No one guessed right as to who the ghost was! That was kinda disappointing! I mean, Dani was obvious but the large claw? I was hoping at least one person guessed it. Anyway, I'm sorry this took so long. my HTTYD fic has been taking up most of my time. I do appreciate your patience with me so I will delay you all no longer!

Disclaimer: This should be so fricken obvious!

Ch. 10 - How Cliche

The large blue scaled claw shook him a little before slamming him hard on the ground. Next to come out was the head, which bore an angry glare. The dragon quickly pulled the rest of its body out of the portal, not only scaring the teens held to the wall, but surprising the elder halfa as well. "What is this!?"

The dragon turned it's gaze from Vlad and to the teens and a young girl became visible on its head. "Are you all okay?" Sam instantly recognized the girl.

"Danielle?! Boy am I glad to see you… what are you doing here anyway?"

As if on cue the twins poked up from behind the girl. "We're the rescue party!" "Isn't it obvious?"

Kim, although they got on her nerves more often than not, was adulated to see her brothers alright. "Tweebs!"

"This is great, but could you hurry up and get us down? These cuffs chaff!"

The twins jumped off of the dragon and scrambled over to a panel by the wall they were hanging from. "We're on it!" Tim climbed up on Jim's shoulders and they began ripping away at the wires inside the panel. After a minute of digging through them Tim ran into a problem. "I can't reach, something is in the way!" He had his face against the metal wall and his entire arm inside it.

The news got Ron thinking. "Hey, I bet Rufus could do it!"

Tim raised his eyebrow at him. "If my hand can't get to it, what makes you think Rufus can?"

"Not Rufus, Wonder Mole! He's got powers remember!" The mole rat popped out and crawled over to the struggling twins.

"Works for us." Tim grabbed him and stuffed him through the panel. While the twins worked on that Danielle and her scaly companion faced down

Vlad who managed to squirm free of the claw. "Why Danielle to what do I owe the pleasure my dear?"

Danielle glared daggers at him and retorted. "As if you had no idea! The twins told me that Danny was in trouble and I came to help!"

Vlad chuckled in response. "Don't you think that's a bit dangerous? I wouldn't want my little girl to get injured now would I?"

"Says the guy who tried to turn her into a puddle!" Danny was now actively struggling against the restrains.

"Go and get Sir Phantom free, I can keep him busy."

Danielle nodded and rushed to her cousins side while Dora charged the middle aged halfa. "I got you covered cuz!" She frantically searched around the examination table for a switch, when she found it the restrains simply popped open. "Seriously, what is it with him and examination tables?!"

"Thanks Dani!" The two halfa's quickly joined in the fray as Dora was blasted back against a wall. "What's your deal anyway Plasmious? Can't you just take your stuff and go?" Danny's expression was definitely not happy as he floated with his fists clenched.

"Why? Messing with you is so much fun, not to mention easy!" He blasted Danny but he blocked with a shield. Dani then flew around him, blasting him in the back. "Gah! You little brat!"

Danny laughed. "Bratty-ness is a sign of bad parenting Vlad!" He then blasted him back, but the halfa easily deflected the blast.

"Or bad genes Daniel, but then the responsibility would fall on you wouldn't it?"

The two rushed at each other locking into a grapple in midair. "Hey, at least I can admit I'm not perfect. I'm surprised your god complex fit into the building!" Dani once again snuck up on the halfa as she blasted him in the back and followed up with a drop kick. "Nice one!"

"I know."

Vlad stood up quick enough and glared at them with boiling anger. "Alright! No more Mr. Nice Plasmious!" Before he could attack them again Dora shot a large fire blast his way, charring the pompous man.

"Yeah! Take that you vampire!" "You've been fired you horror reject!" The twins, who had by this time freed the others, exchanged high fives for their witty insults. Vlad was none too happy with the Vampire comment and although he was burned all over, he was still plenty strong enough to punish them.

He was cut off in his approach of the twins by Danny and Danielle. "Just because it's true doesn't mean you should be mad Plasmious."

Dani was trying to hold back a laugh from the original vampire comment. "I can't believe I never thought of that!"

Dora whipped her tail at him throwing him across the room and he morphed back on the floor. "Wow…. That looked painful." Ron gazed across the room in amazement.

"Too cool!" The twins rushed Dani for high fives.

Kim who seemed deep in thought walked up to where Danny was floating. "Who is she?"

"Duh, she his cousin." Ron stated in a matter of fact tone.

"No, I was listening to them and he called her his little girl, but Vlad Masters isn't your uncle right?"

Danny instantly saw where she was going with this. "No he's not…but that doesn't matter does it?"

Kim scrutinized the young girl. "There was something else I caught in the conversation. He told you her faults were from you because of genetics….."

Danny sighed in defeat. "Yeah… I guess hiding it from you was a stupid thing to try. She's my clone….. sort of."

Ron raised his brow. "A sort of clone…?"

"I'm betting that due to his half-ghost state," "His DNA profile was extremely complex" "Causing slight mutations in the cloning process."

Danny eyed the twins. "Well, your right on that one though she is the best. The other ones were horrible and melted."

"So that creep cloned you? Ewww! I remember when Drakken did that, and I still feel violated!"

"And Drakken wonders why I have a no cloning clause in my contract." The teens turned to see Shego dragging a still unconscious Drakken to the control panel. Kim immediately got into a fighting stance but Shego shook her head. "Sorry Kimi, but I have better things to do then get blown up in a pointless fight."

"Blown up?" She pressed a button on the console and a large clock, counting down 4, minutes appeared on the screen. "Tell me that's not…."

"Yup. I'm outta here!" She then promptly left.

"Drat!" Vlad had been given time to recuperate and was back in his ghost form rounding up the portal equipment. Danny got into battle mode but Vlad paid no mind.

"Back for more?" "

Please Daniel, try to use your brain for once. At this point, fighting you would be fruitless if I lose what I came for from the start."

Danny seemed confused for a moment, but backed down. "We should get out of here to." Sam grabbed his shoulder and he nodded. She then rolled her eyes in sarcasm. "I still can't believe the mad scientist actually had a self-destruct sequence in his lair, I mean how cliché is that?"

Kim gave her a dry expression. "You'd be surprised at how often that happens."

"Yeah, I think it comes standard in rental lairs now."

Danny shrugged and turned to Dora. "We need to get out of this place quick."

She nodded and kneeled down. "Hop on Sir Phantom, you and you friends will easily fit on my back."

They complied and she flew intangibly through the roof. Kim took a moment to take in her surroundings. "Ya'know, if someone told me I was going to be captured by a ghost and rescued by a dragon ghost, a clone, and my twin brothers I would probably have check them into a hospital."

"Come on KP, this isn't too far off from what normally happens."

"Um, Ron, flying, spectral mythical creatures is in no way normal for us."

Sam sighed. "Is it sad that it is for us?"

Danny laughed. "I thought you liked being unique?"

Sam glared at him dryly. "Everything in moderation Danny."

While they went on in the front, the twins were batting around questions with Danielle. "Clone huh?"

Dani seemed nervous for a moment before answering. "Y-yeah."

"Cool!"

She was shocked by that. "Cool?"

"Yeah, I mean we've seen clones before." "But they weren't as awesome as you."

Dani blushed at the compliment. "Thanks."

The twins seemed to reciprocate the blush.

"By the way, how did you guys meet to begin with?" Kim had turned and taken an interest in them.

"Yeah, why were you in the ghost zone to begin with Dani?"

"Well it's kind of a long story…"

That will have to wait for next time! I'll try not take as long for my next update but ya'll know what'll make it happen faster? Pressing that little button at the bottom their will make me want to type more! They did it for the fic a spoke of before and I updated 3 days in a row! Til next time my lovely readers!=^-^=