A/N I'm back *Pokes head out* no one's still mad right? I don't own Danny Phantom

"What-what do you mean?" Dani asked this time.

Sam walked up to them, "I want to know what you're hiding," Sam said, "And don't tell me you're not hiding anything because I know you are."

Dani whimpered and Danny gulped, "So what if we're hiding something?" Danny asked slight bitterness in his voice, "Everyone has their secrets. Why would you want to know about ours?"

Danny grabbed his daughter and started to walk away, "Because I know it has something to do with Danny Phantom," Sam said.

Danny froze and turned quickly to Sam wide eyed and Dani scared, "What?" Danny said shocked.

Sam walked up to them and Danny backed away slightly, "There has to be a reason both of you know so much about Danny Phantom," Sam said, "And why you were shocked and nervous when we talked about him."

Danny gulped again, but then glared at Sam, "Why would you want to know?" Danny asked.

"Because we're partners," Sam said, "And if this is going to work out there needs to be no secrets between us."

Danny looked at Sam then back at the floor and sighed, "Some things Sam," Danny said looking at Sam again, "Are better if you don't know."

"What?" Sam asked shocked.

"There are some things that we know and take part of that would be best if you didn't know about," Danny said.

Sam blinked, "What are you talking about?" Sam asked.

"That's the whole point Sam," Danny said, "It's best if you don't know."

"Know what?" Sam almost yelled.

Phantom came into the house and watched Danny and Sam fight. Danny set Dani down and she went beside Phantom and watched as the adult talked, "We-we don't know if we can trust you completely," Danny said looking down.

Sam gasped, "Why-why wouldn't you trust me?" Sam asked, "I wouldn't hurt any kind of animal that includes humans."

Danny looked at Sam, "Does the name Vlad Masters ring any bells?" Danny asked.

"The mayor of Amity Park?" Sam asked.

Danny nodded, "What about him?" Sam asked.

"What did you think of him?" Danny asked.

"This is getting off topic Danny," Sam said annoyed, "But if it'll make you give me the answers I want…I never did trust him."

Danny and Dani's heads shot up, "He smiled too much," Sam explained, "No one smiles that much without having some sort of evil plan in mind."

Danny and Dani looked at each other, "What?" Sam asked.

Danny turned to Sam again, "Vlad," Danny said, "He-he wants us dead."

Sam gasped and had to back up to the wall to hold herself up, "What, but, how…why?" Sam managed to get out.

Danny sighed and helped Sam to the couch, "Vlad's half ghost," Danny said, "He was that vampire-like ghost that Danny Phantom fought a lot."

Sam blinked in shock, "How do you know?" Sam asked.

Danny bit his lip, "Because…"

Dani held her breath, "Because I was friends with him," Danny stated, "My parents were the Fenton ghost hunters. I helped Danny fight ghost and got him weapons that he needed; that why I always 'went to the bathroom' to help Danny."

Sam thought about it, "So Vlad's after you because you're friends with Danny Phantom?" Sam asked half buying it.

"Well, almost," Danny said, "He wants Danny as his son, but Danny won't, so he'll probably hold us hostage so Vlad can force Danny to do what he wants. He'll find some way to put Danny under a spell or something, so Danny won't have a choice in the matter, and then probably have us killed."

Sam growled catching Danny off guard, "That no good rotting piece of," Sam said, "Does he have no morals?"

"None that I could see," Danny said.

Sam looked at Danny and saw something in his eyes, "Alright," Sam said, "I buy your story…for now, but I promise you this. I'm not and never will work for that fruitloop of a mayor."

Sam walked down the hall and Danny and Dani both let out a breath they didn't know they were holding, "That was too close," Danny said, "We almost pulled her into our world."

Dani sat on top of Phantom like a horse, "Daddy," Dani said.

Danny turned to Dani, "Yeah?" Danny asked.

"Why didn't you tell her?" Dani asked.

Danny looked at the hall before turning to Dani, "She has enough problems with Steve," Danny said, "We shouldn't add onto them."

Dani looked at her dad, "You like her," Dani stated.

Danny whipped his head towards his daughter, "What?" Danny exclaimed, "I do not!"

Dani glared at her dad, "Dad, I may be your daughter, but I'm also your clone, meaning I can read your emotions like a book."

Danny glared at his daughter, "Keep this up and you'll be sleeping outside with Phantom," Danny told his daughter.

Dani stuck her tongue out at her dad and rode Phantom outside where he ate some more plants. Danny sighed and grabbed one of Sam's animal notebooks and began reading.

Elephants are wondrous creatures. They're like human families always looking out for each other-8/9/09

'That was two years ago,' Danny thought, 'About two months after graduation.'

Danny turned the page and found slight blood stains on the paper, "What?" Danny said and read the entry.

Rocky quit today. We had barely just arrived at the Elephant's nesting grounds when Rocky went exploring. She came back screaming and covered in blood. She kept repeating the name Steve and Skulker. I just finished tending her wounds and am going to do research on this Steve and Skulker person…I think I remember Skulker…he was a ghost back in Amity Park who always wanted Danny Phantom's pelt…gross.- 8/10/09

Danny's mouth dropped and Sam came up and sat beside him making him jump in surprise, "I told you Steve chased off my other partners," Sam said taking her notebook, "He did the same thing with Andy, Helga, Kim, Zack, and Peter. I tried to convince Mr. Williams not to send me anymore partners because each time one of my partners returned from Steve it was worse than the last. Peter had to be taken to the hospital back in America."

Danny went wide eyed, "When Mr. Williams said that he sent you I became scared and worried," Sam said, "But when he said you had a daughter I yelled at him to take you back…or at least Dani. Steve is…an animal it seems like."

Danny placed one of his hands on Sam's, "We'll be fine," Danny said and looked at Dani, who was playing with Phantom outside, "Dani and I aren't scared off easily."

Sam looked at Dani, "I thought being a zoologist meant studying wild animals," Sam said, "Not blood-thirsty animal-like humans."

Danny rubbed Sam's hand calmingly, "You have to remember Sam," Danny said, "Humans are animals too and there are some things even we don't know about them."

"You're friends with Danny Phantom," Sam said, "He fought Steve's grandfather hundreds of times. How did he defeat him?"

Danny chuckled, "I don't think we can defeat Steve that way," Danny said, "You had to remove Skulker's armored head and take his real tiny form out of it."

Sam sighed, "I just want to know where Steve is getting all this stuff," Sam said, "There isn't a village with a hundred miles of this place."

"Remember how I said Vlad was after us," Danny asked.

"You think Vlad's supplying him?" Sam asked, "But why would he do that when you weren't even here?"

"He comes up with very detailed plans," Danny said, "You never know what he's doing until it happens."

"So, Steve never came after me because if I got hurt or killed my partner wouldn't take over, they would just be sent somewhere else," Sam said, "So in order for Steve to kill you and Dani, I would still have to be here!"

Danny's mouth dropped, "How'd you figure that out?" Danny asked.

"It just makes sense," Sam said.

"You're right, it does," Danny said scared.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake and Phantom and Dani froze along with Danny and Sam. Danny and Sam ran to the front door and saw a stampede of elephants heading straight for Dani and Phantom, "Dani!" Danny and Sam yelled.

Dani just stood there frozen in fear.

A/N Time to hide again *Runs from yelling and screaming and a few tomatoes* Yikes! Okay, okay, okay! I get it you don't like cliff hangers! But your just have to deal with it! *Gets hit in head with tomato* Not funny Caroline! (Little sister). R&R.