Chapter 3
"Danny, you need to find cover and quick," Sam yelled.
"Right. Cover me," Danny said slipping under the table.
Sam and Tucker skillfully blocked the outer edge of the table so that no one saw him transform. I slipped into the restroom before doing the same. Danny and I met Plasmius in the air.
"Ah, Daniel and Violetta. So nice to meet again. I have a proposition for you Daniel," he said.
"Save it. Get out of my town now and I won't kick your butt," Danny said.
"Oh Daniel always violence with you. All I want to do is talk," Plasmius said.
"You might wanna listen. If you can get him out of here with minimal damage it'll do well for your image," I whispered to Danny.
"You would do well to listen to her Daniel," Plasmius said.
"Hey, I'm not trying to help you. Trust me I want you out of here just as much as he does," I spat.
"What do you want?" Danny asked through clenched teeth.
"I noticed that the mayoral election was coming up soon and I was hoping to run. Now, if you cooperate I can make the town better with minimal restrictions. You know as well as I that the current mayor is doing nothing to help with the ghost population. In fact, he's highly opposed to the idea that there might be a ghost that is willing to help. I can change that," Plasmius said.
"What makes you think I'll cooperate with you? All you've ever done is try to kill me," Danny said.
"It's either you help me or I involve the Guys In White," Plasmius said.
"It's a good deal Danny," I said.
"Yeah, but what's the catch?" Danny asked.
"There is no catch. That is unless you think two heroes splitting the work load would be a catch," Plasmius said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Danny asked.
"It simply means that I will bring a highly qualified ghost hunter with me," Plasmius said.
My eyes widened. I was so screwed. He was going to tell them way sooner than I had planned.
"Who are you gonna bring, please tell me it isn't Skulker?" Danny said.
"Oh no, I think you already know her," Plasmius said with a smirk.
"Who?" Danny asked looking confused.
I sighed before turning to Danny and saying, "He's talking about me. He's my father. I should have told you before but I was afraid you'd hate me just as much as you hate him and I didn't want to loose a friend that I just made cause I don't have any friends anymore and you're the only person my age that has even a little bit of knowledge as to what I'm going through and you're really cute and I'm just really sorry I didn't say anything."
I waited for some sort of reaction from him but there was nothing but silence.
"I understand if you don't want anything to do with me anymore. I'll just go and save you the trouble of telling me to leave," I said turning to leave.
"You're his daughter?" Danny asked.
"Yes, I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just...I didn't want you to hate me," I said looking at the ground.
"I don't hate you. I can't say that I'm not mad, but I don't hate you. Him though, him and I are going to have a long chat," Danny said.
"I'm just gonna go now," I said.
"You don't have to go. You can stay with me and my family while V-man get's your things moved. My parents won't care. I'll talk with V-man after he becomes mayor," Danny said bring my face up to look him in the eye.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yeah, besides, we still need to let Sam and Tucker know. Then we'll all have a nice talk about everything. The whole truth this time," Danny said.
"Do I have to?" I asked in a whine.
"Yes, you do. Now to take care of V-man," Danny said with a smirk.
"Can I do the honors?" I asked.
"Go ahead," Danny smiled.
"Get lost scum," I said whipping around and round house kicking Plasmius out of town.
"You have to teach me how you do that sometime," Danny said in amazement.
"It took a lot of work and practice," I said.
"Alright, now that we've taken care of that, it's time to talk," Danny said grabbing my arm.
I groaned as he took us down into the back room of the Nasty Burger before we changed back and sat back down with Sam and Tucker.
"Well that was quick. What happened?" Tucker asked.
"Negotiation," Danny said.
"That's new. What did he want?" Sam asked.
"He wanted limited issue with running for mayor in exchange for moving here and bringing a ghost hunter to help out," I said.
"You didn't agree to that did you, it sounds fishy to me?" Sam asked.
"Actually I did. Guess who the ghost hunter is," Danny said.
"Who?" Tucker asked.
"It's me," I said finding the table highly interesting.
"But wouldn't he need your dad's approval for that?" Tucker asked.
"That's just it. Please don't hate me but Vlad is my father. I didn't want to say anything before because I was afraid you guys would hate me and then I would loose the first friends I made in this town. Besides that I didn't want to alienate the only group of people that would actually keep my secret and understand what I'm going through. I'm really sorry, please forgive me," I said holding my breathe.
"I can understand why you didn't wanna say anything. Why would you want to admit that your father just happens to be the arch enemy of the group you just made friends with? I personally don't judge a person based on their parents. As long as you aren't anything like him you're fine in my book," Sam said with a soft smile.
"Wait Vlad is your dad? When did you find this out?" Tucker asked.
"I found out maybe two days ago. It hasn't really sunk in yet. I certainly don't want anything to do with him after what I found in Mom's journal. He may have seen it as trying to help but as far as I'm concerned he's fruitier than a fruit loop," I said.
"Hey, I thought I was the only one who called him that," Danny whined.
"He mentioned it the last time I saw him after I called him a crazy old bat. He said that it was better than Fruit loop. So I've called him Fruit loop ever since," I said.
Just then my cellphone rang. I fished it out of my pocket and found it to be a call from Wisconsin. Since I only know of one person who has my number from there I answered.
"What now?" I asked.
"I just wanted to tell you that you should be getting a debt card via one of my vultures. Since you're staying with the Fenton's and all of your clothes are here you'll need to get more. All I ask is that you get some decent clothes and not to run my account dry. You have unlimited access until I deem that you have overstepped what I think is reasonable. Oh and is there any certain way you would like your things packed?" Father asked.
"The boxes are marked as they were packed. Just don't go getting rid of anything. I will know if you do and I will kick your but if anything is ruined," I said.
"I shall be careful then. Have fun little violet," he said.
"Yeah whatever, and it's Letti," I said before hanging up.
"What was that about?" Danny asked.
"He's sending me a debt card to get some clothes until he gets us moved in. At the very least he has to wait on my furniture to show up from Seattle. So that will give us some time," I said.
"So, what say you to a shopping trip?" Sam asked.
"Oh no," Danny and Tucker groaned.
"Oh come on, it won't be that bad. All you have to do is sit down and tell me whether or not I look good," I said.
"And carry the bags," Tucker put in.
"I'm not gonna get that much. I already have a full wardrobe. I'm just going to get a couple weeks worth of clothes," I said.
"Seriously? You're getting a debt card and you're not gonna go nuts with it?" Danny asked.
"Hey, I only have unlimited access until I spend too much. I'm going to test it a little bit. Besides if I go nuts then who's to say that he won't severely limit my access and then I won't be able to get something I need later because of said restriction?" I asked.
"That's smart," Sam said.
Just then Danny and I's ghost senses went off. Alerting us that the vulture had arrived. I looked under the table to find him sitting at my feet holding the card in his beak.
I took it from him saying, "Alright, now get out of here without being seen by anyone. I won't have you ruining my shopping trip."
"Yes, ma'am. Skulker gave us all the warning. The only reason I came was because your father sent me," he said.
"Yeah, I know. I won't pummel you as long as you leave and don't get seen," I said.
"I'm outta here then," he said taking off like the hounds of hell were on his tail.
"You sure do have all of them scared. How did you manage that?" Danny asked.