For all of you that have been wondering what is up with me, I'm fine, just to let you know I've just been hit with a ton of school work, allergies, and a major case of writer's block. Not to mention, we've been busy. But I'm back now. Just to let you know, I'm not sure when my next update will be so…yeah. But for now, enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 20:

12 days and counting…

Dani POV-

Tony and I had gotten a lot of progress done on the suit and were only a day or two away from applying the finishing touches.

"So tell me again why a ghost proof suit is necessary?" Pepper asked as all three of us hung out in the lab. She still doesn't know about me (but she does know that I know about Tony, something that she was very happy about) and she still doesn't really believe in ghosts, but Tony and I are slowly breaking her down.

"Because, recently there have been ghosts in the city, especially one ghost girl…" Tony said, giving me a slight grin. I smirked back, thankfully, Pepper didn't catch this because I was behind her.

"That, and, Amity Park is one of the most haunted cities in the country, and I'm afraid that Vlad might manipulate ghosts to attack us," I said, pretending to be afraid. It was easier than I thought, because although I'm still afraid of Vlad coming here, with Tony and the Iron Man suit on my side, I was feeling way more confident.

It worked. Pepper looked at me with pity and concern about my 'parental' situation.

"Fine," she surrendered, "But how would Vlad be able to manipulate the ghosts anyway, I mean, they are ghosts?" she asked.

"Because he can give them what they want, access to a ghost portal, more specifically the Fenton portal," I lied smoothly. Ghosts don't need access to the Fenton portal because it is almost always open because of his dad, and they constantly come through.

"Speaking of," I asked Tony, "Could you establish a video link between my computer and Danny's?"

"Okay," Tony shrugged at the same time Pepper asked "Why?"

"Because," Danny has to deal with Vlad on a daily basis, maybe he knows what Vlad is planning when he comes here."

I handed my laptop over to Tony who tinkered with it for a few seconds before handing it back.

"Here you go. When you want to establish a link, just press the 'Enter' key," he told me.

"Kay thanks," I replied before heading upstairs to my room.

I flipped the switch of my bedroom to see ghost on his back, paws in the air, on my bed. I laughed as his foot twitched when he was dreaming. I set my laptop on my desk, pressing the 'Enter' key. Immediately, the screen opened up to a view of Danny's bedroom where Danny, Tucker, and Sam were currently arguing about something. Behind me, Ghost woke up to the sound of their voices and laid down at the end of the bed where he had a view of the screen.

"Dude! The pizza came right for my face!" Tucker exclaimed.

"I know, I'm so sick of fighting off my dinner. When is my mom going to realize that she can't cook?" Danny asked, exasperated.

"You two know this wouldn't happen if you just became ultra-recyclo vegetarians like me, even you're mom can't mess up a salad," Sam smirked.

"You know what Sam—!" Tucker yelled, but I decided that this was a good time to make my presence known.

"As much as I hate to interrupt—" I started as that was all it took to get all three pairs of eyes trained on me.

"Dani!" they all exclaimed at the same time, and gathered to where they could all see the screen.

"How are you?" Danny asked me.

"You know, livin' large, kicking butt and taking names," I replied.

"Well, that much I could guess with you having been adopted by Tony Stark," Danny rolled his eyes.

"Is that your room?" Sam asked.

"Yep," I replied with a smile, holding up the laptop so that they could see the room better.

"Nice," Sam nodded in approval.

"He got you a dog!" Danny asked, outraged (probably because he was never able to have a dog).

"Yep," I replied again, stroking Ghost's ears, "His name is Ghost." The three of them laughed.

"Enough about that," Tucker interjected, "What kind of cool tech stuff does Tony Stark have?"

"Hmm…" I pretended to think, a smirk on my face, "Jarvis?" I asked to the artificial intelligence unit.

"Yes, Miss Dani," he replied.

"Can you draw me a warm bath and pick out my clothes for tomorrow, I'm thinking something with my neon blue skinny jeans," I requested.

"Right away, Miss Dani," he replied.

On the screen, Tucker's jaw had dropped. "Is that an artificial intelligence unit?" he asked in awe.

I nodded. Tucker opened his mouth like he wanted to ask more but Danny cut him off.

"What's up Dani?" he asked me, concerned.

"I just wanted to know if you guys had turned up anything about what Vlad might be planning?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" he asked, and then I remembered that he did not know that Vlad was coming here in less than 12 days.

"He made an appointment to meet with Tony on the 29th," I replied. Danny's eyes widened.

"I hadn't noticed him planning anything the last time I checked. What about you Tuck, last time you swept his computer, did you notice anything?" Danny wondered.

"Nothing," Tucker shook his head, "Sorry guys, but whatever he intends to do, he has been keeping it completely secret."

"That's what I was worried about," I muttered.

"I'll keep a closer eye on him until then," Danny told me.

"Okay, thanks," I sighed because I had been hoping that they had a little bit more information.

"Are you worried about Tony?" Danny guessed.

"A little," I told them, "But Vlad is really after me, he is just using Tony as an excuse to come here." Danny nodded, he looked like he wanted to tell me that Tony could still be in danger, but at the same time, he looked like he didn't want me to be anymore worried about Vlad's arrival.

"Does Tony know—" Danny started but was cut off by another voice.

"Tucker! Sam!" Danny's mom called, "It's time to go home!"

"We've got to go," Danny said, "Talk to you later, and don't worry about Vlad. We'll figure out something."

"Okay, bye," I told him before we both ended the connection.

I sighed loudly, slumping into my seat.

"Your bath is ready, Miss Dani," Jarvis told me.

"Thanks Jarvis, I need one," I got out of my chair and walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind me and sinking into the warm water of the tub.

Tony POV-

11 days and counting…

After Dani left for school that morning with Pepper, I went into her room and logged onto her computer.

'I don't know why I haven't done this sooner?' I thought as I opened a link to the Fenton kid's computer.

The screen opened to a blue bedroom, with Danny getting ready for school.

"Danny," I called, but he couldn't hear me over the stereo playing on his desk. I recognized the song, it was one that Danielle also liked: Heavy by Collective Soul. I called his name a couple more times before finally getting irritated.

"Phantom," I said. That got his attention.

The stereo went off immediately, and he looked around for the source of his name, before finally seeing me on the screen. I could tell he was already on the defensive (I guess Dani hadn't told him) but he seemed a little more confused when he saw me.

"Tony Stark?" he asked with suspicion.

"Yep," I replied.

"I take it Danielle…told you?" he asked.

"Well, more like I found out myself, but she certainly confirmed my suspicions. Anyway, I have something that I would like to talk to you about," I told him.

He looked at me questionably, when his bedroom door suddenly burst open. "Danny would you hurry up, we're going to be late and—" a girl with orange hair who I'm assuming is his sister, said before seeing me on the screen.

"Oh my gosh! Tony Stark?" she beamed, "You are my idol. Your work with the arc reactor as a source of energy is amazing. And the fact that you graduated from MIT at only 15 is inspirational to me!"

"Not now, Jazz," Danny glared at her (I think his eyes turned green for a second), "And don't you ever knock?"

She glared back at him, before finally giving up, "Fine, I'll meet you at school." She waved at me before exiting the room.

"Sorry about that, now what did you want to talk about?" Danny asked, still slightly suspicious.

"Danielle, obviously. She's in danger from Vlad. Now, I can protect her to a point, but you know Vlad a lot better than I do and, as much as I hate to say it, you have a lot more experience fighting ghosts than I do," I told him.

"So what are you saying?" Danny wondered.

I smirked, "Like I said, I have a proposition for you."