Author Note:

To Mary Elrondile: Your review to Chapter 12 reminded me that I haven't explained that yet. Don't worry- it will be brought up in this chapter and explained in the next. Though it would make sense for Jean to sense some acitvity in his brain because even though he's dead, he still has thought.

To Spawn of Nerdom (who didn't review, but is reading the story): I am updating again today just for you, you little shit- I say that with love oh great best friend of mine.

~CWA

Chapter 16:

Danny:

I was feeling a bit better- no, that was a lie. I was still feeling terrible. I was still flinching every time there was a lightning flash. The only good part was that I had someone I could take my frustrations and fear out on without holding back. Kurt explained to me who the Brotherhood was as we entered the front yard- Lance, Toad, Fred and Quicksilver were standing there like they owned the place. Lance smirked,

"Heard there was new meat on your team- had to come and check it out."

I landed on the ground and smirked.

"Well I'm here."

I cracked my knuckles as I looked at Fred,

"Hello misplaced aggression," I smirked.

For the briefest moment, I had a sense of déjà vu. Fred looked at me and laughed,

"You against me?!"

Even the other X-Men looked over me with concern. I waved it off as I shot an ectoblast at him, knocking him backwards a few meters, and shot another to knock him off his feet. He growled and stood up to charge at me. I turned intangible and his fist went through me. I stuck out my tongue,

"Missed me!"

He threw another punch, I turned invisible and went up behind me before I turned visible. I shot another ectoblast at his back,

"Missed me again! Haha!"

I continued my fight with Fred as the others dealt with Lance and Toad. Honestly, it wasn't that much of a fight and it almost made me feel… bored. It wasn't long before we ran them off, causing Kurt and I to high-five.

"Yeah! Teach them to mess with us!"

"Kurt, Danny," Scott scolded.

We gave him a sheepish smile and a muttered half-ass apology, but as soon as he looked away we cheered silently to ourselves. Rogue just looked over amused as she rolled her eyes,

"Ya idiots."

"Ah, but you love us," Kurt said with a cheeky grin.

Rogue just snorted before walking off. I didn't blame her. I was going to call out to her to tell her to say that the love was apparently only one-sided, but my phone started to ring.

"If you ever get so low, you don't know which way to go, come take a walk in my shoes.

Don't worry 'bout a thing, got the world a string, cause I got the cure for all of my blues…

I TAKE A LOOK AT MY ENORMOUS PENIS! And my troubles start a melting away!"

I gave Kurt an apologetic look but he was just laughing.

"Gear wouldn't let me set her ringtone for anything else," I explained before I answered the cell.

"Gear?"

"Hey Danny dude! Look, sorry about the whole not talking that much… But there's someone I think you should meet."

"What do you mean," I asked confused. Who could it possibly be?

"It's someone from your past- someone good, don't worry. I don't know if you'll remember her or not, but just come on by. Please."

I knew it was serious because Gear said 'please', Gear never said that. She wasn't that good with manners. I said that I would before I hung up. Kurt was still clutching his sides,

"Oh man!"

"As funny as it is, I gotta go. Gear needs some help putting up….things…I don't know…. Bye!"

I zipped off before I was questioned too much. It didn't take me too long before I reached Gear's house. My heart seemed to beat a lot faster in my chest as I gulped. Who is it? Is it a family member I didn't remember? A friend? A cousin or something maybe? Are they good? Or bad? Are they like Gear? Or are they more like the few things I remember from Sam and Tucker? Are they even a male or a female? Young or old? Who is it?

I finally got enough courage to open the door after Gear's voice came over the intercom and gave me the okay. I was thinking of about several different scenarios in my head about who it could be, but as I looked at the person on the couch- all my scenarios were wrong. I did not expect to see a little girl, maybe fourteen, on the couch who looked… She looks like me- at least how I looked in those pictures of when I was alive. As soon as she saw me, her eyes lit up and she tackled me in a large hug.

"DANNY! IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU! Love the new look!"

At that, a brief memory came back to me- I was fourteen, a fourteen year old with white hair and bright green eyes was hugging me tightly,

"DANNY!"

Just as quick as it came, it was gone. I shook my head slightly as I pushed her away gently,

"Uhh…who are you?"

As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted it. Her eyes looked shocked and a bit saddened. She looked down at the ground. Gear walked into the room and cursed. She put a hand on the girl's shoulder. Gear look at me,

"Danny, meet Danielle Gia."

"Your little sister," I asked, furrowing my brows.

The girl got even more depressed. Gear released the girl's shoulder to smack me upside the head,

"She is- but she's yours too! She used to be a Fenton, dumbass!"

"…Okay, you lost me."

So Gear set me down on the couch and Danielle (or as she had put it 'Dani with an I') explained. Gear filled in some parts though. Dani was my clone- my female clone. But we called each other cousins (Gear added that it was another reason why Danielle was now officially her little sister due to the many papers she forged). "Make sense? You guys called each other cousins and here I'm your cousin, so it makes sense for her to be my little sister- keep up the whole cousin façade. Sides, always wanted a little sister." Danielle also explained how she went off to explore the world and it was only when Gear contacted her did she know what had happened.

"I'm so sorry," Dani said as she hugged me tightly, "I should have been there!"

"Look, all this reunion stuff is going to make me cry," Gear said as she wiped at her eyes, "So…"

Dani laughed and I couldn't help but laugh with her. Despite that I may not have memories of her, I was at ease with her. I knew I could trust her.

"Wait," I said, "If she's my clone and you said I was half ghost when I was still alive- can she…?"

"You got it," Danielle said proudly as she puffed out of her chest, "GOING GHOST!"

She threw her hands into the air as two rings appeared at her waist. I let out a gasp of surprise as I watched her…change. When the rings disappeared, she looked more like I did now- her hair was pure white, her eyes were glowing green, but she was wearing a more teenage girl version of the HAZMAT suit I waked up in.

"Man, here I thought my heart was going to beat right out my chest," I laughed.

Gear looked over confused,

"Uhhh Danny dude, hate to break it to you, but you're dead- your heart doesn't beat…"

I scratched at my head,

"But… It felt like it was…"

"….Danny, I'm gonna need to do a test on you- strictly medical! Don't worry! But I just need to check some things…"