Yay! New one-shot! Second in a day! This time we have Topic 17: Little People

Rating:K+

Characters: The four Danny clones, Dani, Dougie, Duncan and Dwight (I made up the last three names for, in order, the one with the sheet, the one who looks like a purple Hulk and the little firefly), the Maddie Holo-Program aka Mommy, and Vlad Masters/Plasmius aka Daddy. And a fifth Danny clone called Diego.

Genre: Family and Hurt/Comfort, I think, maybe angsty

Takes Place: Before Kindred Spirits. Dani is about 6 or 7 by normal ageing standards.

Pairing: VladxDani, FatherxDaughter

Summary: Mommy doesn't care. I don't think she can. But Daddy loves us. We're his Little People.

There are only four of us now, I think. Me, Dougie, Duncan and Dwight. Those were the names that Mommy gave us. Now that I'm old enough, I think that that's all she's ever given us. I've read about what moms are supposed to be like. They give you hugs and kisses. They tuck you into bed at night and tell you stories. They don't slip through your finger like they weren't there. They don't call you "the clone" or "the subject". They don't flicker like a TV that's not working.

Daddy loves us. I know he does. He teaches us how to use our powers and it works (most of the time). He calls us by our names, our Little nicknames (I'm Little Rabbit) or, if he's talking to all of us, his Little People. He hugs us. He says that we do well. He cried when Diego melted. I heard him, I think. It might have been Dougie.

When Duncan cut his arm off in weapons training, Daddy showed us how to fix it if it happened to us. Duncan got better. Mommy would've just stood there flickering until he melted. Mommy doesn't care.

When Dwight runs and hides before our combat exercises because he thinks he's too small, Daddy lets me go get him. Mommy just uses that tracker-trap that always hurts him. Mommy doesn't care.

When Dougie has nightmares, Daddy lets me go make him feel better. Mommy just locks him in solitary till he stops screaming. Sometimes she doesn't let him take his blankie. Mommy doesn't care.

When Diego was melting, Mommy just kept on smiling. She called Daddy, but he couldn't come that time. And Mommy wouldn't unlock the doors till target practice was over. We had to watch him dissolve into goo. Dougie took it hardest. It had been his shot after all.

Mommy doesn't care. I don't even know if she can. But we're Daddy's Little People. Daddy loves us.

I think.

You can make up your own image of Diego. For some reason, even though I know and love the humorous song, when I thought about "Little People" in terms of DP, I could think of nothing better than the only people to die in the series, the clones. By the way, I got the idea that Vlad would call them Little People, because he calls Danny Little Badger.

I used the term "Mommy" because Danielle would've said it like that. I usually use the English version over the American.

Pairings:

DoraxOC

VladxDani (fatherxdaughter)

DVM out!