ok everyone here is the next chapter hope you enjoy

Dinner was awkward maddie was staring death towards clockwork while jack looked confused, dash and kwan sat as far from clockwork as possible and there was a tension in the air that made everyone feel like they were dancing on a knife's edge so they were glad to go back to their various rooms to sleep and in the morning they had a quick breakfast "see you clockwork" danny said while watching his classmates gather where the bridge appears.

"Be careful daniel i have a bad feeling about this trip" clockwork said a frown on his face

Danny nodded and walked over to the group adjusting his straps "ok gang it will take our pace about two days of walking to reach pandora's pantheon"

After a few hours of walking danny felt a cold air come up from his lungs and his ghost sense showed it self ::dang it i was hoping we wouldn't have to deal with anyone:: danny sent sam over the link

::well who is it?:: she replied scanning the skies now

::i don't know but clockwork said he had a bad feeling about this trip:: danny replied while grabbing tucker and telling him the trio got ready to activate their wrist rays in case it was a hostile ghost when the air in front of the group condensed into fire and ember appeared.

"Oh its you ember" danny said lowering his guard slightly "whats…"

Jack and maddie cut him off by yelling "ghost!" while the rest of the group had screamed

Sam noticing ember was upset started walking towards the female ghost "ember whats wrong" she asked.

"No… nothing" she said sniffing slightly while glancing at the group of humans who were being told to shut up by tucker while danny handled his parents.

"Seriously ember whats wrong?" sam asked knowing while ember came to cause problems every once and awhile she was more of an allie now then enemy and knowing that ember didn't like showing weakness in front of others she took her away from everyone.

Awhile later sam came back to the group while ember started to fly off looking slightly better "remember sam you can only tell baby pop and techno dork" she said before leaving.

"So what was wrong" danny asked as they started off again the group following listening closely

"Just some problems with chrome dome while angry they both said some harsh words she called him the zones worst hunter and he called her a washed up has been" sam said planing on going into more details later

"She still going to play for dani's party?" tucker asked looking up from his pda.

"Yeah she is going to gather her bandmates now so they should be ready by the time the party is" sam replied/

::so what's really wrong i have heard them both say harsher words to each other while angry before and she never looked like that:: danny sent to sam

::its manly what happened before they said those words that got her upset:: sam replied indicating that she wasn't going to say until later.

A little later danny had the group stop for a break the teens and adults dropping flat on their backs from exaustion while tucker went off aways to talk to jazz before he went danny and sam told him to come over when he was done they then split off from the group themselves. "Come on jazz pickup" tucker muttered to himself while pacing slightly.

"Hello" a breathless voice said on the other side of the line.

"Jazz!" tucker said "you sound out of breath anything happen?"

"I'm fine just was dealing with skulker he seemed really upset about something and was mad that danny wasn't here" jazz explained.

"Well i guess that takes skulker out of the betting pool then" tucker said to himself "anyways we might know why we just ran into ember upset about something sam was about to explain to us so want to talk to danny?" he asked.

Jazz gave a small sigh "yeah i do"

Tucker walked over to the duo smiling slightly "hey tuck everything fine in amity?" danny said turning to tucker.

"You can ask jazz yourself" he replied turning speakerphone mode "ok jazz you're on speakerphone"

"Hey danny how you doing little brother" jazz said warmly.

"Not to bad spazz how about you" danny teased her.

"Hey i told you not to call me a spazz" she retorted while sam pinched danny slightly "anyways as i was telling tucker i just got done dealing with an upset skulker who was angry you weren't here for him to hunt"

"Dang that takes skulker out of the running then anyways sam knows what they were upset about" danny said

"Ok so ember and skulker have been feeling ready to take their relationship to the next level and start a family but so far their efforts have been unsuccessful and now they only have one more chance if they fail they have to wait till a hundred years has passed" sam explained.

"Ah so that's it" danny said boping his fist on his hand.

"So why do they have to wait a hundred years?" jazz asked sounding confused.

"When a ghost is made from a human their core has a special ectoplasm that can fuse with another's ghosts and then a baby ghost is made but there is a chance it fails so they have to wait for the ectoplasm to regenerate it takes about one hundred years, the amount of chances they have depends on how strong the ghosts are, ghosts of skulker and embers level should have about five or six chances." danny explained using his lessons from clockwork as reference.

"And how do you know this?" jazz asked.

Danny became crestfallen while sam and tucker both looked confused at his change of mood

"A while ago i asked clockwork about it and he told me"

"Why did you ask?" sam questioned feeling danny's mood drop even more.

"I wanted to know if the accident affected me in that area" danny whispered.

The other three pieced it together from his tone at this point sam and tucker brought danny into a hug when danny spoke "makes me kind of glad vlad was a froot loop and used sam's dna when making dani" he sniffed. Danny straightened his back and they moved apart "ok anyways jazz try putting skulker in the containment cube and see if you can get him to talk about this if he us still in a fighting mood just drain him back to the zone"

"Ok got it little brother" jazz replied.

"we should be in the far frozen in about five more days of travel dani's party is in six so grab the specter-speeder and make your way to the far frozen in a few days jazz also remember the presents in the ops center." danny reminded her.

"see you guys in a few days" jazz told the trio.

"Bye jazz" they said before hanging up.

Danny turned to the group "ok everyone let's get moving" he called out as sam and tucker shouldered their packs.

With jazz

Jazz sat on her bed and let a few tears fall down her face while she has been talking to tucker for the last few days she still feels worried about them so the thought of seeing her family again in a few days took a big burden off her heart. She shook her head and went down to the lab to try and get skulker to talk.

"Well if it isn't the welp's sister" skulker growled pacing the cube "come to gloat at my failure? Make witty remarks like the ghost child does?"

Jazz shook her head and brought a chair over to the cube "no I was just talking to danny and I found out why you were acting like that" she explained while leaning forward.

Skulker paused mid-step "is that so" he growled again but this one was lacking some of the hostility.

Jazz nodded "is want to say I am glad you and ember are trying to have kids I am sorry it hasn't worked out yet but this was not the correct response danny and his friend were found by ember in tears"

Skulkers face dropped "she was crying?" he whisper harshly.

"yeah sam managed to calm her down but this is a problem you two need to work out on your own"

Skulker shook her head "how the ghost zone is massive it would take weeks to find her"

Jazz gave a small smile hook line set now to wait for him to bite she thought before she said "i know she is going to be playing a concert in a few days and i have a invitation i can bring you if you are willing i can even give you some advice to help start mending the gap"

Skulker jumped up pressing his hands against the cube "yes whatever it is i need to fix my mistakes"

Sinker "ok skulker then i want you to stop trying to kill danny"

"Wha…"

"I am not saying you have to stop fighting him no he wouldn't like that either but just stop trying to actively kill him and if he needs your help please provide it i get the feeling he is going to need it soon" jazz explained cutting him off.

Skulker stopped to think for a few moments "fine you win young huntress you have bested me with your wits" he finally said.

"Ok she is playing dani's party in about six days" jazz said giving a sigh of relief

"Ok"

"And when you see her wait till after she play's and takes a break go backstage and tell her that her music is the best you have ever heard and that she is the most stunning woman you have ever seen tell her why you fell for her in the first place"

"..." skulker was silent then turned and sat down thinking.

Jazz went up stairs after a while deciding that skulker wanted to think for a while.

As jazz sat in the living room she thought of how proud of the trio she was they had all had a opportunity to see parallel time lines where they went bad thanks to clockwork it was funny they were fine as long as no one took one of their family away, it is a gradual change then unless there is only one or two people left then the change is sudden even jazz has seen a world where she went bad she turned out a lot like spectra only on a much larger scale destroying world governments and sowing chaos in cities. So they made sure everyone was ok everyday it was harder for them to keep danny safe but they were there for him if it was ever too much either the strain of keeping all the secrets or just all the fighting. Jazz was snapped out of her brooding thoughts when she heard the jet sled fly past, sam and jazz were hesitant to let valarie into their family, where tucker and danny were much more accepting. especially danny, it was ironic for the man who had been hurt the most he was also the most accepting, he still saved everyone he could and was willing to give up his own health for the city who hates him. Jazz sighed and got up to make some dinner.

so skulkers been taken out of the pool and i think having him not trying to kill danny would be a good thing in the end, anyways there is more i am working on but it is slow going one of the minor characters are going to play a slightly bigger role next chapter hint it is an A-lister for fun try and guess who you think it will be and should valerie be included in their little family they have? either way have a good day night evening morning what ever time it is right now and see you next chapter.