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10 years in the present

Danny grunted as he was punched halfway into the air by Skulker. Danny stopped in mid-air to rub the sore spot on his face where the metallic monster had hit him, "Geez, he's been learning!" Danny was about to head full speed for Skulker when his ghost sense went off, "What the-" He turned around to face his "cousin" Danielle, already in ghost mode and smiling.

"You look like you need a little help there, cuz," she said, powering up, "Can I?"

Danny smirked, "Sure, the more the better," he said, "Just be careful, I don't want a gooey green mess to clean up."

Danielle's face flashed fear for only an instant, but she nodded and flew down to help Danny fight Skulker, "Time to say goodnight!" She yelled as she threw a punch to the surprised Skulker.

Danny smiled, "Always nice to have a little back up," he said as he dove to join in the battle.

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Meanwhile, deep in the realms of the ghost zone, Clockwork watched the fight with caution, 'Something isn't right about this,' he thought to himself as he watched the battle, he extended his hand and fast forwarded the image to reveal fires, building coming down, and masses of screaming people, 'I thought I solved this problem,' he thought as he looked at the Fenton Thermos which contained Dark Danny.

Clockwork looked back at the screen and saw Danny's red eyes glaring into the distance, Clockwork stared intently as he switched his focus to another orb which contained present images of Vlad Masters making a road trip plan to nowhere but Amity Park. Clockwork sighed, "Of course, his interference is crucial to Daniel's stress."

Suddenly, the doors to his chambers swung open, "Clockwork!" one of the Observants said, "We have a problem!"

Clockwork sighed, "When do you not?"

The Observant waved his hand over one of the orbs to reveal the future Valerie making the wish, "This!"

Clockwork watched the scene with no emotion, "She's making a wish, why is that a problem?"

"This is why," the other said, waving his hand on another orb revealing the site where Vlad's mansion used to be.

Clockwork watched this scene with faked amazement, "Well, that certainly is a problem," he said, smiling.

The Observants both glared, "We know that you knew about this!" one said.

"And we came to find out what you're planning on doing about it!"

"Please," Clockwork said, "You two rush genius too fast, time is patience, which is all I ask."

"Time or patience?"

"Both," he replied, "Now, if you would be so kind," he said motioning towards the door, hinting for them to leave. The Observants said nothing as they headed for the door and left, leaving Clockwork to revel in this newly found glory, "Now this changes everything," he said as he looked at the thermos.

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The site of Vlad's mansion, ten years into the future

The air was still, too still. A trio of three fourteen year old boys was walking down the road that led to Master's mansion. One of them kicked a rock as they walked, "Guys this is so stupid, why are we even going to this place?" asked Vincent.

The black haired boy named Damien smirked, "Because you haven't proven your bravery by going down in to the old man's basement, or should we say his lab."

"Oh come on, can't we do something like play video games, I thought that was what we were planning to do today?"

Damien stopped, "Look, fifteen minutes and we're all out of there, okay?"

The third boy stopped, "Look, D, I like the thrill of trespassing, but its still trespassing, and we might get caught this time!"

Damien rolled his eyes as they stopped in front of the steel gate, "Look, Vincent, Peter, if you guys are too chicken, then that's okay, we'll just get bullied for the rest of our high school years."

"Or in juvenile jail," Peter added.

Damien looked at both of them, "Fine," he said, "I'm going," before Vincent and Peter could respond, Damien had climbed and jumped the gate and was walking towards the mess.

Vincent and Peter both looked at each other, Peter sighed, "He's going to be the end of me," he said as he followed Damien over the gate.

Vincent moaned in aggravation, "Oh come on guys! Let's just go!" When his cries fell on deaf ears, he decided to just follow them both. When he landed on the other side, he felt a little more confident and brave. Catching his breath, he ran after his friends, "Wait up!"

He finally caught up to them when they stopped at an opening in the ground with steps leading to Vlad's lab, "You guys need hearing aids," Vincent said, trying to catch his breath again, "What are you looking at?"

"The "basement"," Damien said, "I heard the old man did all kinds of experiments in there, you know, human experiments."

Vincent laughed, "Yeah, right!"

Damien looked surprised at his humor, "You think it's funny? Go down and find out."

Vincent shook his head, "You first."

Damien shrugged as he started to walk down the stairs, leaving Peter and Vincent to watch. Five minutes had passed and Vincent had made no sign that he was even down there yet.

Then the silent was split with a yell, "Whoa!"

Peter leaned in closer, "What is it?"

"It's okay guys, you gotta see this!"

Peter looked at Vincent and shrugged, "Well we're already here," he said as he walked down the steps. Vincent shook his head but followed anyway.

Vincent's eyes widened at the mess below. Parts of the ceiling scattered the floor, equipment was everywhere, it looked like someone got into a fight. Vincent watched his footing for broken glass as he walked through to where his friends were.

"Freaky stuff isn't it?" Damien asked them, "I bet he like cloned people, I mean look at all those chambers," he said pointing to the destroyed chambers, "Wow look at that," he said pointing to the medical bed, "Look at the restraints, they're broken."

Vincent suddenly felt a sense that someone else was there in the room with them, "Okay guys, we've seen enough, let's just go."

Peter looked at Damien, "Yeah man, something doesn't feel right all of a sudden."

Damien was about to retort but he felt it, too, "What is that?"

"What?"

"That sound," he said, "It sounds, like, chickens," he said as he looked at them with a dramatic surprised look, he laughed at Peter and Vincent's faces.

Peter glared at him as he and Vincent headed for the stairs, "Whatever, man, have fun."

Damien stopped laughing, "Alright, fine, it was just a joke," he said as he stepped into a hole through the debris, "Take a chill-hey," he said as he tried to jerk his ankle out of the hole, "I'm stuck."

"Yeah, sure," Peter said unbelievingly.

"No seriously!" Damien said, "Something's tugged me!"

Peter walked over to Damien and extended his hand, "Come on," he said as he tugged on Damien to get him out, he gave an odd look when he found that Damien really was stuck on something, "Geez, man what's got you."

Vincent walked over to them both, "Here let me move this stuff," he said.

Damien strained, "Whatever it is it's really gripping me!"

Vincent started moving the debris; he stopped suddenly and screamed as he ran towards the stairs, screaming all the way to the outside.

Damien smirked, "That scardey-hey what's wrong with you?" he said as he looked at Peter's frightened face, "Pete?" Peter backed away slowly and then ran out of the lab, following Vincent.

"What the-" Damien said as he looked down. His face twisted into one of fear as he saw a hand gripping his ankle tightly. A human hand. Damien screamed and kicked against it, once it let go he ran out screaming, following his friends.

It was finally quite in the lab and the hand reached for something to grab. The debris shifted and fell off of Danny Fenton's injured body. Slowly, he crawled from beneath the debris and tried to stand. The first thing he heard when he woke up was the muffled sounds of those kids, he thought he could get them to help but he was obviously mistaken.

Shakily, he hoisted himself up, taking in a deep breath, "How…..long….was I…out?" He asked in a rusty whisper. 'Wow,' he thought, 'My voice has changed.' He looked around the lab with an odd look, 'Where the hell am I?' He walked around the room in curiosity and he recognized the chambers, 'Masters,' he thought, "Oh…" Everything started coming back.

After the destruction of the Nasty Burger, Danny decided to stay with Vlad, in hopes to overcome his loss. He remembered faintly asking Danni to come with him, but she was too afraid to, she said she'd drop by to pay him a visit, but she wanted to carry out his job, protecting Amity Park.

Danny walked over to the medical bed and stopped, suddenly, memories of what had happened came resurfacing: the ghost gauntlets, Vlad hiding behind a table, something like a ghost hybrid of Plasmius and Phantom, and then pain. "Oh god…" Danny mumbled as he started backing away, paranoia setting in.

He looked around frantically until he backed into a wall. He turned around and faced a small mirror, revealing how ten years had aged him. Danny's breath came in short, "What…how," he started, suddenly in the mirror; he saw the Phantom's face snarling and laughing. "He's….gonna kill me," Danny said, going crazy. He turned around and saw Dan Phantom, facing him. Danny backed away as Dan looked at him, puzzled, just as he did before, then he opened his mouth and let a scream.

That was when Danny passed out.

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Note: No, Dan was never there. Danny was hallucinating. Anyway, please tell me what you think if you're reading this!