Phantom May Cry
Where's the Fire?
Daniel's P.O.V
I felt the wind blow past my face as I flew through the air. I've been flying for about 2 hours since New York and I couldn't help but feel a little tired. But I steeled myself not to slow down and just flew faster. As I was flying I brought up my phone and checked the GPS. At the rate I'm going I should be their in about 10 minuets. Taking a deep breath I pored the rest of my demonic power into Creeper and flew as fast as I can to my destination.
Soon I saw a area under construction with workers working on a building I once recognized. I landed not far from Vlad Master's ones owned mansion, Creeper disappearing off my back. After the ghost war Vlad disappeared, their was no trace of the halfa, but before he disappeared a large sum of money was taken out of his bank before the halfa went 'ghost'. Since no one was their to maintenance his portal, it exploded taking with it most of Vlad's mansion. Vlad still technically owned everything even after the ghost war, but he still vanished, so he is reported missing and all of his assets are frozen.
I started to walk around getting looks form the workers, but I ignored them. Wanting to end this fast I walked to a white trailer with a fancy car next to it and knocked on the door. A moment later a man came out in a business suit, he had short blond hair and was warring a construction hat on. When he saw me he gave an annoyed look.
"Are you lost kid?" The supervisor asked in a annoyed voice. He then farrowed his brows while staring at my face. "Wait... have I seen you... somewhere before?"
I just shrugged a bit. "Listen, my name is Daniel James Phantom and their is some work I need to take care of," I said as I showed him my ID. "So I was wondering if you found any computer or files while you were constructing the area, maybe in a lab."
The supervisor blinked at me before he snapped his fingers, a smile instantly appearing on his face. "Now I remember, your Danny Phantom!" He said as he suddenly grabbed my hand started to shake it. "I was in Amity working on a building when the ghost king attack, you saved my life." He said cheerfully.
I just gave a small smile and shook his hand back. "I just did what I had to." I said as I pulled back and waved to the construction area. "So about the tech...?"
The blond man nodded and started to lead me off the construction sight. About a minute later we come to a big pile of debris.
"This is most of the useless junk we took out of the mansion, your welcomed to anything you find." The supervisor said. "You know, I could actually get you some help if you want." He offered.
I just gave him a smile and shook my head. "No thanks, I can take it from here."
The supervisor shrugged before walking away. I turned to the pile of trash before I raised my leg and slammed it down. A moment later 5 red portals opened around me and 5 skeletons in Greek armor climbed out.
"Alright boys, let get to work."
With that said me and my army of darkness got to work on the junk pile.
As me and my skeletons dig through the pile I started to think. What would I find in the hard drives, who could be the mother of Danielle, or at the very least the one who gave her the fire half of her core. I took a deep breath and decided to focus on the task at hand, I'll get answers as soon as I find something.
About a half an hour later we combed through the pile we didn't much, only pieces of the mansion or other pieces of junk. I was starting to pant heavily, between flying all the way here and using my army of darkness I was about tapped of demonic power. Fortunately my luck was good today as one of my skeletons grabbed my attention, it was pointing to what I could only guess was Vlad's master computer.
I gave a big grin as finally my power tapped out and all the skeletons faded. Walking over to the computer I grimaced a bit when I saw it was practically destroyed. But it was the only one that was remotely intact compared to everything else. Remembering what Tucker said on how computers information can still be salvageable I grabbed the cover of the computer and started to pull.
It was only a moment later the casing came off and I got a good look on the inside. Again I felt like grimacing when I saw most of the inside was fried, but that didn't stop me from looking around. Again I must thank Tucker for telling me a thing or two on how to find a computers hard drive and memory files.
Looking around a bit more I grinned when I found the computers memory drive in the back. I grabbed it a ripped it out of the computer, careful not to damage the drive. Looking over it a bit I was glad to see no damage on the computer part.
Putting that in my dusters pocket I was going to summon the Creeper but as soon as I did I was greeted with a large headache.
"Forgot, out of juice." I grumbled a bit.
Sighing I walked back to the supervisor trailer and decided to find a hotel to stay tonight. Walking up to the small white box I quickly knocked on the door before the blond man opened it.
"Did you find anything you need?" He asked with a smile.
I patted the pocket of my duster a grinned. "I got something, hope it will be enough." I then pulled out my check book and a pen. "So how much do I..." But before I could open the book the supervisor raised his hand.
"I'm pretty sure my life is worth more then some scrap." He said with a grin.
I smiled and put the check book away and took out a my business card and gave it to him. "Thanks and here, if you ever need any help with a supernatural problem."
He took the card with a smile. "So where are you heading to next?"
"Well for now, find a hotel to sleep tonight." I said while rubbing my head, trying to think of where to find one without flying around.
"Well there's one about 5 miles east, I could have my assistant take you their if you want." He offered making me give a sigh of relief as I nodded. "Hey Jerry, I need you to take my friend to the nearest hotel." He shouted.
A moment later a guy with short brown hair and button up shirt came from the construction sight. He nodded to his boss before walking to the car next to the trailer.
"Thanks again for letting me see the tech, it's really going to help me." I said while shaking the supervisors hand.
We said our goodbyes before I climbed into the back of the supervisors car and we drove off. It was about a half an hour later before we pulled up to a hotel, the sun starting to set.
"This is the closest hotel in the area sir, or would you prefer somewhere else?" He asked but I could tell it was out of courtesy.
"No thanks man, this place is good." I said as I got out. "Tell your boss thanks for the lift."
The assistant nodded before driving off. I walked in to the hotel quickly before I got a room, paying for it with my credit card. The room as simple, I didn't need anything fancy just a bed. I took most of my cloths off and just hit the bed from exhaustion. But before I fell asleep I decided to call home.
I quick dialed my home number and put the phone to my ear, waiting for someone to answer. Fortunately I didn't have to wait long as someone picked up the phone.
"Hello?" My sister answered form the other end.
"Hey sis, it's me." I said as I laid back. "Wanted to check in before I hit the hey."
"Thanks for calling bro, so did you take care of that personal business?"
I looked over to the my jacket pocket that had the drive. "Well I did find something, but it will still take some time before I come home."
"Um bro, not to pry or anything, but what exactly is your 'personal business'?" Jazz asked.
I was quiet for a minute before giving a small sigh, I can trust Jazz with this. "Danielle recently activated her core, a Fusion Core, which means she has a piece of my core and someone else's."
"... Oh... wow, that's... that's big." Jazz could only say.
"I know, I was just at Vlad's mansion and found a computer hard drive." I said as I looked out the window, finally seeing it was dark. "Listen, you can't tell Danielle. I want to get all the fact before I tell her anything, ok."
"I won't say anything bro, I promise." Jazz said reassuringly. "But... where are you going now?"
I let out a long sigh before answering. "I'm going back to Amity Park."
I stepped out of the hotel early in the morning and felt the warm touch my face. After I told Jazz I was returning to our old home I said goodnight to Danielle before going to sleep. There was only one person I trusted with this information and had the knowledge to help me, Tucker Foley.
Deciding I wanted to get my answers as soon a possible I activated Creeper before flying to Amity.
The fly was faster then the one to Wisconsin, only a half an hour later and I could already see the ones sleepy town of Amity Park. I couldn't help but want to look around a bit, so I landed in front of town hall. I saw that statue of me was still standing and I couldn't help but chuckle a bit. God that thing was so cheese.
I started to walk around my old home and just took it all in. I lived in this town for about 16 years and now I was a demon hunter living in New York, talk about change. As I walked down the street I accidentally bumped into someone.
"Sorry my- Paulina." I said in surprised when I saw the former B-Queen of Casper high.
She looked slightly different since the last I saw her, she was older and had her hair in a high pony tail that reached the bottom of her back. Paulina was wearing pink shirt that showed a little more skin then her old one, and she was a jean skirt that stopped just above her thighs. All in all, she still looked hot.
"What-Danny." Paulina said in surprise before she smiled and hugged me. "Oh my god it is you, what are you doing back in Amity?" She asked as she pulled back.
I gave her a small smile with a shrug. "Got some business I need to go over with an old friend."
The Spanish girl nodded and was about to speak but was interrupted by a small explosion. Wiping my head so the side I saw a pillar of smoke rise in the distance. I looked back to Paulina and saw she didn't look that surprised, shocking me a bit. Paulina saw the look on my face and smiled a bit.
"Just another day in Amity Park, Valerie is doing a great job since you left." Paulina said casually. "Anyway I need to get going, hope I see you again." She said before walking away.
I looked at the girl I had a crush from high school walk down the street and think how much she's grown up. Looking a little lower I couldn't help but admired that fine ass she had as it swayed side to side. Shaking my head out of the gutter I turned to the pillar of smoke before activating Creeper and flying to the action.
Their I landed on the building and was getting a good look at a familiar sight. It was Valerie Gray flying around as the Red Huntress while fighting a giant ghost snake. She was zipping around on her hover board while firing at the snake who was swinging it's tail. She then took out a small ball before throwing it under the snake as it detonated.
The snake flew high into the air making me whistle a bit before it started to come back to earth. Valerie stuck out her arm and a tube popped out before a red light surrounded the snake, sucking it in. I saw Valerie slump a bit from exposition I suppose.
"Not as easy as I make it look, huh Val." I said with a cocky voice.
Valerie's head wiped up to me and I could see shock in her eyes. "Wh-what, Danny!?"
I jumped off the building and landed on the side walk before walking to her. "In the demonic flesh." I said with a cocky grin.
The hover broad under Valerie's feet folded into itself before she ran to me and gave me a hug, one I returned. "Oh my god, it's been for ever." She said before she pulled back. "What are you doing back in Amity?"
I gave a small sigh as I rubbed my head. "Unfortunately this isn't a social call, I got some computer tech I need help with."
Val nodded. "Tucker?"
"Tucker." I confirmed. "How is he by the way, you and Sam too."
Val's suit returned back into her shoes and I got a good look at the new her. She looked a little older now, she had her usual yellow shirt and orange skirt. Her hair seemed a bit straighter then her previous style. All and all she looked great.
"Well some things changed after you left," She said as we walked down the street. "I'm the towns official ghost control expert, so I get paid a good amount. Sam and Tucker help when ever I ask, but thanks to my partner I don't need to do that often."
"Partner?" I asked.
"Well one thing I learned from you is that ghost hunting can be hard on your own, so I got a partner. I'll introduce you to him later." Val said with a smile. "One thing you might find interesting is Sam, she's currently dating Kwan."
Now that caught me by surprise a bit. "Kwan, as in the football player Kwan?" I asked, making sure I heard that right.
Val gave a shrug with a playful smirk. "She changed him for the better," She said making me chuckle a bit. Val then looked away a bit, her cheeks pink. "Speaking of couples, right now I'm dating Tucker and thing are going pretty good." She said with a pleased smile.
I smiled and patted her shoulder. "Good for you two, I'm happy for you both." I said before an old and pleasant memory came to mind. "Hey... dose Tucker now about how we... rocked the bed on our first date?" I asked, trying to make this sound not as awkward as it was.
Val's face turned red as she gave a small chuckle. "Yeah... I told him... and he took it... very interesting." She said before tuning to me. "Apparently he want to show you up so he... goes to great lengths to... please me." She said complacently embarrassed.
I put a hand over my mouth trying not to laugh my ass off. "Dose... it work?"
"Oh hell yeah it dose." Val said with a slight perverted smile that finally made me lose it. Val snapped out of her thoughts and had a huge blush on her face.
We kept a normal conversation as we walked to my best friends house. It wasn't long before we walked up to Tucker's house, the same as it always been. Val walked up to the house and rang the door bell, a moment later the door opened.
"Hey babe, you miss me?" Tucker asked as he brought Valerie into a kiss.
"Hey, I missed you too," I said getting his attention. "Where's my sugar?" I said with a cocky grin.
Tucker looked at me in shock when he saw me. "Danny, it's you!" He nearly screamed as he gave me a hug before pulling back.
I finally got a good look at the new look for Tuck. He was warring a blue button up shirt with khaki pants and he no longer had his red beret.
"Sam, look's who's at the front door!" Tucker called back into the house.
A moment later Sam came out an I couldn't help but be surprised at her new look. Unlike Tuck, Sam's new look was really different. Her hair was longer and reached all the way to the bottom of her back, she no longer had her combat boots and just wear regular high black boots. She had tight black skinny jeans that showed all her curves and a purple tube top that wasn't afraid to show a little cleavage.
"Oh my god, Danny!?" She said in surprise before hugging me. "It's been so long, how have you been?" She asked before puling back.
"Thing have been good," I said with a shrug before I turned to Tucker with a serious look, which he caught instantly. "Listen, I hate to do this, but I didn't come back to Amity just for a social call. I need your help with something."
Everyone suddenly gained a serious look as the tension went up. "What do you need man?" Tucker asked.
I gave him a small smile before speaking. "Let's go inside first, I don't want to talk about this in the open."
They nodded before we went inside and up to Tucker's room. It was nothing fancy, just a big bed, a beanbag chair in the corner, and a desk with two computers on it.
"So what's the problem Danny?" Sam asked as she and Val sat on Tuckers bed, and Tucker sat at his desk.
I took a deep breath and tried to think on where to begin. "It's about Danielle," I said instantly getting worried looks from them.
"Is she in trouble?" Val quickly asked in worry.
I quickly waved them off before they jumped the gun. "Don't worry, Danielle isn't in any danger... I just stumbled onto some new information." I then brought out the computer hard drive from my pocket and tossed it to Tuck. "I need to get any information off of this drive, can you do it?"
Tucker looked at the drive for a moment before he pulled out a wire from his drawer and hooked it up to his computer. A moment later a bunch of text appeared that I couldn't understand, but what ever it was it made Tucker click his tongue.
"There's a pretty good password inscription, it's going to take a while before I can get in." He said as he started to type on his computer.
Sam then cleared her throat grabbing my attention. "So what dose this have to do with Danielle?" She asked.
I rubbed my head a bit before answering. "Danielle recently unlocked her core but... it was different. It was a Fusion core." I said getting confused looks form the girls, Tucker raised a brow but didn't turn from the computer.
"I've never heard of a 'Fusion core'." Val said to me.
I gave her a small shrug. "Not surprised, Fusion Cores are rare, like one in a million rare."
"Um, what exactly is 'Fusion Core'?" Sam asked.
I was quiet for a moment before answering. "A Fusion Core is when a ghost is born with a core that holds two elements, Danielle has a core with a combination of Ice and Fire," I explained getting a nod from them. "But the thing about a Fusion Core is that a ghost with one must be born from two other ghost with different cores to even have a chance of having one."
The entire room was silent as everything sink in. Everyone was staring at me with slightly gap mouths at what I just said, even Tucker was looking away from the computer.
"Dose that mean..." Sam trailed off.
"Danielle got her Ice half from me," I then pointed to the drive that was hooked up to Tucker's computer. "And that will tell me who she got her fire half from."
Again the room was silent as they absorbed everything. Tucker turned back to his computer and started typing again.
"Wow... that's a lot to take in." Sam said as she laid back on the bed.
"Tell me about it." I sighed as I leaned against the wall. "So how long is cracking that code going to take Tuck."
"Just... about... now." Tucker said as a screen popped up on his computer. "Where exactly did you get this hard drive?"
"Went to Vlad's old place before coming here," I said as I walked next to Tucker and looked at the computer. "Managed to find this in the wreckage, it's a metrical it wasn't broken."
Tucker started to type faster on the computer and opened up some file. One of the files said 'cloning' and he quickly clicked on it.
"Alright, says here basically that Vlad was tired of you always wining and you refusing to join him." Tucker said, giving me the basic run down. "So he resorted to cloning you to gain the perfect son for himself." Tucker then pulled up some photos of the mindless clones.
"What the hell are those things?" Val asked in shock.
I glanced back and saw she and Sam were right behind me. "Those are the failed clone experiments Vlad made." I said getting a shocked look from them again.
"Vlad tried to make a clone using only your DNA, but for some reason they couldn't become stable and kept disintegrating or become mindless and uncontrollable." Tucker said as he opened more file.
"I guess my demonic blood and ghost blood at the time were too much to make a perfect clone of me." I said as I rubbed my chin.
"Makes sense, I mean you did lose most of your ghost powers as soon as your demonic blood was awaken." Sam commented making all of us nod.
Tucker then pulled up a file that said 'DP-4' before reading form it. "Ok I got something, Danielle was the 4th clone Vlad made and was stable because he used a different method..." Tucker was quiet for a moment before turning to me. "He used two different DNA's to make Danielle." Tucker said confirming what I thought.
"Dose it say who's DNA he used?" I asked as I looked closer to the computer.
Tucker looked back to the computer before typing a bit more. What surprised me was when he suddenly leaned away from the computer with wide eyes. "Wow... didn't see that coming."
I turned to Tucker in shock of his reaction. "What, what did you find?" I nearly demanded.
Tucker suddenly turned to me with a surprised looked. "Oh, um... well. Turns out Vlad tested a lot of DNA combinations." He looked back to the computer and pulled up another file.
"Other DNA?" Val said in confusion.
Tucker nodded to his girlfriend. "Yeah, Danny's DNA was too unique to make a stable 100% clone, so Vlad tried to combine other DNA's with Danny's to make the clone stable." Tucker then looked back to the list. "Wow he tried a lot of combos, and not all of them were ghost."
"Like who?" I asked while rubbing my face. This was getting too complicated.
Tucker looked closer at the file before reading the names. "Kitty, Lydia, Dora, Paulina, Spectra, Star, Jazz," That nearly made me have a heart attack but Tucker continue. "Pandora, Sam, Valerie." That made the girls gasp in shock and even me when I heard their and Pandora's names. "That's about it." He said as he rubbed his face.
"That asshole," Val screamed in rage making me look at her. "He took our DNA and tried to use it for his own need!" She said with some discuses.
Sam had a shocked look as well as she ran her hand in her hair. "That's... that's a lot to take in."
Tucker turned to the girls and waved them off. "Don't worry, none of the DNA's on this list were compatible with Danny to make a stable clone, so Vlad didn't use any." He said getting a sigh of relief from the girls.
"So can you tell me who Vlad got the DNA he used to make Danielle?" I asked.
My tech friend nodded and turned back into the computer and started to type. He didn't stop for a good minute before a file came up that made him stop. He looked at the file and his eyes slowly widen and his jaw dropped.
He slowly turned to us with a shocked look before he spoke. "Out of all the DNA's Vlad collected, only one was able to be used for a stable clone. And that DNA belong to..." Tucker then brought up a photo that made the enter room go into shock, even me at who we saw. "Ember McLain."
We all stood there shocked, seeing the impossible right in front of us. I walked back and sat on the edge of Tucker's bed, letting everything sink in.
"You got to be shitting me, Ember McLain, the teen rebellion rock star and one of my old enemies, is the mother of my child..." I let it all sink in while I rubbed my face. "Fuuuuuuuuck."
No one said anything and just gave me worrying looks. "What are you going to do now Danny?" Sam asked me with a worry look on her face.
I took a deep breath before letting it out slowly. "I need to contact her," I said getting look's of disbelief from everyone. "Hey don't look at me like that, she might be an old enemy but she is still the mother of my child. I want to talk to at least talk to her."
No one said anything but they nodded, understanding my reasoning. "You do what you have to man." Tucker said, giving me a encouraging smile.
I sighed a bit but smile to my friends, grateful they were here with me. "Now I need some way to get to the Ghost Zone to contact her." I said, trying to think of a way.
"I think I can help with that," Val said getting my attention. "My partner has ways of getting to and from the Ghost Zone."
That made me blink in surprise. "Wow, your friend sounds resourceful," I said before turning back to Tuck. "By the way, anything else important on that drive."
Tucker gave a shrug before going back to his computer and typing away. "Well there's not much here, just some date on you when you had ghost power, some blue prints for a cloning chamber... hello, who are you?" Tucker said as he came up to a new file.
The new file was labeled 'M-XXX', from what I can tell it required a password to open it.
"Got something babe?" Val asked as she looked over Tuck's shoulder.
"Don't know, this file had a better encryption then anything else on the drive." Tucker said as he started to type faster. "Whatever's in here must be something very important."
We all gathered around Tucker as he typed away at the computer, faster then I ever seen him go. He had a smile on his face as he hacked, probably finally having a challenge.
"Ha, got it!" Tucker said in triumph. "Now lets see what secrets you hold."
We all waited with anticipation as Tucker opened the file and a bunch of folders popped up. Tucker moved the mouse and clicked on the first one and to our surprise a video started to play. It was nothing shocking the video, just a recording in a bed room. From the angle of the camera I could only guess it was hidden.
Suddenly I had a sinking feeling of dread for some reason. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" I asked myself getting a confused look from my friends.
A moment later the sound of a door opening was heard from the video and a figure walked right up to the camera, blocking it making us only see blue. The figure moved forward letting us get a better look, but we still couldn't see it's face. There was the sound of a zipper coming down much to our confusion, I looked closer and couldn't help but notice how the figure looked... feminine... and in a blue... jumpsuit.
My face slowly morphed into horror as I connected the dotes on what this video was. They were confirmed as the figure bent which got a gasp from everyone as the figure reviled a woman's body and a familiar face, Maddie Fenton.
"Oh shit dude, it's your ex-mom!" Tucker shouted as he stared at the video. Sam and Val had hug blushes on there faces as they tried to look away, but couldn't.
Me, I was green right now and too shocked to move.
The video continued as we saw Maddie wiggle out of her jumpsuit until she was only in her underwear. She put her hands behind her white bra and there was a loud click that was heard from the video.
Fortunately the clicked snapped me out of my stupor and did the next reasonable thing. I wiped out Ebony and shot wire that connected the drive to the computer before the video could go any farther, making everyone jump back in shock. They looked at me in near disbelief as I put Ebony back into it's holster.
"We never speak of this again, ever." I said getting a round of nodded from everyone. I walked up to Tucker's computer and quickly put the memory drive in my pocket.
After that traumatizing moment we all went downstairs and got a quick bight to eat.
"So... what do we do now?" Tucker asked as he bite into his meat sandwich.
I sighed a bit as I grabbed a paper and pen before writing down on it. After about a minute I folded he paper up and put it into a envelope I found off to the side.
"I need this delivered to Ember," I then turned to Val. "So you think you can call that partner of yours?"
Val nodded before she pulled out a... whistle. She got up from her chair and started to walk to the front door. "Let's do this outside, it will be easier to hear."
We followed her outside to the front of the house where she blow the silent whistle. After that we waited... and waited... and waited... and waited some more.
"What are we waiting fo-" I was about to ask but was cut off as I hiccuped a blue mist.
I instantly but my hands on Ebony and Ivory but Val stopped me with a smile. A moment later a ghost appeared in front of her that nearly made me jump and point my weapons at it. But I quickly put them down when I saw who it was.
"Wulf?" I asked in shocked as I stared at the ghost werewolf.
The werewolf didn't look that much different since the Ghost War, but instead of having a green jail suit he was warring a green hoodie.
"Friend!" Wulf said in broken English as he gave me a big hug.
"I missed you to buddy." I wheezed before he bulled back. I then turned to Val with a confused look. "Mind explaining to me how exactly Wulf become your partner?" I asked with a amused face.
Val gave a small smile. "About a month after you left things were not getting easy for me, since random ghost portal kept appearing all over town and I had no constant access to the ghost zone, so work was piling up." She then turn to Wulf and gave him a smile, one he returned. "About 5 months ago I was in a bind and nearly lost my life, but Wulf came to my rescuer. I asked him if he wanted anything and all he said was, 'freedom'. So he's been helping me with ghost ever since and living in Amity."
"So what dose Phantom need?" Wulf asked me in Esperanto, the only languish I understand other then English.
I took out the letter and handed it to Wulf getting a confused look out of him. "I need you to get this letter to Ember McLain, can you do that for me?" I asked while handing him the letter, getting a slightly confused look out of him.
"The siren?" Wulf asked making me nod.
"Listen, this letter is very important. I need you to get this letter to her no mater what." I said making sure he felt the gravity of this situation. "And if she agrees to come to me, open a portal for her."
Wulf gave a determine nod before his claws popped out of his paw. He then pulled his arm back, swiped the air and creating a green tear before jumping into it, the tear closing behind him.
I then turned to Val. "You going to be ok without him for a few hours?"
Val gave a cocky grin and put her hand on her him. "Hey don't underestimate me, I've been protecting this city before Wulf even came." She said making me give a small laugh.
"So what are you going to now Danny?" Sam asked me and I gave her a sad smile.
"Got to head home and wait for Ember." I said getting a sad look from everyone.
"But dude, you just got here." Tucker said.
"I know I know, but this is about my daughter," I said making them nod sadly. "I can't cut any corners, not with something this important."
They all nodded to what I said with a sad look on there faces.
Sam then turned to Tucker with a small smile. "Hey Tucker, remember when Danny was just a clueless kid in high school." Sam said making Tucker laugh and my eye twitch. "Now he's turned into a great man and a great father." She said making me give her a warm smile.
We all got into a group hug before parting. "Remember if your ever in New Your look me up and," I then bulled out one of my card and handed it to them. "Don't be afraid to call."
With that said and one last goodbye I activated Creeper and started to fly back home.
Deep in the Ghost Zone, three ghostly women sat in a realm. These young women were none other Kitty, Ember, and Spectra, hanging out in Ember's realm, which resembled a apartment building room.
Right now none of the woman were in the best of moods. For Ember it was the fact she just broke up with her boyfriend Skulker, who had spend all of his time hunting rouge ghost in the zone and no time with her.
Spectra just got out of a relationship with Bertrand, her assistant turned boyfriend, when he wasn't meeting her expatiation's of a man, never standing up for her, just excepting that she was bad, and horrible in bed. Spectra had enough of it and dumped the green blob for good, both as a boyfriend and an assistant.
But the one in the most foul mood was Kitty, after Kitty got back together with Johnny thanks to Danny, things have been great for them. But for several months her boyfriend Johnny had been acting weird, being gone for several hours, coming home exhausted with a satisfied smile, being extremely nervous around her. It didn't take a rocket scientist to see something was up. When Kitty confronted him about it and he said it was nothing, when it was a god damn something. She yelled at him and told him they were taking a break before she stormed out of his realm, ignoring the broken look on his face.
Now the three ghost beauty's were hanging out, trying to forget there boyfriends for the night.
"So what do you girls want to do?" Spectra asked.
"We could watch a movie, or maybe see if we can go to the human world?" Kitty suggested.
"I watch all the movies I have a dozen times, and there's no constant connection to the human world anymore. We would have to wait for a natural portal." Ember said as she toned her guitar.
The three women pondered on what to do but all were drawing a blank.
"Common girls," Ember said as she stood in front of her friends. "We got to do something, we can't just sit on our asses and let our afterlife pass us."
That got a smile out of Kitty and Spectra as they both stood up. "Right, let's go to a bar and see where things take us." Kitty said as they all walked to the door of Ember's Realm.
As the three wear about to exit the realm Ember raised a arm, stopping them. "Wait," Ember said as she stared at the door. "Someone's here." She said as she felt s presence in front of her door.
A moment later there was a knock at the door making the girls look at each other.
"If that's Johnny I'm going to be pissed." Kitty said as she folded her arms and Ember walked to the took.
When Ember opened the door last thing she expected was to be looking at the end of a maw. She jumped back in shock and brought up her guitar, but stopped when she saw who it was.
"Hey, it's the werewolf." Spectra said from behind Ember. "You remember, from the Ghost War?" She asked her friends as they slowly nodded.
Wulf smiled as at the girls, he had been searching for the siren for hours and finally he found her. He started to explain the situation to her, but unfortunately none of them spoke Esperanto, so he just got confused looks from the girls.
"English mother fucker, do you speak it?" Ember asked, starting to get annoyed at the foreign language.
Wulf had an annoyed look on his face as he brought up the Letter Daniel gave him and handed it to Ember. "From Phantom." Wulf said getting a shocked look form the girls.
"Wait, wait, wait, Phantom, as in Danny Phantom?" Kitty asked with a look of shock from her and her friends, and who could blame them.
After the Ghost War Phantom disappeared after he was taken by Clockwork. No one had heard from him for over half a year, there were a bunch of rumors floating around about his disappearance. Some say he was taken as the apprentice of Clockwork and would become the next master of time, others say he was locked away by the Observants because they were scared of his power, there was even one that said he was being trained by Clockwork to be the next Ghost King, or that the fight with Pariah Dark was too much and he just ended.
The girls were brought out of there thoughts when Wulf brought up a single claw and cut the letter open for Ember. The siren quickly took the letter out and began to read it out loud.
Dear Ember McLain
I recently came upon some information I need discuses with you. If you want to talk to me, find a way to the human world and go to New York City before finding a night club called 'The Underworld', the address is at the bottom.
Look, I now this sound crazy coming from an old enemy, but the fact is you'll want to here this too. So please meet me at The Underworld as soon as you can, you'll have an invite.
You have a week before I Give up.
From Daniel James Phantom, A.K.A Danny Phantom.
As soon as Ember was done reading the letter out loud, she couldn't help but feel both shock and confusion. Shock from the fact she just got a letter from Phantom who had been missing for more then half a year, and confusion from wondering what he could want with her.
"Oh my god, it's a love letter!" Kitty squealed in excitement.
Ember looked at Kitty as if she grow a second head before rolling her eyes, remembering how her best friend can be a hopeless romantic. "Common Kitty, there is no way this is a love letter, it's just Phantom trying to contact me, nothing more."
"Maybe, but why is he trying to call you of all ghost?" Spectra asked as she looked over the letter.
Ember thought about the whole thing. On one hand this did smell a bit fishy, but on the other she didn't have anything to lose and it would give the girls and excuse to get out of the Ghost Zone.
"Well what ever it is, at least we get to go to a club." Ember said with a grin. "So what do you say girls, a road trip to New York City?"
That got a smile out of the girls but Spectra's quickly faded. "Wait, how are we going to get to the human world?" Spectra asked the unanswered question.
That got a frown out of the younger girls as they all started to think. They were interrupted out of their thoughts when they heard someone clear there voice. Turning to the door the girls notice that there werewolf ghost was still their.
"Are you going to friend?" Wulf asked with broken English.
Ember was a bit confused but nodded eventually. "Yes." She said slowly.
Wulf gave a toothy smile that unnerved the ghostly women a bit. "Then I take you to human world." He said.
"How, do you know where a portal is going to appear?" Kitty asked in confusion.
Wulf just gave them a sly grin. "I make portal." Was all he said before floating away.
That got a shocked look from the girls. Making a portal from the Ghost Zone was not an easy task, it required a lot power and consideration to even open a portal for one ghost, but for three it was an easy feat. Ember herself could teleport back to the Ghost Zone but she couldn't leave, easy one way, impossible for the other.
The three ghostly women fallowed Wulf just outside Ember's realm, Wulf pulled his arm back and created a tear. The girls looked at the tear in astonishment.
"Well, next stop New York city." Kitty squealed in excitement before the three ghost flew through the portal and Wulf close behind them.
This all went down fast, but unknown to then a certain biker was watching the whole thing from afar.
After the ghost girls got out of the Ghost Zone they made their way to New York, but not without having some fun along the way. One of those fun things was when Kitty won a Jeep in a poker game at a casino along with a lot of cash, they were currently riding the Jeep all the way to New York. They didn't need the Jeep since they all could fly, but it was fun for them.
They also updated there cloths a bit with the poker winnings. Ember was warring a black leather jacket that said 'Rock On' on the back, she also had a pair of black jeans and her usual boots. Kitty had red shirt that hugged her breast making them pop out a bit and look bigger, she also had a red frilly skirt that was a bit shorter then her last on and high black boots. Spectra donned an open red jacket with a white button shirt and a red mini skirt.
The girls have been heading to New York for the past two days, no one in a hurry to meet the halfa in New York. Spectra was currently behind the wheel, Kitty in the back while looking at a map and Ember in the front toning her guitar.
"We should be in New York city by night fall." Kitty said as she looked up from the map.
Spectra glanced at Ember from the corner of her eye and saw her brows furrow. "You ok Em, you look a little troubled?" Spectra said startling the rock star.
Ember looked as Spectra a bit before shrugging. "I'm just wondering what babypop want's to tell me?"
"His undying love for you," Kitty said in a dreamy voice, getting a eye roll from the other two. "Common, Phantom's been gone for about half a year, he just calls you out of the blue, ask you to meet him at some nightclub, and he said Ember would want to here what he has to say. If that's not a confession then I don't know what is." She finished with a winning smile.
Ember just shook her head and gave a small chuckle. "Look, I just left Skulker and I'm not looking for a relationship right now. Plus babypop's... babypop, he's the goody two shoes boy scout, I'm too badass for him."
Spectra couldn't help but scoff at her friend. "Yeah, he's also the one who ended Pariah Dark, or don't you remember the Ghost War." She said with a little sarcasm.
That got the girls to shut up. Phantom was technically one of the strongest beings to ever enter the Ghost Zone, the power he used to end Pariah was still completely unknown to them.
"You... you don't think he want's revenge, right?" Kitty asked a little nervously, having never actually fought Phantom.
Both Ember and Spectra scoffed. "Doubtful." They said at the same time.
They might not be on Phantom's hit list but one thing was for sure, only a suicidal ghost would want to fuck with Phantom now.
After a couple of hours later night fall came and the ghostly trio enter New York City. They couldn't help but admire the sights as they drove down the road.
"So where's this club Ember?" Spectra asked.
Ember pulled out the letter and told her the address.
"Well that doesn't help a lot, we don't even know where even start." Kitty said as she looked out the window.
The girls kept driving for a while looking for The Underworld, but weren't having much luck. "That's it, I'm asking for directions!" Ember said in frustration before lowering the window at the next red light. She stuck her head out window and called on the car next to them. "Hey buddy," She called, making the car next to them lower their window. "Do you know where to find a nightclub called The Underworld?" She asked.
They were given quick directions by the driver and were pleased to know the nightclub wasn't far. Soon the ghostly trio pulled up to The Underworld and were slightly shocked at the sight.
"Wow, Danny sure knows how to pick a hot place." Kitty said as she looked the place over.
They quickly parked the car before heading to the front of The Underworld.
Spectra looked over the long line. "Damn, that's a good 3 hours of waiting right their." She said with a click of her tongue.
"Well the dipstick said I had an invite, let's see if he's not full of shit." Ember said as they walked to the front of the line. "Plus we can just go in intangible if they won't let us in."
The bouncer at the front door saw the ladies approach and he brought up a clipboard. "Do you have an invitation?" He asked.
"I guess, I'm Ember McLain." Ember said with a shrug.
The bouncer looked over the list and flipped through some pages before finding that name. "Ah here you are, I'm suppose to escort you to the VIP section." He said as he moved the rope to let Ember in.
"Hey I'm not leaving my girls behind." Ember said as she throw her arms around Spectra and Kitty, getting a smile out of them. "You want me, they come too."
The bouncer was quiet for a moment before looking at the clipboard then shrugging. "Ok, say's here you can have guests." He said before they walked inside.
The inside of the nightclub was lively, an up beat song playing, people dancing and drinking. "Wow this seems like a really popular place." Kitty said as she looked around while fallowing the bouncer.
"Holy shit," Ember said in shock getting her friends attention. When they fallowed her line of sight they were shocked as well. "P-Phantom." She said as they still fallowed the bouncer.
Over in the VIP section of the club was Phantom in his black suit, along with his sister Jazz and some man that was older then them. They were all smiling and having a great time.
"Oh yum." Spectra said with a sexy smile as she looked Phantom and Greed up and down. "If you don't want Phantom I'll take him for a ride."
Her friends ignored her and continued to walk to the VIP section. One they were close enough and Phantom saw them his expression changed so one calmer.
"Ember McLain, Penelope Spectra, and Kitty, it's so good to see all of you." Phantom said as the three ghostly women entered the VIP section. "Please, have a seat."
The three looked at each other a bit before they sat next to each other, across from Phantom and his group.
"Interesting meeting point," Ember said as she looked around the club. "But we got to asked about a million questions dipstick."
Daniel looked slightly surprised at Ember. "Huh, never knew you were interested in me." Daniel said with a chuckle.
"Well considering you dropped off the map of two world after the Ghost War, I think we have a right to be a little curious Danny." Kitty said as she leaned forward a bit. "So the question on all are minds is, 'What the hell happened to you'?" She said with a smile.
Daniel gave a sheepish smile as she rubbed his head. "Well as you can tell a lot has happened since the Ghost War," He then snapped his fingers and smirked. "But before we start talking, would you like some drinks," He said as he called a waitress over. "Don't worry, their on the house."
The girls were surprised but ordered anyway. Ember and Kitty both got whisky, Spectra and Jazz both got wine, and finally both Daniel and Greed had scotch.
"A women with taste I see." Spectra said to Jazz as she sipped her wine.
"Well I had time to grow since you tried to kill me." Jazz said while giving Spectra a light glare.
The tension in the air instantly went up, but Spectra just gave Jazz a cool smile. "I wasn't going to kill you, I don't kill." She said with some seriousness that surprised Daniel and Jazz. "I was only going to hurt you, a girls got to live right." She said calmly.
Jazz glared at the red head ghost, she hated how this ghost used phycology for her own gain. Just as she was about to say something her brother put her hand up, stopping her.
"Look I hate to do this but I need you to hold this off until we're done talking. Can you do that sis?" Daniel asked his sister a seriously getting a nod out of her. He then turned to the girls and gave them a serious look, surprising them a bit. "Look, you asked me what happen after the Ghost War I'll tell you. Long story short, I was training for about six months before moving to New York, opened my one little business here."
"What do you do, more ghost busting?" Ember couldn't help but joke a bit.
Daniel just gave a big grin and opened his arms. "I opened a club." I said as I kicked my feet up on the low table.
The ghostly women jaws dropped as they looked at my. After about 10 minutes they were able to pull themselves together, but their were sill some looks of disbelief from them.
"Wow Danny, when you go you go big." Kitty said as she looked around before bumping her elbow into Ember. "Not such a boy scout anymore, huh Ember." She said making Ember look away with a slight glare.
"Boy scout is not what I would use do describe this guy," Greed said as he took a big gulp of his scotch, getting everyone's attention.
"Oh really," Spectra asked with a flurry smile to Greed. "And how would you describe him?" She asked as she leaned forward.
Greed grinned, showing off his teeth. "Someone you don't fuck with, me on the other hand," He then leaned closer while giving his own flirty smile. "That's all up to you."
Daniel quickly cleared his throat getting their attention. "As much as I love seeing you guy flirt I still need to talk to Ember on why I called her here," He said before looking to everyone. "So no interruptions." He then turned to Ember. "Listen Ember, you need to know-"
"Kitty!" A voice yelled cutting Daniel off.
"God damn it!" Daniel said in annoyance before everyone turned to the voice.
There came running to them was none other then Johnny 13.
"Johnny, what the hell are you doing here!?" Kitty said in outrage as she stomped up him, her friends behind her.
"Sorry babypop, but your going to have to wait a minute." Ember said as she fallowed her friend.
Daniel groaned while rubbing his face, he felt a hand rub his back and he turned to see his sister give him a encouraging smile. He smiled back before he got up and fallowed the female ghosts, alone with Jazz and Greed.
"What are you doing here Johnny, I told you we're on a break." Kitty said as she glared at her boyfriend.
"Kitten please, just let me explain." Johnny said, practically begging.
"I don't want to here it, you've been lying to me for months. I just... I need sometime to think." She said with a tired sigh before she looked away. "I don't even know if I want to get back together with you." She said with a whisper but Johnny heard it clear as day.
"Kitty... you... you can't mean that." Johnny said with a sad look.
Kitty looked at Johnny before letting out a small breath. "Johnny, I love you, I really do," This got a hopeful look from the biker ghost but it quickly went away again with what she said next. "But I can't keep doing this, the lying, the arguments, you always flirting with other girls. I just can't." She said before turning away from him.
Johnny walked up behind Kitty with his hand out. "Kitty... please, let me explain, that's all I'm asking."
He was about to put his hand on Kitty's shoulder but Ember and Spectra quickly stood between them. "Look 13, Kitty said she needs some space, so let her." Ember said with a glare.
Johnny looked between the two ghost girls and was about to say something, but Daniel quickly interrupted.
"As much as I like seeing a lovers drama, I think we should take this upstairs." Daniel said getting a confused look from the girls but a shocked look from Johnny. "We're starting to make a crowd." Daniel said as he looked around and saw people staring at us.
"Whoa kid... that you?" The biker asked and Daniel only giving him a big grin.
They made their way upstairs to the privet section of Daniel's club, used only for privet party's that are formal or too extreme. It was smaller then the one downstairs, a piano in the back, a bar with about 100 different on the wall, a pool in the large balcony with a hot tub off to the side, some couches off to the walls and in the center of the room that surrounded a fireplace.
All the ghost looked around in astonishment, all of them wondering the same thing.
"Damn babypop, how the hell did you afford this place." Ember said as they all sat down on the couches by the fire place.
Daniel gave a big grin and just shrug. "Oh you know made, made a good deal here and their, inherited a small fortune, you know how it goes." He then turned to Johnny and Kitty, one with a pitying look and the other with a glare. "I take it you two are having trouble in paradise?"
Kitty started to explain the situation of her and Johnny, who did not say anything until she was finish.
"Kitten if you let me explain-"
"Save it Johnathon," Spectra said using his real name. "If Kitty doesn't want to talk to you then she doesn't have to."
Johnny looked ready to fight Spectra but just took a deep breath and put his hand in his pocket. Daniel looked closer and saw the biker ghost my be grabbing something in his pocket.
Daniel gave a small huff getting everyone's attention before he turned to Kitty. "Look, I know it's not my place but can you let the guy talk before you shoot him down." He said while pointing to Johnny, getting a grateful smile out of him.
Kitty looked at Daniel in disbelief... before sighing. "Fine, fine," She said with a slightly annoying voice, getting a sigh of relief from Johnny. "Say what you have to say, but if Spectra feels like your lying, your ass if fried." She said in a dangerous voice, making Johnny nod rapidly.
The biker took a breath before talking. "Kitty, remember that small fight we had a couple of months ago and I went out for a ride," He said getting a nod from Kitty. "Well while I was riding I found a portal and derided to ride around in the human world. While I was riding I found something," He said as he pulled something out of his pocket and put it around Kitty's hand. "I found this." He said as he pulled back to revile a bracelet.
Kitty looked closer at the bracelet, when she did her eyes instantly went wide and she put a hand over her mouth. "Johnny... is... is this..." She couldn't even say anything as she had tears coming out of her eyes.
Her friends looked worried at her, even Jazz, Greed just gave a blank look as he drank his scotch and Daniel just looked curious.
Johnny gave a smile as he sat next to Kitty and put a hand over hers. "I found it when I was in the human world, in a antique store. I was about a second away from stealing it... but I didn't, this is to important to steal. So I started to make money whenever I was in the human world, odd jobs like fixing bikes, cars, things like that." He then frowned. "I just bought it when you... got mad and left me." He said getting a look of horror from Kitty.
"J-Johnny if I had known-" Kitty started to say in a panic but Johnny just put his hand up and stopped her while giving her a small smile.
"I know, that's why I didn't give up." Johnny said.
The next thing that surprised everyone was when Kitty grabbed Johnny's face and brought him into a passionate kiss, throwing her arms around him. The kiss lasted for a good 5 minutes before the both came up for air that they didn't even need.
Daniel cleared his throat getting everyone's attention. "I am actually curious on what the hell is going on." Daniel said with a grin, getting a nod from everyone who cared. "So you mind explaining to me what the hell is going on."
Kitty nodded as she wiped her eyes. "Johnny gave this to me before... before we became ghost, when we were alive." She said getting a gasp from her friends. "He said it was a symbol of our eternal bond together, our love. After we became ghost we tried to find it but it was stolen, I thought it was lost forever... until now." She said lovingly as she looked at Johnny.
Their was a silent in the air before their was the sound of someone clapping. Everyone turned to Daniel as he was leaning back in the couch while clapping slowly, he gave Kitty and Johnny a big smile that somehow gave them chills.
"I'm happy for you both, really I am, but," He said before turning to Ember. "I still need to talk to Ember," He said with a slightly strained voice. "So please, NO. MORE. INTERUPTIONS." Daniel said as his voice shook with every word, making everyone lean back a bit.
"Whoa cool it babypop, no more interruptions," Ember said as she brought her hands up. "Scouts honor." She said with a peace sigh and a smirk.
That calmed Daniel down a bit and he gave a slight chuckle. "I would bet this entire club that you were never in the scouts." He said before he looked to Ember with a more serious look. "Listen, what I'm about to tell you is very important. So if you don't want anyone to hear..." He let his sentence hang their.
Ember looked at Daniel for a moment before she turned to her friends and gave them a smile. "I trust my girls, so whatever you have to say you can say it to them." She said getting a smile out of them.
Daniel nodded to them before getting up. "Well then lets take this to my office." He said before getting up with everyone.
"Well I don't need to here this part," Greed said as he started to walk away. "Too much drama for me today," He said before he slung his arm around Johnny and started to drag him away surprising everyone. "And it sucks to drink alone, common kid, you don't need to here this part." He said as he dragged Johnny out the of the privet section of the club.
Kitty looked worried at her boyfriend but felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning she saw Daniel look at her with a smile. "Don't worry, your boyfriend will be fine." He said before everyone walked to his office.
Daniel's club office was different then his DMC office slightly. It was smaller with wood walls, a wooden desk in the center, two chairs in front of the desk, two couches off to the side, and a computer on the desk. Daniel sat behind his desk, Jazz and Ember sat in front of the it while Kitty and Spectra were off to the side.
"Alright Phantom, why did you call me from all the way from the Ghost Zone?" Ember asked as she leaned back in the chair.
Daniel was quiet for a moment trying to think of the best way to explain this. "Do you remember Danielle, the ghost girl I asked you to protect during the Ghost War."
Ember looked slightly curious but nodded to me. "Yeah, your 'daughter'," Ember said getting a shocked look from Spectra and Kitty. "Been meaning to ask you, what the hell that happened their."
Daniel gave a small sigh as he leaned forward on his desk. "I... I should start at the beginning," Daniel said as he brought out the hard drive he got from Vlad's mansion and hooked it up to his computer. "Danielle wasn't exactly born... she was... well... made." Daniel finally said getting a look of disbelief from everyone except Jazz. He continued to speak before anyone could talk. "Vlad was tired of me always wining and never agreeing to join him, so he decided to clone me, a lot of times. Danielle was the 4th and only clone to survive, the others were nothing but mindless monsters."
The ghostly trio were silent as they let everything soak in. "Wow Danny, that must of been tough on you." Kitty said to him with a concerned look.
Daniel gave her a light smile and shrugged. "Eh, in the end I got a great kid."
The blue rocker suddenly cleared her throat getting the Phantom's attention. "So what dose this have to do with me?"
Daniel just looked at Ember for a while that made her feel unconformable. "Danielle recently unlocked her core... and it was a Fusion Core." He said getting a look of disbelief from the ghost.
"Wow, that's rare," Spectra said with a sharp smile. Her face then morphed into confusion as she looked at Daniel. "Wait, doesn't take TWO ghost to make a Fusion Core, cloned or not." She said getting a look of realization from her ghostly friends.
Daniel durned to his computer and started to type on it. "Yes, Danielle got her Ice half from me, and she got her Fire half from," He then turned his computer and what the ghosts saw made their jaws practically fall off. "You, Ember McLain." Daniel said.
The entire was deadly quiet, Spectra and Kitty were looking in disbelief between Ember and Daniel. Ember was in total shock, she was staring at the computer as she read how Vlad Plasmius stole her DNA and used it make Danielle, her... her... DAUGHTER.
Ember started to hyperventilate, which should be impossible because she was a ghost and didn't need air, but that didn't stop her. Everyone in the room was looking at her with worry as her breath started to become more rapid.
Jazz quickly went to Ember put her hands on Ember's shoulders, making them look at each other. "Ember, I need you to breath. Just focuses on that and nothing else."
That seem to shake the rocker enough, she started to take deep breaths and she could feel her 'heart' start to calm down. Spectra and Kitty quickly went over to their friend with concerned looks on their face.
"E-Ember, are you ok?" Kitty couldn't help but ask in a meek voice.
Ember looked to her friends and gave them a shaky nod. She then look to the computer and saw how her DNA was the only one compatible with Daniel out of a all the other Vlad stole.
"I... I understand this is a lot to take in." Daniel said getting the room's attention. "I'm not going to force you to be apart of Danielle's life, you can choose to be apart of her life or not." He said getting a shocked look from everyone.
"Yo-your giving me a chose on this?" Ember asked as if she heard that right.
Daniel gave a small shrug as she looked at Ember. "Well I can't force you to be the mother of my child, plus this whole thing is a lot to take in." He said as he saw Ember look uncomfortable at the word 'mother', but didn't say anything. "Look, if you want to be Danielle's mother we can tell her together." Daniel then put on a more calmer face as he looked at Ember. "But if you don't... I won't tell her, not until she is older anyway." He said getting a shocked look from the rocker.
Ember was quiet for a while, the whole thing was too much to take in she didn't even know where to start. Fortunately Daniel saw this right away.
"I won't make you decide right now," Daniel said getting a small sigh of relief from Ember. "You've hade a long trip and it's late, get some sleep and we can talk in the morning." He said as he reached into one of his draws and pulled out 3 keys. "There are a couple guest bedrooms upstairs that you and your friends can use. I know you don't need keys or sleep but just take them anyway."
Daniel got up from his chair and started to walk out, but stopped when he heard someone walk. "I think I'm going to stay the night here Danny," Jazz said making Daniel turn to her surprised. "Ember might need some outside help coming up with an answer." She said as she looked at Ember.
Daniel was quiet for a moment before nodding and walking out.
After Daniel left the girls all grabbed drink. Johnny came back up but Kitty told him that the situation was a serious girl matter and was privet, so Johnny gave Kitty one final kiss before heading back to the Ghost Zone. Ember decided to raid Daniel's bar and was currently on her 5th shot of vodka, Spectra, Kitty and Jazz were still on their 2nd.
As Ember slammed down her 5th glass Kitty had a worrying look on her face. "Don't you think you should slow down Em, your going to have a monstrous hangover in the morning if you keep this up." Kitty said, knowing ghost were resistant to alcohol but not immune.
Ember ignored her best friend and was about to take her 6th glass until a hand shot out and took it before she could. Ember turned to glare at Jazz as she downed the drink herself, the red head's face cringing at the taste.
"What the hell red?" Ember asked.
Jazz put the glass down and gave Ember a cool stair. "I need you in the right mind now, not getting smashed with booze."
"You know I've been wondering," Spectra said as she leaned closer to Jazz. "Why did you decide to stay behind?"
"So she could make sure I say yes." Ember said with a bit of bitterness.
"Wrong." Jazz said as she pored herself a glass of wind. Ember and the other ghost looked at the red head in surprise as she continued to talk. "I don't want to force you to do anything, all I want to do is help you come up with an answer that you believe in." She said as she took a small sip of her wine.
"Why, I thought you would be trying to drag Ember to Danielle." Kitty said as she looked between Ember and Jazz.
Jazz gave a small snort as she gave Kitty a cool look. "And what would that do, give my nieces a resentful mother that felt she was forced to have a child." She said making the ghosts cringe slightly. "I want Ember to come up with an answer she is 100% behind and have no regrets."
Their was a silent in the air as the ghost soaked everything in. Ember reached over and was about to grab the bottle of vodka, but stopped when she remembered Jazz's words. Giving a small sigh Ember pulled back and turned to Jazz.
"Can... can you tell me about her, Danielle?" Ember asked getting a surprised look from everyone.
Jazz smiled at Ember and put her glass of wind down. "Danielle's about 10, at least in body and mind wise." Jazz said with a smirk that seemed to lighten the mood. "She's confident, loves to stare at the stars, has a bit of a bad mouth-which I'm sure she got from you." That made Ember give a small chuckle as Jazz continued. "Passionate at whatever she dose, and really... she's just a good kid, and I love her." Jazz finish with a warm smile.
The ghostly trio all smiled at that, even Spectra. "She sounds like a great kid." Kitty said with a smile.
"She is." Jazz said with the same warm smile.
The 4 girls continued their night in the privet room. Ember started to cool down from the whole shock thanks to her friend and even Jazz, the night continued with more drinking and talking. Unfortunately this got the ghost to see a bit of Jazz's drunken side.
"Oh my god." Kitty said with a slight chuckle as she shook her head at Jazz, who was currently striping her cloths off and heading to the hot-tub on the balcony, the ghost trio close behind her.
"Common girls, let go for a swim!" Jazz said as she was only in her blue laced underwear she did a cannonball in the hot-tub. She popped out of the water a moment later with her bra completely socked, but she didn't seem to care. "The water is really nice." She said with a light moan as she leaned back. She then turned to the ghost girls and gave them a smile. "Aren't you coming in?"
The ghostly trio looked at each other and shrugged before shedding their own cloths. Kitty was clad in a green bra and panties, Spectra was warring a tight white lingerie underwear, and Ember... Ember was naked.
"Umm..." Spectra said as she raised an eyebrow at Ember.
Ember just gave a shrug. "I don't like underwear." She said before the ghost climbed into the hot water.
Jazz gave a drunken giggle to Ember. "Your so wild!" Jazz said as she started to relaxes in the hot water.
"And your drunk as fuck." Kitty said with a laugh.
Jazz just stuck her tough at the ghost making everyone laugh. They started to talk about meaningless topics before Spectra brought up something.
"So I am curious," Spectra said getting Jazz attention. "What exactly happen since the Ghost War, Daniel didn't give us much of an explanation."
Jazz looked at Spectra and gave her a slow blink before sighing and answering. "Things went to shit after the Ghost War," Jazz said with such seriousness that it surprised the ghost. "Jack and Maddie found out about Danny's ghost half and weren't too accepting, so we left and started a new life in New York."
Spectra could feel the bitterness off of Jazz and couldn't help but relish in it, Kitty gave Jazz a sad look.
And Ember, Ember started to think. She remembered how her own parents didn't even accept 1/10 of her. They always criticize her dream to be a rock-star, how she dressed, who she dates, and when ever she did mess up her parents always said the same thing, 'I told you so'. The last time they said that was when Ember caught her boyfriend cheating on her with some slut. Ember cried herself to sleep that night, sad that her boyfriend cheated on her but more on the fact on how her parents laughed at her mistake, saying it wouldn't have happen if she listened to them, the next thing she knew she was waking up in the ghost zone. Ember never had the best parent so the thought of being one scared her more then anything, because what if she wasn't a good parent. The whole thing left the bitter feeling on Ember and fortunately one of her friends notice it.
Spectra could again feel bitterness in the air, but this time it was coming from Ember, surprising her a bit. Spectra might take all the negative emotions from strangers or her enemies, but never from her friends, it was one of the few morals she had. The dark red headed ghost put a hand on the rockers shoulder, getting her attention.
"You alright Ember?" Spectra asked, this got the attention of Kitty and Jazz as they turned their attention to the rocker.
Ember looked up and notice how all eyes were on her, this made her sigh a bit seeing their was no way out. "Can... can I be a mom?" She said surprising everyone. "I don't have the best examples to fallow considering my parents were nothing but assholes, so I keep wondering if I can be a mother to this kid." Ember then put her face into her hands and gave a frustrated yell. "This is all too much too fast."
Jazz gave a smile, that was a bit drunken, to Ember. "But your already doing something right," Jazz said getting everyone's attention. "Look, it's not like we're expecting you to be mother of the year or something, Danny just wants you to be their for Danielle, let her know she has a mother to lean to if she ever needs it."
That... that actually didn't sound bad to Ember. She could do that, she could take things slow. As she started to think about the whole thing a bit of realization dawned on her. "Oh my god," She said making everyone look at her. "I'm a mom." She said with a chuckle bit, her voice had acceptance in it making Jazz give a big smile along with the other ghost.
The next day Jazz took Ember to DMC in the morning, ignoring the bonding hangover she had. After the little party in the hot-tub the girls quickly went to sleep, Ember having to carry Jazz to bed since she fell a sleep in the hot-tub. Spectra and Kitty decided to stay at The Underworld seeing that this was personal.
Jazz was driving her black Jaguar Danny got her as a present when she was accepted into college. Ember was in the passenger seat and started to feel really nervous about meeting Danielle, who wouldn't be in this situation, meeting there daughter for the first time.
Jazz glanced at Ember and saw the worrying look on the rockers face. "You feeling ok?" Jazz asked making Ember jump a bit.
The blue hair rocker have a nervous chuckle to the red head. "Yeah, just nervous as hell right now."
Jazz gave an encouraging smile as she parked her car in front of DMC. "Well, we're here." Jazz said as they both got out.
The two started to walk to the entrance of DMC, but with each step Ember's legs were becoming more stiff. Jazz saw this right away and it made her frown.
"Listen, if you don't want to do this-"
"No I do!" Ember instantly cut her off. "I'm just nervous as shit, that's all." She said and it seemed to help her legs move.
The two entered DMC and was Daniel coming down the stairs in a black suit. When he saw them enter he raised a brow in surprise.
"Jazz, Ember, what are you two doing here?" Daniel asked as he walked to them.
Jazz gave a smile as she put her hand behind Ember and pushed her forward, making Ember glare back at her a bit before turning to Daniel. "I... I want to see Danielle... my daughter." Ember stutter out, but you could see the resolve in her eyes.
Daniel was taken aback by Ember's answer, he had expected the ghost needed more time or that she couldn't handle being a mother out of the blue. The last thing he expected was for her to come to him.
Daniel gave a warm smile to Ember as he turned his head back. "Danielle, can you come down here!" He called out.
A moment later Danielle came down with her backpack on. "Yeah dad, what is it?" She asked as she looked at everyone in the room, noticing that all eyes were on her. "Umm... am I in trouble?" She couldn't help but ask a bit meekly. When her eyes landed on Ember she tilted her head in curiosity but didn't say anything.
Daniel gave a small laugh as he rubbed her head. "No Danielle, your not in trouble. But your not going to school today," He said getting a surprised look out of his daughter. "We need to talk about something important, so sit down."
Danielle looked between everyone but she just shrugged and put her bag down. Everyone sat on the couches in front Daniel's desk, Jazz and Dani on the left, Daniel and Ember on the right. Danielle could feel the heavy tension in the air and started to feel worried a bit, but in the end she just kept her mouth shut.
"Danielle," Daniel said getting his daughter's attention. "You remember how you unlocked your Ghost Core a few days ago."
Danielle nodded and held out her hand, a moment later a white flare appeared in the palm of her hand. The little flare didn't give off any heat, instead it gave off a very cold chill. "Of course I remember, what ghost could forget unlocking there Core, halfa or not." She said with a smile.
Daniel smiled at his daughter and continued to talk. "Well you see Danielle your Core is special, it called a Fusion Core." He said getting a confused look from his daughter. "A Fusion Core is when a Ghost Core contains two elements, your has the effect of ice but it moves and feels like fire."
Danielle looked at the flame in her hand in astonishment. "Wow, that's so cool." She said in excitement before she gained a slightly confused look. "How did I get something like this?" She asked.
Everyone in the room was quiet, trying to prepare themselves for the big reveal. "You see Danielle, when a ghost is born they are born with a core that they inherit from their parents," Daniel said getting a nod out of Danielle. "But a Fusion Core is different, in order for there to even be a chance of a Fusion Core being made the parent must have different Cores" Daniel said dropping the bomb.
Danielle still had a confused look on her face, but slowly her face morphed into complete shock. "Are... are you saying..." The young halfa couldn't even finish her sentence.
"You got your Ice half from me." Daniel said.
"And you got your Fire half from me." Ember said as she gave a nervous smile.
Danielle's jaw fell as she stared at her father and Em... no her... her... mother.
The young ghost girl's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell unconscious on the couch. The adults in the room all stared in shock at Danielle's reaction and quickly went to her.
It was about 10 minutes later until Danielle came too. She was sitting next to Jazz again with a confused look on her face as she looked between Daniel and Ember.
"How... how did you know it was her?" Danielle asked her dad.
Daniel gave a small sigh and pulled the hard drive from his pocket. "I went to Vlad's mansion and found this hard drive in the wreckage. It hold most of the information on the cloning experiment." Daniel said getting a surprised look from his daughter. "Vlad tested a lot of DNA to see which was compatible with mine for cloning, out of all of them Ember was the only one."
This got Danielle to turn her attention to the blue hair rock-star. The two looked extremely nervous at each other but Ember was able to speak.
"So... I'm your mom," Ember said with a loud nervous chuckle. "I'm... I'm not sure what to say honestly." She said, her voice a bit down. "I just found out about you not too long ago, I'm not even sure I can even be a mom," But her faced instantly turned to one of determination, surprising Danielle. "But I want to try, I want to try to get to know you and be... be your mom... if I can." She said with such passion that it touched everyone in the room.
Danielle's head fell down and she started to cry, making everyone start to worry. But what she said next changed that. "Th-thank you." She said between sobs. When she looked up she had tears running down her face but was smiling at Ember. "Just knowing I have a mom... it makes me feel a little more normal." She then gave Ember a small smile after her sobs started to die down. "I want to get to know you, and I hope you can know me as your daughter."
Ember gave a warm smile to the young halfa. "You got it squirt."
Danielle then gave a nervous look to Ember as she walked up to her, making the rocker raise a brow. "Can... can I hug you." She said, a bit in embarrassment for her. For the first time Ember's 'heart' melted when she saw something that cute and she instantly pulled Danielle to her making them hug. Danielle then turned to her dad with her arm stretched out. "You too."
Daniel looked a bit surprised but smiled anyway. He then looked to Ember and silently ask if he could join in. The blue hair rocker rolled her eyes a bit but nodded, letting Daniel in on the now group hug. Danielle then turn to Jazz, who was still on the couch, and asked her to join in to. Jazz just smiled and quickly joined in on the group hug.
Danielle smiled at everyone and started to squeeze more into the hug. She couldn't help but feel this was one of the best days of her young life.
Daniel's P.O.V
I sighed as I leaned back into my chair. For the whole day Ember and Danielle bonded as best they could together, with me and Jazz along for the ride. I could honestly say this whole thing went smoothly, Danielle had a mom who accepted her and Ember was learning fast on being a parent. Men maternal instincts kick in fast. When I had a moment to myself I quickly destroyed the hard drive after seeing their was no more useful information on it, but more impotently destroying the M-XXX. That thought still sent shivers down my spine.
I was brought out of my thoughts when I saw Ember walk down the stares from my apartment. She had a tired but satisfied look on her face.
"Danielle's knocked out." She said as she slumped on the couch. "Man she has a lot of energy for someone so small."
That made me give a small laugh, knowing full well my daughters boundless energy. I then looked to Ember with a more calm look. "So where do we go from here?" I asked getting a surprised look out of her.
The rocker gave me a coy smile. "Sorry babypop, but your still not my type." She said loud and proud, making my eyes roll.
"You know what I meant." I said with a slightly annoyed voice.
Ember rolled her eyes a bit at me but sighed. "I want to be there for her, so I will give up on taking over the world with rock and roll." She said slightly surprising me. "But I'm still going to become the worlds greatest rock-star no matter what." She said in determination.
I smiled at her and nodded. "I have no problem, in fact I think I can help you out a bit."
Ember raised an eyebrow at me with a conscious look. "Why will you help me, I thought you didn't like my music?" She said in confusion.
"Actually I like your music a lot," I said getting a shocked look out of her. "I just didn't like the fact that you used your music to make me experience broken heart." I said with a slightly bitter voice, making Ember wince a bit.
"My bad, sorry," She mutter and I could tell she wasn't lying. "I won't hypnotize people with my music anymore, but it's really going to be hard to be the best without it." She said with a sigh.
"You won't need it," I said getting a surprised look out of her. "Ember you have a great voice and a lot of talent, the last thing you need it to cheat."
Ember looked at me in shock but she had a small smile on her lips. "Wow, you just went from being my baby-daddy to sugar-daddy." She said in a teasing voice.
I just gave her a snort. "Don't think my wallet is open to you. I'll help you, but I won't just give you money."
Now it was Ember turn to snort. "Do I look like a leach to you babypop, give me some credit."
There was a little silent in the air and we both just laughed. "God I can't believe I actually missed our banter."
Ember gave a nod as she calmed down from the laughter. "So you really think you can help me with being a rock-star again." She said, the first time she was a rock-star in Amity it was pure luck that she found a way to eager agent who would promote her with merchandise. But because Amity was such a small city back then her name was barley known outside the city.
"I got a friend in the entertainment business that might be able to help get your career going." I said getting a smile out of Ember.
"Thanks, really," She said with such sincerity that it surprised me. "Not a lot of people support my dream."
I just gave her a smile. "Well now you have the Phantom family watching your back."
That made Ember give a big laugh. "Oh god that sounded cheesy."
"Maybe, but's it's true, we always watch our own." I said the grin never leaving my face.
We started to talk more and I couldn't help but feel like I was bonding with Ember. Not in a romantic way, just caring for her. Maybe it was because she was the mother of my child or that I'm actually having a conversation with her, I may never know. But I do know this, I was extremely grateful to Ember for sticking with Danielle instead of backing out, making me glad that Ember McLain was the mother of my child.
21N: This is the longest chapter I ever wrote. I hope you like it and don't forget to review.