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Being blasted away, watching your family turn into absolute ash is a very life changing experience. Holding the thermos with the very thing that almost kill you, is a very tempting to destroy and kill the ghost within.

But something is wrong.

Something is very very wrong.

Why does the flame seem to glow in demonic light?

Why does it look like something that burn within my core?

Something so familiar?

"Remember Daniel, this isn't what I want you the most. This is the stake of the world."

Why do I remember that? Why is this memory coming out of me which I never have experience?

"Remember little me, something is going to be very confusing. But we made a deal in that alternative future"

What deal?

What do you mean?

"Good question. You should ask Dan. There is something they…. We did, that is very stupid before the whole Dan thing."

"You won't remember but when the time is right, you will."

"Ask the question."

"What did you do? Dan" Danny asked to the ghost responsible for the fiery destruction round him.

Dark Danny looks up from his position after being released. His demonic red seems brighter around the flame. His body couldn't stand up after receiving double ghostly wail. Lying on the rubble after being released from the thermos, rips everywhere from aftermath, weakening slowly. Then he chuckles quietly "…Dan? What silly nickname did you gave me?" Amused Dark Danny.

Standing in front of Dark Danny dubbed as Dan, is Danny in his human form. Clothes rips around his shoulder, burn on his chest from the explosion, hands burning from the heated thermos. All in all, Danny looks like someone who is going to faint soon enough. Dan amuse himself that he would have destroy himself in the past by watching his own past self burning in these chemical flames. Wouldn't that be funny? Created from lab and then ended in chemical fire.

Shadowed by flame, Dan couldn't see his own young face but his own sky-blue eyes. It seems like the flame burning so high behind his past self that it could claim them soon but even so, Danny repeat his question but with "what deal did you make?" in soft somber voice. Like in trance from far months, his only purpose was to ask the question. Something is making him only focus on this question. As if it would answer why the future looks so apocalypse and so desert, but never touch amity park at all.

Dan darkened from the lack of response from his own impulsive self "Did I finally break you? Your sanity? As I have told you. I am Inevitable." Shouting the last sentence, Dan only reply was the surrounding burning sound. Frustrated with the lack of respond, Dan stand up with difficulty and walked toward Danny. While walking, Dan talked with each sentence being agitated further. "I expected you to cry in anger and fight with me so that I can beat you down even in this stage. I expected tears, denial, anger but all I see in you is APATHY."

Holding his former future self, eyes blazing in fury, Dan scream in Danny's face "I EXPECT YOU TO FEEL SOMETHING FOR OUR FORMER FAMILY BUT YOU DON'T EVEN REACTION LIKE HOW MY FORMER HUMANITY DID!" huffing from it, Dan spoke in low livid voice "my human self did before. At least I did before." Tightening his grip, he finally looks at Danny apathy eyes "I WOULD DESTROY THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT" Finally Danny face is illuminated by Dan blazing eyes, only for Dan to see a familiar symbol with familiar eyes.

It looks like Dan finally reach insanity as he starts manically laugh loudly. His manic laughter spread all around amity park as citizen of amity park looks in the blazing Nasty burger. Whatever it was, amity park knows that the phantom menace, their hero, their public enemy number 1, their very own ghost has failed. They hope that phantom at least saved the victim or victims because whoever there got the unfortunate side will be left with only charred bones as they all call for help to handle the blazing flames that brighten the night.

Danny could only shed tears that been blacken with the ashes flowing around this heated frenzy.

Vlad came as fast as he could after hearing the news.

He came to amity park is for one reason only. That is to see the remain himself and confirm the ridiculous truth about the deaths of Fenton family.

It seems so demonic for him to only look for the Fenton family ashes but for someone who is obsessed with Maddie Fenton, he could not accept it. He can't accept it. World seem so irrelevant, as he looked at the charred remains of the 6 victims. Everything is irrelevant but those remains.

They mock him for not accepting it. They mock him for being too late. Sure, he would let jack to burn away but Maddie? Jasmine? Daniel? He can't. Looking at the last two remain, he can only piece in his head that there was probably a ghost attack. An attack that would doom them.

Daniel surely must have defended the two imbecile and made him stay. As usual that Fentons would be draw to the attack and probably hit something to make the explosion. Surely, it must have been that. It was only the logical explanation. But his mind can't add up the fact why jasmine would be there or why the remain seem to line up so perfectly when it should be flown away from the blast. Unless it's not jasmine remains, and she is still out there or maybe they must have been in wrong place at the wrong time.

The fact that jasmine is alive was dashed after receiving the report that he has gotten in his office. They have officially declared deceased in the Nasty Burger explosion. He can't handle it. Drinking the third rum he consumes as he kept staring at the paper that he places on his desk, it can't make sense! Maddie and Jack, he could understand but Daniel's two other friends, an English teacher and Jasmine? No, he couldn't. if it is some sort of parents meet up, then the other two teens wouldn't come. And if the teens were having a meet up, then the parents and teacher wouldn't even show up. They would have taken that meeting at Casper High probably talking about Daniel future. Foggy with alcohol, he only realizes that Daniel wasn't declared death. "What…" exclaimed Vlad as he skims through the papers once more. That means… that means…

"Daniel is still out there…"

No. Then where is Daniel? He can't even feel a trace of his ecto-signature. Not at the explosion site nor anywhere at amity park. He, like a normal human being, thought the worse.

As he ponders, he tries to piece clues on Daniel whereabout till he has the worst conclusion. Wide eyes with the conclusion, he doesn't want to say it. But it is the only possible explanation. He whimpered as he spoken the cursed sentence "Impossible… He… he couldn't have faded away?"

There isn't any concrete evidence that halfa like them could just faded. Even… even his clone was reducing to goo and left the puddle. Only one time did one of them just faded away and that is the one that wasn't properly finished. It was almost perfect. It gotten everything visual right but then once it's out, it couldn't survive the first second and just faded away. Vlad could only remember the visual fear in that clone eyes and their hand reaching out for him. It was a failure, but Vlad do not want to see that happen again. The other four is still in process. Most are failure but the last one seems promising; he did add something special on that one. It almost brings a smile on his face. Almost.

Right now, right here, Vlad must focus on the culprits that cause this and end their afterlives. Not 1 ghost would have that much power to cause such damage. Most would just create some chaos, but no lives were taken till now.

Ring ring

Vlad stopped his scheming and turn to look at the ringing phone. In no mood to put off any business deal nor at his condition, he end the call right away. He refill another glass and was going to continue his scheming but then one of the ghost secretary phase into his office. Vlad whipped around and aim at the secretary with his charged-up blast "Didn't I told you that I would be busy at this hour?!"

Looking at the frightened ghost with his blazing eyes, Vlad made another comment on their slack up in threatening voice "And what was the phone call that you have to redirect to my office?"

The secretary made an EEP! and explain their action. Vlad widened his eyes and re-absorb his blast "What?! That was from the local police? Why would they want from me? That makes no sense." Straightening his dress shirt and move his un-tie hair from his face, moving away from his desk. He slowly marches to the secretary while whispering "Pray the dairy King, do the local police force want with me?" Rising his head to look directly to the secretary ghostly eyes with his own blazing ones and scream "WHEN THEY ALREADY FAILED ME?!" Then the secretary spoke one name that would make Vlad 100 times more sober than he is now.

"Daniel? What about Daniel?"

"He's alive!?"

3 month later

"Daniel this isn't what you should be doing"

"Aw come on Vlad! Let's do a little makeover!"

"Honestly, I don't want your strange sense of fashion. Like that clown coat you beg me to buy"

"HEY! No dissing the coat! And you told me you want to buy something for me"

"I didn't expect the coat from you…"

Vlad sitting in his very expensive chair and look at his predicament of clothing he was forced to wear. You would think that Vlad went into Mid-life crisis but no he's very content with his 30s self and his suit. Right now, 3 months away from the accident, he is preparing to see the horror show of his own hair being restyle. He looks down on the current suit he's wearing. Wearing a smooth black dress shirt fully buttoned up, follow on top of the shirt is grey silk vest with 4 buttons. The vest itself has a deep V-line that you wouldn't see when you cover it up with a jacket. He was pursued to put an old white pants from 3 years ago that gave him ache for the previous wearer. Who is not here. Or will never ever be here.

To be honest, His outfit gave him a somber look with the outfit previous history. He couldn't remove the clothing from his property. It would just admit defeat. Pushing history aside, He do looks good in this suit. It would look perfect with the jacket laying await in the chair. He might need a little trim with how much his hair grown. And getting rid of that dyed black hair piece.

"And we're DONE!"

Danny finally exclaim with pride as he looks on his very latest project on Vlad hair. Using his strength, he pushed the chair, Vlad currently sitting on, to the nearest mirror. In a dramatic pose, Danny show off with his work on Vlad hair with huge TA-DA!

Shocked with what Vlad can say a ridiculous look on him, he tries to gently reject "Daniel… that looks great and all but…" Vlad grimace as he examines his hair. Danny only look at Vlad by the mirror with a wide smile. Vlad could only smile to lessen the blow as he said, "it looks ridiculous." Danny seem un-phase with the reject but only widen his smile as he pushes Vlad "come on wear the jacket! I'm dying to see the look!" Vlad quietly laugh uneasily and put on the pearl white jacket to complete the look. Vlad mentally criticized look as something a very typical look of a villain. It didn't help that his eye bags and eyeliner Danny put further the look. His usual look of a ponytail is all fluffed up, his slicked back is not so slick with some hair Strand curl upward. That's not counting the additional bang he gotten, all fluffed up to create volume. His usual silvery hair color is clash with one line of dyed black. His sideburns curling upward made him look a bit insane with slightly unkempt hair. Finishing the look with his black shirt, white suit and black shoes. It looks too silly like a cartoon made in 2006 where villain would be wearing some crazy clothing to look out of norm. Vlad is not of those villains who keep harassing teens with their plan. Why do Vlad feel ironic wind pass through him? Maybe he is losing it with the recent development especially Daniel.

"Daniel, it's not that I don't appreciate that you have taken an interest on new style of fashion other than the usual style of yours." Facing away from mirror, he made a concerned face "I don't think you should take it out on me." Danny wide smile slowly turn into frown but nevertheless he shrugs off "oh well, maybe I have been a bit too far on the fashion style. But Vlad, No one would diss your outfit" Danny push on with his advance but in the end, Vlad reject it. "Now Daniel, I know you been coping by…styling. The outfit is great. Hairstyle not so much. I rather prefer the usual business attire I have."

Rejected, Danny sunk to the chair facing toward the ceiling. Vlad just shake his head and fix his hair. Vlad thought that when he found Daniel in police station, Daniel would be in a stage of depression for long time. It was strange how Daniel bounce back from his stage after 1 month of sulking and then started to wear white shirt with sleeves and collar modified to have checked pattern with white pants and converse shoe as his usual daily outfit. Not only that he has cut his hair mop to a quiff hairstyle with the top having dyed blond. Vlad can only tell himself that it is a better look than the dark and gloomy look on that month where Daniel only wore the black turtleneck cotton shirt with grey cargo pants and gloves. Daniel let his hair grow to the point, it so messy you can count 10 spikes on horizontal view. He didn't let the back hair like he did with his ghost form but all and all, with his eye bags, Daniel look like an emo. It is a vast improvement from that previous look and frankly Vlad rather have Daniel current style than that.

"I need a new haunt"

"What?" Vlad look at Danny like he is on drug. "you can't have a new haunt. Amity park is yours" argued Vlad. Danny doesn't even look away from the ceiling and what Danny said next shook Vlad's core. "Nah, I rather have a brand-new haunt. Without my family there, it just a painful memory. And let's be honest here Amity park is like penny to me now because it has no value there. Other than Valerie there." Danny finally look straight to Vlad eyes and said "You can have it. Not Valerie. Amity park will always think of me as a monster, not a hero. And GIW is not going to make anything better." Vlad stutter at the finality of Danny's tone and only seem to feel anger at Daniel "You're going to give it all up because some toddler in white suit frame you for murder and not doing ANYTHING back" Danny look confuse as he said "I thought you be happy after renouncing my way of being hero and Amity Park like you always want to. Is something wrong Vlad?" Vlad wanted to face palm so hard right now because honestly there is no denying that he truly wanted Daniel to renouncing his heroic way, but this is going against Danny core. "BECAUSE you will be unstable from not following your core. You would be truly be gone if you continue like this" Vlad raised his voice to truly show the horror of not following your obsession. "Not only, will you be unstable, but you would be slowly dying from lack of motivation to continue. I rather NOT see you melt or faded away because of some setback. And it IS serious when halfa lose their core. You… you would be in capable to even defend yourself"

Danny raise his hand to silent Vlad "I'm not going against my core. Protecting is what I do, and I protect my family, friends and myself. But I have myself now. That's why I want to move away from Amity Park. Everything Dangerous is there and I… will probably live in a city or something, safe from it. And There's nothing you can do about it." Danny said with a determine look, just asking Vlad to question it. Vlad only sign with resolve "And what about Ms. Grey? She knows of this?" Danny turning away just confirm Vlad suspicion. "Look Valerie knows I'm just going away from this place. Not how long. But I'll keep her in contact." Vlad just listen that statement with just somber look. "Do you know where you are going?" Vlad asked.

Danny look at Vlad with his back facing Vlad and state with most determine voice "Jump City."

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Vlad just burst out in laughter. "HEY! It's not funny" said the blushing Danny as he realized how stupid the city name sound.

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It's so typical fic