AN: Hey, guys!~ I'm getting worse with procrastination XD I just typed all of this except for maybe two lines that I did last night :P Ah well. At least I'm getting it to you all on time :) I will warn, though, you'll probably want to hate me after the chapter is over~ Also, let me know if anybody thinks I should up the rating at all. I don't think it's worthy of teen, but some might think so. . Anyways, I hope you enjoy!~

*Dani*

Pamela's reaction wasn't quite as Dani expected, but was definitely entertaining. Her mouth dropped open comically and started moving like a fish as she grasped for an explanation. Jeremy's wasn't quite as funny as his eyes just went wide and her simply stared at Dani. It was almost worth the next occurrence. Almost.

As soon as her words settled into their minds as well, Jack and Maddie promptly began yelling at her, but their words jumbled together so Dani couldn't make out anything. Upon realizing this, Maddie stood up, her chair falling backwards with a too-loud clatter as she didn't scoot back, then stormed out of the room and down to the lab. Jack stopped yelling as well then glared at Dani for a moment before following his wife. Jeremy and Pamela were still in the same positions as before while Sam was still eating her vegetarian dish as if nothing was happening.

Dani was starting to feel guilty. Sure, it was the truth, but sometimes the truth was just too much for some people. She got up slowly and caught Sam's eye. The older girl shook her head at Dani, but Dani didn't listen as she started to approach the fifties-style couple.

"Mr. and Mrs. Manson? Are you alright?" she asked. She reached out to nudge Pamela's are them jumped back in surprise when the woman violently jerked herself away from Dani. She was really feeling guilty now as she saw the couple staring at her, as well as insecure. She couldn't do nothing, though. She reached towards her again but wished she hadn't immediately. Pamela yelped and swatted Dani's hand away from her, getting as far back from Dani on her chair as she could.

"G-get away from me, you freak!" she yelped. Dani froze and silently pulled her arm back then took several large steps back, trying to keep the tears pooling in her eyes from falling, but not succeeding. She barely heard as Sam leapt up from her spot and promptly began yelling her head off at her parents. Instead, Dani turned on her heel and ran out, morphing before she got through the front door and taking flight.

She kept flying while she let herself cry, staying invisible as well. Eventually, she found a tall rooftop with no easy access, where she landed. She sat against the raised edge and curled into a ball, trying to stop her tears though they refused.

'I never should've come here,' ran through her head. She hoped it wouldn't, but then that stupid little voice known as a conscience decided to show up.

"Aw, but then what about helping Danny? You're doing good being here. Sure, it's hard, but at least he can get things sorted out with his parents," it encouraged.

'Yeah, sure, but how do I even know that? So far, I'm pretty sure I've only made his parents worse. All the while, I'm finding out just how much I don't like people. I don't get how Danny did it, protecting them all when they hated him.'

"He did it because they needed him. Just like he needs you right now. You may think you're not doing any good, but you can't know that for sure." Dani hated it, but she was starting to feel better. She had stopped crying at the very least. "There you go. Now, you can go back an-" the voice cut off as Dani jerked up at a crash and screams a couple streets away. She leapt up just in time for her ghost sense to go off.

"Where are they all coming from?! Danny said he locked up the Portal!" she complained to the air before jumping off the roof. She yelped as she was grabbed from behind by pitch black arms before she could even start flying to the people in need.

"My, aren't you just wonderful," cooed a sickly-sweet voice behind her as more screams echoed up to them.

*Danny* ((AN: Remember that he's still invisible and intangible!))

He blinks as he stares around the kitchen, wanting to cover his ears at the yelling. So many questions rolling through his head. Why was Sam and her parents here? Where was his family? Why was Sam screaming her head off AT her parents at his house? He focuses on Sam's words then, hoping to decipher something about the situation.

"-have called him a freak?! HUH?! WHAT ABOUT ME?! WOULD YOU CALL ME A FREAK IF I WERE LIKE THEM?! They're better people than either of you will EVER even HOPE to be! They're people I CARE ABOUT and you two should at least respect them!" She takes a moment to breathe, and Danny starts thinking it over. By the table, they had obviously been over for dinner and something must've happened. From Sam's words, he guesses one of them had said something derogatory towards Dani or himself. He doesn't particularly care about anything said about himself, but anything about Dani is another story. He knows she doesn't trust easily, nor does she get along with people very well. Vlad had partially ruined her when he turned on her, and Danny still isn't sure if she can ever be made completely whole again.

For the time being, he pushes the thoughts out of his head and floats upstairs to give his ears a break. He goes out of the bathroom and down the hall, carefully poking his head into Jazz's room to find it empty. He shrugs and checks his own room, figuring whatever happened had caused Dani to run out and Jazz to follow her. He sighs to himself then flies up through the roof and goes up high, looking around for any sign of his sister and cousin. He doesn't see them and is about to go into the Op Center when screams echo over to his. He groans.

"Where are they all coming from?! I locked the Portal!" he complains before taking off in the direction. His ghost sense goes off when he's closer. He looks down at the street to see a glowing green panther has a teenager a couple years younger than Danny pressed against a light pole. The teen is the one screaming. Danny has to keep himself from wanting to laugh, as he had honestly expected a little girl by the pitch. He shakes it off and dives down, making only his hands tangible as he tears the panther away from the man and intangible again with the ghost as he pushes him down into the sewer. The panther lands on its feet in the mucky water below, scowling at getting wet. Wait, scowling?

"Just who we're looking for. The little loooser himself~" taunts Bertrand, his tail swaying to and fro. Danny glares at him, still wondering how they got out. He's honestly still a bit angry from the other day when they started tormenting a playground.

"Oh, looky.~ You still don't know how to reign in those hormones, do you? I guess that's just one more way you're absolutely useless.~" Danny scowls at him, but doesn't attack just yet. He knows Spectra is around somewhere as well and doesn't want to be caught off guard by her. Bertrand senses his suspicion and grins, extra sharp teeth looking rather menacing. "You don't have to worry about my wonderful partner-in-crime just now. You see... she's already got her hands full dealing with your over-emotional sisters.~" Danny doesn't even have time to gasp before Bertrand is leaping at him. Danny does nothing, thinking he's still intangible, but finds out too late that he had lost intangibility at some point as Bertrand slams into him then against the wall of the sewer pipe. His newly-healed ribs groan in protest, as do the others as pain jabs throughout his back. Bertrand digs his claws into the cement, pinning Danny's arms to the wall.

Danny kicks up sideways, hoping to ram his boot against Bertrand's head, but the full ghost expects it and turns his head and snatches Danny's foot with his mouth. He digs his teeth in through the tough material and into Danny's foot before dropping it, causing Danny's foot to hit the ground hard. He yelps as it does, the new wounds stinging with pain. He struggles against Bertrand's claws, trying to wiggle his arms free, but Bertrand simply digs deeper into the wall. He smiles at Danny, far too humanoid for his current form and even more menacing-looking with the green and red of Danny's blood on his teeth. Danny grimaces as he shifts his weight equally on both feet again, keeping from wincing as the bite wound presses against his re-formed boot sole. There's an explosion overhead on the street. Bertrand makes the mistake of looking up.

Danny lets his weight go onto his trapped arms and raises both feet.

"Hey, kitty, kitty." Bertrand looks back at him just in time to be shoved in chest with both of Danny's feet, dislodging him from the halfa. Danny keeps himself in the air as Bertrand roars with pain, the tips of his fingers oozing ectoplasm. Danny glances back at the wall and understands as he sees Bertrand's claws still within the wall.

"I guess that's one way to de-claw a cat," he comments then tenses as Bertrand growls and extends new ones. "Oooor maybe not." He dives to the side to avoid Bertrand as he leaps at Danny, regretting it as one of the new claws catches his leg.

'I've gotta get out of this tight space. I can't really DO anything.' Danny thinks, looking around for an exit but having to dodge yet again. Bertrand's at the point of swinging rather wildly, angered by his injury. It continues for several minutes like that with Danny barely getting out of the way in the confined space until he smacks himself in the head and goes intangible.

"Why do I always forget to do that when I fight you?" he asks then leaps through the ground, soaring up to float in the sky and looking around, hoping to catch sight of Spectra and remaining incorporeal and invisible. Worry is setting in as well. Did Bertrand mean it when he spoke of Danny's sisters? Were Dani and Jazz alright?

He hears a familiar yell from behind him a ways and looks, making out a small mass of black and white in the sky several buildings away from him. The mass convulses for a moment before Danny realizes it's two people.

Spectra and Dani.

Hate me yet? XD Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I reeeeally just wanted to do another one. Despite how much I torment you all, I truly love all of my readers and am so glad to have you!~ Have a good day!~ F, F, & R!~