Disclaimer: See chapter 1. Now on with the story!
Here▓s how the last part of my wacky chapter 1/ 2 ended. Ughh! Sometimes I hate my computer!
⌠We▓re half-ghosts Danny. We▓re despised in the Ghost Zone because we live among humans, and we▓re hated and feared in the Human world because they see us as creepy freaks of nature who are here to destroy them. So we▓re pretty much screwed either way, ha!■ Danni had tried to cheer Danny up with an old joke they used to do, but Danny wasn▓t laughing.
Chapter 2: Argument
⌠Not in the mood for jokes, huh? I▓m really starting to regret ever looking at Dara▓s flying speed. Oh, Danny it▓s not that bad. Certainly not as bad as when we were growing up. You▓ve made some great strides for ghosts, and almost everyone in the Human world actually likes us.■
⌠Almost.■
⌠Well it▓s better than being Public Enemy number one, Inviso-bill.■
⌠Ha-ha!■ Danny had to laugh at this. It had been so long since anyone had called him that.
⌠Good! I made you laugh. Now I can move in for the kill.■ Danni said this part mostly to herself. ⌠Danny, listen, you have done absolutely everything you can do for Dara, and because of it she▓s going to have an easier time then we did. Stop worrying so much. Dara will be fine. After all, she was trained by the best.■
⌠You▓re just copying Dara with that comment Danni.■
⌠Yeah, but I meant it. We both had the same trainer remember?■ Both cousins smiled at the memories this brought up, but Danni knew she had to get serious. If she wanted Danny to tell Dara she had to keep pushing him (she knew how stubborn he could be, she was the same way after all).
⌠Promise me you▓ll tell her?■
⌠I promise.■
⌠Danny?■ Danni said giving her cousin a very skeptical I-don▓t-believe-a-single-word-you-say look.
⌠What? I will.■
⌠You will what Daddy?■ came Dara▓s voice from the doorway. She had come back looking for her dad and Danni after she realized they weren▓t behind her. Needless to say, the two cousins were a little shocked to hear her voice (especially Danny). Dara was still looking at her father with a questioning stare, so Danny had to think fast on what to answer (answering the truth would▓ve been faster but┘).
⌠I will.. Have to make sure that the training machines are turned off so they don▓t cause a circuit to blow.■ Danny said as he walked over to the control panel for the machines (which actually were still on).
Danny had been lying for so long he could lie to anyone now, even his daughter. He didn▓t like to, but he could. His cousin, however, was not as subtle. Danni gave an exasperated sigh as she whacked one hand on to her forehead.
⌠What▓s wrong Danni?■ Dara asked (she, of course, had believed her father). Danni took her hand off her forehead and looked at her cousin fumbling with the controls so nervously making him resemble for all the world like his 14-year-old self.
⌠Oh, nothing. Just your dad always forgetting to do important things, even when he has to do them.■ Danni almost shouted this last part at her cousin. Making Danny glare back at her with a cocked eyebrow. It▓s a good thing Dara is as clueless as her dad or she might▓ve noticed this little exchange.
⌠Oh, well that▓s not that bad. After all, it▓s just turning off some machines.■ Dara said still completely oblivious, ⌠Are you guys coming? You know how Mommy gets when dinner gets cold.■
⌠Yep. We better hurry if we want to eat tonight.■ Danny said walking over toward the door. With one last smile Dara left the room again. Danny was about to follow when he felt a cold glare of disappointment on his back.
He turned around to face his cousin, who was firmly standing in the center of the room with her arms crossed over her chest giving Danny a glare that made her blue eyes look just as deadly as her green ones.
⌠Well I guess lying really does pass for protection between fathers and daughters.■
⌠Come on Danni┘■
⌠No, no. I understand you▓re just trying to protect her. And I▓m sure Dara will see it that way, too, when her powers go out of control again and she has no idea what▓s going on or how to handle it and then you have to tell her.■ she said in a horribly venomous voice. Danny didn▓t know what to say to that. He knew that Danni still had some unresolved problems in the area of father daughter relationships.
⌠Hey,■ Danny said starting to glare right back at her, ⌠I promised I▓d tell her and I will.■
For awhile Danni looked like she might just stand in that position until she turned to stone, but then she uncrossed her arms, slouched a little, and gave another exasperated sigh. No matter how clever she was, Danny always managed to win in the end.
She knew this was as far as she was going to get on the subject today, but hey there was always tomorrow. So Danni simply gave a nod of understanding to her cousin and followed Dara out the door. Danny closed the door to the control room and followed after her.
He promised he would tell Dara about her immense power. He didn▓t promise it would be today.
So there▓s chapter 2. Sorry that it▓s so short, but like I said earlier my computer uploaded the beginning of this chapter as part of chapter 1, and I didn▓t think you guys would want to read that part twice. As for the story I▓m not trying to make Danny seem like a bad guy for lying to his daughter. He is really just trying to protect her. And yes this feud between Danny and Danni has been going on for awhile as you can probably tell. Well that▓s all till next time. Again sorry about the length. Please read and review!