Aftermath & Another Helping Hand
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom
Alright, so a few things. Sorry for the long wait, a lot has been going on, not to mention, I have been having idea overload. Working on this story, having 2 request stories which I have been trying to work on, the Yu-Gi-Oh! fics I need to work on and have finally gotten over that writers block. And, now, I've been writing another story to help work out the writers block in the other stories.
Finally got this chapter done, and I am working on the next chapter. I hope to get the next chapter done before December.
Enjoy!
2 weeks later
The doctor and nurses do another thorough sweep to make sure both Sam and the baby are alright before signing the release forms at last.
"I thought they were never going to let us leave." Sam says as she walks out with the carrier and diaper bag.
"No shit right." Danny chuckles as they walk to his car, strap Aiden in and then leave. Upon arriving at their home Sam smiles as her friends and family wait, all smiles. Sam takes notice of a young man standing with Danielle.
"So, who's that?" Sam asks Danny as they start to get out of the car.
"Danielle's boyfriend Aaron. Apparently he wants to learn how to ghost fight until you feel you're ready again." Danny says with a shrug as Sam grabs the baby carrier and unstraps Aiden from his seat. Everyone welcomes them home, all smiles.
"It'll be a pleasure to work with you guys, and hopefully, I won't be too much of a burden with being a human." Aaron says shyly as they walk into the home.
"Oh, once I'm done training you we won't notice a difference." Danny chuckles.
"I said no scaring him Danny." Danielle snips.
"What are big brothers for?" Danny laughs as Sam elbows him. The two cats run up to them and immediately investigate the baby. Cloud purrs loudly as she rubs her face against the carrier and Chaos licks Aiden's head after a decent sniff.
"Well, looks like the hell cats have accepted him." Sam smiles.
"I still don't understand how none of us could sense them." Danny says.
"It's kind of like how we are, in this form, they don't give off a signature." Sam says.
"True." Tucker says as the others take turns holding Aiden and making silly faces at him. After an hour or so Aiden begins to get fussy which becomes everyone's cue to take their leave and let the new parents tend to their son. The television drones in the background as Sam changes Aiden's diaper.
"It may be a little while yet before I can get back to work as a ghost fighter." Sam says sheepishly.
"And that's alright babe. The doctor said to give it a few weeks anyway as to not strain yourself, and in that time I'll train Aaron so he can be of assistance. Besides, I've missed you being there, all dark and sexy." Danny says with quirk of his eyebrow, making Sam giggle.
"Doctor said none of that until after six weeks." Sam says.
"I know hun." Danny chuckles, kissing her temple.
The next day
Remarkably, Aiden slept through the whole night without so much as a whimper which left both Sam and Danny rested for the day.
"Sam, please stay here. I promise to keep you posted on the training thing." Danny pleads with Sam.
"Just because I birthed you a son doesn't mean I'm going to just be a complete stay at home mom." Sam argues.
"I know that Sam, and I don't want that. But what I do want is for you to follow the doctor's orders and rest and take care of our son." Danny says. Sam waivers for a moment before letting out a heavy sigh in defeat.
"I won't be gone long, besides, soon enough you'll have company because Val is pregnant." Danny says. Rolling her eyes, Sam goes to check on the still sleeping Aiden.
"Yeah, he's definitely your son. Still sleeping." Sam murmurs to Danny as they both smile at their child. Danny rolls his eyes at Sam before Aiden blinks awake and looks at both his parents before wiggling about in the crib as Sam leans down to pick up the wiggling baby. They walk out into the living room where Sam sits in the recliner. Aiden whimpers in hunger just as Sam removes the strap of her shirt and bra and presents her breast to her hungry son. Guiding his head to the nipple, the baby suckles greedily before he slows his pace. Danny simply watches as Sam feeds their hungry son and smiles at the sight before him.
"I still can't believe we have a son." Danny says as he walks over to them.
"I know it still seems surreal, but here he is, feeding like a fiend." Sam giggles softly. She looks up at Danny just he kisses her.
"I love you." Danny says quietly as he breaks the kiss.
"I love you too. Please, don't be too hard on your sister's boyfriend." Sam says as she re-straps her bra and pulls up her shirt strap and begins to gently burp Aiden.
"No promises, but I won't drill him yet." Danny says with a mischievous grin before he walks out of the house, scratching both of the cat's heads as he leaves.
1 hour later
"Alright Aaron, we'll take a break." Danny and Tucker say as Aaron collapses.
"I'll feel that training in the next fifteen minutes." Aaron chuckles.
"I've never known someone who can take training like that with a smile." Tucker chuckles.
"No shit right." Danny laughs. Just then his phone rings.
"Hey babe." Danny smiles as he answers the phone, phasing back into his human form and taking a break himself as he and Sam talk. Val and Danielle walk over and talk to Aaron, telling him what he did well on and what he could improve on. After Danny hangs up the phone with Sam they get right back into training. After another hour or two of training they take yet another break.
"I think that about…" Danny starts before his ghost sense goes off.
"Well shit." Tucker chuckles as Val and Danielle transform before they grab Aaron and take off outside and find the source of the disturbance. Several ghosts are on a rampage.
"Ok, Aaron, no time to drag your feet." Tucker chuckles as he fires at one of the ghosts. Aaron prepares to capture them only to be attacked by a ghost from his right. Before he has time to react, three more ghosts attack him. Danny and Tucker manage to capture a few but then upon seeing the ghosts surrounding and attacking Aaron. Managing to use some of his training, Aaron manages to gather a few but soon enough Val and Danielle fly over and attack the few remaining.
"Nicely done Aaron." Danny says just as another attack fires out. Tucker flies after and catches the offending ghost but before Aaron even hits the ground two rings form around his waist and he shifts. Unconscious he lands on the ground. His brown hair now white with green tips, in a black and green suit.
"Let's get him back to the lab." Danny says as he picks up Aaron.
"But how?" Danielle asks.
"Easy, he was constantly exposed to minute ghost energy from you for a while and then getting a large input of it from the attacks. If that last attack hadn't of happened, it would've worn its way out of his system, but now, because of being exposed to a large amount of ecto-energy, he's been changed into a halfa." Danny explains.
"Well, this will be interesting to explain." Danielle groans.
3 hours later
Aaron blinks awake, head throbbing, and eyes blurry. Looking around he sees the others hovering near him. His head is in Danielle's lap and he smiles up at her.
"So, what happened?" Aaron asks. Danny chuckles at his easygoing attitude.
"Well, when you're exposed to the small amount of ecto-energy that is my sister and then get exposed to a massive amount of ecto-energy, it can cause a transformation." Danny explains. Aaron sits upright at his words.
"Wait, am I a halfa?" Aaron asks.
"Yeah. Go look in the mirror." Danielle says. Getting up Aaron feels a little woozy before he walks over to the mirror and gasps at the sight, his usually deep ocean blue eyes are now a deep forest green, his caramel colored hair is now electric blue. The clothes he was wearing, blue jeans and a baddy shirt was replaced by a tight hazmat like the other halfas, only over it he has on a trench coat, ripped at the bottom and side. The eye scanner over his right eye and on his chest was the letter V.
"The V is for Vindicator." Val smiles.
"How do you know?" Aaron asks.
"Sam told us." Tucker chuckles. Aaron nods, knowing to not disagree with what Sam says, seeing as how she was usually right and had personal ties to Clockwork and the Grim. Walking back over to the others, Aaron sits down and catches his breath.
"Yeah, I felt like that too after seeing what happened." Danny chuckles.
"I'm just so tired, how do I change back?" Aaron asks tiredly.
"Just think of human thoughts." Danny says. Aaron closes his eyes and concentrates on something human and soon enough he's back to his human self.
"Am I always going to feel this tired?" Aaron asks.
"No, just the first six times." Danny says calmly.
"Ok." Aaron says
"Now you just get to explain it to your parents." Danielle says.
"Shit, they half expect it to happen anytime now." Aaron laughs.
"Well, at least that makes it easier I think?" Danielle says.
"I think we have more training to do tomorrow." Danny says with a stretch. Everyone nods in agreement before everyone grabs their stuff to go. Danny gets into his car and drives home, smiling when he finds Sam and his son Aiden taking a nap in the living room as he enters his home quietly as to not disturb them. Sam blinks awake and smiles at Danny.
"Hey, how was training?" Sam asks tiredly. Danny smiles before going into detail about the training and how Aaron became a halfa.
"I had a feeling he would." Sam smiles before she stands and stretches.
"Yeah, so did he." Danny chuckles as Sam walks over and picks up Aiden, who remains asleep as he's picked up.
"That'll make it easier for you guys while I rest up." Sam says.
"Yeah, and it'll lighten the load overall." Danny says as Sam takes a seat next to Danny with their son.
"You will go easy on him when training right?" Sam asks.
"Yes, but it's more like will he go easy on himself. Enthusiasm is great, but one must know when to rest." Danny chuckles. Aiden nuzzles into his mother's chest; Danny leans down and kisses Aiden's head.
"You bathed him today." Danny chuckles, taking note of the fresh soapy smell on his sons head.
"Yes, and he likes water a lot." Sam giggles. Chaos and Cloud gracefully jump onto the couch and curl up on either side of the family, purring contently.
3 days later
A shrill cry alerts Sam to go tend to Aiden.
"Does he need to be fed?" Danny asks groggily.
"I fed him last time." Sam mumbles.
"I'll get him." Danny yawns as he gets up and goes to the Aiden's room to see Chaos and Cloud nuzzling the upset baby. Danny walks over to the crib and picks up his crying son, immediately smells why he's crying and gets to changing him. As he wipes Aiden clean he notices the cats watching intently. Once he's all clean, has a fresh diaper and redressed he starts to walk and rock his son back to sleep. Soon enough, Aiden's back asleep and carefully Danny places him in his crib, pulls the blanket up to his waist, turns off the light and joins Sam back in bed, who, like their son, was fast asleep.
Getting under the covers he hears the slight meow of Cloud as she hops up onto the bed and curls in a ball at the foot and rests her head on her front paws, facing the door. Before he finally goes back to sleep, he can only assume that Chaos is watching over Aiden, just as he was earlier, making sure the baby is happy and calm.
2 days later
As Sam feeds Aiden, Danny, enjoying one of the few days off he's had in a long while, plays one of his video games, making sure to keep the volume low and his headphones on. At a good save point he takes off his headphones.
"So, I don't know if you've noticed, but Chaos and Cloud have been very protective of us." Danny says as Cloud is curled up between the two and Chaos is sitting on the back of the couch.
"Now that you mention it, yeah, I've noticed that. But it's understandable." Sam chuckles with a thoughtful look.
"Yeah, considering what happened about three weeks ago." Danny says.
"Yeah, and I think they'll be like this even when Aiden gets older. So no matter how many children we have they'll be protective of them and us." Sam says.
"That's reassuring. Now all we need is a hell hound and we'll be set for life." Danny jokes.
"Careful what you wish for. Grim tells me that one of the many reaper hounds is pregnant." Sam says.
"Reaper hound sounds better." Danny smiles. Sam rolls her eyes at him while she burps Aiden. Soon Danny is playing his game again with a very attentive Aiden and Sam as he plays. Sam simply enjoys the calmness of the day, smiling at her son's look of awe at the game his father plays and the relaxed expression on Danny's face as he plays.
"How long has it been since we last had a lazy day?" Sam asks.
"Too damn long in my opinion." Danny chuckles.
"I concur." Sam giggles as she leans back in the couch and watches.
So, I hope you like this chapter. Again, sorry about the wait. It's been crazy, but finally getting over the writers block, I'll get more done. Until next time, please R&R.
