Chapter 9: Abby

Abby is upset at everyone. Tori not only believes Shadow is a good guy but also refuses to tell her his true identity so nobody would believe any longer Shadow's her brother, Jake Fenton. Of course, Shadow is Jake but Abby doesn't know it. Her own brother prefers to let this continue rather then telling who Shadow really is. Her Dad forbids her from forcing the truth out of whoever knows it. Abby is so distracted by her thoughts she doesn't notice Plasmius phasing through the wall and leaving a box in her room.

"What's that?" Abby asks as she notices the box. Out of curiosity, she opened the box and found a strange gun inside it. She also found a note.

Dear Abigail,

Inside this box is a weapon that renders a ghost powerless for three hours. Just hit him (or her) with a shot. Initially it would require the user to make the weapon's front extremity to get in contact with the ghost but now you can just shoot a beam. I hope you can use this to expose Shadow.

Yours truly,

A fan.

I don't know who this fan is. Abby thought. But I'm not complaining. With that in mind, the Ghost Girl flies away carrying the gun. Invisible and from a safe distance, the fruitloop observes his newest pawn in action.

In another part of town, Shadow is fighting Skulker. It is a hard battle but Shadow manages to suck the hunter into a Fenton Thermos 2.0. Unfortunately for him, this battle provides the distraction Abby needs to hit him. Shadow is reverted back to his human self, minus the cape and bandana, since they aren't original results of his transformation.

No. It can't be. Abby thinks. Shadow can't be Jake. He must be someone who shares his taste for clothing or is wearing Goth just to trick me. Jake would know I'd stop attacking Shadow if they were one and the same. Wouldn't he?

Abby's so focused on her thoughts she doesn't bother to keep Jake from falling. On the other hand, Plasmius 'rescues' him. After that, the fruitloop activates a remote control that makes Abby's weapon explode, somehow triggering its effect on her. Tori, who's flying around, saves Abby from falling.

"Hahahahahahahaha." Plasmius laughs. "You did well, my pawn. Now that I have your brother on my power I'll make him pay for not staying on my side. I'll take him to my lab, where I'll create an army of Shadow clones."

"Oh, no. You won't." Dani says, invisible, while she rescues Jake from Plasmius. "You won't harm my nephew."

"Danielle?" Plasmius asks, surprised and enraged. "What are you doing here?"

"I heard about how close to exposure my nephew is so I came here to see what I could do for him." Dani explains.

"You knew?" Abby asks shocked.

"Yep." The clone answers. "Explanations later. We have a fruitloop to defeat."

"Not so fast." Plasmius says. "My powers are superior to yours and..." He's interrupted by another Dani, who takes advantage of his distraction to put a specter deflector around his waist. Once it's activated, Vlad is too weak to put up a good fight. "Oh, butterscotch." The fruitloop flees. Our heroes then get back to Danny's, where they tell everything except the Shadow part.

"Oh, Plasmius used the Plasmius Maximus again?" Danny asks.

"Do you know the weapon's name?" Abby asks.

"Yeah." Danny answers. "The fruitloop once utilized it on me. You and Jake were lucky your Aunt Dani appeared on time, considering she doesn't live here."

"I came here to see whatever I could help Shadow since it was revealed to the world he's a half-ghost." Dani explains.

"You already knew, right?" Danny asks, without showing surprise about that.

"Are you not surprised?" Dani asks.

"No." Danny answers. "I know how clever you are. I suspected it had something with him."

"You won't force me to tell you who he is, will you?" Dani asks.

"No, Dani." Danny explains. "Nobody understands better than me his feelings for privacy. If despite how much I trust him and the fact the ones who know the secret accept him he won't trust anybody his identity I'm okay with that."

"Dad, I have the feeling knowing this will make him more willing to trust you." Abby says.

Danny glances at Abby. "All that non-hostility towards him. You now know who he is, right?"

"Right." Abby answers. "But since you believe it's better wait for him to trust you I won't tell." She adds trying to mock him.

"That's better." Danny answers. "And I'm glad you learned not to misjudge people or ghosts based on their appearance."

"And I'm surprised to find out Shadow is more like you than even you already suspected." Abby replies.

"Excuse me?" Danny asks.

"Come on. You're not trying to convince me you already suspected Shadow is a half-ghost?" Abby replies.

"All right." Danny nods in defeat.

Later on, the twins go to Jake's room for a private talk.

"So, Jake, about this Shadow thing, how did you become Shadow?" Abby asks.

"I entered the Fenton Portal hoping to become a Phantom but something went wrong." Jake explains. "I added this cape and this bandana to prevent people from recognizing me."

"And why didn't you want anybody to recognize you?" Abby asks. "Did you really think we would reject you despite the fact Dad's family and friends didn't reject him?"

"I got scared, okay?" Jake replies. "I once considered telling Tori but she also came with the shoot first policy so I kept my secret from her as much as I could."

"Sorry I attacked you." Abby says. "But how could you be Shadow if I saw both of you when we rescued you from Plasmius?"

"Duplication." Jake replies. "The fruitloop taught me the trick."

"Are you willing to tell Dad now?" Abby asks.

"I'll think about that." Jake replies.

What do you think? Should Jake tell Danny or should Danny learn by other means? I've once told I forgot to include Valerie learning the secret but, considering her reaction about the idea of Dani being a human with ghost powers I believe she won't be so pushy on the subject so I don't plan to make a chapter on her. Please R&R.