Hoo boy, welcome back everyone! I was surprised to see there actually seems to be a slight interest in this story.
I haven't exactly come up with much yet, so...I guess I'll just make it up as I go and see where it takes me. Thank you to the people who commented so far...
And now, back to where we left off...

„What the- Vlad Masters!?"
Danny was too overwhelmed to form any coherent sentences, his mouth wordlessly opening and closing a few times, while he gaped at the person in front of him.
There was no way this man, no, this boy, in front of him could actually be Vlad Masters and yet - and yet it had to be.
The resemblence was too uncanny to allow for any other conclusion, especially since Vlad was the only person other than himself Danny knew, who had a connection to ghosts.
The other just silently stared back at him with cold eyes and scoffed - yeah, that was Vlad alright.
So that left one other question.

„But... Wha- ...He. I mean..."
Danny started to gesture wildly, trying to come up with a good way to phrase his inquiry, making confused noises, until he finally settled for pointing both his arms at Vlad and waving them up and down while looking at Clockwork.
„How?"

Clockwork looked at him with what might have been amusement, but even if it wasn't it still made Danny feel quite foolish.
„I am afraid I cannot tell you what exactly was the cause for this predicament, but this is indeed Vlad Masters. And he needs your help, Daniel, for he cannot overcome this alone."
The boy turned to look at Vlad again, who at the moment looked as though he had been asked to eat dirt. Which was okay, because Danny himself was similarly thrilled at the idea.
In fact, now he was over his initial shock, he was feeling very angry.

„That's a joke, right? You expect me to help Vlad? After everything he did to my family? To my friends? To me? No way! Whatever he's gotten himself into this time, he'll have to find a way out on his own."
With that he turned around to leave. He was almost out of the door, when he heard Clockwork speak once more.
„Daniel, as I said before, I'm asking you to do this. I am not going to force you to. We all know you have every right to dislike him. But do you really wish for his death?"

This made Danny stop in his tracks.
He despised Vlad and did not want to have anything to do with him whatsoever, but could he turn him away when matters appeared to be this serious? Did he want the man to actually die?
He turned around to unhappily look at Clockwork again.
„If this is so important, why don't you hide him then? Yiu already went to all that trouble to turn him into a teenager and it looks like you could have guests over, so why not just keep him here? Or have him stay in his own house, as far as I know it's just as ghost-proof as my parent's"

Clockwork simply shook his head.
„I was not the one who made him look like this, nor can I reverse it. And he cannot stay in the Ghost Zone or his own home, since these are the places anyone would look for him first."
Vlad, who in the meantime had wandered over to lean against the wall like the conversation didn't concern him at all, pointedly looked anywhere but in Danny's general direction.

„Wait, if this wasn't you, then who-?", Danny started, but got cut off by the Time Master's stern voice.
„I already told you, I cannot tell you what led to this outcome. I need to know if you are willing to help. Ironic as this might sound, we do not have much time right now. Rest assured I would not have asked for your help if I could have thought of a better solution."
Danny had problems thinking straight, with so many conflicting feelings welling up inside him, but he also had seldomly seen Clockwork be this tense, which was probably what led him to make the decision he did.

„Okay, I'm so gonna regret this, but...", he walked towards Vlad and only stopped when he was practically right in front of his face, „..listen. You can stay, but there are gonna be rules, and there are gonna be lots of them and they won't be up for debate. You either accept them or you're out. Do you understand?"
Vlad finally looked at him, defiantly but there was also another look in his eyes, one Danny had never seen on him before and could not quite place. At first the older hybrid looked like he wanted to say something, but apparently he thought better of it, because in the end he kept silent and just nodded.
Satisfied for the moment, Danny turned to Clockwork again.
„So...What's the plan?"

Here, have this for now.
I'll probably have to come back one of these days to alter some stuff in here cause it's way too late and I should've been in bed hours ago.
Tell me what you think of this, since attention in form of comments is what I live for.
Ta~