PHANTOM
CHAPTER ONE
Chapter 1:Going Ghost
Ghosts!Ectoplasmic manifestations of post human consciousness, Literal creatures of the undead. Do they exist? Or are they simply fictional creatures created with the intention of scaring people?
Well some people believe that they are as real as you and I, while others believe otherwise.
If they exist Do they walk among us? Are they friendly?Do they pose a threat to human existence?Where do they come from?
These were all the questions that plagued the minds of 18 year old college students Tucker Chris Foley and Daniel "Dan"/Danny Fenton.After graduating casper high Danny and Tucker moved from Amity park to Amity City to attend AC university where they both majored in paranormal activity studies.
Dan was an average height Caucasian male with a slim to lean build.He had deep blue eyes and jet black hair and typically wore a red and grey varsity hoodie with a red A sewn to the chest he also wore blue jeans and black and white sneakers.Tucker was an African American male of similar height and build as danny with dark brown dreads.Atop his head he wore a red beanie with a light blue sweater atop a darker blue dress shirt, khaki pants and brown shoes
Dan and Tucker both shared great interest in the paranormal after they had a somewhat supernatural encounter with what could be described as a ghost many years ago.
Dan's father Jack always went on about how he and Dan's mother maddie along with their friend Vlad were researching ghosts in college until a lab accident caused them to quit it for good.Dan had never taken him seriously until an unlikely event led him to pursue the exact same field and Tucker who is Dan's best friend decided to join him.
Now they were college students working on their 1st self chosen assignment: a ghost portal.
While rummaging through his parents' old files Dan found schematics for one of their' old experiments: a “ghost portal” , a device that could in theory create a bridge between the ghost world and the human world..and allow beings from either side to visit the other worlds.The blueprints however were unfinished but Dan figured with Tucker's help they'd be able to get it up and running.
Both the boys got together in the lab after school and worked on the portal day after day until finally the day for testing had arrived but Dan seemed apprehensive . He repeatedly looked over his clipboard of formulas and notes before directing his attention to the portal.
Dan:"Tucker y'know I'm not really sure about this.. how are we sure this thing won't explode in our faces or something."
He says sweat dripping profusely from his forehead.
Tucker very matter of factly gestures towards his notepad Which was filled with what can only be assumed as flawlessly solved equations.
Tucker:”I think the math speaks for itself” “Besides if it blows up..it won't just take our face, it'll probably take all of us.”
He seemed very proud of his joke until he looked over at Dan and realized that his joke did nothing more than add to his worries.
Tucker:"Dude Are you getting cold feet?” “Comeon Danny, I've never seen you back down from anything before, why start now?"
Dan:"Because we don't know if this thing will even work! And if it does I sure as hell don't think it'll work the way we want it to!"
He turns his attention over to the ghost portal.
Dan:”I mean…there has to be a reason why my parents ditched this thing…”
Tucker shrugged
Tucker:”Maybe…but I mean,what's the worst that could happen?”
Dan:”you're not doing a good job at reassuring me..”
Tucker:"Relax man it'll be fine.You're working with a genius after all."
he smugly points to himself which causes Dan to throw his clipboard and hit Tucker square in the head.
Dan:" didn't you get locked in the bathroom this morning?" Danny says chuckling
Tucker:" Screw you man!"
Tucker was a technological genius. There wasn't any piece of technology on earth that he didn't know like the back of his hand. If he could build a supercomputer in under 30 minutes surely he could build a ghost portal or at least that's what he's been telling himself.
Tucker:"But seriously you got nothing to worry about so just chill." He placed a reassuring hand on Dan's shoulder and gave him a warm smile and that seemed to be enough to calm him down.
Dan: "I hope you're right."
Dan donned his lab coat and goggles in preparation for the 1st ever testing of the Fenton and Foley Ghost portal but as they are about to commence testing a girl shoots open the lab door, she wore a white open lab coat with a black dress and shoes and white thigh high socks she had dark hair and light brown skin.
????:"Heyyyyyyyyyyyy Dan!! I've been looking for you!!" She screamed in a loud nasally voice.
Dan:"What do you want, Paulina? Can't you see I'm busy?"
Paulina:"Why the attitude??I'm your girlfriend, remember?" she says feigning sadness
Tucker interjects
Tucker:"didn't you two break up like weeks ago?"
Dan:"yeah we did!"
Paulina:”You can't seriously still be mad at me,are you?”
Dan:”Mad at you for cheating on me?” “I totally Can!”
Paulina had been Dan's crush ever since he was 14 ,as a kid there was nothing he wanted more than to be her boyfriend and when they finally started dating a year ago he had felt like he'd died and gone to heaven. Things between them seemed magical until a month ago when he caught her at a party making out with the captain of the basketball team,his world was crushed and despite Paulinas numerous attempts at trying to explain herself Dan did not want to hear one bit of it.
Tucker, feeling the increase of Tension in the room, immediately jumped in once again in an attempt to prevent Dan from any further heartache.
Tucker:”You should leave Paulina, we're in the middle of something important.”
Paulina scoffs and storms out of the lab.
Paulina:”whatever!”
Tucker turns over to Dan
Tucker:”sorry about that man.”
Dan shook his head in response.
Dan:”No worries,let's just get to work.”
Now that they had no more distractions they could begin their work. Tucker powered up the machine and read the readings while Dan stood near it with his clipboard making notes of everything that happened. Then the readings began to spike, they were off the charts there was no way that these were normal. The entire room became enveloped in a green glow and everything around the portal with the exception of Dan began to float.
Dan: "Tucker, that's enough, we can turn it off now!.
Tucker:"I don't think I can!"
He tried shutting down the machine but his efforts proved to be in vain.
Tucker: "Danny get out of there, now!!!"
Dan tried running away but he had no such luck he got caught in the ghost portal explosion and his life from that day forward was forever changed.
Disoriented from the explosion Dan woke up trapped under a desk.The room is still covered in the same green glow ,struggling to get up he is unable to process what it was that just happened to him. He pushes the table off of him and stumbles to his feet turning towards his best friend who seemed to cower at his very presence.
Dan:"T-tucker what happened man?" He asked his friend in a weak voice.
Tucker looked on at Dan in horror.
Tucker:"Who the hell are you!!" Tucker responded, his voice riddled with fear.
Dan:"What do you mean who am I? I'm Dan, you know your best friend!"
Tucker:"D-Danny, is that really you?" He asked,the fear in his voice echoing through the room.
Dan:"Who else would it be?" Dan responded not understanding the reason behind Tucker's strange reaction.
Tucker picked up a nearby piece of shattered glass and handed it to Dan, still being careful not to get too close to him.
Dan was terrified to see the face that stared back at him in the mirror, his once straight jet black hair became an ever-growing white flame, his deep blue eyes were now a ghastly green color with no pupils. His pale Caucasian skin became supernatural blue and his ears, fingernails and teeth became pointed like that of a vampires.
Dan:"What the fu...!!" Dan screamed in horror, tossing the glass to the floor causing it to shatter.
He turned to Tucker, anger oozing from his very aura.
Dan:"Look what happened!!! I told you that the portal wasn't ready!Now look at what you caused! I'm a freak!”
Dan screamed at Tucker while snatching him by the collar.
Tucker:" Comeon Danny, relax man! "Tucker pleaded, trying to get out of Dans grip.
Dan:" Relax? RELAX!!!? How can I relax when I look like this now?? Dan yelled at him.
He flipped over a nearby table while angrily making his way towards Tucker.
Tucker:"Think about it man, If we turned you into this then we should be able to turn you back." Tucker said rather matter of factly. These words which were intended to calm Dan down only seemed to make him angrier.
Dan:"You don't know that!!." “What if I'm stuck like this!?”
Tucker let out a weak chuckle.
Tucker:”he he,well blue has always been a good color on you…”
Dan remained unamused and he tossed Tucker back causing the boy to land on his butt.
Dan:”This isn't funny man! I told you the damn portal wasn't ready!”
Tuck raised his hands in defense.
Tucker:”calm down man,I'm sure i can fix this!”
Dan raised an eyebrow.
Dan:”Are you sure?”
Tucker flashes him a grin
Tucker:”Sure I am!” “Remember I'm a genius!”
That Joke managed to get a small chuckle out of Dan and he finally seemed to calm down.
Dan:*sigh “I hope you're right about this…”
Tucker places a reassuring hand on Dan's shoulder.
Tucker:"Don't worry about it man, all we gotta do is head back to our place and sort this out and you'll be back to normal before you know it.
He looked back at the ruined ghost portal.
Tucker:”ummm we should probably take that with us too..”
As soon as those words left Tucker's mouth a loud banging was heard on the lab door.
????:" You boys better not be making a mess in there, other people need to use the lab!" The voice yelled
Tucker:"Crap it's professor Lancer, Dude u gotta hide We can't let him see you like this."
Dan panicked where he could hide?Everything in the lab was damaged beyond recognition. But just as he had given up hope something miraculous happened,as if responding to his desire to not be seen,almost like magic Dan's body turned invisible. No sooner than that had happened Professor Lancer barged into the LAB, when he entered the room and he was shocked to see the deplorable state that it was in.
Lancer:" Chicken soup for the soul!!! What happened here?" He asked.
Tucker:"Umm well me and Danny had just a little difficulty with our project."Tucker responded, shrugging it off as nothing.
Lancer:"I can see that… and where might I ask, is Mr Fenton right now?"
Lancer asked, the tone in his voice getting even more serious by the moment.
Tucker:" Danny went to the bathroom, can I take a message?"
Lancer sighed in exasperation.
Lancer:"Look you guys are 2 of my best students so I won't report you for this little mishap, I'll take care of the lab this time but don't let it happen again!!"
Lancer told Tucker while leaving to get cleaning supplies.
Tucker:"Psstt Danny he's gone, wherever you're hiding you can come out now."
As if on cue Dan became visible directly in front of Tucker. His sudden appearance startled Tucker, causing him to Fall back.
Tucker:"How did you do that?" He asked while sitting on the floor
Dan offers Tucker his hand and helps him up
Dan:"I don't know, I just kind of did it."
Tucker places a hand on his chin as if trying to solve a mystery. Then a light bulb went off in his head and a large grin formed on his face, one that left Dan very uneasy..
Dan:”why are you smiling like that?”
Tucker:”I have a theory about what happened to you.”
Dan:”Alright! Let's hear it.”
Tucker:"it looks like your body must-have absorbed a shit ton of the portal's ecto energy and it altered you somehow.
Dan:”great! Now how do we unalter me?”
Tucker:”I don't think it's gonna be as simple as I initially thought..”
Dan:”what!?but you said you could!”
Tucker:”if it was just your appearance That changed then sure it would've been hella easy but it seems this goes way beyond just your cosmetics.”
Tucker:”If my theory is correct then I think you may have ghost powers!"
Dan:”what?! No way!”
He waved his hand dismissively at Tucker’s suggestion.
Tucker:”Why not? The blue skin, the white hair and are we gonna pretend like you weren't just invisible a while ago?”
Dan had to admit that Tucker did have a point ,as crazy as his theory was, it is the only way they could justify what had happened to him.
Dan:”ok let's say i do have ghost powers now, what do I do about it?”
Tucker:”Well we'd have to figure out the full scope of what you're capable of.We gotta get back to our place and run some tests on you right away!"
After Disguising himself Dan and Tucker immediately set out for their house.
Dan:"Wait if I'm a ghost.... Doesn't that mean I'm dead!!??"
Tucker:"idk maybe" He shrugs.
