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The Time Stop:
Chapter Nine:

There were lights were everywhere! All the buildings were bright and blinking against the pitch black sky. While the rest of the west coast was sleeping, Las Vegas was doing anything but as loud noises filled up the night air.

The casinos were roaring with people pushing their luck, trying to win big and hit the jackpot. All kinds of shows were being held at the various hotels. Everyone was awake and moving about excitedly.

Danny and Dani, landed on the rooftop of the Bellagio hotel, right smack dab in the middle of "The Strip".

"Wow," Dani whispered as she took in the amazing view of all the fancy hotels that surrounded them and the crowds of people down below.

Danny turned to look at her confused,"With all the cool places you've been to, surely you're come to Vegas before, right?"

Dani shook her head slowly, her mouth still open as she continued to gawk at everything going on below them. A moment later she finally finds her voice again.

"It's so bright. And there are so many different colors! It's absolutely amazing! I had heard about this place but the way people talked about it, I thought it couldn't possibly be as wonderful as they described it to be."

"I came here a few years back with Mom, Dad, and Jazz and it was really cool walking around, going to different shows and things." Danny sighed as he remembered the long ago trip and his family he left behind in Amity Park. He wouldn't admit it just yet, but he did really miss them, even if he knew he couldn't have stayed if he wanted to keep himself from going insane.

Dani peeled her gaze away from the sights at that and focused on her brother-figure standing beside her. She didn't say anything, knowing that no words could help as she still didn't understand exactly what was going on in his head. She did however move closer to him so that she could lean her head against his shoulder.

Danny closed his eyes and the two stood there together for a few moments. Just by being there, Dani was silently giving him the comfort he so desperately needed. Danny really appreciated that she didn't say anything and that she was giving him time to come to terms with everything on his own.

"Thanks for coming with me," Danny finally said after another few minutes passed.

"Of course," Dani smiled up at him, stepping back from him a bit. "We can go anywhere in the world. We can visit other countries, eat exotic foods, run with the animals in the rain forest, anything! And now neither of us has to be alone. Together forever!"

"Yeah," Danny agreed. He liked the idea of that. Even though he had left all his friends and family back in Amity Park, didn't mean he would have to be alone in the world. "The two of us against the world."

"So why are we just standing around here still?" Dani exclaimed, instantly lightening up the deep atmosphere that had begun to form around them. "It's pretty from afar but I bet it's even cooler down on the ground. And since I've never been here and you have, you have to lead the way. Where do we go first?"

Danny finally returned her smile with one of his own. Without saying a word, the smile never leaving his face he started to walk backwards until he eventually reached the edge. He winked at his younger clone and suddenly turned around to dive off the top of the building, turning invisible after descending about five floors down towards the ground.

Dani quickly ran to catch up, flying down the side of the building invisibly behind her original, laughing the entire way down.


Hope you enjoyed. Sorry it's kinda short. And later than I said it would be. I had a lot of different ideas for different things floating around in my head and I just started another story and figured I should at least update a tiny bit of this story since you have all been waiting so patiently. No idea when the next chapter will be out. My inspiration is unpredictable, a fact that you have probably already caught onto.

This chapter was posted: 12/11/2014

—Red