Thanks for the help and comments guys. ^^ Hope you enjoy chapter 2 =)
Flying through the ghost zone carrying Dani, Danny was headed towards an old friend; Frost Bite. He had a feeling Frost Bite would be able to help him with his situation. He couldn't help but glance down from time to time looking at his 'daughter'. He meant what he said to Tucker and Sam but he was still absorbing the full impact of what he said. While thinking to himself a sudden burst of pain cae from his chest. He winced, grabbed his chest and landed on one of the many floating islands to get back his footing.
"What's going on?" He gasped. The pain became worse to a point where it made him drop to his knees. He held Dani with one arm and grabbed his chest with his free hand trying to think what could possibly be wrong. It slowly started to dull down but it wouldn't go fully away. He struggled to his feet and held Dani close. He took a few deep breaths and flew off again. The same thing happened at least three times before Danny finally came to Frost Bite's lair. The ghost boy was exhausted and the zone Frost Bite lived in was freezing. He searched for the large bear-wolf being until another wave of pain hit him, seriously hard this time.
"Danny? Is that you?", came the familiar voice. Danny cringed with pain, held his daughter close, and looked up. There stood the white and tall, Frost Bite. Danny was about to speak when the pain smacked him right in his heart. He screamed and held Dani as tight as he could. He was shaking and looked up at Frost Bite who was shouting orders for his guards to bring help. Danny passed out but before closing his eyes he murmured, "Help my daughter..."
Frost Bite's ears perked up and looked at the unconscious ghost boy. He noticed in his arms was a human girl but from his senseshe could tell that she was dead. Frost Bite's men picked up Danny while Frost Bite carefully picked up Danielle. He ordered them to take Danny to the healing facility and that he'll take Danielle to his chamber. The men nodded at their leader and rushed Danny away while Frost Bite headed in the opposite direction.
000
"Where could he have gone, Tucker?" Sam said as they flew through the ghost zone lost. Tucker was steering and looking around at the same time. He shrugged and thought of the places Danny could have flown off to. He started listing them to Sam.
"Well, there's Clockwork, Frost Bite, Skulker..."
"Skulker?" Sam said with a raised eyebrow.
"What! I don't see you thinking of any possibilities." Tucker huffed annoyed. Sam rolled her eyes and pulled out some binoculars. She scanned the area and sighed. She looked at Tucker and said, "Let's go to see Clockwork first, then to Frost Bite's lair. Those seem to be our only options." Tucker nodded and flew towards Clockwork's part of the ghost zone.
000
"No! Danielle!", Danny shouted. He sat up in bed in a cold sweat. He looked around and recognized it as one of the huts in Frost Bite's home land. He noticed that he was covered in large amounts of blankets and that a fire was made near by. He looked on the other side of the bed looking for Danielle to see if they had put her next to him. He scanned the room from the bed and saw no one. He gasped, uncovered himself, and raced back outside into the cold. But before he took three strides he smacked into Frost Bite's chest.
"Danny! How good that you are doing well!" The big beast wrapped his huge arms around Danny and hugged him. Danny returned the hug for a second but remembered that he was searching for Dani. He looked up at the bear-wolf beast and said, "Frost Bite, where is she? Where's Danielle!"
Frost Bite gave him a sadden look ans replied, "Come with me." Danny followed the being into his lab. He turned on the light and Danny saw Danielle on the far table near the end of the room. A breathing mask was placed over her mouth but her chest wasn't moving. Danny walked towards her and placed his hand over her's.
"Why did you call this child your daughter?" Frost Bite said after a few moments of silence. Danny bowed his head and murmured in reply, "It's difficult to explain. I came here hoping that...you can help me..." Danny sniffed and petted Danielle as if the gesture would wake her up. Frost Bite made his way over to the one who saved his home and patted him on the shoulder.
"I cannot bring the dead back to life, Danny." Danny bowed his head and laid his head on Dani's chest. He teared up and sighed. He knew it couldn't be done, but something just told him Frost Bite could help him. Frost Bite placed a hand on his shoulder and sighed. Danny didn't look at him, he just kept his head on Dani's chest and cried silently.
"There has to be something." Danny complained. He looked up at the bear-wolf beast and gave a sniff. Frost Bite turned to think. He scratched his chin and snapped his fingers. He turned to Danny and frowned, "Danny? There is a way to bring her back. But it has a price."
Danny looked at him with a straight face and said, "I'll do anything for my daughter. Just tell me what I need to do." Frost Bite left the lab and returned with a large dusty, brown book. He opened it and placed it on the table where Dani laid. He flipped a few pages until he came to a chapter Danny read aloud as 'The Donor of Life.' Frost Bite scanned the pages of the chapter and sighed, "As I feared."
"What? What is it?" Danny said as he began to panic. He didn't know what was coming over him. With the situation dealing with Danielle his instincts were going berserk. Then something in is gut told him what it was, parental instincts. He was being a protective father even though he started considering Dani to be his daughter just a few hours ago. Frost Bite gave Danny a grave look and said, "I have found a way to bring your daughter back to life. But Danny you must think this through and hard. Listen to everything I tell you and consider the ups and downs of your choice." Danny looked at him and nodded.
Frost Bite nodded and said, "In order to bring your daughter back you must give her some of your own spirit. As in part of you must be transferred to her. The process is very painful and it'll take about three days to accomplish. The problem is, that you can die while this is going on and you both lose your lives, you can permanently damage your ghost half rendering you unable to become a ghost again or you die completely and Dani receives life again." Frost Bite looked at Danny and saw that he was thinking everything through. The ghost boy gave him a determined look and said, "Okay. What do I need to do?"
"Did you not hear me, Danny! The chances of success are a million to one! This procedure has only ever happened once and both parties perished! Think about your family, your friends, all those that care about you! Are you willing to sacrifice your life for-"
"Yes."
Frost Bite's eyes widened and he looked at Danny. The ghost boy gave him a stern look and then looked at Danielle on the metal table. Danny placed a hand on her cheek and stroked her cold skin. He looked up at Frost Bite and said, "She is my family. She's my daughter, Frost Bite. Even if she was made by cloning and done by accident, she's a part of me. Now tell me what I gotta do."
"She's a clone? You're going to sacrifice everything for a clone! Danny, I thought this child was yours by birth! Not by genetic enhancements! How? How did this happen?"
"That doesn't matter now. What matters is that she is my daughter and I'm going to help her. Now tell me what I have to do, Frost Bite! There isn't time!" Danny growled in fury. Frost Bite gave him a stern look and shook his head. He went back to the book and read aloud the directions, "As I said you have but three days. I need you to find me certain things to do this and you must do it fast. After three days her body will be sealed forever and you spirit will not be able to enter her. I must have a gem that is rare and only found in the human world, the gem of mitus. This gem will help power the machine we will be using to split your soul. The last thing I need from you is the information of her genetic structure. Or the blue prints of how she was made. That's all."
Frost Bite finished and closed the book. Danny was deep in thought and raised his head to look at Frost Bite. He gave him a tight nod and walked over towards Dani's still form. He kissed her head, brushed back her bangs and spoke to Frost Bite without turning from her.
"What was that I was feeling when I was flying over here, Frost Bite? That pain in my chest?" Danny said as he looked at his daughter.
"I would assume your instincts as a parent did it. Knowing that you lost a part of who you are must've triggered heart ache."
"But it felt more physical than emotional."
"Then I do not know, Danny." Frost Bite gave him a stern look and then looked back to the clone on the table before him. Danny looked at Danielle and then back at Frost Bite, "Take care of her for me until I come back with the stuff."
"Don't worry. She'll be just fine here with me."
Danny brushed back Dani's bangs again and said, "Don't worry Dani. I'll be right back, I promise. I'll also make Vlad pay for what he did to you and then we can be a family. I'll adopt you and make it official soon enough." He kissed her head one last time and flew off to find what the ice ghost needed to bring Dani back to him.
000
"I already know what is going on. You do not need to re-inform me of the situation." Clockwork grumbled at the two teenagers. Tucker smacked his forehead and gave a 'duh!' at himself realising that Clockwork knew everything and everyone. Sam rolled her eyes and went up to the ghost.
"Look, where is Danny? We need to find him." Same pleaded. Clockwork transformed from a young man, to a much older one, then back to a baby as he flew to his monitor. He searched and found Danny flying off in the direction of the portal which combined the human world and the ghost zone.
"You children should stay with me and let Danny save Danielle on his own." The ghost of time said without turning to them.
"What? No! He needs our help. He doesn't think straight when he's angry!", Sam shouted back throwing her arms up. Clockwork raised his hand to silence her and said, "This is a journey he must go through alone. It's his clone that needs him the most. You two should stay here and watch your friend make his own choices."
"Wait, you said clone not daughter. You don't think Dani is Danny's daughter too?", Tucker asked the ghost. Clockwork stared at him without emotion. He turned to the screen and saw Danny fly through Amity Park in search of something. And by the look in Danny's eyes it seemed important. Clockwork frowned and hovered towards the window. He held out his staff and a large green circle appeared above them. The fogginess of the circle disappeared and in it showed Danielle and Danny. Sam and Tucker looked at it with question.
"You're not my dad! Stop acting as if you are and stop telling people I'm your daughter!" Dani, standing in her ghsot form in the middle of the street of what looked to be Amity Park, used her hands to power up some green energy and shot it at Danny who was also in his ghost form.
"That's it Danielle! Finish him off and come to your real father!", said Vlad as he hovered over the fight scene between the two ghost children. Danny looked up at him and was about to say something when he was tackled by his clone to the ground. Danny stood up and backed away as Dani stalked him down like a game of cat and mouse.
"Fight back!", Dani growled at the ghost boy. She attacked him again using the plasma from her hands. Danny fell to the floor on his back hard and with a grunt struggled to get back up. He was on his hands and knees looking at Danielle with a sad expression.
To Tucker and Sam's shock Danny changed back into his normal form and stood leaning on his right leg, looked at Danielle. Sam gasped when Dani jumped into the air and flew at full speed to her DNA donor. With a loud bang she launched Danny into a paked car. Sam and Tucker watched in amasement when Danny struggled to pick himself up again to look at Danielle.
"Why won't you quit! Change back into your ghost form and fight!", Danielle yelled at him from a few feet away. Vlad watched in amusement as the fighting continued between the ghost girl and human Danny. Dani screamed in frustration and gathered all the power she could muster within her and shot herself at human Danny. When she made contact she was in shock and wide eyed to find that Danny was hugging her as her hands were sending the plasma into his chest. She felt his arms go limp and saw him fall over. She looked at him in shook, scared that she may have actually killed him.
"Danny?", she whimpered. She could sense Vlad hovering close by but only looked at the human in front her. Danny opened his heavy eye lids and smiled at her. He reached out and stroked her cheek, Dani could feel the weakness in his hand and gasped. Vlad grabbed Danielle by the arm and pulled but she pulled her arm out of his grip.
"I love you, Danielle. It doesn't matter what Vlad or anyone else says. You'll always be my daughter and I'll always be here when you need me...", Danny then passed out and Dani looked at him in shock. She shook his shoulder, called out his name saying that she was sorry and for him to wake up. Vlad narrowed his eyes at them but didn't leave. Dani started to tear up when Danny didn't budge or wake up.
"No! No, daddy! Daddy, I'm sorry! I didn't know! Dad! Wake up, please! I didn't mean for this to happen! I got angry and...daddy, wake up! I need you now! Please!", the ghost girl said now crying. She placed her hands and head on his chest and cried, "I love you dad, now please wake up...I want to go home!" Vlad stood behind her with his jaw dropped and his eyes wide.
Clockwork closed the portal and turned to Tucker and Sam who's mouths were dropped. Sam was tearing up and looked up at Clockwork. He frowed and said, "That was the future if Danny wants to keep her as his daughter."
"He'll die if he keeps her as his daughter?", Sam shouted in question. She was about to turn and race back towards the exit to leave when Clockwork went in front of her blocking the way out. Tucker stood by Sam and they both looked up at the ghost of time.
"Danny must make his own choice. The future is not set in stone but it will be up to Danny, and Danny alone if he wants to keep Danielle as his own." Clockwork made the statement final and Tucker and Sam knew that they were not leaving anytime soon. The two friends looked at each other full of worry and directed their attention to the monitor. It was their only way to keep an eye on their best friend.
Wow, more drama, but the plot thickens. =) Hope you enjoyed it.
