The Approving Father

Upon bidding their friends in Gravity Falls goodbye, the group board the Specter Speeder and were off once morning came.

"Okay… I guess first thing is first, I'll drop you guys off at Middleton." Danny said.

"Hey, why stop the vacay now?" Ron suggested. "You and Danielle could always hang with us before you head home."

"That's a great idea!" Kim spoke up.

"I'm down!" Danielle agreed.

Danny smiled. "Alright then."

The group arrived in Middleton, where Kim was the first to get out. Danny helped her with her luggage and walked her to the door. Once she entered, the two kissed quickly before Danny went to bring the Specter Speeder to Ron's house. There, he helped Ron carry his stuff.

"Say, you and Danielle wanna hit Bueno Nacho for breakfast?" Ron asked.

Both Fentons gave each other a concerned glance before speaking up.

"Uh… no thanks, I think I'll save our remaining money." Danny admitted.

"Yeah… don't wanna abuse your hospitality." Danielle added.

"Alright, I guess that's fair." Ron said, oblivious to the two's dislike of the food he loves so much. "My mom's probably making pancakes now anyway."

"That! Let's do that!" Danielle spoke up.

As they were on their way to Ron's front door, Danny looked back and noticed something where Kim was sitting.

Kim was laying on the couch, leaving her luggage in her room and came to rest, when her father came in.

"Kimmie-Cub, I have some good news!" James said.

"Good news?" Kim asked in worry. Her dad's definition of "good news" have never ended well for her.

"I have just been invited to the Annual Meeting of Rocket scientists, Engineers and Astronomers as a guest speaker!" James said in excitement.

"Oh... you and your research friends are just gonna talk about your research?" Kim questioned.

"That and show off our latest projects... better news, we are going together... just you and me!" James said.

Kim's eyes widened as she asked. "We?! What about Jim and Tim?"

"They can't come due to being grounded for causing my car to have a literal meltdown..." James said in anger for his sons' latest experiment going wrong.

"And Mom?" Kim asked, her concern growing.

"She's working today... so it will just be us!" James said, oblivious to how his daughter is truly feeling.

Kim groaned. She loves her dad but those science gathering were never her thing, but she knows she can't get out of this, her dad is so excited

What am I going to do? Kim thought in mild dread.

If she doesn't think of something fast, she is going to be bored to death at that place. She then saw Danny approaching the house and smiled. He is her boyfriend and maybe if she asks nicely enough, he would come with her so she won't have to deal with it alone.

I just hope he loves me enough to say yes.

Danny knocked on the door and Kim didn't hesitate to run and answer it.

"Hey Kim, you forgot your purse..." Danny said as he entered and gave her the purse. He then noticed her father and greeted with a smile. "Hello, Mr. Dr. Possible."

"Hello, Danny... enjoy the trip?"

"It was awesome... saw the sights, dealt with some creeps... nothing we couldn't handle..." Danny said with a laidback smile.

"That's nice..." James said.

"What's new with you?" Danny asked

"I was just telling Kimmy here that today, I will be the guest speaker at the Annual meeting of Rocket scientist, Engineers-"

"And Astronomers?! Awesome!" Danny finished for him and added his excitement.

"You've heard of that?" Kim asked, surprised her hope for salvation seemed to like this.

"Duh, that's the biggest space event sponsored by NASA of the year! It always showcases future tech and designs that will be used by NASA!" Danny said, his NASA fanboy side is showing.

James smiled at that.

"Well, Kimmy and I will be going there this afternoon." James said.

"Can I come too?!" Danny asked eagerly and Kim's jaw actually dropped at that.

"Hmm…" James scratched his chin before smiling. "Why not? You seem pretty excited to see it."

"Awesome!" Danny rose both fists up in victory.

Kim, however, groaned in defeat.

In Ron's house, he showed Danielle his room, with some video games.

"Wanna play before you head out?" Ron asked.

"Sure. We should wait for Danny to see what he wants to try."

As Danielle said this, Danny reached the room.

"Guys! Guess what?!" He asked with a big grin.

Both of them glanced at each other.

"You won the lottery?" Ron asked.

"You and Kim are getting married already?" Danielle asked.

Both boys looked at her, surprised she asked such a thing, but they carried on.

"Kim's dad invited me and Kim to join him at the Annual Meeting of Rocket scientists, Engineers and Astronomers!" He said with his grin back.

Both of them were silent. Ron was lost, while Danielle smiled. Space was something she knew Danny liked before she actually met him.

"Oh… okay?" Ron said.

"So, when is it?" Danielle asked.

"This afternoon!" Danny said with a smile.

"Cool!" Danielle said. "You should go."

"You sure?"

"Yeah… I'll just stick with Ron." Danielle admitted.

"Okay." Danny said as he rustled her hair. "Don't have too much fun without me."

"I won't!" Danielle said.

"Guess I better eat something quick before I go." Danny said as he walked out.

As he walked out, he passes by Ron's parents, who he met when he picked Ron up for their trip. As he left, Mrs. Stoppable approached Ron's luggage and notices something odd around the handle.

"What is this strange green stuff?"

"We're here!" James said as he pulled in the garage to the Middleton Convention Center.

Danny was practically hopping in his seat with excitement, while Kim had her arms crossed and shook her head.

Danny opens his door and races to the other side to open for Kim.

"Allow me." He said.

"Thanks." She said with a smile to hide her disinterest.

"Well…" James said as he then took a deep breath. "Let's go!"

"Yes!" Danny said with his arms raised happily as he walked on ahead.

James them whispered to his daughter.

"He's so excited about this more than any of your other friends. I'm glad you two met."

Kim chuckled and hid her feelings behind a grin. "Glad he's here too."

Danielle and Ron were playing video games together, and Danielle was winning.

Ron groaned as the character he picked was defeated in battle against Danielle's.

"Whoo!" She cheered. "I win!"

"Ah man!" Ron groaned as Rufus laughed.

Suddenly, Danielle's stomach started grumbling.

"Uh oh… better refuel." She got up. "I think your mom said you have cashews, mind if I get some."

"Sure, go for it." Ron said with a smile to hide how much he's sick of losing games of all kind with this girl. "Make yourself at home."

"Thanks." She said with a smile as she walked out.

Ron groaned when he notices something odd about Danielle's controller.

Picking it up, he noticed some odd green slime on it.

"What the heck?" Ron touched it and was instantly grossed out. "Ew! Sick and wrong!" He said as he swung his finger around.

"Yeah! Sick and wrong!" Rufus squeaked in a somewhat understandable way.

Ron used his sleeve to wipe the green stuff off.

"Good thing Danielle never noticed it…"

Inside, it was just what Kim feared and Danny was hoping for.

Scientists and technology demonstrations all around. Kim was the only one of the three not with a big smile.

"James..." A voice called and Kim and her dad saw a familiar face.

"Bob..." Dr. Possible said as he went to greet his old friend and colleague.

"So you got roped into this too, huh?" The bespectacled scientist said.

"Don't act like you don't love it! " James said with a chuckle while Kim smiled and greeted the astronomer.

"Danny, I would like to introduce you to-"

"Dr. Bob Chen, head astronomer for the Mount Middleton Space observatory!" Danny said excitedly, surprising Kim and even James.

Bob smiled.

"I see you have heard of me..." Bob said with a pleased smile.

"Yeah, you're the guy who discovered the triplet comets back in 2000!" Danny said in excitement.

"Yeah, that was a good year." Bob said with a smile.

"Danny, you know who he is?" Kim asked.

"Well, yeah!" Danny said with a big smile. "I read about him at camp for a week!"

"I take it you're also a space lover?" Bob asked with a smile.

"I'm a junior certified astronaut." Danny said with a proud smile.

"Well it's nice to see a young space enthusiast..." Bob said with a smile.

"Bob! Jim!" Another man shouted as he came up to them.

Both men see him and greet him with handshakes.

"Danny-" Kim was about to speak, but she saw the smile on his face. "I take it you know him?"

"You're Professor Ramesh, the guy who discovered that dwarf planet in the Andromeda Galaxy back in 1999!" Danny said in excitement as he shook his hand.

"Ah, yes, I remember that. I see you are familiar with my work." Ramesh said.

"I... sort of try to be familiar with anything related to space." Danny said sheepishly.

Ramesh then laughed before turning to James.

"I like this boy James." Ramesh said.

"Where have you been hiding him all this time?" Bob said.

Suddenly, more scientists were coming and talking with James while Danny got to meet them.

Kim could not believe any of this. This meeting was supposed to be a total snore fest with her boyfriend to act as her relief. But Danny was having the time of his life here. He seemed to recognize almost all the scientists here and what they are famous for and he and her dad were being so close.

"Your son is a very bright young space lover, Dr. Possible..." One of the scientists says.

Kim flinched when she heard what the scientist just referred Danny to.

"Actually, Danny is my daughter's boyfriend. My sons Jim and Tim couldn't make it today." James said.

"Ah, I see." The same man said.

Kim buried her face in shame.

If things go well… I'm going to have astronaut babies…

After another hour, James was at a podium, ready to give his speech.

Danny and Kim sat together near the front. Danny looked eager, while Kim was bored out of her mind. It was now Danny noticed how Kim was and looked concerned.

"You okay, Kim?"

"Not really…" Kim admitted. "Truthfully, I didn't want to come."

"Really? Then why'd you invite me?" Danny asked, surprised that anyone wouldn't want to be here.

"I wanted to have someone to talk to while my dad greeted his old friends. I knew you want to be an astronaut, but I didn't think you'd practically fall in love with the place." She admitted.

"But… why didn't you tell your dad you don't want to go?" He asked.

"Because…" Kim paused for a moment. "He's my dad… I don't want to break his heart."

"Even though you were going out with me behind his back?" Danny pointed out.

Kim took a breath.

"Fair enough… I should tell him after the presentation."

Suddenly, James began.

"Everyone, thank you for inviting me. Anyway, I-"

BOOM!

An explosion happens at the main entrance, destroying it.

Out of the smoke were Doctor Drakken and Shego.

"We're here for the technology on display!" Drakken demanded. "Surrender to us or be destroyed!"

Snapping his fingers, three of the robot Bebes arrived.

"Those things?!" James shouted. "You can't control them!

"My new partner, Vlad Plasmius, helped with programming. Now they do as I say! Like this… GET THOSE GADGETS WE'RE HERE FOR!"

The Bebes obey and run towards some of the machines on display.

"Danny…" Kim whispered. "I'll distract them, you sneak off and find a place to go ghost."

Danny nodded.

Kim jumped over all of the scientists cowering and prepares for a fight.

"Stop right there, Drakken!"

"Kim Possible?!"

"Why are you always surprised?" Shego asked. "You saw her dad, we're in Middleton… of course she'd be here!"

"Just go…" He grumbles.

Shego ignites her hand with green energy.

"Can't handle me and the robots at the same time, Princess!" Shego stated.

"Good thing she doesn't have to!" The voice of Danny Phantom shouted as he blasted Shego off her feet.

Getting up, she saw Danny Phantom floating up and winking before heading off to fight the robots.

"Oh… I'm gonna pummel him after I'm finished with you, Kimmie." She snarled as she got up.

As Kim and Shego began their fight, Danny approached to one of the Bebes, stealing what looks like a small rocket, and grabbed it by the arm.

"Excuse me, Miss? I'm afraid you're not allowed to touch the displays." The Bebe looked to him and pulled its arm out. "Okay, have it your way."

Danny punched the robot and reached out for the small rocket. However, it reacted quickly and stepped away.

The Bebe threw a punch that Danny caught and he responded by firing a ghost ray that destroyed its head.

Meanwhile, Kim managed to land a kick that knocks Shego away when her Kimmunicator goes off.

"Uh… hold on." Kim said as she looked to her was contacting her. "Ron?" She answers. "Ron, can it wait?"

"Is Danny there?" Ron asked.

"Kind of busy." She said. "Can you call later?" She blocked a blow from Shego while doing this.

"It's about Danielle."

Hearing this, Kim looked to Danny.

"Danny!" She rose her arm. "It's for you."

She tosses it to Danny, who catches it while blasting another Bebe robot, destroying it.

"Ron, kind of busy stopping-"

"IT'S DANIELLE!" Ron said. "SHE'S SOMEHOW MELTING!"

Danny paused… for two seconds.

"WHAT?!"

Ron was in his room, seeing Danielle somehow secreting green slime from her hands as the small girl was horrified by what has happening to her.

"She's somehow melting green slime!"

"It's not supposed to happen anymore!" Danielle panicked. "Danny stabilized me!"

In that moment, the whole world froze. Everything was shut off to him, the theft, the villains, even Kim, all Danny thought of was Danielle what he heard her screaming.

He dropped the Kimmunicator.

He flew to Kim, knocking Shego with enough force to go to the other side of the room.

"Kim!" He said with panic. "I need to go! Danielle needs me!"

"Is it serious?!" Kim said.

"Very!"

"Then get going! I got this!"

Kim knew she'd be a bit overworked against Shego and a Bebe, but Danny's devotion to his genetic little sister was strong and she'd never get between them.

Danny flew as fast as he could, meanwhile Kim took on Shego and the Bebe.

However, while she did her best against Shego, the Bebe robot ignored her and took all that it and the other robots were stealing back to Drakken's hovercraft.

"Haha! Shego! Let's go!" Drakken said as the Bebe loaded what it stole.

"On it!" Shego kicked Kim and knocked her away as she ran to join her employer. "Later, Princess!"

As the villains were on their way, James came and helped his daughter up.

"Kimmie-Cub!" He gave her a hand. "What happened?! Where did Danny go?!"

"Someone we both know and care about needs him right now…"

"What does th-"

"Dad." Kim said quickly. "I can't tell you for reasons, namely that it's something personal to Danny. I promise I'll tell you… but for now… just trust me."

Danny arrived at the Stoppable home, going straight to Ron's room and return to human form. There, he saw Danielle sitting in a corner, curled up. Ron was there, trying to reassure her based on how he was kneeling. He got up and gave Danny space as he rushed to her.

"Danielle?"

The small girl looked up and showed she was starting to cry. She showed him her hands, they looked like they were sweating, but the sweat was green.

"It's even happening in human form…" She said. "Whatever you used to save me is wearing off…"

Danny just stared; he was horrified for this little girl. She has become a surrogate little sister to him. He knew from past experiences with Jazz what it was like to have a younger sibling to look after. Danielle was scared out of her mind.

He had no way of know what to do. All he could do now was give her a hug.

"It's okay…" He whispered. "I'm here."

"But what about the conference? And Kim's dad giving a speech?" She said.

"I'll worry later… you need me more."

It was about 2 hours later, James and Kim returned home. However, they instead walked to the Stoppable house and entered. Once they made it to Ron's room, James saw Danielle for the first time. He looked between Danny and Danielle a few times.

"I know this might sound odd…" Danny spoke up. "But-"

"She's your clone, isn't she?" Danny's jaw dropped. "I'm a scientist, remember?" James spoke up before Danny could ask.

"She needs my help." Danny said.

Once they got Danielle to the Possible home, he explained about her to the rest of Kim's family. Once they did, Ann offered to examine Danielle's DNA after taking a sample from Danny.

"That's odd…" She said as she looked into a microscope. "Her DNA should be stable. You mentioned the other clones were ghost-only, her being human should be enough to keep her stable longer. It looks like there's an outside agent."

"What does that mean?" Danny asked.

"It means someone injected something into her. It's looks to be some time has passed… about 2 months."

"Two months? That's when she met up with us." Kim said.

Danielle thought back.

"Actually… there was something…"

Back in February, days before meeting with Danny, Danielle was sleeping in an alley.

"Mmmm…." She mumbled as she dreamt.

At that point, she felt something land on her hand. It felt like a bug. It seemed to have bitten her.

This causes her to gasp and wake up.

"Hello?!" She looked around and saw a bug fly away. "Weird…"

"She's here!" She heard a man call out.

To her shock, men in magenta jumpsuits came running in.

"What the heck?"

Both men brandished blasters.

"You're coming with us."

"It must have been then, one of Vlad's bugs." Danielle said.

"Wouldn't surprise me." Danny said. "Probably a backup in case they couldn't kidnap you."

Danielle looked to her hands. Though they stopped melting, she was still unsure.

"So, what's going to happen to me?" Danielle asked. "Am I gonna melt? FOR GOOD?!" She began to breathe heavy.

Danny put her hands on her shoulders.

"Danielle… I promise. I won't let anything happen to you." He tried to reassure her, though also to convince himself. "I'll find a way."

"What exactly did you use?" James asked.

"My dad's ecto-dejecto."

"Ah, that thing." James said. "Jack got rid of it when we found out it just makes ghosts stronger than weaker. I remembered he said he once showed Vlad that thing. It's possible Vlad took it and messed with the formula and that's what's in Danielle's bloodstream right now." He chuckled a bit. "He actually made it work. Gotta give the man pro-" Before he could finish, he saw both Danny and his own daughter glaring daggers at him for almost complimenting the man causing this little girl harm. "Problems!" He lied. "Gotta give the man problems for what he's doing!"

"We can save her… right?" Kim asked.

"Well, it looks like to stabilize her permanently, she'll need a sample of Danny's DNA. One in mid-morph. It looks like the only sample she has of that was unstable, that's why her DNA was breaking apart." Ann said.

"Then let's do it." Danny said.

"Danny…" Ann spoke up. "Mid-morph DNA isn't exactly easy to extract, we could risk internal damage if we're not careful."

"Will we save Danielle?" He asked.

"Of course." James said.

"Then do what you can." He said without hesitation.

He didn't care what would happen to him as long as he saves Danielle.

Both Possible parents took a breath.

"We'll do it then." Ann said.

With the surgical equipment from Middleton Medical Center and advanced technology from Middleton Space Center, both Possible parents were able to sample DNA from Danny as he tried to remain in mid-morph as long as he could. It was tiring him out, but he's doing what he can for Danielle. As he tried to remain still, he saw James looking at a sample they took to experiment in creating an antidote for Danielle.

"Mr. Dr. P?" He asks. "I'm sorry that I-"

"Don't worry Danny." He said with a smile. "You left to save family. I'd do the same if it were one my kids." He gave the boy a reassuring pat on his shoulder. "It's one of the reasons I'm accepting of you dating my Kimmie-Cub, you'd do anything for people you care for. Heck, you didn't even know I was Kim's father and you saved me from falling rubble."

Danny smiled.

"I guess I read too many superhero comics growing up."

"Well, I think we did it!" Ann said, holding up a sample "We can stabilize her DNA!"

"Awesome…" Danny said weakly as the rings disappeared and he fell to his knees.

"Danny!" Kim ran to Danny and got to her knees as she held onto him by his shoulders. "Are you alright?!"

"Yeah…" He looked to Ann and James. "How do we give it to her?"

"I'm afraid it's not that easy, Danny." Ann admitted, much to Danny's concern. "Since she's had that stuff in her for months, there's a good chance she may need constant exposure to it. We can build a chamber she can be in."

"How long will she stay in there?" Kim asked.

"Likely as long as she had that stuff in her." Ann admitted.

"Two months?" Danielle asked, barging in. "I'm going to have to stew in that stuff for two months?"

Danny managed to get up and walk to Danielle. He put a hand on her head and gave her a reassuring smile.

"It's okay. We do this, and then when you're out, we can go home."

Danielle just froze for a moment, trying register what he said.

He said we…

"We?"

"Yeah…"

Danielle smiled a bit and hugged him.

Ann, James and Kim all saw this and smiled.

"Told you he's right for our Kimmie." James whispered.

"You did not." Ann joked.

With help from the boys, the made a small coffin-like chamber for Danielle.

"Okay, once you're inside, the gases should knock you out. Meanwhile, the antidote will be entering your system via those gases." Ann explained. "Ready, Danielle?"

The small girl looked unsure, but seeing Danny and Kim give her reassuring smiles causes her to relax a moment.

"I'm ready." She looked to Danny. "Later Cuz."

Danny shook his head.

"When you get back, you're going to be part of my family for real. So, start calling me Bro."

Hearing that causes Danielle to tear up a bit and hug him.

"Okay… Bro." She said. She looked to Kim and smiled. "Keep an eye on him, please?"

"You got it." Kim said.

Danielle stepped into the small chamber and lied down.

"Here we go." Ann said as she pressed a button on the lid.

It starts sliding closed. But before it does, she gives Danny one last smile.

"Later Bro…"

"See you soon, Sis." He said.

It closed.

Danny just stared for a moment. The rest of the Possible family looked to him and were about to console him, but Danny then turned and walked out of their garage and into the living room.

There, he sat on the couch and remained silent.

It would be a while before Kim and James came in.

Kim sat next to him while James remained standing.

"You okay, Daniel?" James asked.

"Yeah…" He said as his girlfriend put a hand on his shoulder. "She'll be fine in the end, right?"

"We'll make sure." Kim said.

Danny looked to her reassuring face and did crack a small smile.

"Thank you."

"No need to worry, we'll make sure she's safe and stable." James said.

"You're sure?" Danny asked.

"Anything is possible for a Possible." James assured. "Especially helping a friend in need."

Danny started to lighten up. He got up and shook hands with James.

"Thank you. I'm sorry I left, again."

"Think nothing of it." James said. "You should really let your parents know, before things get awkward."

"Yeah…" Danny said. "I should probably get going now."

"You sure you don't wanna stay for dinner?" Kim asked.

"No, I think I should tell them now." Danny said.

"Good luck, son," James said.

Danny chuckled.

"It's surprising you're accepting of all this, namely your daughter's boyfriend is a superhero with a clone he acts like a big brother to."

"I'm a little more open-minded than people think." He said.

Kim scoffed. "And yet you had issue with my midriffs."

"Well, I'll go now." Danny shook hands again with James. "Thank you again."

"Anytime." James said.

Danny walked to the door, with Kim following him.

"You sure you want to do this alone?" Kim asked.

"Yeah." Danny hugged her. "Thanks again."

"See you… Spaceman." Kim said with a smile. Danny looked surprised while Kim shrugged. "Finally figured out a nickname for you."

Danny smiled and went to the Specter Speeder, ready to head home.

So, Flower Princess11 suggested a scene where Danny goes to a convention for astronauts and scientists with Kim and James, so I put what was supposed to happen on hold for it because I like it.

Sadly, Danielle being unstable means she can't meet Jack and Maddie... yet.

Plus, things are going to go a bit downhill for Danny as next time we check in on what Vlad and Drakken have been up to during Spring Break.

Also, I'm thinking we meet Yori soon. Anyone else like the idea?