And im back with chapter 4!

Danny: dude you might want to be careful you don't want to burn yourself out!

Me: meh I am fine don't worry

Pandora: he is right Garis you want to make sure that you have energy for later your already 4 chapters in and its only been 18 hours since you started this.

Me: have you seen my reviews! I'm literally having so much fun with this also making Danny sweat is a bonus!

Danny: hey! There is no need for that though I am liking the relation ship between me and pan!

Pandora: no one! And I mean NO ONE CALLS ME PAN!

Danny: ah Garis Help!

Me: nope not even going to touch that one.

Danny: wait… this is your fan fic so technically speaking you're the only one who has ever called pandora pan.

Pandora: wait that's right why did you give me such a ridiculous nickname!?

Me: meh I needed a pet name for clockwork to call you and Dora is already taken. So Pan was the logical choice Danny did say that there would be some OOC elements in this story the chapter before last.

Pandora: OOC my foot Garis I will make you pay for picking pan as my nickname!

Me: sweat drops* anyway onward with chapter 4 hopefully pandora doesn't kill me so I can continue this story for everyone.

Chapter 4

Jazz's Pain

Amity Park, Park.

Jazz POV

I sat down with tucker and Sam at a bench in the park as we talked among ourselves. it's been nearly 2 weeks since Danny… passed I still couldn't get over it and to make matters worse I had to tell Tucker and Sam. Yeah, my parents were heartbroken but instead of destroying everything and ending this ghost business once and for all, my parents had the mordacity to say that they would continue for Danny!

They didn't even have the decency to go with me to tell Sam and Tucker what happened! After we had mourned Danny and set everything up my parents had gone straight back into the lab to figure out what had happened to the portal and why it had turned on with him inside. They still had no clue! Meanwhile, ghosts had started coming out of it and started attacking the town and everyone in it! So, my parents had started handing out anti-ghost weaponry and making a lot of money off it. I was so angry at them but at the same time curious, here it was proof that ghosts exist! I was struck dumb the first time it happened we couldn't even deny it was the truth. We were in school when suddenly, we heard screaming from the cafeteria and what looked like a glowing meat monster was tearing up the room. I still don't know what we would have done if it hadn't been for the creepy looking vampire like ghost, but all he did was come in stop the ghost from attacking anymore people he beat it up then sucked it up into a cube object then left. People had started to call him Plasmius because that is what we heard the other ghosts call him.

My parents were the only people not thankful to him, surprise, surprise didn't take a genius to figure out why, they hated anything to do with ghosts or ghost powers they repeatedly said that they would rip him apart molecule by molecule if they ever caught him. Personally, I hope they don't because we would be in a bad way even if Sam, Tucker and I had started training to help with the ghost problem.

But back to Sam, Tucker, and I at the park we had just taken down a couple ectopuses in the park and were taking a well-deserved rest.

"wow if that's how tough just a couple ectopuses were I don't want to know how that guy plasmius deals with the stronger ones," Tucker Foley said.

"you said it, that was one heck of a work out," Sam replied.

I sat there lost in my thoughts, wondering about the ghosts and… well Danny if ghosts exist is it possible that Danny could be a ghost?

"Hello earth to jazz you there?" Sam asked.

We had all gotten quite close since Danny died, Sam had cried her eyes out when I told her what happened and Tucker… Tucker sat there looking like a lost puppy, tears falling down his cheeks as he thought of his friend who was a brother in all but blood.

"huh? Oh yeah sorry was just thinking." I said.

"what about?" Tucker asked.

"to be honest… Danny and the ghosts that have been coming around and… other things." She wasn't sure if she wanted to voice this thought just yet.

"Yeah… I miss him too," Tucker said.

"Me too," Sam said with tears in her eyes. She had confessed to tucker and Jazz her feelings for Danny when Jazz had told her what happened she just couldn't keep it in at least if she told someone it was out in the universe and maybe Danny would hear it.

"Yeah." She looked at them and decided not to say anything, yet she didn't want to give them a small hope and then have it ripped from them if it turned out not to be true, especially Sam.

They sat there each in their own thoughts for a while then to break the tension and silence tucker finally spoke.

"So… Nasty Burger anyone?" Tuck asked.

We all agreed and headed to the nasty burger, man today had been a long day.

Skies above amity park

Vlad PoV

As I floated about amity park invisibly, I watched with interest as Maddie's daughter Jazz and her two friends fought and caught 2 ectopuses.

Impressive for humans ectopuses may be weaklings compared to me but when up against a human very few could handle them with out the proper knowledge and this was a feat that had been done by two Fourteen-year old's and a sixteen-year-old.

After they left, I kept to myself and just thought about the last couple of weeks. Jazz had called me the day after Daniels death and told me I was shocked, and saddened, about it I liked Daniel he was a bright kid and a great kid and always protected others in his own unique way I had offered to train him up so that he could better defend himself and protect his sister and family like he wanted. He had, very politely, refused. He wanted to protect those he cared about but he didn't want to be known as a bully he was also very stubborn and didn't want to rely on other peoples help. I had to respect that I was very much the same.

Then came the rage, the rage at a certain Jack Fenton who couldn't seem to learn from his mistakes! Not only had he stolen the woman I loved from me, but he ruined my life with the accident from the portal in college which resulted in him being bed ridden for years with severe ecto-acne, which turned him into a halfa but on top of it all! On top of even that he had cost Daniel his life!

Vlad did not know what had happened to cause the portal to kill Daniel, but it was beyond a shadow of a doubt to him that it had been Jacks foolishness and stupidity that had caused it. It was then that he came to a decision he would honor Daniel and move to amity park under the guys of his human half Vlad Masters and would protect his home and his family… other than Jack of course. He knew that with the creation of the portal and his parent's choice to keep it for their own… questionable reasons, secretly he held Jack responsible for that because he couldn't bring himself to accept that Maddie had willingly gone along with it. He knew then that ghosts would flock to the portal like water springing from a dam, and he had been right ghosts came out of the portal almost daily if not several times a day.

However, he did not do it alone he was well respected within the ghost zone and had powerful allies to help keep the ghosts inline and from doing to much damage. One of which was the spirit of Halloween himself the fright knight. While not beholden to Vlad he respected the halfa for his honor when it came to the defense of the town and the fact that he did It for a young man who he had cared for greatly.

However here in the park something else was bothering Vlad, and that was jack and to his sadness Maddie's attitude towards the ghosts. Yes, he could expect it when it came to the ghosts attacking the city and trying to hurt people, but he and the Fright Knight were targeted by them as well no matter how hard he tried he could not convince the two that their actions were pure. Jazz however had seemed much more open to the possibility, it hurt him though to think that Maddie hated his kind that much however and there were other things that he had started noticing about the woman who had held his heart since college and to say the least they were not very good things that he was becoming aware of.

'hmmm' he thought to himself 'I think it's time that I had a conversation with Jasmine.' As he flew toward his Mansion.

Masters Mansion, Outskirts of amity park.

Jazz knocked on the door of the Masters mansion, she had gotten a call from him about an hour ago after she got home from hanging out with Sam and Tucker at the nasty burger and he had asked her to join him so that they could have a moment to talk.

Soon after she knocked, she was greeted by Jarvis the head butler.

"Ah young Jasmine wonderful to see you again do come in Mr. Masters is in his study I shall bring some tea and a snack I think," he said smiling at the young lady.

"Thank you Jarvis I appreciate it," she smiled up at the man that had quickly become a good friend and a good listener when she was having troubles with Danny's death. Jarvis had lost most of his family in a house fire and so could understand the loss of a loved one much more then Sam or Tucker could.

"Go ahead and head up to the study I shall be up shortly with your refreshments," Jarvis replied.

Jazz walked into the study to see Vlad Masters tinkering with a machine on his desk and cursing under his breath when it shocked him. She giggled at catching the multi billionaire unawares as he jumped.

"oh, jasmine I'm glad you made it!" he said as soon as he realized who it was.

"Hey Uncle Vlad," she said smiling, it was a forced smile though she knew how close Vlad and Danny had been and knew that he had taken the news hard. She lowered her voice as she approached him and asked, "how are you holding up?"

Vlad smiled down at his Niece and patted her cheek, "About as well as any of us dear girl."

They sat on one of the sofa's and Jarvis brought the refreshments he had promised, they thanked him, and he took his leave knowing that Vlad wished to talk to Jazz alone.

"Jasmine id like to ask you a few things about your parents its been a while since I have talked to… Jack and Maddie with out the excuse of visiting my niece and nephew and neither of them are very forth coming with me anymore I wont ask you to betray their trust but I'm concerned with some of what I am seeing." Vlad said getting straight into it, 'not to mention id like to find out if I can tell you what I am without you going to them and telling them about it.'

To Vlad's surprise Jazz's face turned stony at the mention of her parents, it concerned him he had never seen her react that way towards them and what surprised him even more was that it was directed at both not just Jack, but Maddie as well.

"Oh… what do you want to know…" Jazz asked with a little heat.

"o…k…" Vlad said hesitating a little. "Well I have noticed in passing that especially with all the ghosts about that they have become more… how do I put this delicately… Zealous? With their approach toward ghosts I have even seen them firing and trying to destroy the Fright Knight when all he has done is try to keep the other ghosts in line and get them back in the ghost zone."

Jazz thought for a minute, 'they fire at Plasmius all the time too, but he didn't mention that.?'

"Vlad you know as well as I do that, they are extremely hateful towards ghosts of any kind it doesn't matter to them if the ghost is helping our hurting us its always a plot to them and I mean seriously how can they believe that either just because certain individuals are like that doesn't mean all of them are! Look at humanity if you were to judge us only off the worst of us or those who do those kinds of things, we would all be viewed as monsters! Why are ghosts any different?" she raged.

To say he was impressed with the girls grasp of reality and politics as well as her understanding of people in general was an understatement, he was absolutely floored! Not only that but she had defended most of Ghost kind from such prejudice and hate and questioned her own parents' beliefs when there was no proof to back them up.

"Well that was… a very vocal and spirited answer," he chuckled a little nervously.

"Sorry uncle Vlad but they are a touchy subject lately… I haven't been very happy with them." Jazz explained.

"Jazz? What happened?" he asked her in concern.

Jazz looked away from him not wanting to say what was in her heart but knowing that she was right. Knowing that she shouldn't feel this way about her own parents but knowing that she had every reason to be angry.

"Jazz?" Vlad had gotten on his knee in front of her to look her in the eyes concern written all over his face as he quietly said her name. she lost her control on her temper her anger and her hurt everything that she had bottled up in the last 2 weeks since Danny died, and she started talking… well shouting.

"YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED MY BROTHER DIED! HE DIED, AND THEY JUST KEPT GOING LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED THEY JUST KEPT RESEARCHING AND BUILDING MORE WEAPONS THEY ACTED AS IF IT WAS SOMETHING SMALL. THEY BARELY TOOK THE TIME TO EVEN HAVE A FUNERAL! AND AS SOON AS IT WAS OVER, THEY WENT STRAIGHT BACK TO THEIR DAMN LAB IT WAS LIKE HE MEANT NOTHING TO THEM!" she was screaming but she didn't care tears came down her face in rivers as she sobbed and continued to scream her pain.

"AND THEN WHEN I ASKED THEM WHY THEY WERENT JUST SCRAPPING EVERYTHING AND SAYING ENOUGH, DO YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT THEY TOLD ME?" she was heaving with sobs and staring into vlads wide eyes as she bared every part of her pain for him. He slowly nodded know that however surprised he was by this he would let her talk until she was done, he knew she needed this.

"THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO KEEP GOING FOR DANNY! THAT HIS SACRAFICE WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR NOTHING IF THEY DIDN'T KEEP GOING! NOT ONLY DID THEY CREATE THE THING THAT TOOK MY BROTHER AWAY THEY WERE USING HIM AS AN EXCUSE TO KEEP GOING!" she was rocking back and forth on the couch now, but Vlad had to ask.

"Both of them?" he asked with disbelief, "Even Maddie?"

Jazz looked at him and she knew, she hadn't been studying psychology for the last 3 years for nothing. But he needed to understand what had happened.

"Uncle Vlad I know that you love my mother and I'm sorry that I'm the one saying this but her and my father have no souls if they could even think of doing that to their child my MOTHER IS THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED LOOKING INTO THE DATA FROM THE PORTAL SINCE DANNY GOT IT TO WORK!" she screamed, "SHE ACTED LIKE HIM DYING WAS JUST A SIDE AFFECT FROM THE PORTAL WORKING! AN INCONVIENIENCE!"

Vlad was lost for words he sat there with her and held her knowing that this little gi- NO- he wouldn't insult her that way, this young lady his niece and one that he loved like a daughter was in pain… was in pain because she lived with monsters for parents… who were so consumed with their obsession that they didn't even realize how much they were hurting their daughter with their neglect. Vlad felt something in his core shift his obsession changing a snap as the place where Maddie had been was forcefully ejected and he gently place Jazz where it had been but not the unwholesome reasons that Maddie had been there no… no, Jazz would be his to protect and to care for no matter if he had to deal with her parents himself and die in the attempt he would let her live with this pain no longer.

And… he would be honest with her he would tell her what he was and hope beyond hope that she would accept him in her life as an uncle or a parent he didn't care so long as he could PROTECT her.

AND THAT'S A WRAP FOLKS

I will admit this was a hard chapter to write… the pain that jazz feels and the build up to the breaking point, changing Vlad but not too much so that when he witnesses this with jazz it truly shows just how much pain she is in and who is the cause for it. This was almost 4 hours just doing the jazz and Vlad scene.

So let me know what you think do you think this is an interesting direction? Do you think im overthinking this? Do you want a chapter on Sam and tucker? Or should I head back to the ghost zone and see how things are progressing with a certain ghost Rocker who has yet to make an appearance?

R&R what you think!