A Ghost of a Chance...

Chapter 3

Danny continued running, he had nowhere to run to... Jazz was in another state, Sam was 3,000 miles away, and Tucker wasn't even in the same country anymore!

He could easily stay at his workplace... but that wasn't ideal, and it would probably be the first place his parents would check!

Danny slowed his pace as he realized he'd reached the town's border... he looked back on his hometown, breathing heavily... Where could he go?

He walked over to the town sign and crouched down in the snow... knowing no one was around to hear him Danny began to think out loud to himself...

"Where to go, what to do... GAH!... I wish Technus could have chosen a better time to do that... if he hadn't I could of easily just gone and hid out in the Ghost Zone...."

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That's it! The Ghost Zone! All Danny had to do was make a portal and he could live back in his castle-!...

But he barely had enough power to phase through a simple door... how was he going to create a portal if he couldn't use his powers...

This day was becoming too much for him... first Skulker woke him up at four in the morning, then Box Ghost tipped over a bookcase at work, then Technus locked him out of his parents portal, forcing him to reveal his secret to them and... and... and... well... them doing that to him...

Oh not to mention slipping on ice, falling on his back, hitting his head, and then Vlad Masters pretend to be concerned for him...

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"THAT'S IT! I can use Vlad's portal! All I have to do if fly-... to... his house... in Wisconsin... just 220 miles north... without powers..."

Fuck...

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After thirty-five minutes Danny managed to get to the next town over and buy a cheap bus ticket to Wisconsin, he also used a payphone to call his work, letting them know he'd be... "outta" town for a few months due to some... "family issues"...

He was told it'd be a three to four-hour ride to Wisconsin, which he didn't mind, seeing as it was a little passed four-thirty, he'd likely reach Vlad's around eight which meant he'd be able to find the portal and go through it before Vlad even knew he was there!

It didn't take Danny long after getting on the bus to fall asleep to the lull of bus driving on the long Illinois highway, and after two hours they'd crossed state lines... all while Danny slept...

Danny didn't wake up until the kind older man sitting next to him, woke him up.

"Hey kiddo, we reached out second pit stop... I woulda woken ya on the first, but it seemed like ya needed the sleep."

"Huh?... Oh, well thank you for that..."

"Don't mention it, the wifey reckon you were the same age as one of our grandkids and got you a sandwich."

"O-oh! No thank you, really it's too much, I couldn't possibly accept this, you're really too kind..."

"Nonsense, just accept the sandwich my boy, eat it and then you're free to go back to sleep if you wish..."

The old man passed Danny the sandwich once more and then lend in to whisper to him.

"One of our granddaughter's turned anorexic last year... no one noticed till it was too late... Wifey's been making sandwiches and has been handing them out to kids that she thinks needs to eat more ever since. So please... take the sandwich..."