A/N:
Hey everyone! Aaah, it's been a while since I've uploaded any sort of story. I really hope you guys will like this one, it's my first Danny Phantom one, and it's set in an alternate universe. I really enjoyed writing it; it's actually complete, I'll upload the Prologue and first chapter tonight, then continue if people seem interested in this story. If not, well, I've got it for me. :D

I really want to make another one, maybe one actually following the DP time line. I really want to explore Danny and Sam's relationship, it's so cute.

Aaanyway. On to the story! :D

Amity Park research facility eighteen years ago

"Maddie, look!" an overweight man wearing a white lab coat over his orange and black jumpsuit held up a vial. Inside the vial was a strange green liquid that was glowing an eerie light.

"What is it, Jack dear?" Maddie asked, bending over a table, wearing her turquoise jumpsuit under a white lab coat, as she picked at findings of some dead creature. Her jumpsuit's hood was up, red goggles over her eyes as she concentrated.

"I've done it!" Jack shouted, waving the vial around and hoping to catch his wife's attention. "I've concentrated ghost ectoplasm. Using this, we should be able to harness a ghost's energy. We may even have found a way to use their powers."

Maddie turned from her experiment and pulled her hood down from her head, giving her husband a questioning look. "How do you know you've captured it?" Maddie asked, crossing her arms.

"Because..." Jack pouted, lowering the vial into a secure holding unit. He didn't actually know how he knew. He just felt like this time he was right.

"We can test it." Maddie gently pointed out, "on something like perhaps a mouse or a rat."

Jack thought for a minute. He really wanted to test it on a human, to see if they were able to actually harness the powers- use them. If they could, maybe they'd be able to create a way to obtain immortality.

He voiced his opinion to his wife, who gave him a disapproving look. "And who would you test it on? There would be no willing subjects- especially when we have no idea if this thing can kill us or not. We don't know what it does, Jack, its best to test it on a mouse or a rat under close observation."

Of course, they needed to bring this finding to their employer before they conducted any tests themselves. To see if their employer would fund the many expenses associated with close observation of lab rats.

"I'll bring it up to the boss in the morning." Jack said, stretching his body with a yawn. "It's late enough, Mads, and we should be getting out of here before security comes around." He draped an arm around his wife's shoulders after she had cleaned up her table.

"You're right. We'll see what they decide to do with the serum in the morning." She smiled up at her overweight husband. Locking the doors behind them, the couple left for the night.