experiments to verify my theory and I know I'm right when I say: Danny Phantom is half human and half ghost."

"Excuse me?"

"Aw, no excuses necessary. Analysis states there is very little variance between Danny Phantom and Duncan. Besides the Kaiju and ghost part. I wouldn't be surprised if these two became friends, with all they probably have in common."

"Exceptional work Doctor. You said there was little variance. What is that?"

"It was painstaking, but the variance is in fact, origin. We already know that Duncan was born half-and-half, but that's not so with Phantom. My breakdown of the sample indicates that the ghost half was introduced at a much later date, suggesting that the boy was born wholly human."

"I see. Thank you doctor. Report anything new to me please." Blitz commanded and exited the room. Dr. Pytel sighed and returned to her work. Her computer suddenly began beeping. She hurried over to it and gasped once she had read the screen.

"Commander Blitz!"

~

Outside the Nebel house. 10:23 am.

Danny laid on the roof tiles, counting clouds. With no school, there's nothing to do. He mentally sighed, but it came out as a deep breath and exhale. And everyone's too busy right now to hang out. Cloud total: six. Danny pulled out his phone to check the screen, which had no new messages.

"Now what?" He asked himself. The universe, as expected, did not reply. After a while, Danny jumped down from the roof and went inside.

"Back so soon?" Allie chuckled. She apparently had nothing to do as well, seeing as how she was watching T.V.

"Yeah." Danny replied. "Where is everyone?"

"Brandon wanted to do some shopping and the kids wanted to go with him." She answered.

At this point, Danny's conscience was talking to him. It's just the two of you. Thanksgiving is in less than a week. You've been telling yourself for days that they would need to know why you are going to disappear. Why not now?

"Danny, are you alright?" Allie suddenly asked.

It's the perfect time. His conscience said. Just tell her.

"Actually, I... I've been meaning to... tell you something." Danny sputtered. Allie is understanding. She couldn't possibly get mad over this. He tried to assure himself.