"Danny, are you going to tell us what happened last night. You got us worried with all that talk about ghosts hiding from our equipment," Maddie asked she walked into the kitchen, not noticing Danielle. Danny smiled at his clone's bewildered face.
"Sure mom, right after I finish with these letters," Danny replied. He was interested to know how long it would take them to notice Danielle. Jack came in shortly afterwards and ransacked the fridge for breakfast. There was a grumble about being out of fudge but then again Jack wasn't great before breakfast. It had been a prime time for Danny to get away with Phantom stuff before his secret got out, and it was still the best time to ask for stuff like money or to admit to doing something or not doing something. Jack hungrily ate whatever he dug out of the fridge and then looking a lot more awake, turned to Danny.
"Hey Danny, want to help me out in the lab today?" Jack boomed happily. It was code for test weapons and Danny knew it.
"Sorry dad, I've got to do stuff. Yuna's coming around later, Tucker has that press conference and I need to keep an eye on Danielle," Danny listed off and waited for his parents to ask about Danielle.
"Wait… who's Danielle?" Maddie asked, she usually was quicker to notice things. Danielle took that as her cue.
"Me," she announced and gave a little wave. Jack and Maddie took a moment to take in the fact that they had a guest. Danny smirked and picked up his letters and dumped the ones he didn't need into the trash. He'd deal with the questions after he'd explained Danielle to his parents.
"Danny, who's this?" Maddie inquired, the warning in her voice very clear. Danny shrugged.
"Er… my cousin?" Danny answered uncertainly. He really should have planned this out better.
Danielle and Jazz rolled their eyes.
"Mr and Mrs Fenton, I'm Danielle. I'm Danny's clone, Vlad created me," Danielle explained bluntly.
"What?!" Maddie exclaimed.
"No one clones my son!" Jack growled loudly.
"Dad, relax. Vlad is still in space as far as we know. Besides Danielle doesn't like Vlad either. But she's in trouble right now with the Guys in White, so I don't want to have to leave her on her own," Danny called gently, placating a furious Jack Fenton. Maddie sighed.
"How many more secrets do you have Danny? I thought you'd told us everything," Maddie asked, disappointment clear. Danny flinched slightly.
"I didn't mean to keep this a secret, it… it just never came up. I mean it's not something you just say," Danny reasoned apologetically.
Jazz shook her head. Danny was not great at patching up difficult situations.
"Mom, the point is, he's telling you now. Surely that's the important thing right?" Jazz interjected easily. Maddie turned to her daughter and smiled. Jazz was right.
"Besides, I think Danny was protecting Danielle. I understand that Vlad attempted to melt her down to study, right Danielle?" Jazz added. Danielle nodded vehemently. That instantly got their parents' attention.
"Danny, tell us everything. And don't miss out any details. We just want the truth," Maddie decided. Danny nodded, grateful to Jazz for helping and motioned for his parents to take a seat as he spoke.
After an hour of talking and explaining, his parents agreed to let Danielle stay as long as she wanted. It wasn't exactly like they could refuse. They also told Danny that they'd keep an eye out for the Guys in White while Danny and Danielle went to Tucker's press conference. Jazz decided to look into the legal implications of harbouring Danielle from the government and also how they could legally stop the Guys in White from doing whatever they were planning to do next. Until then though, they'd have to rely on the fact that Agents O and K wouldn't want to be seen publicly attacking Danny and his ghostly cousin.
I promise, er, I'm pretty sure that's the last filler. Let me know what you think of the story though.
I know it was short, but things are starting to get interesting. The next chapter will hopefully make up for this being so short.
Until the next chapter.