Paranormal Geniosity ch 3

Paranormal Geniosity1

Chapter 3 Definitely not in retroville anymore2

Jimmy blinked, not certain whether to ascertain the sight he beheld was merely a distortion of the strange realm he had been in previously, or to force himself to awaken by any means necessary. Choosing the latter, he began to pinch his left arm repeatedly, while mumbling incoherently "wake up" over and over to himself. Danny and crew just gaped, not knowing whether to tell him he wasn't dreaming, or stop him from injuring himself further. Finally Tucker cleared his throat. 3

"Umm, I don't think that's going to work dude."4

Jimmy stiffened, and then looked up at the three others gathered around him. His sapphire eyes widened as he backed away from them, though such a reaction seemed mind boggling to him, yet at the same time, very reasonable. 5

"W-Who are all of you? W-Where in the milky way am I?" He sputtered his body shivering as the words tumbled out. He failed to notice the nearly drastic change in pitch within his voice as well as the fact that his body had gone through unplanned puberty without informing his cerebral cortex. 6

"The Milky way? Man this guy is totally tripping." Tucker said with a bit of a grin while Sam made an effort to coax the shaken guy into a calmer state. 7

"Easy there fella. Let's take things nice and slow ok? First off, I'm Sam and this is Tucker and Danny." Sam said with a nice smile, gesturing to Tucker and Danny as she introduced them.8

Jimmy could only gape at the group in nearly the same fashion they were gaping at him earlier, until the numbing sensation temporarily fogging up his mind cleared, allowing him to reach an unprecedented conclusion. "Ah I completely understand all this now. It is nothing more than a mere hallucination produced by the Neuron Efficiency Molecular Contractor. I should have known better than to couple it with the Dream Evelator 3000. It's obviously producing a dream like effect that is causing my cerebral cortex to believe my surroundings and any bicarbonate based life form or any such creature to be entirely real, which isn't so. So in the end I am only hallucinating and none of you are real." 9

The sound of silence was deafening when Jimmy finished his speech.10

"Ok....Did anyone understand any of that?" Danny questioned his friends, who both shook their heads rapidly.11

"He lost me at Neuron Efficiency whatever he called it." Sam stated honestly, while Tucker clutched at his head.12

"Man and I thought the Mr. Caucus the advanced physics teacher was bad. This guy's vocab is waaaaay over my head." Tucker exclaimed, still rubbing his temple.13

"Uh...yeah um, so let me get this straight. You think we're nothing but illusions?" Danny asked the strange youth, hoping to get a better grasp on the situation and help him through it somehow.14

"Well I have already addressed the fact that indeed you all are nothing but an illusional mirage formulated as a current side affect of coupling the Neuron-" Jimmy began but was cut off by the murmur of voices upstairs.15

"Danny what on earth is going on down there mister? Are you and your friends tampering with sensitive paranormal equipment again?" A woman's voice called down to them, belonging to none other than Danny's mother Madeline 'Maddie' Fenton.16

"Catch any pesky ghosts yet? Hope you're getting some use out of the Fenton Ectowhip." Chimed in the voice of over exuberant and haphazardly inventive Jack Fenton, Maddie's husband and father to Danny and Jasmine.17

"Oh great, not only do we have to get this place cleaned up before my parents rush down here, we have to remove this guy too." Danny stated, exasperation lacing his tone and dampening his spirits a bit. He looked back at the mess, and then sighed, transforming into his ghost form and speeding about the room, sucking in ectoplasm leftovers into the Fenton thermos. 18

"Sam Tucker, keep my folks and Jazz busy while I bring this guy upstairs." Danny called over his shoulder as he collected the last bit of ghostly goo from the fused ectopuses.19

"Sure thing Danny."Tucker saluted him with two fingers then ran up the stairs. 20

"You might want to find the kid some clothes while you're at it. Looks like he's fresh out. Oh and see you tomorrow." Sam added with a little bit of a smirk and waved at Danny, and then followed Tucker's lead.21

"Ok. 2 down and one more problem to go." Danny turned towards Jimmy, who seemed immersed in the various machinery and mechanisms lining the walls of the basement/lab. "Ah! Hey don't touch those! They're very sensitive!"22

"Relax. I am merely observing their operating functions. I'm not intending on tampering with the obviously delicate material." Jimmy assured Danny, showing signs that he was starting to appear more at ease.23

"Yeah that's great but I kinda need you to come with me for a bit ok?" Danny made to grab the strange guy's arm, only to be surprisingly stopped by Jimmy grabbing onto his wrist.24

"I have no problem with doing that, but let me make one thing perfectly clear. I have no trust in you or anything I see before me at this very moment. So if you try to utilize my intelligence for any sort of devious motives, I will have reason to corrupt my mind in order to protect myself. Are we clear?" Jimmy's sapphire blue eyes were uncharacteristically hard and cold for a moment, boring deep into Danny's spectral neon green irises. Danny narrowed his own eyes in response then yanked his wrist free.25

"Crystal. Just come along with me for now alright? I will try to clue you in on some things, but it's up to you whether to believe them or not." Danny replied, feeling a bit irritated. Just what right did this guy have to discredit him right off the bat? No right as far as Danny was concerned. He knew he would just deal for now since this guy seemed to be even more foreign than all the ghosts from the Ghost Zone combined. Managing to coax the guy into letting him be flown off and phased through the ceiling, the two of them landed on the floor of Danny's room. 26

"So, mind telling me how you got here....umm...." 27

"Jimmy, Jimmy Neutron. That's all you need to know about me." Jimmy answered, distrust evident in his tone.28

"*sigh* Look, I'm not...what you would consider a bad guy. Ok I'm half ghost, but I'm on the good side alright?" Danny attempted to reason.29

"Half ghost? Hah! What do you take me for? One of the Ghostbusters? There is no refutable proof that spirits have corporeal forms, nor do they linger anywhere on this planet." Jimmy countered, not letting Danny sweet talk him into believing in what he found to be illiterate and ill-based mumbo jumbo. Danny face palmed, feeling only frustration but knew he had to keep at it if he was going to get anywhere with this 'Jimmy' person.30

"Ok....How about we do this? You keep my secret and I'll keep a roof over your head. Though you will have to face my folks sooner or later, and hopefully they won't enforce their particular beliefs onto you or-" Danny began.31

"Beliefs? What sort of beliefs?" Jimmy interrogated him, amping up Danny's stress a couple of notches more.32

"*sigh* That question will be answered later. For now, can you try to act as if you believe all this is real?" Danny pleaded. Exhaustion was catching up with him fast. Jimmy looked at him directly, his gaze observant and calculating. He then sighed himself and nodded. 33

"I suppose it would do more good than harm to play along for the time being. If you come through on your promise, I'll be sure to uphold my end of the bargain. Alright um....I don't think you ever told me your name." Jimmy replied, his sapphire blue eyes having retained their normal status.34

"It's Danny, Danny Fenton." Danny answered, then transformed back into his original human form right before Jimmy's eyes. 35

"Whoa....How did you-"36

"You can save the 20 questions for later. For now, put these on. They should fit, hopefully." Danny replied, tossing a cobalt long sleeved tee, worn jeans, navy blue socks and a set of white Hanes boxers Jimmy's way. Jimmy felt the pile flop onto his outspread palms, and then he stood and shuffled into the closet, pulling on the boxers and the other articles of clothing in the dark confines of the small space. 37

"So are you an only child...Danny was it?" Jimmy questioned, attempting small talk despite his previous suspicions, which were rapidly dissipating despite the outraged warning his common sense was screaming at him.38

"Nope. One older pain in the butt sister named Jasmine is who I've been grouped with including ghost fanatic parents." Danny replied, and then stopped seeing Jimmy twitch. 39

"D-Did you just say that both of your parents are G-Ghost Fanati-" Jimmy's sentence was cut short as the door to Danny's room was slammed open, revealing Jack Fenton's bulky frame and Maddie's lithe demeanor taking up the available space.40

"Danny your father and I would like to...Who is this Danny? A new friend?" Maddie wondered, her stern frown being almost instantaneously replaced with a smile. 41

Danny was at a loss for words. He didn't know what to tell them, let alone what to say that would be convincing.42

"Mr. and Mrs. Fenton! How lovely it is to finally meet the two of you in person! I've heard so many brilliant things about the two of you from your son Danny here, which has spurred me to spontaneously decide to stay the night here." Jimmy said with a friendly grin, "Please allow me to introduce myself. I am James Isaac Neutron, a new transfer at....your son's school." He extended his left hand outwards in an amiable gesture. Jack's mouth morphed into an enlarged, goofy grin as he grasped Jimmy's hand tightly, nearly breaking the bones in his hand.43

"What a pleasure to meet you James Isaac Neutron! Um mind if I call you Jimmy?" Jack said, still grinning at the lad.44

"Um certainly." Jimmy squeezed out a smile, despite the increasing pain in the phalanges of his left hand.45

"Well Jimmy, I believe you are a very nice young man, but do you have parental permission?" Maddie questioned her motherly instincts automatically worrying over the boy.46

"Um yes. Yes I have absolute permission to be over here. My parents in fact, are um fans of your work and are aspiring ghost...experts as well." Jimmy replied nearly instantaneously.47

"Wow....He's good. He's fooling both of them without breaking a sweat!" Danny thought, then broke into the conversation. "So if you two don't mind, I'd like to finish showing my new friend some stuff in my room ok?" 48

"Oh alright. Don't stay up too late alright boys? Night Danny." Maddie said with a smile, and then pecked her son's forehead, while he groaned in embarrassment and slight disgust due to immaturity. 49

Jack followed behind, then let his wife dip out of sight and whispered to the boys, “If you two see a ghost, you both know who to call. Night boys!" He finished with a grin then lumbered down the stairs like an overstuffed bear.50

"....'You know who to call?' How much more clichéd can your parents be?" Jimmy mumbled while searching the room for a place to sit down. He felt dog tired, even though he still willed his body to stand upright.51

"Yeah I know, but they're my folks, so I gotta cut them some slack sometimes. Besides, I wouldn't trade them for anyone." Danny said with a smile, " Do you have people like that in your life Jimmy?"52

Jimmy blinked, and then looked thoughtful for a moment. "Yes I do to be honest. My parents aren't a far cry from the way yours are, minus the passion for the paranormal and jumpsuits. My dad is duck obsessed and can be as passionate for the foul as your father is with hunting specters. My mother, she is one in a million. The perfect housewife who still can deal fair motherly punishments when necessary and fix a broken axel in less than 20 minutes. Surely my pops and I would be horribly lost and dysfunctional without her......" Jimmy lapsed into silence for a moment, feeling a dark dense pit of despair begin to osculate within the pit of his stomach. He knew it would only travel upwards, reaching his heart in a manner of minuets if he continued to think of Retroville and everyone who ever meant anything to him.53

Danny watched Jimmy silently, feeling as if he only succeeded in making the guy feel homesick. "Um say Jimmy, how about I give you a tour of Amity Park tomorrow, after I get out of school?" Danny offered, hoping Jimmy would be interested and would cheer up a little bit.54

"A tour....That would be helpful but you mentioned school..." Jimmy replied, looking over at Danny again.55

"Ah um...I'm...a freshman at Casper High....and if I cut class again, Lancer is totally going to suspend me, so if you could wait here while I go tomorrow..." Danny began to say.56

"Wait a moment...Lancer I'm assuming is your teacher correct?" Jimmy cut off Danny, receiving a single nod from Danny in reply, "Hmm perhaps I won't have to wait....My body seems to have grown into the correct age for attending a High School and therefore, allowing me to blend into the surrounding student body...." He carried on until Danny cut in on him the next round. 57

"So what you're basically saying is you want to go to school with me?"58

Jimmy nodded. "That's exactly what I'm saying. I think it will be quite a riveting experience and you will be able to give me the promised tour shortly after the last bell has rung."59

Danny raised an eyebrow at the guy. He certainly was something else. Getting excited over attending a High School and speaking in complex scientific terms that made Danny's head spin just thinking about them. Overall however, he had the feeling that Jimmy held more secrets then he was willing to let on. In the meantime, Danny felt the urge to accept his current proposal. "Killing two birds with one stone eh? Works for me. One thing though, keep what you saw tonight to yourself."60

Jimmy stiffened, and then lowered his gaze. "I assure you, I am not willing to leak such information out."61

Danny breathed a sigh of relief. "Ok do we have a deal then?" He asked, holding out his left hand.62

Jimmy looked up, and then smiled. "Deal." He clasped Danny's left hand with his right one. The two both smiled, and then broke apart after yawning. "I suppose some essential shut eye is in order." Jimmy yawned.63

"Ditto to whatever you said. Here," Danny tossed Jimmy a sleeping bag, "You can set that up near my dresser if you want." 64

"*yawn* Thank you...I think I'll just..." Jimmy's sentence trailed off as he laid out the bag onto the nearest clean patch of flooring, then tunneled into the opening, and fell asleep within 5 minutes.65

"Heh, he really was beat. Hope things turn up tomorrow..." Danny murmured sleepily, sliding under his bed sheets and drifting off as soon as his head hit the pillow. Tomorrow was just around the bend......66