AN: I do not own Danny Phantom, Butch Hartman does. *sad face* Well, here's Chapter 7. It's a little longer than the last 2 so enjoy!
Chapter 7-Family Matters
Danny groaned as sunlight streamed in through his bedroom window, waking him up. He was tired and sore from a long night of ghost fighting and hadn't gotten much sleep. He sat up and rubbed his eyes before picking up his phone off of the nightstand.
1 New Message: Sam
Danny get your lazy butt out of bed right now! Jeeze, even I'm not sleeping this late.
Danny shook his head and chuckled before slipping out from between the sheets. He trotted down the hallway and into the bathroom where he quickly showered. He phased back into his bedroom, rifled through his closet, and decided on a pair of jeans, a black tee-shirt and a red polo. After getting dressed he rapped on Dani's door.
"Hey Dani wake up! It's like 1 o'clock so if you don't wake up soon Mom's going to think you're dead." Danny called. He waited a few minutes before turning the doorknob and walking into her room. Her bed was empty, the sheets ruffled and the window open. He felt his heart flutter in fear and ran towards the window where he found a note laying on top of her pillow.
You can't take what's mine away from me Daniel. I have Danielle. If you want her back, you're going to have to cooperate with me.
-Vlad
Danny clenched the paper in his fist before letting out an enraged snarl.
"Danny where's Danielle?" Maddie asked, looking in through the doorway.
"She's with…with an old friend." Danny growled before going ghost. As he sprung out of the bedroom window he let the paper fall to the ground where it was engulfed by a stream of rain water rushing down the street and into a storm drain. Danny pressed the number 2 on his phone and hit the call button.
"Hey there sleeping beauty, finally woke up huh?" Sam teased, picking up the phone.
"Sam, Vlad has Dani." Danny said quickly, rocketing towards her house.
"Are you sure?" Sam asked, worry layering her voice.
"Positive. I'm coming to get you. Make sure you've got your stuff ready." Danny said before hanging up. He pressed 3 and the phone rang a few times before Tucker answered.
"Hey man, what's up?" Tucker asked.
"Tuck, Vlad has Dani. I'm going to get Sam. Meet us out front of City Hall, but don't do anything that will get you noticed." Danny said.
"Dude are you sure it's Vlad that's got her?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah, he left a note." Danny growled.
"But your parents just filed for adoption and everything. They're legally her guardians. It'll look a little suspicious if she suddenly goes missing again won't it?" Tucker asked.
"I don't know Tuck, but enough chit-chat. Just get to City Hall." Danny said before hanging up. He urged himself to fly faster towards Sam's house and he almost forgot to go intangible as he rocketed through her bedroom window. He screeched to a halt and accidentally crashed right into Sam, knocking her to the ground.
"Ow!" She cried, looking up at him. He stood up and suppressed a blush as he held out his hands to help her up. She took them and he pulled her up.
"Sorry Sam. I'm just a little worried." Danny mumbled, running a hand through his hair. He suddenly remembered that he hadn't let go of her other hand and dropped it quickly, his face burning.
"It's fine. Let's go." Sam said, wrapping a hand around his waist. Danny nodded, went intangible, and rocketed off once more through her window.
He landed a block away from City Hall in an alley and put Sam down. She immediately became visible again and he stared at her briefly before shaking his head.
"Okay, so let's go find Tuck and figure this out." Danny mumbled, walking out of the alley.
"Hey Sam!" Tucker called out, waving towards her. She waved back and both her and Danny trotted over to him.
"Okay so here's the plan dude. I hacked into the security cameras and Dani is in Vlad's office. She's unconscious, but it's going to be hard for Sam and me to get in there. He's got some ghost crony as a secretary so just walking in and requesting a visit with the mayor isn't going to work. I think you're going to have to handle this one on your own dude." Tucker explained, showing Danny and Sam the various images on his PDA.
"No sweat." Danny muttered before taking off through the window to Vlad's office. Vlad was sitting in his high backed chair, and Danny saw Dani lying unconscious on the ground behind his desk. There was a strange device around her neck and Danny bit his lip nervously. She was still Dani Phantom.
"Alright Vlad, let her go." Danny ordered, landing in front of his desk and turning visible.
"Oh Daniel, it's so nice of you to join us. I was rather enjoying Danielle's company, until she started trying to fight me. Have a seat." Vlad smirked, motioning towards the two chairs behind Danny.
"I don't think so. What do you want Vlad?" Danny growled, clenching his fists.
"Well that's simple Danny. I want you to leave Danielle with me. After all, she is my creation." Vlad said, examining his finger nails. Danny glared at him.
"No Vlad, she's not your creation. She's my clone right? So if she's my clone she has my DNA. If she has my DNA that means she's the daughter of Jack and Maddie Fenton. She's their creation, not yours. Stop acting like she belongs to you!" Danny said, his voice thick with rage.
"I gave her life you fool! She may have your DNA but I created her!" Vlad cried, slamming his hands against his desk. Danny took a step forward, his ectoplasmic green eyes flashing dangerously. Dani stirred behind the desk and let out a soft moan. Vlad and Danny both looked at her. Their eyes were filled with two different kinds of worry however. Danny took a step forward, getting ready to attack Vlad if he had to.
"Vlad let her go. If you don't, people are going to notice she's missing." Danny growled, trying one last time to reason with Vlad. Vlad's eyes flickered between thoughtfulness and rage before he sighed.
"Fine, take her…but don't think that this is the end Daniel. I'm going to get my revenge one day." Vlad snarled, stepping back so that Danny's path to Dani was clear. Danny bent down and scooped up Dani, whose tiny body flopped lifelessly in his arms. Her chest rose and fell slowly, as if she were asleep.
"Take this thing off of her." Danny ordered, holding her out to Vlad. He clicked a small button on a remote on his desk and the device popped off with a beep. Danny went intangible and took off without a second thought. Sam and Tucker watched him rocket off towards his house and sighed.
"Well I guess we should go to his house, huh?" Sam asked Tucker. Tucker nodded and readjusted his backpack before taking off down the street.
"Danny! Dani! Oh thank goodness. Is she alright?" Maddie cried as her children phased into Dani's bedroom through the wall. Danny placed Dani down on her bed gently and ran his hands through his hair.
"She's unconscious but she should be fine." Danny mumbled before the doorbell rang. A blue ring formed around his waist and he was halfway down the stairs before his hair even changed back to its usual jet black.
"Danny is she okay?" Sam asked as soon as Danny opened the door.
"I think so, but we can't be too sure until she wakes up. She's probably scared to death." Danny sighed, heading back up the stairs. As soon as the words left his mouth they heard Dani let out a wail that practically shook the house.
"Dani honey its okay!" Danny heard Maddie say before he bolted into her room. Dani leapt up from the bed and flung her arms around his waist, her white hair covering her face. She shivered as Danny returned the hug, biting his lip.
"Dani you're fine. It's safe now." Danny said quietly, peeling his terrified sister/clone off of his waist.
"But h-h-how did he get me? I thought you said I'd be safe!" Dani cried, tears streaking down her face. Danny placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Did he hurt you?" He asked calmly. Dani shook her head. "You're home now, right?" Danny asked. Dani nodded.
"Well then, you're safe. I'm pretty sure he won't be bothering you again too." Tucker said quickly from the hallway.
"I…I guess you're right. Th-thanks Danny." Dani hiccupped, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Hey, you're family aren't you?" Danny asked. Dani raised an eyebrow.
"We Fentons stick together honey. Nobody is ever going to hurt you while we're around." Maddie said before pulling her daughter into a tight hug.