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The Ghost-Boy Chronicles 7

Clones Gone Wild 2

Later that day…

Back at Fenton Works, Danny, Sam & Tucker are in the basement lab, standing in front of the Fenton Ghost Portal. Danny opens up the Fenton Thermos and releases the Box Ghost back into the Ghost Zone. As he’s about to close the portal, Sam grabs him by his arm.

“OK! Ghost dumped, now you & me need to talk!” She says as she pulls Danny along towards the stairs.

“Huh? Wait! The Ghost Portal.” Danny says.

“Tucker will take care of it. Right now, you & me in your room!” She drags him up the stairs and out of the basement, leaving Tucker alone.

“Well, looks like I’m stuck by myself. As usual.” Tucker says to himself. He turns to close the Ghost Portal, when he hears a familiar voice coming from inside.

“I thought I heard your voice, babycakes.”

Tucker immediately stops, instantly recognizing the voice. A moment later, a ghostly figure emerges from the portal and steps out into the light. The figure slowly begins to reform itself and, after a moment, forms into Ember.

“Ember? What’re you doing here?” Tucker asks in shock.

“I’ve been waiting for the right time, when Dork Phantom would open the Ghost Portal and escape.” She says. “But seeing you here, is a definite plus.”

She slowly floats towards him and wraps her arms around his neck, pulling him close. Tucker begins to get nervous. “Um, Ember…that night…”

“Yeah, I couldn’t forget it either.” She says, with an increasingly seductive look.

“But, I thought you had men in there.” Tucker says confused.

“What, like the Box Ghost? Or Technus? Trust me, baby pop. None of them compare to you.” She pulls closer and kisses him on the lips, letting her tongue drift inside of his mouth. Tucker begins to wrap his arms around her, but instead he pulls her away, remembering where he is.

“We can’t. Not here.” He says.

“No problem. We can take this party into the Ghost Zone.” She says.

“But…I thought humans aren’t able to survive in the Ghost Zone?” He says.

“They can if they’re surrounded by a little ghost aura.” With that, she pulls him in close again and kisses him, more passionately this time. The two begin to lift off of the ground, and hover in the air. Slowly, a light blue aura surrounds Tucker, covering his whole body. They begin to float towards the Ghost Portal. After a moment, they enter through the Portal and into the Ghost Zone.

Upstairs…

Sam drags Danny into his room and sits him down on his bed. She then sits down right beside him and grabs his hand.

“Uh…Sam, what’s with dragging me all the way upstairs into my room?” Danny says.

She holds his hand tenderly and looks him in the eyes. “Look, Danny…there’s…something I have to tell you. And I don’t know how to say this, but…I love…Dani?”

“You love me?” Danny says, shocked.

“No, I…well, yes…no, just look!” She points to Danny’s window, showing that his “cousin” Dani is flying right towards them. She ghosts through the wall and comes to a stop right in front of the two.

“Am I…interrupting something?” She asks, out of breath. Danny & Sam look at each other, then pull their hands away from each other. Sam blushes a little, as Danny checks on his cousin.

“Dani, what are you doing here? What happened?” He asks her.

“And why do you look…older?” Sam adds.

“It’s Vlad.” She says. “He kidnapped me and put me in some chamber, then gave my some sort of gas that made me more powerful. I think he tried to control my mind, too. But it wore off.”

“Do you remember what he tried to make you do?” Danny asks.

“Yeah, kill you.” She says.

“Figures. Vlad never was hands-on.” Danny says. “Look, my parents keep some of their Ghost-Tracking equipment in the Fentonworks Op-Center. I’ll go check for something useful.” He makes his way out of the room, leaving Dani & Sam alone. Dani stands up off the floor and sits down on the bed beside Sam.

“Are you OK?” Sam asks.

“Yeah, flying for so long takes a lot out of you.” She says. “Usually, I would begin to melt now. Guess I should thank Vlad for making me stronger.”

“Yeah, you can thank him along with Danny by kicking his butt.” Sam says with a chuckle. Both girls begin to laugh and smile.

“So, you got feelings for Danny, huh?” Dani says. Sam stops laughing and goes silent. She becomes nervous and starts to blush again.

“Huh? Danny? No! We’re…just friends and…”

“And that’s why you were holding his hand and looking into his eyes when I arrived.” Dani says. She reaches over and holds Sam’s hand gently, much like Sam was holding Danny’s. “I came from Danny. So I think I know a little bit about his feelings. And I think he feels the same way.”

Sam smiles, believing her.