Hurting You, Killing Me
Summary: This is a story about Danny, Johnny, Kitty, and Danielle after "Phantom Planet." Basically, Kitty and Johnny found Danielle after going back into the Ghost Zone. It will most likely switch POV's throughout the story.
A/N: If you want to write a story similar to this, do your own take on how it should go, I won't throw a hissy fit saying that you stole my idea. Just let me know if you do so that I can read it. Thanks.
Danielle's POV:
Once upon a time, I was no one. I was useless. I was nothing more than a tool, something to be used and throw away…or in my case, used and melted. When I stopped doing my so-called father's bidding, he wanted me destroyed, and he did everything in his power to see that I was.
I guess I should explain. He wasn't really my father; he was my…well, creator. I am a clone of the world famous Danny Phantom. Yeah… here it comes… I'm Danielle Masters…rejected daughter of Vlad Masters.
My story is never told and no one really cares. After Vlad tried to destroy me and Danny saved me, I ran off into the Ghost Zone. I'd been living alone in there, trying to make a life for myself, up until the Disasteroid. Danny had needed help and I owed him… of course, I expected him to at least acknowledge my presence once we'd saved the world.
However, he was too busy being congratulated and interviewed, so I went back into the Ghost Zone. It wasn't long before Kitty and Johnny found me. I was alone, crying on a rock when they came across me.
They'd brought me back to their lair and gotten the whole story from me. I expected them to think I was crazy and send me away, back to Danny, or worse, to some sort of orphanage. But…they didn't. They invited me to stay the night and the next morning, they asked me if I wanted to live with them. It's been nearly four years and I've been with them ever since.
I was aware that Danny knew where I was, but it wasn't like he ever tried to get in contact with me, even after Johnny told him what we found out. Johnny had gone into Vlad's lab a few months after I started living with them and had found my files. I guess I'll start there.
Johnny had brought them home one night after he'd gone for a ride. I didn't know what they were at first and I'd never seen Johnny look so upset. He simply took Kitty's arm and led her to their bedroom, closing the door behind them. It wasn't long before I heard them yelling, though I could only make out a few words. I heard my name and something that sounded like "it's her decision," but I wasn't sure.
After a few minutes, Johnny walked back into the living room and sat beside me on the white leather sofa. He slid the manila envelope on to my lap. "Honey," he began, "these are your files. I think you should read them."
I looked up at him, confused, before opening the already broken seal. I pulled out a stack of papers and began to flip through them. At first it was just a bunch of charts and calculations, but then I found what they must have wanted me to see.
I looked up to see Kitty standing in the doorway, a hand pressed over her mouth as though trying to stubbornly stop tears from falling. The paper in my hands didn't make a lot of sense at first; it was just a bunch of words typed closely together, but a few words jumped out at me. Biological Father of Clone #4: Daniel Fenton. DNA Analysis: 100%
I gasped and looked up, "What does…?" I trailed off.
Johnny sighed, too, "Danny is your father, Danielle."
"Are you guys…do you want to get rid of me?"
Something that sounded like a sob escaped Kitty's mouth, and then she crossed the room to wrap her arms around me. "No, sweetheart. No," she murmured, stroking my hair.
"We just wanted you to know. It's your decision on whether or not we tell him," Johnny said.
I pulled away from Kitty and looked at Johnny. He seemed to be trying hard to control his facial expressions. "Tell him?" I asked.
"You're his daughter, Danielle," he said gently, reaching over to push a strand of hair from my face.
"He doesn't want anything to do with me anyway," I said.
"So…you don't want to tell him?" Johnny raised his eyebrow at me.
"I…I don't know," I whispered, looking at my hands.
"Well, you don't have to make a decision right now. Why don't we talk about this in the morning?" he suggested.
I nodded and got off the couch to go get ready for bed. I was just bout to crawl into my bed when Kitty tapped lightly on my door. "Come in," I called.
Kitty walked into the room, followed by Johnny. "We just came to tell you goodnight," Kitty said, sitting down on the edge of my bed, leaning over to kiss my forehead.
"We love you, Danielle," Johnny said. He stroked my hair and pulled my blanket up around me.
"I love you, too," I said.
Kitty turned off my lamp and they walked out, closing my door behind them.
I tried to go to sleep, but I just couldn't. I kept thinking about the fact that Danny was my biological father. I mean, of course, before everything that had happened, I'd kind of thought of him as my father. But even then I knew that he would never be my dad. He didn't care enough about me to even come after me.
I loved living with Kitty and Johnny. I finally felt safe and happy. They didn't make me feel like I was just a disposable copy of someone else. They didn't sit there and constantly compare me to Danny. They loved me for me…but there was still a part of me that still wanted Danny to know how I felt, a part of me that wanted him to accept me.
I made a decision that night, lying in my room. I would let Johnny and Kitty tell him the truth.