Hey! I'm super glad to say that here's the next chapter in Team Phantom. It's probably a little rough around the edges, since it's hot off the press as I typed it on my iPod, but here is. I'll fix the little mistakes later when I have my compute and repost the chapter so it's cleaner and better written!

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Clockwork POV

"For someone so powerful you sure are a big softy, Clockwork." My first of two apprentices said to me, crossing his arms an leaning back against one of the pillars in the room. His head was covered by a black hood, his eyes shining green through the veil of darkness it gave him. The iris of his eyes, although green, were flecked with red, it was an unusual occurrence for a ghost, but his existence was a bit...unusual in itself.

When he was with me, I called him by his apprenticed name, TimeGate. He had the ability to block the time gates to different eras, but he also had the ability to send people back through them.

"TimeGate, you know all too well that this meeting determines the very fate of the Ghost Zone. Daniel will realize his duties, he has a brave soul." I raised my eyebrows and smiled. "You would not let your young daughter be in the human realm otherwise, not unless you knew that she would be safe."

"The Observants said to wait, and you're telling him so soon." TimeGate said leaning forward, his frame massive in comparison to my own.

"Ah yes, but I am waiting. A week is a good length to wait no?" I stated, causing my apprentice to groan. "You're worse than I am Clockwork." He said, causing me to chuckle. "I do not think that anyone could be worse than you."

"Oh very funny." He drawled out. "Any specific orders that you want me to follow for Friday?"

"Just stay hidden. Daniel doesn't need to see you just yet."

"Understood."

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Danny's POV

After we parted ways with Valerie and Tucker, which was when all the church goers and their children were making stops through the park, we decided that going on a flight would be a nice so we transformed and got out of there while we could. We had asked Val if she wanted to come with us, but she declined saying that she wanted to stay on the ground for once.

Dani fluttered and flew around us, laughing and having fun as we flew through the skies of Amity Park. Watching the snow flying around us was something amazing. The only naturally white substance that was created without human interaction always caught me with it's purity.

Our flight lasted about a half an hour until all three of our ghost senses went off. We came to a halt in the air and looked around. "It's got to be around here somewhere..." Sam said as she eyes the city below us.

"Maybe it's a benevolent ghost?" Dani suggested.

"Help!" Came a familiar cry. We spun in the air and dashed towards the sound. "Get away from me you creep!"

"Not on your afterlife girl!" Another familiar voice, more distinct this time. Skulker. "You've caused me one to many problems, and so has your mother! You're joining my collection!" He hissed.

"Definitely not benevolent..." I muttered under my breath.

"Skylar!" Danielle cried out. "Daddy we have to go help Skylar!" She grabbed onto my hoodie and pulled me forward.

"Dani! I know! Now let go of my shirt please!" Her hands popped off of my shirt and I barreled into Skulker, knocking him away from Skylar. Skulker shouted in annoyance rather than in pain, and turned to face me, his eyes blazing with anger. Sam and Danielle floated protectively in front of her. "Danielle!" Skylar squeaked out, hiding behind Dani and Sam. Danielle floated a bit back behind Sam to stay with Skylar. She looked to be calming the blue haired ghost girl down.

"Stay out of this Phantom. This has nothing to do with you." He growled out.

I stood tall, crossing my arms. "You're in my town Skulker, everything that you do here has something to do with me." Skulker snarled out something rude before trying to launch himself past me at Sam, Danielle and Skylar. I, however, had other plans for him and sent an ecto-blast at him, causing him to fly towards the ground. I hovered in front of my family and my daughter's friend, my fists blazing green. "Nice try buddy." I growled out. I was about to blast Skulker again when my ghost sense went off again, I spun where I was and a flaming blue bullet rocketed past me towards the downed Skulker. My eyes went wide as I recognized the object as being Ember McClain, rocker ghost of the Ghost Zone. "I'm going to kill you Skulker!" She shouted angrily. This happened frequently, but what didn't happen frequently was the fact that Skylar said something that blew my mind.

"Mom!"

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Danielle POV

Skylar and I stayed back as Ember, Skylar's mom, began to pummel Skulker, slapping him upside the head with her guitar and smashing his face with pink ecto-blasts. She was not having any of Skulker's crap today.

"How many times have I told you?! Stay away from my Daughter!" She screamed, beating him over the head one last time before she floated back, hair flaming high and her breathing heavy. Skulker was in a bit of a pickle. He looked like he had been mauled by an angry bear, which probably wasn't far from the truth. I looked over at Sky, who looked like she wanted to go over and greet her mom with a forceful hug. My dad however...well, it seemed he was too shocked to speak. He turned and looked back at Sky, and then back at Ember. "Wait, wait, wait, wait. Skylar is YOUR daughter, Ember?!" He asked in a shocked manner.

"You got that right, Dipstick." She said, looking over at my dad. "And if you would, get rid of the moron before I decide to end his afterlife."

My dad fumbled with the canister at his waist and then sucked Skulker and his mangled suit up inside of it, replacing the Thermos to his belt. Mom looked at dad, and then at Ember. "So...what's the deal, I thought you were going out with him." She said.

Ember laughed out loud. "Oh...my...god!" She said in between laughs. "That has to be the funniest joke I've heard yet." She said, wiping a tear from her eyes. She looked over at Sky and opened her arms. "C'mere Babydoll, I haven't seen you in a while!"

Sky left my side and flung herself at her mom. "I missed you!" She said as Ember's arms enclosed around her in a tight hug. "Did you go and visit Daddy yet? I'm sure he's really excited to see you!" She said, looking up at her.

I floated over to my Dad and gently pushed him, bringing him out of his stupor. He blinked a few times to gather himself and then spoke. "Hold the phone." He said, causing Ember and Sky to look over at him. "You're Ember's Daughter?" He pointed at Sky, he looked over her a moment and then sighed. "Okay, I guess I can see the similarities." He stated simply. "But here's what I don't get; Skulker said that his girlfriend said he was a lousy hunter, and that that girlfriend was you, what's up with that?"

Ember let go of Skylar, who floated back over to me. We both watched the interaction between our parents. Mom floated above Sky and myself, her legs crossed as she watched.

"Ha! That's a good one, while it is true that he's a lousy hunter, he can't even find the freaking TV remote, I never went out with him. Period." She said. "Besides, I'm married, I don't need a lousy boyfriend." Ember grinned and my dad looked like a deer in the headlights. "You're WHAT?!" He looked up at Mom, who was just as shocked. Dad then calmed down a moment and seemed to think. "You know what, that means Skulker did have an imaginary girlfriend." Mom snorted at his comment. Skylar and I were completely lost.

"Good one, DipStick." Ember said, brushing her tousled bangs out of her face. "Thanks for making sure that Sky was safe. I don't know what I would have done, but I'm pretty sure her dad would do something pretty drastic if anything happened to her."

"Is it okay to ask, since I am super confused and don't know exactly what is going on right now, who's her dad?" He asked, scratching his head.

"Daddy said not to say." Sky piped in from next to me. "Said it was important that he tell you when it's the right time."

Ember crossed her arms and then seemed to think about it for a minute. "Makes sense, he's pretty odd, but then again..." She glanced back at Daddy and then closed her eyes, smiling. "He always was."

I don't think dad caught that, cause he's pretty oblivious, but I saw that look that she gave daddy. What was that all about? I looked over at Daddy and his eyebrows were furrowed and he looked to be thinking hard. "Oooookay..." He said under his breath before looking up. I was interested, but I knew that they were probably going to talk about more than what I wanted to hear, and Skylar looked so bored. We exchanged eye contact for about two seconds and then looked back at our parents.

"Mommy/Daddy I'm bored." We said in sync. Ember gave a start, looking at me and then at my dad.

"Hold on Danielle, we'll leave in a little bit," he said looking over at me before turning back to Ember, who was looking at him incredulously. "What?"

"Daddy?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. A small 'o' formed with his lips and realization dawned on his face. "It's a long story..." He said. "Short version is that Vlad dabbled in cloning and ended up with Danielle."

"I see." She said. "I'll probably ask more about that later, Dipstick." Ember turned to Skylar. "Come one Babydoll. Your old man said he wanted to hang out with the both of us tonight." Skylar did a flip and flew over to him. "Awesome!" She said with a smile. Turning to me, Skylar waved. "I'll see ya later Dani!"

"Later dipsticks and mini-dip!" Ember said before leaving with Skylar to find a way back into the ghost zone I'm sure. I hovered up to mom and plopped myself down on her lap. Dad looked so lost and confused, but he was probably just going to roll with it, if I knew him right. I was his clone, I'm pretty sure that I knew him well enough. I looked up at mom, she had shrugged it off. "Used to all the crazy yet Dani?" She asked.

"I was born for it." I said back to her. "Well...I was born from it anyway." Mom laughed, causing daddy to come over. "What's so funny?" He asked, leaving his other problems behind. "Nothing, your daughter said something that was funny is all."

I smiled at Daddy and then floated up and kissed him on the cheek. "C'mon, we should go back home." I suggested. "I want to watch a movie!" My stomach growled. "And have food..." I blushed, covering my exposed tummy. Mom and Daddy laughed. "Okay, lets head back then." Mom said, floating to the ground after taking Daddy's hand and he turned them back as I transformed myself.

As I rode home on Daddy's shoulders, I felt a cold chill down my spine. I had a feeling that something big was going to happen this week...