Phantom was in her lab.
Maddie Fenton for once in her life was not prepared for the ghost. She had assumed that she would be safe for the few minutes she had come down here to work on the latest invention.
And now she was hidden, cowering behind equipment. If she could get under the work desk then she would have more cover that crouching behind this stupid Spector speeder they had made.
Getting to that table meant more cover and he ectogun. It meant protection.
The ghost let out a sigh as it approched
"Good they aren't here at the moment, I really don't want to have to fight anyone else today," it muttered floating just into her view.
It was now or never for Maddie, that ectoplasmic scum turned it would see her, so she made a run for it, grabbing the gun and sliding under the table now hidden from its line of sight. But unfortunately for her she made one slight mistake.
She forgot one minor detail. Two really.
Ghosts have enhanced hearing, and the ectoblaster needed to charge up, which would make a sound and alert it.
It would seem the second issue was the least of her worries compared to the first
"Hello?" The ghost calls out. 'crap, It must have heard me move' was Maddie's thought response
She clutches the gun to her.
The soft pat of the ghosts feet hitting the ground as it stops floating cause her to jump slightly.
He thoughts start to run wild, how will she protect herself, how will she protect her family.
"Is there someone else in here?" The ghost asks as it walks towards her hiding spot.
"Look it's not safe for you to be in here, jack and Maddie Fenton are ghost hunters, if they come back and find you... Find us... Were both dead, or well I'm more dead. your already dead so you probably can't die again. god this is confusing," the ghost says. His words confusing Maddie.
"Please just come out, I don't want a fight, I'll help you through the portal," it says with an almost pleading tone. Confusing Maddie even more. This ghost, phantom. Had always seemed to enjoy the fights he had with other ghosts, alway making witty remarks and puns and jokes while fighting them. But now he seemed genuinely tired, like he wanted nothing more than to just sleep. But ghost don't sleep, they don't get tired and font have emotions, Maddie was a scientist she knew this... But what if she was wrong. Her face fell a bit as she thought. Phantom very much seemed to express emotions, could they possibly be real, the ones he fights seem to aswell thought often they seem more evil, anger and hate based that contrasted to phantoms 'heroic' ones.
The light almost nonexistent foot falls of the ghost stop right beside her. And the clanging of him putting something down on the bench causes another frightened jump from her.
"Your not a ghost, are you" phantom asks softly.
"Unless your a new one which I really hope not, not in here," he continues the desk creaking as he leans against it.
"Ghosts don't breath, or atleast they don't have to. I guess that's one thing they had right, but we...they do have emotions," he muses. "So I guess if you are a ghost, maybe your scared, it would make sense, ghosts were human, it's only natural for them to have a human instinct and respons to fear, but you have nothing to be afraid of. I won't hurt you, but if jack and Maddie happen to find us down here, they might, after all they are scientists, highly biased and not at all accurate on a lot of things but they don't really know any better I guess." He says now sitting on the table.
Maddie makes a face at that last comment. Her and jack were amazing scientists, this ghost was insulting her by saying she was wrong. Putting the gun down she sighs and retreats out from the spot. The spirits eyes widened in what seems to be fear as he scrambles back.
"Oh hell I'm dead, I'm super dead!" He squeaks falling backwards off the table and hitting the floor hard.
"I am a fantastic scientists! How exactly am I biased and wrong about anything?!" Maddie says ignoring the ghosts panic.
Phantom Groans from behind the table and Maddie walks around to see him better. The ghost was sprawled across the floor holding his head and drawing his legs up to his chest in a featel position while groaning.
"That hurt, alot... And I've been thrown through walls," he mutters before briefly looking up.
"Your not going to tear me apart molecule by molecule now are you? I don't really want to die today," he sighs pressing his face to the ground. Letting his gaurd down. Maddie was to put it lightly shocked.
This ghost who had invaded her lab, stolen her and her husband's invention, caused millions of dollars of property damage with his fights, the very ghost her husband and her had been so desperate to capture and investigate, study... Dissect.
Was facing his back to her, putting her in his blind spot.
"No... I'm not..." She sighs leaning against the table.
"But I would be interested in a chat, if you wouldn't mind. You tell me about ghosts, help me learn about them. And I'll let you keel the thermos you stole," she bargains.
"Huh, sounds like a fair deal, thought I technically didn't steal it." He mumbles into the floor. He shifts slightly then shoots up.
"The thermos, box ghost!" He spits out snatching the thermostat from besides Maddie and flying to the portal. He flawlessly opens it up. Which should be impossible, the only ones who know how to use it are jack, Danny, jazz and herself.
And then he opens the thermos and points it next to him. The ghost which had been inside frowns and turns to the younger ghost.
"Please just stay in the ghost zone this time boxy, I'm tired and I have other work to be doing. Hunting you down to bring you back here is interfering with my grades," phantom says to it.
"But your a ghost? You don't got to school do you?" Maddie asks confused by his statement.
Phantom freezes and his neon eyes widened as if he realised the mistake he had made.
"I ah...yeah I got no answer for that," he sighs slumping over. Maddie couldn't help but smile, it reminded her of Danny, in a way. The box ghost just now seeing her panics and turns to Danny.
"Why aren't we running! Your the one who told us they were dangerous!" He says
"Yeah yeah I know I'm the one who said be careful when you use the portal cus they will hurt you. But if Maddie was going to hurt us, we'd both be dead..... Well uh more dead? I don't know hurt... By now," phantom says rubbing his temples.
"That doesn't make it ok to use the portal by the way, it's still really dangerous for you to be in the mortal world, there's still the guys in white and all the other hunters out there, and it's really annoying bringing you back all the time," he pouts. Turning his attention to me he rubs the back of his neck.
"Sorry if this is annoying you, or an inconvenience," he sighs. The manurisums so very much like Danny.
"It's fine, you kind of remind me of my son," she shrugs. Phantom freezes again and somehow becomes even more pale.
"Oh..." He whispers eyes wide and staring at the portal.
The box ghost having had enough of the tension hastily makes his way though it. Standing still and staring at if for five minutes straight Maddie becomes concerned for the ghost
"Phantom?" She calls. He snaps out of it with a cough and nods
"I'm good," he snaps closing the portal and turning to her.
"So ask away... I guess," he says with a shrug.