Glowing Isnt All That Bad

maybe glowing isn't that bad

-DP-

Lance was so over come by shock that he had to sit back down on the couch. His camera crew seemed to copy his movements, and soon the three of them were sitting together on the worn couch of the Fenton house hold, with their faces full of an odd mixture of fear and confusion.

Lance ran a hand threw his hair.

"Wait, wait, so your the ghost of time?" lance blurted out in disbelief. "as in you can control it?"

Clockwork nodded, it seemed that the petty reporter and his crew were taking this a lot better than most mortals...and ghosts... And come to think of it didn't Danny try and beat the crap out of him when they first met? But then again he purposely did try to 'fake' decapitate the young halfbreed. So he could understand Daniels reaction.

Clockwork sighed and let his musings come to an end. He made a mental note that, this,will now be the 3rd time that he had to explain both his powers and his title.

He floated across the room and took a seat in the leather armchair that was diagonal to Maddie, after all if every one else was sitting, why couldn't he?

"yes," Clockwork began in his normal monotone. "I am the ghost of time. That question I can answer easily without confusing you, but as for your second question-"

Maddie inwardly groaned, she did not need too listen to this again! She was a scientist with multiple doctorate degrees and the co owner of her own ghost hunting company and she still could not make heads or tails of what clockwork had told her. It just seemed a little too science fiction... Maddie's train of thought burst into a flame of worry when the time ghost jolted from his seat with a look of worry.

"What's wrong?"

"Daniel's about to hurt himself."

And with that cryptic reply Clockwork quickly sank beneath the floor boards. Leaving behind a baffled crew of humans.

-DP-

Maddie bolted from her seat and rushed to the basement door, Lance and the camera crew were hot on her heels. She skidded to a stop in front of the heavy metal door and flung it open before she continued down the steps.

Back up in the kitchen Jack and jazz shared a confused glance before dropping their cooking utensils and rushing down the steps after the rest of the group.

Maddie arrived in the lab to find the experiment table empty. She glanced around the lab, suddenly a lot more aware of all the sharp objects that both she and Jack left out. Would Phantom really try to harm himself? Were the sudden changes afflicting Phantom to much for him?

Finally she noticed the flickering light leaking from the bathroom door.

She rushed to the bathroom to find clockwork slowly uncovering both Danny and himself, flicking his now scorched purple cloak over his shoulder. Glass and glowing green ectoplasm littered the floor around them.

Maddie covered her mouth when she realized that the shattered glass and splats of ectoplasm were the remains of her ectogun samples.

She quickly rushed to the ghosts aid. Helping clockwork stand with an unconscious Danny in his arms. She was quick to notice the scorched holes that covered the time ghosts purple cloak. she had no doubt that those marks were from the highly concentrated anti-ectoplasm concoction.

Clockwork let out a muffled yelp of pain as he stood, he looked at the glass covered floor with weariness, well aware of what would happen if he were to step on them. Yeah, he decided he would be better off in the air.

"Are you alright? Did any of that get on your back? Why is Phantom unconscious? " Maddie paused slightly when she noticed that the bathroom mirror, which was also a Medicean cabinet but the elder Fenton's had used it to store samples, was hanging off the wall, the mirror was wide open! "How the hell did THAT happen"

Clockwork sighed as he floated out of the bathroom and to the experiment table. Gently placing Danny down before turning to face the distressed ghost hunter.

"Daniel's fine, his fangs just finished coming in and he passed out from the pain, see." the group watched as the time ghost pulled back Danny's upper lip to revile a set of white fangs. The fangs were stained green from the ectoplasm that was leaking from the ghosts swollen gums. " He grabbed the Medicean cabinet when he started to black out, I guess he was trying to regain his balance, but he just ended up pulling it down with him."

The time ghost glanced at Maddie. "you really should put a lock on that thing, what if one of your children got into it? And I'm fine, my cloak took the Damage. For the most part anyway."

Maddie bit her lip with guilt. She didn't mean for any of that to happen.

"I'm sorry."

"it's all in the past now miss Fenton, no need to dwell. As the saying goes 'live and learn'. Am I correct?" clockwork said, casting the ghost hunter a warm half smile.

A moan interrupted their conversation.

All the heads turned towards the noise to find Phantom slowly sitting up. His left hand firmly pressed against his mouth.

"Daniel!" clockwork said as he crouched down to the half-breeds eye level and ran a hand through his white locks. "you alright."

Danny winced and shook his head yes, leaning into the touch of his mentor.

"Ma mouf hurt's." Danny slurred as he sucked the ectoplasm off his newly formed fangs.

"I figured that much, but the pain should go away shortly, you always were a fast healer." the time ghost stated, a small proud smile tugging on his lips.

"um... Do you want an ice pack or something to suck on? It might help with the pain."

Danny jumped at the voice of his mother and looked past Clockwork to find not only his family, but Amity's most obnoxious news reporter and his camera crew!

The half ghosts eyes widened and he glanced over at clockwork with a light glare.

"Wha are tha do'n here!"

-DP-