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Warning: Slash, character death, m-preg, yaoi (meaning Vlad and Danny get it on), and other things that some might be uncomfortable with.
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Chapter 7: Me and Death
Vlad looked up from his paper and at his son who had come into the room silently and made no motion to interrupt the silence that had filled his office all morning.
"Yes Vladdy?" Vlad sat up straight and smiled warmly at his son who had said barely two words to him all week, something that pained him greatly but was understandable. He hoped the boy was coming to talk with him, but his future son said nothing and instead stepped aside so another could enter the room.
Icy blue eyes flickered with astonishment when they locked onto the ghost of time in person. The nefarious halfa stood and removed the alarmed look off his face as he looked into the other powerful ghost's eyes.
"Why are you here?" Clockwork didn't answer for a moment, but instead looked down at Vladdy and instructed the boy to go to his mothers side "Mother?"
The middle aged man did not know why his heart skipped at the thought of Danny and the possibility that the boy was in his house, but instead of dwelling on it he forced himself to focus on Clockwork.
"I do not believe we have formally met." Clockwork gave a grim smile that made Vlad's insides churn "As you know I am Clockwork the ghost of time."
"Yes, yes I know." Vlad waved his hand to show the changing ghost to get on with it "Now tell me why you have come uninvited into my home."
"I have come not for you but for Daniel." Clockwork smirked inwardly at the horrible threatening glare he received from the middle aged man "I managed to save his future self from death for the moment, but he is only minutes away from dying unless he receives medical help."
"Minutes away from dying…" Vlad repeated in a whisper not believing what he was hearing. Clockwork turned to leave the room but paused to speak again
"Yes, I have frozen him in time so you may have doctors look at him. I have done all I can for the boy."
"Why not destroy Dan instead?" Vlad asked quickly realizing if the ghost before him wanted to leave and he had no power over the ghost to stop him from doing so "Then you avoid everything including your death."
The elderly looking ghost continued to talk with his back towards Vlad, much to his annoyance.
"I know the past, present, and future, but you question my motives?"
"Danny questions your motives also." Vlad snapped back in his defense, he could almost feel the other ghosts smile.
"You don't have to question me." Clockwork turned around to face Vlad "But you really should help your future husband before time starts again for him."
"You're not very helpful are you?"
"On the contrary," Clockwork smirked "I am very helpful."
Vlad said nothing as the ghost disappeared and instead chose to investigate the situation with his future hus-with Danny. But what he saw made the tenacious man weak in the knees and nearly have his breakfast come up.
Danny had learned many useful things in the 26 years he had been alive, one was to never to underestimate his incredible luck. Though with everything that happened in the last few days he had come to the conclusion his luck had ran out. But as he gazed up at his haggard husband, the thought did cross his mind that he had once more become the luckiest person in the alive, if in deed he was alive.
"Vlad" The middle aged man looked down at the sound of his name being called weakly before turning to a ghost doctor who began checking Danny's vitals.
"Go away" Danny coughed and struggled to lift his heavy arms up to push the ghost away, but his arms were gently forced down by his husband.
"Daniel let the doctor look at you; the wounds you received nearly killed you. If it wasn't for Clockwork you would be dead." Vlad attempted to push the thin man down but the future Danny was determined to sit up.
"Fine." He caved in and helped the thickly bandaged man sit up and surrounded him with pillows so he would be fine and comfortable on his own "Even after ten years you still are stubborn."
"Ten years?" Danny repeated with confusion not understanding what his husband meant, but on a closer examination he realized that this Vlad was slightly younger looking then the one he had last seen.
"Yes, ten years." Vlad gazed at the future halfa with slight concern when he saw his blue eyes that had seem almost like the Danny he knew, flicker with pain, before all emotion appeared to die.
"Oh…"
"Mommy!" Both adults looked up and at the newest halfa who flew into the room and at top speed. Vlad watched with some amusement when his son smashed into Danny and began talking about everything that had happened.
"Vladdy." The 26 year old couldn't believe his son was actually talking with him, let alone holding him. And whether it was the pain or the small amount of happiness that went through him, maybe even hormones were to blame, but ether way Danny broke down and began crying.
"Mommy, what's wrong? Didn't you beat the evil you?" Vladdy looked from his mother to his father who forced himself to look away.
Vlad had enough of a hard time with Danny when he was first brought here close to thirty hours ago, but at least then he knew what to do; now as he listened to the boys, or mans cries he didn't have a clue.
Perhaps he should alert the present Danny that the future Danny was here?
"Vlad the-the baby" Vlad turned his dark blue eyes back to the young man who was now attempting to stop the tears and talk "I-I was pregnant."
The ghost doctor who Vlad summoned looked up from his clipboard in alarm and looked at his master who was glaring at him.
"I-I did not know this; he showed know signs of caring a child and showed no signs of a miscarriage."
"So I still have the baby?"
"Mommy you're going to have another baby?" Vladdy asked confused if he showed be happy or angry at this new knowledge
"From what I can tell yes, but there is no telling what type of damage has happened to the child." Vlad nodded showing he understood.
"Fine, find me someone who can tell the type of damage that might have occurred." The round ghost nodded before floating out of the room and towards his master's ghost portal.
Danny continued to try and suppress the tears that wanted to escape, but a few managed to slide down his bruised cheeks. He was glad that his future husband didn't comment on him crying, even in the future whenever he cried his husband would scold him before reluctantly pulling him into his strong arms.
"I am going to inform your present self you are here." Vlad continued to force himself to look away from Danny as he made to leave the room "Have Vladdy find one of the nurses if you need anything."
"Thank you Vlad." Danny yelled after him unsure if his words were heard or not, he could have swore he heard a pause in the mans step.
"Oh come on! How do I get such bad luck!" Danny groaned as he attempted to pull away Dan's arm from around his neck and the arm that was wrapped tightly around his waist. He gave his evil self a heated glare and his father an annoyed just because the man was not helping in the least.
"Vlad you're a ghost!" Jack Fenton yelled with horror for the second time since Dan, still posing as Vlad, got up off the bed grabbed Danny and let himself change into Vlad's ghost form.
"Yes you idiot! For the last time I am the ghost who tried to take Maddie from you!" Dan nearly yelled at the large ghost hunter who was still having a hard time processing the information. Then again anyone would have problems identifying the pedophile ex-best friend as a ghost who seemed to be trying to kill their son.
"MADDIE!!!" Jack yelled at the top of his lungs before ether Danny or Dan could say another word "Get the new Fenton Ripper, Vlad's a ghost!"
"I hate you." Danny whispered and struggled to get out of the ghosts arms but was forced to hold still when Dan held up his hand to the teens head.
"If you hate me that must mean I am doing something right." Dan cackled and continued to watch the scene with amusement as the teen's mother raced to the scene with a rather interesting weapon he could not identify.
"Danny!" She cried in a fear filled voice after her violet eyes locked on to her baby in the arms of the Wisconsin ghost "Get your filthy hands off my son and eat laser!"
"Mom what are you doing?! I'm still in front of him!" Danny yelled frozen at the spot and eyes wide with terror as he gazed at the gun that was aimed at his chest
Dan continued to watch with mirth having a suspicion at what this new weapon was suppose to do, if it did what he hoped it would do his revenge plan just got even better.
"Don't worry Danny the Fenton Ripper can't hurt humans, it goes right through them." Dan began laughing at this information and at the ignorant woman who was about to kill her own son.
The teen panicked and in a last minute effort to save himself went ghost just as his mother pulled the trigger and attempted to change his shape in time to avoid the lethal ray.
For a split second he thought he had missed the ray thanks to changing his shape so the ray went through the whole in his chest, but pain quickly erupted despite the ray not physically touching him.
"D-Danny?" Jack blinked in confusion once more again having a hard time processing what he was seeing. His son was the ghost kid?!
"You two are so predictable." The evil ghost laughed and changed into an unfamiliar ghost whose hair seemed to be made of white fire. "You are constantly wrapped up looking for ghost to destroy; you never noticed that your son WAS a ghost!"
"Danny!" The red headed woman shrieked and dropped the Fenton Ripper in horror as she watched her son return to his human state and fall to the floor hacking up blood as his body twitched violently.
The middle aged man tore his eyes away from his youngest child and to the ghost responsible for this, only to go back to his son and his wife who was now hovering over him with worry.
'Danny's the ghost boy.' As if an alarm clock went of in the overweight hunters head, suddenly everything made sense. But at the moment he had to remind himself it didn't matter, Danny would most likely die if he wasn't taken to a hospital immediately.
Jack dived toward the Fenton Ripper surprising the ghost with his speed, but unfortunately the surprise didn't last long enough for the hunter to shoot him.
"I will be back after I destroy everyone else's lives." Dan vowed before disappearing into the unknown.
"Danny, Danny can you hear me?" Maddie cradled her sons head on her lap and gently stroked her fingers through his hair. The middle aged woman winced when the teen spat up another mouth full of crimson blood.
"I'm calling an ambulance now." Maddie ignored her husband's voice and continued to talk to her son so he wouldn't loose consciousness, but the blood! He was coughing up so much blood, and it was all her fault. One glance at Jack told her that he was feeling the same gut retching guilt and worry as she was.
When Vlad called the Fenton home he soon became irritated when no one answered the phone. After the fifth time he dialed the Fenton residence the phone slowly was picked up, not by who he wanted to speak with, but it was a step in the right direction after nearly ten minutes of calling the chaotic home.
"Hello." Jazz's strained voice greeted him over the receiver.
"Ah Jasmine, it is your dear Uncle Vlad, could you be a dear and put your brother on the phone." He knew the formalities were worthless to the girl but who knew if someone was listening in on the conversation, one could never be too careful.
"Vlad," The red head choked on her words surprising the millionaire. Normally the girl never had a hard time speaking "it's Danny."
"What about Danny?" Vlad asked sharply feeling his pulse quicken and dread seep into his veins. Did the boy get harmed fighting a ghost? Did his parents find out about his true identity?
"He was hurt badly by mom and dads new weapon." She forced herself to say without her voice breaking "They don't know if he'll…"
Vlad hung up the phone as the teenager began wailing, already knowing what she was going to say next, but not wishing to hear it.
But the cold reality hung over Vlad like a dark cloud, Danny might not make it…
