Disclaimer: Don't own Danny Phantom, and am just writing for fun

Warning: Slash, character death, m-preg, yaoi (meaning Vlad and Danny get it on), and other things that some might be uncomfortable with.


Chapter 9: Me and my best friend

Tucker gagged at the foul stench that filled the small green glowing room he was trapped in, maybe it was a box; then again this was a really big box if it in fact was a box.

Oh well, what did it really matter if this was a box or some sort of room, all he knew for sure was that Dan threw him in here almost right after they reached the ghost zone. Not that this information really helped him, but it was a start in the right direction.

"I see you are awake again." The black boy looked up with alarm at the evil ghost who appeared seemingly out of thin air.

"Let me go!" Tucker stood up and glared at the monster who murdered his girlfriend "Danny won't let you live after he finds out you killed Sam."

Cold red eyes locked onto Tuckers causing the hair on the back of his neck to stand and his heart to freeze in fear. He couldn't let himself be scared by this monster; he had to be strong for Sam and for Danny. He refused to be scared of Dan.

"Funny you should mention Danny; I wonder how he is doing after being shot by his own mother."

"Liar!" Tucker yelled and held up his fist "Mrs. Fenton would never hurt Danny!"

The muscular ghost continued to ponder about Danny, completely ignoring the nerdy teen that was growing angrier by the second.

"That wound did seem rather nasty, perhaps I should check and see if he is still living or is like the Goth girl."

"Shut up!" Tucker did occasionally make bad decisions, charging at a full grown homicidal ghost he would admit was not one of his better ones, but he didn't think about that until he found him self flying backwards and slamming into one of the glowing green walls.

"How stupid can you be, I thought you were the intelligent friend, apparently I was wrong." A cruel smile covered his pale face "I think I will leave you to be tormented by this new information before I finish you off like your friends."

Tucker watched the ghost disappear through the wall before allowing the information to sink into his pounding head. He honestly did feel like crying, but for some odd reason the tears refused to come. Perhaps it was for the best that he didn't cry, after all who wanted to spend the last few hours of their life crying?


For the first time in along time Danny flew, in an airplane he meant. It was strange and unfamiliar, and not the least bit comforting. The only mild comfort he received was his older sister's hand covering his own.

'It's only for a week.' Danny reminded himself as he glanced at his sister who was reading some psychology book and attempting to ignore the rich man sitting across from them. Blue eyes then turned to the older halfa who was also reading, but not a book, instead something on his laptop.

'I didn't even get to tell Sam or Tucker, they must be worried sick.' The teen thought sadly as he forced himself to look away from the regal man and out the privet jets window. 'I will call them soon as I get to Vlad's and get settled.'

"Danny I have something to tell you." Both Fenton children focused their attention on the man speaking, becoming curious when he hesitated with his words "Your future self returned to this time."

Before ether teens could speak Vlad help up a pale hand.

"He didn't defeat Dan."

"Then why did he come back?" Jazz asked, she had forced her bother to tell her every detail, big and small, about the situation and she recalled him saying something about his future self not returning unless he had defeated Dan.

"Clockwork brought him back."

"Why would Clockwork save Danny's future self instead of just destroying Dan and avoiding the whole problem in the first place?" The red head asked not understanding the ghost's logic.

"I don't know, I questioned him about that but he refused to answer me." Vlad informed the girl who became silent and looked at her brother for something, what exactly Vlad did not know.

The teen at the moment was just as confused by everything as his sister was, and choose at this moment to get up and go to the bathroom. Not as just as an excuse, no, he really did feel sick after this new development, and the bathroom seemed like the best pace to go.

What did all this mean? Did Clockwork want to help him or not? What was the strange ghost's plan?

Danny rested his head on the cool glass mirror and took a deep shaky breath so to help his turning stomach. He cracked one eye opened at the sound of someone knocking softly on the bathroom door and slowly reached out to unlock the door figuring it was Jazz coming to comfort him.

"Danny." Vlad frowned when the teen let out a pain filled groan at the sight of him, but continued on as if he heard nothing "I realize you are confused like I am-"

"Get to the point." Danny interrupted and absently rubbed his chest which was beginning to constrict, signaling it was almost time to take his medication.

"I…" The elder male took a moment to rethink what he was saying, or perhaps rephrase what he wanted to say "Will Vladdy continue to exist even though we are not a couple?"

Vlad blinked in surprise when Danny began laughing, he really didn't understand what was so funny.

"Yeah he can exist outside of time like Dan." The said and clutched his chest as his laughter died down and the urge to hack up a lung took its place "I was expecting you to ask something else, I am kind of relived I guess."

The smile on Danny's face vanished when he glanced back at Vlad only to find the elegant mans face only inches away from his own.

"What might you have been expecting my little badger." Heat rushed to the teens face at the closeness and the use of his old nickname given to him by Vlad when they first met.

"Danny…" He trailed off and leaned in only to stop advancing to search the younger halfa's eyes. Danny himself was frozen, and it seemed all at once all those new special feelings that had developed since Vladdy appeared came back into his mind after being forced to disappear temporarily.

But what did that mean?!

Did he want to kiss Vlad? Did he really want all the stress that came from pursuing a relationship with the older man?

"Danny?" Vlad began withdrawing causing Danny to panic. He wanted Vlad, that he knew for sure, but he didn't know what that meant.

Acting on what little instinct the 16 year old had when it came to romance, the hero pressed himself forward and his lips against Vlad's for a harsh kiss, a kiss that Vlad soon made soft and sweet.

'He's a good kisser.' Was the only thought that crossed the dazed teens mind as he wrapped his arms around the taller males neck to draw him closer, just as Vlad wrapped his arms around his small waist. Though pressing him against the small bathroom sink did slightly ruin the mood somewhat since the sharp corner dug into his back, but all in all Danny couldn't have asked for a better kiss.

When they pulled away for each other flushed and panting, with a cough here and there, the peaceful silence for a few seconds before the awkwardness settled in.

"Vlad…" Danny felt ashamed for some odd reason despite feeling very satisfied moments ago. Was this wrong? According to the law it was, and Danny remembered hearing stories of kids his age or younger getting with older people and thinking of how gross that was. Now he was nothing but a hypocrite. But the question remained, was this wrong? Was it wrong to be with someone older? Was it wrong to be with another man?

At the sound of a soft cough blue eyes looked up into a darker pair, and just like his own eyes Vlad's held the same confusions in them. At least he knew that he wasn't alone in his thoughts. That somehow made the situation seem more bearable and clearer.

"Jazz is going to throw a fit." The middle aged man smiled and turned to leave the bathroom but paused and faced Danny once more to deliver a quick peck to his forehead before walking back to his seat.

Danny waited a couple of minutes before also walking out of the bathroom, only pausing to wonder briefly if anything had been settled between him and Vlad, only to realize not really.

The painful throb in his chest served as another convenient distraction from his problems, since it took almost the rest of the plain ride to find his medication even with Jazz's help.


"So Tucker would you like to leave now." The teens head jerked up at the sound of the soothing voice, only to jerk back in surprise at the sight of the ghost of time.

"What are you doing here?!" The time ghost smiled softly and helped the teen to his feet before moving away and examining the room.

"Getting you out of here is far too easy."

"Okay that's nice and all but why are you here?" He asked letting himself be annoyed now that he was safe and could afford to feel anything other than fear and sadness.

Clockwork looked over his shoulder briefly frowning slightly at the 16 year old child before opening his mouth to speak.

"I thought it would be obvious I came to save you." Chocolate eyes watched the ghost raise his hand and blasted a hole through one of the glowing green walls "I also tend to help Danny, so the time stream may become normal once more again, as long as creatures such as Dan exist the time stream will always be disrupted."

"But why not just kill the Dan that exists in this time."

"I already have-"

"WHAT?!" Tucker yelled not believing what he was hearing, if that was the case then how did Dan kill Sam, hurt Danny, and kidnap him, unless he was the ghost of a ghost. But was that even possible?

"As I was saying, Dan exist outside of the time stream, so even though I destroyed his present self his future self exist because he escaped by being in the current time." Tucker rubbed his head and attempted to sort through the new and confusing information.

'So because future Dan was here when present trapped Dan was killed by Clockwork, he escaped being destroyed? Man this is confusing, why can't life be simple?'

"Understand?" Clockwork asked and smiled when the human slowly nodded "Good now let us leave here and find Danny."