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Chapter thirteen, and the last chapter of Mimicry. I'm sorry it's late- Laptop problems.
I have to say I'm kind of sad to be finished. I've really enjoyed writing this, and hopefully you've enjoyed reading it too.
Last chapter, Danny was home after being kidnapped by Vlad.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN:Safe and Sound
They were in a secluded part of the park, hidden behind the trees.
Danny was stretched out on the grass, Sam and Tucker were sat a few meters away. They were watching Valerie and Mimic, who were mock-fighting in the air, both to practice and for fun.
"Hey, Sam, Tuck?"
He sat up to face his two friends, and they turned towards him, a questioning look on their faces.
"I know I've already said this, but I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Mimic right away."
Sam smiled. "That's alright, Danny. It all worked out, didn't it?"
Danny grinned, and laughed. "Yeah. Hey, Valerie!"
Valerie paused, and turned her jet sled so that she was facing him.
"Danny?"
"Aren't you tired? You've been doing that for half an hour, and I know Mimic might not care, but you probably do."
Valerie laughed. "It's not too bad, but you have a point. C'mon, Mimic."
Mimic floated down towards Sam and Tucker, Valerie a little way behind her. "Hey."
"Hi, Mimic. Hey, now that everyone's here..."
"Hmm?"
"Thanks again for coming to get me. I know, you wouldn't have left me there, but still."
"Heh. Really Danny, it wasn't a problem. We couldn't leave you to rot at Vlad's, now, could we?"
Danny grinned, and got to his feet. "Come on. Let's go to Nasty Burger, I'm hungry."
Tucker, moping because he was banned from his PDA for being late home, perked up. Sam sighed.
"Honestly Tucker, I don't know how you can eat those burgers. Why not try a nice salad or something? All that meat can't be good for you..."
"Never! I don't understand how you can eat all those veggies. Ugh!"
"Tucker!"
As soon as they arrived at the Nasty Burger, however, an icy blue mist left Danny's mouth, and he heaved a heavy sigh.
"Guys, we've got company..."
Mimic, as Antoinette, turned around, a puzzled look on her face. "Huh? Oh." She said, spotting Danny's ghost sense.
She sighed. "Great timing... alright, who wants to check it out?"
Danny smiled. "I'll do it. I'll call for you if I need any help okay?"
They nodded. "Sure, Danny. Val?"
Valerie grinned. "Ah, I'll go with Danny. I don't really want to spend my day off work at the Nasty Burger."
Sam laughed. "Fair enough. Come on then, you two." They turned and made their way to a table towards the back of the Nasty Burger, and after a few seconds of decision, Sam went up to the counter to order their food.
Danny and Valerie, meanwhile, were already up in the air, scouting for ghosts. It didn't take long before a familiar figure popped up.
"I am the BOX GHOST!" roared a portly blue figure. "BEWARE my CARDBOARD WRATH!"
Valerie turned to Danny.
Danny shook his head, and unscrewed the thermos. "Hey, box ghost?"
"Huh?"
"Beware!" he grinned, and sucked the ghost into the thermos as he turned around.
"Well, that was interesting." said Valerie, putting her ectogun away. "Nasty Burger?"
"Sure."
Mimic grinned at them as they walked through the door, privately thinking that it was astonishing how quickly things returned to normal. Just a day before, Danny had been being held captive in an evil ghost's mansion, and now here he was, chatting with his friends as though nothing had happened.
"Glad to be home, Danny?" she asked, a grin on her face.
"Yup. It's good to be back to normal."
Mimic stared at him. "Normal?"
Danny nodded, giving her a puzzled look. Mimic burst out laughing.
"Sorry, but... Danny, I'm technically dead, you're half-ghost, and we fight evil spirits with a teenage girl on a jet sled. I didn't think normal had anything to do with it."
"She has a point there, Danny." Sam smiled. "Your idea of normal isn't exactly that normal."
Danny grinned. "Ah, you know what I mean. It's good to be home."
Mimic smiled fondly.
"Yup, it certainly is."
There were a few moments of companionable silence.
"Although..." said Mimic thoughtfully.
"What?"
"I was just wondering... I don't think Mr and Mrs Fenton are going to be very pleased that we borrowed all their stuff."
Danny blanched a little as he realised that most of the borrowed weapons had been dumped in his room. "Oh..."
Valerie laughed. "Ah well, Danny. Just as you said- everything's all back to normal. And speaking of normal, Skulker should be here any second."
"What?"
"Just kidding. Hey, everyone finished eating?"
They got to their feet, grabbing their rubbish to throw away and headed out the door. Mimic watched as Sam, Tucker and Valerie each left to make their way home, and walked along side Danny towards FentonWorks.
"It really is amazing that you can get so used to ghost fighting, Danny."
Danny shrugged. "I guess, but there's no one else to do it, really, is there? I mean, Mom and Dad... Well, Valerie once said that they couldn't catch a ghost if it was living under their own roof, and that was before she knew my secret."
"Ouch. But they aren't that bad, you know. I mean... they must catch a few ghosts, right?"
"Not really. I mean, they've got a few of the smaller ones in their lab, but they're more like blobs of ectoplasm with teeth than actual ghosts. Their inventions come in handy though. Even if not always in the way they were intended to..."
"Huh?"
"Dad's ecto-dejecto. It was supposed to weaken a ghost, but it ended up saving Danielle's life when Vlad was trying to melt her."
"Heh. Well, see you Danny."
"Yeah, see you." he smiled and rummaged for his key in his bag, and Mimic went on alone.
Once she was away from FentonWorks, she switched forms to her ghostly self, and took off, being sure to stay out of range of Danny's ghost sense so he wouldn't end up coming to look for her. She landed on top of an office block, looking out over the city.
"He really is a good kid." she mused, spotting the outline of FentonWorks in the distance.
"Fighting for a town that doesn't fully accept him... at least he's not doing it alone now."
She grinned wistfully. "Amity Park, you don't know how lucky you are."
And with that , she floated up off the building and towards the run-down house she'd chosen to haunt. She hadn't been planning to actually stick around Amity Park for long, but...
Danny and Valerie shouldn't have to protect an entire town by themselves. So Mimic was quite definitely here to stay.
A hard chapter to write, probably because it's the last one. Aw... I'm going to miss writing this.
Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed this story, I really hope you've enjoyed reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it.
Thank you for sticking with me through this story. This was my first fanfic, but I don't think it'll be my last.
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