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Found

Chapter 19: Reunion

Previously

To his surprise, someone appeared and glomped him and it wasn't his pretty girlfriend.

It was someone smaller, shorter and who had snow white hair, glowing green eyes and looked happy to see him.

"DANNY..."They happily yelled.

Dani hugged him around the neck and Danny was stunned until he recognized that voice.

"Danielle?!...'Danny said as he was being hugged by his cute little cousin/clone.

"How long have you been here?..."He asked, confused.

"A few days..." Dani answered.

"What? Aren't yo glad to see me?..."She teased.

"You know that I am..." Danny said, wrapping an arm around the little girls waist so she didn't have to keep hovering.

Danny looked to his smiling girlfriend, still confused.

Don't get him wrong, he was happy to see Dani, but where did she come from? How did Star find her? Was Vlad somehow involved here?

"What's going on?...'Danny asked and Star sighed.

"It's a LONG story..."Star said as Dani kept hugging her beloved older cousin.


With Danny

The ghostly boy had just return home after what was probably the most boring family vacation ever in the boring, dreary ranch that he is never going to return to again if he has any say in the matter.

He had just return home, happy that his folks decided to leave first thing in the morning since even they found the place to be that dull, though they told Jazz that they just wanted to be home before the traffic gets too bad.

Danny didn't care. He was glad to be home and he had just finished getting the last of his things from the RV while his parents and Jazz, had already went inside with theirs, when Star came, along with a little, unexpected surprised.

One in the form of his adorable little clone/cousin Danielle.

Danny was happy to see her, but also confused.

"What's going on?...'Danny asked and Star sighed.

"It's a LONG story..."Star said as Dani kept hugging her beloved older cousin.

Danny frowned when he heard this.

"Am I going to like this story?..."He asked, though he had a hunch that he wasn't.

Both Dani and Star looked at each other, but before they could say anything.

"Aw, don't tell me that I left my ointment in the car?..."Jack's voice said.

"My dad, hide..."Danny ordered.

Dani just became invisible, but Star didn't need to hide due to her connection to Danny. The Fenton Patriarch came out and smiled when he saw her.

"Hey, why if it isn't Danny's lady..."Jack said in a friendly tone.

"It's nice to see you again Mr. Fenton, how was the trip?..."Star asked and saw Jack's grin dropped.

"It was...something..."Jack said and only Danny knew what that meant.

"Yeah, "interesting" is one word for it..." Danny muttered to his girlfriend.

Jack had heard his son but it's not like he disagreed. That place was boring and too obsessed with 'Historical Accuracy'.

"Well, at least there wasn't any major emergencies while they were gone..."Jack thought.

Although, he did get a strange email from the Guys in White, something about financial compensation for misplaced property. Jack would have to do more than skim the email to really know.

Jack shook his head. Then the patriarch of the Fenton family smiled at her.

"Anyway, the place looks great. Thanks again for house sitting for us..."Jack said kindly.

"Oh, believe that, that was no trouble at all...'Star said, as taking care of their house was the least of her worries this weekend.

Jack smiled when he heard that.

He liked his son's girlfriend, much better than some of Danny's other girlfriends like that one girl...Paula...Priscilla...Pauline.

Jack didn't know but there was something about that girl that rubbed him the wrong way that one time Danny brought her over when they dated. Thankfully, though, their relationship only lasted one week and Danny managed to bounce back and now, has found a much better girl in Star.

"Well, come on, Son! The sooner we unpack, the sooner I can double down on ghost hunting!..."Jack said, itching to get his hands on his weapons and soon.

"Uh, Dad...would it be alright if me and Star can leave?..."Danny said.

"Son, you still got to unpack..."Jack said.

"Come on dad, can't I do it later..Star and I..uh..."Danny paused a bit.

His dad raised a brow and grin, making assumptions.

"Oh, I see...well, alright but be back before curfew and you still have to unpack your things..."Jack said as he went to the RV, all the while, muttering "kids", in an amused tone.

Danny rolled his eyes and shook his head in annoyance.

"Parents..." He said in the same tone.

Remembering that they had something important to do, Star took Danny's hand.

"Come on... let's get going..." She said before talking loudly. "IT'S JUST THE TWO OF US. HEADING TO-"

"Star..." Danny said calmly.

"You know talking like that only attracts attention..."He commented and Star flushed in embarrassment.

"Oops. Sorry, still getting used to this..."She said in an embarrassed tone.

The invisible Danielle stifled a giggle from the older girl's reaction. That's when they walked down the corner of the block and made a left.

Once they were far enough, Danny and Star waited until Dani regained visibility.

"Okay, now let's talk..."She said.


A little later

Dani and Star took Danny to a secluded part of the park and Dani is currently wearing the disguise that Star made for her, just to be safe.

They began to explain the details of what had happened while he was away at the Spook E. Ranch.

Namely, that Danielle came to him because a mysterious robot was chasing after her for days and wound up at his house while Star was there and the blonde had tried to look after her, while the Guys in White, wanting payback, kidnapped her, wanted to use her as bait and threatened her life just to get even with a certain other Phantom and a certain Spirit.

Once done, he reacted, well...more or less how they expected him to.

"Those two did WHAT?!..." Danny yelled, getting some looks from other people but he didn't care.

"We said-..."Dani started but was cut off by her cousin.

"I know what you said, I just can't believe they stooped that low...it's bad enough they nearly killed Sam and Tucker when they went after that Gregor creep, but this..."Danny ranted, looking so mad.

"Who's Gregor?...'Dani couldn't help but ask and Star frown.

"Some poser from Michigan who tried to con all the girls at school by pretending to be from a country called Hungary. First he duped Manson into dating him and when she dumped him, he tried to pretend be a football player and tried to hit on me and another girl named Ashley..."Star said in annoyance.

Sure, she had been an A-Lister at the time and she didn't care about Manson at the time, but even she knew that she hated the guy and she had seen her dumping him at the Planetarium...it wasn't hard, given how loud they were and it was a public place.

She tried to ignore them since...well, even if A-listers are suppose to gossip about that kind of stuff, she felt pretty awkward about it, so she and one of the other popular girls, Ashley, tried to ignore them and just gossip on the typical stuff...she didn't remember if it was clothes or who was the hottest member of Dumpty Humpty.

However, not even two minutes after Manson dumped him, that poser just put on a leather-man jacket that was like Dash and Kwan's and he marched up to them and said that cloche one liner "Hey girls, do you like football?", that Star has heard well over a million time.

Even if she wasn't dating Kwan at the time, Star knew a poser when she saw one and she felt disgusted by this creep but before she could tell him to take a hike, someone shot missiles at them.

The Guys In White, now that she recalls more clearly.

Star saw the look that they were sending her.

"Sorry... it just... really bugs me. Even in the A-List, none of us were fond of a pretender like that... Ashley and I could tell he was a phony fast..." Star said.

"Not the point, we're not talking about that Gregor creep.."Danny said, still hating the guy for tricking Sam and being mean to Tucker, and the hatred added now that he knew that he tried to put the moves on Star just after Sam dumped him.

I mean, who does that anyway?

"We are talking about the Guys In White sinking to the lowest last night..."He said.

"What else happened?..."Danny asked.

Before he could get any answers, his phone (which he was SO glad to have back), began ringing and he saw that it was Sam.

"Sam?...'Danny asked as he answered.

"Danny, thank goodness. You will not believe the kind of nightmare I had to deal with this weekend...'Sam complained.

"I think I know someone who has you beat..."Danny muttered.

"What does that mean?..."Sam questioned.

Danny paused as he looked to Dani, then Star. Star figured out what he was thinking and nodded. Danny nodded.

"It's a long story. Call Tucker and tell him to meet at the OPT center for a meeting, ASAP..."Danny said seriously.

"Uh, sure... what's up?..."The gothic girl asked.

"I'll explain when I see you..." He said, this is too serious to be delivered over the phone.

As he hung up, Star rose a finger.

"And Jazz, too..."The pretty blonde said to her boyfriend, who rose a brow.

"Jazz? Uh, Starlight? Jazz doesn't even know Danielle exists, remember?..."He reminded.

Before he could say anything else, Dani spoke up.

"I wanna meet her..." Danielle said quietly.

Danny looked surprised to hear that.

"Really?..." He asked and the little ghost girl nodded.

"Yes...please...Star convinced me and I realize that...I want to meet her..."Dani said.

"Really?..."Danny asked as he turned to his girlfriend, who nodded.

"She's your family, Danny. It's only right she knows Jazz. Besides, all cloning stuff aside, Jazz is her family too..."Star said seriously.

"I know you said that you were worried about how she'd react but we know your sister. If she could accept your powers and if she could accept me as a friend, despite how rude I used to be to you, she'll accept her.."Star said, before smiling.

"Besides, how can anyone reject a cute face like this?..."Star said as she looked to Dani, who looked a little sheepish.

"Hey, cut it out...'Dani said with a giggle.

She then turned her attention to her beloved older cousin.

"Please Danny..."Dani said, making her eyes look bigger and sadder, actually making a puppy dog face of all things to get him to say yes.

He laughed a little, realizing that he can't deny her this, especially like that.

"Okay... you win... I'll tell Jazz..."Danny said

"YES!..." Danielle went, hugging Danny around the legs, while the teenage boy laughed.

As she did this, Danny saw a warm smile from Star over the two hugging.

"Aww..." She thought, feeling her heart melting right now.


Later

In the OPT Center

The other members of Team Phantom arrived to the Opt center

Sam Tucker and Jazz looked at each other, wondering what Danny was going to talk to them about.

"Any idea what this meeting is about?..."Tucker asked, worried.

"No clue, Danny wouldn't tell me..."Jazz said, confused.

They haven't even been home for two hours after the...uh...family bonding trip and it seems a little too soon for trouble.

Then again, her brother is a magnet for trouble, so maybe it's not too soon.

Danny walked into the ops center with Star behind him and Sam noticed that he looked mad about something.

"Huh? What's with him? Did some ghost try to attack Star again while I was stuck at that High Society prison? Did Vlad try something again?...'Sam thought, actually concern.

Sure, she and Star have only recently started to get along, but even not, she didn't want the girl to be hurt.

She would get her answer soon when Danny turned to them, still with that look on his face.

"Okay, now that we're all here, we have some news...ghost related news..."Danny said in a serious way.

"Dude, whatever it is, you can tell us..." Tucker said while Danny and Star looked at each other.

"I don't know all the details because of SOMEONE..." Danny looked to Jazz ..."picking a vacation spot that didn't allow cell phones!..."Danny said angrily and Jazz held up her hands in defense.

"In my defense, they never mention that in their brochure. Besides, it was supposed to be a good family bonding trip..."Jazz said defensively as Danny rolled his eyes.

"They only thing we could bond over was how awful that stupid place was..."Danny said.

"Danny..."Star said in a meaningful way, reminding him of the reason they are here.

"Right...Starlight, go on ahead..."Danny said, giving her the stage, so to speak.

Star took a deep breath, before turning her attention to the rest of the team.

"Well, it started Saturday morning, with me house sitting Danny Boo's house..." Star began.

"While I was there I found that someone had snuck in..someone who has snow white hair, glowing green eyes and wears her hair in a pony tail..."Star said.

Sam and Tucker eyes widened as realization dawn on their faces, but Jazz looked confused.

"Wait, who are we talking about?..."The red head asked.

Star then turned to Danny, who nodded, realizing now that this has to be known by the whole team.

Star nodded, before turning to her right.

"Come on..."Star said and Jazz raised a brow.

"Who are you talking to?..."Jazz asked but was ignored by the others, who had an idea what is happening here.

"Hey, it's okay...you're with friends..."Star said in a gentle tone, while Jazz looked at her funny.

Jazz was confused until a little figure phased into the room, someone who was almost a spitting image of her little brother's ghost form.

"Gah!..." Jazz screamed, falling back into her seat falling on her butt.

Jazz's scream startled Dani, who became invisible again.

"Jazz!..." Sam and Tucker scolded

Danny sighed, walking over he helped Jazz up

"Don't yell again please, she's nervous enough as it is..."Danny said.

"Danny, who is that?...'Jazz asked.

Danny sighed.

"I'll let her answer that...come on out Dani...it's alright...Jazz was just surprised, that's all...'Danny said in a gentle tone.

Dani reappeared again and slowly floated over to Jazz, a shy look on her face.

"Hi..."Dani said, looking down.

"Uh...Hi..."Jazz said, confused as she still looked this girl over.

"Danny, why does she look like you?..."Jazz asked.

"Go ahead..."Danny said gently to the little girl.

"My name is Danielle...But you can call me Dani...I'm Dani with an i..." Dani said

"I'm Danny's clone..."Dani said quickly.

Jazz just sat there, staring at the small girl for a long and uncomfortable period of time, something everyone else took notice of as they just shared glances over Jazz's silence.

"I'm sorry... what?..."The red haired girl said after her initial shock.

Groaning, the small girl created energy rings around her and morphed into her human form.

"I'm a clone..." She repeated.

Jazz just stood there, looking at her and then her brother and then back. She repeated this for over a minute, all the while Star wondered what was going through her mind.

"Sheesh, even I accept Danny having a clone faster than her, and I'm the one from an "average" household...'Star thought.

After almost a minute of looking between the two Danny's, Jazz spoke up again.

"Clone, what do you mean clone?" Jazz said looking like she is getting a head ache.

"It's a long story...'Dani said.

"One I want to hear..." Jazz said, meaning it.

Danielle took a breath and began. All the while Danny and Star held hands.

"I hope you're right about this..." He whispered to her.

"I am... trust me..." She said reassuringly.


A little later

After Dani finished explaining her origin to Jazz, the red haired psychologist in training look like she was getting a migraine.

"And that's how Star saved me..." Danielle said. "Now, you're up to speed..."She said, still feeling insecure.

Jazz was silent for a moment, still looking like she was having trouble processing this. Finally, she did speak, still looking perturbed for some reason.

"So, let me get this straight...Vlad wanted his own clone son of you..."Jazz said as she pointed to her brother

"Yep..." Danny said.

"And he used you to get to Danny to get some sort of sample..."Jazz repeated and Dani looked down.

"Not my proudest moment, but yeah..."Dani said.

"It wasn't her fault, Vlad tricked her into thinking that he was using it to save her...'Danny said, defending her.

"And...he took you to Colorado to clone, but then Dani saw what a creep he was, free you, you both teamed up to kick his but and Sam and Tucker stole the Spector Speeder, showed up, hit Vlad with the Booooomerang and brought you back..."Jazz continued.

"Yeah, pretty much..."Tucker and Sam both said.

Jazz was silent for a moment and just kept staring, making the small girl really uncomfortable.

"She's not making any reactions whatsoever... does she... hate me?..."Dani thought with worry.

However, Jazz then turned to Danny, almost insulted for some reason,.

"Why didn't you ever tell me you were cloned?!..."Jazz yelled.

"That's not exactly a dinner conversation. Besides, I wasn't sure how you'd react..." Danny said.

"Yeah, he told me that was the reason and-

Jazz then looked to Star and then Danny.

"Wait? Are you telling me that you told Star, before you told your own sister?..."Jazz asked and the two looked a little awkward to say the least.

"I can't believe this..."Jazz said, looking upset.

"It's nothing personal Jazz, it happened when we were lost in the Ghost Zone and...he sort of told me by accident..."Star said.

"After he CHOSE to tell you his secret, while I had to find out on my own..."Jazz muttered.

"This is so typical..."Jazz complained.

"We are getting off topic here..."Danny said, trying to focus on the matter at hand here.

"Right...still, I can't believe it... Vlad cloned you?!..."Jazz said.

"Actually, I was cloned five times..."Danny said quickly and Jazz looked even more agape there.

"FIVE?!... Jazz shouted

"Jazz, shush!..."Danny said, reminding her that this is suppose to be a SECRET meeting.

"Well...where are the others?..."Jazz asked and then noticed that Dani looked sad.

"We...don't really talk about them..." Dani said and Star placed a hand on her shoulder, giving her a sympathetic look.

Jazz got the idea pretty quickly and felt guilty.

"Oh, I'm...I'm sorry..."Jazz said, looking down...

She saw Danielle looking shy and afraid and part of her couldn't help but remember back when he was 8 or 9, Danny used to have the same look.

"She's the spitting image of him..." She thought fondly.

"Danielle... right?" Jazz asked in a calmer tone.

"Yes..." She said.

Jazz got on her knees, looking at her at eye-level.

"That's the feminine version of Daniel... it's what Mom and Dad were going to name Danny if he were a girl."
Danielle looked up at Jazz and saw a smile, one that mad her feel better.

"So... you don't hate me?..." She asked and Jazz shook her head.

"Of course not, we're family after all. Besides, how could anyone hate someone as adorable as you?..."Jazz said, hugging the girl tight.

Dani was stunned at first before she hugged the red head back.

Star mouthed 'told you so' to Danielle. Dani playfully stuck her tongue out at Star


A few moments later

Once Jazz let Dani go, after they had their little moment together, Sam and Tucker finally took the chance to greet Dani and ask how she has been.

While Dani began to catch up with them, Jazz looked to Star.

"So, you found Dani in our kitchen...hat else happened?..."Jazz asked.

Sam and Tucker also wanted an answer and Star sighed.

"Everyone sit down, this is also going to be a long story..."Star said as she began to tell them everything that has happened over the last 48 hours of her life.

The more experienced ghost hunters got madder and madder. Even if Danny had already heard this before, it still infuriated them.

"I am NEVER going ANYWHERE that doesn't allow cell service EVER AGAIN!..."Danny yelled.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! I have always suspected that those Guys In White might have had ghost envy, but that's just cruel and inhuman!..."Jazz said angrily and also feeling guilt in knowing that she has some blame here, due to her desire of Danny not using his powers at all during the weekend.

"Note to self, never keep Danny from using his phone ever again..."Jazz said to herself.

Sam and Tucker also looked mad.

"UGH! That stupid snob seminar was horrible enough but this happens..."" Sam said irritated and disgusted at The Guys in White's actions and even anger that her parents unknowingly kept her from helping Star when she needed her.

"Why didn't you call ME for help?...'Tucker said, since unlike Danny and Sam, he had been home all weekend.

"I'm sorry, I forgot my phone and by the time I realized Sam wasn't home, there wasn't a lot of time. By the time I got there, they were going to start the long, painful experiments..." Star said and Danny growled his eyes glowing green.

"New rule, no one leaves their houses without their phones or goes to places that don't allow cell service EVER again!...'Danny said, still looking mad but it's obvious that he wasn't mad at Star.

"Dude..." Tucker said

"I'm fine, just furious about what those jerks tried to do..." Danny said.

"If it wasn't for Star here, I never would have even known what happened until it was too late..."Danny said.

Star saw this and tried to cheer him up.

"Calm down, Danny-Boo, that robot is destroyed and the two agents are in huge trouble with their boss..."Star said.

"How huge?..."Sam asked, since those agents always seem to evade trouble, one way or the other.

Star smirked, one that was shared with Dani.

"How's being demoted and being stuck with a HUGE bill that they might be paying for the rest of their lives?..."Star said and Dani snickered.

"Okay, this I got to hear...'Danny said and the others wanted to hear as well.

Star and Dani then explained that the robot apparently was really expensive and really experimental and they also explained that the head honcho of the GiW wasn't pleased that it got trashed, to say the least. Once they were done, Danny, Sam, Tucker and Jazz were all laughing their heads off.

"Are you serious?.."Danny asked, in between his laughter.

"Totally! I saw it with my own eyes. Their boss is making them pay for EVERYTHING to keep my dad from suing them, as well as make up for the weapons they stole from your dad. Those two are facing a $10 million dollar debt for what happened..."Star said.

"And I even got it all on camera..."Star said as she pulled out her cell phone, showing everyone the recording of Agent Alpha ripping the two agents a new one this put a smile on team Phantoms faces.

They laughed even more, obviously satisfied that those guys got some much deserved karma.

"Oh man, I almost feel sorry for them...too bad I don't!..."Tucker laughed.

"Serves them right...'Sam said, happy to see some actual justice prevailing here.

For once, those goons aren't getting away scott free.

"Glad to see the government has something resembling competent people..." Sam said and the other's agreed with her.

"Remind me to give props to your dad. I would have loved to see the looks on their faces when he said that he was going to sue their butts off..."Danny said.

"You would, it was awesome...'Star said.

"I'm just bummed that I missed seeing it in person due to sleeping...'Dani complained.

"Believe me, you were safer in the guest room then downstairs. Literally...'Star said in a stern tone.

"Anyway, I don't think that creeps will be causing us trouble for a LONG time...'Star said.

Everyone continued to laugh, feeling satisfied that despite how much of a close call it was, Dani is safe and those goons got what was coming to them.

"This is almost as funny as what I did to that mean Paulina girl..." Dani said

Sam, being curious, wanted to know about what happened to the shallow witch, who, ironically, was a nicer person when overshadowed by Kitty that one time.

"This I got to hear...'Sam said.

"How about see?..'Star said as she showed the picture that Val texted her and Dani explained that she did it after Paulina had said something mean about Star and Danny.

Once done, Sam laughed so hard that there were practically tears in her eyes now.

"Danielle, you are amazing...you know that right..." Sam said, impressed that Paulina got taken down a peg, and by a 12 year old girl no less.

"Just like her cousin...'Star said and Danny smiled at that.

GGGGGGGRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

Dani's stomach started rumbling a bit and the little ghost girl looked sheepish, before turning to the teenagers.

"Now that the story telling is done, got anything to eat around here?...'Dani asked and Star laughed out loud at that.

-To be continued-

Next time on Found

Aftermath


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