Disclaimer: I do not own Person of Interest or Danny Phantom. I'm just borrowing their characters.
AN: I'm using Bailee Madison as the face claim for Danielle.
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Phantom of Interest
Chapter Four: Phantom protected
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Third Person P.O.V.
Reese had been following their number all day, and he still didn't know what the girls name was. But he had to say, he was impressed with this number. The kid had some sticky fingers, he hadn't even seen her steal all of that food from the store. And then she proceeded to spend the rest of the day handing out the stolen food to homeless people. It had been a pretty quiet day. And then everything went to shit when she turned down an alley and came face to face with the men she'd beaten up the night before.
The men had spotted her almost instantly, and all of them had pulled their guns and started towards her. She didn't seem all that phased by the five men with guns approaching her, hell she didn't even turn to run away. The kid was either brave or stupid. Either way he wasn't about to let those men hurt her. Within seconds he had his gun out and was running up the alley behind her. He reached her side just as one of the men pointed his gun at her.
He grabbed her arm and yanked her back behind him, shooting at the men. Two of them went down as he shot them in the knee, and he yanked the girl back behind a set of dumpsters behind them. He continued to shoot at the men, ducking behind the dumpster every now and then to avoid the bullets flying his way.
"What the hell are you doing?!" The girl shouted, panic in her voice.
Out of the corner of his eye he could see her attempting to stand up from the crouched position he'd shoved her into behind the dumpster. A bullet whizzed past her head, but she barely even flinched.
"Stay down," He ordered, yanking her back down behind the dumpster.
He shot a couple more times at the remaining three men, who'd taken shelter behind a box truck by the loading dock. His gun clicked as the clip went empty, and he quickly changed out the clip. He leaned out from behind the dumpster and fired several rounds at the truck.
"Wait here," He ordered, moving out from behind the dumpster.
He rushed towards the truck, firing the whole way. He rounded one side of the truck, surprising the remaining three men, and shot them in the knees. They went down, and he quickly kicked their guns away from them.
"Seriously! What the hell man?" The girl shouted, appearing around the side of the truck.
"I told you to wait by the dumpster," Reese stated, moving towards her.
"Oh yeah sure, like I was gonna listen to you," She muttered, eyeing the groaning men on the ground.
They where all clutching their wounded knees, groaning in pain. He watched her as she checked over each of the men. The girl just kept on impressing him the longer he spent time around her. These guys had just tried to kill her, and she was checking on them to make sure they where okay. She feeds homeless people, and she looks after the people who try to kill her.
"You didn't have to shoot them! Seriously, what the hell?!" She questioned, worry lacing her voice.
"They where gonna shoot you," He replied, shrugging his shoulders.
"I had it handled, and I could have taken them out without shooting anybody. And then you come barreling in shooting up the place, vi granda simio," She stated, scowling at him.
He shook his head, a smile playing on his face. The kid was confident, he'd give her that. But that confidence was gonna get her killed one of these days. Reese's phone buzzed with a call from Fusco and he hit the answer button.
"Hey, I just got a report of shots fired down town. Was that you?" Fusco questioned the second he answered the phone.
"I've got five people here who are going to need an ambulance, and arresting," Reese muttered in reply, then hung up.
He turned to the girl and looked her over for injuries. He was relieved to see that she appeared unharmed, if a bit annoyed with him.
"Come on," Reese stated, grabbing her by her elbow and pulling her down the alley.
"Hey, quit it with the manhandling," She exclaimed, yanking her arm out of his grasp.
For a moment he was worried she was going to run off, but she kept pace with him as he made his way down the street.
"I'm Dani by the way. That's Dani with an I not a Y," She stated suddenly.
Reese faltered for a second at the name. How is it that she looked like Danny Fenton and even had the same name as him? After a moment he realized he hadn't responded to her introduction.
"Reese," He muttered.
"So Reese, where exactly are you taking me?" She questioned.
"The police station. I have a friend who works there, she'll help you," Reese answered.
At this the girl stopped, eyes narrowing dangerously.
"You mean she'll call social services and have me put in a home," She growled, arms crossing over her chest.
"Probably," He replied.
"Yeah, no thank you," She uttered, turning on the spot and heading in the opposite direction.
She didn't get far before Reese caught up to her and grabbed her arm once more, pulling her to a stop.
"Hey, hey, hey, what'd I say about the man handling?!" She exclaimed, once more yanking her arm free.
He could tell she was getting annoyed with him, and he didn't really blame her all that much. She'd been shot at not that long ago, and now she was faced with the prospect of being put in a group home. But there was no way he was letting her stay in that warehouse. That building wasn't safe for anyone to be living in, let alone a kid. He could already tell by the look on her face that she was going to be stubborn about it though.
"You can't live in that warehouse. It's not safe. There are people out there who are willing to help you," He stated.
"I don't need anyone's help, okay. I've been on my own since I was twelve, and I've been doing just fine," She replied, frowning up at him.
He frowned; she's been on her own since she was twelve?
"That warehouse still isn't a safe place to be living in," He said, shaking his head.
"Oh what, and that abandoned library you work out of is?" She questioned.
He froze at that and stared down at her in shock. How did she know about the library?
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AN: So Dani was totally going to handle those men all on her own. She was waiting for them to get close enough so she could take them out without having to use her powers. But before she could do that Reese jumped in and started shooting. Dani didn't really do anything after that because she was in shock that this man had just shot two men in the knees and was shooting at the others. She was not expecting that at all.
AN2: This chapter was a bitch and a half to write. I kept rewriting different scenes over and over because I just couldn't get it right or the way I wanted.
Translation: vi granda simio is Esperanto and it means 'You big ape'
