MATERNAL INSTINCTS
It was a Friday afternoon at Fenton Works. Within the lab, Danny and Dayla were training their powers with Sam and Tucker. First it was speed test to see how fast they could fly, Danny went first and flew at top speed right past Tucker who was holding a radar gun, the measurement beeped showing how fast Danny was going.
"A hundred and twelve miles per hour. Dayla your turn" Tucker said as Sam wrote it down on the clipboard.
Dayla then flew past Tucker as he held the radar gun and then checked the results. He said, "A hundred and thirteen miles per hour"
Sam wrote it down and then they both turned intangible, phased out of the lab and then back in turning tangible again.
"Invisibility check" Sam ticked off.
Danny and Dayla then both turned invisible and watched as Sam and Tucker looked around in confusion for them.
"Danny? Dayla?" Sam and Tucker asked.
"Invisibility check" Tucker said. He suddenly felt something go in him and take control of his body.
"Hi I'm Tucker! Don't the let the PDA, glasses and lack of muscles fool ya, I'm a stud" Danny said through Tucker's body and then came out. Tucker suddenly felt Dayla overshadow him and she exclaimed, "Hi there! Do you want to beam me your phone number and share ring tones together?"
She then came out of Tucker laughing. But Tucker glared at them in annoyance and said, "I hate when you both do that"
"Okay hot shots, let's ramp it up" Sam said as she pulled out a remote and then suddenly an obstacle course appeared from the walls made up of two sets of hoops in the air on each side and guns aimed at them from the walls.
Danny and Dayla leapt through their sets of hoops and then dodged as the guns fired darts at them from each side, two cardboard ghosts then appeared in front of them, Danny destroyed one of them and Dayla destroyed the other, two more then appeared and they destroyed them, a cardboard Jazz then appeared but they didn't destroy that one, two more cardboard ghosts came and they destroyed them, then with a smirk Danny destroyed the Jazz.
Four metal walls then came out of the floor and then with a smirk Danny and Dayla just lazily phased through them backwards, after coming out and turning tangible they gave Sam and Tucker a thumbs up, but because they were distracted they forgot about the lab walls and they crashed into it. They fell to the ground and rubbed their back of their heads.
Tucker then smirked and said, "Hi we're Danny and Dayla Fenton. Don't let the concussions and bruises fool ya, we need more practice"
Danny and Dayla frowned and then touched the floor underneath Tucker making it intangible and then with a yelp Tucker fell right through the floor.
"Wow! It's quiet in here!" Sam exclaimed with a smile.
Meanwhile Maddie was sitting in the living room with Jack as he played with his action figures of himself and a ghost, looking at a photo of herself with Danny and Dayla when they were three years old sadly. For the past few months she felt that the relationship between her and them had grown apart.
"Danny, Dayla and I used to be so close" Maddie said as she picked up the frame.
"TAKE THAT! Nobody makes a meat puppet out of Jack Fenton! Fenton jerky?" Jack offered as he presented the piece of dried meat to Maddie.
Maddie accepted it and said, "Gracias. We share everything. Secrets, Bunsen burners, soda and all other things"
"Ah yes nothing says bonding like backwash" Jack agreed.
"They both just seem to be shooting up so fast, those special times are just slipping away. Ah I miss them" Maddie said as she hugged the photograph.
"Maddie they all have to grow up sometime" Jack said. He then exclaimed while holding up the ghost figure, "Curse you Jack Fenton! You have defeated me once again!"
The doorbell rang and Jack shot straight up from the couch and ran to the door, he opened it to reveal a green mailman ghost, but Jack who was totally oblivious accepted the letter from his hand and then tossed him a coin, but he didn't notice the coin just went right through his hand.
"Thanks pal oh and try to get some sun, you're as pale as a ghost" Jack said and then he closed the door.
Jack handed Maddie the letter that had her name on it while saying, "Here Maddie it's some kind of invite for you. I can tell because it has the word invite in front of it"
Maddie opened the letter and read through it, she then smiled and stood up in excitement as she said, "Yes! Just what the doctor ordered"
Meanwhile back in the lab, Danny and Dayla were concentrating hard on trying to duplicate themselves. They both groaned as they struggled to activate the power and then suddenly their bodies started glowing just when it looked like they were splitting in half, they stopped halfway and ended up with two heads each instead, Sam and Tucker gasped in shock at what happened.
"Wow! You both can eat a nasty burger and fries at the same time" Tucker said trying to brighten the mood.
"Yeah problem is we can only split ourselves this far" Danny 1 said. Danny 2 then continued, "Vlad Plasmius can turn into like four different Vlad's at once"
"That's what this weekend is about guys. Non-stop drills. That means no homework…" Dayla 1 started and then Dayla 2 continued, "No family…"
And then all four of them finished, "No interruptions"
"Hey Danny! Dayla!" They heard Maddie call from upstairs and could hear her coming down.
Danny and Dayla quickly turned back into their human forms, but they suddenly found themselves with only one eye and they yelped in fright, Tucker and Sam then quickly hit them on the heads and before they knew it, they both had two eyes again much to their relief just as Maddie came down and showed them the letter in excitement.
"Pack your bags kids, we're going to a mother-twin science symposium in Florida! Doesn't that sound fun?" Maddie asked with excitement.
While Danny slumped down with a groan, Dayla got excited and exclaimed, "WOHOO! Road trip!"
Early the next morning, they were all packed and ready to go. While Dayla was excited about the trip, Danny wasn't that excited at all and Jazz wasn't exactly happy about spending the weekend with Jack.
"At least you guys are going somewhere, I'm doomed to special alone time with Dad" Jazz complained. She then looked at the name of the company on the invite and asked, "The DALV Group. Never heard of them. Are they legitimate?"
"I guess so, but I've never heard of them either" Dayla answered. Danny then added, "Their legitimately boring I'm guessing"
Jack then came holding a belt like device and said, "Now just to make sure your safe from any rogue ghosts attacks on the road sweet cakes, I made you this. It's the Fenton Spector Deflector, this is guaranteed to repel and weaken any ghost that comes into direct contact with you"
Jack then put it on Maddie who then smiled and activated it. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and said, "Thanks honey"
Before they left Maddie then said with a knowing look, "Oh and Jack please try not to trash the house while I'm gone"
Jack sighed and asked with a groan, "Suck the house into a parallel dimension one time and you can't just let it go can you?"
Three hours later Maddie, Danny and Dayla were on a private jet in the air, Danny was still being moody about the whole trip while Dayla was still feeling excited.
"Come on Mr Pouty Pants, this weekend is supposed to be about the three of us. Those DALV people sent this private jet just for us. How perfect is that?" Maddie asked with a smile.
"Do you want the truth or one of those little white lies that doesn't hurt your feelings?" Danny asked sarcastically.
"Danny! That's a little bit rude, lighten up" Dayla said with a bit of a frown. Maddie sighed, "Forget it. Just look out the window and check out that warm sunny Florida coastline"
They all then heard the captain announce, "Folks this is your captain speaking, if you look out the window on your left you will see the cold bleak Colorado Rockies"
"The Rockies! That's no-where near Florida! What gives?" Danny asked with confusion.
"And if you look out the window on your right side, you'll see me bailing out of the plane before it goes out of control and crashes" The captain finished.
All three of them looked out the window to see the captain jumping out of the plane with a parachute, they all then ran to the driver's part of the plane and saw no-one was there and they all began to panic when the plane started to fall out of the sky. Maddie ran to the controls and tried to fly the plane but couldn't get the steering wheel to budge!
"The controls are jammed kids! I don't know how to get out of this!" Maddie exclaimed.
"We know one way" Danny and Dayla whispered.
They both transformed into their ghost halves and then they both grabbed onto her shoulders ready to turn her intangible and fly her out of there, but the Spector Deflector activated and suddenly shocked them, they both leaned against the door holding their heads in pain as they were forced to transform back into their human halves. Maddie turned around and saw them, her motherly instincts kicked in and she got up to check on them.
"Are you two okay?" Maddie asked as she placed her hand on Dayla's forehead. Danny noticed and then pushed her hand off Dayla while answering with a small bit of fear, "Yeah! We're fine"
"Danny! Dayla! Parachutes! Let's go!" Maddie ordered quickly as she gave them two of the parachutes that were sitting there.
All three of them then jumped out of the plane and opened up their parachutes, they floated slowly towards the ground and then came up to a smirking captain as he announced, "Folks at this time I'd like to inform you that you've been the victims of a cruel hoax! Thank you for flying Air Evil Plot"
The captain then turned into a ghost and floated back inside the plane laughing menacingly, Danny crossed his arms in annoyance and frustration.
"Oh come on Danny don't be so glum! Look at the view!" Maddie suggested trying to brighten up the mood as they continued to head towards the ground.
They all landed on the ground, Maddie then pulled out a small handle and pushed a button, it suddenly became a large machete and she started cutting her way through the forest. Twenty-five minutes later she stopped for a minute to take a breather.
"Good thing I had my Fenton Machete tucked away in my boot" Maddie said with a grin.
"You carry a lot of stuff mum. How about a Fenton cell phone so we can call for help?" Danny asked with slight annoyance.
"A cell phone would really help us out here" Dayla said.
"Cell phone? You can't fight ghosts with a cell phone silly, not likely we're going to run into any ghosts around here. Besides who needs help? I'm perfectly comfortable with us roughing it in the woods for now" Maddie said and then continued cutting her way through the bushes.
She continued cutting until she stopped with a gasp of surprise as they came across a huge fancy house right in front of them. She then said, "Or we can just stay at this ritzy mountain chalet"
They all then heard a honking noise coming towards them and watched as a golf vehicle pull up in front of them, all their eyes widened as they saw the driver was none other than Vlad Masters!
"Why Maddie, Danny and Dayla Fenton" Vlad with a grin.
"Vlad Masters?" They all asked in shock.
"Oh what an amazing, unexpected and totally unplanned surprise!" Vlad said with fake shock which was something Danny and Dayla picked up. Vlad then pulled out three gift baskets with their names on it and offered, "Personalised gift baskets?"
Maddie laughed with excitement and jumped right into the cart. Danny and Dayla's eyebrows furrowed at the man who is their arch enemy with a knowing look.
"You're up to something" They both muttered in unison.
"Oh you think" Vlad whispered to them with a wider grin.
Vlad then whispered in his communicator, "They're here. Kill Jack"
"What was that?" Maddie asked. Vlad then lied nervously, "I said flapjacks. Pancakes. I have pancakes"
Maddie smiled in response as he drove off, but when he did his wheels sent mud flying right into Danny and Dayla's faces making them glare at the man even more. Meanwhile back at Fenton Works, Jazz was on the phone talking to her friends.
"Okay I'll see you later" Jazz said and then hung up the phone.
Jack then came into the room holding a small metal stick in hand with excitement and asked her, "Hey Jazzerincess! Check this is out, it's my Jack 'O' Nine Tails. How about a quick tutorial?"
"How about a quicker no. I'm not interested in ghost hunting dad, in fact I'm going out" Jazz answered and then grabbed her handbag.
"Hey there rope it in little miss. Be careful, teenage boys are like wild animals" Jack warned allowing his fatherly instincts to kick in.
Jazz opened the front door and was shocked to find a large monstrous ghost rabbit roaring at their door, she screamed and fell back as the rabbit tried to bite her.
"GET BACK SHE'S A MINOR!" Jack screamed as he stepped in front of her and pointed the stick at it.
He pushed a button on the device and then suddenly a metal string came out along with a small face of Jack with nine tentacles sparking electricity from each of its ends. It wrapped around the monstrous rabbit and in just five seconds flat it exploded sending ectoplasm everywhere in the room including on Jack.
"Dad! You saved me from that monster!" Jazz exclaimed with a smile.
Jack retracted the device and said, "Yep that's what I do princess, that and needlepoint which is artsy and relaxing. Now come on! I'm putting this house under ghost lockdown"
He accidently hit the button on the device and caused the tentacles to land on his head. Meanwhile back at Vlad's house in Colorado, it was about six o'clock in the evening as they all were in the living room. Maddie was reading one of Vlad's book from the shelf and Danny and Dayla were sitting on the large armchair in the room, they looked around and were a bit creeped out by all the wall pelts of animals hanging up, they both then jumped when they saw the bear skin rug on the floor and then looked over at Vlad who was looking at himself in the mirror.
Dayla's eyes widened and she pointed Danny to look at Vlad's name that was written on his white robe, in the mirror they both could see that his name spelled backwards was DALV! Which means that he was definitely up to something.
Vlad turned around with his grin still wide and asked, "So what brings you three to these parts"
"You'll never believe it, we were on our way to this symposium and the pilot forced us out of the plane right over your house" Maddie answered and then went back to reading the book.
"Yeah it's almost like some sort of villainous plot. What a incredibly well planned coincidence" Danny said not taking his glare off Vlad.
Vlad then walked over and said, "That would be an oxymoron dear boy. Oh and speaking of morons, how's your old man?"
Danny and Dayla growled at him while making their eyes glow green. Vlad then said sarcastically unamused, "Ooh the scary eyes"
Vlad then shot an ectoplasmic beam from his eyes, Danny and Dayla dodged the blast but fell off the arm chair as it burned a hole in the fabric. Maddie looked turned to see what had happened but Vlad cut her off and she went right back to reading the book.
"Maddie I'm so glad you're here, it gives me a chance to apologise for Jack's behaviour at our college reunion" Vlad said.
Danny and Dayla stood up and dusted themselves off. Dayla then said with a smirk, "I'm sorry but correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't dad possessed by some filthy, lonely, putrid, single ghost?"
Danny giggled at what she had called Vlad. Vlad however smirked and then zapped them to the wall with an ecto beam from behind his back, they both yelped as they took the hit. Maddie was about to turn around at the noise, but Vlad cut her off again and took the book out of her hands.
"Well if he hadn't been so weak, perhaps that wouldn't have happened" Vlad said.
"Now Vlad, Jack maybe a bumper but he means well" Maddie said as she walked over to the shelf to pick up another book.
Vlad sighed and said with a bit of frustration, "I know Maddie and I've forgiven Jack for many things. Causing the accident that ruined my life, stealing you, the backwash incident…"
Maddie's eyes widened and she asked, "Whoa back up. What was that?"
"Causing the accident that ruined my life" Vlad answered. Maddie then asked, "No after that?"
"The backwash incident" Vlad answered. Maddie then asked with a bit of annoyance, "No in the middle!"
"Oh the stealing you part?" Vlad asked. Vlad then got down on one knee with a loving smile and asked, "Oh Maddie I'm just going to come out and say it. Please dump Jack and stay here? You, Danny and Dayla both can. What do you say?"
Danny and Dayla glared at Vlad as he asked this, Maddie just looked at him with wide eyes and in just a few seconds later, all three of them were walking out the door and he watched as they began to leave his property. Maddie was definitely mad at him!
"Bye Vlad! Oh and as a lonely single man in your forties, might I suggest internet dating" Danny called out and then Dayla added with a smirk, "Or a cat!"
"Mark my words Maddie nobody says no to Vlad Masters! You will rue that you spurned my affection and I WILL NOT GET A CAT!" Vlad shouted in anger.
Back at Fenton Works, Jazz and Jack were standing back to back in defence positions ready for any more ghost attacks that may happen during the night.
"You know in retrospect perhaps I shouldn't have gotten rid of the Fenton Works ghost shield to make you mum's anti-ghost belt" Jack said.
Suddenly two eagle ghosts phased into the house and got ready to attack them.
"Ahh! More ghosts! Get them daddy!" Jazz screamed as she hid behind Jack.
Jack aimed the weapon at them as they charged but the eagles hit him in the stomach and then knocked him off his feet, causing him to drop his latest weapon. Just when Jack thought he was a goner, Jazz picked up the weapon and activated it and then she let out a battle cry as the tentacles tied the two eagles together and she slammed them to the floor instantly destroying them. She retracted the weapon with a smile and she raised it in the air in victory.
"WOW! Note to self-make a Jazz action figure" Jack said proudly.
Back in Colorado Danny and Dayla were sitting by the campfire, while Maddie was just finishing making a shelter, she then dropped three pills on the ground and then dropped a drop of water on to each one, they all then shook and then suddenly each pill turned into a sleeping bag. Maddie then walked over and sat next to Dayla.
"Fenton Jerky?" Maddie offered.
"No thanks/pass" Dayla and Danny answered in unison.
"Danny, Dayla this weekend certainly isn't turning out like I planned, but we're all spending it together and that just means the world to me" Maddie said.
She then placed her hand on Dayla's, Danny then watched as she was given an electrical shock from the Spectre Deflector. Brotherly instincts kicked in and he quickly snatched Dayla's hand away and snapped, "Okay we get it! Stop touching please!"
Maddie pulled her hand away with a bit of a hurt expression.
"Danny! Mum none of this was your fault. Someone just needs to chill a bit" Dayla said frowning at Danny a little.
Danny then saw their mother's hurt and looked down. He then said, "Mum I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude and that"
"I know that" Maddie said with a sad smile.
"Uh look it's getting late. Dayla and I will sleep over there and you can have the shelter" Danny said.
Maddie nodded but still looked a little hurt as she watched Danny and Dayla grab a sleeping bag each and laid down.
"Well good night Danny. Good night Dayla. I love you both" Maddie said as she grabbed the last sleeping bag and went inside the shelter.
"We love you too. Good night" Danny and Dayla said in unison.
As soon as Maddie was asleep, Dayla asked Danny, "Hey what's with you being in overprotective mode?"
"You've been getting hurt a lot more than me this weekend. I'm just trying to protect you" Danny answered with a sigh.
"Danny I'm a big girl, I have ghost powers too. You don't need to always protect me" Dayla said.
"I know it's just remember when Walker hurt you during the mayor incident, I never felt so scared in my life. The way he hurt you like that, I just felt like you were a goner for a second there. I mean sure I still have Jazz and I love her the same but your my twin sister, I don't want to lose you" Danny then said while sitting up.
Dayla sat up and then said, "I see where you're coming from Danny. You're not gonna lose me, I'll always be there and I'll stick by your side no matter what"
Danny smiled and then they both gave each other a hug. They both then lied down and went to sleep, but five minutes later they were both woken up to a large stomp and they both looked to see a pair of hairy green legs.
"Either mum needs to shave her legs or this is really bad news" Danny said.
They both looked up to see a four armed ghost bear who then roared and grabbed them both from their sleeping bags. The bear took them both back to Vlad's house and shoved them into the large arm chair, they looked around and saw that they were surrounded by all different sorts of mutated, monstrous woodland creatures all growling at them and then standing in the middle of the room was Vlad Plasmius himself grinning evilly.
"Nice petting zoo Plasmius" Danny said with a frown as they both stood up and transformed into their ghost halves. Dayla then asked sarcastically, "Where's your lonely guy cat? Did it run off?"
"Ah there's that teen wit again" Vlad said as he pulled out a small hand held device that was sparking electricity from two small prongs.
He then touched them both with the device and they both yelped at the sudden shock of electricity, they both convulsed for a second and they suddenly both felt themselves transformed back into their human halves unwillingly.
"What was that?" Danny and Dayla asked with confusion at what just happened.
"Oh I call it the Plasmius Maximus" Vlad answered. He then flew up to them and continued, "It has just short circuited both your powers for the next three hours. That's midnight. I tell you both this because I have seen your grades and know that Daniel is bad at math. These animals are my latest experiments. What do you think? Oh that's right who care what you two think! I'll give you both five minutes before I send my minions out to destroy you both. The clocks ticking on both you two and your father. Run"
They both screamed and then ran out the front door as fast as they could, but it wasn't even five minutes when Vlad sent the monsters after them.
"Five minutes. Five seconds. Oh apparently I'm bad at math too" Vlad said with a smirk and watched as the creatures roared and the hunt had begun.
Danny and Dayla continued to run through the woods, pushing branches out of the way, jumping over rocks and ran through bushes, they both could hear the creatures roars not far behind and ran even faster than before, they both ran down a small cliff and ran through a shallow river. They both then stopped to take a breather, but looked back to see that the creatures were catching up to them very quickly, Danny's leg suddenly got caught on a branch as they ran off and he tripped over.
"DANNY!" Dayla screamed as she ran back to help him.
She helped him to his feet and they both gasped in fright as the creatures were closing in on them, she tried to reach for a branch so they could climb the tree but it was too high and then suddenly when all hope seemed lost, they both felt a hand each lift them up into the trees. They were both surprised to see that their saviour was Maddie holding a blue anti-ghost rope under her arms and covered in mud.
"Remind me later how much trouble you both are in for leaving the campsite" Maddie said as she placed them down on the branch.
"Hey that didn't hurt" Danny whispered. Dayla then whispered back, "I guess that's one positive thing that came from the Plasmius Maximus"
Maddie then threw some of the rope down and trapped the bear within it, tying its legs together and hoisting it upside down in the air.
"Be right back" Maddie said as she flew down off the tree and then tied the other end of the rope to it.
Maddie turned to face the other creatures as they surrounded her, she pushed the button on the Spector Deflector and it suddenly destroyed the mud coating she had on and revealed her blue jumpsuit.
She then got into a fighting stance and exclaimed, "Come on! Dazzle me!"
The ghost wolf charged and then Maddie jumped onto a branch and swung around on it, kicking the wolf back, she jumped back down and grabbed from her belt a device, she clicked the button and it transformed into a glowing green anti-ghost Bo staff.
"How could she not have a phone in there?" Danny and Dayla both asked in unison.
All the creatures charged at her and with a battle cry she charged at them too, in just a matter of seconds she destroyed the moose, the two headed bobcat, the three headed beaver, the eagle and another one of the moose's. Two monstrous rabbits were about to attack her, but she twisted her goggles and then they were both destroyed by two laser beams.
Three more of the creatures were about to attack her from behind, but she pointed her weapon at them and simply said, "Boo!"
They all screamed in fright and ran off, she put away her Bo staff and then turned and asked as Danny and Dayla slid down the tree, "Now kids can you tell me what you thought you two were doing?"
"You are awesome!" Danny and Dayla both said and hugged her tightly.
"Aww thank you!" Maddie said with a smile. She then said seriously, "But we better keep moving in case those ghosts come back"
Maddie began walking with Danny and Dayla close behind her, two hours had passed and there was no sign of any more of Vlad's experiments coming after them, they all stopped for a break.
"I…uh I-I-I think we gave those ghost animals the slip. Uh shouldn't we figure out a way to call dad?" Danny asked.
"As much as I hate to say this but I think we should go back to Vlad's" Maddie answered with annoyance at the mention of Vlad.
"But he's our archenemy!" Danny and Dayla protested. Dayla then covered up, "Uh we mean he said all those horrible things about dad"
"We all know he's a creep but he's a creep with a phone and transportation and pancakes! Here Danny put this on" Maddie said as she removed the belt and placed it around Danny and locked it on with a key.
"I know it's girly but it's for you own protection and since there's only one, Dayla stick by your brother" Maddie said and then began to walk off.
"Great at midnight we get our powers back, at 12:01 the belt zaps us and at 12:02 Vlad will try to make out with our mum" Danny said. They both shuddered as Dayla confirmed, "Those are gonna be the worst two minutes of our lives"
Back at Fenton Works, Jazz was in her parents' bedroom putting on one of Maddie's jumpsuits, she had just put the hood over her head and had to admit, it wasn't so bad. Jack then came in the bedroom holding the Jack-O-Nine Tails and a Fenton Bazooka.
He stopped when he saw Jazz but said accidently, "Maddie! Your home!"
"Dad it's me Jazz" Jazz corrected.
"Jazz? Why look at you! You're the spitting image of your mother. I knew this day would come and that's why years ago I had this made for you" Jack said as he walked over to the closet and pulled out one of his jumpsuits.
"Nice" Jazz said with a weak smile. Jack then said, "Sorry about the size, I thought you'd be swimming in my end of the gene pool. The end that's filled with ranch dressing, melted cheese and fudge. Lots and lots of fudge"
"Look this is just a sociological experiment. I figure I owe it to myself to experience all this ghost stuff one time, so I can hate it in a more informed context" Jazz said.
"I don't know what you're saying but I do know that ghost fighting is in your blood" Jack said with pride.
"No way! I am not like you and mum! I am a brilliant, reasonable, sophisticated girl" Jazz protested crossing her arms. Jack then added, "In a blue hazmat suit!"
"In a blue hazmat…AGH! Quit messing with me! No more talk about ghost fighting okay?" Jazz asked.
They all then heard the sounds of roars and watched as several more of Vlad's experiments phased into the room.
"NO TALK! ACTION!" Jack shouted.
He picked up the weapons and then tossed the Fenton Bazooka to Jazz who caught it and then blasted two of the creatures into oblivion, Jack then activated the Jack-O-Nine-Tails and stood beside Jazz who both then winked at each other before releasing a battle cry and charging at the mutated spirits.
Back at Colorado Maddie, Danny and Dayla were coming up to Vlad's place and it wasn't long before Danny and Dayla get their powers back.
Danny looked down at his watch and groaned, "Oh great! Ten to twelve"
"Hey mum are you sure you wanna do this?" Dayla asked.
"Dayla if we're gonna get out of here, we need Vlad's help" Maddie answered as they came up near the door.
Danny saw the key hanging on Maddie's belt as they came to the door, he then stood in front of her and said, "Wait! Before you go in there and flirt our way out of here, I just want to say I love you"
He then hugged her tightly and grabbed the key, Dayla then joined in and said, "Me too"
Maddie then hugged them back and said, "I love you both too"
Maddie then let go and knocked on the door, Vlad opened the door and instantly smiled to see them standing there.
"Maddie! Daniel and Dayla! You've returned to me!" Vlad exclaimed, he then bent down with a smirk and said to Danny and Dayla looking at his watch, "Oh and not a moment too soon"
Danny and Dayla just gave him a glare in return. Vlad stood straight as Maddie said battering her eyes at Vlad, "Kids go somewhere else while the adults talk"
Vlad was surprised but smiled back anyway. Dayla said, "Sure you and Vlad get cosy"
"If you need us we'll be over there, barfing" Danny added with disgust and he and Dayla walked away.
While Vlad and Maddie sat on the couch talking, Danny had told Dayla all about his plan now that he had the key to the belt. They both watched them from the corner of the room.
"Maddie you must be exhausted carrying the weight of that mistake you made years ago" Vlad said.
"We all make mistakes Vlad. Maybe I'll make one now" Maddie said acting flirtatiously, she then cringed in nervousness as she watched Vlad spray some breath spray in his mouth.
He leaned in to kiss her, but she stopped him saying with a fake smile, "I couldn't possibly. I've been out in the woods all night, I better freshen up"
She stood up and began walking out the room, hiding her discomfort from him. Vlad said eagerly, "I shall await with bated breath"
"Keep old bate breath entertained until I can find a phone" Maddie whispered to Danny and Dayla before leaving with a frown.
They watched as Vlad began reading a book titled Romance for Rich Creepy Dimwits. They both smirked because it was time for a little payback.
"Mum is gone which means…" Danny started whispering as he unlocked the belt and took it off. He then finished, "Time to spend a little quality time with Uncle Vlad"
"First things first" Dayla said as she reached over to the grandfather clock and changed the time from 11:55 to 11:45.
Danny hid the belt behind his back and tucked it away, they both then walked over and put on their most innocent looks.
"Hey Uncle Vlad can we talk to you?" Danny asked.
"Oh please children don't try and butter me up. Especially with both your powers shorted out for another fifteen minutes. Your both barely threats to me with them or without them" Vlad said and then laughed a little bit. He then glared showing his red eyes at them while saying, "Well I wouldn't need fifteen seconds would I?"
"How can you say that? You think our mum made the decision to come back on her own? We're a family, we decide things together" Dayla said. Danny then said, "We all talked about it last night and we want to stay with you too"
"Really? You both don't mean…" Vlad said with surprise and joy as he stood up.
"Yes we do" Dayla answered. Both of them then exclaimed, "Come on! Give us a big hug new dad!"
Vlad smiled and closed his eyes in joy as he opened his arms to pull them into a hug, Danny then acted quickly with a smirk and put the Spector Deflector around his waist, Dayla then locked it with the key. Vlad looked down and screamed in pain for a second as the belt zapped him.
"You little rats! You tricked me! You both know what this will mean for you two don't you?" Vlad threatened with anger.
"Oh yeah" They both answered in unison as they looked at their watched as they beeped midnight. They both then transformed and said in unison, "A much fairer fight!"
Vlad then transformed into his ghost half and was about to lunge at them, but was stopped as the belt delivered another painful shock. He held his head in pain but then was punched by both of them which sent him right into the wall causing a hole to it.
Vlad came back to the room intangibly as Dayla was about to deliver a powerful kick to him, she watched at the last second him turn intangible and she quickly turned intangible and phased through the wall to avoid impact. Danny phased through the floor invisibly and intangibly as Vlad tried to remove the belt as it sent another shock to him, Danny phased out of the floor behind him but Vlad blasted him back with an ecto-blast and made him hit the wall above the fireplace, he then fell off the wall and hit the ground. Dayla then tried a sneak attack herself but Vlad caught her by the arm and flung her right into Danny.
"Foolish kids! Even with diminished strength I'm still more powerful than you two!" Vlad exclaimed with a smirk.
Vlad then tried to duplicate but because he had the Spector Deflector on, he was only left with two heads!
"What! I can't duplicate my form!" both Vlad's exclaimed with shock.
"Geeze which head are we supposed to hit?" Dayla asked as they got up. Danny smirked and answered, "I guess we'll have to hit them both!"
They both flew up in the air and charged right at him at their top speed as Dayla said, "At a hundred and twelve and a hundred and thirteen miles per hour, I bet this hurts!"
Vlad couldn't do anything as they both hit his heads knocking him back and causing him to retract the duplicate head. Meanwhile Maddie had reached the top of the house and opened to door to reveal a helicopter on the roof.
"Helicopter but no phone and Danny and Dayla think I'm a nut" Maddie said with a frown.
Back downstairs Danny blasted Vlad with an ecto-blast, Dayla then delivered a kick to his stomach and then they both punched him in the face. Vlad staggered back and forth feeling very weak from the fight, Danny and Dayla then just blew on him and made him fall on his back, they both smiled in victory.
"Fine Danny, Dayla! You both defeated me but you have forgotten about my pets!" Vlad said and then whistled.
The rest of Vlad's experiments phased into the room and roared at the ghostly twins. Vlad then ordered, "FINISH THEM!"
They all then started coming towards them ready to attack. Danny then asked, "Finish us? Why are you mad at us?"
"Yeah we're not the ones who made your pelts into wall art" Dayla said gesturing to their skins that were hanging on the wall.
All the creatures then got really angry and turned around to attack Vlad. Vlad stood up and shouted, "Don't even think about it you spectral freaks! I'm still more powerful than you!"
He suddenly screamed in pain as he felt another electrifying shock but not just from the belt, but from the Plasmius Maximus. He slumped weakly as he was transformed back into his human form and looked over wearily to see Danny holding the device in his hand.
"And now you're not" Danny said. He then said, "We'll give you a five minute head start Plasmius"
"Really?" Vlad asked hopefully. But his hope was crushed when Dayla answered with a smirk, "Minutes, seconds. You know how bad my brother is at math"
"GET HIM!" They both ordered the creatures. Vlad then ran screaming into the woods as the creatures chased after him.
Danny and Dayla then transformed back into the human halves and high fived each other. Maddie then came into the room and asked, "What happened to Vlad?"
"He ran out for a bite" Dayla answered. Danny then asked, "How are we getting out of here?"
"Oh I don't know. I can't find a phone and there wasn't one in the cars, the RV'S or the helicopter" Maddie answered.
Her eyes widened in realisation and she face palmed herself at her mistake. Danny then suggested, "Maybe we should just take the copter"
Maddie smiled and before they knew it, they were flying through the air on their way home. Danny and Dayla were drinking a soda as Maddie flew the copter.
"Now kids we're not going to mention any of this to your father. He'd be insanely jealous if he found out so mums the word" Maddie said.
"Actually I think mum's the word" Danny and Dayla both said. Maddie smiled at the both of them.
"I'm sorry I was such a jerk to you this weekend. I really had a good time" Danny said smiling back. Dayla then said, "Me too"
"Back wash?" They both offered their sodas.
"Oh Danny! Dayla! That is so sweet!" Maddie gushed. She realised that she hasn't lost connection with her kids after all.
It was early in the morning when they landed at the front of their house. Jack and Jazz had just finished cleaning all the ectoplasm up.
"Quick Jazz their back! And remember not a word on what went on here" Jack said as he closed the curtain.
"My lips are sealed and as long as the house is ghost free, they'll never know" Jazz said as she left with cleaning supplies. She stopped for a second and said, "Oh and dad thank you"
Jack smiled and then quickly jumped on the couch and continued his needle point as Maddie, Danny and Dayla entered the house.
"Hey how was your weekend?" Jack asked.
"Boring/dull/totally bored" They all answered.
"We have to go call Tucker and Sam but uh…" Danny said and then leaned over and gave Maddie a kiss on the cheek. Dayla did the same thing as he finished, "You know"
Maddie smiled at them both and then walked to her room. Dayla then asked, "So dad how was your weekend with Jazz?"
"Oh you know same old" Jack answered simply.
"Well I guess everything is back to normal" Danny said.
They both then watched Jazz come down the stairs wrestling with one of Vlad's experiments still wearing Maddie's hazmat suit screaming as they ran out the door, "Out of my house you freak!"
"Hi Danny! Hi Dayla!" Jazz said as she poked her head through the door and then went back to fighting the creature.
"Hey wait for me! It's my turn!" Jack shouted as he handed Danny his cup of soda and then ran out the door to join Jazz.
"Okay that was just weird even for me" Dayla said.
Danny then took a sip of the soda but then spat it out in disgust and exclaimed, "Oh gross! Backwash!"
THE END
NEXT TIME ON THE PHANTOM TWINS
Danny and Valerie are paired up for a school assignment and who's the new student Dayla is paired up with? Plus what is Skulker up to? Will Danny, Dayla and Valerie make it out of Skulker's latest plan alive? Find out next time on The Phantom Twins in: Life Lessons.
AUTHORS NOTE:
Well in the next chapter will be the debut of another OC for the series and only two more chapters to go and then it's time for Season 2! A new chapter of Beauty and the Ghost will be posted tomorrow.
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