This one is dedicated to ShatterMyMuse, who's cat just died. Hope this makes you feel better.
The next morning, Danny woke up slowly. He glanced at his clock and a surge of panic rushed through him when he saw the time.
"10:27!" He exclaimed.
He barely had enough time to create a duplicate before his parents burst into the room.
"Have a nice sleep?" Maddie joked, seeing their expressions. "You know, you two sure are sound sleepers. Apparently running from the Guys in White can take a lot out of a person. Or a ghost."
The two smiled sheepishly.
"Guess what?! We're almost done with the Fenton Signature Scrambler!" Jack boomed proudly.
"But it's still too big and bulky to carry around. You two will have to stay here until we can create smaller versions." The mother added.
Jazz came in. "You're finally awake? Jeez, it's been, like, four hours."
"Jazz?" The two Dannys questioned.
"I couldn't go to school today because of the house still being locked up." She explained. "Now why don't you two come down and grab some breakfast?"
Before they could say a single word, the sister marched up to them, grabbed them by the arm, and dragged them down the stairs awkwardly. They waited until their parents were safely back in the lab before Danny could form into one so that they wouldn't be feeding the same person twice.
Danny sat down and ate until he heard his parents banging around downstairs. He heard a few victorious shouts and then some stirring. It sounded like his parents were coming.
The parents bounded up the stairs, a big metal machine with them. By the time they reached the top, there were two Dannys at the table. Their son had a partially full bowl of cereal in front of him.
"It's done!" Jack shouted happily, displaying the invention.
"That's great!" The three teens exclaimed.
"Now all we have to do is turn it on and you two will be invisible to the trackers." Maddie started, flipping the "on" switch. The machine lit up.
"Is it working?" Human Danny asked.
"Only one way to find out." She stated, taking out a tracker.
"No ghosts detected." It confirmed.
"Yes!" The two boys shouted.
"Now I just want to make sure that it does track both of you." She told the two. She bent down and turned the contraption off.
"Two ghosts detected. Ghosts directly ahead." The tracker informed.
A vague smile appeared on the woman's face. Not only did she know that she could keep the two under the radar, but now she knew why all of their inventions kept going off around her son.
"Danny, Phantom, I need you two to take the Fenton Signature Scrambler upstairs and hide while we lower the defense system." Maddie ordered.
The two boys nodded and fulfilled her commands, clumsily disappearing up the stairs with the heavy machine. The woman glanced back down at her scanner. No ghosts were detectable. She took a deep breath before pushing the button under the table. Loud clinks and the sound of metal scraping against metal sounded as the shield was deactivated. Almost instantly, the door broke down. Operatives O and K stood before them with ecto-guns.
"Nobody move!" O ordered.
"Give us the location of the ghost boy or we will be forced to take action." K demanded.
"We have no idea where he is!" Jazz screamed. "He flew far, far away after you tried to capture him."
Growling, K pulled out a tracker. "She's right. His signature isn't showing up. We'll have to keep searching."
O reluctantly lowered his gun. "Fine. But just remember, Fentons, we'll be keeping a close eye on you."
With that, the two agents left the home, practically stomping out the door in rage at not finding their culprit. The three Fenton family members sighed in relief. As soon as they were positive that the GiW agents were gone, they rushed up the stairs. Jack flung open the door, but it rebounded against something hard.
"Ow!" Came two nearly identical voices from the other side followed by two loud thumps.
Maddie opened the door slowly this time to find Danny and Phantom sitting on the floor, rubbing their heads. Well, at least now they knew what they hit.
"Eavesdropping, were we?" Jazz asked playfully, smirking and crossing her arms.
The two boys gave her sheepish grins that were meant to look innocent, although nothing but "guilty" was written across their faces. The older sister grabbed their arms and pulled them to their feet.
"Well, it worked. They didn't detect your presences." Maddie stated.
"Yep! And now we're going to back down to the lab and make smaller versions that can be easily carried!" Jack shouted happily, bounding down the stairs. His wife smirked and followed after him.
A loud knock sounded on the door.
"I'll get it!" Maddie called. She swung open the door to find Sam and Tucker.
"Hello, Sam. Hello, Tucker. Would you like me to get Danny and Phantom?" Maddie questioned.
"Yes, please." Sam responded.
"Danny, Phantom, come down! Sam and Tucker are here!" The woman called.
A few moments later, feet were heard thundering down the stairs.
"Hi, guys!" Both Dannys greeted cheerfully.
"Hey, Danny and Danny." Sam joked. "We have something to give you."
The two tilted their heads to the side as if asking her what and why.
"Here's your homework." Sam stated, dropping a large pile of papers on top of human Danny. "And here's yours." She huffed, dumping another large pile onto ghost Danny.
Maddie bit her lip to hold back her giggles at the looks on the boys' faces.
"Gee, thanks." Phantom commented sourly.
"You're welcome!" Sam replied brightly, giving off a big grin.
"And Lancer wants that back by tomorrow." Tucker added, a cruel smirk forming on his face.
"Fun." They both commented sarcastically, much to the amusement of Sam and Tucker.
"You know, you think that he'd give me-er, us- a break considering we're hiding for our lives." Danny Fenton said dryly.
"I know! It's going to take us forever to finish all of this!" Danny Phantom agreed in annoyance.
"Well, then you better get started. Enjoy!" Sam said cheerfully. Both her and Tucker waved mockingly with smiles plastered on their faces as they closed the door behind them. Once outside, they burst out in laughter.
"We'll be upstairs." Human Danny stated, heading up the stairs with his homework, Phantom following behind him.
"Finding out if it's illegal to give this much homework." Ghost Danny added in a muttered tone.
Jazz had to hold back a soft giggle at the last comment. Her brother was getting really good at this.
Okay, after this, I'm going to try to un filler-itize it.
