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“The wrong man in the right place can make all the difference,” Clockwork commented, looking over the two test subjects from where he floated. There was an eerie silence around the room, only broken by the sound of a radio playing the same jazzy tune. The ghost was only visiting this timeline out of curiosity. Speaking of, how long before they would notice him floating above them. Surely the sight of a blue figure clad in purple wasn’t a familiar one in the laboratory.

Or maybe it was. He’d already seen some interesting spheres scuttling about the facility. Ah well, if they never noticed him he would be happy enough to observe exactly what was going on in this lab.

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Today was an off day for the self-proclaimed 'Master of Technology.' One of those days where he was in the human world just to sit at a coffee shop, sip a latte, and scare the wits out of whoever saw him. It was always amusing, watching them scramble about and whisper to one another.

Someone, however, caught his attention. Technus had only glanced in their direction at first, but felt compelled to look again. Were they familiar? He couldn't tell from where he was sitting.

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Humanity smiled gratefully at his cousin and leaned down to ruffle her hair. Spiritual grinned, then looked at Humanity. "..I... think it's time we try to explain what happened to us since we were captured," he started hesitantly, a frown reappearing on his face as he stared at the floor. "Go ahead and ask questions. I'm sure you have plenty."

Dani laughed tiredly. "That might be the understatement of the millennium  Man. Where do I even start?"

She chewed on her lip for a minute while she thought. "Um... I guess first... what happened, that day you disappeared? We figured there was a ghost attack or something, but then... you never came back. For days. I...went to the Ghost Zone, even. I mean, if one of the ghosts had gotten you, they would have been bragging about it non-stop. But... nothing." Her forehead creased at the memory. 

"And then, of course, there's the obvious: how'd you end up..." she paused, gesturing as she tried to come up with the right word "...well... split? And... um...." she gulped, really awkward now. "...you're not human exactly, anymore, are you?"

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"It has to be sunlight," Spirit told her, frowning slightly. "Also, we can't exactly leave this place--there is an electric barrier that prevents us from leaving, even if we were outside the facility itself, we couldn't fly away." He looked at Humanity, both of their faces portraying the same question: how would mom and dad react?

"Alright." Dani glanced around the room. "What is this place, anyway? I don't have the layout, and without a solid location, I can't have Tuck get me the specs. You have any ideas on where outside might be?" She paused for a minute, chewing her lip.

"Oh, great. More problems." she sighed as Spiritual explained the electric barrier. She rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache start to build. "We'll... worry about that later. One crisis at a time. And I think Humanity not shutting down is top priority, for the moment."

She noticed the look the two boys gave each other, and her expression softened. "Hey. It's gonna be OK. Trust me... we'll get this figured out. No matter what they did to you... you're still Danny." She flashed them a tired smile. "Now let's get you into daylight."

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Spiritual looked on sadly. "I don't know... We've been here for at least a year..," he looked at Humanity, who was now staring at his feet. "He's lost his voice, so that mean he's almost gone... possibly another month? Maybe three if we manage our time correctly." Humanity then wrote something down and handed it to Dani. 'We don't even have to leave this place in order to save me, we just need someplace with sunlight or solarlights,' was written on it, and he looked at her with a slight smile.

Dani nodded, focusing on the problem at hand. "You've been missing about 15 months, now. I think." She frowned, then shrugged. "Something like that, anyway. We... were starting to think that we'd never find you again..." She swallowed hard. She didn't want to tell him what all had passed since his disappearance. Not yet, anyway.

Taking the note from Humanity, she skimmed it quickly. "Sunlight? Really?" she asked, looking to him for confirmation. "Does it have to be sun, or would any bright light do?" Her fist began glowing green involuntarily. Getting him into the light, she could handle. Even if it meant blasting them all out of this place.

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The moment she asked the question concerning Humanity and their bodies, the silence fell upon them, almost as if everyone's ears had been plugged with cotton. Spiritual's eyes were wide and Humanity's eyes flickered for a moment. "Um...," the ghost teen stuttered. "Humanity... he's..." He looked at his human half, then looked away. "...He's shutting down," he whispered to the floor, hugging his chest awkwardly.

"He..." Dani blinked, her eyes widening further in shock. "Shutting down?"

Her face went hard, then. "No. No no no. I don't know what happened to you, Danny. I don't know who did this, or why. But you are not shutting down. Either of you. We're gonna figure this out. Got it?"

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. "I've been looking for you for too long. I am not going to lose you." She looked straight at Humanity. Whatever had happened to him, this was still her cousin. "I can't lose you."

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The moment Dani fell on her face into the tiled room, Humanity ran to help her sit up. He handed her a piece of paper that said "Are you all right?', his worried glowing blue eyes examining her for injuries. Spiritual smiled in approval. "Hey, that was pretty good for your first try," he praised, holding out a hand to help her stand.

"I... uh... yeah..." she replied distractedly, allowing the white-haired Danny- Spiritual - to help her up. She glanced at the scrap of paper. "Oh, yeah, I'm... fine. That was weird, though. And why can't you talk?" She shook her head, trying to sort out her thoughts.

She couldn't help but stare at the two figures in front of her. They were definitely Danny... at yet, at the same time, they were nothing like him. Instead of the familiar logo, both boys had a glowing... thing, in their chests. And their eyes glowed strangely too. Like a screen, almost.

"What... what happened to you? What did they do?!" She tried to keep her growing panic out of her voice. 

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Spirit glared. "Cameras? I wonder..." He shook his head. "Never mind.." Humanity wrote something on a piece of paper and held it up for Dani to see. 'You could probably do that,' it said. 'We can't phase out, but you probably could come and go as you please since your body hasn't been... altered.'

Dani squinted, trying to read the tiny print. "... Altered?" A crease appeared in the center of her forehead as she looked in concern at the two figures. "Right. Hold on." Turning, she quickly fired off three tiny bolts of energy, frying the cameras facing her. There were probably more, but it was comforting. With any luck, whoever was on the other end would think they had just shorted out, and would miss what she planned to do next.

She allowed a ring of light to appear around her, transforming her from a teenage girl into a ghost. "Alright. Let's give this a shot." Biting her lip in nervousness, Dani placed her hand flat against the screen, and attempted to phase.

A moment later, she toppled into a very different room, nearly landing on one of the boys. She started to stand, before catching her first clear glimpse of Humanity and Spiritual. "Whoa..." she breathed, opting to remain on the floor.