Hooray! A midquel! It will take place during the last few chapters of A Psycho's Revenge and a little bit after.
I love CSI Miami! I've been wanting to do a story on it for sometime and now I am! Hope you folks enjoy this!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN CSI: MIAMI OR DANNY PHANTOM!
Dani Miami
Chapter 1
A Witness in the Everglades
Previously on CSI: NY...
Vlad finally made it to the safety of his cabin in the Rocky Mountains. He'd be safe there until Phantom and his friends took care of Shane Casey. 'Perfect! Back to square one!' He should have gotten more information on that psychopath. It seems that Phantom knew as much about Casey as the CSI's did. The nut job destroyed the last of Danielle's leftover ectoplasm. But maybe if he tracked down the little ghost girl, he'll have another shot at turning Taylor into a ghost hybrid.
Vlad turned on his computer and began researching for any sightings of a little ghost girl in the country…
Twelve-year-old Dani Phantom had been flying around the country for several months now. Too bad hunger and fatigue have begun to take its toll on her. True, she could go to her "cousin" Danny Fenton aka Danny Phantom for help but that also meant going to the town where her father was the mayor.
Vlad Masters, her father or "creator" would be a better word for him, was the mayor of Amity Park. He created Danielle in an attempt to make the perfect half-ghost son, e.g. a clone of Danny Phantom. Fortunately, she figured out the truth from Danny about Vlad's true intentions and fought back. She later returned to Danny to stabilize her ghost half. Now that she's no longer in danger of becoming a puddle of ectoplasm, Dani now traveled on her own. She's only visited Danny once since she was stabilized (that took place in between the first and second story). Vlad cut the visit short though.
Overcome with hunger, Dani landed in a swampy secluded area somewhere south of Florida. It's been awhile since she last looked at a map to get her bearings. All she knew was that she was somewhere in Florida. It was a warm night and extremely humid. Dani didn't know much about surviving in the woods except how to make a fire with her ghost ray. Might as well start with that.
Dani sat in front of the fire she made, wishing she could go back to Amity Park, Indiana where Danny was. At least he gets a hot meal and a warm bed. She has to make dew with whatever was available for her. She didn't know what plants were safe to eat in this swampy place. 'I guess I'll have to go into town and find free samples.'
Sometimes Dani wished she could be adopted by Danny's family and be his little sister instead of his "cousin." But to do that would mean exposing Danny's secret to his family as well as Dani's connection to him. If she wanted to be a Fenton, she would have to wait until Danny came clean about being Phantom. But who knows when that will happen!
Her train of thought was broken when she heard a rustling in the bushes. Dani quickly changed from being a white-haired, green-eyed ghost girl into being a black-haired, blue eyed twelve-year-old girl wearing a blue sweatshirt, red shorts, blue sneakers, and red hat.
Another girl, who was about Danielle's age, wearing pink camouflage pajamas burst out of the bushes. She also had black hair and blue eyes. It looked like she's been running for sometime. Her hair had sticks and leaves tangled in it. Mud was all over her face and pajamas. She was out of breath.
"W-W-What are you doing here?" Danielle asked surprised.
"I'm…I'm running," the girl panted, "from the freaky…green lady!" She started gasping, trying to get oxygen in her lungs. "She's going to kill me!"
"Kill you?" Danielle repeated. Blue mist escaped from her mouth. Her ghost sense! Figures that this green lady was a ghost. "Quick! Hide!"
Thinking fast, Danielle quickly extinguished the fire and the two hid in the bushes. Sure enough a green ghost flew overhead. Danielle got a good look at her. She didn't recognize the ghost. She was a woman with multiple facial piercings and spiky hair. She also wore a red cloak, covering the multiple tattoos all over her body.
The girl next to Danielle still had trouble controlling her breathing. The ghost heard her and unleashed the tattoos on her body towards the girls. 'Her tattoos can come to life?' They swooped over the girls. The pajama girl ducked, screaming. Danielle changed into Dani Phantom and tried to fight the tattoo ghosts off but to no avail. She hadn't eaten since yesterday and her strength was leaving her fast.
"Lydia!" a voice called out. "Where's the girl? She's not the right one!"
Dani used the rest of her strength to turn herself and the girl, who was now unconscious, invisible. A bald man with a hooked nose came out of the bushes. He was wearing a black jacket and a little black hat.
The ghost, Lydia, looked around; seeing that the girls disappeared turned towards the man and shrugged.
The man groaned. "Never mind then. If we don't get her, the Glades will. She's as good as gator bait in this place." The two then left.
Dani and the girl waited a few moments then became visible. "Whew!" said Dani relieved. "They're gone. Are you okay?" The girl didn't respond. "Hey! Are you okay? Say something! Wake up!" She tried shaking the girl awake. Nothing. Sleep and hunger caught up to Dani. "Don't worry…" she tried to assure the girl. "I won't let them hurt…you…" Dani then collapsed unconscious, changing back into Danielle. "…I promise…"
"That's it, Blake! This is the last time I'm going to agree to going on a morning nature hike through the Everglades!"
"Come on, Carrie! It's not so bad!"
"Are kidding me? These mosquitoes are eating me alive!"
"I told you to put on bug spray before we left."
"Well, next time I want to walk on the beach and watch the sunrise!"
"Quit complaining, Carrie!"
Carrie tripped on something and fell in the mud. "Damn it!" She got up to brush herself off when she saw what she tripped on. She started screaming hysterically.
"Carrie? Carrie! What's going on?" asked Blake. He saw two girls lying in the grass. "Call 911!"
Lieutenant Horatio Caine stepped out of his Hummer and approached a bald, gruff man in a suit. "What do we have, Frank?"
"Couple was having a morning hike when the girlfriend tripped on something. That 'something' turned out to be a pair of girls," Frank Tripp answered in a Texan accent. "One's dead, the other one is barely conscious. She's in route to Miami General now as we speak."
"Any ID?" the redhead asked.
"Both are Jane Does at the moment. I'll check Missing Persons when we get back."
Horatio nodded. "Okay." He approached another bald man who was a little older than Frank. He was currently examining the dead girl. Horatio took off his sunglasses. "Dr. Loman?"
"This girl must have been abducted in the middle of the night," Dr. Tom Loman said without looking up. "She still has her PJs on." He pointed to the girl's blue lips. "Discoloration indicates that she suffocated." He lifted up her arm. "Bruising around the wrists show that someone grabbed her or she was tied up. I'll get a better look when I get her into Autopsy."
Horatio noticed that there was a bruise on her cheek. "Where did this one come from?"
"I'm guessing that someone might have slapped her."
Horatio nodded and turned toward the water of the Glades. "What about the other girl?"
"She was found next to our DB barely conscious. Paramedics found her malnourished and dehydrated," Loman explained. "We had to get one of our female paramedics to calm her down when she woke up. She wouldn't stop screaming."
"Could be from abuse, maybe from the father?" Horatio guessed.
"That would explain the campfire," Loman said pointing toward CSI Eric Delko who was taking pictures of the little campsite. His colleagues, Calleigh Duquesne, Ryan Wolfe, and Walter Simmons were also gathering evidence.
Dr. Loman continued. "Maybe she ran away to escape from the abuse?"
"It's possible," Horatio replied.
Meanwhile Wolfe found a puddle of glowing green slime (hint, hint) near one of the bushes. He grabbed a swab and took a sample. "Well, this is not your average everyday finger paint," he muttered.
"What did you find?" Calleigh asked.
"Something that appears to be glow-in-the-dark paint of some kind."
Walter and Eric approached Ryan for a closer look. Walter squinted at the sample. "You sure that's paint?"
"I don't like the way it's glowing," Eric said worriedly.
Ryan sighed and put the swab in an evidence envelope. "I'll take it to the lab and see what it is."
Horatio came to his colleagues to see what they found so far. "Anything?"
"Other than some glowing green goo, there's not much to go on," Eric said.
"How's Jane Doe #2?" Calleigh asked Horatio.
"She's on her way to Miami General at the moment. Dr. Loman believes that Jane Doe #1 might have been abducted," Horatio answered grimly. He hated cases where children were involved. Just seeing them go through this kind of nightmare reminded him of his own hellish childhood.
"You think the second girl might have known something about the first?" Walter asked.
"It's always a possibility, Walter."
"What about her behavior towards the paramedics?" asked Delko. "Loman said that she kept screaming at them until a female paramedic came to calm her down. She was afraid of the male ones."
Horatio looked at the ground in thought. "It's a possibility that she might have been abused, most likely from her father or father figure."
"I doubt she's from here, Horatio," Frank said skeptically. "Paramedics found her wearing a hoodie sweatshirt. Not really appropriate attire during this time of year. I'm thinking she's from somewhere up north."
"Could be a runaway," Walter guessed.
"If that's the case then the question is: what is she doing here in the Everglades?" Delko asked the group.
"More importantly, what is her connection to our vic?" Calleigh added.
"That my friends," Horatio said putting on his sunglasses, "is what we're going to find out."
And cue The Who!
How is that? Think it's good? It might be a little short but things will improve...I hope.
OK! To avoid confusion, I'll call Dani's human half 'Danielle' and her ghost half...well, Dani...with an i. Duh!