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Chapter Five

No one spoke a word the entire way home. Danny landed the Speeder in the back yard then turned and looked at Jazz.

"Open the door," Jazz ordered him through clenched teeth. The minute the speeder was open Jazz was out of it. Screaming for her dad.

"Jazz?" Maddie said as she was working with Jack the lab and looked at her husband who froze. They both turned to the door of the lab just in time to see a streak fly through the door and hit Jack, almost knocking him off balance.

"Daddy," Jazz cried as she threw her arms around her father.

"Jazz?" Jack said in bewilderment then looked at his wife who had her hand over her mouth, tears suddenly in her eyes. She walked forward and put her arms around her daughter and husband. Jack closed his arms around them and held them both as Jazz cried.

Jazz took several gulping breaths as shed wet hot tears against her father's orange jumpsuit. She could feel her mother pressing against her back whispering words of comfort and stroking her almost nonexistent hair. She felt safe for the first time since she realized who and where she was. She closed her eyes and breathed in the scent of her father as she kept her cheek pressed against his chest.

"What happened?" Maddie asked as she looked up at her husband. Jack shook his head then looked over at the door to the lab where Danny stood, his best friends ever present behind him. The boy looked shattered as he watched his parents comforting his sister.

"Danny," Jack said as he moved his arm. Danny took a deep breath and walked forward, joining in the group hug. Tears began pouring down his own face as his mother moved to accommodate him. Jazz moved her arm around Danny's waist and he began sobbing too.

Tucker and Sam looked at each other with wide tear filled eyes from their vantage point at the door, they were unconsciously clinging to each other and sniffling. Both friends suddenly felt like they were intruding on a very private family moment.

"We should go," Sam said as she squeeze Tucker's hand. Neither of them really wanted to leave, but it was the right thing to do.

"Sam!" Maddie called. "Tucker!"

"Yes?" the two friends asked in unison.

"Where do you think you're going?" she said sternly. "This is a family moment. Get down here." She moved her arm and indicated there was room to accommodate them beside Danny. Tucker and Sam ran forward and into the space Maddie had made for them and cried too.

Maddie locked eyes with Jack. A deeply disturbed, worried look passed between the two Fenton parents. Jack would have wiped away the tears running down his face, but he wasn't about to let go of his family to do it. He was just glad he was big enough to hold them all.

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No one questioned Jazz. They said nothing about her appearance and absolutely nothing about Vlad. Maddie ordered pizza. The family watched movies and ate and laughed and talked about old times, comforting memories.

"I'm tired," Jazz said as she yawned and stretched. "I'm going to go to bed." Everyone paused and looked at each other.

"I'm okay," Jazz told everyone as she made her way up the stairs. "It's okay to leave me alone."

"Tell me if you need anything," Maddie called after her then frowned and looked at Danny.

"You want to know what happened huh?" Danny asked.

"I want to know everything," Jack growled. "And then I am going to take a blaster down to Wisconsin and use it on Vladdy."

Danny looked at Tucker and Sam. He debated on how much he should tell his parents. Should he give them the whole story? Should he tell them that Vlad was half ghost and by virtue reveal who he was? No. It wasn't the right time.

"Apparently," Tucker said speaking for Danny as he recognized his friend's inability to talk at the moment. "Vlad did something to Jazz."

"Well Duh!" Jack said.

"Something ghostly," Danny added causing Tucker and Sam to look at each other worriedly.

"Ghostly!" both Jack and Maddie said with wide eyes.

"He brain washed her," Sam spoke up and interjected. "He had her believing that he loved her. That she loved him and that's that." She gave both Tucker and Danny a stern look.

"He told me that it's war," Danny said bleakly. "That he would get her back."

"I'd like to see him try it," Jack growled. "He dares show his face here and I'll tear him limb from limb!"

Maddie looked toward the stairs worriedly then jumped up and ran. Danny,Tucker and Sam stayed and looked at Jack.

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Jazz threw herself on the bed in her room and sighed. She had no tears left to cry. She was home. She had escaped, despite what Vlad said would happen. And she was safe. She looked at her brother's ghost form sitting at the window and sighed. Of course, she realized she had left her sanity somewhere along the way. She wondered if she'd ever get it back.

"I think you need to do something about you hair," ghostly Danny said. "I think it scares your family. Jazz waited a moment then walked to the mirror. She gasped at the hideous site of her mangled tresses.

"Yeah," she replied. "Very scary." She dug in her drawers for a turquoise head band. It just didn't work to cover the mess. She went to her closet and pulled out a ski cap and pulled it over her head.

She nearly jumped as there was a knock on the door. "Come in," She said shakily. It was only her mother. She sighed and smiled and looked at the mirror.

"What did you do to your hair?" Maddie asked as she pulled the ski cap off of Jazz's head.

"I cut it off," Jazz answered with a laugh. Maddie nodded her head and seemed to produce out of no where, an electric hair trimmer and a large blue scarf.

"Let's see if we can't clean it up a little okay?" she asked gently. Jazz went to sit down and Maddie plugged in the hair trimmer. When she was done, Jazz had the equivalent of a crew cut. Maddie sighed as she rubbed her hand over her daughter's hair.

"What color was your hair before?" she asked as she examined the cut remnants..

"The same as yours," Jazz answered as she ran her own hand over her fuzzy head. "He had it permed too. I looked like I stepped out of your college year book." She laughed slightly and shook her head.

"Hmmm," Maddie said as she folded the blue scarf then tied it on Jazz's head.

"I had contacts too," Jazz said. "I guess he was trying to make me into you." Maddie nodded her head and said nothing.

"But I'm okay Mom," Jazz said. "I'm home now. Everything is all right." She smiled shakily and Maddie just looked at her.

"I'm sorry," Maddie finally said. "I always knew Vlad was a creep. I also knew he had a sick obsession with me. I never realized exactly how deep that obsession ran. I should have protected you better."

"You couldn't have known Mom," Jazz said. "It's not your fault he's a crazed up fruit loop."

Maddie laughed slightly as she rubbed her forehead. "For some reason I just don't feel right leaving you alone.

"I'm not alone," Jazz said as she pointed to a chair. "Danny's here. He'll protect me." Maddie gave her daughter a worried look.

"Danny's downstairs Sweetie," she told her gently.

"No," Jazz laughed. "His ghost half is here with me!"

Maddie blinked at her daughter for a moment. "What?"

"You know," Jazz said. "His ghost half? Danny Phantom. He's here. He's was with me before anyone came to rescue me. He keeps telling me that he's me, but he's just trying to be funny."

"All right," Maddie said as she hugged her daughter. "Tell Danny to come get me if you need anything."

"Mom," Jazz laughed as she shook her head. "I can't! You don't know that Danny's half ghost. You'd try to hunt him down and experiment on him. I can't send him to you." She frowned.

Maddie smiled, "Tell him not to worry. If he comes to get me, I'll know you need something."

"Okay," Jazz said as she crawled into bed. "I love you Mom."

"I love you too Sweetie," Maddie replied then left the room.

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"Jazz has completely lost her mind," Maddie said as she retuned downstairs.

"Why do you say that?" Jack asked.

Maddie looked at Danny a moment then back at her husband. "Do you want to know why she feels safe alone in her room upstairs?"

"Why?" Jack asked as he blinked at his wife.

"Because she says Danny is upstairs with her," Maddie said she looked at Danny who froze. "She says that Danny is Danny Phantom and he's upstairs keeping her safe."

Sam grabbed Danny's arm and he quieted her. Tucker put his hand over his mouth and Maddie looked at the trio thoughtfully.

"There's a ghost upstairs?" Jack asked and started to stand. Maddie made him stay seated.

"No," Maddie said. "It must be the way she is compensating for all the terrible things that have been happening."

"I think I need to go to my room," Danny said suddenly. "Sam? Tuck?" Two friends in question looked at Danny a minute then followed him to his room.

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"Oh my gosh!" Sam said as she sat down in her usual spot. "Jazz totally ratted you out!"

"But Maddie didn't believe her," Tucker pointed out.

"We've got worse things to deal with than Mom and Dad finding out about my ghost half," Danny said then filled them in on his conversation with Vlad.

"I knew it was too easy," Tucker said in disappointment.

"So what are we going to do?" Sam asked.

"There's no we," Danny replied. "It's just me."

Tucker shook his head. "No way are you going to be able to take him on alone."

"He's too strong," Sam pointed out.

"What are you going to do anyway, stick him in a Fenton Thermos forever?" Tucker added.

"If I have to," Danny answered. "Anything to protect Jazz."

Sam kicked her feet for a moment then said. "How long to you think we have until he makes his move?"

"He's probably planning right now," Danny said as he paced around the room. "He'll act quick. Try to keep us off guard."

"Maybe we should try to hide her," Sam suggested. "I can take her to my house."

Tucker shook his head. "Like Vlad doesn't know where you live."

"What about a ghost shield," Sam said. "One like Vlad has."

"Or the Ghost Zone," Danny said. "We could take her to Clockwork."

"Clockwork?" Tucker asked. "Why Clockwork?" Danny didn't answer. He walked out of his room and down to the lab.

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Maddie and Jack stayed in the living room for only long enough to miss Danny and his friends as they stole down to the lab. They were a couple who were so well in synch with each other that they needed to say very little to convey their thoughts.

"To the lab Mads?" Jack asked his eyes shining fiercely.

Maddie smiled at her husband grimly and nodded her head. "We've never made anything but ghost weapons before Jack. I'm nervous about this."

"No need to be nervous Maddie," Jack assured his wife. "We're protecting Jazz. It's the right thing to do.

Maddie nodded her head as they disappeared inside the lab.

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