Last time,
Deciding that maybe facing the music will shut those annoying voices up, Danielle, despite her fever, opened her ice blue eyes only to look straight into a pair of the same color eyes as hers
Due to the fever, her mouth moved to the voice in her head that had been speaking at the moment
"Daddy" she whispered
Chapter 4: A Plan?
As Sam and Tucker had just hit the LOGIN button and didn't know the story, they both turned, mouths gaping open, wondering if they heard her right
Hearing the gasps, Dani turned to Danny's friends and realized she had said that out loud.
"Just read the file" Danny's voice came
Dani turned to her original looking scared that she had crossed the line. However, instead of anger and resentment, she saw a hint of relief, a lot of worry, but above all other emotions was one she had never seen before directed at her, but had seen it before.
It was the look Vlad gave the prime clone. The look Chris gave Samuel. The look Jack gave Danny and Jazz
Both halfas seemed scared to make the first move
"Wow. Vlad IS a froot-loop if he's gone into the cloning business." Tucker said breaking the silence.
"Sam. Tucker. Can I have a word with you?" Jazz asked motioning the two out of the room to give the two halfas some needed privacy as she was getting an idea.
Once the room was empty of full humans
"I'm sorry" Dani apologized as she took the soup and drank it
"For what?" Danny asked
"For interrupting your Christmas" she listed. "For pulling you into my mess"
"I don't mind all that Dani" Danny told her "You're family"
"Yeah" she said with a sigh. "Cousins"
Danny also sighed. It was OBVIOUS that she wanted something else
"Danielle." Danny told her when she finished the soup indicating that she had been HUNGRY. "I know we've been telling people we're cousins, but…I think we BOTH know that it goes deeper. Especially by what you just now called me"
Dani winced. She had hoped that it just sounded like an off pronunciation of 'Danny'
"But we'll discuss this when you're feeling better." Danny added "Right now, just get some sleep"
"Okay" she said before closing her eyes. ANYTHING to stall that conversation
Danny tucked her into his bed and left the room
"Psst. Danny" Sam whispered
Danny went into Jazz's room where his friends were waiting with his sister.
"What?" he asked
"Jazz was just filling us in on what REALLY happened with her." Sam said. "And we think we may have a solution, but it's completely up to you"
"I'm listening" Danny said sounding intrigued.
Tucker, who was sitting at Jazz's computer motioned his friend over. Danny walked over and looked at the screen and his mouth dropped.
"Like HE'S going to see ME?"
"Danny Fenton, no. But…" Tucker explained as he typed in a few little things.
"You're KIDDING!" Danny laughed when something popped up
"Why do you think he renounced the anti-ghost laws?" Sam asked "And while you're at it, see if you can't do something about test labs"
"However, there IS a risk" Jazz said. "But these risks will come with the territory of harboring Danielle."
"What?" Danny asked
"Our 'esteem' mayor and our parents" Jazz listed
"We figured that by going this far, that'll take care of the mayor. And if he tries something, we can always turn to biology. Since she has YOUR D.N.A. any court will figure that she's yours despite the fact that you would have had to be 2 or 3 when she was born if we kept up the act that she's…born of natural causes" Sam explained
"So, if Vlad WANTS her, he'd have to fess up to illegal cloning" Tucker explained
Danny sighed. It seemed his friend had Vlad's situation under control. But there was still Problem 2.
"Okay. So if Vlad tries anything, we can just say that when I was born…some scientists snuck in and made me do an 'early donation'. Stop laughing!"
His friends and sister were laughing at his choice of words
"We know what you meant Danny, but it sounds ridiculous" Jazz said
"Well, so does a lot of stuff adults are doing these days. But Mom and Dad won't fall for it"
"That's going to be your biggest risk Danny" Jazz said. "The only way to get Mom and Dad to help out with this is to tell them Dani's story and that would mean telling them about Phantom."
"It's like this Danny" Sam said. "Are you willing to sacrifice your secret for Danielle?"