I swallowed harshly as I eyed the weapon in my mothers hands. She hadn't pulled the trigger yet but she hadn't not pulled it yet. Jack very gently spoke up while walking forward she snapped the gun in his direction. He swallowed harshly and eyed her.

"Maddie, please put that down. They are not going to hurt us, they-" He was cut off by her harsh voice.

"Oh I know exactly what they are Jackson Fenton, I know exactly who they are too. I'll be honest I have waited years to have these two in my home...only shame is that I don't have the Fenton Peeler. That what make it much more enjoyable." She spat and charged the weapon moving it back to me and Vlad. "I should thank you dear you made the hunt easier" she peered through the scope at that, Jack quickly moved in front of us blocking us.

"Jack heh hunny, what are you doing?" She asked very annoyed.

"Stopping you from making a mistake, Maddie, you know these two. Its Daniel and Vlad" He pleaded.

"Oh don't be silly, those nasty vermin can't be Vlad or Danny" She said in a almost scary sing-song voice. Jack began backing up causing us to move back with him. He had us pinned against the portal, he turned his head slightly and made a motion with his eyes silently telling us to escape through it. He turned back to mom who had followed us.

"Maddie, put it down...please" He eyed it and looked toward her with begging eyes. She glared at him and began to overcharge it.

"You are not my husband, my husband despises ghosts as much as I do. You are possessing him and I am going to blast you out of him." She spit at him with such hatred, suddenly Jack jumped toward her grabbing the blaster from her, but she was quicker pulling out a small energy pistol and shooting at us, missing just so and hitting the ecto-filtrator and destroyed it. Klaxons began going off and a calming yet out of character female AI voice announced that the portal's containment field had been destroyed and that it would begin to self destruct. We all stood there frozen in fear which changed the moment mom got up and grabbed the blaster and began firing at me and Vlad, before I had time to think Vlad grabbed me and launched us in the portal. I started fighting against himas I heard the voice count down to zero.

"Let go of me, he needs help! Its going to explode!" I screamed at Vlad who tried to cling to me tighter.
"Exactly why you can't go back! I won't lose you Daniel!" He shouted back over the sound of gun fire and high pitch whining. I got lose just in time to see the portal vanish in front of me with a very powerful shockwave, that raced through the entire ghost zone, I was much to close to it and was tossed against one of the random pieces of junk knocking me unconscious.

I awoke hours later in a gigantic bed, I had a feeling that I was at Vlad's house, I honestly couldn't process it so I ignored and grunted as I moved in the bed, the soft silk sheets felt rough against my body. I sat up and rubbed my head, it felt sore and I could feel a cut running down my face. I looked over and saw a digital clock on the wall that read eight o'clock pm. I got up and wondered over to the door and opened it in time to see Vlad walk up to it, he froze as he looked at me and suddenly and very tightly hugged me. I felt tense and confused but I was suddenly hit with realization and memory of what had happened and on instinct I hugged him tight and started crying. I honestly don't normally cry as much as I have in the past, but at that moment I felt like a toddler who had lost their parent in a store.

After a few moments I pulled away from him and noticed how tired and pale he looked, he also had a huge cut running down his face. I looked at him in confusion and he gave a sad smile.
"Daniel, there is a lot we need to talk about...when you are ready." He said very quietly with a hoarse voice.

"H-how long have I been asleep?" I asked, he looked down and back up to me and rubbed circles against my back.

"Little badger, its been about three days" I looked at him and let my jaw drop a little, he nodded and began walking with me. I looked up at him as we entered a small office. I sat down in one of the chairs and he in another.

"Uh..what happened to" I paused and he rested against his hands and watched me for a moment, he reached down and grabbed a paper and handed it to me. It was a copy of Amity Parks' local paper, The Amity Times. The head line caused me to hold my breath, "Local Company Goes Nuclear" I continued reading about it, the entire building, foundation and all had be destroyed. There really was nothing left aside from being from the Observation Deck. Jazz was okay though, they interviewed her in the paper, she had been staying at a friends when she heard the sirens. I guessed the Vlad had contacted her and told her what had happened afterwards. I finished the paper and let the weight of it settle on me. It...it felt like I was hollow but at the same time filled with ice. What do you do when you find out you are the illegitimate child of a billionaire and your mother and someone who raised you as their kid gets vaporized by ecto-energy? Really you just kinda sit there, or at least that is what I did. I looked up at Vlad who was wiping his eyes.

"What..what happened to them?" I asked very quietly and he cleared his throat.
"Let's not talk about that now..." He said softly, I decided not to push it further. I rubbed the cut on my face absentmindedly.

"Uhm what happened..." I trailed off waving my hand to his and my cuts.

"The shock wave...it sorta damaged our halves...we are technically two thirds ghost now" he said with an ironic smile and laid his head down on his desk. For the first time I noticed how much his human half had changed, his hair had gotten darker, his arms bigger...he looked like a rough mix of his halves. I looked down at myself and noticed that indeed my muscles were slightly bigger and my skin had gotten a little darker and if the reflection on some of the photo frames in the office we anything to go by, my eyes were now permanently green and my hair small white highlights running through it. I looked at the man with his face pressed against his desk.

"What does that mean for us?" He shrugged at my question and lifted his head.

"I don't really know, as far as I can tell...it is reshuffling our DNA, we might stay this way forever or we may lose our powers. Depends on what fate has in store for us. My eyes snapped to his face I studied him and swallowed.

"We...we could lose our powers?" My face must have showed much more worried that I thought because Vlad jumped up and walked to me, gripping my arms.

"Danny listen, and listen good, whatever happens...happens. If we for some reason do indeed lose our other halves, then we do...we go about our lives and do the best we can as humans...if it goes the other way. I will make arrangements and figure out something and try to give you the most normal life I can." He promised me, I nodded as I listened noticing how his eye color seems to phase from teal to ruby red at random, he paused and held me again.

"I am sorry Daniel...none of this should have ever happened. Rest assured that everything and I mean everything will be taken care of" He promised, I nodded numbly and backed away.

"Vlad just one more question" I asked looking at him, he knelled in front of me waiting. "What happened to them?" I asked and he stood and promptly walked over to his desk.

"I'm not sure. They weren't found at the sight...Its possible they are in the ghost zone" He said gently which filled me with slight hope. "Its possible as well...they may have been...lost forever by the explosion" He said choosing his words wisely.

"So what do we do now" He stared at a framed photo that had all of us together for the reunion.
"Rest...for now" he simply muttered.

AN:

This is more or less a filler chapter. I have some plans on what I want to do, apologies if it seems rushed. Reviews are appreciated.