Sorry guys creep out factor now rises back up to about 9.7 I think. Maybe higher, depends on you.

Chapter Six

"I am not a baby sitter," were the first words out of Clockwork's mouth when Danny appeared.

"But I need help," Danny growled as he floated in Clockwork's domain.

"Do not look to me as a solution for your problem. I cannot help you in this instance. In fact, if you knew what I knew you'd be begging me to fix time so that you'd never have taken your sister from your nemesis."

"What!" Danny asked in shock as he stared at Clockwork. The ghost was looking back at him expressionlessly as he changed from young man to old.

"Jazz is my sister," Danny said. "I love her. She needed help. She asked to be rescued. How could you dare to think I would leave her…."

"Daniel," Clockwork said gently. "Trust me. I would never steer you in a direction which would bring harm upon you and your timeline."

"What about Jazz? What about bringing harm on Jazz?" Danny yelled.

"Sometimes, we have to make…sacrifices for the good of the many." Clockwork responded. He moved to one of the mirrors on the wall and pointed. "Besides she was in no danger."

"Of course she was in danger!" Danny yelled angrily

"You're sister's presence in Vlad's life changed his plans" Clockwork told Danny. "Otherwise, this is the future you would be dealing with."

Danny looked at the portal. Amity Park was completely decimated. Not a living soul remained. Danny could see ghosts wandering about. The scene flashed to the basement of Fenton Works, the majority of the building was rubble. Danny's parents dead. Danny winced at the scene. The scene flashed to school. Everyone, Sam and Tucker. Dead. Danny's human form floating in the Ghost Zone dead.

Danny took a deep breath and rubbed the back of his neck. "What did he do?"

Clockwork turned grimly to Danny. "He unleashed a fury from the Ghost Zone which ripped through the very fabric of both worlds. Your world was flooded with unspeakable horrors and beings. Too many and too sudden to fight. Vlad could not suppress or control the result of his actions. He too perished, as well as your sister."

Danny opened and closed his mouth. "Isn't there anything else we can do?" he asked. "I mean other than letting Jazz stay with Vlad." Clockwork floated away and turned his back to Danny.

"Perhaps you would like to see in the past," Clockwork said and gestured to another scene. Danny took an exasperated look and turned his gaze to Vlad and Jazz standing on the beach.

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"It's incredibly beautiful here Vlad," Jazz, who was wearing a blue sundress and a large sunhat, said as she turned and smiled.

"Yes," Vlad answered. "St. Tropez is one of my favorite places to visit." Jazz moved toward Vlad and he stepped away. He was keeping his distance from her. Jazz looked hurt.

"I never imagined I'd visit France," Jazz said a frown gracing her face, she turned away from the ocean and began walking back up the beach, the expression on her face showed her extreme distress. Vlad waited a moment then followed her.

The couple said very little as they returned to Vlad's villa. Jazz took off her hat and placed it on the large square coffee table and sat down on a big red couch.

"You must be hungry," Vlad said as he took off his suit jacket and draped it on the back of the couch.

"No," Jazz said blankly as she looked down in her hands. "I'm actually rather tired." It looked as though she wiped a tear from her eye as she stood and walked by Vlad. He took her hand and stopped her.

"Why are you so sad my dear?" He asked. Jazz looked at her hand in Vlad's she looked into his face. It looked as if she was going to say something, but she changed her mind and smiled.

"I'm just tired," She answered then bit her lip. Something was bothering her and she was looking for courage to mention it. Instead of talking she walked forward and put her arms around Vlad. The look on his face was one of discomfort, as though he was going to push Jazz away from him. He patted her back stiffly then put her a reasonable distance away.

"You should rest," he said stoically. Jazz's face grew sadder.

"Why did you bring me here?" She asked her voice full of misery.

"To rest," Vlad answered. "I always come here before I execute one of my plans. This one is going to be the one which finally exposes your father as a complete idiot and brings your brother to my…to our side."

Jazz blinked at Vlad a moment. "I thought…I thought you loved me." She said her voice was soft and revealed her embarrassment.

"Of course I do," Vlad said in annoyance.

Jazz narrowed her eyes and stepped toward Vlad. He stepped back then put his hands on her shoulders, forcing Jazz to keep her distance. She looked very confused. Jazz pulled away from him and started walking away.

Vlad remained where he stood until Jazz left the room and then he sat down and let out a deep breath, rubbing his hands across his face tiredly.

"She's unhappy," Danny told Clockwork.

"Not for the reasons you think," Clockwork said.


"She's not herself," Danny countered.

"She is herself, she is only changed by the belief that she loves him. Though, I think by now she is realizing that he does not return such emotions." Clockwork answered.

Danny wrinkled his face in disgust. "She's upset because Vlad doesn't love her?" he asked in disbelief.

"Look," Clockwork said as the scene changed.

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"Why are you crying?" Vlad asked from the door his expression one of horror as Jazz lay curled up on the couch. She looked up at him and shook her head. He looked uncertain for a moment then sat down beside her.

"Just go away," Jazz told him. "Just leave me alone. I don't know why you married me."

"Because it is integral to my plan," Vlad told her.

"Not because you love me?" Jazz asked as she looked at him with wounded eyes. Vlad sighed deeply and sat down beside Jazz. He wiped the tears from her eyes and sighed. He opened his mouth to say something but then seemed to reconsider.

"Of course I love you Jasmine," he said then smiled stiffly.

"He's lying," Danny said to Clockwork who arched his eyebrow at Danny.

"Then why do you keep your distance from me?" Jazz asked as she reached forward and took Vlad's hand. He looked extremely uncomfortable. "I am your wife, yet you sleep in another room. You won't spend time with me. I cannot even touch you without you pulling away from me. I don't understand."

Vlad sighed in annoyance. "I don't have time for this Jasmine," he said. "It is not for you to question me, but to obey." Jazz blinked at him in shock as tears spilled from her eyes.

"Look how he's hurting her!" Danny yelled. "He's just using her. This is disgusting."

"Don't cry," Vlad said in annoyance. Jazz shook her head. A look of exasperation flashed across his face and he drew her into his arms and held her while she cried.

"See," Clockwork said. "He's not completely inhuman." Danny make a rude noise and shook his head.

"I cannot afford emotional entanglements," Vlad said though seemingly more to himself than Jazz. She sighed then looked up at Vlad.

"Can you trust me?" she asked. Vlad gave her a strange look.

"Trust isn't an issue here Jasmine." Vlad answered. "There is just too much you don't understand."

"Then make me understand," Jazz told him angrily as she pulled away slightly and looked into his eyes. Vlad shook his head and Jazz sighed. She put her hand on his face and he turned his head away from her. He seemed to catch what he was doing and stopped and sighed. Jazz was looking at him with pain filled eyes.

"I'm sorry Sweetheart," He said soothingly as he hugged her and put her head on her chest and rocked her back and forth. "I know this is hard for you, but can't you just trust me."

"Not if you can't trust me," Jazz replied. Vlad smiled slightly and chuckled.

"Tomorrow," Vlad said. "Just wait until tomorrow and I will have something for you."

"A present?" Jazz asked as she closed her eyes and cuddled as close as she could to him.

Vlad smiled almost evilly. "Yes," he drawled. "It's a present of sorts." Jazz seemed to relax.

Danny sighed. "What's the point of showing me this Clockwork?" he asked in frustration. "All I see is Jazz being mistreated."

"But you see he's not hurting her," Clockwork pointed out.


"You don't see that she's hurting?" Danny yelled.

"Can't you see that he's being honorable?" Clockwork asked. "Or at least trying to be. He's not taking unfair advantage of her emotional state." Danny grumbled under his breath.

"All right," Clockwork said. "Lets move on."

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The scene again found Jazz curled up on the couch. This time she was reading a book as Vlad sat in a chair across from her. He seemed to be working on an electronic device. Tools were spread out on the coffee table and was cursing in frustration.

Jazz looked up at him and frowned. "Having trouble?" she asked. Vlad said nothing as he looked up at her for a moment, then began working on the device again. Jazz sighed then looked at her book then back at Vlad who was grumbling to himself.

She bit her lip then stood and walked behind the chair, putting her hands on his shoulders. "Maybe I can help you," she said.

"No," Vlad growled as he pulled away from her. Jazz didn't take no for an answer. She reached forward and took the device and the tools from his hands.

"Jasmine," he said warningly as he watched her sit in the chair beside him, looking at the device.

"What are you trying to do?" she asked.

Vlad gave her an exasperated sigh. "It needs to be calibrated to point two oh four three six, but it won't set. Jazz nodded her head as she looked at the device a moment then fiddled with the tool.

"You don't think that point two oh four three six isn't too high of a resonance?" She asked as she began using the little screw driver, twisting until the device started humming.

"What do you know about resonance?" Vlad asked. Jazz only smiled. She finished her work and handed it back to Vlad.

"Easy," She said. He gave her a skeptical look then smiled at the device.

"You're brilliant," he laughed.

"Of course I am," Jazz said happily. "My mother is Maddie Fenton after all."

Vlad's eyes glittered as he looked at Jazz. "Yes you are my dear." He smiled then put his work down and looked at her thoughtfully. Jazz raised her eyebrows and smiled.

"So," she said. "I thought you came here to relax."

"I am relaxing," Vlad said.

"You didn't look relaxed a moment ago," she pointed out. Vlad shook his head then stood and stretched. Jazz sighed and watched as he walked to the window.

"Come swim with me," she said. Vlad turned and gave her a surprised look.

"Swimming?" he asked.

"Yeah," Jazz said as she jumped up and walked over to him. "It's fun. Relieves tension. Exercise is not only good from the body, it's good for the mind. It will help you think clearly."

Vlad thought for a moment. "All right Jasmine," he said. "I'll go swimming with you."

Danny sighed heavily. "Again, What is the point of this?" he asked impatiently.

"I am trying to make a point," Clockwork said.

"That Vlad is cold, calculating, incapable of even being able to feign being in love? Or are you saying he's honorable because he's not trying to make Jazz believe that he cares?" Danny shook his head in disgust.

"The Vlad you see here is barely recognizable next to the one you met in Wisconsin when you arrived to take Jazz away," Clockwork said. "I am trying to show you what brought him to that state so that you can understand.."

"Vlad is incapable of feeling," Danny growled. "He was trying to manipulate the situation."

"Then continue to watch." Clockwork said. "I will show you more." Danny sighed and looked at the next few scenes. Each one showed Vlad working less on his maniacal plot and thawing toward Jazz. Clockwork showed many instances of the two having long philosophical discussions and ultimately becoming very comfortable with each other as they went on adventures, touring different regions of France. It did look as though they began to enjoy each other's company..


Clockwork looked at Danny then slowed things down.

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Vlad and Jazz ran through the door laughing to get away from the rain. They burst through the door and into the villa.

"Oh Jasmine," Vlad laughed. "You are a funny one."

"Thank you," Jazz said as she dried off her hair then pulled her wet shirt away from her body. "I'm a cold one too!"

Vlad smiled slightly then looked away from Jazz almost shyly. Jazz laughed then walked over and hugged Vlad tight. He smiled genuinely as he returned the embrace, even dropping a kiss on the top of her head.

Jazz tilted her face up to look at him. Vlad looked thoughtful for a moment then put his hand on the side of her face and pulled her closer as he bent down and placed a kiss on her lips. Jazz sighed as she wound her arms up around his neck and pressed herself closer. Suddenly the kiss was much more than a kiss.

"Stop!" Danny yelled and turned around.


"Is there a problem?" Clockwork asked.

"I don't want to see this," he growled. "I won't look."

"Then listen," Clockwork advised. Danny shot him a withering look, but the keeper of time was unphased. Danny said nothing else as he turned back to watch.

"You are so sweet," Vlad told Jazz.

"I am?" She asked teasingly. "Why?"

"Because you've made me do something I swore I'd never do!" Vlad told her almost gruffly as he searched her face.

"What is that?" she asked as she pulled his hair out of its usually neat ponytail and fanned his hair around his shoulders.

Vlad seemed to think for a minute. "I've fallen in love with you," he admitted.

Jazz looked confused. "I thought you already loved me," she said, she began to look troubled.

Vlad laughed. "You are brilliant, smart, funny, my intellectual equal in every way. You are the partner I've been waiting for all my life."

"It's a good thing you married me then huh?" Jazz laughed as she smiled into his eyes.

"I'm putting aside my work," he told her seriously. "All I'm going to focus on from this day forward is making you happy."

"Just being with you makes me happy," Jazz told him. Vlad said nothing more as he lifted Jazz into his arms and carried her down the hall.

"Enough!" Danny hissed angrily as he turned his back. "I don't know what you think your doing Clockwork. If you are in league with Vlad or what. But I don't want to see this and I don't understand the point. This is sick and disgusting.

Clockwork sighed. "I'm not in league with anyone but those who want to keep the timeline in check."

"I don't want to see anymore," Danny said. "You've seen Jazz. You see the state she's in. You see how crazy she is now…"

"He loves her," Clockwork said. "And that changes his plans and his focus."

"He doesn't love her," Danny growled in disgust. "Vlad isn't capable of love. He's a disgusting perverted psychopath! You can't manipulate time to make me see it any different."

"All right," Clockwork said. "Would you like to see what he's doing at this present time?"

Danny thought for a moment. It would be good to know what Vlad was planning. He looked at Clockwork then turned to see.

Vlad sat in a chair in his study looking rather unkempt. In his hand was a glass of amber liquid as he sat forward with one hand over his face.

"And that's supposed to move me to sympathy?" Danny asked.

Vlad finally stood and picked up the device sitting on his desk. He pushed a few buttons then walked back down into the lab.

"Well Jasmine," he said to himself. "I don't need you to enact my plans." He closed his eyes and frowned for a moment. Then put the device down and then sat again. "But without you what does it matter."

He changed to Plasmius and moved toward the Ghost Portal. "But I will have you back beside me. I'll keep my promise."

"What promise?" Danny asked.

Clockwork smiled grimly. "Trust me Danny," he said. "You don't want to see…"

Danny growled in frustration. "I'm not giving her back to him."

"What more do I have to say to convince you?" Clockwork asked.

"What more do you have?" Danny replied.

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Oh please don't hate me. I know this chapter seemed almost fluffy and sweet. I just wanted to show why suddenly Vlad had feelings for Jazz when we ALL know he loves Maddie. Of course there is more, but that's for next time.

So now I need reviews because this is disturbing and I need comfort. REVIEW!