OK, here's the second chapter. BTW, Brave Kid, an OC you suggested will have a cameo in this chap. Thanks for the idea, my friend.
As Devlin and Danielle were walking home, Fangula was peering out of the dhampir's backpack. It would appear that Fangula would frequently tag along with Devlin to school to keep watch over his new partner. Devlin deducted it as an excuse for the sealed vampire to peep at girls so Fangula was 'imprisoned' in Devlin's locker for almost the entire day. Fangula had escaped before since he had the ability to phase through solid matter, one of the many vampiric gifts he still had explaining how Devlin's locker was undamaged from his previous escape. Only magical containers could contain him. As such, the locker had a potion sprayed on it to seal any magical entity, rendering it useless for Fangula to even try to escape. The trick was actually getting him in there. Unless there was a pretty girl distracting him, he could see an attack coming a mile away. It actually went far to explain how he might have gotten sealed inside his metal body in the first place.
The minute vampire could see Danielle carrying what appeared to be a flour sack with a smiley face on it and, peculiarly, wearing a diaper. He decided to ask out of curiosity, "Why in the world are you carrying that thing?"
"It's an assignment for Health Class," Danielle answered.
"Apparently, Mrs. Tetslaff wanted to see how we fared as parents. For the entire weekend we are going to take care of this 'flour sack baby' and do a report," Devlin said. "We also have to treat it as a real baby."
Fangula flapped his wings and flew over to peer at the flour sack. He shook his heads, "You humans have really strange ideas when it comes to child rearing. Back in my day, you learn when you actually have a child."
"That's the modern age for you," Devlin said, fixing his glasses.
"Can you believe Tucker offered to take care of it for us as long as we paid him?" Danielle giggled. "I think he was offering his 'Flour Power Daycare' service all over again even after what happened the last time." Danny had told her the story about a similar assignment he'd went through. Tucker decided to babysit the entire classes' worth of flour sack babies but the 'babies' did not survive the day when his mom baked cookies.
"Well, have you thought about my suggestion?" Fangula asked. A few days ago, Fangula had explored the town and found an old abandoned mansion. Danielle remembered it being the same mansion that Danny had tried to decorate for a Halloween thing assigned by Mr. Lancer resulting in the Fright Knight's appearance. Fangula suggested that the place would be a perfect abode. It just needed to be fixed up.
"You mean moving out of my apartment and into that old place?" Devlin snorted. "No, thank you. I love where I am living."
"But, you are the son of a powerful vampire warlock," Fangula insisted, "You need an abode more fitting of your stature." Devlin brushed him off. Devlin knew Fangula wanted the house more for his own reasons than for Devlin's. Devlin had to admit that the house had a rather Gothic appeal but he still wasn't sure if it would be a good idea.
Danielle then said, "Well, it could also host some really wild Halloween parties. We can't let what happened with the Fright Knight keep us away."
Devlin shrugged, "Maybe, I'll think about it."
Suddenly, Danielle felt a chill as a wisp of cold air escaped her mouth. Devlin knew it all too well. It was her ghost sense.
"I AM THE BOX GHOST! BEWARE!"
Both young teens sighed in a bored fashion. The Box Ghost…the most annoying ghost to ever haunt the Earth. No matter how many times Danny sent him back, he would always return to cause box-related chaos. Aside from the unique ability to control boxes and any sort of cube-shaped item, he was basically harmless. Danielle handed the flour sack baby over to Devlin.
"Here you go," Danielle said.
"After you," Devlin bowed before Danielle ran behind a tree. With her own cry of, "Going Ghost!" she then emerged in her Danni Phantom form, flying towards the Box Ghost with a look of determination on her face. Devlin then leaned against the same tree.
"She's magnificent, isn't she?" Devlin said.
"She is," Fangula agreed. "Would make a good wife for you."
"I happen to agree," Devlin spoke as he watched Danielle beat the tar out of the Box Ghost. He put down the flour sack and reached into his bag to pull out a spare Fenton Thermos. Uncapping it, he then walked over and tapped the button, sucking in the wailing ghost before putting the cap back on. Danielle landed on the grass and reverted to her human form. Devlin looked at his watch. "You made good time. Only took you 2 minutes."
"Yes!" Danielle cheered. "Hey, where's the sack?" she asked. Devlin calmly went over to the tree to find the sack missing.
"Uh oh," he gulped and then they could see a dog running off with their sack in its teeth, the sack releasing a loud crying noise like a baby.
"Drop that sack!" Devlin shouted as he chased after the dog. Danielle ran with him. Fangula just shook his head at the entire scene.
"Humans, so amusing," he chuckled before flying after them.
It had been a difficult chase, but Danielle and Devlin managed to get the flour sack baby back. They both knew that they were going to get some penalties for letting the baby get gnawed on by a dog, but that just meant that they were going to have to work harder.
"I'm surprised that you just didn't kill the mongrel," Fangula commented.
Devlin and Danielle both stared at the metal bat with incredulous faces. Devlin found the bat morbid while Danielle thought of the idea as gross and cruel.
"You can't just kill everything that bugs you, Fangy," Danielle frowned.
"It worked for me," Fangula shrugged. "That way the problem doesn't come back to bother me anymore."
"Well, things have changed," Devlin retorted. He was finding more and more reasons why he didn't like the little bat, but he really couldn't get rid of him. Not with the Fangires around. "And Danielle's right, you can't just go killing everything that annoys you."
"This coming from the boy who used a potion to cause an epidemic of the stomach flu," Fangula retorted flatly. Devlin flinched. Devlin had only wanted to play a prank on the jocks but then it ended up with nearly everyone in the school contracting diarrhea. The good news was that the potion only affected those who were 100 percent human so Danny, himself and Danielle were safe. The bad news was that, well…Devlin shuddered at the memory. That day was considered the most nightmarish day in Casper High history that hadn't involved ghost. "But, I'm just saying, it's an option."
Danielle shook her head as they entered her house and into the dining room, handing the flour sack baby over to Devlin. "I think I can get a sewing kit and some tape," Danielle told her boyfriend. "Wait here." She then ran upstairs to her room.
Devlin sat down and idly looked around. Danny and Jazz weren't present and neither were the parents. He remembered that both Jack and Maddie had been called to an important meeting while Danny and Jazz must be with Tucker and Sam. He smiled a bit. That would mean he and Danielle were alone in the house.
Perfect.
Fangula caught the smile his partner had on his face and seemed to get the idea. "So, you wish to have your way with the girl?"
That statement caused Devlin to jump in shock. "What!?" N-No!" he denied, unsuccessfully.
"Oh, don't lie," Fangula snickered, "Well, back in my day, I often brought young maidens home for…" he trailed off but wiggled his 'eyebrows' suggestively. "I had many wives, lovers and mistresses over the centuries. It's normal for our kind to indulge."
Devlin grimaced at Fangula's words. He didn't want any mistresses, just a beautiful and loving girlfriend who accepted him for what and who he was. It was just that simple. No sex, at least not yet. He enjoyed making out with Danielle and holding her but sex was too big of a step for Devlin. He didn't want to pressure Danielle into anything either.
He gently rocked the flour sack baby. It had been crying for a long time after they'd rescued it. Danielle was near hysterical since they could get marked as abusive/neglectful parents in the future. Devlin had to calm both her and the sack down. It hadn't been easy. It was like the thing was a real baby. Sometimes animals or small children didn't like being around him because of the aura he inherited from his parents. His elder sister had an easier time since she used light, but Ichijyo had it the worst since he constantly indulged in the power of his darkness.
After what felt long hours, the infernal thing finally calmed down and stopped crying. It was cooing as Danielle entered the room with a small cradle under her arm and a sewing kit inside of it.
"I'm back," she smiled as she set the cradle down. "Hand over Junior."
"'Junior'?" asked Devlin as he handed the flour sack baby to his girlfriend.
"Well sure," Danielle nodded. "Our little baby can't go without a name now, can he?"
"Point," Devlin admitted. He then leaned in closer to Danielle with a smirk on his face. "Although, would it be presumptuous to call you 'Mrs. Amakusa' for the sake of the exercise?"
Danielle blushed with a silly smile on her face, "Hmm. I dunno. Maybe if you can be a good father to little Junior here then I'll let you call me 'Mrs. Fenton-Amakusa'."
"That sounds like a challenge," Devlin smirked leaning in closer before quickly stealing a kiss. She lightly slapped his cheek in amusement as she blushed.
"Not in front of the baby," she scolded, although it was a playful scolding.
Devlin chuckled. Danielle had been his first real friend since he decided to go traveling with Walter and Miriam as his guardians. He had a thirst for adventure and envious of both his siblings who were both Zodiac Knights as well as members of the famous Teen Titans. He always wanted to go on journeys, adventures and fight villains. Now, he was able to as a member of Team Phantom. Unfortunately, he had to follow Danny, much to his chagrin. He had little respect for Danny. However, the only person he hated more was Vlad. A while back, Vlad had kidnapped Danielle and was going to melt her before studying her remains to make a new batch of half-ghost clones. He, Danny and Valerie worked together to rescue her but they had been too late. Enraged, Devlin changed into the Bat Orphenoch form to kill Vlad out of revenge. However, Danielle, after Danny used a new formula Jack had developed, regenerated just in time before Devlin killed Vlad. Devlin knew Vlad would return but at least he now knew to never mess with him.
Fangula was perched on his partner's head as they watched Danielle fixing up the tears on the flour sack baby. She was very gentle.
Meanwhile, a female jogger was running past a bush in the park when she heard a loud wailing sound. Surprised at first, she decided to investigate. Her eyes widened as she saw a basket with a baby inside.
"Now, who would leave a baby here like this?" she asked herself as she went closer to the baby. The baby looked up at her and cooed. Her heart melted. "Aww…come here, little guy." She reached over to the baby. "I'm going to bring you home."
The baby's eyes had a weird gleam in them.
That night, police were alerted to the park where the body of female jogger was found. People were being held back by a police line as the cops did their job, investigating the scene. However, this was no normal crime scene. When they'd receive the call, they assumed it had to be some sort of joke but went to investigate anyway. They were surprised by what they found. The body was completely transparent, like clear glass. It was like nothing they'd seen before. With all the weird ghost sightings happening in this town, they decided to call the only ghost experts they had.
"Call the Fentons," one cop said. "This looks like something they'd know about."
"Right, sir," said another cop.
The Fenton home was quiet in one of the rare cases. Devlin and Danielle were curled up on the couch with the flour baby wrapped in Danielle's arms and Danielle wrapped in Devlin's. They were both watching the television as Danielle rocked the flour baby calmly.
Fangula was keeping himself quiet for a change. He was calmly eyeing the television, marveling at the scenes. He hadn't seen much television since he was sealed. He always tried to examine modern marvels every chance he could got.
As Devlin was taking a moment to nuzzle Danielle, the front door suddenly slammed open.
"HEY, EVERYBODY!" Jack's voice cried out. "GHOST!"
Devlin and Danielle both cried out in shock while Fangula fell off his perch before landing with a loud thud on the ground. The flour sack baby instantly began to cry.
"Dad!" Danielle cried in huff. "You scared our baby!"
"Oh, sorry, Danielle," Jack grinned sheepishly. Maddie entered after her husband.
"What is going on?" Devlin asked. Danny wasn't around. Earlier he'd called that he was having a group study session with his friends and Jazz. Well, that made sense. It was a good reason as to why Danny and Jazz weren't around.
"The police called us," Jack answered as he headed towards the lab. "They think something ghostly is going on." He went down to the basement where the lab was to pick up their equipment.
"Shouldn't Danny help out?" Danielle asked as she gently rocked the baby back to sleep. It calmed down somewhat. Devlin actually preferred that job. While Danielle was in charge of feeding, he was given the task of changing the flour sack baby. Despite being a flour sack, it had the tendency to smell like beans.
"Oh, we can handle this," Maddie said, confident. "We're just investigating a crime scene."
"And since it's suspected to be of ghostly in origin, the police have called you," Fangula deduced.
"Yes," Maddie nodded, smiling at the small vampire bat. She had always denied the existence of other paranormal beings save for ghosts since there was little evidence to their existence. However, after meeting Ichijyo, she and Jack had to reevaluate their beliefs as well as the idea of ghosts being all evil. Ryan and Ember were examples of good ghosts. They may dwell in the Ghost Zone most of the time but were on their side.
Jack shouted from the basement, "They found a dead body in the park."
Maddie said, "Jack! They don't need to hear about a murder!"
"A murder!?" Danielle gasped. The flour sack began to cry again. "Oh, sorry, Junior," she cooed as she rocked it and began to sing gently.
"What kind of murder?" Devlin asked, intrigued.
Maddie sighed, "Well, the body, was transparent, like glass."
Fangula and Devlin shared a look. Over the past few days, Fangula had been teaching Devlin about the Fangires. Since they were empowered by larger amounts of dark power than normal vampires, they needed more than just regular blood to keep their bodies going. They had to take life energy itself to sustain themselves. They didn't stop at just what they needed either. They drained the entire human. Like when a person goes pale when they lose blood, a human's body was turned clear as their energy was taken from their bodies. It seemed that all Fangires were as gluttonous as some vampires were.
Now Devlin found himself in a small dilemma. It was obvious that a Fangire was the reason for this death, but he couldn't talk about it at the moment. He wanted to master the powers of Fang first before he brought everyone else into the loop about them. Of course, if the Fangires decided to make their move first, then he really wouldn't have a choice but to reveal Fang to those around him.
"Woah," Danielle blinked. "This must be a new guy. None of the ghosts me or Danny have seen can do that."
"Good to know," Maddie nodded. "Then we'll have to pay extra attention."
Jack came bounding up the stairs with a backpack filled with a series of ghost-hunting devices. He had an excited grin on his face, almost like he was like a kid in a candy store.
"C'mon Maddie!" he grinned. "There're spooks to hunt!"
"Coming, dear," Maddie smiled before she turned back to Devlin and Danielle. "You two be good. We'll call when we're coming back."
"Okay, mom," Danielle nodded.
"Oh," Maddie spoke as she headed for the door. "You two can raise all the flour sack babies you want, but I don't want to hear I have a grandkid just yet."
"Mom!" Danielle blushed wildly, while the flour sack baby made some discontented noises. It didn't like being neglected. Danielle went back to the kitchen to get its bottle.
Devlin frowned deeply in thought. He couldn't go out to check if it was a Fangire right now. However, he knew someone else who could.
"Go with them," Devlin said to Fangula, who nodded in response. The vampire bat then flew out the window. Danielle returned, 'feeding' the flour sack baby.
"Where's Fangy?" Danielle asked
"He just went out to fly for a bit," Devlin replied.
The two Fentons arrived at the crime scene in the Fenton RV. As usual, Jack was carrying the weapons while Maddie was holding the Fenton Specter Detector. So far she hadn't been getting any readings from the body. It was very bizarre to see a murder like this in Amity so this was a first for them.
"Did you find anything else?" Maddie questioned.
"Well, we did find this," the police officer whistled to one of his men, "Get the basket!"
"What basket?" Maddie asked.
The basket was brought over and shown to Maddie, "This basket." Maddie peered inside and gasped.
"It's a baby!" she said, looking down at the small baby. "Where did you find it?"
"We found it near the body," the police officer replied. "It could belong to the victim, but we're not so sure. Haven't found any identification." He added, "Social services will be coming to pick it up."
Maddie looked down at the bay who smiled up at her. She couldn't help but smile as the look the baby was giving her melted her heart. She then volunteered, "Maybe I should take care of the baby." The police officer quirked an eyebrow. The Fentons weren't the most normal of people.
"You sure?" the office said.
"Yes, I am," Maddie nodded as she took the baby into her arms. The baby giggled. "Oh, you're such a cute little boy."
"How can you tell?"
"It's called mother's intuition," Maddie said.
"And what about the investigation?"
Maddie shook her head, "No ghost readings. Right now, we're not sure what this is." She called, "Come on, Jack!"
"Aw, but, Maddie," Jack whined. "I didn't get to shoot any ghosts!"
"Now, now, Jack," Maddie chided. "Let's go home and I can give you a cookie."
"Yay, a cookie!" Jack cheered.
Fangula hung upside down, perched on a branch, as he scanned the scene. He mused, "Definitely a Fangire. Need to tell Devlin." Flapping his wings, he flew off.
Danny and Jazz had returned after Maddie and Jack had left. Danny and Jazz had returned after Maddie and Jack had left. The second Danny and Devlin found themselves in the same room, it became an instant glaring match between the two. Danny could just tell that something inappropriate had happened between the two. In reality, just some snuggling and deep kisses had happened, but Danny would consider holding hands inappropriate if it was being done with either of his sisters. Devlin's glares were more because he wanted to keep Danny in his sights and keep him from doing something from ruining a moment between himself and Danielle.
Jazz watched the glaring match between the two boys. She honestly couldn't understand why they just couldn't get along. It was getting pretty annoying to have them both at each other's throats.
The front door opened again as Jack and Maddie came through. Jack looked like someone had kicked his puppy and Maddie was cooing into a basket that she was holding.
"Hey, what's up?" asked Danny with some confusion.
"Oh, just a ghost call," Jack sighed. "There wasn't even one there for me to shoot."
"But we found this little sweetie," Maddie cooed, earning a giggle from the occupant from the basket. Jazz' eyes widened when she heard it.
"Is that…?" she asked, almost knowing the answer.
"We found this little angel near the scene," Maddie explained as she set the basket down for everyone to see. The baby inside cooed and instantly earned the affectionate gazes from almost everyone.
Devlin felt apprehensive for some reason. Something about the baby didn't feel right to him. He could feel it right down in his bones but couldn't figure out what would make him feel that way.
"Devlin!" a hushed whisper echoed from the window.
Devlin turned to see none other than Fangula hiding behind the window sill, "What are you doing hiding?"
"Shh!" Fangula hissed angrily. "Don't let that baby know I'm here! It's a Fangire!"
Devlin's eyes widened in shock, "What?! How?!"
"Fangires can take any human form they want!" Fangula answered. "They can pick and choose any form they want. Apparently this one thinks that it can get more victims by attracting them in that form."
"Damn," Devlin hissed. Now things were getting dicey. If the Fangire got wind that it was figured out, then it might go wild and try to kill everyone.
"Any ideas?" asked Fangula.
"You're the expert on Fangires," Devlin growled. "You tell me!"
"Well, if it sees me then it will know it has been found out," Fangula answered. "You need to get alone with it and force it to appear. Otherwise it will play up its disguise and probably make you look like the bad guy and turn the family against you."
"Oh wonderful," Devlin groaned. A vampiric little baby was in the Fenton home and wouldn't think twice about draining everyone as long as it got fed and didn't leave witnesses.
"You need to get them out of the house," Fangula insisted, "Or at least into a place where you can face the Fangire."
"Right," Devlin sighed. "Looks like that mansion sounds like a good idea at this point."
"Excellent!" Fangula nodded. "A splendid idea!"
Devlin's eyes wandered over to the baby in the basket. It was quite an ingenious ploy, really. Nobody would suspect an innocent little baby was really an energy sucking vampire.
"Aw, he's so cute," Jazz said as she picked the baby up. The baby giggled as she cradled him in her arms. She asked her parents, "Do the police know who his parents are?"
"They didn't find anything on him pointing towards their identities," Maddie frowned. "It was like he was abandoned."
"And what about the body?" Danny asked.
"It was weird. The body was completely transparent, like glass," said Jack. Danny rubbed his chin. No ghost he knew could do that.
"Well, we might as well take care of the little guy while he's here," Danielle smiled down at the baby who smiled back. "Oh, look, he smiled at me!"
This was bad. The Fentons were already playing into the Fangire's trap. Devlin whispered to Fangula, "Stay out of sight. I'll call you when I need you."
"Got it," Fangula nodded before flying off. He didn't need to arouse suspicion just by being around. Devlin went to pick up the flour sack baby.
"Um, may I stay over, for the night?" Devlin asked permission from the Fentons. Danny glared. He knew Danny would be the most resistant but he also knew the others outnumbered him. Maddie and Jack liked him and so did Jazz. Plus, he was dating Danielle. "It's so that I can help take care of the flour sack and the baby." This of course was his plan. He was going to stay as close to the Fangire and wait until it revealed itself before fighting it. If it revealed itself as a Fangire, he would first use his Orphenoch form to fight before calling Fangula for assistance.
Danny was ready to object but then Maddie cut him off, "Sure, Devlin! You can sleep in Danny's room."
Devlin smiled. He took out his cell phone to call Walter and have his things sent. He cast one last sideway glance at the baby before speaking into the phone. No matter how cute it looked, that thing was an evil monster and he was not going to let this family pay with their lives.
Walter was quick to bring Devlin's things over after the young Amakusa had called him and let him know about his plans. Danny had never let Devlin leave his sight unless he was sure that Danielle was nowhere near him. Devlin ignored Danny for once and kept the baby Fangire in his sights at all times. It would probably try to snatch them one by one once it was alone with someone. It could pick off the entire family that way. It was something that Devlin could not afford to let happen.
The Fangire made no kind of threatening gesture towards anyone. It knew it couldn't let itself get found out. Its meal was riding on the plan to look like a human baby. If it got found out then it would have to start anew someplace else and it probably didn't like that plan.
"Just so we're clear, Devlin," Danny frowned. "Once everyone's in bed I'm not letting you out of my sight."
"Fine," Devlin commented as he continued to watch the baby. "Do what you feel is right."
"Glad we agree," Danny nodded before he turned away. He only got a few steps before he realized that he and Devlin never agreed on anything except for Vlad. He turned a suspicious gaze back at Devlin. Something was up. "Okay, what's going on?"
Devlin stiffened a bit at the question but calmed down, making sure his apprehension was barely noticeable. Turning towards Danny, he replied, "Whatever it is you mean, Daniel?"
Danny quirked an eyebrow. Devlin was up to something but he wasn't sure what it was. Ever since they'd met Fangula, he noticed that Devlin was being a little more secretive as usual. It must be a big secret and Danny doubted Danielle knew anything about it.
Devlin decided to ignore Dany for the time being as he tried to think of something to do. He had to find some way of forcing the Fangire to reveal itself or else if he tried anything, he might get himself kicked out of the house and never allowed to return.
He stood up and walked from the room, making sure that there was no one else inside that it could get alone with and feed off. He moved to Danny's room which was unoccupied for the time being as he went to the window. He could see Fangula hanging on the windowsill as he opened it.
"Okay, Fangula," Devlin sighed. "I can't get them to leave and there's not enough room for me to try and get the Fangire to reveal itself. Isn't there any way that I can force it to reveal itself? Don't Fangires have something they can't stand like vampires can't stand garlic or holy objects?"
"Not really," Fangula answered. "When they had forsaken their human sides, the Fangires grew too strong for the usual things that hurt vampires to affect them. There isn't much that affects them now."
"Isn't there anything?" asked Davlin tiredly.
"Well," Fangula began. "Fangires are sensitive to sound. If a tone is played properly, then it will force the Fangire to take its natural form."
"Good," Devlin nodded. "Is there anything we can use to make that tone?"
"Yes," Fangula nodded. "That violin your father sent. It generates that tone whenever it is played. I didn't think that we would need it so soon."
"I see," Devlin nodded. "I can't leave the house so I need you to go get it. If I leave then no one will be able to hold it off if it decides to try something."
"But the last time your fought a Fangire without the armor you were soundly thrashed!" Fangula argued back.
"At least I can hold it off for a while," Devlin countered. "The Fentons also have numerous gadgets down there that are capable of hurting physical beings along with ghosts. They might be able to harm something supernatural like a Fangire."
"I don't like this idea, Devlin," Fangula sighed.
"We really don't have a choice," Devlin replied. "We need to stop this Fangire here before it decides it's hungry again."
"Right," Fangula nodded. "I'm off then."
Fangula then took to the air as he started flying to Devlin's apartment. The violin was still there and Devlin hadn't touched it since he took it out of the package his father had sent it in.
"A little advanced notice would have been wonderful, father," Devlin sighed to himself. If his father was counting on Fangula to tell him everything he needed to know on arrival, then he was going to be sorely disappointed when he decided to get a progress report. He then walked out of the room to watch the Fangire.
He was alarmed at first when he saw Danielle cradling the baby, feeding it a bottle of milk. "He was crying," she said to Devlin when she saw him. She then saw the alarmed look he wore on his face. "Hey, are you okay?"
"I'm fine," he said, rather unconvincingly but Danielle's entire attention had been on the Fangire in baby form. Despite the baby being truly a vampiric entity, the dhampir couldn't help but imagine Danielle as a beautiful maternal figure. He walked over, calming himself when he looked at the baby, knowing what it truly was. "You seem to be good at that."
"For some reason I just knew he wanted to be fed," Danielle said before putting down the bottle and burping the baby. She then put him back in his basket where it giggled at her. She cooed at the disguised demon, much to Devlin's chagrin. It was by pure chance that he got here in time. He couldn't stand the idea of Danielle being in any sort of danger, despite knowing that she could very well take care of herself. She wasn't a helpless damsel in distress but a hero in her own right. She was his partner, his friend…his beloved.
Devlin cast a hidden disgusted glance at the disguised Fangire before asking, "Where's Junior?"
Danielle was confused before realizing what he meant and said, "Oh, the flour sack." She looked sheepish, "Well, Junior here," she pointed at the baby, "Grabbed and chewed on the sack so now it's ruined."
Devlin blinked. Now Danielle was referring to the baby as Junior. It would definitely hurt her when he would be forced to destroy the Fangire. She seemed to have grown attached to it. What was worse, the little monster may have tried to eat already, mistaking the flour sack baby for a real one. It was now obvious that no one was safe from the Fangires, not even children.
'You'd better get back here fast, Fangula,' Devlin thought darkly to himself. 'Or else I will take this thing down, damn the consequences, so long as Danielle is safe.'
After dropping by Devlin's apartment, Fangula was flapping his wings rapidly while carrying the violin case that had the violin, the Blood Rose, securely inside. The case and violin were both heavy and Fangula was putting in a lot of extra effort to bring it over to Devlin.
"Why didn't I ask Walter to transport this for me?" the sealed vampire complained, huffing, "Would've been a whole lot easier."
Thankfully, none of the ghosts that haunt Amity Park were around so it was smooth sailings for Fangula. The Blood Rose was crucial for their mission. It'd been specially designed to force a Fangire to reveal their true form once it was being played. The trouble now was getting to the Fentom house before it was too late. Fangula was certain his young partner could handle himself. He'd seen Devlin's strength as the Bat Orphenoch and knew the young boy was destined for greatness.
He flapped his wings, continuing his path towards Fenton Works. It wouldn't be too hard to spot. What other house had a large UFO-thing built on top?
Devlin stood and watched as the Fangire in baby form was being doted on by the females of the Fenton family. First it had been Danielle, then Jazz and now Maddie. It still hadn't made its move and Devlin felt skeptical of Fangula's claim that it was indeed a Fangire. However, maybe that was what the Fangire was banking on. Maybe it expected Devlin to drop his guard before striking. Despite his skepticism, he could not let down his guard. The Fangires were a real threat as far as Fangula had told him.
A slight tapping noise captured his attention at the window. He quickly turned to one of the closed windows and saw Fangula flapping his wings wildly with the violin case in his feet. Heaving a sigh of relief, Devlin opened the window and managed to snatch the item out of the tiny bat's feet.
"About time," Devlin sighed.
"It's heavy!" Fangula snapped. "Now play it and get rid of that Fangire!"
"Gladly," Devlin nodded.
He took the case and headed back to the living room. He spied the Fentons still cooing around the baby. It was beginning to look a little frustrated now. Obviously it was getting upset that it couldn't eat yet, but Devlin knew that it was going to get a lot more upset before the night was through.
Devlin opened up the case and admired the Blood Rose, the violin his father had sent him. It was a magnificent instrument, colored nearly blood red and with a beautiful sheen.
Devlin placed the violin to his neck and placed the bow on the strings. He heaved a sigh to prepare himself. Once he did, he began to play one of the many pieces that he knew.
"Waaaaahhhhh!" the Fangire baby instantly began to wail.
"Huh?" Jazz blinked. "What's wrong, little guy?"
The baby's wailing just continued. Devlin eyed the baby carefully. The tone from the violin was obviously the cause of the discomfort, but no one had picked up on it yet. He knew that the Fangire didn't like the sounds the violin was making and if what Fangula said was true then things were going to get ugly fast.
Danny was now very confused as he watched the baby wail. He just couldn't understand why it was so upset. Danielle had just fed it and there wasn't a nasty smell coming from the diaper. He turned to Devlin and saw him playing his violin.
"Yo, Devlin," he called. "Could you knock it off? The baby doesn't like it."
Devlin threw a glance at Danny, but he continued to play his violin. Of anything, he picked up the pace. The baby's wails began to get louder as the music went faster. Danielle began to get slightly panicked as the baby continued to cry.
"Devlin, please?" she asked. She was getting worried. "I don't think the baby likes it."
"That's the idea," Devlin muttered as he started to play faster and faster. The wailing grew more intense. Danny, losing his patience, started to advance on Devlin.
"Hey, cut it out!" Danny shouted. As he said this, Devlin struck the final note.
The baby stopped wailing and began to glow brightly, forcing the Fentons looking at it to shield their eyes from the intense glare. Danny shifted his attention towards the 'baby' in the basket.
Devlin sighed sadly, knowing how attached Danielle had grown to the Fangire baby. 'Forgive me,' he said, mentally, to himself.
The intense glow soon subsided and Jazz let out a scream. The baby was gone and in its place was 6 foot tall creature in black and white shining armor that resembled a mosquito. The arms and legs were thin and spindly as a pair of wings hung down its back. Its eyes gleamed as it glared at Devlin for blowing its cover. Hungry and annoyed, it grabbed the closest target, Jazz. She struggled as Jack was out of his shock, shouting, "Let go of my daughter, you freak!"
Glancing at Devlin for a second, Danny turned towards what had been the baby and shouted, "Going Ghost!" The white rings rose up and down his body, changing him instantly into his ghost form before he flew straight at his dad to help him wrestle Jazz out of the monster's grip. Maddie had her own weapons aimed at the monster and was trying to get a clear shot.
Devlin gaze shifted towards Danielle. She seemed stunned and it broke his heart to see tears streaming down her face. The shock of realizing that a baby you'd grown attached was actually an evil monster would be devastating and Devlin wanted to help her with that feeling. However, there were more pressing matters to tend to. Snapping his fingers, he then morphed into his Bat Orphenoch form.
Devlin lunged at the Fangire in attempt to get it out of the house. The Mosquito Fangire saw him coming and instantly dropped Jazz. With reflexes befitting an undead being, it grabbed Devlin around the neck. The dhampir choked from the steel-like grip.
"You ruined everything," it buzzed angrily. "I'll kill you after I eat."
With that, the Mosquito Fangire threw Devlin with enough force to send him crashing through a wall and into the street. Devlin rolled a few times before he came to a stop and changed back into his human form. As he began getting to his feet again, Fangula flapped down to him.
"Weren't we in this position before?" he asked with some annoyance.
"Shut up and bite me," Devlin growled as he got back up. "We'll need the armor if we want to take this thing out."
"Glad you see things my way," Fangula chuckled before he swooped onto Devlin's arm and chomped him. Devllin could feel the sensations running through him again as the chains appeared around his waist and became a belt.
"Let's do this," Devlin sighed as he took Fangula into his hand. He then swiftly attached him to the centre of the belt. "Wake Up!"
Chains burst from the belt and wrapped around Devlin like a steel cocoon. The chains were tight and they were in position for only a second before they shattered like glass. In Devlin's place was the intimidating form of Masked Rider Fang.
A loud explosion caught Fang's attention and he saw Danny get launched through a second hole in the wall. The male halfa hit the ground and skidded across the street.
"Impressive, Daniel," Fang sighed before he turned back to the house. His love was in danger and he was going to help her.
He dashed through the hole in the wall and took stock of what was happening. Jack and Maddie were shooting at the Fangire, but the damage was minimal. Jazz was hiding out with Danielle while the halfa girl seemed to be stunned, almost like her heart had been broken.
The Fangire was bearing down on Jack and Maddie with a hungry gaze in its eyes. Fang knew this wasn't going to end well unless he did something. So, he dashed through the opening and grabbed the Fangire by the shoulder before laying a punch into its insect-like face. The Fangire stumbled back before it was hit with even more blows from the dhampir Rider.
With the Fangire suitably stunned, Fang grabbed it by the shoulder and threw it out the hole in the wall. Fang followed quickly after it. It wasn't going to get away. Fang swore on his honor that it wouldn't.
As Fang got outside, he saw that the Mosquito Fangire was getting back up again. He knew that he had the advantage so Fang decided to press it. He charged at the Fangire and threw more punches. It managed to block several of the hits, but it was still taking damage. Fang unleashed a heavy elbow strike which made it stumble backwards.
As Fang was doing battle with the Fangire, Danny managed to regain consciousness. As he opened his eyes, he took notice of the two figures fighting it out nearby. One was the monster that had been a baby a few minutes ago. The other one was a weird armored figure that was knocking the daylights out of the thing that had beaten the tar out of the halfa.
"Who is that guy?" he asked with some confusion.
As Danny watched, Fang caught a punch that was aimed at his face. He returned the attack with a kick to the midsection which knocked the wind out of the Fangire. Even though it was undead, the body still had to breathe to function.
Seeing that the Fangire was subdued for the moment, Fang decided to finally end it, "Release the Chains!"
The chains around his right leg loosened before Fang kicked up and broke them, letting the red wings open widely. He leaped straight up into the air and began to twist his body.
"DARK MOON BREAK!" Fang roared as the energy behind the wings sent him downwards at the Mosquito Fangire.
The insect-like creature wasn't able to avoid the attack. Fang's foot made impact against the Fangire's chest and both of them were propelled by the incredible force of the attack. The Fangire was pressed against a nearby building, causing the bat-shaped crater to form on impact due to the force of the attack before Fang's insignia was branded on its chest. Its body was still before it shattered like glass. From the remains, the soul began hovering into the air.
"I got it!" Fangula called as he detached from the belt and swooped over the soul and swallowed it. He then flapped onto Fang's shoulder before spitting a stone into Fang's waiting hand. "Another one for the collection."
Nodding silently, Fang began to walk away from the scene. Of course, he knew he wouldn't be leaving without a certain halfa questioning him.
"Hey, wait!" Danny shouted. Fang sighed and turned around so that he was facing Danny.
"We better get out of here," Fangula suggested. Fang nodded and then took out a small potion capsule. With a swing of his arm, the armored dhampir threw the capsule onto the ground. It exploded, creating a thick smoke screen, too thick for Danny to see. The smoke screen cleared and Fang had disappeared.
Danny coughed as he waved the smoke away from his face. He searched wildly for the armored figure, but there wasn't even a sign of him anymore. There was a sharp groan and Danny turned to see Devlin stumbling from an alley while holding his head.
"Where's that monster?" he asked.
"You missed the whole thing," Danny frowned. "Some guy in a weird suit of armor appeared and took it out. I tried to talk to him but he used some kind of smoke bomb and took off."
"Well, I don't care as long as everyone is safe," Devlin sighed. He was silently thanking those acting lessons his mother had put him through when he had been younger.
"Yeah," Danny nodded. He then turned to look at Devlin. "How did you know what that baby was? How did you manage to make it come out with that violin?"
"I didn't know," Devlin lied. "However, I've heard of beings who take the forms of innocents to draw in victims. Finding a baby next to a dead woman did not sit well with me. My violin gives off a tone that irritates supernatural beings when it's played right. I set it for vampiric ones and let it fly."
"And the tone forced it to change back to stop it," Danny sighed. "I hope everyone is okay. Danni and Jazz really liked having that baby around."
"I agree," Devlin sighed sadly. He fondly recalled the happy glow on Danielle's face when had been tending to the baby. It must have broken her heart to see the baby turn into a monster. "We'd better head inside and see if everyone is okay."
"Yeah," Danny nodded before he changed back to human. "We'd better."
Entering the house, Devlin immediately went to Danielle's side. "Are you, alright, Danielle?" Immediately, she began to hug him and sobbed into his shoulder. He rubbed her back soothingly and Danny didn't seem to mind one bit. "Hush, darling, it's alright."
"I really liked that baby," she sobbed.
"I know," he nodded, "I know." In his opinion she would've made an excellent mother. He could tell that they would've gotten an A too based on how Danielle was taking care of the Fangire disguised as a baby. The flour sack baby was gone since the Fangire had ruined it so Devlin would have to call the manufacturers for a new one without Testlaff's knowledge.
He suddenly had a wonderful idea on how to help Danielle.
The next morning Devlin and Fangula came over to the Fentons' house again.
"I hate you so much right now," Fangula grumbled.
"Why? You look cute," Devlin snickered. He then rang the doorbell. As expected, Danielle was the one who answered.
"Yes?" Danielle asked as she saw Devlin. He was relieved to see that she was no longer crying over last night's events.
"Well, I ordered us a new flour sack baby," Devlin reported, "But until it arrived I made something for you." He then raised up Fangula who was looking pretty embarrassed right now. He was wearing a frilly baby's hat, a bib and a pacifier in his mouth.
"Aw, he's so cute!" Danielle cooed as she took Fangula into her arms. "Aw, hello, little Fangy."
Despite the embarrassing position he was in, the sealed vampire didn't mind at all being held by the beautiful young girl, but did he have to be dolled up like a baby?
From the cooing Fenton and amused Amakusa, there was someone watching them from above. He was donned in a black overcoat with the collar wrapped around his face with a slightly crooked top hat on his head.
"The look suits you, my Lord," the man laughed. "As it stands, two down…ninety-eight to go."
Since I received positive responses for the first, I decided to continue with the second one. Wahddya guys think? BTW, I'd like to graciously thank Ten Faced Paladin for his help on this chapter.