Sorry this upload took longer than I expected, I've had a lot of homework, and today I had to take the PSAT test, not to mention, I needed to catch up on my sleep (which I had been lacking in until this past weekend). On top of that, I had kind of hit writer's block, I mean I know what is going to happen, it's just a matter of connecting my ideas together with actual words. I'm rambling now, so I'll just say: Here's the next chapter, enjoy!

Chapter 13:

Tony POV-

The next few days passed uneventfully, although Dani never seemed to calm down. She was constantly fidgety and looking over her shoulder as if she was expecting her father to pop out of no where. I told her that we have a better security system than the Pentagon, but she didn't seem assured. I feel bad that it is my fault that she is so stressed out, considering that I am the one who told her about her father coming, but at the same time I am relieved that we have finally gotten some answers out of her, even if they were vague.

Dani was currently at school, and I was tinkering with the Iron Man suit in the lab, when Jarvis suddenly spoke to me.

"Sir, there is a FedEx truck at the front gate," he told me.

"What?" I asked surprised, I had not recently ordered anything, and I usually don't use FedEx anyway.

"Sir, it seems that you have not placed any recent orders, shall I tell the man to leave?" Jarvis asked.

"No Jarvis, that's okay, I'll go handle this," I replied, standing up and opening up the garage door of the lab. When I got to the front gate, the FedEx truck was already gone, but a package was placed at the gate. I opened the gate, just wide enough to grab the package before quickly closing it again.

I read the paper label on the box, it was addressed to Danielle. I shook my head.

'What now Danielle,' I wondered. There was no sending address, but I had a hunch that it had come from Amity Park, Illinois. I walked into the front door, setting the box on the kitchen counter. I looked at the clock. It was only 2:30, Dani and Pepper would not be home for another hour and a half.

'Maybe I should take a peek…' I thought to myself reaching toward the box, but I quickly pulled back, remembering that I should be respecting her privacy considering that invading her privacy went so well the last time. Telling myself this, I composed myself and walked towards the lab. I only got about half way before I turned around and raced to the box.

"You know what," I told myself, "This is my house and I need to know what comes in or goes out of it." And, with that said, I ripped open the clear packing tape.

The contents surprised me.

Inside of the box there were five items: three identical silver bracelets with neon green and light blue stones, some kind of high tech…soup thermos? Why would she be sent a soup thermos? But I was really surprised when I picked up the last item.

A FREAKING pistol! Not that I have a problem with guns, especially considering that I have made almost all of them, but that should not be something that a 12 year old girl gets in the mail. How did it get through the mail in the first place? Accompanying the weird items was a note, written in a foreign language that even I did not know.

I shook my head and picked up the gun. This gun was different, I could tell, it didn't look like any other gun I had ever seen. On an impulse, I clicked the safety on and slipped the gun into the waist line of my jeans so that it was resting on my lower back. I pulled my shirt to cover the gun up. Then, tearing off the old packing tape, I dug around in the drawer until I had found a roll of my own. I taped the box back up so that it looked like it had never been tampered with, leaving it on the counter for Danielle to find and went down to the lab.

I sealed the lab behind me, pulling out the gun and placing it on my scanning table.

"Jarvis," I said, "Scan this and give me the details."

"Yes sir," Jarvis replied, the scanning light clicking on, "Scan complete, I am pulling up the details on the screen. The label reads Fenton Works, which my research has discovered to be the name of all inventions made by the parents of young Daniel Fenton."

I scoffed under my breath, "No surprise there. What else Jarvis?" I asked slightly louder.

"Apparently sir," Jarvis replied, "The gun fires some substance that was not known to my system. Upon further research, I discovered that this substance was known as ectoplasm, this was also discovered through a website created by the ghost-hunting Fenton family."

"Really? They're ghost hunters?" I asked, holding back a laugh.

"Yes sir," Jarvis replied, obviously serious.

"So this is a weapon used to hunt ghosts…" I mused out loud, picking up the silver and neon green pistol in my hand and turning it over.

"It would appear so sir," Jarvis told me.

I turned toward the back wall of my lab, where so many of my weapons had been tested before, and fired twice. The bullets exploded against the wall, leaving a green and charred crater.

I quickly disassembled the gun, leaving it on the table, before I went to inspect what damage was done. The crater was only about an inch deep into the solid concrete and was about two feet wide, but it was obvious that something had exploded just judging by the burn marks. I scooped up some of the green goo that was running down the walls.

"Ectoplasm," I guessed.

"Indeed sir," Jarvis told me.

Depositing the sludge on the table with the rest of the disassembled gun I said, "Jarvis, I want you to run a full analysis of each of these pieces and especially that gunk."

"Yes sir," he replied, just in time for me hear the upstairs door open.

'Wow, has it been an hour and a half already?' I wondered, heading towards the stairs.

"Oh, and Jarvis, don't mention any of this to Pepper or Dani," I told him.

"My lips are sealed sir, metaphorically speaking, of course," he replied.

Dani POV-

Pepper picked Issa and I up from school again, she was sleeping over tonight. And honestly, as much as I wanted to make sure that she and Tony and Pepper would be kept out of harms way, I knew that I would rest better knowing that I had a witness in case Vlad decided to phase though Tony's house and abduct me in the middle of the night.

When we got hoe I saw a large box sitting on the counter, I barely had time to question it before Tony came from that hallway I'm not allowed to go down.

"Hey Dani," he greeted me, nodding at Issa and smiling at Pepper, "That package came for you today."

"Really?" I questioned, before I remembered that Danny had told me in his message that he would be sending me supplies, "Okay, we'll just take it to my room then." I picked up the box off of the counter and carried it to my room.

Once I was in my room, Issa and I ripped off the tape. Inside of the box were three bracelets and a Fenton Thermos. Really Danny? Is that all I get, not even any weapons.

Then I saw the note at the bottom of the box. It was written in Esperanto, a language that I had learned in the short time I had spent in the Ghost Zone and met Wulf.

It read…

'Dani,

I hope you are getting this. These are just some supplies I sent to help keep you safe in case Vlad attacks. We have been watching his activity but we can't seem to figure out what he is planning. I'll let you know as soon as anything is revealed.

-Danny

P.S. those are not just bracelets, when you turn the green center stone they become a wrist ray. I gave you a couple because I figure you have friends you might want to protect too. And I'm assuming you told someone your secret.'

I shook my head, smiling.

"What? What does it say? What language is that in?" Issa asked, leaning over my shoulder.

"Esperanto," I told her, reaching into the box and pulling out a bracelet, "Here, this is for you."

She admired the bracelet on her wrist, "It's pretty."

"It's also more than a bracelet," I told her. She looked confused for a second but a look of realization crossed her face, "I suppose I should train you to you it…Danny trained Sam and Tucker." Issa's eyes widened and she nodded eagerly.

I grinned, slipping a bracelet on my own wrist and picking up the other one.

"Okay, put Ghost's leash on him," I told her, "I'll be right back."

I opened my bedroom door and raced down the hall.

"Pepper," I called, still running down the hall. She looked up as I skidded to a stop in front of her, "This is for you. We made it in art class," I lied, slipping the bracelet onto her wrist and securing it.

"Aww, Dani," she beamed, "It's beautiful."

"Thanks," I called behind me, because I was already halfway back down the hall to my room. I closed the door behind me.

Issa was already perched on the bed, a leash attached to Ghost's collar.

"Alright," I grinned, "Let's go, and we went outside to a secluded part of the beach where I could train her."