Compromise
fanfiction
Danny was fighting a horde of ghosts when he heard the whine of an ectoblaster to his left. He turned to see his mom standing there aiming at the other ghosts.
“Not trying to tear me apart molecule by molecule today?”
“Just because you’re good firepower doesn’t mean you’ll be safe tomorrow, spook.” Maddie retorted.
Danny rolled his eyes. “Glad to know that what I do everyday is what it’d take for you to not dissect me!” He looked back at Maddie and shot a ghost that was coming up from behind her. For a moment her aimed stuttered as it tried to instinctly move towards Danny who’s blast had went over her shoulder.
“Give me one good reason to not just shoot you once we’re done with this wave of specters!”
“I got a really good reason.” Danny mumbled. Louder, he said, “C’mon. Can’t we come up with some sort of compromise? A truce? A job position? Really, anything will work as long as I don’t get-”
Maddie turned the gun towards him as he was rambling. He flung his hands up in front of his face as she fired. The blast flew to the left of him, exploding a ghost that had been coming up unnoticed.
“-Shot.”
He turned back towards his side of the field they were in. After a few moments of blasting ghosts away, Maddie spoke again.
“You know how you can convince me to stop hunting you?”
Danny hummed, an ectoblast firing from his palm.
“Tell me who you were before you died.”
Danny’s ectoblast puttered out as his brain stopped. But the ghosts were moving fast and he had to punch the next one in the face.
“Uh, is there anything else I can do?”
“You’re dead, what’s it matter if we know who you were?”
“Because! What if I still have family around? What if they were put in danger because the public knew who I was?”
Maddie was silent for a moment. “What if you just tell me?”
“No!”
“Why not?!”
“Because!”
“You will tell me, or so help me god.”
“Or what? You’ll ground me, mom?”
Silence. Danny’s heart dropped at the realization.
“What?” Maddie said, a mix of shock and suspicious disbelief.
“What?” Danny squeaked.
They shot at the last few ghosts. Danny floated to the ground, twiddling with his fingers as he looked at Maddie, who was in turn studying him. Her eyes were squinted and her gaze traveled over his face. Looking into his eyes, Maddie gasped.
“Danny?!”
Danny waggled his fingers in a nervous wave at her.
“Hi, mom.”